Chapter 591 Action

Late August, late at night.

In the county government of He County, Xiao Jing, Wu Yanqing, Zhao Liang, Liu Ji and others were discussing military matters.

News about Fengzhou also reached them.

Liu Ji said: "No wonder I haven't seen King Huai appear these days. It turns out that he raided Fengzhou."

"They adopted a two-front attack. Now that the defenders of Fengzhou are defeated, King Huai will march straight in and arrive at Shan County." Zhao Liang dipped his index finger into tea, drew the marching route of King Huai on the table in front of him, and immediately said:

"The defenders of Huaizhou are currently gathered in He County. If King Huai invades Huaizhou from Shan County, they will be able to form a pincer attack on our army with King Chong and Lu Sheng's troops. By then, At this time, our army is in danger."

When asked, Wu Yanqing suddenly said: "I said that the enemy's attack on the city is not very violent these days. It turns out that they are stalling for time with us."

"Where are the reinforcements?" Xiao Jing asked Zhao Liang.

"According to the report from the Supervisory Guard, the Fish Scale Guards led by General Nangong have arrived in Huainan County and are heading towards us. According to the marching speed, they can arrive in seven days at the fastest. In addition, Anguo Justice is heading towards us. However, there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Linzhou, and only the personal barracks under Anguo Gong came." Zhao Liangdao.

Although he was the commander stationed in Huaizhou, he basically listened to Xiao Jing and Wu Yanqing. After all, these two were the father-in-law of An Guogong.

"General Zhao, tell General Nangong not to lead his troops to He County. He should immediately go to Yixian to garrison to prevent the Huai army that invaded Fengzhou from entering Huaizhou from Yixian." Liu Ji said quickly.

Zhao Liang nodded. After all, he has led troops for many years and has realized this. Duke An Guo did not bring many reinforcements from Linzhou. If the Yulin Guards are allowed to come to He County again, there will really be no troops to defend the rear. It is impossible. Really let King Huai steal his ass.

"Dong dong dong"

At this moment, a rapid drumbeat suddenly sounded outside the Yamen.

Soon, a guard general ran in in a panic and said urgently: "General Zhao, it's bad, the enemy is attacking the city."

Hearing this, the expressions of several people in the lobby changed slightly.

Wu Yanqing frowned and said, "These bastards really know how to pick the time."

"Obviously he knew that King Huai had succeeded and wanted to prevent us from returning to aid Yixian County, so he attacked the city to hold us back." Xiao Jing said solemnly.

Zhao Liang hurriedly said: "You two, don't say any more, just go and defend."

"promise."

Xiao Jing and others bowed their hands to Zhao Liang and walked out of the hall.

The group had just left the Yamen and were about to rush to the city wall.

There was a sound of breaking wind, and then the house in front of my father-in-law Xu Kaiwai was suddenly smashed into a big hole by the sound of breaking wind, and dust and smoke were everywhere.

The next second, the sound of breaking wind became more and more frequent.

"Be careful, it's a catapult." Xiao Jing shouted sharply and said to Liu Ji.

Among them, he is the weakest.

"Ahhh."

The shrill screams rang out under the night. Many of Sergeant Chen's soldiers in the city were hit by huge rocks thrown by catapults and died on the spot. Those who were lucky enough to survive had their spines broken. Even if they survived, they would be disabled for the rest of their lives. .

"The enemy is serious. The city wall in He County is low and not strong. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend." Liu Ji analyzed calmly.

The enemy had never used catapults when attacking the city before, and given the situation, the enemy might have used all their catapults tonight.

"Repulse the enemy first, and then find a way to withdraw to Xiongmen City." Zhao Liang also knew that He County was not suitable for holding on, but if he wanted to withdraw to Xiongmen County, he had to repel the enemy's attack first.

Outside the city, deafening shouts of killing came from all directions.

Chongjun and Lujun did not light torches, and the moonlight in the sky was not very bright, but they could distinguish the direction. However, this was not good for Chenjun. With this light, it was difficult to see how many people from Chongjun and Lujun were attacking the city.

"Bang bang bang!"

Catapults and ballistas continued to fly towards the city wall. The city wall was smashed by huge rocks, creating holes of different sizes. Some of the battlements were hit and a piece of them flew out.

Sergeant Chen on the city wall suddenly felt the pressure doubled.

Chong Jun and Lu Jun are not just a ragtag group. In order to deal with Chen Mo, they are all elite troops.

The people who defended the city in Hexian County were only the lowest-level trap guards among Chen's army. It's not that the soldiers of the trap guards were weak, but they didn't have much combat experience. Even though their equipment was similar, there was some gap between them and these elite troops. of.

Fortunately, Chen Jun was defending the city and was able to even out these gaps.

In addition, with the arrival of Xiao Jing and Wu Yanqing, they now have a backbone, and the pressure on the soldiers defending the city is suddenly reduced.

The overall strength of the trapped guards is not as good as that of Chong Jun and Lu Jun, but they are not weak. They can also be said to be well-trained, obey orders, and cooperate tacitly.

Under Zhao Liang's command, it was all just right when to rotate the garrison on the city wall, when to add more troops to stop the enemy's onslaught, and even when to beat drums to boost morale.

Wu Yanqing and Xiao Jing tried their best to resist the boulders thrown by the enemy's catapults while retaining part of their innate aura.

The reason why some of them are preserved is to prevent the enemy's top-grade warriors from taking advantage of their spiritual energy to run out and personally lead their troops to attack the city.

After all, people are not machines. High-intensity combat will make you tired.

The party responsible for attacking the city will only become more tired.

Although the siege side also adopts the method of rotating siege, the siege side needs to invest more men and horses every time it attacks the city than the defending side, which makes the defending side take more turns than the siege side. Long.

Two hours later.

Gongsun Yan knew that he would not be able to capture He County tonight, so he ordered the troops to withdraw with gold.

But looking at the dilapidated city, I knew that Chen Jun wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

…

the other side.

Fengzhou and Huaizhou are obviously adjacent states, but the moonlight above Fengzhou is brighter than that of Huaizhou.

The full moon is like a bright and smooth jade plate. Tens of thousands of Huai army soldiers are camping in the wild, and the lights stretch to the end of the sky.

Of these tens of thousands of Huai army officers, nearly three thousand were King Huai's personal guards, seven thousand Huai soldiers borrowed from King Chong, and more than three thousand soldiers of Chen's army who were defeated and surrendered to King Huai.

Well, that's right, the defenders of Fengzhou were not completely wiped out, and nearly 30% surrendered to King Huai.

It’s not that no one is afraid of death.

Under the threat of their lives and knowing that they could survive by surrendering, they surrendered to King Huai.

And this made King Huai feel very good. The food tasted delicious, as if these could wash away part of the humiliation in his heart.

But tonight, his happy mood was ruined by a secret report from Jiangnan.

Jiangnan's plan failed.

Almost all of the hundreds of spies hiding in Jiangnan were eradicated.

In the plan, these spies were to attack the treasure ship from Jiangnan to Huaizhou, causing turmoil. Then, these spies would take the opportunity to incite the Jiangnan family whose clan members died in the treasure ship incident, thereby restraining the Yu Scale Guards stationed in Jiangnan.

Now that the plan has failed, the Fish Scale Guards have returned to Huaizhou to aid.

What made Prince Huai most angry was that, according to the secret document, the plan failed because the uncaptured spy in Jiangnan suspected that Hua Ying was not dead, or that Hua Ying leaked the secret before his death, which made Chen Mo Take advantage of the situation and take a long-term approach to catch the big fish.

But no matter what the speculation is, they all say that Huaying betrayed King Huai.

"Trash, a bunch of trash."

King Huai angrily overturned the things on the table in front of him to the ground.

In his eyes, Jiangnan's spy clothes were just pawns and not important.

But this does not mean that he can tolerate these chess pieces betraying him.

…

Late August.

Huaizhou, Huainan County.

Nangong Xian led the Yulin Guards and originally planned to rush to He County to aid. However, he received a letter from Zhao Liang on the way, so he turned around and headed to Yi County. During this period, he received a report from the Supervisory Guard saying that Duke An Guo had crossed the Huaihe River. He hurriedly led the army back to Huainan County, intending to obey Duke An Guo's order.

By chance, when he returned to Huainan, he bumped into Chen Mo.

Huainan County Yamen Lobby.

"General Nangong, why are you in Huainan?" Chen Mo said.

"Back to An Guogong, General Zhao heard that Huaizhou was in danger, and General Zhao asked for help. General Zhao thought that there was nothing wrong with Jiangnan anyway, so he came to help General Zhao. But on the way, he suddenly learned that King Huai had raided Fengzhou, and Zhao The general then asked the last general to rush to Yixian to garrison. At this time, he happened to learn that Duke An Guo was here."

Although Nangong Xian was Chen Mo's father-in-law, he really didn't dare to show off his father-in-law, so he respectfully told Chen Mo what happened.

Chen Mo nodded and said: "You came just in time. My original intention was for you to resist King Huai's army. I will ask General Yue to go over and help you."

The speed of King Huai's side was too fast. The troops transferred from Yuzhou obviously did not reach Fengzhou so quickly, and during this period, people must be needed to block King Huai.

Yue Ruyan nodded towards Nangong Xian as a gesture.

ps: There are some glitches.