Chapter 416: The Beginning of the War
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In the two cities of Chen Cang and Hanxing, Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu waited until most of the players left, and then commanded the army to leave the city and go straight to Meiyang City. It's just that the army led by Bian Zhang marched faster than Beigong Boyu's army. It is estimated that when Beigong Boyu arrives at Meiyang City for about half a day, the Bian Zhang army will also be able to arrive.
The Xiliang rebels marched all the way very smoothly, but at night, Bian Zhang's army was in trouble, and when they were camping and resting, they were actually attacked by a small group of troops, although they were only attacked by the sentinels on the periphery, but they couldn't help but be unvigilant.
Bian Zhang immediately sent countless scouts and scattered in all directions, looking for traces of the attackers.
Soon after, a scout cavalry came to report that there were traces of the movement of a large group of men and horses more than twenty kilometers west of the place where they camped, and according to various indications, this was a cavalry, the number of which was unknown, and the direction of the march was from east to west, most likely from Meiyang City to Chencang.
When Bian Zhang heard the news, he was a little dumbfounded, which was indeed beyond his expectations. In his opinion, although the mission of the imperial army is to exterminate their own rebels, because of morale, they will not attack for the time being, and they should rely on the defensive role of the city wall to win one or two battles to improve their low morale, and then the lord will attack. And even if the other party took the risk of taking the initiative, he should choose Hanxing City, which was closer to the imperial court's forces, instead of attacking Chencang.
But now they are still some distance away from Hanxing City, and they are not in the same position as Hanxing City, the other party's purpose is obvious, that is, Chen Cang. Bian Zhang thought of the current situation of Chen Cang's troops. Thinking that there was a group of cavalry of unknown scale marching towards Chen Cang, he couldn't help but shudder. If the imperial army really let the imperial army take Chencang, not only would he have nowhere to hide, but even Hanxing would become isolated and helpless, with no way out.
When Bian Zhang was hesitating, a strategist beside him proposed two suggestions to him, one was to ask him to immediately pass the book to Beigong Boyu Feige. Inform them of the current situation, then return to Chencang, or track down the suspicious cavalry along the way. Annihilate them all, and then in Tumeiyang.
The other was to divide the soldiers into two routes, all the way back to assist in the defense of Chencang City. The other road continued to march eastward, converging with Beigong Boyu and capturing Meiyang City together.
In the end, Bian Zhang chose the first Jian, that is, the whole army turned around and rushed back to Chencang, the reason was very simple, that is, none of them knew how huge the army that attacked Chencang was, so they couldn't decide how many soldiers and horses to send back to rescue. For the sake of safety, Bian Zhang decided to return with the whole army. However, Bian Zhang is still very moral. As soon as he decided to retreat, he let out a carrier pigeon and briefly told Beigong Boyu about the situation here.
However, what Bian Zhang didn't expect was that just when the carrier pigeon flew less than a few hundred meters away, a black shadow flashed. The pigeon disappeared without a trace. And Bian Zhang had already led the army on the return journey at this time.
However, the way back this time was not so smooth, and he was constantly harassed along the way, although the other party did not dare to directly rush into the army, but he continued to kill his own scouts and sentinels with a small cavalry, and he was so angry that Bian Zhang wanted to vomit blood. Although he also tried his best to send a large army to chase after him. The other party is like a loach, so that they can't find it. And if the army sent too little at one time, maybe it will be reversed by the other side.
Now Bian Zhang has affirmed that the other party will not send many troops, but it will not be too few. If the opponent has few people, they will not go straight to Chencang, and if the army is large, it will not harass them along the way and consume their vital strength. Therefore, he was even more eager to rush back to Chencang to guard his nest.
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It took more than a day for more than four million players in Hanxing City to finally arrive outside Meiyang City at noon on March 17, and they did not encounter any obstacles along the way.
They were very proud at the moment, and this feeling was more enjoyable than winning a battle, because they could abuse freely outside the city, but the players in the court camp inside the city had no room to fight back. Who allowed his side to swear that they were going to intercept it, but they didn't even go out of the city gate?
Zhang Wen was standing at the head of the city at the moment, looking at the players under the city like a pot of porridge, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. If these guys weren't standing hundreds of meters away, he would have ordered the archers to shoot, how could he make the other party so arrogant? But he didn't have too much depression in his heart, because he didn't need to be depressed! War is not a matter of momentary passion, but of the final result.
Although these rebel camp players look arrogant, they are still very self-aware, knowing that their side does not have siege equipment and cannot attack the fortified city in front of them, so they all stand far away, just blindly scolding and fighting.
In the afternoon, Beigong Boyu finally arrived outside Meiyang City with an army of nearly two million, and he was about to order his generals to rectify these players who were like a plate of loose sand, but suddenly received a carrier pigeon.
When he opened the letterhead, the smile on his face froze because he saw news that surprised him. This carrier pigeon was a person who flew from Hanxing City, and the person who sent the letter was one of his cronies. The letter was written very sloppily, and he only said in his heart that Hanxing City was attacked by an army that suddenly appeared in the city, his army was taken by surprise, and the city wall did not play the slightest role.
Beigong Boyu felt like God was deliberately joking with him, he had just arrived outside this beautiful city and his lair was attacked! And it's a very bizarre internal attack, how did the enemy get into his own city? Did someone mutiny?
He couldn't figure it out! But one thing is certain, this cronie of his will never lie to himself, and judging from the handwriting, this letter was indeed written by his cronies.
Beigong Boyu couldn't make a decision for a while, so he immediately summoned all the strategists and subordinate generals to discuss urgently, and they had to come up with a conclusion in the shortest possible time. Hanxing City can't afford to delay.
At the moment when Beigong Boyu decided to discuss, the result was already doomed, because these strategists and subordinate generals had relatives and friends, and these people were basically in Hanxing City. Beigong Boyu even agreed. (To be continued)