"Don't worry, sir. I have my own concerns. Here comes someone."
Two servants immediately arrived in front of them, and Xu Ziqiang shouted majestically, "Bring the horse for your lord."
Shi Kefa waved his hand and said angrily, "Thousands of soldiers in Deputy Cheng Town will be trapped in a tight siege. I will never retreat before the battle."
"Master Daotai is of high moral integrity, how dare a villain trap a great man into injustice."
Xu Ziqiang looked at the other side and turned around and said seriously, "This time General Pang Shen invites to attack Erlang Town. It is the time to fight to the death with the bandits. I have decided to fight them to the death."
Shi Kefa looked at Xu Ziqiang in surprise, "Then what's the point of holding the horse?"
"I want to ask Master Daotai to go to Baiyazhai first. Your Excellency has planned a strategy. The situation of encircling and annihilating the bandits has been completed. What is left is for us and other warriors to decisively win the battlefield. However, this battle is not certain. When it is really unfavorable, we still have to
To leave some room, my subordinate wants you to go to Baiyazhai first to take charge, so that if the war goes against you, the army will have a way out."
"Baiyazhai..." Shi Kefa said hesitantly, "The war is imminent, and I should stabilize the morale of the army here. It may not be appropriate to plan a retreat at this time."
"My lord, please listen to what I said. The bandits have been causing trouble for a year or two. We can't annihilate them this time. However, Susong is the place where the best of our Jiangnan officers and soldiers gather. It took Zhang Junmen several years to reach a large scale.
If something goes wrong, how can we regroup in a hurry? If the south of the Yangtze River is brought to ruin, we will be ashamed of our army and our emperor."
Xu Ziqiang wiped his cheeks, and there seemed to be tears flashing in the firelight, "It is not pity for a warrior like Xiaguan to die, but the safety of Anqing depends on you. It is important to protect Jiangnan with the only powerful people. It is the following official
Sir, I would like to ask you not to worry about your personal reputation this time, but to put the safety of Anqing first and the overall situation of Jiangnan first, and go to Baiyazhai to make advance plans."
The sound of horse hooves on the other side rang again, the voices of people became more and more noisy, and a few firelights flashed, and Wu Song's soldiers were restless around them.
"Securing Jiangnan is a big deal. I never thought that Mr. Xu would have such an opinion."
Shi Kefa raised his head again and said, "But the old county bridge is so important..." "This old county bridge will be handed over to Xiaguan. As long as Xiaguan lives, this old county bridge will be there. Without further delay, please go to Baidu immediately."
Yazhai, bring the horse quickly!"
Xu Ziqiang waved his hand repeatedly, asking his servants to bring the horses, and then personally assisted Shi Kefa on the horse. Shi Kefa was a little confused when he got on the horse, and gave Xu Ziqiang a few more words, and finally went in the direction of Baiyazhai under Xu Ziqiang's urging.
Seeing Shi Kefa's back disappearing into the night, Xu Ziqiang let out a long breath. The guerrilla soldier next to him came up with a pale face and said, "Headquarters, how are we going to guard the bridge now?"
Xu Ziqiang wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand and said, "What kind of bridge are you guarding? Burn the bridge for me! Let me see what else the thieves can take."
The guerrillas looked at the main town in surprise, "Why did the local master say that we must guard the bridge?"
"It's burning, not keeping. You must have heard wrong."
After Xu Ziqiang cursed loudly, he grabbed him and whispered, "Shidaotai will never allow us to burn the bridge, and we will not be allowed to run away. If he delays like this, the thieves will arrive soon, and who of us will
We can’t run away, so we have to send him away first.”
Guerrilla quickly said, "Your Excellency, since the left and right are running away, can we not burn the bridge?"
"Run away after burning the bridge. Those thieves are all on horseback. How can you outrun them without burning the bridge?"
Xu Ziqiang waved his hand, and the guerrilla quickly shouted, "Get firewood."
Several servants nearby immediately responded, "The firewood is all wet."
"ah!"
Xu Ziqiang exclaimed, "Why didn't you dry it just now?"
Several servants looked at each other, wondering what to burn to dry the firewood when it was wet.
The servant came over to please the guerrillas and said, "Don't worry, sir. It's too late to dry them now, but the quilts brought by the soldiers are all in the tents. They can be used to burn the bridge."
Xu Ziqiang shouted, "Remember you, bring all your quilts here quickly."
The orders were passed down, and each officer carried them out quickly. They sent soldiers to move them over in a hurry. Soon there was a big pile on the bridge, but the formation was also messed up. They faced a night attack by rogue bandits at night. This pressure put a huge strain on the soldiers of Wusong Camp.
It was still very big, and just now there were servants guarding it so they couldn't escape. Now when there was chaos, many people escaped at night.
Xu Ziqiang naturally knew that, but he couldn't care about the many quilts at this time. Seeing that the quilts were almost piled up, he asked people to pour tung oil on them, but the tung oil could not be found, so he had to send troops to search for them in the camp.
After such a delay, the shouts of killing in the darkness on the opposite side were getting closer and closer to the old county bridge. Finally, the silhouette of the defeated soldiers appeared at the bridge. At this time, the tung oil also arrived. Wu Songbing didn't care much and hurriedly poured it on with a few torches.
As soon as it was thrown, a fire broke out on the bridge.
As long as the bridge is burned, Wusong camp will be temporarily safe, and the soldiers, generals and civilians will immediately cheer.
The running soldiers were blocked on the bridge. Most of them discarded their military sticks and only had a waist knife at most. Facing the raging fire on the bridge, they could not put out the fire. They kept yelling and cursing on the opposite side. Some people were shouting.
Break down the long branches around and carry the quilt to the river.
"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot towards the bridge!"
The guerrillas were shouting, and the servants in Wusong camp opened their bows and arrows, and fired randomly at the opposite side. After a few screams, the opposite side dispersed.
The morale of the Wusong camp was greatly boosted, and the soldiers did not run away after their psychological safety was guaranteed. They went to the camp to carry new quilts, vowing to burn down the wooden bridge.
Xu Ziqiang calmly observed the other side. There had been a commotion there for a long time, but he only saw broken troops, not even a single cavalryman. He didn't know where the bandits who were chasing after them were said by the ambushing soldiers.
"Tell them to throw away their quilts more slowly. They have to use their brains to do things. Only when they stick to the bridge will they burn down. What's the use of burning them if there are too many piles?" Xu Ziqiang calmly ordered, as the fire was raging on the bridge.
The surrounding temperature has increased, but it seems that the wood on the bridge has not yet ignited, and the mayor still needs to put more thought into it.
Just as he was giving orders, there was a sudden loud bang next to him, which startled Xu Ziqiang. He looked back and saw that it was the artillerymen firing off cannons. He couldn't help but said angrily, "Why are you firing off cannons now?"
The guerrilla soldiers went over to fight and dispersed the artillery. Xu Ziqiang shook his head. When he turned back to the other side, he saw that the defeated soldiers gave up their plan to put out the fire and fled along the river. Some who knew how to swim jumped directly into the river and swam, and some who didn't know how to swim.
Those who know how to swim are crying loudly.
Xu Ziqiang couldn't help but snorted, "You don't look like you're marching."
In the darkness, I suddenly heard someone yelling from the other side, "Shi Kefa, you made us sacrifice our lives and cut off our livelihood, you shameless dog official."
Xu Ziqiang frowned, but thinking that the other side was about to be killed by the bandits, he didn't plan to argue with him. Who knew that the scolding on the other side got louder and louder, and someone started scolding Zhang Guowei again. It seemed that if he didn't stop him, he would scold the emperor.
Well, there were many soldiers and civilians around here. It would be bad if it spread out later. He cleared his throat and said, "Bold! Shi Daotai, you are not the one who can insult me. I am Wu Song, the commander-in-chief of Xu Daotai, under Shi Daotai."
"Zi Qiang..." A gander shouted from the other side, "Xu Ziqiang, you are a thief who has no descendants. If you don't put out the fire, I will come over and light your sky lantern."
Xu Ziqiang put his two fingers together and pointed his halberd at the other side, "You, you Qiu Ba, how dare you threaten Shangguan? You think that this Shangguan is so good at cultivation that you can humiliate him? Try another curse."
A group of people on the opposite side shouted loudly, "Xu Ziqiang's grandson!"
"Xu Ziqiang is a bitch!"
"It doesn't make sense."
Xu Ziqiang was so angry that his fingers trembled with anger, and he yelled across the river, "You are a bunch of turtles! A bunch of dog thieves, all of them were caught by the stray thieves!"
When the servants saw Shangguan personally coming to the front line, they immediately rushed to the riverside and cursed at the other side. For a while, fighting broke out on both sides of the Jiuxian River, and the spittle from both sides almost caused the water to rise another inch.
Mr. Xu was so angry that he cursed. He jumped up with his hands on his hips. During the short time in the air, he still accurately grasped the opportunity and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm towards the other side.
Just as the thick phlegm spewed out, the old county bridge next to it suddenly made a loud crash, and the soldiers of Wusong Camp cheered in unison.
..."Has there been any reply from Shidaotai?"
"There is no reply yet, but don't worry, sir. Wang Zenglu just sent someone to report back. There are still gunfire in the direction of Fengjiadian."
"It's good if there's gunfire, it means Cheng Long and the others are still here."
Pang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and braced himself to continue patrolling the camp. Under the night, there were bright lights outside Erlang Town. Some civilians lit bonfires along the road as an early warning to prevent night attacks. This was something the garrison camp learned from the rogue bandits.
Bonfires were lit everywhere in the town, and the prisoners, under the supervision of civilian husbands, carried corpses, vehicle frames and sundries, blocked all the alleys facing north, and raised the collapsed walls.
The pier in the south is brightly lit, and three watercrafts are docked on the shore. Dozens of civilians are carrying grain, tung oil, gunpowder and other military supplies. Erlang River is a prosperous waterway for Guangji and Susong merchants. After entering Long Lake, it exits through Leishui.
Jiang, just follow the route of Pang Yu this time in reverse.
Part of the Erlang River was silted up to form a sandbar. Pang Yu was originally worried that the canal boat would not be able to pull it up, but today's heavy rain caused the water level to rise. The canal boat successfully arrived at Erlang Town, delivering supplies and taking away injuries and illnesses, which greatly alleviated the problem.
The logistical burden of rain.
There is still water on the stone road on the pier, and as a few people move around, small splashes of water splash up.
"Chen Rulie pursued the Sweeping King to the Chema River. There was a group of bandits who responded. There were about a hundred horse soldiers. Chen Rulie took a look around and found that there were dense camps around the Chema River..." Yang Xueshi coughed, rubbed his forehead and continued, "Cheng Rulie
Hezhai was captured by rogue bandits and is currently occupied by eight bandits."
"The fort at Shidaotai seems to have survived the attack."
Pang Yu shook his head and smiled. At that time, Shi Kefa was building a large number of forts in the Anqing area. Pang Yu did not agree with most of them, but he supported the Chema River in Susong and the Tianning Village in Qianshan. Two of them were built in the Chema River.
They are Chenghe Village and Tufeng Village (the former site of Chenghe Village is in today's Chehe Village, and the place name of Tufeng Village is still there, both are located northwest of the current Hualiang Village). Currently, Chenghe Village has been conquered, while the situation of Tufeng Village is unknown.
Most of the forts from the bandit rebellion in the eighth year of Chongzhen have survived. This is the basis for Shi Kefa's overhaul of the forts. He believed that the rogue bandits were not capable of attacking fortresses, but Pang Yu did not think so. The rogue bandits' behavior was entirely driven by economic motives. When they first entered Anqing,
Materials can be grabbed everywhere, so there is no need to go all out. But now that they are here for the second time, Anqing is in ruins. To obtain survival materials, the bandits can only attack strongholds, and their tolerance for casualties will naturally increase. Most of the strongholds lack training.
, unable to withstand the siege of rogue bandits.
"Where do you think the rogue bandits will fight?"
Xie Zhaofa behind him said without hesitation, "There is a vast plain east of the Chema River, but most of it is paddy fields, which is not conducive to rogue horse soldiers, but they can guard the bridge. If the rogues want to defend, it will be on the east side of the bridge. If they want to take back Erlang Town,
We should be on the west bank. Before dark, we should send a group of cavalry back to support us and guard the west bank. It looks like we will recapture Erlang Town tomorrow."
"Should we wait for the bandits to attack, or should we take the initiative to attack them?"
"My subordinates think that we should take the initiative to attack. The rogue bandits are surrounded between Erlang Town and Fengjia Pu. However, we are also among a group of thieves. There is a sweeper at the pass and a leather eye in the direction of Huangmei. Our battalion needs to gather together to annihilate eight
The thieves can only meet with Deputy Town Cheng. If the eight thieves attack Fengjiapu first, they will besiege my garrison, and there must be no delay in the meantime."
Pang Yu nodded, "The bridge over Chema River is the key point. Zan Painting Studio will revise the battle plan again. The Guards Division should start earlier. They should rush to Wang Zenglu before dawn and tell Wang Zenglu that they will continue to reconnaissance vehicles at night.
Ma River, if the bandits want to retreat to the other side, let him seize the bridge and never let the family members of the Eight Thieves' old camp cross the river."
"If the rogue pirates retreat to the east bank of the Chema River, they will not be able to besiege my garrison. They will always return here, and the Ge Liyan will not be strong enough to attack my army.
The subordinates believed that most of the camps of the Eight Thieves were to the west of the Chema River, and they could not escape at night. Cao Cao's camps were at the pass, and most of the camps of King Sweeper and Chuang Taotian were also located in this section. Most of them were reluctant to leave them.
It is more likely to plot a counterattack."
"It's just right to counterattack, as long as you don't run away."
Pang Yu thought for a moment and said, "We can't let them idle at night. Each bureau in the north and west will be assigned a cannon. They will fire every half a quarter of an hour. There will be a night attack at least once every half an hour, with gongs and drums.
That's fine, Wang Zenglu will send the cannon as soon as possible, anyway, we can't sit idle."