Chapter 469: Hong Jin Kills (Fourth Watch)
Even if they don't charge, they don't kill you, and they don't accept your surrender, under such an atmosphere, more than 1,000 Jiaozhi troops are completely alive in a state of waiting for death. Without their spirit, they are on the verge of spiritual collapse one by one.
Beyond Langshan, an army of 50,000 people who were rushing madly all the way came in a mighty way.
Hong Jin can finally lead an army alone, or a full 50,000 people, you can imagine how excited he is in his heart at this moment, so that he has forgotten his previous calm performance. Now there is only one thought in my heart, that is, we must speed up and enter the area of Lang Son, whether we can destroy the mercenaries or not, but no matter what, we must save Ruan Yongyang first.
Although the intelligence said that Nguyen Vinh Duong appeared to be injured, his right leg was not good for walking. But no matter how he said it, he is also a member of the Ruan family, and he is the nephew of General Ruan Gengwang, if he can save the other party's life, with this article, I don't know how much gratitude the Ruan family can receive.
Thinking that once the support of the Ruan family was obtained, the Hong family might get ahead in Jiaozhi, and Hong Jin's heart was extremely excited.
In such an excited and anxious mood to make meritorious contributions, the speed of the 50,000 army was much faster than before, and even the formation of the army had become a little disorderly, especially some Han prisoners had blood blisters on their feet and their stomachs were even more empty.
It's just that all this is not in Hong Jin's eyes, and what he is thinking about now is one thing, that is, to rush into Lang Son, save Nguyen Vinh Duong, and eliminate the mercenaries. Once these goals can be accomplished, what is the point of the soldiers working harder now?
One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither.
What general didn't become famous by killing and sacrificing thousands of people?
Stimulated by such thoughts, it should have taken two days, or even nearly three days, to reach the outskirts of Lang Son from Quang Nam Province, but Hong Kim did it in less than two days. At noon on the third day of the Quang Nam Expedition, the army headed straight for the depths of Lang Son.
On the periphery of Langshan, there were already scouts of the Jiaozhi army waiting here, and the reason why they could still stand here was not that the scouts did not have the strength to destroy them, but that they deliberately wanted to keep them, and when they were about to enter the mountain, someone always had to lead the way.
Gathering the scouts who stayed outside, and knowing the location of Ruan Yongyang's army, Hong Jin didn't come to let the army rest, so he rushed in.
It is said that such an approach is not beneficial to the war, but Hong Jin is really meritorious. In his opinion, if he entered the mountain later, he would lose one more chance to save Ruan Yongyang, which was completely impossible for him to give up. As for whether the army is too tired, as long as General Ruan Xiao is saved, everyone can take a good rest. How can it be said that they also have 50,000 troops, more than four times the number of mercenaries, and even so, what is there to fear.
The army entered the rainforest under the leadership of Hong Jin, but as soon as it entered here, the speed of the army's march began to slow down, not because they didn't want to be fast, but because the roads were too muddy to be fast.
The temperature in the rainforest is even hotter and humid, and there are all kinds of poisonous insects infested, so it is said that the army should rest on the spot, and at worst, it is necessary to organize the formation. But Hong Jin, who was bent on making meritorious contributions, had long left everything behind, and under his strict orders, the 50,000-strong army was divided into dozens of units, and the original establishment was completely disrupted.
Especially the 40,000 Han prisoners, they wore cloth shoes in good conditions, and straw sandals in bad conditions, but no matter which one they were, once they stepped into the muddy land, the shoes were basically unusable, so that they could only walk barefoot, and this dense forest was covered with gravel, and a bad foot was cut by stones, which greatly hindered the speed of their march. Only two or three hours later, when it was getting dark, the Han prisoners had already opened a distance of six or seven kilometers from the Jiaozhi army.
And at such a distance, they naturally became Yang Chendong's primary target.
The last time he faced the stealing camp, Yang Chendong was ruthless, and he didn't mean to ask the Han prisoners to be captured, which was also forced by the situation. After all, the Han prisoner army and the Jiaozhi army were mixed together, and it was not easy to distinguish them, not to mention that there were mines everywhere, and if one was not good, it would hurt oneself, so he could only take back the mind of taking more prisoners.
But this time it's different. After facing the complete separation of the Han prisoner army and the Jiaozhi army, such concerns were much less. Moreover, the 40,000 Han prisoners are also a big dish, which is worth some hard work by Yang Chendong.
In Yang Chendong's plan, the task of encircling these Han prisoners was entrusted to Lu Zhuo, the commander of the auxiliary corps.
Lu Zhuo was able to lead not only eight battalions of auxiliaries with eighty-one bars, but also fourteen battalions of temporary auxiliaries. An army of 9,000 was more than enough to deal with the 40,000 Han prisoners, who were already exhausted and had little morale.
"The order goes down, once the Jiaozhi army and Ruan Yongyang are merged, they will immediately carry out a cut-off plan, and then surround all the Han prisoner army, and try not to let anyone go." After discussing with political commissar Song Zhe and several auxiliary battalion commanders, Lu Zhuo immediately issued a military order. Then the 9,000 mercenaries began to move, and quickly headed towards the assembly point according to the planned plan.
Hong Jin didn't pay much attention to all this, although he could feel from his experience that there should be enemies around him. But when I thought that I had 50,000 horses and the other party was only more than 10,000, this worry disappeared. In contrast to the strength of the troops, he didn't think that the mercenaries could really do anything to him.
With such arrogant thoughts, Hong Jin hurried all the way and finally found the place where Ruan Yongyang's military camp was located. The auxiliaries of Leng Feng who surrounded this place deliberately made way for the enemy to join forces smoothly.
Hong Jin came, and also brought a full 10,000 Jiaozhi troops, and heard that there were 40,000 Han prisoners behind him, which made the more than 1,000 Jiaozhi troops who had already lost their will become excited. Even Ruan Yongyang, who was already half-disabled and half-disabled, also showed a smile on his face for the first time in a few days at this moment.
The right leg is going to be ruined, but at least the life is still there. As long as they can live, who wants to die? Not to mention that after the two armies converge, there is still a chance to win a big victory, if that is the case, if the operation is good, maybe he is not the general of the defeated army, and it is not possible to become the king of Yue who endures humiliation in the eyes of people.
"General Hong has worked hard." When he saw Hong Jin coming in the dust and the 10,000 troops behind him, Ruan Yongyang, who was being carried, immediately smiled on his face. "General Ruan has worked hard, you legs..."Seeing that it has only been a few days, Ruan Yongyang has lost at least six or seven pounds, and Hong Jin is really intimidated.
"It doesn't matter, how can there be people who are not injured in a war on the battlefield, but General Hong is here, he must avenge me, he must kill all these mercenaries, and raise the prestige of my Jiaozhi army." Ruan Yongyang didn't like others to talk about his injured leg, so he changed the conversation to what happened on the battlefield.
"Yes, even if General Ben comes, of course he will eliminate the mercenaries." Hong Jin said confidently, but just as his words fell, a sound like firecrackers sounded outside. Then I saw a commander under his command running over in a panic, half-kneeling in front of Hong Jin, and said nervously, "General, something is wrong, the mercenaries have suddenly launched an attack on our camp, and they have killed hundreds of us in a row." ”
"So fast?" Hearing that the mercenaries launched an attack without waiting for their army to settle down, Hong Jin was furious, but he remembered something and asked, "By the way, what about the Han prisoners behind us?" Haven't they caught up yet? ”
"No, we were already six or seven kilometers away from them, and now that the gunshots are fired, I'm afraid they won't dare to get closer to us." The commander answered everything truthfully.
"What? Is it that far away? Obviously, Hong Jin was bent on saving Ruan Yongyang, and he didn't care too much about the 40,000 Han prisoners behind him, which is why he could only become a deputy general, and rarely led an army alone, and the overall situation was still very problematic.
As soon as these words came out, Hong Jin knew that this must be the case, and in such a matter, the commanders around him definitely did not dare to make any jokes. After a slight hesitation, he ordered: "Send someone to contact the Han prisoners at once, let them move closer to us, and at the same time, we must also lean towards them as much as possible, and first deal with the mercenaries caught between us." ”
With a total of more than 50,000 horses, dealing with more than 10,000 mercenaries, Hong Jin never thought of the possibility of defeat, at most, the price he paid was more serious.
It is precisely because of Hong Jin's arrogance, or contempt in his heart, that he lost the initiative in the war from the beginning, and he is completely the kind of person who is led by others. He didn't even know that at this moment, he would never be able to join up with his 40,000 Han prisoners.
Speaking of which, the Han prisoner army still wanted to gather with the Jiaozhi army. At a time when the turmoil is already beginning to appear, it is so important to have a strong backer. Although they can't be compared with the Jiaozhi Army in terms of treatment and all aspects, but fortunately, they can still eat well with them, and they don't have to worry about whether their lives are still there when the sun rises tomorrow.
It's just that what they are facing now is not a question of whether they want to think about it, but that the Han prisoner army can't rush through the large rainforest that doesn't seem to be too dense, but unfathomable.
All things change suddenly. Although they were walking a little slower, the Han prisoners who had been walking were actually shrinking the distance between them and the Jiaozhi army. All of a sudden, there was a dense burst of firecrackers ahead, and then everything became a little chaotic.