marquis of jingan

Chapter 975
On the banks of the Shu River, it was completely dark.

Wan Zhong and more than [-] people have already walked out of the Pagoda Mountain.

Because their tasks were heavy, Shen Yi gave him all the elites. At the moment, almost everyone was armored, and all of them were holding long knives.

Wan Zhong stood in front of the formation with a loud voice.

"Bros!"

He said loudly: "Duke Shen's general order has been passed on to me. Now, the people of Qi on the west side of the Shuhe River are fleeing eastward to our place. There are still twenty or thirty miles away from the Shuhe River!"

"It is estimated that they will come to us at dawn!"

"Our task is to stop them for at least half a day!"

Speaking of this, General Wan, who has been promoted to command the Tongzhi, said in a deep voice: "This is a challenge, but it is also an opportunity!"

"Stop it for more than half a day."

He shouted: "Everyone gets credit once!"

"If it's less than half a day."

He looked at the crowd, and said coldly: "Even if Mr. Shen wants to ask for credit for us, I will stop him. Mr. Shen is benevolent, but we brothers must not lose face!"

Among the 500 1000 people, 500 of them were brought out by him alone, and the other [-] people were the elite of each battalion. Hearing the words, they all shouted: "General Wan is giving orders!"

Wan Zhong nodded silently, and said, "We felled trees in the mountains during the day, and now we immediately set up wooden stakes on the road that several Qi people must pass."

He said in a deep voice, "Also, demolish all the bridges on the nearby Shu River."

"The stone bridge is not easy to dismantle, so use gunpowder to blow it up!"

Although the Shu River is not wide, it is very long, and it runs from north to south, which is just right for blocking the people of Qi.

However, it is unlikely to stop the Qi people for too long. There are 4000 Qi people anyway. If the river is not wide, they can cut down trees and build floating bridges to cross the river.

But in any case, this method can also slightly hinder the progress of the Qi people's escape to the east, and Wan Zhong and others are waiting on the east bank of the Shu River to stop the Qi people.

Soon, the more than 1000 people went down and prepared to go according to Wan Zhong's instructions.

Right now, it's almost midnight.

Wan Zhong ordered some soldiers who had no mission to go to rest first, while he led a few hundreds of households quietly waiting for the Qi people to arrive.

In just a few hours, it was extremely long for Wan Zhong.

I don't know how long it has passed, and finally the east is gradually turning white.

Wan Zhong, who was resting with his eyes closed on a big rock, opened his eyes slowly and looked west.

In the west, there was a faint movement, where the sky and the earth meet, there is a faint black line rolling.

Wan Zhong finally pulled himself together and shouted in a deep voice, "The enemy is coming!"

"Ready to line up to meet the enemy, ready to line up to meet the enemy!"

More than 1000 soldiers of the Huai'an Army immediately woke up and began to line up according to Wan Zhong's order.

The formation is not so tight.

Because at this time, they need to open their fronts so that they can stop as many Qi people as possible.

The black line in the distance is getting closer.

In front of the black line is Zhou Shizhong riding a horse.

At this moment, General Zhou was a little embarrassed.

He was stationed with his soldiers, and before dawn, he was woken up by the messengers below, saying that the Huai'an army had come to surround him. He was so frightened that General Zhou quickly got on his horse and led the soldiers to retreat eastward, preparing to return to Haizhou. .

After all, on the battlefield, the number of people is at an absolute disadvantage. Even Zhou Shizhong, it is impossible to choose to confront the Huai'an army head-on at this time.

So, when it was almost dawn, Xue Wei had already led his troops and chased him all the way to the vicinity of the Shu River.

Before the army reached the Shuhe River, scouts came to report in a panic: "General! The bridges on the nearby Shuhe River are all broken!"

"There are torches across the river!"

"You can vaguely see the southern army!"

General Zhou sat on the horseback, was silent for a few breaths, closed his eyes, and said slowly: "How many people?"

"It's not bright yet, so I can't see clearly."

"but…"

The scout knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "It seems that the number of people should not be particularly large, probably around 2000."

Zhou Shizhong looked back at the four thousand soldiers behind him, expressionless.

"Send our military orders, march eastward, and kill the enemies blocking the way!"

"Yes!"

………………

This blocking battle lasted from morning to afternoon.

It was almost evening when the main force led by Xue Wei completely surrounded most of the Qi army. In order to hurry, Xue Wei rode all the way, stopped at the bank of the Shu River, jumped off the horse, and led hundreds of people from the Qi army. He ran over on the pontoon bridge.

At this time, the east of the Shuhe River has already flowed into a river of blood.

Under the reflection of the setting sun, the earth was illuminated into a dim yellow red.

Xue Wei and others ran all the way, and finally found Wan Zhong's department who was still entangled with the people of Qi.

But it's out of shape.

To be precise, both the Huai'an army and the Qi army are no longer in formation.

Xue Wei yelled and shouted: "Go up, replace the brothers in front!"

As a result, hundreds of people rushed forward and replaced the exhausted Wan Zhong's troops.

Xue Wei even resisted the urge to rush forward for a while, found a hundred households under Wan Zhong's command, and asked, "Where is Wan Zhong? Where is he?"

The hundred households were also injured a little bit, but not seriously. He pointed to the back, and Xue Wei looked in the direction of his finger, and there were several temporary tents in the distance.

Xue Wei strode forward, walked nearly a hundred feet, and was walked to the gates of these tents. After walking in short, he saw that there were some wounded soldiers inside.

Wan Zhong was also lying there, his face a little pale.

But fortunately, it has been bandaged up, and it seems that the injury has been dealt with.

Only then did Xue Wei heave a sigh of relief, half squatted in front of Wan Zhong, glanced at him, and said angrily: "You kid scared me, I thought you were dead!"

Wan Zhong had stab wounds on his arms and back. Hearing this, he grinned and said, "Why is it so easy to die?"

Xue Wei sat down on the ground in front of him, and said, "My people have already caught up, and none of the Qi people who are still in the circle can escape."

Then, he looked at Wan Zhong and asked, "What's the situation here? Tell me."

Wan Zhong was silent for a while, then said, "In the morning, the pressure was too great."

He said in a hoarse voice: "We don't have many people, and the battle line is too long. They concentrate on breaking through, and we suffer too much."

"Duke Shen said that we must preserve our vitality, so I let go and let a group of Qi people go out."

Wan Zhong said in a low voice, "About five or six hundred people left."

"Many of this group of Qi people are riding horses. It should be the generals of this group of Qi people. The main force is chasing them. They didn't dare to stay for a long time and fled all the way east."

"Then, I spent some effort to seal the opening."

Wan Zhong looked at his arm, and said, "The injury on my arm was caused when I sealed the mouth."

"Overall it was a success."

He said to Xue Wei: "After the opening is sealed, the fighting spirit of the remaining Qi people has dropped a lot. They no longer concentrate on breaking through, but want to escape in all directions."

"They spread out, and we can only spread out to stop them."

"Until you arrive."

Xue Wei nodded and said with a smile: "You kid, you have learned a lot from Shen Gong. If Shen Gong was here, in order to reduce casualties, he would probably fight like this."

"How about casualties?"

Wan Zhong lay on the ground and let out a sigh of relief: "Five or six hundred people, the remaining 600 people are mostly injured."

"but…"

He glanced at Xue Wei, feeling a little depressed: "In the afternoon, I found out that among the group of people who were let go, someone raised a Zhou character flag, and it is estimated that Zhou Shizhong, the chief general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was among them."

Speaking of this, Wan Zhong clenched his fists hard, feeling a little annoyed: "If I knew it earlier, even if I lost my life here, I would also keep Thief Zhou!"

Xue Wei patted him on the shoulder, and laughed: "Mr. Shen doesn't value these things. What he values ​​is the ability to kill and injure the enemy. Besides..."

"This Zhou Shizhong is not some brilliant general, what's the use of arresting him?"

General Xue said with a smile: "Let him go and let him continue to lead the Confederate Army. Maybe we can fight more easily in the future."

Wan Zhong sighed, then raised his head to look at Xue Wei, and said, "Five or six hundred people escaped, plus those who fled in all directions, it is estimated that hundreds of people escaped, and the number of those who were finally surrounded is estimated to be less than 600." people."

Xue Wei smiled and said: "That's enough. Mr. Shen didn't say that we must keep them all. We just need to scare them away so that they don't dare to come back in a short time."

General Xue's eyes were piercing: "Mr. Shen's goal has never been these thousands of Qi troops!"

Wan Zhong nodded.

"Yes, our goal is Xuzhou City."

Having said that, he looked at his injured arm, still not in high spirits: "It's a pity that I'm going to beat Xuzhou this time, I'm afraid there will be no brothers and me."

Xue Wei patted him on the shoulder lightly, and comforted him: "This blocking battle is also part of the Xuzhou battle, brother, you have already made the first contribution!"

After saying this, Xue Wei stood up and said, "I am relieved to see that you are fine. Just now outside, I saw many people from Qi, and my forehand itches unbearably."

He said loudly: "I won't accompany you anymore, I will come to find you after I take care of them."

After all, he strode out.

Wan Zhong looked at Xue Wei's back, shook his head, and laughed dumbfoundedly.

"Xue Mangzi..."

(End of this chapter)