Chapter 748: Landing (2)
The Liaodong Army didn't think it would lose at all, because it was located in a cold place, so compared to the Yangzhou Army in the south, the soldiers and horses in the north were generally one point higher than the soldiers in the south, and those who could enter the Zhendong Army were the elite of the elite, so Yue Peng was very confident that the annihilation of this landing force of the Yangzhou Navy would not help the overall situation, but it could also boost morale, right?
So Yue Peng gave up the defense and directly countercharged, heading towards the Yangzhou soldiers and horses over there.
But as soon as they came into contact, Yue Peng cried, why the same style of armor of the Yangzhou Navy is stronger than theirs, the war knives in their hands are difficult to break the armor of the Yangzhou Marine Corps, even if they are pierced, the war knives in their hands are also pitted, but the war knives in the hands of the enemy can cut through the armor of their own Zhendong Army, and once the war knives of their own soldiers and horses collide with the Yangzhou war knives, there will be a gap suddenly, and the current Yue Peng's soldiers and horses are like unarmed people, And the opposite side is full of enemies with swords and heavy armor, how can this battle be fought.
Therefore, if Yue Peng's subordinates hadn't been desperately protected, and the Su zhì of the Zhendong Army would have been very high, I am afraid he would not have been able to return to Changi County. But in this way, the entire Zhendong army that went back to Changi County was less than 1,000 people.
Mo Zihui's face was gloomy and terrifying, in this battle, there were less than 8,000 of the 15,000 elite soldiers and horses who returned to Changi County, including thousands of wounded, that is to say, he lost half of his soldiers and horses in only one battle with the enemy.
How can this be fought, especially when Yue Peng lost the Zhendong Army in his hands, and less than a thousand people came back.
"Good. Very good. Very good! Mo Zihui's gloomy face faced Yue Peng who was kneeling on the ground and said. Yue Peng's body trembled more and more, and the cold sweat on his forehead broke out.
"General, spare your life, the general spare your life!" Mo Ran wanted to let Yue Peng cover the retreat of the large army at the beginning, but he didn't let Yue Peng step forward to fight with those Yangzhou troops, focusing on defense, but Yue Peng didn't listen to it, and led the current result. It's okay if you lose the other troops, but the Zhendong Army, it's really a pile of gold and horses. Not to mention that Yue Peng can't afford it, even he Mo Zihui can't bear it, a set of armor and a war knife can get at least 100,000 gold, and the scale of these thousands of people is nearly 100,000 gold. If the lord and grandson are to blame, it will be a lot of fun for him.
"Come on, drag Yue Peng down and cut it down for me!" Before the battle, he made a good claim, if it was not for the defeat of the Zhendong Army, he might be able to return thousands of more men and horses. Now it's okay, the Zhendong Army is finished. The rest of the soldiers were also blocked outside Changi by the enemy.
Mo Ran said angrily.
"General, I was wrong, I was wrong, please spare your life, spare your life!" Yue Peng panicked, Yue Peng was covered in cold sweat, no one wants to die, right?
He finally climbed to the position of deputy general and cherished his life even more.
Fortunately, Yue Peng's character is not bad, and several thousands of people on the side are interceding for Yue Peng, "General, although General Yue is guilty, but the crime is not to death!" It's not all General Yue's fault, but the Yangzhou soldiers and horses are too elite! "Yes, general, after I came into contact with those Yangzhou soldiers and horses, I will collapse at the first touch, those Yangzhou profiteers, sold these inferior armor weapons to us, their war knives can tear our war armor lightly, but our war knives can not break through their defenses, and even our war knives cannot touch them, once they are cut, they will inevitably collapse!" Someone poured bitter water on the side and said.
"Huh?" Mo Zihui frowned. Yue Peng on the side also saw his own way of life, and hurriedly shirked the responsibility to the Yangzhou army over there and the Yangzhou businessmen who sold weapons and armor.
Inferior weapons and armor in Yangzhou? This is impossible, those armor and weapons bought in Yangzhou Mo Ran have been touched by every one, those are definitely good weapons and armor, they are all refined soldiers, so the quality cannot be bad.
"General, I took off this set of armor and swords from an enemy who died in battle, and I ask the general to take a look!" Yue Peng still has brains, even if he is defeated and scattered, he does not forget to find a soldier who died in the enemy's battle and pulled out his armor and weapons, although the enemy is victorious, but there are always casualties.
Yue Peng brought up his weapons and armor.
Mo Ran took the armor and sword, and he gently slashed his hair with the knife. Hey, a short cut of hair falls down, blowing short hair?
Mo Ran's face became solemn, "Come on, bring a pair of armor and swords from the Zhendong Army!" "You can't see the quality of a pair of armor by looking at a sword alone, there needs to be a contrast, and what those Zhendong soldiers are wearing is a contrast.
Soon, someone took back the armor and swords of the Zhendong Army.
Mo Ran tried them one by one, his brows frowned, sure enough, Yue Peng did not exaggerate, what he said was reflected in this, although the war knives in their hands were elite, they were not of the same grade as the Yangzhou army at all, the war knives collided, the first to be shattered was their war knives, their war knives could only draw a white mark on the enemy's battle armor, but the enemy's war knives could tear the battle armor on their armor.
How can this be fought!
Mo Ran threw the two weapons on the ground, and he knew that what this Yue Peng said was true. It's not that their weapons and armor are not good, it's not that Yangzhou soldiers and horses sell fakes, but that people have better ones and haven't sold them to you, and now it's too late. "Yue Peng, you can avoid the death penalty, but the living crime is inevitable, demote you, go to your position as a deputy general, and go to the city to be a captain!" Mo Ran said to Yue Peng.
"Thank you general, thank you general for not killing, thank you general!" Although Yue Peng was very uncomfortable in his heart, after all, he had finally climbed to the position of the deputy general, and now he was suddenly beaten to the rank of lieutenant. Is this going to be good? But fortunately, a small life was saved, right?
With a wave of his hand, "Go down!" Mo Ran had a headache, he didn't understand why the weapons and armor that he had spent a lot of money on had changed like this.
"Although the general's enemy has sharp soldiers and sharp armor, but the generals only have a few thousand, and we not only have 8,000 people left, but we also have Changi County, as long as we wait in the city to wait for reinforcements, waiting for General Zhou Hai's reinforcements, this Yangzhou army will definitely be self-defeating!" The subordinates on the side comforted Mo Ran.
Mo Ran listened and nodded, the enemy has sharp swords and elite armor, but they have a city, the scale of this Changi county is really not small, and the city walls are tens of meters high, which is their advantage.
There is another point, that is, the thing that will thunder on those giant ships can not be considered, before he Mo Ran miscalculated the range of that thing, and now this Changi county is dozens of miles away from the port of Liaodong, and your warship can't go ashore.
"Pass the order, let the troops stay vigilant, Changi City must not be lost!" Mo Ran has already prepared the idea of co-living and dying with Changi City. If Yangzhou soldiers and horses come to attack the city, he will settle accounts with Yangzhou soldiers and horses.
After Ling Chao defeated the Zhendong Army in Liaodong, he was waiting for the follow-up Yangzhou Marines to go ashore, although he Ling Chao was a little arrogant, but he was not stupid, if he went deeper, he might be ambushed and hit by the enemy, then it would be more than worth the loss, so after the landing troops came ashore one after another, Ling Chao set off towards Changi County.
Now Ling Chao has more than 4,000 men and horses, almost 5,000 men, except for being caught off guard by the turtle ship of the Liaodong Navy, there is no big loss.
But that's it, Ling Chao also frowned when he walked under Changi County, Changi County is no longer a county seat, this scale is that some remote counties do not have such a scale.
"General, do we need to storm it?" The deputy general also saw the scale of this Changi county town and asked Ling Chao.
Storm? Although Ling Chao is not afraid of death, he doesn't want his robe to suffer such an unexplained loss, the battle is the biggest loss, not to mention the siege, above Changi County, there are many pennants, and people collide, which shows that this Changi County has already been prepared, and now there is only one way to attack hard.
Ling Chao wanted to build a ballista to attack Changi County, but this Liaodong is not a Jiangnan region, the woods are dense, this place is close to the sea, the original woods have all been cut down to build a port, where is there any extra giant wood to build a ballista, even if there are no boulders.
Is it really going to be attacked? Ling Chao didn't like to attack doesn't mean that he was afraid of attacking, just when Ling Chao was about to wave his hand to let a team of 1,000 people under his command prepare to attack, a messenger came from behind the army.
This messenger found a war horse in the port of Liaodong and hurried over, and before he had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he half-knelt down, "Spread the military order of General Ganning, the army stopped moving forward, rested in place, and waited for the arrival of reinforcements and horses!" ”
"Reinforcements?" Ling Chao was a little puzzled that there were thousands of people in their landing force, all of them were here, where did the reinforcements come from, but he still complied, because Gan Ning gave him face before, he couldn't help but give Gan Ning face. Now Ling Chao has unconsciously listened to orders and Gan Ning. "Pass the order, and the army will set up camp!" Ling Chao's military order was passed down.
"General, you see, with Changi County, they don't want to attack my Liaodong mansion!" Mo Ran's subordinates on the side said to Mo Ran.
"Yes!" Mo Ran nodded, if he attacked strongly, he relied on the defense of the city wall, in this way, it can be said that the advantage of armor and weapons in the hands of Yangzhou soldiers and horses was minimized, and now he wanted to wait for reinforcements, and it was impossible to reverse the situation by relying on the thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, so he had to wait for the arrival of another reinforcement Zhou Hai's army. (To be continued......)