Xu Huai took out a thin arrow from the quiver tied behind his left shoulder, and slowly stroked it with his fingers. The specially-made arrow cluster, which was more slender than ordinary arrows and had a cross blade, was like gently stroking Liu Qiong'er.
That smooth, elastic, enchanting skin.
After a while, Xu Huaicai slowly placed the thin long arrow on the bowstring, pulled the bowstring open, and the muscles of his right arm obviously stretched up the armor of his right arm. The moment the bowstring was released, "Bang"
Suddenly there was a heart-stopping sound, and a small circle of extremely thin blurred shadows swayed in the direction of the thin long arrow piercing the air...
A Xiongzhou Army general a hundred steps away clearly realized in advance that Xu Huai's arrow was targeting him, and he also clearly saw every detail of Xu Huai's process of setting up the string and drawing the bow.
He was wearing iron leaf armor. As long as his face was not targeted, he didn't need to be afraid of crossbows at such a long distance.
However, the moment the long arrow left the string, he felt a sudden panic in his heart. The inexplicable sense of crisis made him subconsciously raise his knife to block. It felt like time had stopped for a moment. As soon as he raised the long knife to his waist, he felt a pain in his chest and lowered his head.
Seeing that this arrow actually broke through the iron mirror and shot into his chest!
What a powerful bow!
What a sharp arrow!
That Xiongzhou general was also a good archer. His last thought in life was to know how strong the longbow that shot him was, so that it could shoot such a fast armor-piercing arrow!
Seeing that the leading army was about to be killed with an arrow, the hundreds of Xiongzhou sword and shield soldiers on the long street suddenly panicked. Although they were also well-trained and veterans of the battlefield, they tried to shrink the array more densely, but Shi Hu noticed
When the opponent's formation was in disarray, he personally led his elite troops to attack forward, impacting the opponent's shield array, creating more gaps and chaos so that the elite bows and arrows organized around Xu Huai could be accurately shot.
The enemy's new counterattack against Nanxun Gate was quickly defeated, leaving dozens of corpses behind, while the rest retreated towards the direction of Suzaku Gate.
"Marquis Wujiang should ask you to return to the city tower if you have something to do!" Wang Xian, who was assisting Xu Huai in the front line and Wang Ju commanding the battle, noticed at this time that Xu Wujiang was sitting on the Nanxunmen city tower, and he was using five-color flags to signal the arrival of new troops.
The situation required Xu Huai to rush over.
Xu Huai glanced back and told Wang Xian: "Stabilize your position here first. Don't rush to fight. The enemy is more eager to recapture Nanxun Gate than us. Let's dampen its momentum here first!"
"yes!"
The inner street connecting Nanxun Gate and Zhuque Gate is the widest avenue in the outer city, which can be used by cavalry to gallop. In order to ensure the concealment of the lurking, the guard barracks did not directly bring many war horses to Bianliang this time, but
More than thirty sets of components for the fine iron shield car were brought over, and by this time the assembly had been completed.
Wang Xian took over the command of the front formation and directly ordered twenty shield chariots to be deployed diagonally on the flanks to prepare for the red cavalry stationed in Bianliang City (inner city) to rush out from Zhuque Gate and block them with chariot formations.
;At the same time, dismantle door panels, beams and columns, and create obstacles such as horses.
Bianliang is divided into three layers: the outer city, the inner city, and the imperial city. It has a complete defense system. The inner city is guarded by Yang Jingchen, Yang Congzong and the red garrison general Bage. It cannot be captured by an unexpected raid.
They are now attracting the attention of the defenders of the inner city to the inner street, and quickly disintegrating the fighting will of the other four south gate defenders of the outer city on both wings.
At this time, Xu Huai took off the quiver from his shoulder and handed it to Niu Er together with the long bow. He left him to rest beside Wang Xian in the front line, but he was not allowed to rush into the battle at will.
Seeing that the front line was safe for the time being, Xu Huai and Wang Ju mounted their horses, and, surrounded by a group of guards, galloped back to Nanxun's gate.
When he walked up the road to the city tower, he saw Zhou Jing standing next to Xu Wujiang for the first time. Xu Huai asked in surprise: "Did things go so smoothly?"
Zhuxianyi is their most important last resort. Even if they can successfully persuade Chen Man to change his identity and surrender to Chushan, in order to prevent the external capture of troops and the surrender of vassal troops from
After receiving the news, help came from all directions, Chen Man's mind was shaken again. The original plan was for Zhou Jing to stay in Zhuxian Village to prevent accidents.
Zhou Jing has returned with only a few people, and there are no other abnormalities. Xu Huai can certainly understand that the Zhu Xianyi incident has been successfully resolved, even smoother than imagined.
After sending away the irrelevant people, Zhou Jing introduced Jiang Ping to Xu Huai, got to know him, and told Xu Huai one by one what he and Zhou Xuyi encountered after entering Zhuxian Post City in the early morning:
"Brother Jiang Ping once served under the former commander. Over the years, he defeated the various departments of the Western Army. Later, he was transferred to the Gyeonggi Army with Chen Man. After the fall of Bianliang City, the rebel general Yang Jingchen took charge of the Imperial City Division, which was actually a red flag.
The real leader of the Hu in Bianliang. In order to control the generals who surrendered in the capital, Yang Jingchen secretly controlled a group of people as spies and deployed them around Chen Man and other generals to monitor. This time, with the help of the Jiang Ping brothers, the Zhu Xianyi incident was solved more easily than expected.
smoothly!"
Wang Ju did not expect that Zhuxianyihui's former Jingsheng Army troops looked at Jiang Ping excitedly.
Of course, the Jingsheng Army had more than 25,000 troops at its peak, and there were only a few people whose faces Wang Ju could really remember, let alone the fact that Jiang Ping was just an ordinary soldier when he was in the Jingsheng Army.
Wang Ju happily patted Jiang Ping on the shoulder and asked, "Who do you belong to?"
"Seven generals, Jiang Ping once served as a soldier under the commander of the Leopard Tu Camp, Zhou Fu." When Jiang Ping saw Wang Ju, who was also a legend back then, tears welled up in his eyes.
"Okay, Jing Shengjun came out, there is no coward, you will work by my side from now on!" Wang Ju was so happy that he wanted to keep Jiang Ping by his side.
"Seven generals, I'm afraid this won't work!" Zhou Jing eagerly brought Jiang Ping to Xu Huai. He had other plans. How could he let Jiang Ping be given to Wang Ju as his personal guard? He hurriedly said, "Brother Jiang Ping has two sons who are bucklers for the Imperial City.
As a hostage, before rescuing his second son, we can only declare to the outside world that he and another Imperial City Secretariat were dealt with, so it is best for Brother Jiang Ping to stay with me for the time being. Of course, I am in such a hurry to pull him.
Jiang Ping came to see Commander Ji, but he still has something important to report."
"Say." Xu Huai gestured to Zhou Jing to continue.
Zhou Jing said: "When the former commander was alive, he governed the army with benevolence and righteousness. He taught fists, feet, swords and spears without reservation, and he loved the soldiers as sons. Even after all these years, many old tribes still remember him. We used to be cautious, even if we knew whether there were any differences among the tribes in Gyeonggi Province.
Young Xian was in charge of his old troops, but he couldn't pay, but this time is a good opportunity to recruit Xian Shuai's old troops again..."
"That's true..." Xu Huai frowned and muttered.
Before the fall of Bianliang, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were very worried about his life experience and wary of the people in Chushan. If he really wanted to keep in close contact with the old troops of Jingsheng Army at that time, he would definitely be accused of having ulterior motives.
However, as times change, so do the trends.
If there are some old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army in the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army who were forced to fight against the enemy after the fall of Bianliang, he now leads the Chushan elite to raid Bianliang and persuades them to raise the banner of righteousness and join Chushan to jointly defend Dayue against the barbarians.
Who could find any fault with it?
"At this time, how many generals in Bianliang City are from my father's old army?" Xu Huai asked again.
"There may be three to five hundred people, or there may be more!"
On the way here, Zhou Jing asked Jiang Ping about the specific situation in detail.
Because of too many ups and downs, and because he was only a low-level military official who was transferred to the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, Jiang Ping had no chance and never thought about finding out how many people in the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army were related to the Jingsheng Army.
However, six or seven years after he was transferred to the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, among the Gyeonggi generals he had normal contact with, there were 11 or 12 people who clearly knew that they had served in the Jingsheng Army, and even they were still brooding about the past.
They feel quite unfair. It's just that they feel limited by their own status and the humble feeling of insignificance in their hearts. They don't feel that way.
can affect their daily lives.
Zhou Jingzhao surrendered more than 40,000 Gyeonggi Imperial Guards, and then calculated the size of the Jingsheng Army at the time of the mutiny, calculated the casualties of the Western Army in resisting Dangxiang operations in Qinfeng and other states in recent years, calculated the elimination of the weak and retained the strong between the Western Army and the Xiang Army, calculated
In recent years, the capital has transferred elite soldiers and horses from the Western Army to replenish the proportion of elite soldiers and horses. Zhou Jing estimated that among the soldiers and horses of the Puppet Chu guarding Bianliang at this time, there were at least three to five hundred old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army.
However, considering that even if the Jingsheng Army was again suspected by Cai Qing, during the several years of Wang Xiaocheng's leadership, he not only devoted himself to replacing the old, weak and sick, but also spared no effort in training the lowest level generals and taught Fu Mang Quan.
Sword and spear skills are not reserved. This determines that even if the old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army are over 40 or 50 years old, the proportion of those who remain in the Forbidden Army may be higher than imagined.
Of course, even if there are only four to five hundred old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army in the Bianliang Puppet Forbidden Army at this time, even if they spend their whole lives, the vast majority of them will still be big soldiers, but the influence they can stir up is likely to be
It is far beyond what people imagine.
The Puppet Chu troops had more than 50,000 troops stationed in Bianliang and nearby cities. Why did Xu Huai dare to go straight to Huanglong and attack?
Xu Huai was definitely not so arrogant that he really thought that Chushan's army was invincible and that two to three thousand men could dominate the world.
In fact, the most fundamental thing is the composition of the pseudo-Chu Bianliang garrison. In fact, the only ones that can be said to have a certain degree of combat effectiveness are Yang Jingchen, the more than ten thousand surrendered troops brought by Yang Congzong and his son from Xiongzhou, and the red garrison general Bage who is stationed in Bian.
There are two thousand red soldiers in Liangli City and the elite cavalry of various Tibetans.
As for the Puppet Chu Bianliang garrison, there were almost 40,000 troops. They were all forced by the Imperial Guards after the fall of Bianliang, or were threatened by Li Ji, Wang Qiyong and other trusted generals who surrendered to the enemy.
Although these troops had been recruited for more than a year, the Red Hu people pushed Li Ji out as a puppet and established the Puppet Chu Kingdom, which could not solve the actual problem of the broken Hehuai River.
There was an extreme shortage of grain in Bianliang, and they had to squeeze out limited money to supply the needs of Zhennan Zongwangfu, Pingyanzongwangfu and Yuehailou and other tribal auxiliary armies.
Among the Bianliang defenders, the Xiongzhou soldiers and horses commanded by Bage's troops and Yang Jingchen, Yang Congzong and his son were far superior to the Bianliang surrender troops in terms of material support.
As far as Bianliang's troops surrendered, the supplies they received over the past year or so were even far less than when Bianliang was besieged by the Red Husbands.
Most of the generals of Bianliang's surrender army were starved of food, and they were suppressed by Xiongzhou's surrender army, Chi Hu and other cavalrymen. We hoped that they would really be willing to fight for the Chi Hu people and the pseudo-Chu emperor Li Ji.
Bianliang City?
Therefore, when Xu Huai attacked Bianliang City, he basically did not take the 40,000 Bianliang troops into consideration.
And at dawn, they raided Nanxunmen and defeated the defenders of Nanxunmen with almost no effort. Capturing Nanxunmen is enough to prove this.
Of course, Xu Huai had only considered before that he should defeat the Bianliang surrender troops stationed in the outer city of Bianliang as quickly as possible and disintegrate their combat effectiveness so that they could not become a threat.
In Bianliang, their main consideration was to confront the Xiongzhou surrender army and the Red Husband cavalry who were guarding the inner city and the imperial city of Bianliang, and completely attract the attention of the Red Husband's soldiers and horses on the periphery as well as Yue Hailou and other tribal auxiliary troops.
come over.
Zhou Jing arrived and actually proposed that while destroying the combat effectiveness of the Bianliang defenders, there was a new possibility.
That is to use the old troops and soldiers of the Jingsheng Army to recruit, and at the same time, use the old troops and soldiers of the Jingsheng Army, which may only have three to five hundred people, as a link to quickly gather the bloody soldiers of the Bianliang surrendered army who are still in their hearts.
The generals who were not willing to fight against the enemy sincerely, or were just dissatisfied with the oppression of the Chihu people, directly formed a new fighting force in Bianliang City?
