Chapter 157: Like an Arm
At the southern foot of the Dayu Mountains, Hengpu water flows slowly to the northeast to the southwest, under the mountains on the northwest and southeast sides, the Hengpu water valley is like a long cloth bag, and Anyuan County, Dongheng Prefecture is in this cloth bag. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The northeast end of Anyuan County is a hilly area, where it is not a traffic artery, so there is no city but only Xinxi, Wuji and other scattered villages, Donghengzhou only has a small village here, in order to show the sense of existence of the government.
The southwest end of Anyuan County is Xuyang, guarding the southwest gateway, and the county governance Shixing is located in the northeast of Xuyang and the southwest of Anyuan County, about 100 miles away from the exit of the southern end of Dayuling Road.
This distance is not far and not close, in order to resist the southern invasion of the Zhou army, the governor of Dongheng Prefecture, the governor of the 24 states of Lingnan military governor Wang Meng, led the army to arrive in Shixing on the next day, then along the city outside the city Hengpu water all the way to the northeast, into the southern foot of the Dayu Mountains, just to block the Zhou army over the mountains and mountains.
It is also thanks to Wang Meng commanding the army like an arm, and the order must be carried out, otherwise it will be all over as long as it is half a day at night.
The Zhou army captured the counties of Jiangzhou within a month, and the forward reached Nankang County, the southernmost part of Jiangzhou, and the speed made Wang Meng, who was sitting in Lingnan, dare not believe it, and lost the previous imperial edict to let him gather Lingnan soldiers and horses, and go north to reinforce the Jiangzhou defenders, otherwise he was really caught off guard by the other party.
Although Wang Meng responded, he was almost succeeded by the fast-advancing Zhou army: he sent the vanguard Deng Wei to rush 5,000 soldiers to Da Yuling to intercept the Zhou army, but was defeated by the other party and almost couldn't bear it.
When Deng Wei arrived at the Great Yu Ridge, the Zhou army had already broken through the pass on the ridge, and he immediately set up nine gates one after another, trying to block the speed of the Zhou army's advance, but the other party broke through the eight gates one after another, and when the ninth gate was in danger, Wang Meng led the army to arrive.
In the camp of the Chen army on the waterside of Hengpu, outside the tent of the Chinese army, Deng Wei, who was shirtless, was tied to a wooden stake, and two strong soldiers were executed with wooden sticks.
If he lost an important place, he should be beheaded according to military law, but he remembered Deng Wei's merits for fighting to stop the Zhou army despite the heavy casualties, and he was punished with a rod of eighty.
In the tent of the Chinese army, Wang Meng, the governor of the capital, was discussing the military with the generals, listening to the snapping sound outside, the assassins and generals did not dare to be careless, Wang Meng cut off the heads of two disobedient clansmen, and even Deng Wei also beat him, it is really true to his words:
No matter who it is, no matter what status, the violator, military law is engaged!
"Our army has already camped here, as long as we are careful, the northern captives will be blocked on the Dayu Ridge, and now only its vanguard is on the ridge, and the main force of the army will arrive soon."
"But it's useless for the main force of the Beiyu to come, because they can't use it on the Great Yuling, so as long as our army blocks the Great Yuling, no matter how many troops the Beiyu have, there is no way to take our army!"
"In addition, not to mention Huangkou, just say that from Yuzhang to Nankang and then to this big Yuling, the land distance is nearly thousands of miles, such a long grain road, if there are ten hundred meters when you set off, when you arrive at Da Yuling, you can leave two Hu, the more soldiers and horses come from the Beiyu army, the easier it is to run out of food!"
"Also, for the Beiyu, Lingnan is a land of smoke and miasma, their soldiers and horses can't stand the climate, water and soil of Lingnan, and now it's winter and it's still unharmed, and in spring and summer, hehe, the Beiyu can't consume our army!"
Wang Meng's analysis greatly increased the confidence of everyone present, seeing that Wang Meng's deployment of troops was in good order, the anxiety in their hearts gradually dissipated, since the majority of the governors were full of confidence, their confidence gradually increased.
In a camp tent, Deng Hui, who had been beaten to a bloody pulp, was lying on the couch, and the military doctor gave him medicine, and the medicine powder was sprinkled on the wound, making Deng Wei's face pale in pain.
The different methods of the executioner can make the effect of cane punishment different: one is to beat the skin and flesh of the person, but in fact, the pain of the skin and flesh can not hurt the muscles and bones.
The other is that after the cane punishment, it does not seem to be seriously injured, but in fact it has been secretly injured, and the light ones are greatly damaged, and the serious ones are all wounded, and the tortured person will not have a few days to live.
Deng Wei's cane punishment is naturally the first type, after all, as the younger brother of coach Wang Meng, who dares to be ruthless?
The same brother is the same mother's brother, and the two brothers have a surname Wang and a surname Deng, so they are naturally half-brothers. Wang Meng's original name was Wang Yong, and his father Wang Qing was a famous general of the Liang State, Wang Seng and the general of the defense department, and he was appointed as the Taishou of Dongyang.
Chen Ba attacked and killed Wang Shengbi first, and his nephew Chen Qian attacked Wang Shengbian's son-in-law Du Gong, and was beaten and fled in embarrassment by Wang Qing, who came to reinforce Du Gong, and as a result, Ouyang Yu, the Guangzhou assassin who reinforced Du Niche together, rebelled and killed Wang Qing.
After the establishment of the Chen State, Chen Qian did not forget Wang Qing's 'great achievements' after succeeding to the throne, Wang Qing's widow took the young Wang Yong to hide in Tibet, and later remarried to the Deng family, Wang Yong also changed his name to Wang Meng, and then he had a brother Deng Wei of the same birth.
After Chen Qian's death, Wang Meng had a chance to get ahead, and he came to this day step by step with his military exploits, and his younger brother Deng Wei naturally wanted to be promoted.
Looking at his younger brother lying on the couch, Wang Meng changed the expression of the six relatives in the military tent in Fang Cai, and asked softly: "How, can you stand it?" ”
"It's okay, brother, I can stand it."
"The military order is like a mountain, if not, I can't control these people for my brother." Wang Meng sat down on the side, and seeing that his younger brother was unharmed, he began to cut to the topic, "How is the strength of Zhou Jun?" ”
"Brother, the Zhou army is very strong, and every soldier seems to be brave and good at fighting, so don't take it lightly!"
Wang Meng's face was serious when he heard this: "How can you say this?" ”
He sneered at the strength of the Zhou army in front of the generals, which did not mean that he would really take the enemy army lightly in the Great Yuling Mountains, so Deng Wei, who had fought with him, had a very important opinion.
"It's not surprising that the vanguard of the army, all the soldiers are brave and good at fighting, but these Zhou soldiers are not like people who dare to fight temporarily recruited from the troops or various departments in the army..."
"You mean?"
"The individual martial arts are very strong, but they are not fighting alone, the soldiers in the team cooperate very well, and the cooperation between the teams is also very good, this is not a temporary gathering of the first dead soldiers, but... It's a soldier who has been in the formation for many years! ”
"My brother has led the army for many years, and he knows what it means to be an elite soldier in the formation, either the other party's main general is desperate to send the elite troops out to be the vanguard, and strive to break through the Great Yuling at any cost, or..."
Speaking of this, Deng Wei struggled to get up and said solemnly: "The commander of the Zhou army who committed Jiangzhou this time is Yuwen Wenwen, the king of Xiyang of Zhou State, and it is said that the Hulin Army under his command is very good, if..."
"You mean, Yuwen Wen is here?!"
"Not necessarily, it may be that he sent the Hulin Army, we know that the key to holding Lingnan is to block Da Yuling, and the other party should know if he wants to come, so... In any case, it must not be taken lightly! ”
Wang Meng nodded when he heard this, marching and fighting, he must know himself and his opponent in order to survive a hundred battles, and he knows the virtue of his soldiers and horses very well, although there are many people, it is a rabble to say that it is ugly.
In addition to the soldiers and horses he brought from Lingbei, the local chieftains, the state thorns and taishou from the cave masters, and those crooked melons and cracked dates in their hands are really useless.
Lingnan, in addition to the area of Guangzhou, it is not too much to say that it is a place outside the country, and the officials who guarded Lingnan in the past dynasties of the Southern Dynasty had to deal with the local chieftains, cave masters, and the imperial court also appointed these local snakes to be the assassins of the states, and the Taishou, thinking that they were enveloped.
If it is a tough battle, it will be Amitabha Buddha if you don't delay and run away in advance, if the Zhou army in front of you is indeed a strong army, then he has to be cautious.
"The Tiger Forest Army of the One-legged Bronze Man? I'd like to see how it looks! ”