Chapter 231: Crossing the Hengjiang River in the North
&ttp://.com! After Zheng led the army of bandits to the south bank of the Hengjiang River, that night, he ordered everyone to camp and rest by the river, and prepare to wait until the early morning of the next day, as soon as the boats needed to cross the river arrived, he would wave his army across the river and go straight to Jinzhou.
That night, he rested in his separate tent, and after smoking a few cigarettes, he ordered one of the guards guarding outside to invite Li Shiqing, the master of the Tanfeng Hall.
A moment later, Li Shiqing hurried to his tent, at this time, Zheng asked him if the boat to cross the river was ready, Li Shiqing told him, as early as the night before the alliance leader decided to attack Jinzhou, he ordered people to bring several boxes of gold and silver, and rode fast horses day and night to Hengjiang to handle the army crossing the river.
Li Shiqing also said that as early as two days before the army arrived in Hengjiang, he ordered the brothers of the Hengjiang branch of the Tanfeng Hall to secretly contact the boat gang in Hengjiang and let them go out to take the ferry, although there is not a single boat on the south bank of the Hengjiang River now, but after midnight, the boat gang in Hengjiang will continue to drive the ferry down from the upper reaches of the Hengjiang River.
When Zheng heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and after discussing with him about the matters to be paid attention to crossing the river, he let him go down.
Sure enough, after midnight that night, a large number of boats appeared on the turbulent Hengjiang River, and those ferries were of different sizes, some were fishing boats and some were cargo ships.
Zheng's idea is very simple, as long as he can ferry his 15,000 men and horses to the other side, it doesn't matter what kind of ship you come from, anyway, this time he attacked Jinzhou, he brought 15,000 men and horses, except for some core leaders who have mounts, everyone else is on foot,
Therefore, this time, the desolate bandit army led by Zheng is a standard infantry, and the lightly armed infantry crossing the river will always save a lot of trouble.
In fact, in the Black Dragon Valley, there are still thousands of horses, but because the consumption of horses is too large, if you bring horses, it means that you have to bring a lot of grain and grass, because at least half of them will be consumed by these animals.
Therefore, in order to be able to increase the speed of the march, Zheng decided to give up bringing a large number of horses, of course, he still had to bring some horses and livestock to help haul heavy munitions and weapons, like that kind of heavy machine guns and some other things, or let those animals carry them, like other extra horses, there was not much to bring,
After all, they are going to attack the city this time, and they don't need any horses and cattle to siege the city, and those things will only be a burden to carry, besides, the 15,000 men and horses who attacked Jinzhou this time are all equipped with all kinds of arms and guns and some light armor weapons, and each of them carries enough dry food for ten days, so in this way, not only does it reduce the burden of marching, but more importantly, it is much faster to go into battle lightly and march a lot.
Anyway, Zheng Xin has already planned, along the way to attack Jinzhou, as long as he encounters a town that blocks the way, attack and kill all the way, every time he hits a place, replenish supplies on the spot, if he is lucky, on the way to Jinzhou, he can also grab the city seal of several county seats,
That night, on the south bank of the Hengjiang River, all the desolate bandits' company tents, except for the footsteps of some mountain bandits on the night patrol, the entire south bank was quiet, without a trace of superfluous movement.
Finally, in the second half of the night, the sky was just a little overcast, and at this time, Zheng saw that everyone was almost resting, so he immediately sent an order to go down, ordering all the horses to be ready to go, and after a quarter of an hour, cross the river by boat.
Under the ferrying of hundreds of various boats, 15,000 desolate bandits were soon ferried to the north bank of the Hengjiang River.
At this time, Zheng stood on a high slope on the north bank with the support of Liu Chengfeng and other mountain bandit leaders, and when he saw that the last group of brothers on his side had successfully landed ashore, he gave an order to let everyone gather and set off, marching towards the next goal.
The next target of their march is Hengjiang County, which is the first obstacle they encounter on the way to attack Jinzhou, after crossing the Hengjiang River, they are still more than 300 miles away from Jinzhou City, on the way, they will pass through four county towns and more than a dozen small towns, and this Hengjiang County is the first county they pass through.
After Zheng's 15,000 bandits crossed the river to the north bank, they could march under the county seat of Hengjiang thirty miles ahead.
At that moment, he gave the order to everyone to prepare for battle, because, under the rapid march, they could reach the outside of Hengjiang County in an hour and a half at most.
When the time comes, everyone must break through Hengjiang County with a thunderous momentum, and after entering the city, replenish supplies on the spot.
After hearing the order, all the bandits excitedly agreed in unison,
An hour later, under the urging of a group of leaders, they arrived at the county seat of Hengjiang ahead of schedule.
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At this time, when the army of 15,000 bandits had just appeared five miles away from Hengjiang City, suddenly, on the tower of Hengjiang County, the alarm bell was immediately struck and shook the sky.
"Oh no, no, Lord Captain, five miles outside the city, there are a large number of people of unknown origin. ∏↑ The old domain name was stolen and the new ttp://*コ ∑ was stolen in the ∑ line book∑ the old domain name was stolen and enabled the new ttp://b^.com)" An officer guarding the city ran to the top military commander in Hengjiang City with a panicked expression, and exclaimed loudly,
When the captain of Hengjiang City heard this, his face suddenly changed drastically, "What, a large number of people have appeared outside the city, have you found out who they are?" ”
The officer who reported the news said with a short breath: "I don't know who is coming, but judging by their menacing appearance, and everyone has weapons, they should ...... It should be a gang of rebels composed of the people. ”
Hearing this, the lieutenant's body was shocked, and he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and order someone to go to the county government to report, and let the county lord ask for help from the state city." ”
"Yes, Captain. ”
Looking at the back of the officer who left in a hurry, he rushed to the top of the city tower with a blue face, and looked at the black oppressive men and horses in the distance who were constantly approaching the city, and at that moment he ordered loudly with a pale face: "Hurry, hurry, close the city gate quickly, no one is allowed to enter or exit, from now on, everyone is not allowed to leave their posts without permission, and they must stick to the city tower." ”
At this time, Zheng had already led 15,000 bandits, quickly came to the outside of Hengjiang County, when they were still a mile away from the city, he waved his arm, and suddenly, everyone stopped,
At this time, 15,000 bandits, all of them looked at him with feverish eyes, and their hearts beat endlessly, waiting for the alliance leader to give the order to attack the city.
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