Chapter 188: First Victory
Yingchuan Prefecture, Aoshui County.
The main general of the Zhennan Army camp, the main general Wu Sen, the deputy general Long Yuan, and the staff of the army Nanshan gathered together, staring at the Aoshui County on the sand table, with a solemn expression.
The vanguard battalion and the vanguard of the rebel general Qing Biao encountered in the county town of Dangshui, and the battle lasted for most of the day, and the victory and defeat were not yet decided, and both sides were constantly sending reinforcements there.
The atmosphere in the big camp tent was very solemn, and everyone was waiting for news and results.
Nanshan stared at the sand table, his eyes narrowed slightly, thoughtfully.
It didn't take long for a scout in the army to arrive and bring back the news.
"Report to the general, the battle in Aoshui County is continuous, and the rear of the rebel army is still sending reinforcements in a steady stream."
"Among them, from the east, west and south of Dangshui County, an unknown number of mountain bandit refugees have also poured in."
"Pioneer Camp Requests Reinforcements Again!"
Quiet, the big camp tent is extremely quiet.
It can be said that the battle that took place in Dangshui County was the first head-to-head battle between the Zhennan Army and the rebel army.
In this battle, only victory is allowed, not defeat.
The main general, Wu Sen, was anxious, walking back and forth around the sand table in the big camp tent, restless and uncertain.
"General, the last general is willing to go to support!"
The deputy general Long Yuan asked for battle, and the main general Wu Sen glanced at him, and after thinking for a while, he agreed to the former's request.
"Go, order 5,000 soldiers and horses, and support quickly!"
"The last general obeys!"
The deputy general Long Yuan walked out of the big camp, and several staff members in the camp looked at each other, unable to think of any clever plan to deal with the situation at this time.
"I have heard that in the past, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court were bound to lose every battle against bandits, I wonder if the rumors are true?"
Nanshan spoke, and the object of the inquiry was Wu Sen, the chief general with a solemn face.
"What do you mean?"
The main general, Wu Sen, squinted his eyes and stared at Nanshan, his eyes showing a fierce light.
Nanshan said these words at this time, and the main general Wu Sen suspected that Nanshan had the intention of disturbing the morale of the army.
Nanshan did not retreat, and proudly looked at the main general Wu Sen.
From the words of the main general Wu Sen, Nanshan felt that the rumors he had just said were not far from ten.
"Defeat in the first battle is a curse and a big taboo, which will make the bandit rebels more and more rampant, and more importantly, our military morale will be unstable and morale will drop sharply."
"General, this is the first battle, this battle cannot be defeated, and it cannot be defeated."
"This battle is for the imperial court, but also for the brothers, and even more for the people of the world."
"So, no matter what the cost, this battle must be won, and the rebels must be deterred and even annihilated in one fell swoop."
Nanshan's sword eyebrows were raised horizontally, his eyes were like hooks, and wisps of cold light and murderous aura were exposed, and he was cold and penetrating his bones.
"I suggest that the whole army press, and the general will lead the army into battle in person to kill all the rebels to show the world and raise the hearts of our army."
"Nanshan, I am willing to go into battle with the general to kill the enemy!"
Nanshan's words stirred in the big camp, and I don't know how long it took, but some of the staff who lost their minds because of the shock were slow to react and hurriedly dissuaded.
"General, no!"
"General, you are the head of an army, how can you be in danger."
"Nanshan Xiaoer, speak wild words and ruin the future of our army."
“……”
Several staff members spoke out one after another to resist the proposal against Nanshan, and there was no reason why the general personally went into battle to kill the enemy at the last moment.
Since ancient times, sitting in the Chinese army, commanding the whole army, and strategizing are what the main general should do.
The main general, Wu Sen, did not speak, but kept walking around the big camp tent with his hands behind his back, obviously interested in Nanshan's proposal.
After a long while, after the main general Wu Sen was raised, the tiger's eyes burst into fierce light.
"Someone, pass on my orders, the whole army discard unnecessary baggage, go into battle lightly, and wait with me to go into battle to kill the enemy."
"Yes!"
After the order of the main general Wu Sen was passed down, the staff in the big camp tent spoke again to dissuade him, but the main general Wu Sen had already made up his mind and was indifferent to this.
"Don't persuade me again, the Southern Joining Army is right, we can't lose this battle, we must win."
"Just rebels, I still don't believe I can't suppress them!"
Outside of Aoshui County, southwest direction.
Qingbei led the 10,000-strong rebel army under his command to sweep all the way to support Aoshui County.
Along the way, the villages through which the rebels passed were long deserted, and the villagers fled.
The villagers I occasionally meet are poor people who are old and weak, unable to move, and waiting to die at home.
Along the way, the team led by Qingbei had almost no harvest, but instead relieved these old, weak, sick and disabled, and consumed a lot of grain and grass.
"Chief, the general has sent a military order, asking us to rush to the county seat of Eshui within one day."
The staff scholar came to Qingbei's side and worriedly informed the rebel general Qing Biao of the order.
Qingbei ignored the order brought by the staff, and instead asked about the movements of Qing Biao, the rebel commander.
"General, where are they at the moment?"
"Back to the leader, the general's main force is still thirty miles away from the rear of Dangshui County, and the distance between it and us has always been twenty miles, and it has not changed."
Qingbei frowned, feeling disdain and disdain for the general's shameless behavior.
Even fools can see that the general Qing Biao is still using small means to consume the number and strength of other small forces of the rebel army.
"Chief, what shall we do now?"
"Go all out and go to support the county seat of Dangshui?"
Qingbei still did not answer this question and continued to ask rhetorically.
"The general's troops, have you sent reinforcements to Dangshui County?"
"It's sent, it's endless, and it hasn't stopped, but the number of people is a little smaller each time."
Qingbei was silent, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, uneasy about this big war.
But at this moment, Qingbei has no choice, the general Qingbiao has always stayed behind these small forces, in addition to the intention of weakening them through consumption, there is also a way to supervise the war.
As long as Qingbei chooses to flee or fear war, it is estimated that the general Qingbiao will not hesitate to catch up and directly annex them.
After thinking about it for a long time, Qingbei finally sighed and said with some resignation.
"Full speed ahead and support the water, although it is dangerous, but after this battle, we can also gain a lot of benefits."
Although Qingbei was uneasy about this big war, he could also see how much benefit their forces could gain if this big war was won.
If he wins, first of all, Qingbei will become famous, and his team will grow in an instant.
Secondly, Qingbei also wants to eliminate his 10,000-strong team through this battle with the regular army.
Qingbei also hopes that his subordinates are all elite soldiers.
A day later, the main force of the Zhennan Army, part of the main force of the rebel army, and many bandits and rebels gathered in the county town of Aoshui.
After a battle of nearly 200,000 men, after two days of continuous fighting day and night, the rebels were defeated and eight men and horses were killed.
Aoshui County, the county seat.
Wu Sen, the commander of the Zhennan Army, sat on the threshold of the county yamen, panting while taking the wine handed by the guards, tilting his head and pouring it into his stomach.
After a gurgling sound, Wu Sen, the commander of the Zhennan Army, threw the remaining half of the wine bag to Nanshan.
"In this battle, joining the army in the south should be the first merit!"
Nanshan took the wine bag, relied on the long sword inserted in the ground, took the wine bag tremblingly, and drank the remaining wine heroically.
"General, do we need to send someone to hunt down those rebels?"
"No, poor Kou Mo chase. However, the scouts have all been scattered for me, and I have been kept an eye on the movements of the old thief. ”
"Yes, General!"
After the adjutant general went down to order the military affairs, Nanshan raised his head, stared at the chief general Wu Sen and said.
"General, this battle is a big victory, and the good news must be transmitted to the DPRK as soon as possible, so as to calm the monarch's heart, calm the people's hearts, and deter Xiaoxiao."
"The general personally went into battle to kill the enemy, and the morale of our army has soared, and the belief in victory has been planted in the hearts of the soldiers."
"Next, the general can spread this great victory all over the world, no matter what way it is used, it must be quickly known to the people of the world."
"For example, let the people of the world and the big families know that the pioneer battalion of the Southern Army in our town can quell this rebellion."
"Also, let the scouts spread the news to the south, the news of the defeat in the first battle will surely cause great confusion among the rebels."
"At the very least, those small rebel forces will flee when they see us."
When the main general Wu Sen heard this, his eyes brightened, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.
"Okay, after the meeting of the Chinese military, I will arrange other staff members to assist you, and you can quickly work out the detailed operation process."
"Yes!"
In this battle, the main force of the rebel army, Qingbiao from Nanping Prefecture, failed to participate in the battle in time because of the distance from the main battlefield, resulting in a great defeat of the rebel army in Dangshui County.
Moreover, because of the continuous support for Aoshui County, Qingbiao's department lost more than 30% of its troops.
Most of the remaining small rebel forces that came to support Dangshui County were killed, and only a very small number escaped.
On the other hand, the Zhennan Army, because the whole army pressed up, fought more and fought less, and fought miscellaneous, pushing the rebel army sideways, and the casualties were very small.
Bang dang!
Rebel army, Qingbiao's battalion.
The Lord General Qing Biao was furious, and reached out to sweep all the teacups on the table in front of him to the ground, shattering them into a pile of porcelain slag.
"Damn, Wu Sen Pifu is too deceitful!"
The anger of the main general Qingbiao was not vented, and in a fit of anger, he kicked over the seat again.
"General, urgent report!"
"Say!"
Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, the main general Qing Biao let the messenger soldiers enter the camp.
"Report to the general, a large number of Zhennan troops have appeared fifteen miles ahead, and they are rushing to our army's camp."
When the main general Qing Biao heard this, he turned around abruptly and glared angrily at the messengers.
"Seriously, how many of them are there?"
"Tell the general, the villain saw with his own eyes that at least 10,000 troops of more than 10,000 people were marching in a hurry and rushing in the direction of our big camp."
When the main general Qing Biao heard this, he was anxious and anxious, and kept wandering back and forth in the big camp.
"General, let's retreat to Yingchuan Mansion City!"
The staff who spoke was sitting in the corner and had not spoken, and it was the staff who had been with the main general Qing Biao for many years, because he knew Qing Biao's temperament very well, and he did not say anything to dissuade him before.
Now it is time to make a decision, and the staff members make suggestions and do their duty.
"Retreat? Why should we retreat? Lao Tzu did not lose again, and Lao Tzu's army has not yet pressed up. ”
The main general Qing Biao's words were a little hysterical, and when he was excited, he couldn't care about the image, and he kept speaking foul language.
"No fight, but the anger has taken people!"
"General, Wu Sen has already taken the lead in this battle, and it is in his hands, so we don't need to fight hard."
"The defeat of the county town of Eoshui frightened those small miscellaneous troops, and at this time, our army pressed up, which is equivalent to fighting alone."
"Retreat to Fucheng, hold on to the grain, and wait for the other two armies to come to the aid and converge, which is a good time for our whole army to press."
The words of the staff made the main general Qing Biao quickly calm down.
Qing Biao stroked his big belly, his eyes narrowed into slits, and his face was gloomy.
"Order, the whole army will immediately pull out the village and return to Yingchuan City!"
"Yes!"
The guards outside the camp received the order and turned around to give the order.
When the order came out, the main general Qing Biao's mood finally calmed down a lot, but his heart gradually became more worried.
Yingchuan Mansion, Yeyu County.
Qingbei led his subordinates to retreat here, and stayed in a ruined wall to rest.
"Chief, the casualties have been counted, we ...... this time More than 5,000 people were injured this time. ”
When Qingbei heard this, a trace of unwillingness and fear flashed in his tired eyes.
Facing the real regular army, Qingbei knew that their group of refugees was really a rabble.
To be disciplined or not disciplined, to cooperate without cooperation, to be equipped without equipment.
During the war, the rebel forces fought on their own, and no one stood up to command.
As soon as the miscellaneous army and the regular army come into contact, it is really a one-hit crush.
Because he had already taken precautions in his heart, Qingbei saw that the situation was not good, and withdrew from the main battlefield with his men and horses in advance, so as to avoid the end of the annihilation of the whole army.
"Leader, the Zhennan army is unstoppable, I don't think the general will necessarily face it head-on, we had better retreat back to the south."
Qingbei nodded, the staff's thoughts were very consistent with his.
After this battle, half of the people and horses were lost, Qingbei was a little distressed, these were all the belongings he had worked so hard to accumulate.
The imperial capital of Bianliang, the imperial palace.
His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon chair, looking at the empty Chaotian Palace, his mind was as deep as a bottomless abyss.
The rebel army became a locust and swept the world, from Nanping Mansion to Youzhou Mansion, and then swept through Jingchuan Mansion.
Seeing that Yingchuan Prefecture, which was close to the capital, had also fallen, His Majesty the Emperor's panic was palpitated, and no one could understand it.
Fortunately, the Zhennan Army had been dispatched in advance, so that His Majesty the Emperor's heart was much more stable.
However, in the past two days, the news of the defeat of the first battle of the left and right armies of the Zhennan Army has made His Majesty the Emperor's heart sink to the bottom.
At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor on the dragon chair has a sense of powerlessness that heaven and earth are about to change and dynasties are about to change.
At this moment, the great eunuch led a dusty military messenger into the Chaotian Hall in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the front!"
His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the great eunuch, and then at the dusty and frightened messenger, his face was expressionless, and he said lightly.
"Bring it on!"
The great eunuch took the urgent report from the messenger's hand and handed it up respectfully.
His Majesty the Emperor took the urgent report and glanced down.
However, it was this glance that made His Majesty the Emperor's eyes widen instantly.
Because at this moment, His Majesty the Emperor found that the urgent report in his hand was actually written in the text of good news.
His Majesty the Emperor's eyes lit up, his hands trembled, and he opened the good news. Eight Chinese Net
"In July of the forty-sixth year of Tianhong, Wu Sen, the vanguard general of the Southern Army of Chenzhen, led the people to battle, annihilated more than 85,300 rebel troops and captured 13,741 people in the county town of Yuanshui County, Yingchuan Prefecture......"
His Majesty's hands trembled more and more, and after reading the good news seriously and repeatedly several times, His Majesty's hands gradually returned to stability.
"Good!"
"Very good!"
"General Wu, live up to expectations, live up to my trust!"
"Hahaha......"
In the Chaotian Palace, a hearty, happy, and joyful laughter sounded, which stirred the extremely depressed atmosphere of the palace.
"Brother Shen!"
"Hmm!"
Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.
But it doesn't matter who it is.
There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.
on this.
Shen Changqing is used to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.
Arguably.
In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.
The Demon Suppression Division is huge.
The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.
Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.
Have memories of the predecessor.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.
Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.
At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.
Access to the attic.
The environment has changed in vain.
A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.
The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.