Chapter 416 Persistence
Ran all the way from Yanshi City, and escaped for more than three hundred miles, and Shan Xiongxin ordered to rest. After counting the number of people, the 50,000 army got rid of the nearly 2,000 men and horses lost by Xu Shiji's defeat a few days ago, and in this battle, more than 5,000 people were lost! And most of them were killed or wounded during the retreat later! After getting this information, Shan Xiongxin said to Bing Yuanzhen ashamedly: "Yuanzhen, I regret not listening to you!" ā
Bing Yuanzhen didn't say anything, and so far, it is useless to blame Shan Xiongxin. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Bing Yuanzhen said to Shan Xiongxin: "Brother Shan, there is no point in talking about this now!" Now it's better to straighten out the soldiers and horses and return to Wagang Mountain! ā
"No way!" Bing Yuanzhen had just finished saying this, but Shan Xiongxin didn't think about it, and directly rejected Bing Yuanzhen's proposal, and said with a straight face: "We will reorganize our troops and horses, and we will kill them again!" You have to get the food back! ā
Bing Yuanzhen didn't expect that after just experiencing a big defeat, Shan Xiongxin still refused to accept the lesson! Busy is to say: "Brother Shan! Never! Now that the army has just been newly defeated and demoralized, and the other side has strong reinforcements from the Royal Forest Army, it is impossible for us to break through Yanshi City and seize food! It's better to put it aside for the time being and wait until next time to get revenge! ā
Although Bing Yuanzhen was reasonable, Shan Xiongxin still shook his head and said stubbornly: "No! We still have hope that we will be able to capture Yanshi City! I also noticed just now, although there is a Royal Forest Army on the other side, the number of them is only about 5,000! The reason why we were defeated by the other party just now was because the other party acted suddenly and caught us off guard! These 5,000 people plus more than 10,000 people in Pei Renji's hands, the number of the other party is even less than 20,000! When those Imperial Forest Armies retreat into Yanshi City, we can launch an attack and besiege Yanshi City! With this double force attack, this Yanshi City is not a solid city, it should be able to be attacked! ā
After Shan Xiongxin's words were finished, Bing Yuanzhen also fell silent, according to Shan Xiongxin's words, there was indeed a possibility of victory. But, will things really go as smoothly as Shan Xiongxin thought? For some reason, Bing Yuanzhen had another ominous premonition! This attack on Yanshi City will definitely have some kind of accident that will lead to defeat! It's just that Bing Yuanzhen can't say why, he can only be speechless! However, Xu Shiji, who had been silent on the side for a long time, became excited, and immediately said to Shan Xiongxin: "Brother Shan! You're right! Right! This will definitely be a success! ā
Seeing that even Xu Shiji agreed with Shan Xiongxin's words, Bing Yuanzhen could only nod and agree with a wry smile on his face. In fact, Bing Yuanzhen knew very well the reason why Shan Xiongxin would insist on attacking Yanshi City so much, to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than wanting to complete this mission and suppress Li Mi's prestige in Wagangzhai! And he didn't do it for himself, let alone jealousy of Li Mi, but completely for Zhai Rang! Bing Yuanzhen can fully understand the reason why Shan Xiongxin did this, but he did not agree with Shan Xiongxin's insistence. In Bing Yuanzhen's opinion, no matter who it is, as long as he sincerely rebels against the imperial court, it doesn't matter who is the boss!
Of course, Bing Yuanzhen still kept this in his heart and didn't say it. And Shan Xiongxin was overjoyed when he saw that the two brothers agreed, and immediately sent someone to Yanshi City to inquire about the news, while he rested the army and prepared to launch a counterattack against Yanshi City!
Two hours have passed, and the spies sent out before have also returned, but the news he brought back made Shan Xiongxin frown! The Royal Forest Army, which was chasing Shan Xiong before, did not enter the city, but directly camped ten miles outside the city! Hearing what the spy said, Xu Shiji frowned, and said suspiciously: "What do these dog officials want to do?" If you don't want to enjoy it comfortably in the city, but you want to stay outside the city? Their commander can't have his head caught in the door, right? ā
Different from Xu Shiji's unknown reasons, the expressions of Shan Xiongxin and Bing Yuanzhen are much more serious! Shan Xiongxin said in a deep voice: "The Royal Forest Army really lives up to its reputation, and it can even think of this way to resist our attack!" I don't know who the commander of the Royal Forest Army is? ā
Bing Yuanzhen smiled bitterly and said, "Who else could it be?" If I'm not mistaken, the one who came up with this solution must be that Liang Guogong Wanhe! This person is really unfathomable! Big Brother Shan! If we can't get rid of him this time, after returning to Wagang Mountain, we must ask Mi Gong to send his Pushan secret camp to assassinate this person! ā
Since Li Mi arrived in Wagangzhai, Zhai Rang attached great importance to Li Mi, and even asked Li Mi to form a unit by himself, called Pushan Gongying. As the high-level of Wagangzhai, Shan Xiongxin also knew that in addition to establishing a Pushan public camp, Li Mi also established a secret organization called the Pushan secret camp! This Pushan secret camp is specially responsible for handling intelligence, assassination and other special people for Li Mi, and the people in it are some of the masters of the rivers and lakes that Li Mi has befriended over the years! Over the past year, Li Mi has used this Pushan secret camp to get rid of many enemies in Wagangzhai, which is very powerful!
When Shan Xiongxin heard Bing Yuanzhen say this, he couldn't help but nod in agreement. Shan Xiongxin and Bing Yuanzhen were both at odds with Li Mi, but they both agreed to ask Li Mi to do something to Wanhe! If Wan He knew, he wouldn't know if he would cry or laugh!
"Hey! Feed! Xu Shiji, who was on the side, just looked at Shan Xiongxin and Bing Yuanzhen as if they were playing dumb riddles, and couldn't help it anymore, shouted, directly interrupted the conversation between the two of them, and shouted directly: "What are you talking about?" Does it matter if the Imperial Guards don't go into the city to rest? What does this have to do with that Liang Guogong? ā
Seeing Xu Shiji's inexplicable look, Shan Xiongxin and Bing Yuanzhen couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, Shan Xiongxin couldn't wait to knock this kid directly! For Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin knows a lot about it, this kid is actually very smart, but he is usually reluctant to use his brain! Glaring at Xu Shiji fiercely, Shan Xiongxin finally explained helplessly: "The Imperial Forest Army did not enter the city, but camped outside the city, in order to form a corner with the defenders of Yanshi City to resist our attack!" If our army attacks Yanshi City, then this Royal Forest Army will suddenly dispatch and sneak attack our rear! If we attack the Imperial Foresters, the defenders of the city will definitely attack out of the city! Under the attack of the two armies, the losses of our army will definitely be great! ā
"That's not easy!" Xu Shiji immediately said: "We simply follow their example, divide the troops into two ways, and attack them two places at the same time!" That's the end of it! ā
After Xu Shiji finished saying this method, he was still proud, as if he thought that the method he came up with was very good. But Bing Yuanzhen smiled bitterly and said, "Mao Gong, it's not that simple!" If we divide our forces, then our advantage will be weakened, and it may even be impossible to win on either side! It's just a vain loss of soldiers and horses! Big Brother Shan, now that the situation seems to be, the possibility of breaking through Yanshi City is getting smaller and smaller, so it's better to retreat first for the time being! Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! ā
Bing Yuanzhen's last sentence was said to Shan Xiongxin, but he still wanted to persuade Shan Xiongxin to give up the idea of continuing to attack Yanshi City. But Shan Xiongxin gritted his teeth, shook his head vigorously, and said, "No! It's not the last minute, this matter, until the last moment, I will definitely not give up! Let's go to Yanshi City and take a look first! After Shan Xiongxin finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards his mount directly, without any intention of stopping.
Xu Shiji glanced at Bing Yuanzhen, and then at Shan Xiongxin's back, looking confused, and finally chased Shan Xiongxin directly, leaving Bing Yuanzhen standing alone and smiling bitterly.
āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā dividing line āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā the gate of Luoyang City, several soldiers stood at the gate of the city boredly, watching the passing people pass by at the city gate, yawning from time to time. As the defender of Luoyang City, there is really nothing to do, every day is to check the passing people. After all, Luoyang City is the capital of the Great Sui Kingdom, and I have never heard of anyone who will fight Luoyang City!
Stampede, stomp! Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from not far outside the city, and the sound of horses' hooves was very urgent, showing the urgency of the horse's owner! As soon as they heard the sound of horses' hooves, the soldiers at the city gate, who were still drowsy, woke up one by one, and at the same time looked out of the city, only to see that about a mile away from the city gate, a horse was speeding towards this side!
"What people! Don't trespass on the Eastern Capital! Go into the city and dismount! Seeing the horse galloping towards this direction without slowing down at all, the soldiers at the city gate were all shocked. One of the soldiers mustered up his courage and warned the horseman!
It's just that the rider didn't seem to hear the soldier's warning, and still rushed towards this side, and in a blink of an eye, he had already rushed to the city gate! The people who were about to enter and exit through the city gate immediately panicked and ran around the city gate, for fear of being trampled by the horses! And those soldiers at the city gate were also panicked, except for shouting loudly, no one dared to step forward and make a move! This is Luoyang, the eastern capital, and I don't know how many princes and grandsons are making trouble in the city, which is not something that these little soldiers can manage!
The rider rushed to the city gate in one breath, did not stop at all, directly passed through the arch of the city gate, rushed into the city, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye! And those city gate soldiers originally wanted to catch up, but they stopped at this moment, because at the moment when the other party rushed through the arch of the city gate, they saw clearly that the costume on the horse was the clothes of the soldiers of the Liang State Mansion!