Taikang is not too far from Ningling City, which is about seventy or eighty miles away.
But this journey was not easy to walk. After the rebel general Linghu Chao captured Yongqiu, he ordered his generals Lin Jiayou and Cui Shu to lead 3,000 cavalry each to block the west and south sides of Ningling City. Now the north of Ningling City is now
The land was under the control of the rebels, and the only one controlled by the court was Suiyang, the important town in the east of Ningling.
This important town is stuck at the junction of Huainan and Henan Road, like a fish bone, which makes the rebels unbearable.
Li Kuo did not choose to attack Taikang. One reason was that Taikang City was located on the plain without any danger to defend, and the consumption of the plain involved the garrison troops. Secondly, Taikang and Tangzhou were too far away, and even if it was captured, it would be an isolated city.
There is no practical benefit.
Li Kuo chose to go to Ningling overnight.
The reason why he chose to support Ningling at this time was that Li Heng was threatening and tempting, but it was more because he considered Ningling's important position. In fact, the reason why Li Kuo refused to support Yongqiu was because at that time
Yongqiu City is strong and there are enough food, and the number of rebels in the siege is not large. In comparison, the form of Tongguan is even more critical. Li Kuo naturally chose to station in Tangzhou and wait and see the changes. But now the form has happened fundamentally
Linghu Chao was obviously not satisfied with winning the city of Yongqiu. His purpose was to make great achievements - to seize Ningling and then open the gateway of Jianghuai Suiyang.
Once Suiyang is broken, the rebels can ride straight down, stepping all the land of Jiangbei under iron hooves, and ravaging them wantonly. Once the Jianghuai is broken, the Tang Dynasty court completely lost the possibility of a turnaround.
Therefore, Li Kuo must rush to Ningling at this time to solve Xiao Zhang's urgent need.
"Governor, brother of the scouts reported that there was a temporary military camp on the plain thirty miles southwest of Ningling City in front. It seemed that there were thousands of people, and most of them were pouches and two bags of puffs, perhaps the enemy's granary!"
Xian Yucheng hugged Li Kuo and reported resolutely.
"What's the situation in Ningling City now?" Li Kuo frowned and asked in a deep voice. The situation ahead is unclear. If he leads his army rashly, he may have suffered a great loss. Linghu Chao is a man with many tricks, most of whom are mostly scheming.
He has received reports along the line that the whereabouts of his cavalry have mostly fallen into the hands of the enemy.
"The fierce battle in Ningling City is in full swing. Brothers cannot get too close, but depending on the situation, they are surrounded by rebel groups, so they can only resist." Xian Yucheng thought for a moment and bowed and replied.
"If we burn that military camp, how likely do you think the rebels will retreat?" Li Kuo frowned. Bu calculated the possibility of everything. As usual, Linghu Chao should not have stored all the food and grass in
If there is a surprise soldier who goes around and burns food and grass in a place, won’t they have to retreat?
Could it be that he had reached the point of being fearless and thought that no one would lead troops to the Tang Dynasty?
"Governor, according to the last general's opinion, we don't have to worry about this many things, kill the generals all the way. If the rebels retreat, it would be the best. If they don't go back, we will kill to Ningling City. At that time, Xiao Zhang Tanhua will definitely lead the guards in the city.
The army went out of the city to meet the enemy. If the two wanted to attack each other, they would definitely make Linghu Chao come and go." Xian Yucheng didn't think of so many. In his opinion, his five thousand cavalry were all elites in the Jianghuaijing.
It is no problem to say that he can compete with Yi Luohe and get rid of a few miscellaneous rebels.
Li Kuo thought for a long time and said with a firm heart: "I will order you to rush to the southwest of Ningling City, and you must arrive before midnight!"
"The last time I will get the order!" Xian Yucheng resolutely hugged his fists, took the order and left
The moon hangs in the sky, and the stars shine brightly.
Looking around the wilderness, it was silent.
In the village of Juma, not far from Ningling City, there are bright lights and crowds of people.
As a follow-up supply force to siege Ningling, this logistics army with more than a thousand people should be as comfortable as it is. Just build a village on this plain and transport food and grass outside Ningling City on time, which is done.
Task.
In the remaining time, no matter whether you want to catch a little girl or two from the neighboring villages and counties, or you can enjoy a happy time by fighting wine and gambling, no one will intervene. You don’t have to go to battle to kill the enemy and fight for a knife, or you don’t have to raise your shield to climb the city to eat.
Feather arrows, wine, meat and women, even if you change a god, you won’t do it!
As the commander of this army, Zheng Hanlin could naturally enjoy the sweetest wine, the most chewy barbecue, and the most delicate woman.
Of course, Zheng Hanlin was not a Hu person, and he was not even considered an old man who raised an army with An Lushan and Fan Yang. In fact, he was recommended by a rebel army after he captured Xingyang and surrendered to him. He was originally the concubine of Zheng Jun, the current head of the Zheng family in Xingyang.
Zi, because the family was not worthy of being respected and held grudges, he simply surrendered to the rebels.
However, the Zheng family's reputation for the century was destroyed by Zheng Hanlin's hands. Zheng Jun, the head of the Zheng family, vomited blood and died.
Zheng Hanlin got such a gentle name, but what's ridiculous is that he does not have the slightest gentle temperament. Because of his Zheng family in Xingyang, although he was a concubine, he was valued by the rebel general Yin Ziqi. He was appointed as the marching Sima and assigned to Linghu.
Under Chao.
Zheng Hanlin was overjoyed when he became an official for the first time in his life. Although he was just a marching Sima, Zheng Hanlin was overjoyed. In this world, there is always a kind of greed for power, but he was unable to get promoted due to his own strength. Once he was a certain person.
By chance, they will gain power and use their power to poison the people to satisfy the sad and pitiful vanity in their hearts.
Zheng Hanlin is obviously such a person.
Due to his identity as a Tang Dynasty man, Yin Ziqi did not hand over the elite troops to him, but instead allocated the puppet troops gathered along the way to him. Most of these puppet troops were gangsters, and they were suffering from the opportunity to stand out, but they were welcomed.
The rebels went south. With the idea of fame but immediately taking it, they all joined the rebels. As for whether the heads that were needed to be cut off to achieve fame were their own relatives, they did not care.
Zheng Hanlin led such a shameless army, and the miserable situation of the people along the way can be imagined. In the radius of fifty miles of prefectures and counties, the food stored in the people's homes was almost snatched, and women over 14 and under 35 were also
They were all plundered to the rebels for the beastly desires.
The lights sway in the big tent in the center of the military camp.
Zheng Hanlin was soaked in the smug excitement, squinted his eyes and looked at the beauty in front of him.
The woman in front of her was lying naked on the wooden bed, her limbs were tied to the head of the bed with cloth strips and could not move at all. Zheng Hanlin did not choose to block her mouth. The reason was very simple. He enjoyed the woman's screaming at the top of her lungs.
Pleasure. This sharp cry can satisfy his desire for conquest to the greatest extent, and relax his muscles and bones through repeated sprints.
The more the woman screamed, the happier he became and the more interested he became.
What is morality? What is virtue? In Zheng Hanlin's opinion, these are bullshit!
Cultivating oneself, managing the family, governing the country and pacifying the world is all his fucking shit! He wants to govern the country and pacifying the world, but does the foolish monarch give him a chance? Which of those who have become officials is not the legitimate son of aristocratic families? A concubine's son like them is born into a concubine
Those of you, I’m afraid you won’t get the chance to make a comeback in your entire life!
Since the moment he was abandoned by his family, he has never believed in the so-called morality and morality again. Be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, respect for his father and brother, why? He has never received any favors from his family, so why should he ask him to go.
He shed blood and sweat for the Zheng family? He did not receive any sporadic rewards from the Tang Dynasty court, so why did he ask him to do such a loyal and patriotic matter?
Just because he is a concubine, he will become a stepping stone for others, and he will kneel down at the feet of his brother and will not be able to raise his head for the rest of his life? Just because he is a concubine, he will not be valued by the family, so he will not be able to win the imperial examination and be the first.
, so as to become an official? Because he was born in a vassal, he had to live a cowardly life!
No, he is unwilling to accept his fate!
He wants to bet, he wants to bet on his life!
"Come on, drag this slut out and give it to your brothers!" Zheng Hanlin felt a sense of revenge in his chest, put on his mid-trousers, jumped off the head of the bed and ordered.
Whoever can give him wealth is morality, and whoever can give him women is the law of nature!
From this perspective, An Lushan's rebels were the righteous army, while the so-called righteous Tang Dynasty was an unyielding false rebellion.
The curtain was lifted, and a gust of cold wind poured in. Several soldiers walked into the tent and dragged and pulled the woman on the bed away. The woman was already disheartened by Zheng Hanlin's ravages, and she sneered and let her do whatever she wanted.
Others dragged away.
"Bring next one!" Zheng Hanlin raised his eyebrows and ordered sternly.
In this life, the court and family owed him too much, and he had to compensate him all, and he would not owe a slight loss!
ps: The so-called beast-clothed person refers to such a person. If he is treated unfairly, he thinks that everyone in the world is sorry for him, but he doesn't know that he doesn't count at all.