Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4220
Torrential rain.

Dozens of ships lowered their sails and docked on the shore. The iron anchors grabbed the sand at the bottom of the river bed. The turbulent river flowed like the sky, and the hulls were shaken by the impact of the river water. The chains were stretched tight.

A piece of plank came down from the side of the ship, and the other end directly stretched out in the shallow water by the river. Numerous heavily armed soldiers stepped on the plank and rushed to the shore like a tide, and then lined up in the heavy rain.

The armor was washed away by the rain, and the eyebrows and eyes were covered by the rain, but these thousands of people remained motionless, as firm as a rock.

On the deck, Liu Rengui and Xi Junmai stood side by side. The former looked at the heavy armored infantry that was about to assemble on the shore, and said in a deep voice: "This battle must be a thunderous one. , you don’t need to bother, just go all out. If Zheng Rentai is a smart person, he will find a way to send people to negotiate, and you just listen to my orders.”

In a word, without my order, even if the defenders of Xingyang raised the white flag and surrendered, you can't stop the pace of attack.

"Here!"

Xi Junmai naturally understands the intention of this move, if it is false it is true, if it is true it is false, although it is expected that Zheng Rentai will definitely not stick to Xingyang, but if he is so obsessed with obsession, then he will go to Xingyang and completely destroy the Zheng family. destruction.

It's a pity that the rain is too heavy today, and the power of the artillery is limited. He can't blow up the city wall of Xingyang with a bombardment first. However, he is full of confidence in the combat power of the heavy armored infantry under his command. The four barbarians don't just rely on the benefits of firearms.

The combat power of pawns and cavalry is equally invincible in the world.

Liu Rengui patted Xi Junmai's shoulder, and said softly, "Go, I'll let the armored cavalry disembark and gather to stabilize the rear for you. Just keep going forward, don't worry."

"Here!"

Xi Junmai knelt down on one knee and gave the military salute, and then he got up and stepped on the wooden boards to get off the boat, followed by dozens of soldiers behind him.

Before arriving at the assembled battle formation, he drew out the horizontal knife with a "choke" and pointed the tip of the knife at Xingyang City in the distance. Turn three! Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The soldiers in full armor hissed in response, and the sound waves soared into the sky. Under the heavy reward, their morale was naturally high. Then, under the leadership of their respective corporal leaders, team leaders, and brigade commanders, they rushed towards Xingyang City slowly under the pouring rain. .

It swept across the river beach like a black tide, with a mighty momentum.

Behind them, more than a thousand armored cavalry also dismounted from the boat. After forming up, they slowly pressed forward along the line of the rear array of heavily armored infantry.

……

On the city of Xingyang, Zheng Rentai endured the pain all over his body, lying on the arrow stack and looking into the distance, but the rain curtain formed by the pouring rain blocked his sight, and he couldn't find the situation in the distance at all.

But the fast horses of the scouts galloped back and forth, passing news back and forth.

The navy ship has docked and dropped anchor!
The heavy armored infantry disembarked and assembled on the shore!

The strength reaches 3000 people!

The heavy armored infantry began to attack, and the naval ships lifted anchor and moved to the center of the river!

A thousand armored cavalry were assembled, covering the rear of the heavily armored infantry, and came to Xingyang!

The enemy is ten miles away!

Seven miles!

Three miles!

……

The gates of the city were closed tightly, and the defenders were waiting on the city, with serious faces, holding their swords and guns tightly, while the rest of the soldiers stood in the city in the heavy rain, ready to add more guards at any time.

Everyone was terrified, suppressing the tension in their hearts. After all, the two sides fought in Banzhu not long ago, which ended in a disastrous defeat for the Zheng family in Xingyang. The family was defeated in one fell swoop, and then went straight to Luoyang without any worries.

Facing the powerful enemy who had just defeated him, the defenders had no confidence.

Even if the navy is famous for its water warfare, who dares to underestimate its power in land warfare?

Finally, under the eyes of Zheng Rentai and other generals, a black line suddenly appeared from within the rain curtain.It was a shallow line at first, and then turned into a black tide, sweeping across the sky and covering the ground.

Zheng Rentai was holding on to the arrow stack, his face was a little pale, his fingers were bulging with blue veins due to the force, and his expression changed as he watched the sailor soldiers coming towards him like a tide.

A general beside him hesitated, and whispered: "Marshal, what should we do?"

To fight, or not to fight?

If we don't fight, we can't explain to the rest of the Shandong family. After all, we are united and united. Once Xingyang falls, Luoyang, Hangu Pass, and Tongguan will be in danger; if we fight, it will be a deadly battle, and victory will come naturally. Best, but once the battle is defeated and the navy soldiers fill the city, who knows what revenge will be done!
This is Xingyang, where the ancestral court of the Zheng family is located. What if the heavy casualties and violent and angry naval forces take revenge and massacre the city... Although this possibility is very small, it is definitely not impossible!
Standing behind the arrow stack, Zheng Rentai watched the enemy army approach like a tide, and finally made a move. He turned to a general and said, "Leave the city immediately and tell the enemy army that I am willing to discuss surrender with Liu Rengui."

No one knew whether his move was true or not, but the general behind him immediately ran down from the city, taking advantage of the enemy's distance, he quickly opened a gap in the city gate, and rode out with a few subordinates, frightened Facing the charging enemy troops galloped away.

Slow down the speed of the horse at a distance of tens of feet, and shouted on the horseback: "My commander has an order, and I am willing to discuss surrender with General Liu Rengui!"

The enemy army turned a deaf ear and did not slow down.

Perhaps it was because of the heavy rain that the other party couldn't hear it... The general was a little anxious, so he had to wait where he was, until the pawns rushing in front of the other party were close to an arrow, and he said loudly again: "My commander-in-chief Ling, willing to discuss surrender with General Liu Rengui!"

This time the other party probably heard it clearly, but what responded to him was... an arrow piercing through the wind and rain.

Because the rain was too heavy and the rain curtain was deep, it not only blocked the sight but also affected the hearing, so the general didn't realize until the arrow passed through the rain curtain and reached his eyes. It was already too late, the arrow clustered into the flesh with a "poof", nailed hard on the left shoulder.

The general snorted and reacted very quickly, before he could pull out the arrows, he immediately turned his horse's head and ran back with his soldiers.

Fortunately, the heavily armored infantry only jogged because they wanted to maintain their strength, and the scouts on both sides turned a blind eye to him, allowing him to run wildly all the way back to the city gate and return to the city.

Zheng Rentai had also come down from the city, and while listening to the general's narration, he strode back into the barracks, his face sinking like water.

I thought that the other party wanted to put pressure on him to leave the city and surrender when he made this attacking stance, but unexpectedly, the other party refused to even talk about it, and almost shot the messenger he sent to death with an arrow.

Of course, this does not mean that the other party really wants to attack Xingyang City regardless of casualties. Perhaps it is just that they are very determined and do not want to compromise too much in the negotiation, and want to seize more initiative... After all, the Zheng family of Xingyang occupies hundreds of people in Xingyang. In [-], the whole city of Xingyang was under control. With only a few thousand troops from the navy, even if they finally broke the city and won, there would be heavy casualties. casualties.

But Zheng Rentai didn't dare to gamble, because he couldn't bear the consequences of losing the bet...

Looking up at the generals around him, he finally turned his eyes on the eldest son Zheng Xuanguo, and said in a deep voice: "You leave the city immediately from the east gate, take a detour to the bank of the Yellow River, and ask Liu Rengui to stop attacking the city. drop!"

Zheng Xuanguo's heart sank, and he hurriedly said, "Father..."

Zheng Rentai raised his hand to prevent him from speaking, and said decisively: "Father is very clear about what you want to say, but the situation is so far, we can only abandon the Shandong family, otherwise, once the city is broken, no one can guarantee that the navy will do something. What kind of action... No matter what, the inheritance of the Zheng family in Xingyang cannot be broken!"

Surrendering to the navy is equivalent to severing oneself from the Shandong family. The original allies will become enemies of life and death because of this betrayal.

But even so, he couldn't take risks with the inheritance of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

The reason why he was reluctant to surrender under the naval attack was just to hope for more benefits and more initiative, but it was obvious that Liu Rengui had already seen his thoughts clearly and clearly.

"Here!"

Zheng Xuanguo didn't dare to say more. After taking the order, he hurried out of the barracks, put on a coir raincoat, took the bamboo hat and put it on his head. Surrounded by dozens of soldiers, he got on his horse and braved the pouring rain. The official road bypassed the naval army that was attacking due north, and galloped towards the bank of the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)