Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1411 Heroic Stance

He actually came to Guangzong!
This result was both unexpected and reasonable.

At this moment, not only Jin Xuangong was obviously stunned, but even the soldiers around him showed some indescribable embarrassment on their faces.They may not know the details of the big city ahead, but they have to admit the basic facts. If the big city a few miles ahead is the target they are going to attack this trip, before the rations with the army are exhausted, hurry up and return obediently. .

Although the morale of Wang Shi's various troops is high, it does not mean that they completely ignore the facts.The city on the opposite side is several miles wide when viewed from the front, and the height of the city is more than two feet. Even if it is just an empty city, it is not easy for their six hundred soldiers to climb up the city.Not to mention that under the light of the fire on the top of the city, there are many soldiers armed with spears patrolling the top of the city.

"This city should be Guangzong, not Shangbai we are about to attack!"

After a little silence, Jin Xuangong also had to confide the truth, and he really couldn't hide it.They lost their way in Nozawa and ran into Guangzong City behind Shangbai like headless chickens.

Of course, there is no need for the soldiers to know the details right now. The most terrifying thing about being lost in the march is the blow and shake of the soldiers' morale caused by the loss of their position. But now that they understand where they are now, it is no longer difficult to adjust their direction.

Of course, the truth is such a truth, but the fact is not necessarily so.After all, they were in the heart of Hebei, neither the boundless wilderness in northern Saibei, nor the complex terrain and sparsely populated situation in Eastern Liaodong.

A big city like Guangzong has a complete set of city defense and security systems, not just the tall city that can be seen in the eyes. If the defense is tighter, it is not an exaggeration to protrude several miles or even tens of miles away from the city.

In other words, according to how close they are to Guangzong City, there may already be scouts and eyes set up outside the city by the guards of Guangzong City, and their whereabouts may be leaked at any time.

"Leave ten people here to watch, and the rest go back the same way!"

Jin Xuangong is courageous, but he will not be so bored that he knows that he is overwhelmed and wants to die. It is obvious that the Guangzong City in front of them is not the target they can attack, and they retreat to a safe place before their whereabouts are revealed. is the most correct way.

After hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They were really worried that the new patriarch would make some unreasonable decision because he was young and energetic.Although there were still soldiers on the way to retreat, they couldn't help but think, "If we can capture such a big city, I'm afraid we will at least accumulate merits six or seven times."

When the people around heard this, they couldn't help laughing, and the tension and fear of finding the wrong target were relieved for a while.Jin Xuangong couldn't help sighing in his heart when he was walking in the army, even these ordinary soldiers were so bold and calm. No one can match it.

After the group retreated for several miles, they naturally left behind scouts and eyes to monitor the movement.After retreating to a desolate valley in the wild, the sky had gradually dawned, and there was no need to light the fire again, so Jin Xuangong spread out the map he carried with him and began to look for the direction.

With the indication of such a striking landmark as Guangzong City, it is much easier to find where Shangbai is.Shangbai is a county under Guangzong County. It is only ten or twenty miles away from Guangzong City. After confirming a few approximate positions, Jin Xuangong sent a few soldiers to carefully scatter and start searching.

Unintentionally approaching Guangzong City, the result has advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, the location is determined, and the search for the real target can also be targeted.The bad aspect is that the soldiers can see with their own eyes that there is such a well-defended and powerful enemy city outside of their target, which is not insignificant for the suppression of morale.

At this time, the battalion owner came to Jin Xuangong's side and asked in a low voice, how to deal with the threat from Guangzong City in the battle afterward?

They were not timid, after all, they dared to go far to attack the enemy based on a piece of indistinguishable information, and they were ready to sacrifice, so asking now was just worried that death would be worthless.You must know that even if you can successfully capture Shangbai in the future, once the Jie army in Guangzong City makes a counterattack to rescue, it will be difficult for them to hold on for a long time with their current strength.

It's not that Jin Xuangong didn't think about this question, when his subordinate commander asked, he patiently explained the difference between the Guangzong Qihuo Army and the current Shangbai Jie Army.

The structure of the Jie army itself is not as stable as Wang Shi's clear hierarchy of superiors and subordinates, and the general is alone. Not surprising.

The special begging army is a special existence in the Jie army system itself. As long as their own interests are not too infringed, it is unlikely that they will send troops to support the Shangbai Jie army.

When several soldiers heard this, they were quite surprised for a while. They were used to the strict military orders of the Wang division. Can you still rule Hebei for so many years?

It can be seen that people are forgetful, regardless of Master Wang's current structure, decades ago, how much better was the Jiangdong court's control over Fang Bo in each town than Jie Guoneng?Not to mention, just the Jiangdong coup earlier, if General Shen hadn't crossed the river and returned to the country to turn the tide, and then established the Luoyang Xingtai Overlord Mansion, the situation in the Southern Kingdom would have collapsed as much as the Jie Kingdom.

But today, the forces of the two sides are different, and the soldiers of Wang Shi naturally have the qualifications to make fun of the country of Jie and bring about its own demise.

Even so, Jin Xuangong was not sure whether the beggar army in Guangzong City would interfere with Shangbai's military operations.

The unique position of the Qihuo army in the Jie army system also gave Master Wang a blind spot in his understanding of it.The confrontation between the North and the South has been going on for many years, especially with the great use of the Northern Affairs this year, other divisions of the Jie Army and the Wang Division have fought each other. Naturally, it is inevitable that soldiers and generals of different levels will be captured, revealing all kinds of inside stories of the various divisions of the Jie Army.

However, the begging army never appeared on the battlefield where they were fighting head-on with Wang Shi from the beginning to the end. This also caused Wang Shi to be completely unfamiliar with the situation of the begging army and the internal human relationship. corroboration without direct evidence.

For example, in the Central Plains War many years ago, Guangzong was once under the rule of Shikan of Jie State, but the Qihuo Army sat back and watched Shikan's defeat and did not save him.For example, Shen Yun's Fenwu army marched through Guangzong City last year, and Guangzong just closed the city and refused to accept the prince Shi Xuan who fled across the border. He even sat back and watched the Fenwu army directly invade Xiangguo and wreak havoc without rescue. move.

As for Jin Xuangong, he knows more about the begging army. In the early years, Li Nong, the current representative of the begging army, appeared on the Liao border battlefield. Although Jin Xuangong did not directly fight with it, he also heard about it from other generals in the tribe Li Nong's begging army formed its own army, and it did not mix with other troops of Jie State, whether it was stationed in camp or advanced or retreated.

However, this does not guarantee that the begging army can protect itself and stand on the sidelines under the current situation. After all, Wang Shi's troops have already arrived in the border area, and the Jie army under Ran Min and Guangzong's begging are already dead, and through According to the explanations of the surrendered generals from all sides, Jie general Ran Min actually has a begging background. Although he is already very weak, it cannot be determined that the begging army will still refuse to save Ran Min.

After all, the reason why Ran Min chose Shangbai as the base camp of his army must be due to considerations unknown to outsiders.

Therefore, Jin Xuangong was not sure whether the Guangzong Qihuo army interfered with the battle on the Shangbai side. He was also betting that the Qihuo army did not fully accept Ran Min.If he wins the bet, Guangzong's begging army really doesn't care about gains and losses, then it means that the reason why Ran Min relies on Guangzong's begging for activities is actually an idea to confuse the public and pretend to be a tiger!

If you can figure this out, it will be more meaningful than simply capturing Shangbai!

So regardless of other factors on the battlefield, just the attitude of the Guangzong Qihuo army towards Wang Shi, Jin Xuangong's attack on the white is a gamble for his life!If the begging army left behind by Guangzong directly intervened in this battle, with the hundreds of people under his command, there would be no return, death and no life.

The inside story is not detailed yet.When the sky was bright, the scattered scouts also sent back a letter saying that they had found the exact location of Shangbai. After Jin Xuangong got the news, he didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately called the soldiers who had dispersed to rest and went to Shangbai in the wilderness. Bully away.

During the march, the field of vision gradually widened, especially after walking out of Nozawa, the field of vision was no longer desolate. There were large tracts of land with traces of reclamation in the fields, and there were even artificially planted forests such as mulberry forests and plum forests. There are also dilapidated villages and towns, which finally have a bit of the charm of the heart of Hebei, and are no longer a dull wilderness.

Shangbai was once one of the main settlements of the Qihuo Yu tribe, and Li Nong, the current general of the Jie Kingdom, was born in the Baiqihuo lineage.In this piece of world, there were tens of thousands of beggars living in the past years. Because the main force followed Li Nong and was transferred to the north by the host Shi Huzheng, after the start of the Northern Expedition this year, thousands of beggars stayed here It was also taken in by Guangzong City, and this place was abandoned.

Hundreds of people rushing in line on the wild road are also eye-catching enough, especially in the rural fields where there is no cover, there is no way to hide their whereabouts, but according to the information from the forward scouts, there is no need to hide their whereabouts at all , because Shangbai, the base camp of the Jie army, was even more empty than they had imagined before.

During the journey, traces of large groups of people and horses coming and going in and out of this territory can be seen everywhere, and there are still firewood ashes left in some abandoned camp stoves.

Jin Xuangong and a group of people traveled freely in this area, and there were scouts running to and fro on foot in front of the team, reporting the latest enemy situation.Shangbai City is not big, similar to Quzhou. When Jin Xuangong and the others could already see the outline of the small Tucheng ahead, there were still left-behind soldiers running in panic in the remaining camps around.

"It should be the battle, I'm afraid it's hard to win!"

Seeing such a sparse and useless camp defense, Jin Xuangong couldn't help sighing, not lacking in regret, he thought that the long-distance attack with many dangers, the real danger was only outside Quzhou City, and there were no Rangers of the Jie Army stationed in Quzhou City. Discovering Wang Shi splitting his troops to go out, Shangbai was just a frankly abused target for them.

A group of people went straight to the outside of the earthen city of Shangbai. The city was cramped and small, and there were panicked heads protruding from the earthen walls. There were about four or five hundred people. Obviously they did not expect that Wang Shibuwu would be able to bully them so close. They defended and counterattacked with manpower, but it looked more like a joke. Many of the soldiers probably had never even experienced a real battle formation. They held simple bows and weapons with trembling arms. Inserted into the soil outside the city.

This kind of battle is really lackluster. The six hundred kings and soldiers outside the city divided into three groups and went straight to the Tucheng wall. Liu Ya was then photographed under the wall of Tucheng, and the soldiers stepped on it, slashing with their knives.

Soon this crude line of defense completely disintegrated. Standing on the low city wall, you can still see the panicked soldiers running around in the city. Most of them are disabled, old and weak. Nearly a thousand.But Master Wang traveled far away, with hundreds of soldiers, it was obvious that he couldn't cover the whole city.

After Jin Xuangong entered the city, he first ordered to put out the burning beacon smoke as a warning, and led a battalion of soldiers to slaughter the rest along the lanes in the city, while the other battalion passed through the city, chasing and killing as many fleeing soldiers as possible, but also ordered to leave the city. The city is three miles away, and the poor should not pursue it far away.

It took less than half an hour from the beginning of the battle to the end, and the hardest thing to calculate was the running in the wild all the way.Nearly a hundred disabled prisoners were captured in the city, and they were all driven into an empty house. After checking and harvesting, they got dozens of armored weapons that were already damaged. Raw horses, cattle and sheep, and more than 30 dendrobium grains, grains, hemp and other materials were found in the warehouse near the center of the city.

In addition to this empty earthen city, there are still uncollected corpses scattered in the alleys and inside and outside the city, which is all the gains of this battle.As for Wang Shi's losses, except for a few people who sprained their hands and feet when they climbed the wall and seized the city, no one died in battle.

"Is it really white here?"

One of the battalion owners spat out a mouthful of thick, dusty phlegm in a dull manner. Some couldn't believe that they could capture the city so easily during this trip, and wondered if they had touched the wrong target?After all, the criminal record is not far away, and the temper of being besieged by the Jie army in Quzhou is still fresh in his memory. Naturally, he is full of doubts about the possibility that this empty city is actually the base camp of the Jie army.

"This is Shangbai!"

Jin Xuangong gave an affirmative answer. Although the battle went smoothly, no matter the traces left in the city or the scattered empty camps outside the city, it all showed that a large number of people gathered here for a certain period of time. .Among other things, the row of mangers in an empty camp under the city alone could feed thousands of war horses in its heyday.

The Shangbai Jie army has been the main opponent of the Yanzhou army recently, and there are traces of various battles. Naturally, there is no spare time and manpower to build another big camp.

"This Ran Min is really a talented warrior."

After wandering inside and outside for a while, Jin Xuangong couldn't help but sighed, even the commander of the Wang division, who was in this situation, couldn't believe that Shangbai, the base camp of the Jie army, was so empty, let alone those comrades who were still fighting each other on the front line .

This Ran Min's militarism has really reached its limit. If it hadn't been for what he said with his own eyes, no one would have imagined that the extremely vicious Shangbai Jie army, which is fighting all over the field, has become so weak that even the base camp is completely undefended!
Jin Xuangong's sigh was definitely not ridiculing, he really felt from the bottom of his heart that the Jie general Ran Min, whom he had never met, was really a hero who was born for troubled times.Under the threat of such a powerful master Wang, he can display an aura that blocks the enemy from the outside, and is able to rely on the enemy for food, which is not something ordinary people can do.

If it wasn't for Jin Xuangong himself who is renounced by human feelings, has nothing to love in life, and rushes straight to death with the will to die, even if Wang Shi's army sweeps away in the future and forces Ran Min to retreat, he can control this situation as long as he can't fight in the frontal battlefield. Killing this person, I'm afraid it's hard to know how much his real strength is!

"It's a pity, it's a pity! I was born at the wrong time..."

After sighing, Jin Xuangong smiled again, regretting that this Ran Min missed the good time to rise up, and it may not be without a trace of sadness for himself.

Seeing that he is so bold in using troops, he is the true character of a hero in troubled times. If he was still in the old days of Hebei where the heroes competed for the throne, he might not be able to create a career if he took advantage of the current situation. Master Wubi is no match for this kind of tiger and wolf hero, how many times does he chase after the demeanor of Shi Le, the former master of Jie Kingdom!
But now, Xingtai has become a big trend. Even the old overlord of Hebei, Jiezhu Shihu, is just lingering, and it is even more difficult for him to grow up. It's just a little addition to the warlord's record.

Winning Shangbai does not mean that the trip was a success, and the soldiers of Master Wang did not have much time to reflect on the joy of going straight to the empty gate. After a short rest, they immediately began to replenish the city defense.Whether it is the Rangers of the Jie Army who will return to defense later, or the Guangzong Qihuo who is close at hand, it is a difficult test for them.

Although the Shangbai camp was extremely empty and useless, it did not mean that the Jie army would give up casually.

You must know that Ran Min's army is also a guest army fighting here, and most of them are rangers. Shangbai is their only gathering place. Therefore, it is almost impossible to gather all the rangers who are scattered in various battles.

Jin Xuangong and his party had a definite goal, and they missed Shangbai rushing to the foot of Guangzong city, and the rangers retreated, and the difference would be thousands of miles away, so there must be a stable assembly point.Of course, it is not ruled out that when Ran Min sends his troops abroad, he will agree on an alternative assembly point, but it will not be too far away from Shangbai, otherwise the army will be defeated, and how many people will be able to gather for a long distance to retreat?
When the city was attacked just now, Shangbai had already ignited a warning beacon, and many of the defeated soldiers fled in the direction of Guangzong. It is still unknown how Guangzong Qihuo would react. , a little tentative attack is also normal.

Master Wang is light and simple, and it is not easy to switch from offense to defense. Fortunately, some city defense equipment was seized in the warehouse. The attack was too sudden before, and all the people left behind were weak and weak, and they were not used for city defense. All were moved to the top of the earth wall to block the coming attack.

(End of this chapter)