In March, spring is warm and flowers bloom.
Jingzhou is already covered with light green, and looking at a thriving color makes people feel refreshed.
The young women and women all changed into thick winter clothes and put on spring skirts. Although the ones walking on the street are still thicker, they are much more bloated than winter.
Not only is spring here, but even the spring is gradually getting stronger.
It was at such a time that the war was going on very fiercely in Jiaozhou.
He shouted and killed Lian Tian, ​​dozens of thick smoke rose inside and outside the city, and the city wall was broken. Although the county soldiers fought desperately to block the brutal enemies that poured in from the tide of the gap, it was useless.
The prefect of the county magistrate's mansion was pale and looked outside. There were still hundreds of soldiers resisting in the mansion.
Even these hundreds of soldiers were injured and resisted stubbornly.
The army surrounded outside was wearing the flag of the Chu army. It must belong to the tent of Wang Hongyi, who already claimed to be the King of Chu, but the people who came were all obviously aliens!
This is not the Chu army, it is clearly a group of barbarians and foreign tribes!
The soldiers of the county magistrate's mansion were still resisting, and there was a faint sound of killing in the city. A mountain flag soldier was rushing to the county magistrate's mansion, and the shouts of killing were endless.
The county city has been captured by the enemy, and its morale has dropped sharply, and it has retreated step by step.
At this time, the mountain tribes surrounding them were all burly and sturdy, wearing leather armor, but the weapons on their hands were also varied.
At this time, there was a mountain tribe in his forties standing in the middle outside, wearing armor, with a few scars on his face, and his appearance was quite ugly and ferocious. This was Zhang Jing from Niu Lu.
Behind him were more than a dozen personal soldiers, one of whom smiled: "These Han people are not good, they can be captured in a while."
When they came to attack the county magistrate's office, they were all elite soldiers from the mountain flag soldiers!
Although the mountain clan had been incorporated by Wang Hongyi and became a tiger with teeth drawn, the blood of the mountain clan flowed in its bones, and its physical fitness was far stronger than that of ordinary Han people. These bannermen who followed Ding Huchen to fight south and north were also the elite troops. The people who resisted in the city could not stop the attack of these mountain flag soldiers. They only resisted for a while, and a gap was immediately broken open from the mansion gate, and the flag soldiers then entered the county magistrate's mansion.
At the same time, the county magistrate of Minxi County gradually retreated towards the back door under the desperate protection of several guards around him, and was about to escape.
"Stop, kneel down and surrender immediately!" Several archers suddenly appeared on the wall at the back door, and the arrow pointed at these people.
"Don't shoot arrows..." The county magistrate was startled and waved his hand and said, "We're surrendering."
"Go, a few people have tied them up!" I recognized the official uniform, but this Han army was the army. The battalion's eyes lit up, and then ordered the soldiers on both sides.
A soldier immediately came over with a rope.
At this moment, a guard who had been standing quietly beside the county magistrate moved his body and rushed towards a soldier who was walking towards him.
This man was very skilled in his kung fu. The sword in his hand pierced into the soldier's body. With another kick, the soldier immediately fell out. At the same time, other guards also took action.
"Sir, go quickly!" A *** shouted.
At this time, a large number of flag soldiers outside the county magistrate's office had arrived, and their shouts of killing had already come, and the chaotic footsteps were getting closer and closer to the place.
At this time, another group of soldiers from the county magistrate's office arrived and immediately started fighting.
Taking advantage of the melee behind, the county magistrate fled to one place under the protection of several guards.
There was chaos in front and pursuers behind. At this time, the county magistrates had their usual official power?
Before the south gate was lost, the prefect rushed straight up. As he fled, some people gradually gathered behind him, fighting with the flag soldiers from time to time, and then scattered again.
Puff! Puff!
On a street in the city, blood was splattering everywhere. Fighting ahead, a general was killed. Ding Huchen entered the city and the news he received was that the county magistrate ran away with some people.
"This guy has some skills. Under such circumstances, he can escape from the county magistrate's mansion, but he underestimates him. However, even if he can escape for a while, he may not be able to escape from the county!" Ding Huchen said coldly.
At the same time, I ordered that the mountain flag soldiers and their subordinates should not burn and kill them in the city or invade the people. However, the gold and silver in the prefect's palace were allowed to be used by these mountain flags, and there would be a large number of rewards afterwards.
Upon hearing this order, the mountain flag cheered.
Listening to the cheers, Ding Huchen showed a sneer and set off two counties in Jiaozhou, using mountain flags as pioneers. Although he received a lot of rewards, the number of people was already 1,000.
The three flags in the mountains total only 7,000, which is already a huge loss.
If another two or three thousand die, the nobles of this mountain tribe may gain wealth, but the mountain tribe itself will perish.
The city of Minxi County at this moment is completely different from before.
On the street, the big battle had just ended, and the small defenders in the city were still resisting stubbornly. The people in the city had already closed their doors and were so scared that they dared not show up.
Although the flag soldiers of the mountain tribe were fierce, they did not burn, kill and loot when attacking Jiaozhou under the constraints of Ding Huchen. Anyway, once the county town was captured, the wealth they distributed to them was quite large, and after making meritorious service, they would get more.
Therefore, even with this constraint, they did not feel dissatisfied. Besides, they did not dare to feel dissatisfied with the general.
"General! The county magistrate has been found on the west side of the city!" After a while, someone found the county magistrate's whereabouts.
Ding Huchen ordered: "Siege him immediately. If you insist on not surrendering, you will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes! General!"
In this way, another county was conquered by Ding Huchen.
When he got the news, Zheng Pingyuan was in a panic.
"What did you say? Minxi County was conquered?!" He threw the information in his hand on the official's face, and Zheng Pingyuan walked back and forth in the same place.
He turned around and stretched out a hand at the person kneeling on the ground, trembling: "A county has been surrounded for many days. Why is such a big thing reported now?"
The official hurriedly kowtowed upwards: "Report to the Lord, it's not that I delayed the fighter plane. It's really the information from Jiaozhou. It takes time to send it here!"
"Okay OK, get out! Get out of here immediately!"
Zheng Pingyuan waved his hand irritably and asked him to retreat. He sat alone in the seat, his face suddenly turned pale.
During this period, Jingnan still had trouble.
Jingnan spread news that the situation was hopeless and continued to resist stubbornly, and it was better to surrender earlier than to surrender.
Although these rumors are strictly prohibited from investigation, they are still circulating and incidents have occurred several times.
However, the Zheng family is a big family with many ears and ears. They got the news early, so they sent troops to suppress it early.
But the root of the disaster has been laid, and the restless atmosphere has spread and cannot be suppressed, which has also led to Zheng Pingyuan's mood getting worse day by day.
Now that the Chu army appeared in Jiaozhou again, he couldn't help but be afraid.
"Son..." At some point, Zheng Pingyuan's mother, Mrs. Zheng, walked in from outside with the servant.
Seeing her coming in front, Zheng Pingyuan's face changed a few times, and he finally smiled and went up to him: "Mother, why are you coming in front?"
Mrs. Zheng frowned and said, "There is a lot of controversy in the city. Wei Niang is really worried. Son, is the situation in the city really so serious?"
"Mother, don't worry about this matter. They can't make a fuss. Please go back with peace of mind! Things are messy here, look..." Zheng Pingyuan is still quite filial to his mother. Even though he was already in a good mood at this time, he still patiently explained to his mother.
"Son, since there is nothing to do, I feel relieved for my mother." Old Mrs. Zheng sighed and turned around and walked out.
But he continued to mutter: "My mother doesn't understand the matter of a man, but she keeps the green mountains and is not afraid of burning firewood. No matter when it comes, remember not to do stupid things."
As he said, he sighed and left.
Keeping watching his mother leave, Zheng Pingyuan sat on the chair again, feeling dark. Has his chance been completely lost?
This great foundation is just a flash in the pan?
Xiangyang City, on the city tower.
Wang Hongyi stood quietly on the city wall, looking into the distance, silently tracing his mind.
At this moment, Yu Liangbo, Zhang Youzhi, and several generals and guards were standing behind Wang Hongyi.
Half a year ago, when he had not yet captured Xiangyang City, Wang Hongyi also set up camp outside Xiangyang City.
Wang Hongyi still remembered that he had a headache about the defense of this city at that time. Now the owner of the city was replaced by himself, standing on the city and looking outward, it felt different.
In the very wide moat outside the city, the river water flowed. In March, light green appeared on both sides of the river.
"King, Jiaozhou Secret Letter!"
At this moment, Zhang Youzhi, who had been away for a while, hurried back and handed a secret letter to Wang Hongyi.
"Oh? Is it a secret letter from Jiaozhou?" Wang Hongyi hurriedly took the secret letter and opened it to watch it.
The content of the secret letter was not much. Wang Hongyi glanced quickly and immediately closed the secret letter.
"The news came from Jiaozhou that General Ding had captured two counties in succession!" Wang Hongyi pondered for a moment, organized the language, and said.
It was obvious that Wang Hongyi was extremely happy and turned around and ordered: "Tomorrow, I will announce this matter. Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo, you two will come to the Secret Palace Marquis, and I will ask you two to organize the information."
"I obey the order."
"Yes, lord!" Yu Liangbo and Zhang Youzhi both bowed and responded. They all understood the significance of this information. Although there were only tens of thousands of soldiers in Jiaozhou, Jingnan could not stand it.
Jingnan was already in turmoil. If there were no worries in the rear, there would be a navy intercepting and infantry guarding, it would have been possible to hold on for a while. However, now a sharp knife suddenly appeared behind him. Although it was only tens of thousands of yuan, it immediately caused chaos in Jingnan - after all, the rear of Jingnan, not far from Jiaozhou, was extremely empty.
Chapter completed!