serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 191 Arrival
The third day of September in the third year of Jianwu, Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

Xuzhou City, the key to the North Kingdom, the gateway to the South Kingdom, and the battleground for military strategists, is known as the hometown of emperors and generals.

However, at this time, the sky above the entire city was full of shouts and killings, and countless officers and soldiers were attacking the city, and the overwhelming flow of people surrounded Xuzhou City.

Five miles away, tens of thousands of soldiers, horses, flags and flags were flying, and their armor was bright, and they had already formed a square formation and were ready to attack.

Before the army formation, Ma Shang looked around for a while: "Is this group of dogs afraid to come?" After finishing speaking, his eyes gleamed coldly.

Liu Fang on the side was holding a monocular clairvoyance towards the battlefield, paying attention to the situation of the battlefield, and said, "They must know the news of the entry of the Yongwei Battalion. This is their only chance."

Ma Shang sneered: "Okay, I will behead these beasts later, and pay homage to the dead souls by the Huiji River. Siege the city!"

The drums were loud.

Another phalanx of ten thousand people rushed up.

In order to be able to capture Xuzhou City, the imperial court mobilized 15 troops, including nearly [-] Ma Shangbu and [-] Henan Wei. The [-] patrol battalion can barely attack Xuzhou City.

In order to minimize the casualties of the officers and soldiers, Liu Fang adopted Ma Shang's suggestion, and drove all the captured rebels of the Water-Soluble Department to the city of Xuzhou. More than 3 people were divided into multiple waves, attacking the city day and night, In less than a month, the moat outside the city was first filled, and then the defense equipment in the city was almost consumed. Counting the [-] rebels who drove in late August, there are less than [-] left , and the officers and soldiers who died in battle, more than [-] lives have been swallowed under the city of Xuzhou.

In yesterday's siege battle, some officers and troops had already climbed to the top of the city, plus they received a secret report from the Criminal Division at midnight, Liu Fang and Ma Shang decided to attack the city with all their strength today.

During this period of time, the officers and soldiers did not dare to attack the city with all their strength, because so far they have not been able to find the elite rebel army that attacked Wang Ziteng and Ma Shang's rear army successively, fearing that they would raid the rear wing of the army at a critical moment.

The reason why we decided to attack the city with all our strength was that the cavalry from the Yongwei Battalion had arrived, and the 170 cavalry from the Pioneer Battalion were hidden at the junction of Jiangsu and Henan, Dangshan, which was less than [-] miles away from Xuzhou City. You can come to the city.

"Look!"

Liu Fang held up the binoculars and said, "Someone has already climbed to the top of the city."

Ma Shang was startled, he quickly raised his binoculars, and quickly scanned the top of the city. Soon, he saw several officers and soldiers fighting for the top of the city with the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect. Unfortunately, these people quickly disappeared. Submerged in the rebellious crowd of the White Lotus Sect.

But now that someone has climbed the city wall, more people will climb to the top of the city and stand firm on the top of the city. Xuzhou City will be broken today!
At this time, a scout horse came galloping up to Liu Fang, reining in the reins, and said loudly, "My lord, a team of scout horses disappeared in the northwest direction, and the last news came half an hour ago." , they will go to the Yellow River disaster area to search."

Liu Fang and Ma Shang looked at each other, and said to the sentinel, "Test again."

The sentry said: "No!" He ran out again.

Ma Shang sneered again: "Within less than a hundred miles, the opponent has at most one person and one horse. As long as we hold them for about a quarter of an hour, the vanguard cavalry can reach the battlefield."

Liu Fang nodded, as long as the vanguard cavalry came, even 3 or [-] people would not be able to leave.

Dangshan is a typical "mountain is not high, there are immortals and it is famous". Its altitude is less than 600 meters, but it is closely connected with many celebrities in history. In the Dangshan Ze Snake Rebellion.

Dang Mountain is the only mountain group on the Eastern Henan Plain thousands of miles away, so it naturally became the hiding place for the vanguard cavalry.

The cavalry of the Vanguard Battalion arrived at Dangshan Mountain at one o'clock last night. Since they were marching, the Vanguard Battalion did not set up camp. They were wearing armor and cloaks and resting on the spot. At this time, everyone was busy feeding some water and fodder to the horses. Waiting for the order to attack.

Under a big tree at the foot of the mountain, Wang Dalei, Niu Ben and other generals of the Vanguard Battalion are discussing a specific battle plan. The imperial court knows nothing about this main force of the elusive rebels. Their strength, equipment and combat power are unknown to the imperial court. .

Just in case, when setting off, Jia Hu specially dispatched [-] self-generated firecrackers from the Firearms Battalion to the Pioneer Battalion. Regardless of the strength of the opponent, a round of volleys will be fired first.

The debate was fierce, and Wang Dalei stood up: "Okay, we don't know anything, it's just a waste of words. Just follow the command of the commander-in-chief, first shoot a round of volleys at the other party when we meet, and then go straight to work!"

Niu Ben immediately shouted: "Men are wearing double armor, I'm afraid they won't succeed!"

Everyone laughed.

At this moment, there was a rush of hoofbeats, and everyone looked at it.

A sentry whipped his horse frantically and galloped towards this side, ran up to Wang Dalei, reined in the reins, jumped off the horse, and said loudly: "General Wang, the army has already passed Tongguan."

Wang Dalei's eyes lit up: "Okay, go down and rest."

Looking at the back of the sentry, Wang Dalei was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect the speed of the army to be so fast. In half a month at most, the Vanguard Battalion will be able to join forces with the main force of the army in Anhui.

In order not to reveal their whereabouts, after passing through Tongguan, the Pioneer Camp was walking day and night, and the roads they walked were all remote paths provided by the criminal division. Elaborate.

In this rebellion, the Yongwei Battalion did not all enter the pass. Whether it was the grassland outside the pass or the Chengde Palace that had just been taken down, they needed to be stationed separately, waiting for the imperial court to transfer troops to change defenses. Jia Hu left [-] guns in the Chengde Palace Soldiers, [-] cavalry garrisoned, and Linger left [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

A total of 5 men from the Yongwei Battalion entered the pass, including [-] cavalry and [-] gunfire soldiers. In addition, Jia Hu also mobilized [-] main forces from various Mongolian tribes. Although the Mongolian nobles and leaders knew Jia Hu's calculations, they did not People dared to object. In the battle of Yanshan, more than half of the [-] Mongolian main forces were lost. They were the main force of the attack.

It can be said that the Chengde Palace was brought down by the Mongols.

The Mongols paid a heavy price, but they also reaped rich rewards. All the money and goods in Chengde Li Palace were rewarded to them, and the war dead were also provided with pensions. go to town.

It has to be said that Jia Hu has a very thorough grasp of human nature. After the news spread on the grassland, those Mongols who did not participate in the war were all red-eyed. They heard that they would deploy troops again, or enter the customs to fight. The ministries almost set fire to compete for places. And, in the end, 1 people were carefully selected from more than [-] people to assist the Yongwei Battalion in combat.

Thinking of this, Wang Dalei sneered, these 1 people will definitely not be able to go back, but they will give their families a generous pension.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and then another sentry rushed over, reporting loudly: "Report! The Beijing camp has attacked the city wall of Xuzhou, and is fighting for the top of the city with the rebels of the White Lotus Sect!"

Everyone was startled, is Jingying so fierce?
Wang Dalei: "Explore again."

The sentry said: "No!" He ran out again.

After a while, another sentry came over and said, "Report! The person who brought the punishment sent an urgent report. The rebels are hiding in the disaster-stricken area of ​​the Yellow River and are heading towards Xuzhou City. It is less than [-] miles away, and the number of people is about [-]." , are all cavalry."

Wang Dalei ordered loudly: "The whole army goes out!"

(End of this chapter)