Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 290 The Fortress Collapsed Inside

On the road from Xiong County to Zhending, there was an endless stream of refugees.Although the king of Yan attaches great importance to the support of the people, the military discipline is strict, and he is not allowed to invade the people, but everyone knows that the city occupied by the king of Yan will soon be attacked by the imperial army. The disaster, I heard that apart from the original local garrison in Zhending, plus the Marquis of Changxing's army of [-] soldiers, it is expected to be as stable as Mount Tai, so the refugees all went straight to Zhending.

Suddenly, the sound of hoofbeats sounded in the distance, and the refugees on the way were like frightened birds. When they looked closely, they saw dust flying, and a group of officers and soldiers came from the wasteland. There were about a hundred or so people, all of them disheartened, obviously defeated soldiers of the imperial court.

"Stop, stop!"

Suddenly, two people jumped out from among the people fleeing by the roadside, and stopped in front of the cavalry, waving their hands desperately.

"Call..."

A general who rushed ahead hastily reined in his horse, and shouted angrily: "Bold and unreasonable, why did you block the way of this general? Xiong County and Mozhou fell, and Gu Cheng rebelled against Yan. I will report the news immediately! Marquis Changxing, if you and other unscrupulous people dare to block the way, if you delay the military plane, can you afford it?"

"We are not the people, not the people!"

The frail man tore off the sweat towel on his head, took out a big seal from his arms, and flashed it to the general on horseback, weeping with joy: "I am the prefect of Zhuozhou, Wei Junbing, Xiong County fell, General Yang Song Died in battle, I and the county magistrate of Xiong County ordered Mr. Xu to pretend to be a commoner, and then escaped from birth. We are also going to meet General Geng. I don’t know which way the general is. Please take us for a ride. Both of them are frail scholars, and they really can't go far."

"Ah, it turns out that it is Mr. Wei, the magistrate of Zhuozhou, and Mr. Zun Xu of Xiongxian County!"

The general got off his horse in a hurry, clasped his fists and said, "The last general is Zhang Bao, the lieutenant general under Gu Cheng, the governor of the rear army. I wanted to sneak away, but I didn’t expect to meet two adults here, but... I don’t have any extra horses here, so I can only force the two adults to ride with my entourage for the time being.”

Wei Zhifu and Xu County Magistrate only wanted to get out of the dangerous place quickly, they didn't care too much, they nodded and agreed, and a knight on a horse next to him bent down and said to Wei Zhifu with a smile: "Master Zhifu, please put away your big brother." India, and ride with me."

Wei Zhifu raised his head and saw that this man was not very old at once, but he had a beard under his jaw, handsome eyes and thick eyebrows, and he was full of heroism. If he was in normal times, how could Wei Zhifu pay attention to a lieutenant general's personal soldier? However, he felt rather flattered, quickly put away the big seal, and stretched out his hand, the knight on the horse stretched out his ape arm, then lifted Wei Zhifu to the horse, and smiled at him: "My lord, please sit still."

Wei Zhifu grasped the saddle bridge tightly with both hands, and said emotionally: "I haven't asked for advice yet, your name is yours."

The person behind him shook the rein and smiled in his ear: "The person under the mark is General Zhang's personal school lieutenant, surnamed Xia and named Xu, just call me Xiaoxia!"

How did these two adults escape here?It turns out that the nine thousand soldiers guarding Xiong County are the elite of the southern soldiers. Yang Song's ability to lead troops is indeed not ordinary, but his reinforcements have been exhausted. King Yan can concentrate his superior forces and attack without hesitation. Xiong County.At the same time, Yang Song voluntarily gave up a city in order to lure Zhu Di to ambush. From the beginning to the end, Zhu Di never gave up the city and kept it firmly in his hands. In the end, it was this city that played a big role. At dawn, Zhu Di's army invaded Xiong County.

Wei Zhifu and Xu County Magistrate hadn't seen the reinforcements arrive for a long time, and they already knew something was wrong. When Beicheng fell at dawn, the two quickly fled.These two people don't fight unprepared battles, and before the reinforcements arrived in the middle of the night, the two of them quietly went back and changed into casual clothes, carrying all the important things on their bodies.

At this time, as soon as the official clothes were taken off, the people fled south among the people. King Yan's soldiers and horses entered the city, because they were busy controlling the whole city, and King Yan issued a strict order not to harm the people, so no one chased them. Only then escaped smoothly.On the way, some rangers under Yang Song's command rushed over one after another. From their mouths, the two adults heard that General Yang Song wanted to lead his troops to break through and rush to Mozhou after the fall of Yuxiong County. When it came to the general Zhu Neng under King Yan, he was shot off his horse and died for the country.

Zhang Bao talked about how Gu Cheng led his army to defect to the King of Yan, and then assisted Zhang Yu, the general of the King of Yan, to attack Mozhou and capture the governor Pan Zhong alive. , recruiting more than [-] soldiers, talking about the misery, Wei Zhifu, Xu County Magistrate, and Zhang Bao couldn't help looking at each other and sighing.

Geng Bingwen first received the news sent by Yang Song at the beginning of the war, knowing that Yang Song had fought hand-to-hand with Zhu Di in Xiong County, and only two hours later, he received the news that Pan Zhong from Mozhou sent troops to aid Xiong County. Feeling relieved, although Gu Cheng has not sent any information, according to his prediction, it should only be that the messenger made a mistake on the way. Gu Cheng should have sent troops to help at this time. If the three-way army can successfully contain Yan King, he will have the opportunity to do his best in one battle.

Geng Bingwen's troops and horses were originally entrenched on the north and south banks of the Hutuo River. He set up soldiers and horses on the north bank and meandered towards Xiongxian County. As a result, Pan Zhong's defeated troops fled in panic after walking for two hours. A series of bad news came: Xiong County had fallen, Pan Zhongyufu was alive or dead, and Gu Cheng rebelled and surrendered to King Yan.

Geng Bingwen, a battle-tested veteran, was stunned by a series of bad news: "The king of Yan is so powerful? The Northern Army is so powerful?"

Geng Bingwen was a seasoned general, but when he heard such news, he dared not move forward. He had worked hard on both sides of the Hutuo River for a long time, and the trenches and battle walls were like iron walls. Immediately ordered to retreat, retreated back to the bank of the Hutuo River, set up a foothold in his original camp, and waited for the arrival of King Yan.

As a result, in the future of King Yan, the rebel general Gu Cheng's deputy general Zhang Bao led more than a hundred soldiers to protect the two treasures of Wei Zhifu and Xu Zhi County and fled like a bereaved dog. According to Zhang Bao, the generals under King Yan were simply They are all like wolves and tigers, enough to be one against a hundred. Xiong County held on for less than an hour, and the North City was destroyed. Pan Zhong led an army of [-], and it collapsed with just one move, which made the Southern General under the command of Changxing Marquis stunned. stunned.

The prefect of Wei and the county magistrate of Xu became deserters. How can they say that the Yan army is weak? They wished to call the Yan army a heavenly soldier and general to cover up the fact that they fled without fighting. In addition, they are literati, and their adjectives are much richer than that of Zhang Bao, a military general. According to their description, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, is simply a peerless general with a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet. The army that wielded Pan Zhong was defeated, and it would be an insult to say that King Yan is an enemy of ten thousand people.

Of course, Geng Bingwen had met King Yan Zhu Di, and he didn’t think that no matter how powerful King Yan was, he would be undeservedly courageous. However, the facts in front of him clearly showed that the fighting power of the Yan army was indeed higher than that of the imperial army by more than one level. It is an indisputable fact. According to Zhang Bao, the king of Yan came to the south and recruited troops along the way. The total force has actually reached [-]. Geng Bingwen couldn't help feeling horrified.

Geng Bingwen divided his troops on both sides of the Hutuo River. Originally, he could advance and attack, retreat and defend, echo each other, and advance and retreat freely. At this time, he heard that King Yan’s army was so powerful. After appeasing him, he commended Zhang Bao's loyalty for not following the general's rebellion against Yan, and immediately ordered that the troops stationed on the south bank of the Hutuo River should immediately cross the river to the north and join forces to defend Yan. army attack.

Why didn't Geng Bingwen retreat, but instead dropped all the troops on the south bank to the north bank?

Because he is not a local garrison, but sent by the imperial court to encircle and suppress Yan Wang's rebellion. He led a mighty army of more than [-] to Zhending. treat?How to treat the world well?This first battle was a must for King Yan, so why not for Geng Bingwen?It's just that it was King Yan who didn't want to fight at first, but now the host and guest changed positions, and it was replaced by Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing.

There is an endless stream of exploring horses, just like shuttles.

Sure enough, King Yan came. King Yan's army was stationed in Wuji City. Wuji City was only tens of miles away from Zhending, and it was even closer to Geng Bingwen's camp stationed on the north bank of Hutuo River. Geng Bingwen didn't dare to neglect, Patrol battalion arrangement, with utmost care, under the careful construction of this Ming Dynasty's number one good defender, this already impeccable military camp supplemented the [-] soldiers and horses originally on the south bank of the Hutuo River, reaching [-] crowd.

The 66-strong army, the ten-mile company battalion, is as vast as an iron wall and a copper wall. The [-]-year-old veteran Geng Bingwen is full of iron armor, holding the hilt of his sword, standing majestically on the high watchtower. Lie Lie trembled.

The old general with fluttering white hair looked down upon the fortified camp under his careful deployment for a long time, and he was full of heroism: "King Yan, come! When I was ordered by the Taizu to guard Changxing, I guarded Changxing City Ten years, Zhang Shicheng attacked me for ten years, ten years of hard work, he has been unable to make an inch of progress, today I want to see how you King Yan compares to King Nacheng!"

In the southwest corner of the rebellious army barracks, in Dizi camp, Zhang Bao and his soldiers were arranged. Wei Zhifu and Xu county magistrate originally wanted to ask Changxing Marquis to send troops to escort them to Zhending City, but Geng Bingwen was busy dispatching troops, Deploying defense, the two were really embarrassed to speak, so they were temporarily arranged here.

In front of the tent, Wei Zhifu and Xu county magistrate who had nothing to do were lazily basking in the sun, and Zhang Bao's personal soldier, Captain Xia Xuxia, smiled at Wei Zhifu: "Your Excellency, you just left Xiong County like this? You are in a hurry, my lord." I'm afraid it's not appropriate to leave Xinna's Mrs. Ru alone in Xiong County."

Wei Zhifu said straightly: "When the country is in crisis, what does personal honor and disgrace matter? In the past, Zhang patrolling Suiyang, he could kill his concubine, cooked it and shared it with all the soldiers. Greedy and captured by Yan Ni? The big deal... After Yan Ni is wiped out, I will just buy another concubine."

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