This sudden change caused several hunters to stand there dumbfounded and frightened. Then the family who had lost their son started to cry loudly, but one of the thieves from the house was lured out. Just as he was about to ask questions, he suddenly saw the corpse of his friend on the ground. He was immediately horrified and was about to go. He ran into the house and was shot dead at the door as soon as he turned around.
This time, everyone in the room was alarmed: "Boss Yan, what's going on outside..." Suddenly the light at the door dimmed and several big men rushed in and chopped them down with swords.
The house was filled with clutter, and a broken bed was in a mess. A girl in her twenties was lying on it. Her naked body was covered with blood. She stared at the roof with dull eyes, not knowing whether to live or die. Kuang Ren walked in and picked up a piece of clothing. He covered the girl, and then looked at the two corpses on the ground and the one who was still alive.
The man was hung up alive, and Kuang Ren held a sharp knife and gestured at his face: "If I ask you a question, say it again, if you say more or less, I will give you the knife."
Huokou nodded vigorously.
A moment later, all the blood had flowed out of the living mouth. He twitched a few times and then stopped completely. Kuang Ren stood at the door of the thatched house with a sullen face, looking around at the hills and muttering: "The thief has spread so many eyes and ears, and we have so many people that it is easy to be discovered." , It seems that we need to use a small team to clear the way to clear out the eyes and ears, and then the large team will follow."
"Sir, if this takes too long, it will only delay the opportunity to fight. I suggest that the four battalions should be separated into groups. For example, the Black Tiger Battalion can go straight to the south and then make a roundabout way. The Black Panther Battalion can climb the mountains to the west from here and then encircle the south. The Black Wolf Battalion and the Guards Battalion can continue along the valley for a few miles and then charge forward facing the west. Each battalion is responsible for opening its own path to lurk. Even if it is exposed, it will not affect other battalions, and it may be able to attract the attention of other battalions. "A subordinate suggested in a low voice.
Kuang Ren slapped his thigh: "Okay, Lu Cheng, I don't usually see that you have such a brain!"
The four battalions were all carefully selected and capable of fighting alone, so Kuang Ren followed Lu Cheng's plan and divided his troops to sneak.
Just when Kuang Ren was groping and lurking in the mountains, Chang Yu in Tongling City received a very bad news: Li Muxian had been busy all morning recruiting fishing boats to go up the river to Anqing to pick up the Shenji Camp, but unexpectedly he was captured in the river. The thieves and navy intercepted them, but only less than thirty of the hundreds of boats escaped, and dozens of officers and soldiers were lost, which can be said to be a heavy loss!
Chang Yu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Bai Wang had also made preparations to block the river in the waterway, but he underestimated him.
The bandit army has been in the south for a long time, and their proficiency in water skills is far inferior to that of the landlubbers in the north. In addition, the fleet dispatched this time was neglected to recruit local people, and the escort soldiers were few and they suffered a big loss!
"How about recruiting another batch of boats? The soldiers under my humble command are also proficient in water skills. Let's fight Bai Wang on the water!" Wang Tizhong suggested, and the generals agreed.
However, Chang Yu shook his head: "It is unnecessary and meaningless to use one's own shortcomings against others' strengths, and the victory of the water battle will have little impact on the overall war situation. Even if they win, it will still be difficult to change the positional advantage of the land army."
"But if we don't fight with him, how will we pick up the Shenji Battalion? If the Shenji Battalion doesn't come, it will be too difficult for us to fight!" Xu Hongji shook his head, and Chang Yu smiled slightly: "If we don't go to pick him up, Shenji Battalion will The machine camp also has legs and can do it by itself." Everyone was startled and then realized that the young eunuch wanted to send an order for Wu Weiying to lead his troops back to the other side of Tongling, and then send a boat to the other side to pick him up.
The Shenji Battalion is almost all cavalry. Although there are hundreds of artillery baggage, the weight of the Tiger Crouching Cannon is only 40 kilograms. Transportation is not that difficult and will not hinder the journey. It is estimated that it can be reached the other side in two days at most, but this time Since the bandit army had already blocked the river, they would not be allowed to cross the river easily. Therefore, a temporary naval force had to be formed, not to compete with the bandit army, but to protect the God's machine camp and cross the river.
It was getting unbearably hot in the evening, and Bai Wang was half lying on a boulder under the shade of the trees in the mountains, looking at the river with a gloomy expression on his face. Just now, he intercepted nearly a hundred boats of officers and soldiers in the river. This event was a great event, but Bai Wang was a little surprised. None of them were happy, because they were all empty boats. This made Bai Wang very puzzled and interrogated the boatmen, but these people didn't know anything about it and said they were recruited by the officers and soldiers to haul things in Anqing.
Pull something? As for what he was pulling, the boatman didn't know. Bai Wang couldn't guess it even after thinking hard, but he vaguely knew that there must be a connection with Anqing. His heart was instantly lifted when he thought of Anqing. At noon, information was sent from there. Cheng Niandong They trapped the officers and soldiers in the north of the city and suffered heavy losses, but they were forced into the city last night and turned into a defensive battle.
This was considered good news. The officers and soldiers had been severely beaten before they arrived. How could the remaining weak soldiers attack the high-walled Anqing City.
But Bai Wang still couldn't laugh, because he found that the strength of the officers and soldiers was much greater than he thought. When the young eunuch went south, he claimed to have an army of 200,000. Of course, Bai Wang didn't believe it. When Wang Zamao was stationed in Wuhu, he said that there were tens of thousands on the other side. He felt At most, there were only 10,000 people. Later, intelligence showed that there were indeed only 10,000 people heading towards Anqing.
Unexpectedly, a few days ago, we observed more than 10,000 people crossing the border heading south from the other side, and today there are tens of thousands more... How could there be such officers and soldiers? Is it possible that there are really 200,000 troops heading south?
With Anqing's danger of 10,000 to 20,000 being besieged, it would not be a big pressure, but if tens of thousands of troops were to be deployed in full force, it would be dangerous. This is what Bai Wang is worried about!
No, we must put pressure on the officers and soldiers here to surround Wei and rescue Zhao! Bai Wang was thinking in his mind.
The outside of Anqing City was extremely noisy. With the support of the Shenji Battalion and the Guards, the three troops of Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo finally pushed Cheng Niandong back into the city, and then advanced to five miles outside the city to camp and besiege the city.
Anqing City has a dangerous terrain but does not have a moat, because it is adjacent to the Yangtze River to the south and Linghu Lake to the east. There is also a river flowing from Linghu Lake to the Yangtze River, which is basically a natural moat.
Hu and Jiang Lincheng were too close to have enough place to station a large army, and they were easily attacked by artillery on the city, so everyone decided to camp in the east and west of the city after discussion. Liu Wenbing, Zhang Qingzhen, and Wei Shichun led the guards to station in the west of the city and patrol the south of the city. People were stationed in the east of the city and patrolled the north of the city.
Wu Weiying's Shenji Battalion is a little embarrassed. Last night, he received a military order to cross the water to the other side to get reinforcements. Although he had to go back and forth a lot, the old guy was very proud. Seeing you, Shenji Battalion is now a hotpot.
However, Liu Zeqing and others knew that the little eunuch was definitely in trouble there, otherwise they would not have dispatched the Shenji Battalion hundreds of miles away to fight for reinforcements.
As a favorite, Gao Jie and others were reluctant to leave the Shenji Battalion. Although there were no heavy artillery for siege, those tiger squatting artillery could perform extraordinary feats at critical moments, so they pestered Wu Weiying and said all kinds of good things to finally make him relent. , leaving fifty tiger squat cannons, twenty zhankou generals and several gunpowder shells, as well as two hundred artillery troops.
The remaining thousands of soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were gathering on the riverside waiting for the boat to pick them up. However, at midnight, before the boat arrived, the order came. Chang Yu ordered him to return to the other side of Tongling and cross the river. River.
Wu Weiying was a little panicked when she first heard about this military order. To be precise, she was a little scared.
Although it was not his first time to go out to fight in Beijing, every time he marched with a large army, often with Chang Yu, but suddenly he was asked to march alone overnight through hundreds of miles of mountain roads. How could he not be afraid? The Shenji Battalion had another It's not known for being good at fighting. This is a mountainous area and a bandit area. Who knows if a bandit army will suddenly appear...
But he soon came to his senses. Li Yan's army was behind him. What's so scary? Hey, he had to hurry up and send someone a message. He would be blocked on the embankment for a while. It would be a big mistake if he missed his chance. Not good!
