Chapter 337: Rushing to the aid of Yangzhou
"Taigui has raised troops" Fang Zheng gasped, "Yes, my lord, last night the king of Thailand led 80,000 rebel troops to surround Yangzhou City, and then ordered the soldiers to attack the city, and General Feng Qiudao led his troops to defend the city. The battle was fierce. ”
"What?" Fang Zheng was shocked: "Eighty thousand chaotic troops? Where did the King of Thailand come from so many people? ”
The subordinates said with a sad face: "Yes, my lord, I don't know where he pulled out such a huge chaotic army, without any warning in advance, and his subordinates are puzzled."
"What a fart!" After Fang Zheng paused for a moment, he jumped to his feet and shouted: "Hurry up, follow me to Yangzhou and relieve General Feng's siege!" ”
The subordinates were shocked when they heard this: "My lord." You are saying that it is up to a few of us to solve Yangzhou
Fang Zheng's expression was solemn, and he said solemnly: "What's wrong with a few of us?" Can't a few people defeat the rebels? ”
"My lord, think twice! That's an army of 80,000,000,"
"What about eighty thousand? Evil will not prevail over good! The ancients: Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go! Fang Zheng's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, slowly glanced at the subordinates in front of him, and said sharply: "The five-foot Angzang man, born in the world and the earth, has been carrying the Qingfeng Sword since he was carrying the Qingfeng Sword, sweeping the world, and purifying all the charms in the universe to repay the kindness of the king." Take the door to shine! Don't you dare, or don't you want to? ”
When all the subordinates heard this, their blood boiled, their faces turned red with excitement, and they shouted in unison: "The subordinates are willing to fight bravely with the adults to kill the enemy." Donate your life to serve the country! ”
The faces of everyone were determined to die, fearless.
Fang Zheng looked at this group of hot-blooded men under his command, nodded with satisfaction, and then his face changed, and he quickly changed into a lewd smile, and said with a smile: "Okay, just shout casually, don't take it too seriously, life is very precious."
The enthusiastic crowd was like a basin of cold water poured on their heads, and they looked at Fang Zheng speechless for a long time.
"My lord, didn't you say that you want to relieve the siege of Yangzhou?" One of his subordinates asked cautiously.
Fang Zheng glared at him with disdain: "How many of us are rushing towards those 80,000 chaotic troops like this?" Are you really stupid or fake stupid? If you're tired of living, you're going to die by yourself, don't pull me on my back."
"But the big talent network doesn't say,"
"What did I say? Can't shouting slogans? This is the same as the monk who has nothing to do all day long and recites "Amitabha", which is the same truth. Young man, be rational when you encounter things," Fang Zheng said earnestly.
The Great Khan of the People,
"Isn't Feng Qiudao's Long Wu Army stationed outside the city? When did you enter the city? ”
"After General Feng found out that the adults were missing. Judging that the king of Thailand might take the opportunity to make trouble, he ordered the soldiers to enter the city, and prepared all the equipment to defend the city in advance, so that the city of Yangzhou could be preserved."
Fortunately, Brother Feng saw the opportunity early, otherwise it would be a bad thing Fang Zheng looked happy, and then scolded fiercely: "The King of Thailand, this bastard!" If you don't declare war, you will fight when you say you'll fight, it's too unusual! I wondered, this child used to be very polite, why did he degenerate like this now? ”
"My lord, where have you been these two days? Is there someone who wants to be bad for adults? The subordinate said as he looked at Yang Quan next to him. The gaze is very unkind.
Yang Quanse shrank for a moment, then smiled at them flatteringly.
Fang Zheng waved his hand: "Don't mention this first, we must transfer troops to relieve the siege of Yangzhou, know where the nearest garrison is?" How many centaurs are there? ”
"My lord, you don't need to find a garrison, even if those soft ornaments go to the battlefield, they are so scared that they can't move their legs. The emperor and Wei Shangshu of the military department have already made arrangements, and at present, 60,000 Longwu troops are on their way to Yangzhou. In addition, he also transferred 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Longxiang army to Jiangnan together, and the emperor decreed that if there was a war in Jiangnan, he would order your lord to lead the troops and horses and lead the troops to resist. ”
Fang Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, what is missing, the fat man is really caring.
"Where are the 90,000 soldiers?"
"It's been two days, and we should be almost there, so we just need to turn west and join the army soon."
Fang Zheng thought for a while and said, "Let's rush to Xuji Town as quickly as possible, someone in the carriage is injured, find a doctor for treatment first, and then let's go to find the army." ”
"Yes!"
Immediately, the group hurried to Xuji Town.
On the road, Shang Zheng gave two orders to his subordinates, one of which was to order people to rush to Hangzhou Mansion quickly, transfer local garrisons, and surround the Ye family in Hangzhou. No one is allowed to be let go. The other is to order to find Ye Minzhi's whereabouts, and if he finds him, he will be captured alive and sent to see him.
The two subordinates received the order, turned the horse's head and ran in different directions.
Fang Zheng, the stupid thing of repaying grievances with virtue, had done it before, and the effect was not very good, so he planned to try another way of retaliating with a tooth for a tooth.
When the group arrived at Xuji Town. The sky was already bright, there were many people who were easy to do, and there was no need for Fang Zheng to signal, several subordinates found a well-known medical center, and did not knock on the door, but kicked the door panel of the medical hall with a hard kick, and the subordinates rushed in like a wolf, and took out an old man with a white beard wearing a shirt and messy hair like a chicken, and after asking him to be the most famous doctor in the local area, the subordinates didn't say a word, picked up the old man who was so frightened that he almost fainted, and his movements were neat and neat than the bandits' kidnapping.
Fang Zheng praised his subordinates' ability to do things, patted them on the shoulder and praised with a smile: "You will pay for the door panel of the medical hall yourself, and you will deduct it from your monthly salary." ”
There is only one inn in the town, and at the same time that Fang Zheng slapped a silver ticket of one hundred taels on the counter of the guests, his subordinates had already begun to knock on the door one by one, waking up the guests who were still sleeping in the bed one by one, and then under the threat of steel knives, the guests were reluctantly driven away from the inn.
"Uncle Ben doesn't like to see strangers in his house, so Uncle Ben has chartered your shop." Fang Zheng looked at the trembling innkeeper and smiled kindly.
When Han Yizhen was taken out of the carriage, she hadn't woken up yet, the innkeeper trembled and cleaned up a neat and clean upper room, Fang Zheng gently put her on the bed, and then pulled the doctor who was looking at the patient, and ordered him to treat him quickly.
The old man trembled for a long time before he calmed down, and after a serious diagnosis, he said that Han Yizhen was really affected
The wound was not healed, two tidal bones were broken, and the spleen was also damaged. You need to recuperate quietly, but you don't have to worry about it.
Fang Zheng let go of the heart that had been hanging high, happily rewarded the old man with two hundred taels of silver, and instructed the old man to quickly prescribe a decoction. And patted his chest and promised that he would take care of the girl's injuries until he recovered.
Time was urgent, Fang Zheng had to rush to meet the imperial army's army and drive everyone out of the house. Fang Zheng half-squatted in front of Han Yizhen, whose eyes were closed, and said reluctantly: "I'm going to fight, take care, when I defeat the King of Thailand, I will come to pick you up, soon."
Taking a deep look at the sleeping Han Yizhen again, Fang Zheng got up with difficulty and walked out of the door.
The door creaked and the net closed, and Han Yizhen, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes, and she bit her lower lip gently. Looking at the closed door, a cold sense of loneliness gradually spread from the bottom of her heart, and soon her eyes were red, and her cherry lips opened lightly, and she said softly: "The flag is victorious."
Four simple words, the meaning is still unfinished, but there is nothing to say, she is still very unfamiliar with the expression of feelings. I didn't know what to say, Fang Zheng had already left the door, and these four words were more like the prayers she recited silently to the heavens.
Suddenly, the door of the house was pushed open again, Han Yizhen was slightly startled, and hurriedly closed his eyes again, pretending to be still asleep.
The door opened halfway open, and a thief's head peeked in from the outside, and he cautiously led in. Then Mei came to the door, rubbed her hands and walked in front of Han Yizhen, frowning and muttering to herself: "It seems a little unkind to leave like this, it's not my character to take advantage of it, it's hard to touch it a few times before leaving." ”
While speaking, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand, and gently touched Han Yizhen's tall chest twice,
"Oops, it's so soft! Nice, touch it twice"
Fang Zheng had a ** smile on his face, and while Han Yizhen was sleeping, he was putting his hands on her, and he was very busy, not knowing that Han Yizhen's pretty face had become red, and even his breathing was irregular......
"Oh, it's time to go, if you don't leave, I'll have to do it on the spot, I'm still too kind! Well, let's go."
Closing his eyes, Fang Zheng pouted and leaned over Fu Yizhen's cherry lips, and kissed them gently and slowly.
Her lips are so soft, and they are very sweet, such a superb woman, she really shouldn't have refused her father's proposal, Lao Tzu's upright character hurt herself again,
Feeling Han Yizhen's rapid breathing, Fang Zheng opened his eyes strangely, this look was startled, but he saw that Han Yizhen didn't know when he had opened his eyes. The smart eyes were staring at him for a moment. There was a look of shame in his eyes. Fang Zheng exclaimed, his body quickly retreated, and then he stumbled. Pointing at Han Yizhen, he stammered: "You" you, I, I was just "cough cough." Drugs for you, well, right! Drug! You're poisoned, it's serious, but it's okay now. You take care of your wounds, I'm going to war, goodbye to you,"
"Whoosh"
Fang Zheng's body turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared quickly.
Han Yizhen stared at the closed door with a flushed face, biting her lower lip hatefully, and her heart was ashamed and angry. He whispered to himself: "Shameless and despicable Dengzi! **Thief! Bummer! ”
Annoyed for a long time, she suddenly laughed softly again, and there was already a spring in her eyes: "So" light people, Fang Zheng, Fang Zheng, when your father proposes to you next time, how can you refuse? But the lady of your family has to take a lot of ingenuity to explain,"
Leaving a few subordinates to guard the inn to protect Han Yizhen's safety, Fang Zheng took the remaining subordinates to ride on horseback, and galloped west quickly after leaving Xuji Town.
Fang Zheng rode on his horse, feeling the slightly chilly morning breeze on his cheeks, every once in a while. He sighed plaintively.
Several subordinates rode behind him, looking at each other inexplicably.
Master Fang, what's wrong? It was fine just now. Since he knocked out the door of the girl's room, he has been frowning, thinking of his embarrassed appearance of running out of the door in a panic, and his subordinates finally have some understanding.
Yangzhou city head.
A brutal and bloody battle to defend the city is underway.
The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, and at this moment of life and death, both sides were already red-eyed, fighting to the death like beasts.
On the city wall, there were constantly rebels climbing up ladders. They were constantly being fired back by the soldiers defending the city. The weapon was broken, with fists, kicks with legs, headbutts, gnaws with teeth, and both sides exhausted all available methods, as long as they could inflict damage on the enemy.
On the road at the head of the city, between the battlements of the arrows, and under the base of the wall. The moat was already filled with corpses. There were rebels, and there were soldiers who defended the city. Blood, mottled and sprinkled all over every inch of land, the breeze blew, the bloody breath spread out in all directions, making people smell sick, and the city wall was as miserable and cruel as hell on earth.
It was almost dawn, and the king of Thailand stood in front of the Chinese military tent five miles away from the city, closed his eyes expressionlessly, his handsome face twitched a few times inadvertently, and the morning breeze blew through his silver armor, mixed with a strong smell of blood, as if dyeing the scourge of the war disaster with a little blood-red color.
This wave of siege was repulsed again, and none of the soldiers who participated in the siege came back alive, and thousands of lives were taken back by God in an instant.
Feng Qiudao, you really deserve to be a famous general, I really underestimate you, but, how many soldiers do you still have to die?
When he opened his eyes, the expression of the King of Thailand was still solemn, and the horsewhip pointed obliquely at the head of Yangzhou City, and said lightly: "Go!" Send 3,000 troops, attack me again, the reinforcements of the imperial court are coming, and Yangzhou must be taken before sunrise! ”
When a general beside him heard this, Wang Yi's face flashed with determination, and after bowing down and clenching his fists, he walked away with his hands held high.
Three thousand soldiers in black armor rushed towards the city like a black tide, impacting the crumbling city walls of Yangzhou.
"Drums! Cheer on the siege soldiers! ”
The low and powerful drum beat of "Dong Dong Dong" echoed in the silent early morning.
Between the arrow battlements of the western city wall, Feng Qiudao pressed his sword with his left hand, and taking advantage of the difficult short truce, he was arranging the manpower to defend the city. Replenish the city's defense equipment, repair the fortifications, and wait for the next wave to arrive at any time.
Feng Qiudao's expression was very calm, his left arm had been injured, it was made by a rebel soldier who had climbed the city wall. A knife sliced off a chunk of flesh from his left arm, of course. The rebel soldier also died by his sword. I was stabbed in the heart.
Patrolling back and forth on the city wall, Feng Qiudao looked at the wounded soldiers who were lying under the arrow stacks and kept moaning and wailing, and his resolute face twitched imperceptibly a few times.
This is war. There is no mercy, there is no sympathy, and since he has taken up arms, he must be ready at any moment to die in battle, including himself.
Walked up to a wounded soldier who was unconscious, his left thigh had been severed by the enemy, and blood was pouring all over the ground, and the young wounded soldier had come to the end of his life due to the lack of medicine to stop the bleeding. In the coma, his blood-stained body still twitched from time to time, and his life was being lost with his blood.
The doctor who accompanied the army stood up, looked at Feng Qiudao, and sighed bitterly.
Feng Qiudao's dry lips trembled, then he squeezed it tightly, slowly drew out his sword, and gently pressed it against the wounded soldier's heart. Looking at this young face, my heart was as painful as being pricked by a needle.
"The court will support your parents, wives and children, brothers, go all the way!"
Feng Qiudao said these words in his ear, and the young wounded soldier stopped twitching, and a smile of relief appeared on his face. On this blood-stained battlefield, it blooms like a mandala flower.
The saber quickly pierced into the wounded soldier's heart, and then quickly withdrew, the movement was neat and crisp, and the blood burst out, and the young wounded soldier ended his short life without pain, and the faint smile still stayed on his dead face.
Gritting his teeth. Feng Qiudao's eyes were red, holding back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes, slowly scanning the soldiers around him with numb expressions, and said in a deep voice: "If the next battle is over, I will be like this brother, and I will have no hope. I hope you'll do the same as I just did. What is Paoze? It's not just your comrades-in-arms who fight together, you also have to learn to raise your sword when your brothers are worse than dead. Give him a hard time! This is mercy, great mercy on the battlefield! ”
Turning to look at the dense chaotic army formation outside the city, Feng Qiudao exhaled and said calmly: "But enjoy Junlu." For the sake of loyalty, brothers, our strength is less than 5,000, and perhaps Yangzhou City will be breached today. Maybe our city defenses will be crushed in the next wave of attacks, but "I hope Feng can see it." Our brothers are still fighting to the last man. So. Even if the city is broken, it is worthy of the name of loyalty. Feng is also dumbfounded when he dies, brothers, please! ”
"Kill!" A soldier who has become numb from the soaking of blood. The expressions on his face began to be vivid again, and everyone shouted in unison, and the sound could break stones, spreading the word for nine nights.
"Woo" The low sound of the horn sounded outside the city, the sound of war drums, and the tide of chaos held high the ladder without fear of death, and launched an attack again, one by one twisted and hideous faces, from far to near,
,”
After galloping for more than an hour, Fang Zheng finally encountered the imperial army.
The general who led the troops was an acquaintance, and it was Han Dashi, the general of the Longxiang Army.
There was no time to greet each other, Han Dashi immediately read out the emperor's holy decree, ordered Fang Zheng to lead the troops and horses, and controlled all civil and military officials in Jiangnan, and led his troops to exterminate the King of Thailand and make a rebellion. The adverse effects of this rebellion should be minimized.
Fang Zheng was also unprecedentedly wordy, and immediately unceremoniously took the tiger talisman sent by Han Dashi, and waved his big hand in a hurry, and the 90,000 army marched in a hurry, and drove towards Yangzhou.
The longer the time dragged on, the heavier Fang Zheng's heart sank.
The Longwu army under Feng Qiudao only had 5,000 people, and with the local garrison in Yangzhou, there were only 10,000 people in Yangzhou City. However, there are 80,000 rebellious troops under the command of the King of Thailand, Feng Qiudao and them, can they hold on until the reinforcements arrive? What should I do if Yangzhou City is lost? If the Thai king's soldiers are well fed, if he captures Yangzhou, defends the city from then on, and uses his prestige in the fief to incite the people and refugees to rebel, the whole Jiangnan will be in danger......
"General Han. How many cavalry were brought in total this time? ”
Han Dashi rode on his horse, and then said quickly: "This time, the entire Longwu Army is dispatched, with a total of 60,000 people, all of whom are infantry troops. The Longxiang army dispatched 30,000, all of which were cavalry. ”
"30,000 cavalry," Fang Zheng thought for a while and ordered: "General Fu, you lead these 30,000 cavalry to Yangzhou first." Remember, you must appear in the field of vision of the rebels as quickly as possible,"
"Why is that?" Han Dashi didn't understand that since ancient times, when marching and fighting, if there are no special circumstances, all cavalry and infantry advance and retreat together, so that the army can ensure an unstoppable offensive ability and a rock-solid defensive ability at any time. Only by matching each other can the powerful combat power of the army be fully exerted, but why did Lord Fang order the cavalry to go first?
Fang Zheng glanced at him with a calm face and said, "I don't have time to explain in detail." You have to let the rebel army see you, so as to slow down the rhythm of the siege, and cause psychological pressure on the rebel soldiers, you are better at marching and fighting than me, if you have the opportunity, you might as well attack the enemy, it is best to defeat the rebel army, it doesn't hurt if you can't defeat it, the cavalry is fast, and you can leave with one touch. Don't fall in love with war, don't cause unnecessary casualties. In short, tell the King of Thailand in your own way that the imperial army has arrived, and you want to capture Yangzhou as his base and give it to Laozi Province! ”
"Yes!"
The official road was dusty, and 30,000 cavalry galloped towards Yangzhou City.
"Brother Feng. You must hold on! Fang Zheng's eyes were a little worried, "And Xiao Huaiyuan, Wen Sen." You will also live! If you die, where will I go to find a skilled beggar like you? ”