Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Thousand Miles to Kill a Husband
"There are thousands of troops and horses in front of Yuling Pass, and the army is prominent in transit."
Pang Wanchun received a letter for help from Yangzhou, and he was suspicious. After all, the news he received was that Yangzhou Chen Guan was several times more than the officers and soldiers of the Song Court. The first battle was won, but in less than two days, he actually received a letter asking for help. If it weren't for the exclusive secret mark of Chen Guan on it, Pang Wanchun would have thought it was a conspiracy of Song Ting. hesitated, and in the end, in order to prevent it from happening, Pang Wanchun still ordered his troops and horses to prepare to set off.
"Report, Yangzhou City is lost." Just as Pang Wanchun led an army of 30,000 out of the city, the news of the defeat and loss in the direction of Yangzhou came.
"Waste, waste." Just after understanding the whole process of Yangzhou City's loss, Pang Wanchun can be said to be angry. But no matter how you say it, he and Chen Guan are only at the same level, and although they hate, they are only so.
At present, it is urgent to think about how to deal with the next war, Fang La's side has gradually stopped attacking cities and conquering the land because it is exaggerated too quickly. The whole turned from offensive to defensive, and Wei'an governed and occupied the city. And in the face of the Song Court's continuous crusade, the current troops can only maintain their holdings.
At the same time, the news of Gao Shide's comeback to capture Yangzhou City also spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River. Immediately, someone couldn't sit still, and Fang La's sister Fang Baihua made meritorious contributions to the capture of Pingjiang Mansion last time. Fang La divided three cities for her to manage, and the men and horses under his command were even stronger. The original Fang Baihua's old troops gathered, and they didn't know what means they used, but they actually reorganized 80,000 horses, accounting for one-fifth of the total strength of Fang La's side.
After repeatedly confirming that it was Gao Shide who led the troops, Fang Baihua left only 30,000 garrisons in a fit of anger. He personally led an army of 50,000 to gallop thousands of miles away, making the already unpeaceful battle situation even more chaotic.
At this time, in this Jiangnan territory, the dust is flying, and there are two sides of the battle between the two sides.
"General, something is wrong. A large number of men and horses appeared on the flanks of our army, and they were menacing. A scout hurried to the banner of Yiguan to report it.
"Where are the people, have you ever found out?" The coach here has been unlucky and has been defeated repeatedly. This time, with the help of Gao Shide's prestige in Yangzhou, he finally took the advantage and was about to raise his eyebrows. But he didn't expect that there would be an emergency, Guan Sheng hurriedly asked.
"Although I haven't found out clearly, but from a distance, the commander's flag is a red square-shaped flag." The scout hurriedly replied.
"The red square banner is not good, this is the banner of Fang La's sister Fang Baihua. Someone came to collect the troops, and we retreated. "Guan Sheng is worthy of being an old fritter who has been fighting on the Jiangnan battlefield for several years, and he immediately guessed who the other party was? If there was anyone he didn't want to encounter on this battlefield, it was definitely Fang Baihua. This girl doesn't know if it's an irregular menstruation, and she is out of nowhere when she fights. There is no order, but he has experienced miraculous feats and is invincible. Guan Sheng had suffered a lot of losses in her hands before, and now she still had an army of thirty or forty thousand square meters in front of her, if she was attacked by this sudden flank. I wonder if there is any danger of total annihilation. After all, he is not Gao Shide, and he has only 30,000 horses in his hands. This is still mostly newly recruited recruits, and the combat effectiveness is simply a rabble. There is no way to do it, and now the entire Jiangnan has largely fallen. Where is there a source of troops to replenish, these 30,000 horses were scraped together by him from several major clans.
As for Hu Yanzhuo, who was originally with him, he didn't know what shit luck he had, and he collected the stragglers who had fled from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and he won sixty or seventy thousand horses for nothing. Attack in the other direction, but envy the death level wins.
Just when Guan Sheng was worried and afraid, a new situation appeared. Fang Baihua, who was in a hurry, was actually just passing by, and did not intervene in this battle.
"What is the reasoning? Turning a blind eye, or looking down on me? This is to anger Guan Sheng. You must know that he is Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, that is, the descendants of Guan Erye, he is arrogant, not to mention his temper, but he is extremely irritable. The most hated thing is to be looked down upon by others, although he was defeated by Fang Baihua, so what? It's not just a woman, Lao Tzu will come back with revenge sooner or later.
I kept scolding in my heart, but in fact, I continued to start the current battle.
And Fang La's side opposite Guan Sheng also led the troops, Fang La's wife-in-law Lu Gaoxin. This person was originally a helmsman of Manichaeism, who won the hearts of the people, but he had a lot of experience in the way of the emperor. Although there were only 30,000 or 40,000 people in his hands at this time, most of them were originally Manichaean believers. Lu Gaoxin drew Ding Zhuang from among the believers and gathered them into an army. Therefore, the cohesion of this army is extraordinary, and many of them are related to each other. Although Guan Sheng is evenly matched in terms of numbers, he still has a big advantage in the desperate fight.
It's just that this time it's an encounter, and Guan Sheng with a clear purpose is met without preparation, and this is the first time to suffer a loss.
Seeing that Guan Sheng suddenly retreated on the battlefield, the generals under Lu Gaoxin originally wanted to pursue, but Lu Gaoxin was cautious. Seeing that Guan Sheng didn't lose much, he suddenly retreated, afraid of rash pursuit, and fell for tricks. So come down and rest in place to avoid fraud.
As for Fang Baihua's army crossing the border, they didn't know anything, after all, they were not regular troops. How much can a group of peasants who have just laid down their hoes can count on, that is, a missed opportunity.
And Fang Baihua's side did not find that the two armies were fighting, and some subordinates came to ask for battle. But Fang Baihua was eager to rush to Yangzhou and directly ignored these. So much so that Guan Sheng escaped with his life.
As for Yangzhou City, what is Gao Shide doing? Without him, train the soldiers.
Those prisoners who were captured in the blank were selected by him partly and partly dismissed. Keep the essence and discard the dross. There were 20,000 elite men and horses, plus the original losses, a total of more than 40,000 people.
With the previous experience of attacking Yangzhou, Gao Shide knew the importance of siege equipment. Hurriedly ordered a large number of manufacturing, but the next target was aimed at the nearest Duyan Pass to Yangzhou.
As the name suggests, this pass was originally an important checkpoint for the imperial court to supervise Haiyan. Now it is occupied by Fang La's side, with a garrison of 5,000. However, it is a necessary checkpoint for the southward and westward advances, and then plans to launch an offensive plan at the beginning of next month. Of course, he didn't know that Fang Baihua came with the idea of dying with him. Otherwise, he decided not to make this plan, of course, with his current strength, you won't be captured yet. It's just that he doesn't want to spend his strength, this is also to make an appearance and give an explanation to Song Weizong of the imperial court.
He had already received the news that Tong Guan, who had attacked Liao from the west, had returned defeated. If it weren't for the fact that the Liao State was forced to return to the north later, it is estimated that his life would have been lost there.