Chapter 26: Breaking through the line of defense
"Xiaguan has seen Captain Zhao!" A man in uniform around forty years old appeared in front of Zhao Ning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"My lord, this is the county lieutenant of Zongdingzong of Wei County." Lian Zhan followed alongside and said. During this time, he had also learned not to call Young Master Zhao Ning in front of others.
"Lord Zhao repelled the thieves and saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in our county, thank you to the people on behalf of the officials!"
"Master Zong can do Poly City without losing it, it's really hard work."
"Yes, I heard that they Liu County Ling was killed in the loss center more than ten days ago, and these days, it is the county lieutenant of Zong who is supporting this city." Lian Zhan also echoed and said.
"Let the brethren hurry up and clean up the battlefield, especially the arrows!" Zhao Ning stepped forward to hold the hand of Lieutenant Zongxian and communicate his revolutionary feelings, and at the same time did not forget to say to Lian Zhan. "In addition, all the captives will be organized according to the original formation."
After the first battle, 15,000 people under Chu Jun's department either died or surrendered, and the entire army was wiped out overnight, and there were very few who really escaped. After counting, more than 5,000 enemies were killed in this battle, more than 8,000 people were captured, and the rest of the thieves fled. And the casualties on Zhao Ning's side totaled only a few dozen.
Killed more than 5,000 enemies, looking at the soldiers who were busy harvesting his right ear, Zhou Shu felt that it was simply pumping his blood, it was only one night, at least five or six thousand taels of gold bounty went out, but he had to bear half of it. Although this is also his military achievement, however, the price is also too great.
Looking at the brothers around him who were staring at the captives' ears and looking straight at them, he couldn't help but exclaim, "No one should fight the prisoner's idea, pay attention to the ruthlessness of military law!" ā
However, an order conveyed to him by Zhao Ning's personal soldiers made Zhou Shu suffocate his chest again.
More than 8,000 captives were bound and sturdy, and arranged neatly according to the formation. Then, 3,000 of them were ordered by Zhao Ning to be killed on the spot, and as for the right ear, it was naturally cut off, and each person in the whole army was divided into one.
The rest of the captives, their faces turned white with fright, and they kept kowtowing one by one, wailing and begging for life.
Zhou Shu stood aside, his heart was dripping blood, and he was even thinking about how much gold his life was worth? If you continue like this, you will find a chance to die in battle and settle this account.
And the county lieutenant Zong, who had just come out of the city, was even more flushed, and he couldn't help but say after holding back for a long time, "Captain Zhao, the lower officials know that they are soft-spoken, but the iron law of Great Xia, 'surrender the enemy and don't kill', don't be provoked by righteous indignation!" ā
Zhao Ning didn't understand what Zong County Lieutenant said, but he was gambling, and when he took this task, he was gambling. If you want to complete this task, if you want to complete this task alive, you must have the courage to gamble.
At this time, if he looked ahead and backwards, if he didn't motivate his subordinates, he would not have been able to complete this difficult task alive. "If the county lieutenant has any objections, just write to assassinate Lord Shi to sue me, but I suggest that you still hurry up after we leave, first hurry up to clean up the battlefield, replenish the weapons, and come back tomorrow, you have to rely on yourself to defend the city!"
You were sent by the Assassin History, and I will sue you from the Assassin History?
"What? Isn't an adult stationed in this prefecture for repair? Lieutenant Zong didn't react yet.
After killing 3,000 captives and getting a right ear for each of his brothers, Zhao Ning did not continue to slaughter the 5,000 people, but let them go. Of course, they all had their ordnance collected and their hands were tied.
Then, Zhao Ning took his own people and left the county and returned to the camp ten miles north of the city to rest.
Looking at the back of Zhao Ning and their departure, Zong County Lieutenant hated so much that he wanted to scold his mother. The anti-thieves who were besieging Wei County no longer had the sharpness and were exhausted, and the pressure he was under these days was not as great as before.
When I saw the reinforcements today, I thought that I had survived the end and could wait for the meritorious service to be rewarded.
However, the rebellious captain who didn't do anything actually said that he would withdraw, and he also withdrew behind him, allowing himself to be a shield for him, and the more Zong Ding thought about it, the more angry he became.
According to the laws of Great Xia, local officials have the responsibility of defending the land, and the city must be in the people, and the city will die, if the city is abandoned and fled without the express order of the superiors, it will be to destroy the three clans. The whole family of his sect is far away in Jizhou, and if he dares to leave the county, the life of the family will be explained.
Zhao Ning did this guy today, and tomorrow the thief will retaliate, and the unlucky one is not his zongding? Thinking of this, how could he not hate itchy, "But then again, the soldiers brought by that bastard are really powerful, only 3,000 people, can defeat Chu Jun's army of 15,000 people, if only those soldiers could stay and help me defend the city." ā
Early the next morning, the second line of defense against thieves, PA County, upstairs at the north gate.
"Song Gang, don't go too far, my people have been standing outside for almost two hours, can you let them into the city?" Chu Jun roared at a fully armored general. "Your scouts have come back three times, where are the officers and soldiers?"
"Chu Shuai, the attack of the official army is too sudden, and their return is too strange, PA County cannot afford to lose, and my brother has no choice but to do so." Song Gang patiently explained.
Chu Jun also knew that Song Gang was reasonable, but those were his own people, if he didn't let them enter the city for a long time, and turned around and scattered, then he would be completely finished.
Two hours ago, Chu Jun fled to Ping'an with more than a dozen people, and there were 20,000 elite soldiers led by Song Gang stationed here, which was the second line of defense arranged by Guo Chun, and was also responsible for receiving him and Antai.
But who would have thought that the official army, who had not moved, would wipe out his entire army overnight as soon as he made a move, and he was not even given a chance to ask Song Gang for help.
As soon as he ran to Ping'an, he went to knock on the door to find Song Gang, hoping that Song Gang could quickly send troops and go straight to Xuxian County, and maybe he could also gather his fleeing subordinates and rescue the captured brothers.
But Song Gang just refused, saying that the enemy situation was unclear, and it was not appropriate to rush into action, and everything still needed to be planned before moving.
The face is kind and ruthless, and if he doesn't save him when he dies, Chu Jun has of course scolded Song Gang's ancestor for thirty-six times in his heart.
But now that he has no soldiers and horses, it doesn't sound good to say anything, Song Gang doesn't want to see him here, even if he goes to Gaoyou to find Guo Chun, I'm afraid there is no good fruit waiting for him.
In the past, he had more than 10,000 people, Guo Chun was a corporal of Lixian to himself, and now he has become the commander of the light pole, and even folded the thousands of people Guo Chun gave him, the more Chu Jun thought about it, the more he felt that there was no way out.
Later, I heard that 5,000 people ran back from the north of the city, which made Chu Jun very happy. Although after climbing the city, I found that these people had lost their armor and abandoned their armor one by one, but it is better to have someone than not even to have people. When he was the king of the mountain, there were less than 1,000 people and horses, so he was at ease? After all, there are still 5,000 people, and it seems that most of them were brought out of Hailing by themselves.
But who knew that Song Gang would not let the city gate open and not let these people enter the city. Say that these people were captured last night, I don't know if they surrendered to the enemy, and I don't know if they will be followed by the officers and soldiers. Then he sent batch after batch of scouts to check, tossing and turning, just not to let these people into the city.
It wasn't until two more groups of probe horses came back that Song Gang interrogated repeatedly, and almost let Chu Jun recognize the people one by one, and finally reluctantly let his subordinates open the city gate and let those people into the city.
Song Gang, like An Tai who besieged Haixi, is Guo Chun's descendant, and he worshipped Guo Chun many years ago, and he is the real number one cadre under Guo Chun. There are several county towns in Guangling County, all of which he led his troops to fight, and this person not only has a set of troops, but also has a typical steady, accurate, and ruthless character, cautious and cautious, strict military discipline, and fierce in battle.
Song Gang didn't mean to embarrass Chu Jun, but the stakes were very high, and he really couldn't be cautious. Chu Jun has been wiped out by the whole army, and he can't make any mistakes here, otherwise, the situation that he finally fought out will be turned over by the official army.
Originally, the eldest brother (Guo Chun) arranged this zigzag formation was very stable, Chu Jun and Antai were in the front, and he Song Gang was in the back, and the three forces were configured in a pinzig, and the arch guard was in Guo Chun's base camp - the north of Gaoyou, I thought that even if tens of thousands of troops of the official army came to attack, the three of them could be each other's horns, take care of each other, and be invincible. How do you know that Chu Jun will be wiped out overnight, which can't help but make people worry.
Song Gang had already sent someone to send the news to Gaoyou and reported it to Guo Chun, after all, there was such a big thing, and he didn't know what to do next, except to send someone to inform Antai to pay attention to vigilance, and at the same time guard his own defensive ground, he had no better way.
Also this early morning, after learning that neither Ping'an nor Haixi County had sent anyone to approach Wei County, Zhao Ning immediately knew that the generals of the enemy in these two places were all cautious and impatient people, and they must be strengthening their own defense areas and being careful at this time.
Originally, he planned to mobilize Antai and Song Gang's troops through the previous day's action, as long as the enemy moved, or the troops were scattered, then his opportunity came. But now that these two people have no action, and the loopholes are not so easy to find, then he can only avoid the two of them and find other people's bad luck.
Therefore, in the early morning, after the whole army had a full meal, Zhao Ning's team began another long-distance attack. Since the two cautious people on the opposite side are gathering men and horses and strengthening the garrison, then he will take this opportunity to intersperse through the middle of the defense area of the two, really go deep into the rear of the anti-thief, and appear on the side of Guo Chun's couch to turn him upside down.
But this time, things were not so smooth, when he was about to pass between Song Gang and Antai, and was about to cross Sheyang and enter the boundary of Yandu County, a group of 2,000 anti-thieves appeared in front of him, and the other party seemed to have just set up camp on the road. But it was this step that made Zhao Ning fall into passivity.
At this moment, Zhao Ning is in the gap between the two armies of the enemy, Antai and Song Gang, if he can't break through as soon as possible and delay for a long time, he will be surrounded by the enemy's army.
Although he just rushed in, looking for opportunities to defend and consume the enemy, the current environment was obviously not what he wanted. At this time, the enemy on the opposite side had set up camp, but he had no barrier to defend it.
Since the other party has already sent people to block the road here, I am afraid that there are already enemy troops behind him on the road at this moment. There is no way back, for Zhao Ning at this time, the only way out is to quickly break through the oncoming enemy, completely cross the garrison of Song Gang and Antai, and go to the rear where the enemy's strength is empty to make trouble.
"Whoever kills his mother, makes meritorious service to earn money and marries a wife, there are not as many thieves here as there are in Xianxian, and those who are slow can't be separated."
"That's right! Right! Kill the thief to earn a reward, rush! ā
Lian Chao and Lian Zhan shouted first in the middle of the team.
Everyone has experienced last night's battle, and almost everyone now has one or two ears hidden close to them, all the way thinking about who has more bounty than themselves, how their bounty should be spent in the future, and which guy has saved five ears.
At this time, when the two brothers of the Lian family shouted, everyone's pride was immediately mobilized again, and they didn't think that there was anything terrible about the other party's camp, and immediately began to shoot arrows and locusts like locusts.
As soon as the thieves set up camp, they saw Zhao Ning's team appear in front of them, thinking that the other party had to stabilize their positions first, and only after gathering the team did they make a move. How do you know that these wolf-like officers and soldiers, the front team has arrived, and the rear team has already launched an offensive before they can keep up. Before they could react, an overwhelming rain of arrows rained down.
They were in Guangling County, although they had also fought with the county soldiers, but they had never seen such a formation, and the officers and soldiers in front of them were red-eyed as soon as they came up, and they were all like hungry wolves.
Without waiting for the fight, the momentum of the anti-thief's side was discouraged, and just as he was about to organize resistance, he was suppressed by the dense arrows on the opposite side.
Although there were hundreds of archers on their side, they couldn't raise their heads at all under the suppression of the opposite side. A few people barely shot a few arrows, and because of their short hearts, they couldn't reach the officers and soldiers at all. After all, everyone on Zhao Ning's side had at least one hundred and twenty catties of strong bows in their hands, with a long range and great power.
After losing the camp and throwing nearly a thousand corpses, this group of 2,000 thieves still failed to keep Zhao Ning and them, but was completely dispersed.
"Young master, if you continue to kill like this, there will be ten days and half a month, and we brothers will be able to destroy Guo Chun without the army of Lord Shi to attack." Looking at the corpses of the thieves everywhere, Lian Chaole ran to Zhao Ning's side and said.
"Don't talk nonsense, we didn't have any casualties by sneak attack last night, but today hundreds of brothers have died, and I don't want to be surrounded and beaten here, so I quickly cleaned up the battlefield and prepared to set off again." Zhao Ning didn't want to stay here and be beaten, he still had to go to the enemy's rear to make trouble.
After last night, Zhao Ning had already set the rules, and the meaning of cleaning the battlefield was two, first, cutting off ears, and second, collecting arrows. As long as these two things are not lacking, his men and horses can meet gods and kill gods, and kill Buddhas when they meet Buddhas, and they are a strong army that really screams.