Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 245 Unexpected reinforcements

The next day, Su Yuan continued to advance with his troops.

It can be seen that Shi Ming already knew that he landed from the east bank, and the resistance he encountered during the march became more and more intense, and there were more and more soldiers.

From Caocheng to Haizhou Fucheng, there are two cities and several counties in between.According to yesterday's progress, it could have been completed in one day.

But today Su Yuan encountered an unusually large number of Haizhou soldiers.

Not long after he set off from Caocheng, on the field official road, he saw a large group of cavalry rushing towards him from a distance, hundreds of horseshoes splashing dust all over the sky, and the momentum was extraordinary.

"Prepare for battle!"

Su Yuan gave an order, and everyone in the Bei'an Army stood ready.

After the cavalry approached, Su Yuan saw the flag soldiers at the front waving their flags as a sign of attack.

He immediately ordered his men to attack.

Bang bang bang bang bang!
The muskets were fired, and the front row of cavalry immediately turned on their backs.Although the ones behind rushed over, it was the bloodthirsty and excited Li Yuanba who greeted them.

"There are only so many people! My wife is not enough!"

With a roar, Li Yuanba threw the hammer in both hands, knocking over 30 or [-] people at once.

He rammed towards the cavalry with his body again.With a bang, he knocked over a horse with his body, then grabbed the horse's leg, and with a loud roar, he even swung the horse up, like a stick hitting left and right!

Li Yuanba's prestige, or fierce reputation, has long been known in Jiangbei. Everyone thinks that he is the god of war, or the god of fierceness, and no one dares to provoke him.

But in Jiangnan, only high-level figures know him, and low-level soldiers and generals are not familiar with him.

If it were some military generals in Jiangbei, they would have turned their heads and fled as soon as they saw Li Yuanba, and they would never give it away for nothing.

"It's terrifying..."

Seeing that Li Yuanba was irresistible in the crowd with his horse swung alone, the masters of the rivers and lakes on the side of the Bei'an Army were all convinced.

They prided themselves on their martial arts skills, so they might have a little contempt for some ordinary soldiers.But to Li Yuanba, Zhao Yun and others, they dare not show any disrespect.

Especially Li Yuanba.Fortunately, Zhao Yun is a Confucian general.Li Yuanba's temperament is more impatient, and he will be beaten if he is provoked.

With his strength, even if he took most of it away, the beaten person would still be unable to get out of bed for ten and a half months.

For this reason, right now Li Yuanba beat up the cavalry by himself, and no one dared to blame him for taking all the credit for it.

Soon, the cavalry team was beaten to pieces and ran for dozens of rides. The cavalry captain was dragged off his horse by Li Yuanba and thrown towards the front of the Bei'an army from the air.

Zhao Yun flew to catch him and put him on the ground.

The cavalry captain was still in shock, looking around in fear.

Su Yuan asked, "Did Shi Ming send you here?"

"..."

"My lord asks a question, you'd better answer it honestly." Shen Lian walked to the side of the cavalry captain, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Otherwise, when I cut off pieces of your body, it will be too late for you to say anything." gone."

The cavalry captain's face changed dramatically when he heard this, his whole body trembled, and he quickly said: "Yes, Master Zhou sent me here!"

Su Yuan continued to ask: "What is your mission?"

"Report to my lord, the state shepherd asked us...to hold back the Bei'an army."

"Stop us, and then. Create time for him to escape? Or is there another purpose."

The cavalry captain slightly raised his eyes to look at the interrogator. He didn't know the status of this young man in the Bei'an Army, but the pressure on him was strong enough.

He just felt short of breath, almost out of breath.But in order to save his life, he still told the truth about everything he knew.

"Lord Zhou Mu doesn't want to run away, but wants to fight to the death...with the Bei'an Army in Fucheng. Master Zhou Mu has already summoned the troops he sent out, and sent us here to delay time so that more troops can be gathered. "

"I see." Su Yuan nodded.

This Haizhou State Shepherd Shiming still has some fighting spirit. If he were another State Shepherd, he might either surrender or run away at this time.

This Shi Ming wants to fight to the death, but he can be regarded as a loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's just that the Zhou Dynasty has survived in name only, not so much to be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty, let alone to defend its own status and power in Haizhou.

Everyone who should be recruited has been recruited. The captain of the cavalry was afraid that he would lose his use value and be sentenced to death, so he hurriedly begged: "My lord, please spare my life! The villain is willing to lead the way for my lord!"

"Yes." Su Yuan said, "You are still cooperative. If you lead the way well, I will spare your life."

"Thank you sir! Thank you sir!"

The cavalry captain hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, then stood up and went to lead the way.

It's just that when he got up and turned around, he saw the corpses of his subordinates all over the ground, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart.

"What are you looking at, you still don't lead the way." Shen Lian said.

"Yes……"

The captain of the cavalry quickly walked ahead, and when he passed by Li Yuanba who was walking back, his knees gave way and he almost fell to his knees.

He didn't even dare to look at Li Yuanba. The latter would undoubtedly be the protagonist in many of his future nightmares.

With the local generals of Haizhou leading the way, the Bei'an Army's marching speed has also increased a lot.

The cavalry captain walked in front, looking around quietly from time to time, with a hint of escape in mind.

But soon, his thoughts completely disappeared without a trace.

He couldn't run away, all the Bei'an soldiers were very focused, and someone was watching him all the time, as long as he made any abnormal moves, he would lose his life immediately.

He had no choice but to settle down and lead the way.

Until the next city, Su Yuan used the same strategy as before to attack the city.

After finding out that there were not many defenders, he directly asked Li Yuanba and Zhao Yun to lead a group of Jianghu masters to the city wall.After occupying the city wall with their crushing force and opening the city gate, everything will follow naturally.

If you encounter a city with many defenders, Su Yuan will first send artillery to bombard the city wall with heavy artillery.After a round of shelling, not to mention the collapse of the city wall, most of the defenders would be stunned and lose their combat effectiveness.

This kind of army that uses both "technology" and "martial arts" has almost exploded in combat effectiveness.Facing enemies who are inferior in technology and martial arts is as easy and simple as crushing ants.

The cavalry captain who led the way saw the Bei'an army break through the city with his own eyes, his mentality changed completely, and he decided to completely join the Bei'an army, and his expression became more flattering.

It's a pity that all the soldiers of the Bei'an Army were very "cold". He spoke to several people and ignored him, and finally had to stay aside resentfully.

Su Yuan didn't rest much, he only rested in the city for a while, and then continued to march westward.

……

Haizhou Fucheng.

Shi Ming's confidant Wang Ben, because he didn't want to die with Shi Ming, secretly gathered his own bodyguards, preparing to make a sudden attack to catch Shi Ming, and take him to surrender to the Bei'an Army as a certificate of surrender.

After gathering a good manpower, under the guise of Shi Ming, he tricked the guards of the State Shepherd's Mansion and entered the mansion.

However, as soon as he entered the mansion, Wang Ben noticed something was wrong.

The yard is too quiet, why can't any of the servants see it?
His heart sank, his face changed slightly: "Oops!"

He immediately turned around and led the people away, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from all directions.

The gate of the State Shepherd's Mansion was slammed shut from the outside, and a large number of soldiers appeared around the mansion, and many soldiers with bows and crossbows also appeared on the courtyard wall.

"There is an ambush!"

"This……"

"Patriarch, what should we do?!"

Discovering the ambush, all the people brought by Wang Ben panicked and stood back to back.

Wang Ben was squeezed in the middle with a look of despair.

He knew Shi Ming, the latter seemed to be a talkative and elegant old official, but if he decided to do something, he would stick to it to the end.

Now that the troops are mobilized, blood will definitely be seen!

Wang Ben was furious in his heart, he was not reconciled, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Shi Ming! Come out if you have the ability!!!"

Shi Ming really came out.

He came from the backyard under the guard of a group of heavily armored soldiers, and looked at Wang Ben with a gloomy expression.

"Traitor, do you still have the face to see me? I have already seen that you are rebellious, and secretly planted spies to lurk in your house. I didn't expect that you are so bold that you want to assassinate the state shepherd!"

When Wang Ben saw Shi Ming and heard him say this, he couldn't help saying angrily: "You didn't force me! If you want to force me to death, I can only do this!"

"The matter has come to this, you still have to quibble?"

"Did I say something wrong! Ah!" Wang Ben roared, "How can you be an opponent of the Bei'an Army with Haizhou's troops! You, Shi Ming, want to be buried with Da Zhou, so why not go to Yunzhou with a rope?" The imperial court hanged us, why did they have to drag us in!"

Wang Ben shouted to the guards around Shi Ming: "Listen up! Shi Ming will not only force me to death, but also you! If you listen to him, you will all be killed by the Bei'an army in the future! There will be no one left! Now! If you catch Shi Ming, you can still live!!!”

When a person is about to die, his words are also kind.I don't know if this sentence makes sense, but Wang Ben definitely doesn't want to die like this, he has to struggle.If you want to live, you have to instigate Shi Ming's soldiers.

These words were somewhat inflammatory, and some soldiers showed hesitation and thought.If Wang Ben is asked to say a few more words, maybe he can really instigate some people.

But Shi Ming is experienced, how could he give him this chance.

"I don't know how to repent when I'm about to die! Shoot the arrow!"

Shi Ming waved his hand to give an order, and the crossbowmen on the courtyard wall immediately fired a volley.

Wang Ben and the others in the middle of the yard had no shelter to hide in, they were purely living targets, and fell down after a scream.

Wang Ben was in the middle, and he didn't fall under the first round of arrow rain. His eyes were red, and he held up his long sword: "Old man Shi Ming, I will fight with you!!!"

Shi Ming didn't say a word, just stood behind and watched coldly.

It wasn't until soldiers several times larger than Wang Ben and the others killed Wang Ben that he said, "Go to Wang Ben's mansion, and leave no one behind!"

"Yes!"

Shi Ming will not be kind to the traitors, he must kill the grass and roots, and kill them all.

After eliminating the internal instability factors, Shi Ming has to pay attention to the vanguard of the Bei'an Army that is rapidly approaching Fucheng.

Ever since he learned that the Bei'an Army had landed from the east bank, he had dispatched hundreds of fast-horse spies to inquire about the location and speed of the Bei'an Army without interruption.

The Bei'an army is a kingly way of marching. They don't engage in sneak attacks or take small roads. They just follow the official road in an upright manner, and then attack the big cities when they pass through the big cities, and attack the county towns when they pass through the county towns.

Such an unscrupulous way of marching is completely disregarding the defenders of Haizhou as human beings.

Shi Ming felt extremely humiliated, but there was nothing he could do.

Judging from the intelligence sent back by the spies, Su Yuan hardly encountered any obstacles along the way.

The cavalry team sent by Shi Ming originally thought that they could hold back the Bei'an Army by their mobility. It would be good if they could be delayed for a day. If they could be delayed for two or three days, it would be considered a great victory.

The result was good, the scouts reported back, the cavalry team couldn't hold back for even an hour, and was defeated by the Bei'an army, and the cavalry captain was even captured alive.

According to the advancing speed of the Beian army reported by the scouts, it would not take a few days, at most tomorrow, to arrive near Fucheng.

Shi Ming counted the defenders in the city, and there were more than 8000 in total.Tomorrow, I can return about [-].Not counting the common people, there are nearly [-] sergeants.If we mobilize the people again and form a militia, [-] can be collected!
One thousand to fifty thousand is a huge disparity in anyone's eyes.

In this comparison of military strength, Shi Ming thinks that even if Su Tufeng, Su Yuan's father who uses soldiers like a god, is resurrected, there is no chance of winning.

But he was worried.

The Bei'an Army's record of defeating the strong with the weak and winning every battle is purely played, not blown out.In particular, the fact that these 1000 people dared to go so deep into Haizhou proved that the general who led the troops had enough confidence.

"Is it only with the cannon?" Shi Ming thought.

He already knew the information that the Bei'an Army had heavy artillery, and the heavy artillery could blow down the city wall, and its power was indeed impressive.

But Shi Ming didn't think there would be enough shells for the thousand men of the Bei'an Army.Moreover, Fucheng is different from other cities in that the city walls are high and deep, so it is not so easy to collapse.

"Or, relying on the strong generals in the army? That Zhao Yun and Li Yuanba..."

Shi Ming has naturally heard of the prestige of these two generals.In the past, when the Southern Zhou court held a meeting, it was believed that these two were the strongest under Su Yuan.

The imperial court also studied whether it was possible to secretly contact and instigate the two people, but the instigation was sent out with a lot of money, but neither the property nor the person came back.

Shi Ming frowned, feeling uneasy.

Compared with those two generals, all the generals under him are far from each other.if……

"grown ups!"

At this time, a subordinate came to report with joy on his face.

"What's wrong?" Shi Ming asked.

"My lord, a group of people wearing masks came to the gate of the city. They said they were disciples of the Tang Sect. This time, they traveled around the clock to help your lord fight against the Bei'an army!"

"Shuzhou Tangmen?! Quickly ask the city gate guards to let people into the city!" Shi Ming was overjoyed when he heard this.

He didn't expect that at this time, the Tang Sect of Shuzhou would send disciples to support him.

For a long time, the Tang Sect has almost never stepped out of Shuzhou, and its disciples will not participate in court disputes.

Shi Ming had heard about the upheaval of the Tang Sect a few days ago, but he didn't know the details. He only knew that the Tang Sect had a new castle master.

Unexpectedly, Haizhou is in danger today, and the Lord of the new castle sent his disciples to support him. This is really a surprise!
As soon as Shi Ming thought about it, he went to the city gate to greet him with his subordinates.

At this time, he no longer cared about putting on state shepherd airs, the enemy was ahead, and now he really needed some martial arts masters.But in Jiangnan, Tang Sect disciples are naturally the best in terms of martial arts.

(End of this chapter)