Chapter 368: The Countermeasures of the Dog-Headed Soldier
111 "Haha! Okay! It was a very beautiful fight!"
"We can beat that guy Wei Nan this time, haha! It's so cool!"
The seventh uncle Song Tong laughed heartily. After the Battle of Tanzhou, Song Tong had never participated in a serious battle.
This time I can serve as the head coach of the Northern Expedition, and the beginning is a decisive battle. How can I not be happy?
Although the number of captured and annihilated enemies in this battle was not as good as that of the West Route Army.
However, Ma Wei, the commander of the East Route of the rebel army, was shot dead on the spot in the first battle!
As a result, the East Route bandit army was leaderless and completely in chaos.
This is a great achievement, a great achievement!
"Come here! Bring a pen and paper, I will personally write a success report to A Yang!"
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Zhao Deng snatched the horse and ran away like crazy without even daring to look back.
He was afraid that the artillery would open up flowers for him.
Ma Wei blossomed before his eyes.
That rascal!
That's miserable!
Finely chopped!
After running away for a while, I finally saw a small town.
It's Xiacai, which is the southernmost town run by Luo Xin's forces.
At this time, many soldiers with quick legs and feet had already arrived at Xia Cai.
The southern city gate is wide open, and everyone is squeezing in.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Zhao Deng galloped on his horse and knocked over many people before reaching the city gate.
Ignoring the little soldiers, he rushed into the city by himself.
"Close the door! Close the city gate quickly!" Zhao Deng shouted hurriedly.
Only then did the defeated soldiers think of closing the door.
For a while, some have to close their doors and some have to go into the city.
After struggling for a while, I finally closed the door.
The moment the door closed, Zhao Deng finally felt a lot more at ease.
After that, many defeated troops returned to Xia Cai one after another.
But the south gate is not allowed to leave.
If you want to take the north gate, you have to be recommended by an acquaintance before you can enter the city.
When we counted the number of people in the evening, we found that there were more than 70,000 people when we set out, but only 20,000 or so came back!
Except for those captured by the Fuxing Army, most of them simply ran away and became deserters.
The soldiers in today's battle could see clearly that the power of the black tube was astonishing and could not be stopped by the physical body.
If they were to go back and fight for Luo Xin, they would have to fight against Black Tongzi.
The deserters refused to do anything.
Although it's good to let go, you still have to fight with your life!
"General! What should we do now? We can't defend Xia Cai with a small number of people. This city is too small, and the city defenses are temporarily patched up. We can't defend it at all!"
"Besides, the general feels that their thing is too powerful, and even this thin city wall may not be able to withstand it! Otherwise... let's withdraw!"
"Yes! Evacuate, you have to evacuate! If you stay here, you are waiting for death. At least go back and reorganize your morale!"
"Hmph! That Ma Wei really deserves to die! If he hadn't died, we might have been able to fight back if we retreated to Ruyin. Now that the coach is dead, people's hearts are also scattered!"
Zhao Deng's confidants gathered together to discuss the current situation, and most of them suggested running away.
By the way, I also passed the blame on that damn guy Ma Wei.
"Wait for me to discuss it with the others. You go and pick people up now and get ready. Regardless of whether they leave or not, we must leave today. We don't go to Ruyin. We go directly to King Xin!"
Zhao Deng and his confidants were all alive. There were as many people as there were when they left, and they came back as many as they had, and there were not many of them.
Pretending to attack Shouchun became the job with the highest survival rate.
Now that Ma Wei is dead, there are not many of his cronies left.
Most of those who followed him into the battle were trapped and never came out.
Zhao Deng's men became the largest force in Xiacai City.
"Three brothers. I plan to join King Xin. What do you think?"
Zhao Deng found three of Ma Wei's cronies who had gathered together in the city.
Two of these three people followed Ma Wei through the formation, and it was pure luck that they came back alive.
They were now so frightened that they rolled and crawled all the way back, without any courage to fight against the Jiangzhou Army.
The three of them just put it together and they will never fight against the Confederate army again. They can hide and hide whenever they can.
Zhao Deng asked them to join Luo Xin, wouldn't they have to face the black tube?
Several people muttered and hesitated for a long time, and finally the older one spoke:
"General Zhao, we are what we are today because of the kindness of General Ma Wei. Now that Marshal Ma has died at the hands of thieves, we must avenge him! Go to King Xin yourself, we will defend Xia Cai to the death!"
At the end of the sentence, this man had a look of determination on his face, as if he believed what he said.
The other two immediately vowed to fight the Confederate army to the death.
Zhao Deng knew that as soon as he left, these three people would never guard Xia Cai.
At least I would go to a big city like Bozhou or Xuzhou to live there.
Zhao Deng didn't say anything, and showed some admiration on his face as he clasped his fists and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, generals. If you can defend Yingzhou, I will definitely ask for credit for you."
"Commander Ma is dead, and King Xin must go and report it. Although the power of the black tube is extraordinary, there must be a way to restrain it. King Xin will definitely come up with countermeasures to crack it."
"I admire the generals who are willing to defend the city! I can't give you much support, but I will leave the army rations to the three of you."
"Take care, three generals, I'm going to go!"
After Zhao Deng finished speaking, he hugged the three people and said take care, then turned and left.
He said that he gave the food and fodder to these three people purely for the purpose of running away.
To run away with a lot of food and fodder is to seek death.
At this time, two to three thousand people had gathered at the west gate. These were Zhao Deng's cronies.
We lost hundreds of people during the retreat, or we could have lost many more.
"Abandon the baggage and keep only three days of rations!"
"Open the city gate and we'll leave overnight!"
As soon as Zhao Deng arrived, all the generals were waiting, and Zhao Deng immediately ordered to retreat.
Don't want to wait a moment!
Zhao Deng had just left the city, and the three generals also got the news.
"What should we do? Withdraw?"
"Withdraw! Must withdraw! Go to Bozhou! No, go to Xuzhou!"
"Okay! Let's go to Xuzhou, where the city has high walls, thick walls, plenty of food and grass, and both offensive and defensive capabilities. Even if we lose and retreat, we have connections in all directions, and we can go anywhere!"
The few people just discussed where to go. Less than an hour after Zhao Deng left, the three of them took the remaining 10,000 people in the city and ran away overnight.
Early the next morning, Tan Ma discovered the situation in Xicai.
After hearing this, Cui Qiang just smiled and said: "They will definitely run away. It would be strange if they don't run away. Let's go and discuss with the prince how to fight the next battle."
Arriving in the city, Song Tong had been waiting for a while.
"Ran?"
"Well, they ran away and there was no one left."
Song Tong also guessed that they would run away.
"They were frightened by this battle and will not dare to face us again in the short term. Now we have to guard against them carrying out sneak attacks and sabotage." Song Tong's analysis of the overall situation was this.
"Your Majesty is right. Let's attack the city all the way and push forward. We will need a lot of people to defend the occupied towns."
Cui Qiang was slightly worried.
Song Tong nodded and said: "Ayang, I have already sent a letter, and I should send someone to take care of the local affairs."
All directions are advancing, and the newly recovered territory needs someone to manage it.
On June 2nd, the East Road Express arrived in Jiangzhou.
Song Yang was walking the child. Hearing the good news, he happily picked up the child and walked around for several laps.
After that, I kissed her a few times.
Steamed Bun looked disgusted and tried desperately to wipe his face, but his arms were not long enough.
In the last moment of anger, he pulled his neck and screamed.
"Damn it! We have won another game! Do you think we should celebrate?"
Steamed Bun: "Wow wow wow!"
"Yeah! You should celebrate, haha!"
Steamed buns: "&$￥*^%"
"Your Majesty, victory is a happy event. Go to the Yamen as soon as possible. Lao Fang and the others will definitely be waiting for you."
"Yes, yes. Here are the steamed buns for you, I will go and get busy!"
Mantou finally escaped from the clutches of the devil, and when he returned to Tong Qian's arms, he accused his father of his crimes...
Song Yang arrived at the Yamen, and Fang Zhe was looking for him.
"Send a notice to the whole army to award!" Song Yang said with a smile as soon as he came.
Not only did he win, he also killed the enemy's commander.
In this way, the bandits on the east route were completely defeated, and they only needed to push through one city at a time.
The commendation letter was sent out in the morning, and another letter came from Uncle Qi in the afternoon.
VIP.
Song Yang looked at it and then slapped his forehead and remembered that the place was bigger and it needed more management personnel.
Jiangzhou has some talent reserves, but it is not enough to accept the entire Central Plains.
"Jiangzhou reserve personnel will be sent to the north first to fill the vacancies in front of us."
"The rest... let localities recommend talents to go to Jiangbei. There is no compulsion to go there voluntarily. Those who want to go will be promoted to a level immediately. Double housing and meal subsidies will be given!"
Officials in Jiangzhou are provided with housing and meal subsidies.
The salary is not low and there are subsidies.
Song Yang plans to develop a high-salary way to maintain integrity in the future.
The commendation order set off together with the first batch of reserve cadres mobilized to go to the Northland.
On June 5, the reserve cadres arrived in Macheng with the commendation order.
When Yu Ming saw the commendation order, he immediately felt ashamed and panicked.
He was victorious on both the east and west routes, but he hadn't even faced the enemy in the middle.
It has been raining heavily in Huaixi area in the past few days.
There is no way to go that way.
Yu Ming didn't move at all.
They even retreated dozens of miles from Yinshan Pass and went to Macheng where there was less water to station troops.
Tan Ma Lai reported that he had found Luo Xin's main force, but he was still standing still.
If the rain doesn't stop, no one can move.
"I'm so angry! I chose to be the main force in the middle, but I haven't fought for so long! I'm so angry!" Yu Ming put down the victory reward and sighed with a slap on the thigh.
"Yu Tou, we have God's bad intentions. The prince can understand this kind of thing. You see, he didn't rush us." Xu Lin consoled us.
Xu Lin has had a thousand households in the past few years. Originally, there were Japanese pirates in the east, so Yu Ming wanted him to go to Taizhou to serve as a garrison.
As a result, the Northern Expedition started first, so he took them with him to the north to fight against the thieves.
"Alas! I don't know when this rain is going to fall. It's so annoying! This thief, God, is here to fight against me!"
Yu Ming walked to the door, looked at the rain falling outside, and complained.
"Crack!"
A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, startling Yu Ming.
"Ahem...a slip of the tongue! It was purely a slip of the tongue!"
Yu Ming retreated into the room and muttered.
"That's right, Yu Tou. We have received good news here, but didn't the bandit named Luo also receive bad news? In this way, our artillery will no longer have the unexpected effect!" Xu Lin said suddenly, putting down the good news.
"Hmph! Who says it's not the case! Otherwise we can catch the thieves off guard, and maybe even the thief king can be shot! Now it's raining every day, which delays the opportunity to fight! This thief is always... cough cough!"
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While Yu Ming was complaining about the rain and humidity, in Yin City, Luo Xin was thankful that it was raining more.
After leaving Xinyang, he walked for several days before arriving at Xinyang. He originally planned to go directly to the southeast to attack Jiangzhou.
As a result, there was mud everywhere, the assault failed, and they were stuck in Yin City for several days.
This card saved him a losing battle.
News of the defeat of the West Route Army was first sent to Yincheng.
Luo Xin felt a little incredible when he read the contents of the letter.
Black tube, powerful?
What tube?
Burst gun?
No, they look different.
Jiang Gong's letter to Luo Xin included an illustration.
The picture shows the appearance of the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
Although they were bombarded before dawn, there were always some deserters with eyes that looked like artillery pieces.
A few deserters worked together and drew the appearance of the artillery.
Jiang Gong hurriedly sent a letter to Luo Xin, fearing that Luo Xin's side would also be bombarded.
"Prime Minister, have you seen this thing in Jiangzhou?" Luo Xin handed the letter to Zhao Wenbin.
Zhao Wenbin's head shook like a rattle.
"I promise I've never seen it before! Your Majesty, this thing is definitely not from Jiangzhou!" Zhao Wenbin said firmly.
"Jiang Gong has suffered a big loss. You said this thing doesn't belong to Jiangzhou? Does it belong to Fangzhou? Fangzhou has such a magical weapon, how can Jiangzhou not have it?"
Luo Xin asked several questions in succession.
"Your Majesty, the student has indeed never seen anything like this in Jiangzhou. And there are no skilled craftsmen in Jiangzhou, so it stands to reason that they cannot make this thing." Zhao Wenbin said with a bitter face.
"Is it really something from Fangzhou? There are skilled craftsmen there?" Luo Xin frowned.
"Report!"
Luo Xin was worried when a messenger came outside.
"Your Majesty! General Zhao Deng is back!"
"Who? Zhao Deng? What is this guy doing if he doesn't come back to see Ma Wei! Then the bastard is having trouble again?" Luo Xin was very unhappy.
He sent Zhao Deng to monitor Ma Wei. Ma Wei knew about it and the guy complained about it many times.
Luo Xin thought that Ma Wei was guilty of driving people back, and he was capable of such a thing.
"Your Majesty, General Zhao, came back with some people. It looked like there were two to three thousand people."
The people who reported the news were just scouts. They came back when they saw the people without asking about the situation.
"Humph! I don't understand the general situation. What do you mean by evacuating people during a war?" Luo Xin was annoyed.
While he was talking, Zhao Deng had already arrived outside the mansion.
When they were approaching Yincheng, Zhao Deng left the team and returned quickly.
"Your Majesty! Something bad happened! General Ma Wei was killed in battle!"
Before Luo Xin could ask questions, Zhao Deng hurriedly came in to report.
"What!"
Bang!
Luo Xin stood up in surprise, knocking the teacup to the ground.
"What did you say! Ma Wei is dead?" Luo Xin was shocked.
Only a few days later, Jiang Gong defeated Ma Wei and died.
"Your Majesty, General Ma Wei was the vanguard and died in the battle that day!" Zhao Deng and Chen Sheng said.
"This bastard! I have told him this a long time ago! Charge into the formation! Charge into the formation! Sooner or later you will die! Now, you are really dead!"
"Fuck! Fuck!"
Luo Xin was furious.
Luo Xin also told Ma Wei many times about his problem with rushing into battle.
Heizi later changed his mind, but Ma Wei remained the same.
This time it was better, he was killed directly!
"Your Majesty, General Ma Wei died under the Tiger Crouching Cannon. He died miserably and was torn into pieces. That thing is extremely powerful, so be careful!"
Luo Xin complained for a while, and then Zhao Deng talked about the cause of Ma Wei's death.
"What is a squatting tiger cannon?" Luo Xin was stunned.
"Huh? Is that it?"
Zhao Wenbin, who was silent on the side, showed a piece of paper in a black tube sent by Jiang Gong.
"Yes! That's him! This is the Crouching Tiger Cannon!"
Although Zhao Deng also ran away, he made a small circle from the direction of Shouzhou on Huainan Road.
I learned from some people in Huainan Road that this thing is called the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
A few common people have heard of the squatting tiger cannon. After all, the history of the squatting tiger cannon is longer than that of the cannon.
"Tiger Crouching Cannon!"
"It turns out to be called Tiger Crouching Cannon!"
Luo Xin looked at Zhao Wenbin, who shook his head blankly.
I really have never heard of it, it’s such a mess!
"Your Majesty, I saw with my own eyes the power of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. The things were lined up in a row and the shots they fired were all iron sand. They knocked down a large area at once, and no matter whether they were humans or horses, they couldn't withstand the attack at all!"
Zhao Deng began to tell Luo Xin about his experiences outside Changshou City.
The look of the tiger crouching cannon tells the story of its power.
"There is such a magical weapon! God is really going to kill me!"
Luo Xin collapsed on the chair and was completely discouraged.
"Your Majesty, although this Tiger Crouching Cannon is powerful, everything must be interdependent. As long as we find the weakness of this thing, we will definitely defeat it!"
Seeing Luo Xin dejected, Zhao Wenbin hurriedly cheered him up.
If Luo Xin is defeated, people like Zhao Wenbin who ran away from Jiangzhou will not be able to join Song Yang again.
So he most wanted Luo Xin to fight.
As long as Luo Xin is preserved, he will still be the prime minister.
"Mutual growth and mutual restraint?" Luo Xin became more energetic and looked at Zhao Wenbin.
"Does the Prime Minister have a clever plan to defeat the enemy?"
Luo Xin stared at Zhao Wenbin, as if asking for a lifeline again!
Zhao Wenbin is stagnant, how can he defeat the enemy?
He has a damn idea!
Zhao Wenbin's eyes averted, and suddenly he saw the light rain outside, and suddenly an idea came to him.
"Your Majesty, we are now stationed in Yincheng and the southern army is also stationed in Macheng. Are they afraid of rain since they haven't attacked?"
Having said this, Zhao Wenbin's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a new world.
"My lord, they must be afraid of rain! Didn't General Zhao Deng say that thing needs to be set on fire? They can't light it if it rains!"
"Besides, that thing looks very heavy and cannot move due to the muddy road. Let's make a surprise attack in the rain to catch them off guard."
At this point, Zhao Wenbin suddenly realized what he said. Not only could he come up with a rainy day surprise attack, he could even draw inferences about other cases.
Just listen to him continue talking happily:
"And that thing can't be launched until fifty steps, so it must not be far away. As long as we use longbows or stone-fired carts to suppress them from a distance, we can definitely defeat them!"
Zhao Wenbin is such a fucking genius!
After a while, he actually figured out a way to "restrain" the artillery.
Luo Xin also became lively after hearing what Zhao Wenbin said.
He looked like he was desperate just now and now he has energy again.
"The Prime Minister's brilliant idea! That Tiger Crouching Cannon must be afraid of water! It must be!"
"Gather all the generals together to discuss the strategy of attacking Nanjun!"
Luo Xin slapped the table, igniting his ambition again.
Zhao Wenbin was also quite pleased with himself.
I can not only cure the problem, but also make suggestions.
That is to say, there are no two characters, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, in this time and space.
Otherwise, Zhao Wenbin would have to call himself Little Wolong, Little Phoenix...
The Crouching Dragon and the Phoenix can bring peace to the world, and Zhao Wenbin is a great master of combining the Crouching Dragon and the Phoenix.