When the civilians in Yuanye Town received news that Xiliang's army might come to kill them and the battlefield was about to involve the town, they returned to the countryside without hesitation.
In the countryside, every village has its own fortress. This is to build a fortress to resist strong bandits and robbers. There is a fortress in every two villages.
Their food is stored in the fortress. If something happens, the whole village will run to the fortress.
As for Yuanye Town, that place belongs to the Ma family, while the countryside belongs to the people who originally lived in this land.
The town is often visited by bandits and robbers from the surrounding area, so as long as people who still have land in the countryside stay in the countryside, and when they need to buy something, they go to the town.
There were many garrison soldiers in the town, but when the city gate was captured by Xiliang soldiers, a steady stream of Xiliang cavalry rushed from outside the city into the city, attacking everything in the city.
The defenders in the city were unable to block the charge of the Xiliang cavalry. The Xiliang scouts on the other side no longer hid their figures. They surrounded the small town tightly.
Yuanye Town is an important point for them to deal with the Lingfeng County army. How could they let these people run out and report the news?
After three hours of continuous fighting, the smell of blood was everywhere in the town. Xiliang soldiers tied up the corpses and carried them aside, and at the same time gathered the civilians in the city into one place.
The civilians in the town regretted it so much that they asked them to follow others when they left. However, they thought that with the Ma family's army guarding the town, even if it could not stop them for more than ten days, it might be able to stop the reinforcements from Lingfeng County. There should be nothing.
question.
They are all well-informed people and know that Lingfeng City's army will soon arrive at Yuanye Town.
But the Xiliang army moved too fast!
At night, the Xiliang soldiers had not stopped yet. They cleared away the smell of blood in the town and at the same time allowed the soldiers to live in the town. The wilderness town was not small and could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
The civilians were locked up in one place and provided with sufficient water and food every day. Xiliang soldiers patrolled from time to time to avoid conflicts.
These people are likely to be their Xiliang civilians in the future, providing them with supplies!
"Sir!" Zhang Wenlong led two of them to Qi Er. In the army, Qin Yi and Qi Er were the main ones. Qin Yi was in charge of fighting, and Qi Er was in charge of logistics and planning.
"Here you go, sit down!" After the Xiliang soldiers got together with the Daqian people, many generals became much more tactful and no longer choked people to death with every word they spoke.
"Thank you, General!" Zhang Wenlong sat down with the two people he brought.
Qi Er said: "You have performed very well today. I will ask the lord for your credit."
Zhang Wenlong said modestly: "General, it's your plan!"
"No matter how good the plan is, someone must execute it!" Qi Er took out a map and placed it on the table: "I called you here because I want you to complete another task.
According to the letter from the scout, Lingfeng County's vanguard soldiers will arrive in the city tomorrow afternoon. At that time, you and your men will act as civilians in the town and appear on the streets of the town from time to time. Remember to keep a distance!"
Zhang Wenlong thought for a moment and said: "General, you want to deceive the Lingfeng County scouts into thinking that Yuanye Town has not been captured yet!
The subordinates felt that this was inappropriate because the soldiers on the city wall were too tall. Even standing far away, one could feel the strength of the Xiliang headquarters soldiers.
It's better to let my soldiers put on Ma's armor and guard the city wall, and I will receive them.
We can use real civilians to act as the civilians in the town. We only need to find some people with innocent family backgrounds, with seniors and juniors in the family. If we use coercion and inducement, we will definitely get them to cooperate with us.
At the same time, you can also let the civilians in the city wear armor and stand on the city wall with weapons in hand, and let the warriors of your headquarters stand beside them. As long as they are in trouble, they can draw their swords directly!"
After hearing Zhang Wenlong's words, Qi Er's eyes lit up: "That's okay, but are you sure those civilians can be used by us?"
Zhang Wenlong smiled and said: "Sir, coercion and inducement are enough!"
The two people behind Zhang Wenlong saw the two chatting and laughing people, and were surprised that the general from Xiliang headquarters was so close. These soldiers from Xiliang, as long as they are their own people, are very friendly to them, but when they encounter the enemy, then
Just like the God of Killing, he basically doesn't take any prisoners. Even if he takes prisoners, he will only stop when there are only a few enemies left.
Once those enemies make them feel unsafe, they will directly attack them with a knife. There will be no mercy under their knife!
"Then I'll leave this matter to you!" Qi Er stretched out: "It's best to hurry up, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry will withdraw from this town tomorrow morning, leaving only the Feixiong Army!"
The battle plan of Qi Er and Qin Yi attracted the enemy into the town, and then the Xiliang Iron Cavalry attacked from both sides. The Flying Bear Army came out of the town and besieged it on three sides!
There are many soldiers in Lingfeng City, but most of them are infantry, while the Xiliang Iron Cavalry are all heavily armored cavalry. As long as the Lingfeng City soldiers are not allowed to organize a battle formation, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can directly kill through the opponent's battle formation.
The Yuanye Town side was in a tense formation, and Li Xiang's side was not having a good time either. The frontline troops collided with the enemy's frontline troops.
Facing the Xiliang army blocking the intersection, the three elders had no choice. The Xiliang army was stationed directly in the mountains and forests. The battle flags of both sides were planted in the forest, and the frontline scouts were constantly fighting.
On the snow-white earth, as long as you leave a little trace, people will find it. It is easy to hide it, but it is difficult to say it.
The armies of both sides faced off from the official road to the mountains and forests. The Xiliang archers and crossbowmen made the army under the third elder dare not advance.
However, the other three troops had already bypassed the blocking line of the Xiliang army, and the Xiliang scouts did not notice the movements of any of the three troops.
Among the complex mountains, a black armored force was marching hard. As the county seat of Zhongshan County in Zhangye County, Heishui County has extremely complex mountain terrain due to its conflict with the northwest.
The complexity also gave them concealment. When they were looking for routes, they specifically looked for terrain that was impossible to advance in the eyes of others, recruited local people, and moved along the trails.
In this way, they directly bypassed the official road, bypassed most of the smooth and easy roads, and fought directly to the camp where the Xiliang army was located on the edge of Heishui County.
The three-way army is 30,000 men. As a family candidate, how simple can their troops be?
Each unit is the top soldier in each major branch, and each one has true energy in his body. This is why they dare to lead these soldiers on these narrow paths.
Ordinary soldiers walking on these roads were either killed by the cold temperature or fell down the mountain. They also had no place to station themselves at night, so most of them looked for a leeward place to lie down and rest.
Just relying on their strong physique and vitality to survive, ordinary soldiers would have froze to death long ago.
Even so, the three armies also lost a lot of soldiers, but when they saw the sign on the map and were about to enter Heishui County, all the coldness and fatigue disappeared.
This battle concerns the rest of their lives. No one wants to be a loser. When Ma Jin was alive, they had no hope. Now that Ma Jin is dead, their chance has come!
The head of the Ma family is in charge of Fufeng and Zhangye counties. As long as there is a chance, no one will give up.
For this reason, they are willing to endure all kinds of hardships.
Li Xiang did not notice these three troops, nor did the frontline troops. They were confronting the main army led by the third elder. Both sides were unwilling to launch an attack. The initiator was the one who was beaten first.
On this day, it started to snow again in Liangzhou.
Seeing the snowflakes all over the sky, the third elder frowned. This was not a good thought. Leading an army to go on an expedition in winter already made his soldiers curse in secret.
Now it's snowing heavily again, and their logistics are quite sufficient. Food and meat are not missing for a day. Only by keeping the soldiers well fed can they maintain their combat effectiveness in the cold temperature.
But now the snowflakes have fallen again and the temperature will drop again. He doesn't know how long his soldiers can hold on.
It is said that every one of the soldiers from the Soldier Headquarters on the opposite side came from outside the Northwest Pass. The temperature outside the Northwest Pass in the cold winter is lower than now. The current temperature may not have reached the lowest level that the opponent can tolerate.
He was afraid that the other party would launch an attack in such an environment. If the other party launched an attack in such an environment, they would not have much resistance.
"Master," the old servant walked up to the third elder: "According to those old Taoist priests, this heavy snow may last for three more days!"
"Three days!" The third elder was pacing in the snow. He was wondering whether to retreat. As a general, he knew the consequences of another three days of heavy snow.
The snow has reached to the knees now, and if it rains for another three days, the snow may hit the thighs directly, or even deeper.
Such deep snow is very detrimental to them, but it is a benefit to the Xiliang army. Each Xiliang soldier is over eight feet tall.
These eight-foot tall men can still come and go freely in such deep snow. The most important thing is that these soldiers can still maintain strong combat effectiveness in cold temperatures.
They don't have such fighting power.
"Do you know where those three little families are?" The third elder wanted to retreat, but was afraid of the army retreating. The three little guys led an army of 30,000 people to the back of the Xiliang army, intending to give the Xiliang soldiers a
It would be a waste of time if he retreated at this time.
Those three little guys are very likely to become a sheep in a tiger's mouth.
The old servant shook his head: "There is no news yet, but according to their marching route and the marching route of the army, they should have reached the vicinity of Heishui County by now. It is very likely that they will fight with the Xiliang army in the next few days!"
"Fighting in the snow?" The third elder exhaled a hot breath: "I never thought that I, Mazhanshan, would one day fight in the heavy snow.
Ask your soldiers to chop down more trees, bring out more firewood, and ask for a batch of wine from behind. How can we do without wine to warm ourselves up in such a cold weather!"
Ma Zhanshan has made a choice, that is to continue to waste time with the Xiliang soldiers.
The logistics of the Xiliang army are also seizing the time to transport supplies. From Yingdong in Sanshui City, they deliver the supplies to the Zuqiang Fortress, then to Yeling Town, and finally to the frontline soldiers. This trip of supplies takes a full ten years.
Three days in size.
This was still the case with the transportation team in Xiliang. As the transportation team arrived, a new batch of reinforcements from Xiliang also arrived. Li Xiang had long felt that the troops in his hands were too few, so he transferred a large number of troops back from the Dark Time.
Thirty thousand Xiliang infantrymen slowly arrived, injecting new vitality into the Xiliang headquarters army, and the delivered animal blood wine allowed the Xiliang headquarters soldiers to drive away the cold.
Animal blood wine is the best way to drive away the cold.
After a day of fighting yesterday, Yuanye Town fell into calm again. The city gates were closed, the Ma family flag fluttered in the snow, and black smoke rose in the city.
In the cold winter, when ordinary people don't have yuan stones to heat their homes, they can light fires and heat the kang, which will cause thick black smoke to rise.
A thousand light cavalrymen from Lingfeng County quickly arrived outside the town. The first thing they saw was the Ma family's flag. The second thing they saw was the soldiers standing guard everywhere on the city wall, as well as those burning braziers.
The third thing I saw was the thick smoke in the city.
"We are the vanguard of the Lingxian army!" The captain ran to the city gate and shouted: "Please open the door, I need to see your mayor!"
Zhang Wenlong said solemnly on the city wall: "I wonder if I have any evidence? Just yesterday, my Yuanye town was attacked by Xiliang soldiers. The other party pretended to be Yuanye, a refugee from Duobing Town. If the city gate had not been closed in time, the small town would have been destroyed at this time.
The town has fallen into the hands of Xiliang soldiers!"
Many soldiers in the city couldn't help but look sideways when they heard Zhang Wenlong's words, "You must be the one dressed up yesterday!"
But thinking about their family members who were watched by the butchers from Xiliang Headquarters at home, they held back!
When the soldiers below heard Zhang Wenlong's words, the commander asked: "Has the Xiliang army already reached Yuanye Town?"
Zhang Wenlong said: "We arrived yesterday, but they should be the vanguard troops. I wonder if the general has credentials?"
"Of course!" The captain took out his badge and threw it against the city wall: "Only 500 people from our army will enter the city. Please arrange a place to stay!"
The commander heard that the Xiliang Pioneers had called to Yuanye Town. Now looking at the white surroundings, he didn't feel at all at ease.
He wanted to pass the news back and at the same time investigate the surrounding areas. Their scout army could not escape the pursuit of the Xiliang scouts and could not send them very far.
This is a flat land. It would be difficult for the Xiliang cavalry to charge!
Zhang Wenlong glanced at the badge, and then said to the captain: "I'm serious, if brothers want to find traces of the Xiliang army, maybe you can go a little further forward. This morning, there were some civilians who came back from the countryside in the town. They said they were in the northeast.
When I was in the mountains and forests, I saw the traces of a large number of horses galloping."
"Open the city gate!"
Click, click, click!
The city gate below was wide open. The captain whispered something to a big man next to him, and then clasped his fists at Zhang Wenlong: "Sorry for the trouble, come with me!"
The light cavalry divided into two groups, one entered the city, and the other ran toward the northeast...
