"What? Yao Fangqiong was not caught, and even his soldiers ran away?" Lu Tong looked at Jiao Ming, Wang Jiuling and others who bowed their heads in silence angrily. He really wanted to add: "Then what do you do for food?"
ah?"
He couldn't help but feel a little restless in his heart. He still expected to escort Yao Fangqiong to "show off his power" at the gate of Baicang City? That would probably lead to "conquering the enemy without fighting". But now it's better.
, the object that shocked Baicang was gone, and the cooked duck flew away.
"You, and you." Lu Tong pointed at Jiao Ming and Wang Jiuling, "Where are the two enemy generals you strangled in the battle before? I will borrow their heads."
If Yao Fangqiong could be captured, he would be able to break the morale of the defenders in the city as long as he went to Baicang City. But now that he has not been captured, he can only use the heads of the other two unlucky guys. With Chen Jing,
, Li Weiguo's head, plus five or six thousand prisoners, and more than three thousand people were captured, which seems to be about the same.
Lu Tong did not plan to mess with this issue for long. He planned to move outside Baicang City overnight and solve this problem in the morning. He would march to Yugu Road in the afternoon and start the attack tomorrow.
Ever since he left Fanyu Mountain, he still didn't know what was going on with the main force. Lu Tong didn't even mention Zhu Biao's main force on his face, but he was worried about it.
"Back... back to the general, I didn't have time to clean up the one I chopped down. Now, I don't know if it's still in the same place." Jiao Ming finished speaking hesitantly and immediately raised his head. When he reported his merits before,
, he just told Lu Tong that as for Chen Jing's body, weapons, flags, armor, etc., he didn't have anyone to clean up at that time. He was too busy just to collect the prisoners. Who would have the heart to clean up the battlefield?
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"You didn't clean up? Then what can you do to repay your merit?" Lu Tong was a little out of breath, and his stomach immediately burst into flames when he heard this. Although he was not very strict about military merit, Jiao Ming came this time without proving anything.
Doesn't it seem too casual to report merit?
Could you at least pull the lever and lead the flag?
But this can't be blamed on others, he himself is not strict in taking care of people's heads. Lu Tong himself is not interested in heads. The Central Plains has been peaceful for thirty years. The generals who grew up in this peaceful era are not interested in taking heads.
, no one can adapt to this habit immediately.
At Lanmei Mountain, Lu Tong specifically ordered the bodies of the deputy general and several officers under him to be buried after everything was over, and made several coffins to bury them alive. Jiao Ming felt troublesome when he thought about it.
, so even without Chen Jing’s body, I would be relieved.
But the rules are rules. If someone kills an enemy general in the formation, the person who has made the achievement must bring the enemy general's flag, head, etc., and then have his identity verified by a civil official such as the master register and chronicler who records military achievements.
Although Jiao Ming was in trouble, as long as the Dou soldiers who were with him did not say that he killed Chen Jing, then Jiao Ming would definitely be credited with killing the enemy general.
Rules can be flexible in private. But now that Lu Tong got angry and scolded Jiao Ming, he could only listen.
In fact, Jiao Ming's thinking has not yet changed. During the war, his meritorious service was the most important. However, a string in his mind has not yet tightened, and he has been habitually cheating, just to relax for himself.
Save your effort, you won't hit the right spot.
Lu Tong glanced at Wang Jiuling, who also had her head lowered, and waved her hand, "Fetch me immediately and deliver it to my case within two-quarters of an hour."
Generals Jiao Ming and Wang Jiuling immediately returned to the original battlefield to look for the bodies of Chen Jing and Li Weiguo. Not to mention this, let's just talk about Lu Tong. After all the prisoners were taken, they immediately ordered people to capture the rest of the prince's army camp.
With plenty of food and baggage, the whole army rested and prepared for an overnight march in the direction of Baicang.
Taking Baicang City within one morning tomorrow was his intended goal. The prince's army was powerful and time was very tight. He did not dare to delay at all.
Only when the cock crows, which is the middle of the ugly hour, does the army arrive more than ten miles south of Baicang City.
After hastily setting up a camp and settling the prisoners, it was already dawn.
Dawn gradually breaks in the sky, with a few remaining stars inlaid on the light blue sky, and the earth is hazy, as if shrouded in a gray veil.
There is a hint of protein in the eastern sky, and clouds gather on the horizon like a market. Set off by a ray of ruddy sunshine, they seem to be soaked in red fuel, revealing a faint crimson.
A few miles away, there was a noise at the top of Baicang City. It was the guards changing guard at the top of the city. The soldiers who had been guarding all night were the most sleepy at this time, so it was a bit awkward for the county captain to change his soldiers at this time.
level.
The waning moon is like a tarnished pebble, thrown into the sky. Slowly, the hazy gray between the sky and the earth fades away, and a cool gauze-like mist spreads in the air. When the sun jumps out of the clouds, thousands of rays of light shine down.
, the earth covered with light gauze will be revealed bit by bit in front of people's eyes.
Baicang City is famous for the fact that the city is full of grain. It is a rare fertile land surrounded by mountains. There are seventeen large and small rivers flowing through the territory, with sufficient water sources. Therefore, every winter and spring, the water vapor is heavy,
There is often mist in the morning, as it is today.
The sun was shining, and the water mist gradually dissipated. "Huh?" A guard at the top of the city suddenly noticed that there seemed to be two black shadows not far outside the city, and he couldn't help but let out a soft cry.
When several surrounding guards heard this man's exclamation, their minds immediately tensed up. They subconsciously thought that the Song army had sneaked into the city, and they immediately started shouting loudly. There were noises, and hundreds of guards at the head of the south city rushed to the city.
He looked outside the city, looking for his target. But when he looked carefully, he saw two dark shadows standing in his eyes thirty or fifty steps away from the city.
"Ah what??"
"Like two wooden poles."
"What's that dark mass on top?"
As the water mist completely dissipated, everyone's speculations came to a definite conclusion. Those were human heads, and there were two heads hanging on the two flagpoles.
The moment they saw the heads clearly, the 500 guards on the entire south city wall instantly stopped talking, opened their mouths wide, or were stunned. They were completely stunned by what they saw!
The war resumed, and none of them would be unfamiliar with human heads in the future! The reason why the five hundred guards at the top of the city were so shocked that they lost their voices was because of the identities of the owners of these two heads, so
Just shocked.
"Chen" and "Li", the two general flags hanging upside down are still fluttering in the wind, and the characters Doudashuo written on them are clearly visible.
"General Yao was defeated -" The defenders who were stunned by the identity of the two heads instantly reflected the same fact in their hearts. This is obvious. If the returning army led by Yao Fangqiong had not been defeated, Chen Jing would have
, how did Li Weiguo's two leading generals lose their lives?
The noise at the top of the city immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding people. Not long after, the news of Yao Fangqiong's defeat and the deaths of two captains, Chen Jing and Li Weiguo, reached the ears of the people. When the county magistrate rushed to the west gate, this
The news had already spread to more than half of the warehouses, and it was too late to keep it quiet.
"False, it's all fake. This is the Song Army's plan to disrupt the morale and public opinion of the soldiers in our city. Don't believe it!" The county magistrate's only countermeasure now is to deny it. He usually looks gentle and elegant.
He was so excited at the moment that he couldn't contain himself. In fact, he was so willing to believe that the things in front of him were fake. He was willing to believe that the things in front of him were fake.
However, what is false becomes unreal, and what is true cannot become false. Just when the county magistrate shouted loudly and worked hard for nearly an hour, barely stabilizing the soldiers and civilians in the city, the Song army, who had finally slept for a while, came out of the stronghold.
More than 5,000 prisoners of war, plus the 1,000 captives from Lanmei Mountain, more than 6,000 people walked powerlessly under the protection of the Song army with low eyebrows. A total of 5,000 Song army infantrymen were arrayed on both sides and behind them.
pawns, plus three hundred fine cavalry. In the battle last night, the cavalry unit led by Dou Bing performed outstandingly, but its own casualties were not small. Those who died in battle, together with those who were injured and unable to fight, reduced their number by nearly a quarter. But
When he reported to Lu Tong, Lu Tong waved his hand and all the troops under his command randomly selected soldiers. In the blink of an eye, the cavalry troops were restored to full strength again.
The county magistrate's face suddenly turned white, whiter than white wax. He had just calmed down the morale of the army, and now the Song army had taken out five or six thousand prisoners. He could almost imagine how this would be for the soldiers and civilians defending the city.
blow.
Sure enough, after groups of prisoners of war appeared on the horizon, the defenders in Nancheng became excited.
The huge sense of fear prevented them from staying quietly in their original positions, especially after they saw some familiar figures among the prisoners of war under the city.
The commotion in the southern city quickly spread to the east, west, and north gates, and further spread among the people in the city, like a prairie fire, making it impossible for anyone to cover up.
"Lao Peng..." The county magistrate turned to the county captain beside him and asked in a low voice. His face was pale, but he still had some sense compared to the confused soldiers. "What should we do?
?Do you have any good ideas? How about using soldiers to suppress it? You can just say something!"
"Use troops to suppress?" the county captain laughed at himself. Although he still had an absolutely reliable army of soldiers at his disposal, how could he suppress the city's four to five thousand soldiers and civilians, ten times his own strength?
He used soldiers to suppress him and shook his head, it was easier said than done.
"Listen to the defenders in the city. My general has said that as long as you are willing to put down your weapons obediently, do not make meaningless resistance, and no longer work for the traitors who killed their fathers and usurped the throne, our army will ensure your personal safety.
Never kill a person indiscriminately, never plunder a house."
Just when the county magistrate wanted to stand up and speak again, a group of elite cavalry flew to the place where the flagpole was erected at the bottom of the city and shouted loudly.
"Fire arrows——" This was the county magistrate's first reaction. Such remarks could never be used unscrupulously by the Song army. And the Song army used the death of the late emperor to make a shit basin and put it on the head of the current emperor.
This also made the county magistrate feel disgusted.
The Song Army cavalry team in front of them has already entered the range of the bow and arrow. Even though the county magistrate is not familiar with the army, he dares to guarantee it. At this time, a random arrow attack will surely turn them into hedgehogs.
"Sir!" The county lieutenant grabbed the county magistrate who was about to wave hello. "Open your eyes and look at the soldiers at the top of the city. They don't have the courage to resist." The county lieutenant was obviously wrong, because the guards at the top of the city were
There are still a few people in the army who hold on to the weapons in their hands. As long as the county magistrate makes up his mind, they will immediately bend their bows and prepare arrows to fight back.
"Your whole family is in the city!" The county captain's family is also in the city.
An old Chinese saying can clearly explain the current situation of the county magistrate and county captain: a monk cannot escape the temple if he runs away. The county magistrate and the county captain themselves can run away before the city is destroyed, but the dozen or so people in their family
The old, weak, wife and children could not run away, which angered Song Jun, and everyone in his family was going to be stabbed.
The county lieutenant persuaded the county magistrate to stop. Although this was to leave a way for the magistrate to retreat, it was also to leave a chance for himself to survive.
"You must wait within two quarters of an hour to open the city and surrender, otherwise the army will attack the city. When the swords are drawn, your flesh and blood will fly everywhere, and you will be burned together." In this moment, another small group of cavalry rushed to the city.
Shouting in the distance.
The county magistrate's expression changed again, two quarters of an hour!!!
"Alas -" he sighed, and the county magistrate looked desolate. The Song army pressed too hard. "A certain family is ashamed of the emperor and the prefect Yang!" Shaking his head and lamenting, the county magistrate actually walked down the tower step by step.
The county lieutenant was stunned at first, and then his face lit up. The county magistrate was about to give up, so he... he murmured in his heart. The county lieutenant looked around the city and saw that except for the messy soldiers and young men, it was still a mess.
The soldiers were strong and strong, and of course some of the defenders looked at them with resentful looks on their faces, but they were not many in number, probably only twenty or thirty.
The reputation of surrendering in Kaicheng was very bad, and it carried great political risks. At the same time, the county captain did not want to be pointed out and scolded as a weakling, so he also imitated the county magistrate, returned home, and stayed behind closed doors. As for the
Whether Baicang City should be defended or surrendered should be left to the Du Bo and the military marquis at the top of the city to discuss it. It won't hinder me as a small county captain.
"Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly... We are willing to surrender..." Two quarters of an hour has just passed, and the county magistrate and county captain can't be found. The Nancheng defenders who have lost their backbone can't even catch up.
After saying hello to the guards at the other three gates, Ding Zhuang hurriedly opened the city gate. Although a small number of people were unwilling, they were unable to stop everyone's wishes.
"General, the city gate is open." Jiao Ming's tone was full of joy.
"Hahaha, the whole army is entering the city." Lu Tong laughed heartily. Those who get a hundred warehouses will have a foothold. I thought it would take all morning, but it's just Chen hour now.
With a wave of his hand, a military commander immediately led a thousand troops from his headquarters into the city first.
"General, what should we do?"
In a crop field outside Baicang City, Wang Yue asked Yao Fangqiong anxiously. They hurriedly and slowly arrived at Baicang City, but who expected that they were overtaken by the Song Army's cavalry.
As soon as they saw the outline of the county town in the darkness, the sound of horse hooves sounded behind them. Yao Fangqiong led his men into the green gauze tent on the side of the road, and then watched helplessly as Baicang City, just one step away, changed within two hours.
It fell into the hands of the Song army.
"Let's go to Wugang -" Yao Fangqiong tightly grasped a handful of green leaves, and green drops flowed from the gaps between her fingers. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
