Delong

Chapter 336 Long Shangxing (15)

In the famous courtyard of the Heidi Temple in Yongnian City, Junzhi, Wu'an County, a contest for seizing dragons was being held. Li Ding and his wife sat in the town in person, and almost all the officers of the county soldiers came to watch, while the troops leading five hundred The subordinates of the school Fan Lihua are obviously superior, and they are killing all directions on the field at this time, almost pushing their opponents into a desperate situation.

Besides, although she is a female general, she has superb martial arts skills and profound cultivation. As soon as she joined the army, her cultivation was extraordinary. When she entered the army, she was a little arrogant at first, but she was quickly punished by Li Ding. To be honest, the military regulations and military drills are not bad. Mrs. Li is here, and it is impossible to fight.

In the end, instead, he came out of the experience, gradually heroic, aggressive, with a bit of military temperament.

Everyone in the army of Wu'an County regarded it as a miracle.

However, Mrs. Li took good care of her personally, and coupled with the rumors about her family background, there was no one who dared to say that she was a matchmaker.

Just when everyone watched Fanli Huabu's killing all directions in the arena, and gradually became dull, he rode into the courtyard and dismounted in front of the Heidi Temple lobby, but it attracted almost everyone's attention—according to the rules, This is first-class military treatment.

A document was handed by Su Jingfang to Li Ding who was sitting in front of the huge statue of Heidi. The latter opened it and looked at it. After only a few glances, he became speechless and handed the document to the captain beside him , Su Jingfang's father Su Mu.

Su Mu also laughed after watching:

"Your Majesty Cao is still deceiving yourself and others! How many soldiers does the Dragon Gang have? And how can a group of county soldiers who have been recruited for less than half a year fight so many bloody battles and capture so many weapons and horses from the Hejian Camp? A battalion? I heard people say that the Chulong army now has [-] armored cavalry. Not to mention the gathering of masters on the opposite side, if he persuaded Cui Gong to go out of the mountain, he might also be the result of implicating Cui Gong's life. Moreover, the river channel is smooth at the moment, and the Eastern Territory can come to cover the back road with all its strength at any time, and going to support it now is just death."

"Where do you need support from the East?" Li Ding also sneered. "Cao Shancheng's army is tight, but he can only fight in four cities and one line. As a result, one city is broken and one line is lost, and the whole game is lost... If Zhang San is too lazy to care about it, there is nothing to say if he just chooses a weaker one and defeats it head-on. To go directly to Gaotang, the city with the most elite soldiers and the tallest city, and to pretend to besiege the city... That is to deliberately hide the evil, and use Cao Shancheng's mentality of using a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so that he can hook other fish into the bait. I expected it to be true, and there might be a city that secretly voted for him."

"Then why don't we go?" Su Mu asked seriously.

"Go, the whole army set off, you are the vanguard." Li Ding sighed. "Use this to ask Weijun and Jijun for food, armaments, and rewards, and then grab the Zongcheng, and arrange it properly."

Zongcheng is a county to the west of the Qinghe River, and it happens to be on the west side of the Qingzhang River. Li Ding is very aware of Zhang Xing's strategic planning and the power of the imperial court, as well as the military and political bottom line of both sides, so this is called taking the opportunity to ask for a sip of soup.

Also useless.

Su Mu came to his senses and stood up and cupped his hands.

In late March, when the sun was shining brightly, Zhang Xing waited for three days under Gaotang City, and did not move.

"So, the soldiers and horses of Wu'an County stopped in Zongcheng, and the soldiers and horses of Xiangguo County stopped in Jingcheng?" Zhang Xing hung a white cloak and stood on the newly formed rammed earth general platform outside the city, smiling but not smiling.

No one around said anything, and after a while, Wei Xuanding smiled awkwardly with his beard: "It's normal, they are not stupid."

It's really not stupid, Jingcheng County is in the northwest corner of Qinghe County, and it is also on the other side of the Qingzhang River. It is in Xiangguo County just like Zongcheng County is in Wu'an County.

"Actually, these two families are not from Qinghe. Both Xiangguo and Wu'an receive more support from Taiyuan, so they are from the same path. Qinghe, Wuyang, Weijun, and Jijun are all extended by the hand of Dongdu. For reinforcements, we still have to count on Wei Jun and Ji Jun." Chen Bin smoothed things over for a while. "The soldiers and horses of Jijun and Weijun may come."

"I can't come anymore." While speaking, Xiong Bonan stepped onto the stage behind himself, speaking simply. "Xu Dalang sent a letter saying that Qu Tuda sent troops from Ji County to unite with Wuyang County soldiers and horses. It looked quite majestic, but after a day of walking, a county town along the river was protected by [-] soldiers. Wuyang County was halfway through. It is estimated that There are already tens of thousands of people left by the river. Then there was a message from Wuyang just now, which means that Wei Jun and Ji Jun have already discussed, and in the end they will join forces and stop on the Tangyi-Liaocheng line to see if they can do it. Cao Shancheng or Xue Wanbi cannot be pulled out...especially Cao Shancheng, it is said that Uncle Cao Huang of the Eastern Capital spoke."

"If Cao Shancheng doesn't mention it, can we do something in Tangyi and Liaocheng?" Zhang Dalongtou was obviously unwilling.

"Difficult." It was Wang Shuyong who spoke. "The main reason is that it's too far away from us, and the riverside is too well guarded, and the eastern border will be discovered if it moves..."

"What if Chiping and Zhangnan can let go directly?" Zhang Xing hesitated for a while, and said the key information.

Unexpectedly, several leaders who knew the news for the first time just glanced at each other, but they didn't show much surprise.

"If Zhangnan is released, it can take Wucheng and Qinghe, the county government, and cut off the overall situation of Qinghe. If Chiping is released, it can easily encircle Boping, but it is still difficult to encircle Liaocheng and Tangyi in one fell swoop... because The three cities form a triangle, Boping and Liaocheng are [-] miles away, and Tangyi is [-] miles away from the two cities." After hesitating, Xu Shiren also joined in the discussion. "It is impossible to cover such a large area by counting on being caught off guard for a while."

"The most important thing is the strength of the troops, as well as the lack of reconnaissance." Chen Bin said seriously. "Three thousand soldiers from the Sanjia Cavalry Battalion, plus [-] soldiers from the two Qing Cavalry Battalions, a total of [-] cavalry, it is not impossible to use them to go directly to Baotangyi and Liaocheng. But Tangyi and Liaocheng belong to Wuyang County, and it has just been clearly stated Yes, the reinforcements from Wei Jun and Ji Jun will also pass by. The number of soldiers and horses is hard to know. If the situation is unknown, it may not be able to stop them. In order to prevent the grass from arousing the snake, our sentry cavalry did not spread so far. We have to consider the risk... "

Zhang Xing nodded slowly: "Indeed, we don't have the experience of outflanking large corps, and once we get greedy, we won't be deterred by the results of the battle, but will be easily choked."

Everyone was not ready to say any more.

But Shan Tonghai frowned at this time and insisted: "But let me say, Zhang Longtou has no experience in this kind of outflanking, so he should try it when the overall situation is in our hands, because he can't outflank him at this time." , advance faster later, and the loss will not be too great. If you have to try again as a last resort, you will be defeated. And it is precisely to cross the border and eat something to deter the surrounding states and counties, right?"

The generals were still silent, but they just came to see Zhang Xing.

It should be noted that this is not only because the single chieftain wants to sing a different tune, but also because this guy is one of the three battalions of armored cavalry in the newly reorganized battalion, which makes sense from the perspective of the army's arms.

Of course, this kind of question depends on whether you are a revolutionary optimist or a revolutionary pessimist. If you are optimistic, it means that Ren Dan Tonghai is not afraid of war, takes the initiative to seek war, and is not afraid to contradict his boss, making the dethroning army full of revolutionaries. Vitality; pessimistically, the army, which was originally a chaotic regiment on hilltops, will soon have new problems due to the formation of arms created by this reorganization.

And Zhang Dalongtou is of course a revolutionary optimist, he thought for a moment, and immediately nodded: "What Shan Dalong said makes sense, he was indeed one of the three pillars of our army when the gang was established, and he has the demeanor of advancing with the times." ...Then can we just try to outflank the city of Liaocheng with cavalry?"

I don't know if it's a compliment before, but later I'm asking other people for new plans.

"But using the cavalry on Baoliao City, can it ensure that Boping is besieged properly? What if Cao Shancheng takes the opportunity to escape?" Dou Lide asked seriously. "I didn't want to delay the meritorious service of the cavalry brothers. Liu Heiyu, who I was leading, was also leading a battalion of Qing cavalry, but the Hebei brothers wanted Qinghe to come back in peace and stability as soon as possible, and return to their hometown as soon as possible. "

"Don't be afraid, Cao Shancheng won't run away on his own." Zhang Xing was quite sure about this point.

"Then we can outflank Liaocheng first!" Shan Tonghai couldn't wait. "The cavalry will go to Liaocheng. I will lead the men there. The infantry will go to Baoboping. It will be later."

"But there are no soldiers and horses in Liaocheng yet, it's just news." Chen Bin reminded slowly. "It is impossible for us to set a predetermined strategy just because of a piece of news. Military rations are very precious, and military rations cannot be wasted in vain."

"Well, the deadline is the day after tomorrow." Zhang Xing blurted out. "Let Guo Jingke send the scouts over... If the Wei bandits have less than [-] troops entering Liaocheng tomorrow, we will follow the strategy of Shan Datou; Surround Boping from the back, send troops from Zhangnan, and go straight to Qinghe, the county government; but also consider the situation that the opponent has too many reinforcements, or goes directly to Boping... Let the staff make a detailed plan, don't just run out of plans, Anyone who has an idea, go to my big tent to talk to the staff, discuss the plan together, and then return to the camp to prepare for sending troops, but don't disturb the city."

Everyone bowed their hands in unison, and naturally they left according to their words.

On the contrary, Chen Bin followed Zhang Xing every step of the way, lagging a little behind, and took the initiative to remind: "Leader, the stall is getting bigger and bigger. Except for me, the internal affairs of the security department, the personnel review of Chief Yan, and several leaders who are directly under the leadership, you are obviously still there. There are three serious assistant officials...that is, the so-called Sima, Neishi, Jijiu...Even the soldiers should give a few extra grades to stand out, so that they are eligible to face the leaders, otherwise they will have to pay for everything. You are there."

Zhang Xing nodded: "Military Assistant Officer, Clerical Assistant Officer, Foreign Affairs Etiquette Assistant...the last one can actually be done by Xie Minghe, the clerical officer..."

"The clerk Cui Erlang is quite suitable."

"Let's see what he said. There shouldn't be a big problem after this war, but the military assistant officer will be in trouble... The foundation of the Dragon Clan is that the tyrants brought their private soldiers, so there is this kind of battalion system. Anyone who wants to lead a soldier will become a battalion commander, and it is really hard to find someone who is qualified to compete with the big bosses for military affairs."

"But don't be in a hurry, take your time. Anyway, the military is the biggest problem. The leader will always ask questions personally, and everyone will also be counselors."

"If Cao Shancheng surrendered, it wouldn't be appropriate." Zhang Xing made a hell of a joke.

Chen Bin couldn't help laughing.

"It's a pity." After laughing, Chen Binfu felt emotional again... Knowing soldiers, being serious, not afraid of authority, is indeed perfect.

Zhang Xing also shook his head, but instinctively thought of Zhang Shizhao who was far away in Jiyin... Zhang Shizhao once said that after the stalls were rolled out, in order to ensure the stability of the system and the authority of individuals, multiple independent but converging ones should be set up. The team... and the development of the matter now, in fact, gradually coincides with what Zhang Shizhao said that day.

He was thinking that if Zhang Shizhao could come, it would not be too suitable to be a strategic assistant officer, and his internal reference team would have a real ballast.

Of course, just thinking about it, Zhang Dalongtou knows very well that Zhang Shizhao was called the sea, and as the actual strategic assistant officer of the sage in Jiangdu, he personally made plans and carried out the dismemberment of the Wu tribe, the clean-up of the internal military separatist regime, and the sweeping of the east. Yi's series of strategies, and it can be said to be relatively perfect until the final conquest of Dongyi.

As for what happened later, to put it bluntly, it wasn't a problem with his brain, right?
Therefore, if there are no accidents, Zhang Shizhao should just want to provide for the elderly. If he and the Chulong Gang succeed in the end, this guy will just be an idle official. If the Chulong Gang is going to collapse, he will definitely jump ship.

As for making Zhang Shizhao willing to invest his heart and do things seriously, there is essentially a need for something, something that can convince the former Nanya minister or arouse his interest.

But Zhang Xing doesn't have this thing yet, and he doesn't know if he can get it, or even what it is.

It can only be said that the road is long and difficult.

With a little extra thought ahead, Zhang Xing returned to the military tent, and the military tent, as always, took advantage of the mixed background of the Dragon Clan - a quarter of the people were seriously discussing military affairs, and half of them remained silent They only wear ears, but the rest of the people are sitting around the door outside the tent, talking about the "Three Pillars", "Four Heavenly Kings", "Nine Empresses", "Five Generals", "Eleven Taibao" and so on. .

I don't know how a casual sentence provoked so many opinions.

And what's interesting is that Wei Xuanding, Xiong Bonan, and Bai Yousi were excluded from most of the rankings, and no one mentioned the "two-headed dragon".

There was no word that day, but at noon the next day, scouts came to report, saying that Qu Tuda led an army and Yuan Gonggan, the prefect of Wei County, led an army of [-] to Tangyi, but Liaocheng was only Yuan Baocun, the governor of Wuyang County, and the palace of Yecheng. Ambassador Lu Daobin joined forces with [-] troops and arrived in Liaocheng.

Obviously, they didn't know that the Dragon Army had completed a new round of army reorganization and established a formal cavalry. They were only worried about outflanking the east from the waterway, so they let the two important ministers take on a marginal task... Think about it, too. The Chulong gang sent westward just after the reorganization of the army was completed, and the officers and soldiers really had no reason to know this information and make corresponding military arrangements.

Fighting opportunities cannot be abandoned, especially when the most ideal situation has arisen, so Zhang Xing summoned all the generals on the same day and officially issued a military order here in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"From Chiping on the South Road, gather three battalions of armored cavalry and two battalions of light cavalry, namely Shan Tonghai, Cheng Zhili, Zhou Xingfan, Liu Heimei, and Fan Bao, and five battalions of [-] cavalry. As the deputy, with the assistance of Guo Jingke, the scout battalion, and Lu Mingyue, the water army battalion, he rushed to outflank Liaocheng;

"The North Road started from the south of Zhangnan, with Dou Lide, the leader who was born in Zhangnan, Qinghe, as the general of the march, and Zhai Qian, the leader, as the deputy. Together with Zhuge Dewei, Shang Huaien, and Cheng, five battalions of ten thousand soldiers were formed and marched along the Zhang River. Advance at a very high speed, and go straight to Wucheng and Qinghe County.

"In the middle of the road, Wei Xuanding was the commander-in-chief, Liu Zhouchen was the military law supervisor, the chief commander Wang Shuyong was the marching general, the chief commander Niu Da and Xu Shiren were the deputy, together with Zhang Shanxiang, Tang Bairen, Xu Kaitong and Wang Fubei's eighth battalion of [-] soldiers, Cross Gaotang and go straight to Boping.

"Longtou is the commander-in-chief and continues to besiege Gaotang with 1 soldiers from Yuxiong Tianwang, Jia Yue, Fu Boshi, Wang Xiongdan, and Feng Duan."

Obviously, except for Gao Shitong, Fan Wang, Hao Yide, Xiahou Ningyuan, Ma Ping'er and other five battalions who were protecting the northern line, the rest of the Hebei Delong Army came out in full force.

"Is there going to be some unrest in the city?" After Chen Bin finished reading, someone asked concerned. "Xue Wanbi is a brave general after all."

"A brave man only has courage, nothing else, even a brave man is just a mantis in front of King Xiongtian and my army." Zhang Xing stood in the middle of the army tent and answered coldly before Chen Bin.

But after a short pause, he looked around again and gave instructions: "The battle is imminent, there shouldn't be any unnecessary explanations, but I think you all know what I still have to say...that is Ma Mianhe's haste, immediately It's spring plowing again, and the Dragon Clan's prestige in Hebei is only halfway through. For this march, I want you to be brave and resolute, and fight fiercely; It doesn’t matter whether it’s a hair or a hair, it must be innocent, and all seizures and military exploits must be fair, just and open, and set an example! I want everything in this battle! I want to let the people of Hebei know that when the Dragon Gang comes, no one will Can't drive away!"

At the end of the speech, he was already in a state of vigour, and faintly used his true energy.

In the military tent, all the staff documents are on the edge of the two sides, dozens of leaders shouted and responded when they heard the words, they have already startled many birds, although they dare not say "Zhenwa", they can also be called "Shocked".

In the afternoon, on the tall tower of Gaotang City, Xue Wanbi, whose eyes were bloodshot, supported the city wall, watching the big battalion of the Dragon Clan below the city begin to move forward. My heart is full of uneasiness and anger.

Troops were dispatched at this time, and there was a direction to send troops directly behind. Obviously, either the reinforcements had arrived, or something had gone wrong with the so-called four-point line arrangement... The latter possibility was greater, or infinite.

For a moment, Xue Laosi had such a trace of regret in his heart that he was angry with his father, but he was quickly suppressed by the primitive anger and shame.

In all fairness, among the seven brothers of the Xue family, the eldest one entered the imperial court early because of the transformation of his family and looked like a civil servant. The other six brothers were all in the army, and they all had the vulgar attitude of warriors.

For example, Xue Lao Si is a negative example in other respects, but when it comes to an army general and a brave husband, he is probably the most accomplished one among the Xue family's sons.

At least he dares to fight and kill without fear of death, and he does have a skill!

The so-called rushing up in one breath, nine times out of ten you lose, you may be laughed at by many smart people, but in case you win, you can also mock many smart people in turn.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xue Wanbi ordered the whole army to break out of the siege. He lowered the suspension bridge and opened the four gates. Breaking out of the encirclement when the Dragon Army's strength is at its lowest is also intended to carry out a night raid when the camp is too empty.

Regardless of success or failure, just like this, life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, that's all.

However, the luck quickly dissipated. Less than a moment after the battle, that is, after all the soldiers and horses successfully poured into the four sides of the Dragon Army's stronghold, the drums suddenly sounded, and then the camps in all directions blew together, and then each village lit up a fire. The prepared fires illuminated each camp as if it were daytime, and then the fully prepared and well-prepared Dragon Army came out from each camp.

For a while, all parties under Xue Wanbi's command were blocked in the first half of the camp, unable to enter or flee back.

In front of the generals' platform in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, the lights were brightly lit, and all the generals gathered.

The red-bottomed "Depose" flag was also erected early and waited.

Obviously, Delong Jun either guessed it, or got relevant information, or he was ready for the attack early, anyway, he was already prepared.

"Chen Bin! Chen Dog! Chen Dog!"

Xue Wanbi, who had already rushed into the enemy camp, only glanced at the flag, even if he couldn't see the specific person at all, he immediately called out the name with hatred—with this person, it seemed that all the truth and falsehood of his father and son would be easily deposed by the dragon thief Peeping through, the army has also become leaky on all sides. "The dog thief who betrayed the master!!"

In fact, it is true. Cui Erlang said that Zhangnan and Chiping were surrendered, and Chen Bin was not idle. He is the military commander of the Hejian camp, and he knows the soldiers, horses and personnel of Xue Wanbi's troops very well, so he pressed the button early. A few fuzi, Xue Wanbi made up his mind to break through this afternoon, and the news spread from the city.

"This person is noisy." Although he couldn't hear what the other party was shouting clearly, Zhang Xing, who was sitting upright on the stage, turned his head and looked at Xiong Bonan. "Heavenly King, it's a blessing that this battle has come to this point smoothly. There is no need for extra complications. Please don't hold back your hands and quickly suppress this person! After the city is broken, I will let Jia Yue and the others come to help you!"

"No need!"

Xiong Bonan answered boldly, but turned his head to look at the banner behind Zhang Xing. "Just lend me this flag."

Zhang Xing's face remained unchanged, he just nodded, and didn't even ask if he wanted to warm a pot of wine?

However, Xue Wanbi was in an ambush because of the leak of the military situation, and he knew that it would be difficult to gather the troops, so he wanted to jump up and escape. Fu led his personal guards in the camp to rush to kill again, planning to kill as many people as possible before leaving.

Who would have guessed that the Chu Longjun didn't leave any leeway, just a wave of Chu Longjun rushed over here, and saw a purple light like a shooting star dragging its tail and hitting him in the face, and immediately realized who it was, and then yelled With a curse, he quickly abandoned his horse, ready to leap and flee.

But at this moment, the purple light's tail suddenly turned around, unexpectedly rolling up a huge barrier of purple true qi, as if a huge cloth appeared out of thin air, covering him from the air and pounced on him.

Xue Wanbi bumped into him head-on, he felt a huge force pressing on his face, but he couldn't fight back, he lost his strength in mid-air, and was thrown to the ground heavily by the direct energy.

In fact, there was no need to touch each other at all, Xue Lao Si lost his composure in fright when he was only in the air, like falling into an ice cave.

After struggling to get up for a long time, looking at the giant man holding the flag in front of him, Xue Wanbi only had one thought in his mind-it's over, this person has achieved great success in alchemy and visualization, and my life is over!
However, love cannot be spared, the next moment, Xue Wanbi still clenched his teeth, regardless of the pain in his body, picked up the long spear, poured his true energy, and rushed towards the person in front with all his strength.

Unexpectedly, just at the start, as the giant man in front of him waved the banner again, a curtain of purple true energy rolled out, Xue Laosi was rolled up in the air again, and then fell heavily.

Xue Wanbi climbed up for the third time, only to feel pain in all limbs, no strength in his body, no dantian in the darkness, and a little soreness, but he still roared with all his strength, like a wolf howling. The dantian seeks to be intense for a while, to kill a sufficient mentality.

But how can Xiong Bonan make him show off?Now that he had stood still, his true energy was continuous, but he only had enough true energy to roll the banner in his hand, and Xue Laosi was engulfed by the huge purple true energy that rolled out from his face three times, and then he was pulled up three times , and hit the ground again and again.

Not only that, this time, even though Xue Wanbi was knocked down, he was not untied from the shackles of his true qi at all, but was still wrapped in the purple veil of true qi.Xiong Bonan went back and forth repeatedly, rolled up this person on the hard ground of the camp and smashed it about a dozen times, almost smashing the other person into dumpling stuffing, before throwing it away casually.

As for the thousands of Xue Wanbi's subordinates, from the personal guards down, they had already lost their order, and they struggled in chaos for about half an hour, whether they died or surrendered.

Before dawn, Gaotang City had already fallen.

PS: Happy New Year everyone.

(End of this chapter)