Chapter 679: The First Battle of the Ten Thousand Miles Journey

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"Zhu Shuai, the number of people is a thousand ...... less"

Dong Qiaosheng's face was sad, and his whole spirit was full of unconcealed decadence. As the chief of the army, he knows that although Zhu Biaojun still claims to have 60,000 at the moment, the actual number is already less than 50,000.

A large number of sergeants fled, and in the two days when the army left Kaizhou and entered Jiazhou.

Nearly 5,000 people walked the first night, and more than 1,000 last night. Even the cavalry unit that Zhu Biao attaches the most importance to is less than 1,000 before and after, but fortunately, most of these people have a conscience, and when they walk, they go on the road alone and do not ride their horses away.

"Let's go. They're gone, we're purer......"

This word is used in a strange way, Zhu Biao's tone is quiet, and Dong Qiaosheng instantly has a feeling of laughter. No one on this plane has ever used 'pure' like this. But King Song next to Zhu Biao didn't have such leisure and elegance, the only thing he thought about was that the troops were scattered, and he would be in danger.

The troops have entered Jiazhou from Kaizhou, and for the soldiers in the army, this is officially leaving home. Large-scale escape, Zhu Biao had expected this, and it can even be said that the amount in the army has not reached the bottom line he expected before.

After concentrating, Zhu Biao completely left the distractions in his heart behind. "What happened to the sick non-commissioned officers in the army?"

"The 100 sergeants who fell ill from the rain on the eve of the big day have all recovered, and the remaining 300 or so lightly and seriously wounded are also recovering. If there is no accident, minor injuries can be healed within 10 days, and serious injuries can gradually improve in mid-month. ”

"Good." Dong Qiaosheng does things, and Zhu Biao is very relieved. Because he is not 'smart' but very thorough.

"And the sick and wounded according to the ration of these days, the matter...... It also continues - pass! ”

Taking meticulous care of every wounded and sick soldier in the army is a good thing to do on the 'bright side', so that the officers and men can 'see' and 'hear'.

This is also a means for Zhu Biao to gather the morale of the army.

Of course. In order to restore the morale of the army and raise the morale of the army, war is still the most important means.

In the next battle, Zhu Biao is going to pull out a nail in front of him, a nail that is blocking his troops from going south to contact Qu Wuwu - Bawu Fort.

The yellow and yellow rainwater converged into a patch of water, and the waterfall was flooded with weeds, and looking down from the wall of Peitai Town, the whole field was like a lake of aquatic plants. The summer rain was falling like a big net. The sky and the ground are inextricably glued together. And people's hearts are also glued to it to the indescribable depression and irritability.

A man galloped towards the town of Peitai on horseback, wearing an ochre-colored lily hat and ochre-colored robe, and half-bowed on horseback like an ochre-colored hedgehog.

When he reached the fence outside the town wall, the man jumped off his horse with ease. After greeting the sergeant guarding the fence, the four sergeants put down their swords and guns, and together they lifted the fence for the fast rider, leaving only a nest of yellow mud pits on the ground. At the same time, the gates of the town opened, and the people rushed into the town like horses.

The King of Song was in Peitai Town, and Zhu Biao himself was also in Peitai Town, although more than 40,000 Song troops were spread out in three roads on the boundary within a radius of 20 miles.

Two days ago. Zhu Biao still wanted to take Bawu Fort, but who would have thought that a moderate rain in the 'impression' would turn into a surging torrential rain, and it would be two days at once. The whole army is not moving!

"Marshal, the Jiazhou army continues to stop in Yunyang. The Sizhou army is still pulling in Gao'an. For two days, there was no movement of the enemy. ”

Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, Yunyang was at least a day's journey away from Peitai Town, and now it was raining heavily and the road was slippery. It's not a joke to walk for two days in one day, and Gao An dragged it farther. So. Although their own army stayed near the town of Peitai for two days, the pursuers did not take the opportunity to close the distance between them.

For Zhu Biao, this is great news.

King Song shook his head disapprerovingly. His melancholy thoughts were still stuck in the tumultuous summer rain outside the house. He sat on a wooden chair and stared at the bright water at the gate in a daze. Today is June 17, it has been more than ten days since I lost Yongxing City, but I only fled from Kaizhou to the easternmost watershed county in Jiazhou.

And it rained three times in half a month, especially the last two, which was really a delay.

The roaring summer rain shows no signs of stopping.

Forty or fifty miles to the south of Peitai Town is Miao County, the northwest of Miao County is close to Yunshui, and the southeast is connected to Miao Mountain, which is directly connected to the Dong'an Mountains. It can be said to be the traffic key point of the South Road. According to the Tanma report, Yang You, the Taishou of Dianjiang who was loyal to the imperial court, sent his subordinate Huya Zhonglang to lead 20,000 elite soldiers led by Song Mei to resist in Miao County, blocking the way of the army to the south. Although all the troops of the Fenshui County were taken by Fan Zhao, they also borrowed more than 10,000 military horses from their allies, and arranged them on the west bank of Yunshui together with the 20,000 or 30,000 people raised by the Minding and Xiangyong.

This department and the Song Mei Department of Miao County supported each other, drank each other, and the defense line blocked Zhu Biao in the east of Fenshui County. Zhu Biao plans to conquer Miao County, that is, to take Bawu Fort, the land of Song Meitun's army, which will be the first battle of his 10,000-mile journey, and it is also the battle that must be won. Otherwise, the army would have to turn back to the east and fight to the death with 100,000 pursuers.

Because, because the north of Jiazhou is cloudy and foggy!

The Red Army can climb snowy mountains and cross grasslands, but Zhu Biao doesn't have the ability to lead the army across the clouds and mist!

Therefore, to the south and to the east, choose one of the two, compared with the clouds that are dozens of zhang wide, how to look at it, it is better to fight Bawu Fort. But before they could get close to the enemy, the army was stopped by the rain here in the town of Peitai, unable to move.

Zhu Biao can be fortunate only that it is not autumn now, otherwise "one autumn rain and one cold, ten autumn rains wear cotton", cold can also greatly reduce the combat strength of the whole army, but his heart is getting colder and colder.

On June 19, the drizzle was still raining endlessly.

Braving the light rain, the main force of the Song army, with more than 30,000 infantry armor and 5,000 cavalry, drove to the foot of Bawu Fort and set up camp on a high ground. The rest of the rest of the troops are from Peitai Town to Bawu Fort, and the branch is guarding along the way, and they are also paying attention to the pursuers behind them.

"Today's action is based on Zhu Shuai's decision." King Song said to Zhu Biao.

"But now that Song Mei is obviously defending the city, if he doesn't fight with us in the field, but just guards the city behind closed doors, what should we do with him?"

The strategy of luring the enemy was that Zhu Biao and King Song would watch the battle and make mistakes, and the generals had a lot of hesitant worries in their hearts.

Only Zhu Biao was full of confidence, and said in a deep voice on the horse: "Song Mei's life has been understood. His people were born in a humble manner, brave and not resourceful, at the beginning of the hunt for thieves and ascended to the top, although there were adventures, martial arts were outstanding, and gained a lot of reputation in Jiazhou, but it was not a talent.

Before he came to Miao County this time, he must have been entrusted with it. After all, although I, Zhu Biao, am not from the Central Plains, but until now, I am afraid that few people dare to despise me. The best result of Bawu Fort is to firmly defend the city and block the way of our army to the south.

It's a pity that Song Mei's upper peak doesn't know people. I don't know that a brave and unscrupulous person like Song Mei can only be a general of the charge, not the main army.

If it is a person with a calm personality, or even a mediocre person, it will be difficult for our army to have a chance to succeed in this battle. But Song Mei, after listening to his instructions to go to the peak, I was afraid that I had already been jealous of me, and I would appear with King Song under Bawu Fort again, just use a light horse to tease, I am afraid that he will be impatient to kill out of the city. ”

"The king and Zhu Shuai appeared in the castle together...... Zhang Nan took over the conversation with a little hesitation and said, "A person like Song Mei, who started from the end of the world, saved that greed for the sake of monstrous achievements, I am afraid that he will really not be able to give up and come out to hunt and kill!" ”

This is not to say how good Zhang Nan's family background is, but because he is a martial artist from Kaizhou and a professional background. Not only him, but Zhang He, Lu Tong, Chen An, etc., are all from Wujinshi. And Song Mei, the arrest of the thief and the promotion, although the two sides are at the same level in terms of status, there is still a big gap in identity. Just as professionals look down on amateurs, Whampoa students look down on Tubalu, which is a class difference.

Zhang Nan is the confidant of King Song, and he is also the only general in this army. Other leading generals, such as Chen An, Zhang He, Wu Boniu, Lu Tong and others, are afraid that they will be more inclined to Zhu Biao between King Song and Zhu Biao.

Therefore, after Zhang Fuyang went, Zhu Biao handed over the rest of Zhang Fuyang to Zhang Nan without hesitation to express himself to King Song. His current opening is no less than directly agreeing, and the other generals have nothing to say.

Zhu Biao and King Song went to Bawu Fort to watch the battle, a hundred Song kings died, and Zhu Biao's life would not be in danger. Now that Zhang Nan agrees, what else do Zhang He and Chen An have to say?

"Song Mei, when you see Lao Tzu coming, why don't you hurry down and surrender!"

"Song Mei, dare to be Lao Tzu's way, see Lao Tzu clean you up today!"

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The large army of the Song army was encamped, and a small group of cavalry troops rushed to the foot of Bawu Fort and scolded the Jiazhou army in the city. What a terrible thing to hear, how to scold, so that all the people in the city were anxious, and they scolded with bricks, stones, arrows, and even filthy words.

Zhu Biao smiled and rode on his horse, watching the group of scolding soldiers perform from afar, until the moment when the camp was set up.

It was already noon, and the Song army, who had set up a camp in the rain, quickly changed into dry military uniforms in a tent lined with oilcloth and wax cloth that was impermeable to rainwater, and then drank vegetable soup and nibbled on dry food, replenishing energy every minute and every second.

At this time, King Song and Zhu Biao together, with a hundred light horsemen, briskly beat their horses out of the camp and went straight to the place under the city of Bawu Fort.

While the defenders of the city were having lunch, they came up to 'scout'.

That's what the defenders in the city thought, and after the news reached Song Mei's ears, Song Mei thought the same way. The Song army came to check the city defense at this time, although the bullying was closer, wasn't it because the defenders in the city were eating at this hour, and they didn't have time to take care of them?

(To be continued)