Chapter Seventy-Four: Goodbye in the Afterlife
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Standing on the wall of Shenchi, looking at the soldiers of the Tianxing Army who fled in all directions, Zhang Huaiwei breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Chen Ying's familiar face, Zhang Huaiwei's gaze appeared confused.
"Tell the general, the enemy has fled."
"Ignore it!"
Chen Ying's mood was very anxious, he wanted to rush to Weize Pass as soon as possible, the sooner the better.
Fighting to the death is not Xu Jingzong's character. When Zhang Huaiwei and Fan Junzhang were desperate, Xu Jingzong saw that it was true, so he found a place where he thought it was safe and hid. After seeing Chen Ying appear under Shenchi City, Xu Jingzong smeared some blood from the corpse and smeared his head, face, and body with blood. Looking at Chen Ying, Xu Jingzong shouted bitterly: "General Chen...... Xia Guan almost can't see you anymore! โ
"You act like a little bit in acting!"
Regarding Xu Jingzong's words, Chen Ying still believed it. But seeing that Xu Jingzong was carrying gold and silver on his back, and his waist was bulging, the weight seemed to be not light. Chen Ying didn't even believe half of Xu Jingzong's words.
Xu Jingzong said during Ai Ai's period: "Xiaguan...... Xiaguan ...... It's a civil official! โ
Chen Ying looked at Zhang Huaiwei, who was lying on the city wall softly, like Zhang Huaiwei who had taken a bath in blood. His eyes became hideous, and he looked at Xu Jingzong and shouted: "The soldiers are very fast, this general has not stopped at the Shenchi, this place is handed over to you, no matter what method you use, you must save Zhang Huaiwei, if he is dead...... Hum! โ
Although this battle held Shenchi City, the Dingyuan Army led by Zhang Huaiwei was also disabled. There are six regiments in Quanzhichong Prefecture, but now there are less than 500 people, of which more than ninety percent are wounded, and how many of these wounded can survive in the end depends on God's will.
There are many things that need to be done in Shenchi City, not only to pacify the people, but also to treat the wounded, and of course, the most important thing is to quickly repair the gap in the east wall of Shenchi.
Originally, Chen Ying also wanted to repair in Shenchi, and Chen Ying also wanted to confirm that Zhang Huaiwei's injury was not in danger. However, just after three o'clock in the morning, the originally brilliant red sun became dim. The sky was slowly getting dark, thick dark clouds were hanging low, and there was a faint sound of thunder.
Xu Jingzong lowered his eyebrows and said: "At this time, it is the rainy season in the Bingzhou region, looking at this sky, it seems that there is still a heavy rain!" โ
Drove all night in a row, and there was a night of raids. The soldiers of the sixth fold of the Dingyuan Army were also exhausted. Chen Yingdao: "It's too late, you must get on the road as soon as possible!" โ
After speaking, Chen Ying led the Dingyuan Army to the sixth fold of the Chongfu along the official road to the south, and rushed straight towards Weize Pass.
Chen Ying was very anxious in his heart. Taiyuan, unlike later generations, at this time, the ecological balance has not been completely destroyed, and the rainfall in the Bingzhou area is also very abundant, once this heavy rain falls, the official road will be soaked in mud, it is very likely that there is no way to rush for three or five days, Li Xiuning can't wait, Chen Ying can't wait.
More than 1,800 hook and sickle lancers from the Sixth Fold Chong Mansion, under the leadership of Chen Ying, marched towards Weize Pass.
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The Chinese military tent of Captain Chi Gong of Wei Ze Pass, and the flag of Captain Chi Gong of the Outer Captain of the Tent were hanging weakly. Inside the big tent, the wind and rain are coming, and it is stuffy and hot. Wei Chigong, who was in the big tent, was wearing heavy armor, which was even more uncomfortable.
His sweat was pouring down, and near his boots, a large trail of wet water had already appeared. Dozens and hundreds of generals, big and small, stared at each other, not knowing what Wei Chigong was going to do now.
Wei Chigong looked at the copywriter in front of him and said, "Does Mianshan have the latest battle report?" โ
Xun Xiang said disapprerovingly: "What battle report can there be?" The group of Diao people in Mianshan are almost dying. โ
"It's not as easy as that." Wei Chigong said with a solemn expression: "The king hasn't reported us on the military situation for a few days?" โ
Xun Xiang suddenly muttered in his heart.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Liu Wuzhou usually reported the good news to the whole army. However, it has been five days since I sent them a good news. In fact, from Liu Wuzhou's so-called good news, the search for the appearance is also unusual.
The earliest good news was issued half a month ago, in the name of Fan Junzhang.
In the third year of Tianxing, on the sixth day of the eighth month, the governor of Tang Lingzhou should lead the army to attack Shuozhou and cross the river. Junzhang led his troops to counterattack and captured more than 600 of his mounts and more than 2,000 infantry.
On the eighth day of the seventh month, Junzhang refused to defend Shuozhou City, repelled the Ying Department, and won the first thousand ranks.
On the ninth day of the seventh month, thousands of soldiers crossed the Sanggan River, and Junzhang led the army to attack it halfway, breaking the thief army.
On July 11, the Gonghe responded to the battle of the wild goose gate and killed more than 1,000 enemies.
And then, no more.
In fact, the Xunxiang and intelligent generals saw from the so-called good news that the direction of Shuozhou had definitely suffered a big defeat. Chen Ying crossed the Yellow River on the sixth day of August, and five days later, his troops came to Yanmen Pass, which means that Chen Ying's army advanced nearly 400 miles in five days, what is this speed?
Wei Chigong said: "For a day and a night, the Ma Sanbao Department in Mianshan did not attack, which is very abnormal. โ
The situation has taken a turn for the worse, and the mood for the search is quite bad. Xun Xiang said: "Maybe Ma Sanbao is no longer able to attack!" โ
"No!" Wei Chigong said: "In my opinion, there is another possibility!" โ
"What?"
"The reinforcements of the Don Army are coming!" Wei Chigong said with great certainty: "Ma Sanbao is Li Xiuning's servant, he is loyal to Li Xiuning, even if he dies, he will not dare to abandon Li Xiuning, now there is no movement in Mianshan, and even the smallest scale of the attack has not been launched, this is too abnormal!" โ
Xun Xiang said: "Does General Wei Chi still want to break through Weize Pass?" โ
"It's nature!" Wei Chi Gong said: "Wei Ze Pass is actually not difficult to attack, if you don't count the cost of casualties, at most one day, you can take it, pass on the order of the general, the sentry cavalry to the north and south to reconnoiter for fifty miles, if there is any trouble, immediately report to the general Zhixiao." Half an hour later, the whole army launched an attack on Weize Pass! โ
This is not Wei Chi Gong's arrogance, in fact, Wei Ze Pass has already run out of vitality, in order to avoid Li Xiuning's trapped beast fight, causing large casualties in the Tianxing Army, Wei Chi Gong besieged Wei Ze Pass without attacking.
Now, he deduced from Ma Sanbao's abnormal actions that the Tang army was about to arrive. At this time, if he didn't capture Weize Pass and hold Li Xiuning, a key hostage, in his hands, Wei Chigong would have no chance.
"Knock Knock ......"
The war drums of the Tianxing Army sounded, intertwined with the faint thunder in the sky. Looking at the soldiers of the Tianxing Army who were densely swarming under the city, Li Xiuning's brows were twisted together.
I don't know if it's because of the war drums, or because God can't stand it anymore. At this time, it actually rained, and the raindrops slowly turned from drizzle to soybeans, and gradually the rain curtain connected the sky and the earth.
Li Xiuning's heart was even more bitter at this time.
The rain soaked the strings of the bow and crossbow so soft that they could not be fired. Taking advantage of this gap, the soldiers under the command of Wei Chigong carried the ladder and put it on the city wall without delay. Losing the suppression of the bow and crossbow is equivalent to abolishing the defenders with one hand. Looking at the excited soldiers of the Tianxing Army, Li Xiuning muttered with a dead face: "See you in the next life!" โ