In the sixth year of Guanghe reign, on the sixth day of the third lunar month, a fierce offensive and defensive battle began in front of the Dazhai of the Chinese Army of the Jibei Kingdom on the east bank of Wenshui River.
At this time, Chen Gui stood on the watchtower and continuously dispatched troops to the square array in front, which could no longer hold up.
The military sequence he arranged in front of the camp at the beginning was: the first four songs, a total of 800 soldiers, then the second echelon, three songs, 600 soldiers, and the final reserve echelon, three songs, 600 elite soldiers.
But no one expected that the opponent only launched one charge, and three of the four front ones had already collapsed, and another one was also retreating step by step under the squeeze of the opponent's troops.
As soon as he pushed up the last reserve echelon, he found that he was completely weak. He lamented that he was old after all. He only stood on the watchtower to blow some wind, but it was no longer useful. At the same time, he asked the guard to get it for him. Put on a big cloak.
Several staff members advised him to go downstairs first, but Chen Gui refused. Just kidding, how dare he slack off when the battle is going like this. But looking at the loud killing sound in front of him, he couldn't help but look to the right in the southeast. Legion Zhang Rongbu was anxious as to why they hadn't arrived yet.
At this time, Zhang Rong and his brothers were marching hard in the mud. Zhang Rong originally rode a horse, but before that he led his horse-riding retinue to walk on the mud ground, splashing mud on the nearby infantry, causing them to scold them constantly. .So Zhang Rong asked everyone to dismount and walked with the brothers.
He had already seen that the brothers were unhappy, and he didn't believe that even after walking so far, these old brothers he had brought out would become so depressed.
He turned around and asked his guards:
"Have you noticed that the brothers are depressed? What's going on?"
The soldier who was asked felt guilty, but his face remained calm and he smiled and said:
"Captain, what's the reason? The brothers are probably tired from walking. No one will feel happy walking in this muddy ground."
Zhang Rong nodded when he heard this, but immediately shook his head and said:
"That's not right. We are all descendants of the water bandits, and we are not pampered. Not to mention the muddy road, even the knife road is easy. Why are we complaining and tired?"
The guard wanted to cover up, but there was an outspoken guard over there who couldn't stand it any longer. He said directly:
"Zhang Kui, what you are talking about was in the past. How can brothers compare now with before? In the past, although we were miserable and precarious, but whoever had a piece of meat, other brothers also had meat. Whoever had a jar of wine must be the same. Brothers have a drink together. But now that you have moved into the city, many things are unclear. Let’s put it this way, brothers are not feeling well overnight. For example, our camp has always had the worst food and wages, and it is also the most visited by those dogs. The officials are discriminatory and still regard us as thieves. But now that the thieves are being suppressed, let us be the vanguard and let us thieves kill thieves. How can we keep our spirits calm, brothers?"
In fact, this guard still gave Zhang Rong face, and some of his words were very obscure.
What is he actually going to say? You, Zhang Rong, are now prosperous and wealthy, but the old brothers who have followed you through life and death are now hungry and are being discriminated against, and you, Zhang Rong, don’t know anything about this. After entering the city , how many times have you seen the old brothers, who are either licking the King of Jibei or wagging their tails behind the Prime Minister of Jibei all day long. All this is in the hearts of the old brothers Han. What is even more unacceptable to the old brothers is that they have to wait and see again. When the big group was used, you joined the camp and told the brothers to be the vanguard. Why, the old brothers had to die before I could change your ribbon seal to a green one?
These guardsmen have always supported Zhang Rong in the past because he is capable of fighting, brave and resourceful. In the past, he often led his brothers to make the most correct choices when they were at sea. Even when they went ashore to recruit troops, everyone thought that Zhang Rong could continue
Live a good life with them.
But after Zhang Rong entered the city, he became a different person. He lived in the mansion where the ribbon-bearers lived, raised enchanting men and beautiful concubines, and even applied powder like those dirty people, and the ostentation became more and more beautiful.
Big, old brothers are coming to ask for instructions.
Of course they know that you, Zhang Rong, do this because you want to integrate into the ribbon circle of Jibei Kingdom, but to put it bluntly, we are thieves. Once we are thieves, we will always be thieves. We will not become theirs just because we wear shoes and clothes.
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Not once did they hear those behind the ribbons ridiculing Zhang Rong for winning the title just like a monkey. We are "alien" in their eyes.
Zhang Rong, why can't you understand it so well? We are not the same people as them.
Although the guard's words were vague, Zhang Rong knew what he meant, so he remained silent. Finally, he sighed and didn't explain anything. He just asked the old brothers to believe him again. He promised everyone:
"After this battle, we have everything."
The army continued to advance, and Zhang Rong could already hear the fierce fighting coming from the Chinese army's stronghold ahead. He was about to order the entire army to prepare for the attack.
A soldier covered in blood came running from the rear. As soon as he came, he knelt on the ground and cried:
"Kui, the brothers in the rear were suddenly ambushed by the rebels and suffered heavy casualties. Please hurry back for reinforcements."
As soon as this statement came out, the generals were in an uproar and asked for orders one after another, but Zhang Rong asked directly:
"Where does the rear end move now?"
"Still at the southeastern location where we originally stood."
Zhang Rong was annoyed:
"What's going on? It's been so long since we withdrew our troops. Why hasn't the rear moved a step?"
The soldier kneeling on the ground covered in blood turned red and muttered:
"The general said, said..."
Zhang Rong cursed angrily:
"say what?"
"I said I don't want to risk my brothers' lives to exchange ribbons for those noble people. I said that my brothers' lives are also life."
Zhang Rong angrily smashed the riding crop on the ground and cursed:
"Damn it, when did that golden fat man love soldiers so much? Hot bitch, you said you were protecting the lives of your brothers, but now? Isn't it because he was so stubborn that he harmed everyone?"
The soldiers kneeling on the ground, with tears on their faces mixed with mud, kept kowtowing:
"Qu, hurry up and send troops. It's too late, all the brothers are really dead."
Zhang Rong, who was still angry just now, heard his words and was speechless for a long time. He just stared at the mountains and seas of fighting in front of him in trance.
The other generals also saw that something was wrong with Zhang Rong, and it was the general who wanted to cover up just now who took the initiative to talk:
"Kui, we'd better dispatch these troops quickly. Fatty Jin won't call for reinforcements until he's really in danger."
The soldier who was kneeling on the ground with tears on his face heard this and kept nodding his head, looking at Zhang Rong longingly, but he heard a piece of news from Zhang Rong that was like a bolt from the blue.
Their leader, Youyou, said:
"Ask the brothers to guard him for a while longer, and then go rescue him after I finish the fight here."
The soldier didn't believe that Zhang Rong said this at all, and he wanted to kowtow again. Over there, Zhang Rong had already ordered his troops, waved flags to the various ministries, and rushed back to the battlefield to support the Chinese army.
In the end, only the soldier was left kneeling in the mud, looking at Zhang Rong's back, and murmured:
"Zhang Rong, you are so cruel."
After saying that, he ran back to the rear without looking at Zhang Rong. He would die with his brothers.
As soon as Zhang Rong and his right school lieutenant appeared on the battlefield, Chen Gui, who was standing on the watchtower, saw it. He immediately sent down the order and informed the whole army:
"Reinforcements are coming."
Afterwards, the Chinese troops who were still organized on the battlefield chanted:
"Reinforcements are coming."
The morale of the military formation, which had been on the verge of collapse for a while, was visibly recovering.
In fact, it is not easy for the 1,500 soldiers of the Chinese army to withstand the fierce attack of Dian Wei and Guo Liang's 1,000 troops until now. Regardless of whether they are still more numerous, both the morale of the army and the tactical armaments are very good.
Not as good as Dian and Guo Erbu. If it weren't for Chen Gui's military skills, he would not be afraid of death. Several times before, the bandit soldiers had rushed to a place less than twenty steps away from his watchtower, but he did not take a step back. In this way, Jibei Junior High School
The army has barely managed to survive until now.
But now, reinforcements from the Jibei Kingdom have finally arrived, and now it is their turn to counterattack. So at this moment, everyone in the Jibei Kingdom's Chinese Army is working bravely, not only stabilizing the retreating military line, but also shouting to the Lieutenant General's military line.
I pushed hard for ten steps.
But standing on the watchtower, with a higher view than the soldiers below, Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei, discovered something was wrong with the reinforcements.
Zhang Rong's soldiers didn't look like many. Didn't they all come over? Just when he was thinking wildly, a thunder suddenly exploded in the sky above the battlefield.
Immediately afterwards, a bean-sized drop of rain hit Chen Gui's nose. He touched it and found it was salty and wet. Then before anyone could react, it began to rain heavily all over the world.
Zhang Rong had already led his army to the right side of the battlefield. When he was preparing to attack the bandits who had invaded the Chinese army, a heavy rain suddenly came.
The rain in March poured directly into his clothes with coldness. The clothes all over his body were soaked, and they clung to his body, making him feel cold all over. What made him even more chilled was that the appearance of this heavy rain had originally caused a chill.
The return of aid should have been smooth, but something unexpected happened.
Under the heavy rain, the bowstring became wet and could no longer be pulled. Even if it was forced to be shot, the rain-wet arrows were weak. But the Taishan Army had no intention of withdrawing its troops. They unexpectedly arrived with reinforcements from Jibei Kingdom, and there was also a heavy rain.
Despite the situation, they are still launching a fierce offensive against the Central Military Headquarters.
As far as Zhang Rong could see, from time to time soldiers from the Chinese army fell down in the rain and were stabbed to death by tiger and wolf Taishan bandits. With blood and wailing all over the ground, Zhang Rong hesitated.
And with Dian Wei Pijian holding on, the Taishan Army's military line was less than twenty steps away from the Chinese army's stronghold in Jibei Kingdom. Until this time, another external general of the Taishan Army, Guo Liang, finally put his last
A crossbow unit was sent to the front line.
Less than twenty steps away from the watchtower, a group of fifty crossbowmen raised their crossbows and fired at him. In an instant, countless crossbow arrows tore through the rain curtain and hit the watchtower like a gust of wind.
Upstairs, Dai Qi, one of the Five Dragons of Jibei Kingdom, has always been strong and vigorous. When he saw a group of crossbowmen appearing below, he immediately raised a big stick and blocked it in front of himself and Jibei Prime Minister Chen Gui. Then the others did not respond. Arrows like migratory locusts directly covered the watchtower below.
In the end, except for him and the Jibei Kingdom, the others, such as Yan Jiao, Fan Zhao, Xu Yan, Xia Yin, Liu Bin and other famous celebrities, were all nailed to death on the watchtower before they could say a word. .
Chen Gui, who was hiding behind the pillars, finally came back to his senses. Looking at Yan Jiao's dead expression, he said tremblingly: