Chapter 309: A good head, who should cut it off
The corpses were more than ten miles away, crying and wailing everywhere.
The Heavenly King Li Cheng has not yet suffered such a defeat since the army came. Unexpectedly, in the hands of Liang Shanjun, who couldn't be beaten by eight poles, he encountered the most tragic disaster in his life.
Seeing that the chasing soldiers finally couldn't see the figures, Li Cheng counted the soldiers around him gloomily, there were less than 500 horses, and the full battle was less than a commanding force, and when he thought of the soldiers of the eight battalions who followed him, there was only one out of ten at this time, and Li Cheng wanted to cry without tears.
"Pull the scouts out of Ben and cut them down!" Li Cheng said angrily.
"Eunuch, we are all like this now, and we still want to behead our own soldiers?" The left and right generals stepped forward to persuade each other.
"Ben will go back, I don't know how long this head can be carried! This guy is used to frolicking on weekdays, and at this time, it is light to kill my army! Li Cheng said in a deep voice.
The left and right dare not say anything more, after all, the big defeat is just around the corner, who dares to sacrifice their lives to intercede for the dereliction of duty? In less than half an hour, more than a dozen heads were presented, Li Cheng didn't look at it at this time, turned the yin and frightened cheeks, patted the horse and rushed to the city, to meet the fate of undecided fortune and misfortune.
It is said that Li Cheng rushed back to the Daimyo's Mansion with the remnants of the soldiers, and was caught by Wen Da, the big knife who ordered the soldiers to defend the city, and when he saw Li Cheng's blood-stained face, Wen Da was shocked: "Brother, how did you get this look!" ”
"Suo Chao, Zhou Jin, and Wang Ding lost our military might, and the younger brother was able to escape with his life at this time, but he had no face to meet his father!" Li Cheng looked at his colleague Wenda and said excitedly.
"What the hell is going on? What kind of strong soldiers are there in Erlongshan, and how can our army lose troops and generals? Wen Da looked up, and at this time, there were only more than four hundred riders left around Li Cheng, and his head was "buzzing", and his face became very embarrassed.
"Brother, the scouts are derelict in their duties in every way, and where is the Erlongshan Caokou who is fighting against me, it is the men and horses of Liangshanbo, Jeju, Jingdong, and there are no less than five or seven thousand people in the army alone. There are countless infantry troops, this time, the little brother fell into the conspiracy of this guy, and the boat capsized in the gutter! Li Cheng looked dejected and complained bitterly.
Seeing him like this, Wen Da sighed, turned around and said, "Bandage Li Dujian!" ”
When Li Cheng heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need!" That's how to meet Xianggong! ”
Wen Da thought about it, it's okay like this, Xianggong is a soft-hearted person. Seeing him like this, it is estimated that it is not easy to blame, and immediately said: "There is no need to go in to report the news, I will go to meet with Li Dujian to repay the favor!" ”
The two walked into the left-behind division together, and the soldiers guarding the door saw Li Cheng's tragic situation, they were all whispering, Li Cheng turned a deaf ear, but strode in, and at this time Liang Zhongshu was talking and laughing with Wang Taishou. was still waiting for Li Cheng's good news, but when they saw Li Cheng's face covered with blood, the eager hearts of the two of them were stunned on the spot as if they had fallen into an ice hole.
Whether it's a blessing or a curse, you can't avoid it. Li Chengyi gritted his teeth and told the original story of the defeat, Liang Zhongshu stood up abruptly and walked around the hall. It can't be calmed down for a long time. After a while, I heard him pointing at Li Cheng and said in a trembling voice: "Four thousand elite soldiers are out of the city." Four hundred remnants are back! Li Dujian, Li Dujian, what are you saying about you! If you are brave for that thief and take a peek at my city, how many heads do you have, can you afford it? ”
At this time, the anger in Liang Zhongshu's heart had reached the extreme, and he was not distressed by the loss of more than 3,000 soldiers of the forbidden army, but because of this battle, he saw the huge crisis that the city of the Daimyo's Mansion was about to be destroyed. Rao is Li Cheng is trusted by him again, and his tone can't help but be quite serious at this time.
"Eun Xiang, they are all young generals who underestimate the enemy, and I don't want the other party to be a grass thief from Eryongsan at all, but a strong man from Yangsanbo, Jeju! This time, the army of light horses is five or seven thousand, and the infantry army is even more innumerable! Teenager...... The young man made a big mistake, there is no argument, and he also asks for mercy and punishment, and he dies without complaint! Li Cheng knelt on the ground, digging the ground with his head, the blood on his face had condensed, and when he met Liang Zhongshu, his eyes were full of remorse and cowardice, looking like a lost dog, panicked.
Liang Zhongshu saw that the majestic king Li Cheng in the past had become like this, angry, hateful and pitiful, this person had followed him for a long time, and he was diligent in the past, and he had no merit and hard work, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart, so he immediately sighed and was silent.
Seeing this, Wen Da knelt down and pleaded: "Grace is angry, General Li is critically injured, and please allow him to go down to heal." Rest assured, the walls of my Daimyo Mansion are as high as gold, and the young general will definitely do his best to protect the city and not let the thieves succeed! ”
"Li Dujian and Wen Dujian! Think about it, in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, have you heard that the Daimyo's Mansion has been broken by anyone? Even when the Liao State invaded on a large scale, it never broke my city, if it was the two dragons...... The Liangshan thieves broke the city, and we just won't die in the battle array, and it will be difficult to explain to the court when we turn back! In the future, when I Liang Shijie is mentioned, everyone in the court will say that the Daimyo Mansion was lost in the hands of this person! At this time, Liang Zhongshu didn't care to ask why Liang Shanbo entered the city, this time 10,000 people came to the city, and they had already met each other, what is the benefit of investigating the reason?
From Li Cheng came in to report the funeral to the present, Wang Taishou listened for a long time, and he was also anxious, he can sit in this position now, and there is naturally Austrian aid in the court, but where can he compare the relationship between Liang Shijie and Cai Jing. Liang Shijie lost the famous mansion, and his father-in-law excused him, in the end, this board must not be hit on himself?
At this time, the situation did not allow him to be submissive, so he got up and said: "Xianggong, there are still 30,000 river workers in the suburbs outside the city, why don't you transfer them into the city together and help Wendu Jian to fight, it is also good!" ”
Liang Zhongshu glanced at the prefect Wang's mansion and sighed, this person was not a straw bag at all, nodded slightly and said, "You send someone to send an order, be sure to withdraw them into the city as soon as possible." Around! With me, the states of Wenxiang, Ci, Huan, En, Bo, and Yi, tell them to send troops to rescue them quickly! Go to the court again and send reinforcements as soon as possible! ”
Liang Shijie steadied himself and looked at the three people in front of him: "Listen, my Daimyo Mansion is one of the four capitals of the dynasty, an important border town in Hebei, and its status is very important. As soon as the city is broken, I can't explain it to the court, even if everyone here, I'm afraid it won't end well! ”
When Wang Wancang heard this, he hurriedly got up, and said together with Wen Da and Li Cheng who were lying on the ground: "Xiaguan (young general) dares not to do his best to share his worries for the sake of the public!" ”
"Go...... Go for it...... Let's do our part! After Liang Zhongshu finished speaking, he sat down on the chair, suddenly looked at the sharp blade in the hand of the sergeant outside the hall, and said in a daze: "Who should cut off this good head?" ”
Wang Taishou somehow came out of Liang Zhongshu's mouth for some reason, his face turned white with fright, and the two generals Wen Da and Li Cheng were even more shocked, kowtowed to the ground, and claimed to be a capital crime. Liang Zhongshu waved his hand weakly, signaling them to go out, but the three of them didn't dare to say anything more and bowed back.
When the three of them exited the hall, Wang Wancang looked at the two grasshoppers on the same rope beside him, and said goodbye: "Two of you, just do it yourself!" ”
Li Cheng was speechless in shame, Wenda sighed, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all. At this time, a few people suddenly came over, and when Li Cheng saw someone coming, he said angrily: "Suo Chao, Zhou Jin, you guys still have the face to come back!" Come on, pull down with me, and behead you! ”
The left and right sergeants were about to step forward to take people, Zhou Jin still had to argue, but was pulled by Suo Chao, and finally bowed his head and was silent, only letting the people come to bind him, Wen Da saw this and said: "Slow!" Seeing that the surrounding sergeants said that it was not to step forward, nor to retreat, Wen Da waved his hand, waved away the soldiers, and persuaded Li Chengdao: "Brother, now is the time to employ people, the top priority is to defend the city, not to blame Xianggong, you are killing them now, what's the use!" ”
Li Cheng scolded and said no more, Wen Da saw this and said to the two: "And leave your two heads, and I will defend the city with all my might, if you get the merit, you should be punished by death!" ”
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At the time when the city was in chaos, Huai Shupo was a festive party, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi, Tang Bin, Zhang Qing and other four battalions of horse troops had been taken prisoner and captured and withdrawn, all handed over to Lu Zhishen and Shi Jin's two battalions of infantry to receive and guard, Fan Rui and three deputy generals took the headquarters to guard outside the village, but Li Kui sat on the side and sulked.
"Tell the brothers of the horse camp to go back and rest and recuperate, and you will take the guard battalion and the camp to be on guard!" Wang Lun saw that the battlefield had been cleaned up, and instructed Han Shizhong and Lu Fang.
The two took the order and left, at this time, Lin Chong and Tang Bin, Yang Zhi, and Zhang Qing discussed for a while, stepped forward, and reported to Wang Lun and the two military advisors: "This time, the Daimyo Mansion mobilized a total of eight battalions of cavalry, except for Li Cheng who escaped with more than 400 horsemen, the others were either killed or captured. In today's battle, more than 1,600 complete and usable war horses, more than 2,500 pairs of bows and arrows, more than 50,000 arrows, and more than 3,500 pieces of armor were captured, and the rest of the captures were still being counted, and more than 2,100 people were captured and more than 1,400 enemies were killed! ”
"What is the number of losses we have?" Wang Lun, as usual, is more concerned about the casualty figures of the cottage brothers.
"Thirteen people were killed on the younger brother's side, thirty-two people were injured, Yang Zhi's envoy was reduced to sixty-three people, of which thirty-six were killed, Tang Bin and Zhang Qing brothers intercepted and killed in front, and were resisted by the forbidden army of the Daimyo's Mansion, the losses were greater, the dead brothers were more than one percent of the soldiers in the camp, respectively one hundred and one and one hundred and thirty-two, no brothers were killed in the infantry army, and only a dozen brothers in the senior brother's camp were slightly injured!" Lin Chong returned to the Dao, and he also knew the habit of Dao Wang Lun, so he had understood it in advance.
"Send all the injured brothers back to the heavenly camp, and ask the doctor to do his best to treat them!" The bodies of the brothers who died in battle were all brought back to the cottage for burial! Wang Lun sighed, the battle was like this, the forbidden army of the Daimyo Mansion could still remain defeated without being defeated, and caused the death of nearly 200 brothers on his side, it seems that Li Cheng still has some ability.
Xu Guanzhong silently thought about the comparison of 4,000 enemies, 2,000 prisoners, 1,040 enemies, and 300 self-losses.
According to his original estimate, if the personal ability of the Liangshan Horse Sergeant could reach the level of eighty percent of the forbidden army of the Daimyo's Mansion, the goal of defeating the other party with the advantage of numbers this time would have been achieved. I don't want the people of Liangshan to be so brave that they killed all the famous members of the Daimyo's Mansion and abandoned their armor, and they didn't dare to look back!
Although this was a mistake in his own estimation, Xu Guanzhong did not feel a little frustrated in his heart, but a feeling of excitement filled his chest. Maybe Xiao Jiasui's words were not wrong, he should really grasp this rare opportunity in his life. (To be continued......)