Chapter 141: Confrontation
"Xiaomin is Xu Bo, visit An Yangjun. Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa (Pingnan Romance) Xiuwu was lost in the hands of Xiaomin, and he really deserved to die, so please surrender to Anyang Jun. Xu Bo was slightly startled at first, he didn't expect Huo Guang to recognize himself, so he hurriedly paid homage.
"Hurry up, the thieves are powerful, and the sin of losing the city is not yours. You can protect Master Du to break through, it shows that you are a loyal and righteous person, and this gentleman also deeply admires this, how can you blame it? Huo Guang helped Xu Bo up, and he didn't mention Xu Bo's previous occupation of Xiuwu. This made Xu Bo and the rebels who came with him breathe a sigh of relief.
"You've been working hard all night, so let's go down and rest first. We'll talk about it again tomorrow morning. Huo Guang didn't ask Du Yannian much about the situation in Xiuwu County, but directly asked everyone to rest, but when he spoke, Huo Guang gave Du Yannian a look. Du Yannian also noticed Huo Guang's eyes, nodded slightly, and took Xu Bo and the others down.
Half an hour later, it was still the third watch, and the whole Huai County was still silent, except for the occasional soldier patrol, the people in the city were sleeping. However, at this moment, in the meeting hall of the Taishou Mansion in Hanoi, Huo Guang was gathering with the big and small officials in Hanoi now, and everyone's faces were solemn.
Huo Guang admired Xu Bo, but it was not enough for him to trust Xu Bo so quickly, so at that time, Huo Guang left Xu Bo to rest, and at this moment Du Yannian just told in detail about the capture of Xiuwu County by Bai Zheng, and everyone was still thinking about Du Yannian's words at this moment. ( Pingnan Romance)
In Du Yannian's narration, Bai Zheng directly used siege equipment this time, and then thousands of well-trained rebels began to attack the city, these people advanced and retreated to a certain extent, not at all like the previous swarm of blind rush, under the absolute superiority of the number of people, Xiuwu County only lasted less than half an hour before being captured, and the casualties of the other party were less than 1,000 people.
At this moment, even Huo Guang was worried, because of Bai Zheng's performance in attacking the city this time, his team had completely broken away from the category of chaotic people, and it could already be regarded as an army, and it was an army capable of attacking cities and plundering land. In the past, the Hanoi bandits were all taken by surprise or used some small tricks to win, and in the head-to-head duel, they were a rabble. But now that this group of rabble dares to fight siege warfare in an upright manner, Huo Guang can't help but worry.
The improvement of the strength of the bandits is worth worrying, but what is even more worrying is that if Bai Zheng captures Xiuwu County in a dignified manner, then the morale of his team will inevitably be unprecedentedly high, and an army with morale and combat effectiveness is terrifying. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"
"What do you think?" Huo Guang sat down a little tired and said, he didn't have time to sleep tonight.
There was silence below Huo Guang's question, and then everyone looked at each other. In the end, Gao Buzhi, who was still straightforward, said: "Since the bandits are attacking Xiuwu County in a dignified manner, then let's also attack Xiuwu in a dignified manner, and see if our army is powerful or this group of bandits is powerful?" ”
"No, now that there are seven or eight thousand bandits under the leadership of Bai Zheng, and they occupy the advantage of the city, and the momentum is flourishing, if our army forcibly attacks the city, the chance of victory is not great. The so-called upper army is the siege of the city, and the siege of the city is really worth the loss. Before Huo Guang could express his opinion, Dongfang Shuo took the first step to deny Gao Buzhi's opinion.
"Tomorrow morning, two thousand county soldiers will cooperate with the Qimen army to go to Xiuwu County, and this gentleman wants to see who this Bai Zheng is!" Huo Guang stood up suddenly, and instead of continuing the topic just now, he suddenly made a decision.
"Your ......" At this moment, Gao Buzhi and Dongfang Shuo have very different expressions. Gao Buzhi thought that Huo Guang agreed with his point of view, while Dongfang Shuo was worried that Huo Guang would be angry and lose his mind, so he rashly went to Bai Zheng, so he wanted to dissuade Huo Guang.
Huo Guang saw that Dongfang Shuo had something to say, so he immediately waved his hand to signal that Dongfang Shuo didn't need to say more, and then said without doubt: "Benjun knows in his heart, Dongfang Shuo and Li Ling stayed in Huaixian. ”
"No!" Dongfang Shuo still had something to say, but seeing Huo Guang's resolute appearance, he and Li Ling also bowed down.
In fact, he didn't discuss anything at all, but in the end Huo Guang made a decision that was not a decision, because although he said that he would go to Xiuwu, he did not say how to attack the city, or how to fight Bai Zheng.
At the same time, the Yazhong in Xiuwu County was also brightly lit at this time. The Bai Zheng brothers, Zhang Baohu and others were all there, and the old man with a bamboo cane was also present, but looking at him sitting on one side, it seemed like an insignificant existence.
"Boss Bai is really a god with soldiers, he is worthy of being the descendant of the famous general Bai Qi, I Zhang Baohu is completely convinced, and from now on, my brothers and I will follow Boss Bai." Zhang Baohu smiled arrogantly, and he didn't know how he was persuaded by Bai Zheng to attack Huojia and Xiuwu together, but at the moment, Bai Zheng completely subdued this person.
"Teacher, what do you think we should do next?" Bai Zheng smiled and nodded to Zhang Baohu, but he didn't say anything, but asked the old man respectfully.
"Next, let's stick to the city, presumably Huo Guang will come tomorrow. Let's see what Huo Guang's plans are, now that we occupy the geographical advantage, we will respond to all changes with the same, find Huo Guang's flaws and then take care of it. The old man said very calmly, as if it were not a war, but just a game of chessboard.
"Will Huo Guang attack the city directly? Although our army was victorious, there was still a big gap compared with Huo Guang's period gate army, and the students were worried that if Huo Guang forcibly attacked the city, our army might not be able to hold it. Bai Zheng continued to ask.
"No, it's impossible for Huo Guang to do such a lose-lose thing. Just stick to the city and don't mess with yourself. The old man said firmly, as if he knew Huo Guang very well.
"Obey the teacher's orders, and I'll go and arrange the defense of the city." Bai Zheng bowed again, and then left the county office with his subordinates.
"Teacher, Wei'er is by Huo Guang's side, why haven't you made a move on Huo Guang for a long time? As long as Huo Guang dies, the whole of Hanoi will be ours, and the teacher's long-cherished wish can also be used as a start? When only Zhang Qiaoshui and the old man were left in the county government, Zhang Qiaoshui asked suspiciously.
"Wei'er is cautious, and Huo Guang is not an idle person, although Wei'er's mission is to assassinate Huo Guang, I think Wei'er has never found a suitable opportunity! This time, Huo Guang came to Xiuwu in person, but he could observe this person up close, and the old man was a little looking forward to it! The old man twisted his beard and said with a smile, as if he was not waiting for a big war that was about to break out, but an old friend who had been absent for a long time.
Early in the morning of the second day, Huo Guang really took 3,000 men and horses to Xiuwu County, and in addition to Gao Buzhi, Zhu Wu, Shangguan Ji and other generals, as well as Xu Bo, who was persuaded by Du Yannian to surrender, and the most eye-catching of these people was a Dongluwei who had been beside Huo Guang.
Dong Luwei found a set of leather armor out of nowhere, and actually held a spear in her hand, which really looked decent from a distance, but anyone who saw a woman in the army was surprised.
"What are you doing dressed like this? I didn't let you go into battle when I let you go with the army. You are neither a sergeant nor a soldier of Hanoi, and even if you are killed in battle, you will not be able to apply for a bereavement pension from the imperial court on your behalf. Huo Guang was also a little surprised by Dong Luwei's dress, but it had already been done like this, so he could only say angrily.
"The king is such a small person, although the slave maid has not really killed anyone, but this martial arts and kung fu have been practiced since childhood." Dong Luwei said unconvinced. However, since she appeared, the seventh and eighth bodies have become tighter, and their eyes have been constantly moving back and forth on Dong Luwei and Huo Guang.
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, this Jun went to Xiuwu this time, and he didn't plan to fight with the bandits, but he just went to explore the enemy's reality, so you can stay at ease!" Huo Guang threw down a sentence and jumped forward, and Dong Luwei was stunned for a moment and then urged the horse to follow Huo Guang.
Xiuwu County is not far from Huai County, and the horse infantry will only arrive in half a day. When Huo Guang led his troops to the city of Xiuwu County, the head of Xiuwu County was already full of people, and the city gate was closed, and the city walls were full of city defense equipment, which looked like a big war was coming.
Huo Guang stood in the army on horseback and looked at the city tower from afar. The towers of the city were densely packed with figures, and Huo Guang couldn't tell who Bai Zheng was.
"Who is Bai Zheng? Do you dare to go out of the city to reply? Huo Guang shouted at the top of his throat, although he shouted hard, but the sound was not very obvious outside the empty city gate, at least it was definitely not heard clearly on the city tower. However, as soon as Huo Guang finished shouting, the three thousand soldiers under his command also shouted out Huo Guang's words just now in unison.
Thousands of people shouted in unison, not to mention that the head of Xiuwu City could hear it, even if it was ten miles away, it could be clearly heard. The soldiers repeated the words three times, and the huge shouts made Huo Guang's own head really buzz. However, a moment later, the city gate of Xiuwu County slowly opened, and then the cavalry took the lead, followed by hundreds of swarms, followed by thousands of infantry.
As soon as these people left the city gate, they quickly lined up, as if they were confronted by Huo Guang's military formation, and the two armies were a hundred paces apart, just outside the range of ordinary bows and arrows. At this time, a horse walked out of the bandit army formation, it was the one who was the first to go out of the city before, and as soon as this person came out, he shouted at Huo Guangjun's formation: "I am Bai Zheng, I don't know what advice Anyang Jun has?" ”
This sound was very loud, although it was only the voice of one person, but the entire two military formations outside the city could clearly hear it. Huo Guang finally saw Bai Zheng's appearance clearly at this time, he was not very old and looked less than thirty, his face was covered with wind and frost, and he gave people a calm and atmospheric feeling.
Huo Guang looked at Bai Zheng, he also stepped out of the military formation and stood in front of the military formation. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "What a white politician, this courage is already commendable, what a fierce opponent!" ”
Even Huo Guang himself didn't expect that he would really come out as soon as he shouted this Bai Zheng, just facing him in front of the battle, and this courage alone is not owned by ordinary bandits. Bai Zheng dared to do this, which meant that he was confident that he would retreat to the city at any time, and Huo Guang had no intention of taking the opportunity to kill at this time.