Hebei, Xiangzhou,

In the gorgeous Chinese army tent, Zhang Bangchang, who had a sad face, also did the thing of borrowing wine to drown his sorrows in private. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In fact, during this period of time, Zhang Bangchang, the governor of Hebei Province, once again experienced a series of setbacks from the peak of his life to the bottom, and only felt that the extraordinary years were unfavorable.

First encountered Su Yuanjing's old horseman's men and horses in Weizhou, he wanted to negotiate with the snake to see if there was a chance to take advantage of it, but he didn't expect that those soldiers and horses who were ahead of him didn't know how powerful they were, and he took the initiative to bump into them;

As a result, Lian Zhan Junbei ate several big defeats in one go, although the loss to his basic plate was not large, but the victory and upper hand that he managed to operate with momentum a few days ago were immediately defeated.

After pursuing for a while, the opposing Northern Army retreated back under the firearms of the Perak battalion, finally giving him a face-saving respite and consolidating the defensive line in Xiangzhou.

Then, Ma Ping, the ambassador who accompanied the army to liaise and coordinate, was also attacked and disappeared on the way to Jizhou. Then there was a sudden group of local forces in the rear, which took the lead in rebellion.

When he heard that it was the banner of the Xingzhou Army that had been dormant and declining, he only felt that he had been pitted;

Even if the famous general of the criminal state army is indeed the late lord Liu Jiye, who doesn't know that the predecessor of the Huaidong Army, which swept through the thirteen states of Hebei, was to drive and use the banner of these criminal state armies to fight for the tiger.

But the original envoy didn't swear a guarantee that the Liang court could restrain the Huaidong army without any doubt, he believed the other party's words and guarantees, so that he was able to go west with great fanfare to seize the territory and population, and echo Hebei Yunyun for the country;

Then why did Huaidong immediately cut off the channels of communication and exchange with an attitude that I did not know about and would never admit it, and turned his face into an enemy of Hebei to make trouble for his rear.

Then, there was even worse news that his Yellow River Sailor in Xiaowuzhai in Puyang rebelled again, killed his cronies and henchmen who remained in the sailor, set fire to Xiaowuzhai's station, pulled anchor offshore and fled upstream.

And this is the only remaining surface force after he instigated the civil strife of the Yellow River Naval Division, hundreds of miles up and down the river. And this surface force, which could only cross the Yellow River, was the only way for him to bypass Huaidong's rule and get in touch and negotiate with a large number of imperial courts.

Suddenly, he was a little panicked, only to feel as if he was in the depths of the four battles and was facing the enemy. To the north, there are towns in Pinglu Province with an unclear attitude; To the west is the old part of Suyuanjing; The original rear in the east, as for the southern front, on the other side of the Yellow River was an erosive battlefield of the Northern Expedition.

Even if he has always been known for his long-sleeved dancing and taking advantage of the situation, he can't help but be a little at a loss and in a dilemma.

After this series of changes, he also somewhat understood that although the Great Liang Imperial Court had the upper hand, it was far away from his rule and beyond his reach, but it was this invincible Huaidong Town that was the biggest threat or help on his side.

You must know that at the beginning, it was he who introduced the power of the Huai army to the edge of Hebei; The hope of breaking the situation first still falls on the Huaidong Army.

Do you really want to fight with the Huaidong Army, and completely expel the forces they support from Hebei at all costs, and continue to use the Yellow River as the boundary.

With his present power, if he turns around and goes all out, it is not that he is not confident enough to achieve this goal; But in this case, not to mention the loss of his precious strength, his previous efforts and achievements in the west are either useless or making wedding dresses for others.

Moreover, expecting the Yellow River to block Huaidong's extravagant hopes and expectations is undoubtedly an unrealistic choice when the other side has enough power to transport by sea.

At least the towns of Pinglu have just been hit hard, and there is no sign of movement for the time being; Su Yuanjing's old troops also showed no signs of taking the initiative to attack, but focused on the battle situation on the other side of the Yellow River.

Therefore, the most urgent thing under the powerful trade-off is to solve the problem of Huaizhen first;

If he can't immediately obtain a channel of communication and coordination with the Huaidong side, he is afraid that the tens of thousands of troops under his command will begin to shake the hearts of the people and even collapse.

Even if he first obtained the other party's negotiation channels and delayed the time with him, the war between the Liang in Henan and Dujian Road that he had taken refuge in would also end, and even the Huaidong Army itself would illegally resist this general trend.

"Someone."

Thinking of this, he finally put down his glass and shouted in a hoarse voice

"Gather together all the women who had been gathered and offered in the previous days"

"I'm counting the treasury and preparing a generous gift."

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Although there was an atmosphere of sit-in battle inside the city, there was a resurgence of war clouds outside the city.

This time, under the cover of the rain, under the command of Su Yuanjing, who was located in Qianjin Fort, took the initiative to launch an offensive against the rear road of the Southern Army in the eastern suburbs outside the city.

The swordsmen and spearmen who marched in front of them in several rows, watching the pace of their respective flag-bearers, in response to the sound of the horn, marched in unison, and held towering long-handled swords and guns, breaking through the rain curtain and the diffuse water vapor.

With the shrill sound of whistles, drums, and flutes, the scattered battle line of countless battalions and regiments converged into a huge barbed human wall, or a giant embankment with thorns.

With the sound of the trumpets and trumpets of the oncoming cavalry, the shouts of the soldiers, the vibration of the hooves of the horses, the smoke and dust, and the clouds flying everywhere, almost breaking people's eardrums;

Everywhere there are men and horses fighting close to the figure, some reckless or brave northern cavalry fell down on the tip of the spear up and down, pierced and torn, but their death, did not play a role in guiding the assault, the successor horse jumped instinctively fearful, can only in front of the line of retractable poke spear tip, looking for the gap to run around,

The short infantry, who followed behind, bent over the waist and holding their swords, drilled into the lower gear of the spear forest, and the soldiers who were on the line drew their horizontal swords one after another, and engaged them in white-knuckle combat: as soon as these light and thin foot soldiers were resisted back and forth, and raised their heads, they were pierced back and forth by three or four spear tips at the same time, and their bodies convulsed and fell and died.

And in the left-behind camp in the eastern suburbs,

When all the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty saw that the enemy was already approaching their Chinese army, the counterattack and resistance became even more frenzied.

Their archers, all piled together on top of the trenches, drew their bows and arrows with all their might, and many of them were exhausted, so they discarded their bows and quivers, and fearlessly picked up axes or scimitars, and rushed down into hand-to-hand combat.

The rain soon turned into dark clouds, and the torrential rain continued to fall, and the mud and rain flowers under the feet of the soldiers continued to explode, whether it was the firearms of the Southern Army, or the bows and arrows of the Northern Army were soaked and soaked, so at this moment, whether it was the long-range attack methods of infantry or cavalry, all of them were out of order because of this heavy rain.

They could only wield spears and swords, and fought hand-to-hand with the Northern Dynasty Xuanfeng, and even Ma Zhong, the cavalry general of the Southern Army, who was known for his bravery, dismounted with spears and encouraged the poorly equipped foot soldiers to come forward to fight.

All the physical strength of both the enemy and the enemy has been exhausted to the peak, many Northwest knights have lost even the strength to ride their horses, so they can only dismount, and the stragglers from the Manglin region of the Southern Dynasty fought and rolled in the muddy water, some were chopped to pieces by halberds, some were pierced into the chest by long swords, and some were pierced through the heads by iron cones, but they were still fighting frantically,

For a time, although the frontal casualties of the Northern Army Xuanfeng were quite large, the camp and defense line of the Southern Army were also deeply penetrated, and then the two sides stepped on the deeper and deeper rain in the narrow and long sandwich area between Luoshui and Gushui, and fell into a stalemate.

And south of Luoshui,

Even though many people were trembling and slipping their feet in the muddy water, they still strictly and fearfully carried out the instructions of the commander Wang Duanchen, tail connected, carrying thick spears, banners, hook guns, broad-edged swords and other weapons, forming a column like a big centipede, running on their own, and constantly passing through the pontoon bridge reinforcements, until they reached the middle of the battlefield.

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When the rain slowly became less and thinner, and the distant mountains reappeared, the battlefield was already a heavy stack of gray-white corpses, laid out together, the dead of their own side were left on the side of the passage, ready to be pulled away by carts, and the corpses of the northern captives were thrown indiscriminately in the wilderness of the valley, or piled up in small bags nearby.

The soldiers of the overseas garrisons in the surrounding countries, such as Piguo, Annam, Nantianzhu and the major islands, did not care about the miserable and terrible situation of the dead everywhere, and watched with their spears and cloaks panting, and the cavalry put together by the generals' personal guards proudly threw themselves into the pursuit farther away, but they could only sit in the mud, throw down the curly blades or destroyed weapons, and slowly recover their strength.

Most of the soldiers who went into battle were so tired that they could not move for a long time, and many of them curled up in the stagnant water and fell into a deep sleep.