In the afternoon, as Wu Jingfeng and Zhuge Yang had not arrived yet, the execution began directly.
Zhang Dalongtou kept his word. Even if he survived the stampede hell, he still drew one out of every two officers and one out of every five soldiers. As for the two generals, regardless of whether they were generals or local tycoons, they were killed by Jia Yue each. , hung on the camp gate early.
At this time, the relevant number of people and corpses were also taken advantage of the opportunity to be counted clearly. There were actually more than six thousand officers and soldiers alive, including more than a thousand wounded... You know, when the Dragon Army was ending, it carried out a large-scale operation with cruelty and tacit understanding. Last hit, so these casualties were basically caused by stampedes. At the same time, the Deposed Dragon Army lost seven to eight hundred people, mostly in the first half hour.
It can only be said that under the condition of cold weapons and professional troops making no mistakes, the damage caused by the war itself is indeed limited. However, at the same time, the damage caused by the war is often not caused by the battle itself.
Next, Zhang Xing still fulfilled his promise. For all wounded soldiers, those with wounds would be bandaged as much as possible, and those with fractures would be helped to set bones. Then, he asked the prisoners who had taken off their armor and even winter clothes to carry their lightly and seriously wounded soldiers with their bare hands. , dragging the remains of corpses that were also stripped naked, they immediately returned north - including even the heads of the two lieutenant generals.
Let's say that at this time, it was already close to evening.
And in late October, even at the end of the so-called Indian summer, how can we feel better after one night of darkness? What’s more, the northerly wind has obviously picked up in the past few days.
In this way, the 10,000 soldiers and horses dispatched by Hejian Camp this time encountered the most painful day in their lives - an unexpected defeat and bloody stampede at noon, a brutal killing in the afternoon, and a cold wind at night The harrowing trek.
However, they seemed to be quite lucky. Just twenty miles away from the camp area, they actually came to a large city, and this city happened to be Ande City, the county seat of Pingyuan County.
As a result, these defeated soldiers began to beg and cry outside the city. Together with the wailing of the wounded soldiers and the sound of the wind in the winter night, the entire Ande City fell into panic.
"If we let the defeated troops in from Kaicheng, won't they be exploited by thieves?"
Feng Wuyi certainly had a say in terms of qualifications and political energy. Therefore, on the city wall at midnight, when Qian Tang decided to open the city after a fierce ideological struggle, this person could not help but sincerely remind him. "If there are thieves among them who pretend to be criminals and take the opportunity to enter the city to act as internal agents, wouldn't they have to worry about the gains and losses of the city?"
Qian Tang put his hands behind his hands in the cold wind and smiled bitterly on the spot, without replying at all.
However, Lu Changheng was standing by and explained seriously: "Feng Gong, do you think we can really hold Ande City after the defeat of these 10,000 troops?"
"This... the city is safe, and many of the county soldiers have fled back, and they have also been comforted... If you can stay safe..."
"Mr. Feng, let me put it this way." Lu Changheng said seriously. "At noon today, if it hadn't been for the thousands of Hebei rebels who suddenly turned around and went to the battlefield to support them, I'm afraid the city would have been lost. Mr. Qian's hesitation before was actually worried that these people would waste supplies after entering the city. , will harass the people in the city, I never expected these frightened soldiers to be useful, let alone what they could do when the deposed dragon army came to attack."
Feng Wuyi became obviously uneasy. He hesitated for a moment, but then persuaded again: "The city is tall and the people are stable. How can we lose hope so easily?"
"Feng Gong." Qian Tang finally became impatient, but suddenly turned around and asked. "Did you hide the private messages between Zhang San and me that day?"
Feng Wuyi was stunned for a moment and could only quickly explain: "That person's words are vulgar and not worth mentioning."
"Whether it's worth mentioning or not is one thing, but as a senior member of the court, what does it mean to lie like this in front of the younger generation?" Qian Tang didn't even save any face. "Is this what elders should do?"
Feng Wuyi was completely helpless, but unexpectedly magnanimous: "Why did I think of this moment back then? I just knew that you were old friends, and I was afraid that you would be shaken... However, it was indeed my fault to keep the letters privately."
Qian Tang sneered.
"I'll go back and have someone bring it to you." Feng Wuyi sighed and could only turn back to the city.
As soon as this person left, the city was finally opened below. The county soldiers began to carefully lure the remaining soldiers and defeated generals inside, but the crying and wailing never stopped.
"This old man is not that stupid, nor is he a pedantic person. It is impossible for stupid people and pedantic people to
I have followed him all the way from the saint's dormitory to now, and he is still being used in front of the emperor. "After waiting for a while, Feng Wuyi sent an old capital official to deliver the original letter. However, after Qian Tang received it, he just rubbed it randomly, threw it into the fire without looking at it, and then looked at it again. The defeated army who entered the city anxiously but timidly sighed. "So he really had illusions at the beginning, but after you said that, he should also wake up that he is not good at military affairs and knows that the situation has changed." There is no rescue. The reason why we care so much is because we are afraid that we will be too frustrated and surrender directly. "
"But if the deposed dragon army comes tomorrow, what if they don't surrender?" Lu Changheng lowered his head and faced it. "The morale in the city is completely depleted, and it is impossible to resist these frightened defeated soldiers. According to what these defeated soldiers said, the two masters of condensing pills were simply captured without help. So what can we do?!"
"What can I do? Not to mention that it is difficult to escape, even if I can escape, as a county chief, I can't escape easily in the county's own city... It's just death or surrender." Qian Tang also took a long breath, his expression Trance. "Leave it to fate! Wait until he attacks. Let's see if I have the courage to die."
Lu Changheng remained silent, but rather looked forward to it - this did not mean that he was eager to see Qian Tang die or surrender, but that neither he nor Qian Tang could bear the current torture of waiting for his fate. .
They already knew all the details of the battle during the day. In addition, the two of them were involved in the battle and had experienced more personally. Naturally, they had realized that even the deposed dragon army had to cross the river in a hurry, which proved its strong strength and execution. It also proves that they are willing and able to break the current balance in Hebei and reshape the situation in Hebei.
On the land of Hebei, we don’t mention how Dongdu, Taiyuan, Youzhou, and Hejian will fight, nor will we mention the final winner. But at least from now on, in the short term, the Hejian camp will fight with the Deposed Dragon Gang in the southeast of Hebei region. There is no doubt that there is a fierce confrontation in this sacred land.
And all the local forces between the two, whether they are local officials appointed by the Wei Dynasty, famous families whose influence fills the entire region, local tyrants with absolute strength in local areas, or powerful military forces that come and go like the wind. The rebels must be mentally prepared to succumb to these two forces on the surface in the short term.
Of course, it is also possible that you will continue to submit, and you will be completely obedient from the outside in.
It was pitch dark, and the winter wind was constantly blowing, occasionally bringing the smell of blood in the dry air. Zhang Xing was sitting in the camp built with the help of the officers and soldiers, staring at the night sky in a daze.
Outside the door of his barracks, under the flagpole in front of him, there was a fresh human head hanging.
That belongs to Zhuge Yang.
He did not escape Wu Jingfeng's pursuit. The latter's speed was a nightmare for all masters at the Dan Condensation and Dan Dan stage. When they encountered this person, their most proud mobility would be blocked. If they could not confront him head-on, If you have the upper hand, it will be exhaustion and anxiety, and in the end you will be forced to make a helpless choice - whether to shatter the sea of true energy and die without rebirth, seek a happy death and a peaceful death, or hope to survive after having your limbs broken. Got a chance to surrender in the military camp?
Obviously, Zhuge Yang made the wrong choice.
But it doesn't matter, after today, the people in the Hejian Camp will be much wiser in their choices when facing the Deposed Dragon Gang.
Moreover, although Zhang Xing has been looking here, his attention is not really on this person... He is still thinking about the problem during the day. After dawn, is he going to seize Pingyuan, Ander, which is already in his pocket? As a foothold in the two big cities, they still chose to go eastward and gather Wei Xuanding, who had successfully contacted them, to try to rescue Gao Shitong.
This is a very difficult choice, but for different people, the so-called difficulty is actually not the same thing.
During the day, Zhang Xing asked Fan Dajiao. Fan Dajiao's reply was very complicated. He only said that he could save the city or take the city. That was because he had to consider the future position of his weak rebel army: Ask Xu Shiying, this guy. He was also a little shy, because Xu Dalang, who was going back to Dongjun after this trip, needed to consider whether he was qualified to comment on Hebei's strategic issues; when he asked Zhai Qian and others, they in turn guessed what he was thinking about Zhang Dalongtou... This The results of the war also shocked the members of the Deposed Dragon Gang.
The so-called wife is private to me, and my concubine is afraid of me. This is roughly the case.
As for Zhang Xing, he doesn’t have too many profound thoughts, at least not as many people speculate.
In that way, he considered some deep-seated issues of interest, but it was not too low-level. For example, he was satisfied with the results of this battle and wanted to enjoy it. He was just struggling with an extremely realistic small issue.
That is, if we continue to advance, can we continue to win the next battle?
Although the troops were victorious, the fatigue of the long-distance attack had been clearly revealed in the daytime battle. What would it be like if there was another attack? And can we catch the Hejian Army's east-route division that is likely to get the news? Or more seriously, if Marshal Gao is defeated too quickly and the Hejian Army comes in front of the main force, it’s hard to say who will be attacked by then!
However, before getting tired, Zhang Xing still followed the mentality of making a decisive decision and made up his mind that if possible, he should try his best to rescue the heroes of Hebei to win over people's hearts, but he needed intelligence and needed to advance cautiously.
In this way, early the next morning, Zhang Dalongtou officially gave the order to continue marching eastward. In the morning, he met Wei Xuanding, Cheng Zhili, Cheng Minqi, Fan Bao and others who had already been in contact in the southeast of Ande City. The two sides joined forces and joined forces. Fan Daguo's tribe, which has been cruising to the north, has officially exceeded 30,000 people.
Immediately, the large army turned around and headed for Ban County, the base camp before Gao Shitong.
After leaving, Ande City and Pingyuan City were relieved.
But some people were frightened in turn - before the main force of the Deposed Dragon Army arrived in Ban County, news came that it had conquered the Hejian Army's East Road Division in Pingchang County, east of Ban County, and was in the west. After hearing the news that the whole army was wiped out in one day, the partial division was greatly shocked. Then, after hearing that the 30,000 main force of the deposed dragon army was heading there, they simply chose to abandon the city and go north.
This is certainly good news.
The Deposed Dragon Army took advantage of the situation and occupied Gao Shitong's original base camp without a single blow, and took over a considerable number of remaining troops and supplies... Some of them were originally stationed here, and some fled because Pingchang was breached, but overall Generally speaking, most of them are the miscellaneous or weak ones left behind after Gao Shitong gathered his elite troops to go north, mainly the Plains Rebels who were slaughtered in the past.
These people, facing the deposed dragon army, showed amazing obedience.
But soon, just after the Deposed Dragon Army occupied Ban County and Pingchang, a large number of rebels fled from the north.
Moreover, they brought about a battle situation that could not be said to be good or bad - it turned out that the main force of Gao Shitong's tribe had been besieged in Leling City a hundred miles away by the elites of the Hejian Camp and the soldiers of Bohai County.
It can't be said to be good, because Gao Shitong really fell into the trap. Although Gao Shizhan's death shocked all parties, it did not prevent the trap from being launched. With the joint efforts of Bohai Governor Zhang Shiyu and Leling Guard Wang Fubei, Gao Shizhan Tongbu still "captured" Leling City easily, and then quickly fell into the reverse siege of 25,000 Hejian troops and nearly 10,000 Bohai County soldiers.
Not only that, after the Hejian Army's East Road division moved north in panic, it was also stopped by Zhang Shiyu, the governor of Bohai County, and then participated in the siege.
In other words, at this time, there were about 60,000 elite members of the Hebei Rebel Army gathered by Gao Shitong in Leling. However, due to the limited area of the city, the supplies had already been emptied by the officers and soldiers in advance. Therefore, the peripheral members were constantly fleeing, and the food supply was also lacking. It is about to be exhausted, and the severe cold of winter is approaching, I am afraid that it will not be able to last for a few days; and the river army has 35,000 people, combined with nearly 10,000 county soldiers, although it cannot completely encircle it, it is enough to set up a stronghold outside the city. , easily blocking the main force of the Hebei rebel army, whose combat power was obviously much lower, in and under Leling City.
As for it not being bad, that is because the appearance of the Deposed Dragon Army was too quick and sudden. Not only did the Hejian Camp sweep away the two partial divisions in the rear, but the Hejian Army in the Leling direction also did not attack without permission in order to preserve its strength. Launch an encirclement and annihilation campaign against the main force of Gao Shitong's department.
This left room for the Deposed Dragon Army and the Hebei Rebel Army.
Frankly speaking, the 35,000 Hejian Army's main force did exceed Zhang Xing's expectations, but even so, he had to go north for rescue at this time.
And there must be no hesitation or timidity.
Because once timidity is revealed, it is very likely that the situation will be overturned. Only by being firm enough can the Hejian Army hesitate and then create flaws.
In fact, just like the time in Ande City South, although Zhang Xing had obvious struggles and hesitations, he did not let these hesitations show up and affect related actions. He almost immediately ordered the troops to prepare and set off, but he just took a rest. Just one day, October
On the twenty-fifth day, in the increasingly cold winter weather, the Dragon-Deposed Army set off vigorously and headed north.
Pointing directly at Leling, trying to rescue the siege.
Of course, the guilty Zhang Xing had already asked for help as soon as he knew the news. He asked Wang Zhen, who was originally going to Dengzhou, to lead his troops from Douzigang to support, and asked Bai Yousi to come in person to support, and asked Bai Yousi to come to support in person. Xu Dalang turned back to Jibei and brought with him the troops and some leaders who were originally preparing to cross the river but failed to cross in a hurry.
Wei Xuanding even asked Wei Xuanding, who had been disorganized and disorganized before Banxian began to reorganize, to select from the rebels who had been left behind by Gao Shitong and those who had fled from the front line, and to be ready for support at any time.
Of course, Zhang Xing's tough stance immediately alarmed all parties.
Not to mention the officers and soldiers of Pingyuan County and the surrounding rebels, Leling also learned the news immediately. Whether it was the tribesmen of the Hejian Camp and Bohai County soldiers in the outer area, or those who were destined to be unable to be tightly surrounded. The news was received both inside and outside Leling City.
Then the reactions varied.
Others did not mention it. On the evening of October 25th, when Gao Shitong was in a daze in the hall inside the city, someone suddenly sent a message saying that Dou Lide, the leader of a new rebel army stationed outside the city, had come to the city to see him.
Gao Shitong was naturally speechless and immediately invited people in.
When Dou Lide entered the hall, he saw that there was no one around, and he didn't care whether it was appropriate or not. He walked directly to the other party, handed over his hands, and asked seriously, "Commander Gao! Some brothers from the rebel army came around from the south. They all said that the deposed dragon army could be defeated within 20,000 people." Is it true that the army in the Hejian camp was beheaded and three generals were beheaded, including the previous beheading of Gao Shizhan, and the fact that he directly led the entire army to come to the rescue at this time?"
Gao Shitong laughed dryly and nodded: "Of course, Master Zhang, who is leading the army, is all true... To be honest with Lao Dou, I knew these things were true as soon as I heard them, because it was Master Zhang who led the army." His style...tough, unyielding when he has the upper hand, and never leaving any room for error."
Dou Lide nodded and continued to ask: "But the 35,000 main force of the Hejian Army is here, and the tens of thousands of the main force of the Deposed Dragon Army are crossing the river. In the end, who will win and who will lose?"
"I don't know." Gao Shitong shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I really don't know...but it doesn't matter, because I'm afraid there will be a showdown within a few days."
"Commander, that's what I think." Doulide became solemn. "If we really sit here and wait for the Deposed Dragon Army and the Hejian Camp to easily decide who is male and female, no matter who wins or loses, our Hebei Rebel Army will have no sound. We need not say that the official army won, but If the Deposed Dragon Army wins, we Hebei people will have nothing to say... So we must not wait for the outcome, we must do something ourselves. "
Gao Shitong took a long breath and went out, "How come I don't understand what you're talking about? Old Dou, otherwise, why do you think I took the risk to come to Leling?"
"I understand now." Dou Lide said solemnly. "Master Gao Da went north this time, so he fell into the trap, but the truth is indeed right...but we, on the other hand, didn't understand the commander-in-chief's painstaking efforts before."
"What's the point of saying this at this time?" Gao Shitong felt increasingly bored. "My thoughts have been peeked into my mind and I fell into a trap."
"It's when you fall into the trap. If you work harder, the other party won't be suspicious." Dou Lide sincerely advised.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Gao Shitong was helpless.
"I want to bring a few thousand people to surrender." Dou Lide took a step forward and explained his intention without hesitation. “Waiting for opportunities to do things.”
"You're crazy." Gao Shitong thought for a while and advised him seriously. "The deposed dragon army has just killed three Zhonglang generals from the Hejian camp, as well as one Xue Laoer. If you go and pretend to surrender, what if the Xue brothers directly kill you to express their hatred?"
"I'm going to find the camp of Bohai Governor Zhang Shiyu to surrender." Dou Lide's expression remained unchanged. "To put it bluntly, we rebels are the only ones who can deal with Zhang Shiyu at this time. Only starting from Zhang Shiyu's county soldiers can we shake the current situation of the war."
Gao Shitong remained silent for a long time before asking: "You have a clear mind and are determined. If you want to do it, just do it directly. There is no encirclement outside. Even if you want to make an explanation, you can just send someone to find Zhang Sanlang." , why bother asking me, an incompetent loser?"
"Uncle Gao is the coach and the leader of the Hebei Rebels. Since I have come to vote, as a member of the Hebei Rebels, I should report here according to the rules." Dou Lide replied seriously. "With the current situation in the world, if we don't follow the rules, how can anything happen?"
Gao Shitong was startled, and finally stood up. He held the opponent's hands and sighed: "The so-called strong wind knows the strength of the grass. If I hadn't fallen into this situation today, I didn't know that you, Dou Lide, was a real hero! You are really short-sighted! I deserve what happened to me." You look like a lost dog. You fled from Hebei to Dengzhou, and then from Dengzhou to Hebei, but achieved nothing! Old Dou, I dare not make any guarantees, but if you can come back, if our Hebei rebels can still have something to say, I am willing to recommend you to be the second in command and entrust you with the future of the Hebei Rebel Army!"
Doulide accepted this promise proudly.
PS: Thank you to Mr. Ryan, the Saving Chef, for the many rewards...I can't say I'm so choked up in this chapter...and I really feel that as people get older, their bodies are visibly declining. It's just a trip out, and it takes several days to rest after coming back. It won’t be stable.
