Completely different from Yuan Song, who was full of confidence and longing, at this time, Ma Chongyang and Tang Peng in Weiguan City both looked seriously and frowned as they watched the Fengwu Army bombard Weiguan... ···············
The bombardment lasted for about a stick of incense. Although it did not cause much damage to the main body of the city wall for the time being, some of the battlements at Wei Pass were bombarded. When the Fengwu Army's bombardment stopped, the defenders were Immediately send craftsmen to the wall to prepare for the repair of these battlements.
Looking at the busy soldiers and craftsmen on the city wall, Ma Chongyang sighed. He knew that even if these battlements were repaired, they would still be blown up when the Fengwu Army bombarded them tomorrow!
But even if the outcome is like this, they still have to repair these battlements. After all, they don't know when the Fengwu Army will attack. If they don't repair it, the Fengwu Army will launch an attack tomorrow, and the defenders will be without the protection of the battlements. There will be more casualties.
Regarding the daily shelling by the Fengwu Army, Ma Chongyang, as the governor of the city defense, could be said to be angry and helpless!
More than a month ago, after he received the news that the imperial court defeated the imperial army and retreated to Wei Pass in the Battle of Pingyang, and that Yang Chongqing, the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, committed suicide in fear of crime, Ma Chongyang was surprised but also secretly happy.
[In view of the general environment,
The reason why Ma Chongyang was secretly happy was not because the Fengwu Army had won, but because of the defeats of Yang Chongqing and Fang Peng... ·
Because he came from a poor family, Ma Chongyang had always been depressed in the Luo'an court, which was dominated by powerful families. Over fifty years old, he is still the commander of the Xuanwu Army.
However, God also opened his eyes and gave Ma Chongyang a chance. After the Luo'an Incident, many dignitaries from aristocratic families betrayed Shangguan Hongyuan, and they took away many generals and soldiers.
Therefore, in order to consolidate power, Shangguan Hongyuan also promoted a group of generals from poor families, including Wang Muzhi and Ma Chongyang.
After being promoted by Shangguan Hongyuan, Ma Chongyang took over the post of commander of the Xuanwu Army. Later, he made many military exploits during the southern expedition to Sichuan and Shu.
Therefore, Shangguan Hongyuan promoted him to the commander of the Xuanwu Army, making Ma Chongyang a senior general of the Luo'an court and a powerful figure in the Forbidden Army.
Although he finally seized the opportunity and finally rose to power after he was over fifty years old, Ma Chongyang, who came from a poor family, was still not welcome in the Luo'an court where people were well respected. Ma Chongyang was also very resentful of Yang Chongqing and Tang Peng, whose status in the Luo'an court was far inferior to that of Yang Chongqing and Tang Peng, who were more than ten years younger than him.
When Ma Chongyang was in a depressed mood, he told his subordinates that the court was full of incompetent idiots, such as Meng Zuyin.
Originally, the matter was not serious, just a matter of drinking and complaining, but this matter reached the ears of nobles from the aristocratic family, and they themselves disliked Ma Chongyang, a guy from a poor family.
Now that we have the evidence, we immediately go to the advocate to impeach Ma Chongyang and want to remove Ma Chongyang from his position. Fortunately, it was at the time when Shangguan Hongyuan wanted to march eastward to attack Fengwu Army. Wujun is very helpful·····························
So Shangguan Hongyuan protected Ma Chongyang, and just beat Ma Chongyang with a military stick to end the matter. However, the relationship between Ma Chongyang and the Xungui family became deeper and deeper.
When the Fengwu Army attacked Yunbin a few months ago, the situation in Yunbin was critical. Ma Chongyang thought that his opportunity had come. After all, Tang Peng, the commander of the Hujie Army, was just a second-generation ancestor, Silver Spear Candlehead, and he was of no use. , the imperial court will definitely send him, a veteran, to take action.
But just when Tang Peng was already preparing to lead the troops to conquer Yunhe, what he didn't expect was that Yang Chongqing, who had been recovering from illness, suddenly came out and became the marshal of the world's military.
Not only that, the imperial court also appointed Yang Chongqing as the coach and Tang Peng as the deputy general to lead the troops to support Yun Bing, but he, an experienced veteran, could only stay in Luo'an!
After learning the news, Ma Chongyang was very sad and angry, feeling that he had not served his country with his talent.
There is no way to express the patriotic enthusiasm.
For this reason, Ma Chongyang was very negative for a while. If his hometown of Jiyu hadn't fallen into the hands of the Fengwu Army, he would have even wanted to retire and return home.
However, before Ma Chongyang could continue to sink in negativity, news of the Pingyang defeat came back. Most of the princes in the court were surprised and heartbroken by this defeat that shook the foundation of the Luo'an court. But Ma Chongyang But his expression was shocked, and he was secretly happy...
The reason why Ma Chongyang is happy is because he has long said that Yang Chongqing, Tang Peng and others are incompetent idiots of Meng Zuyin, and now this fiasco has undoubtedly shown that Ma Chongyang's idea is correct, and the court does not listen to the old man's words. Suffering is imminent!
Secondly, because there were only a few senior generals in the Luo'an court, although Yang Chongqing took most of the responsibility for the defeat by committing suicide, Tang Peng, as his deputy general, also had to bear the rest of the responsibility for the defeat!
Therefore, the next duty of guarding Wei Pass must not be used by Fang Peng, a defeated general. If this is the case, who will take on the responsibility of guarding Wei Pass?
In Ma Chongyang's opinion, who else could do this?
Therefore, Ma Chongyang wanted to directly submit a letter to Shangguan Gong and take the initiative to serve as the governor of Weiguan to guard Luoan for the Luoan court against the Fengwu army.
But then he thought about his previous experience of being unsuccessful, and he felt that he couldn't be so humble and take the initiative to ask for help. He had to wait for Shangguan Changgong to come and ask him to come out.
And just like Ma Chongyang thought, in this case, the only choice before Shangguan Changgong was Ma Chongyang, so Shangguan Changgong could only order Ma Chongyang to serve as the governor of Weiguan.
After getting the order from Shangguan Changgong, Ma Chongyang originally thought about asking Shangguan Changgong to go to the house in person to ask him to come out of the mountain. However, because he was a little worried about what happened, Shangguan Changgong appointed Tang Peng as the Wei general. Guan Dudu, so in the end Ma Chongyang happily took up the post...
When he first accepted this order, although Ma Chongyang knew that the Forbidden Army might not be able to defeat the Fengwu Army, he was still very confident that he could complete the task of guarding Wei Pass and prevent the Fengwu Army from crossing the Lei Chi, becoming a hero of the Luo'an court.
The reason that supported Ma Chongyang's confidence was that Weiguan was an ancient pass. Ma Chongyang felt that as long as he had tens of thousands of elite troops and sufficient supplies of food and grass to guard Weiguan, it would not be a big problem.
But after arriving at Weiguan, Ma Chongyang realized that things were not what he thought at all, and the situation was worse than expected.
After first encountering the defeat at Pingyang, the morale of the Forbidden Army was very low, and there was a pessimistic mood within the army, including many generals.
Secondly, in Ma Chongyang's impression, Weiguan was indestructible. Many of its defense facilities were in disrepair and could no longer function as they should.
Although Ma Chongyang found this situation difficult, as a veteran in the army, he quickly began to change the situation.
He first teamed up with Tang Peng to write to the official Chang Gong to exempt the soldiers from the responsibility for the defeat, and also obtained a sum of silver to reward the brave soldiers in the Battle of Pingyang. Then he tried every means to boost morale.
Under Ma Chongyang's operation, the morale of the Forbidden Army soldiers also recovered, and their mood was no longer so negative.
At the same time, Ma Chongyang also repaired various defensive measures at Wei Pass as quickly as possible, accumulated rolling stones and wood, lost firearms and arrows, and prepared to fight the Fengwu Army in Wei Pass to the end... ·············,
Just when everything was going in the planned direction, Fengwu Army appeared outside Wei Pass. To be honest, Ma Chongyang was very surprised. He thought that Fengwu Army would rest for a while and then attack Wei Pass, but he didn't expect The Fengwu army would prepare to attack Wei Pass so quickly.
However, just when Ma Chongyang was preparing to deal with the Fengwu Army's large-scale offensive, he discovered that the Fengwu Army had no intention of attacking Wei Pass.
These Fengwu troops who appeared outside Weiguan City just set up artillery outside the city and began to bombard Weiguan. They fired at irregular times at twelve hours a day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and even
Even if there is no vision at night, the cannon must be forced to fire.
At first, Ma Chongyang thought that this was the preparation for a large-scale attack by the Fengwu Army, so he was very cautious. However, half a month passed and there was still no sign of a large-scale attack by the Fengwu Army.
However, the shelling never stopped. At this time, Ma Chongyang realized that the Fengwu Army was as tired as he imagined and was not ready for a large-scale attack. These shellings were just for fun!
This made Ma Chongyang angry, but he also couldn't help but wonder how many artillery shells the Fengwu Army had that could be squandered like this?
There are also some shells stored in Weiguan City for the Zhengdong Cannon. When facing the bombardment of the Fengwu Army, Ma Chongyang sometimes wanted to be temperamental and used the Zhengdong Cannon to bombard each other with the Fengwu Army... ···············
But every time he thought like this, Ma Chongyang restrained his impulse. Firstly, the range accuracy of the Zhengdong cannon was not as good as that of the Fengwu Army's red cannon. Secondly, the Forbidden Army's gunners were not as skilled as the Fengwu Army. Thirdly, the Zhengdong cannon was not as skilled as the Fengwu Army's cannons. Cannon shells were valuable.
Therefore, it is not worthwhile to engage in a bombardment with the Fengwu Army's artillery. It is better to save the shells and wait until the Fengwu Army officially attacks the city, and then open fire to kill a few more Fengwu Army bastards.
Although the truth is this, it is too frustrating to be bombarded every day but unable to fight back, and it has a great impact on the morale of the military.
While Ma Chongyang was thinking, General Chen Bing came to him and bowed directly to invite him to fight:
"The general will ask for a battle tonight to blow up the artillery positions of the Fengwu Army!"
Upon hearing Chen Bing's invitation to fight, Ma Chongyang and Tang Peng next to him looked at each other with wry smiles on their expressions.
If the Fengwu Army's artillery positions were so easy to blow up, they wouldn't continue to endure the seemingly endless bombings of the Fengwu Army.
In fact, everyone knows that this is the Fengwu Army's routine. They will constantly harass you with artillery, making you unbearably annoyed. Then when you send troops out of the city to try to blow up the Fengwu Army's artillery positions, you will be attacked by the Fengwu Army. of ambush.
Although they know the tactics of the Fengwu Army, this move of the Fengwu Army is a conspiracy. If you don’t leave the city, you will have to endure being bombarded. The morale of the army will be reduced by the bombardment of the artillery. If you can’t help but send troops, you will have to endure the losses. ·························
Originally faced with the Fengwu Army's routine, Ma Chongyang had already decided to hold back and fight to the end. You could bombard me from east to west, north and south, but I would not leave the city!
But when the rounds of shelling hit him on the head, Ma Chongyang couldn't help it anymore!
After pondering for a while, Ma Chongyang asked Chen Bing:
"What's your plan?"
Facing Ma Chongyang's inquiry, Chen Bing said firmly:
"The humble position requires five hundred men who dare to die. I know that the Fengwu Army will lay an ambush at their artillery position, waiting for our army to attack at night and sneak in!"
"So this time I plan to divide the five hundred people into two groups. The first group of four hundred people will attack and draw out the troops of the Fengwu Army who were ambushing in front of the artillery position. I will personally lead the remaining one hundred who dare to die. Soldiers, take the opportunity to detour behind and blow up the Fengwu Army’s artillery positions!”
When they heard Chen Bing's plan, Ma Chongyang and Tang Peng were both bright-eyed and felt that Chen Bing's plan was very promising!
And the most important thing is that Chen Bing's plan only requires 500 people, so even if the plan fails, they can bear the loss. If they can really destroy the Fengwu Army's artillery position outside the city, they will really make a lot of money. ··························
Tang Peng pondered for a moment and then asked seriously:
"Chen Bing, do you know the dangers involved?"
Facing Tang Peng's question, Chen Bing nodded heavily and said:
"I understand that this trip will lead to death! I am determined to become a benevolent person! Please agree to my plan, sir!"
Looking at Chen Bing with a resolute expression, Ma Chongyang and Tang Peng looked at each other again, and then the Governor Ma Chongyang made the final decision:
"Chen Bing, you are a man! I agree with your plan!"
"You can choose whoever you want from the entire army, including my bodyguards. Only one of them will be given to me to blow up the *** Fengwu Army's artillery positions, and I want you to come back alive!"
"After completing this task, I will personally ask the imperial court for you to take credit from the chief minister!"
After hearing this, Chen Bing's resolute expression also showed a touch of fire, and he immediately bowed to Ma Chongyang and said:
"Thank you, sir. I will definitely live up to your trust in my humble position!"
After saying that, Chen Bing went to pick the men he wanted to die and prepare for tonight's night attack. After Ma Chongyang and Tang Peng chatted for a while about the division of labor, they were ready to take care of the tasks they were responsible for. As soon as Tang Peng returned to his tent, his trusted guard came over and whispered:
"Sir, Master Murong has sent you a letter..."
