Song Dynasty

Chapter 336 Recruitment ([-])

However, Yang Zaixing was still a bit apprehensive, and hesitantly said: "Brother Zhang Yong, when I raided Wang Shen's hometown Huangzhou, he was in a predicament and almost lost to Kong Yanzhou. In that battle, both armies paid a lot. A small death or injury can be said to be a deep hatred, will Wang Shen take me in and wait?"

Listening to his tone, it seemed that he wanted to accept the Sizhou army's recruitment. Zhang Yong heaved a long sigh of relief and said: "This is the battlefield, either you die or I live. Everyone has a bright gun and a bright arrow. If you die, you will die." You can only blame your own life and not others. Public war is not the same as private enmity, and everyone understands this truth. Not to mention us, as the heroes of Brother Yang, if we go to join the Sizhou Army, I am afraid that Wang Daosi will be overjoyed. Let's welcome each other, how can there be any reason to push you out?"

He went on to say: "Although the Sizhou army is good at fighting, after all, there are not many people and horses, and their strength is limited. Now, there is another army of rogue bandits from Cao Cheng's thieves, and the Jurchen Khitan, and behind them is Li Cheng, who is a mischievous man. It is time to employ people." , I will definitely be popular if I wait in the past. If it is in the past, I am afraid that people will not take me seriously."

Yang Zaixing nodded: "Yes, the icing on the cake is sending carbon in the snow. Besides, Wang Daosi has a high position and is a hero. Some people admire him. Only such people know that I, Yang Zaixing, obey me. Brother, let's go!"

In fact, Yang Zaixing came from the south and joined Cao Cheng's command. He was unwilling to remain unknown for a lifetime, and wanted to make a big career out of it.Going back to Hunan in desperation now, I really don't want to.

But if you don't go back, this little team will be eaten sooner or later.Then, taking refuge in a force that you can look up to becomes the best choice.

Although he kept saying that he was a descendant of the generals of the Yang family, if he really looked back, how could he, the southern sword god, be associated with Yang Laoling, the founding general of the Northern Song Dynasty.In the eyes of others, he is just a Yao hero.

Yao people are enthusiastic, cheerful, and pure-minded, and sometimes they don't think about so many things at all.

In the real history, when Yang Zaixing was fighting Yue Fei for Cao Cheng, he was surrounded by the Yue family army and fell off his horse like a mountain stream.Just when the generals of the Yue family army were about to shoot him with random arrows, Yang Zaixing simply shouted: "Why don't you hold me to see Yue Fei?" and let the generals of the Yue family army tie him up.

After seeing Yue Fei, he was overwhelmed by Grandpa Yue's demeanor, and readily surrendered, becoming Yue Fei's number one brave general.

Although Yang Zaixing was fierce and brutal, he was firm on the point of national righteousness.Later, he also died a hero on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition, and became righteous.This is also the reason why he brought Zhang Yong out of Cao Ying without saying a word when he saw Cao Cheng defecting to the puppet Qi as a traitor.

Wang Shenshi is a hero, fighting for him and being his subordinates is not ashamed.

Immediately, a group of people hurried all night and arrived at Zhang Yong's old camp.

Hearing that the leader of his army was ambushed by Cao Cheng and almost died, all the soldiers were extremely angry.Immediately assembled the team, took all the luggage, broke out the camp and walked towards the Shengjie army.

Zhang Yong still has a thousand troops under his command. Fortunately, these are the elite of his army. In addition, Yang Zaixing's Panwang army is suitable for fighting in the mountains. In the valley, the camp of the Shengjie army guarding the main roads of Suizhou and Anlu.

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It was overcast.Dark clouds gathered above the head, and it looked like a rain was coming, at the latest within a day or two.

Early in the morning, Wu Xianxian, the commander of the Shengjie Army, sat on the mound on the high ground and stared intently at the hillsides on both sides of the valley, with a look of worry on his face.

The camp of the Shengjie Army was set up in a stockade, which was originally the manor of a large family with hundreds of families.The terrain here is very high, just to hold the official road.Because of the need to guard against thieves and robbers, after several generations of construction, stone watchtowers and long fences were everywhere, trenches were dug, and deer villages were built, just like the Wubao of the local tyrants in Hebei.

It's a pity that the strong fortifications still failed to keep the whole family safe. When Cao Cheng and other bandits retreated from Anlu to Suizhou, they easily broke through the village.The common people inside also fled without knowing where to go, and now it has become the old camp of the Shengjie Army.

The temperature was too low. Wu Xianxian was sitting here, right in front of the wind, his face turned blue by the cold wind, and he was only tightly wrapped in his cloak.

A lieutenant general whispered: "General Wu, it's too cold here, you might as well go back to the house to rest. We have a good location, and the brothers are ready to fight, and we are not afraid of the bandit army coming."

Wu Xianxian shook his head: "It's not a big mistake to be careful. My eyelids are twitching a lot today. I feel that something should happen. I will always stay here to be at ease."

"General, you'll be fine. It's going to rain now, take care of yourself."

"It's troublesome because it's going to rain." Wu Xianxian said, "When it rains, the roads will be muddy, and it won't be easy to fight."

Lieutenant general: "Isn't it good that the road is muddy, the thieves can't gather a large army to attack."

Wu Xianxian chuckled: "Let's not stick to our defenses. It's not an option to continue this confrontation. I want to fight the bandit army in a dignified manner. As long as I defeat one of them, I can deter the ugly people and make them dare not go south. When the time comes We happened to spare our hands to support other battlefields. Our army is all heavily armored. If the road is damaged by rain, how can we walk? I heard that Gu Lie's side was also fighting very badly. Everyone was deadlocked. Going down is not the end."

The lieutenant general said angrily: "Yes, this appearance is also very annoying now. Especially Zhang Yong on the opposite side, who dare not come to fight him, let's attack him, the time is not ripe, this is what was given by a brown candy. stuck."

Wu Xianxian pondered for a moment, and said, "That's right, we can't go on like this. Wait and see, when it rains, if there are still people on the road, let's take the initiative to attack."

While talking, suddenly, a sentry in front shouted: "There is a situation, there are many people!"

"Why so many people?" Wu Xianxian and the deputy general asked at the same time.

Sentinel: "At least 1000 people. It's hard to say that there are two people. Could it be that Zhang Yong came with the whole army?"

Just as he was talking, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the camp. It turned out to be the scouts sent out to guard.As they ran, they shouted loudly: "Zhang Yong, Zhang Yong is here with all his teachers!"

In a blink of an eye, the scouts ran to the front of the stronghold, stopped the horses, and couldn't help panting.He looked nervous, with dust all over his head and body.

Before Wu Xianxian could speak, the lieutenant-general beside him yelled loudly: "Looking at how timid you are, you don't have to lose the face of our victory over the Czech army. So what if Zhang Yong came with the whole army, with more than 1000 horses, he can still kill us. Take down the stockade. The defeated general, I don’t want to find his bad luck, he should chant Amitabha.”

The scout leader gasped for a long time before saying, "General Wu, it's not that I'm timid. I was too tired from running just now. You have to let me catch my breath... Huh, yes yes, a thousand cards are used for the army." It’s nothing, but today’s situation is a bit weird, the subordinates don’t know what to say, and the scouts are not easy to come forward to fight. I told them to stay calm, just watch from a distance, and come to report in a hurry.”

Wu Constitution: "It's weird, what's wrong?"

The leader of the scouts pointed to the distance: "The bandit army is coming quickly, and it will arrive soon after waiting. You should see for yourself, general!"

The adjutant next to Wu Xianxian was annoyed: "When are you still playing tricks?"

Wu Xianxian saw that the scouts had weird expressions, but their expressions seemed relaxed, so he said, "Forget it, then I will wait first. Send me an order, and the troops are on alert."

With an order, all the soldiers of the Shengjie Army came out.Various defensive weapons such as catapults and crossbow arrows are in place, and shiny armor and weapons are everywhere.

The officers of the Victory Army gathered around Wu Xianxian, waiting for dispatch.

After waiting for a while, there was the sound of footsteps clattering ahead.Dust rose at the corner of the official road in the distance, and then countless white flags covered the eyes.

"White Flag..." The officers all took a breath.

Everyone knows what the white flag means, it means please lower it.

"Yes, it's all white flags." The scout leader's wry smile became stronger: "General Wu, when the subordinates saw Zhang Yong's entire division coming, they planned to rush up to fight, delaying and confusing the enemy. But Strange to say, Zhang Yong didn't send out any sentries, and all the soldiers were unarmored, and even displayed white flags. When he saw us, he shouted loudly, saying that he would accept the envoy of the king's army and accept our Sizhou army's offer. I don't know how to wait, so I hurried back to report."

"Accept the recruitment?" Wu Xianxian and the others were stunned. A while ago, the two sides were confronting each other. The scouts were beating people to death in this mountainous area. Now Zhang suddenly came to surrender, which made them feel very unreal.

A general couldn't help but said: "General Wu, could this be Zhang Yong's deceit, can we let him be fooled?"

"Fake surrender... is it possible?" Another person interjected.

"No, no, it doesn't seem to be the case." Wu Xianxian shook his head: "If Zhang Yong wants to feign surrender, he will have to wait until the end of the mountain. Now, our Sizhou army has strong enemies both inside and outside the army, and the military envoy is not in Jianghan. To be honest, the situation It's very bad. Especially after the Jurchen main force goes south, the bandit army has already gained a certain advantage, so Zhang Yong has no reason to feign surrender!"

"Yeah, how is this possible?" Everyone was confused.

While talking, Zhang Yongbu got closer.

Suddenly, two riders jumped out of the formation and rushed towards the barracks at high speed.

A victorious Czech army officer shouted: "Archers get ready, aim, aim!"

Wu Constitution: "Put down the bows, let's have a look."

Soon, the two riders ran to the front of the barracks.

One person shouted loudly: "Listen inside, I'm Yang Zaixing, and the man next to me is General Zhang Yong, hurry up and tell Wu Xianxian that we want to talk to him and ask him to come out of the camp to see him. "

Hearing that it was Yang Zaixing, the soldiers of the Shengjie Army were slightly agitated.Everyone has heard of this man's bravery, this is a fierce man of several masters in the independent war army!Not only the military envoys were full of praise for his martial arts, but even the arrogant General Yue Yun admired his martial arts in private.

Unexpectedly, not only Zhang Yong came alone today, but also Yang Zaixing was with him.

Wu Xianxian poked his head out: "I am Wu Xianxian, so you are General Yang Zaixing, whom I have admired for a long time."

Yang Zaixing was very impatient: "Wu Xianxian, are you going to come out?"

Everyone around Wu Xianxian said: "General, this man is brutal by nature, so don't take risks lightly."

Seeing that there was no movement inside, Yang Zaixing couldn't help but sneer loudly: "Why, I'm afraid, they are all cowards!"

All the victorious soldiers were furious, and someone was already shouting: "String up the bow, shoot this bird man to death!"

(End of this chapter)