Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 2 The soldiers are divided into two routes

Section 8: Fighting the Fragrance Sect Again (5)

Outside the city of Yanzhou, smell the incense and teach the camp.

Xu Chao sat alone in the tent with a sad brow, very irritable in his heart. Just yesterday, the news that Yan Xu was defeated and killed came back, and the 20,000 troops he sent to rescue Yuncheng were wiped out in one battle. When he heard the news, Xu Chao suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell off his horse. The only remaining 50,000 troops in the hands of the Xu Dynasty were also panicked and morale was greatly reduced, so the Xu Dynasty hurriedly ordered the army to stop attacking the city, and the whole army returned to the camp to stand by.

And the official army that annihilated Yan Xu's army has disappeared, Xu Chao sent several waves of scouts to inquire about the news, but in vain, the official army seemed to have evaporated in the world, which made Xu Chao, who was already frightened, even more surprised, feeling as if there was a pair of eyes watching him in the dark, extremely frightened.

"Now Yuncheng is being besieged by the official army, I don't know how long I can hold on, although the garrisons from all over the country have come to meet, but I only have 50,000 troops in my hands, and the combat power and the official army cannot be compared at all, and there is not much advantage in terms of strength, now I am in a dilemma!"

Xu Chao thought about it, but he still couldn't think of any solution to the dilemma in front of him, but the more he thought about it, the more upset he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. So, Xu Chao simply called two singers, and while watching the beauties dance, they drank to relieve their sorrows, and temporarily left their worries behind.

Until midnight, Xu Chao was already drunk, lying alone in the big tent and falling into a trance, and vaguely saw himself leading hundreds of thousands of troops of the Wenxiang Sect to sweep the world, besieging Beijing City, and it seemed that he was about to achieve a hegemony. Xu Chao couldn't help grinning, but for some reason, two lines of tears flowed down the corners of Xu Chao's eyes, which was extremely weird.

At this moment, a personal guard suddenly rushed into the big tent, and after seeing Xu Chao's appearance, he hurriedly helped him up, and then said with an unkind face: "Something happened to the sect leader!" ”

"Huh? Say. ”

Xu Chao said a little vaguely, still looking crumbling, unable to muster up a little energy, and saw that the guard's heart was angry.

"Master! Yuncheng is lost! ”

"What!" Hearing this, Xu Chao suddenly woke up, and jumped up directly as soon as he broke free from the guard's hands. Under the influence of alcohol, Xu Chao shook his body and almost fell to the ground, but finally held on to the chair on the side to stabilize his body, and hurriedly asked, "Where did this news come from!" ”

The guard didn't dare to be too loud, suppressed his voice and said: "There are two brothers who are sticking to Yuncheng who escaped by luck, and the news they brought back, those two subordinates know each other, and they must not be wrong, Yuncheng is really lost!" ”

"Where are those two people?"

"The subordinates were worried that the news would leak out, so they all settled them all in a tent on the edge of the camp, where there were few people, and basically no one went."

Xu Chao thought for a while with an unkind face, and asked, "Who else knows about this matter?" ”

"No one else knows anymore, and the subordinates know that this matter is very important, so they don't publicize it, and they come directly to the sect leader to report it."

"Good!"

Hearing this, Xu Chao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This matter must not leak the slightest rumor, you go and kill those two people immediately!" As for the Yuncheng side, the sect leader has already sent a large army to go, and he will be able to recapture the holy city in a few days! ”

"My subordinates understand!"

The guard nodded heavily and went quietly.

In less than a stick of incense, Xu Chao, who was thinking about his thoughts, saw the guard turn over and come back, and there were still traces of blood on the cuffs.

"Sect Master, the matter has been completed, the two have been solved by their subordinates, and the bodies have been buried."

"Did anyone else bump into it?"

"Please rest assured, the subordinates are very secretive, and no one will find out."

"Good! Very good! ”

As he spoke, Xu Chao got up and walked to the guard, smiled and patted him on the shoulder and praised him, and the guard was a little proud under Xu Chao's praise. Suddenly, Xu Chao took out a dagger from behind and plunged it into the guard's neck, blood splattered out immediately, and the poor guard was so angry on the spot that he fell in a pool of blood before he could react.

"Now that the news is completely blocked, it's time for me to think about retreating!"

Xu Chao threw away the dagger in his hand in a dejected manner, sat down suddenly, and began to think about how to find a way to survive next.

Suddenly, Xu Chao heard a very noisy sound coming from outside the big tent, as if there were thousands of troops and horses moving. A thought that made Xu Chao feel extremely desperate came to his mind, and before he had time to think about it, Xu Chao picked up the war knife beside him and rushed out.

Xu Chao looked around, and saw that the entire Smelling Fragrance Sect camp had been completely chaotic, and there were many people around the camp, as if countless officials and soldiers had completely surrounded him. At the same time, in the north of the Wenxiang Sect camp, there are still artillery roaring from time to time, and the cannons are smashed heavily in the camp, although the artillery of the officers and soldiers in the dark night is not accurate, and the casualties of the Wenxiang Sect soldiers are not much, but this is a fatal blow to the morale of the Wenxiang Sect rebels, the two armies have not really engaged, and the 50,000 Wenxiang Sect army is demoralized, and there are already signs of rout.

Seeing this, Xu Chao immediately burst into guts, hurriedly called for dozens of guards around him, and at the same time urgently ordered all troops and horses to stick to the camp, dare to retreat, run away, and kill them!

Although the hearts of the Wenxiang Sect soldiers were still panicked, but seeing the sect leader was also regarded as having a backbone, the 50,000 soldiers and horses miraculously did not collapse, and began to line up in the camp to stand by.

At the same time, Gao Hongguang looked at the Wenxiang Sect camp that was gradually stabilizing in the distance and sighed slightly, and said to Liang Hu, Liang Bao, Zhao Kang, Liu Sanming, and Yan Shouli around him: "This Xu Dynasty still has some skills, and in this case, he can stabilize the situation, it seems that we are probably going to return in vain tonight." ”

Everyone was very disappointed when they heard this, Liang Hu and Liang Leopard were unwilling, and shouted one after another, asking to lead the army to rush the camp to give it a try, maybe the Wenxiang Sect rebels would be defeated in a battle.

But Gao Hongguang thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said: "It is not easy for the two armies to fight at night, and our side is attacking the camp held by tens of thousands of enemy troops, even if we win, the soldiers will lose a lot, so the gains outweigh the losses!" Let's get here tonight, and we'll come back tomorrow night! ”

Hearing this, everyone understood and laughed, Yan Shouli said with a smile: "The general is too bad, I think that Xu Chao will be sleepless day and night from now on!" ”

After three consecutive days, Gao Hongguang sent the officers and men of each battalion to dispatch in batches, either in the first half of the night or in the early morning, each time he opened a posture to make a noise against the Wenxiang Sect camp, and pulled the 50,000 troops of the Wenxiang Sect out in a row to prepare for battle, and the soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion went back to the camp to sleep.

Sometimes, Gao Hongguang even tossed the Wenxiang Sect rebels several times a night, so angry that Xu Chao was almost about to kill, but he felt helpless, knowing that the official army was cheating, but Xu Chao didn't have the courage to lead the army out of the camp to fight, so he could only nest in the camp and be tossed by Gao Hongguang embarrassed, 50,000 Wenxiang Sect soldiers were also miserable, the morale of the army dropped sharply, many soldiers became extremely irritable, and the fights between each other in the camp occurred frequently, and Xu Chao couldn't control it, so in the end he simply let it go.

On the morning of the fourth day, Huang Fuming led more than two soldiers of the Yulin Battalion to the Yingyang Battalion camp, and after the two armies met, Gao Hongguang said to the generals with a smile: "Now the Wenxiangjiao rebels are half crippled, and our army has reunited with sufficient troops, I think the time for a decisive battle has come, and tonight is the death date of the Xu Dynasty!" ”

That night, there was silence in the camp of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, and the 50,000 Smelling Fragrance Sect army had all gone to sleep, leaving only a few sentries still patrolling the camp.

Suddenly, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Hanwei Army appeared around the camp, and they were arranging their troops in an unusually noisy manner, dozens of artillery pieces were also lined up, and the gunners were skillfully loading the artillery.

Those sentinels hurriedly called the police, beckoning the army to hurry up to meet the camp, Xu Chao also came to the camp with a tired face, looking at the Hanwei soldiers outside, he didn't worry too much in his heart, after all, it has been like this every night for a while, Xu Chao naturally thought that the Hanwei army just wanted to toss himself tonight.

Even Xu Chao had this idea, not to mention those soldiers who smelled incense, although they were all lined up to defend the camp, but no one took it seriously at all, many soldiers didn't even take their weapons, they just came out to stand in line, just thinking about the officers and soldiers outside the camp to quickly withdraw, so that they could go back and sleep.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Dozens of Great Buddha cannons were divided into two places, and they continued to roar from the east and north sides of the Wenxiang Sect camp, and immediately beat the Wenxiang Sect rebels who were arrayed into a daze. Immediately after that, there was a sudden roar from the west of the Wenxiang Sect camp, and forty divine machine artillery trucks began to wield, and dense rockets smashed into the Wenxiang Sect array, and a large number of Wenxiang Sect soldiers were shot and killed on the spot.

"The officers and soldiers are really attacking!"

"Defeated! Defeated! ”

"Help!"

The unusually fierce artillery fire caused a lot of casualties to the Wenxiang Sect army, I don't know who shouted first, and then the entire Wenxiang Sect camp blew up the nest, and the 50,000 army collapsed under the fierce artillery fire of the Hanwei Army, and fled in all directions in the camp, no matter how the generals and leaders of the Wenxiang Sect at all levels suppressed, it was useless.

At this time, Xu Chao looked at the scene in front of him with a hideous face, and there was only one thought in his heart: "I want to live!" ”

At this moment, only a scream was heard: "The official army has broken the camp!" ”