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Chapter 394 Surrounding Wei and Rescue Zhao
Time flies, and the Spring Festival of Jiayou's ten years passed quietly without knowing it.

Due to the sudden rebellion in the Huaihe River, the surrounding states and counties are in danger. The governors of each state and county have called on the big households in the county to contribute money and food, and recruit village heroes to train them to prepare for the rebels.

The local gentry and big families either hid in the city or fled to the surroundings to temporarily avoid the rebels.

It has been a while since Gu Er arrived in Wuwei Army, he assumed the position of Marquis Yu of Wuwei Army and temporarily took charge of Wuwei Army.

However, Xie Bingde has already folded the main force of the Wuwei Army in Haozhou, and now the Wuwei Army has only a thousand troops left.

Taking the transfer order and official seal, Gu Er called on the big gentry in Wuwei Army to contribute money and food, and recruited more than a thousand village warriors, plus some remnants and defeated generals who had fled from Haozhou, a total of [-] soldiers, of which [-] Five hundred main soldiers, five hundred auxiliary soldiers, and five hundred civilian husbands were conscripted to collect food, grass and military equipment on the spot, and while training, they slowly headed north towards Haozhou.

The army traveled lightly, crossed Chaoxian County, bypassed Chaohu Lake, and stopped at Tuogao Town on the north side of Chaohu Lake. Tuogao Town was located at the northernmost end of the Wuwei Army, and could enter Luzhou in the west and Hezhou in the east.

Gu's second army was stationed in Tuogao, and they were not in a hurry to rush to Luzhou to fight the rebels who were attacking Luzhou. Instead, they trained on the spot.

It wasn't that Gu Er didn't want to fight immediately, it was because the soldiers under his command were useless. Most of the elite of the Wuwei Army were taken away by Xie Bingde and lost in the battle with the rebels. Xiangyong.

If the rebels had just started to make trouble, these brave men might not be useless, but now the rebels have been fighting the government army for several months, and the rebels have gained the upper hand. After the captives, their heads were also cut off and used to sacrifice the flag. Now the morale of the rebels is booming, and the original rabble must have changed after each battle.

Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, how dare Gu Er dare to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.

Fortunately, with the support of the entire Wuwei Army, there is no need to worry about the problem of food and grass, and the cotton clothes and quilts of the soldiers are also available. Although it is the twelfth lunar month, Gu Er still trains with his soldiers every day. Several elites have already been incorporated into the army and acted as generals in the army.

On the night of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, there was heavy snowfall.

In the military tent, the lights were brightly lit. Gu Er, who was dressed in military uniform, was sitting in front of the table, carefully looking at the map on the table by the oil lamp, frowning slightly.

"Report!" A familiar voice suddenly came from outside.

"Enter!" Gu Er raised his eyebrows slightly, and then turned his eyes to the entrance of the tent, and hurriedly said.

The curtain was lifted, Shi Shi, dressed in coarse linen, took off the bamboo hat on his head, patted the snowflakes on his body, walked quickly to Gu Er, cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Marquis Yu, in the early morning of this morning, Shen County and Yong'an Town have A large number of rebel troops have mobilized, and the direction they are marching is heading towards Luzhou."

"How many troops have been deployed in Shen County?" Gu Er hurriedly asked.

"At least five thousand!" Shito said calmly.

Gu Er asked again: "Can you see clearly?"

"The general can see clearly that the bandits' flags stretch for miles!" Shitou replied affirmatively.

Most of Gu Er's subordinates are new troops, and the requirements for scouts are quite high. Gu Er can only let Shitou and a few old soldiers brought from Quanzhou lead the team personally, and go to investigate the movements of the rebels in disguise.

"It's only been half a month since the bandits captured Shen County. Shen County is a middle county. There are no more than 5000 households and at most [-] people, and only a few thousand young and strong. There are no more than [-] people at most, and now we have sent [-] troops, so the bandit army in Shen County is no more than [-] people at most?"

Gu Er looked at the map and analyzed it calmly.

"The entire territory of Haozhou fell. The bandit army did not go north, but instead went west to south. Now they have occupied the three counties of Xiacai, Shouchun, and Anfeng. Shouzhou has been nearly halfway. They are trying to take Luzhou Hefei and Hefei are swallowed up, Shouzhou and Luzhou are all included in the bag, and then the entire Huainan West Road is slowly eaten away, and then go west to Jinghu, hold the granary of Jinghu in your hands, back to Bashu, and then go south to Jiangnan , Guangnan two roads, to the north is Jingxi, Qinfeng..."

While talking, Gu Er frowned, his eyes were a bit surprised, if it was really what he thought, then this group of rebels really had something.

Although the Great Song has ceased war with Liao and Xia for many years, there are many frictions in the border areas, and Xixia often jumps up and down. Moreover, these two tiger and wolf countries are both powerful. The rebels do not want to attack Gyeonggi, but start from Lianghuai , All the way to the south, it is clear that they want to use the imperial court as a gun to let the imperial court block the pressure from the west and north.

Regardless of the strength of this group of rebels, if they really think so, then the idea is indeed feasible.

Maybe in Jinghu, Bashu, Jiangnan and other places, there have long been rebels who will rise up when the time comes...
However, this idea only flashed in Gu Er's mind, and was quickly rejected. Today's officials are benevolent and generous. In the past ten years, they have lightly paid taxes and vigorously developed people's livelihood so that the people live and work in peace and contentment. It has always been the first time to send money and food relief, exempting the tax for several years, so that the people can recuperate.

The government and the public still respect and approve of the officials. Now this group of rebels just took advantage of the locust plague after the severe drought in Haozhou, and the local gentry and big households concealed their superiors and took the opportunity to exploit them. Thieves can take advantage of this opportunity.

However, this situation is rare in other places where the officials govern the Qingming. It's just that the people are ignorant and easily deceived by thieves...

Thinking in his heart, Gu Er also slowly calmed down, his eyes flickering, thinking about the strategy to defeat the enemy.

The next day, the scouts reported back again, and the rebel army had moved to a place [-] miles away from Luzhou City and stationed there.

Gu Er immediately called Shitou, "Order, the whole army is ready to go, let the leader of the army prepare meals, and the soldiers should recharge their spirits and be ready to go to Luzhou at any time!"

"The last general obeys!" Shitou clapped his hands together, bowed and retreated.

Now that the Wuwei Army has just been reorganized, and Gu Er is a newcomer, there are very few people available under his command, so naturally he can only rely on the "elite" brought from Quanzhou, Shi Shi is naturally Gu Er's cronies.

In the early morning of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky will be bright, and the New Year’s Eve is approaching, and the Spring Festival is approaching, but all the prefectures and counties in Luzhou are heavily guarded, and the gates of the city will be locked at night, and a curfew will be imposed. The defense has been strengthened, and soldiers are patrolling day and night.

The defenders on the tower stood guard all night, cold and hungry, watching the sky approaching dawn, and finally when it was time to change shifts, there were rare smiles on their nearly frozen faces.

On the edge of the battlements, on the side of the brazier, several soldiers wearing simple leather armor and carrying spears huddled together, relying on each other's body temperature and the brazier in front of them to dispel the biting chill.

The sky had just turned pale, and the defenders who had guarded the city wall all night were exhausted physically and mentally. It was the time when they were most tired. If the weather wasn't too cold, they might have already dozed off by this time.

An old sergeant with gray temples leaned against the fire all night and was awakened by a strong urge to urinate. He got up and was about to find a place to urinate. When he was sleepy, he saw the densely packed city below, like locusts passing through. At first, I didn't take it seriously, thinking it was a dream, but suddenly a gust of cold wind blew in front of me, the cold old soldier shivered all over, and most of his sleepiness went away.

Immediately he reacted suddenly, first he frowned, then he took out a torch from the brazier in doubt, poked his head out from the battlement, held the torch and poked his head out to look out of the city, before he could see clearly, he could only hear the whistling The sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded, and just as the old pawn was puzzled, a feathered arrow was accurately inserted between his throat.

The old pawn's eyes widened immediately, and he stretched out his hand in disbelief to grab the feathered arrow, but his throat was pierced by the arrow, and his whole body seemed to be soaked in a quagmire. The blood groove broken by the arrow spewed out.

"Old Xing! Old Xing!"

Seeing that the old pawn hadn't come back for a long time, the comrades in the fire could not help shouting: "It can't be that the weather is too cold, let the guy freeze off!"

As soon as the words came out, several companions who were still dozing next to him woke up one after another, and laughed and teased the old soldier.

Seeing the old pawn lying motionless on the battlements, a sharp-eyed man faintly felt something was wrong, got up and went to check, calling the old pawn's name as he walked.

"Old Xing! Old Xing!"

"You won't be too sleepy, lie down here and fall asleep?"

Seeing that the old pawn didn't respond, the sergeant frowned and patted the old pawn a few times, but there was no response at all. He suddenly felt that something was wrong, and pulled the old pawn back from the battlement with all his strength. The feather arrow on the neck naturally also saw the blood lying on the battlements.

"Old Xing is dead!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

While shouting, the sergeant looked down the city in shock, only to see the wilderness shrouded in night, as if a black tide was overwhelming and surging!

The sergeant's shout immediately awakened the companions around him, and everyone surrounded him one after another. Seeing Lao Xing's miserable state, some people rushed to the Drum Tower, and some picked up the gong, knocked it vigorously, and shouted "" Enemy attack!"

Hearing the movement from the city wall, the army of rebels under the city no longer hid. The leader of the rebels drew out his long knife and raised his arms and shouted: "Kill!"

Immediately, there was a deafening shout of killing from the city, and the bandits wrapped in black turbans, wearing various clothes, and armed with all kinds of weapons shouted, carrying ladders, pushing door hammers and rushing towards the city wall.

Soldiers patrolling the night vigil in the city flocked to the battlements, one by one the sleeping soldiers were awakened, a great battle was imminent!
The sky had already brightened at some point, the gate tower was filled with feathered arrows, the corridors on the city wall were also full of scattered feathered arrows, the mottled city wall was stained with blood, and the bottom of the city wall was covered with dead bodies. The wave attack ended in failure, but the defenders on the city wall also paid a heavy price.

Tens of miles away, behind a mountain depression, a large Gu character flag fluttered in the cold wind.

On the silver-clad ground, sergeants wearing hoods, leather armor, carrying knives and guns, and carrying bows and arrows were sitting on the ground. Although they were resting, the overall military policy did not disperse.

Holding the map in his hand, Gu Er surveyed the surrounding terrain and confirmed his position with the guide.

In the howling cold wind, a scout rode his horse and galloped back, and stopped in front of Gu Er's body all the way.

"General, the bandit army's first attack on the city is over, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. Right now, the rebel army is mobilizing a large number of troops, and it seems that they are organizing a second wave of attack."

"Explore again!" Gu Er said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

The scout took the lead, got on his horse again, and galloped away in the direction he came from.

"General, the bandit army is powerful, if we go up rashly, I'm afraid we won't be able to get a bargain!" The stone next to him cupped his hands and suggested.

"Who said we were going to confront this group of rebels!" Gu Er glanced at the stone and said calmly.

"Tell the brothers, rest for another cup of tea, after a cup of tea, break out of camp!"

"General, where are we going?" Stone asked.

Gu Er looked to the northwest and said, "Shen County!"

Shitou's eyes lit up immediately, and he immediately gave a thumbs up: "To encircle Wei and save Zhao, the general is really tall!"

Gu Er waved at Shi Shi and said, "Come here!"

Shi Shi rushed over, Gu Er whispered a few words in Shi Shi's ear, the expression on Shi Shi's face couldn't help changing, then he nodded, showing admiration: "As expected of a general, the last general will go here!"

After a cup of tea, the army set off again!
Half a day later, outside Shenxian County, the Gu character banner was waving in the wind. Shi Shi, dressed in military uniform, sat on a tall horse and swung his knife. The city hammer, with solid shields on top of each other, pushed the well fence, and rushed towards the city wall like a tide.

The original garrison of the rebels in Shen County was about [-] people. In addition, the manpower recruited in Shen County is only a small amount of money. Now they have sent [-] troops to attack Luzhou. These [-] troops must be the elite of the rebel army. And those who stay in Shen County are either the new army or the old and weak.

Some of them had never even been on the battlefield, and Gu Er was sure of this, so Shi Shi led two thousand soldiers to attack.

However, although the rebels left behind in Shen County were not elite, Shitou and his soldiers were also not elite. Shitou followed Gu Er's order and let the four battalions under his command attack in turn, so as not to give the defenders in the city any respite. Chance.

But in just one day, he climbed the city wall several times, almost broke through the city, killed hundreds of thieves, and injured or damaged only more than a hundred people.

In the evening, outside the city of Luzhou, in the camp of the rebels, the army of rebels who had been attacking Luzhou for a whole day was already showing signs of fatigue. Hearing the words of the messenger, the general of the rebels rose up in disbelief.

"What? The official army is attacking Shen County?" The general couldn't believe his ears: "Where did the official army come from?"

The messenger said with fear on his face: "The officers and soldiers are fighting under the banner of the Wuwei Army, with the flag of Gu Zishuai flying, at least thousands of troops and all kinds of siege equipment. If the general hadn't ordered people to block the city gate, I’m afraid the city will be destroyed today.”

"Didn't the Wuwei Army be defeated by us? Their commander surnamed Xie was beheaded by me. Where did the thousands of people come from? Can you see clearly?"

"It's really a military force, and those thousands of people are young and strong, and they are all brave and fearless. They are pushing tall chariots, and the officers and soldiers are standing on the high platforms on the chariots, shooting us with god-armed crossbows. Brothers on the city wall, our bows and arrows are not as good as the officers and soldiers, so we can only be suppressed and beaten by them. At the end of the day, our old brothers have already lost more than a hundred."

"Well fence? God arm crossbow?" The chief general couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words: "Could it be the Imperial Army under the banner of the Wuwei Army?"

(End of this chapter)