nanming man

Chapter 351

The battle of Jingzhou has lasted for some time, and the battle has gradually become anxious, but generally speaking, the Ming army still has a certain upper hand by virtue of its superiority in strength.

In Jingzhou City, after Sun Kewang learned that the Ming army was going to attack Yiling, he guessed the Ming army's intention and did not dare to act rashly.

He asked people to investigate first, and sure enough, he discovered the Ming army's activities in the Songzi area. He knew that the Ming army intended to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, and wanted him to rescue Yiling. Destroy him outside Yiling City.

In view of this, Sun Kewang guessed that Feng Shuangli's 5000 troops would have no problem staying there for a period of time, so instead of saving Yiling, he raided the Ming army camp opposite the public security.

Ming general Zhang Xianbi was unprepared, and was defeated by Sun Kewang. The Ming army retreated for more than [-] li and lost more than [-] men before returning to the village.

At this time, outside the newly established camp of the Ming army, the sound of rumbling war drums sounded, and the wild western army continued to attack the Ming camp.

Nearly [-] soldiers of the Western Army, wrapped in khaki turbans, aggressively attacked the camp of the Ming Army. The tide usually comes towards the wall of the village.

When Zhang Xianbi retreated here, the camp had just been erected, and the defense was not perfect. Under the impact of the Western Army, the camp suddenly crumbled.

Inside the wall of the stronghold, the Ming army firecrackers bombarded repeatedly, and arrows rained down. The soldiers of the Western Army held their shields, and dense arrows were shot on the shields. From time to time, soldiers of the Western Army were shot down.

Outside the camp of the Ming army, there was no time to set up many obstacles. After a while, the soldiers of the Western Army in front rushed to the wall of the camp and hit the wall with a crossbar, while the archers of the Western Army behind them kept shooting arrows into the Ming camp. .

All of a sudden, there was a rain of arrows in the sky, the arrows were like locusts, and the battle became fierce in an instant. Zhang Xianbi swung his sword and blocked the arrows again and again, and the soldiers around him were shot down by the arrows from time to time.

At this time, the soldiers of the Western Army had already knocked down a section of the wall, and the Ming Army and the Western Army began a fierce melee fight.

Originally, Zhang Xianbi had 2 troops and stood firm on the camp, not afraid of Sun Kewang's attack, but he didn't expect that Sun Kewang would come to beat him instead of saving Yiling.

In fact, Yang Wenyue had already confessed that it was a great achievement for him to stick to the camp.

However, he ignored his intentions and was defeated by Sun Kewang for a while, losing more than [-] men, which made his strength insufficient and his defense became difficult.

At this time, at the wall of the stronghold, the two armies fought fiercely face to face, and the soldiers of the Ming army continued to die.

An officer of a thousand households hurried over and reported in a hurry, "General soldier, the brothers suffered heavy casualties, and some of them couldn't bear it anymore!"

Zhang Xianbi showed a ferocious face, and suddenly roared, "The person sent out to ask for help, has it come yet?"

Qianhuguan shook his head, Zhang Xianbi was furious, pushed Qianhu away, and shouted angrily, "Dear, come on me, stand against the thief!"

On a small hill outside the camp of the Ming army, a big flag with the word "Sun" written on it was waving in the wind.

Wearing armor, Sun Kewang and more than a dozen generals rode horses and stationed on the top of the hill, but he did not focus on watching the soldiers of the Western Army attack the stronghold, but was a little absent-minded.

"Your Majesty, will He Tengjiao send troops to rescue him?" Ma Weixin, the general of the west, looked at the Mingzhai that was under attack by the western army, and asked worriedly.

Sun Kewang was also worried about this matter. He took the reins of the horse with one hand, and muttered: "The Ming army attacked Yiling. If one city fights against one province, this king has no chance of winning. He Tengjiao and Yang Wenyue are counting on death. They knew that I would save Yiling, so they subdued the troops in Songzi, and waited for this king to fall into the trap. This king went directly to He fell into an ambush by Yang Wenyue, so the king can only attack the enemies of Gongan first and lure the enemies of Songzi back to help. It’s just that He Tengjiao’s performance is very unstable. Whether he will return to the teacher, the king will also get No!"

The rumbling drums continued to beat, and the smoke filled the vicinity of the wall of the Ming army's stronghold, and the sound of killing was loud. The casualties of both the Western army and the Ming army were not small, but Sun Kewang did not intend to retreat the troops.

At this time, behind the army, a group of cavalry suddenly ran towards the hill. The horses galloped and rolled up a cloud of yellow dust. The leading cavalry rushed down the hillside and immediately dismounted. He hurried up the hillside.

"Report to Your Majesty, Songzi's Ming army has moved!" The cavalryman knelt down on one knee, panting.

When Sun Kewang heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he suddenly waved his hand and ordered, "Ming Jin retreats!"

'when!when!when! 'The sound of Mingjin sounded, and the Western Army attacking the Ming camp retreated like a tide.

Sun Kewang unhooked his horse, walked down, and ordered: "Ma Weixin, I will give you 5000 troops, and you will return to Jingzhou with more banners and bluffs. The rest of the generals will follow the king to avoid the Songzi Ming army." , went straight to Yiling, joined forces with Feng Shuangli inside and out, and broke through the enemies besieging Yiling first."

"The last general takes orders!" Ma Weixin clasped his fists immediately, and then said: "Your Majesty, you must pay attention to safety!"

But Sun Kewang continued: "This king leads the troops to leave first, you stay here temporarily, and then bluff and lead the troops to retreat later."

In the south of Yicheng, more than [-] refugees, divided into [-] battalions, were stationed in the wilderness outside the city, with white tents one after another, stretching as far as the eye can see.

The refugees who came from Yunyang rushed to Yicheng after they were divided into camps, and when Gao Yihuan gave an order, they were about to go south.

However, Gao Yihuan and his elite troops were not in Yicheng, but had already quietly gone south, entering the territory of Chengtian Mansion controlled by the Ming army.

At this time, in a hilly area in the north of Jingmen Prefecture, nearly [-] troops were heading south at high speed under the cover of night.

The leading general was Gao Yihuan. After two days of day and night marches, the [-] troops had arrived [-] miles outside the city of Jingmen Prefecture in the early morning of this day.

Jingmen Prefecture is in the north of Jingzhou, and you can tell from the name that it is the gateway of Jingzhou.

From Zhuli to the southeast, along the tributary of the Han River, you will find Neifangshan, a grain storage point in Ma Hongshan. Going south, you will be Jingzhou, and going southwest across Dangyang, you will be Yiling.

Gao Yihuan heard from the guide that he was approaching Jingmen Prefecture, so he ordered the army to rest on the spot and sent scouts to seal off the surrounding area.

At this time, the soldiers of the Wei army took out their dry food one after another, ate a few mouthfuls, and then took the time to rest. Gao Yihuan called the generals to discuss the matter of seizing Jingzhou.

Gao Yihuan sat on a piece of grass with several people, glanced at everyone, and said, "From the intelligence point of view, the Ming and Western armies have been fighting with snipe and clam for many days. Now it's time for the fisherman to come on stage to resolve this dispute." , and bring peace to the people of Jingzhou..."

(End of this chapter)