Chapter 43 Go to the meaning

Then a sound of gold sounded outside the city. The rebels gathered under the city had no choice but to turn around and evacuate the city wall, retreat to the outside of the trench, and then dragged the shield carts and retreated out of the city with the cover of the shield carts.

The defenders in the city looked at the thief army retreating like a tide, and immediately cheered in unison. Many officers and soldiers took advantage of the chaotic scene of the retreat of the thief army under the city and immediately began to fire at them. Many rebels fell into the artillery fire of the officers in the city on the way to retreat.

Seeing that it was already in the afternoon, the siege battle organized by Li Zicheng lasted for three hours, but in the end it still ended in failure. Nearly five or six hundred soldiers were damaged. Even the Xing Tianjun, who helped the battle, lost a lot in this battle. More than 40 people were killed and five were injured on the spot. Sixty people suddenly reduced the number of Xing Tianjun's combat personnel. Even Xiao Tianjian felt that he could not afford such a loss.

So after the retreat of the Rebels, Li Zicheng looked at the Longzhou City, which was still standing in front of them, and had no choice but to announce the withdrawal and return to the camp to rest.

This battle exposed the weak side of the Rebels' ability to attack. In the case that all kinds of weapons are not as good as the defenders, they have paid a heavy price for this siege, while the defenders are only about one-fifth of their losses compared with their offensive side, which also includes those who are killed if they fail to raid out of the city. The number of officers and cavalry.

Xiao Tianjian knew that Li Zicheng was in a bad mood and did not want to stay here with Li Zicheng. After a complaint, he returned to his camp.

After Xiao Tianjian returned to the camp, several generals under him had already gathered in his big tent, and their faces were all ugly. They were getting together to talk about today's situation. As soon as they saw Xiao Tianjian, they immediately stood up.

"See the general! ......”

"As long as everyone is there, sit down! Huang Shengqiang, how is your injury? Xiao Tianjian was relieved to see that these generals were there and no one was absent, but when he saw Huang Shengqiang hanging his arm and bandages wrapped around his arms, he immediately asked.

"Thank you, General, for your concern. I'm fine. It's just a minor injury! It's the yellow deputy sentry who was seriously injured today, and I guess he may not be able to keep an arm!" Huang Shengqiang replied quickly.

Xiao Tianjian frowned and did not continue, but asked several other people, "Report your losses!"

Yan Chongxi immediately stood up and said, "Six people were killed in battle, three people were seriously injured, and four people were slightly injured! A team general is dead!"

"Eight people under his command were killed, four were seriously injured, and ten were slightly injured! Three stone cannons were lost!" Li Shuanzhu then got up and replied.

"Six people under his command were killed, two were seriously injured, four were slightly injured, and one was destroyed by a stone cannon!" Feng Gouzi also stood up and replied.

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After the loss was reported, Xiao Tianjian sighed slightly. After the battle of Xing Tianjun's several sentries, the minor injuries were not counted, and more than 60 people were killed in the battle. The loss was not small. This is still the result of their only supporting role in the battle. If they are allowed to take the lead in attacking the city today, it is estimated that the loss will be minimal. It will quadruple. If it goes on like this and a few battles are fought, his Xing Tianjun will return to the level of a few months ago.

"General, the brother sent by the stone whistle yesterday is now back and is asking for a meeting outside the account!" Just when Xiao Tianjian had a headache to attack Longzhou City, Tietou reported outside the account.

"Let him in!" Xiao Tianjian immediately replied that although Xiao Tianjian is here to help Li Zicheng, he will not leave everything to Li Zicheng to do, especially the officers and soldiers of He Renlong who are the biggest threat to them at present. Xiao Tianjian does not want to rely on Li Zicheng's news to judge the situation, so after arriving here, he immediately let Shi Ran A team of scouts were sent to Baoji to inquire about He Renlong's department, and now it was this scout who came back. They should have found out the news of He Renlong.

A dusty scout immediately strode into the tent. After stroking Xiao Tianjian's chest, they immediately replied, "General! The news has been found under the mark of what you ordered yesterday. He Renlong has led 3,000 officers and is on his way back to Longzhou in a hurry. At their speed, he can get here by noon tomorrow at the latest! Please make a final order!"

When everyone heard this, their faces changed. This time they really saw the power of the border troops in Longzhou City. Li Zicheng and they had so many soldiers and horses, but there were only less than a thousand officers and soldiers in the city. They suffered such a big loss, and this time He Renlong brought back 3,000 soldiers and horses, so they next I'm afraid it's even worse to hit Longzhou City.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian and even his soldiers were not very optimistic about attacking Longzhou City this time. They lost a lot in the two battles, and He Renlong rushed back to Longzhou City so quickly, so what should they do next?

Xiao Tianjian immediately asked the scout, "Where did you meet He Renlong's soldiers and horses?"

"The General! The bid was not accepted at night when He Renlongbu was met in Badu Town, 50 miles away from here. The bid also played with them and killed them two at night! Then he found out that He Renlong's department was in Badu Town, so he didn't dare to neglect it. He quickly came back and reported it to the general!" The scout replied immediately.

Xiao Tianjian was a little surprised by his reply. With the current combat effectiveness of their scouts, it is difficult to confront the night in the border army. This time, they encountered the night of the He Renlong Department and actually killed the other two of them, which obviously surprised Xiao Tianjian.

"Who followed you to explore the news of He Renlongbu this time? Who killed the opponent's night? To tell the truth!" Xiao Tianjian is very interested in asking about this scout.

The scout team will cough a little embarrassedly, but they don't dare to hide it. They immediately replied, "General, it's Li Lingfeng and Li Shichang!" He did it by hand for the two nights!"

This time, Xiao Tianjian understood that his guess was really good. He must be able to kill the other party's two people who didn't accept it at night. There are not many people in the scout team who can have such skills. Li Lingfeng is one of them. So it seems that it is obvious that he can put Li Lingfeng into the criminal army.

"Okay, you go down first! Each of the brothers who go out to do business this time will be rewarded with five taels of silver. Li Lingfeng will remember his merit once and ten taels of silver!" Xiao Tianjian waved his hand.

"Thank you, General, for your reward! Let's go!" The scouts bowed and thanked him, and then retreated.

"It seems that it's a little troublesome this time. He Renlong's return speed is very fast, which is beyond Li Zicheng's expectation. If Gao Yingxiang doesn't bring troops, it will be difficult to fight Longzhou City!" Xiao Tianjian smiled bitterly and said to the generals in the account.

"General, in that case, let's just get out of here! In this opinion, since Longzhou City is so strong, it's better to change places! Shaanxi University is very big. Why do we fight with them here? Yan Chongxi suddenly opened his mouth and said to Xiao Tianjian.

"No way! It's so inappropriate! At present, after all, we have just left Yanyang, and we are not very familiar with the situation in all parts of Shaanxi. Although Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng may not be able to beat Longzhou City, if we leave now, we will definitely offend them, and there will be many disadvantages for us in the future! At present, we might as well watch the change here. For Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, they are determined to win Longzhou City this time. They will definitely gather more volunteers to besiege Longzhou. The general might as well watch the change here. It is best to defeat Longzhou. We can't beat Longzhou. We are just a guest army. As long as Gao Yingxiang does not force us to take the lead, There won't be a big loss! If it really doesn't work, it's not too late for us to find an excuse to leave! Now it's better to send more scouts to the surrounding areas to inquire about the news of the officers and soldiers. After we find out the reality of the surrounding officers and soldiers, it's not too late for us to decide to stay!" After hearing Yan Chongxi's words, Fu Deming, who had not said much, immediately stood up to refute Yan Chongxi's proposal.

Several other people looked at Xiao Tianjian and did not make a statement. They just waited for Xiao Tianjian to come up with this idea.

Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "What Mr. Fu said is extremely true. At present, we have just left the territory of Yanyang, and we don't know much about the situation in Shaanxi. If we leave here now and offend Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, it's still a small matter. Once we rush to go there, we will encounter a large army. For us, It will be very dangerous!

The main purpose of Gao Yingxiang this time is to capture Longzhou City to obtain a large number of military supplies. Since He Renlong has not been fooled to Baoji County, it is presumably that Gao Yingxiang will come here soon. In this way, even if Gao Li can't defeat Longzhou City, he will not be defeated by He Renlong!

Although we have played against the officers and soldiers twice in Liyang, we still have little experience in dealing with the officers and soldiers compared with Gao Chuangwang and Li Chuang generals! So this time we should follow them to ask for experience! Don't forget this, everyone! You need to learn more from them! It's not in vain for us to follow here this time!"

The generals saw that Xiao Tianjian also meant to stay here for the time being, so they didn't say anything more, and what Xiao Tianjian and Fu Deming said was indeed the actual situation. At present, they were not very clear about the situation of the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi. If they rushed around, if they accidentally met Hong Chengchou If it's a large number of officers and soldiers, I'm afraid it's too late to cry at that time, so it's better to move safely with Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's big volunteers for the time being.

Xiao Tianjian's order Shi Ran would never neglect him. After the account was issued, he immediately summoned his scout team. In a group of ten people, a total of three groups of people were sent out. They immediately set out to Qingyang, Pingliang and other places in three ways to find out the news of the local officers and soldiers, and informed them. Once they find out the shape of a large stock of officers and soldiers, they will immediately return it.

After Xiao Tianjian discussed the next action with Fu Deming in his account, he immediately rushed to Li Zicheng's camp.