Chapter 212: Counting the Martial City (2)

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Han Zhishou, the chief general of Wucheng County, is Zhang Jincheng's henchman, he is burly, his head is as big as a fight, and his two arms are infinitely strong, making a sixty-pound big knife. ↑,

In fact, the high level of martial arts is not the reason why Han Zhishou guards Wucheng County, there are 100,000 stone of grain and countless weapons and materials stored in Wucheng County, which is the lifeblood of Zhang Jincheng, and only by guarding Wucheng County with the most trustworthy person, Zhang Jincheng can rest assured.

Han Zhishou's loyalty is the fundamental reason why he was appointed as the guard general of Wucheng County, but Han Zhishou also has weaknesses, that is, he is short-tempered and impulsive, so Zhang Jin said that the task given to him is to defend Wucheng County, and he is strictly forbidden to go out of the city to face the battle.

At this time, Han Zhishou was standing at the head of the city, looking at Fengshan from afar, he had received Zhang Jin's flying pigeon message, a Sui army was on the way to Wucheng County, Zhang Jin said that he was ordered to guard Wucheng County to the death, if Wucheng County was lost, he would have his head.

But what if you keep Wucheng County? The pigeon letter did not say that Han Zhishou was a little depressed, it was right to do a good job, and if you didn't do well, you would be punished, and the king was a little too unreasonable.

At this time, several soldiers walked up to the top of the building with a patrolman, and it was the patrolman who was pretending to be dead and escaping, a personal soldier stepped forward and whispered a few words to Han Zhishou, Han Zhishou looked at the team, and asked coldly: "The Sui army actually didn't kill you?" ”

The team hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "General Qiyu, the lowly duty was knocked unconscious, and after waking up, he pretended to be dead to escape the poisonous hands of the enemy. ”

"Then tell me, how many enemy troops are there? Who will the Lord be? Where has it been now? ”

Han Zhishou was not interested in how he escaped, he was more concerned about the specific information of the Sui army, the team was dumbfounded, where did he know this information, Han Zhishou's face sank, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Drag it down and cut it!" ”

The team was so frightened that he couldn't imagine that this would be the result of his escape, and he shouted anxiously: "General, I know who the enemy commander is?" ”

"Who is it?" Han Zhishou glanced back at him again.

"It's Zhang Xutuo!"

Han Zhishou was stunned for a moment, "Are you sure?" ”

"General Hui. When he heard them saying that the handsome man liked to eat barbecue, he took away the wild boar roasted by the lowly job, saying that he was going back to relieve the boss's hunger. ”

Han Zhishou's brows furrowed, could it really be that Zhang Xutuo personally led the army to attack Wucheng County? Attacking Gaotang County is a void. Attacking Wucheng County is their real goal? For a while, Han Zhishou's heart was in turmoil, and he didn't know what to do

In the vast field in the middle of Qinghe County, an army of 20,000 thieves was marching along the Yongji Canal in the direction of Wucheng County, and this army was the reinforcement sent by Zhang Jincheng. An army of 20,000 thieves led by General Yang Gongqing.

Since the failure to intercept Zhang Xuan in Qinghe County a few months ago, Yang Gongqing has gradually become the number two person in Zhang Jin's army.

This is also related to the fact that he has 5,000 elite soldiers loyal to him, although Zhang Jin said that there are many troops, but there are not many elite soldiers, only more than 25,000 people, of which Yang Gongqing has 5,000 people, and the strength is here, Zhang Jin said that he also had to reuse Yang Gongqing.

On the question of how to deal with Feng Xiaoci's surrendered soldiers, Yang Gongqing and Zhang Jincheng did not agree on the issue, and Yang Gongqing opposed the execution of more than 10,000 Sui soldiers. He believed that this would lead to fierce retaliation from the Sui Dynasty, and would make them a thorn in the side of the Sui Dynasty, which would not be conducive to their long-term development.

But Zhang Jin said that he was carried away by the victory, and he was determined to Gao Shida and Dou Jiande, so he was stubborn and bloodily slaughtered 10,000 surrendered Sui soldiers, which made Yang Gongqing very dissatisfied, and at the same time a little frightened, as he expected, only a few days passed. Zhang Xutuo gathered his forces and launched an offensive against Qinghe County.

What made Yang Gongqing even more shaken was that Zhang Jin said that he was depraved and degenerate, and he used to have some ambitions to do great things, but now he is actually messing around with dozens of women all day long. It wasn't until Zhang Xutuo's army came to kill him that he responded in a hurry.

Yang Gongqing was no longer optimistic about Zhang Jincheng, and began to have the idea of self-preservation, this time Zhang Jincheng sent him to lead 20,000 troops to support Wucheng County, which gave Yang Gongqing a golden opportunity, if he could occupy Wucheng County, seize Wucheng County's grain and grass materials. He had the means to be king of his own right.

"No rest, give me speed!"

Yang Gongqing shouted the order, he now wants to compete with the Sui army, and he must occupy Wucheng County before the Sui army.

Although Yang Gongqing was anxious, except for his own 5,000 elite army, most of the rest of the army was a rabble, where could they withstand the high-intensity long-distance march, many people walked slower and slower, and the line became longer and longer, from the initial two miles to more than ten miles, and the soldiers were exhausted and complained.

In a forest in the north of Qinghe County, Luo Shixin led a thousand soldiers to arrive one step ahead of Yang Gongqing's army, and the soldiers were also very tired, sitting on the ground to rest and drink water, gradually recovering their strength, while Luo Shixin stood on a big tree and looked at the official road in the distance.

The thief army is marching along the west bank of the Yongji Canal, then they will inevitably pass through the official road, at this time Luo Shi is very excited in confidence, he was trapped in the mountain to fight Xu Yuanlang, and he was not able to fight independently when he beat Zuo Xiaoyou, which has always made him angry, and today he finally got the opportunity to fight alone.

Of course, Luo Shixin is not stupid, he only has 1,000 troops, and the other side has 20,000 troops, if he is surrounded by the other party, he will inevitably be annihilated, and he also knows that he can only fight a harassment war and drag the other party to march.

"General, they're coming!"

The sentry on the top of the tree loudly reminded Luo Shixin below, and Luo Shixin also saw that a short black line appeared on the official road more than ten miles away in the distance, which was particularly clear on the official road without people.

Luo Shixin immediately shouted: "The army is assembled!" ”

A thousand soldiers stood up and lined up, and they were deep in the forest, three or four miles away from the official road, and even if an enemy outpost were to make their way ahead, they would not have been touched.

As the thieves drew closer, the procession became clear, it was a mighty team like a long snake, the army in front of them walked fast, but the army behind them was tired, as if they could not move quickly.

Luo Shixin immediately had a strategy to deal with the battle, he did not attack the army in front, but attacked the enemy's rear army.

After a while, Luo Shixin waved his hand and led a thousand soldiers to rush towards the woods in front, at this time the main force of Yang Gongqing's front army had passed, the middle army and the rear army no longer paid attention to the situation in the woods along the way, and a thousand Sui soldiers were ambushed about sixty steps away from the official road.

The soldiers of the Sui army raised their bows and crossbows one after another, aiming at the ranks of the thieves on the official road, and a captain stepped forward and whispered to Luo Shixin: "General, the enemy army is weak, it is better to attack for a while!" ”

Luo Shixin pondered for a long time, called the four lieutenants under him, and whispered to them: "After two rounds of arrows, I will lead the first three regiments to attack, and the fourth regiment will beat drums and wave flags in the woods to create momentum, and leave with one blow, don't fall in love!" ”

Everyone nodded and went back one after another, and after another moment, Luo Shixin saw that the time had come, and shouted, "Shoot!" ”

The sound of bangzi in the woods suddenly sounded, thousands of arrows were together, intensively shooting at the thief army on the official road, thousands of thief troops were already exhausted, and suddenly they were shot by random arrows, and suddenly fell down a large area, screams were everywhere, and the thief army on the official road was in chaos.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrows of the Sui army arrived, and another group of people turned on their backs, Luo Shixin turned over, brandished an iron gun and roared, "Kill with me!" ”

"Kill!"

More than 750 soldiers of the Sui army rushed out and killed the enemy army in the chaos, the drums in the woods were like thunder, the flags were waving, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, as if there were countless soldiers in ambush.

Yang Gongqing, who was in the front army, heard that the Chinese army was ambushed, and couldn't help but be surprised, and shouted: "Kill me back!" ”

He led thousands of elite soldiers to the rear official road to kill, and when Yang Gongqing killed the ambush ground, the Sui soldiers who ambushed them had quickly evacuated, only to see corpses all over the official road, and the wounded soldiers were in pain, and roughly calculated, at least more than 2,000 people were lost.

Yang Gongqing hated in his heart, and asked sharply, "How many Sui troops are there?" ”

A partial general reported: "More than 2,000 people were killed, and there are still thousands of people in the woods, and it is estimated that there are at least about 5,000 people!" ”

Yang Gongqing was taken aback, if the other party had 5,000 people, then they used the method of gradual encroachment to ambush their own army again and again, and when they arrived in Wucheng County, how much of his army would be left?

At this time, the sentry came back and reported, "General, we have seen the traces of the enemy, which are a few miles away from us, and there are about several thousand of them. ”

Yang Gongqing did not dare to be careless, ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, recover their strength, and he sent a lookout post to monitor the enemy, until there was no trace of the Sui army within thirty miles, he ordered the army to continue to march, he had to slow down the march, compress the team into a mile, and walk, slowly towards Wucheng County. (To be continued.) )