Chapter 773: The North Corner Smoke Rises

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In the second half of the year, the troops from Hedong went out.

Zhu Biao's personal barracks, Zhu Zhong battalion, Zhou Ziang battalion, Chen Mengren battalion, 15,000 cavalry; Li Panlong's battalion, Huyanqing battalion, Gaoxie's battalion, 15,000 infantry troops, a total of 30,000 infantry cavalry troops, together with 10,000 people and strong Dingfu, mighty, like a long dragon drove straight out of Yunkou.

Li Panlong and Zhou Ziang, as the forwards, attacked first to occupy the north and south of Izumokou, and established a large battalion to wait for backup.

Zhu Biao has money, food, soldiers and horses this year, but he doesn't plan to wander around the grassland and turn back. He wants to set up a logistics camp at the mouth of the clouds, a large grassland in the north of Yinshan Mountain, and carefully collect and sweep it for a week, instead of going straight to the line like the last time.

In order to match the speed of the cavalry, more than 4,000 large and medium-sized carriages were allocated for this dispatch. Half of them are incorporated into logistics, and the other half are infantry carriers.

Such a cost, it is not small! Zhu Biao's plan, of course, is even greater, he wants to hit the entire Uwei Department hard. Zhu Biao understands that he doesn't have the strength to kill all the Hu tribes under the command of Uwei Tuo, so it's a heavy blow......

Hugo actually built a castle in Izumo Pass in one winter?

Li Panlong and Zhou Ziang, who got Di Feng's return, couldn't believe it. In the winter, the climate of Izumoguchi is cold, and the ground is frozen harder than pig iron!

"The handsome man really hurt Uweida......"

While Li Panlong sent someone to quickly report back to Zhu Biao, he and Zhou Ziang accelerated their march. 10,000 cavalry, 3,000 strong, with a large number of supplies, drove outside the Izumo Pass in six days.

There is certainly no shortage of stone here, but the wall south of the Izumo Pass is only three or four feet high. Such a height is inferior to that of the county seat, which shows that the construction is very weak. It has something to do with the fact that the climate is too cold in winter.

How many Hu people are in the city, Li Panlong doesn't know. Because the Hu people didn't come out to fight at all, after a few fights between the Condor and the Han army, everyone retracted behind the wall.

Li Panlong tentatively launched an attack. He was three thousand strong. There are many old trees around, and it is easy to make some equipment.

Three days passed, and Li Panlong's 5,000 elite soldiers failed to conquer it. Nearly a thousand were lost, and the anxiety in the barracks under the city gradually spread. But Li Panlong also tested the strength of the Hu people behind the wall, not too much. It's not too much compared to his 5,000 men!

This made him even angrier.

In the military tent, Li Panlong was irritable and kept walking around in the tent. One day, the big army will arrive, how can I explain to the marshal?

His master book had just gone out. The smell of blood in the air, and the sound of screams faintly resounded, making Li Panlong unable to sleep at all.

At this time, the tent door was opened, and Li Chenlong, the chief bookkeeper, walked in.

"How's the wounded soldier doing?" Li Panlong asked in a deep voice.

Li Chenlong replied: "Everything has been settled. But there are too many casualties today, and if it continues like this, it will not be good for the war......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Panlong was already furious and said: "Of course Ben Jiang knows that the consequences are unfavorable, but the bones in front of him are too hard to gnaw. It's been three days in a row, and the wall is only three or four feet high, and the three thousand dogs who have dismounted from their horses have actually blocked me from five thousand to be sharp under the city. Ben will be able to do anything. What do you think Ben should have done? ”

Li Chenlong fell silent. He noticed that he had already been out, Li Chenlong, Li Panlong, they all knew their connection by looking at the name, and the two were cousins. Li Panlong came out under Zhu Biao. The Li family came to attach and 'support'.

When the Hu people behind the wall, they were obviously prepared and prepared. Rolling wood, hard stone, hot oil, bows and crossbows in the city. Everything is available, and the Han army shouts and insults outside, and they ignore all of them, and they will only fight back when they attack the city.

Although the Hu people also suffered casualties, they had a natural advantage over themselves to defend the city.

"We only have one day left, and the big handsome will be here tomorrow." Li Panlong was very unwilling to turn this opportunity into a defeat, gritted his teeth and said: "If I haven't captured this city before the arrival of the marshal, then I don't want to raise my head in front of the marshal in the future, how can I compete with Yang Yanzhang?" The city must be captured before the commander arrives.

Morning Dragon, go and call all the scouts in the army, let them out, and carefully look for me a place to climb the cliff, and if you can find it, I will reward it! ”

"Yes, General." Li Chenlong had no choice but to go out.

came outside, summoned all the scouts in the army, and Li Chenlong conveyed Li Panlong's meaning.

For a while, these scouts were helpless.

"You must know the general's temper, if you don't win this battle, I'm afraid you will not be able to explain. You should go and investigate and see if there is really a path from the cliff to Huhou. After Li Chenlong finished speaking, he waved them down.

Seeing a scout, who remained in place after the other scouts left, Li Chenlong couldn't help frowning and scolding: "Why don't you obey the order? ”

"My lord, I know it's safe to go down that spot on the cliff!"

"What? Let's talk about it. Li Chenlong thought that Li Panlong's idea was a fool's dream and hysteria, but now it seems to be really feasible!

"Your Excellency." The scout appeared to be short, ordinary, twenty-four or five years old.

He took a step forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, the small one is the old scout of the Hedong Army, the original Hedong Marshal did not arrive and pretended to be Hu people in and out of here several times, the area around the Yunkou is the most familiar, go up the right cliff and walk in about seven miles, there is a place full of strata rocks, and the wind and rain have laid down the appearance like a ladder stone......

"Is that so?" Hearing this, Li Chenlong was overjoyed, but after thinking about it, he doubted again: "In that case, why didn't you tell me earlier?" ”

The scout's voice turned to a novel: "Small...... The reputation is not good, and if you say it, the general will not believe it. ”

"The past has passed away with the wind, if you can tell this matter, it will be a great achievement, and I will report to the general, and after the matter is completed, there will be your benefits." Li Chenlong doesn't care what is bad about this scout's reputation, as long as this thing is true. At that moment, he hurriedly returned to the Chinese military tent and reported to Li Panlong.

Li Panlong was also overjoyed, but after all, he still had a bit of shrewdness, and he was not carried away by the sudden good news. The military marquis who quietly recruited the scout team asked about the man, and when he heard the military marquis say that the scout was so bad that he sold his wife and daughter, his reputation was so bad, so he pressed his heart.

As long as it's not bad for the battle.

Li Panlong summoned the scout. "If you can jump from the back of the cliff to Huhou, and catch Hugou off guard, you can capture this city just around the corner."

"After the deed is completed, Ben will reward you with 100 gold, and the official will be promoted to one level!" Thinking that a day later would be the day when the handsome arrived, Li Panlong couldn't even wait for Ming.

And coincidentally, in the middle of the night, a white fog filled the air, and a fog rose. No one was seen three meters away.

Li Panlong was overjoyed, and even asked God to help me, and God to help me. At the moment, it was decided to send people to carry out a night attack, and the number of people was increased from five hundred to eight hundred, and the vanguard was the scout and a team of elite soldiers. After making an appointment to take the fire as a letter, Li Panlong sent them out, greeted Zhou Ziang, and ordered the lieutenant generals and soldiers of his army to prepare to enter the city.

Time passed minute by minute, Li Panlong went from waiting patiently at the beginning, to showing irritability later, and his mood was extremely bad.

"General. This situation is not right, is it an ambush? Li Chenlong also muttered at this time, frowning and saying.

Hearing these bad words, Li Panlong almost jumped like thunder.

After more than half an hour, the firelight and the sound of fighting finally sounded from behind the wall. Although there is a fog all around. But the reddening of the fire was still visible.

"They succeeded, attack, let's attack too-" Seeing this, Li Panlong was overjoyed, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the army to advance.

Don't miss the opportunity. He is unwilling to give up this opportunity to make meritorious contributions. No longer hesitated, he personally led 2,000 soldiers to carry the ladder to rush and kill first.

When he came to the city, he sensed that something was wrong. "It's too quiet in the city, it's not right!"

Li Panlong was also a general no matter what he said, so he immediately woke up, drank and spoke, and ordered the siege troops to stop.

At this time, the sound of killing on the wall thirty or fifty steps in front of Li Panlong stood up, and the ambush soldiers sprung up one by one, each holding a bow and crossbow, aiming at the bottom.

"Not good!"

The sound of fighting on the other side of the wall had not completely subsided, but Li Panlong suddenly saw the scout who had discovered the ladder stone in the light of the firelight at the head of the city, and was sneering at him in the crowd of the other party.

"My 800 elite soldiers!" It's going to blow up when your head buzzes. The blood is full of faces, and the eyes are torn.

"Shoot!" Almost at the same time, the Jinhuan Hu general at the head of the city gave the order.

Just listen to the sound of "poof" bursting, hundreds of arrows and crossbows fired a fierce salvo.

"Rats......" Li Panlong only had time to roar angrily before he was shot off his horse by random arrows. His mount turned into a hedgehog, and he had seven or eight sharp arrows on his armor.

Li Chenlong had already sensed that something was wrong, but at the beginning he reported that he was lucky, until Li Panlong, who was wounded by his flesh, was carried back by his own soldiers, and in the fog, he finally sighed and led the rest of the army back to the camp.

Zhu Biao led his soldiers to the camp at dusk the next day, but to his surprise, what he saw was a remnant of the defeated army.

"Bastard! Is there an undefeated army in the world? Are there any undefeated generals? I wish Biao's army, has it been wasted like this if it loses once? "Li Panlong is greedy for merit, and Zhu Biao's eyes are nothing at all. Is there a soldier who is not greedy for merit? A soldier is not a soldier if he is not greedy for merit. However, after losing once, Li Panlong and his subordinates are so decadent and depressed, Zhu Biao will never allow it!

After understanding what happened, Zhu Biao was furious.

"Come on, drag it down and take a heavy responsibility for thirty battles, wake him up!" After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the guards on the left and right dragged Li Panlong, who was full of redness, to the outside of the tent.

Li Panlong did not beg for mercy, and he was willing to suffer these thirty battles.

Thirty battles were fought in front of all the soldiers and horses of Li Panlong's troops, and the atmosphere of the entire military camp immediately changed.

Zhu Biao, who was very confident in Li Panlong before, didn't look at the status bar, but now he can't help but watch it, and the morale of Li Panlong's department has risen to 80+.

This is a very good number, but it is very low compared to the general morale of the Hedong Army of 90+.

The anger in Zhu Biao's heart eased slightly, and he gave the order again, he was going to attack the city overnight.

Zhu Biao didn't bring many soldiers, only 3,000 foot cavalry, and there were traps in it that had been filled. gathered Li Panlong's original troops, and there were four and a half thousand pure infantry in front of the wall.

Under the attack that night, the wall was finally broken. All the Hu people behind the wall were slaughtered, including the damned scout. But as soon as he died, it is not clear whether this person is an undercover spy of the Hu people, or he was instructed by outsiders.

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There are eight more counties in Xunyang County, and now except for the county government, which has not been taken by Zheng Jun, the remaining seven counties are all owned by Zheng Jun. Near the south are Jiuli County and Xinping County, and near the west are Guangji County and Huangmei County.

Forty miles outside the county seat of Guangji County.

It's spring. The night was still cold.

A moon hung high in the sky, but the moonlight was not visible, only the dim afterglow sprinkled down.

Zheng Jun commander Ding Ran is very experienced in using troops, and after conquering the remaining seven counties of Xunyang County, he has stationed heavy troops in Guangji County and Huangmei County. It is to prevent the sudden arrival of the Ezhou army.

In any war, no matter how good or bad the situation is, no one wants to be suddenly attacked, and the same is true for Ding Ran. He didn't want to be when he was waving his troops to attack Xunyang County, a strange army appeared on his side, and he cooperated with Du Yu in Xunyang County.

It's just that. Xunyang County was built quite effectively, and the city was as strong as it was for a while. In this way, Ding Ran has to guard against the arrival of Ezhou's soldiers.

A small team, more than a dozen people, was walking through a hidden path. Although there are not many people, they are all elite.

Although they are dressed in ordinary military uniforms, the horses that sit down are all high-quality horses.

The first person, looking at Guangji County, which was already far behind him, sighed for a long time: "I really didn't expect that this Zheng Yi would insist on it like this, 100,000 troops." Ding Ran even moved out of his old book...... It seems that this time he is bound to win Xunyang County. ”

"Team rate, why don't I go inside and find out the situation?" One person took the initiative to ask: "Let's see if we can still get in touch with the previous shadows." ”

The captain hesitated, fearing for the lives of his soldiers and the benefits of fighting a large army, but in the end he chose the latter. "Change into [civilian] clothes and be careful."

The man of the tassel nodded, kicked the horse's belly, and turned the horse's head. Urging the horse to gallop in the direction of Guangji County.

And this team is waiting in the middle of nowhere. At this time, no fire could be lit, and everyone took out the dry food from the horse bag, which was fried rice and dried meat.

Even if you take a temporary rest and let the horses graze and draught, you are still vigilant at all times.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was more than two hours, and the sky was already bright. The figure of the companion appeared from the front, a man and a horse, quickly coming in front of everyone.

"The team rate is still connected, Guangji County now has 7,000 soldiers! Led by Ding Ran's eldest son, Ding Pangeng. The man turned over and dismounted, and told what he had discovered: "Now the people in the city are being forced to repair the city, and the repair is almost finished." ”

"That being the case, go back and report to one person, and continue to stand by here." The team leader nodded, and then rewarded the person who asked for help: "Since you are an explorer, it is up to you to go back and report it." ”

"No!" The person who asked for it responded with joy, this is a military order, and it is a benefit.

After resting for a while, the team of elite scouts completely changed into the clothes of the people, and formed a group of twos and threes and rushed towards the county seat of Guangji. The dozen or so horses were all brought back by the people who invited them.

Xunyang County, thick smoke billowing, the sound of killing, this sound can be seen even a few miles away, countless Zheng soldiers through guò ladder cars, arrow towers to kill up, and continue to fall, under the city into a mass of broken meat, blood splashed.

Another tidal wave of attacks stopped.

It's just that if you stand in Xunyang County and want to look outside, you will see that the entire outside of the city is densely covered with troops with banners, retreating enemy soldiers, sorting out soldiers and weapons one arrow away, and Ding Ding Dangdang, a craftsman with the army, is assembling and repairing siege vehicles and ladders.

The front is noisy, and the back is immovable, quiet and indifferent. And at most, after a quarter of an hour, Zheng Bing's new combat power will be killed again. Ding Ran managed the army well.

At this time, Xunyang County was already in a busy mess. A battle had just ended, and the wounded soldiers were being treated.

From time to time, people died, and the sound of moans and screams was heard up and down the tower.

Dead soldiers, dragged down to be burned, it is no longer winter, and allowing corpses to pile up and rot will not only blow morale, but also bring plague.

After Du Yu's nephew Du Hongyang inspected the city, he returned to the barracks under the city with a gloomy face, looked for a seat, and threw his body up.

In the past few days, there have been many battles on both sides, Du Hongyang is not a Confucian general like Du Pre, but a brave general, but in the face of Ding Ran's repeated onslaught at the expense of death, he is still under great pressure, and a thousand people in his hand have lost forty percent in just a few days.

If this continues, within half a month, Xunyang City may not be able to support it.

"I wonder what my uncle does?" Thinking of his clan uncle Du Yu, his mood calmed down a little.

Pick up and place the teacup, raise your head and drink, the tea will have cooled down early, who cares about so much at this time? The hot bubbles in his mouth had already made him angry.

At this time, even if you drink a cup of agar jade liquid, you can't taste the wonderful taste, but this herbal tea has slightly calmed down this restless fire.

At this moment, someone came in to report that Taishou was coming, Du Hongyang immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not a bad thing, and then asked: "Where is the envoy now?" ”

"It's coming this way." The man replied.

After this person said this, Du Hongyang had already rushed out.

Du Pre, who was tired and surrounded by guards, was coming in from outside, and when he saw his nephew, his eyes noticed Du Hongyang's injured left arm.

"Hongyang, are you injured?" Depending on the situation, the injury is not light.

"Today, Zheng Zheng was accidentally drilled by a spear when he was attacking the city." Du Hongyang said lightly. His military position as a military master is not only obtained by virtue of Du Yu's face, but also by his own martial arts.

Knowing that his nephew has a strong personality, he is by no means greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has resisted and attacked vigorously in the past few days, not inferior to the general, and has earned a lot of face for Du Pre. His relatives are in danger now, and he values this nephew very much.

"Now that you're injured, you can rest!" Du said comfortingly.

As soon as he heard this, Du Hongyang immediately said: "Comfortable, what is this injury of my nephew, and he can still solve problems for his uncle." "When he went into battle, the more difficult it was, the more Du Hongyang felt that he couldn't embarrass his uncle!

(To be continued)