Chapter 816: Sunrise in the East (41)
"Faster, faster! A high-ranking officer of the Eastern Expeditionary Army rode a war horse, stood on the side of the road, shouting loudly at the large and small carriages, mule carts, and soldiers on foot who passed by, and the anxious look on his face was overflowing.
His name is Huang Zhan, followed the high and far thousands of miles to raid Yulin, with the Liaoxi Army participated in the expedition to Donghu, after the defeat of the Yan army, and led the army to break out from Donghu, because of the drastic changes in Liaoxi at that time, the eldest son Zhang Junbao moved a coup d'état, killed his father Zhang Shouyue, led the army to ambush his younger brother Zhang Shubao who returned from Donghu and completely defected to the Eastern Army.
Qi invaded Yan State, the army swallowed up the territory that the Yan Dynasty now kept, and the soldiers were in Tianhe, one of the soldiers and horses had been divided towards Langya, and on the node of Langya Xintian, the Eastern Army was only stationed with a battalion of troops, and Huang Zhan was ordered by Zheng Xiaoyang to lead the fire rescue.
Zheng Xiaoyang's three divisions, Ding Wei's division, Huang Zhan's division, and Peng's division, of which Ding Wei's division suffered a large loss when attacking Kunshan Pass, and is now still repairing and replenishing in western Liaoning, Peng's division was transferred to Donghu by the commander Ye Chongzheng, and the troops were already stretched, and the big war broke out suddenly, and before they arrived, Langya's defense could only rely on Huang Zhan's division.
According to the establishment of the Eastern Army, the strength of a division is about 15,000 people, but because the Eastern Army has strict regulations on recruiting soldiers, they have never been full, and Huang Zhan's division is now less than 10,000 people/
The problem is that Huang Zhan wants to leave most of his men in Langya County. In fact, less than 3,000 people, plus a battalion in Xinhui, Huang Zhan's available troops, were all left in Langya County and handed over to Zheng Xiaoyang for unified dispatch, and he left more than 5,000 main forces. Coupled with the personnel of Zheng Xiaoyang's military headquarters, he can barely muster together 10,000 people, and he can probably muster 20,000 people.
When Zheng Xiaoyang gave Huang Zhanbu an urgent order, Huang Zhan's troops were still scattered all over Langya, and as soon as he received the order, Huang Zhan mobilized the troops stationed in several nearby counties as quickly as possible, gathered enough men and horses for a regiment, and immediately set out. And the county guard Van Dengke also did his best, requisitioning chariots and horses, 3,000 troops, plus a large amount of military baggage. In three days, they set out, and such an efficient and effective manner is enough to make the army of any country dumbfounded.
Even so. , more than 1,000 people, how to stop the Qi team attacking like a tide.
Huang Zhan always had a bad premonition in his heart. This time, I'm afraid it's a bit mysterious.
Just when Huang Zhan was desperately leading his troops to Xinhui, the battle of Xinhui had begun.
Xiang Shenkang looked at the smoke and dust raised not far away with some bitterness, the overwhelming Qi team had appeared in his field of vision, this time the attack came so suddenly, so that the entire Zhengdong Mansion did not react, he was stationed in Xinhui, there was only one battalion of troops, and a thousand people wanted to hold Xinhui and block these tens of thousands of Qi people, which was not a fool's dream.
Looking around at the soldiers in the city, he couldn't help sighing, in the entire battalion, there were less than three hundred veterans, and the others were still new on the battlefield, the last battle of Langya, the main attack was Ding Wei and the soldiers and horses of the Second Army, and their division was only involved in the subsequent pursuit of the battle and quelling the banditry, compared with other troops, his battalion was more miserable, these soldiers were just recruited this year, the war at the beginning of the year was the first big war they participated in, but it was only participation, that war, When they joined, the most tragic moment had passed, and what was left for them was more to pursue, sweep, and clean up the battlefield, and the cruelty on the battlefield that these soldiers had not yet experienced.
"Inform the officers above the platoon commander to meet in the city tower! Xiang Shenkang glanced at the Qi army in the distance again, and said to the guards beside him expressionlessly.
No matter how small Xinhui is, it is also a city, the Qi army pursued the degree and the effect of the surprise attack, and the army definitely did not carry siege equipment, it will take time for them to build these things, today, while looking back at the lush green on the mountains around Xinhui, at this time in his heart, he longed for a fire to fall from the sky and burn these mountains into a bare piece.
More than a dozen company platoon commanders gathered in the city tower, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking, obviously, no one was sure about the sudden arrival of this battle.
"Brothers." Xiang Shenkang looked at everyone and said slowly: "You are all veterans, and I don't need to say more, this battle is not in our plan to conquer the Eastern Army, it came suddenly, the reinforcements will not arrive in a short time, and in Langya County, I am afraid that it will be difficult to send reinforcements quickly, everyone knows that our Eastern Army is fighting in Donghu, and the annihilation of Donghu is just around the corner, and our large troops have gone there, in Langya, only the division commander Huang has less than 10,000 people, and the only thing that can be counted on is the strength of Ding Weiding, the division commander who is resting in western Liaoning."
He paused for a moment, and then continued: "Of course, this is also relative to the entire Langya, and for the Xinhui under our feet now,?" "
Bow down and be silent.
"Can we hold on? He yelled.
"Yes! This time, there was finally a response.
A smile appeared on Xiang Shenkang's face, and he nodded vigorously, "Brothers, in fact, I also know that we alone will not be able to hold Xinhui City, but we can decide how long we can hold out, whether it is one day, five days, or ten days!" "
He looked at everyone, and his voice gradually became louder, "Every day we hold on, we can buy one more day for the Eastern Army, so that Division Commander Huang can mobilize more troops, so that Commander Zheng can have more time to arrange the defense of Langya County, so that the Eastern Army can mobilize more reinforcements to Langya, and our governor can have one more day to attack Donghu and complete the great cause of recovering the Liaodong Peninsula."
Xiang Shenkang's enthusiasm began to infect all the officers.
"I, you, are veterans who have participated in many wars with the Eastern Army, to be honest, to be able to live until now, and to be an officer, how could we have thought that since the first war, too many familiar brothers have left us, compared to them, we have actually earned, the big guy's home should be in Liaoxi or Hejian, or in Jishi County, right? "
Seeing everyone nodding, he smiled and said: "In our hometown, we all have our own houses, we have married wives, we have children, we have land at home, and we have money in our pockets, I don't know how many times better than in our early years?" It is to defend this hard-won one."
"We may die in battle, and we will follow the brothers who left before to go to the Nine Springs, but we must not let our family ,,, our soldiers keep winning the battle until everyone dares to fight us again, we may lose, but the Eastern Army will never lose."
"Conquer the Eastern Army, Wan Sheng! "In the castle tower, the roar of the officers was heard.
"One more day of Xinhui will increase the chances of our army winning, brothers, let us use our blood to defend our honor! Let Xinhui become the grave of the Qi people, become their dream, and let these Qi people see the military might of the Eastern Army! Xiang Shenkang pulled out his knife and slashed it in the air.
"Kill! The officers shouted in unison.
"Each department draws out a certain number of veterans and forms a commando of one hundred men to serve as a guerrilla, and the rest of the departments, each guarding the city wall, go and prepare to fight the enemy to the death! Xiang Shenkang took the lead and strode out.
Under the city of Xinhui, Tian Jingwen, the vanguard general of the Qi army, restrained the horses, which was the first obstacle in front of them, but he did not think that this small city wall would hinder them for long, according to the report of the exploration horse, the garrison of the Xinhui Eastern Army was only more than 1,000 people, and the entire Langya, the remaining soldiers and horses of the Eastern Army, were only more than 10,000 people.
As a son of the Tian family, a general of the Qi State, and with the foresight of the Fu, the Eastern Army has never lost a battle on the battlefield, and this time, let their first defeat come from the hands of the Qi army.
"Order, the whole army is encamped, all departments send manpower, busy cutting down trees, with the army craftsmen, with the fastest degree to make siege equipment, tomorrow tomorrow, I want to see ten siege vehicles, fifty city vehicles, a hundred ladders appear in the ranks, one less one, military law engaged! Tian Jingwen said loudly.
As soon as the military order was given, more than 10,000 people in the vanguard of the Qi army immediately began to act, some of them camped, and more of them divided into groups of men and horses, and rushed towards the surrounding mountains, where, Tian Jingwen showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, his brother Tian Zongmin was ordered to go to Donghu, and later died on the battlefield with the Eastern Army, and even the body could not return to his hometown after death, this time, he could avenge him.
Glancing at the head of Xinhui City again, a trace of contempt flashed in the corner of Tian Jingwen's eyes.
Small city ears, one drum can be played! (To be continued......) r1292
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