Chapter 283 Occupy Baoying

After all the soldiers and passengers crossed the river, the pontoon bridge finally ended its mission: hundreds of thousands of people stepped on it.

Put away the pontoon bridge, leaving a hundred guards, and the rest of the soldiers went to the final destination: Gaoyou Mansion.

As the most elite bodyguards, Yue Kuo Chaer and Xue Xue joined forces again. They need to move forward quickly and occupy Baoying County.

Only by occupying Baoying can we get a stable storage place. Although Fanshuizhai in the south of Baoying is closer to Gaoyoufu, Fanshuizhai is just a small city and cannot accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops.

60,000 cavalry, ** is a Mercedes-Benz war horse, rushing to Baoying.

As the striker of the army, although they suffered a little loss last time, with the record of running to the ferry for a few days, they still won the praise of the imperial division, which made every soldier very excited. The white silver has been sent to everyone. If they win the battle, they will have bonuses to get. They all Mao was full of energy and rushed to Baoying. Looking forward to working hard again.

According to the news in advance, Baoying has been taken down by Zhang Shicheng. Thousands of people have been deployed in Baoying. There are tens of thousands of people and three-eyed fire in hand. Even if they can't take down Baoying, they can be surrounded. When the back gun of the rear team comes up, a few cannons can bombard the wall of Baoying City, and then, that is, The most exciting slaughter of the city!

Remembering of the slaughter of the city after the last big breach of Xuzhou, the soldiers who participated in the attack were all full of energy in their hearts. When they saw the Han men, they killed them. When they saw the women, they were happy first. When they saw the property, they robbed them. That kind of pleasure was very reminiscent!

Baoying is not far from the Qingjiang River. The cavalry walked for two days, and finally came to the outside of Baoying City at the end of the day.

In the twilight, Baoying City seems a little quiet.

The army stopped. They stared at the Baoying City in front of them, with flames in their eyes.

"Lord Yuekuo, this Baoying City is a little strange." Xue Xue said.

"Yes, why is it so quiet? I'm afraid it's weird inside." Yue Kuo'er also said.

The gate was open, and there were no sentries standing guard, and there were no pedestrians. Only the flag at the top of the city was hunting in the wind.

"Sect a team of soldiers and go in and have a look." Xue Xue said. There are some strange things in it. Explore the reality first, so as not to fall into an ambush.

Since there are no soldiers guarding the city and no defense, you might as well kill directly into the city! Yue Kuochaer said, "Brothers, come with me!"

With that, Yue Kuochaer rushed to the city gate.

Alas, why are you so impulsive? Even if you enter Baoying City first, you can get a hundred taels of silver, you won't work so hard, right? Xue Xue looked at Yue Kuo Cha'er's back and shouted, "Lord Yue Kuo, be careful of ambush!"

Ambush? Yuekuo rushed forward and sneered that if the other party really ambushed, it would not ambush in the city. Once he entered the city, no matter how many people and horses the other party ambushed, it would be useless. The only advantage of the other party is that the fire has a long range and high accuracy. They should rely on the wall to fight back against themselves on the wall, instead of opening a gate to rush in.

Once you get close, it's hard to say who will kill the deer.

Yue Kuo Chaer has a faint feeling in his heart: Zhang Shicheng is not as powerful as the legend at all. It turns out that the cavalry he met is all the strength of the other party.

Although the turmoil here is described as powerful in the memorials of the province, it is just to mitigate their guilt, which is a common method used by local bureaucrats.

The horse was getting closer and closer to the city gate. Xue Xue looked at the army that was about to enter the city, and her heart was about to raise her throat.

If there is really an ambush in it, I'm afraid that this reckless Yuekuochaer will encounter big trouble, and he will also be dragged down.

Suddenly, the door closed slowly, and Xue Xue shouted, "Be careful, there is an ambush!"

Before the words reached Yue Kuo Cha'er's ear, Yue Kuo Cha'er had taken the lead and rushed into the gate of the city.

There is no one there. The gate just now was windy.

The brigade arrived in a rush, and all of them entered Baoying City.

There are dead branches and leaves everywhere, and the streets are dilapidated, but no one can be seen.

"Haha!" Yue Kuo Chaer looked up to the sky and smiled: "I, Yue Kuo, was the first person to recover the county occupied by the rebels!"

After laughing, his eyes were cold: "Search, search the whole city!

The soldiers loved this word the most, and they immediately dispersed. Without hesitation, he opened the doors of each family and searched for valuable things.

However, it is destined to disappoint them. There is nothing but some broken bottles and cans.

Yue Kuochaer took the guard and walked to the county government.

Suddenly, Yue Kuochaer was excited. He felt that he seemed to have a pair of gloomy eyes staring at him. At the same time, he smelled a faint smell floating in the air. He was very familiar with this smell. It was gunpowder.

"Ban!" A voice came, and Yue Kuo was ready. He turned over without hesitation and hid behind the horse.

"Ah!" A soldier next to Yue Kuochaer was shot and fell to the ground.

"Catch the assassin!" The soldiers rushed up.

When I arrived at the place where the fire had just been fired, the person had already been gone.

"There are still remaining rebels in the city. Let everyone pay attention to vigilance, and let Lord Xue Xue's 30,000 cavalry come in." Yue Kuochaer said without changing his face, but his heart was full of fear.

"Yes, my lord." A guard turned his horse's head and ran out of the city.

"Your Excellency, let's go to the city too." Outside the city, the vice generals suggested to Xue Xue.

Xue Xue has also regretted it. It seems that there is nothing in this city. It is an empty city. Thinking of the panicked look when I just shouted in the ambush, I was a little ashamed. If I had known it, I would have led the team to follow in. Anyway, if Lord Yuekuo was finished, I couldn't explain it to the master.

As soon as Xue Xue was about to agree, she saw a soldier running into the city.

"Lord Xue Xue, Lord Yuekuo, please come to the city to help." The messenger said.

Assistance? It seems that Lord Yuekuo is really interesting. Xue Xue said, "Is there a rebel in the city?"

"The city is empty, and the people have run away. Only sporadic anti-thieves are still trapped in the beasts, so please ask Lord Xuexue to help eliminate the remnants of the enemy."

"Okay, I'll go to the city immediately." Xue Xue said happily. At this time, it was about to get dark.

Occasionally, there can be a fire or two in the city. It seems that although most of the anti-thieves have withdrawn, there are still a small number of them who have not had time to retreat. As long as there are anti-thieves, they have to catch it more or less so that they can meet the master.

"The order of the whole army to enter the city and eliminate the remnants of the enemy." Xue Xue said.

The soldiers of the brigade followed into the city.

Sporadic fire sounded overnight, and the soldiers were busy all night. Not only did they not catch a rebel thief, but they also lost dozens of people.

The other party is too cunning. With the familiar geographical location of this place, they can always come out in unexpected places. When the soldiers catch up and move the place, they all jump into the air. However, every time the sound of fire comes to it, it can always bring casualties to themselves.

"Lord Yuekuo." Xue Xue said with dark circles under her eyes, "I haven't closed my eyes all night. I can't see anyone in this city, but there are always a few ghosts who are against us."

"That's right. This reminds me of the disturbances we encountered in the march, and the same is true. I'm sure that these people must be Zhang Shicheng's men." Yuekuo said.

Isn't it obvious? In addition to Zhang Shicheng, who else jumped out to do the right with the officers at this juncture?

"What should we do?"

"Then clean up the enemy, or when the master comes, if these guys are still there, they may be a big basket." Yue Kuochaer said.

Real is it? Xue Xue looked at Yue Kuocha's big honest face, but she always felt as if she was lying to herself.

"Lord Yuekuo, I still don't know anything. I want to discuss it with Lord Yuekuo." Xue Xue said.

"You're welcome, Lord Xuexue, say it."

"Why did Zhang Shicheng give up the city of Baoying City? Although there are a few people left behind, they can't hinder our army at all. Why didn't he defend the city?

This snow is indeed very shrewd. Yue Kuo Chaer said, "Bao Ying is a little far away from Gaoyou. I'm afraid it's a lack of anti-thief strength!"

"Yes, it's just a shortage of troops." Xue Xue seemed to suddenly realize and said, "Since he doesn't have enough strength to guard Baoying, can he have enough strength to guard Gaoyou Mansion?"

"So what does Lord Xue Xue mean?" Yue Kuo asked.

"I think that although the rebels have taken the whole territory of Gaoyou Mansion, their strength is not strong. In the final analysis, it is not worth it at all for our army to come." Xue Xue said affirmatively.

"Is the anti-thief bluffing? Why did the previous provincial repression fail? Yue Kuo'er asked back.

"This only shows that the combat effectiveness of the provincial army is too weak, just like the new annexes in our Chinese army. There is no combat effectiveness at all. In addition, the other party is advanced. When it encounters a little block, the whole army will retreat." Xue Xue said.

In fact, Yue Kuo Chaer prefers to believe that Zhang Shicheng's army's combat effectiveness is very strong. However, although he lost a thousand-person team all the way, it was caused by the recklessness of the enemy. Until now, he has not found how strong the other party's strength is, especially this Baoying City, which did not resist, just After abandoning it like this, Yue Kuochaer also began to doubt that the combat effectiveness of Zhang Shicheng's army was probably not worth mentioning at all.

Looking at Xue Xue's meaning, I'm afraid he was a little jealous that he entered Baoying City first yesterday. I'm afraid he wants to learn from himself and attack Gaoyou Mansion, right?

"What's the opinion of Lord Xuexue?" Yue Kuo'er asked.

"Since the combat effectiveness of Zhang Shicheng's army is not strong, and I'm afraid he doesn't know that we have occupied Baoying City. In this way, no one in the city has been in the city for at least half a month. Why don't we suddenly attack, go south to Gaoyou Mansion and directly take down Gaoyou Mansion." Xue Xue said.

Looking at Xue Xue's excited eyes, it seemed that she had taken down Gaoyou Mansion. Yue Kuo Chaer was suddenly a little moved. What a credit it would be if her 60,000 forwards took down Gao You Mansion!

However, Yue Kuo Chaer thought about it. If she was a striker, she would take down the Gaoyou Mansion, which was not necessarily a good thing. Now in the imperial court, Lord Hama is very dissatisfied with the Tuo Taishi. This time, Tuo Taishi took hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, which cost countless money and food, but made a joke. It only tens of thousands of people can suppress the rebellion. Then, under the support of Hama, there must be imperial officials to participate in the Taishi and hurt the people's money. The last time he built the Yellow River, it was confirmed. It's a failed move. If this happens again, I'm afraid a group of people will lose their heads.

For this kind of thing, it's better to let Xue Xue do it. Anyway, it's your own credit for taking Baoying. This time, let's give Xue Xue Xue this advantage!

"Lord Xue Xue, the middle army of the master is about to arrive, and the rebels in this city have not been eliminated. I'm afraid that there will be problems when the master comes. I can't afford this responsibility!" Yue Kuochaer said unwillingly, "I'll leave 20,000 people to wait here. If you want to raid, the remaining 10,000 of me can be led by you temporarily."

Xue Xue was originally afraid that Yuekuo Chaer would rob her credit. Now I heard that although Yue Kuo Chaer wanted to go, she was afraid that the master would be attacked by a rebel. Then, if she went alone, the credit was her own. He said that sending 10,000 people to himself was not only to give him more strength, but also to get a piece of the pie.

However, everyone carries the flower sedan chair. Since Lord Yuekuo said so, he also has to make sense: "Then let's settle it like this. The safety of the master is still important. Lord Yuekuo must eliminate the remaining enemies here. The subordinate officer will take people to raid Gaoyou Mansion. If he succeeds, this credit will naturally have Mr. Yuekuo's share. "."

"Then I wish Lord Xue Xue success." Yuekuo said.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, but each of them had their own ghosts.

Zhang Yang didn't expect that he gave up Baoying to preserve his strength. In his eyes, it is not terrible to lose territory. As long as there is sufficient force, it can be taken back at any time. If the army loses, it is not possible to retrain a group of skilled troops overnight.

Zhang Yang prefers to preserve his own strength. Compared with the two, Zhang Yang prefers to preserve his own strength. It's just that there are a few agile people left to add some trouble to the tars, which is more like real.

As a result, the Tatars were fooled. They thought that Zhang Shicheng was just a little thief, and even the barrier Baoying County in the north was discarded, which proved that Zhang Shicheng did not have much ability at all, and even proved the incompetence of the army that encircled him before.

The Tatar rushed to Gaoyou Mansion desperately. Unexpectedly, he was afraid that Zhang Shicheng would give up Gaoyou Mansion directly like giving up Baoying County. It was good to receive Gaoyou Mansion without bloodshed, but if he caught Zhang Shicheng, the credit would be greater.

Of course, Toutu didn't think so. He didn't expect that Xue Xue, who had always thought that the stable Privy Council, would be so reckless. His order was just to let the striker take away Baoying and have a stable logistics base for the south of the army, instead of letting their soldiers attack the Gaoyou Mansion quickly. If the Gaoyou Mansion could do so It's easy to take it down. Why did he have to come here from all the way? You still need to bring back cannons and crossbows. What are you doing with these siege equipment?

It's just that it's too late. When Toto heard that Xuexue led his troops south to Gaoyou Mansion, Xuexue had passed Fan Shuizhai, only dozens of miles away from Gaoyou Mansion.

In order to save his vanguard troops, he did not let the soldiers rest in Baoying County and directly led the team to the south again.

"Your lord, Tan Ma Lai Bao, after the tars occupied Bao Ying, they rushed to us again." In Gaoyou Mansion, Zhang Yang received a report from Luo Guanzhong.

Zhang Yang was relieved. After waiting for so many days, he finally waited until the tars came! There is no tension before the war, just a feeling of relief. What should come is finally come.

In order to prevent the Tatars from attacking Xinghua, the newly formed troops have been guarded by the newly formed troops. In order to prevent accidents, Liu Ruohan, his mother Cao, and his son, have been received by Gaoyou Prefecture.

In this defense battle of Gaoyou Mansion, you must win a beautiful one!

"Has the army of the tartars all over here?" Tang He asked next to him.

At this time, the eyes of the other generals were also staring at Luo Guanzhong. Shi Nai'an was also looking at Luo Guanzhong. He was studying how to fight just now, and Shi Nai'an did not have the latest war report.

"No, it's only the vanguard of the tars. The brothers observed that there were about 30,000 to 40,000 people, all of whom were cavalry, weapons or fire." Luo Guanzhong said.

30,000 to 40,000 people? It's all cavalry, just want to attack Gaoyou Mansion? The other party doesn't take care of himself too much, does he? Zhang Yang thought.

If you want to attack Gaoyoufu, you can't do it without large siege equipment. The cavalry detachment has always wanted to destroy the backguns and bed crossbows transported by the tars this time, but they were closely watched by the tars and had no chance to do it. There was a chance to cross the river, but the navy did not arrive.

However, there are trenches that extend to the outside, and the Tatar's siege equipment will not cause too much harm to themselves. And the tars seemed to suddenly have a great confidence. Without these siege equipment, they could attack Gaoyou Mansion with only cavalry? It's like hitting flies with cannons. It's okay for cavalry to fight in the field outside. If you want to attack the city, don't think about it.

Hearing that the other party was all cavalry, the generals were also relieved. They all thought of a possibility: these cavalry did not come to siege the city at all, but at most besieged the city. However, the other party did not control the waterway, and Gaoyou Lake in the west was its own back garden, which could not be blocked at all.

"Brother, let me lead the troops and destroy this group of tartars." Tang He said that his heart was itchy again. Although there were tens of thousands of cavalry, he was not afraid. This time, I don't know how to arrange it. I arranged my team on the south side of the Gaoyou Mansion. The tars came from the north, and there was no war on the south side!

"No," Zhang Yang said, "We do not fight with the Tatars in the field. All troops must be deployed in accordance with the original trenches. Whoever dares to go out to meet the enemy privately will be dealt with by military tactics."

The cavalry have been sent out, taking the infantry to fight with tens of thousands of tars in the field, which is not a good chance of winning.

"Unless the tars are sick, they will definitely not attack the city. The troops still have to stick to their positions. If they find that the tartars dare to attack, hit me back fiercely!" Zhang Yang said.

(to be continued)