Chapter 484 as it is

In the sixth year of Longxing, the third day of the first month. (Niu Wen ~ Net)

After three days of fierce attack, the Jin army lost thousands of lives, but it still failed to shake Feng Xiang in the slightest. This made Ma Wu, who was determined to win and vowed to wipe out Xu Wei in one fell swoop, a little embarrassed. However, the situation took a turn for the better on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and in the past three days, the defenders have inflicted heavy casualties on the Jin army with their sophisticated equipment and terrifying firearms. But after three days of high-density offensive and defensive battles, the firearms of the Hu'er Army were almost consumed, especially the earth-shaking thunder, because of its great power and good effect, it was thrown away by the soldiers. The craftsmen of the Metropolitan Temple worked day and night, and they could not meet the needs of the castle in any case. Of the dozen or so flying guns, five were blown up, and the remaining soldiers hardly dared to use them anymore.

Having lost the powerful suppressive power of firearms, the battle in the third year of junior high school was particularly fierce. Ma Wu sensed that the Purple Golden Tiger's firearms were insufficient, and organized elite troops to carry out a strong attack. From dawn to afternoon, the Jin army was one after another, and the Song army fought back desperately. Several times there were crises, and many enemy forces attacked the city, but they were driven down by the regular army and volunteers defending the city.

"Kill it, kill it" Xu Cheng's face was covered with blood, and the machete in his hand had already rolled up. A golden army attacked his defense zone with the help of goose carts, and he raised his stump and pounced on his brothers again. But they were pinned down by this golden army, and the gap immediately expanded, and more and more golden soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and even the volunteers in charge of twisting the bowstring got on the ground.

"Commander, you can't resist and call for support," one of the leaders shouted.

Xu Cheng pulled the knife out of the shoulder of an enemy, and in a hurry, he saw that the Jin army had already entered the city, and although the brothers did not retreat half a step, they were obviously pressed more and more tightly by the other party. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Hurry up and call the muskets."

Before the herald could get rid of the enemy in front of him to report the news, he heard someone shouting, "The assault rifle is coming," and I saw soldiers with assault rifles swarming from the side of the enemy tower. When Xu Cheng saw it, he hurriedly ordered the troops to disperse and fight and retreat, and the Jin army saw that there was a hole to exploit, so they rushed up to the city in a swarm, and gradually occupied a section of the city wall. After coming up, they split into two parts, one to pursue Xu Cheng, and the other to rush towards the assault rifle

The musketeers lined up in several columns at the head of the city, leaving a gap in each one, and the first row was quite nervous in the face of the murderous Jin soldiers, and after lighting the medicine line, they immediately clamped the barrel of the gun, pointed the muzzle of the gun at the enemy, and the Jin soldiers seemed to not know what this thing was, and killed it quickly

A row of gunshots rang out in front of the Jin army, and the people behind continued to pounce, but they were crashing into the second round of gunfire. The assault rifle can shoot a projectile dozens of paces away, and the distance in this city is so close, a assault rifle often injures several people, plus the gunmen fire at different times, forming a dense fire network, which immediately brought the situation under control

And Xu Cheng on the other end also fell and desperately squeezed the enemy in the city back and attacked on both sides, forcing the Jin army to have nowhere to escape, and he couldn't jump into the city on the goose cart, so he could only do it in a hurry. At this time, the crossbowmen of the horse face were using all their might, aiming at the goose cart and shooting sharp arrows that pierced through the enemy's body, and finally suppressed this wave of attack

"Quickly stand in your position and reload your ammunition" Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin army was pressed down, the commander in command of the assault rifle said quickly.

The pikemen hurriedly filled the vacancy, and as if in a field battle, they knelt on the ground, raised the tip of their spears, and blocked the women's wall. Several rows of assault musketeers stood behind them, reloading their ammunition with great speed.

Before they could finish their preparations, another wave of golden soldiers came up to the city, a shirtless golden general, with two big knives in his hand, who had just rushed into the city from the goose cart, but could not move on the tip of the gun without crashing. The assault rifle in the hand of a soldier exploded, and the projectiles that erupted were almost all so that the body of the golden general, from face to belly, was full of bloody holes, and the golden general's body was picked on the tip of the gun. Feng Xiang was in fierce competition everywhere......

"What's going on, why retreat" Ma Wu's eyes were bloodshot, and he saw that the soldiers who had already attacked the city fell to the ground one after another, and the soldiers under the city showed signs of retreating, and roared angrily.

At this moment, a general came from the front of the opogus, and before he could hold the reins, he rolled off the horse's back and fell to the ground, and reported loudly: "Dutong, the defenders are very stubborn in resisting, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and most of the brothers who attacked Shangcheng have been bombarded down by the firearms of the Hu'er army, and the follow-up is powerless, and they really can't hold on."

In order to avoid the blows of the Song army's eight-bull crossbow, divine arm bow, bed crossbow and other long-range equipment, the Jin army did not dare to continue before and after, and the troops that did not attack surrounded the city far away, only to watch the battle.

Ma Wuyaguan was almost crushed, Xu Wei, you can only rely on the city to deal with me You are also in a hurry, he almost wants to press the large army up, and consume and kill the opponent. But reason told him that this was not feasible, and that the only way for the Jin army to get close to the city at present was to build a moat over the moat. The number is limited, and it is impossible for a large army to pass calmly.

"Dutong, such a strong attack is not a way, our army is adding fuel little by little." Han Chang, who was wounded, anxiously reminded Ma Wu.

"What do you think?" Ma Wu looked at him and asked.

"According to the reports of the soldiers at the front, Fengxiang's moat was seriously silted, and the last general suggested that it could not be passed by the moat bridge alone. Fill in the river first, fill in the moat, and the army swarms, Ren Fengxiang's city defense system may not be able to resist it," Han Chang suggested.

Ma Wu looked at the city with red eyes for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Let the troops withdraw."

As soon as the horn sounded, the Jin soldiers, who were struggling to support in front, did not hesitate at all, turned around and ran backwards, and the defenders' crossbowmen seized this opportunity, captured the target and shot the corpses that the Jin army dropped all over the ground, and retreated from the moat in a hurry, and the hippo Wu didn't want to see this scene, gritted his teeth rattle, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and ran backwards.

It didn't take long for the battle report to come up, today's casualties were more than the previous three days, from the 30th o'clock of the lunar month, the Jin army has lost more than 6,000 people, and the number of wounded is more than this This situation makes the confident Jin army generals a little discouraged. Who knows, the resistance is so fierce

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Wu, who was furious, ordered a Meng'an who had returned and four Mouke all to be executed, and the generals persuaded each other to keep people, but he insisted that when five bloody human heads were brought in, all the generals shuddered from the bottom of their hearts

"Han Chang, you tell them" Ma Wu lifted his helmet and sat on the handsome seat with an angry face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although the Fengxiang city defense system is insufficient, the defenders are ...... with excellent equipment" Han Chang's words had just begun, but he saw a young general hurriedly entering, surnamed Wanyan, his name was not Xi, and he was responsible for stepping on the white guard.

As soon as he came in, he reported to Ma Wuyu: "Dutong, there are signs of the Western Army gathering on the border of Jingzhou"

A word full of Jingzhou? North Shaanxi Road to make Xu Yuan's territory? He was gathering troops in the company, did he want to go south to support Feng Xiang?

Ma Wu Huoran got up, stared at Zhang Jun and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did you say Xu Yide had?" ”

"There were 50,000 or 60,000 Jingyuan troops alone, and then he took charge of the Huanqing military power, and he had more than 40,000 old troops in Quduan. Now, he has no less than 80,000 troops in his hands, and he is the strongest among the three routes," Zhang Jun replied truthfully.

At this time, the generals of the Jin Army had already learned that the Western Army counterattacked a few days ago. It is mainly Xu Wei of the South Road and Yao Pingzhong of the West Road in the support. The great victory in Luzhou defeated the main forces of Yao Pingzhong and Xu Wei, but Xu Yuan supported his troops and only wanted to preserve his strength, so he did not suffer too much loss.

Now, if he gathers troops in Jingzhou, he will be in danger behind the Jin army

"All the capitals, you must retreat, otherwise, you will be attacked on your belly and back," Sali said with a drink.

Remove? The army fought bloodily for several days, with more than 10,000 casualties, and now it is called to withdraw? Haven't you fought in vain these past few days? Ma Wuyi slapped his palm on the handsome case, and shouted: "Don't panic to figure out the situation before speaking", and hurriedly walked to the map frame to check the terrain.

After a while, he pointed to the border between Fengxiang and Jingzhou and said: "You see, this is still in the western part of the Guanzhong Plain, if Xu Yuan's troops come down from Jingzhou, it will be a smooth road, choose a strong general, lead the elite horse army and an infantry, enough to resist, why retreat?" ”

The generals were silent, neither for nor against. Seeing this situation, Zhang Jun wanted to speak and stopped, thought for a while, and finally spoke: "Dutong, there is a guess about the lowly position, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"If you have something to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush" Ma Wu is very abnormal about this kind of nonsense.

All the generals turned their eyes to Zhang Baiying, only to hear him say: "I have followed Xu Yuan for many years, and I know his style of action. The three handsome guards in Shaanxi, Xu Wei is a young man with ambition and full of spirit, and Yao Pingzhong is a strong general on the battlefield and full of ambition. But Xu Yuan has always considered gains and losses, and he regards people and horses as more important than territory. Now the Western Army is newly defeated, and the morale has been greatly reduced, although Xu Yuan has a strong army, he may not really rush to the aid of Fengxiang"

"Oh? What is the basis for this? Feng Xiang is a place where he is out, and if he falls into our army, his northern road to Xu Yuan will also be directly threatened. Besides, Zijin Tiger is his cousin, why didn't he come to the rescue? Ma Wu asked.

Zhang Jun shook his head: "I have followed Xu Yuan for a long time, and I know this handsome man too well. His current defense area is all easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is very likely that he only wants to protect himself and does not make other plans. I am afraid that it was due to the pressure of the Xuanfu Disposal Division that he made this move. It's just pretending, and it's not very likely that he will go south to help. Zhang Jun still didn't dare to say it to death.

Ma Wu thought darkly, no matter whether he will really go south or not, I still send Ma Jun to watch out. Immediately ordered: "Living girl, I will give you 6,000 horse army, you will stare at Xu Yuan for me, if he doesn't come, if he really goes south from Jingzhou, you drag him to death for me, we will concentrate our forces, take Fengxiang, I want to see how long he Xu Wei can last."

Chengzhou, Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Division.

Xuanfu Judge Wang Shu held the hem of his clothes with one hand and the black yarn with the other, and rushed to the corridor of the pavilion.

"Wang Ju, what are you ......" Xu Liu confused Wang Shu's appearance.

"The news of Jiangnan is urgent" Wang Shu looked panicked when he spoke, as if the sky was falling.

Xu Liang was also shocked, there has been no news from this Zhenjiang line for several days, could it be that the Jin army has crossed the river? Don't allow him to think too much, Wang Shu has already asked, "Is the Xuanfu Prime Minister here?" ”

"Yes, it's just that Liu Ziyu has just come back from Weizhou, and Xuan Xiang is receiving him, and he has already ordered him to come down, and he won't see anyone for the time being. Wang Juan, is it a wait? Xu Liudao.

When Wang Shu heard this, he was so anxious that he stomped his feet, ignored the other party, and hurried inside. Xu Liu stood in place, his face cloudy, thought for a moment, and hurriedly chased after him.

In the outer room of Xu Shao's residence, Liu Ziyu, who had just returned from Weizhou, was reporting the news to him.

Xu Zhaoqiu believes that the Jin army is in full swing, and it is unwise to confront it at this time. Today's three road divisions, the southwest two roads lost soldiers, the vitality was greatly injured, if the north road is lost again, Shaanxi is in danger. Therefore, he decided to bluff on the border of Jingzhou to contain the Jin army, and at the same time planned to cut off the Jin army's grain route and attack the place where it must be saved, so as to force Ma Wu to retreat. ”

Xu Shao listened, his face was expressionless, and he didn't say a word. Liu Ziyu waited for a while, and saw that Xuan Xiang did not say anything, and when he was about to ask, he suddenly saw Xu Shao smash his fist on the copy, and said in a fierce voice: "How can there be such a thing as audacity."

Liu Ziyu saw that he was angry and didn't dare to say more.

"Who is he, Xu Yuan? What did he forget? Again and again, he has repeatedly refused to carry out the orders of the Xuanfu Disposal Division, and now, he has used such tricks to trick me into cutting off the Jin army's grain route, and I will go south out of Jingzhou, you just bluff at the border, who else will say anything about attacking the enemy and saving him, don't you think I don't know that he is recruiting on the north road and the Jin army's occupation area across the Meridian Ridge of the Big and Small Bridges and Mountains, where is he going to attack, bastard, he simply didn't put the Xuanfu Disposal Division, didn't put his true appearance in his eyes"

Xu Shao let out a rare thunderous rage

Liu Ziyu still didn't speak, but Xu Shao asked, "What else did he say?" When you go to Weizhou this time, you still have some things, and you say"

After thinking about it again and again, Liu Yanxiu said in a low voice: "Xu Zhaojiao seems to be obsessed with the formation of the troops directly under the Xuanfu Disposal Division. ”

This sentence is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, Xu Shao's chest rises and falls, his beard moves, his cheeks can't help but bulge, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "What?" ”

At that time, he asked his subordinates, saying that Xu Xuanfu wanted to set up a direct subordinate unit, claiming that there were police officers who could respond quickly at different times, so where are the direct subordinate troops now? The lower official told him that the two generals Xu Sheng and Xu Hong were guarding the area of Dasanguan and Shangyuan, preventing the Jin army from entering Shu. He asked rhetorically, after all, is it to prevent the Jin army from entering Shu, or is it to protect Xu Xuanfu by Gongwei Xuanfu? Liu Ziyu finally picked out this matter.

Xu Shao was so angry that he trembled all over, clenched his fists, and said emotionally: "Putting justice aside, the prime minister is always his uncle, he actually spoke like this, he regarded Ben as his tenderness, as weakness, and he thought that now the whole of Shaanxi was counting on him, he thought that he could sit on the ground and raise the price, and the strange goods could live in this beast" panicked, Xu Xuanfu, who had always been elegant, actually burst into foul language.

"Prime Minister Xuan, forgive the official for saying bluntly, Xu Zhaoqiu has been in Jingyuan for many years, whether it is the army or the people, or the Fanhan ethnic groups, the prestige is extremely high, and the foundation is also very deep......"

Liu Ziyu didn't finish speaking, Xu Shao cut off: "He has a bird's foundation, if it wasn't for the foundation laid by my first brother in Jingyuan, he is a bird's feather Among the sons and nephews of the Xu family, such as the fourth, the fifth, and the ninth, they are all their own swords and guns to fight out the future, he was influenced by his father's grace, and he didn't want to make progress today, he actually supported the army and respected himself, and he was not too much for such people, even if he was my nephew, he would definitely be redone, I don't believe it, he Xu Yuan dared to go against the sky."

When Liu Ziyu heard this, he wanted to persuade a few words, but Xu Shao was already angry and said: "It's okay for you to work hard all the way, and go to rest, write all the documents that go to Weizhou and hand them over."

After Liu Ziyu left, Xu Yuan was still angry. He had a feeling of being scorned, of being let down. When he first came to Shaanxi, he still thought that Xu Dazong was his nephew, so after Qu Duanyi was robbed of military power, he put Huanqing into his hands. Unexpectedly, this guy turned out to be a man who turned around and was unkind, regardless of justice and private feelings, only his team in his eyes, and he didn't eat soft and hard, and he didn't eat oil and salt, he was really a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water

If you don't teach him a lesson, sooner or later you will get into trouble, and the Xu family will be implicated by him

Just as Xu Shao was pacing back and forth in the room, angry and angry, Wang Shu appeared at the door and said quickly: "Xuanxiang." ”

"What's the matter," Xu Shao shouted.

Wang Shu was startled, but thinking of the urgency of the situation, he panicked inside and said: "Xuanxiang, there is news in Jiangnan."

This is a big deal, even if Xu Shao is angry, he can only endure it for the time being, and quickly stepped forward and asked, "Say"

"The commander of the Jindong Route Army, Wushu, after stealing the north of the Central Plains River, stationed troops on the north bank of the Great River, built warships, and attempted to cross the Yangtze River. Fold the privy and lead the soldiers and horses of the imperial battalion, concentrate the original defeated division, and choke the dangerous crossings everywhere. At the end of last year, the Jin army crossed the river in a big way, and sent the navy division to meet the battle in the river, winning four battles and four victories, destroying dozens of enemy ships. His father was able to ask for a favor, and he also repelled the attack of the Jin army, and Jiangnan was preserved. Wang Shuyu reported.

Xu Shao was uneasy at this time, nodded and said: "The folding family has made a great contribution to the society this time, and it is amazing."

"The Wushu army is still stationed in Jiangbei, looking for an opportunity to force crossing. However, there is also news from the official family. Wang Shu said.

"Where is the official?" This is what Xu Shu is extremely concerned about now.

"The official family listened to Geng Nanzhong's words, first went to Hangzhou, and then went to sea, all the way to Fujian."

Fujian? Ran to Fujian? As for running so far? Geng Nanzhong, relying on his qualifications of accompanying the prince in the East Palace for ten years, can still speak

"Go on." Xu Shao took a deep breath and said.

"Zhao Ding was dismissed from the phase and demoted to Lingnan, Geng Nanzhong returned to power, and the prime minister and the second minister were both in charge of the three provinces." Wang Shu said this in a heavy tone.

Xu Shao's face changed, and he was also the prime minister and deputy prime minister, in charge of the three provinces, this was the treatment of Cai Jing, the number one traitor in the previous dynasty, and now the official family has given Geng Nanzhong such an honor, what do you want to do?