Humane Yongchang

Chapter 233 The siege of Julu
Two days later.

More than [-] miles southeast of Yangzhai County, on the north side of an unnamed Gourd Valley.

Standing on the top of the mountain leaning on his sword, Chen Sheng looked at the [-] remaining soldiers of Yuzhou Prefecture who were rushing into the Hulu Valley in a panic in the west. The scarlet cloaks behind him were hunting in the wind. 's attention.

The messy footsteps began to echo in the Gourd Valley.

Most of the [-] Yuzhou Prefecture soldiers have entered the Hulu Valley.

The part of the Yuzhou mansion soldiers who rushed in front were already alarmed that the terrain here was different, so they slowed down and wanted to be on guard.

But people and dragons who are in a hurry and want to stop suddenly, how can it be so easy?
Chen Sheng watched blankly as 8000 people rushed into Calabash Valley, huddled together.

Through the billowing smoke and dust behind, you can still vaguely see the banner with the character "Chen" held high... It was the [-] pioneers led by Ji Bu.

Amidst all the attention, Chen Sheng slowly raised his left hand, under his heavy command.

"Boom..."

A majestic and powerful drum sound resounded throughout the Gourd Valley!

Like [-] invisible big hands, they tightly grabbed the hearts of the [-] enemy troops in the valley!

In an instant, all the red-clothed soldiers who were ambushed in all directions of the Gourd Valley stood up in unison.

A bow with a bow.

Falling rock without a bow.

The rain-like intensive offensive instantly overturned the eight thousand soldiers and horsemen in the valley!
They step back.

But the [-] vanguards led by Ji Bu had already arrived, completely blocking their retreat... The [-] soldiers and horses blocked an entrance less than [-] feet wide. If they could rush out, why would they be chased like a frightened one? Running around like a rabbit?
They rushed forward.

I saw a large number of enemies gushing out from both sides of the Hulu Valley exit, carrying a frame of antlers to resist horses, blocking the exit tightly, even if they rushed to open the antlers to resist the horse, after the antlers resisted the horse, there was still a piece of land that could not be seen at a glance. Son of the Gun Ringo Array!
Dilemma!

There is no way to heaven!

No way to enter!

A dead end!
On the top of the mountain, Chen Sheng looked down at the [-] enemy troops below with a blank expression, scurrying around like a group of headless flies, and then fell down like a piece of wheat under a gust of wind. Not as calm as his face.

This valley was the grave that he personally selected for the eight thousand Yuzhou soldiers!

When finalizing the battle plan he named "sheep herding", he had already foreseen this bloody and cruel scene!
But at this moment, witnessing the fall of eight thousand soldiers and horses, like the same acre of wheat, still touched his heart!

Can't be defeated!

Can't be defeated!

defeated...

The bloody massacre scene in front of them will be their end!
Do not!
Even more miserable than these Yuzhou government soldiers!
They were defeated, and only one died.

If he is defeated, no one from the whole family will be able to escape!
"To win!"

"To win..."

Chen Sheng murmured repeatedly as if he was suffering from a demonic disease, his eyes fixed on the battlefield below, and the wailing sounds echoed in his ears.

Less than a stick of incense started, the Yuzhou government soldiers started in the valley, throwing the weapons in their hands, knelt down and begged for work.

After a while, the still alive soldiers of Yuzhou Prefecture threw down their swords and knelt down begging for work.

Chen Sheng leaned on the Chunjun sword and stared at it for a long time, until half of the soldiers of Yuzhou Prefecture had kneeled down and surrendered, and finally raised his hand and made a vacuous gesture.

All of a sudden, the rapid drumbeats slowed down.

The rain-like intensive offensive slowed down in response to the sound and became sparse.

Seeing that praying for life was useful, the soldiers in the valley hurriedly pulled their throats and shouted in a wailing voice: "I'm waiting for the surrender, General Chen spare your life..."

Their cry of tears and tears, like some kind of severe infectious disease, quickly defeated the rest of the Yuzhou Prefecture soldiers who did not have much fighting spirit in their hearts.

For a time, the clanging sound of swords falling to the ground sounded everywhere...

After there were no more people standing in the valley, Chen Shengcai raised his hand again and made a fist gesture.

The drums stopped suddenly.

The sparse offensive also stopped.

When the battle was over, a messenger who was still waiting held a bamboo tube in his hand and bowed forward: "Report to the General, Chen County urgently!"

Chen Sheng took the bamboo tube and glanced at it, Eryu!

"Where is Chen Ying!"

he shouted.

"The end is here!"

Chen Ying, who was resolute and determined, stepped out of the crowd, walked quickly to him, clasped his fists and saluted.

Chen Sheng: "Organize brothers to clean up the battlefield and stop the surrender!"

Chen Ying: "Wei!"

Chen Sheng took the bamboo tube, turned around, found a blue stone that could sit on it, and sat down. Then he crushed the bamboo tube, took out the silk cloth and shook it away. After examining it carefully, he saw: 'Regards of General Chen Sheng, Governor of Chen County...'

Chen Sheng raised his brows in surprise, skipped the content, and looked at the last sign - Zhang Ping.

As soon as he saw this name, Chen Sheng knew that the battlefield in Jizhou had changed!
As the saying goes, this time, that time!
Previously, many high-level officials of Taiping Road had spared no effort to win over him because he had the value to win over him!
But this value has been lost from the moment he imprisoned Li Xin...

So, if it's all right, Zhang Ping will not send him a letter in person.

Chen Sheng carefully read Zhang Ping's handwriting.

In the letter, the matter of Yingchuan was first pointed out, and it was stated that Xu You, the governor of Yingchuan County, had repeatedly requested him to send troops to attack Chen County in order to relieve the siege of Yingchuan. The rebels were also anti-Zhou Yijun, so they rejected Xu You's request and gave Yingchuan to Chen Jun.

Seeing the word "Rang", Chen Sheng couldn't help but sneered, and said softly to himself, "It's really a favor to be sold in the light..."

If Zhang Ping didn't talk about this matter, he really didn't know there was such a thing.

Although he was not afraid of Taipingdao sending troops to surround Chen and save Yingchuan.

The [-] soldiers and horses he stayed in Chen County were guarding against this.

However, Zhang Ping sold his favor, and he still accepted it.

After pointing out the human situation, Zhang Ping began to talk about the business: on the fourth day of May, the Zuo Zhonglang general Li Mu, leading [-] troops, interspersed Jizhou surprise attack Qingzhou Taiping Road Base Camp Linzi, Song Yi was defeated, the army moved south to Beihai generation, Julu Taiping Road The troops and horses of the headquarters were in danger, and they asked Chen County to send troops, from Chenliu to the north, to attack the granary HD behind Wang Jian's army, and to relieve the siege of Julu.

The moment he read Zhang Ping's handwriting, Chen Sheng had already sketched the situation map of the Jizhou battlefield in his mind.

Jizhou is distributed in a horizontal band to the north of Yanzhou.

Julu is located in the center of Jizhou.

Wang Jian's army left Jizhou from Sizhou, and Chen's army was west of Julu.

Qingzhou is located in the northeast corner of Yanzhou, which is east of Julu.

Previously, the headquarters of Julu Taiping Road was backed by 40 soldiers and horses from Songyi Department of Qingzhou, which could be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.

Now, Li Mu has made a move to go deep alone, and the first battle has caused Song Yi to move south, which is equivalent to copying the retreat route of the headquarters of Julu Taiping Road.

In addition, Yanzhou, where most of the area is still under the control of Lu's father and son... In other words, the current headquarters of Julu Taiping Road is surrounded by enemies!
But it seems to be in a desperate situation on all sides.

In fact, only Wang Jian's department in the southwest is a real threat!

Li Mu, who went deep alone, seemed like a tiger, but when he chose to go deep alone, he had already lost his threat to the headquarters of Julu Taiping Road. He occupied Linzi just to assist Wang Jian's army and attack Julu from front to back. Taiping Road Headquarters.

As for the father and son of the Lu family in Yanzhou, they were too busy defending the territory, not to mention attacking Yanzhou and cooperating with Wang Jian to besiege the headquarters of the Taiping Road in Julu.

Therefore, as long as the main force of Wang Jian's army competes with the headquarters of Julu Taiping Road, they can copy Wang Jian's rear in one fell swoop.

The siege of Julu is self-defeating!
……

Chen Sheng thought about it for a long time, he might have to figure out how to solve the siege of Julu!

Putting aside their own beliefs and positions, Chen Jun and Taiping Road are now grasshoppers on a rope!

Once the Dao of Taiping is really finished, the imperial court will turn its guns and immediately come to besiege him, Chen Jun!

The Great Zhou court had more than 200 million soldiers and horses!

What did Chen Jun do to stop him?
Need to know, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy and tricks are floating clouds!
Therefore, at this stage, Taiping Road is completely useless, which is not in the interests of Chen County!
Not only can't let the peace talk to the calf.

I have to figure out how to help Taiping Road, so that Taiping Road can fight back and forth with the Great Zhou court for two more years...

In this way, Chen Jun can obtain the greatest development at the least price!

But how to go to Fa'er, there are also sayings...

The wave-fighting army is always a sharp sword hanging over Chen Jun's head!

If this sharp sword is not removed, Chen Jun's defense will involve a large part of his military strength.

And this kind of thing that stirs up the nerves of the Great Zhou court, he must not be able to go out in person.

It was not because he was afraid of hurting the nerves of the imperial court, which would lead the imperial court to send troops to attack.

And this kind of behavior that touches the nerves of the court will inevitably attract the court to send troops to attack.

He must stay in Chen County and prepare to mobilize troops to meet the enemy!
"Father and Uncle Knife can't do it..."

Chen Sheng frowned in thought.

Although Chen Shou and Chen Dao have different command styles, they both tend to fight head-on.

As for the surprise attack on Wang Jian's rear, what is needed is a flexible general, preferably a general who is good at sports warfare.

Among the generals under his command, Ji Bu has the potential in this regard, but he still lacks some enthusiasm, so he can't be on his own for the time being.

Not to mention Chen Qi, Chen Jiu and the others. Although the Chen family members of this group are loyal, they are old, their thinking is rigid, and they cannot keep up with the advance of the Red Army. Change the school, replace them little by little, and move them to other irrelevant positions.

As for Chen Ying, excellent is excellent, but more than enough calmness and lack of flexibility, the follow-up will also be cultivated in the direction of frontal combat...

Chen Sheng thought about it for a long time, and found that besides himself, he really couldn't find any other suitable generals.

Well, not at all.

Li Xin is quite suitable for this job.

It's a pity that Li Xin's eagle's heat is not yet ready, and it is a disaster rather than a blessing to let him out to lead the army now.

'Looks like Jixia Academy's enrolment scale needs to be expanded. '

Chen Sheng thought to himself.

He would have this thought in his heart, not only because he couldn't find a suitable general to raid Wang Jian's rear.

Also because the Battle of Yingchuan has come to an end.

The Red Army is about to expand again...

In this round of army expansion, he plans to increase the establishment of two more divisions, with a total of [-] troops.

The problem of grain supply has been temporarily alleviated after the capture of Yingchuan.

Yingchuan is rich and prosperous, and last year's drought was not severe. The big families in the county had a lot of food, which was more than enough to support [-] soldiers and horses!

But the problem of the generals is worrying.

According to Chen Sheng's observation of officers at all levels in the process of personally leading troops into Yingchuan this time, most of the current division-level and regiment-level generals do not have the ability to match their positions.

During the Cold Weapon War, the ability of a general was as obvious as a louse on a monk's head!
As long as you take a look at the heights during the process of marching or fighting, you can quickly judge whether a general is a really capable general or whether a general is not good enough based on the army formation, morale, and reaction speed to military orders. silver-like pewter tip.

At present, under his command, the best such as Ji Bu are always in a hurry when commanding the army...

But there is one thing to say.

Today, even the worst performing regiment is in a much better situation than the scattered song led by Zhao Si.

This is thanks to a large number of battalion and company-level officers trained by Jixia Academy, who have filled the Red Army and built up the command system of the Red Army.

……

'I hope I can hold out until you all grow up! '

Chen Sheng felt a little tired and covered his face with his hands, and rubbed his numb cheeks hard, rubbing out the dirt and facial oil from his hands.

At the right time, Chen Ying's voice sounded.

"Report to General Qi, bring the enemy general Ji Lie!"

Chen Sheng put down his hands and saw Chen Ying standing in front of him, clasping his fists in salute. Behind him, a middle-aged general with neatly trimmed beard and a layer of oil seemed to be swept away by two soldiers in red. Press and kneel on the ground.

"Are you Ji Lie?"

Chen Sheng said with a chuckle.

"Crazy ministers and thieves!"

Ji Lie raised her head stubbornly, glared at Chen Sheng, and scolded: "Son of a scoundrel, maid..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was pressed by one of his red-clothed soldiers, and slapped his mouth with a big mouth, knocking off half of his teeth, and directly spit out what he had not yet spit out. The foul language was blocked.

"very good!"

Chen Sheng smiled and compared a thumb to the soldier who did it, "Brother, what's your name?"

The soldier in red who glared at Ji Lie, heard Chen Sheng's words, raised his head and clasped his fist shyly and said, "Hui, General Hui, and the label is called Zhou Bao, Chen County Chang'an Fang Ren."

"Chang'an Square? Neighbors!"

Chen Sheng nodded with a smile, but he didn't care about his little thought: "Thank you for protecting my mother for me, I still have a place in the next Jixia Academy, go back and tell your superior, let him take you name along with it.”

Zhou Bao was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and shouted, "I will be marked as the general's liver and brain, and he will die!"

"All right!"

Chen Sheng stretched out his hand to support him from a distance, and with invisible gentle force, he lifted Zhou Bao up from the ground: "Our Red Army doesn't like this!"

"Thank you, General!"

Zhou Bao was so excited that he trembled all over. He knew that his destiny had changed.

"As for you..."

Chen Sheng lowered his eyes and looked coldly at Ji Lie, who was still holding his head up: "You have a lot of backbone, you deserve to be a son of the clan, I admire people with backbone since I was a child, since you are bent on dying, then I will Complete you... drag it down, cut it!"

Ji Lie was stunned, as if she didn't believe that Chen Shengzhen dared to kill herself.

It wasn't until the two red-clothed soldiers who were escorting him dragged him back that he suddenly woke up, jumping on his feet and begging for mercy.

However, before he could say the words of begging for mercy, Zhou Bao quickly shoved the sweat towel into his mouth.

"Woooo, woohoo, woooooooo..."

Ji Lie struggled desperately, staring at Chen Sheng, as if waiting for Chen Sheng to break the drama of scaring him, and invite him back again to treat each other well.

However, until Chen Sheng's figure disappeared from his vision, he couldn't wait for Chen Sheng to speak.

His last memory of Chen Sheng was that terrifying face with a cold gleam in his eyes, but still a slight smile on his face!
Soon.

Zhou Bao carried Ji Lie's bloody head and came to return to life.

Chen Sheng glanced at it, waved him and ordered him to take it down, dig a hole and bury it.

After Zhou Bao walked away, Chen Shengcai raised his eyes, looked at Chen Ying who was still standing in front of him with his head down, and said lightly: "Put more energy on leading troops, such careful thoughts, don't move... I do not like."

Chen Ying clasped his fists and replied respectfully, "Wei!"

(End of this chapter)