Seeing the enemy retreating, the defenders at the top of the city still did not dare to relax at all. They took the time to repair the blasted city wall, repair the damaged defensive equipment, and transport supplies to the top of the city.
Mo Wen also did not rest. He comforted the injured soldiers and led the crowd to inspect the city wall. After two days of fierce fighting, more than a thousand soldiers were killed and countless others were injured. This pair of defenders, who were already short of troops, was really not a good choice.
good news.
But Mo Wen was not worried about the ensuing battle at all. In the end, if all the food and supplies in the city were burned down, he would still be invincible. In fact, Yang Rong and Zhu Zhanji outside the city did not know that the defenders
There is this last resort, but they have no choice. If they capture Tongzhou City, they still have a glimmer of hope of keeping food. If they don't capture Tongzhou City, there will be no hope at all. What's more, they still think that Wang Xian is in the city.
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But Mo Wen knew very well that his mission was to hold off the resistance of the officers and soldiers as much as possible, and to cause as much damage as possible to weaken their vigor and fighting spirit. To create conditions for Wang Xian's next move and reduce resistance...
Langfang is located in Dong'an County, Shuntian Prefecture, eighty miles due south of Tongzhou, and is the choke point to the capital from the north.
As the second line of defense against Shandong, there are 20,000 troops stationed. Although the number of troops is not too many, the heavily guarded Daxing defense line is more than 30 miles behind. As long as the enemy troops arrive, they can attack Daxing as soon as possible.
Give early warning and delay the enemy for a period of time to buy enough time for the Daxing defense line to mobilize troops, then retreat to Daxing, join forces with Zhang Fu's army, and jointly defend the enemy with the strong Daxing defense line.
Therefore, it is more appropriate to say that this is an early warning line, which makes Deng Xiaoxian and others scratch their heads after finally getting rid of the enemy forces in Cangzhou.
But they said that after receiving Wang Xian's order, they rushed northward, but the marching speed was not optimistic. Naturally, no one would slack off at the critical moment of life and death, but Erhei and the others knew very well that their mission was not to attack the city.
Instead, the 50,000 soldiers and horses were brought to Wang Xian as intact as possible.
If these 50,000 troops were all cavalry, they would naturally be able to bypass the enemy's defenses and leave the pursuers far behind. But among the 50,000 troops, there were only 20,000 cavalry, and the remaining 30,000
There were 20,000 infantrymen, 5,000 baggage troops, and an additional 5,000 soldiers of unknown arms, driving thousands of mule carts and horse-drawn carriages together with the baggage troops.
Such a slow-moving army would not dare to let the pursuers behind it continue to harass them, so they had to deal with the enemies along the way. This would be difficult for the general who led the troops.
After using the strength of two tigers, Erhei and the others defeated the officers and soldiers in Cangzhou. As for the process, I can't bear to describe it in detail. They used the bluff of the army, sent envoys into the city, bribed the generals with large sums of money, and kidnapped the Jinyi guards.
After gathering the family members of the Cangzhou magistrate, he reluctantly forced them to agree to cooperate internally and externally, opened the city gate of Cangzhou, led the army into the city, and forced the 30,000 defenders in the city to surrender.
This is because Cangzhou is too close to Shandong and has too many entanglements with Shandong in all aspects. The gentry, officers and soldiers generally envy Shandong's prosperity. But Langfang is already under the nose of Beijing, and Shandong cannot penetrate it at all, and the officers and soldiers
The family members are all in the capital, and even if they want to kidnap someone, they can't find anyone. How can there be any opportunity for opportunism?
Erhei and others were worried to death and were about to approach Langfang. They had no choice but to gather together for a meeting to discuss. As expected, the quarrel turned into a pot of porridge.
"Don't mess with these useless things, just fight them with your knife!" Deng Xiaoxian, who had grown a beard, was the commander of 20,000 cavalry, and he had already been tortured by Erhei's timid approach.
Angry. He shouted loudly: "We have been sharpening our swords for four years, and fighting in Langfang is still not a joke?!"
"As soon as you hit them, they will run away, and we can't catch up. If we let them join forces with Zhang Fu, how many people will we have to die if we want to break through the Daxing defense line?" Long Wuye frowned and sighed: "You are not young anymore.
, why are you still so irritable?"
"The older you get, the less courageous you become!" Deng Xiaoxian usually didn't deal well with Long Wuye, but now he was full of anger and naturally had no good words.
"Okay!" Erhei wore an eyepatch, one eye, a fierce look on his face, and a shiny bald head, which was quite intimidating. "We are discussing business, what the hell!"
"I support General Deng," Liu Xin, the former number one brave general of the White Lotus Sect and now the commander of the Shandong capital, also spoke. "Time waits for no one. We can't delay it any longer. We have to go to Tongzhou to meet the father-in-law."
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"Don't forget our mission." Yang Rong, an old and strong military general, has been shunned by his colleagues in the past two years because he has the same name as the bachelor. At this moment, he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "If our losses are too big, how can we fight with the father-in-law?"
Explain?"
"How can one not die in a war?" Liu Xin curled his lips and said.
"Don't just think about being in the spotlight, do you know what the overall situation is?!" Liu Jun is Wang Xian's brother, so naturally he takes his words as a guideline.
A group of generals in the big tent had their own opinions, and no one could convince anyone. Erhei felt that his head was as big as two. This is the current situation of the Shandong Front Army. Among them were generals from gangs in the past, and leaders from the White Lotus Sect in the past.
There are imperial officers who have joined Wang Xian, and Wang Xian's die-hard brothers like himself. Moreover, each of them has made great achievements, and they have always been different from each other.
This is nothing on ordinary days. No one wants to lose to the other, they compete to complete the tasks assigned by Wang Xian, and with Wei Yuan and Tang Saier pressing them, there has never been any trouble.
But when it comes to war, the problem becomes bigger. Neither Wei Yuan nor Tang Saier went with the army. These arrogant and powerful generals will not listen to anyone. They are a leaderless group. How can they fight this war?
'Hey, it would be great if Lao Wang was here...' Erhei thought helplessly, but then laughed to himself. Wang Xian was in Tongzhou, how could he appear in front of him?
Before he could suppress this idea, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent. Erhei, who was already irritable, could not control his temper at all and shouted loudly: "Why are you making such a fuss? Are you pretending that I don't exist?!"
The noise outside the tent suddenly stopped, and a hearty laughter came into the tent: "Our Black General has a good temper!"
The generals who were arguing in the tent were all stunned for a moment. The next moment everyone ran out of the tent in ecstasy, shouting: "The Lord is here!"
In the tent, Erhei's one eye widened and he watched in disbelief as Wang Xian strolled into the tent surrounded by the generals.
"Hey!" Erhei rubbed his bald head and grinned, "Okay, you can get whatever you want!"
"Fuck you! What the hell am I doing?!" Wang Xian laughed and cursed, then hugged Erhei Xiong. The childhood friends slapped each other vigorously to express their joy of being reunited.
After letting go of Erhei, Wang Xian hugged all the generals in the tent again. The tent was immediately filled with joy. Where could there be any smell of gunpowder?
Not only in the central military tent, the entire battalion of soldiers had already learned of Wang Xian's arrival, and they were shouting excitedly, as if they had won the war!
After saying farewell to the generals, Wang Xiansheng, Erhei, Deng Xiaoxian, Yang Rong, Long Wuye, Liu Jun, Liu Xin, Liu Achou and more than a dozen generals were divided into classes under the tent, standing tall and motionless.
, the military appearance is extremely solemn and solemn, completely different from just now!
This is why Wang Xian must come here. There is no other person in the world who can lead the group of arrogant soldiers he left in Shandong, not even Mo Wen!
The day before yesterday, after breaking through the south gate of Tongzhou and seeing that the battle situation had been decided, he handed over the command to Mo Wen. Under the protection of more than a hundred riders such as Xianyun and Xinci, he left before the first morning light appeared.
Arriving at Tongzhou City, they quickly bypassed Daxing and Langfang with their fast horses and light cavalry, and rushed to join the Shandong army!
In the tent.
Wang Xian looked at the generals with a smile and said, "How about it? Do you feel itchy to hear that I am killing all the people in the north?"
"That's of no use!" When the generals heard this, they couldn't hold it back and shouted loudly: "Young Master, it's so embarrassing. We are your soldiers. This kind of good thing that honors our ancestors is not brought with us!
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"Yes, my father's heart has gone to Java!"
"Hahaha!" Wang Xian laughed loudly: "Isn't I here? It's time for you to make contributions!"
"Great!" The generals' eyes immediately lit up, and they started gearing up. They wished they could rush out of the camp and follow Wang Xian to kill everyone!
"It's just," Wang Xian changed the subject and said, "I heard that you guys have been arguing all day long, and I'm worried about whether I will lose my temper!"
"No, no, no!" The generals shook their heads like rattles and beat their chests loudly: "We have fought with you for many years, and we have never embarrassed you!"
"Yes, you all have made great achievements in battle, so it is inevitable to be a little arrogant now." Wang Xian said with a half-smile.
"Absolutely not!" The generals knew that Wang Xian was very dissatisfied with their performance just now, and they quickly expressed their opinions: "We will definitely enforce the prohibition!"
"Are there no problems between brother troops?" Wang Xian asked again.
"We will definitely live and die together, and we will be as close as if we were supported by one mother!" The generals wished they could hug each other and kiss each other a few times, showing the closeness between them.
"Is this a military order?" Wang Xian asked leisurely.
"Of course it's a military order!" The generals looked solemn, but without hesitation, they nodded heavily and said: "But if there is any violation, I don't need to take action, I will bring it up myself!"
"Okay!" Wang Xian then stood up, and his sharp eyes slowly swept across the generals. Everyone raised their chests and looked at their coach feverishly, waiting for him to give orders.
"All the generals listened to the order, raised the banner of my commander, and the whole army broke through Langfang and rushed straight to Tongzhou! Follow my commander to destroy this imperial palace!"
"Yes!" The generals responded with a roar, and their voices penetrated the tents and went straight into the sky!