Chapter 61 Thrink
Huang Qiang returned to He Renlong in a sad and panic. He knelt down in front of He Renlong's horse. With a look of shame, he hugged He Renlong and said, "See the general in a humble position. He is incompetent. He failed to defeat the thief army in this battle, but suffered heavy losses! Please forgive the general!"
He Renlong's face was as heavy as water, and he had no intention of appeasing Huang Qiang at all. He lowered his head slightly with a cold face, stared at Huang Qiang kneeling in front of the horse coldly, and raised his finger to Huang Qiang and said angrily, "Huang Qiang! Do you still have the face to escape and come back to see me? You have five hundred elite soldiers under your command to deal with more than a thousand thief army. Not only did you fail to take down the head of the thief's head, but you were beaten by the thief army. You only brought back less than 200 elite soldiers. More than half of the soldiers were damaged. You actually have the face to run back to see me by yourself! Come on, tie this fool down to me and show it to the public, and pass it on to the first three armies to be an example!"
After listening to the order, several soldiers immediately rushed up and pressed Huang Qiang to the ground. The rope was tied up with his shoulders and two arms, and he dragged him away from here to the front of the army.
Huang Qiang was so scared that he looked pale and immediately shouted, "General, spare my life, general, spare my life!" For the sake of serving the general for so many years, please listen to the explanation of the crime! General, please listen to the explanation!"
The generals around him were also nervous and hesitated to plead for Huang Qiang. He Renlong was full of anger and waved to let people bring Huang Qiang back. He shouted to him with a cold face, "Okay! For the sake of your following me for many years, I will give you a chance to explain! Tell me, why did you lose so miserably?"
Huang Qiang was escorted back and fell in front of He Renlong. He kowtowed to He Renlong with his head on his back. He calmed down slightly and said, "Thank you, general, for giving the opportunity! General, we are definitely fooled this time! The thief army on the opposite side is by no means an ordinary thief army, let alone a mob! From the perspective of the criminal generals, the thief army on the other side is definitely a thief or an elite general under the command of Li Thief. It's just a banner of the so-called Xingtian Army! It is to confuse the general with this, so that we can underestimate the enemy, rush across the Wanzi River, and then take the opportunity to catch us off guard!"
After hearing this, He Renlong's pupils suddenly shrank and said angrily, "What nonsense! Just now, the general has sent people to investigate their situation. The other party's strength is only more than a thousand people, just a group of rabble! Gaochuang thieves are now besieging Baoji County. Li Hongji has not been defeated in the carriage gorge for a long time and has suffered heavy losses. How can there be so many elite soldiers and horses to set up an ambush here? Huang Qiang, if you dare to talk nonsense in order to live, I will kill you twice!"
"I dare not sin! What the sin said is true! The general also knows that the generals under the command of the sinner generals are not weak, and the sinners are by no means greedy and afraid of death! After crossing the river this time, I saw the main force of the thief army on the west side of the river embankment. The people who were placed in front of the army just now were just their auxiliary soldiers!
And the main force of the thief's army is extremely strong, and nearly half of them are armored men. Their military appearance and the array are only seen in their lives. The firearms placed in front of the array are less than 300, and they are all sharp birds! And its firing is extremely accurate! Only two rounds of platoons will cost nearly half of the inferior soldiers!
And the other party's rear soldiers will all hold long guns. After the long guns are put down, their army is like a forest of Humming, and drums marches like mountains. After the long guns are put down, it is as dense as a forest of guns. This method of battle has never been seen before. Although Beizhi led his troops to fight to the death, Yes, there was no way to tear open their array, and the thieves scattered on both wings and kept firing at our troops, and the cannons of the thieves kept bombarding our troops from the flanks. Although our soldiers and soldiers fought with blood, they were not strong after all. As a last resorted, in order to preserve the strength of the soldiers, so as not to destroy the whole army, they ordered to retreat. .
General! I, Huang Qiang, am a greedy person who is afraid of life and fear death. The general knows best that what the humble position said is true. If the general doesn't believe it, he can recruit the inferior subordinate soldiers to ask and know if there is a false statement! If there is anything false about what the sin will say, he is willing to be shown to the general!" In order to survive, Huang Qiang couldn't take care of everything. At once, he exaggerated the number of Xing Tianjun's firearms more than three times, and he vaguely only talked about the total strength of the other party, but did not say that what Xing Tianjun really took out to fight with him was only five or six hundred soldiers. He knelt on the ground and kept crying.
He Renlong frowned and hesitated a little, so he waved and sent a few soldiers to find a few of Huang Qiang's men to verify what Huang Qiang said. After a short time, several soldiers returned to He Renlong. They didn't look good and whispered a few words to He Renlong.
After hearing this, He Renlong's face changed and he waved his hand and said, "Take him down first, and then go after returning to Longzhou!"
It turned out that Huang Qiang's men were scared out of their courage in this battle of crossing the river. When He Renlong's own soldiers went to verify the situation with them, these people talked and exaggerated the horror of Xing Tianjun in Hexi more than ten times. Some even simply said that the other party's soldiers would wear heavy armor and could not be invable. The number of troops even reached more than 3,000, so they couldn't defeat the other side's thieves and came back after losing the battle.
After such nonsense, those soldiers had to believe that what Huang Qiang said was true, so they came back and told He Renlong what Huang Qiang's subordinates said. After hearing this, He Renlong couldn't help but be secretly surprised, so he began to be suspicious and had no intention of killing Huang Qiang again.
The terrain of the Wanzi River is a little strange. When it flows through this place, it makes a detour to the west. Because the water situation is relatively large, the river will flush the west bank of the river more violently. Therefore, in order to prevent the west bank of the river from being washed away by the big water, the locals built a solid embankment on the west bank of the river in the early years.
And Xing Tianjun took advantage of the embankment on the west bank that was higher than the ground to cover the body of its main force. They could see the east of the river clearly in Hexi, but from the east of the river, the situation behind the embankment in the west of the river could not be seen, and Xiao Tianjian deliberately put the auxiliary soldiers of the camp on the embankment before the war to hide people. The eyes and ears, so that He Renlong and his generals were paralyzed, so that they always underestimated the enemy.
After Huang Qiang fled back this time, in order to save his life, he deliberately exaggerated the strength and combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army, so that He Renlong also lost an inch. For a moment, he hesitated and did not know whether to continue to send troops to attack the Great Stone Bridge from the front.
While hesitating, someone pointed to He Renlong in the direction of the big stone bridge and shouted, "General, look, those thieves are on the bridge again!"
He Renlong immediately fixed his eyes and looked at the big stone bridge. As a result, he saw several thieves pushing a cart onto the stone bridge and blocking the stone bridge. He didn't know what was on the cart. These thief soldiers pushed a cart to the stone bridge and immediately ran back. He Renlong tightened his heart and shouted, "No OK! They are going to destroy the bridge!"
It really made He Renlong feed. Shortly after the big car was pushed to the stone bridge, a bright light suddenly flashed, and then a large mass of smoke rose. The gravel and fragments of the cart flew out on the stone bridge. Everyone was still two miles away from the stone bridge, and soon felt that their feet were slightly shaken. After the smoke dissipated, the big stone bridge across the Wanzi River collapsed, cutting off the only passage on both sides of the Wanzi River.
He Renlong stared at the collapsed stone bridge with wide eyes, and his heart became even more uncertain. For a moment, he was determined that he should continue to send troops here to cross the Wanzi River, or simply bypass another stone bridge ten miles upstream to cross the river and rush back to Longzhou City.
Huang Qiang's words cast a heavy shadow on He Renlong's heart, which made him unable to guess for a moment whether the so-called Xingtian army on the other side was really the Xingtian army in Yanyang or an elite under the command of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng. His current military strength is limited, and the auxiliary soldiers are only four or 5,000. This half After the fierce battle, Lv Pin was killed in the battle, and Huang Qiang's troops were completely disabled. He lost more than 400 generals in the Dashi Bridge alone, which almost made him lose more than 10% of his troops. The other party's strong combat effectiveness also made him believe that the thief army on the other side was indeed not easy to deal with.
At present, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng obviously used a plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain and transfer him out of Longzhou City. If what Huang Qiang said is good, then the other side is likely to be Li Zicheng or Gao Yingxiang's elite soldiers. The purpose is obviously to delay his return to Longzhou City. If this is really the case, then now Longzhou How is the situation on the other side of the city? He is very worried. It's a small matter to be blocked here. Once there is a loss in Longzhou, then his general is absolutely blameless. His immediate superior is Hong Chengchou, who has always ruled the army very strictly. If he loses Longzhou City, then his career may be over!
What's more, behind him, there are nearly 20,000 to 30,000 thieves of Gao Yingxiang. Baoji County is obviously their cover. Their purpose is actually Longzhou City. Gao Yingxiang must have learned that he led his troops back to Longzhou City at this time, so Gao Yingxiang may have started his army from Baoji County and rushed here. .
If he is dragged down by this thief's army here, once Gao Yingxiang leads his troops to come, he will be blocked on the east bank of the Wanzi River. At that time, once Li Zicheng comes again, he will surround him. Although he did not look down on these thief troops before, the thief army on the other side of World War I today The strong combat effectiveness showed made him begin to feel lingering. If the main forces of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng are added, just with this little soldiers and horses under his command, he may be beaten by Gao Yingxiang and others.
And Hong Chengchou is still in the area of Yan'an Prefecture. It is said that the Xining Guards mutiny is definitely a major event. Hong Chengchou is leading his troops to Xining Wei to pacify the mutiny. It is absolutely difficult to get out in a short time and come back to rescue him.
After thinking about it, the more He Renlong thought about it, the more afraid he became. He felt that this place was by no means a place to stay for a long time. His plan was to rush back to Longzhou City as soon as possible. After entering Longzhou, he didn't have to worry too much about anything! Considering this, he also felt more and more that the thief army on the other side was likely to be Gao Yingxiang or Li Zicheng's serious plan, just to delay him here, and then kill him on all sides and surround him in this place.
Thinking of this, he immediately made up his mind and did not dare to fight with the thief army on the other side here, so the subordinate general of the opponent said, "It seems that I have been waiting for the treacherous trick of the thief. The thief army on the other side is by no means a criminal army. It must be a thief or an elite soldier under the subordinate of the Li thief. He wants to delay us back to Long. State City! Take the opportunity to kill us on all sides and surround us here!
I will never delay here again! After passing the order, immediately set off to the upper reaches to cross the river and quickly return to Longzhou City! Then send a fast horse to order He Fang and Bai Youliang, so that they must act carefully and not fight against the enemy on the other side, but find a way to delay them and let me choose another place to cross the river and return to Longzhou City!"