Chapter 123: Raid Behind Enemy Lines
"Big Eyes, come here!" Zhou Tong stood not far from the shore, watching his soldiers struggle to attack the opposite bank, but there was no way to fight for a while, and hurriedly shouted not far away.
"General, you call me?" After a while, a tall figure ran over.
Niu Dayan is Zhou Tong's personal soldier, as his name suggests, not to mention that he is strong, especially those eyes, which are particularly big. Therefore, everyone doesn't call him by his real name, but instead calls him Niu Dayan.
"Did our cavalry cross the river?" Zhou Tong asked.
"I think I just came here, and I'm at the foot of the mountain at the moment!" Niu looked at it for a while, and then said.
"Go and tell the cavalry to hurry across the river from the west, join Penryn, and then come as soon as possible. If we had crossed the river from here, we would have taken much longer and suffered more casualties! Zhou Tong ordered.
"Yes, I'll go!" Niu Dayan hurriedly ran to the back.
Progress on Penlin's side was much smoother, for he had come quietly, and had come around from the mountains to the north. The defenders inside and outside the county town of Haoqi kept a close eye on the front, but they did not take too much precautions against the mountains and forests to the north. After all, the place at this time was far from being as desolate as in later generations, and it was not easy to fight from there under the dense forest.
Fu Jian was still waiting for news in the city at this time, and the county seat was thirty or forty miles away from the first line of defense, and at this time, he already knew the news that the first line of defense had been broken. But he knew that the news was not sent by the defeated soldiers of the first line of defense, but from those Fuqin defenders in the northeast of Gangushui.
Originally, he was relatively relaxed, but at this time, as soon as he heard that the Huashan Army was about to hit the door, he became anxious.
"How? Is there any movement outside? Huashan anti-thieves have hit the other side of the river? Fu Jian, who was pacing back and forth, saw a general walking in from outside the door at this time, and hurriedly asked.
"General, there is no movement outside, those Huashan rebels should have gone to attack the defenders on the edge of Jingshui!" The general said helplessly. If you want to say that if you are so worried, you should go to the city to defend the city well, what is the matter of hiding in the county government in the city!
"That's good, that's good! However, I'm afraid that the thieves will have to fight here sooner or later, so we can't let our guard down. Well, come with me to the city and have a look, and don't go wrong! Fu Jian's skills are not high, but he finally understands that this is a matter of his own court, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to go out and have a look.
Just when he was out of the county office, Peng Lin, who was outside the city at this time, had already started to act.
Fifteen hundred of his men crept around to the river at the foot of the hill a few miles north of the city, and instead of launching a fierce attack at first, they first built a simple wooden bridge over the river.
This was to make it easier for the subsequent armies to pass through here, and at the same time, he left two hundred soldiers to guard here. And he himself, with 800 soldiers, went all the way west to the back of the guards in the south of Haoqi County.
Although the defenders on the side of Haoqi County are based in Haoqi County, troops have been deployed to guard the north and south sides of the county. Especially in the south of the city, it has been extending southeast along the Gangu River until it meets the Jingshui River.
"You have all seen that our goal is to cut off these enemies and prevent them from escaping to the east. Let's destroy all the enemies here around this county, and then quickly go to support the general! Before launching the operation, Peng Lin admonished several lieutenants.
"Don't worry, Captain, we all know what to do!" Several lieutenants whispered.
"Okay, wait for my signal together, the north and south will act together, move quickly, and end the battle here as soon as possible!" Peng Lin nodded and said again.
After a while, Peng Lin suddenly picked up his bow and arrow, and released an arrow into the air, and suddenly, a terrible scream sounded outside Haoqi County.
"Kill!" The soldiers of the Huashan Army, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately killed the Fu Qin soldiers who were guarding the river.
But this time the battle was a little different, although it was a battle, the Huashan army basically didn't make much noise. Everyone just rushed forward, and once they saw those Fu Qin soldiers, they were immediately stabbed.
The remaining hundreds of soldiers in the north were basically the same at this time, and all of them just killed the enemy silently, without shouting. So much so that after the battle began, all that could be heard by the river was the screams and shouts of the Qin soldiers.
"What's going on? Why is there chaos outside? Could it be that the Huashan anti-thieves have called? Fu Jian, who had just made a tour of the city, was gradually settling down, and when he heard this voice, his heart immediately rose.
"Oh no, general, it's a big deal, the army outside the city has been attacked, it seems that it is definitely the Huashan thieves who have come over!" As soon as he had finished saying this, a soldier ran in and shouted loudly.
"Sure enough, it was the Huashan anti-thief who called! Holy, how did these guys get across the river? Why didn't you hear any movement? Hearing the news, Fu Jian was stunned.
"General, what should we do, please ask the general to have an idea!" When the soldier saw him talking to himself, he couldn't help but say urgently.
"The idea? What else do you have in mind? Of course, hurry out of the city to help! Pass my order to divide half of the army in the city and quickly go out of the city to fight against the thieves in Huashan. You have to stop them, otherwise the consequences will not be good. Besides, quickly send someone to inform the king of Beiping and let him know the news that the thief is coming from the direction of Haoji! Hearing this, Fu Jian remembered that the matter was urgent and hurriedly said.
"Yes, the villain is going to give the order!" When the soldier heard this, he hurriedly ran out.
Fu Jian's response was basically appropriate, after all, if anything went wrong with the army outside the city, this good county would become an isolated city, which was not a good thing for him. After all, with the current situation in Guanzhong, if the Fu Qin court is eliminated, he will occupy this county seat, and it will not be able to play a big role.
But he didn't have too many men and horses in his hands, and there were only a thousand soldiers and horses in the city at this time, and after sending out five hundred, there were only five hundred men left in the city. What he didn't know was that at this time, the 1,500 people sent by Zhou Tong, together with the 500 people left by Peng Lin before, had already rushed to the opposite side of Haoqi County. Moreover, through the temporary bridge arranged by Peng Lin, he just crossed the Gangu River smoothly.
"Brothers, kill me with me!" As soon as he saw the big battle in front of him, the 1,500 soldiers and horses who had just arrived immediately rushed over. The Fu Qin guards, who were already about to be unstoppable, immediately scattered and fled after seeing this scene at this time.
As a result, the soldiers and horses of the Huashan Army went all the way south from the foot of the mountain, and directly killed at the east gate of Haoqi County, just in time for the 500 soldiers and horses to come out of the city.
"Rush!" As soon as he saw these enemies, the captain who led the team immediately rushed over.
And those Fu Qin soldiers and horses who went out of the city did not expect to meet the Huashan army at the gate. Hearing the sound of this landslide and earth cracking, many of the five hundred soldiers and horses were directly frightened, and ran back to the city without saying a word.
The Huashan army took advantage of the other party's chaos to kill, and because of these chaotic troops, the city gate of Haoqi County was not closed, and the Huashan army directly entered the city. With these thousand soldiers and horses in the city, the number of people is already at a disadvantage, not to mention that this is not the new army of Huashan, but the elite of Huashan.
As a result, less than an hour passed from the time Fu Jian gave the order to resist to the time when his own city was broken and captured. The county seat was defeated by the Huashan army in this way, and Peng Lin at this time had already led people to solve the defenders in the south of the city, and entered the city to join this army of soldiers and horses.
"General, our cavalry is coming!" Just as Peng Lin was discussing his next move with the lieutenant, there was a report from a soldier outside the door.
"Okay, Captain Qin, the army will be handed over to you, I will take the cavalry to kill and support the general, and your men and horses will arrive later!" Peng Lin said happily.
Soon, Peng Lin led a thousand cavalry under his command and slaughtered all the way along Gangushui. With the combat effectiveness and speed of the cavalry, this distance of more than thirty miles will not take too long at all.
Soon, they killed all the way to the opposite side of Zhou Tong, and the Fu Qin soldiers they saw along the way, when they saw the cavalry coming, they either ran away directly or were wiped out. In the darkness, even Peng Lin himself did not know how many enemies he had killed.
"It's finally here, brothers, and quickly cross the river with me!" Zhou Tong was overjoyed when he saw that there was no enemy on the other side, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers who had been prepared long ago to build a bridge, and the army behind him quickly crossed the Gangu River, and finally appeared behind the army of Fu Qin.
"Peng Lin, you don't have to worry about the affairs here, kill all the way, and take the general across the river!" Zhou Tong was the first to jump over the river and said to Peng Lin on the bank.
Peng Lin didn't say much, and immediately turned his horse's head to chase the cavalry who were ahead. And the 2,000 army led by Zhou Tong crossed the river in a steady stream at this time, and followed Zhou Tong all the way to kill.
To the east of Shiping County, Fu Shuo was already a little anxious at this time, and a series of bad news began to be sent to him. The first half of the night was normal, basically the news of the frontal attack of the Huashan army, and when it came to the second half of the night, all the news was telling him that the situation had become very bad.
"Damn Huashan anti-thief, where did you get so many soldiers and horses, it seems to be everywhere all at once! Those rice bucket bastards can't even stop it for one night! On the defensive line, the more Fu Shuo listened, the more angry he became, and he wanted to curse loudly.
And just as he was angry, all of a sudden, a dull voice came! Soon, the sound coalesced, like a huge wave crashing on the shore, enveloping him. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.