Chapter 473: Fierce Battle in Donglai Mansion 1
Because the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army acted privately and did not ask Murong Cheng, no one knew what the two Wei generals thought. Therefore, Murong Cheng didn't know about this, but it was Qian Niu Wei who got the information first. This also has to say that the Shadow Division and the Eagle Eye Division are widely distributed.
When he got the news, Zhang Yuanjing, who had always been calm and unmoved by foreign objects, was also stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that things had changed beyond expectations.
"General Zhao, immediately let the people of the Praetorian Guard cover the Qianniuwei family living in the city to leave Luoyang City, such as the Taihang Mountain Army cottage to settle down. If you don't want to go, let the soldiers be discharged! ”
Zhao Mang, the deputy general of Qianniuwei, also knew the current situation, and he didn't say much, so he went down to arrange it and let the soldiers choose freely. Of course, he didn't say that he moved his family because there might be changes.
Qianniuwei has a total of 50,000 people, except for 10,000 who are often stationed in Dongcheng, the remaining 40,000 are stationed outside the city. Because they are all soldiers near Yongzhou, most of the soldiers' families are not in Luoyang City, and some are also the families of some officers.
These officers were not stupid, they could naturally hear some other meanings from Zhao Mang's words, and they all immediately expressed their willingness to move their families. They were pulled up by Zhao Xun when he came to power, and they can only rely on Zhao Xun to enjoy the status of their current life. Of course, you can also be a traitor, but with the current power of the Xiaoguo Army, it will not end well if you become a traitor.
The Praetorian Guard and Qianniuwei have a very close relationship in the past year, and secretly helping Qianniuwei with a little thing is naturally not a problem. Therefore, before Murong Cheng and the others could react, among the more than 100 mansions, the buildings were already empty.
The most difficult thing in the world to hide is the news, within a few days, the news of the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army attacking the Xiaoguo Army spread all over the world, and for a while, the world was in an uproar.
In any case, the commander of the Xiaoguo army was busy conquering the northern Zhuhu and quelling the scourge in the northern part of Youzhou for the Yan State. In other words, the face of the Han people has been greatly increased, and the people in the east have been protected from barbarian invasion, and now they are being raided by friendly forces. How can you not be amazed?
At this moment, another role of the businessmen of the Xiaoguo army through the north and south appeared, that is, the public opinion offensive, while vigorously publicizing Zhao Xun's contributions in the north, and on the other hand, also publicizing the beautiful life of the people in the land governed by the Xiaoguo army. At this moment, he directly began to publicize the shamelessness of the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army.
Li Chi, commander of the Xuzhou Army, was also overjoyed when he heard about it. While immediately sending people north to contact the Xiaoguo Army to seek cooperation, he hyped up that he wanted to work with the Xiaoguo Army to encircle and suppress this shameless man.
To say that the most tangled things now are Tang Xian, the general of the Wuwei Army, and Shen Yuanhe, the general of the Shence Army, the situation they expected did not appear. In their plan, the raid is the first step, and the echo of the big clans who have a relationship with them is the second step, and the last step is naturally the internal response of the water army.
However, among the more than 100 large households in the twelve counties, only less than 30 echoed them, and the rest not only did not respond, but supported the Xiaoguo Army and retreated to the remaining five counties with the Xiaoguo Army. It was these people who quietly reported the other party's information to the Xiaoguo Army. Although among the more than 100 large households, the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army only contacted more than 20 households, as a result, 14 households reported the information to the Xiaoguo Army, resulting in the failure of the plan.
As for the navy, the officers above the rank of captain went to Youzhou to study, and the generals sent by the Xiaoguo Army were in charge. At the same time, the various armies were scattered and reorganized, and the new basic officers were contested and promoted, and the treatment of non-commissioned officers was strengthened, which suddenly made the people who had been bought useless.
Donglai Mansion was taken down by the two of them, but there are still five counties still in the hands of the Xiaoguo Army, and the reinforcements of the Xiaoguo Army are constantly being transported from Youzhou. In addition, their most important target, the Qingzhou Naval Army, is unable to fight with them.
The two of them have become the center of the storm at the moment, but they are already difficult to ride the tiger, just for the resentment in their hearts and some speculative thoughts, things have evolved like this. But both of them knew that there was no way back at this moment, and only by completely defeating the Xiaoguo army could they redeem their guilt for this operation.
The loss of seven counties in Donglai Province has led to the administrative office, which is also the largest city, Huang County, at the forefront. The Wuwei Army and the Shence Army used this city as a strong attack site.
There are more than 40,000 troops outside the city, 5,000 Xiaoguo troops in the city, 10,000 sailors who are training, 2,000 county soldiers, and countless young and strong reserves.
Li Lingfeng, the general of the Eighth Prefecture, was already full of red eyes at the moment, and he had not been able to rest well for many days. However, it was his timely response that gave up the three counties in front and collected the troops, I am afraid that they have already been broken by each one. The sacrifice of nearly 20,000 people also made Li Lingfeng feel ashamed of Zhao Xun's entrustment.
"General, the group of bastards of the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army are going to attack the city again!" Adjutant General Wen Ding looked out of the city and said. Wen Ding was originally a captain of the Nufeng Battalion, and now he has also been promoted to the deputy general of the government army, and together with Li Lingfeng, he commanded the Eighth Government Army.
It was dawn, and the enemy camp outside the city had begun to stir up, and a moment later, a group of soldiers appeared outside the southern city.
In the mist of the morning light, you can already clearly see this boundless, black sea of guards and horses. In addition to the 40,000 troops, there are thousands of logistics people.
The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army in the head of Huangxian County were all watching the guards outside the city, although the Xiaoguo Army had participated in many battles, but it was the former Liufu Army, and it had nothing to do with them. But after several days of fighting, the combat strength of this guard should not be underestimated.
Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and feel their hearts heavy. There are 10,000 people, and there are boundless, not to mention that there are nearly 50,000 people here. In the morning mist, the enemy soldiers were crowded, swords and guns were like forests, and countless military flags fluttered.
But all the soldiers know that Huang County must not be lost, otherwise, Donglai Mansion will not be guaranteed, and the naval army will completely withdraw from Laizhou Port.
As long as they hold on, and wait for the Metropolitan Governor to lead the people to counterattack, then these guards will pay the price for what they have done.
Therefore, the gains and losses of this Huang County are a matter of importance.
The guards outside the city had already launched their formation, and Tang Xian, the general of the Wuwei Army, and Shen Yuanhe, the general of the Shence Army, came to the battlefield in person, looking at Liaodong City from afar. As for the remaining 20,000 people, they were patrolling other counties and the Qingzhou Prefecture Army.
Looking at the county seat of Huangxian County standing tall in the morning mist, both of them had heavy faces. They all know that the matter is irreparable, and only by taking Donglai Mansion can the status quo be changed. However, it was such a city, but it was attacked twice, but it failed to make any progress.
Tang Xian, the general of the Wuwei Army, waved his hand gloomily and said in a deep voice: "Beat the drums, attack the city!" ”
Before the mist in the morning light had cleared, the guards had already begun to sound like thunder! Countless soldiers and horses roared wildly and rushed straight towards Huangxian County.
The offensive has begun!
The Xiaoguo soldiers in the city had already sounded the alarm when the guards began to blow the horn of attack.
The mist in the morning light seemed to be blown away a little by the murderous aura that rushed in, and the soldiers at the head of the city were surprised to see that the whole city was covered with soldiers and horses like a tide. And what surprised them even more was that these tide-like soldiers and horses rushing to the front, some of them were government army equipment, and some of them had no armor, but just a spear or a scimitar, and rushed up like this. They were in a team of more than ten people, carrying shoddy ladders and running continuously.
"Qingzhuang Mansion Army? Ordinary young and strong? ”
"They are the government troops of Lingzhou and Langya Mansion who are with the guards, as well as the young and strong people in these two places, and the other party wants to use these government troops to drain our arrows and the strength of our soldiers." Wen Ding said in a deep voice. The government troops in these places were forcibly recruited by the guards and used as cannon fodder. The first two tentative attacks did not let them move, and it seems that this time the guards are going to play for real.
As we all know, when attacking a city, driving the cannon fodder army or the people as the vanguard can not only consume the defenders' materials for defending the city, but also greatly consume the defenders' body. No matter how strong an archer is, if he fires twenty arrows in a row, he will be exhausted. When the defenders' bodies were almost exhausted, it was time for the regular soldiers and horses to be dispatched.
Li Lingfeng sneered: "There are not many soldiers and horses in the city, but there are many equipment and materials for us. In addition, we can transport supplies through the guò water army at any time. It's just a pity that these government troops were not reorganized by Cao Bin, the governor of Qingzhou, but were used by the guards. ”
These government soldiers and young men stopped when they rushed to a distance of more than 100 steps from the city. There was another thunderous beat of drums, and the army leaned in both directions, making way for an empty passage.
Under the attention of all the soldiers at the head of the city, groups of people were driven out, but these people were bare-handed. They had no weapons, but each of them carried bags of dirt, and these people were responsible for filling the moats around Huang County.
There were more than 5,000 people carrying bags of sand and dirt, and under the drive of a group of soldiers, they had to come to the city of Huangxian.
"It's not good, they're the people of Donglai Mansion, damn it!" Li Lingfeng slammed the hammer on the wall battlement in a circle, and said hatefully.
"Don't release arrows, don't release arrows, our people from Donglai Mansion!"
Sure enough, the people got closer and closer, and many of them kept crying to the defenders at the head of the city.
"General, what should I do?" The general next to Li Lingfeng asked. If it is not blocked, this moat will be useless, and it will be buried by the other party.
Li Lingfeng's face was gloomy and fearful, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Soon, the people were within range of the defenders.
"General, what should I do?" All the generals hesitated, these are the people of Donglai Mansion below, everyone can't order an attack on them, if they don't kill them, they will quickly fill in the moat that was cleared yesterday.
"General, I'll give the order! Where is the military judge! "Wen Ding is from the Nufeng Battalion, and he has fought all over the world, so he naturally knows what to do at this time.
Immediately, the military judge in black armor on the head of the city and the red unicorn armband on his arm was already preparing to supervise the battle.
"No, General Ben is personally responsible!"
"Pass the order, let go of the arrows!" Li Lingfeng shouted loudly.
"Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows, the enemy is already in range! Start firing arrows! You can't let them just fill the moat! One after another, the military judges began to roar wildly at the archers and crossbowmen at the head of the city. These military judges are all from the pro-guard battalion, and they have been specially trained to know what they should do.
But the archers and crossbowmen at the head of the city hesitated, those people in the city who were still living together a few days ago, and some county soldiers in the city were their relatives, how could they do something to them?
Even the Eighth Provincial Army, which was only newly established, did not experience this situation, and only some officers were transferred from other provincial armies. For this situation, these people really hesitated, killing the enemy army, they didn't care. But this is the people, or the people under their rule a few days ago, they really can't be ruthless.
"The county soldiers and navy retreated, and the archers of the Eighth Mansion stepped forward!" Li Lingfeng's eyes widened angrily, and he shouted loudly.
"These guards, what despicable! Shameless! ”
"Archers prepare! The military judge supervises the battle! If they break through the city wall, the remaining five counties of Dong Lai Province will also be lost! More people will die. You can't do it this time, so what about next time? What about next time? Until my Xiaoguo army has been defeated repeatedly? Remember, it was the Guards and the Divine Guards who killed them, not us. Defeat the Changwu Army and the Shence Army, and they will definitely pay the price! ”
"Soldier, remember military discipline for me, obey, obey again! Now, anyone who does not obey the military order will be killed! Li Lingfeng pulled out his horizontal knife, slashed the void fiercely, and roared fiercely.
The two thousand archers immediately raised their longbows, as if they were in training. At this moment, they also know that they have no choice. Those sailors from Qingzhou and the county soldiers of Donglai Mansion also knew the scene at this moment, so they all bit their lips tightly and remained silent.
More than 100 military judges also took the bows and arrows in the hands of the navy army, and stood with Xiaoguo Jun, with no trace of abnormality on their cold faces.