I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 308
At this moment, for the Red Lotus Army, it is either a fight to the death with the official army.

Either leave the rear troops to guard Lezhi and the camp behind them, while the main force retreats quickly.

Xue Julin really wanted to choose the first one.

But seeing the reactions of these people, he knew that it was wishful thinking to fight the official army to the death.

The generals in front of them all lost their fighting spirit, and the people below can imagine.

The final result was that Fang Hu led two thousand troops to stay in Lezhi City.Xue Jucheng led [-] troops to stay in the camp.

The missions of the two departments stayed at the back of the palace, citing each other, and resisting the pursuers for the main force.

Xue Julin had also considered this candidate carefully.

Xue Jucheng is his own younger brother, and Fang Hu is a member of the Fang clan and Fang Jiao's younger brother. Only such a candidate can comfort people's hearts at this time.

Although the two of them knew that staying was a narrow escape, they still accepted the order without any hesitation.

The rest of the ministries need to immediately turn to Puzhou City.

And here Xue Julin had just finished deploying, when he heard the messenger report: "The scouts report, the officers and soldiers are ready to leave the camp."

"It came so fast, all the ministries rushed to form a team, and followed orders."

After everyone left, only Fang Jiao, Xue Julin, Fang Hu and Xue Jucheng were left in the hall.

Xue Julin said: "Stay for three days. After three days, you can give up Lezhi directly. I will let Changqing lead the cavalry to meet you at that time."

Fang Jiao also nodded.

Xue Jucheng said: "Brother, you don't need to say any more. Since we embarked on this road, this moment is sooner or later. Commander Fang Shou Lezhi and I will do our best. Changxing Changyong will ask you brother."

Changxing and Changyong are Xue Jucheng's two sons, one fifteen and one thirteen, and they are now in Xue Julin's personal guard.

Xue Julin nodded after listening to his brother's words similar to Tuogu, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

Xue Jucheng also nodded with a smile, then cupped his fists and turned to leave.

Fang Hu also smiled, "Second brother, I won't talk about it if I have too much. When I see my elder brother, I will take care of me. Marshal Xue, you are capable. I, Fang Hu, admire you. Let's work together. Let's say goodbye .”

Xue Julin nodded, then cupped his fists and said, "General Fang, take care."

Fang Jiao said with a smile: "Huzi, don't come here. If something goes wrong, run away quickly. No one in the army can stop you."

Fang Hu said: "Okay, I remember. Goodbye."

After speaking, he clasped his fists at the two of them and went out.

Several people understand that these [-] achievements are a farewell.It is easy to block the officers and soldiers for several days.

But it is difficult to get out of the eyes of the officers and soldiers.

On the other side, as if to confirm Xue Julin's conjecture, a large banner with the word "Fu" came out of the valley of Posuo Mountain.

At this time, the defenders on the mountain cheered when they saw the banner of Marshal Fu.

At the same time, tens of thousands of troops, like a long dragon, crossed the valley without end and went straight to Lezhi.

Since the fall of Lezhi, the siege equipment that Zhao Fubai had ordered to build finally came into use at this time, and it was undoubtedly a precautionary measure.

On the other hand, in the Red Lotus Camp behind Lezhi City, all the troops of various ministries followed Xue Julin's instructions and set out on the road with the necessary supplies.

When they left the camp, they could even clearly hear the sound of drums and horns and shouts of killing from the officers and soldiers attacking the city.

Outside the city, Fu Jinchuan under his command stood on a high slope, surrounded by a group of generals and staff.

"Chen Shi."

"The end is here."

"Siege the city today, you will preside over it."

"The last general is in command, thanks to Marshal Xie for cultivation."

Chen Shi said very excitedly.

After more than ten years of hard work in the army, all the way to Sima in Puzhou, Chen Shi naturally understood that this was an opportunity for him to pay off his merits.

That's right, Chen Shi and Yang Xingfang made great contributions to attacking the Red Lotus Army at night before, but before he was the Sima of Puzhou, the loss of the state city was a crime of losing land.

If Fu Jinchuan wanted to pursue it, no one could blame him if he directly ordered someone to be dragged out and beheaded for public display.

Because this is military law.The crime of losing ground should be executed.

Although it was forced by the situation at that time, and he chose to give up the state city and guard Lezhi and the big and small Posuo Mountains so that the officers and soldiers could occupy a favorable position, it was objectively correct.

But military law is military law, and military law will not allow any general to voluntarily abandon the city.

But now Fu Jinchuan ordered him to lead the army to attack the city and let him regain the lost ground. Even if the court pursues him in the future, he will be able to offset the previous crime of abandoning the city.

Chen Shi took the order and left, only came to the place where the city was only two miles away, and immediately summoned all the ministries that participated in the siege today.

Begin to issue military orders.

The teams responsible for the siege were the Probation Army, the Jingnan Army, and the rear guards of the imperial army, each with a total of more than [-] people.

The rest of the ministries surrounded Lezhi City on three sides, leaving only the camp of the Red Lotus Army outside the city to the south.

Dozens of trebuchets were pushed over by mules and horses from a distance of more than ten miles, and all of them were erected on the front and back of the city.

Following the order of the messenger, dozens of stone cannons smashed towards the top of the city.

The stone cannons flew randomly in the air, the "cracking" sound of wood rubbing, the "bang bang" impact, and the shouts from above and below the city were mixed together, making the city wall even more noisy.

Fang Hu looked at the siege equipment that suddenly appeared below the city, widened his eyes and said, "Damn it, why did the officers and soldiers suddenly appear so many trebuchets?"

Xue Juye on the side pointed to the various siege equipment that had been transported from afar and said: "It was built a long time ago, and it is only waiting to be used for siege today. There is no need to do anything else today. Let the people below hide from the guns. I Go out of the city first, if you can't hold on here, send me a signal at any time, so I can take care of you here."

Fang Hu nodded.

"Okay, there are three days, how can the main force arrive."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a loud "bang" sound, and a big stone fell on the wall outside the city tower, and the broken stones, bricks and soil were immediately splashed, and the surrounding soldiers hugged their heads to avoid it.

"Ah" a Red Lotus sergeant screamed hoarsely while hugging his thigh, "My leg."

And the stone cannons outside the city fell on the city wall one after another, causing little damage to the Red Lotus Army, but the fear was great.

Because as long as the stone cannon hits, the head will be broken, the tendon will be broken and the bone will be broken.

At the same time, the crossbowmen of the official army also began to throw their bows and arrows over the top of the city, and all arrows were fired.

It was also the first time for Fang Hu to face the official army as a city defender, and it was also the first time he knew that it turned out that attacking a city could still be done like this.

However, he has no time to sigh at the moment, so he can only hide in the tower to avoid arrows and stone cannons.

At this distance, these arrows and stone cannons, even if he had extraordinary skills, he couldn't resist them with his flesh and blood.

On the high slope, Fu Jinchuan was watching the battle with a group of generals, and he was quite satisfied with the pressure the government army was putting on the rebels at the top of the city.

"Fuber, plan ahead, you're doing a good job."

"Hey hey hey."

Facing the compliment from the uncle in front of him, Zhao Fubo was still a little embarrassed.

However, his move to build siege equipment in advance did save the officers and soldiers a lot of time, which also made it very difficult for the rebels to delay the three-day deadline.

"Jie Shuai, you can send a small group of elite cavalry to bypass the camp of the rebels and pursue the main force of the Red Lotus Army, so as to delay their marching speed."

Yang Xingfang on the side suddenly suggested.

As soon as his words fell, all the generals looked at Fu Jinchuan with bright eyes.

"But, since this is your idea, let you go, where is Yang Xilie?"

"The end is here."

"Transfer six cavalry from your probation army to Yang Xingfang."

"promise."

"Yang Xingfang, you are from Puzhou, you are familiar with the terrain...but do everything according to your ability."

"The Last General Takes Order"

Yang Xingfang immediately responded with clasped fists, and then went to order soldiers with Yang Xilie.

A team of cavalry is 50 people, and six teams are 300 people.

The effectiveness of the three hundred elite cavalry depends entirely on the ability of the leader.

The purpose of transferring people from the probation army to Yang Xingfang was also because Fu Jinchuan wanted to see if he was a strong local, and when he first entered the army, he could hold down the brave men in the army. This was also a test for him.

At the same time, it is also an opportunity.

How much success this kind of highly autonomous attack can achieve depends entirely on the ability of the leader.

Of course, there is also the essential luck.

(End of this chapter)