"Report... Report to Lord, the West Gate was captured by the enemy, and more than 2,000 enemy troops have entered the city!" Just as I was waiting for the news on the south gate, the information from the west of the city finally came.
Obviously, the result was not good news. For a moment, everyone on the city wall felt cold all over.
"Damn it! Their people are clearly in front of us, why are two thousand people coming out? Li Qu, Li leads his army to come, can he stop the enemy from outside?" the county magistrate said with a shocked face.
Qu Chang, surnamed Li, looked bitter and said with a bitter voice: "Sir, we only have five hundred people here, and even if we are all sent, it will be useless. In addition, there are two thousand enemy troops in front of us who are eyeing us. I'm afraid..."
The magistrate of Suicheng County had a ferocious face. He knew what the other party was saying, but he was afraid that Suicheng would be out of order. He asked in a silence: "You want to surrender to the enemy?"
"Fight to the enemy to death!" Qu Changzhen said in a voice from the name of Li. He had already followed the soldiers who fled back to Siyang City. All the arrested officers of the Siyang City Garrison Army were beheaded. And he himself was this one and surrendered.
It is death, and it is also death if you don’t surrender. It’s better to fight and understand what the government troops that have caused peace around them are like.
"Roar... die..."
Li Guochang roared with a tiger, and the long sword in his hand slashed down with a thunderous force, killing a Tang army officer who was trying to resist on the spot. Then he shouted loudly: "Put down the weapons! Raoer will not die!"
"Put down your weapons! Raoer will never die!"
Witnessing Shangguan's momentum, the soldiers under his command waved their weapons and howled angrily. The blood beads on the weapons flowed along the weapons to their heads and bodies, which looked extremely ferocious, like a group of evil ghosts.
The team that just supported the past was defeated like this, completely defeated, and was speechless. He fell into the trap. Just now, the county magistrate was still despising the other party using a trick to break the city, but as a result, he fell into the trap here!
"Open the city gate and fight to the death!" Seeing the shouts of killing coming from the west gate approaching, Qu Chang, a surnamed Li, roared angrily. At this moment, what's the point of defending the city gate?
"Haha... we don't have to attack the city, the city gate will open! Brothers, kill me!"
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"how?"
"The loss is not big, there are only more than 300 people, and many injured people are injured, but they have been properly resettled! Lu Yu is under investigation in the treasury, but it should not be as good as Siyang City here!" Li Guochang, who had finished the aftermath, reported in a deep voice.
Report.
Zhao Xun smiled and said, "At that time, of course, we just seized supplies from tens of thousands of troops in Siyang City, which is naturally extraordinary. To replenish food and grass, in addition, like Siyang City, we should distribute food in
Finish tonight. Let the horse explorer spread twenty miles away and be careful about the movements around you."
"Guan Lin, find some ordinary people in the city, firstly, the big families who surrendered to the enemy before the Tang army captured this place, and settled them. Keeping them will also give the Tang army a stronger strength. Kill them, and give the big families in other places one.
Warning." Zhao Xun said coldly.
"Don't worry, General, I will do it now."
"Qin Xiao, I didn't let you participate in the war this time. You won't mind if you don't have any credit!" Zhao Xun said with a smile, looking at Qin Xiao who was standing on the side and silently standing.
Qin Xiao hurriedly said, "I know that the elders do not want to let their subordinates participate in the war, so how can I blame me for the former army! I also want to thank my elders for their understanding."
Zhao Xun nodded and said, "It's good that you understand. I know that fighting against the Tang army will make you embarrassed, so you are responsible for logistics affairs. No matter what, in the battle of Siyang City, you will be the first contribution, and you don't need to do this.
What are you worried about? Doing things under my command, regardless of the source, just ask about your ability."
Qin Xiao said repeatedly: "My subordinates dare not accept the achievements of Siyang City. The general is the first to make a contribution, and the brothers fight hard, so they naturally have worked hard and made great contributions. The subordinates are just relying on their identity."
Zhao Xun waved his hand and said, "How can you say that? Without your identity, we are afraid that we can't take Siyang City yet. Even if we win, it will be a heavy price. You will be the first achievement."
Li Guochang also said in a deep voice from the side: "The Qin Captain Qin does not need to refuse. Siyang City's first contribution is worthy!"
Seeing this, Qin Xiao responded to his order and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now, he was considered to be integrated into the government army. Although he had joined the government army since his defeat, he had not been recognized by the original government army. At least, many
The soldiers did not recognize him. He was appointed as one of the four lieutenants by Zhao Xun, but was not recognized by other officers. Now he wants to receive a merit, how dare he? Now that Li Guochang has spoken, it means that other lieutenants are
I agree too.
"Arranging the soldiers to have a good rest, clear the treasury in the city, and wait for the transfer."
"The general wants to lower these Tang troops."
"Well! We can't deal with head-on combat. After all, this is the territory of the Tang army, and we can get supplies and military sources at any time. Our goal is to delay the Tang army's front-line actions against Boping and Shanyang Prefecture.
Look, the Tang army can withstand this kind of continuous. I just don’t know how the front line is now? Qin Xiao, you are the front line captain of the Tang army, and you should be familiar with their right general. You said, if Meng Zhao got it
What will he react when food and supplies are robbed? Should he retreat immediately and encircle us, or..." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.
Qin Xiao said in a deep voice: "In the opinion of his subordinates, if Meng Zhao gets the news, he will fight with all his might and win the best place. If not, he will immediately turn back and encircle us. After all, he still has a burden.
"When he said this, Qin Xiao did not continue to talk. Although he knew that the general should know the purpose of Meng Zhao's southern expedition, otherwise he would not have taken Shanyang Prefecture under his command and directly removed the remaining general Hu
Zhi's position. Hu Zhi was a person around Xu Jie and was sent to Shanyang Prefecture to cooperate with the Tang army's actions.
Zhao Xun knew what he was concerned about when he was coordinating Qin Xiao’s expression. He knew that Li Guochang around him might not know.
"I hope the news I sent back can work!" Zhao Xun whispered. It would be useless to be in the back of the enemy's army and be concerned about the front line and worry about it.
"Come on, call Lu Yu and Guan Lin back!" Zhao Xun ordered in a deep voice. At this moment, he was about to show off with the three lieutenants. After all, what he did now and what he wanted to do in the future was with Xu Jie.
Something parted ways.
A moment later, Guan Lin and Lu Yu arrived at the county government office.
"I have met the general! I don't know what the general sent the order? My subordinates have not yet counted the situation of the treasury, so they cannot report the actual numbers." Lu Yu said first.
"It's okay, let's talk about this matter later. Now, I have a very important thing to tell you. You three are brothers who follow me and die and kill to the rear of the enemy. This matter should be told to you.
.No matter what you think? How to do it in the future, we are all brothers who have been through life and death together. You four of you will do it first!" Zhao Xun said calmly.
"Personal Guard, from now on, no one is allowed to enter without the general's order!"
"Abide by the order!" The guards went out to close the door and stood outside the door.
Seeing that Zhao Xun was so cautious, Guan Lin and the other two felt that what the general said was very important.
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Boping!
Night fell, but the shouts of killing on the city walls still did not stop. From morning to now, the Tang army's attacks were extremely fierce. Even the regular Tang army, which rarely attacked the city walls, appeared in the siege sequence, and various siege equipment.
There were endless emergence. Several times, they were almost attacked on the city wall. Even Ye Xuan, who was slightly injured, personally took a knife to fight, which boosted a lot of morale.
"General Ye, is this Tang army crazy? The attack power has been on for a day, and I don't know how to stop?" Zhang Ting, who had just ate two bites of cake during the battle, said tiredly, and the right arm was full of red.
"Are you injured? How is the situation?" Ye Xuan asked with a worried look at Zhang Ting's bloody right arm.
Zhang Ting chuckled and said, "Little wound, compared to the general, this is nothing! I just don't know what the Tang army wants to do? It's like siegeing the city like crazy!"
Ye Xuan's face was deep, and he naturally knew that the Tang army was going to Yanzhou to join Xu Jie in order to take this place as soon as possible. Of course, it was not that easy now. Shanyang Prefecture, which could have become a major road, has now fallen into Feng Ziming's hands.
, it would never make the Tang army feel better. But naturally, I would not tell Zhang Ting about this, otherwise it would cause unpredictable consequences.
"By the way, your general has been away for more than five days, why hasn't he heard back yet? It won't be..." Seeing that Ye Xuan didn't know what he was thinking, Zhang Ting shifted the topic to Li Feng again.
"You mean, they ran away? I don't think so! I understand Li Feng, he is not like this. In addition, he doesn't want us to lose money here, and he will never abandon the city and run away!" Ye Xuan said in a deep voice
He knew what the purpose of the Tang army was, and he also knew that Li Feng was Feng Ziming's subordinate. Feng Ziming now stood opposite to the Tang army and Xu Jie. They were like themselves, no more
The retreat can only block the invasion of the Tang army, but cannot tell the matter. Without any help from Xu Jie, they will have no way to retreat now. Ye Xuan believes that if Shanyang Mansion is lost, Xu Jie will not hesitate to him.
He Feng Ziming executed him and blamed all the crimes on them.
By then, the Yanzhou Prefecture Army would naturally not go to war with two enemies at the same time. Then, alliance with the Tang army was the only choice, and such a choice was needed, not Xu Jie took the initiative, but the soldiers under his command and the rich people in the territory.
ask.
"General, sir! The enemy is coming again!"
"I won't believe it if I hold on to it. We can't do anything to the danger of the city. The enemy is more tired than us. Let's persevere and see who can stick to the end." Zhang Ting immediately stood up and waved his sword.
Fight and shouted loudly.
"Li Feng...What are you doing? Why doesn't this happen yet? Is your hope Boping lost?" Ye Xuan thought secretly, and then waved his sword to meet him.
The Tang army's rear formation, Meng Zhao, the right general of the Tang army, looked gloomy and terrible at this moment. He stared at the city wall not far away with his eyes. He originally thought that this time he led the army south and would be smooth sailing. In fact, it was indeed the case. Liangzhou Prefecture was soon
He took it down, and then his good luck seemed to end, and he could not stand stalemate in this Boping.
But this was nothing, and the early morning report did hit him with a blow, making him dizzy and want to vomit blood. The army's supply was looted by the remnants of the government army who were surprised but did not pay attention to it, and he still took it.
After going down, he reached Siyang City. At first he saw this news, he was a little unfavorable, but then he was stunned when he saw Wu Meng's detailed report.
It was just a small surrendered general who easily lost his opponent in a heavy city behind him. If it weren't for the killing of the garrison and the magistrate, he really wanted to tear them into pieces.
After the report, he also knew another important reason for losing the city this time, that is, after occupying Liangzhou Prefecture, the county wards did not follow the prescribed procedures. If the Siyang City wards ask Qin Xiao for food and supplies to go north to welcome him.
How could the warrant easily let the other party enter the city? If he asked for his warrant, how could the garrison guarding food, grass and supplies be easily captured?
He no longer has time to deal with these things, and he is now worried about how he can complete the task. It is unlikely to take down the task of Shanyang Mansion and joining Xu Jie. But he still hopes to win Boping City and get new supplements later
Later, go south to Shanyang Prefecture.
If he evacuated this time, then the next time he came, Boping City would be even harder to fight. Therefore, this time he tried his best to take the city.
If you want to say who Meng Zhao is most annoying to at this moment, it must be Li Feng. Even Zhang Ting, the lieutenant of the Boping City garrison in front of him, was far from that.
The three lieutenants looked at the soldiers who kept falling down, their hearts were like a knife. But what could they do? If they could pull out this nail at this moment, the next action would be smooth. But if they couldn't take it, it would be even more difficult next time.
.Looking at the extremely gloomy general, the three commanders did not advise. They knew that it was useless to say anything at this moment, and winning Boping was the best way.
"Attack! Send all the soldiers who had previously rested!" Meng Zhao looked at the shaky but steady guarding the city wall of Mount Tai and ordered coldly.
"General, the subordinate troops have not eaten for most of the day. The soldiers' morale has fallen to a low point due to death and injuries. Now, they are still in control! General, let's attack the city tomorrow!" said the captain in a deep voice. He is new.
The new army captain was forced to attack the city for many days, and today it is even worse, but now, they really don’t want to fight again.
"Supervisor team! Send it to me. Anyone who retreats will be killed without any scruples! Those who do not obey military orders will be killed without any scruples! Send the order to break through Boping City and indulge for three days!" Meng Zhao ignored the lieutenant's request and issued a stern order. Tomorrow? Where is the place?
I can still wait to get tomorrow.
"Sir, left, right, the first three songs have all been killed. I'm afraid my brothers can't defend it!" On the city wall, the Tang army began to climb up to the top of the city.
"If you can't defend, you have to defend it! Brothers! How many enemy troops have we killed today? If the city is broken, do you know what the result will be? I didn't hear them shouting that after the city is broken, the army will indulge for three days. Three days,
How many people can survive in the city at that time? Look behind you, how many brothers' families are here?" Zhang Ting roared with blood all over his body, his hoarse voice became more and more desolate.
"Right General, our army has attacked the city!" Meng Zhao's personal guards said happily in the back of the Tang army.
"Beat the drums, work harder. Tonight, we will rest in the city!" Meng Zhao's gloomy face relaxed a little.
"No, no, can't, is Boping broken, just tonight?" Zhang Ting, who had been cut off his leg, sat on the ground and said panting.
“Woo woo woo woo…”
"Dongdongdongdong..."
At this moment, a horn and a roar came from the southern sky.
"What's going on?" Meng Zhao asked sternly. But then he looked at the south and his face suddenly lost blood. It seemed that in order to attack the city, he did not send anyone to pay attention to the situation on the south side. The three chief lieutenants beside Meng Zhao were all looking for the situation.
They looked even more ugly. They seemed to have forgotten the others for today's strong attack on Boping.
"Look, the south sky! There is fire! What a long fire!" A soldier exclaimed on the city wall.
"At that time, the torches, brothers, were reinforcements. The reinforcements from Shanyang Prefecture arrived!" An old soldier immediately shouted loudly when he saw it.
"Brothers, reinforcements have arrived. Kill these bastards for me!"
"Kill!" The defenders on the city burst into a roar, and immediately suppressed the Tang army who had just stepped onto the city.
Behind the Tang army formation, Meng Zhao's eyes were about to drip and were red.
"Report... General, southeast, southeast, southwest, southwest, suddenly appeared in a large group of soldiers, with a total of less than 10,000 people, less than five miles away!" The Exploser, who was urgently sent, reported the news that he had inquired about.
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"General... withdraw your troops and return to the camp!" Chief Commander Chen Chang said in a low voice.
"Retreat!" Meng Zhao roared angrily.
"Puff..." Immediately afterwards, Meng Zhao sprayed a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.