Daming kill

Chapter 263
When Li Ping fell asleep beside the white water, the city of Yuezhou 200 miles away was still brightly lit.

The whole city continues to be busy like a big construction site.

The yelling and yelling that can be seen everywhere, the endless flow of soldiers and even women and children, the houses that are being demolished and the wooden beams, door panels and bricks and tiles taken away, the special materials for the defense of the city wall that are constantly accumulating into countless hills, etc. are all here. It profoundly shows that the extremely urgent preparations for defending the city are going on here.

Since the fleet near Junshan was suddenly attacked by small boats last night and two precious warships were burned, and this morning an army of thousands of people under the banner of Zhang Xianzhong, including many cavalry, appeared directly in the mountainous area outside the east of the city. After that, the cloud of war began to hang over here.

Afterwards, the interrogation of several captives captured by the Yan Ming Navy Battalion, who were also native Dongting Lake fishermen, revealed that Zhang Xianzhong had assembled an army of [-] to deal with Li Ping. The severe situation was like a Damoc hanging over his head. Like the Sword of Reese, the rulers of the city began to panic.

At this time, they were completely ignorant of the outcome of the battle beside the white water 200 miles away, and neither did their enemies.

This is war!The war of this age.

What's more, the captured Dongting Lake native fishermen affirmed that there was only an infantry army of less than a thousand people following their fleet, and there was no cavalry except for a few horses.

In other words, the army that appeared in the mountainous area east of Yuezhou City was likely to be other troops sent by Zhang Xianzhong to detour by land, and the actual strength of the troops could not be determined, but it must be a lot more.

Zhang Xianzhong's killing moves are so many and the scale of his schemes is daunting.

In addition to worrying about Li Ping's inevitable defeat, the rulers of Yuezhou also worried that they would also be wiped out.

But no one wants to withdraw from Yuezhou.

They knew that once Yuezhou was abandoned, Li Ping, who had been cut off, would have no possibility of escape.

So it was destined to be a sleepless night.

However, when several eager uninvited guests broke into the open and bright hall and hall of a large house in the city, the people sitting inside were still very surprised.

"Baolai, calm down. Don't be so irritable! Once you are irritable, the people below will become even more chaotic." Zhao Lanyue, who continued to sit quietly knitting, frowned, and at the same time swept her eyes behind Song Baolai.

At this time, several figures who were busy shuttling outside the house had been attracted to stop, looking dignifiedly and curiously.

But Song Baolai, the highest authority in Yuezhou, the person in charge of city defense, and the great builder who has been busy all day, didn't pay attention to these at all. He just stared straight at the women in the hall and said in surprise: "You guys Are you knitting a sweater?"

"What are you doing without knitting sweaters? Are we going to let some of us women help you make city defense equipment and arrange city defense? If it weren't for worrying that you won't be able to hold on to the situation, we would have gone to bed early." Zhao Lanyue retorted bluntly.

"You still want to sleep?" Song Baolai almost jumped up with red eyes.

"It's time to eat, it's time to sleep, the sky won't fall. Look at your prospects!" Zhao Lanyue glanced at Qian Dongzi who was following behind Song Baolai with an embarrassed expression on his face.

Qian Dongzi, Li Ping's former soldier, is currently the teaching director of the naval battalion.

Since the enemy army was discovered in the east of the city this morning, the navy battalion has moved to the edge of Yuezhou City. Qian Dongzi and about half of the navy battalion officers and soldiers also entered the city as infantry under Song Baolai's direct command.

In other words, Qian Dongzi is currently the highest-ranking officer in the city other than Shi Lei, and also the officer they can trust the most. He has a heavy responsibility and needs to be with the army now.

In order to ensure the stability of power in Yuezhou after Li Ping left, there were not many regular infantry left behind, only two battalions, and these two battalions did not have a superior military commander, and their strength was much weaker than that of Song Baolai's support battalion.

"Baolai, what happened?" Gao Lei on the side decided to interrupt Zhao Lanyue and Song Baolai's exchange, her face was full of uneasiness and anxiety, and she could no longer hold her breath.

Song Baolai glanced at Zhao Lanyue faintly, then sat down on an empty chair, and said in a hoarse voice dejectedly: "Just received the news that Zuo Liangyu's army in Linxiang County abandoned the city in the afternoon? Zhang Xianzhong's The army has entered Linxiang County."

"What?" Yang Xiuqin, who was knitting sweaters with Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei, dropped the sweater needle on the ground in shock.

Yang Xiuqin knows nothing about military affairs, but she also knows what this means.

Linxiang County is about 60 miles northeast of Yuezhou, which is actually the north of Yuezhou.After Li Ping captured Yuezhou, it was quickly abandoned by Zhang Xianzhong's army and then occupied by Zuo Liangyu's army.

Now, Zhang Xianzhong's army is attacking there again, which shows that the enemy is cutting off their land back route.

"How did you know that they ran away? I remember that our reconnaissance didn't go that far. We don't have the ability... By the way, do you listen to the wind or the rain? Don't listen to those nonsense panic words or even It may be a rumor spread by the enemy intentionally, which will disturb the morale of the army!" Zhao Lanyue said in surprise, her reaction was very fast.

Gao Lei, who had just lowered her head in depression, raised her head again when she heard the words. It was obvious that this was an era when unreasonable rumors would fly all over the sky.

But what Song Baolai said immediately made Gao Lei's entire face darken, completely darkened.

"Zhang Kuang's cronies sent us an urgent message. Shi Ming ignored Zuo Liangyu's order to move closer to Wuchang, but used Governor Lu Daqi's order to ensure the safety of Nanzhili to suddenly increase the banditry. Zuo Liangyu was furious when Huaining County and Tongcheng County in Anqing Prefecture were mobilized.

The cronies of Zhang Kuang who sent us the news encountered Zuo Liangyu's army retreating northward in panic on the way, and learned that Zuo Liangyu's army had abandoned the city as soon as Zhang Xianzhong's army appeared near Linxiang County. Xiangxian City must be occupied now, there will be no difference. "

"What does Shi Ming mean?" Zhao Lanyue was also stunned
As for Zuo Liangyu's army running away, she was not that surprised.Zuo Liangyu's [-] troops were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's Sun Kewang just last month, so it was nothing unusual to run away like a frightened bird, and it was within their expectation.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be as nervous as they are now.

Song Baolai said dejectedly: "How would I know? But no matter what it means, Zuo Liangyu won't care about us anymore. It's for sure. His army was hit hard, and he was already in awe of Zhang Xianzhong. Now that he ran away, he would never Might be back!"

Unbelievable Zhao Lanyue looked at Qian Dongzi who was still standing in the middle of the hall, Qian Dongzi nodded helplessly and said, "Officer Zhang Tui sent an acquaintance, and Deputy Director Shi has already inquired personally, and the information is confirmed. "

Zhang Kuang was very embarrassed after Yuan Jixian was dismissed, but shortly after Huang Shu took office, he ordered him to be appointed as the official of Hanyang Prefecture and the affairs of the government and Mianyang Prefecture. This is also the appointment Zhang Kuang had received in history.

However, there are also some deviations, that is, Huang Shu's work agency for Zhang Kuang in the history of time and space did not include Mianyang state affairs.

Hearing what Qian Dongzi said, Zhao Lanyue sighed involuntarily, and her expression turned ugly.

No matter how mentally prepared it is, it is still hard to accept that people have copied the back road.

And what happened to Shi Ming was indeed surprising, which almost meant that they could no longer have any illusions about the only possible support, Zuo Liangyu.

But only for a moment, Zhao Lanyue put away her decadent expression again, and said firmly: "So what? What are you supposed to do? Just keep this Yuezhou City well. Zhang Xianzhong can't do anything about Li Ping, Zuo Liang Yu can't do anything to Li Ping, I have confidence in Li Ping, we don't need to worry about it."

Gao Lei was shocked when she heard that, as a former small executive, she certainly understands the importance of stabilizing people's hearts.

So she immediately followed up and said: "Yes! What can we do? We're already mentally prepared for the incident in Linxiang County. It's not an accident. And we never expected Zuo Liangyu to help us. We You can't be in a mess. Baolai, you have to be steady, and we all have to be steady."

But Song Baolai continued to sigh, obviously he still couldn't accept all this, nor could he face it calmly.

Maybe he's stressed out too much.

Just about to say something more, Zhao Lanyue said first: "Drink some tea to moisturize your throat and go! Go to sleep for a while. We are going to sleep too. Remember, you must sleep tonight, don't tire yourself out, Don't let the people below see that you have no confidence."

Song Baolai was obviously stunned, and looked at Zhao Lanyue in disbelief.

But Zhao Lanyue added very seriously: "If you don't come here in such a hurry, we can stay up with you for a while longer. But now, we have to sleep, and we have to sleep if we can't sleep."

Seeing that Zhao Lanyue didn't seem to be joking at all, Song Baolai reluctantly twisted on the chair a few more times, but finally stopped talking.

After shaking his head with a wry smile, Song Baolai nodded in resignation and said, "Okay! Then, then I'm leaving."

After Song Baolai and Yang Xiuqin left, only Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei were left in the hall, Zhao Lanyue asked Gao Lei with a sullen face, "I remember that Yang Ming and Yang Yukun are still in Wuchang?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Gao Lei affirmed a little inexplicably.

"Then why didn't he pass on such important news about Shi Ming, but let Zhang Kuang in Hanyang pass the news to us first?" Zhao Lanyue's face became more gloomy.

Gao Lei was startled, and her face immediately changed.

"Sleep! You know this and I know it. It's better not to let everyone know." Zhao Lanyue sighed helplessly.

It's a pity that the sky sometimes fails to meet people's wishes.

Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei had just laid down, but they had to get up immediately, and even left their residences and stood on the city wall to look at the vast South Lake where there was only one waterway connecting Dongting Lake to the west.

At this moment, the Nanjin Port, the most important and largest natural safe haven in the South Lake, was on fire, and the flames from the burning of countless ships of all sizes shone red for tens of miles around.

Although the strict battle fleet is not here to prevent being trapped in the Nanhu Lake with only one small exit and to ensure the safety of the water surface around Yuezhou, Nanjin Port is where all their non-combat ships gather, and it is also where they used to go. An important guarantee for the evacuation of all personnel on the waterway.

Because of this, Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei's complexions became extraordinarily gloomy in the firelight.

But where there is yin, there is yang, and Zhang Xianzhong's general Hun Tianlong, who was hiding in a dark place and also watching the super big bonfire, was in a good mood, with a sinister smile on his lips.

Hun Tianlong was Zhang Xianzhong's top general who stayed in Yuezhou at the beginning. After being attacked by Li Ping, he escaped by chance.

Now, after he came back, he not only succeeded in burning all the transport ships of the Yuezhou government army, but also found that the government army in the city did not dare to come out to fight the fire, which gave him the hope of wiping out the entire city government army and avenging their shame.

In the original history, Hun Tianlong was also guarding Yuezhou. He once went out of the city to resist the attack of Zuo Liangyu's general Ma Shixiu by using both water and land. City and fled to Changsha.

Later, in December of the same year, Zhang Xianzhong sent Ai Nengqi to lead his army northward and defeated the official army before regaining Yuezhou.

In this time and space, Hun Tianlong still guards Yuezhou and loses Yuezhou.

However, it was Li Ping who defeated him, and he was also the one who was sent to recapture Yuezhou.

Ainengqi had already died outside Daye County, and it was Sun Kewang who went north to severely injure Zuo Liangyu. Not only did he advance three months, but he also cast a psychological shadow on Zuo Liangyu's entire army.

"The general did a good job and burned the boat they escaped. The city must be in panic and have no intention of holding on. Before dark, dozens of our people have mixed in, all of them are local fishermen. After the fire, tomorrow will dawn. It is estimated that some more can be mixed in, the enemy's troops left behind are very limited, and we can break through Yuezhou City just around the corner!" A small leader complimented Huntianlong.

"Hahaha..." Huntianlong laughed triumphantly, and he was also extremely satisfied with his series of coquettish operations.

"General, when will we start attacking the city, I would like to be the vanguard." Another leader said bitterly, looking impatient.

Hun Tianlong took a satisfied look at this subordinate who had just arrived not long ago. He knew that the accomplices of Jiayu, Puqi and Linxiang had to hide in the mountains because Yuezhou was captured and the road was blocked. The grievance is broken.

These people are none other than Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers who appeared in the mountainous area east of Yuezhou City this morning. They are currently under the command of Huntianlong and are acting according to the contact person sent by the flying cavalry sent by Huntianlong.

It was not difficult for Huntian to find them. The local civilians, especially the poor, were still mostly supporters of the Peasant Army.

Although the morale of his subordinates is good, Hun Tianlong still said decisively: "Li Ping's soldiers are not vegetarians, we can't be in a hurry. Give the brothers who sneaked in more time, and there are many brothers who were captured before in the city, we can use.

Let the soldiers who captured Linxiang leave 100 people to defend the city, and the rest will concentrate here.We will attack Yuezhou together the day after tomorrow, and we must ensure that the attack must be overcome, and we must not disappoint the King of the West. "

Notes:

Information such as Heng Tianlong's name was not found.

(End of this chapter)