Chapter Thirty-Seven: Arrival in Huanzhou
"Bring the people over, all the materials have been paid, and Wang Changping will be notified to keep a few alive!" Gu Xiuyuan twisted his neck and commanded Wu Zhenjiang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Yes!" Wu Zhenjiang bowed his head and clasped his fists in salute, and quickly evacuated and returned to the Song army.
"Leave the two of you here to guard, and the rest of you will go out with me" Gu Xiuyuan smiled and said to the remaining people.
The rest of the people nodded their heads one after another, and as Gu Xiuyuan slowly walked out of the woods, they gathered with Wang Changping and them.
"Your Excellency......" When Wang Changping saw Gu Xiuyuan and others coming, he immediately stepped forward quickly, bowed his head and knelt in fists, his words and expressions revealed excitement and excitement.
Gu Xiuyuan helped him up, looked at the several party members who had been tied up and the party mule who had been driven together, and said flatly: "Count the wounded and material losses, make a list for me, and then prepare to continue on the road, and strive to reach Huanzhou at night."
"Don't worry, sir!" Wang Changping smiled and nodded to Gu Xiuyuan and replied solemnly, after all, after walking so many night roads, today is the first time that he has hit a ghost and knocked the ghost down!
Moreover, the casualties are almost negligible!
I don't know who was the first to cheer, and then the other soldiers also cheered, and the people who were counting and transporting the materials heard the cheers, and then they also began to cheer, and for a time the tragic relatives of the party members and the warm celebration of the Song army contrasted.
"My lord, according to Wu Shichang's estimate, the materials left by the party members are not much less than ours!" A box army ran over excitedly to report to Gu Xiuyuan.
"I know, all the soldiers have worked hard, pass on the order, and they will be rewarded when they arrive in Huanzhou!" Gu Xiuyuan smiled and nodded, this time it was indeed a one-sided victory without pressure, relatively speaking, Song Jun fought more beautifully.
The reason why Gu Xiuyuan did not order to rest in place was because although he was victorious at this time, he did not dare to take it lightly, after all, although what the party members said was not credible, it could not be disbelieved.
Maybe there really is a party army nearby, after all, the Xixia Jingsai Military Supervision Department is not too far from here, if you are willing to investigate, you will definitely know what is happening here!
The more you get to the end, the more you can't be careless!
When Gu Xiuyuan returned to the place where the supplies were, the casualties on both sides had already been counted.
Shot more than 20 bald ghosts of the party and captured 11 people! However, their own losses were few, two forbidden soldiers were wounded, four Xiang soldiers were damaged by arrows, and there were no casualties!
Gu Xiuyuan was basically satisfied with such a record, but he understood that this time it was just opportunistic, good luck, just a fluke.
Gu Xiuyuan looked around, most of them had been cleaned up, so he instructed Zhang Hong behind him: "Go and say, get ready to go."
"Returning to your lordship! Supplies, vehicles and the wounded have been settled. Wu Zhenjiang stepped forward and replied to Gu Xiuyuan.
Gu Xiuyuan turned over on the horse, straightened his waist on the horse's back, stabilized the horse and said, "Let's go!"
After Gu Xiuyuan's order was issued, the team started to set off again, and the original team became even larger because of the prisoners of the party and their supplies!
For this reason, Gu Xiuyuan redistributed the escort formations of the forbidden army and the box army, and extracted the strength of the people to act as temporary guards, just to avoid the secret escape and riot of the party captives!
The huge team moved slowly like a giant dragon, heading towards Huanzhou.
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"My lord, I'm going to Huanzhou City ahead!" Wu Zhenjiang said to Gu Xiuyuan on the side.
The night was hazy, but the sky was still good, because there were some stars and moons, so it was not pitch black, Gu Xiuyuan looked at the city tower that appeared in front of him.
Huge, heavy!
Like a beast sleeping in the night! The bright lights on the castle tower are like a pair of vigilant eyes! Keep an eye on all those who come to offend!
Wu Zhenjiang knew in his heart that everyone who saw Huanzhou City for the first time would almost have the reaction of an adult now, after all, he was even worse at the beginning.
"The city is three feet high, the wall is twenty steps thick, and Huanzhou is in the middle of the Xixia Jingsai Military Supervision Division and the Xishou Baotai Military Supervision Division, so the defense is particularly heavy!" Wu Zhenjiang explained.
"I see!" Gu Xiuyuan nodded when he heard this.
As an important road in the northwest and an important military town on the border, it naturally needs to spend huge manpower and material resources to build an impregnable city, and it would be a joke if it could be allowed to fall at will.
As he spoke, a large group of people had already arrived in front of the tower, because the weather had already darkened, so the gate was closed.
Wu Zhenjiang dismounted and shouted loudly towards the city tower: "The prisoners of Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province are here to escort supplies and prisoners, and please open the city gate and let me wait to enter the city!"
The heads of the soldiers guarding the city poked out from the city tower, looking at the large group of people escorting supplies under the city, as well as the party captives who were escorted, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.
"My lord, it's indeed a bald ghost of the party!" A guard general said to the commander on duty.
"Go to the government quickly, this matter needs to be decided by the prefect!" The commander commanded the guard.
After seeing the soldiers defending the city leave, the commander on duty leaned out and replied downward: "Please wait for a while, the prisoner has already sent someone to inform the mansion."