Chapter 23: Silver

From the northwest corner of the wall collapse and arson, by the wind quickly to the southeast direction, the horse neighed and the people howled, the captives saw that the fire in the village was difficult to put down, climbed over the wall, and it was easy to catch and kill the armor of the wall, after the fire was blocked by the laneway of the north village gate, they could only rush to kill and break through from the south gate of madness.

The captives stuffed more than a dozen strong and healthy horses into the lane, sealed one end of the lane, and used knives, guns, stabbing arrows to drive the horses to the Nanzhai Gate conflict, and Jianrui either rode on horseback or fought with the horse. The guards of Nanzhai Gate were under great pressure, and a total of more than 30 blocked flying vehicles in three or four rows in a row were all overturned or cut by the captives regardless of casualties, and the forward array was pressed out of the Zhaimen. More captives immediately climbed the walls on both sides of the walled gate close to the wall, desperately rushing to block the gate in the array of guards; Even if his body is pierced by the spear he provoked, he will swing a knife with all his strength when he is dying......

Such a fierce old soldier who is not afraid of death, revealing a terrifying appearance that is far more terrifying than when the battle for the door was won in the morning, and it also made the soldiers who blocked the gate of the village fearful and demoralized, especially the captives who climbed the wall and flew and fought to the death directly disturbed the center of the armor array, and the first blockade array finally collapsed under unbearable pressure.

Ning Zechen was wearing armor and holding a Mo sword, and was at the head of the second blockade array.

When the Shizhen military standard Mo knife evolved from the horse sword, the handle is four feet long, the blade is two feet long, weighs twenty-two pounds, and the blades on both sides of the blade are like a giant dagger with a long and wide version.

The edge of the blade was extremely sharp, and in the cold air, it shone coldly.

Ning Zechen was slender and long, holding a Mo knife, the tip of the knife and the tip of his nose.

The Book of War records that there are only two ways to use the Mo knife, but Ning Zechen first learned to use the halberd, and then learned the technique of splitting and stabbing with Lin Jian and Zhou Pu, and directly used the technique of splitting and slashing to the Mo knife. With the huge strength of his arms, when the captives rushed to him, without waiting for the left and right guards to cover, Ning Zechen turned the Mo knife over and chopped it away, and suddenly split the skull of the current enemy in half, blood like arrows, and took the lead in cutting down the dozen captives who were the first to clash out of the village......

Although the first blockade array collapsed, leaving a little space for the captured enemy to flee from both sides, with Ao Canghai leading the first battalion of soldiers on standby on the periphery, Ning Zechen must ensure that the captured enemy could not rush out in a neat formation, let alone let the captured enemy have a chance to rush on his horse......

By dusk, Xiaobotou Village had burned through, the way out from the north had been completely sealed by the fire, and the competition for the Nanzhai Gate had reached the most white-hot and crazy level.

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When the sky is dark, the fire of Xiaobotou Village is far away in Yangxin City, and the fire of Xiaobotou Village can be seen from afar.

"The Jiangdong Left Army did not withdraw from Cangnan, Lord Zhang, the Jiangdong Left Army did not withdraw from Cangnan!" Cheng Weiyuan, the lieutenant of Yangxin County, was in a high mood, pointing to the fire in the distance, and he didn't care about the demeanor of the scholar, and said in an excited voice, "I just said that the Jiangdong Left Army took advantage of the great victory in Cangnan, and there was no need to retreat south in a hurry." That fire must have been after the Jiangdong Governor Lin Jian led his troops to besiege the captives and cavalry, and Lord Lin was really a genius in the sky, and he retreated to the south to lure the main force of the captives to chase south, and he led the Jiangdong Left Army to attack it again, so that the captives were exhausted to run for their lives......"

"Master Cheng, your voice is about to deaf my ears." Zhang Jinxian, the county governor of Yangxin, said, but did not blame Cheng Weiyuan for losing his manners, he pretended to be calm and ordered, "It seems that the Jiangdong Left Army has won another great victory in Cangnan, Lord Cheng, we and the warriors defending the city should be even more excited, with the Jiangdong Left Army in Cangnan, Yangxin is not a lonely city...... Zhang Xiancheng, you go and gather all the families in the city to the county office, the Lantern Festival, you must give each Jianyong who guards the city ten taels of silver for the festival. I, Zhang Jinxian, have gone bankrupt to defend the city, so I will ask each family to take out this silver. The city is broken, I, Zhang Jinxian, thank the emperor for his death, no complaints and no regrets, but the consequences of the city breaking, Zhang Xiancheng, you have to think about it carefully. Seeing that spring is coming, hold on for another month, the river ice melts, and before that, the captives will definitely retreat...... "He wanted to maintain his majesty and solemnity in front of everyone, and when he went down to the city gate building, he didn't have the idea of a broken brick under his feet, and he tripped over it, and if it wasn't for the entourage around him, he almost rolled down the road to the city.

Cheng Weiyuan, the lieutenant of Yangxin County, didn't care about the county lord Xiaozhi, and excitedly went to boost morale.

Lin Jian would not inform Yangxin County of the movements of the Jiangdong Left Army. When the Cangnan army and civilians retreated, Cheng Weiyuan also thought that the Jiangdong Left Army had retreated to the south, and then the brigade of captives and cavalry counterattacked Cangnan, and Yangxin was under the greatest pressure. In the past few days, Cheng Weiyuan can't sleep at night, eating and living in this city gate building, don't say anything selfless for the people of a city, his Cheng family, old and young, twenty or thirty people are in Yangxin City, and the fields outside the city can't be snatched away, but the city is broken, and the family is ruined.

Although Cheng Weiyuan was born as a literati, since Yangxin became a besieged city, Cheng Weiyuan led the garrison as a county lieutenant, found a few military books to make up some military knowledge, and found some veterans in the city to ask for advice on the art of defending the city. Although it is still half-baked, it also knows the simple truth that "the strong enemy is on the side, and the captives will not dare to attack Yangxin with all their might", as long as the Jiangdong Left Army does not withdraw from Cangnan, it means that the defenders here have a little ambition, and Yangxin is still safe.

Seeing the fire in Xiaobotou Village and confirming that the Jiangdong Left Army had not withdrawn from Cangnan, Cheng Weiyuan's excitement was indescribable, and he thought of finding a few to report to Bohai and other counties in the south.

The Yangxin defenders were also quite excited, and they were trapped in the lonely city, and seeing the friendly forces winning successive big victories on the flank, the morale of the army was huge.

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When the hot wind at Nanzhai Gate was scorching, Zhou Pu, Ning Zechen and the soldiers on the left and right fronts all felt breathing difficulties and were forced to retreat, only more than 100 remnants took the opportunity to snatch out of Nanzhai Gate, but the fifth battalion with superior forces again laid a net around Nanzhai Gate, how could more than 100 remnants be allowed to escape?

The captives who fled over the wall were scattered, and under the siege of the third battalion generals, only a very few escaped in the chaos or by personal bravery......

Lin Mengde looked at Xiaobotou Village to be burned to ashes before the fire could be extinguished, thinking that the military horses and materials in the village would be burned to ashes, and he felt that his heart was dripping blood.

Seeing Zhou Pu coming over covered in blood, Lin Mengde couldn't help but scold him for setting fire to him if he couldn't restrain himself, he burned it so thoroughly, he couldn't get any of the good things in the stockade. These losers don't know that behind the war they are all supported by silver, so they don't feel distressed about burning the village.

At present, the main production is to produce "Wuyanqing Baibaodan" and "Wuyanqing Baibaosan", which have a significant effect on bruises, wounds and bleeding, in addition to supplying Dongyang Xiangyong, tens of thousands of bottles of Sanqi, pills and a large number of other kinds of spare medicinal materials accumulated in November are brought to Cangnan by ship, and this batch of medicinal materials is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver to be sold in Jiangning.

In addition, when Ge Cunxin set off from Jiangning, he also paid a lot of money to hire more than 10 Lang Zhong to come with the ship.

It is with these backs that we can achieve timely treatment for minor injuries of the left sergeants, not reduce the number of personnel and leave the army, and generally seriously injured can also be rescued on board the ship and save their lives from death.

This does not take into account the cost of the large ships at sea, the cost of manning nearly 300 shipwrights, and the large amount of supplies on board.

With the support of the ships of the sea, all the baggage, food, and injuries and illnesses will not be a burden on the march, and the Jiangdong Left Army is maneuvering along the coastline, and it also has the confidence to maneuver with the same number of captives.

If the captives can't beat them, they can take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry to retreat, and if they can't beat them, they can completely withdraw to the sea; The use of sea ships for long-distance troop projection is superior to the mobility of cavalry.

In order to realize the strategic intention of Lin Jian to extend the battlefield from the sea, in addition to an army with not weak morale and usable combat power, in the final analysis, it is silver.

Although Jiangning allocated 60,000 taels of silver, deducting 30,000 taels of silver to settle down and 30,000 taels of silver for supplies, this amount of silver was not enough for the Jiangdong Left Army to spend.

If the Jiangdong Left Army had not dug the foothills of friendly troops outside the city of Jinan and purchased enough sophisticated armor from the defeated army that had fled Jinan at a low price, it would not have had the qualifications to enter Yannan north at all.

The flying carts and high shields provided excellent defensive and counter-charge cover for the armor in the event of a cavalry conflict. Easy to use is easy to use, but in addition to the sturdy wheelbarrow as a frame, each flying contradictory car also needs to use twenty sharp short spears and two strong shields; A flying contradictory car can equip a small squad of villagers.

However, the township soldiers did not have the ability and courage to confront the captives in the field, and a group of armor soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army equipped with four flying contradictory vehicles plus other strong shields and thick-armored crossbow soldiers had the courage and ability to fight with the same number of captives and cavalry in the field.

What is behind the support of an army that is not weak in morale and has usable combat power? Or silver! Silver.

Lin Mengde couldn't wait to shout loudly in the ears of generals such as Zhou Pu, Ning Zechen, Zhao Qingshan, and Ao Canghai.

Forty vehicles were destroyed in this battle. Half of the flying contradictory vehicles prepared before entering Yannan in the north have been destroyed, and now the auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen of the industrial battalion are rushing to build flying contradictory vehicles and other combat equipment on the boat, although the spearhead can recover a part, but the consumption of hardwood and tools is also very great.

Among these people, the most logistically conscious is probably Cao Ziang. The key Cao Ziang has not yet withdrawn from the southern front, and Lin Mengde can't find anyone to complain, seeing that the fire has weakened, he can't manage too much, urging the auxiliary soldiers of the Gongyuan battalion to start fighting the fire from the place where the fire is small, and he can always make up for it if he can grab something. Otherwise, if Dongyu does not retreat, Jiyun Society will not be able to hold on first.

Lin Mengde was still thinking that now that Xiaobotou Village had been burned thoroughly, he would have to envelop the Sun family in the future, and Lin Lian might have to subsidize the silver for them to rebuild, but in the final analysis, it was still silver, and his head was about to swell into two.

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