Chapter Seventy-One: Good News
A group of archers immediately rushed to the river embankment, pointed the bows and arrows in their hands at the head of the pontoon bridge, those officers and soldiers who were ordered to strike first saw this scene, one by one immediately scolded, a few officers and soldiers who had just been on the bridge, regardless of the retreat of the pontoon bridge, just set foot on the south bank, as soon as the rain of arrows fell head-on among them, and immediately shot these retreating officers and soldiers into hedgehogs, one by one screamed and cursed and fell on the river beach.
The officers and soldiers on the bridge panicked, and then Wang Shaoyu ordered him not to retreat, and there were sharp bird guns of the thief army in front of him to block the way, and on both sides was the cold and biting river, where to go is a dead word, this really became a Nahe bridge, there is no way to enter the sky and no door to the ground.
Some officers and soldiers scolded Wang Shaoyu for not being a human being, he was a bastard, and there was no way to retreat at this time, so they were ruthless on the bridge, holding up a rattan card to cover his figure, and screaming and rushing towards the other side of the river.
Nearly 200 gunners were divided into several rows, and the rows stepped forward to fire on the pontoon bridge, allowing the shells of the opposing officers and soldiers to fall around them, and from time to time there would be a shell falling in the crowd, even if there would be a few soldiers or wounded or killed, but at this time, even Liu Yaoben, who was an official, stood in front of the formation, shouting and firing, what else did the soldiers have to say? No one paid any attention to the flying shells, one by one, they were nervously loaded, and then waited for the order to come forward and fire.
The sky was covered with dark clouds from the morning, and at this moment the snow flakes fell one after another, and the officers and soldiers holding rattan cards were knocked down one after another on the pontoon bridge, and some people fell on the pontoon, and blood flowed out of their wounds, and flowed into the river along the wooden planks on the pontoon deck, and immediately dyed the river red.
But more officers and soldiers were also driven crazy at this time, and simply rushed to the other side of the river with the corpse of the robe, they all knew that if they wanted to survive, they would not be able to retreat, and Wang Shaoyu, who was already crazy, would shoot them mercilessly on the south bank of the river, only to rush forward, rush across the pontoon bridge to disperse these thieves, and wait for Wang Shaoyu to lead a large group of men and horses across the river, they have a chance to live.
So far, these officers and soldiers have also begun to rush to the north bank without their lives, overturning a group and then rushing to the group, and the corpses fluttered down into the river, stirring up patches of blood-colored splashes, but they have never completely blocked this group of outlaw officers and soldiers on the bridge deck, and finally some officers and soldiers braved the rain of bullets and rushed to the other side of the river.
But as soon as they stepped onto the riverbank, a large group of soldiers of the Heavenly Army rushed up with spears shouting wildly, and the huge spears kept stabbing like the shuttles of a loom, and the officers and soldiers who had finally rushed across the pontoon bridge fell to the head of the bridge one by one, even if they were stabbed all over the holes.
There were even some knife players who kept rushing to the pontoon, fighting with the officers and soldiers on the bridge deck, and smashing the grease on the pontoon bridge one by one.
When they saw the Xingtian Army throwing cans on the pontoon bridge, the remaining officers and soldiers on the bridge were even more frightened, and rushed forward desperately, pushing the soldiers of the Xingtian Army off the pontoon bridge.
Several guards armed with torches held torches and yelled: "Burn you bastards!" While shaking his arm, he threw the torch towards the pontoon, and the torch spun in the air and fell on the pontoon, and immediately ignited the wooden planks on the pontoon, and the grease-soaked wooden planks met these torches, and immediately burst into flames with a bang, and spread rapidly on the bridge deck.
One by one, the officers and soldiers who had just rushed to the head of the bridge were immediately engulfed in the fire, burning them to jump around on the bridge, and finally could not withstand such a fire, and jumped into the icy river with a body of flames, and experienced the feeling of ice and fire in an instant, but the feeling was absolutely unpleasant, and the water sank and reported directly to the king of Hades.
Looking at the raging fire at the head of the pontoon bridge on the north bank, Wang Shaoyu finally understood that it was not the cowardice of the Xingtian military just now, but that they were simply waiting for themselves to send someone across the bridge to kill their subordinates, and now it seems that he was still fooled, and stupidly took out the three or four hundred soldiers who were the most elite at hand, and filled it in at once, looking at the men who were killed in the river with heavy loads and floats in the river, as well as the river water that had been stained red with human blood, Wang Shaoyu couldn't wait to slap his mouth.
"Let them come back! Hurry up and come back! Seeing Wang Shaoyu staring blankly at the fire on the pontoon bridge, his subordinates did not wait for his order, so they shouted and ordered the archers of the battle to withdraw, and the officers and soldiers remaining on the pontoon bridge quickly withdrew to the south bank.
The officers and men on these bridges fled back to the south bank of the river with their wails and deserts, but the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army still did not give up, and kept firing their guns at the rows of pontoon bridges, as if to see them off.
After seeing that the officers and soldiers had withdrawn to the south bank, Liu Yaoben raised his hand to stop the fire and continued to fire, and suddenly the entire Xingtian army on the north bank resounded with a deafening cheer.
Looking at the south bank again, Wang Shaoyu pressed the nearly 400 officers and soldiers on the bridge, and there were less than 200 people left who returned to the south bank, and almost half of them were killed on the bridge or in the river, and the rest of the people even fled back to the south bank, they were already frightened and almost nervous, and sat on the river beach, crying and howling one by one, and some people were in a daze, looking at the corpses of the robes half-floating in the river.
The air on the surface of the Luohe River was filled with the smell of gunsmoke, fire, and charred corpses, and the entire officers and soldiers of Wang Shaoyu's department looked at the burning pontoon bridge blankly, and there was no longer the jubilant energy just now.
Several fast horses rushed to the ferry, and the people on horseback jumped off their horses, galloped in front of Liu Yaoben, and said to him: "Sir Qiqi, just now the general sent someone back to the city, saying that he has led his troops to defeat the Guanning army under the command of Zu Kuan in Liuquan Town, and he can return to the county tomorrow to return to the county ......seat."
Liu Yaoben was overjoyed after hearing this, grabbed the arm of the horseman, and asked loudly with a look of surprise: "The general has won?" ”
The rider obviously didn't finish his sentence, but he nodded again and again and replied loudly with a happy face: "Victory!" The general wins! And it's a big win!! ”
After hearing this, Liu Yaoben no longer doubted his ears, turned around and immediately shouted to the soldiers who were following him: "Brothers, I have good news for you! The general led his troops to defeat the Guanning Iron Cavalry in Liuquan Town! We've won again! Haha......"
After the generals heard Liu Yaoben's shout, they immediately cheered loudly again, to be honest, this time Xiao Tianjian led the troops to Liuquan Town, and the news came back from the front, saying that the officers and soldiers who came this time were Zu Kuan, the general of the Guanning Army, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry under his command was also led by him, everyone was a little worried about Xiao Tianjian, for fear that the Xingtian Army was not the opponent of this famous Guanning Iron Cavalry, and was afraid that Xiao Tianjian would suffer a big loss, but at this time, no one was worried about anything, Xiao Tianjian once again told them with a big victory, In this world, the Xingtian Army is not afraid of any army, they are the strongest army in the world, so after learning the news, the generals were all thunderous.
The Chuanqi who came to report the news looked at Liu Yaoben and the soldiers under his command cheering, and his face was also happy, and he opened his mouth several times to continue the report, but was interrupted by the cheers, so he could only smile helplessly and shake his head, waiting for Liu Yaoben and the soldiers under his command to calm down.
After a long period of jubilation, the soldiers and generals slowly stopped cheering, Liu Yaoben patted the shoulder of the passer with a happy face, and said with a smile: "Okay! It's just a good time for you! Hehe! Thank you for sending me the good news so quickly! Needless to say, I'll give you a reward for going back! You work hard, too! Go to meet the general and tell the general that Yongning County is here to reassure him, as long as we are here, Wang Bacheng's soldiers will definitely not be able to cross the Luo River, and there will be nothing in Yongning County! ”
Chuanqi nodded in agreement, but then said to Liu Yaoben: "There is also good news, I haven't had time to tell the commander yet!" ”
"Oh? And the good news? That's double happiness! Ha ha! Tell me quickly, there is another good news that makes me happy! Liu Yaoben was smiling so much that he couldn't see his teeth at this moment, and his mouth showed a mouth full of white teeth.
Chuanqi hurriedly said: "General Qiyu, just now came from the city, the team guarding the east gate has just caught Zhu Cai, the king of Wan'an, and his two sons in the east gate, these guys are mixed in the refugees, last night took advantage of the lack of troops left in the city, and wanted to escape from the north of the city out of the city, but was discovered by our brothers on patrol, the Liu team guarding the east gate immediately led his troops to pounce, killed a few desperate and stubborn guards, and took Zhu Cai and his two sons on the spot!" Now he has been taken into the prison of the county government and sent people to keep him under strict guard."
Liu Yaoben's eyes widened again, and he immediately asked, "Is it true at this time?" ”
Chuanqi replied excitedly: "It can't be faked, Zhu Cai's house has already confessed, you don't know, general!" That bear-like guy, as soon as he was caught, he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground with feces and urine, and couldn't get up! Hey! ”
"Quick! Quickly report to the general at this time! Tell the brothers left behind in the city to show me that he is imprisoned, and say that he must not be allowed to escape! Hey! I didn't expect that! This guy really stayed in the city and didn't run away, but it really fell into our hands! Ha ha! Xiao Tianjian led the main force to fight in front, and he was not idle in the back, first defeated Yidou Valley, and then blocked Wang Shaoyu from smuggling across the Luohe River, and now he has actually caught the King of Wan'an, who has been hiding for many days, and it can be said that the credit of their teaching camp is not less, as for not being able to go to the front, it seems that there is nothing to regret now.