Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 819
The slanting wind was blowing drizzle with a constant patter.

The knight on horseback is wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, galloping along the Youxi River.The rain made the road extremely muddy, and the hooves of the horses were also covered with a thick layer of mud.

Not far behind them is Wande Prefecture, one of the nine Manzhou states in Youxi. The Manzhai with more than a thousand households has just been rescued by the Tang army. In front of the Manzhai, there are piles of corpses.

Just in the middle of the night yesterday, the Tang army in Yongzhou advanced by land and water, and suddenly attacked them.

Cheng Chumo, the admiral of the Beihai Navy, led an army raid. Under countless arrows and crossbows, more than a thousand Juding barbarians occupying Wandezhai were killed and collapsed instantly.

At dawn, the Tang army cut off more than 700 rebel heads, inserted them directly on the sharpened stakes, and stood on both sides of the road. The headless corpses were buried in the fields beside the road, and many corpses fell into the Youxi River, stained red. half of the river.

Tang Jun did not let go of the defeated Juding barbarians. Although Qingqi ran heavy and slow in the muddy rain, it was still faster than most of the barbarians who fled.

The rain dampened the bowstrings, reducing the range and accuracy of the bow and crossbow, but many barbarians were still shot and killed by the crossbow when they were running, and fell to the ground.

Those who can chase down the barbarians on tall horses are basically light cavalry from the Beihai Marine Corps. They came all the way by boat, recharging their energy for a long time, and they didn't even dispatch in the raid last night.

At this time, they are fully armed and armed, and they want to pursue them relentlessly.

Both Silong and Wandezhou have been recovered.

Under the city wall, there are still many black smoke and fire traces, indicating that the Manzhou on the Youxi main road was once prosperous and lively with thousands of Man villages. At this time, many village houses were burned and it was in a depression.

A school lieutenant holding a mo knife in his hand and wearing a bright light armor stood in the Manzhai, and the officers came and went to report the military situation.

"The Judingman is nothing but that, it is simply vulnerable, Zuo Fusang and the Youximan are too weak, this will make the Judingman feel as if they are in no-man's land all the way."

"If you want me to tell you, why don't you go directly to Hengshan Village, let's take a look at that lady Nong San to see what she looks like, let's snatch her and make her a concubine for Wei Gong."

Cheng Chumo came over with a group of officers on patrol, and when he heard this, he snorted and scolded, "You are just a brigade commander in charge of a [-]-man marine corps, and you regard yourself as a general. I asked you to lead people to search and clean up the surrounding area. You Are you here to point out the country with me?"

"The general is joking. I, Lao Yan, dare not. It's just that these savages are indeed not beaten. We have already fought here. Why don't we move forward and go straight to Hengshan, why do we stop here?"

"How to fight is up to Duke Wei and the others. We just need to obey the orders. Zuo Fusang and his [-] barbarians are in Hengshan Village. Is the lady a vegetarian? I heard that Mrs. Nongsan has a team of female warriors under her command, all of them are so tough, you may have to be captured alive in the past, and you will be a donkey to carry on the family line."

While they were talking, transport ships were docking at the Youxi River wharf next to Wande Prefecture, and countless supplies were being unloaded from the ships.

Military officers commanded craftsmen, civilian husbands, and Manzhai villagers who had been rescued along the way to transport these materials to Wandezhai.

The staff officer from the staff office is holding the blueprints and directing the craftsmen of the engineer battalion to lead the civilians to start building the defense.

Expand a larger wharf, set up a water camp along the river, expand Wandezhai, and build a multilateral fortress with stronger defenses next to it.

At the same time, a warehouse city must be built by the river to store food, weapons and clothing.

"We put so much effort into building a castle here, we won't hand it over to the barbarians later, will we?"

Cheng Chu laughed silently. As a high-level executive, he certainly knew Qin Lang's strategy of using troops this time, to drive away tigers and devour wolves, and take advantage of the invasion of Juding barbarians to convert the left and right streams into land.

Although I didn't plan to do it all at once, the Zhucheng Village along the river is basically going to be listed as the Zhengzhou County of the imperial court this time, just like this Wande Village, which is located between Hengshan and Yongzhou, and has always been a tea-horse trade route. There is also a road leading northeast to Chengzhou, Guizhou, etc. in Dazhai, so the main points here must naturally be firmly controlled by the imperial court.

Now, on the grounds of defending Juding, sending troops back, and then building fortifications and city defenses, in fact, it is necessary to station troops and officials here.

Now that Tang Jun has come, it is impossible to hand it back to the barbarians in the future.

Digging ditches and logging, even if the sky is still drizzling, but the engineering battalion is also busy. In the future, Wande Prefecture will become an important city on Youxi River. There will be post road stations, important warehouses, and garrisons here. Forts, there will also be merchant towns.

On the Youxi River, boats are approaching, and the boats are full of soldiers and supplies.

Cheng Chumo temporarily took up the position of the marching commander of Youxi Road. At the same time, he inspected the governor of Wandezhou, and the surrounding 72 barbarians were assigned to his jurisdiction.

The order he got was to recover Silong, Wande Prefecture, Baimadong in the north and the south bank of the Duni River, and Longyingdong in the south.

Wan Dezhou was renamed to Dezhou and placed under the German garrison.

His duty is to guard Guidezhou, wipe out the barbarians in the territory, and ignore the rest.

No matter how hard Hengshan fought, they were not allowed to go without orders.

The newly established Zhengzhou is 120 miles northwest of Dezhou, and more than [-] barbarians are still facing each other in Hengshan.

The barbarian king of Youxi, Zuo Fusang, governor of Youzhou, had to ask eighty times, "Has Yongzhou sent troops?"

They haven't been able to get the desired reply, which makes the Hengshan Youxi Man's morale low. Although they are not at a disadvantage in numbers, they are forced to be unable to get out under the offensive of the Juding Nong's Man.

Pingmazhai in the north of Hengshan City is the largest horse market in Hengshanzhai in recent years. Last year, [-] horses were traded. The huge horse market transactions made Zuo Fusang a lot of money and became his cash cow.

But now Pingma village has become Nong Sanniang's camp.

The Silversmith Village to the east of Hengshan Village is the workshop where the craftsmen who make gold and silver jewelry and smelt silverware gather in Hengshan. There are thousands of silversmiths and countless gold and silver shops. But now this once bustling silversmith village, It was also captured by Juding Man.

Shangfa Village next to Pingma Village is a concentrated area of ​​blacksmiths who specialize in forging horseshoes and weapons. Shangfa means blacksmith in barbarian language, and it is also occupied now.

Two of the three major industries in Hengshan Village, silverware, horse market, and homemade cloth, have been occupied. In recent years, the emerging Tiefang District has also been occupied.

Zuo Fusang was sitting in the Hengshan village, unable to eat any food.

Many silversmiths and blacksmiths, Ma Yazi, failed to escape. He intended to send troops to recover, but Youxi Dongding was unable to defeat him.

It's okay to barely stay in the Hengshan stronghold, but he will be beaten as soon as he goes out.

"Report!"

"There is a speedboat on the river, and there is good news."

"Quick, invite someone here."

The speedboat came in the dark at night, and the son of the barbarian king from Wande Village came in person. When the village was breached, his father and brother were killed and he was captured. Come to report victory.

"Duke Wei has already arrived in Yongzhou. He sent troops in two groups. The northern route was led by General Cheng Chumo, the general of Beihai Division. Along the way, they have recovered the villages of Silong and Wande. After several battles, more than a thousand people were beheaded."

Zuo Fusang and other Youxi barbarian kings were all overjoyed when they heard the news.

"How long will it be before General Cheng arrives, and how many soldiers has he brought?"

"General Cheng won't come for the time being. He was ordered by Duke Wei to build fortifications in Wandezhai, store supplies, and accumulate troops. He asked me to tell the Great Master, please continue to stand by and wait for help. When the preparations are complete, Then he will march northward. He also said that he will continue to wipe out the enemies behind Hengshan Village, so as to relieve his worries."

Hearing this, Zuo Fusang and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, what is the meaning of this, they have already arrived at Wande Village, why did they not move on anymore.

"I'll send someone to follow you back to Wande Village, and ask General Cheng to send troops to help. Nanong Sanniang's men are really strong, especially his cavalry and archers. Our people can't get out of the village at all."

Unexpectedly, Wade, the son of the barbarian king of Wande Village, said, "My father and brother were killed by Juding barbarians, and my sisters and wives were humiliated. I have come here to make things difficult for them with my own hands, and I don't plan to go back."

Wandezhou was changed to Dezhou and returned to the German army, and all aspects were taken over by the government army. In fact, Wade could not stay there any longer.

To Texas, to the German Army.

Zuo Fusang vaguely wanted to understand something, his face darkened, but he was powerless.

"Reinforcements are not coming, what about food and bows and arrows?"

"Not for the time being."

Zuo Fusang slammed his fist on the table case, smashing a good wooden case, his face was swollen and purple, but he could only gasp heavily.

Some barbarian kings and masters also turned black.

Waiting and waiting, the result is such a news.

What should we do now, carry on with the Nong family here?

But now the Nong family is constantly attacking, even though they are defending the stronghold, they still suffer a lot of casualties every day. If this continues, won't they be exhausted?
Many barbarian kings secretly scolded Qin Lang for being treacherous, because they wanted to hurt both sides, and he would come to take advantage again.

Returning to Dezhou is a lesson from the past. Wandezhai was destroyed and Dongzhu was killed. Qin Lang sent troops to recover it. Taking advantage of the situation, he changed it to return to Dezhou, set it as Zhengzhou, and set up an army to garrison it.

Does Qin Lang want Hengshan Village to do the same?
Outside Hengshan Village.

Lady Nong San was wearing a bamboo hat, looking at Hengshan Village from a distance.

This fortress is too difficult to fight. Since the troops were dispatched, they have encountered the most difficult bone to crack. They gnawed at it bit by bit. Today they broke the outer fortress, and tomorrow they will go to the next one. However, the main fortress of Hengshan has never been opened. .

The news just came from the south, which made Nong Sanniang frown even more.

The offensive stalled.

The enemy's counterattack also began.

"Block news from the south."

Nong Sanniang coldly ordered that if the news of Wande's defeat came back, the morale of the army here in Hengshan would be unstable immediately.

As the queen of Juding, Nong Sanniang's prestige has soared unprecedentedly with the victory of the offensive during this period of time, but the battle is not going well, and some people have already called for withdrawal.

They feel that the previous victories have caused the various ministries to rob a lot of money, livestock and people. Since things are not going well now, they should simply withdraw.

Just grab and run.

They have no intention of occupying the land of the left and right streams for a long time.

But Nong Sanniang didn't want to withdraw. Her husband's previous ambition was to restore the Juding country, not only that, but also to revive the Juding. He even planned to use Nanpanjiang as a base to conquer thousands of miles of land.

It is really unwilling to retreat like this now.

"Why didn't Tang Jun take advantage of the victory to attack?"

"It must be that they don't have many soldiers and horses, and their preparations are not complete, so after taking Wandezhai in a surprise attack, they are unable to advance again." Nong looked at Hengshan, "We still have a chance, even if we want to retreat, we must break through Hengshan and then Retire, this time we must defeat Youximan, otherwise we will not be safe even if we retreat."

"Tell everyone, Hengshan Village can't hold on any longer, take Hengshan Village, there are countless gold, silver and silk in it, and there are 10 people, I will share it equally with all the tribes!"

(End of this chapter)