Chapter 718: Lack of Vertical Sons and Schemes
As it grew westerly, the golden red sunlight passed over from outside the high Huzhou city wall and projected onto the bodies and faces of several Wu generals sitting against the foot of the wall, making Liao Qing's eyes, who were already drunk, narrowed into a thin slit, and the anger in his heart was even worse, and he dried up a large bowl of turbid wine in one gulp.
As the so-called wine is even more sorrowful, he thought of using alcohol to extinguish the anger in his heart, he only felt that two catties of wine went down, and his heart was even more like a fire, and the words that he didn't dare to say were actually exported at this time: "Pang Shuai's courage this time is too small, there are only 20,000 Xu Song troops left outside the city, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 brothers in my city, he actually insisted on not letting us send troops, it is really suffocating and killing!" ”
"Brother Liao said cautiously, Pang Shuai must have his own considerations in making this decision, and it is not something that we can consider." The people who accompanied him to drink were all friends who had a good relationship with him on weekdays, and although they were all generals in the army, they still admired Pang Wanchun very much. At this time, seeing that he talked about Pang Shuai with the intention of drinking, someone hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him, and someone hurriedly filled him with a bowl of wine, wanting to use wine to plug his mouth.
It is said that now Huzhou is forced to be trapped, and the food in the city is tightly supplied to the whole army, and ordinary soldiers sometimes can't even eat, let alone drink. But after all, these people have an unusual identity, and after entering the city, they have already taken care to rob themselves of a lot of good wine, but today they came in handy.
Liao Qing did not refuse to come, and drank the wine again with a bowl, and then said with a big tongue: "Did I say something wrong?" Are you willing to be blocked and beaten by the Song army all the time? Think about what kind of scenery it was when we waited for the army, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Wuzhou, Suzhou...... Which city didn't the brothers fight for with their lives? But now, just because he suffered a loss in Suzhou, Pang Shuai didn't dare to move! Pity my brother Liao Guang, and the other soldiers, the bones have not been recovered until now! ”
These few words really spoke to everyone's hearts, and they were actually quite impatient with the current passive situation. If the situation has always been as before, the Song army is strong, and they must rely on the city to fight. But now, the main force of the Song army has left, and there are only more than 20,000 people left to frighten them into not daring to leave the city, and this kind of grievance is not something that the generals of the Wu army who have been killed in the bloody battles can endure.
A man with a beard on his face swallowed a large bowl of wine and chimed in: "Brother Liao, what you said is that if this battle really goes on like this, we will have no chance of winning!" I'd rather be killed by the Song army than scared to death by them! Lao Tzu couldn't bear it anymore, so he went to see Pang Shuai later and asked him to open the city as soon as possible! ”
There are one and two, and after the others were affected by these two, they also nodded: "Well said, it's too uncomfortable to stay in the city all the time, we should take the initiative!" ”
"When you go to see Pang Shuai and ask for your life, count me in!"
The seven or eight generals present were already closely related, but once someone provoked their heads, coupled with the drunkenness, they were even more bold, and they shouted one after another, planning to break their wrists with Pang Wanchun. Seeing this, Liao Qing was even more overjoyed, and immediately smashed the wine bowl on the ground, Huo Di got up: "Let's go, let's go see Pang Shuai!" ”
Just when everyone was about to go, the only general who had never expressed his position hurriedly got up to stop him: "Everyone, wait, what is the difference between you going like this and forcing the palace?" What will Pang Shuai do with it? Then don't say that he won't agree to you, and maybe he will condemn you for it! ”
"Ning Heng, you are too timid, if you don't dare to go, just find a place to shrink up, don't spoil me and other big things!" The miscellaneous general immediately shouted loudly, his face full of dissatisfaction, and although the others did not immediately count him down, their faces were also a little unhappy.
"Boss Hong, Brother Liao, if it's not that the younger brother is timid and refuses to follow you to do big things, it's really Pang Shuai who won't change his mind at will! If you do not believe, I will go with you. "This Ning Heng is also a righteous person, and if he is no longer in the way, he will go with them.
His words reminded a few people that although they had drunk and had some fever in their brains, they had not completely lost their minds. As long as you think about Pang Shuai's usual style, it's really hard to say what the result will be. In this way, the courage that everyone had just mustered was discharged, and their footsteps stopped.
"So what do you say?" Boss Hong glared at a pair of bull's eyes, staring at Ning Heng with anger and shouting.
Just when Ning Heng was a little at a loss, a soldier suddenly ran down in a hurry at the head of the city above, and as soon as he saw Ning Heng, he hurriedly reported: "General Ning, the Song army outside the city has moved again, and it looks like it is about to retreat......
Ning Heng was the garrison officer of this city wall, and when he heard this, he didn't care about dealing with a few robes, so he immediately turned around and quickly went up. Several others followed in a daze, wanting to see what was going on outside the city.
When they reached the top of the city and looked down through the afterglow of the setting sun, they found that the Song army had begun to retreat. Moreover, they moved to the rear of the fortifications such as the antlers of the horses, which were placed in front of the camp, and when they noticed that the defenders of the city were constantly looking over, they moved faster, as if they were afraid that the enemy would send troops to disturb them.
"It's ...... Are you really going to retreat? Ning Heng smacked his lips and muttered in a low voice.
Someone on the side followed: "It should be like this, the Song army has not attacked the city again in the past two days, it seems that they are planning to retreat." The siege of Huzhou has finally been resolved......"
"But why did he suddenly choose to withdraw at this time? And in front of us, with the intention of retiring from the army? Ning Heng still had doubts in his heart.
"Maybe there are variables on other battlefields, and the Song army will rush to support. Two days ago, there was a problem with the sudden departure of his main force, and now even this Song army is leaving. Liao Qing's wine at this time also dissipated a little, and he guessed. After the words came out, his face sank again: "If I really let Sun Tu lead the army away, I don't know when my revenge will be avenged!" Can't let them go so easily! ”
"Yes, if they leave like this, they will return to the mountain, maybe they will kill Hangzhou!" Boss Hong also immediately said loudly, and then everyone looked at Ning Heng, and they all saw that his heart was furious: "What do you want to do?" ”
"You're right, Pang Shuai won't let us take risks at this time, especially when the crisis in Huzhou is about to be solved, even if we tell him the possible consequences, he won't let us take the initiative! In that case, we will send our own troops. Liao Qing said with excitement in his eyes: "I have three thousand elite soldiers under my command!" ”
"I have two thousand people to mobilize!"
"I also have 2,500 people available......"
These generals were the first group of people to follow Fang La's uprising, and if they can survive until now, they naturally have soldiers and horses in their hands. Don't look at Pang Wanchun as the boss here, but a few of them worked together, and they actually gathered nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses at once, which scared Ning Heng a lot: "You guys...... What do you want to do? ”
"While they haven't left tonight, go out of the city and attack!" Liao Qing said without hesitation: "Boss Hong, Hu Laosan, you will take our token to mobilize troops and horses, remember to make a small noise, don't be known by Pang Shuai." I'll accompany Brother Ning to wait for you here, be sure to bring the troops over before the second watch! ”
Ning Heng was furious when he heard this: "Don't mess around, this is disobeying the military order, once Pang Shuai knows, he will not spare you!" ”
"As long as we can make meritorious service and take revenge, even if we are severely punished by Pang Shuai, we will admit it. Brother Ning, you and I have a relationship, our brother saved you on the battlefield, don't be ungrateful, you want to send someone to report the news, right? Liao Qing stared at him with a hideous face and shouted.
"Brother Ning, since we dare to do this, we have a certain degree of certainty, the strength is comparable, those Song Jun will definitely not be our opponents, if you refuse to cooperate, you will be the great sinner of my Wu Kingdom!"
"Brother Ning, we only let you open the city, and we didn't let you also send troops with us to kill it, what are you afraid of?"
In the face of the persuasion of these comrades, even if Ning Heng did not approve of their approach, he could only obey at this time, otherwise he would offend everyone, even if he had merit afterwards, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in the army in the future.
Seeing that he responded, everyone became happy, and only Liao Qing was left here to watch him, and the others hurried to mobilize the troops and horses. Their men and horses were not far from here, so it only took an hour for the men and horses to come in quickly, and gather under the dilapidated city gate here, and at this time the first shift was coming to an end, and the sky was completely dark.
They waited for a while, until they entered the second watch, and when they entered the city and saw that the Song army camp had fallen into silence, they immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and more than 20,000 people quietly came out, and leaned over in the dark.
It wasn't until the 20,000 troops were sent out of the city that they couldn't see their shadows clearly, and Ning Heng, who was standing at the head of the city, felt uneasy and worried again. After hesitating again and again, he finally made a decision - to confess to Pang Shuai!
Pang Wanchun was busy with official business at this time, and it was quite strange to see Ning Heng coming. But when he told the matter, Rao is Pang Wanchun's temperament was calm, or his complexion changed greatly, he slammed the table, and shouted: "They dare!" The shaft is not enough and conspiracy! Under the anger, he took out all Fan Zeng's famous words.
He is really angry and tired, there was a Fang Shi Buddha who was anxious to do anything recklessly, and now he has a cadre of generals who have made such a risky move, if he wins, it is better to say, in case of defeat, Huzhou's troops will be reduced by nearly half, and it will be difficult to hold it again.
After Pang Wanchun scolded him angrily, he didn't care about punishing Ning Heng, and rushed out quickly. And just as they got out of the gate of the command post and didn't have time to get on their horses, the sound of killing was faintly heard outside.
The battle has finally begun......