Two hundred and sixtieth IX Mountains and Seas (16)
Compared to the ease of the surprise attack outside the city the night before, the battle inside Ryashi Castle this time was extremely intense.
For one thing, Ji Zeng's troops were drawn from the garrison around Dongdu and belonged to the regular troops of the Wei Dynasty. After the Three Expeditions, they were still supplied, assigned, trained, and supplemented by Dongdu's warehouses. Their combat effectiveness was naturally higher than that of Shi Huaiming's Qinghe.
The family fortune of the county soldiers is unlikely to collapse even if it encounters a night raid;
Secondly, the field soldiers in the city received a death order. Several of the camp commanders were detained as deputy commanders and personally led the troops to fight in the front. No matter what, they must quickly capture the city gate and the county government office.
Let’s talk about other strategic points... For a time, the soldiers stationed in the city were almost risking life and death. With a superiority of three to one to two to one, they attacked from all directions at the same time.
The hand-to-hand encounter at night was particularly brutal, and to everyone's surprise, only about a quarter of an hour after the battle broke out, one wing of the battle suddenly wavered.
"Kill! Revenge for General Ji!"
Next to a large courtyard across the street from the county government, just after the army tried hard to open up a section of the courtyard wall that had been arranged in advance, the Dongdu Army inside the wall surged out of the gap in formations as if they had been prepared.
When the enemy came out, the army in front of them couldn't resist for a while, and they were broken up by the opponent and rushed directly to the street.
"Surround us! Surround us!"
In the chaos, a military garrison commander surnamed Zhao who was in front of him came over after hearing the news. His eyes were almost splitting when he saw this scene, and he commanded loudly. "How can we let them run away? How can we let them run away?!"
Commander Zhao was so fierce that the soldiers below naturally did not dare to neglect, and rushed forward one after another, trying to intercept him on the street. Commander Zhao himself, after watching the battle for a while, saw the right opportunity, and personally held a spear, preparing to intercept
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"Don't surround, don't surround." At this moment, Han Erlang's confidant Zhang Wuge, who was leading the army in place of Commander Liu, also came over after hearing the news. After observing for a while, he chose to grab Commander Zhao. "Isn't it just right that they escaped?
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Village Chief Zhao was stunned for a moment, then stamped his feet and changed his words: "I'm not worried that they will run away, but I'm afraid that they will rush to the county government office to save people..."
"No!" Brother Zhang Wu immediately reminded. "I knew right away that they wanted to run away! If they really wanted to save people, they wouldn't be so well-prepared! They brought everything with them!"
Village Chief Zhao was stunned again, still puzzled: "But why did you run?"
"I don't know either, but they really seem to be running away...
"..." Although Brother Zhang Wu understood the situation, his brain seemed unable to keep up.
Of course, soon, as the two armies kept shouting to kill, the commander of Zhao Tun was shocked and suddenly realized... There was no other way. At this time, the army shouted "Ji Zeng is dead"; and these suddenly
The Dongdu Army gave up their defense and rushed out, shouting "Revenge for the general"!
That's right! Ji Zeng, the strongest combat force here and the natural commander here, did not appear in public for a full quarter of an hour after the battle broke out... He was a master of condensation, and he cultivated Hui.
Guang Zhenqi, with just one leap at this time, can escape from the county government office across the street, and then quickly stabilize the morale of the officers and soldiers surrounding the county government office.
But he didn't.
Ji Zeng, the Seven Taibao of Jing'an Station who was able to get past many Taibao because of his outstanding cultivation, did not appear on the battlefield, nor did he show his cultivation that was enough to make the final decision on this battlefield where high-end combat power was insufficient.
At this time, the soldiers in the gang were shouting: "Ji Zeng is dead!
It is no wonder that these Dongdu troops, who were very close to the county government but were separated at the first moment, chose to flee under the fierce attack - they were bluffed.
Village Chief Zhao knew that, as Han Erlang said, Ji Zeng was poisoned, and after realizing it was too late to save him, it was no longer possible for him to use the methods of a master of condensing pills... This But Han Erlang worked hard for it...After this incident, coupled with the victory the night before yesterday, who would still refuse to accept Han Erlang?
"Leave them alone! Attack the county government office!" At this thought, Tuen Commander Zhao quickly reacted and issued the order again.
"You can't just ignore it. If you don't ignore it, they will become suspicious!" Brother Zhang fifth reminded in a low voice. "A hundred people will chase after you, and then quickly concentrate your forces to capture the county government office and kill Ji Zeng!"
"That's it!" Chief Zhao responded immediately and quickly ordered the division of troops. However, he saw that the Dongdu Army that was originally guarding the county government followed the army's retreat and headed towards the west gate tower where the battle was taking place. , but quickly turned around and asked Brother Zhang nervously. "Brother Zhang, since this team of Dongdu thieves have escaped, should we change our strategy and capture the county government office quickly? Can you make up your mind? It's arson. Or attack by force? What if Ji Zeng still has some energy left?!"
"Set fire! Set fire!" Brother Zhang opened his mouth, obviously feeling guilty, but he still gritted his teeth and gave his advice. "Set fire according to the previous guaranteed plan! It will be faster this way! As for Ji Zeng, we can't control him. If he can't fly, we'll shoot him with a crossbow. If he can't fly, we'll tie him up with a fishing net and stab him with a spear!
After receiving this not-so-smart answer, Chief Zhao became very calm and immediately turned away with his sword in hand.
In a moment, fire broke out around the county government office. "General! General!"
As soon as the fire started, Ji Zeng's personal guards couldn't stand it anymore and immediately retreated to the backyard and found Ji Zeng. "Seven Taibo! The thieves set the fire! We can see clearly that there are steel crossbows outside! There are also fishing nets and hemp ropes. They are Come prepared!"
Ji Zeng sat on the couch, holding the edge with both hands, clenching his teeth and tightening his facial muscles. Hearing these words, he did not speak at all.
The guards couldn't help but panic when they saw this, and the first few people even entered the room to support him.
It turned out that when the battle started, they had already come once to help Ji Zeng sit up. However, Ji Zeng could still speak at that time, but he scolded them to fight immediately to buy himself time so that he could use his true energy to suppress the toxins. Timely participation in the war... In view of this, these personal guards at that time thought that Ji Zeng was not seriously poisoned. Who would have thought that in just a moment, the situation would suddenly turn for the worse?
"Where is General Zheng?" Several people had just approached and before they could support him, Ji Zeng used his tongue to push open his teeth and asked with all his strength. "Isn't his team of soldiers across the street? They can't occupy a high platform to erect it. Can a crossbow control a courtyard wall and street?"
"Run away!" When several people were at a loss, another guard came in from outside the door and greeted quickly. "Seven Taibao! Captain Zheng ran away! I was on the roof before and saw them shouting words of revenge for you.
, but went to the west gate tower, I must have thought you were dead!"
Ji Zeng was startled for a moment, and then he seemed to have realized something. He clenched his teeth again on the spot and tightened the muscles of his limbs. If his personal guards had not been supporting him by his side, he would have fallen on the bed immediately.
The guards were also in a mess on the spot. Some people went to help, some went out to check the fire and wait and see the situation. Some people were horrified and cried out of control on the spot. But some people seemed to have grasped the key: "There is a toilet pit in the public building over there."
, can you give me feces to detoxify?!"
Just do it as you say, someone ignored the dirt and poured a pot of old excrement into the room, and for a while the stench filled the sky.
At this time, some personal guards helped to open Ji Zeng's teeth, but the Seventh Taibao took this opportunity to open his mouth and yelled: "Get out! Get out!"
How could they all get out? It was just the guards carrying the excrement who turned around and left in a hurry.
Ji Zeng took a breath, but found that his teeth were tense again and it was difficult to speak. At this difficult moment, the Seven Taibao's tears fell.
Moreover, even though it was only a short moment of chaos, Ji Zeng's groggy head was spinning several times... When he first discovered that he was poisoned, he was puzzled and even unwilling to believe himself.
He was poisoned, but as the army attacked in large numbers, he still had to believe that he had been tricked into surrendering... But at this time, he didn't have much resentment, because he followed the army's slogan and captured his own
What I thought was the truth was that the reinforcements had arrived!
Help the large army come over and attack from inside and outside. After receiving the order, the soldiers in the city will fake surrender to ensure that they and their troops are trapped in the city and become turtles in the urn. At this time, Han Erlang and the other soldiers in the city will naturally have the courage to fight.
power.
After all, in front of the large army, these thousands of people are just a finger on the tentative claws of the coalition forces.
I lost and lost because I misjudged the overall situation, but it was reasonable. After all, I came to gamble to stabilize my position after the war.
However, just now, when his subordinates told him that Captain Zheng, who was only one street away, led the crowd to flee because they mistakenly thought he was dead, he suddenly realized that Captain Zheng couldn't see him, so he believed the gang's "
"Ji Zeng is dead" and chose to break out of the encirclement and flee, then wouldn't he have made the same mistake, unable to see the outside situation and thinking that "reinforcements have arrived"?
Including feeding feces, Qitaibao thought about it... He was too late and had no time to wash his stomach. But on the other hand, Han Erlang had the opportunity to feed feces and eggs instead of tea like him.
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However, if this is the case, if everything is as he thought, if the reinforcements have not arrived and he is not dead, doesn't it mean that Han Erlang relied on these two or three thousand soldiers to achieve this situation? Isn't it true?
He said that most of the field soldiers in the city, including Han Erlang, were trying their best to attack and kill the Dongdu Army like him?!
Still the same question, why?
Not how you dare... People are already working hard, so it would be ridiculous to talk about whether they dare or not... But why are you working hard?
What did you do to help Xu Hanerlang?
His thoughts were changing, and without delay Ji Zeng realized that the situation had reached a certain point and he could no longer hesitate.
"Let's go! Let's go too! You carry me and let go!" The Seven Taibao's face was pale. He only used his tongue to open his teeth and tried to order with a big tongue. "I don't know if I can still use my cultivation, but if I can do it at the city gate,
A nearby attack will definitely stabilize the situation... We can also take advantage of the chaos and escape!"
The guards did not dare to delay. They picked up the opponent and rushed out.
At this time, the fire outside was getting bigger and bigger, and the army simply began to throw torches, bundles of firewood and other prepared objects into the county government office. For a time, the entire county government office was in danger of falling into a sea of flames. When a group of people found the courtyard, flames were already burning on all sides.
They were approaching, but everywhere in the county government was in chaos. All the officers and soldiers were missing at this time, but they didn't know whether they were fighting separately or had broken through without authorization.
But he couldn't control much. The guards had just left the backyard, and some of them gave up the armor they had just put on because of the scorching fire. What's more, after crossing the wall, there were already soldiers in the garden, and both men
Fa immediately fell into a physical fight.
Seeing this scene, Ji Zeng couldn't help but tremble with fear... After all, he knew clearly in his heart that even if he had some remaining Qi, he could use it in desperate situations, but if he couldn't use it in a real battle between two armies,
, and then inspire military morale and mobilize reinforcements, otherwise it will just lead to a siege... But now, in this situation, it is difficult to leave the county government office, and even the county government has no military morale to inspire.
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Haven't the soldiers across the street also run away?
Looking at the general who was clenching his teeth, a chief of the guards seemed to have noticed the problem. He turned around, leaned against the guard who was carrying the general on his back, and whispered to him: "Seventh Taibao! This fire will last a while.
Everything is gone, and the county government can't hold it at all! There are two ways now. One is that we take off our armor and carry you to the south or east to break through. When we reach the base of the city wall, the general will jump down according to his ability and return to the military camp. Everything will be fine.
; The other one is to use all your strength now to lure Captain Zheng and those people back!"
After saying that, the chief stretched out his hand, pinched Ji Zeng's chin open, and waited for words. At this time, the latter actually woke up and pushed the chief away. Then, regardless of the tightness of his internal organs, he tried his best to get out.
When he was really angry, he just jumped up hard, but actually a piece of radiance rolled up and jumped two or three feet high, and then landed on the roof. Now that he had jumped to the roof, he tried his best to hold on and looked around, and saw that everything was there.
The siege, but the glow brought by his leap was not very conspicuous under the firelight and moonlight. Not to mention that the escaped Captain Zheng and his party were frightened to turn around, but only some people in the army surrounding the county government noticed him.
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Seeing this situation, the Seventh Taibao, who only had his shirt on, was slightly moved. Then he hesitated and did not jump back to the garden. Instead, he continued to use his true energy to jump from the roof again toward a peripheral gap he found.
After leaping several times in a row and landing after passing through the surrounding area of the county government office, all the limbs were tight, and the meridians and organs through which the true energy had passed were sore and twitching. However, I could hear the exclamations and shouts of death coming from nowhere behind me.
Ji Zeng did not dare to stay for a moment, he rolled and crawled and fled into the surrounding alleys. However, this Seventh Taibao was not a local, did not know the road conditions, and after being poisoned, his body joints became tight.
Out of control, secondly, the movement of the true energy was blocked, thirdly, I felt dizzy, but after digging for a long time, I fell into a dead end.
The surrounding houses were quiet. I don’t know if it was because they had fled long ago today, or if there were people who didn’t dare to make a sound, or because Ji Zeng was in such a physical state that he couldn’t distinguish the movement at this time. He was just lying in the corner at the end of the alley, clenching his teeth.
, breathing heavily, looking at the blazing county government office and the twin moons above the county government office, and then fell into confusion and lethargy with the black spots in the field of vision and the ringing in the ears.
As a person from Jing'antai, Qitaibao knew that this was the result of forcibly running Qi and that it was a reaction to poisons. He had even guessed from the symptoms which common poisons they were, but these were of no use. He
I didn't expect that the other party would dare to fight so hard and use poison to bring poison. I didn't expect that the army he led would be so vulnerable after losing the so-called "combat advantage"?
No, it's not that I'm vulnerable, it's just that I'm not willing to fight hard.
After I had just glimpsed a glimmer of hope, I was not willing to risk my life, let alone these people?
He was in a daze, and he didn't know how long it had been. He probably had lost some strength. In addition, he heard some movement around him, which seemed to be chasing troops. Ji Zeng stood up carelessly, holding on to the wall, and stumbled out.
Pain, convulsions, tinnitus, dizziness, dizziness, and trismus. After walking a few steps, he felt that the surroundings were flickering in and out, and the sound waves were rising and falling. Only when he raised his head and saw the twin moons hanging in the sky, he could barely "identify the direction."
Just like this, when he came to the alley, he felt it was difficult to support him, so he chose another direction and continued to drill into another alley, preparing to hide. However, just after changing lanes and moving for a moment, he seemed to hear shouts and footsteps again.
He could only grit his teeth and run his Qi into his legs, enduring the severe pain and trying to escape.
After walking for a while, he seemed to have thrown off his pursuers, because he gradually couldn't hear the sound.
However, when he turned a corner and came to another street intersection, he suddenly froze.
It turned out that under the light of the fire and the moonlight, the Seventh Taibao could see clearly that a large number of troops were waiting for him in a neat formation. At the front was a column of spearmen, followed by crossbows, fishing nets, and hemp ropes. When he turned around, he originally thought that
The pursuers who had been thrown away were actually behind him, and they were also armed with spears, fishing nets, and hemp ropes.
At this time, Ji Zeng looked back again, but finally saw clearly that behind the group of soldiers at the street entrance, in a halo of light, there were many people sitting around one person, but it was Han Erlang.
Han Erlang's face was pale at this time. He was clearly standing by the firelight, but he was wearing a fur cloak, huddled up and sitting upright. He was staring at himself with embarrassed eyes.
Seeing this scene, Ji Zeng only felt a shiver all over his body. He couldn't help but feel cold inside and outside his body. He longed for a fur cloak. Then he desperately reached out and staggered away.
Han Erlang, who was wrapped in a fur cloak, looked at the seven Taibao, who was in a mess, stumbling and looking unfocused, coming towards him. His expression did not change at all, he just turned his head and ordered softly to Zhang Laowu beside him: "Fifth brother
, do it!" Brother Zhang Wu did not dare to neglect, but with a wave of his hand, he lowered his spear and rushed forward. The fishing net and hemp rope were covered from above, and he restrained the opponent in just a moment. A leading spear was used without hesitation.
Dig into the opponent's body.???
The blood flowed out, and Ji Zeng felt even colder, followed by severe pain all over his body, as if he was going crazy. His body bent back into a bow, and his true energy surged out. Many spearmen felt that there was a sudden hardness in front of them, and they were unable to break in; then,
, but one of his arms waved again, gathering his true energy, as if he had caught a golden fireball in his hand, and then hit the soldiers in front of him with all his strength.
With just this one blow, several people died on the spot, and the gun formation also collapsed.
The surrounding troops were shocked. Even the ropes and fishing nets were almost out of their hands, and they were about to flee on the spot. Seeing this, Han Erlang, who was sitting still, stood up with the spear of a soldier beside him, and then put on his fur cloak.
, held the spear forward and stabbed it personally... Brother Zhang Wu was also shocked and almost jumped up, then quickly picked up the spear and followed.
Han Erlang took the lead and stabbed several spears again.
After this time, the spear stuck to the opponent's waist, but it was blocked by the infuriating energy that was like a body-protecting infuriating energy as if it were pressed against iron armor.
Everyone was horrified and looked at Ji Zeng one after another. If the other party could continue to sweep away like they did just now, who could resist these ordinary soldiers?
However, with just one blow, the already crazy Seven Taibo stopped abruptly. Instead, he fixed his gaze on the gap between Han Erlang's head and the twin moons in front of him.
"Clothes..." The Seventh Taibo suddenly loosened his teeth and muttered an irrelevant word inexplicably.
Others didn't know why, but many spearmen felt that the tip of the spear suddenly loosened, and then they quickly pushed it in, and it was easily inserted into the opponent's body.
The same is true for Han Erlang's spear.
Not only that, what others didn't know was that as the gun penetrated, Han Erlang felt a wave of heat pouring into his body, not from the gun barrel, but from above him, and even from all directions.
The heat flow entered, the Dantian rolled, and the true energy overflowed instinctively, breaking through the last two main meridians in an instant, and supporting the body that was originally a little weak.
Han Erlang was not surprised. He had stopped pursuing these matters since the last time he inexplicably built a foundation outside Li Yangcang. More importantly, he had more important things to do, both at that time and now.
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"Brother Zhang Wu cut off his head and threw it to the general who was stubbornly resisting in the city. He negotiated terms with them and told them to get out from the south gate! Chief Zhao assisted Chief Huang to enter the city from the north gate! Then they put out the fire and repaired it nearby.
The county government office and the west city gate tower! The rest of the people guard the city wall and patrol the city!" Han Erlang thought for a moment and immediately gave the order.
The people around me responded enthusiastically.
Han Erlang fell down and sat down.
Moreover, Han Erlang never expected to defeat the main force outside the city in this battle. His goal was to get rid of Ji Zeng, ensure that the opponent had no absolute tactical strength, and then continue to maintain the city defense for confrontation.
As for the bigger picture, his idea is actually very clear and simple, which is to defend this place... The officers and soldiers can win, but he can't control big things, but here at Liting, he has to start from his own side.
Step over the corpse.
From this point of view, he has done very well so far, even better than he imagined.
At dawn, the large troops outside the city chose to retreat on their own initiative, and then they only retreated twenty miles before encountering Zheng Shanye and his tribe. When they saw Ji Zeng's head, they were stunned and couldn't help but feel horrified!
Regardless of the various narratives of the retreating Dongdu Army, Zheng Shanye chose to retreat without hesitation. Instead, he led the crowd to retreat to Yi County forty miles away, and then left behind Bai Hengqiu and Duan Wei.
letter.
And soon, he wrote letters to Xue Changxiong and Qu Tuda, two acquaintances, telling them about the war ahead.
"Have you finished writing?"
Hundreds of miles away, in the wilderness on the southwest edge of Wuyang County, on the side of the official road, Bai Liben, who could almost be called the "general of the clan", first looked at the slightly gloomy clouds above his head, and then looked at himself.
join the army.
"When you have finished writing, I will read it to the general!" Joining the army immediately stood up from the saddle.
"No, just tell the British Duke that the thieves here are three battalions of light cavalry and have been suppressed by me. As long as you give me two thousand more cavalry, I can eat these thieves while protecting the grain road."
!" Bai Liben waved his hands impatiently. "Please ask him to send troops quickly."
Joining the army said nothing, immediately called a few knights, and took the letter to the allied camp to meet the British Duke.
As soon as the army here left, several people on flying horses arrived. The leader rolled his saddle and fell off his horse. He reported at the roadside: "White Army, Liu Heifu led the crowd to attack our grain transport team!"
Bai Liben was stunned at first, but he didn't speak.
"Isn't Liu Heifu in front of us? We are chasing them?" The lieutenant of Linfen County in Jin Dynasty asked in surprise. "How did you get out again?"
"Liu Heisu has some abilities." Bai Liben, who came back to his senses, waved his hand. "He has always been cunning and cruel, and he is also the most evil one among the three cavalry battalions. If he leads the crowd to jump out and get behind us
It’s normal to take a bite... Where exactly?”
"In the wilderness south of Dunqiu City and north of Chanyuan City, twenty miles due west of our place." The patrol replied loudly. "There is a battle at the moment!"
Bai Liben couldn't help but squint his eyes. This general who always acted fiercely because of his youth actually fell silent again.
"General, no matter what, we must go to rescue the grain road." Captain Linfen reminded seriously.
"I know." Bai Liben waved his hand. "But have you noticed that this is a fighter plane? Liu Heifu put himself in a dangerous place in order to prevent us from chasing his two battalions of friendly troops?"
The captain thought about the terrain for a moment and then he came to his senses, but he hesitated: "What the young general means is that if we concentrate our forces to counterattack, Liu Heifu can only escape into the triangular basin in front of Liyangcang. There is a chance to hold the opponent down."
?But don’t you care about the two battalions of cavalry in front of you?”
"It would be better to cut off one of his ten fingers." Bai Liben immediately laughed. "The area east of Liyangcang, west of Dunqiu-Chanyuan, and Neihuang was originally where Qu Tuda set up a defensive position. If
With proper tactics and the right timing, there is a chance to retain Liu Heifu! Besides, isn't this what Liu Heifu wants? Doesn't he just want us to let the other two battalions go? Let's follow his wishes, including
Is Huang Zhouzhou playing cat and mouse with us? He is confident of escaping, and we are confident of catching him and admitting defeat!"
Hearing this, Captain Linfen stopped talking. After all, from the beginning, he was not willing to come out to oppress the three battalions of thieves and Qingqi who came forward. According to his wishes, he just focused on deploying defenses and guarding the food road...
··But, isn’t this what Bai Li wants to show himself as a young “general of the clan”?
Then just let him be!
If you really can't catch it, you can't catch it... It's good to learn a lesson.
Seeing that the deputy general stopped talking and was standing on the slightly windy official road, Bai Liben immediately cheered up: "Give me the order to leave a thousand people to set up a stronghold on the spot. If the remaining two battalions of bandits are rescued from here, the road will be delayed.
The rest of the army is 5,000 strong, separated by horse and infantry. 3,000 infantry will follow Captain Ding, and 2,000 cavalry will follow me. We will march directly westward... At the same time, we will send a message to Jijun and ask Qu Tuda to stay with the troops there.
Come out and surround us from the west. If you don't come, we will engage in military law!"
After saying that, he personally mounted his horse, showed off his power, and went to kill Liu Heifu!
