Chapter 685: Three Roads Encircled, 500,000 Army
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In July, the beginning of autumn has passed. The weather hasn't cooled down at all, and the scorching sun is still scorching. The downpour is just as damaging!
50,000 Xu Song troops drove to the boundary between Jiazhou and Huizhou. Zhu Biao looked back and was stunned, Huizhou is the territory of the imperial court, and it is not as comfortable here as Jiazhou West.
The coalition of 100,000 Sizhou Army and Jiazhou Army is still chasing after him, and at the same time, the 200,000 troops dispatched by the imperial court are also killed from the southwest of Huizhou.
Out of the western part of Jiazhou, the pressure on Zhu Biaojun's army instantly increased to an unbearable level.
But this is not the real key to Zhu Biao, the matter is artificial, and the tenfold army pressed by the three roads is not necessarily braided. The huge Huizhou has room for maneuver. For Zhu Biaoyan, the real key point is that there are bursts of heavy rain in the sky, which turns the road into a quagmire. This is undoubtedly the biggest bad news for the Song army, which has just realized the transformation of the whole army into chariots and horses, and is preparing to show off its style.
There is a river in the territory of Huizhou that connects Yunmeng Daze and Dajiang, the Canglan River. At the beginning of the catastrophe of the blood Jiao of the Great Sui royal family, the blood Jiao that plagued most of the royal masters was the river that passed through the guò and swam into the river.
And today, there is no blood Jiao flooding, and the Canglan River is still in danger of jumping on the embankment, which not only threatens the Huizhou Assassin Mansion and the imperial court, but also threatens Zhu Biao. If any of the river embankments collapse and the water backs up, how much flood discharge area will be needed to smooth out the Canglan River connected to Yunmeng Daze?
And Zhu Biao's military horses, no matter how big the flood area is, which side of the river it is on, it is very likely that it will block their way north. If it was on the south side of the river, they might not even be able to see the Canglan River, which runs northeast and southwest, and they would be squeezed by 300,000 pursuers at the edge of the flood discharge area. Annihilated.
The big river has water, and the small river is full.
The Canglan River corresponds to the entire Huizhou, and the Binshui River corresponds to only Liyang County. This county was also the first battle in which Zhu Biao's army broke out of the western border of Jiazhou and entered Huizhou.
A flood has affected most of Liyang County, flooding countless acres of fertile land on the plains on both sides of the river, destroying countless houses, and displacing hundreds of thousands of people as homeless refugees......
Outsiders say that it is a natural disaster, but everyone in Liyang knows that although this flood is a natural disaster, it is true, but it is even more **!
If it weren't for those corrupt moths, how could the embankment of the Binshui River become so 'vulnerable'?
As early as the thirteenth year of the reign of the first emperor. There was a great flood in Liyang County, when the river swelled, broke the embankment, and the water poured back, and the water in the city was more than a foot deep. It took two months to retreat, and the official buildings and warehouses were all gone, and the soldiers and civilians were drowned. At that time, the Taishou of Liyang County was directly beheaded, and the history of the Huizhou Assassin was deprived of his official position.
Subsequently, the two governors of the state and the Taishou of Liyang County all took the former car as a lesson and used all the means to strengthen the Binshui embankment. However, good officials can't all be in Liyang County, and the current Taishou is a good money-maker. Also a short-sighted fool.
Liyang County has a lot of ways to get money, and he just takes a fancy to river defense. The latter is naturally a lot of silver, but the consequences are also amazing. After four years of working up and down, the originally strong Binshui River embankment was in dilapidation. In the end, this summer's catastrophe was solved.
The upward and downward effects are too greedy for ink, and the entire officialdom of Liyang County is also greedy for ink, and civil officials are greedy. Military attachés are paid, and it has become a common practice in the past few years. It's not that no one has sued. But Taishou's roots are directly in Tianjing, and there are people above to help him, and no amount of complaints can hurt anyone.
After a long period of ignorance, this summer's heavy rains have continued to stop, and the river defense has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is vulnerable to the coming floods. First of all, Baibao and Shiqiao counties were hit by floods, and there was no harvest of geographical grains; Later, Chengdong, Pingba, and Changgang, most of the population of the three counties lost their lives and injuries......
As the so-called is: ** has been urgent, and natural disasters will follow. That's what I'm talking about!
And the catastrophe that often forms after the flood has not yet been revealed, and the military disaster has come to the people of Liyang County first.
Zhu Biao looked at the boundary of Liyang County from afar and remembered the piece of information he got when he was leaving. Because the situation was 'critical', although Taishou Bi Yuanzhi was greedy for ink, he did not dare to neglect the hundreds of thousands of suffering people in the county, lest they be instigated by the Song army and make a big incident. In the past few days, the county and county governments have all been trying their best to open warehouses and release grain to appease the people and the displaced people, and Bi Yuanzhi even asked for the assassination of Shi Zhou Feihong, demanding that all counties affected by the disaster in Liyang County this year be reduced and exempted from taxes.
When his soldiers and horses were about to leave the border of Jiazhou, the latest news sent was even more that even the military rations hoarded in Ying County had begun to circulate in large quantities to Liyang County.
Zhu Biao is now in the midst of a fierce ideological struggle in his mind, whether to step into the disaster area, add a fire to Liyang County, and earn some reputation for benevolence and righteousness by the way, or to avoid Liyang County, which is difficult to travel on the military road, as early as possible, and go westward.
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On the eve of dawn, the earth was pitch black, and Fengle County.
This is the time when people are most sleepy and lazy. The guards squatted on the city wall all night, their spirits were exhausted to the peak, and the sky was about to dawn, and the people who came to change the guard were almost there, and no one would strain their nerves tightly after a night of nothing, and everyone couldn't help but relax, and all they thought about was the people who were about to come to change the guard and the beds that they could lie down comfortably afterward......
Under the starlight of the morning light, Dou Bing led Sanyu Qiba quietly towards the south gate of Fengle County. Although everyone in the whole army was careful and careful, the footsteps of thousands of men and horses were still clearly heard in the silent night, and the rustling sound became clearer and clearer, and inevitably reached the ears of the night watchmen.
"Who? Who is it? ”
"There are people under the city, there are people under the city—"
"Enemy attack, enemy attack—"
"It's Song Shun, Song Rebel is here......"
The intricate and somewhat panicked shouts immediately resounded throughout the southern city wall, and the military marquis who was awakened on the tower of the city gate looked nervous and arrogant, and while ordering all his subordinates to be on guard, he hurriedly sent people to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant's residence in the city.
Jin Quan is the county lieutenant of Fengle County, and there were originally about 800 people under him, but half of them have been transferred from the county. There was only one song left in the city, about 400 people. Together with the Xiang Yong who was recently gathered because of the imminent approach of the Song army, there were more than 1,000 people in total.
"Rockets, shoot rockets down. You stupid bunches, shoot rockets down! The military marquis, who was extremely nervous, roared hoarsely at the archers who were firing arrows to the left and right.
"Crossbowmen, crossbowmen are ready, once the light ......"
"Boom, boom, boom—" A series of explosions drowned out the roar of the marquis.
In order to allow Dou Bing to quickly and unhindered the capture of Fengle County, Zhu Biao specially gave him a few thunderbolts for backup. The suspension bridge was cut by the flying body of King Song's masters. A series of four thunderbolts entered the city gate, and in the explosion, one of the city gates collapsed, and one of them was missing.
"Kill......"
The shouting sound of killing was like a fire ignited in the wind, and it instantly spread in Fengle County. First, the houses near the south gate were rendered, then the entire city, and then the development and spread to the center of the city......
"What? Enemy attack? "Jin Quan jumped up from the bed like a wild cat with its tail stepped on." Didn't the Song army go west? Didn't you go to Zhongxiang County? How could they suddenly kill our city? ”
In disbelief, Jin Quan shook the soldier who came to report the news and questioned like crazy.
"The townsmen in the town and the village are all rubbish, a bunch of idiots." was killed by the Song army to the city without noticing. Furious and hysterical, Jin Quan hurriedly put on his armor and scolded loudly. While shouting loudly: "Someone, pass on my military order, and quickly gather troops and horses to reinforce the south gate!" ”
Jin Quan, who was stunned and confused in his mind, subconsciously issued such a reinforcement order, which was typically a headache doctor. Foot pain heals feet.
The defenders in Fengle County naturally did not know much about the mobilization of the Song army outside the city, but the continuous influx of soldiers and horses at the southern city gate was not half a point.
……
It's the same Liyang County, but the difference is that the place has changed. Xincheng County.
The same scene as Fengle County was also staged here, but the person who led the troops changed from Dou Bing to Zhu Biao himself.
Looking at the West City Gate, which is already brightly lit. Zhu Biao smiled at the corner of his mouth. Through the clairvoyant mirror, he could clearly see a change in the city wall. There are really not many defenders on it, only a hundred and ten.
The troops in Xincheng County are much more than those in Fengle, because behind it are Chengdong and Pingba, which were affected by the disaster, so the troops have not only not been transferred, but have been strengthened. However, all their attention was already drawn by the battle at the East Gate.
"Handsome ......" Zhang Shilong is still wearing a rattan armor, wrapped in a red scarf on his head, holding a ghost head knife, and a rattan plaque hanging on his left arm. The departments are all ready, and the commander gives an order. Behind him, his younger brother Zhang Shihu was dressed exactly the same as him.
"That's good." Zhu Biao's face froze, and he glanced at the two generals of the Zhang family, and there were still thousands of rattan armor soldiers left, which was the most elite force in Qu Wuwu's hands. "Departure !!"
"Kill......"
"Kill—"
A series of shouts and killings suddenly sounded outside the West City Gate, and the stunned West Gate guards instantly fell there.
Two hundred crossbowmen braved the fire of a small number of archers at the head of the city after reacting, and quickly approached the city wall fifty paces away and aimed their crossbows at the west city wall.
"Whoosh-" Two black shadows slid down from the city, bringing two sharp whistles, and the more than 1,000 rattan armor soldiers in the fan-shaped charge were immediately dyed with two red dots, and the screams began, and the two feathered arrows caused the death of three people to the Song army. Whether it is a rattan brand or a rattan armor on the body, in front of the arrows, there is no use for fart.
"Ahh And then there was the loud bang......
After less than half an hour of shooting, the archers at the head of the city were no longer able to return fire. Zhang Shilong and Zhang Shihu took the lead, and the guards under King Song were on the side, one by one, they either flew directly up, or used swords and weapons on the city wall, and the five-zhang high city wall could not stop them at all. The hundred and ten defenders also collapsed in an instant under such an attack force.
After half a pillar of incense, the city gate was opened.
"Brothers, kill—" Raising the spear in his hand, Zhu Biao reined in the horse, sat down on the horse's front hooves and neighed in the air, and with a high voice, he took the lead and killed the city gate.
"Rush—"
"Kill—"
A bigger and more noisy shout of killing instantly echoed in the sky above the west city of Xincheng.
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"Hurry, let's go-" In Fengle County, Jin Quan held a spear in his hand and took the lead in leading his soldiers to Nancheng. Looking forward to it in my heart, expecting it......
"Hurry--, give me a hurry-" Riding on his horse, Jin Quan shouted from time to time at the two or three hundred county soldiers and townsmen behind him. He was now eager to give birth to a pair of wings at once, and fly to the south gate with a 'whoosh'
However, before he could get close to the south of the city, the sound of the hooves of the Song army entering the city was clearly resounding in his ears. Jin Quan's face turned pale, and the Song army had already entered the city.
"Hurry, hurry—" With a hoarse shout, Jin Quan thought of the county treasury not far from the county office, and thought of the grain that had been newly transported in less than two days inside...... These must not be left to rebellion!
"You, take someone to see the county treasury!" When passing through the county yamen, Jinquan couldn't take care of the county master. Listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, he pointed to an accompanying officer and said, "You don't need to be taught by your master what to do, just make a good preparation, and when the shape is really corrupted, you will do it!" "Even if a fire is burned, there must not be half a point left.
No longer looking at the officer who received the order, Jin Quan glared at the sound of horses' hooves and shouted, "Array, pikemen come forward." ”
As he spoke, a bright color appeared in front of him.
The fire is bright, and naturally the Song army that came in is undoubted.
His eyes tightened, and Jin Quan's nerves shook suddenly, cavalry......
Dou Bing led people to break into Fengle County, and he didn't delay for a moment, and immediately led people to the county treasury to kill. In the center of the city, I had just turned a corner, and I saw a fire in front of me, and a group of defenders were in a panic.
This should be the last bit of troops in Fengle County. Dou Bing smiled coldly, shook the big knife in his hand, clamped his legs between the belly of the mount, and the war horse under his crotch raised his head and neighed, "Brothers, kill me-" In the shout, the war horse galloped away on all fours, running straight towards Jinquan.
"Kill—" The cavalry behind him also let out a shout, and then they all rushed forward on horseback, and in an instant, the galloping cavalry condensed a compelling oppressive force.
Jin Quan's soldiers had never experienced the battlefield at all, and even he himself was at best able to capture a few thieves and catch salt dealers. This shock of hundreds of cavalry galloping down made even him shudder.
Jin Quan was at the forefront of the defenders' array, and his identity was very obvious because he was dressed as a military general, and he was obviously the leader of this army.
Dou Bing naturally saw it at first sight, and it is very simple to capture the thief and capture the king first.
(To be continued)