The night is getting darker, and the noise in Tongling City is still there. Nearly 20,000 troops rushed in. This small city is naturally full of people and war horses neighing. Even if there are repeated orders from above not to disturb the people, it is limited to not disturbing the people through behavior. After all
Even in times of war, we can't be too strict and ask them to be silent.
The soldiers and horses in the city come from different backgrounds. There are Wu Sangui and Ma Ke's border troops, Dongchang Sanwei, Nanjing soldiers and horses, and surrendered soldiers from the royal body. It is impossible for the various departments to be crowded together without some discord. They secretly look down on each other's competition.
There were even fights.
For this reason, Chang Yu ordered the generals to pay attention to appease and restrain their subordinates and not to intensify conflicts. In fact, it goes without saying that no one will condone their subordinates to cause trouble at this critical moment of the war, and in order to boost morale, these generals will take to the streets to fight with their soldiers.
We worked together to express condolences to the wounded and made full preparations for mobilization before the war.
The street was bustling and the yamen was deserted. Chang Yu sat quietly in the garden and stared at the fish pond in a daze. A pot of tea floated on the stone table in front of him. Li Muchian came over gently and bent down to refill Chang Yu's water: "Master Chang Yu has passed.
Fanchang should arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. At that time, our army will advance, and even though the thieves rely on the favorable location and fortifications, they will not be able to stop the army from sweeping in."
Chang Yu raised his head and glanced at Li Muchian: "When did Taoist Master Fang learn how to appease people, and he even used such nonsense?"
Li Muxian coughed slightly in embarrassment and sat down, raised his cup and took a sip of tea, and sighed: "I and the Governor have never seen you look solemn for several days in a few months, which shows that you are worried about something serious. Hey, to put it bluntly, the Governor is not ruthless enough.
, as the old saying goes, kindness does not control soldiers, justice does not control wealth, the governor should understand this very well."
Chang Yu snorted: "Although I kill people like crazy, I will never take human lives lightly. In war, people will die, and in tough battles, many people will die, but I will never take the lives of my soldiers unless it is absolutely necessary.
Fill the hole!”
Li Muxian nodded slightly and sighed: "Although it is not a last resort at this time, if Lord Governor's methods do not work or have little effect, we will have to fight hard in the end!"
"Let's talk about it then." Chang Yu stood up and looked at the bright moon in the sky with his hands behind his back: "It's just that the governor is not careful enough, otherwise Bai Wang's situation could be broken in a snap."
Oh, Li Muxian was very curious: "Sir, please tell me something so that this poor man can gain some insights."
"When Gao Jie and the others go south, they should have ordered them to recruit ships along the way. Although it is a sparsely populated mountainous area, it is not difficult to get a hundred and eighty ships before reaching Anqing." Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Li Muxian knew what he meant and was beating his chest: "If there are boats, let them go down the river right now and kill Bai Wang directly behind him. We will attack him from the front and back. Bai Wang will have to retreat from Chizhou quickly even if there are natural dangers."
Alas, Chang Yu shook his head: "I lost the opportunity! I am now in a passive situation."
Li Muxian quickly comforted him and said: "Although the governor is like a god in his military skills, he is not a god after all. You cannot predict the future." Chang Yu heard this and joked: "This governor is not a god. Isn't the Taoist Master known as a semi-immortal? How could you not have calculated it?"
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"Hey, Lord Governor, please don't..." Before Li Muxian could finish his words, he saw a bodyguard rushing over: "Lord Governor, the rebels are moving outside the city. General Wu and others have already gone to the city."
Chang Yu and Li Muxian couldn't help but be startled, wondering what the rebel army could do at this time. They were confused and hurried to the top of the city.
Since Bai Wang attacked the city a few days ago and was not allowed to retreat ten miles away to guard the main road along the river, he began to build fortifications and strengthen his position. Except for sending some spies northward for reconnaissance, the main army has been huddled in its position.
On the contrary, because the officers and soldiers relied on the back of Tongling City, the army stayed in the city at night and went out during the day. The reconnaissance cavalry even sent out dozens of units to patrol outside the city at all times to strictly control the infiltration of the rebel spies and even approached the edge of the rebel position.
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It can be said that the officers and soldiers have absolute control over the ten-mile area between the rebel position and Tongling City. However, just after nightfall, the rebel army suddenly sent large groups of cavalry out of the position to wildly kill the officers and soldiers outside the city.
The incident happened suddenly and many officers, soldiers and scouts were captured and killed before they could react.
Taking advantage of the victory, the rebels chased outside the city and began to hunt and kill the officers, soldiers and scouts. Because it was dark, the guards on the city did not know the situation outside and heard the loud noise of killings and did not dare to open the door. The officers, soldiers and scouts were unable to enter the city and had to flee north, while the rebels
He actually pursued them across the north of the city. He was really very bold. He was not afraid of the defenders leaving the city?
Not only were they not afraid, but the bandit army actually made a provocative move. Hundreds of horsemen came to the city and suddenly fired their bows and arrows, catching the guards at the top of the city by surprise. This also aroused the anger of the guards. They immediately fired arrows to fight back, and shot at the bandits from a high position.
Queen Juncang refused to retreat. Instead, more and more rebel troops came in. It was estimated that there were at least three thousand soldiers, and there were still flames coming from a distance, so they were threatening to besiege the city!
Chang Yu went to the city and looked around. Ma Ke told him what had just happened and then said with confusion on his face: "Lord Governor, why did the thief do this despite the natural danger?"
"It seems that the thief is in a hurry." Chang Yu actually smiled, and Li Muchian continued behind him: "If the predictions are correct, Bai Wang must have learned that Gao Jie and others' army was besieging Anqing, and he wanted to surround Wei and save Zhao!"
"There is another possibility." Wu Sangui came over: "That is, Bai Wang's reinforcements have also arrived!" Chang Yu nodded in agreement. It is only a hundred miles away from Chizhou. Bai Wang is in a hurry and will definitely send reinforcements here, although Chizhou's troops are not strong.
There are too many, but there are too many cannon fodders. Although these cannon fodders are not very good at fighting, they are first-class experts at filling holes.
"Then how should we respond? We can't just let them besiege the city and be dominated." Lu Daqi frowned, and Chang Yu's eyes trembled: "Why not? It's easier to fight if he comes than to hide in that turtle shell." The generals agreed
, Wang Tizhong even clamored to send troops to fight immediately, but Chang Yu shook his head to stop him: "It won't be too late until daybreak. This fool knows if Bai Wang has dug a hole waiting for us..." As he said this, he suddenly frowned: "
not good!"
Everyone was shocked and quickly asked what was going on.
"Ship, our ship!"
Previously, Chang Yu asked Li Muxian to send more than a hundred boats south to pick up the Shenji Battalion, but they were intercepted by Bai Wang's sailors and suffered heavy losses. Wu Weiying was ordered to return along the original route to the other side of Tongling to pick up again. For this purpose, he recruited boats again and even ran for nearly a hundred years.
Lidi had just brought back a group of fishing boats and was waiting for orders on the river bank more than ten miles north of Tongling. At this time, the bandit army suddenly took the initiative to pursue the officers, soldiers and reconnaissance cavalry, not to mention besieging the city. It was difficult to guarantee that the fishing boats there would not be discovered.
If the fishing boat over there is destroyed, the Shenji Battalion will be helpless on the other side. Without the help of the Shenji Battalion, Chang Yu can only fight hard and use human lives to fill the hole.
This was a last resort that he would never use when forced, so in order to ensure that the fishing boats were not discovered, he decided to send troops out of the city to drive away the thieves.
All the generals asked for battle, but Li Muxian and Lu Daqi held different opinions: "Sir, it is late at night and it is dark and it is not appropriate to send troops rashly. Moreover, we have deployed manpower on the riverside. Once we see the bandit army approaching, we will definitely leave the dock.
Why take any more risks?"
Chang Yu frowned: "If the incident happened suddenly, I'm afraid that the other side was not prepared, so we have to give them a heads up." Although Li Muxian understood the reason, he was still worried that the risk of sending troops rashly would be too great. At this time, Ma Ke suggested: "Four
The city gates were opened at the same time, and all the troops prepared to rush out, and then sent people to take advantage of the chaos to go to the riverside to deliver the order. This could not only undermine the prestige of the bandit army, but also notify the fleet to move."
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