Chapter 174: Encountering Heavy Enemies on the Road
There is now a brigade of guards at the dock of Dongting Lake. The brigade Sima headed by him is an acquaintance of Su Lu. He was attacked by Su Lu's uniformed soldiers at Tuletun Fort.
When Zheng Kai saw Su Lu, his sad face instantly relaxed, he grinned, and said with a silly smile:
"Captain, you are finally back. Beiyang is saved."
"You don't know, Commander, that since you left, our Beizheng Army has been divided. Brothers from each battalion have been assigned to various places. Captain Su has been demoted to Beiyang to defend the city."
Su Lu nodded and asked Zheng Kai: "This place is not too far from Beiyang, but there are Thule soldiers coming to cut off the water transportation."
Zheng Kai smiled brightly when he heard this and said happily: "Yes, but they are just a small group of soldiers and horses. I followed your previous instructions and kept all these soldiers and horses."
Su Lu glanced at Zheng Kai in surprise, this guy is not simple.
In the past, when he was at the Lintao Fort, this boy was still a leading soldier. In that battle, he could only be joined by formation cards. During the defense of Yumen City, this boy was able to get the opportunity to listen to some commands by his side.
With a brigade of guards, we were able to hold the dock. This guy is pretty good.
"Good boy, well done."
Su Lu patted Zheng Kai on the shoulder, praised him, and then asked: "How is the situation in Beiyang County now? Has the Thule army laid siege to the city?"
Zheng Kai shook his head, his dark and thin cheeks full of doubts, he casually picked up a branch, scratched it on the ground and said:
"The Thule forwards have arrived here and have attacked the city several times, but they were all blocked by Captain Su Ping. There has been no fighting for the past two days. A small team of Thule Rangers is wandering around the city, mainly causing harassment.
"
Su Lu stared at the map of enemy and enemy situations drawn by Zheng Kai on the ground and frowned. It was not that the Tule people did not want to attack the city, but they wanted to attack Beiyang City in one fell swoop. After the army gathered together, they wanted to capture Beiyang City in one fell swoop.
The two asked and answered questions. After talking for a while, Su Lu pointed to the line marked Dongting Lake Pier on the map with a serious voice.
"At the latest the day after tomorrow, the Tule people will encircle them and Beiyang City will be defeated."
Su Lu had a stern look on his face and frowned. Lao He Geng had always said in the letter that the situation was urgent, but he didn't expect it to have reached such a stage.
"Send away the people on the dock as soon as possible, take your people, and return to Beiyang with me."
Su Lu ordered Zheng Kai to speak.
Zheng Kai was stunned when he heard this, but he laughed after a moment. The governor wanted to take me under his command again. That's great. Following the general, I can get military honors and be promoted. It's great.
"Yes, Governor."
Zheng Kai saluted with his chest raised, turned around and shouted at his soldiers.
"Hurry up, the governor is going to take us to earn military glory."
"That little boat, get the fuck out of here and stop for a while and try. Believe it or not, I'll kill you."
"Group B, what are you making such a fuss about? Come aboard for me. If you don't obey me, you'll be beaten. If you don't obey me again, I'll be beheaded."
On the pier, Zheng Kai's voice was everywhere.
It has to be said that Zheng Kai acted very quickly. Before it got dark, the people on the dock were driven away, and a brigade of guardsmen were also packed up and ready to set off.
Su Ge was riding on the horse and said disgustedly: "Captain, these are just a bunch of rabble, why are you recruiting them?"
Su Lu looked at Zheng Kai's brigade who was lining up, pursed his lips and said, "Whether we can enter the city tonight depends on the strength of Zheng Kai's brigade guards."
Su Ge curled her lips and said nothing. She thought Su Lu's expectations for Zheng Kai were too high. Zheng Kai was just a small soldier, with no more than a hundred guardsmen under his command. It was simply wishful thinking to protect Su Lu into Beiyang City.
We still have to rely on the guards led by me, Su Ge.
Su Ge thought in his mind and began to deploy guards. Before coming, the princess had given instructions to protect the Marquis when he went to camp in Beiyang, otherwise he would be stabbed.
You must protect the Marquis well.
The sky was getting dark, and the guards were all ready. Su Lu waved his hand, and the guards rushed towards Beiyang City.
Half an hour later, the scouts came to report that Beiyang had been besieged. There were Thule soldier camps in all four directions, southeast and northwest. Especially in the direction leading to the dock, heavy troops were accumulated, numbering tens of thousands.
Zheng Kai was worried: "Sir, what should I do?"
Su Ge, who was originally confident, was also panicked. With so many soldiers, even if his guards were all masters like Madam Ye, who could match ten with one, they couldn't take the camp.
Su Lu also frowned, it seemed that entering the city was a problem.
"How many soldiers are there in Nanguan Camp now? How many soldiers are besieging Nanguan Camp?"
Su Lu asked the scout who was exploring the road.
The scout leader was a middle-aged man. Hearing this, he pondered for a moment and said:
"If there had been no mobilization in the past two days, there should be 20,000 people in the Nanguan Camp now, and there are fewer in Beiyang City, around 5,000."
"There are many Thule soldiers besieging the Nanguan camp. Their number is incalculable. There are about more than 40,000 soldiers. It is hard to tell how many soldiers are besieging Beiyang City."
Su Lu nodded, drew a line on the map, and gave instructions:
"Let's go, let's take this route and enter the Nanguan camp at night."
"Zheng Kai, please go down. There will be a bloody battle tonight. Let the soldiers be prepared."
"Everyone had it, abandoned their horses, and rode fast through the night."
Following Su Lu's series of orders, dissatisfaction among the soldiers began to accumulate.
Originally, because there were not many people, they could ride horses to the Nanguan camp, but now they had to walk at night, and all kinds of strange words began to be heard among the guards.
"You can ride on horseback without tiring the horse to death. This new general is so timid. He doesn't even dare to let the Thule people hear the sound of horse hooves."
"I think this man must have suffered a big loss at the hands of the Thule people. He didn't even dare to let his horse ride at night."
"For such a loser to command a war, it's not enough to kill him. The brigade commander has a really big heart, so let's go and kill him."
Zheng Kai angrily pulled out his sword, chopped a willow tree next to him, and yelled and cursed.
"If you don't scold me for two days, you will go to the house and unveil the tiles, right? Do you know who this is?"
"My commander, back then I rushed thousands of miles to attack Lintao Tun Fort and fought bloody battles at Yumen. Under the command of the commander, I killed more than hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Only tens of thousands of Thule soldiers scared you into being such a coward."
"waste"
Zheng Kai cursed, and the guards did not dare to say anything more, but there was something wrong in the look in Su Lu's eyes.
In the military, strength comes first. If you have the ability, everyone will really respect you, but you have to show it.
Zheng Kai's group of people are basically new troops. Most of them have never heard of Su Lu's name. In addition, they have been guarding the dock these days and killed many invading Thule soldiers at the dock. Each one of them is a little bit...
It expanded.
Thule soldiers are nothing more than that.
The generals who abandoned their helmets and armor when they fought against the Thule soldiers were definitely no more than this.
If my family encounters those Thule soldiers, they will definitely be able to attack them in one fell swoop.
Su Lu ignored these arrogant soldiers. Arrogant soldiers were a good thing. At least they would not be timid and run away from the battle.
In the pitch-black night, a guard marched in the dark toward the Nanguan camp.
Outside the Nanguan camp, inside the military tent in Thule, there were many commanders, and several Thule generals were vying for the job of setting up camp in the south.
Hassul stood in front of the tent and patted his chest to assure the great sergeant.
"Don't worry, Great Master, I, Hasul, promise with my head that I will guard the south and not let any fly pass through my camp.
The Grand Master waved his hand: "Okay, Hassul, if you can really prevent a Han soldier from getting away from you, when we get to Beiyang, I will personally go to the right wing to show you my merits."
