Chapter 53: Drum up morale and collect Huang Sheng again
Sun Sheng, who didn't understand the problem, ordered the battalion to strengthen the defense, and each general was assigned a different area of responsibility.
Not long after returning to his tent, Sun Sheng heard the sound of commotion outside again. Unfortunately, the movement soon subsided. According to the return of the pro-soldiers, the enemy fired another batch of rockets. However, as in the first time, I didn't dare to approach the camp too much.
In this way, the endless harassment did not stop almost overnight. It wasn't until dawn that it finally stopped. Sun Sheng immediately raised his tent, ordered the whole army to immediately make a fire and cook, and immediately launched an attack on Linshui County after a full meal. Gongsun Jian just wanted to use the tactics of exhausting troops to delay the pace and speed of his siege. Today, the whole army stepped forward in the first battle, and it was bound to take Linshui County in one go, and then give Gongsun Jian a chance to counterattack.
Not long after Sun Sheng's order was conveyed, some soldiers came to report that the men and horses who went to the Fen River to fetch water were attacked by the other party, which strengthened Sun Sheng's judgment that Gongsun Jian did not have much capital to fight with him at present, and just wanted to delay time to wait for the arrival of Zhou's reinforcements. According to the information obtained by Sun Sheng, the vanguard of the Zhou State was actually led by the commander Qian Yan, the king of Fujian, to lead 5,000 men and horses to Linshui County lightly, and according to the distance, there are still four days to reach at most. So in fact, there is not much time left for him.
Additional guards were sent to fetch water again. But this time it was still attacked, and judging from the opponent's attacking posture, it was almost a fatal play. desperately did not let Wu Jun go to fetch water. For this reason, the Wu army once again sent more manpower, and the guards alone numbered as many as 1,000 people.
But even so, the people who came out of Linshui County seemed to be dying, and resolutely launched a death-defying attack on the water team. Fortunately, the number of guards was large, not only resisting the impact of the opponent, but also almost killing the opponent. This made the water collection team hurriedly retrieve enough water from the Fen River to cook and drink in the morning.
When everything calmed down, Gongsun Jian, not far from the river bank, watched quietly. Of the more than 200 people he brought out last night, there are only more than 30 people left at the moment, and even Wei Meng, the leader of the pro-guard team, is also wounded.
After standing solemnly for a moment, Gongsun Jian ordered to return to Hetian Kuo to join him. By the time they met Tian Kuan's men, Ma Teng's scout cavalry had already arrived. Without speaking to each other, Gongsun Jian and Ma Teng just made brief eye contact, and then ordered everyone to rest in place.
About half an hour later, Cao Gang and Ding Feng arrived with four or five hundred people from the direction of the county seat.
"My lord, which one are you going to sing again? If the other party sends troops out of the camp at this moment, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to return to the city. Cao Gang complained with a bitter face. But Gongsun Jian ignored him, looked at Ding Feng and asked, "Is there enough fire oil?" ”
Ding Feng nodded, but he also asked with the same doubts: "My lord, I'm afraid that attacking with fire in broad daylight is useless, it is better to bring some 'grenades' to work." ”
Gongsun Jian glared at him and asked, "So, you brought a 'grenade'?" ”
Ding Feng smirked a few times and replied: "Lao Qi doesn't let me bring more, I promise to let me bring three hundred in half a day, or the kind that is convenient to carry with you and has little power." ”
"Well, then you take the lead. After a while, take your people to be the vanguard and use 'grenades' to clear the way for everyone. Ignoring Ding Feng's expression, he turned his head to Ma Teng and said, "Old Ma, lead your cavalry to bring the fire oil brought by Lao Ding and them to impact the baggage part of the opponent's rear army, just light the fire for me." ”
"Yes, don't worry, sir."
After giving these orders, Gongsun Jian sat down on the ground and said nothing, silently looking at the direction of the Wu army camp in the north. In a short time, an arrow with a whistle pierced the sky. Gongsun Jianteng stood up and pulled out his sword, and shouted loudly: "Everyone obeys the order and storms the Wu army camp according to the plan." This battle will be won, kill! ”
When Ding Feng led more than 100 of his men to storm the Wu army's camp, he almost didn't encounter any strong resistance, which also made Ding Feng a little puzzled. Did you fall into the trap of the other party?
But it turned out that Ding Feng was thinking too much. The resistance outside the camp gate was relatively fierce. But when he broke through the gate of Wu Jun's camp, the situation inside was different. Many Wu soldiers had already discarded their armor and rolled on the ground with their stomachs in their arms. Soon he died almost without a hand-to-hand killing.
Although it is not clear what the situation is, the experience of many years of combat has taught Ding Feng one thing, the dead enemy is always the best enemy. So slaughtered all the way through, almost no decent resistance was encountered.
Cao Gang, Tian Kuo and others who followed closely behind also looked puzzled, but this is not the time to analyze the reasons in detail, you will kill people when you see them. Let's wait until the battle is over.
There is almost no decent resistance, of course, there are more than 100 people sporadically, and there are still some, but at this moment, do these soldiers in Linshui County still care about this? has already gone down with a knife to kill the red eyes, and those heads are ten taels of white silver! In addition, Ma Teng led people to set fire to the baggage from the rear camp of the Wu army, and the entire camp was already in chaos.
The team of more than 1,000 people is like a tiger descending from the mountain, as if entering a no-man's land. Everywhere he went, there were corpses and rivers of blood. It's also very tiring to keep slashing and slashing like this. By noon, the whole team was overwhelmed. Many people find a place to sit down and start resting. Some people have even begun to take out dry food to eat and drink.
"In the afternoon, it was announced that all water and ready-made food in the enemy camp were inedible." Gongsun Jian looked at the situation in front of him and immediately sent someone to pass the order.
After a short while, Qi Shi outside the Wu army camp rushed to support with a group of slightly wounded remnants. Gongsun Jian didn't say much, just pointed to the camp of the Wu army and waved his hand. Then all the men and horses scattered all over the ground and began to kill the Wu army that had lost their resistance.
After noon, the battle was finally over, and all the leaders in charge of the various departments gathered in front of Gongsun Jian.
Looking at the people covered in blood one by one, Gongsun Jian laughed and scolded: "Look at you one by one, do you still have the appearance of a commander?" I killed 17 people today, do you see that I have so much blood on my body? Lao Ding, you were the first to attack the enemy camp, tell me, how many people did you kill? ”
Ding Feng looked down at the armor and battle robe on his body, and whispered a little embarrassed: "My lord, you also know that I was already running slowly. So only one hundred and thirteen enemy soldiers were killed. ”
"What?" Gongsun Jian almost didn't bare out of his eyes. He looked at Ding Feng intently and asked, "Old Ding, do you know what the punishment is for falsely reporting your military exploits?" ”
"My lord, I've been with you for so long, why do you need these feats? If you cut it, you cut it. But those Wu Jun are really strange, they are as weak as drunk. It doesn't take much effort at all. Ding Feng replied with some displeasure.
Gongsun Jian, on the other hand, looked at the others and found that they didn't seem to be surprised by the figures Ding Feng had reported.
Nima! You can't give Lao Tzu a little face, is it easy for me to cut seventeen people? I felt a little numb in my arms. Gongsun Jian scolded secretly in his heart, then looked at Ma Teng and asked, "Old Ma, how many enemies have you killed?" ”
Ma Teng looked ashamed, and replied in a low voice: "My lord, you arranged for me to lead people mainly to burn the other party's grain and grass, so I didn't kill many enemies." According to his subordinates' own estimates, they may have killed about eighty-six people on the other side. ”
'Poof', Gongsun Jian was so hung that no mouthful of old blood spurted out. Nima, if you don't say a few, you'll die? Then he looked at Qi Shi, who was the last to rush to the battlefield.
Qi Shi felt Gongsun Jian's cannibalistic gaze, smiled slightly and arched his hand: "Adult, the small one is useless, it's too late, so I killed five enemy soldiers." As he spoke, Qi Shi straightened his waist and continued: "My lord, it's not that I'm afraid of death!" The point is that when I arrived with people, Wu Jun had already been almost killed. However, I asked about it just now, and the sergeants who supported us were not bad, and at least killed more than 1,000 enemy soldiers. ”
"Just blow it, when you people come, Wu Jun will be almost dead. It's embarrassing to say that more than 1,000 people were killed. On the side, Ding Feng muttered a little unconvinced.
"What do you say? Lao Ding, do you have the ability to say it out loud? Qi Shi immediately quit. Tilting his neck and fingers, Ding Feng asked sharply.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense!" Gongsun Jian interrupted the argument between the two. Then he looked around and ordered: "Clean up the battlefield and collect the materials that can be used." Xie Wu and Lao Ma continued to lead people to pursue and probe the movements of the opponent's defeated army. We can't get carried away if we win for the time being. ”
"Yes." Ma Teng and Xie Wu answered loudly at the same time. Then he turned around and went to arrange the next task.
The others were also calling for their subordinates to speed up the cleaning of the battlefield and count the battle damage and captured materials. On the side, Cao Gang and Huang Wenyuan, who followed Qi Shi out of the city to support, were confused. How can the army of nearly 30,000 Wu be defeated if it is defeated?
Gongsun Jian smiled and did not speak, but pretended to point mysteriously at the sky above him. It means that God helps. In fact, the matter is very simple, Gongsun Jian cheated again and used the knowledge of his previous life. Using the surplus minerals from the production of gunpowder and the specially purchased ore materials, the medicine is refined, which is often referred to as rat poison. Then he contacted the scouts who had infiltrated the Wu army, and when he blocked and intercepted the Wu army's water team, he took advantage of the chaos to throw himself into the drinking water.
It means that most of Wu Jun's people showed signs of poisoning more or less after eating breakfast. Basically, some of them lost their combat effectiveness. In addition, the vanguard led by Ding Feng attacked with 'grenades', and the scouts who had infiltrated in advance began to shout 'witchcraft', thus causing chaos in the Wu army's camp.
Some people lost their combat effectiveness due to poisoning, and some people did not know how to deal with it because they panicked, and more were frightened by the continuous blows. As a result, there was little effective resistance and the army was defeated.
By the end of the evening, the results of the battle had almost been counted, and the battlefield had been largely cleaned. At this moment, Liu Dayuan, the magistrate of the county, also brought the people to the labor army with a meal that was still hot.
Almost all the sergeants who were able to participate in the battle in Linshui County participated in the battle, with a total of 316 killed and 153 seriously wounded. It can be said that everyone has minor injuries. It's just that quite a few do not affect the operation and combat effectiveness. But even if it is calculated in this way, plus the battle of the previous two days, Linshui County has lost more than a thousand people. More than 1,000 people were injured. It can be said that the three-day battle almost completely crippled Linshui County. The number of sergeants who were able to continue the battle did not exceed five hundred. (This includes Cao Gang's subordinates and the defeated army at the border pass)
The loss was so great that Gongsun Jian felt a little heartache. However, the victory was also huge, two days ago more than 2,000 Wu troops were eliminated, and today's battle only relied on more than 1,000 people to kill more than 13,000 enemies. Of course, many of them died from poisoning. However, such a result can also be satisfying.