Chapter 40: Relieving the Siege of the City by Various Tricks (3)
Shi Jin sat beside Chen Da's bed, patted Chen Da's back gently, and said, "Brother, it's good if you come back. It's good if you come back."
As Chen Da listened to Shi Jin's comfort, an inexplicable pain touched the nerves in Chen Da's heart. As he broke out of the siege, one scene after another appeared in his heart.
,,When Chen Da rushed through a mountain pass under the pursuit of the Forbidden Army, a wave of officers and soldiers suddenly emerged from the dense forest behind the mountain pass. Under the shade of green leaves, accompanied by the sound of whooshing through the air, he heard, Many arrow feathers shot towards Chen Da's soldiers and horses like locusts. At that time, Chen Da knew something was wrong when he heard the whistling of arrow feathers. He quickly urged his horse and led his brothers to rush over. Unexpectedly, the momentum of the arrow feathers was too strong, and many brothers were hit by the arrows and fell off their horses. In front of the road, there was a tree trunk as thick as a hug, with branches and branches blocking the path of Chen Da and others. At this time, an unknown person shouted, pointing directly at Chen Da and shouting: "Catch that guy, there will be great rewards." Then, all the arrows were shot in the direction of Chen Da, and Chen Da's original enlightenment was already dead. He stopped, but he didn't expect that his subordinates were quick to think. Those who were close to Chen Da braved their arrows and gathered around Chen Da. Even if they fell into a pool of blood one after another, they still had to pounce on him and use their bodies to save him. Chen Da blocked the arrow, while the brothers who were following him simply pulled out their knives and rushed into the woods, risking the tragedy of being shot like hedgehogs, and fiercely killed the officers and soldiers who were ambushing there. Some brothers also took advantage of the opportunity. Seizing the opportunity, he risked his life and moved the tree poles blocking the road bit by bit. And just like that, with the lives of three hundred brothers, Chen Da was protected and escaped from the palm of death.
,,When Chen Da was finally approaching Laihua Town, he encountered a group of officers and soldiers defending Laihua Town. At that time, Chen Da had less than 500 men under his command, and some of them were injured and disabled. Brothers, Chen Da fought and retreated all the way, but was outnumbered, and was eventually made a "dumpling" by others. It was these five hundred men who fought bloody and risked their lives and followed Chen Da until they broke out of the siege. At that time, half of the men and horses were broken, and Chen Da was injured in many places.
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There were many more brothers who fell under the blades of officers and soldiers in order to protect Chen Da. Their last faces were something that Chen Da at this moment could never forget.
【Huayin County·Juyi Hall】
Shi Jin and others settled Chen Da and let him settle down to recover from his injuries. After learning about the current situation in Pucheng by the way, Shi Jin and others listened to Li Baicao's suggestion and left Chen Da's house. At this time , it’s already midnight.
As soon as Shi Jin and others returned to the Juyi Hall, spies flew over and reported: "The two leaders Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi broke through the imperial army that was trapped in Weinan, annihilated 3,000 enemy troops, and captured two enemy troops. More than a thousand people and more than a thousand others fled in all directions without a trace. Countless horses and weapons were seized. The two leaders have entered Weinan and joined forces with the two leaders Liu Tang and Dong Xi. Now the city has a large number of soldiers. Satisfied, morale is boosted."
"Okay," Shi Jin stood up immediately and said, "It was a good fight, a happy one."
"Brother, now we can let them garrison on the spot, organize their troops and horses, and wait for them to send troops northward to regain the lost territory," Zhu Wu said to Shi Jin.
Shi Jin accordingly issued a general order.
Everyone waited in the hall for a long time, and finally received the news from Zheng County.
When Shi Jin heard that it was still good news, another stone finally fell from his heart.
Lin Chong and Di Yan followed Wu Yong's plan and indeed attracted the Forbidden Army. Countless people died in the trap, which was even more horrific. After rushing through the empty camp, the furious Forbidden Army pursued them all the way, but did not want to be killed. Lin Chong led a large group of troops to charge out halfway, catching the Forbidden Army off guard. What was even worse was that when the Forbidden Army finally gave up the idea of attacking and retreated, they could not retreat. Di Yan set the camp on fire He got up and burned countless people to death. In the end, he killed one of the Forbidden Army generals and captured thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers. Finally, together with the Gu Yan soldiers in Zheng County, they defeated the Forbidden Army's company, seized tens of thousands of grains and grass, and recruited 800 soldiers and horses. Lin Chong He and Gu Yanbing were stationed in Zheng County, and Di Yan led his troops back to Aoshui Town to fortify themselves.
Shi Jin felt concerned after hearing this, but he was a little hesitant about what to do next.
At present, the generals are brave and invincible. They are charging into the battle and attacking the city. They should work hard and continue to send their troops northward to capture the remaining cities in Huazhou in one fell swoop.
However, although Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and others came to join the group to help, the captured city would eventually need to be defended by a large number of troops, and judging from the current situation, it was far from rashly sending troops northward. when.
Wu Yong and Zhu Wu also coincidentally proposed the idea of temporary truce and consolidation of territory at this time. At present, Zheng County, Weinan, Chishui Town, Aoshui Town, Guanxi Town, and Huazhou County need to be renovated. Internal affairs, stocking up on future needs, recruiting troops and horses, repairing the city, appeasing the people, and prospering all industries, all these are not mentioned.
As for the imperial court, due to the gathering of soldiers and horses from various states, the situation suddenly changed in just one month. Instead of taking the city, the military supervisor of Shangzhou was defeated because of his unfavorable supervision of the battle. Shaanzhou and Tongzhou were dismissed and investigated. , the imperial troops were each punished because their faults outweighed their merits. Only the Yaozhou soldiers and horses received some rewards because they accidentally hit Pucheng.
Seeing that Shi Jin was unable to gather troops, the imperial court repeatedly urged the troops from various states to march. Unexpectedly, Wu Yong went to Weinan in person, and Zhu Wu also took up positions in Zheng County. Both frontline cities were fortified and impeccable. Everyone who came here was defeated and fled.
The imperial court didn't understand why Shi Jin was holding back his troops, but in his heart, Shi Jin was waiting for an opportunity to prepare his troops and recharge his batteries for a big explosion.
After more than half a month of attacking and defending the ground with the officers and soldiers, Shi Jin's troops and horses had expanded a lot. After these days of rest and training, the overall situation had improved a lot, and the court had also added more troops. He mobilized a force of 30,000 troops and rushed to the front.
A tumultuous battle was about to begin. However, even if Yang Chun, who had stayed behind in Shaohua Mountain, came with his troops, the problem of lack of generals still troubled Shi Jin.
Once the war begins, we must capture all the cities in Huazhou to the north. However, by then, in order to defend the entire front of Huazhou, these considerable forces will be weakened due to dispersion, and more importantly, At that time, the shortcomings of the lack of independent strong generals will be undoubtedly exposed, and the hidden dangers left by this will ultimately be long nights and many dreams.
Just when Wu Yong and others were hesitating, on this day, a group of people defected to Huayin County. The leader of the man brought a woman, claiming to be Shi Jin's brother. The little leader on duty in the city quickly reported to Shi Jin Go to the mansion.
Shi Jin heard this, and although he didn't know who they were, why not be happy to have friends coming from afar? Immediately, Shi Jin sent someone to invite them to the Juyi Hall, and he himself galloped to greet them.
I didn't know it, but when I saw it this time, I felt happy. These people were Zhang Qing and his wife from Caiyuanzi, as well as thirty or forty of their assistants.
Shi Jin quickly set up a table of wine and food to welcome everyone, and at the same time sent people to clean up a house to rest them all.
During the banquet, Shi Jin exchanged cups with everyone, and when asked about what happened after the separation, Zhang Qing told how he secretly protected Wu Song to the assassination place, and how he took care of things so that people could facilitate Wu Song.
But when Shi Jin further asked about Wu Song's current situation, Caiyuanzi Zhang Qing sighed repeatedly: "Brother Wu Song has been involved in a big lawsuit and has escaped from the prison. We met later, but Brother Wu Song is afraid of hurting me and others during the journey. If you don’t want to go with me, if your journey is okay, I’ll probably come here to meet you in a few days.”
Shi Jin couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard this. After waiting for less than seven or eight days, as expected, Wu Song came to Huayin County. When the two brothers Shi Jin and Wu Song met each other, they were particularly sad and sad. Overjoyed, Shi Jin couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Wu Song's appearance as a traveler and asked about what happened during the Jie Feng banquet.
It turned out that after Shi Jin and Wu Song broke up at the foot of Erlong Mountain that day, Wu Song and two officers came to the main road and walked all night. That day Wu Song came to the prison camp and saw a plaque standing at the door with a letter saying: There is a big character, "Ping'an Village". When the men of Ping'an Village saw that there were assassins coming here, they immediately took Wu Song to the prison, and Zhang Qing, who was following far behind, also entered the prison at this time. They came inside, paid off the prison boss, and specially arranged Wu Song to live in a single room. The man who was traveling with Wu Song went to write the paperwork and asked for custody, which I won't say here.
As soon as Wu Song arrived in the single room, there were already a dozen prisoners nearby who saw the new arrival. They gathered around to look at Wu Song and said, "What a good man.
When you are new here, if there is a favor letter and some silver coins in the package, take it out and have it on hand. When the messenger comes in a few minutes, you can give it to him. It was a disaster when the favor was given to him. I see that you are not an ordinary criminal. You must be taking care of yourself to live in a single room here. We are just afraid that you will be in trouble when you are new here, so we will let you know."
After hearing this, Wu Song casually threw the package on the straw bed and said: "Thank you all for your advice. I have a little bit of silver around me, which was given by my good brother. If he wants to ask me for it, I won't give it away." Not even a penny with him; if he insists on asking me for it, it’s even a penny.
I don’t have to give it to him,”
The prisoners said: "Good man, don't say this. The ancients said: 'Don't be afraid of officials, just afraid of management;' 'How dare you not bow your head under a low eaves,' just be careful."
Before the prisoner could finish his words, someone said, "The officials are here." Upon hearing this, everyone dispersed like a mouse seeing a cat.
Wu Song was left alone to sit in the single room. The man came in and shouted, "Who is the new prisoner?"
Wu Song raised his eyes and said, "That's the villain."