Chapter 232: The Eastern Crusade Failed

What Zhang Xutuo didn't expect was that Zhai Rang, the chief general of the Wagang Army, was actually in the camp, and Zhai Rang planned to lead the logistics baggage team to Shouzhang County to meet Shan Xiongxin in the second half of the night, but he didn't expect to be sneak attacked.

"Assemble! Line up now! ”

Zhai Rang shouted hoarsely, his heart was extremely flustered, but he was slightly relieved that there were not many enemy troops, and the 3,000-watt gang army was his iron guard, very elite, worthy of fighting the enemy army.

The Wagang army was packing up the big tents, hundreds of big tents had been closed, and the soldiers of the three thousand Wagang army rushed from all sides, hastily assembled, they gathered into a phalanx, and surrounded their leaders in the middle.

More than dozens of strong Sui soldiers charged forward, like a vicious wave in the stormy waves, hitting head-on, and the two armies collided violently, stirring up several zhang of rags, and slamming the dense Wagang army into a gap.

But the soldiers of the Wagang Army were also like mad tigers, and in the blink of an eye, the gap closed, swallowing up the dozens of Sui troops who rushed into the gap.

Zhang Xutuo saw that the cost of rushing hard was too great, and shouted, "Bow and arrow shooting!" ”

More than 100 Sui soldiers who were attacking were 'brushing' to both sides! As soon as the ground was divided, the arrows behind them were overwhelming, and a group of people turned on their backs, and the outermost layers of Wagang soldiers fell to the ground one after another as if they had been stripped of their shells.

But the Sui army's arrow rain did not stop, but became more intensive, and the wooden shields of the Wagang army could not withstand the fire of the Sui army's hard crossbows, and the soldiers fell to the ground screaming one after another.

The army behind rushed towards the Sui army like crazy, but did not run a few steps, or fell to the ground, after a few rounds of arrow rain, the iron guard of the 3,000-kilowatt gang army had lost nearly thirty percent, and the position of the Wagang army could not be maintained.

At this time, Zhai Rang saw that the situation was unfavorable to him, and their bows and arrows were on the weapon cart, and they could not shoot at the Sui army, so if they continued to fight, all his soldiers would be shot dead in the camp.

Zhai Rang turned over and got on the horse, his waist straight, facing the rain of arrows and the flying snow. He raised his gun and shouted, "Rush forward and fight the enemy." ”

The Wagang army immediately went out, avoiding the rain of arrows and escorting their leader to the northeast, where the arrows were weaker. The hundreds of soldiers here don't seem to have bows and crossbows, and they may be able to break the enemy from here.

But Zhai Rang couldn't have imagined that in front of them was the long-awaited five-hundred-hundred-heavy armor long sword army, which was the most elite unit of the Flying Eagle Army, led by the brigade commander Qin Yong.

Qin Yong is Qin Qiong's son. He is only sixteen years old this year, with a burly figure, strong martial arts, and infinite strength in his two arms, making a pair of eighty-two pounds of mixed yuan copper hammers, and he is a rising rookie of the Flying Eagle Army.

Qin Yong rode on a war horse, standing tall and upright, holding a double hammer, standing at the front of the team majestically like a god, his eyes flashing with murderous light. forced to look at Zhang Shoule, the partial general of the Wagang Army who rushed in front of him.

He suddenly roared, flashed sideways and stabbed the other party head-on, and smashed down with a hammer in his left hand like a thunderbolt, 'Boom! There was a loud bang, and the enemy's chest was smashed to the ground.

The heavily armored sword soldiers assembled into a mountain-like sword wall in a neat and orderly manner, blocking the way of the Wagang army, and fighting fiercely with the Wagang army, they were strong and sharp, and the Wagang army was defeated and retreated, with heavy casualties.

There are swords and soldiers blocking the road in front. Later, there were crossbow arrows in pursuit, and the enemy troops were outflanked on both sides, and the Wagang army was gradually at a disadvantage, and there was only the ability to parry. And there is no way to fight back.

Zhang Xutuo's eyes kept staring at the man with the golden helmet, he took off his bow and arrows, and quietly pointed at him and made a gesture to the soldiers beside him.

The steel crossbow of the pro-soldier was slowly raised, and the cold sharp arrow was aimed at Zhai Rang's back, and the machine spring was gently buckled, and an armor-piercing arrow swept away silently and swiftly like lightning. The arrow blade seemed to flash a flash of fire.

Zhai Rang heard the sound of wind behind him, and suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly dodged to the left, dodging the vital point, and the arrow hit Zhai Rang's shoulder blade.

At the same time, Zhang Xutuo's other arrow also arrived, but he shot the horse, and the powerful arrow pierced through the head of the war horse, and the war horse neighed miserably, and fell to the ground with a bang, rolling Zhai Rang out of the distance

Without waiting for his personal soldiers to help, hundreds of soldiers of the Sui army attacked from the east under the leadership of Zhang Xutuo, waving spears and flying knives, killing more than 100 soldiers in front of him in a moment.

More than 100 of Zhai Rang's personal guards were shocked, desperately blocking Zhang Xutuo's attack and rescuing Zhai Rang.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, they surrounded Zhai Rang and broke away from the brigade, turned around and rushed westward, the main general fled, and the temporary military formation of the Wagang Army finally collapsed, shouting and running westward.

"No more chasing!"

Zhang Xutuo saw that Zhai Rang had fled away, so he stopped the Sui soldiers, and his target was not the enemy's commander, but the grain and grass of the Wagang army.

The soldiers loaded the food and tents and weapons into the cart and rushed to Fan County in the south, and the remaining forage and gongs and drums were burned down.

.......

At the same time, Zhai Rang's order also came, ordering the general Shan Xiongxin to withdraw his troops back to Wagangzhai and abandon Jibei County.

In the afternoon of this day, Shan Xiongxin, the former commander of the Wagang Army, led dozens of cavalry to appear in front of the Sui army camp. ”

There were already Sui army patrol sentries rushing to the camp to report, and not long after, Qin Qiong and more than a dozen Sui generals appeared in the camp, Qin Qiong asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The cavalry pointed back and said, "My family's main general, General Shan, wants to talk to General Qin, I wonder if General Qin can come out of the camp to meet?" ”

Qin Qiong saw Shan Xiongxin in the distance, ten years ago Qin Qiong was just a small official in Licheng County, famous in Shandong counties for making friends, and at that time Hedong Shan Xiongxin was also bold and righteous, Qin Qiong on a business trip to Luoyang, in Shangdang County Erxian Zhuang saw Shan Xiongxin, the two hit it off at first sight, quite a friendship.

It's just that the world is unpredictable, ten years later, Qin Qiong became Zhang Xutuo's right-hand man, and Shan Xiongxin became the third person in Wagangzhai, and the two turned from friends to enemies.

Qin Qiong recognized Shan Xiongxin, so he nodded and said, "Wait a moment!" ”

Not long after, Qin Qiong rushed out of the camp under the escort of more than 20 cavalrymen, and slowly came to Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong hugged his fists and smiled: "Second Brother Shan, I haven't seen you for many years." ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded and smiled: "I haven't seen you for ten years, Shubao has not changed much, and he is still as majestic as before, but unfortunately I am old." ”

"Second Brother Shan has not changed much, I recognize it at a glance, but I didn't expect Second Brother Shan to go to Wagang, let alone expect that we would meet in this situation, which is very touching!"

"This is also normal, the Son of Heaven is unkind, we came to do the right thing for heaven, but I didn't expect that we would meet on the battlefield, it is really unacceptable!"

Shan Xiongxin sighed, the topic immediately changed, and he said solemnly: "But personal friends are private friends, today I came to discuss with General Qin for official business!" ”

Qin Qiong saw him change his title, and his expression also became serious, "I don't know what General Shan is looking for me?" ”

"Regarding this big war, we plan to withdraw from Jibei County, withdraw in a non-war way, and the two sides will no longer kill, I wonder if General Qin can agree?"

Qin Qiong immediately understood what Shan Xiongxin meant, the Wagang Army admitted defeat and withdrew, of course, if the other party was Zhang Jincheng, it would be absolutely impossible to reach such a compromise, but the Wagang Army did not endanger the civilians, so the request to strike and retreat from the army was acceptable to the Sui Army to a certain extent, at least Qin Qiong could accept it.

After a moment of silence, Qin Qiong said lightly: "Do you believe that the Sui army will really stop fighting?" ”

Shan Xiongxin looked at Qin Qiong and said slowly: "I don't believe in the Sui army, but I believe in you, as long as General Qin gives me a promise, I will withdraw immediately, and nothing harmful to the people will happen." ”

Qin Qiong smiled and said: "Thank you General Shan for your trust, but I can't make the decision on this matter, I have to ask the boss, please wait for a long time, if my marshal agrees, I have no opinion." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for news from the general!"

Shan Xiongxin glanced at Qin Qiong deeply, hugged his fists and saluted, "Uncle Bao, we will have a meeting later!" ”

"There will be a date later!"

Shan Xiongxin turned his horse and left, and under the escort of dozens of cavalry, he ran towards the camp in the distance, Qin Qiong looked at Shan Xiongxin walking away, and immediately ordered: "Let's go back to the camp!" ”

Everyone followed Qin Qiong and returned to the camp

At night, a cavalryman galloped to the camp and brought Zhang Xutuo's reply, Qin Qiong stood by the burning torch of hunting, and opened Zhang Xutuo's order, with only two words on it, "Agreed!" ”

Qin Qiong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered: "Someone, go and deliver a letter to the Wagang Army." ”

That night, Shan Xiongxin led 15,000 Wagang Army soldiers to quickly retreat westward, the Sui army did not pursue, but slowly sent them back, at dawn, the last remaining part of the Wagang Army withdrew from Jibei County, which meant that the Wagang Army's eastward crusade plan was a complete failure. (To be continued.) )