Chapter 880 Raiding Gangneung

Zheng Biao's mountain camp has been lurking in Yanshan for five days, and now in early winter, hiding in the mountains and forests, that kind of days can be imagined. But Zheng Biao has been patient, and finally let him seize the opportunity, after the Hanyang army learned that Jiangxia had fallen, he immediately panicked, just thinking about retreating to Jiangling Mansion quickly, and had no heart to investigate the situation in Yanshan, and finally fell into Zheng Biao's ambush circle. More than 10,000 Hanyang troops were blocked in the middle of Yanshan, at this time, the grass and trees in Yanshan withered, unable to hide, plus Zheng Biao's subordinates were all mountain battalion soldiers, and they had been accustomed to mountain warfare for a long time.

The Hanyang army also wanted to withdraw, but Zheng Biao would not let the Hanyang army run away, watching the Hanyang army retreat one after another, Zheng Biao called a personal soldier and ordered, "You go to Liu Xun and ask him to lead people to set fire at the foot of the mountain, and the Hanyang army must not be allowed to escape." ”

The mountain forest in winter is too dry, and there are many poplars in the inkstone mountain, but there are few pine trees, and in winter, the dry forest is easy to catch fire. Liu Xun led people to the foot of the mountain after the order, when a fire ignited, the smoke was billowing, and the heat wave was blowing in the face along the wind, at this time the Hanyang army was really no way to the sky, there was no way to enter the ground, after knowing that there was no way out, the soldiers of the Hanyang army who lost hope knelt on the ground in batches and begged for mercy, so far, the battle of Yanshan ended, and Zheng Biao's mountain battalion achieved a complete victory.

On the first day of November in the second year of Taikang, the naval division of the Dingguo Army, which occupied Jiangxia, sent 15,000 marines to join Zheng Biao's headquarters in Yanshan, with a total of more than 20,000 people on both sides, and marched towards Jiangling Mansion, the richest place in Jingchu. The speed of Ding****'s attack was like lightning, from attacking Jiangxia to defeating the Hanyang army, it took less than three days, and at such a fast speed, Chai didn't even have time to react. Jiangling Mansion is the richest place in Jingchu, prosperous far beyond Xiangyang City, where the style of learning is prosperous, outstanding people and spirits, it has always been a place that the Chai family values very much, even when people are most needed in the north, Jiangling Mansion is still a non-strategic place still left tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Jiangling Mansion has tens of thousands of troops, coupled with the high walls of the city, it seems that there is no need to be afraid of the more than 20,000 Ding****, but in fact, the defenders of Jiangling Mansion have no confidence at all, because the Ding**** seized Jiangxia and completely annihilated the Hanyang Army is too amazing, who knows what will be the next plot of Ding****?

The defenders of Jiangling Mansion were flustered, Yin Tanjing of Jiangling Mansion and Cui Ting, the commander of Ma Bu, were also at a loss, they knew their own affairs, although there were many defenders in Jiangling Mansion, but there were not many real elite soldiers and horses, many of them were composed of the original government soldiers, the local government soldiers had not participated in the war, and even many people had not been on the battlefield, how much combat effectiveness could this group of people have? Tan Jing felt that she was unlucky enough, as the gentleman of Yuelu Academy, she was highly respected, and finally made up her mind to agree to Chai's request to serve as the governor of Jiangling Mansion, and it was only three months after she became the governor of the mansion, and she was about to face being attacked. Tan Jing is good at appeasing the people's hearts and handling government affairs, but she doesn't know anything about military affairs, so all the burden is on the commander Cui Ting. Cui Ting felt that it was difficult for him to hold Jiangling Mansion, Jiangling Mansion needed to be defended on all sides, and once it was dispersed, even three thousand people on each side were not enough. Moreover, the most fatal thing is that in order to support the Jiangxia battlefield, a large part of the remaining materials and baggage of Jiangling Mansion were sent to Jiangxia, and now there are very few bows and arrows in Jiangling Mansion, which cannot support the heavy task of defense at all. It's all to blame on those incompetent Jiangxia defenders, otherwise how could Jiangling Mansion face such great difficulties?

"Governor Tan, if you want to hold Jiangling, it is not enough to rely on the soldiers and horses in our hands now, if Jiangling Mansion can't hold it, then Xiangyang will definitely not be able to keep it. Now that our main army has been drawn north of the Yellow River and near Gyeonggi Road, it will take three days to rush to the nearest aid to Gangneung Province. In this case, we might as well concentrate our troops, and hope that the prefect will give an order to transfer the defenders of Xiangyang to Jiangling Mansion to protect Jiangling. As long as we can hold out for four or five days, we will definitely be able to wait for reinforcements! ”

Cui Ting's proposal is very risky, this kind of proposal is to completely hollow out Xiangyang City, if Jiangling can't be kept, then Xiangyang will be given away in vain. In any case, Tan Jing couldn't accept it, "Xiangyang is a military city in the north, isn't it self-defeating to empty Xiangyang's soldiers and horses like this?" ”

"No, Lord Prefect, if Ding**** easily breaks through Jiangling, then Xiangyang has less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it will definitely not be able to stop Ding****, Xiangyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it also needs enough troops to do it, without soldiers and horses, Xiangyang will not be able to play its due role!" Cui Ting's attitude was very resolute, and at the same time, he sighed secretly in his heart, explaining to someone like Tan Jing who is not familiar with military affairs is really a headache. The two talked for a while, and finally Tan Jing was persuaded by Cui Ting. In fact, Cui Ting's idea is also the best way at the moment, the defenders of Xiangyang are all veterans of a hundred battles, absolute elite soldiers, and strong combat effectiveness. These people joined forces with the defenders of Gangneung Prefecture, and it was definitely not a problem to support them for four or five days by leaning on the high walls of the city.

On the second day of November in the second year of Taikang, more than 20,000 **** arrived at the city of Jiangling Mansion, facing the high wall of Jiangling City, Li Bao and Zheng Biao had a little headache, because they were not considered the land generals of the entire Eight Classics, a naval division was in charge, and a mountain battalion commander was in command, but none of them had commanded a real land siege battle. Zheng Biao smashed his mouth and said very simply, "General Li, the siege of the city is not Zheng's director, and the next thing depends on General Li's scheduling." ”

Li Poke didn't expect Zheng Biao to be so shameless, they all said that Zheng Biaozi was a bandit, and his feelings were not wrong at all, this scoundrel's kung fu was really good. It's not cool to be unhappy, but Jiangling still has to fight, and Li Bao is also glad that it is not them who decide the battle situation in Jiangling, otherwise, if he really wants him Li Bao to attack Jiangling City, it is estimated that he will not be able to defeat it. Fortunately, Li Baolai had also done some research before, and he knew a little about Jiangling, "General Zheng, judging from the news from the spies before, the number of Jiangling defenders is about 10,000, and most of them are government soldiers who do not have much combat effectiveness. ”

Zheng Biao naturally had no opinion, after noon, Ding **** began to attack from around Jiangling Mansion, one by one cloud ladders were sent to the city, the most tragic siege battle was staged again, the sailors and marines may not be siege masters, but they have a heroic heart. Swords and guns collided, screams, and howls filled Jiangling, the marines held shields in their hands, took a fighting style, fell from the clouds, and another soldier immediately climbed up, facing the **** This kind of fighting style of successive servants, the pressure on Jiangling continued to increase, and in the end, Cui Ting had to use the reserves, and all rushed to the head of the city.

The days in winter are very short, but no matter whether it is Ding**** or the Jiangling defenders, they all feel that time flies very slowly, why does the remnant sun on the horizon fall so slowly. The sunset sank, the tide receded, and the soldiers of Gangneung gasped for breath by leaning on the battlements, and it was not until this time that some people were afraid and felt like they were walking in hell. Cui Ting didn't feel good at all, I don't know if the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang will be able to arrive tomorrow, if there are no elite soldiers in Xiangyang, I really don't know if I can hold Jiangling City tomorrow.

With the strong attack on Jiangling, the people of Jiangling also became panicked, there was a family in Xiangtan Hutong in the north of Jiangling, and a woman was busy hiding the rice noodles at home. This woman has a beautiful face, about 20 years old, a pair of light eyebrows, fair skin, big and bright eyes, and belongs to the typical Shonan woman. A man on the bed, with pale lips, looked like he was suffering from a serious illness, but the sharp aura flashed in the man's eyes from time to time, showing that he was not an ordinary person. Seeing the woman busy for a while, the man couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Qingyao, don't be busy, must **** be so terrible, will you still take a fancy to your little bit of rice?" ”

"You are an idle eater, where do you know things, I heard that Ding **** is a fierce god and evil, like a demon, Tan Governor can say it, Ding **** is tyrannical and immoral, like a bandit. Our family is all food for the winter, can you not hide it, if it is really snatched away, the slave family can still run elsewhere to ask for food, you, you can only lie here and wait for death" The woman's hot words did not make the man angry, but caused the man to laugh for a while, just laughed twice, and then coughed while holding his chest, and a trace of sickly flushing appeared on his face. The woman hurriedly dropped the rice bag in her hand, knelt on the couch and smoothed the man, "Zhao Da, it hurts again, let you say so much." ”

The woman's name is Li Qingyao, and the family has been practicing medicine for generations, and the man on the bed was rescued by Li Qingyao when he returned from Luoyang, when he was dying, Li Qingyao took a lot of hard work to save him. Don't look at Li Qingyao's beautiful appearance and family background, but in fact, she is also very pitiful, she has had a family affair before, and the other party is still a famous talent in Yuelu Academy. As a result, on the night of the candlelight in the cave room, the bridegroom had sexual intercourse, and died in bed the next day. This can hurt Li Qingyao, her mother-in-law said that Li Qingyao was a husband and drove her out, her body was broken, her chastity was gone, and she could only marry some poor and wicked men if she wanted to remarry, Li Qingyao didn't want to, so she delayed until her father passed away, and Li Qingyao couldn't remarry. Even with his younger brother Li Yuan, fortunately, the two sisters and brothers have a deep relationship, and Li Yuan has never blamed anyone. Last year, Li Qingyao also wanted to find someone to marry, and didn't want to involve his younger brother and not be able to get married, but the other party was really vulgar, and he was knocked out of the house by Li Yuan with three punches and two kicks.

Until Zhao Da was rescued and Zhao Da was recuperating from his injuries these days, for some reason, Li Qingyao had a different mind about this man. Zhao Da has a good appearance and extraordinary manners, and when he is free, he listens to him say some interesting things, he seems to know a lot, the islands of Guangnan, the desert of the Western Regions, and the rock of Mount Tai. Zhao Da said that he was a broken Huaixi soldier, Li Qingyao didn't believe in this, would an ordinary Huaixi soldier have such profound knowledge? The longer the contact, the more the heart suffers from gains and losses, hoping that Zhao Da will recover quickly, and on the other hand, hoping that he will get better slowly. Li Qingyao knew that once Zhao Da recovered, it would be difficult to stay by her side anymore.

"Qing Yao, Zhao has also been in contact with people outside the city, and it's not so hateful, by the way, what about Erlang, haven't you come back yet?" Zhao Da coughed twice, and his face slowly stabilized.

Li Qingyao wrinkled her nose and said angrily, "I took someone to defend the city, saying that I could take this opportunity to make a name for myself, so that we would no longer be bullied in the future, I couldn't stop it, so I let him go." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Da's expression immediately changed, and he was about to go down to the ground while holding on to the edge of the couch, "Confused, really confused, Erlang has an impulsive temperament, you don't know how things happen, listen to the movement during the day, but the **** is besieged on all sides, this Jiangling Mansion can't hold it, at this time to get credit, isn't it to send to death?" You help me quickly, I will definitely get Erlang back, Qingyao, listen to me, I won't hurt Erlang. ”

Seeing that Zhao Da was so excited, Li Qingyao was somewhat moved, snorted, and whispered, "Even if you care about the slave family, okay, don't worry, I'll help you go." Li Qingyao couldn't resist Zhao Da, so he could only help him to walk out, just at this moment, there was a noise in the courtyard, and soon a tall young man pushed the door and walked in.

Seeing the two people in the room supporting each other, Li Yuan grinned and quipped, "Yo, Lao Zhao, your body is so neat, you start to think about it?" ”

"Li Yuan, you don't play with your brother, listen to your brother, don't go to defend the city, Jiangling will definitely not be able to defend it, if you are obsessed, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat in the end. Listen to me, tomorrow I will shirk the injury, don't go again! ”

Li Yuan obviously didn't agree with Zhao Da's words, shrugged his shoulders, and said slowly, "Old Zhao, are you worried about the sky, today the thief army attacked the city from all sides, and it was not beaten down in the same way." General Cui can say that as soon as the elite soldiers and horses of Xiangyang arrive tomorrow, the thief army outside the city will definitely not be able to please good fruits to eat. ”

Zhao Da curled the corners of his mouth and sneered, and said sarcastically, "Cui is lying to you, Xiangyang soldiers and horses can't reach Jiangling!" ”

Li Yuan and Li Qingyao looked at Zhao Da at the same time, there was a lot of disbelief in their eyes, Li Yuan frowned, and said very puzzled, "You are an injured person who stays at home, how do you know this, you shouldn't be blind, scare me with these words?" ”

"Li Erlang, don't care how I know, just listen to me this time, can I still harm you?" Zhao Da didn't know how to explain it, he also had his own difficulties, and many words could not be said. (To be continued.) )