At a post station more than seventy miles west of Beiping City, Zhu Biao's thunderous roar came from the top-notch hotel room.
"Sir, what's going on, General Zhu?" A postman at the post station looked at the postmaster in confusion. Zhu Biao's furious voice almost shattered people's eardrums. In fact, in his mind, the famous general Taishan collapsed in front of him.
No change, so inconsistent.
The postmaster glanced at his subordinates and sighed, "What else can you do? Just get angry! Bodaoling fought a battle in Quzhou in the south, killing more than 4,000 enemies and losing 3,000 himself."
"Isn't this a victory? It's almost one and a half times faster."
"It won't win the battle, let's wait and see who it is! Can the Bodaoling elite cavalry win the battle half a time in the hands of General Zhu? Not to mention the ragtag soldiers of the Zhongshan bandits who were defeated..."
Although the postmaster's status was not good, he heard some things when he led the emissary to see Zhu Biao. The emissary did not avoid him specifically. I guess the news had already spread in the royal capital.
"Hey, General Zhu, is this...?"
As the group of people came out of the hotel room, the postmaster immediately greeted them. He could see something was wrong with his sharp eyes. He was wrapped up in his body and his sword was hanging from his waist. Are you going to leave?
"Postmaster, hurry up and prepare your horses. I'm going to rush to the capital overnight!"
"Hey, I obey, little one!"
Don't talk about keeping guests, that's not what his little postmaster should say. After receiving the order, the postmaster immediately turned around and called the postmen to help lead the horses.
The king ordered the gold medal to open the gate of the capital, and Zhu Biao went home and took a nap. At dawn, he went to the Taiwei's Mansion, and then to the Ministry of War Yamen. The former took most of the time. The latter took a short time. He entered the palace at noon.
We arrived at the Yibei Marquis Mansion at noon, and took the time to meet with Zhu Ming after dinner. In the afternoon, five thousand fine riders, one man and three horses, drove down from Bodaoling, detoured east of the capital, and turned south.
"Long Drive——" Techniques and tactics are activated!
Dongjiang County, Changrui County. Thick smoke and dust rise on the distant horizon.
Wang Kai, the magistrate of Changrui County, stood on the top of the city wall and looked down. He saw a group of cavalry running towards the county seat. These cavalry were wearing iron armor and holding large and flying hunting flags.
The cavalry arrived outside the city. After a week of inspection, they formed a solemn formation. Several more cavalry returned. After a while, they saw patches of brown war flags gathering under the city. Each flag was one flag, and five flags were one battalion. The military academy would change the flags.
It's high in the wind.
The army gathered and the horns sounded continuously. Then the Zhongshan Army, which numbered more than 50,000, marched in formation and slowly approached the city. They stopped outside the distance of two arrows.
With such power, Wang Kai couldn't help but change his color. He could hear the sounds of people around him gnashing their teeth and breathing heavily. This was a state of mind that was both resentful and fearful!
He was resentful of the Zhongshan Army's betrayal and added insult to injury. He was afraid of the mighty army below the city and was overwhelmed by Mount Tai.
The phalanxes were densely packed, and it was easy to see the flags on them clearly. The visitor was no longer the General Gong Zhongshan whom we heard at first, but a man named Luo.
Looking from the top of the city, under the flag, there are densely packed soldiers of the Zhongshan Army wearing brown armor. The shining weapons shine dazzlingly in the sunlight.
Luo Longguang, the Taiwei of the Zhongshan Kingdom, personally took action. Ever since he learned that the Han army had brazenly disarmed all the Zhongshan troops in the three northern states and that his prince was imprisoned, the King of Zhongshan was ready to go crazy.
Now they have the support of the King of Tang and the edict of the 'King of Han'. After the defeat in the battle of Guangyang County, the 100,000 follow-up real Zhongshan Army infantry and cavalry immediately entered Quzhou. At the same time, two partial divisions also left and right.
March into Yuzhou and Hemuzhou.
Behind Luo Longguang were densely packed elite guards. He and the generals in the army stared at Changrui County. He looked carefully at the flags above and found no military flags!
Luo Longguang chuckled, pointed his riding whip at the county seat, and said aloud: "Where is the Han envoy?"
At this time, Ji Kun's 'envoy' quickly came out and said: "Captain Luo, the foreign minister is here."
"Since the King of Han has asked our country for rescue, I can't bear to commit more crimes. You quickly go to Zhijie to persuade the county magistrate of Chengtou to come out immediately to see the ceremony, abandon the false king, and choose the real one. Otherwise, after half an hour, I will
The army then began to attack, and when blood flowed into rivers, it is no wonder that the captain's men were ruthless."
"Yes, Lord Taiwei, the foreign minister will go now." The Han envoy performed a double act and sang harmony with Luo Longguang. Some uninformed generals around Luo Longguang really nodded at Luo Longguang's words, but the real discerning people
There were bursts of sneers in my heart.
What the King of Zhongshan did was true - he wanted to be a bitch and also build a memorial arch!
"Master Wang, what should we do now?" A young man at the top of the city whispered to Wang Kai. Judging from his attire, he must be a county official.
Wang Kai glared at the Han envoy below the city with blazing eyes. He put his hand on the sword at his waist and really wished he could kill the shameless dog's head immediately.
But looking at the densely packed Zhongshan Army under the city, Cang Ran sighed and said, "Just wait for the switch and leave the city!"
"Sir!" the young man yelled unwillingly. He really couldn't bear the shame of succumbing to the country of Zhongshan villains.
"People have to bow their heads under the eaves. There are less than a thousand volunteers in our county, how can they be the opponent of these 50,000 enemy prisoners? If the Zhongshan bandits break through, the people of our county will fight even if the whole county is defended.
No way out."
After hearing this, the young man was speechless.
A quarter of an hour later, the city gate opened wide and a group of people poured out, not for Wang Kai but for the county magistrate. Changrui County surrendered without a fight.
"My lord, my lord..." On top of the city, Liang Jin looked at Wang Kai with a sharp sword on his neck at a loss. "My lord, you can't..."
"Haha, what else can't be done? As the head of a county but unable to defend his territory, how can I face the world and be even more ashamed of the court? There is no other way to repay the kindness of the king and the hearts of the people, but death.
Mingxin!" Wang Kai's heart was broken when he saw the city gates opening wide and the city about to be shattered.
"Yeah!" He twirled the sword hard, and three feet of hot blood spattered.
"My lord, my lord..." Wang Kai's body fell, and Liang Jin burst into tears. Lying on the top of the city, a deeper and stronger hatred was taking root and sprouting...
"What happened at the top of the city?" Luo Longguang frowned when he heard the crying. His army was about to enter the city, but there was a lot of crying. How unlucky!
The personal entourage rushed to investigate, and after a while they reported back: "The magistrate of Changrui County committed suicide!"
The smiles on the faces of the Zhongshan Army generals who were chatting and laughing immediately stopped. Even Luo Longguang's hand stroking his beard couldn't help but twitch and plucked out three of his hairs!
"Well, well! The army is camped outside, and one of the troops is divided to defend the county and bury the county magistrate!"
The army simply did not enter the city. Anyway, they had to continue walking north in the afternoon. Just stay outside! Although the Zhongshan Army came to the Northern Han Dynasty with great pride, it was not a serious invading army after all. Hu
The methods of burning, killing and looting used by the cavalry cannot be used.
At most, they could raid the county treasury and seize some cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens, ducks and other floating wealth.
It was too much, and the King of Tang would not agree to it!
The Changrui Incident was just a small episode on the way to the Zhongshan Army's embargo. Luo Longguang and his group didn't take it to heart much except saying in their hearts: People in the Northern Han Dynasty were still there. This was not the time to go to Zhongshan and go to the Northern Han Dynasty.
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And the people's hearts are the weakest. As long as the Zhongshan Army can't reach the bottom line, people don't even need to pay attention to it over time, and the people's hearts will turn around on their own.
At dusk that day, the main force of more than 50,000 Zhongshan troops arrived under Dongjiang County. Together with the supply camp, most of the siege equipment arrived. The Zhongshan Kingdom, which had been planning for a long time, allocated a large number of chariots and horses to Luo Longguang's department.
Let the baggage not slow down the march. As for the Han army in the city, there is only one old army and only one new army. Including the civilian army, the total is only two thousand. The prefect of the county has summoned all the young men in the city in the past few days, but it is only ten thousand.
Compared with the Zhongshan army outside the city, they are really nothing more than an egg.
"Boom! Boom!"
Dongjiang County was densely packed with soldiers of the Zhongshan Army attacking the city. Thunderbolt carts poured burning stones poured with kerosene and hurled them into the city.
Every time there was a "boom", the house collapsed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
"Shoot!" Arrows crisscrossed the air like locusts. From the early morning fighting to the afternoon, the Zhongshan Army's infantry archers never lost momentum, but the crossbowmen in the city gradually disappeared.
"Get ready to break the stone, let go!"
Stones weighing tens to hundreds of kilograms were thrown from the top of the city. They hit the ladder truck heavily, and there was a scream every time it fell.
"The golden juice is boiling, ready to pour--" A large number of people were carrying large pots. The boiling dung juice was burning in it, and the stench was so high that the city defenders completely ignored it.
All of them were scarred and their eyes were full of bloodshot eyes. When they heard the order: "Down!"
Dozens of pots of boiling excrement poured down like yellow waterfalls, and almost instantly a group of horrific screams could be heard from below.
At this moment, hundreds of Zhongshan Army soldiers climbing on ladder trucks will be finished. The miserable howls can make people tremble with fear. After being poured over their bodies by boiling excrement juice, they will spit out hot smoke and expose their bodies.
The skin outside the armor will fall off without being touched, revealing the bones underneath, which is shocking.
With the sound of the horn, the Zhongshan army receded like a tide; with another sound of drum beating, a new wave of attacks came with a roar, and then continued to be resisted.
Xu Xun stood on the city wall, panting heavily, staring at the setting sun in the western sky. The blood-red setting sun was really like a rainbow of blood, spilling on the city and around him.
The Zhongshan Army's attack subsided on the first day, but in Nancheng, where the attack was most intense, there were now only two to three hundred of the thousand old and new county soldiers. There were also thousands of young and strong corpses.
He fell down on the city wall.
There was no fear in his heart, but he knew that if there were no reinforcements tomorrow, the destruction of Dongjiang City would be just around the corner, and he would most likely not even be able to see the rising sun the day after tomorrow.
On the temporarily built high platform, Luo Longguang stared at the head of Dongjiang County City. On it, the tattered red flag of the Han army was flying. Xu Xun's resistance was very resolute, and the resistance in the city was also very resolute. Although in any country with certain military literacy,
It seems to the general that Dongjiang City has reached the end of its rope.
But at least today, it still stands!
"You still refuse to surrender?" he turned to the Han envoy and asked.
"I still refuse." This Han envoy is a member of the Nangong family. At this time, he is no longer playing tricks and has no energy. "Xu Xun is a stubborn and stubborn person. He really doesn't know what is good or bad!" Luo Longguang has already promised.
, as long as Xu Xian is willing to open the city and surrender, he will forget the past and will never retaliate against himself and the soldiers and civilians in General Dongcheng.
"Really?" Luo Longguang sighed and said nothing more. These are loyal ministers of the country and the pillars of the country! If it were in Zhongshan Kingdom, these would be the heroes of the whole country.
After a while, he asked again: "Is there any news about reinforcements from the Han army?"
"I only know that the Han court urgently recalled Zhu Biao and began to mobilize the Luozhou army to go south."
"It's really just as stubborn. The main force is restrained on the northern front and cannot go south, and the soldiers of the royal capital are surrounded in Wei County. They still refuse to beg for mercy and surrender. Do they have to fight to the gates of Beiping City before they bow their heads?"
"That's all! We'll break the Dongjiang River tomorrow!"
"Drive, drive, drive..." Tens of thousands of horse hooves trampled the earth, and the earth shook, making thunderous roars.
It started to rain! Five thousand Bo-daoling spirit riders galloped forward in the heavy rain!
"Long drive——"
"Long drive——"
"Long drive——"
Techniques and tactics are constantly being used. While the speed is increased by 30%, 5 points of fatigue are also accumulated little by little. Although the amount is small, the accumulation adds up. At the end of the day, the horses and soldiers are exhausted. But Zhu Biao said
The army he led traveled five hundred miles in one day. Even with one man and three horses, it far exceeded the record of cavalry's sudden advance.
At the same time, the imperial court issued a Thousand Miles Expedition in advance, so that all counties and counties blocked the passes and inspected the intersections. Without official certificates, no one was allowed to gallop on horseback. To a certain extent, the whereabouts of Zhu Biao's troops were covered.
He mentioned before that non-government officials are not allowed to keep pigeons, hawks and other birds used for messengers and investigations throughout the country. This has been implemented throughout the Northern Han Dynasty. Otherwise, this time the local governments will block road traffic and control the traffic.
It's impossible to reach the sky! Before Zhu Biao suddenly entered the battlefield, the Zhongshan Army had already learned the news.
What a fart that surprise attack is!
Dongjiang County, the next day.
Aerial ladders were erected, and there were no more arrows on the city. Among the sounds of falling, there were only large pots of dung and rolling logs and stones falling down.
However, the arrows in the city were exhausted, and the archers were even more exhausted, so they had to desperately boil the excrement, dump it and demolish the houses with rolled logs and rocks.
Although every time the boiling dung juice fell, screams would continue to be heard in the white mist, but everyone on and off the city saw that the ruined city was right in front of them.
"Kill!" Xu Xun roared angrily, and slashed to death another Zhongshan soldier who had climbed up. Blood spattered, and the man gasped fiercely. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed across the corner of his eyes, and then he felt that all the strength in his body had disappeared.
Everything was blurred. He tried to squeeze out a little strength from his weak body, but his rapidly weakening body could no longer gather any strength.
"Your Majesty!" Xu Xian heard the roar of the commander of the army...
At this moment, at this moment, an exclamation came from the distance, and then a golden sound rang in Xu Xun's ears. It was so dark in front of him!
