The cavalry carrying the Suzaku flag rushed into the middle army and surrounded Gao Xianye who was standing under the high platform. When Yang Zhi saw this, the shame of being defeated by the unknown person rushed into his heart. He picked up the steel gun and aimed at Gao Xianye rushed over.
"Hmph, ugly man, I'm afraid of you!" Gao Xianye saw his defeated general charging towards him on horseback, sneered, and also picked up his spear and rushed towards Yang Zhi.
"Hit a hammer!" Seeing that the two men were about to be splashed with blood, Jia Hui quickly raised his big bow and hit the two men's spear points with two consecutive arrows.
Gao Xianye's Qi Army standard spear was shot off the tip, while Yang Zhi was hit by the force of the bow and the steel spear fell to the ground.
After realizing what he was doing, Yang Zhi immediately woke up, jumped off his horse and knelt on the ground.
"The last general. The last general"
"No need to say anything, please step back first."
After all, he is his confidant, and Jia Hui will not be harsh on him.
After all, it is not certain whether Gao Xianye will be demoted or not, and there is no need to recruit him. There is no need to wrong one of our own people for the sake of someone who is still an outsider.
Yang Zhi saw that he could not avenge himself, so he reluctantly glared at Gao Xianye, led his horse and led his soldiers to the rear.
Only Gao Xianye stood there stunned with a stick.
"Brother Gao must have guessed what I want to say, right?" Jia Hui said to Gao Xianye, who was standing still.
".I will not surrender!" Gao Xianye replied looking at the broken end of the spear in his hand.
"Submit to Qi? Not anyway? May I ask Brother Gao, where are you from?"
Descend to Qi? It seems that I have met a remnant from the previous dynasty.
"My great-grandfather once followed General Hua Wei Minggong and annihilated your Qi State's 100,000-strong North Army in Baibi City." Gao Xianye thought for a while, and it would be better to tell him everything.
"Wei Ming, I see, that's no wonder. But what year did Qianliang belong to? It's been a hundred years since the founding of Da Qi!"
"Huh, don't say it anymore. My Gao family is not well-organized. It's me who underestimated you. Your shooting skills are beyond the reach of ordinary people. I admit it. Just kill me!" Gao Xianye smiled bitterly. , sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"No official service? What kind of truth is this? You have to know that our dynasty does not treat the heirs of those who died in the previous dynasty at all. You also saw Yang Zhi just now. His family used to be the Liang Dynasty. After the general Yang family?
Not to mention the Hua General Wei Ming who was followed by your ancestors. His grandson is now the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in Daqi.
Even the descendants of Lord Liang are also one of the two kings and three brothers of my Daqi, and they are all living a good life in Guanzhong! Look, these big shots from the former Liang Dynasty have all submitted to Daqi and lived a very comfortable life. Why do you, a descendant of Wei Ming's trusted lieutenant, still be stupid and hang out with a group of gutter rats for more than a hundred years? How many people in your family have been celebrating Daliang Festival for more than 100 years? Now it is no longer you who are sorry for the Great Liang Dynasty, it is the Great Liang Dynasty that is sorry for you!
With your ability, staying in the White Lotus Sect is a waste of time. You can't even raise a company of cavalry. A person like you should lead thousands of cavalry in the desert and across the grasslands on the battlefield with the barbarians, instead of fighting in the south of the Yangtze River. A third-rate rebel is working hard for his life!
That being said, please think carefully about my words. "
This is my first time trying to persuade him to surrender, so I don't know how to speak well, but the descendants of Lord Liang and the descendants of Wei Ming do have something to do with each other. This is the fact. It all depends on when he will surrender.
after all
He looked like he was very brave, killing the Suzaku Cavalry and the Firearms Battalion to reach the central position. However, according to Jia Hui's observation, Gao Xianye actually killed less than ten people, all of whom were facing him.
That is to say, he has demonstrated his martial arts skills and demonstrated his value. He has not yet completed the matter and left himself a way out.
To say that he had no intention of surrender, Jia Hui didn't believe it.
Gao Xianye was silently taken away by Jia Hui's soldiers and put into prison.
"Did my cavalry suffer any losses?"
"Back to the general, there are no corpses of cavalry on the battlefield. At most, they are injured." The soldier replied.
"Well, my reputation has not been ruined at last. Send someone to Huai'an to see how Lin Chong's recruitment progress is and how long it will take to form an army!"
"yes!"
. . . . . .
"Xiao Gao. Lost." At the northwest corner of the city wall, the Huguang general officer and leader of the White Lotus Sect watched in disbelief as their cavalry was wiped out. The general disappeared after entering the enemy camp.
"Leader, do you think Xiao Gao surrendered?" Behind him, a deputy commander who usually didn't get along well with the main town said something.
"Fuck you, Xiao Gao is a loyal and loyal man, and he is at odds with Qi Ting! How can he surrender to Qi!" The commander pointed at the deputy commander's nose and started to curse.
"Did I fart? I think there's something wrong with your brain! After all your hard work, I managed to get a cavalry for him. Not even two quarters of an hour after leaving the city, the cavalry was gone, and even Gao Xianye entered the enemy's formation. There is no movement. Isn't this a typical surrender in the name of trading?" The deputy general soldier was completely honest.
"You! Leader, the Gao family has been a powerful family in our holy religion for hundreds of years. How can you join the army? I hope the leader will tell you clearly!" There was no point in arguing with the deputy commander, so the commander turned around and knelt down to plead with the leader.
"The Gao family is the mainstay of our holy religion and has a blood feud with Qi Ting. How can it be possible to surrender to Qi? Don't say such words that are not conducive to unity in the future."
But now he is the only one left in the Gao family. Whether or not to surrender is not up to him.
Everyone murmured in their hearts, but they still leaned towards the leader and said yes.
"Leader, what should we do next? There are also officers and soldiers in the east!" The Shaanxi military officer responsible for guarding the east city spoke.
"The east side is also besieged? It seems that Jia Hui wants to besiege the city and trap us here. After all, he is Qi Ting's number one general. We underestimated him before."
The leader suddenly felt helpless.
According to the original plan, he wanted to use the attack on Zhenjiang to lure Jia Hui or someone else out, and lay a few waves of ambushes on the road to consume the Qi army's physical strength and number of capable fighters, and make them more capable. The concept of Zhenjiang being attacked was determined. After all, there were so many ambushes. From the perspective of the Qi army, Zhenjiang must be in a very dangerous situation.
Then they pretended to be still fighting in the city to trick the reinforcements in. While the reinforcements were fighting fiercely with the Crusaders, their own people pretending to be Qi troops took the opportunity to make a sneak attack and tried their best to eat up the reinforcements.
If the plan succeeds, it will not only consume the strength of the Southern Qi army, but also obtain a large amount of weapons, especially the most lacking horses.
This plan was perfect in the eyes of the White Lotus Sect's senior leaders.
Then something went wrong in the first step.
Jia Hui didn’t take the land route at all!
Not only were the six waves of ambush on the road useless, Jia Hui even gained a foothold because they failed to capture Xijin Ferry in time. Now, the Holy Sect is actually besieged in Zhenjiang City!
The weapons and equipment that were originally planned to be acquired were in vain, and even the few running animals left in the city were slaughtered and put to death by the Qi army.
Gan!
How did things develop like this?
All the senior officials began to become agitated.
It’s such a bad feeling that things are going completely out of plan!
"How long will our food and grass be enough?" the leader suddenly asked.
"Master, we can still last for three months. The main reason is that a batch of grain has just been shipped away. Otherwise, we can last for a year!" The chief manager in charge of logistics came out and answered to the leader.
"Three months is too little." It is too difficult to stop the incoming army of hundreds of thousands with the power of one city, let alone defend it when it is besieged.
"Master, the grain merchants who have been killed in the city also have grain in their hands. Even if they haven't calculated it yet, they estimate that they can last for three months. In addition, there is actually a batch of grain." The Shandong military officer suddenly spoke.
"Huh? You mean Danyang?"
"Yes, it's not just Danyang, but also Xinzhou (today's Yangzhong, the fiefdom of Xu Da in the early Ming Dynasty) and Changzhou! I think there are only more than 6000 people in Jia Hui's camp at this time, and it seems that the rest are scattered to Zhenjiang City It’s all around. Leader, this is our opportunity! While there are not many people in the four directions at this time, we send troops to defeat the besieged officers and soldiers with more troops and fewer troops, penetrate directly into the three cities, and come back as soon as we get the food and grass! We can’t take it away. They were also burned, leaving no grain of food for the officers and soldiers!
Leader, this is the last chance! If we continue to drag it on, it will be too late to wait for Jia Hui to summon the army and try to get food! "After saying that, the Shandong general soldier knelt down on one knee and made a gesture of asking for orders.
"But what about Jia Hui's cavalry? How can two legs outrun four? We don't even need to catch up. We just need to hang far behind and keep shooting with bows and arrows. That's enough for us! "Someone objected.
"Then what do you think we should do? Doing nothing is the fastest way to die!"
"Then let the whole army go out of the north gate and kill Jia Hui first no matter the cost!"
"You are talking nonsense! Behind Jia Hui is Xijin Ferry. Wouldn't he run away when the situation was bad? Killing 6,000 people and his trusted cavalry completely angered Jia Hui. Do you think you didn't die fast enough?"
"Okay, you actually think that our Holy Church has failed!"
"Nong Ge Hong Du!"
The two people who were scolding each other got angry and started fighting on the city wall. The general and deputy generals who were watching the commotion quickly went up to start a fight, but the generals and guerrillas outside did not dare to go up.
"How presumptuous!" The leader shouted at the two men, who then glared at each other and knelt down towards the leader to admit their mistake.
"The Shandong General Soldier's suggestion is very good. It won't work to attack Jia Hui at any cost. There is a ferry behind him, but it's impossible to do nothing. In this way, someone can go to Jia Hui's camp and try to persuade him to surrender. You and others Gather at the east city gate and wait for my order."
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"Lao Yang, take people around to the east of the city quickly!"
Jia Hui, who was drinking tea, suddenly noticed on the mini-map that the rebels in the city were gathering to the east of the city, apparently intending to break out somewhere.
Most likely, we are going to grab some supplies. The nearest cities here are Danyang and Changzhou. Oh, yes, there is also a place that was recently established as a county called Xinzhou.
"General, obey the order!" Yang Zhizheng wanted to make a contribution to wash away the shame of his recent defeat, so he quickly got off the high platform and ran towards his army.
"Wait a minute, take them on the boat to Xinzhou District. Wait for an hour. If there is no one, then go south to Changzhou. If someone comes, fight first and then rush to Changzhou."
"yes!"
"Go and send people around the south of the city to the east of the city, and notify the defenders there to prepare for a counter-breakout." After Yang Zhi left, Jia Hui said to the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers agreed and got off the platform to deliver the order.
Although Jia Hui's personal soldiers act like servants, in fact, they all have at least a fifth-grade honorary rank, which they earned after following Jia Hui twice to participate in the battle to destroy the country. Like the personal soldiers who just went down to deliver the order. Bing was even a fourth-grade Xinwu general. Even ordinary city guards would come over and call him "Shangguan" respectfully.
He picked up the tea cup and took a beautiful sip of the tribute-grade Pu'er white tea shipped from Yunnan, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Make a fuss, make a fuss, if you don't make a fuss, how can I quickly find your flaw and crush you?
If we really want to wage a siege, it will take at least four or five months. It is common to fight for a year if the food in the city is sufficient. His first child will be born in a few months, and he doesn't want to miss the moment of his child's birth.
"General, the White Lotus thief has sent someone over!"
"Well, I saw it, let him come over."
From a distance, I saw a man standing on a carriage, walking towards this side holding a stick like a scepter.
Due to the rule of not killing incoming envoys during a battle between the two armies, the commander of the firearms battalion of the former army did not order a shot at him.
After a rough search, the envoy who was very annoyed by being turned around suppressed his anger and came to the foot of the Chinese military platform.
The messenger snorted coldly, straightened his clothes, raised his staff high and looked down at Jia Hui who was looking down from the high platform.
"Discourteous! Why don't you salute quickly in front of the general?" The soldier was very angry when he saw the envoy's arrogant look.
"Salute? Hey, I am holding the scepter given by the leader of our religion. The one who should salute is your general!" The messenger was still arrogant.
"Arrogant!"
"presumptuous!"
"court death!"
The surrounding soldiers and officers began to angrily curse the envoy in order to come forward.
The messenger still looked arrogant.
Hehe, the next step is probably to stop these people by drinking.
The messenger looked up at Jia Hui, who was drinking tea leisurely.
I have no intention of stopping them!
Jia Hui, who was on the high platform, watched as if he were watching a monkey show as the messenger was surrounded and scolded him constantly. From the initial arrogance and calmness, he gradually became embarrassed.
"Okay, that's almost it. That thief, what does your leader want you to come here for?"
Seeing the envoy, he was almost scared to the point of peeing his pants, so he waved his hand to calm down the soldiers and officers below.
The embarrassed envoy quickly held up his hat and started to adjust his official uniform, but accidentally threw the staff to the ground. The envoy didn't care that his clothes were torn and his inner clothes were exposed, so he quickly threw himself on the ground and picked up the staff.
This embarrassed look aroused loud laughter from the surrounding officers.
Jia Hui also laughed out loud.
The eyes of the dead messenger suddenly lost their luster, but when he thought that he still shouldered the mission given to him by the leader, he took a few deep breaths and calmed down.
He raised his head again and looked at Jia Hui proudly on the high platform, as if General Sima was a paper tiger.
"Jia Hui, do you know that you are in danger without even realizing it?"
First update today!
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