Chapter 292: The Drums of War Beat 1
Since the rift with Su Ziyan more than five months ago, Zhao Xun has rarely gotten along with Su Ziyan, and even if he wants to meet, he responds politely and formulaically. In this regard, Xin Ming and the others were puzzled, and then after knowing that Su Ziyan had leaked Zhao Xun's identity, several people did not say much.
Although there was no major problem with the leakage of Zhao Xun's identity this time, Xin Ming, Xie Tong and others still knew the scene of Zhao Xun's army rectification that day, hundreds of people, and they would be killed when they said they would be killed, which shows Zhao Xun's anger at that time. However, Xin Ming and the others also knew that the strict nature at this time was Qian Bing and Yang Weier, who had "no heart and no liver", and they did not speak much for Su Ziyan.
But Li Yu, who knew what was going on, still felt a little guilty, so he desperately matched Zhao Xun and Su Ziyan, but Zhao Xun was already dissatisfied with Su Ziyan in his heart, how could he cut it lightly at once, so it had no effect. In this expedition to the Black Snake Army, Li Yu placed Su Ziyan to Zhao Xun and asked him to bring Su Ziyan with him. First, before the future of the Yan Army, when the Shunzhou Mansion was not in chaos, Su Ziyan had traveled to various places, and he was still very clear about the two counties under the jurisdiction of the Black Snake Army, and he could guide Zhao Xun the route. Second, his niece is not good at red makeup and loves to be armed, she is a good hand at sword dancing, and she is a mediocre hand when she holds a needle, so let her go on the expedition with Zhao Xun, or with Qian Bing, so as not to stay at home alone.
Seeing Li Yu say this, Zhao Xun didn't refuse, anyway, one more is not much, one less is not too much, and Zhao Xun is too lazy to care. In addition to the Shunzhou Army dispatching 9,000 people, the Huolin Army dispatched two battalions of 4,000 cavalry, and Zhao Kang of the Qingyang Army will also dispatch 4,000 people to attack the Black Snake Army at the same time. The Huolin Army dispatched the newly formed White Wolf Battalion and the Black Panther Battalion, not for anything else, but to let the Khitans know that the Evil Army also participated in this operation.
Dingbei County, the territory of the Shunzhou Army in the past, became the garrison of the Left Army after it was occupied by the Black Snake Army. Why did the other three armies not seize the garrison of a county with Zhang Jing, it is not anything else, first, because this county intersects with the Shunzhou army, and it is necessary to prepare for war with the Shunzhou army from time to time. Second, it is indeed very poor, and the most important reason is because of some scattered horse thieves on the border. After Zhang Jing occupied this place, he repeatedly harassed the Shunzhou army, and then won the victory of Lian San. If it continues to develop normally, Zhang Jing may be able to seize Gaoling County, the last stronghold of the Shunzhou Army, and annex or eliminate the Shunzhou Army.
However, the appearance of Zhao Xun made the Shunzhou army turn over, let Zhang Jing fall into death, and let the 4,000 army die. After learning that Zhang Jing's entire army was killed, the more than 1,000 Black Snake troops left behind in Dingbei City immediately dispersed. However, the Shunzhou army did not attack, and then Ma Kui, the commander of the Black Snake Army, asked the right army to garrison this place to prevent the Shunzhou army.
Tang Dan, the general of the right army of the Black Snake Army, was also cautious at first, always paying attention to the situation on the border, but after not seeing any action from the Shunzhou army for two or three consecutive months, Tang Dan also put his mind at ease, stopped focusing on the Shunzhou army, opened the general's enjoyment, and at the same time incorporated more than 1,000 people left behind by Zhang Jing.
Yang Town, a large town in the southeast of Dingbei County, is also the junction of Dingbei County and Gaoling County, where Tang Dan built this town into a small city in order to prevent the Shunzhou army from advancing north and west, and coercing the people. At the same time, 1,500 thieves were stationed, and he believed that with this solid wall, it was enough to hold out for three days.
The sky was hazy and brightened, and the sky in the east was only glowing with a faint red light, and the sun had not yet appeared, and the city gate of Yang Town had been slowly opened under the laborious push of several black snake soldiers, and several soldiers complained a little in their mouths, the town gate that was originally good, had to be made so huge, but now they needed to work hard to open and close the city gate every day.
"Woo Woo ......"
Just after the darkest hour of the day, there was already a faint light in the heavens and the earth, a black snake sergeant fixed the city gate, stood at the city gate reflexively, waiting for the appearance of the red sun, and suddenly heard two low sounds of breaking the air in his ears.
"What's going on?"
The soldier opened his eyes in some surprise, only to see a cold star that was getting bigger and bigger.
"Puff ......" "Puff ......"
There were several muffled sounds, and several Black Snake sergeants didn't have time to scream, they had already been shot through their heads by sharp arrows, staring at the sky without blinking, and their eyes had gradually drifted away.
The soldiers in the back couldn't help but be stunned when they saw their companions being killed, who dared to come here to kill people, are you tired of it? A Black Snake sergeant was the first to react and shouted: "It's not good, someone is sneaking up, close the city gate quickly, and notify Lord Liang Xing!" ”
Just without waiting for others to move, the terrible sound of breaking the air was like a spell chasing souls and asking for life, striking again, several people let out a miserable scream, and fell to the ground one after another, but their screams before death alarmed the surrounding soldiers, and a group of people rushed towards the door.
In the distance, a tall white war horse rushed over like a whirlwind, before anyone arrived, the silver spear flashing with a cold glow had arrived, the spear flashed, and a large area of the city gate was emptied in an instant, and more than twenty black snake sergeants died under the gun of the knight on the horse without snorting.
"Enemy attack! It's the Shunzhou Army! Shunzhou Army! ”
In the terrible roar, the team led a hasty run towards the town, and immediately the corners of the white-robed knight's handsome and resolute mouth pulled up a sneer of disdain, and he did not chase and kill, but quietly crossed the gun and immediately blocked the city gate, as if waiting for something.
"Kill!"
Not far away, in the dust, there were bursts of shouts of killing, Yang Qiu and Zhu Tear took the lead and rushed into the city gate, and then the Tiger Warriors followed, killing the group of Black Snake Army that had just gathered in an instant, and one of the leading officers was even killed by Zhu Tear with a shot.
"Yang Qiu! Lead half of the soldiers and horses to control the whole city, Zhu Tears, you lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to chase and kill those wandering Black Snake Army, you can't let them gather! Those who do not surrender will be killed! ”
"Obey!" The two of them excitedly received the order, and Yang Qiu led a group of men and horses to kill Xizhen, preparing to block the enemy's retreat. Zhu Tear led a group of men and horses and quickly killed the city, and where he passed, the scattered Black Snake Army could not form an effective resistance at all.
"Xiaoyu! Come with me to the town and don't get too far away. Looking at the actions of Yang Qiu and Zhu Tears, the corners of Qin Tian's mouth finally showed a smile, turned his head to look behind him, and said to Ruyu, next to Ruyu, there was Su Ziyan with a cold face.
"Yes! Commander! Ruyu pretended to be serious and responded.
Zhao Xun took the guards and soldiers to the residence of the enemy general in the center of the town. In the process of advancing, he could clearly feel that the resistance of the Black Snake Army in front was very tenacious, Zhao Xun sneered, roared wildly, and the silver spear in his hand rotated, instantly forming a tornado-like storm.
The army of the Shunzhou army came too suddenly, so that the black snake army in the town did not react at all, let alone a surprise attack in the early morning, the black snake army was not prepared at all, and this time there were only 1,000 tiger soldiers who attacked Yang Zhen with Zhao Xun, including 300 foot soldiers and 700 cavalry. In addition, it is necessary to add the three hundred guards and soldiers in Shunzhou Mansion, who are never far from Zhao Xun's side.
Although Yang Zhen has 1,500 Black Snake Army, they have just gotten up, and even many people have not yet gotten up, when they learned that the Shunzhou Army was invading, the Black Snake Army that was preparing to counterattack, no one came out to command for a while, so they could only fight on their own, and they were concentrated by the Shunzhou Army and broke each one, until Liang Xing got the news, Yang Zhen's Black Snake Army had become a rout, and the overall situation was difficult to move back.
"My lord, let's run away!" In the center of the town, in the specially built mansion, still holding the snatched little lady, Liang Xing, who was in the dreamland, was woken up by the loyal guards, listening to the shouts and killings coming from everywhere in the city, he was shocked and angry in his heart, and nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, now Yang Zhen is basically helpless, and it is the most important thing to escape with his life. As for the rest, let's get out first. He didn't hesitate immediately, and rode out on his war horse with his personal guards.
Coming out of the mansion, the sky was only faint, and in the shouting and killing sound around the sky, more than a dozen Shunzhou soldiers rushed to the front of the mansion first, and when they saw Liang Xing and his party coming out, they roared in unison, brandished a spear and rushed up, fighting with Liang Xing's personal guards.
Liang Xing had no intention of fighting, and he didn't care about the guards who were fighting with the Shunzhou sergeants, so he took his cronies around him and fled in the opposite direction, and the defeated army was constantly gathered on the road, and there were constantly scattered black snake sergeants as if they had found the backbone, and they quickly gathered to this side, and in a short time Yan Xing had gathered to a crowd of two hundred.
There are soldiers in his hands, and he is not panicked, although these 200 people are a lot more humble compared to the original 1,500 people, but for today's breakthrough, it is enough.
"Kill ......"
Ahead, the shouting of killing suddenly sounded, Liang Xing hurriedly looked up, but saw that in the chaotic army, a white-robed young general was rampaging through the army, like a dragon going out to sea, a silver spear made it impermeable, and where he passed, like chopping waves, his subordinates, like a chicken and a dog, were defeated by the other party.
"My lord, he is Liang Xing, the guard of Yang Town!" A shout sounded on the opposite side, and Liang Xing saw that it was his subordinates who had taken prisoners and betrayed him.
"Liang Xing, where to go?" Originally, when I saw Liang Xing and his party from a distance, I thought it was an ordinary enemy army, but this shout made Zhao Xun see the target. When he was about to give up the battle around him to the more than 100 people who followed him, he urged the jade lion under his crotch and rushed straight towards Liang Xing.
It's not that Zhao Xun attaches importance to this Liang Xing, but that this Liang Xing is very sinful, and Zhao Xun wants to solve him with his own hands. This Liang Xing did all kinds of evil in Yang Town, robbing the people's daughters, and for this reason, there were more than ten people who were killed by her, and there were dozens of families who were killed.
"Who is this guy?"
Liang Xing felt a chill in his heart, although he hadn't fought yet, but just by relying on the momentum of the other party, he knew that he was by no means an opponent.
Fighting on the battlefield, it is a little distracted, not to mention that Liang Xing is far inferior to Zhao Xun, that is, he is the same as Zhao Xun, but on the battlefield, there is no room for distraction for a moment. When Liang Xing came back to his senses, Zhao Xun had already urged the horse to rush to the front, the silver spear fluttered and turned, and the distraction stabbed, above the gun, the cold light was shining, Liang Xing's eyebrows hurt, his heart was sensitive, he was shocked, and hurriedly raised his knife to parry.
"Poof......
A little cold star continued to enlarge, and a blood hole appeared in the center of Liang Xing's eyebrows, but his big knife was only halfway raised, his eyes bulged out, and he looked ahead in a daze, but his pupils had gradually dilated, and he fell to the ground with a pop.
"Liang Xing is dead, if you don't fall at this time, when will you wait!" A shot stabbed Liang Xing off the horse, Zhao Xun swept the silver gun, and the Black Snake Army that followed up was suddenly swept over, and then picked up Liang Xing's body with a single shot, and shouted.
The surrounding Black Snake sergeants saw that the main general was dead, and their fighting spirit was immediately lost, and they threw away their weapons one by one, and some Black Snake sergeants refused to surrender, but they were strangled by the soldiers of the personal guard battalion who were killed later.