Chapter Eighty-Five: Illness Comes Like a Mountain
After resting for three days in Huaihe Village, the Song army began to advance towards Xilan Zong Fort.
This is the most important barrier south of Qingtang City, but because of Ghost Zhang's reckless thinking, most of the defenders here were transferred to the front line, and they went toe-to-toe with the 130,000 troops on the northern front led by Chen Qing.
Therefore, when Miao Lu led the army to this place, he did not hesitate at all, and directly ordered the tiger squat cannon to throw incendiary bombs into the city, and then instructed the Song army to advance towards Xilanzong Fort.
As early as when the Qingtang defenders of Xilan Zongbao were breached, they were informed by the soldiers of Huaihezhai who had fled back that the Song army was coming to attack.
However, in terms of the comparison of troops, the defenders of Xilan Zong Fort were more than the Song army, so the defender generals did not make more moves, and he thought that it was not enough for the Song army to attack Xilan Zong Fort with this alone.
Not to mention that the guards of Xilanzong Fort are still the elite of the king's tent.
However, when the incendiary bombs fell from the sky, the defending generals knew that they were very wrong.
The soldiers of Huaihezhai who fled back before had repeatedly warned the generals of the defending army that the Song people had an unprecedented weapon, and that the thing would give birth to a fire when it fell to the ground, and if this kind of thing fell all over the sky, then there was no need for this city.
But the generals of the garrison, or most of the warriors of the nomads, believed that only bravery was the only way to defeat the enemy, and he didn't care at all.
Therefore, Xilan Sect Fort, which had not been prepared in advance, instantly turned into a sea of fire, thick smoke billowing from the city, and screams came and went.
People with flames were all over the city, shouting hoarsely, and people who were busy putting out fires were everywhere.
After four rounds of incendiary bombs were thrown, the Song army began to throw stones with tiger squat cannons again. At the same time, Miao Lu ordered the Song infantry to advance and prepare to attack the city.
Long-range strikes first, covering for the infantry, and the infantry comes to do the final harvest, this is Downing's tactic. Obviously, Miao Lu felt that this tactic was very useful, so he used it for reference.
Even with the overwhelming long-range strikes, the elite of Qingtang's royal tent was still elite after all, and the Song army's siege of the city was met with considerable resistance.
However, the city is already in chaos, and there are not many people who can launch an effective counterattack. The general of the defending army commanded fruitlessly, and when he saw that the gate was broken by the Song army, he regretted that he did not listen to the advice of the soldiers of Huaihe Village.
His pride told him that he could not fall into the hands of the Song army, so he had to draw his sword and kill himself.
In an hour or so, Xilan Zongbao was taken by the Song army. The remaining three or four thousand Qingtang soldiers in the city were all captured.
Counting the previous prisoners of Huaihezhai, now the Song army has more than 7,000 prisoners in their hands, which is a staggering number.
The more people, the harder it is to manage. If there is a person who is very prestigious among the Qingtang people to stand up, maybe he can still make these 7,000 people honest.
Daang became a unique candidate at this time, first of all, Daang has a good reputation among the Qingtang people. As the first barrier of Qingtang defense, Huaihe Village cannot be ignored.
Each goes to the first barrier
's generals, those are all well-known figures in Qingtang.
Daang can be entrusted with a heavy responsibility at the age of thirty, even if he is not well-known, the people of Qingtang should have heard of him.
For example, Tang Ning, when Zhao Xu appointed him last year, a seventeen-year-old soldier and horse ruler quickly spread all over the country. Not only the officials of the DPRK and China, but also the officials of local governments, and some good people in various regions have heard of it.
Therefore, it is best to let Daon come forward to solve this problem, but Daon himself is not very willing.
"I can lead them, but the first thing I have to do after I lead them is to turn around and beat you." These are Daon's exact words.
Chu Jianjun said angrily: "Aren't you afraid that the old man will kill your wife and children? ”
"So you'd better choose another skill, I don't want to do this."
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Daon was reluctant to lead the army, the number of these 7,000 men was too much, even if there was enough food and grass, and so many prisoners were taken with him, if one of them was not well guarded, it would have serious consequences.
What to do?
Kill!
After Miao Lu learned that Daang was unwilling to do this, he took a hundred people from the 7,000 people, took them to a secluded place, and killed them all with a knife.
Daon was brought to the scene to witness that this guy's face did not change, but he squinted at Miao Xu, who also did not change his face.
What should I do in this case?
Keep killing!
Miao Lu found another hundred people and killed them all in front of Daang.
Daang's face twitched so much that he almost wanted to make a sound, but in the end he held back. Staring at Miao Lu deadly, his expression was already a little annoyed.
Seeing that Daang still refused to speak, Miao Lu found another hundred captives and killed them in front of Daang again.
Just as Miao Lu was about to give the order to bring the fourth group of people as well, Daon finally spoke.
Tang Ning and Pei Xiantong have already vomited, both of them are masters who have killed people, and it stands to reason that they are not so vulnerable. But this was a one-sided massacre, Miao Lu ordered these people to be killed, and those dozens of executioners were like killing a chicken.
The chickens can still flutter twice, and the eyes of these Qingtang people are covered, their hands and feet are tied, and they can't even flutter.
When the blood flowed like a stream to the feet of the two of them, and when a human head that was still in a dazed state rolled down to the feet of the two people, the two people finally couldn't help but run to the back and vomit.
Tang Ning handed Pei Xiantong his water bladder and said weakly: "Rinse your mouth......" Hearing Daang speak, Tang Ning gave him a thumbs up and said, "Thank you......"
"Stop!" His feet were already covered with the blood of the Qingtang people. Along with his boots were soaked.
"Figured it out?" Miao Lu squinted at him.
Daon gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do their thoughts."
work, but there is one thing you want to promise me. ”
"I don't dare to say if it's guaranteed or not, it depends on what conditions you put forward." Miao Lu replied.
"If they mutinied, or if something happens, don't hold me accountable. If I had instigated it, I would have killed you and brought it to you, and if not, you should not do anything to my wife and children for it. ”
Miao Lu was also in a bad mood, he killed three hundred people inexplicably, and he couldn't be happy when he smelled the bloody breath of the sky.
With a wave of his hand, he drove a fly away from his ear, and Miao Lu said in a deep voice: "How does General Ben know if those people were instigated by you?"
If you send someone to do this, and that person would rather die than summon you out? ”
"It depends on how much we trust each other." Daang shook his head and said: "I am the general of the defeated army, and the second is that the defeat of the ghost chapter has become inevitable, instead of fighting you to the end, I might as well perform well, so that I can still get an official and a half-job in the future." ”
"That's a good point." Miao Lu nodded: "If you really think so, it's even better...... Well, I promise you terms! ”
"Thank you, General!" Daang hugged his fists at Miao Xu, saw the corpses on the ground all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, he let out a long sigh, wiped his nose and left.
Chu Jianjun had simply fainted, when had he ever seen such a bloody execution scene?
While ordering people to clean up the scene, Miao Lu left with the Chu Jian Army on his shoulders.
And Tang Ning and Pei Xiantong were called over to the town by Miao Xu. Once Daang suddenly attacked Miao Lu, Pei Xiantong was going to help.
Therefore, as soon as Daon left, both of them ran faster than Daang. As soon as he slipped back into his big tent, one was hunched in the corner with his knees crossed, and the other was lying on a blanket, covering himself tightly with a blanket on a hot day.
"You...... Your water bladder ......" Pei Xiantong, who was shrinking in the corner, threw Tang Ning's water bladder over and smashed it right on the top of Tang Ning's head.
Tangning's eyes were closed, not wanting to speak. The water bladder smashed on top of his head, and he didn't say a word.
If you fight, you will fight, and it is normal to die people. But Miao Xu's behavior touched Tang Ning's bottom line, and Tang Ning was unable to protest yet.
The day after witnessing three hundred heads fall to the ground and people being killed as pigs, Tangning fell ill.
When Pei Xiantong found that Tang Ning hadn't gotten up yet, he went in and called Tang Ning. As a result, Tang Ning was still in the quilt, his eyes were closed, and his face was a look of pain.
Pei Xiantong frowned, feeling that things were not simple. Reaching out and touching Tang Ning's forehead, he found that it was scary.
"It's a fever......" said the veterinarian in the wounded barracks.
"It's a fever...... "The gold-sore doctor in the wounded barracks followed closely.
"Yes......"
"It's a! Do you have nothing to bring with you for a fever? Pei Xiantong yelled at them.
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