Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 510 Double Bad News

They are all infantry, they look down on cavalry!
Come now, pick the fruit, right?

Xia Sanmu threw away the curly blade Mo Dao, picked up a long spear abandoned by the enemy, and continued to charge forward.

The armor on his body was completely damaged, with occasional blood oozing out, and he didn't know how many times he had been wounded.

The sound of moving footsteps extends to the river bank.

"Clatter——" the sergeants rushed into the shallow water overflowing to the river bank.

No one commanded, no one boosted morale, everyone knew what to do, and everyone was tirelessly harvesting the lives of the enemy's defeated soldiers.

"The ghost is coming!" someone cried and jumped into the river.

They huddled together on the bridge.

People from the south to the north had never fought against Dingnan, and they wanted to rush over and fight.

People from north to south have lost their fighting spirit and just want to flee back to the south bank.

"Pfft! Pfft!" The long lance kept stabbing, screaming one after another.

Humans are really strange creatures.

When he fell into hysterical emotions, he had no reason or judgment at all, and even lost most of the innate instincts of animals.

The enemy soldiers on the bridge would rather expose their undefended backs to the long spears that stabbed them, rather than jump into the river wearing iron armor, or even swing their knives at their own robes, rather than turn back and fight.

A massacre even worse than before has begun!

The sergeant of Dingnandu rushed up to the temporary bridge, chopped it off with a single knife, and a head fell off. After rolling in a circle, it plopped into the river.

Once stabbed, someone would scream and die, but there were too many people, and they couldn't fall down for a while. The dead were sandwiched by the living, and the living cried out.

Xia Sanmu threw away the spear stuck in the bandit's breastbone, took a long axe, and swung it vigorously.

"Plop! Plop!" The number of those who fell into the water was unknown.

The heavy swordsman slowed down, and the sergeant with a bàng (bàng) and a long ax stepped forward tacitly, and the cooperation was so wonderful.

The narrow temporary bridge became Pu Jun's nightmare.

There were still people pouring in from the south, and the bridge was almost crowded with people, unable to use their hands and feet.

Where the Changke ax swept across, the first to bear the brunt had broken tendons and bones, and those who were swept by Yu Wei fell into the river one after another.

The sergeants of Dingnandu pushed forward slowly like this, and waves splashed into the sky from time to time on both sides of the bridge, which was the last struggle caused by the large group of soldiers falling into the water.

The silt at the bottom of the river was stirred up, bloody in the turbidity, and there was a faint cry of unwillingness before dying.

No one would dare to eat the fish in Fenshui in the short term.

Destroying the dead, that's what I'm talking about!
The short temporary bridge rushed across.

In the end, almost all those standing in front were sergeants with thick wooden galleys.

The ends of the gallbladders were covered with red and white dirt, coupled with the blood all over their bodies, they looked like evil spirits descending from the earth.

Hundreds of people held their wooden poles tightly, waded through the shallow water, and rushed towards the soldiers of the Pu army who were hurriedly forming a formation.

"Buzz!" A rain of arrows hit the sky and covered the sky, and more than a hundred soldiers who were wading in the water fell silently.

"Huh la la!" The people behind were calm, with a strong smell of blood all over their bodies, and their white arrow feathers, wading through the shallow water, holding their wooden spears high, rushed to kill them.

"The ghost is coming!" The front row of the bandit army was full of rout soldiers who had just been taken in. It was daring to shoot arrows from a long distance, but it was really timid to fight face to face, so they turned around and fled.

And their flight naturally affected other people.The [-]-push army that had just completed their formation was defeated by hundreds of Dingnandu sergeants armed with wooden spears.

"Dang Dang Dang!" There was a knocking sound from the other side of the river.

"Gather your hands together." Xia Sanmu spoke for the first time since the hand-to-hand combat.

More than 1000 Dingnandu sergeants slowly gathered together.

They were panting heavily, and their armor was mostly torn.There are even some people who are so excited that they have already stripped off their armor and exposed their upper body.

Most people have switched to a second weapon.

The long sword is covered with gaps of all sizes.

Mo Dao has been cured because of continuous slashing of flesh and blood.

More than 1000 people formed a small formation at the south end of the temporary bridge, and many people began to pick up almost brand-new weapons on the ground—all randomly thrown away by Pu Jun.

Large shields, long spears, heavy swords, whatever you have.They are all veterans who have practiced martial arts for more than ten years and have seen dozens of battles. What equipment can't be used?

More than 1000 people stood there, and Pu Jun watched from a distance, stunned that no one dared to rush up to touch the bad luck.

On the north bank of Fenshui, the defeated Pu army scattered everywhere was repeatedly charged and killed by the cavalry, and even the 2000 men of Tao Jianzhao's troops who had just crossed the river and were not stable were also defeated.

The clever rout hid in the shallow water below the ankles, begging for mercy.

Those who ran around became the trophies of the cavalry, and the heads of each individual were collected and piled up together.

In the camp on the north bank, the infantry came out in a file, neatly formed, and headed south along the temporary bridge.

The leader was the Tielin Army with 1000 people from Xuanweidu.

Above the watchtower in the camp, Wang Yao felt the urge to urinate.

"What is my nephew standing there in a daze? The whole army crosses the river and has a decisive battle with the thieves. Let's see if they dare to fight!" Shao Shude glanced at Wang Yao and said, "I said earlier that Wang Ke's bridge was built for us. Yes. He should understand by now!"

Wang Yao nodded her head again and again, then turned around and went down.

Shao Shude took another look at the Pujun camp.

Most of the people shrank back. Is this to fortify the wall?
……

Inside the Pujun camp, the clouds were gloomy.

More than 5000 people who crossed the river were wiped out!

Thousands of people were lost on the bridge.

After Dingnandu crossed the river, hundreds of people attacked with wooden spears. Affected by the rout, 2000 people were scattered directly.

In this battle, Pu Jun's courage has been defeated.

There was a lot of noise in the camp, and people kept yelling to abandon the camp and run back to the east of the river.

Wang Ke hesitated.

There are still more than [-] people in the camp, which is similar to the number of enemy troops. Maybe they can still fight?
Liu Xun changed his previous practice of persuading Wang Ke to go to the front line to boost morale, and instead persuaded Wang Ke to return to Hedong, stick to it and wait for help, so as to delay the change.

"The former army has suffered a small setback, and the retreat will cause people's hearts to fluctuate?" Wang Ke looked at Liu Xun eagerly, hoping that the general sent by his father-in-law would give some advice.

"Staying behind is not a matter of a large number of people. Even if there is an army of [-], but the morale is low, what good is it? General Zhang is careless in today's battle. Instead, they lined up in the wilderness and walked cautiously, and the Xia bandits were not so easy to defeat these thousands of people." Liu Xun said: "The Xia bandits crossed the river with only a thousand people, and there is still time to go now. The last general wishes After leading [-] Jin soldiers to the end of the battle, we will try our best to ensure that the army is not lost."

"This..." Wang Ke hesitated.

"Stay behind!" Liu Xun raised his voice and reminded: "Make a quick decision! Either gather a large army out of the camp, storm the Xia bandits crossing the river, and destroy the temporary bridge. Or retreat directly, and the last general will be cut off."

Wang Ke hesitated.

If he retreats at this point, it is conceivable that his modest prestige will be lost.From now on, no one will listen to me.Bad things like mutiny and wage disputes will happen every three days, and they can't be suppressed at all.

If he fights to the end, he will also watch the battle just now.

At the very beginning, Jianjie defeated the thieves and took advantage of the situation to attack the camp. At that time, he slammed Jie and applauded loudly.Although Liu Xun was a little worried, thinking that Jianjiedu's formation was scattered during the pursuit, and accidents were prone to happen, but he didn't care at all when he was excited.

But the subsequent development left Wang Ke dumbfounded.

After Jianjie rushed in, he was quickly driven out and was defeated.If the soldiers can't find the generals, the generals can't find the soldiers, and they are in a mess.

When it was time, how he wished that there was a fairy art that could stop time, reorganize the festivals, line up the formation, soothe the flustered mood, and then fight again.

Unfortunately, this is just speculation.

Jianjie was pushed all the way to the temporary bridge, with no fighting spirit, heavy casualties, and even other parts of the robes were thrown into chaos, morale plummeted, and the will to fight was lost.

Thousands of people, just lost.

"There are still two months of food and grass in the camp. If the walls are strong and the walls are broken, do you have a chance of winning after the Xia bandits' morale is low?" Wang Ke asked suddenly.

Liu Xun looked at him with evil eyes.If Wang Ke hadn't been Li Ke's son-in-law, he would have been chopped off with a knife.

Wang Ke sighed.He also knows that his idea is a little too naive, the big soldiers can wait for you for two months?Maybe I have already taken your head and dedicated it to Wang Yao.

Now withdrawing to Hedong is indeed the safest way.

"After you stay, you can't hesitate anymore. Even though the bridge is small, not many people can pass it. However, if the delay is longer, more and more summer thieves will cross the river, but they won't be able to escape." Liu Xun urged.

"Then—" Wang Ke finally made up his mind and planned to slip away.

"After staying, Xia's bandits went out of Liugu, cracked the county, occupied Yanchi, and came all the way to Yuxiang and Hedong." Marquis Yu and his relatives, the camp capital, came hand in hand, reporting eagerly.

"What?" Wang Ke was taken aback.

Liugu is in the southwest of Anyi, there should be a garrison, why is it suddenly taken over?Was it defeated?

"Stay here, it's not too late, let's go now, I'm afraid something will change." Liu Xun made a decisive decision, called a few people, supported Wang Ke, and walked out.

Wang Ke was so anxious that he lost his mind.

Xia Bandit obviously sent troops in two directions and directly intervened in the battle in the river.Xie County has been lost. If Yu Township falls again, Hedong County will be directly exposed to the front of the army.

At that time, they will not need to attack the city, and the changes in people's hearts in Guangzhen may cause many unpredictable effects.

Yes, in the eyes of many people, this war is a civil war of Wang's descendants, not an invasion of foreign enemies, and there is no need to fight to the death.It doesn't matter who wins, Wang Ke or Wang Yao, their lives will go on as usual.Between the two armies, many people are even relatives and friends, and it is not a big problem to change positions at will.

So, going back now, is it really useful?

Well, it might be useful, after all, Hezhong Mansion has been run by Wang Chongrong and Wang Chongying for many years, so there are still some legacy.But if you are not in the city at this time, things will be complicated, and it is hard to say what will happen.

"Take it and leave." Liu Xun ordered: "Go back to the east and stick to it, so as to wait for changes and seize the chance."

After finishing speaking, Liu Xun called several generals and said, "Assemble the troops immediately and follow me to kill the Xia bandits."

(End of this chapter)