Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 595

When the Wuyue soldiers and horses escorted the food and grass, when they passed the Shuangtang Ridge in the Danyang area, suddenly, countless arrows shot out from the forest.

"Puff puff!"

Many food guard officers and soldiers were shot, screamed, and fell to the ground with arrows.

Wang Bo's face changed drastically. Unexpectedly, there was an arrow ambush here. It didn't seem like bandits did it, because bandits rarely have longbows, and arrows are not standard. Do not have.

Wang Bo saw that it was a military arrow and guessed that it must be an enemy army. He was terrified and immediately shouted: "There is an ambush, prepare for battle, and pay attention to protection!"

However, arrows from unknown sources kept flying over, and these heavy soldiers were not combat troops. Faced with this sudden incident, they suddenly felt panicked and unable to resist the sneak attack.

There was no quick formation and no effective defense organization. Soon, this batch of supply teams became a mess.

Wang Bo could only command [-] long-sword teams to form a circle with shields to block bows and arrows.

The rest of the heavy soldiers ran around, many fell to the ground with arrows, and some hid under the carriage.

At this time, a thousand iron flags rushed out from the mountain forest, roaring towards these Wuyue grain guard officers and soldiers.

"What!"

Ma Xiong personally led the cavalry and charged forward, rumbling, a thousand iron flags stepped on the ground, shaking, and the momentum was majestic.

This kind of charge is already huge for hundreds of heavy soldiers.

The cavalry charged over, raised their long knives and slashed, breaking up the shield phalanx.

Ma Xiong holds a horse lance in his hand, and he focuses on Wang Bo, the prince of Yu, the capital of Wuyue, and fights with him.

At this time, Jing Hong also rushed out with five hundred soldiers, and rushed to destroy the grain and grass vehicles.

Many soldiers held tung oil, kerosene and other combustibles in their hands. After splashing some grain and grass bags on carts, bullock carts and other vehicles, they all ignited.

There were still a few grains and arrows left for the carriage, and the soldiers held up torches and were about to light them, but Jing Hong stopped them.

"These carts are drawn by horses. They can return to Runzhou with our army. There is no need to burn them. Pull them out and take them away. We will pay some spoils back to Runzhou. It will be more credit than burning them all, and it will be more beneficial to Runzhou." help."

The soldiers listened to what Du Yuhou Jinghong said made sense, and obeyed the order, so they didn't burn the supplies on the wagon.

They jumped into the carriage and drove to the forest resting place.

The rest of the vehicles were ox carts, donkey carts, trolleys, etc. All the supplies and grass on the carts were set ablaze, and nearly [-] shi of grain and grass were all burned.

The surrounding Wuyue soldiers were repeatedly attacked by the cavalry of the Tang army, and they were killed. Even Wang Bo himself was invincible. He fell off his horse and died.

This sneak attack can be described as extremely smooth.

Ma Xiong looked at the enemy's corpses all over the place and the flaming baggage vehicles with satisfaction, and nodded slightly. He lived up to his mission this time and finally completed this important task.

At the moment, Ma Xiong no longer loves to fight and does not delay. After giving the order to retreat, the cavalry roared away to join the archers in the forest, and then considered how to return to Runzhou safely.

If Wu Yue soldiers noticed it and sent a large army to intercept it on the way back, then the 2000 troops might not be able to return to Runzhou safely.

Therefore, although the task is completed, the next step is how to save his life, bypass the enemy's blockade, return by the same route, and return to Runzhou City alive.Therefore, they could not delay at this time, and they took a few carriages of grain and arrows with them and withdrew immediately.

The news that the grain and grass had been burned here was quickly conveyed by several deserters who rode their horses to the front camp.

Shen Chengli was furious when he heard this, and immediately sent his confidant Du Yuhou Du Yu to lead 3000 troops to the rescue. However, when Du Yu arrived here, he found that the battle had ended and the scene was in a mess. All the food and grass were burned, leaving only ashes , and hundreds of Wuyue soldiers were killed and injured, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

Du Yu sighed in his heart, knowing that he was still a step late. The frontline army, lacking these food and grass, might shake the morale of the army, and the news must be blocked.

At this time, it should be reported to the commander-in-chief Shen Chengli and the supervisor Ding Deyu as soon as possible, and the two adults will make a decision early, and the grain and grass will be resupplied as soon as possible, otherwise there will only be changes.

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After one day and one night, Ma Xiong and Jing Hong led their soldiers and horses, escaped the scout patrol of Wuyue soldiers outside the city of Runzhou, walked around Penggong Mountain, and returned to the city from the Chaojing Gate of the west gate.

The two quickly came to the general's mansion, and immediately reported the news of the great victory of burning grain and grass to the chief general Lu Jiang and the supervising army Su Chen.

After hearing the news, Lu Jiang and Su Chen were very happy.

"Hahaha, the two generals have worked hard. This time they have made great achievements. They will be recorded truthfully and will be rewarded in the future!" Lu Jiang laughed happily.

Ma Xiong clasped his fists and said politely: "The last general is lucky enough not to disgrace his life, that's enough, as for military achievements, it's up to the general to decide!"

Lu Jiang nodded and said: "There are clear rewards and punishments in the army, and they will be recorded and reported according to the degree of credit. You have completed the mission well this time. You are all worthy of rewards. Go down and rest first. Next, the Wuyue army is short of food and dare not act rashly. It's up to them Should we retreat first, or speed up the delivery of food and grass, this will give us some buffer time."

After the two went down, they went back to rest.

Lu Jiang looked at Su Chen, and said: "Thanks to the secret spy information of the Su Supervisor Army, which accurately recorded the route, time, and number of people escorting this time, the ambush was able to be carried out so smoothly. In the next few days, Wu Yue's soldiers should stop It's over."

Su Chen smiled and said: "This is what it should be. Intelligence and spy organizations will also be of great use in this kind of battle, and it has been shown this time."

The surrounding lieutenant generals also nodded, admiring the way the Soviet supervisory army provided accurate information this time.

If you think about it carefully, whether it was the suppression of the rebellion in the city last time, or the accurate news of getting the food and grass this time, it was all related to Su Chen. They all admire Jiang Zuo Su Lang, and feel that his reputation is well-deserved, worthy of their respect, and worthy of his opponent's fear.

After Lu Jiang asked the generals to retreat, she got up and looked at Su Chen with a slight smile, and said, "Su Supervisor, your talents are already famous all over the world, and your poems and songs are widely spread. , To pass the time, I wrote a new poem, which is Bodhisattva Man's poem, please have a look and comment on it."

While talking, he picked up a piece of rice paper from the desk, on which was written a new poem originally written by Lu Jiang:

"The people of Yujing go to the bleak autumn, the painted eaves rise up and the phoenix trees fall.

"The pillow is quiet and silent, the moon and the remnant dream come true.

"Backing the lamp, weeping in secret, and the sound of the anvil is urgent.

"Meidai hills gather, and plantains grow cold in the evening."

After reading it, Su Chen recognized that it was a poem written by Lu Jiang in his later years, which was widely circulated and spread in later generations.

In terms of structure, this poem consists of a sentence of scene, a sentence of emotion, and occasional double writing of the scene.In the contrast, mutual generation, and blending of emotion and scenery, this chapter describes a woman's confession of her boudoir love. It has won the love of the world with its exquisite writing skills, profound and moving.

"That's right, the artistic conception and details are top-grade!" Su Chen said politely, with admiration in his words.

This is not false, because Su Chen's own original writing, certainly can't write at this level, his reputation is all from "plagiarizing" ancient poems, not his real poetry level.

Hearing Su Chen's praise, Lu Jiang smiled slightly, feeling a little out of sorts, and said with a smile: "It's an honor to be praised by Jiang Zuo Su Lang for his poems."

"General Lu's reputation is too high, and I'm just a lover of poetry, so I don't need to praise him too much." Su Chen said truthfully.

But Lu Jiang didn't think so, he said: "It's been a long time since I saw Jiangzuo Sulang's new words, for example, taking advantage of the great victory of burning food and grass, I am in a good mood, how about you write a word on the spot and give it to the old man?"

When Su Chen heard this, he asked for words on the spot.

Looking at Lu Jiang's grey-haired, young and vigorous, with a flushed face, she has the character of an old urchin at this time. She is over seventy years old, but she is still so fond of poetry, defending her family and country, staying up late and insomnia, and relying on writing lyrics to express emotions. This kind of heart and sentiment is worthy of respect.

Su Chen couldn't bear to refuse, nodded and agreed. He walked to the table, took the brush that Lu Jiang handed him, thought about the Song Ci in his mind, and thought of a Bodhisattva Poem written by Xin Qiji in his later years. The artistic conception fit him.

"Qingshan wants to share the high-level human language, and there are countless horses and horses.

"Yanyu is low back, it seems that it will never come.

"People say that the hair on the head is always white in sorrow.

"Clap your hands and laugh at Sha Ou, your whole body is full of sorrow."

After the pen was written, Su Chen smiled and said: "Seeing that General Lu is working hard on state affairs and worrying about defending the city all day long, I use this poem to present it to General Lu."

After Lu Jiang took it, she read it three times over and over again. The words and sentences seemed to describe his state of mind at this time. When he narrated the words, they pierced his heart, full of emotion, and said excitedly: "Okay, good words! Thank you Su Overseer."

Su Chen looked at the old general with full head of hair and white temples, and his heart filled with admiration. Such an old general with integrity, vigor, and compassion is worth working with!

(End of this chapter)