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Chapter 660: Reinforcements

Chapter 660: Reinforcements

The sharp blade easily broke through the opponent's abdomen, the warm liquid squirted out, and the hand felt a little slippery, Tang Hu wiped the blood-stained hand on his body with an expressionless face, kicked away the opponent who had turned into a corpse, and glanced up at the front. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The smell of blood on the battlefield was very strong, but Tang Hu couldn't smell it anymore, these days, under this strong smell every day, his sense of smell has long been accustomed to it, just like staying in the pit for too long, he can no longer smell the stench.

The battle of the harbor did not last long, and the tactics of the sea of people were not effective in every battle, and when a hundred rounds of crossbows were moved to the defensive line, facing a poorly equipped opponent, spraying an almost impermeable rain of arrows, any attack was futile.

Paying more than the psychological limit of life and blood, but the result is far from what they expected, hope turns into despair, any general will feel powerless, although He Aimin and Wei Zhihua are both veteran generals, but they are located on an overseas island, they have never experienced such a cruel war, and they never even thought in their dreams that the war would have such a one-sided form, their psychological defense line finally began to crumble, and half a month after the start of the attack and defense of the harbor, the two could no longer fight.

Compared with them, Zheng Zhiyuan, Song Ming, Tang Hu and others are all generals who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and over the years, they have experienced countless battles that are more tragic than now, especially Tang Hu, who has narrowly escaped death several times.

After discovering that the other side was showing signs of collapse, Zheng Zhiyuan duly ordered the entire front to start a moderate counterattack. On the entire front, from time to time, after an attack retreated, groups of Dingzhou soldiers rushed out of the defense line, biting the opponent's tail and chasing wildly.

He Aimin ordered a retreat, on the road to Luoyang, there are still a lot of checkpoints, they used tens of thousands of lives here to block the opponent for half a month, this half a month time is extremely precious, the original abandoned checkpoints behind him were quickly repaired, and new military villages were built in dangerous places, although it is not very strong, but it is also a line of defense after all. He Aimin decided to lead his troops to retreat and retreat to the checkpoint.

He Aimin felt confused about the future, as a high-ranking general, he knew how vast the territory of that huge empire was in that distant place, and when the other party's reinforcements came in an endless stream, would Great Zhou still have a future? This time, he faced an army of only more than 10,000 people, so he let himself be defeated and returned, if the opponent came 50,000, 100,000, would the Great Zhou still exist?

Wei Zhihua was wounded in many places, this young general was growing rapidly in the war, looking back at the harbor, how much he loved the people in his heart, maybe it won't be long before everything will be over.

Tang Hu stepped on the last step of the fortress in front of him, and opposite him, an old man with a white beard held a spear in his hand, huddled in the corner, trembling all over, but a pair of dim eyes flashed with hatred, staring at Tang Hu like a wolf.

There were about two hundred defenders in this fortress, all of which no longer existed except for this old man.

"Lay down your arms and surrender!" Tang Hu put his two knives together, put them in his left hand, and stretched out his hand to the old man, "You are very brave, but for you, this war is over. ”

The old man's body trembled even more, and Tang Hu took a step forward, "Put down your weapons, any resistance is futile, you don't have to lose your life in vain!" ”

What answered Tang Hu was a wolf-like howl, and the old man's body was still trembling, but he clenched his spear and stabbed at Tang Hu fiercely. Tang Hu's body was slightly on one side, and his left hand hit the spear shaft with two knives, and Old Han lost his center of gravity, staggered past Tang Hu, and fell to the ground.

There was a sound of a long knife entering the flesh behind him, and a soldier behind Tang Hu did not hesitate to put the long knife *** the old man's vest, and with a long miserable hiss, the old man's limbs kicked for a while, and there was no sound.

Turning his head and glancing at the old man who was lying in a pool of blood, Tang Hu sighed, put his knife into the sheath, walked to the edge of the fortress, pressed his hands against the wall battlements, and looked in the direction of Luoyang, over there, there were countless such fortresses.

Da Zhou, who is located on a remote island, has issued a national mobilization order, and in this mobilization order, Da Zhou rarely details to the people where they came from, the identity of their ancestors, who their opponents are, and what they want to do. When everyone knew that they were all rebels of a huge empire, within the scope of the opponent's extermination of the Nine Clans, the entire Great Zhou began to boil, and men and women, old and young, all carried hoes, fishing forks, and sticks, and walked onto the battlefield. These civilians, without any protection, filled dozens of fortresses on the road of the Dingzhou army's advance to Luoyang, desperately resisting, making the Dingzhou army feel extremely difficult every step forward, and the casualties increased day by day.

The Dingzhou army is still as heroic as ever, but when facing an army composed of groups of ordinary people, when their enemies are old people, half-grown children, and even women, the soldiers are very confused, they are more accustomed to roaring, hideous enemies are either you die, or I live to fight, even if you die in battle, you will also feel glorious, and now, they are still advancing, but every time they win, they lose the excitement after victory, the scene of cheers shaking the battlefield after the end of the war, I haven't heard it for a long time.

Tang Hu stood on the top of the fortress, watching the soldiers under the fortress silently tidy up the battlefield, carrying away the dead and wounded comrades, and recovering the feather arrows and crossbow arrows shot out one by one. The bodies of their opponents were piled together, firewood was placed, grease was drizzled, and the fire was lit and burned.

At the turn of spring and summer, it is the season of plague, after the end of a war, whether it is the enemy or the enemy, the bodies of the dead are quickly cremated, and the ashes of the soldiers killed in the Dingzhou army are put away and put into small wooden boxes engraved with their names, ready to be sent back to Dingzhou in the future and enter the martyr's hall.

There are still more than 100 miles away from the capital of Luoyang in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the landing combat force of more than 10,000 marines and sailors of the Dingzhou Navy Division has suffered more than 1,000 casualties. As we move deeper into Taiwan Island day by day, the casualties will further increase. According to the spies, almost all of the people of the Great Zhou have gathered near their capital, and hundreds of thousands of people are building a defensive line day and night. Tang Hu believed that when they arrived at the city of Luoyang in the Great Zhou, they would face a battle that was ten times more tragic than the current one.

"Tiger Master!" There was a shout behind him, and Song Ming walked up to the top of the fortress and saluted Tang Hu.

"How are our brothers killed or wounded?" Tang Hu asked.

"It's okay, more than 20 brothers died and nearly 40 were injured!" There was no joy on Song Ming's face, "Master Tiger, this battle has been fought, alas! Song Ming shook his head, not knowing what to say. Standing in their position, they could faintly see a fortress in the distance.

"Let the brethren rest and rest, and no more progress today, but set out again tomorrow!" Tang Hu said.

In the distance, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and the two raised their heads and saw a horse flying from the direction of the harbor, with a red flag on his back, and at a glance they knew that it was a herald.

"A new order has arrived! Tiger Master! Song Ming said.

The herald Pegasus came to the fortress, turned over and dismounted, and strode to the top of the building, "General Tang, General Song, and General Zheng ordered the two of you to arrange the defense, and then immediately return to the advance camp. ”

"What's wrong?" Tang Hu asked.

"Is it that reinforcements are coming, how many people are coming?" Song Ming asked.

"Two generals, our reinforcements have arrived, Commander Deng personally led his troops to come, the main forces of the sailor division are all here, and the Qiyuan is here. There is also a big official in Dingzhou. The herald said excitedly.

Song Ming and Tang Hu glanced at each other, it seems that Li Dashuai attaches great importance to this place, and he must take it quickly.

In the evening, the two hurried back to the harbor, and were immediately picked up by a small boat.

The Qiyuan was Deng Peng's flagship, and at this time, in the spacious conference room of the Qiyuan, Deng Peng and another person dressed as a civilian official were listening to Zheng Zhiyuan's specific report on the war. The two stepped into the cabin, Song Ming didn't recognize the civil official, but Tang Hu did, it was actually Yan Nanfei, one of the three major pavilions.

"I've seen Lord Yan, I've seen Commander Deng!" Tang Hu saluted the two, and Song Ming also hurriedly followed.

Yan Nanfei and Deng Peng both stood up, although their official positions were much larger than Tang Hu's, but Tang Hu's status was more special, and the two of them had a high opinion of him, but they couldn't accept Tang Hu's gift calmly.

"The two generals have just returned from the front line, let's let them tell the two adults about the specific frontline battle, Song Ming!" Zheng Zhiyuan pointed to the general, although Tang Hu was the nominal front-line commander, he didn't care about anything, Zheng Zhiyuan also understood, and asked Song Ming to tell by name.

"Yes!" Song Ming said respectfully. Briefly recounted the battle on the front line, Song Ming said: "Ladies and gentlemen, now on the way to Luoyang, the core of the Zhou Dynasty, there are small fortresses, and the garrison of these fortresses, except for a small number of regular troops, most of them are local people, although the combat power is not strong, but the will to resist is extremely strong, we have also tried to persuade to surrender, but it has no effect at all, and now our casualties are increasing day by day, mainly because of the psychological resistance of the soldiers, after all, almost all of the people we killed are ordinary people rather than soldiers!" ”

"Shut up!" Zheng Zhiyuan reprimanded: "No matter who they are, as long as they pick up weapons, they are our enemies." ”

Yan Nanfei raised his palm, stopped Zheng Zhiyuan, and said, "General Song, let me ask you, with the progress before the goal, how long will it take us to conquer this so-called Luoyang City?" ”

Song Ming shook his head, "Lord Hui, I don't know." Every fortress has to be taken hard, and it may take several months, because Taiwan Island is so big after all! ”

"Now that the main forces of our sailors have gathered, and I have brought all the marines, will it take so long?" Deng Peng frowned, he didn't want to leave Yan Nanfei with the image of the ineffective combat of the sailors.

"General, the key is that the people on this Taiwan Island don't know what medicine to take, but all the people are soldiers, men, women and children, but everyone who can use weapons has gone to the battlefield, we roughly estimate that there are hundreds of thousands of people on Taiwan Island, even if it is hundreds of thousands of pigs, standing there and we cut and kill, how long will it take to kill?" Song Ming lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"We haven't been here for so long!" Yan Nanfei shook his head, "You may not know that in order to transfer General Deng's sailor out, the marshal launched a war against Lu Fengchun in Weizhou and restrained the sailor of the Southern Army, but this time will not be very long, to tell you the truth, if we count the time we go back and forth, the time left for us to solve Taiwan Island is only ten days at most!" ”

"Ten days, we have to get what we want!" Yan Nanfei cut the nail and the ground.

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