Chapter 149: Conquering Chu County (3)
Lu Chang came to Chu County yesterday evening, he abandoned the ship and landed ashore, equipped 20,000 light cavalry, and then, all the warships docked at the riverside, and the 20,000 cavalry quickly drove towards the county seat of Chu County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The light cavalry, which was already light and fast, never stopped all night, and all of them marched forward like thunder...
At this time, it was already early the next morning, Lu Chang came to a county town, and after a night of hurrying, he ran for more than 200 miles, and the soldiers were already tired, but he did not dare to stop, because if he stopped, the enemy's meticulous work was very likely to pass the news to Pingxing, so that the enemy would be prepared.
Gritting his teeth, Lu Chang ordered all the soldiers to eat dry food on the spot, and they were not allowed to dismount, and they had to continue to hurry after the dry food was eaten!
At this time, at the head of this small county town, a middle-aged man in his forties with three or five officials poked out his head and looked down, and when he saw the iron horses densely connected to the sky, he was immediately frightened half to death.
"It's... What's going on? ā
The middle-aged man said in surprise.
The officials behind him had already fallen on the ground in fright, not daring to stick out their heads to see, so many soldiers and horses, they had never seen them in their lives, let alone so many horses, even so many people had never seen them, it was a spectacle.
But the spectacle is not so easy to appreciate, you have to be guts.
"Hey, this doesn't seem to be General Wei's men, look, they seem to be wearing Kyoto military uniforms." The middle-aged man said abruptly.
The so-called Kyoto Army is the clothes worn by the soldiers stationed in Kyoto; Ling Feng's current soldiers and horses have all changed their clothes, they have changed very early, although this kind of clothes and armor are also black, but there is a hint of red mixed in many places, if it is too far away, you will definitely not be able to see it, if you look carefully at the pill, you will find that in fact, the soldiers' clothes and armor are red and black, and this kind of clothing can only be worn by the elite stationed in Kyoto.
Now these soldiers under the city are wearing these clothes, which means that they are soldiers from the imperial capital.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man showed an unbelievable look, it was really strange that there would be people from the imperial capital here.
In fact, he is not Wei Ning's person, nor is he an officer or soldier stationed in this county, to be precise, he is just the young patriarch of a big family in the city, and now he barely controls the city, and collecting protection money or something, it can be regarded as a part of the family's income, but the life of the people is not easy.
Yesterday, he was still thinking about when to go to Wei Ning, take the initiative to offer many treasures, and then ask for an official position, so he asked for the post of county commander in this city, but now it seems that he must cut off this idea, there are so many troops under the city, can the soldiers of Chu County where Wei Ning is stationed still resist?
The middle-aged man turned around and looked at the official behind him, and said, "You guys, hurry back and tell the master that you don't want to give gifts to Wei Ning anymore, there is no need anymore." ā
"Yes, yes."
The two officials departed.
At this time, the tens of thousands of cavalry under the city also began to move, Lu Chang and 20,000 people didn't even look at the city in front of him, and with a shout, he led the soldiers to continue to the west.
The middle-aged man watched from above, dumbfounded, and it didn't take long for him to return to the city.
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There are more than a dozen counties in Chu County, among which Pingxing County is the seat of the county guarding the city, which is naturally in the middle position, that is to say, north of Pingxing, there are only five or six small counties, about more than 600 li.
If the soldiers are hungry and tired, they will stop eating dry food and drinking water, and at the same time, Lu Chang will also say some encouraging words to the soldiers, such as, after taking Pingxing County, reward the three armies, eat meat and drink wine, etc. When the soldiers heard this, they immediately became energetic, and their tiredness was swept away, and they all wanted to fly to Pingxing County immediately to fight the enemy to the death, and after the battle was over, they could have a good meal and a good night's sleep.
Time flies, two days later.
Pingxing County.
Early morning.
It rained a little last night, and now there is still a heavy fog, and at the gate of the city, four or five soldiers still came to the gate of the city as usual, ready to open the gate, because the market is about to open, and the people are waiting to enter and exit.
The so-called opening of the market means that the people can go to the streets, and the merchants who come and go begin to circulate.
Above the tower, two soldiers held a gong in their hands, struck it vigorously, and shouted, "The market is open..." ā
Crunch crunch...
At this time, the gates opened, and the drawbridge was slowly lowered; If it was in the past, there should be more than 100 people outside the city waiting to enter the city, but today it is a little strange, the city gate is open, the drawbridge is also lowered, no one outside the city comes in, although the fog is very large, but it is not so that you can't see the road.
Several soldiers who were in charge of opening the city gate looked out, but no one outside the city could see it, because the fog was so great that it was too big to open people's faces two feet away, and it was impossible to clear the figure from one zhang away.
"Hey, why didn't anyone come today?"
"Alas, it seems that it is a little difficult to collect the toll today."
"It's okay, we collected enough yesterday..."
.....
The four soldiers were still standing guard as usual.
Da Da...
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the city, the sound of horses' hooves was very soft, but as it got closer and closer, it became heavier and heavier, but there was a rumbling sound, and the four soldiers standing guard only felt that the ground was shaking.
Hiss...
Hearing the neighing of horses in the distance, one of the soldiers reacted and shouted: "Close the city gates, the enemy must be coming." ā
At this time, the soldiers in the city also reacted, some screamed in horror, and some began to beat the war drums to warn the city; However, these are useless, it is too late, even if the city knows about it, what if it is still too late to arm?
"Kill!"
"Kill...!"
Suddenly, the roar under the city shook the sky, Lu Chang took countless iron horses to quickly make an appointment to hang, and then entered the city, when passing by the city gate, he didn't even look at the four enemy soldiers, and there were 20,000 troops behind him, these four people were either killed, or scared to death, anyway, they couldn't survive.
20,000 light cavalry rushed into the city like a gust of wind, and at the same time, the war drums on the city tower also sounded, but Lu Chang didn't care about that, what he had to do now was to rush to the school field quickly, and before the enemy's soldiers were fully assembled, they would be defeated in one fell swoop, and then control the situation!
As long as the 50,000 enemy troops in the school field can be defeated, let alone control this small city, even if it controls the entire Chu County, it is a matter of course, this is also the big truth that Ling Feng said to him before leaving, he has always kept it in his heart, this time the surprise attack on Pingxing, he can say that it is completely in accordance with Ling Feng's intentions, there is no discrepancy. (To be continued.) )