Chapter 164: After the War (1) [Second Update]
Meng Jin
Zhang Yuan, the head of the Wolf Howling Regiment, and Jiang Xin, the deputy head of the Wolf Howling Regiment, were already stationed in Mengjin City, and the Mengjin people did not know that there would be a big battle going on here. Because now it seems that Mengjin is in the hinterland of Luoyang, the north is the surging Yellow River, and the south is Luoyang City, if the Qing army does not enter the tiger prison, it is really difficult to come to Mengjin, but the Mengjin people did not expect that the enemy could take the Yellow River to freeze, and then walk directly across the Yellow River. Moreover, now that the army of Duoduo has not yet reached Mengjin, the people are even more unaware of the danger. However, Zhang Yuan, the general of the wolf howling battalion, did not dare to be careless, so he sent out a large number of scouts to explore along the Yellow River that day.
"Report!"
A scout came from outside and walked forward to bow to Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan's heart tightened, so he asked, "What's the matter, tell me quickly." ”
The scout said: "Return to the general, the tiger prison is urgent!" With that, the scout handed the paperwork in his hand to Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan didn't know about the Tiger Prison now, so Zhang Yuan hurriedly took the document in his hand, tore it open and began to read it.
"Tiger Prison Pass has won a big victory, and two princes of the Qing army have been captured alive by us!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
But waiting for him to look down, his face was a little gloomy, Zhang Yuan looked up at Jiang Xin and said in a low voice, "Brother Niu died in battle." ”
"General Niu Hu?" Jiang Xin confirmed. In Jiang Xin's heart, Niu Hu is a brave and good general, why did he die like this!
Zhang Yuan nodded, and confirmed this unchangeable fact to Jiang Xin, Niu Hu died in battle, and he was the first senior general to die in battle.
Niu Wei and Zhang Yuan were the first generals to follow Liu Xia, and they had a very deep relationship with each other.
"At the same time, the general also sent an order to say that according to their intelligence, Duoduo's army is about to arrive in Mengjin, so let us be more careful. As for our reinforcements, they will arrive in the next two or three days, and before the reinforcements arrive, even if there is only one person left in our Wolf Howling Regiment, we must stop the Qing army, and we must not let them leave Mengjin. ”
"The losses of the other regiments are very large, according to the news that has come, we have 3,000 brothers killed in the battle, of which the most elite battalion of the Tiger Ben Regiment is basically finished, and there are less than 200 people left, and there are many people who may not be able to go to the battlefield in the future. We Wolf Howling Regiment must not be left behind, and we must not let a single soldier escape. Jiang Xin, you go and inform all the soldiers and the people of Mengjin City of the news of the victory in the Tiger Prison in a while. ”
"Yes!"
The speed of news spread is still very fast even in this era without the Internet, and it will soon begin to spread around. Many people who don't like Liu Xia regret it very much at this time, and the defeat of the Qing army this time means that there will be no more soldiers and horses in the future, because the Qing army has already hurt its vitality.
As for where Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi have gone now, Liu Xia still doesn't know, so now Liu Xia didn't leave the Tiger Prison Pass for the first time, after all, if he left, Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi suddenly appeared, and the Tiger Prison Pass would be very dangerous.
Needless to say, the importance of the Tiger Prison Pass is needless to say, after all, Liu Xia sacrificed more than 3,000 soldiers in order to protect the Tiger Prison Pass! Now Liu Xia's total strength in the Tiger Prison Pass is still more than 6,000 people, although there are still 20,000 prisoners, but the prisoners are not available for the time being.
Thousands of soldiers suddenly came to Mengjin City, which made the people of Mengjin a little uncomfortable.
Although I don't know what the Wolf Howling Regiment is doing with so many soldiers and horses coming to Mengjin, since there are troops to protect them, these people are still very happy.
The prefectural magistrate of Mengjin City was Hua Yanchi, a middle-aged man in his thirties, who stood out in that exam and was given the position of prefectural magistrate of Mengjin County.
Since the Wolf Howling Regiment came to Mengjin, Hua Yanchi has always come to visit the Wolf Howling Regiment's station outside the city, and now the county order has no military power, and even no judgment power, so he doesn't have to face the people's grievances every day, and he has more free time.
Hua Yanchi got the news of the victory in the Tiger Prison Pass early, so he took two servants to Zhang Yuan's residence.
"General Zhang, the Tiger Prison Pass has been won, I don't know when the general will return to Luoyang!"
Zhang Yuan glanced at Huayan Pond, pondered for a while and said: "There will be a big battle in Mengjin City, and the county magistrate should prepare earlier, although the Tiger Prison Pass has been won, but the general will not return to Luoyang so early." ”
When Hua Yanchi heard that there would be a big battle in Mengjin City, his heart suddenly became a little scared, and he said: "Zhang, General Zhang, Mengjin has the Yellow River, how can there be an enemy?" Don't scare me. ”
Zhang Yuan said coldly: "According to the intelligence, the Duoduo army will arrive in Mengjin tomorrow, and now that the Yellow River north of Mengjin has frozen, the Qing army can directly cross the Yellow River to reach Mengjin, so ......"
"Then, when will the Hou Ye send a large army to ......" Although Hua Yanchi knew the strength of the Pingbei Army, he also heard that Duoduo led an army of 30,000 to leave, and it was really not good to face the 30,000 army and the 2,000 men and horses of the Wolf Howling Battalion.
"You don't have to worry about this, the county commander only needs to settle the people, if the Qing army comes, there must be some people who are corrupt, so you still need to bother the county commander to do a good job of public security."
Hua Yanchi nodded in agreement and said: "Whenever there is a rebellion, there are always some ruffians and hooligans who take advantage of the fire to rob, these people have nothing to do on weekdays, if there is an accident in the city, they must be there." If it had been in the past, they would have all been taken away to serve as soldiers, regardless of the fact that the current general does not want such bastard soldiers. So much so that they can only rely on chaos to rob them. ”
Mengjin City was already heavily defended, and the banks of the Yellow River were full of scouts sent out by the Wolf Howling Regiment.
Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Xia also sent out a large number of scouts to explore the whereabouts of Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, after some checking, Liu Xiafang learned that Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi knew that the defeat of the Qing army had been decided, so in order to preserve their own strength, so they gathered their old troops, and then went to Hubei, now it is already Runing Mansion, it is unlikely to return in a short time.
Inside the Tiger Prison Pass, snowflakes drifted in the sky at this time.
Liu Xia stood on the high platform above the school field of Tiger Prison Pass, and there were some generals behind him.
The middle of the school field was stained with soldiers from various regiments, these were the soldiers who survived, and even though the snow was falling and the weather was bitterly cold today, everyone was motionless. Because they are about to see off the dead soldiers.
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