Chapter 855: Sunrise in the East (80)

Wei and 20,000 cavalry, all the way straight to Fufeng County, as he and Fufeng got closer and closer, along the way, the attacks against him became more and more, a small group of local troops, tentatively approaching, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the morning, again and again began to attack his logistics supply horse team, and the scale became larger and larger. And Tanma reported that many counties in western Liaoning, including the county town of Liaoxi, had frequent movements of troops and horses, and there was an intention to gather troops to attack him.

Although the opponent was on the verge of multiplicity and often attacked unexpectedly and caused certain losses to Wei He, Wei He also took the opportunity to annihilate several small-scale local troops of the Eastern Army, but the more so, the more pleased Wei He was, his decision was right, and he marched towards Fufeng, and sure enough, it was like stepping on the tail of the Eastern Mansion, and they were going to gather troops to shake themselves, and this is what Wei He has been wanting to ask for since he entered Liaoxi.

Wei He accelerated his advance, arrived at Fufeng County on October 26, Fufeng County as Gao Yuan's starting place, now although Gao Yuan has left here and moved to Jishi City, but Fufeng's special status has not changed, here, not only has a temporary conscription of young and strong troops, but also a battalion of regular troops stationed, when Wei He arrived at Fufeng City, just a glance, he felt that he had come to the right place, Zhengdong Mansion may not have much heartache for other places in western Liao, but it will never allow Fufeng to lose, now, The troops of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which are being assembled here, are a clear proof of this.

Those soldiers and horses that were gathering from all over the place, Wei He dismissed, and the scouts had already detected clearly, these troops were just young men who had been temporarily recruited, they didn't even have a military flag, and the weapons they held were all kinds of weapons. Although there were many people, but there was no fear, Wei He decided to wait quietly under Fufeng City for these troops of the Eastern Army to come to relieve the siege of Fufeng, and he would destroy these troops in a battle.

Using the mobility of the horse team, it is certainly possible to divide them and annihilate them. But only one or two of them need to be destroyed, and the rest will inevitably become frightened birds, and they will inevitably disperse in a hurry, and at that time, it will be difficult to gather them together.

Wei and his army set up a large camp outside Fufeng City and searched for materials everywhere. began to make siege equipment, and put on a look that he would never leave without helping the wind.

In Fufeng City, Luo Feng, the officer in charge of guarding Fufeng City, was like a great enemy, and since he learned that Wei and 20,000 cavalry were directly attacking Fufeng City, he stayed in the city to arrange defense matters without taking off his armor. There is a battalion led by him stationed in Fufeng County, and the battalion he led is called the Fufeng Battalion, and the Fufeng Battalion, as a lofty starting force, has a glorious tradition and great fame. Garrisoned Fufeng.

Although Luo Feng only led one battalion of troops, his rank was the same as that of the commander of the field army, and the equipment of the Fufeng battalion was much stronger than that of ordinary field troops. As the commander of such a battalion, he knew more or less about the overall planning of this operation, and although he had the bottom in his heart, he still did not dare to slack off. Although Wei He was all cavalry, it could not be ruled out that he might attack the city. It is impossible for an infantry to become a cavalry on horseback. But the cavalry dismounts and becomes a foot soldier.

As a county directly under the jurisdiction of Zhengdong Prefecture, Fufeng naturally has many privileges that are not available in other places. At the beginning, there were too many young people here who joined Gao Yuan's team, and the Fufeng Old Army composed of these people was also the Eastern Army in the past ten years. The people who lost the most manpower, but those who survived, without exception, became the backbone of the army, even if they retired due to injuries, they returned to Fufeng and became local officials. Almost all of the land in the prefecture has become the Yongye field of dead or still alive soldiers, and this is the area where the support of Takato is the most fanatical.

It is an honor to be an official here, and of course, it is also a kind of pressure, because an old woman on the street who sells local goods in the countryside can directly knock on the door of the governor of Jishi City to conquer the eastern mansion.

Wei and the cavalry pressed the border, and Dong Haicao, the commander of Fufeng County, had already ordered all the people in the countryside and villages to gather in the county seat, and the reason given was that the enemy army was pressing the border, and there was a possibility of breaking the city, and the county town needed the people to come here to help the officers and soldiers protect the old mansion and ancestral hall of the governor. Dong Haicao knew very well that if there were other reasons, the people here were likely to refuse to enter the city because they missed their family business and the crops on their land had not yet had time to be harvested, but the people would not refuse this reason.

Sure enough, as soon as the order was issued, the people of the four towns and eight miles, men and women, old and young, each carrying weapons, gathered in the city in an endless stream, and came so fast that the officials in the county were dumbfounded, so that some of the necessary preparations had not yet been completed, and a large number of people had gathered in the county, so that Dong Haicao and his subordinates were very busy for a while.

Although he knew that they would not be needed in this big battle, Dong Haicao still took the village as a unit step by step, and organized these enthusiastic people into a march.

Wei He came, but the city was also full of fighting spirit.

The mouth of "kill the invaders" will ring from time to time in the city.

Dong Haicao took a few officials and walked out of the county office, looking up at the sky with autumn rain, feeling the coolness, and his heart was very comfortable. Wei He was destined to have no chance to attack the city, and just now, a spy from the guard sneaked into the city and brought the news he had been waiting for.

The autumn rain was bleak, and most of the people who came to the city were poorly clothed, and there was not enough place for them to live in the city. But when it rained, Dong Haicao had to go out of the house, go on patrol, and solve some temporary problems anytime and anywhere.

At the head of the city, Luo Feng stood with his sword, and the autumn rain flowed down his helmet and armor, converging into streams under him, and then flowing into the distance.

In the evening, the rain fell a little heavier, but Wei He's heart was a little uneasy, half of the dozen scouts he sent out had not returned yet, or they were lost because they were unfamiliar with the place, or they might have been ambushed and attacked by the enemy and had died in Huangquan.

In Fufeng City, there was not the slightest panic because of his arrival, the troops who went out to sweep, the news they brought back, without exception, the villages around the county town have long been gone, and all of them are showing that Fufeng County has already prepared, and Wei He is rushing all the way, he asked himself that it can be described as fast as lightning, the other party's reaction speed should not be so fast, hiding the people outside cleanly, unless they had long expected that they were coming.

But is it possible?

The only consolation is that there are still a large number of crops in the field that have not been harvested, which makes him have no worries for the time being, but this annoying autumn rain has greatly reduced his harvest plan.

Cuishan Pass was blocked by the enemy, although Wei He was a little vigilant in his heart, but he was not worried, Xiangye's hundreds of thousands of troops were coming, and the enemy of Cuishan Pass was just a mantis arm blocking the car, and in three or five days, he would be able to break through the opponent's defense and enter Liaoxi, and at that time, Yiqiē would develop according to the previous rehearsal.

Thinking of this, Wei He's somewhat restless heart calmed down temporarily. Tomorrow, we will start to attack the city, even if it is just for show, we must start a siege operation, only in this way, can we destroy those enemies who are still grinding on the road to quickly concentrate on Fufeng County, and only in this way can we complete their work in one battle, and the people and horses that the enemy in western Liaoning can still mobilize, and wipe them out.

With good wishes for the future battle, Wei He fell on the marching bed and fell asleep.

As time went by, the rain became heavier and heavier, the lightning caught the thunderbolt, the wind wrapped in the rain, and the tent made the tent brush and brush, such a heavy rain, so that Wei He sent out the scout team to guard one after another ran back to the camp, the canopy above the watchtower in the camp could not block the wind and rain at all, the sentry above held weapons, cowered in a corner, cursing the damn weather, at this time, they had completely lost the role of vigilance, as far as their vision could reach, but only a dozen meters.

At this moment, this large battalion of more than 20,000 cavalry, which stretched for more than ten miles, almost completely lost its vigilance and defense, and left its gate completely open to the enemy.

In the heavy rain, the infantry rode on the war horses, let the rain pour on their bodies, their bodies were like iron statues, staring at the rain curtain in front of them, pulling out the saber at their waists inch by inch, pointing forward, and roaring: "Attack!" Flatten the enemy camp."

Six thousand cavalry rushed to Wei He's camp a few miles away in the midst of a raging storm.

Iron hooves stepped on the rain, sabers cut through the rain, and the cavalry was like a ghost in the night, accompanied by thunder and lightning, and rushed forward like a ghost.

They had fought to the death against the enemy in even worse weather than this, and this kind of weather, in the eyes of the cavalry led by Wei He, was not suitable for battle, but in their opinion, it was the best time for a sneak attack.

Six thousand cavalry launched an attack, even if there was the cover of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, the momentum of the mountains and seas could not be concealed at all, the ground was trembling, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves also covered up the thunder in the sky.

Wei He jumped up from the bed, just thinking it was the roar of thunder and lightning, but immediately, he realized that there was a large-scale cavalry attacking, and in an instant, cold sweat seeped out from all over his body, where did the cavalry come? It is simply not possible to be your own team, there is only one possibility, the enemy, the enemy is coming.

He rushed out of the tent, and the scene in front of him made his soul scattered, and in the moment when the lightning tore open the canopy, he saw countless heavily armed cavalry, which had already arrived outside his camp, and at this time, his tens of thousands of cavalry were still in chaos in the camp. Cavalry duel, the victory or defeat is generally in an instant, when the enemy's overwhelming charge has arrived in front of him, and the other side, even the war horse has not stepped on, this battle, where there is still any victory or defeat, some will only be a massacre. (To be continued)