Wang Xian ended his fight with Zhang Fu and led his army northward at starry night. In order to avoid the scouts of the official army, the entire army did not light up torches, and the 15,000-strong army marched quietly. The men were titled and their horses were wrapped in hooves. Fourth update
At that time, when they arrived at Sihezhuang, a dozen miles south of Tongzhou, the traces of the army were still not found.
When they arrived at Sihezhuang, Wang Xian ordered the entire army to rest temporarily and wait for the masters of the Jinyi Guards who were exploring the way ahead to bring back the battlefield situation before determining the battle strategy.
In the dark night with few stars, after waiting for less than half an hour, the Jin Yiwei who went to explore the way came back, and brought back several of Zhang Dong's men.
Wang Xian immediately summoned these people and learned from their mouths that Xu Huaiqing led 5,000 cavalry and attacked the army's grain transport army one after another, forcing the army's grain transport team to retreat. Li Xian would also come to fight.
He had 20,000 cavalrymen and they killed everyone like shit.
Before Wang Xian and others could feel excited, they were stunned by what the messenger said next: "In order to deal with General Xu, Yang Rong personally led 20,000 troops out of the city to command, and a total of 90,000 troops, no mistake, surrounded and suppressed General Xu's troops.
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"Where is Xu Huaiqing? Have you escaped?!" Wang Xian asked the messenger anxiously.
"General Xu asked me to report to the Lord. He will fight to the last man and drag Yang Rong until dawn!" The messenger choked with tears in his eyes: "General Xu, please don't lose the big because of the small.
Take advantage of Yang Rong's absence in Tongzhou and the lack of troops in the city to capture Tongzhou City!"
After the messenger finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the place. Mo Wen, Wu Wei, Zhang Yi and others all lowered their heads. Wang Xian's whole body trembled for a long time, and he roared in a low voice: "This bastard! Do you still need him to teach me?"
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"Master," Mo Wen suddenly raised his head and said with red eyes: "We must go to Tongzhou City immediately. We must not let Lao Xu and the others sacrifice in vain!"
"They're not dead yet!" Zhang Yi glared at Mo Wen, holding his hand tightly on the hilt of his sword.
"Ninety thousand troops are surrounding us. They can't get out, and we can't save them!" Mo Wen said with tears: "Don't you understand? Lao Xu sacrificed his own life to gain the initiative in the entire war for us.
Quan! We must not act emotionally, for Lao Xu’s hard work will be wasted!"
"I don't understand!" Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "I only know that my husband is trapped in a tight siege and will die without saving me. Where is the justice?!"
"That will only bring everyone in!" Mo Wen said in a deep voice: "If Lao Xu wants to run away, who can stop him, and do we need to rescue him?"
"..." All the generals had their own opinions and got into a quarrel.
"Okay! Stop arguing!" Wang Xian finally shouted, and the generals immediately fell silent. They all looked at their coach, waiting for him to make a decision!
"Order the entire army..." Wang Xian's eyes slowly swept across the generals, and finally said in vain: "The target is Tongzhou City, set off immediately..."
"marshal!"
"grown ups!"
"Master!"
Those generals who insisted on rescuing people all froze there. When they came to their senses and tried to persuade Wang Xian again, they saw him waving his hands, closing his eyes and saying: "I have made up my mind, don't say any more...
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The charge ended again, Xu Huaiqing's horse fell to the ground with a cry, and the soldiers on the left and right hurriedly supported the general who had been wounded several times.
Xu Huaiqing looked at the horse that died of exhaustion, then at the hundreds of soldiers left around him, then at the sky, and sighed: "It's about to dawn..."
The soldiers followed his gaze and looked towards the eastern horizon, and sure enough they saw the morning star quietly hanging in the deep night!
Everyone smiled with relief. Before tonight, they never imagined that they could actually achieve this step! With less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, they tightly entangled 90,000 enemy troops and killed them to pieces. I am afraid that back then,
Zhang Wenyuan, who is so powerful in Xiaoyaojin, is just like that!
"But we really can't run away..." Xu Huaiqing looked at the torches all over the mountains and plains, which had already surrounded the small hillside where they were.
"We can't run away in the first place. What good thing does the general have in mind?" The soldiers cheered up and made fun of Xu Huaiqing.
Listening to the soldiers' teasing, Xu Huaiqing suddenly choked up and said: "In the next life, we will still be brothers..."
"Of course!" The soldiers smiled and nodded.
"You make the decision this time," Xu Huaiqing held the big ax with one hand and smiled weakly: "Should we make another round, or should we wait here to die..."
Not surprisingly, the soldiers said proudly: "A man should be wrapped in horse leather! General, lead us to charge!"
"Okay!" Xu Huaiqing laughed loudly, gritted his teeth, lifted up the heavy Xuanhua ax with one arm, took long strides, and rushed down the hillside!
All the soldiers also dismounted. Since it was the last attack, the old man would not be dragged to die with him... I guess the officers and soldiers were not so perverted that they even wanted to kill the horses to vent their hatred.
"The wind follows the dragon, the clouds follow the tiger, fame and fortune follow the dust and earth.
Looking at China, the people are suffering and the fertile land for thousands of miles is barren."
Xu Huaiqing suddenly sang a military song that was in their blood, and more than a hundred soldiers sang along.
"Look at the world, there are no barbarians, and only one man can make up for the defects in the way of heaven.
A good man, regardless of his parents, only cares for the common people and not for the Lord."
More than a hundred soldiers, scarred and covered in blood, followed their commander and rushed into the enemy's formation.
It was obvious that they were at the end of their strength and could not penetrate Lu Guan, but the officers and soldiers all over the mountains and plains were retreating... They had obviously been ravaged by them all night, and they wanted to tear them into pieces. But at this moment, looking at the bloody soldiers
Face, listening to the familiar military song, the officers and soldiers could not lift their swords or move their hands...
As they staggered forward, the army line slowly retreated. This scene made Yang Rong shudder when he saw it in front of the formation. Civil war is unjust, and it is difficult to predict the morale of the army. This is the reason!
"Fire arrows! Shoot them to death!" Yang Rong waved the Emperor's Sword and roared at the top of his lungs! After he chopped down two officers and soldiers who were reluctant to take action, sparse arrows finally flew out!
Xu Huaiqing and his brothers were hit by arrows one after another, but they still stood there and sang loudly:
"Holding a ninety-nine steel sword, he did not stop until he killed Hu'er all.
Why am I, a decent man, acting like a horse or an ox to the Tartars?"
"Keep shooting!" Yang Rong urged the archers in a stern voice to continue shooting. The arrows became more and more dense. Each of Xu Huaiqing and the others were hit by more than a dozen or even dozens of arrows, and finally fell to the ground one after another.
Xu Huaiqing stuck the Xuanhua ax on the ground, held on and refused to fall, and sang loudly:
"A strong man drinks all the wine in his bowl and never looks back on a thousand-mile journey..."
It wasn't until he was hit by a fatal arrow in the heart that he finally lost all strength in his body, released his grip on the ax handle, and fell to the ground on his back.
The moment he fell to the ground, he clearly saw a group of embarrassed officers and soldiers fleeing from the direction of Tongzhou, and the leader was clearly Li Xian!
A happy smile broke out on Xu Huaiqing's stiff face. He lay peacefully next to the corpses of his brothers. He looked at the gradually whitening sky and squeezed out the last trace of singing from his throat:
"The golden drums are ringing together...the crowds are roaring, and they will not be broken...the yellow dragon...swears...not...to rest...".
An hour ago, it was Yang Rong who desperately went into battle to encircle and suppress Xu Huaiqing. Wang Xian's army had quietly reached the outside of Tongzhou City. There were countless official and military scouts along the way, but they were all eliminated by the masters of Jin Yiwei.
Even Taoist Master Xianyun personally went out to attack the scouts, and finally did not attract the attention of Yang Rong outside the city and Li Xian inside the city.
In the night wind, Wang Xian looked at the brightly lit Tongzhou City in front of him, and then turned to look at the faintly visible torches more than ten miles away. He and his subordinates knew that that was where Yang Rong surrounded Xu Huaiqing. If not for
Xu Huaiqing completely angered Yang Rong and attracted all his attention to the west. Wang Xian and others were determined not to have the opportunity to sneak into Tongzhou City!
Zhang Yi and others looked westward with tears in their eyes, unable to look back for a long time. But Wang Xian had already turned his face and looked at Wu Weidao beside him: "How are the preparations going?"
"I haven't met Yang Rong often, so I'm not very impressed by his appearance..." Wu Wei frowned and said, "I can only achieve a 70% to 80% similarity."
"That's enough!" Wang Xian nodded and said in a deep voice: "Let's take action!" They are now outside Tongzhou City. There are hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers within a ten-mile radius. They may be discovered at any time and cannot delay for a moment.
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"Yes!" Wu Wei and Mo Wen responded. One of them took off his armor and the other took off his helmet. All the soldiers around them also discarded their armor. Many of them had bloody gauze wrapped around their heads. Some of them had bloody gauze wrapped around their heads.
Some pretended to be lame. Some were lying on their horses... In the blink of an eye, an army that had fought hundreds of battles turned into a group of remnants and defeated generals...
Tongzhou was brightly lit, and the ground above and below the city was as bright as white. Tens of thousands of defenders were waiting. Yang Rong was fighting fiercely outside the city. Naturally, Li Xian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, and Li Chang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, did not dare to be careless. They stayed up all night, standing at the gate of Chaojing Gate.
Looking at the battlefield to the west, I could only see the dots of torches scurrying around, completely unable to see the strict formations that Academician Yang mentioned...
The scouts kept rushing to the city to report the bad news to the city. Because the city gate was closed, the scouts could not enter the city. It was not a situation that needed to be kept secret, and there was no need to go to the trouble of placing a hanging basket. Therefore, the scouts were used outside the city.
Shout:
"Report! The enemy has defeated the Northern Route Army and penetrated directly into the flank of the Northwest Army!"
"Report! The Northwest Route Army formation was penetrated horizontally, and Deputy Governor Chen was killed!"
"Report! The East Route Army was attacked..."
"Report! The West Route Army was attacked..."
"Report! Southwest Army..."
Bad news came to the city one after another, which made all the Tongzhou garrison frightened. They secretly said: "How come Zhen Guogong's army is so powerful? Five thousand people can beat the shit out of Ge Lao's 90,000 people. If he waits for his army to kill him,
Come on, this battle is a fart, just surrender!'
"Budang, the situation is not good..." Li Xian looked at his own clan and could not take pleasure in others' misfortune. He said with a grimace: "Our military strength is twenty times that of others, how can we fight this battle?" (To be continued)