Chapter Seventy-Eight: Arrival
Xunzhou Haifeng County, whose real name is Longchuan County. In the first year of Tianbao, it was changed to Haifeng County. In the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, it was restored to Xunzhou. (It includes most of the later Huizhou City, Heyuan City, Shanwei City, and Meizhou City.) )
Xiazhou, Lingguishan, Heyuan, Boluo, Xingning, Haifeng, Luoyang, Changle seven counties. There are 9,525 households, and more than 68,600 mouths. Tugong: linen, five-color rattan plate, mirror box, snake gallbladder, nail decoction, shark leather, Quantai, silk grass, etc.
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And under the walls of Xunzhou, which had been blackened and a little mutilated, the siege camp had become a little sparse.
Wang Pan, who was full of calm face and dragged the copper-headed horsewhip like a trapped beast, also kept walking up and down on the narrow and towering mound of earth lookouts.
However, his mind was no longer in front of him, and the climbing and falling like rain that was taking place was tragically captured, but drifted to some distant place. Even the jumping team that stood at the head of the city once again caused by the earth-shattering roar and drumming did not make his mind turn back for long.
"Where the hell have we been?"
He asked again, turning to the left and right.
"Send someone to investigate."
"The general, the horse team that is now available in the city has been sent out."
Sun Liuma, the captain nicknamed "Ma Yu" next to him, whispered and persuaded.
"The rest of the brethren also have many weariness."
"Then send more foot soldiers and take turns to explore."
Then, he realized that he had lost his temper and called back to the left school and changed his words.
"Forget it, then just wait"
"Let the brethren rest well. The external police post still can't be relaxed."
However, his picture of the trade-offs between gains and losses is different, and among the newly collected and promoted leaders, they have their own complicated feelings and experiences.
After all, what kind of strange character will the "monk" in charge of the rear team who can make this Weifu self-murderous and awe-inspiring general who has been unable to worry about it in his mouth; You must know that this person who has not been in the rebel army for a long time is said to have been in this angry wind camp, and he has some word-of-mouth influence and fame.
Fortunately, his or their torment did not last long, and finally waited for a group of figures to appear on the road in the distance. At the head were a dozen horsemen in brown shirts and spears, followed by dozens of foot soldiers in short armor and crossbows on their backs, who were approaching in a double-drawn canopy carriage;
Finally, from the parked car, a half-grown boy in a leather vest stepped down, and quickly lowered the feet and lifted the curtain; Only then did he come out of the young man without a helmet or hat, and under the short straight hair and the strange style of the tight robe, the tall and muscular figure stood among the foot knights with helmets and armor, as if standing out from the crowd.
Then, the soldiers who knew each other well in the local battalion were already quite enthusiastic and cordial. was led to this mound of earth on the lookout, with a slight excitement and eagerness on his face, he couldn't wait to step forward and warm up his arms.
"Monk, you're finally back."
"It would be nice to be able to withdraw."
"The rest of the labor doesn't matter at all."
Then, he deliberately turned to him.
"Anyway, monk, have you eaten it?"
"I've got meat and vegetables on the stove."
"There's lamb's trotters and sauce to cook elbows."
"Why don't you eat and drink first, and then explain slowly."
"That's not right, I'm the first to come over and explain something"
Zhou Huaian smiled and thanked him
"Most of them are still lagging behind."
"Most of the staff, is there anyone who hasn't arrived?"
Wang Pan obviously didn't believe in it, and couldn't help but think that as long as you can come back, even if only these people around you are left, it can be regarded as earned; Then his next words were stuck in his mouth and he couldn't go on.
Because whether you look from the lookout or from the top of the city, you can see that with the smoke and dust blowing up, a large group of people and horses with flags like a forest are slowly moving forward in the distance in the faint sound of drums and trumpets.
"Good boy."
A lieutenant on the side couldn't help but grin
"Is this the reinforcement from Guangzhou?"
"Definitely...
At this moment, Zhou Huai'an wrote lightly with a sense of accomplishment
"It's just the manpower I've gathered all the way in the rear."
Of course, in order to achieve the effect of his sudden inspiration before he arrived, Zhou Huai'an deliberately stopped and used some effort to form the team; Let the convoys, which are the best in morale and equipment, and the most polished-looking, go in the forefront, while the direct and cavalry teams gallop on the flanks, and all the chariots and horses march in the rear; And in the end, this kind of bluff appearance is created.
However, the effect was still quite good, at least the array of rebels gathered together under the city suddenly burst into bursts of cheers and shouts; However, the defenders who were struggling to resist at the head of the city were suddenly shocked and lost their voices, and there was a very obvious decline and depression.
So, at the position of the previous breakthrough and ascending the city, the first section of the city wall several zhang wide was firmly established by the jumping athletes who were fighting, and began to wave the green flag desperately, calling for more support and relays.
"I'm glad I didn't live up to the trust."
Zhou Huai'an, who came back to his senses, continued to say slowly to Wang Pan, who was slightly stunned, and the leaders with various expressions on the side.
"Three hundred carts of grain and grass for the army, and 1,200 pack animals."
"The remaining more than 1,000 soldiers and materials,"
"And two thousand five hundred servants. I guess it's enough to cover the current support."
"Enough. . . Enough.. Far enough. ”
Wang Pan came back to his senses at this time, but his heart was really a big surprise.
"You... You.. This, but what has happened?"
"This is a big surprise to me."
After all, these things themselves are not really shocking to his vision;
But what surprised and amazed him was how this monk camp manager used the rear team with only that little manpower to repel those thieves in a short period of time, and how he raised these things and manpower from the poor and poor places like a trick.
"It's hard to describe the situation."
Zhou Huai'an is an understatement.
"You need to take your time."
"But I was anxious and confused"
The head Wang Pan slapped his head with a sudden realization, and shouted eagerly to his side.
"Hurry up and let the room room bring the table."
"By the way, bring the rest of the pine knotweed spring and white sand brewing seeds."
"Ma Yu (Sun Liuma), you go and ask someone to kill pigs and sheep, steam rice and make cakes; A good treat for the new brothers in the back team."
"Looking back, I'm going to talk to the monk brothers."
"It's really hard for you, the guards are a little difficult these days."
"It's okay, it's finally barely enough to deal with the past."
Zhou Huai'an continued to say modestly.
"However, please put the current war first."
"I might be able to do something I can do."
After another period of time, when the large fleet of chariots and horses loaded with various materials drove into the besieging camp one after another under the guidance of one after another, the Xunzhou city gate facing this direction was also slowly opened from the inside out in some kind of huge reverberation and drum noise, revealing many bloody figures in the smoke and dust.
A Jiuke did not fall and attacked the city of Xunzhou for more than half a month, and then went down.
Local chronicles: Tang Qianfu six years in September, thieves slightly follow the state, Mi can not go down for a long time; The new thief arrived, the horse walked to cover up, and the people were greatly depressed and fell.
(End of chapter)