Chapter 376: In All Directions
Tang Zhengliang frowned, looking at the dilapidated camp in front of him. He is the governor of Chuzhou, and he is also the only lieutenant under the command of Zhang He, the leader of Chuzhou. Du Wei is a general further up, because Chuzhou is not a war zone at all, so there can be no general.
Of course, that was only in the beautiful idea of the Northern Zhou court, and now the enemies who appeared in the three counties of Linjiang, Lao Ya Mountain and Causeway Gorge obviously showed that war could appear in the hinterland of Bashu at any time.
And now the camp in front of Tang Zhengliang is the crumbling old crow mountain camp under Chen Zhishen's onslaught. There is only one road in the entire Lao Yashan camp to reach the village gate, and this road is also the only way to cross Lao Yashan to Ba County.
However, it is such a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in the three-day fierce battle, Tang Zhengliang still paid more than 500 casualties, you must know that Tang Zhengliang has a total of more than 1,000 people, which can be said to be more than half of the casualties.
If it were someone else, I am afraid that he would not be able to support it for a long time, but Tang Zhengliang had no choice, he was not only the governor of Chuzhou, but also the head of the Bajun Tang clan, one of the branches of the Tang clan in Xiajiang, and the entire Bajun Tang clan had more than 30 people, and now they were firmly controlled by Zhang He, as long as Tang Zhengliang did not work hard, it was their family who died.
As the head of the family, Tang Zhengliang must take on his own responsibilities, because the relationship between the Xiajiang Tang clan and Zhang He is not harmonious, and the Bajun Tang clan has been surviving in the cracks all these years, and it was not easy to save the incense, of course, it cannot be broken in Tang Zhengliang's hands.
"Dad, while that madman Chen didn't kill him, let's hurry up and retreat, otherwise it will be too late later." Tang Zhengliang's eldest son, Tang Qi, said breathlessly.
Chen Madman is the name of Chen Zhishen that everyone recognizes, because in the past three days, this guy has really stormed the camp like a madman, forcing Tang Zhengliang to breathe at all, and the last attack forced Tang Zhengliang to throw all the fifty Tang disciples who had followed him for many years, so that he could barely block the enemy.
Xiajiang Tang Clan, with martial arts, these children who have won the true inheritance of Tang Zhengliang have certainly held up the defense line, and the losses are also very heavy, and now there are only more than a dozen people who can stand up, and looking at their faces, they don't want to fight.
This was originally a battle with a huge disparity in strength, Chen Zhishen did not launch all his troops to attack every time, but divided his subordinates into two teams, and the wheel battle was played, not giving Tang Zhengliang a chance to rest at all, which is why Chen Zhishen's subordinates were so fierce every time they rushed and killed.
As for leading the army out of the camp, it was even more wishful thinking for Tang Zhengliang, otherwise he would not have caused such a big loss to Tang Zhengliang as the defender.
"Master, withdraw, if you don't withdraw, we all have to explain here." Another disciple couldn't help but whisper, "We've done our best, and the Assassin won't blame us." ”
Before his words fell, there was an earth-shattering cheer from the south side of Lao Yao Mountain, and the soldiers in the entire camp suddenly looked at each other in surprise, and immediately understood what was going on, and looked at Tang Zhengliang with an undisguised look of worry.
To the south of Lao Ya Shan is Causeway Gorge, and these two dangerous places together form the only line of defense in Ba County, and it is obvious that Causeway Gorge has been lost, which means that the enemy's sailors may go around the back of Lao Yashan at any time, and it will be too late to retreat.
"Let's go!" Tang Zhengliang made a decision immediately, and if Tongluo Gorge was lost, Chen Zhishen would definitely step up his attack, and it was even possible that the whole army would press it - with Chen's madman's character, it was not impossible.
If you don't leave now, you will definitely never be able to go again.
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Zhang He anxiously paced back and forth on the city tower, he didn't know what the battle situation was on the side of Lao Ya Mountain and Tongluo Gorge, and he didn't even know if his reinforcements had arrived at Lao Yao Mountain, whether they would surround the damned Xiao Shilian in turn as he had imagined.
He only knew that there was a Ba County under his command now, but in addition to the more than 1,000 people who were temporarily mobilized to defend the city, there were only more than 500 soldiers in battle.
More importantly, there is also a Nanchen army with a number of about 2,000 people at this time has occupied the line from Wangjiangtai to Shamaoshan on the west side of Ba County, which is equivalent to completely cutting off the reinforcement road from Luzhou.
And Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses all the way are not reinforcing Lao Yashan, and Zhang He has no bottom in his heart.
Thinking that he was still in power a few days ago, he was still in power and said everything, but now he is an out-and-out trapped beast, and Zhang He is a little powerless.
Now he can only hope that his sailor still has Tang Zhengliang, who is still respectful to him at least on the surface.
"Haven't you heard from the Sentinel?" Zhang He raised his head and looked at the generals who were standing on the sidelines, and they didn't dare to take a breath.
"No, and the sentinel hasn't been back for two hours······" The general hurriedly replied, with concern in his words, "I think they should have discovered something, and their subordinates have already sent out another group of people, hoping to find ······"
"Enough!" Zhang He directly interrupted this incompetent subordinate, "Why didn't you say it earlier?!" ”
He didn't believe that his scouts who would turn around and run away when they saw the enemy would follow them all the way or even forget to come back, the only possibility was that these scouts had been directly strangled by the enemy's scouts or even the army, and they didn't even have a chance to come back to deliver the news.
The subordinate didn't dare to say much. And Zhang He nervously turned to look outside the city, and at this moment, on the surface of the river on the horizon, a shadow jumped into Zhang He's eyes with the sun on his back.
Immediately after that, there were one boat after another, covering the entire river.
Zhang He chuckled in his heart, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
At this moment, he was already very clear that there was no need for him to wait, because the enemy had already appeared in front of him.
And as if to echo this fleet, in the north and east of the city, groups of men and horses appeared, and the flags in front of the soldiers and horses were particularly distinct.
Battle flags such as "Li", "Xiao" and "Chen" hunted and danced in front of different soldiers and horses, symbolizing that the commander and general of the Southern Chen army and the commander of the division in the direction of Lao Yashan had arrived.
What happened to Lao Yashan, Tongluo Gorge and even his own team of reinforcements, Zhang He didn't even need to imagine it.
"Report!" A panicked scout rushed in front of Zhang He, "Enlightening the history of assassination, there are enemy troops in the west of the city, and the banner is 'Cheng'. ”
Zhang He gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the battlement.
In the blink of an eye, he had become a complete trapped beast, and the Nan Chen army that came from all directions was surrounding him and preparing to swallow him in one gulp.
And he didn't even know how the enemy had destroyed his army.