Chapter 181: Before the person arrives, the prestige comes first

Time is running out.

There is simply no time.

Bad things always follow. Just before Qu Shiyun recovered from the fall of Zhaoqing, he heard that Wuzhou had been lost.

Qu Shiyun immediately felt that something was wrong, and asked the soldiers who escaped from Wuzhou, "How many Xia thieves are there, and how did they capture Wuzhou City?" ”

"Lord Bing, the specific situation, my subordinates don't know. I just heard that hundreds of people first mixed into the city and broke out, and then a large group of cavalry rushed into the city wall, and then Lord Ding Chukui came forward to recruit the city officials. ”

Qu Shiyun suddenly grasped the main point and said, "Cavalry, how many cavalry are there?" ”

"I don't know, passing through the city, I can't see the head in front and the tail in the back, I rushed over to report the news, and I didn't look closely."

Qu Shiyun's face was a little worse, and he said, "You mean, passing through the city?" Didn't stay in the city. ”

"Yes, almost all the original officials in the city remained, only more than 100 soldiers were stationed in the government, and the city was replaced with a banner."

After listening to this, Qu Shiyun felt dizzy and could barely hold it.

"Your Excellency. What's wrong with you? The left and right stepped forward to support Qu Shiyun.

Qu Shiyun took a deep breath and said, "I'm fine, immediately call all the generals in the city to discuss the matter, and in addition, send someone to General Liu to return to the army, abandon Yongzhou City, and enter Guilin." ”

"Brother Qu, do you think the thieves are coming?" The person who asked the question was none other than Zhang Tongchang.

Qu Shiyun Zhengse said: "It's not that it's coming, but it's already here, but I don't know where it is." ”

Listening to the words of the person who reported the news in Wuzhou City, the most worrying thing in Qu Shiyun's heart happened. I am afraid that when this messenger came to Guilin, Xia Jun did not stop his pace. And where Xia Jun's goal is, it is simply self-evident.

Except for Guilin, get rid of Your Majesty. What else is worth the Xia army's thousands of miles to attack.

Qu Shiyun's judgment was not wrong at all.

It's just under the city of Pingle. Zhang Xuan leaned against a big stone, covered his face with a hat, closed his eyes and recuperated, while Zhang Xuan's war horse was eating horse food hard, which was a yellow cake. It is made of soybeans as raw materials, adding a lot of oil and water, refined grains, and even eggs.

This is also the treatment of Zhang Xuan's war horse. The treatment of the war horses of the people below may be a little weaker, but not much weaker. After Zhang Xuan, thousands of cavalry were densely packed, all lying on the ground with their horses, and a thin layer of dew hit them, and they didn't realize it.

One by one, they snored loudly.

There are only more than 100 riders on guard everywhere, released from a distance, like rabbits in the grass. Look around vigilantly.

Thousands of miles away, talking

It's easy to do. But there are countless hardships and hardships to do.

It's okay in Guangzhou, at least as soon as Zhang Xuan's troops pass, all the counties have surrendered, and they can even give some supplies to replenish. But after entering the territory of Guangxi, the situation is very different. Although the army here is so empty that people don't believe it.

Not to mention anything else, as long as there are more than 10,000 defenders and tens of thousands of sieges in Wuzhou City, it is impossible to capture it.

But in fact, Wuzhou City is almost an empty city, and all the defenders are just some people and some officials. Although there is an element of sneak attack in capturing Wuzhou City, like Wuzhou City, even if it is an attack with troops and horses.

It can also be defeated.

No matter how strong a city is, if it is not guarded, it is just an empty city.

The same is true of Pingle City.

"General." A horse galloped from the direction of Pingle City and said, "The general Pingle City has descended. ”

Zhang Xuan opened his eyes suddenly, took down the hat, and said in a hoarse voice: "Oh, what is the specific situation?" ”

Zhang Xuan's face was exposed to the sun, and compared to a few days ago, he was darker and thinner, and he was covered with hideous beard stubble. The eyes are also divided into three colors, one is the white of the eye, one is the black of the eyeball, and the other is blood red, which is the red of the blood.

The bloodshot eyes almost spread beyond the eye sockets.

Along the way, through the mountains and mountains, that's all. But there was a lot of water in the south, and the army had to cross the river again and again. If it's a big river, there are bridges in some places. When Guilin did not react, these bridges had not yet burned down and could be used. Compared with Zhang Xuan's all the way to the army, he essentially marched along the official road built by the Ming Dynasty.

But that's just more rivers and no bridges at all. It's all by ferry.

What should I do if the ferries can't get together so much for a while, and the army can't be blocked by a river?

Zhang Xuan followed Zhang Xianzhong's original method of marching, and reappeared. One by one, the horsemen dragged their mounts on the tails. In fact, some horses can still swim. Tying their armor to the saddle, all the men stripped naked and dragged their tails and let the horses lead them across the river.

Zhang Xuan is no exception.

Once the march started, especially in such a difficult march, Zhang Xuan always insisted on sharing weal and woe with the soldiers.

I don't know if Zhang Xuan has been pampered a lot during this period of time, and at this moment, he has experienced his life from the beginning, and he has a feeling of being unbearable for a while. The calluses on the body have faded and grown back one by one. Especially the inside of the legs.

The calluses that I used to ride a horse have become a lot more tender in the past two years.

During this march, the skin was worn again, as if a woman was menstruating, and between her legs, there was blood. Every move on the horse, all

It is irritating to delicate skin. It made Zhang Xuan feel extremely painful.

But no matter how it hurts, Zhang Xuan just asked people to bandage it. No further processing was done.

There is no other treatment.

Just endure it.

In any case, the journey of the brigade cannot be slowed down.

In addition, Zhang Xuan is the head of the army, and many things need Zhang Xuan to make decisions. That is to say, when others are resting, he cannot rest. At the end of the day, it is often twelve hours, but the eyes are closed several times. And even if he closed his eyes, he couldn't sleep, and all kinds of worries in his heart were enough to make Zhang Xuan extremely excited.

He knew that this was wrong, but he could only close his eyes and recuperate. I hope to regain some energy.

Therefore, it was only a few days, and Zhang Xuan felt as if he was a year or two older.

When a war starts, many times it is not physical strength and energy that is consumed, but life span. As a general, I often overdraft to such a limit, and I want to live a long life when I am old. It's just delusional.

"In Pingle City, I have heard the news of Wuzhou City, so the people went to the town to defend it, but Lord Ding stepped forward to persuade one or two, General Hao, and stepped forward to shoot arrows. An arrow broke the flagpole in Pingle City, and the whole city was shocked and did not dare to resist. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay. ”

He is good, not only to say Ding Chukui, but also to Hao Shaoqi.

To be honest, Ding Chukui's performance along the way impressed Zhang Xuan. Not only did he not drag the army back because of his age, but he actively did many things, such as general affairs in the army, such as recruiting surrenders and rebels.

The army of Wuzhou is here. Along the way, he didn't meet any hard bones, which is of course due to the weakness of the Ming army in this area, but there is also the reason why Ding Chukui came all the way to persuade him to surrender.

As for Hao Shaoqi's actions, although they were amazing, they were expected by Zhang Xuan.

If Hao Shaoqi didn't have such courage, he wouldn't have sat firmly in the position of the king's guard from among the tens of thousands of soldiers.

"The order goes down. Ready to go. Zhang Xuan said. Then he got up suddenly, came to the horse, patted the horse's neck, and turned over on the horse, just turning over the horse, which seemed to involve the wound, and people couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

Immediately the army ended this short rest, less than two hours before and after. Immediately, the team headed towards Pingle City.

Zhang Xuan met with officials at all levels in Pingle City to appease one or two, leaving more than 100 soldiers to show his rule over Pingle Mansion, and then gathered the whole army and headed northwest.

"After Pingle Mansion, you will enter Guilin Mansion." Zhang Xuan silently estimated in his heart. Secretly said: "There is only one county town in Yangshuo ahead." As long as it passes Yangshuo. Guilin is right in front of you. ”

For Guilin City, Zhang Xuan didn't dare to be careless, he estimated that at this moment in Guilin City, he had heard the rumors, since this was the case, let's do the opposite. Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.