Chapter 236 16

"The fifth brother will follow Mr. to escort, and I will act as the military leader. Qiu Yun's face was resolute, and his eyes were filled with fierce fighting intent, and the huge strength of the other party did not make him timid, but aroused fierce pride.

"Okay, jade can't be cut, the three of you need to be experienced, but I hope to survive." Wang Xiu looked at the three children who had grown up, and felt relieved in his heart, he had no passionate confession, only cordial expectations and sincere blessings, death, everything is over, life is possible.

"Sir, rest assured, our brothers will still follow Mr. to make contributions." Feng Yuan said lightly, and on his face, there was a confident calmness.

"Okay, choose a few clever officials, find out the weak points of the other party, and the whole army will give me ten miles back to hide, we can only succeed and not fail." Wang Xiu was very satisfied with Feng Yuan's self-confidence, this is the basic essence of becoming a handsome man, and people who have no self-confidence at all are destined to fail, and he explained: "Be careful in everything." ”

"Don't worry, sir." Feng Yuan smiled indifferently.

"Sir, I'm here to be the military striker." Jingbo was a little impatient.

Wang Xiu glanced at Jing Bo, who was anxious, and smiled.

"Sir." Jing Bo saw Wang Xiu laughing, and he couldn't help but blush on the ground.

"Fifth brother, don't fight with me, I'll come." Qiu Yun glanced at Jingbo.

"Lao Jiu, you are fighting with me, be careful that I beat you."

"If you dare, I'm afraid you won't make it."

"Okay, don't fight anymore, you'll all be on the task." Wang Xiu waved his hand and said: "Brother Jiu led his troops to serve as the front of the army, don't fall in love with the war, rush directly to the city gate, and the fifth brother will lead the army to the rear of the palace." ”

"Sir." Jing Bo was anxious.

"Fifth brother." Feng Yuan glared at Jing Bo fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "The responsibility of the palace army is heavy, Mr. is to see that you are brave, and the comfort of the whole army is on you, I don't understand"

Jing Bo was stunned, glared at Qiu Yun, who was smiling evilly, and nodded unwillingly.

"What's the hurry, there will be less killings in the future," Wang Xiu said lightly.

Song Jiang really made a bloody investment, changed the attitude of cherishing the soldiers in the past, and tended to attack the city wave after wave, filling it with human lives, and had to take the city as much as possible.

There is no way, yesterday came the military information that the village was burned, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly wanted to return to the army to rescue, but Wu Yong and Lu Junyi thought that the grain and grass had been burned, and Yang Xiong would deal with it in the back, and they should be able to drag Zeng Xiaoli for a few days, and they should concentrate their forces to attack Liguojian, and strive to take the city to replenish the military supplies within a day or two, and there is no other way out.

Wu Yong pondered for a long time and persuaded: "Brother, the country is well fed, and it can completely support the army to go south to Pengcheng, and my brother can enter the Huaiyang Army from Pengcheng to the south, and then our brother will have a wide range of skies." ”

Lu Junyi glanced at Wu Yong, he was the main person who advocated the requisition of the country, but he didn't expect Wang Xiu to send troops to burn grain, so that the army was in a desperate situation, it was really a slap in the face, and he also said: "It's too late to return to the army now, there are still seven or eight days of grain in the army, and it is enough to take Pengcheng, it's really not good, take our original soldiers and horses south, and the soldiers and horses of the Zhao family are helpless." ”

Wu Yong's face was very dissatisfied, and Lu Junyi was obviously saying that once the war was unfavorable, he would abandon tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers and flee south with thousands of elites. However, the situation is difficult, in case you really can't take advantage of the country, and people's armies gather everywhere, you really have to give up most of the people, your reputation is not famous, you don't have face, you can't care so much.

Song Jiang was also helpless, so he persevered, and on the first day, he swept away the periphery of Li Guojian without much effort, thinking that the defense of Li Guojian was nothing more than this, completely ignorant of Shangguan Qian and Qiu Fu, in order to concentrate their forces to avoid unnecessary casualties, they withdrew the main forces into the city. Therefore, he did not besiege the city, so he set up 17 simple camps, which were used as temporary rests, and opened to Pengcheng within a day or two, and quickly seized Changping to supplement the losses of Lanling.

He even sent only more than 600 cavalry, with the support of 2,000 original soldiers and horses, as the vanguard to Pengcheng, which can be regarded as a strong force that has always been strong, enough to deter Cai Gengdao.

Before dark, the offensive finally weakened, and Li Guojian repelled more than ten large-scale attacks in a row, and the city was already full of corpses and a mess.

Li Guojian's powerful counterattack caused heavy casualties among the soldiers and horses of Liangshan, Song Jiang was very angry, he didn't expect that the small town of Liguo would fight for a day and still stand still.

According to the plan, now we should break the city and clear the remnants of the army, and tomorrow we should organize the grain and grass, search for armor, and prepare to go south. However, because of his support, nearly 3,000 main forces went south, and the remaining thousands of main forces were all the capital of the future trouble, and they could not move until they had to, and the rabble could barely fight during the day, and at night they had no combat effectiveness at all, so they had no power to fight again, so they could only wait until tomorrow.

He convened Wu Yong, Lu Junyi and other major generals to discuss, and decided that tomorrow at any cost, he would have to fill in the Li Guojian with his life. After all, time is precious to him, and there is no room for waste.

While they were deliberating, they heard a commotion in the southeast, the sound of shouting and killing faintly, and the fire also rose.

"What's the matter" Song Jiang was shocked, walked quickly to the outside of the tent, and stared at the fire in the southeast direction.

"Could it be that the reinforcements from the direction of Pengcheng are the erectors of the Cai family, where did they come from so boldly" Lu Junyi's face was not good-looking.

"No, Cai Gengdao is just a sour Confucian, it's too late for him to ask us to leave in the city, how can he send troops" Wu Yong groaned slightly, and said: "Brother, it should be the group that attacked Lanling Dazhai." ”

Song Jiang's eyes widened and he smiled coldly. He said sharply: "Okay, brothers, quickly mobilize troops to stop them, and you must not let anyone go." ”

It was Wang Xiu who came, and several cavalrymen caught a few tongues, allowing him to find out that the main force of Song Jiang was in the direction of Beicheng, and the troops in the southeast direction were relatively weak, and the camps were all simple camps, and there was no defensive camp, let alone a tight encirclement, which gave him a gap to intersperse.

Overjoyed, he immediately gathered nearly four hundred horsemen, cut deep into the weak point, and set fire to the camp tent with rockets, forming a powerful assault force that caused panic among the recruits. He led his army to rush and kill, they did not have the luxury of crushing the enemy, they tried to avoid contact with the enemy, they galloped left and right with bows and arrows to shoot those who dared to approach, and attacked the city gate with all their might.

Feng Yuance carried a knife to the front, nearly 400 horsemen like fierce tigers, these Liangshan soldiers rushed to pieces, killing them in fear, some people just finished eating and were about to rest, they were rushed in front of the fierce cavalry, the result can be imagined.

There was no accident, and the Liangshan soldiers did not react at all, so they broke through the outermost camp and continued to advance towards the city.

Since Song Jiang did not plan to besiege the city, the gap between the camps was very large, and the city was not really blocked, and only the patrol team was on guard to intercept and kill the scouts. This made Wang Xiu and them cheaper, rushed through a peripheral camp, and there was no interception, less than two thousand steps away from the city gate, and there was no camp to stop them, and victory was in sight.

"Work harder, it's coming soon, don't fall in love." With victory in sight, Wang Xiu was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect a rush to kill so smoothly.

"Let's see, in the north firelight, a group of cavalry is coming." Feng Yuan's eyes were sharp, pointing to the north and shouting.

"There are not many people, inform everyone to be on guard, and immediately organize defense at the gate of the city." Wang Xiu said more, he had already considered it before the operation, and the military situation was unknown at night, and the defenders would definitely not dare to switch it rashly.

The moment he arrived at the city gate, that time was the most dangerous, if Song Jiang didn't react, he wouldn't be worthy of the name of running rampant. Therefore, he had already deployed that once he arrived at the city, he would immediately organize a ring of defense and use bows and crossbows to resist the enemy's attack, so that the defenders would have time to open the door and let them go.

In fact, Song Jiang is also quite aggrieved, the war horse is extremely precious, he even won the Hebei Song army only has more than a thousand war horses, and many cavalry use civilian mules and horses. Shi Jin's defeat caused him to lose three layers, and he sent 600 horsemen south to Pengcheng, and now he only has more than 100 horsemen, even if he catches up with Wang Xiu, he can't help fighting

Also, the siege of the city did not need cavalry, he decided that he would go south again in a day or two, it was better to let the cavalry go south to Pengcheng, occupy a favorable attack position, and deter Cai Gengdao not to act rashly, but he did not expect that the other party had a considerable cavalry.

Soon, Wang Xiu and others broke into the city, and the head of the city did not release arrows to stop them.

It turned out that the guards of the city saw the firelight and immediately reported to Shangguan Qian and Qiu Fu, and the two of them quickly came to the south gate to watch, but saw a group of cavalry approaching the city gate, thinking that it might be Wang Xiu who led the army to return from the attack, so he did not let the archers release the arrows.

Arriving at the city, more than 300 cavalry immediately dismounted, formed two defensive lines to the outside, one by one with bows and arrows, and the front team first shot a row of rockets to position, ready to meet the pursuing soldiers who were getting closer and closer.

"Hurry up and open the door, I'm Wang Xiu." Wang Xiu rode to the moat and shouted at the head of the city.

"There is a certificate of peace" Shangguan Qian's heart moved, and he stretched out his head from the battlement to ask, he didn't dare to be careless at night.

Wang Xiu gritted his teeth hatefully, at this time, every minute is precious, it can decide the life and death of hundreds of people, didn't you see the big team behind the other party's cavalry However, Shangguan Qian did a good job, you came late at night to be blinded by the black light, who knows if you are impersonating.

"What other credentials do you need, Yu Hou quickly switch on, if you can't hear my voice, let Uncle Qiu come." Wang Xiu's voice was Shangguan Qian.

"That's right, it's an adult's voice, turn it on and off." Qiu Fu confirmed Wang Xiu.

Speak, but listen to "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." "The sharp sound of feather arrows breaking through the air, the enemy's cavalry crossed the rocket positioning point, and these experienced Song cavalry, without commanding at all, carried out the first two rounds of salvo." Ah. A scream was heard, accompanied by the neighing of the horses falling, and at least a dozen people were shot to the ground. A group of Liangshan Boyuan also caught up from Bubazi, and they quietly advanced in the dark night, outflanking the Song army from both flanks