"Feng Zhao, you lead the army to attack this time! If you defeat this Xiaoguo army, all previous mistakes will be forgotten." Kong You said to Feng Zhao with a gloomy face.
Now Feng Zhao no longer looked as energetic and heroic as before. Because he was eager to perform meritorious service, he took the lead in leading the cavalry into the battle. As a result, he was attacked by the crossbowmen of the Xiaoguo Army. He suffered heavy losses and only the cavalry was left.
There were more than 300 people. Originally, when the fleeing Sergeant Xiaoguo met the food transport team, who would have expected that there would be a lot of bows and crossbows in it.
"General, take your orders..." Feng Zhao responded depressedly. After working hard for a long time, he could only offset his own mistakes in the end. How could he not be angry?
"I will definitely kill you all!" Feng Zhao said to himself gloomily as he looked at the Xiaoguo army surrounding the grain truck.
"Report... General, something bad happened. The flaming unicorn flag suddenly rose in Mouping City, and our Canglong flag was taken off!" At this moment, a horseman galloped over, reporting in a panic.
"What? The big flag on our city has been taken off? Who is so bold! Where is Xu Pi? Isn't Xu Pi stationed in the city!" Kong Yoo's face suddenly changed and he shouted angrily.
"General...this...is something serious! This flaming unicorn flag is...is...the flag of the Xiaoguo Army!" At this time, a small colonel on the side said in shock.
Suddenly, the expressions of Kong You, Feng Zhao and others changed drastically, and they suddenly remembered that the flag of the Xiaoguo Army opposite was the flaming unicorn flag. Could it be that Muping City was lost? It was occupied by the Xiaoguo Army?
Everyone turned pale with horror. If Muping City was lost, their retreat would be gone. There was nothing they could do about it anyway. There were also several officers and their families in the city. Because these two guards were stationed in Xuzhou all year round.
The north, the land south of Qingzhou, conquest, surveillance, suppression
Xuzhou rebels, so many officers brought their families to Qingzhou. As the army occupied the eastern prefectures of Qingzhou and had a strong tendency to take root again, many officers moved their families here, especially officers like them who were stationed in the rear.
.Now, their families are still in the city.
"What should we do? General, what should we do now?"
"Retreat...back to the city! I want to see how this city was lost. How could a thousand soldiers and five thousand well-trained young men lose the city silently?" Kong Yoo said gloomily.
roared.
"Haha... the city is in hand, the guards have withdrawn!"
"With this city in hand, the remaining two counties should also be captured by the brothers from the third, fourth, and fifth capitals!" Leng Yan said with a smile.
"Well, there should be no problem. It seems that the injury on your arm was not in vain!" Han Lin said with a smile.
…………
When I arrived, I was in a hurry, but when I returned, I was in a hurry.
Kong Yoo's face was as dark as the bottom of the pot. How could it have turned into this when he was fighting against the Xiaoguo Army? And how could Muping City be destroyed so quietly?
In just a short period of time, the enemy army broke through, and even the news was obtained by his own scouts from a distance. Could it be that Xu Pi couldn't even pass on the information? Or maybe Xu Pi...
"General, we are five miles away from the city!" The subordinate's voice interrupted Kong Yoo's secret thoughts. Kong Yoo raised his head and saw that on the city wall five miles away, the originally high-hanging Canglong flag had turned into a red one.
The flaming unicorn flag completely shattered the hopes and reveries he had originally had. The city was really lost.
"General, do we still want to go there?" Feng Zhao whispered from the side.
Kong You glanced at Feng Zhao coldly and said coldly: "Originally we only had to defend the city, but we had to suggest going out of the city to fight. Now it's better, we fell into the Xiaoguo Army's trick of luring the enemy and broke the city.
What? Didn’t you think you were quite brave before, but now you are afraid of death?”
Feng Zhao's face stiffened and he said: "That's not what I meant, but this city has been lost. We should retreat to the remaining two counties and make plans again."
"Haha... Even the administrative office has been lost, what else do we have planned? All our manpower is gone. This city has been destroyed, what about the other two counties? How do we know if they are still alive?" Kong You sighed bitterly.
Seeing that the city showed no signs of being attacked, Kong Yoo knew that the defender should have opened the city gates and led troops into the city. Otherwise, there would be nothing unusual. This place was exactly the same as when he left.
The same. The only difference is the conspicuous red flag and the soldiers in red armor on the city.
"Damn it! Xu Pi must have surrendered the enemy! Otherwise, it would never be so clean and stable!" Kong Yoo said angrily to himself.
"Xu Pi, where is Xu Pi? Let him come to see this general!" Kong You shouted sharply as he rode his horse to a stone's throw in front of the city gate.
After a while, Xu Pi appeared on the city, accompanied by other left-behind officers in Xiaoguo Army uniforms.
"Xu Pi, I have met General Kong!" Xu Pi said lightly.
"Xu Pi. This general treats you badly, why do you do this?" Kong You pointed the long sword in his hand at Xu Pi on the city and asked sternly.
Xu Pi replied calmly: "General, our army in Lingzhou Prefecture is 5,000 against 15,000, and three counties are against five counties. We will definitely be defeated. In addition, the 5,000 Xiaoguo Army who retreated from Donglai Prefecture also came here by boat.
.In this way, five thousand versus twenty thousand, and the people's hearts will be united. You and I both know what the odds are."
Kong You sneered: "So what? Our army won a great victory in Donglai Prefecture. Our guard army now has more than half of the territory of Langya Prefecture, Gaomi Prefecture, Jiaodong Prefecture, Lingzhou Prefecture and Donglai Prefecture of Qingzhou. Why fear this
A mere 20,000 Xiaoguo Army! You are playing with fire and seeking death. Now, take down the Xiaoguo Army around you, open the city gate, bring order to the chaos, and there is still a glimmer of hope."
Xu Pi shook his head and said loudly: "The situation is not as the general said. The Xiaoguo Army has swept eastward from Jizhou, and together with the Xuzhou Army along the way, it has cut off the supply and retreat of the Southern Guards. Zhao, the Governor of Youzhou,
Commander-in-Chief Xun led an army to conquer, and all 30,000 Southern Guards troops were wiped out, and more than 10,000 of them surrendered. Langya Mansion now belongs to the Governor of Qingzhou."
"The Xiaoguo Army, the Qingzhou Prefecture Army, and the Xuzhou Army jointly besieged the Guards, making the current Guards trapped in the northeast of Qingzhou just like the Xiaoguo Army in Donglai Prefecture. In the past, the Xiaoguo Army was assisted by naval forces.
But the Guard Army is different. General, I did this to save the lives of my brothers. Does the General really think that the fifteen thousand Xiaoguo Army is fake?"
When Kong You and his subordinates heard this, they were immediately shocked. It turned out that the situation was not as good as they expected. It was very likely that the Guards would be defeated.
Kong Yoo's face turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "Really? You can go first. The Xiaoguo Army was defeated by our army and returned!"
Zhou Xu, who was standing next to Xu Pi, sneered: "Really, but after you pursued for more than twenty miles, you lost your troops, didn't you? That's my Xiaoguo Army, and the rest are not! In other words, you are actually
We are fighting against three thousand Xiaoguo troops, two thousand of whom joined later. How about it? Do you still think that my Xiaoguo army is incompetent, is that a lie?"
"Kong Yoo, there are only two ways in front of you now, either surrender or die! To tell you the truth, the entire Lingzhou Prefecture and Luping County have fallen. The entire Lingzhou Prefecture is under the control of my Xiaoguo Army.
That's it, surrender, let's stop fighting, I think,
Many of your family members are here. If you don't surrender, you will die! In Lingzhou Mansion, you don't even have supplies. Think about it yourself. Even if you don't think about yourself, think about the four thousand soldiers behind you.
Think about it." Zhou Xu said coldly.
"Crossbow! Prepare!"
"Boom, boom, boom..." Four large bed crossbows and nearly a thousand Fuyuan crossbows were set up on the female wall. Among these crossbows, the Fuyuan crossbow is a large crossbow. Only the strongest warriors can operate it. Of course, it can also be operated.
It is operated by two to three people.
Three hundred steps, with a range of nearly 450 meters, it is definitely a powerful weapon. And this kind of crossbow is used by two people. It was suddenly listed on the parapet wall to let Kong You know that our Xiaoguo Army
It's not what you call fake.
Even if this is just a single-shot crossbow, the range of these crossbows is far beyond the range of bows and arrows. For Kong Yoo and his subordinates who are just one arrow away from the city, they are all within the range of crossbows at this moment. Not to mention
Talk about the four bed crossbows with a range of a thousand steps.
Sure enough, when the crossbows appeared, Kong You and his soldiers all turned blue. Although the guards also had crossbows, they were on the front line and were not equipped in areas with stable rear areas like theirs. But this does not mean that they did not know
This kind of thing is awesome.
Kong Yoo and others were silent. There was really nothing to say about this situation. One moment, he was sitting in the city as the lord of the city. The next moment, he became a bereaved dog. Not everyone can experience this earth-shaking feeling.
Adaptable.
After looking at his panic-stricken subordinates, then at the soldiers on the city wall with swords and spears, and finally at the fire unicorn soaring from the fire, Kong You sadly dropped the sword in his hand.
At the end of July in the 27th year of Xuanwu, Lingzhou Prefecture was captured by the Xiaoguo Army.
Donglin County, county government.
The first general of the Young Guards, the eighth general of the Xiaoguo Army, the general of the Qingzhou Navy, and the newly arrived civil servants of the Administration Department gathered together.
"Everyone, my lord has come to order that Lingzhou Prefecture has officially become our army's garrison. This has been negotiated with the Governor of Qingzhou. Therefore, our army will implement the new policy in Lingzhou Prefecture. In addition, several coastal sunbathing stations will be opened along the eastern coast.
Saltworks, cement and other materials are in the next batch of sea
When the ship arrives, transporting it to it is mostly the matter of the Secretary of State, but the soldiers of all ministries must cooperate. As for the salt drying field, there is a dedicated person to handle it, and the local civil and military officials only need to cooperate. In addition, the soldiers of each county need a third party.
The soldiers of the whole government will organize, select and train them on your behalf."
"Navy ministries, your task is to build the most suitable and stable seaport outside Donglin County. This is accomplished by the Secretary of State in collaboration with you. A commercial seaport and a military seaport will be established. The commercial seaport will be anchored in the south.
Merchant ships traveling to and from the north are subject to unified taxation. The navy's task is naturally to patrol the waters east of Qingzhou."
"My Lord has something to say to the ministries of the Eighth Prefecture. Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. Don't be annoyed, angry, or depressed. I order your troops to immediately recruit new soldiers and restore their organization and combat effectiveness. Jiaodong Prefecture will be left for you to train your troops.
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"Okay, everyone, these are all matters related to our army. As for the rest, we will not participate. If Su Fuyin needs it, I will help you." With that, Han Lin collected the military order in his hand.
The second half was handed over to Lingzhou Prefecture Yin Su Qin.
"By the way, the headquarters of the First Prefecture will be moved to Muping City, which is the closest place to Donglai Prefecture. Our First Prefecture will focus all its energy on garrisoning in the north," Han Lin said with a smile.
"My Eighth Mansion will be on the southeast side, stationed at the junction of Lingzhou Mansion and Jiaodong Mansion. While recruiting and training soldiers, we will eliminate the guards of Jiaodong Mansion." Wen Ding'e said with a smile. Zhao Xun's instructions allowed him to
He relaxed a lot. He even sent a separate letter to the Eighth Prefecture, affirming their actions.
"Brother Wen! Guard..." He started, but suddenly, Han Lin felt that he didn't know what to say.
Wen Ding smiled and said: "I understand that I will not kill people randomly. On the battlefield, I also understand that victory or defeat is unpredictable." Wen Ding understood that Han Lin was afraid that he would retaliate against the guardsmen in Jiaodong Mansion.
.In fact, Zhao Xun also explained in his letter that there should be no nonsense.
Naturally, he would not really mess around with random massacres. In Donglai Mansion, in comparison, the guards who attacked the city died more. In fact, they all know that once the army kills in retaliation, it is very likely that they will control
If we don't stop, it will lead to a large-scale massacre. That's why we have this explanation.