Chapter 986: Competing for Endurance
When King Zheng got this answer, he knew that there was no room for negotiation - even if he handed over the grain, it would be impossible for Lei Gu to withdraw his troops. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
They didn't want to hand over the grain in the first place, and of course they couldn't accept such conditions, so they could only speak loudly, "Xishan Diao people attacked the army, killing and wounding many of my robes, and we just wanted to force out the real culprit by snatching the grain and grass." ”
"I'm not interested in such a public case," Li Yongsheng sneered, "I only believe what I see, and ...... Don't think that if you survive until dark, you will easily escape!"
His words really spoke to the hearts of King Zheng's army: they just wanted to hold out until dark.
However, the plan could not catch up with the change after all, just when it was close to Youzheng, the 10,000 soldiers behind the palace finally couldn't hold on, and this battle was fought from morning to night, and the attacking side only had 10,000 Ding Zhuang, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago.
Through the sound conch and fireworks warnings, the 30,000 main force of the Zheng army knew that the friendly army was about to be unable to hold on, and the entire defensive line began to collapse, which soon led to a major collapse.
Among them, there was a large force, almost more than 10,000 men and horses, heading straight for the camp, and the horses neighed and galloped, rushed into the army behind the palace, rescued thousands of people, and then rushed to the camp like a whirlwind.
There were even more sergeants scattered and fled, and as far as the eye could see, the mountains were full of people.
The chasing army was also divided into two groups, one group was the imperial army led by Xia Zhenren, and the tail chased after the large force, and in their eyes, those fleeing routs were not worth catching at all - King Zheng's army had always been like this.
However, the rebel army led by Li Yongsheng was different, and they scattered to capture prisoners, rob them of their weapons and wealth, and even strip off their clothes.
At this time, even if Li Yongsheng spoke in person, he couldn't restrain it, he sighed and shook his head, "This field ...... Really, it would be nice to be able to train for a while. ”
After chasing until dark, the rebels turned back one after another, and he was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood: he brought 15,000 people to chase him, and now he can't even reach 12,000 when he is full.
And those main forces of the Zheng army were sent back by the battalion, although 40,000 people came out, and there were not even 20,000 people when they went back, but those who could go back with the main force were all elites.
In this battle, Li Yongsheng fought quite breathlessly, but after careful deduction, he didn't find any obvious mistakes, so he can only say that he fought too smoothly a while ago, so that the whole person became a little impetuous.
That's not good, he admonished himself.
When the team was sorted out and returned to the camp, it was close to Zizheng, and the soldiers were tired for a day before they said that they wanted to rest, and Xia Zhenren contacted him through the conch of transmission, "Eternal life, there is news from the inside, and the two real people in the camp have left with their personal guards." ”
Li Yongsheng was stunned for a moment, "Inside?"
Xia Zhenren replied as a matter of course, "When King Zheng was in trouble, he rapidly expanded his army, and in this case, it was very easy for the military to arrange a secret line to enter...... We have a lot of dark lines. ”
Not long ago, the two real people of the large camp quietly left the barracks, still with personal guards, this news was very tightly sealed, but after a fierce battle during the day, the sergeants had other guesses - this is not to escape, right?
Of course, the people who know about this matter are all trustworthy by two real people, but even so, it is normal for these people to muttered a few words in private - the enemy is now, and the two main officers have fled, how can this battle be fought?
It's good to die, they muttered in a low voice, and it was heard by the inside of the imperial court, and this person risked his life to send the information out.
Xia Zhenren frowned and said, "These people fled and must have taken a lot of grain and grass with them...... The battle was fought, alas. ”
Although the battle during the day was fierce, he didn't pay attention to it, and blocked the other party back to the camp, and then it was much easier to fight, and he even regarded those grains and grasses as his own.
Li Yongsheng's eyes rolled, "Since the other party is missing two real people, isn't there no backbone?"
When Xia Zhenren heard this, he was taken aback, "What are you...... What do you want to do?"
Li Yongsheng laughed, "I mean...... Now organize a storm. ”
"It's not proper," Xia Zhenren immediately shook his head, "It's been a day of fighting today, everyone is very tired, and many people have overdrawn their essence and blood, it's really not like they can recover if they recover." ”
He really had a little headache Li Yongsheng's whimsy, so he had to persuade a few more words, "Without the backbone, it's the same during the day, let's grind slowly, and we can reduce casualties, why are you in a hurry?"
In fact, there is no one who does not like night raids as generals, but the night raid on the military camp in the field and the night raid on the military village are fundamentally two concepts, and the Xishan camp belongs to the military village and is a building to be used for a long time.
If the other party is also a temporary military camp set up in the wild, Xia Zhenren may really be tempted.
Li Yongsheng shook his head, "If you fight during the day, it will give them the opportunity to dispatch, and now while they don't know that the two chief officers have left, once the fight starts, they will definitely be leaderless." ”
After a pause, he spoke sincerely, "We are very tired, but the other party is also tired...... Grit your teeth and hold on a little longer, and maybe you win. ”
Xia Zhenren shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Immortal, you are really ......"
Obviously, he was also moved by this, and after a moment's hesitation, he said out loud, "I probably ...... At most, only 5,000 troops could be dispatched, and the daytime battle was too physically draining, and people had to be left to guard the camp. ”
"Five thousand is enough," Li Yongsheng nodded, "I am responsible for organizing 10,000 people, and then put 10,000 people to answer and intercept, and the others are on standby at any time." ”
At the same time, in the camp of Hishan, four or five high-ranking officers were drinking, and one of them spoke and said the same thing.
"If you steal the camp tonight, you will definitely win a big victory, the other side has fought very hard during the day, and there are so many prisoners to manage, it is really a rare opportunity......"
The one who spoke stayed in the camp during the day, and the athletes under him were full of energy.
Unfortunately, the Commander didn't approve his request, and he grumbled a little when it came to that.
"Who made the family the commander?" someone drunkenly agreed, "During the day, we were only given five chariots and ten bed crossbows...... Fortunately, brother, my life is big. ”
It is said that alcohol is not allowed in the barracks, especially in wartime, but they didn't take it seriously, firstly, because King Zheng's army was originally lax in military discipline, and secondly, because they were in the military village, not a field barracks, and they were unusually strong.
As for saying that the other party might steal the camp, they didn't believe it at all, although Li Yongsheng had attacked the military camp more than once at night, but in today's situation, if they didn't take the initiative to go out and sneak attack, Li Yongsheng should have snickered.
After today's vicious battle, half of the sergeants were "lost", and everyone finally came back, and it was the right way to relax.
However, they never dreamed that at the right time, the military village made a loud noise, and it was actually broken.
It was Li Yongsheng who shot, and it was unusually easy, as soon as the wall was broken, the blood slave was the first to rush in.
Immediately afterwards, the camp gate on the other side was opened from the inside, and it turned out that the blood slave relied on his strange body to touch it in the night, killed the soldiers guarding it, and opened the gate to answer.
It didn't take long for the second camp gate to be opened as well.
Li Yongsheng and the others this time chose three directions to blossom in more places, and the results were all successful.
Xishan's army was immediately in chaos, and among the officers and soldiers of King Zheng that Li Yongsheng encountered, they were the strongest in battle, but at this moment, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and there were enemies on all sides, and there was no way to fight if they wanted to.
Soon, the attackers found the location of Tonghe and Yongle's recruits, and then, Ding Zhuang, who was in charge of answering outside, also rushed in, and the sergeants in the camp could only fight in a hurry.
Someone hurriedly went to find the chief officer, but found that the two chief officers were not there, and the deputy commander who acted as the chief officer was not in command of the reinforcements from King Zheng's mansion yesterday.
At this moment, the sky has begun to brighten, and the two camps outside the military village have also been cleaned up and opened up one after another.
At this point, Li Yongsheng was replaced by the chief officer of the Xishan battalion, and he was powerless.
By the time dawn, the battle of the camp was basically over, and the imperial army and the rebels began to divide the spoils.
The food in the barracks was piled up, more than the grain in the several barracks that Li Yongsheng had fought before, and the rebels scolded one after another, saying that it was really too cold-blooded to rob Li Shu with so much food.
Xia Zhenren was worried at first that he and the rebels would have a conflict over the problem of food, but when he saw this mountain of grain, he finally relieved himself and waved his hand - as long as you can move away, you can take the food as you like.
For the production and repair, it is not a matter to easily carry a 3500 pound, but if you don't use a storage bag, no matter how strong a person is, he can't take away much food, even if he catches up with the carriage to pull, how many catties can he pull?
In this subsistence society, ordinary people have limited oil and water in their meals, and a full-grown man's 50 catties of food rations a month may not be enough -- those who do heavy physical work are definitely not enough to eat.
The 40,000 righteous army is counted as one person taking 500 catties of grain, which is only 200,000 stones, which is about enough for each of them to eat for half a year.
But then they got the news that most of the food had been taken - and when the two commanders left, each of them had more than one military storage bag with him.
In fact, yesterday's evacuation of the main force of 40,000 was led by the commander of the Xishan battalion, and his task was to take away the soldiers and carry a batch of grain and grass by the way.
The other commander-in-chief, who came with reinforcements, stayed in the camp temporarily, he was responsible for transporting grain and grass full-time, thinking that he would take advantage of the outside to fight for life and death, attract the attention of the opponent, and secretly use the flying boat to transport grain and grass to leave.
This is also the reason why the officers and men of the Xishan battalion took the risk of leaving, knowing that the other side would not allow them to evacuate - although this behavior seems a bit stupid.
It's just that there are so many people during the day that he really doesn't have a chance, and he didn't expect that the 40,000 defenders didn't hold out until the night, so they fled back in embarrassment.
Looking at the defeated defenders, the two commanders discussed it and felt that it was really difficult to hold, so they took advantage of the panic to secretly transport a batch of grain and grass away with a flying boat.
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