Chapter Eighty-Six: Three Thousand Tigers Trekking on the City
10,000 cavalry, this is the vanguard army handed over by Wen Zhong to Meng Wei, followed by Deng Jiugong, Feng Lin as the deputy of the 60,000 army along the road to Beihai, to Chongcheng, to relieve the danger of Chongcheng.
Meng Wei traveled lightly all the way, passing through Yuncheng, Licheng, Dirt City, and Fengyang all the way to transfer supplies, and rushed to the direction of Chongcheng quickly, for fear that if he missed it for a while, he would regret it for life.
Behind him, in addition to the pot-bellied Wu Cheng, including Jiang Ziya, the Zhong family brothers and other newcomers, three thousand Chongcheng armor rode to transfer first, and the rest of the people were handed over to the Zhong brothers and then Xu Jin.
Regarding Su Hu's rebellion, Jiang Ziya was also puzzled, what did he think of this Su Hou?
Even if he gets the territory, there is the Chaoge army in the south, the hundreds of thousands of troops of Wen Taishi in the north, and the main force of Chongcheng retreated by Chonghou in the west.
Even if Su Hu went south to fight Chaoge, Jiang Ziya felt that it was a good way to be a thief, but it was difficult to understand if he went to Chongcheng to fight, and he didn't know which one lacked heart and eye, and bewitched this somewhat not very smart Jizhou Marquis.
As soon as Meng Wei and the others arrived in Yancheng, they saw people who fled to Chongcheng with a large number of people and nobles, driving countless ox carts and gathering in this ownerless ruined city.
When Lu Jia saw Meng Yan's army from a distance, he immediately raised his flag to signal Meng Yan to approach, and it was from the mouth of this northern Xinjiang merchant magnate that Meng Wei learned about the general behavior of the Jizhou army.
Chongcheng is still holding on, and various nobles and merchants have donated their slaves and servants for generations, and they are struggling to defend the walls and broken gates.
And Chonghou has also left Binzhou and is retreating to Chongcheng, but it is still unknown whether he can rush back before the city is broken.
"General Meng, you have to avenge us. I Chongcheng shed his blood for the northern frontier, he Jizhou is so treacherous, violates the oath, and openly rebels against his lord, General Meng, you must ask for justice for the villagers in Chongcheng! ”
Meng Wei suppressed his anxious emotions and kept asking people in the know about the deployment of the Jizhou army.
He only has 3,000 cavalry in his hands, and the enemy army is heavy, if it is not good to plan, he will only rely on his blood and bravery, let alone rescue Chongcheng, and he will have to pay for it.
Listening to the relays of Lu Jia and others, Meng Wei's face was a little solemn, there were about 200,000 people in Jizhou standing in armor, and now only 100,000 were present before Chongcheng, leaving aside the rear army and logistics stationed in Jizhou City, at least 50,000 troops were missing.
Moreover, there are many cavalry and chariots in the Jizhou army, if they want to rely on the advantage of thousands of cavalry to cut the flesh in guerrilla, it is not realistic, as long as the enemy army blocks the way forward, and uses cavalry to chase and block, a few rounds of arrows rain down, they have to die in front of the charge.
Meng Wei's mind kept recalling the memories of various famous battles in his previous life.
He doesn't think he's a famous general, and the only thing that can give him a sense of security is these precious historical allusions and memories.
Use the wisdom of posterity to fight against the present.
"Xiong Kang, you have the advantage of the sky, go to Chongcheng quickly to investigate the battle situation first, if possible, enter the city and inform Mei Wu, give me three days, and the reinforcements will come after three days."
Xiong Kang didn't refute, they came all the way, replenishing in various cities, and barely got to three thousand horsemen before they could transfer as much as possible, and the fastest reinforcements were only seven thousand horsemen from the Zhong family brothers, and they wanted to wait for Deng Jiugong's army for at least a month, and as for Chonghou, it was even more far away.
Meng Wei looked at the crowd and supplies of the refugees in Chongcheng and had some thoughts in his heart, and then hooked Lu Jia's neck and said in a low voice.
"Meng has something to ask for, and I hope that Brother Lu will help him, and in the future, the siege of Chongcheng will be lifted, and I and Chonghou will have a good reward."
"Please come here!"
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After instructing Lu Jia, Lu Jia looked at Meng Wei with an embarrassed face: "General Meng, I am just a businessman, this, in business, I ......." ”
"You're a Chongcheng man first, a merchant second, and besides, have I ever said for nothing? Isn't my reputation still a guarantee for this? ”
Lu Jia's expression was grim, and he immediately waved his hand and said, "The general is benevolent and righteous, who doesn't know?" How dare I question you, that's it, in the battle for the homeland, Lu would rather not earn a penny, but also help the general, and hope that the general will keep his promise, Lu's loss is small, and the general's name is big. ”
Seeing that the big merchant retreated, Meng Wei let out a long breath and said to Xin Ping and Lian Yong behind him.
"Order the whole army, recuperate, and in two days, open Chongcheng with me."
"Let's go home!"
"No!"
No one knew what Meng Wei was planning, and no one questioned him, the idea of the Chongcheng veteran was very simple, follow the right person, and then go all the way, General Meng never harmed his own people.
Moreover, as the general said, Chongcheng, that is their homeland, even if it is a sea of swords and fires ahead, as long as General Meng is there, what does it matter if it flows in?
Seeing that everyone was doing their own thing, Meng Wei sat on the ox cart of the fellow on the side, bumpy all the way, and his butt hurt, and he sat on the hard board at this time, and his buttocks were sour and comfortable.
He is like this, can you imagine what these 3,000 cavalry have to be tired of?
From beginning to end, no one ran to him to shout bitterness and tiredness, thinking of this, Meng Wei couldn't help but smile and lie on the hard board behind the ox cart, and said softly.
"Three thousand tigers set foot on the city, and one hundred thousand soldiers died and returned."
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The two days passed in a flash, and Lu Jia wandered between the major nobles and commoners, spending money like water.
The long-distance Chongcheng armor cavalry only slightly relieved fatigue, and it was still a short time to recover their combat strength.
It's just that the battle in Chongcheng is urgent, and they can't be allowed to continue to rest in Yancheng.
Every day, Xiong Kang frequently goes back and forth to Chongyan City, Su Hu is not a fool, when he saw the appearance of strangers, he immediately reacted, and there were reinforcements under the command of Wen Taishi.
However, it was expected that under such a rapid march, there would not be too many people in this group, and they would not have much immediate combat power, so they were relieved.
It's just that Chongcheng's attack and defense need to be accelerated, and if you can't win a quick victory in the future and take the entire territory of Chongguo, if you really wait until Wen Taishi and Chonghou rush back, Su Hu is also afraid that he won't be able to parry.
Mei Wu got the news of reinforcements, and he also fulfilled his duties, frequently going to the major aristocratic clans to borrow troops and slaves, and anyone who could contribute to the defense of the city, peasant women and slaves did not refuse.
In this regard, Chunxiong also laughed and mocked Mei Wu: "Now that you know that slaves are also useful?" As long as you set a precedent once, there will be a steady stream of followers vying to imitate it in the future, and the slave will have a chance to turn over. ”
Mei Wu couldn't refuse this, instinctively rejecting this "despicable" behavior, but he was really powerless, at this moment, he seemed to have felt the strong malice of the whole world towards him.
Perhaps, even if he succeeds in defending the city-state this time, the road ahead will be very difficult, he is not Meng Wei, and he is protected by an aura of benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and bravery.
Back to the third day, that is, the third day agreed between the messenger and Mei Wu.
The siege army of Jizhou attacked for half a month, and suffered heavy losses, how many people died in Chongcheng, and the army of Jizhou lost at least three times more, which also made Su Hu's heart ache.
If you attack strongly, the proportion of battle losses will rise rapidly, and if you don't attack, you will directly end up, and when all parties react, Jizhou will be in danger.
The onslaught on the third day was particularly fierce, and Chen Qi, who was warned by Su Hu's words, finally embarked on the road of siege with a fire-eyed beast.
There's no way, Zheng Lun's guy, attacking a city, can still make an old pawn sneak attack and injure, his spirit is unstable, his left arm is paralyzed, and he is still recuperating in the army at the moment.
In the entire army, only he can bravely open the situation above the city, and can effectively fight for the landing gap for the robe behind him.
The Jizhou army's offensive was in full swing, and the entire city wall of Chongcheng was going to be chiseled, and the corpses piled up under the city wall exuded a putrid smell, and new people continued to fall into the pile of corpses and become a member of the staring sky.
The sound of war drums sounded, and the original momentum of the Jizhou army was also a little discouraged, with the unrighteous army, the disadvantages of cutting down the way, began to appear, if it were not for the lack of strength in Chongcheng itself, the Jizhou army did not know how miserable it would be.
Finally, an army appeared on the side of the tired Jizhou army, and from a distance, smoke and dust billowed like tens of thousands of horsemen charging forward. Su Hu, who was shocked, was anxious and angry, and looked at the dusty "Meng" flag in disbelief.
As early as when he saw the Inhumans flying into the city, he thought that there might be reinforcements, but he didn't expect that there would be so many? Will they all fly? Tens of thousands of cavalry marched day and night, even if people could stand it, horses couldn't stand it.
Meng Wei took the lead, and the cavalry at the head of the formation stopped on the high slope, so that Su Hu could not see the formation behind clearly, but based on the enemy's small flag and the degree of smoke and dust, it was inferred that there should be 30,000 armored cavalry.
Looking at this group of chaotic armored cavalry, Su Hu immediately commanded the left army to turn around, preparing to meet the enemy.
This group of Jizhou troops is quite elite, and their reaction speed is also very fast.
Meng Wei vaguely gestured to Xin Ping and Lian Yong, asking them to prepare something to break the formation, and then stepped forward immediately, and what he was scolding was on his head.
"Second Minister Su Hu, are you polite, righteous and honest? Northern Xinjiang is erosive, and if you don't make an inch, you will only hide in the rear, shake your lips and puff your tongue, and sit back and enjoy its success. ”
Su Hu was furious: "I haven't made an inch? You dragged Chen Qi to drink and eat meat in Yancheng, and the matter of being the same robe with my Jizhou army doesn't count? Meng family children, don't spew blood! ”
"So you old thief still know that we used to be robes? Treacherous, disregarding the lives of Chongguo and the people of Jizhou, are you worthy of your ancestors in Jizhou? A dog with a broken spine, do you still have the face to say such things as the same robe in front of our nearly a million soldiers and people in Chongcheng? ”
"Shameless man, you are the prince of a city in vain, and you dare to bark in front of our army, I have never seen such a brazen person like you."
As soon as he said a few words, Su Hu spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and angrily commanded the left army to step forward, regardless of the gift to the teacher, and directly waved the army, wanting to kill this sharp-toothed person.
Listening to the Xin Ping behind him shouting: "General, the military formation is already in place!" ”
Meng Wei contemptuously beat the horse back to the battle, the time was delayed enough, it was time to eat, but when he looked at the thousands of ploughing cattle in front of the military formation in front of him, he felt a little unbearable.
These are all cultivated cattle borrowed and purchased by Lu Jia, with blades tied to the horns and reeds to fill with oil.
"Ignition!"
The sergeants were quite heartbroken and ignited the flammable material on the tail of the ploughing ox, the raging fire burned, the frightened ploughing ox, immediately rushed forward like madness, behind them were the sad sergeants, this is the ploughing ox, the most valuable help when farming, just like this fire is all burned.
The huge herd of cattle rushed forward like thunder, facing the frightened eyes of the enemy's left army, like a flood sweeping, directly hitting the shields in the front row to pieces.
Subsequently, the 3,000 cavalry under the command of Meng Wei followed, and there were various copper basin knocks and shouts of killing behind him.
Under the dust, the enemy soldiers could not see it really, and there seemed to be more than 10,000 infantry armor in the gray cloud, rushing with the cavalry.
Su Hu was shocked, what kind of unreasonable marching speed is this? Don't you talk about the Basic Law when you hear that Master Taishi is fighting? Even if there are cavalry, how can there be an army of infantry armor? Relying on two legs, the army can travel thousands of miles in a day?
The day before I hit Beihai, and the next day I went to Chaoge, will I be able to go to Nandu tomorrow and go to E Chongyu to raise my might?
Time has not allowed Su Hu to think too much, Meng tastes the name of benevolence and righteousness is far better than the name of the battle array, but if he thinks that benevolence and righteousness are the cysts that pierce into the pile of books, and he is a person who does not know the battle array, then he will underestimate the opponent too much.
Wu Dare led a thousand people, followed the formation of the fire ox and rushed to the left army of Jizhou, followed by the horse galloping, followed by the horse is a thousand people who dare to die, holding swords and spears, breaking the army.
One trick is eaten all over the world, Wu Dang is now quite experienced in coercing the rout to rush and kill, and he even feels that all kinds of tricks and changes are not as simple and brutal and effective as when General Meng rushed into battle, defeating the enemy army, covering the rout and rushing to kill.
Xin Ping and Lian Yong each led a thousand horsemen to follow behind Meng Wei, and directly crossed the collapsed front army, without detouring or avoiding, and rushed directly at the Chinese army where Su Hu was located in a brutal and rude manner.
Under the three heads and six arms, the left head, which was originally blown by Zhu Yan, has a very conspicuous scar on the top of his head.
Among the thousands of horses, two thousand horsemen with the belief of breaking the city and defending their homes, with the gap that Meng Wei pried, rushed straight in, countless knights were poked by spears, or the horses' hooves were broken, and they fell into the enemy formation and were added with swords and guns.
This is also the reason why Meng Wei has never used cavalry to directly break into battle, cavalry is not a tank or an elephant, and a strong charge can only defeat both.
But now is now, Su Hu Lao'er is ambitious, he doesn't care about moving forward, if he is not afraid, he can try to see who is better with Meng!
Sure enough, seeing that Meng Wei was dying with a group of armored horsemen, Su Hu was also a little flustered.
"Madman, the Lord will be mad, and this group of soldiers will also be mad? Aren't they afraid of death? ”
"Where are Chen Qi and Zheng Lun, stop this person and kill him!"
Su Hu called for a long time, where is there anyone to answer him, Zheng Lun has already returned to the army to heal his injuries, Chen Qi?
Chen Qi rode the fire-eyed golden-eyed beast and was still at the gate of the city.
Blowing out lightly, only a few people were stunned, without hurting the soul, and the fish was carried out to the end.
Looking at Meng Wei, who was stabbed to death by a spear from Jizhou Jiashi, and fell in the crowd, Su Hu didn't have time to be overjoyed, who knew that Meng Wei, who got off the horse, was even more violent.
Under the step of the fight, Meng Wei took a strange step, always able to dodge the stabbing attack at the last moment, and then approached Su Hu step by step firmly and evenly.
The left army was rushed to pieces by the fire bull array, and its morale was exhausted, and it was driven back by Wu Dang's desperate killing.
The Chinese army's Daxu finally got scared and began to retreat back.
There was a cry from the city.
"General Meng is invincible!"
"Reinforcements...... It's finally here! ”
There are many code words on the weekend, and after the rest, they will continue to start the road of ten thousand. Try not to skip the big chapter of these two days, there will be excessive use of connecting the previous and the next, otherwise there are many pits buried in the back and it is not clear where the pits are dug.
(End of chapter)