Chapter 232 Battle at the Border Gate and Liangcheng
After reading the letter, Yang Guogong slowly closed his eyes.
"Iron caltrops, can they resist horses and spears...Zhou Yong, have you seen these two things?"
"This..." Zhou Yong didn't dare to talk nonsense, shook his head and said: "No."
"Humph, since there is no such thing, how can I believe that I will win the battle?"
Zhou Yong said sternly: "My lord, please believe that the young master is a human being. The young master is a human being, just like the Duke of the country, he will not take the wrong target. If he is not sure, he will not let me come..."
This sentence can be said to have captured Yang Guogong's thoughts.
Yes, this kid Yang Wenli has done a lot of things for him since he was a child.
Almost everything is done perfectly!
There were even many things that he didn't even think of, but he managed them successfully.
Seeing that Yang Guogong seemed to be moved, Zhou Yong struck while the iron was hot: "Sir, the reason why the barbarians are so powerful is the wolf cavalry! If there were no wolf cavalry, our soldiers would not be weaker than them, and they would definitely be able to avenge their shame.
When the time comes, Your Majesty will definitely be overjoyed."
Yang Guogong nodded slightly: "Okay, I can give troops, but Zhou Yong, please remember that from the moment you leave this room, you are not allowed to talk to anyone about the border. In addition, you bring a message and tell Wenli
, we must test the caltrops and the carbine, I don’t want any mistakes to happen again!”
"If he fails again this time, no one can save him!"
Zhou Yong's heart trembled, knowing that Yang Guogong had given him an ultimatum.
He did not dare to say more, lowered his head and said: "I obey my orders."
"Well, you wait."
Yang Guogong went out for a while.
When he came back, he had a troop transfer token and documents in his hand.
"This is a troop mobilization token. Keep it well. Do you want to rest for a night before going back?" Yang Guogong asked.
After putting away the token, Zhou Yong didn't have any intention of resting. He said quickly: "The military affairs are urgent. Your Majesty, I don't need to rest. I will leave first."
After speaking, Zhou Yong left here.
Along the way, Zhou Yong didn't even want to rest. He almost ate while riding his horse.
When I was really tired, I changed horses at the inn, rested for a few hours, and then started on the road.
Finally, it took three days for Zhou Yong to arrive at Meilan City.
Yang Wenli was shocked when he saw the transfer token.
He had originally planned to wait for five days. After all, he estimated that Zhou Yong would have to persuade his father there for a while.
I didn't expect it to be so fast.
After asking carefully, I found that Zhou Yong didn't say anything, he just told the matter truthfully.
He understood immediately that his father still trusted him.
Since Zhou Yong came back early, Yang Wenli decided to leave early too.
"Are you leaving so early?"
After hearing Yang Wenli's suggestion, Su Anlin didn't mind.
During this period, he arranged for his men to make a lot of caltrops.
These caltrops were put in boxes, ready to be taken away together.
As for the anti-horse gun, not many were made. Although it was not heavy, it was too bulky and inconvenient to carry.
So I plan to do it when I get to Bianliang City.
He is about to leave, and the matters in Meilan City have been pretty much handled these days.
There are many things that have to be done by subordinates, and Su Anlin has become the hands-off shopkeeper.
But this is also the daily life of most hall masters.
As a hall leader, most people are supposed to eat, play, or practice.
If someone really makes trouble, the hall master will step in to solve the problem.
After Su Anlin and his men gave instructions, they set off on the second day.
This time, in addition to Yang Wenli's own people, Su Anlin also brought along No. 50 of his own people.
A total of more than 100 people chartered a large boat and headed to Heshui County.
However, they did not take the road to Heshui County. Instead, they took a boat and continued along the river.
Therefore, Su Anlin did not get off the boat, otherwise, he would consider going to see his sister.
"Hey, that's all. Although the Yin Sect has not shown up for the time being, it is still staring at me from somewhere. I'd better calm down and don't show off."
Su Anlin looked in the direction of Heshui County on the boat, but he still didn't go there after all.
Three days later, they had arrived at the prairie and started riding in a carriage.
A few days passed, and the grassland became increasingly sparse. On this day, Su Anlin finally saw a bare city.
The reason why the city looks bare is because the whole city is filled with yellow sand.
The houses and land have no other colors, and they all look gray.
"This is Bianliang City, isn't it desolate?" On the carriage, Yang Wenli opened the curtain and shouted to Su Anlin.
Su Anlin rode his horse and nodded slightly: "There are many refugees."
In front of his eyes, many people in ragged clothes were walking on the desolate official road pushing handcarts.
Unable to help himself, Su Anlin thought of the old Huangji Town.
However, although Huangji Town is poor, there are not many people who go abroad.
Unlike here, people who have traveled far away are everywhere.
"Hey, barbarians are harassing the border, and it's the common people who are suffering."
Yang Wenli sighed.
Su Anlin nodded slightly.
The so-called barbarians are a grassland country called Liqi.
The bannermen were originally not very powerful, but after unifying the major tribes in the grassland, they became stronger and stronger.
During the conversation, the group entered Bianliang City.
The shops on the street were all closed, and occasionally I saw some pedestrians running by in a hurry.
Yang Wenli walked directly towards the city lord's mansion. As soon as he entered, he felt as if he had entered his own home.
However, there was no one in the city lord's palace.
After asking carefully, I found out that Huang Xing and his soldiers were stationed outside and were already confronting the flag-raising team.
Knowing this, Yang Wenli became anxious.
"No, I have to go to the city lord immediately and get the military power first."
Although he had a way to deal with the wolf cavalry this time.
However, there are only so many soldiers on hand.
In the entire Bianliang City, apart from the 30,000 soldiers he had before, there were only 30,000 from the city lord's palace.
Adding in the miscellaneous other soldiers, the total number is about 100,000.
These are their fundamentals. Once something goes wrong, even if there is a way to deal with the wolf cavalry, it will be difficult to cause damage to the bannermen.
After Yang Wenli arranged Su Anlin in the courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, he immediately went to the City Lord's Mansion.
Su Anlin could only wait in the courtyard.
However, after waiting for two hours, Yang Wenli was still not seen coming.
"I'm going to take a stroll. If Young Master Yang comes to see me, come and call me."
With that said, Su Anlin said to a local soldier: "Take me for a walk and get familiar with the environment."
He was going to see what the city lord's palace was like and get familiar with it.
But just as they arrived at the city gate, they saw a team coming in.
The soldier leading the way changed his face slightly: "It's General Huang Xing."
General Huang Xing was the person who succeeded Yang Wenli.
He is said to be a general, but in reality he is a playboy.
In his early years, Yang Wenli led the troops and achieved many achievements.
Above the court, the scenery is endless.
As a result, some dudes became jealous.
No, after Yang Wenli was impeached, Huang Xing, with the help of his father, became the commander-in-chief here and guarded the border.
It's actually gold plated.
The original plan was that if the flag-raiser did not take action during these days, he could lie about several battles, say victory, and then claim credit.
After a year and a half, he left this hellish place, returned to the court, and transformed into a serious general.
Unexpectedly, the flag-laying man actually called.
No, he had just led his troops out in the morning, and when he saw the flag-laying men looking at him with eager eyes, he immediately ran back with a group of personal guards.
The soldier next to Su Anlin was also a squad leader, who belonged to Yang Wenli.
Seeing Huang Xing coming back, he was worried about the safety of the large army and walked over quickly: "General Huang, why are you back?"
Huang Xing is tall and thick, but he has a shrewd look on his face.
Of course he wouldn't say that I ran back early because of fear.
Instead, he said with a serious face: "I'm not feeling well. The flag-raiser won't do anything for a while anyway. I'll take a rest first."
The general actually took a rest before going into battle.
Su Anlin was also speechless, what a strange encounter.
The team leader was also stunned. He didn't care about the following offense and said quickly: "General Huang, the flag-bearing people are watching with eager eyes. As the commander-in-chief, you can't rest well now. If the flag-raising people suddenly attack..."
"What, you question me?"
Huang Xing stared.
Even though they are a group of cowards externally, internally, they are more ruthless than the other!
As he spoke, Huang Xing snorted coldly and whipped the riding crop in his hand directly towards the squad leader's face.
"Crack!"
This whip was about to be thrown at the squad leader's face.
Su Anlin frowned, stepped forward immediately, and grabbed the riding whip.
"Huh? Who the hell are you to dare to grab my riding crop?" Huang Xing cursed.
He secretly thought that this person was probably one of Yang Wenli's subordinates.
Suddenly my nose became crooked with anger.
None of Yang Wenli's subordinates really listened to him. He had taught countless people a lesson recently.
Many people have learned well.
Who knew that someone would dare to be rude to him and really think that Huang Xing was a vegetarian?
Su Anlin frowned and said: "As a general, I cannot lead by example. How do you lead troops like this? Come down here!"
He pulled hard.
Huang Xing's strength is only at the first level of internal energy, but he still relies on drugs to increase his strength. How can he be Su Anlin's opponent.
Therefore, Su Anlin pulled him off easily.
"oops!"
Huang Xing hit the ground with his butt, wailing in pain.
Behind him were a group of men in civilian clothes.
He quickly came over and helped Huang Xing up.
A group of people immediately pointed at Su Anlin and yelled.
"Who the hell are you? You dare to hit Mr. Huang!"
"General, if you dare to fight, you are finished. I said so."
"Made, cut him!"
A total of six people suddenly surrounded Su Anlin.
Huang Xing touched his butt, and his face suddenly turned ugly: "I'll cut him until his parents can't even notice."
"ah!!"
Suddenly, a person punched me.
Bang!
Su Anlin had no intention of holding back, and punched him. The man's head suddenly exploded, and blood sprayed all over the ground.
“A bunch of fun people!”
Su Anlin whispered, and suddenly, his figure flashed.
"Bang bang bang..."
The remaining five people didn't even react, their heads exploded one after another, blood sprayed all over the ground, turning the dust red.
When Huang Xing came back, he brought dozens of people with him.
Most of them died at once, frightening some of the soldiers behind them.
Su Anlin raised his head towards Huang Xing and walked towards him step by step: "So, you want to cut me?"
"Brother, if you have something to say, please tell me. I'm just joking."
Huang Xing suddenly became frightened.
"What's going on?"
At this moment, Yang Wenli walked out with a dark-skinned middle-aged man wearing black armor.
The team leader beside him whispered: "Master Su, that is the city lord, Sun Liancheng."
Su Anlin nodded slightly.
On the way here, Yang Wenli mentioned it to him.
The lord of the city, Sun Liancheng, is the commander-in-chief here. He is in charge of 30,000 personal soldiers, plus those in the hands of others in the city, the total is about 70,000.
As a general, he only had 30,000 troops, so when sending troops, he often needed Sun Liancheng's consent.
Fortunately, this Sun Liancheng was not a dandy, and he was also very dissatisfied with the fact that some dandy boys came over to do the gold plating.
It is believed that it will delay the opportunity of fighting, and even lead to a devastating defeat.
But there is no way.
He is just a local city lord and does not have great management rights.
"City Master Sun, you are here to save me."
Huang Xing immediately burst into tears, rushed over, and rambled on about what had happened.
After hearing this, Sun Liancheng looked at Su Anlin: "Mr. Yang, is this Hall Master Su you are talking about?"
"Exactly."
"What's going on? Hey, Yang Wenli, why are you here?" Huang Xing was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed that Yang Wenli was coming.
He slapped his thigh: "I know, this person is yours, okay, you actually allow your people to beat me, you, you, you... are looking for death!"
Yang Wenli snorted coldly: "Looking for death? I think you are looking for death."
"Do you know that I am the commander-in-chief here!" Huang Xing cursed: "When I move in to reinforce the troops, you..."
Before he finished speaking, Yang Wenli suddenly took out his token.
"this……"
"This is a troop transfer order and a letter of appointment!" Yang Wenli took out the document again: "Now this place is officially taken over by me, and you have been dismissed."
"Removal, how is it possible?"
"There is nothing impossible. The enemy is facing us, and as a general, you actually escaped from the battlefield!" Yang Wenli said coldly.
"Okay, okay, if you dismiss me, I will dismiss you. The wolf cavalry of the flag-bearer is here. Let's see what you do."
Huang Xing waved his hand indifferently.
His father is a minister of the DPRK.
Although he is not as good as Yang Guogong, he is not afraid of what Yang Wenli can really do to him.
This is what happened in the imperial court.
Everyone is quarreling and quarreling. If you really touch my family, I'm sorry, but you won't stop until death!
Under normal circumstances, no one will betray each other.
Huang Xing left angrily, and Sun Liancheng shook his head and sighed: "This Huang Xing, after he came here, made this place a mess. Fortunately, he is gone now."
"City Master Sun, without further ado, let's go to the forging camp. We must seize the time to make iron caltrops and anti-horse guns."
Sun Liancheng nodded and said to Su Anlin: "Palace Master Su, Lord Marquis, please."
The forging battalion is responsible for forging iron tools and producing military supplies in the army.
On the way, Su Anlin and Sun Liancheng talked about the functions of caltrops and horse-repelling guns.
But Sun Liancheng is also a rough man.
He is the lord of the city, but he doesn't know how to lead troops to fight.
I just heard that Su Anlin was very powerful, so I paid attention to him.
"Palace Master Su, I don't understand this either. You can arrange for craftsmen to repair it. It won't be a big deal if it doesn't work well. But when the time comes, I hope you can take action and save all the people from the fire."