Tang Zhi led a ship to the west bank of the Shu River not far away, in the bow of the archers on the boat, far away, the three released Lao soldiers, trembling with Zheng Yulin's body, fearful on the west bank of the Shu River.

"Big brother!"

Zheng Yuchun, who had been stopping on the shore and waiting for news from the navy, saw Zheng Yulin, who was covered in blood and didn't know his life and death, and immediately rushed over like crazy to check the other party's life and death.

When he learned that Zheng Yulin was dead, he couldn't help but roar angrily, hanging Xingqing's tears under his eyes.

"Say it! What's going on? Who killed our big brother! Where have all the 3,000 sailors of my Laoguo gone! After a burst of crying, Zheng Yuchun wiped away his tears and calmed down. Then I saw him get up slowly with an expressionless face, and slowly inspect the three of them with red and bloodshot eyes.

The three people who were trembling with fright kowtowed in a tone that was almost begging for mercy: "The general's day mourns, the general's anger is relieved!"

Subsequently, the three of them immediately told the whole story of the situation.

"I see!" After listening to the words of the three of them, Zheng Yuchun, who was already full of murderous energy, held back the anger in his heart while holding the sword at his waist tightly with his right hand. Waving his hand to the three of them: "As our eldest brother's personal guard, our eldest brother is dead, but you are still alive?" Why is that? ”

"General, we're ...... too"

"Needless to say!"

Zheng Yuchun waved his hand and said: "If it is as you say, the main responsibility for the defeat of this battle lies with my eldest brother!" But if you don't fight well and survive in secret, you can't say you're innocent! Go down and find the military judge yourself and get fifty sticks. ”

"Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, thank you for the general's grace of not killing!"

Looking at the large fleet looming in the distance, Zheng Yuchun, who was full of cold and murderous aura, ignored the three people who were forcibly dragged down by the guards, turned his head and said to the 50,000 Lao soldiers behind him: "The enemy army has a batch of large lethal bows and crossbows. Our navy has been wiped out, there is no danger to defend the Shu River, the whole army retreats 5 kilometers, and after the cadres land closer, they will surround and go up, with their naval divisions and horses, they will certainly not be the opponent of our army! ”

Although Zheng Yuchun wanted to pounce immediately and avenge his eldest brother. But he was appreciated by the lord of Lao, and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility as a cloth cloth, and became the chief general of the first army in less than three months. made him, who has always been rigorous, dare not act rashly. Take the future of Laoguo and the trust of the monarch without authorization to fight to the death with the cadres. So at this time, although he was grief-stricken in his heart, he still endured his grief and chose to retreat. The choice of whether to immediately conduct a strategic decisive battle was directly thrown to Xie Xuan.

Therefore, when Xie An and others came to the west bank, the Lao army had already decisively pulled out the camp and retreated under Zheng Yuchun's military order, and the building was empty.

"This Zheng Yuchun has a bit of talent! In the face of his own brother being killed by us, he did not get carried away and chose to stay and fight our army in a decisive battle. Instead, he calmly chose to avoid the edge for the time being. In the face of such an opponent, it seems that the next battle may not be as smooth as before. ”

Looking at the somewhat vague army in the distance, Xie Xuan shook his head helplessly. In fact, he originally hoped that Zheng Yuchun would be carried away by hatred, stay on the shore to fight with them, and then use eight strong crossbows to consume the other party.

When Gao Heng on the side heard this, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "General, what are we going to ......do next?"

"According to the original plan, after disembarking, we will be stationed on the shore!"

The enemy is not fooled, and Xie Xuan has no choice, so he can only occupy the west bank of Shushui according to the original plan, and then extradite the Xiongwu army over, and then attack the Linshu County area together.

……

"Monarch, Dazai Xie An, head of the Tongdu Branch, Xie Shang, asks to see you."

"Let them in."

On July 2 of the first year of Wujing, in the Le'an Palace, Zhang Shuo heard Guo Ying's report outside the door, and nodded immediately. This palace is also the former Le'an Palace, but some unnecessary buildings have been demolished by the Construction Department to plan the construction of the city.

"The ministers knock before the king."

As soon as Zhang Shuo's words fell, the door of the imperial study was opened by Guo Ying, and the two brothers, Xie An and Xie Shang, approached

"The two Aiqing don't need to be polite, take a seat."

Looking at the two people in front of him, Zhang Shuo continued: "Right now, I am in the army, and the etiquette is simple. Don't delay the war report because of these false courtesies. Dazai, Zilong and Hansheng, have they swept away the towns around Zhuqi's county seat as originally planned? On the Linshu side, how is the battle situation of the Beifu Army? ”

"Yu Guojun, according to the battle report from the front, I wish everything to go well in the county, after the two pioneers swept away the surrounding towns of Zhuqi, they left Dong Run, the commander of the Yinlong Army, and Xue Xian, the commander of the Huaiman Army, to guard the defenders of Zhuqi, and then they each led the main force under their jurisdiction to the north to capture the two counties of Zhangguo and Yinan. As for Linshu's side, I only know that Youdu has launched a landing battle, and the results have not yet been reported. ”

"Attack the country of Zhangguo and Yinan?" Zhang Shuo couldn't help but worry when he heard this: "Zilong and Hansheng are only more than 20,000 people under their command. And Liu Guang, the left governor of Laoguo who was stationed in Zhuqi, had no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses. In case Liu Guang counterattacks......"

"Rest assured. The two generals, Zhao and Huang, were both veteran generals, and they dared to divide their troops in a situation where the enemy's army was twice as large as ours. You have your own arrangements. ”

Speaking of which, Xie An, who was smiling, deliberately sold a pass here. But Zhang Shuo, who found that he already knew his bad taste, also looked at him with a smile. Xie An said honestly:

"Just yesterday, Dong Run and Xue Xian, the two commanders who stayed behind, came to report by name. Lao Guo wished his county commander Liu Guang, and after seeing the main force of our army going north, he sent his son Liu Qi to recapture the surrounding towns. He even led the 30,000 main forces under his command to Liuyu Town, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the general and others. However, on the night he entered Liuyu Town, he was attacked by Dong Run and Xue Xian, two division commanders. More than half of the 30,000 troops suffered casualties and had to retreat to the county seat to rest. ”

"Night raid? Dong Run and Xue Xian only have a total of 5,000 people, right? ”

When Zhang Shuo heard this, he couldn't help but be interested in how these two people won more with less, and immediately said to Xie An: "An Shi, you tell Gu in detail about the process."

"Wechen obeys!"

Xie An nodded and said, "I heard that after learning that Liu Guang was out of the city, the two of them, Dong Shishuai and Xue Shishuai, deliberately abandoned the surrounding towns to slow down the enemy's morale. When Liu Guang attacked Liuyu Town, Xue Shishuai secretly hid 300 elite soldiers in various key points in the town. Late that night, he led people to set fires everywhere in the town. Taking advantage of the time when the Lao army bombed the camp, the main force of Dong Shishuai outside the town should cooperate with the outside to break the main force of Liu Guang's department.

According to rough statistics after the war, our army gained a lot in this battle, with no less than 3,000 beheaded heads, more than 6,000 enemy captured, more than 2,000 black iron-grade ring swords, more than 4,000 black iron-grade spears, and more than 10,000 pairs of roughly intact black iron-grade leather armor, nearly 1,000 pairs of bronze-level two-grade light armor, and more than 200 bronze-level 50-level ring swords. ”

"There are so many bronze weapons and armor? It seems that Laoguo already has the ability to forge bronze-level equipment on a large scale. ”

After receiving the wine jue sent by the maid on the side, Zhang Shuo said with a little distress: "It is worthy of the wealthy Henghai Group. Gu worked hard to recruit thousands of craftsmen, and after saving for a few months, he saved more than 30,000 pairs of armor, barely increasing the armor rate of 50,000 field troops to about 50%, and 80% of these 50% are black iron-grade leather armor, and the rest of the government soldiers are not even using leather armor. And the group of local tyrants in Laoguo, any border guard, has more than 10,000 sets of leather armor, this gap is too big, right? ”

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