Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 772 Irritability
Ge Cong Zhou's current momentum is very good, and he besieged Sishui with superior forces and gained the upper hand.

In fact, it may not be accurate to say this, because Heyang Xiangyong is still harassing Gebu's rear continuously.They learned to be good after suffering under the Desheng army, and they were more scattered, often riding a group of more than a hundred, moving around, forcing Ge Congzhou to deploy a large number of troops to maintain the logistics channel.

So you can see that Ge Cong has been attacking Sishui for some days, but he can't take it down, because the troops involved in the siege are not enough, and he can't even encircle the city. Materials for repairing the city wall can be transported into the city outside the city, and troops can also be sent. Rushing in, you're going to fight until the Year of the Monkey?
Li Zhen's proposal to transfer Ge back from the Zhou Department was based on the fact that he had worked in vain and could not win Sishui County, let alone close the revolving door.

"Inappropriate." Zhu Quanzhong vetoed Li Zhen's suggestion, saying: "The bandit army has recently increased its troops. More than 1 soldiers from the Baoyi Army, Wang Jianji, and Henan Prefecture soldiers marched to the Revolving Gate Pass, and their strength is quite large."

Speaking of this, Zhu Quanzhong suddenly burst into anger, and could hardly suppress the anger in his heart. He wanted to bring the Tianwu Eighth Army and the Ge Congzhou Group with nearly 10 people together to solve the trouble in one direction first.

At the same time, there was an even stronger impulse to order Pang Shigu to ignore the flanks and grain roads, and directly cross the Yingshui River and march westward, storming the Xia people's camp and the temporary earthen city.

But reason prevented him from doing so.Zhu Quanzhong took a deep breath and suppressed this unknown anger.

In fact, he doesn't know where this unknown fire started. It may be that Xia thief's long-term actions have disturbed his position a little bit, and unknowingly corroded his inner will. Just in case.

Jing Xiang glanced at Zhu Quanzhong, obviously he noticed that his lord lost control of his emotions for a moment.

"No problem." Zhu Quanzhong smiled at Jing Xiang.

However, together with the demons, it is not so easy to resolve.The counselors were discussing how to break the situation, but Zhu Quanzhong was thinking about the Tianwu Eighth Army training for a period of time and it will be two years, can they be pulled out to fight in the field?
Gather an army of 10,000+ and smash the tortoise shells of the Xia people on the west bank of Yingshui with overwhelming momentum.Tell you to avoid and not fight!Tell you to stand in a stalemate!Tell you to smuggle and harass!I beat all your 10 people to pieces, let's see how you keep playing!
Zhu Quanzhong took another deep breath to calm down.

I don't know what happened recently, and I often lose control of my emotions.Today, after hearing that Qi Bizhang had become a bandit in the majestic place of Bozhou, he felt very uncomfortable.Yes, Yan Yan still smiled on his face, but the tyranny in his heart kept surging, and then the staff couldn't come up with a perfect solution, and the string was almost broken on the spot—Zhu Quanzhong really seemed to hear that in his mind. The sound of the root string being continuously pulled and disintegrated.

"Your Majesty, there is no other way to deal with the matter of Bozhou. It is not appropriate for Ge Cong Zhou to go south, or Shu Cong of the adjustable clan to go east and attack Qi Bizhang." Jing Xiang suggested.

In fact, it is to give up the siege of Yingzhou, and instead to stabilize the rear first.

This time, Qi Bizhang didn't play his cards according to common sense. He didn't just fight and leave, but stayed and ordered the three counties in a grand manner. The impact was too bad.If he doesn't stop him, he can eat the whole Bozhou, then what?Or is there no soldier to stop him, let him continue to eat Suzhou or Songzhou?
"Can Pang Shigu hold on?" Zhu Quanzhong asked.He laughed after asking, who can answer this matter?

"Your Majesty, please send Uncle Cong eastward to Bozhou to drive Qi Bizhang out first." Jing Xiang insisted, "Either, after finishing his service in one battle, the whole army crosses the river. No matter how difficult it is to attack the city, we must pull out the main force of Li Tangbin's troops."

Zhu Quanzhong was a little moved, but he also knew very well that this is usually the favorite thing for gamblers who have lost too much.Success in the first battle seems to be very tempting, but it is also possible to lose all of the final capital, which will instantly accelerate the situation that could have lingered for a few years, and collapse on the spot.

"Wait a minute." Zhu Quanzhong said, "Yang Xingmi personally led elite soldiers to march westward, intending to completely attack Anzhou. Luo Hongxin's attitude has also softened. Let's see if Wei Bo can send troops. As long as these two families send troops, Shao thief It's going to be a sad day."

Jingxiang was a little disappointed, but he couldn't accuse the lord that he was wrong.If the three join forces, it will indeed be safer.But what about the old saying?There are many people and many things.It seems good for the three parties to march together, but there are often too many problems in actual implementation.

"Starting tomorrow, I will personally go to the camp to train. The Tianwu Eighth Army is my last reserve team. It must be practiced and put into use." Zhu Quanzhong said: "All the affairs of the military government are entrusted to you."

Zhu Quanzhong didn't pay much attention to the Tianwu Eighth Army before, so he has been entrusted to Zhang Guibian to take care of it, and he is responsible for recruiting and training.After the Zhang family brothers came under suspicion, Zhang Guibian resigned and handed over control to Xie Yanzhang, adopted son of his new favorite Ge Congzhou.

Xie Yanzhang's ability is of course good, and he trained well.Bows and crossbows, knives and guns, armor and other equipment are almost ready, and the sergeants have become very familiar with them in the past one or two years. It can be said that they have a certain combat effectiveness and can be used as a second-line garrison.

But Zhu Quanzhong didn't like these people at all, thinking that 1 Changzhi Army could defeat 5 Tianwu Eighth Army.But no way, what time is it now?I can't help but pick and choose, and it would be nice if I can use it.

In addition, after experiencing the surrender of Hu Zhen, Xu Huaiyu, Zhang Guiba and others, he is now more suspicious and distrusts the veteran.Among the Tianwu Eighth Army, there are a large number of young and cutting-edge officers from Xuanwu and Xuanyi towns, but there are not many children of the old man Yuan Cong, which shows Zhu Quanzhong's tendency.

He intends to personally capture this army, use the best weapons, give them full rewards, put in a lot of effort to train, and then take them with him at critical moments to decide the world in one fell swoop.

I hope I can.

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Outside Yingzhou City, the enemy's offensive wave after wave.

Wei Shoujie brandished his musket and swiped hard, sweeping away the two Liang soldiers who rushed to the top of the wall.Then he strode forward again, stabbed with a spear, and a Liangren military academy screamed and fell to the top of the wall.

Encouraged by it, the sergeants became more courageous and fought fiercely, finally repelling the offensive of the bandit army.

Wei Shoujie secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and began to patrol the top of the city.

In fact, many Liang Bing corpses were left in the city.Looking at their attire, it seems that they are not the Feisheng and Xiongwei armies, but the Tutuan peasants.

Sure enough, both the Xia army and the Liang army were reluctant to send in precious field elites when they attacked the city.Anyway, there is no difference between a skilled warrior and a poorly trained rookie in front of the hot golden juice, they are all sent to death.

"Try to drive Lei soldiers to attack the city. This uncle Cong doesn't take human life seriously." Wei Shoujie kicked the corpses on the ground, and found that they were all Xiangyongs wearing various clothes, and immediately cursed.

Taking Xiangyong to attack the city is different from King Xia's driving foreign soldiers and miscellaneous cards to attack the city, and it is not all consumption——

"General, the rebels have retreated." A military academy looked on the battlements and reported.

"I have eyes, so I can see." Wei Shoujie glared at him.

This guy is a Shenzhou soldier, not Wei Shoujie's own.

Half of his 1000 soldiers were killed by Uncle Cong in the field battle. In the past few days of defending the city, another thousand people were killed or injured. Now there are more than [-] soldiers left. After returning, he still doesn't know what kind of anger Zhe Silun will face.

Huaixi's household registration is not abundant, and people are precious!

Cui Hong, the envoy of Yingzhou town to suppress soldiers and horses, walked up to the top of the city. Seeing this, Wei Shoujie immediately stepped forward to salute.

"General Wei has been fighting for days, hard work." Cui Hong said: "The bandits have left many people behind these days, right?"

"It's not less than five thousand, but most of them are Tutuan villagers." Wei Shoujie said.

"When the thieves first attacked, I really had no idea." Cui Hong said: "There are a lot of soldiers in the city, more than [-], but it's a pity that there are only [-] serious soldiers. I was afraid of being smashed into the city in one fell swoop, but fortunately I survived."

Of course, Cui Hong also knew that Shi Shucong was not willing to send the main field force into battle from the beginning, but used Xiangyong to attack the city wave after wave, and the Feisheng and Xiongwei armies were only dispatched at critical moments.

This gave Cui Hong time to boost morale and reorganize his troops. Except for the first day when he was in a hurry, the rear was very stable.To this day, the Liang people have nothing to do with them.

Digging, burrowing, hitting the city, and emitting smoke, almost all methods were used, but the defenders still stood firmly on the top of the city after suffering a lot of casualties.

Now Cui Hong can say with certainty that the [-] men of his uncle Cong could not defeat Yingzhou City.Going back and recruiting another [-] Xiangyong, it will take two months, and the onslaught, regardless of casualties, may still have a chance.

"The town envoy, since the bandit army can't break through the city, maybe they will leave?" Wei Shoujie asked.

"I sent an envoy to Caizhou yesterday. Zheshuai should already know that there is no worry on the east side. He may already be trying to clear the enemy camp near Yancheng." Cui Hong said, "Let's defend Yingzhou and do our best to If you can pin down the Liang bandits, you will be credited, so you don’t need to think about it. When Zhe Shuai breaks the Dinghui Zhiyou army and captures Yancheng, the outcome of this battle is basically settled. After defeating Pang Shigu, I can still receive a reward .This battle was fought comfortably and comfortably, not bad.”

Cui Hong actually likes field battles quite a bit, but Yingzhou is too important, and Wei Shoujie was defeated in Yingshang again, losing troops and destroying the morale of his brother troops, so he didn't dare to make a big deal and focused on defense.Anyway, there is plenty of food in the city, so we are not afraid of being surrounded at all.

This is where anticipation comes in handy.I expected that we would win the whole battle, so we didn't panic at all when we were besieged, and we were even proud of it, because we contained many enemy troops.

On the contrary, if the expectation is pessimistic, the result is hard to say, and internal military chaos is possible, because the soldiers do not believe that they can win, they only feel that they have been sent to die by their superiors.

King Xia's consecutive victories did not expect to bring extra morale bonuses to his defenders, enabling them to endure long-lasting bitter battles and not surrender easily.

The advantages really accumulate little by little.

Cui Hong also walked to the female wall, but saw Liang Jun outside the city returning to camp.After a while, there was a creaking sound, and the east gate of Yingzhou was opened. Chen Su, the governor of Shenzhou, led two thousand soldiers, shouted and killed them, chasing after Liang Bing's buttocks and slashing and killing.

Liangren dug many ditches, but not many ditches and bridges.I was panicked when I retreated, but when I suddenly saw the soldiers in the city rushing out, I was a little panicked, and wanted to run back quickly.As a result, you pushed and shoved on the trench bridge, and some people fell down from time to time, which made Cui Hong laugh out loud.

"The thief Liang has this ability, Pang Shigu's [-] army, the two commanders Li and Zhe will definitely eat it." Cui Hong smiled coldly and said: "I am not in a hurry, I dare to celebrate the cold food festival here, Can Shi Shucong stay any longer? I just don’t know where General Qibi is, if he can capture Xu and Suzhou and bring the bandit’s family back, Liang’s army will be defeated.”

(End of this chapter)