Chapter 87: The Ax Slashes the Mountain Bandit and Captures the Pass
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The blue-turban thieves, led by Ma Lei, the commander of the Hedong Army's vanguard battalion, who was known as the Thunder God of the Northwest and was known as the Thunder God of the Northwest, broke through the blockade of the defenders at Huangze Pass and approached the gates of Huangze City.
Huangze City was built because of the pass. Because there was Huangze Pass in front of it, the city wall was not very thick. As long as the pass defense was broken through, the city defense would not have much defensive power. Under the command of Ma Lei, the blue scarf thieves quickly attacked the city.
Head, fighting with Huangzecheng's defenders.
Pan Mei, the commander of the Linzhang Township Army Command, has now been promoted by the generals of Huangze Pass to the commander of the Huangze Pass Quanzhi Military and Horse Command. He leads all the Huangze Pass defenders in a life-and-death struggle with the blue scarf thieves.
Dugu Yuheng, the leader of the Blue Turban Bandits, and Ma Lei, commander of the Hedong Army's Left Army Pioneer Battalion, stood at the foot of the city and watched the Blue Turban Bandits charging toward Huangze City on more than a dozen hanging ladders.
Due to the haste of the matter and the fact that Huangze City did not have many defensive equipment, the blue scarf thieves easily captured the city.
Huangze City is only a few miles in radius, and it is a Shangguan City. There are more than 2,000 permanent residents in the city. There are three or four earth and stone streets in a jumble. The people in the city close their doors and listen to the fighting on the city wall with fear.
Some of the brave ones had already dragged their families with them and began to rush towards Ximen, planning to escape to Sanhekou Town or the countryside.
The timid ones can only hide the whole family in the cellar or gather in an inconspicuous corner, hoping to avoid the disaster caused by the blue scarf robbers.
All the officials in the city government offices, big and small, had fled through the east gate with their small belongings when the blue scarf thieves attacked Guancheng.
The Blue Turban Bandits have a very good reputation in this area, but from the east of Huangze Pass, including Huangze City, they have not been robbed by Blue Turban Bandits before, so the people in the city are always skeptical of the rumors.
Of course, there are those who know the inside story, and they know that they cannot rely on the officers and soldiers at all. Huang Ming, the former guard, is able to keep the city gate safe by sending money and food to the Blue Turban Bandits every year. Now that the Blue Turban Bandits are coming, I am afraid that those big and small
The officials had fled early. Those who knew the inside story had hid their belongings, money and food in advance, and they themselves fled from the east gate to Sanhekou for refuge.
To everyone's surprise, Huangzecheng's defenders resisted very fiercely. Although the blue scarf thieves had the upper hand for a while, it seemed not that easy to break through the blockade of Huangzecheng's defenders and enter Huangzecheng.
Ma Lei was able to use the Thunder God's ax to split the thick Huangzeguan gate, but he did not try to split the Huangzecheng gate. Although this city gate was much worse than the gate.
The fighting started in the afternoon and continued into the afternoon, with the two sides always in a stalemate.
After all, the Blue Turban Bandits were bandits, and they themselves were a little timid when attacking the imperial pass. Although the leaders of the Blue Turban Bandits were able to mobilize their enthusiasm and enthusiasm for the battle again, they were unable to fight head-on with the Huangze Pass defenders.
They suffered heavy losses in the fierce counterattack, which shocked the blue scarf thieves.
The wails of injured bandits and injured soldiers of the Huangze Pass garrison can be heard everywhere. The soldiers of the Huangze Pass garrison now have no time to harvest the heads of the blue turban robbers as military merits, and the blue turban robbers are also going all out, with great momentum.
It is necessary to break through Huangze Pass and occupy this pass as a base for attacking Sanhekou.
At dusk, Pan Mei saw that no reinforcements had arrived from the direction of Sanhekou, and the blue scarf bandits were attacking one after another. She knew that the situation was over and Huang Zeguan could no longer hold it, so she decisively ordered the troops to retreat and attack more than 20 people.
The three river mouths inside and outside recede.
It was only then that Pan Mei's talents were revealed.
Groups of Huangzeguan garrison retreated towards Sanhekou without any disorder despite their defeat. Each group of defeated garrison was led by an orthodox leader, and there was no trace of disorder in the retreat.
The injured but undead defenders were also carried by uninjured soldiers and quickly evacuated Huangzeguan.
Pan Mei sent a confidant battalion commander to retreat in front with a big flag, but she stayed in the rear to suppress the formation. This move boosted the morale of the Huangzeguan garrison, which was originally low in morale.
It wasn't until the last group of soldiers successfully retreated that Pan Mei turned her head to look at Huang Zeguan and the Blue Turban Bandits with great reluctance, then rode up to follow the retreating group.
The Blue Turban Bandits were not pursued at all. After breaking through Huangze Pass, their bandit nature was fully revealed. They have now fallen into a frenzy of looting Huangze City's property.
No matter how restrained the various leaders were, no matter how Ma Lei, the commander of the vanguard battalion from the Hedong Army, roared to stop, or even chopped off two blue scarf thieves with an axe, they could not curb this evil wind.
What's more, the blue scarf thieves suffered heavy losses in their attack on Huangzeguan City, and they actually vented their anger on the people in Huangzeguan City. They constantly broke into people's houses, robbed people of their belongings, and killed people in the city wantonly.
Huang Zeguan City instantly became a purgatory on earth and a bloody field of Shura!
Dugu Yuheng sighed and cursed at the angry Tiaojia. Ma Lei, who was about to kill the blue scarf thief with an axe, said: "Commander Ma, these men under me have never suffered such a big loss. Now we have captured Huang Ze
Guan, let them vent their anger. They still need to use their strength in the evening to attack Sanhekou City, which is our destination this time."
Marley is about nine feet tall, with a build as strong as a bear, with explosive muscles all over his body. On the fine iron ax handle that is two feet long, the one-foot wide ax head shines with cold light. Judging from his age, he is no more than
He is around 20, but his actual age is actually only sixteen.
He glared at Dugu Yuheng for a long time. Seeing Dugu Yuheng's indifferent expression, he knew that it was impossible to persuade him. He slammed the ax handle on the ground and said in a cold voice: "Master Dugu, don't blame me for not reminding you. You
Doing this will only lead to no escape. Just take care of yourself, I'm going to Sanhekou."
With that said, Ma Lei did not wait for Dugu Yuheng to say anything, and directly led his troops to the east of Sanhekou.
Dugu Yuheng's gaze shifted from Ma Lei's retreating horse to the blue scarf bandit who was already in a frenzy, "Qi Guan, how many brothers have been lost this time?"
"Back to the headmaster, the leaders of each department have just reported. The specific number of casualties has not yet been calculated, but preliminary estimates indicate that we have lost at least 1,500 brothers this time." A middle-aged man in his thirties, Zi Duguyu
Heng came out from behind and replied with a guilty look on his face.
This man was a down-and-out scholar whom Dugu Yuheng met in Kyoto. He later followed Dugu Yuheng into a bandit and became the leader of Dugu Yuheng's army.
It's a pity that his talent is mediocre, and he is not as good as Dugu Yuheng when it comes to commanding troops to fight. However, this man is good at calculations and statistics, so he has always been relied on by Dugu Yuheng to join the army as a logistics supporter.
Dugu Yuheng frowned slightly, sighed, and said nothing. Compared to the current leader of the Taihang Village, Dugu Yuheng would rather be a swordsman traveling in the world.
The reason why he was promoted to this position was actually mostly due to his mysterious skills. If he hadn't killed hundreds of Hedong cavalry who were killing the Taihang village with one sword, and was promoted as the leader by all the villagers, I'm afraid he would have been promoted to this position.
Long Feng Village was disbanded a long time ago and he traveled around the world.
Now that he is riding a tiger, the 30,000 brothers in Taihang Village, together with more than 20,000 family members, and more than 50,000 mouths have to rely on him to feed him. In fact, he is already exhausted physically and mentally.
"Master, my subordinates think it would be better for us to quickly lead our brothers to catch up with the Hedong Army." Qi Guan said carefully.
"How do you say this?" Dugu Yuheng was feeling emotional, his thoughts were a little confused, and he asked casually.
"So what if Huangze City is a closed city? How much grain and grass can be stored in the city? How much money can there be? There are currently 300,000 stones of grain and grass in Sanhekou City, and it is also a hub for the movement of waterways and land routes. There are countless merchants and gentry.
If we can capture Sanhekou, it will be enough for us to have about three years of food reserves. Ma Lei is the vanguard of the Hedong Army. If his subordinates' guess is correct, Murong Yanchao will have commanded the army and will arrive soon. If Murong waits,
When Yanchao comes, we may not be able to allocate so much supplies. Besides, the Hedong Army has always been cunning, so it is better to be careful. We are sending an army of 10,000 this time, and 10,000 brothers in the village have been sent to the north to defend against the Khitan dog cavalry.
, the remaining ten thousand brothers are not enough to feed the Hedong Army!"
Dugu Yuheng suddenly slapped his head, shocked, secretly regretting his carelessness. He had calculated everything, but he failed to calculate that the Hedong Army might take the opportunity to attack the cottage.
Although this was an alliance that he personally made with Murong Yanchao, he had suffered a lot from the Hedong Army in dealing with the Hedong Army over the years.
How could they have any faith? Especially the commander of the left army of the Hedong Army, who has always been known for his deceit and lack of faith. If Murong Yanchao really took the opportunity to attack the Taihang Mountain Stronghold, with the military power of the Hedong Army, even the Taihang Mountains
The stronghold is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now there are only 10,000 troops left to guard the stronghold, and there is no one with deep military knowledge in the stronghold. The person staying in the stronghold this time is Dugu Yuheng's sister, Dugu Yufeng.
Although Dugu Yufeng has acquired the true inheritance of his own swordsmanship, he lacks experience in guarding the stronghold. Most of the stronghold leaders who are experienced in fighting formations have all gone with the army, and now they are in big trouble.
"Yes! How could I forget this? How stupid! Let's go to Sanhekou quickly. As long as we can capture Sanhekou, there is still room for maneuver. Otherwise, our brothers and we will have no place to stand!" Dugu Yuheng said in panic.