A moment later, in the big tent of the Chinese army in Halbanda, Halbanda listened to the casualty figures reported by his subordinates, and his smooth brows couldn't help frowning deeply. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Your Excellency General Qiqi, this time our army lost a total of 1,027 soldiers, 362 seriously wounded, and 135 lightly wounded."

Hearing the words of his subordinates, a group of Harbanda, who were all frowning, finally couldn't help but sigh and said, "So, our army's casualties in this battle have already exceeded one and a half thousand?" ”

"The general is right, it is true." Hearing Harban sigh and say such a thing, the staff member was afraid that he would become Harbanda's punching bag, so he couldn't help but bow his head deeply and said so cautiously.

When Harban replied, he had no choice but to wave his hand and let the staff member retreat.

But just as the staff member stepped back, Halbanda's sigh deepened. After all, the total number of soldiers and horses under his command is only 20,000, which sounds like a lot, but according to the urine of today's officers and soldiers, even if there are 20,000 soldiers and horses, the battle losses that the officers and soldiers can bear are only a little more than 20%.

This means that the number of casualties that the 20,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Halbandar can bear is just over 4,000.

"The upper limit of 4,000 casualties, on the first day of the battle with this group of red turban thieves, I suffered 1,500 casualties, how can such a war be fought!" Looking at the bloody casualty figures on the table, Har Banda couldn't help but think of it worriedly.

"Hey, forget it, don't act rashly, let's spend it with this group of red scarf bandits first." After feeling that he really didn't have the confidence to defeat this group of red turban thieves, Har Banda could only sigh like this.

And just when Harban was a little helpless against Zhang Shihua, on Anfeng Road, hundreds of miles away from here, Liu Futong, as the generalissimo of the Red Turban Army in Jiangbei Province, was also in a dilemma.

This time, Liu Futong really began to understand the power and terrifyingness of the Yuanmeng Imperial Court. In order to exterminate the Red Turban Rebel Army led by him in the Central Plains, within a range of thousands of miles from Anfeng in the east, Nanyang in the west, and Bianliang in the north, for a while, almost everywhere was the thief army of the Yuan and Mongolian courts.

At the beginning, he originally planned to go north to Mengcheng immediately after laying down Shouchun, the governance of Anfeng Road, and then march to Suzhou, echoing with Xuzhou's sesame Li Yao, and after forming an alliance, the two were fighting Bianliang together.

But this plan is destined to be difficult to achieve at this time. Because before he captured Shouchun City, Dong Junxiao, the head of Jining Road in Zhongshu Province, led the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to kill him.

At the beginning, Liu Futong was still a little confused. After all, Jining Road is in Zhongshu Province, and Anfeng Road, where you are located, is not only hundreds of miles away, but also separated by a Yellow River.

It wasn't until later, when the news of the completion of the Jialuzhi River came that Liu Futong really understood the reason.

I have to say that Jia Lu is really a rare talent in water conservancy. Under such a war-torn situation in the entire Jiangbei Province, Jia Lu, who was also the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the general envoy of river defense, was stunned that he did not delay the project at all, and it took him only half a year to complete the hundreds of miles of rivers.

And after Jia Lu is completed, the tens of thousands of soldiers who have been transferred from various roads for the purpose of controlling the river will naturally be able to free up their hands to deal with Liu Futong, who is fighting on Anfeng Road.

Therefore, Dong Junxiao, who was originally the head of Jining Road, led the officers and soldiers to appear on Anfeng Road so suddenly, and when Liu Futong led the army to cross Feishui at Hefei Dinglin Station, he led the elite cavalry to Liu Futong's back.

In this battle, Liu Futong really suffered an unprecedented defeat. Because of Dong Junxiao's sneak attack, Liu Futong's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were chased and killed by Dong Junxiao, who led the army for twenty-five miles, not to mention tens of thousands of deaths, not to mention that even the Anfeng City that his brother Liu Liu had laid for himself also let Dong Junxiao lead the army to take it.

You must know that Anfeng City and Shouchun City are two cities that are horns of each other, and just one Shouchun City has already given Liu Futong a headache, but now it's good, even Anfeng City has been lost after fighting for so long. In such a situation, if Liu Futong wants to recapture Anfeng, it can be said that it is difficult to reach the sky.

And, at some point, it really fulfills that saying. That is, "blessings and disasters do not go alone". Just when Liu Futong was having a headache about how to get a city back from Dong Yanxiao's hands, there was a sudden emergency report from Han Yan'er's side.

The imperial historian of the Yuan and Mongolian courts also led Timur before him, leading an army of 100,000 to the south, and his troops pointed directly at the city of Ruyang.

Han Yan'er, who was stationed in Shangcai, was simply unable to support himself under such an offensive, and was beaten back by the army led by Timur first, and even Cai Chongzhen, the gateway to Ruyang Fucheng, was about to be lost.

And hearing such bad news, Liu Futong, who has always been calm and has a city government, suddenly couldn't sit still.

After all, he started his home in Runing Mansion, and ninety percent of the soldiers under his command were from Runing Mansion, if Runing Mansion was taken by officers and soldiers, then it was estimated that the officers and soldiers would only need a notice to split the tens of thousands of troops under his command.

So after receiving such news, Liu Futong didn't think about how to recapture Anfeng City. What he is thinking about most now is how to take away as many soldiers and horses under his command as smoothly as possible under the nose of a famous general like Dong Junxiao.

After all, Dong Junxiao is a well-known loyal and brave person, if he knows that Liu Futong withdrew his troops because of a fire in the backyard, then this guy will definitely dare to lead the army to drag Liu Futong's tens of thousands of troops down.

But fortunately, there are always more ways than difficulties in the world, and more importantly, because of Liu Futong's siege of the city, Dong Junxiao didn't know what the battle situation was on Yexian's side for a while. Therefore, on the second day after Zhang Shihua defeated Ha'er Banda in Xiping, Liu Futong put on an all-out attack on the city.

I have to say that although the troops under Liu Futong are bloated. However, because there are many high-level intellectuals in the army and Liu Futong himself is also a rare commander, Liu Futong's army is actually not weaker than the men and horses under Dong Junxiao's command in terms of combat effectiveness.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Futong fell into Dong Quanxiao's ambush because of carelessness, the two sides fought hard, Dong Quanxiao was actually not Liu Futong's opponent. And this is why Dong Junxiao did not dare to fight after his victory.

Therefore, when Liu Futong put on a posture of attacking the city with all his might, Dong Junxiao, who was defending in the city, naturally did not dare to be careless. Even in order to win this defensive battle, Dong Junxiao also risked arrows and stood on the city wall to supervise the battle command.

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"Lord Steward, the eastern section of Xicheng is in an emergency, and General Duan, who is defending the eastern section, requests Lord Steward, that you can quickly send troops to support!" A soldier covered in blood and carrying a command flag, against the background of arrows raining down and shouting to kill the sky, knelt on one knee and used his loudest voice, shouting at Dong Junxiao, who was commanding the battle with a knife in his back hand.

Hearing the herald's shout, Dong Junxiao, whose face sank like water, glanced at the Dongcheng section where the killing sound shook the sky, and couldn't help but order loudly to a general behind him: "Adian, you lead eight hundred elite soldiers to rush to the Dongcheng section to support, and you must drive the bandits in the Dongcheng section off the city wall for me." ”

"The last general obeys!" Hearing Dong Junxiao's words, the general named Adian, after singing a fat promise like this, should lead 800 elite soldiers and rush towards the urgent Dongcheng section.

"Kill! ~~" The roars of tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense are still earth-shattering. However, no matter how tragic the battle on this battlefield was, Dong Junxiao's handsome flag he planted on the city wall still did not move. And Dong Shuxiao, who was standing on the city wall, grabbed the knife and looked at the extremely tragic battle in front of him, and his expression was still as heavy as water.

"Whoosh~bump!" A stray arrow shot out of nowhere coincidentally flew over Dong Weixiao's head at once, and was nailed to a pillar behind Dong Weixiao.

Seeing this scene, the guards guarding Dong Junxiao's side couldn't help but be shocked, and several armored soldiers were even more busy using their bodies to protect their boss Dong Junxiao.

"Big brother, it's too dangerous on this city wall, you better go down and find a safe place to command and supervise the battle!" Looking at the stray arrow that almost took Dong Junxiao's life, Dong Angxiao, the brother of Dong Junxiao's mother, couldn't help but persuade his brother like this with fear on his face.

However, when Dong Shuxiao heard this, he pushed away his brother who wanted to pull him down, and stared into his brother's eyes and said: "Angxiao, my brother is a courtier appointed by the Son of Heaven himself, and he came here to beg for thieves and bandits in the name of the Son of Heaven. ”

"Now thousands of soldiers in this city are risking their lives to kill thieves, I, Dong Shuxiao, as the commander-in-chief, when the two armies are fighting and fighting, I don't have to take the lead, how can I live up to the emperor's orders and steal peace!" After saying this, Dong Luxiao turned to a guard beside him and shouted: "Come on, raise the flag of the commander higher, the commander wants to let the soldiers know that the commander is here to fight side by side with them." ”

Many generals beside Dong Junxiao, hearing Dong Junxiao's generous words, couldn't help but show admiration. Therefore, when these people saw Dong Quanxiao's flag raised high, they couldn't help but bow down to Dong Quanxiao and said: "We only know today that adults are human, if adults have lives, we will never say anything about the sword mountain and the sea of fire." ”

And Dong Junxiao, who has always been as heavy as water, couldn't help but be happy when he saw this scene.

And it was at this time that a bloodied herald came to Dong Shuxiao's side in three steps and two steps, and knelt down to Dong Shuxiao and said: "Lord Qiqi, under the hard work of General Dian, the red turban bandits have retreated, and the eastern section of the city wall is already fine. ”

Hearing this, Dong Junxiao, who was surrounded by all the generals, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

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"Hey, damn it, it almost worked!" Looking at the eastern section of the city wall, the troops who were pressed down by the officers and soldiers defending the city, Liu Futong, who commanded the battle, couldn't help but hold the saber on his waist, and sighed in shame.

However, hearing Liu Futong's words, Du Zundao, who was Liu Futong's military adviser and think tank, said indifferently: "Lord Marshal, you know that Dong Quanxiao is a practical and capable official in the Yuanmeng court. Although he is a Confucian scholar, he is a soldier who knows how to fight, is brave and strategic. With such a person sitting in Anfeng, it is impossible to take this city in a battle, so you should not be angry because of this. Besides, we're not here to take Anfeng City, are we? ”

However, Liu Futong still sighed when he heard Du Zundao's words and said: "Zundao, I naturally know the truth in your words." But when I saw my brothers losing their lives in vain like this, I was also unwilling! ”

"Marshal, 'Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain'. The most urgent thing for our army now is not this small Anfeng City, but Shangcai, who is fighting fiercely with the imperial court. As long as the marshal can return to the division, you can defeat the imperial army led by Timur in one fell swoop. ”

"Then isn't this thousand-mile land in Jiangbei Province still at the mercy of our army? When the time comes, if you want to take down this small town of Anfeng, isn't it like picking up things? ”

Hearing Du Zundao's words, Liu Futong finally nodded with a smile on his face, and said to Du Zundao beside him: "Zundao, you are right, in this matter, it is true that Ben Shuai's vision is too small. ”

After saying this, Liu Futong couldn't help but wave his hand to a herald beside him again, so that the herald once again waved the order flag in his hand high, and once again gave the order to attack Wang Xianzhong's troops on the front line.

"Kill the Tartar!" The earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded again, but a new round of war began.

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In the evening, Dong Junxiao, who was commanding the battle on the city wall, looked at the Red Turban Army that retreated like a tide, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

"This group of red turban thieves has finally retreated!" Dong Junxiao's brother, Dong Angxiao couldn't help but say with joy when he saw this scene.

"yes, finally retreated." Hearing his brother's words, Dong Shuxiao couldn't help but say this with a relaxed look on his face. However, after saying this, Dong Junxiao turned straight and said to his brother and the generals beside him: "But the more this is the case, the more you can't relax, after all, the officers and soldiers are defeated by the red turban thieves more times at night than during the day." ”

(To be continued............ ）