Chapter 819 No reinforcements
The slanting wind was blowing the drizzle, and it kept pattering.
The knight on horseback is wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, galloping along the Youxi River. The rain made the road extremely muddy, and the hooves of the horses were also covered with a thick layer of mud.
Not far behind them is Wande Prefecture, one of the nine Manzhou states in Youxi. The Manzhai with more than a thousand households has just been rescued by the Tang army. In front of the Manzhai, there are piles of corpses.
Just in the middle of the night yesterday, the Tang army in Yongzhou advanced by land and water, and suddenly attacked.
Beihai Division Admiral Cheng Chumo led an army raid. Under countless arrows and crossbows, more than a thousand barbarian troops occupying Wandezhai were killed and collapsed instantly.
At dawn, the Tang army cut off more than 700 rebel heads, inserted them directly on sharp wooden stakes, and stood on both sides of the road. The headless corpses were buried in the fields beside the road, and many corpses fell into the Youxi River, stained red. half of the river.
Tang Jun did not let go of the defeated barbarians in Juding. Although the Qingqi ran heavy and slow in the muddy rain, it was still faster than most of the barbarians who fled.
The rain dampened the bowstrings, reducing the range and accuracy of the crossbows, but many barbarians were still shot and killed by the crossbows when they were running, and fell to the ground.
Those who can chase and kill barbarians on tall horses are basically light cavalry from the Beihai Navy Marine Corps. They came all the way by boat, recharging their energy for a long time, and they didn't even dispatch in the raid last night.
At this time, they are fully armed and armed, and they are going to chase after them.
Silong and Wan Dezhou have both been recovered.
Under the walled city, there are still many black traces of fireworks, indicating that the Manzhou on the Youxi main road was once prosperous and bustling with a thousand households, but at this time many houses were burned, and it was in a depression.
A school lieutenant with a Mo knife in his hand and wearing Mingguang armor stood in Manzhai, and the officers came and went to report the military situation.
"The Judingman is nothing but this, it is simply vulnerable, Zuo Fusang and the Youximan are too weak, this will make the Judingman feel like no one is in the land all the way."
"If you want me to tell you, why not go directly to Hengshan Village, let's take a look at that lady Nong San to see what she looks like, let's **** her and make her a concubine for Duke Wei."
Cheng Chumo came over with a group of officers on patrol, and when he heard this, he snorted and scolded, "You are just a brigade commander in charge of a 100-man marine corps, and you regard yourself as a general. I asked you to lead people to search and clean up the surrounding area. You Are you here to point out the country with me?"
"The general is joking, I, Lao Yan, dare not, but these barbarians are indeed not beaten, we have already fought here, why don't we move forward and go straight to Hengshan, why do we stop here?"
"How to fight is up to Duke Wei and the others. We just need to obey the orders. Zuo Fusang and his 60,000 barbarians are in Hengshan Village. Is the lady a vegetarian? I heard that Mrs. Nongsan has a team of female warriors under her command, all of them are so tough, you may have to be captured alive in the past, and you will be a donkey to carry on the family line."
While they were talking, transport ships were docking at the Youxi River wharf next to Wande Prefecture, and countless supplies were being unloaded from the ships.
A military officer commanded craftsmen, civilian husbands, and Manzhai villagers who had been rescued along the way to transport these materials to Wandezhai.
The staff officer from the staff office is holding the blueprints and directing the craftsmen of the engineer battalion to lead the civilians to start building the defense.
Expand a larger wharf, set up a water camp along the river, expand Wande Village, and build a multilateral fortress with stronger defenses next to it.
At the same time, a warehouse city will be built by the river to store food, weapons and clothing.
"We put so much effort into building a castle here, we won't hand it over to the barbarians later, will we?"
Cheng Chu laughed silently. As a high-level executive, of course he knew Qin Lang's strategy of using troops this time, to drive away tigers and devour wolves, and take advantage of the invasion of Juding barbarians to reform the left and right streams.
Although I didn't plan to do it all at once, the Zhucheng Village along the river is basically going to be listed as the Zhengzhou County of the imperial court this time, just like this Wande Village, which is located between Hengshan and Yongzhou, and has always been a tea-horse trade route. There is also a road leading northeast to Chengzhou, Guizhou, etc. in Dazhai, so the main points here must naturally be firmly controlled by the imperial court.
Now, on the grounds of defending Juding, send troops to withdraw, and then build fortifications and city defenses. In fact, they want to station troops and officials here.
Since Tang Jun has come, it is impossible to return it to the barbarians in the future.
Digging ditches and logging, even if the sky is still drizzling, but the engineering battalion is also busy. In the future, Wande Prefecture will become an important city on Youxi River. There will be post road stations, important warehouses, and garrisons here. Forts, there will also be merchant towns.
On the Youxi River, boats are approaching, and the boats are full of soldiers and supplies.
Cheng Chumo temporarily took up the position of the marching commander of Youxi Road, and at the same time inspected the governor of Wande Prefecture. The surrounding seventy-two barbarians were assigned to his jurisdiction.
The order he received was to recover Silong, Wandezhou, Baimadong on the south bank of the Duni River in the north, and Longyingdong in the south.
Wande State was renamed to Dezhou, and placed under the German garrison.
His duty is to guard Guizhou, sweep out the barbarians in the territory, and leave the rest alone.
No matter how fierce the attack on Hengshan is, they are not allowed to go without orders.
The newly established Zhengzhou is 120 miles northwest of Dezhou, and more than 100,000 barbarians are still facing each other in Hengshan.
Youxi Barbarian King, Youzhou Inspector Zuo Fusang asked eighty times, "Has Yongzhou sent troops?"
Haven’t been able to get the desired reply all the time, which made the Hengshan Youxi Man’s morale low. Although they were not at a disadvantage in numbers, they were forced to be unable to get out under the offensive of the Juding Nong’s Man.
Pingma Village in the north of Hengshan City, this is the largest horse market in Hengshan Village in recent years. Last year, 40,000 horses were traded. The huge horse market transactions made Zuo Fusang a lot of money and became his cash cow.
But now Pingma village has become the camp of Nong Sanniang.
The Silversmith Village to the east of Hengshan Village is the workshop where the craftsmen who make gold and silver jewelry and smelt silverware gather in Hengshan. There are thousands of silversmiths and countless gold and silver shops. But now this once bustling silversmith village, It was also captured by Juding Man.
Shangfa Village next to Pingma Village is a concentrated area of blacksmiths who specialize in forging horseshoes and making weapons. Shangfa means blacksmith in barbarian language, and it is also occupied now.
Hengshanzhai's three major industries, silverware, horse market, and homemade cloth, have been occupied in two places. In recent years, the emerging Tiefang District has also been occupied.
Many silversmiths and blacksmiths, Ma Yazi, failed to escape. He intended to send troops to recover, but Youxidongding was unable to defeat him.
It's okay to barely stay in Hengshan Village, but when you go out, you will be beaten.
"Report!"
"A speedboat is coming on the river, and there is good news."
"Quickly, invite someone here."
The speedboat came in the dark at night, and the son of the barbarian king from Wande Village came in person. When the village was breached, his father and brother were killed and he was captured. Come to report victory.
"Duke Wei has already arrived in Yongzhou, and sent troops in two groups. In the north, he was led by General Cheng Chumo, the commander-in-chief of the Beihai Division. Along the way, he has recovered the Silong and Wande villages. He has fought several battles and beheaded more than a thousand people."
When Zuo Fusang and other Youxi barbarian kings heard the news, they all jumped with joy.
"How long will General Cheng arrive, and how many soldiers has he brought?"
"General Cheng won't come for the time being. He was ordered by the Duke of Wei to build fortifications in Wandezhai, store supplies, and accumulate troops. He asked me to tell the Great Master, please continue to stand by and wait for help. When the preparations are complete, Then he will march northward. He also said that he will continue to wipe out the enemies behind Hengshan Village, so as to relieve his worries."
Hearing this, Zuo Fusang and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, what is the meaning of this, they have already arrived at Wande Village, why did they stop moving forward.
"I'll send someone to follow you back to Wande Village, and ask Zongbing Cheng to send troops to help. Nanong Sanniang's men are really tough, especially his cavalry and archers. Our people can't get out of the village at all."
Unexpectedly, Wade, the son of the Man King of Wandezhai, said, "My father and brother were killed by Juding Man, and my sisters and wives were humiliated. I came here to make things difficult for them with my own hands, and I don't plan to go back."
Wande State was changed to Dezhou and returned to the German army. All aspects were taken over by the government army. In fact, Wade could not stay there any longer.
Return to Dezhou, return to the German army.
Zuo Fusang vaguely wanted to understand something, his face darkened, but he was powerless.
"Without reinforcements, what about food and bows and arrows?"
"Not for the time being."
Zuo Fusang slammed his fist on the table case, smashing a good wooden case, his face was swollen and blue, but he could only gasp heavily.
Some barbarian kings and lords also turned black.
Waited and waited, and finally got this news.
What should we do now, let's fight against Nong's here?
But now the Nong family is constantly attacking. Even though they are defending the stronghold, they still suffer a lot of casualties every day. If this continues, won't they be exhausted?
Many barbarian kings secretly scolded Qin Lang for being treacherous in their hearts. They wanted to hurt both sides, and he would come to take advantage again.
Returning to Dezhou is a lesson learned from the past. Wandezhai was destroyed and Dongzhu was killed. Qin Lang sent troops to recover it.
Does Qin Lang want Hengshanzhai to do the same?
Outside Hengshan Village.
Mistress Nong San wears a bamboo hat and gazes at Hengshan Village.
This fortress is too difficult to fight. Since the troops were dispatched, they have encountered the most difficult bone to crack. They gnawed at it bit by bit. Today they broke an outer fortress, and tomorrow they will go to the next one, but Hengshan's main fortress still cannot be opened. .
The news just came from the south, which made Nong Sanniang frown even more.
The offensive stalled.
The enemy's counterattack also started.
"Block the news from the south."
Nong Sanniang coldly ordered that if the news of Wande's defeat came back, the morale of the army here in Hengshan would be unstable immediately.
As the queen of Juding, during this period of time, with the victory of the offensive, Nong Sanniang's prestige has risen unprecedentedly, but the battle is not going well, and some people have already called for withdrawal.
They feel that the previous victories have caused the various ministries to rob a lot of money, livestock and people. Since things are not going well now, they should simply withdraw.
Just grab and run.
They have no intention of occupying the land of the left and right streams for a long time.
Kanong Sanniang didn't want to withdraw. Her husband's ambition was to restore the Juding country. Not only that, but also to revive the Juding. He even planned to use Nanpanjiang as his base to lay down thousands of miles of land.
It is really unwilling to retreat like this now.
"Why didn't the Tang army take advantage of the victory to attack?"
"It must be that they don't have many soldiers and horses, and their preparations are not complete, so after taking Wandezhai in a sneak attack, they are unable to advance again." Nong looked at Hengshan, "We still have a chance, even if we want to retreat, we must break through Hengshan and then Retreat, this time we have to defeat Youximan, otherwise we will not be safe even if we retreat."
"Tell everyone, Hengshan Village can't hold on any longer, take Hengshan Village, there are countless gold, silver and silk in it, and there are still 100,000 people, I will share it with all the tribes!"
(end of this chapter)