Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 803 I'm here to send you off

"Boom!" The body fell heavily to the ground, splashing a burst of dust.

The sergeant next to him turned a blind eye, still gritted his teeth, and climbed up the ladder with a grim expression.

Arrows were constantly being shot from the enemy towers on both sides, and there were warriors in heavy armor holding long-handled blunt weapons in front of them, and they smashed one by one.

The short wooden ladder became the road of death, corpses kept falling, and blood rained down.

In the gaps outside the walls of the village and inside the walls of the moat, the wounded but not dead soldiers groaned in pain.

Caltrops pierced their bodies, robbing their blood and life.

In the deep ditch outside the moat wall, corpses were piled on top of each other, almost compacted.After careful observation, they were all the corpses of soldiers of the Kuangwei army, and there were always hundreds of them.

Filling the ravine was originally the job of the brave and even the peasants, but the Kuangwei Army did not capture the common people in the wild.In desperation, I had no choice but to go up by myself.

In the pits in the distance and around the Xiaozhai, the corpses of Liang Jun who died on the way were everywhere along the way.They still maintained the posture of rushing forward, and most of them died from arrows.

It was only inside and outside the guarded small village that some Xia Bing's corpses were found. There were more than two hundred corpses in total. Compared with Liang Bing's losses, they were nothing.

"Dangdangdang..." Liang Jun called the gold strike, and the attacking sergeants retreated like a tide.

"Squeak!" The trench bridge was lowered, the gate of the camp opened, and the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time rushed out of the camp.

The military cavalry brandished their thick horse lances, and directly caught up with the retreating Liang soldiers. They slammed horizontally with their lances, and several people fell to the ground with a muffled groan.

A total of more than 300 cavalrymen chased them up, happily harvesting the heads of the retreating enemy army. It was not until the bows and crossbows were fired in front that the cavalrymen who rushed too hard fell to the ground, they stopped their horses, turned around and retreated.

"Boom!" The trench bridge was hoisted, the gate of the camp was closed, and the entire battlefield calmed down again.

Zhu Yougong went around the wounded barracks, and when he came back, he was very worried and his face was worried.

Pang Shigu was standing on the watchtower, carefully observing the camp of the Wuwei Army.I don't know what he saw, his face was full of bitterness, and there was even a hint of despair.

"All generals..." Zhu Yougong was stunned when he saw Pang Shigu's face, and he couldn't express his complaints.

"I have harmed everyone." Pang Shigu sighed: "If I had known this, I might as well have stayed in Yingdong."

Zhu Yougong remained silent.That was still a dead end, and even in the end the whole army surrendered, allowing Xia Bandit to capture [-] people in one go, making the whole world laugh at him.

Right now at least there is still a glimmer of life, and there is still a chance to fight.Even if you can't fight hard, abandon your luggage and run away separately, the whole army will not be wiped out.

"Xia Jun's pursuers are about to come up. The Jianrui army has already surrendered the bandits, and now they are the vanguard of the Xia bandits, and they are more than ten miles away to the west." Zhu Yougong said: "Where to go, you will still have to make up your mind."

"Do all the soldiers think so?" Pang Shigu looked into Zhu Yougong's eyes and asked.

Zhu Yougong sighed secretly, not daring to meet Pang Shigu's questioning eyes, and said: "So what if soldiers have no fighting spirit?"

The fight lasted for almost two days, and the soldiers were not without their lives, and the offensive was not without violence, but the enemy was holding the camp, constantly wearing down the morale, physical strength and even life of the soldiers of the Kuangwei Army.More than 500 people were killed and injured before and after. Did Xia Bing kill [-] people?
If the fight continues like this, morale will collapse.After all, compared with the desire to go home, the actual casualties are more intuitive and shocking.Zhu Yougong could clearly feel that the wave of offensive just now had greatly dampened the morale of the Kuangwei Army.The thieves don't fight with them in the field, but they can't hold out. There are still a lot of soldiers and they are quite effective. It is completely impossible for them to capture this camp.

In short, they are stuck.Advance, can't advance, retreat, no retreat, can only wait for death?

"Is there any news about You Guojun?" Pang Shigu asked.

"No. The thieves are severely blocked, and the envoy has gone out and hasn't returned yet." Zhu Yougong replied.

In fact, there are not many Xia Jun riding activities in this area, and scouts and messengers can still go out.The envoy Zhu Yougong sent to Yancheng failed to return, so it can only be said that he was unlucky, or deserted by himself.

Pang Shigu also sent envoys to Caishui, three groups of three or five people.He wrote a personal letter, or a last word, to King Liang, stating the current predicament in detail, and finally urged King Liang not to go west, but to return to Bianliang first, suppress the ambitious careerists who were about to move, and then clean up Zhu Zhen's left and right yamen, The left and right sudden generals will have more than [-] elite soldiers at that time, and they will still have the strength to fight.

He was not sure whether King Liang could accept the fact that Bianzhen had been reduced to small and medium-sized feudal towns such as Yun, Yan, and Qing, but if the situation was like this, what else could be done?Don't Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin still live quite freely?

Of course, Pang Shigu also knew that Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin had no enemies, at least for the time being, but King Liang had a vicious enemy who had been determined to attack him for many years and wanted to put him to death.At that time, an army of 10,000+ will gather around, and it is very likely that you will not be able to become Zhu Xuan or Zhu Jin.

"Don't attack, let's take a break first." Pang Shigu said: "How long does it last? If you really can't hold on, then retreat by yourself."

"Retreating on your own" means giving up your luggage, running away at night, and going separately, counting as many people as you can.But in this way, it also meant that the Kuangwei Army was systematically destroyed.Even if some stragglers can be gathered later, it has nothing to do with the Kuangwei army at this meeting, but this is the best ending.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of May, an army gathered on the field west of Changshe.

Shao Shude, who had just defeated the Longsword Army, arrived on the battlefield with great victories. Wherever he passed, shouts were like thunder, and his power shook the sky.

More than a hundred generals of the Long Sword Army were dragged off their horses, and they were displayed in front of the battle together with the captured golden drums and flags.

Outside the camp guarded by more than [-] Liang soldiers, there were Wuwei Army, Feilong Army, Jianrui Army, Iron Cavalry Army, Zhongwu Army, and the Dingyuan, Jinglue, Huguo, and Guide armies that had arrived earlier. More than [-] people surrounded the Kuangwei army, and there was no way to get through.

"See you, Your Majesty." Lu Huaizhong, Qi Bizhang, Zhao Yan, Zhao Lu, Zhang Yun, Guo Shaobin, Wang Yu, Guan Kairun, Feng Zangzhi, Fu Cunshen and others will pay homage under Shao Shude's banner.

Within one month, across the north and south.Sishui broke Ge Congzhou and captured more than [-] Longwu troops; entering Bobianzhou, the Liang people were terrified and did not dare to leave the city; Xun then galloped southward, and wiped out the Jiama army in Caishui, and captured more than [-] people under Wang Jingluo, the commander. He fought again between Changshe and Linying, defeated the Changjian army, killed the commander Wang Zhongshi, and captured more than a hundred generals and five thousand soldiers.

With such a brilliant record, who dares to refuse?Who dares to talk nonsense?
Now the Kuangwei army is the turtle in the urn, and its destruction is imminent.The Jianrui army has already surrendered. If the 2 people in Yancheng Dinghui surrender again, Zhu Quanzhong will be completely finished.Even if he ran back to Bianzhou, he couldn't hold on for long.

Don't you need money to raise an army?How many soldiers and horses can those few pieces of land afford?What's more, they may not be able to keep the local states and counties.

"You guys have worked hard, and so have the soldiers." Shao Shude said this sincerely.

How long has it been since you guys saw your family?More than a year.

It was really long, and the officers and soldiers were very generous and didn't make much trouble.It may be the stimulation of successive victories that made them especially able to endure the hardships of long-term battles.

But Shao Shude would not take this for granted.Everyone worked very hard and worked very hard, and they will definitely be rewarded afterward.Some of the warriors who follow me can get rich, some can get promoted, and even the big soldiers can get a few more silks, a few coins, and a few sheep.

"Your Majesty's momentum is so good, I also want to seek long-term prosperity for future generations." Qi Bizhang said.

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked sideways, but they didn't say anything.

Things have come to this point, and some things are becoming more and more unstoppable.

In the past, the big soldiers couldn't control their mouths, so it was fine to talk nonsense.But Qi Bizhang was the first senior general to expose this matter in public, and more and more people will follow his example in the future.

Zhao Yan watched from the side, feeling agitated.They just boarded the boat a while ago, a bit late, they can't compare to Yuan Cong who fought with King Xia early in the morning, not even Hu Zhen.If you want to go further, I'm afraid you can only come up with some strange tricks.

"Aren't Pang Shigu and Zhu Yougong willing to surrender?" Shao Shude ignored Qi Bizhang's words and asked instead.

"Back to Your Majesty, the general sent people to persuade him several times, but he refused to surrender." Lu Huaizhong stepped forward and replied.

Pang Shigu, a general, was entrusted by Zhu Quanzhong with heavy troops. It is understandable that he would not surrender.

Zhu Yougong is Zhu Quanzhong's old man from Yuan Cong, and he is also the adopted son. It seems that it is not surprising that he does not surrender.

"A little more persuasion." Shao Shude said: "The trapped beasts are still fighting, and the end is doomed. If you refuse to surrender, who will you show your death? Does Zhu Quanzhong dare to come and rescue them?"

"Obey." Lu Huaizhong immediately called for an attendant to ask him to do so.

"Let's go, follow me to watch the enemy's camp." Shao Shude didn't want to waste any more time, so he asked someone to bring his beloved horse, and galloped to the vicinity of Liangren's camp, and stopped far away.

There are many banners and flags behind him, surrounded by generals and stars, and a large army gathers.

Liang Bing watched from a distance on the wall of the village, and his morale was even lower.Everyone knows that every day, the number of Xia's army will increase, and finally 10,000+ troops will come. With their seven or eight thousand tired troops, what will happen?
Pang Shigu boarded a watchtower on the wall of the village and watched from afar.

A Xia army rider approached from a distance and shouted a few words.

There are a few Liang Jun scouts outside the stronghold, they don't fight, they just listen quietly.After a while, Yu Hou went up to the wall of the village.

"What did Xia thief say?" Pang Shigu asked.

Yu Hou hesitated, not daring to speak.

"Gao Sanlang, what's the matter with you? Tell me!" Zhu Yougong scolded angrily.

Gao Sanlang, the Marquis of Yu, immediately replied: "The Xia thief said two things. One ordered Pang Du to lead his troops out of the camp, abandoning his armor and throwing battles, and the whole division surrendered. The two ordered the army envoys to restore their real names and follow Xia's army eastward. , conquer the king of Liang."

The "Military Envoy" is Zhu Yougong, whose real name is Li Yanwei.

Becoming someone else's adoptive son, changing his name, and returning to his real name later, this is a very embarrassing thing for the people of the time.If you do this, your prestige in the army will be very low.

Pang Shigu snorted coldly, took the step bow from the soldiers, picked up the bow and put an arrow on it, and shot it out.

The distance was a little far, and he missed the shot, but he still frightened the ranger who had sent the message, and slapped his horse back.

After a while, another rider rushed up, this time a little closer, and shouted with all his strength: "Xia Wang said, 'Shigu is a heavy general of Liang, and your heart is clear, and I am here to see you off." , to fulfill the good name of the king. But what are the officers and soldiers? I would rather die with the king than regret it?'”

Many people on the wall of the village heard it, and there was a commotion.

"Those who dare to surrender will be cut without mercy!" Pang Shigu said angrily.

(End of this chapter)