With the Baijian River as the boundary, Huaiyuan soldiers and horses would not directly cross the river and enter the west bank to pursue the defeated enemy. This was called Guo Junpan, who was like a bereaved dog. Pan Chenghu finally found a chance to breathe.
Although it was summer in July, Guo Junpan and Pan Chenghu felt as if they were immersed in ice water. They still don't understand why they failed so suddenly?
What immoral things have they done that God wants to torment them like this and just look down upon them?
Even if two thousand pigs were crowded into the stockade, they wouldn't have been killed like this in such a short time!
Then he looked at Guo Junpan, who had less than ten subordinates left around him, and they all looked lost. Pan Chenghu was angry, depressed, and at a loss as he sat on the ground to rest his strength.
At this time, seeing that no soldiers and horses were chasing from the east bank, the two of them were shirtless, took off the wet trousers that bound their feet, wring out the water stains, and dried their bare legs in the sun. They were in an indescribable embarrassment.
, they even had no face to face their subordinates who fled to the West Bank in the same embarrassment.
Why is this reckless tiger of the Xu family so ferocious?
Even if he is tyrannical, why is he so reckless every time and so unreasonable in his attacks, yet every time he stabs them at their weakest and most powerless place?
Did they do something so outrageous that God favored that fool?
After a long time, they picked up their swords and spears dejectedly and gathered the defeated troops north along the coast. However, after gathering more than a hundred troops, they did not dare to stay on the west bank and fled straight to the west.
They had lost all their mules and horses, and they were afraid that the Huaiyuan Township Camp would cross the river to pursue them. They could not run as fast as four legs on two legs.
The coalition forces also have strongholds on the West Bank, but after their previous defeat, how could they dare to escape into these similarly flimsy camps? Are they not lucky enough to escape once?
And they also saw the guards in these strongholds, who were also panicking at this time. Maybe they would abandon Sisi and escape before the main force of the Huaiyuan Township Battalion entered the west bank?
"Lao Guo, next time we bump into that reckless tiger, we shouldn't let our less skilled subordinates block him. We should work together to kill him, so we won't be in such an embarrassing situation again!"
While fleeing westward, Pan Chenghu never forgot to sum up the painful lessons of this defeat with Guo Junpian.
"Maybe!" Guo Junpan secretly thought about whether he and Pan Chenghu could really suppress the wild tiger on the battlefield. He held the reins, stopped the donkey he had snatched from his crotch, looked at the surrounding terrain, and said to Pan Chenghu
, "That Zhou Tian is a thief with a vicious mind. He immediately ran away from the Xizhai Gate. Now he doesn't even know where he went! I think next time I encounter that reckless tiger on the battlefield, maybe I can pull Zhou Tian away."
Odds of winning.”
"Lao Guo, you must not be as ambitious as others. He is strong, but he will never be able to defeat us even if we work together. What do we need from Zhou Tian, a loser?" Pan Chenghu said.
"That's what I said, but there are many masters of the Xu clan around Manghu. Needless to say, Xu Wukun and Xu Wujiang, the younger generation's little whirlwind gun Xu Xin'an broke into the village today, and his skills are also tyrannical. How can we join forces with Yin Natou?
What chance do you have?" Guo Junpian sighed.
"The Xu family has so many good players, Xu Wuqi is definitely the number one, but why didn't he wear armor and go into battle today? The Xu clan soldiers seem to be commanded by Xu Wujiang? It's really strange, Xu Wuqi is Xu Wufu's lackey.
Xu Wufu didn’t use him, but instead used Xu Wujiang, whom he disliked at first sight, to command the troops? What’s more, Xu Wujiang had led his soldiers to escape from the Inspection Department before, and he hadn’t escaped the crime yet, right?”
Xiema Mountain is next to Yuhuang Ridge, and they usually live mainly by extorting the Xu family's filial piety. Pan Chenghu is very familiar with the subtle grievances within the Xu family. Now that they have escaped from the Baijian River, which is thirty miles away, they feel calmer.
I also figured out some flavors,
"Do you think there is something fishy here?"
Guo Junpian was not familiar with the interpersonal relationships within the Xu clan, but he still knew Xu Wuqi, who had served as a military officer in the Jingsheng Army and whose skills were definitely top-notch in Tongbai Mountain.
Guo Junpan knew that Pan Chenghu had a high self-esteem, so he still valued Xu Wuqi very much. He guessed that he should have competed with Xu Wuqi. He frowned and said: "Xu Wuqi is very powerful and knows military affairs.
If we really want to mobilize on a large scale, Xu Wufu has no reason not to recommend Xu Wuqi..."
Guo Junpan and Pan Chenghu were thinking wildly and couldn't guess what the situation was like. Seeing that they were approaching the fork to the old village of Huaidu, they became embarrassed again:
They went to see Chen Zixiao, Zhong Changqing, Gao Xiangzhong and the others like this?
It's okay to receive a few cynicisms, but will they put all the responsibility for Baijianhe's defeat on the two of them, and make his mother sing a show of killing Ma Su with tears?
Then they must not die unjustly?
Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu is not a kind person, how can he not guard against others taking the opportunity to attack and seize their territory and subordinates?
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The period of time that can really be called combat may only be more than half an hour.
This also includes the time it took Xu Huai to take the lead in arriving from the starting position and approaching the enemy's stronghold.
However, it was not until the afternoon that the drowned bodies were recovered from the Baijian River in Huaiyuan.
The number of bandit soldiers who were killed inside and outside the bandit stronghold with swords, spears, bows, spears, slashing, slashing, and stabbing was probably only over a hundred.
However, from Tiaohutan to the north where the Baijian River flows into the Huaihe River, more than 300 drowned corpses were recovered by noon, making it even more futile to capture the enemy.
Fortunately, in order to connect Junzhai with the market, Deng Gui had already ordered a giant rope made of bamboo strips to block the river between Junzhai and Huaiyuan Market. This was able to intercept all the drowned corpses and save hundreds of people.
The remaining bandits who fell into the water did not have them washed into the Huaihe River.
Xu Huai sat on the blood-stained north wall of Tiaohutan Village.
After July and a half, the weather is not that hot, but the scorching sun still shines on the turbid Baijian River, which dazzles the eyes.
The rains in summer and autumn are abundant, and the streams and rivers in Tongbai Mountain are also full of water, and the reeds and wormwood are submerged until only the green tips of the grass are exposed on the water.
The bandit army also built several camps on the west bank of the Baijian River to besiege the military camp from the west. However, the bandit army in Tiaohutan was defeated so quickly and miserably that the more than a thousand bandit soldiers on the west bank did not have the courage to defend these simple strongholds.
, before noon, he also fled to the west without a trace, leaving behind a mess all over the place.
At this time, Xu Sihu, Zhong He and others also led a team of troops to enter the west bank of the Baijian River, and have now recovered two strongholds on the west bank next to the Baijian River.
It's not that we can't recover more strongholds and villages as we head west, but the current main limitation is that there are too few people and we can't disperse our troops casually.
However, with the power of this battle, the threat of banditry east of the Baijian River was completely eliminated. Deng Gui summoned the rural soldiers in the area east of the Baijian River to bravely organize them into the rural camp. It was expected that there would be no more resistance.
The rural troops will soon be replenished on a larger scale, and it will not be too late to officially enter the west bank of the Baijian River.
"Good boy, Longlidong. Even if there are two thousand pigs trapped in this village, they won't be killed so quickly! Mr. Zheng, how could I scare these pigs so much that their legs are like chaff?" Zheng Tu climbed up.
Wall of the village, looking to the northwest at the corpses recovered from the coast, it is unbelievable that they won the battle at Tiighutan?
"... Young Master, you are so fierce when you break into the thief's stronghold. Seeing you come out of the stronghold covered in blood and climb onto the stronghold wall again, Xu Heng's buttocks are gone and his legs are trembling!
"Zheng Tu was so excited. Although he didn't have a chance to go into battle today, but followed Deng Gui and others to watch the battle, he was as excited as if he was eating ginseng fruit. He kept talking about the reactions of several people he saw, and said, "
Deng Langjun and Mr. Wang Zhen praised your swords and bows, and said that if you can write policy papers, you will definitely be able to enter the Ministry of War examination; or you can directly take the Juelun examination..."
Of course, martial arts examinations emphasize both civil and military examinations. Deng Gui was born in martial arts examinations, but when it comes to civil affairs, he may be inferior to people like Wang Zhen, but he is not inferior to ordinary scholars.
Considering that some generals' children and meritorious generals in the army are strong in physical skills but weak in civil affairs, the imperial examinations in the imperial court also set up a special subject called Juelun, which further lowered the assessment standards for civil affairs such as strategy theory, while the assessment standards for bows, swords, riding and archery were
mentioned higher.
Therefore, those who can be recommended to take the exams among the Forbidden Army are basically people with strong skills.
Under the tradition of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts, the number of candidates for the martial arts examinations held every three years and the Juelun examinations was far smaller than that for the civil examinations. Therefore, what Deng Gui said was a very high compliment.
Xu Huai smiled faintly and did not comment.
Everyone was very excited and thought it was incredible that he could win such a devastating victory again. Xu Huai was a little bit excited. He secretly felt that everyone in the court might be indulging in a kind of unconscious self-confidence and ignoring the crisis.
