bookcurios Chapter 160 Escape Back to Pingyang County
Chapter 160 Escape Back to Pingyang County
Zhao Long came to Shigang Village, said goodbye to his hometown, and went to Guangchang County first.
"General Chen, bring the order from the Princess's Mansion. Your troops are to set up defenses in Langya. Contact General Xing Shuren there and bring the secret letter. He will receive you."
After saying this, Zhao Long took out a sealed letter and handed it over, continuing:
"You need to conduct a handover with the Dingzhou army. The one coming is General Pingnu, Zhu Yongzhen. After the handover, you can leave. You can send a cavalryman to Langya to take over the defense first."
Chen Da was a man who was not good at speaking. Zhao Sheng originally wanted to transfer him to be his personal guard, but there was no one in the new army that Zhao Sheng liked.
After Chen Daming understood the task Zhao Long had assigned him, he bowed solemnly to Zhao Long to express his determination.
Zhu Yongzhen arrived in Guangchang County three days later.
We had stayed in the military town before, and with the defense provided by the New 1st Regiment, there was basically no need to rebuild after we arrived.
So after leaving his beloved general Lin Wenshou and 5,000 men here, he took the remaining 15,000 men to Guangchang County.
Lin Wenshou served in the Dingzhou Army for ten years and became a general, which shows how accomplished he was.
Chen Da saw someone taking over the defense, and after verifying their identity, he said, "There is a camp in the north near Weizhou. There are 5,000 prisoners there, including Lu Yi of the Lu family. The order from above is not to move him for the time being. He needs to be carefully guarded if he is killed."
He took out a piece of paper and continued, "This is a list of people who need special attention."
Chen Da emphasized the word "take care of", and it didn't matter even if they didn't understand.
Zhu Yongzhen opened the paper and saw the following words written on it: "List of key detained individuals..."
Not only are the names and social relationships of the people written down, but there are also instructions on the methods of custody.
"General Chen, I understand. Is there anything else you need to say?"
"Send someone to the mine to take over the defense. We don't need too many people. The mine already has security personnel. If we make good use of the existing workers, we can have a combat capability of several thousand."
Zhu Yongzhen understood what Chen Da meant and said, "I understand. I will send a general with a large force. There won't be any problems."
"Once you're there, contact the army in Weizhou. They're closer to Weizhou, so it's most convenient for you to send reinforcements."
Looking at the rough man in front of him, Zhu Yongzhen was surprised to see that he was so meticulous. He nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Okay, General Chen is so meticulous. I envy him."
Chen Da didn't understand what Zhu Yongzhen meant, and thought to himself that there was nothing to envy, but it was just a thought in his mind. So he clasped his fists to express his gratitude and led Zhu Yongzhen into the inner city of Guangchang County.
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After abandoning his horse, Tuoba Youyou walked twenty miles north along the mountain road before he found a decent east-west road.
"Captain, it seems like a battle has taken place here. According to the map, we should be near Xiantai Mountain."
"Have you found any traces? What are the number of people fighting on both sides, casualties, etc."
"The scouts examined the scene and it seems to be similar to what we encountered near Niangzi Pass, with more casualties on one side, with approximately several thousand people."
At this time, the sky had begun to darken, and the dim valley made Tuoba Youyou feel extremely depressed.
"Orders: Advance westward along the road. Speed up the march to reach Pingyang County."
At this time, the army was exhausted and had no supplies, so they could only move westward. Even if it was late, as long as they were close to the city, it would be safer than staying in the mountains.
After a quick march of two hours, we saw many houses and low fortifications.
It was already night, and the team moved forward holding torches.
"Everyone stop. We can't go any further. If we run into the Jin army, we'll be in trouble."
Although they were invited by the Lu and Wang families, and the border troops also had internal support, this is the world of the Great Zhou after all, and not all armies will tolerate their presence.
"Report, the scouts ahead have reported that there are over 20,000 Lu family Jin troops in the defense. Like us, they were ambushed and are now resting up ahead."
"Lu's? Great, let's go there to rest and get some food."
"Chief, there's no room left inside. They've sent some people to Pingyang County, but food is no problem. They'll also provide some tents for you to camp."
After hearing this, Tuoba Youyou felt an uncontrollable anger in his heart. If a real fight broke out, who would be afraid of whom? He couldn't let these Jin troops look down on him.
"Warriors, we are hired here. Now we are only a little over 10,000 people, and you are discriminating against us like this. What do you say we should do?"
The Xianbei soldiers, who had been hungry for a day, heard Tuoba Youyou's intention to launch a surprise attack on the enemy at night, but fighting at night was so easy, and they were already exhausted and really didn't want to fight.
Then the entire crowd was silent.
Whatever...
Besides, Tuoba Wansheng came back to support, but was blocked by Yin Feng from the Third Regiment, who adjusted the muzzle of his gun and started bombarding.
Amidst the barrage of guns and cannons, Ma Damu arrived to provide support. More than 20,000 enemy troops fled in panic, leaving behind thousands of corpses.
"What kind of weapon is this? It's terrifying."
Tuoba Wansheng, who had saved his life, had a piece of iron stuck in his chest on his armor, his face was scratched by some sharp weapon, and his arm was injured by gravel, but fortunately, none of them were fatal.
Seeing this, Wang Jialie went forward to advise.
"General, we are lucky. There may be ambushes ahead."
"Ambush?" Tuoba Wansheng grimaced in pain, but Wang Jialie nodded.
"What do you think we should do?"
Tuoba Wansheng no longer cared about his face at this time and could only ask the geography expert for advice.
"Just now when I came here, I saw a fork in the road that could accommodate horses. We can send 10,000 people through first, and then change the route."
"How do we change our route once we enter the mountains?"
"Don't you see there seems to be a road in the canyon ahead? It's just that the enemy has occupied it and we are not good at attacking by force, so we can only take a detour."
Sixty thousand people walked through the mountains and forests. If they were not familiar with the route, it would be difficult to get out.
This is also an ability possessed by the Wang family who have inherited the Sikong tradition. They can determine some basic geographical locations based on the air currents in mountains and rivers.
After retreating more than a mile, they found a mountain stream that was large enough for three people to walk side by side.
"General Wansheng, I will lead the others ahead, and you will follow."
Wang Jialie led 10,000 people and walked ahead, collecting the flags in the team.
This thing is a bit of an eyesore in the woods.
Three or four miles in, there is an open area. It seems that someone once lived here, but it was later abandoned.
There seems to be a road towards the west, but it is getting narrower and narrower.
"The vanguard will lead the way with swords. If you don't turn back after one stick of incense, we will follow you."
Wang Jialie knew that this road was most likely a small path that someone had taken for convenience, so it would definitely be no problem for a single person to ride alone.
Tuoba Wansheng followed behind.
"General, I think we need to set up an ambush here. If the enemy can't find us, they will definitely follow our tracks, and then we will be in a passive position."
At this time, Tuoba Wansheng was like a frightened bird. He felt that what Wang Jialie said made sense and he fully agreed with his suggestion.
"I'll leave it to Lord Sikong's arrangements."
Seeing the injured Tuoba win, Wang Jialie did not refuse. He arranged more than 10,000 people to open a trail to the north and then ambush on the spot.
He also ordered these people to fight and retreat at the same time, and to keep moving forward towards the north, without changing direction, otherwise they would encounter the Dingzhou army.