When it was daylight, a Yongchang Northern Army with a total of three thousand men and a dusty army appeared far outside Zhengcang City.
Their formation was scattered, their clothes and armor were stained with blood, and they looked quite tired from running all the way.
The defenders of Zhengcang City immediately sent scouts to contact them and learned that more than 10,000 Uehara troops had attacked Tongcang City overnight. The gates of Tongcang City were lost, and General Chen Pi had to lead the defenders to abandon the city and flee to Zhengcang.
Unexpectedly, the Shangyuan Army behind him had no intention of letting go, and sent an elite force of nearly ten thousand people to pursue them all the way to more than ten miles outside Zhengcang City. Chen Pi would use the terrain to attract the enemy with a small force, and the remaining three thousand main force would take a detour. Only then did he slightly avoid the pursuers and fled all the way to the gate of Zhengcang City.
But just when the scouts reported the situation of Tongcang's defeated army to General Zhengcang, the Uehara army with blue cloaks in a line appeared in the distance.
The defeated army of Tongcang, who had been resting outside Zhengcang City, had no choice but to rush towards Zhengcang City. Before entering the city, they were attacked by a wave of arrows from Uehara cavalry. The soldiers had difficulty maintaining their formation as they fled. The flags fell to the ground and their weapons swayed.
General Pi, who had been watching coldly from the top of the city, then gave the order to open the city gate to welcome the defeated army. He personally led 500 cavalry to rush out of the city gate and briefly tangled with Uehara cavalry to cover Tongcang's defeated army entering the city.
As time passed, the Uehara army that was still in the distance was clearly visible. General Bi, who led the cavalry out of the city, no longer continued to entangle with the Uehara cavalry, but entered the city with Tongcang's defeated army.
After all the three thousand defeated troops in Tongcang entered the city, some climbed up the city wall with ease, while others formed a military formation to take over the defense tasks near the city gate. When General Zheng Cangpi settled down the cavalry and climbed up the city wall again, he discovered that this place had already been The defenders were quietly replaced.
General Zheng Cangpi, sensing that something was wrong, turned around and was about to get off the city wall, but was pierced through the chest with a sword from behind by a man wearing ordinary soldier uniforms beside the city wall. The man was in his thirties or forties, with bright eyes and very thick eyebrows. Completely ignoring the exclamations around him and the sounds of fighting that followed, he just casually pulled out the broad sword from Zheng Cangpi's body, held his face with one hand and pushed gently, "Don't worry, you You didn’t die in the hands of just anyone, Uehara’s general, Zhao Gui, personally came to see you off on your last journey..."
The body of General Zheng Cangpi slid all the way down the steps. Zhao Gui stood there with his sword horizontally, looking in all directions and loudly said, "The enemy general is dead. The city gate is open. Twenty thousand people are here."
The elite of the original army entered the city immediately! " He looked around, his eyes especially lingering for a while at the gathering place of a group of horrified Yongchang soldiers in the distance, and then spread his voice throughout the small half of Zhengcang City, "Send the order, the defenders of Zhengcang, surrender to avoid death, respond to the people, and do not commit any crimes. ! "
"Follow the general's orders!"
Three thousand elites shouted in unison, and the sound instantly drowned out the sounds of fighting above and below the city gate, causing the defenders in the distance to tremble.
Zhao Gui watched coldly for a moment, then smiled contemptuously, turned around and walked to the other side of the city wall to look at the Uehara army outside the city, "The rear army arrived a little later than originally planned."
A lean but very tall middle-aged man approached Zhao Gui. He was wearing the same uniform as ordinary Tongcang City defenders. His voice was low, as if there was a knife stuck in his throat, "Maybe it's because we are walking fast. After a while, taking advantage of the night to sneak so far, some flaws are normal. Fortunately, the guard Zhengcang is also a loser, and he finally managed to successfully open the city gate."
"It's normal to have some flaws! Are there flaws in the army?" Zhao Gui said with some displeasure, "Jiu Ge, if you always want to say good things for the following people, I won't dare to let you be mine. General."
"Young master, we have never thought about being a general. Although we are called generals, there is a word 'general'. Didn't the master himself say it last time? The number of generals in our Zhao family is not too few, but too many." "More." The middle-aged man named Jiu Ge happily looked at the life-and-death fights on the surrounding city walls, as if he were in the market. "The previous master asked Fan Hui to go south to follow the prefect into the city, wasn't it because of him?" He cannot be regarded as a member of our Zhao family. Fan Hui is more suitable to serve as the young master's general than me. The young master should be more careful in his words in the future. Didn't it mean that the prefect has already exposed the ANBU to the public? It’s amazing when you think about it.”
"Our Lord Prefect is different from the past. He doesn't take taking control of the city seriously. Now we occupy the big city of Yongchang County on the territory of Yongchang County. If this was done in the past, do you dare to think about it?" Zhao Gui looked at it. The Uehara troops who poured into the city gate were not even interested in looking back at the civil war inside the city. "My uncle said that the prefect has led five thousand Lijun Qingqi to the north. I, Zhao Gui, am convinced by this courage alone."
"The master and the prefect have a very deep relationship. Now that the young master can also have this heart, our Zhao family's prosperity in the next hundred years will have the foundation." Jiuge sighed suddenly, "That heavenly man The human-like lady Jiu Ge also met her at the beginning.
Yes, now that her son has become a prefect, it is reasonable for him to be so extraordinary..."
Zhao Gui glanced at Jiuge in surprise, then turned to look to the west, "Uncle said that after this battle, he will go to the Military Affairs Office of Licheng. If this battle ends successfully, there is a high probability that he will take over as a county lieutenant and take up the official position." Naturally, he has been promoted to the top. Even if he meets Lu Dongfeng, even if he still doesn't have to salute, he will naturally be half a head shorter. However, the foundation of the prosperity of the Zhao family still lies in the army. I just don't know what the prefect will think of General Uehara's position. Give it to me, or give the position of General Cangyan to Uncle Six..."
Jiu Ge frowned slightly and looked around. After realizing that the guards in front of him were all trustworthy people, he lowered his voice and said, "Master, don't worry about this matter. Master will naturally make arrangements. In my opinion, it should still be up to Master." General Uehara was the most suitable candidate. Although the Sixth Master had a higher military qualification than the Young Master in the past, there was no chance for him to go north this time. The Young Master went north to surprise and captured the two major military towns in the northern part of Yongchang County, which opened up the territory and expanded the territory. The result is that no one else has anything to say about it.”
Zhao Gui shook his head and lowered his voice and said, "There are rules in the army. The prefect dared to uproot a powerful Lin family before he ascended the throne, but he may not dare to really violate the rules in the army. It took too long for me to be promoted to general." Short, especially this promotion is partly due to the Zhao family and his uncle. Although this trip to the north has indeed contributed to the expansion of territory, it is after all strategically advantageous. If we don't have this battle, I Zhao Gui, if you replace him with Li Gui and Zhang Gui, the result will basically be the same, and the old people in the army may not recognize him."
Seeing that Jiu Ge wanted to say something else, he smiled casually and patted his shoulder and said, "Jiu Ge, do you think I am going to be depressed because of such a thing? Hahaha, why is the son of the Zhao family like this?" He laughed a few more times before turning around and looking into the city. At this time, the battles inside and outside the city wall were no longer suspenseful. "Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether I become General Uehara or not. If I can stay in Zhengcang or Zhoucang, I would be happy to give up all my military exploits, but my uncle won’t allow it, so I have no choice but to return to Uehara. It’s just that Uehara used to be a border town, but from now on, I’m afraid it will become a hinterland..."
Jiuge was startled when he heard this, but then he smiled, "Master, have you forgotten that when the current prefect returned home, didn't he just take an ancient road from Uehara...? !”
