Chapter 628 Dong Shi Xiaofeng
Su Qi stood at the gate of the camp, looking at the huge crowd not far away, and he was a little confused.
Behind the fence, the soldiers who were waiting for the battle put down their crossbows and lowered their spears.
Because in everyone’s eyes, those standing outside a stone’s throw are weaklings who have no power to restrain themselves.
White-haired old men and women, and haggard-looking women holding children in their arms, all crowded together tremblingly, looking at the army in front of them with fear.
They stopped because there was a row of arrows neatly planted in front of them.
That was the warning issued by the soldiers in the camp when they were advancing.
"Daniu, I am your mother-in-law's uncle! Last year during the New Year, you went to pay me New Year greetings!" An old man looked at a man behind the fence who was holding his hands on the fence and shouted loudly. shouted.
Su Qi turned to look at the soldier and waved to him.
Jun Han trotted all the way to Su Qi.
"Really your mother-in-law's uncle?" Su Qi asked.
The military man nodded: "General, there are many people here who I know well! But why can't I see a young and strong person, either old or young? I remember my mother-in-law's village, there were hundreds of people. Na! "
Su Qi looked ugly: "Do you need to say this? The young and strong have been taken away. The old, weak, sick and disabled are useless, so we don't want them anymore. Go and ask, what's going on? Why don't you just stay in the village and come here to seek death? ”
Looking back at the soldiers in the military camp, everyone’s expressions were not very good.
Su Qi’s subordinates had followed him all the way during the Yong’an mutiny last year. Since Yong'an and Tong'an are two adjacent counties, there are many Tong'an people under his command. There are only a few people who are related to both sides.
After a while, the soldier hurried back.
"General, these people can't survive unless they run away. They have to come out and seek a way to survive!"
"What do you say?"
"The enemies over in Tong'an are crazy. They are everywhere. Capture young men and grab supplies, my uncle and the others In the village, not to mention food, even the houses were forced to be demolished. Everything that was still useful was brought to the city. They could only escape from the famine, and maybe they could still have a way to survive and stay in the village. , that’s no chance at all!” said the soldier.
“Why don’t you run away to Tong’an?”
"We're guarding the pass on the other side and don't allow them to go that way! It's said that they won't have anything to eat and will starve to death. Why don't they go to our side? There might be a way to survive!" said the military man.
Su Qi took a breath of cold air and felt his cheeks hurt.
"General, they haven't eaten for two days!" the soldier whispered.
Su Qi waved his hand and said: "Get them some porridge, and then send them inside, there is nothing we can do here! Let's see if Nian Li Duhu and the Holy Maiden can do anything! ”
“Let them pass?”
"Otherwise, what should I do? Are you raising me?" Su Qi said angrily.
“The enemy is so vicious!” the soldier said angrily: “General, if I don’t lead a group of cavalry out, I might run into a few waves of people who are out there robbing food and people, fuck them. Damn it!"
Su Qi pondered for a moment and actually nodded: "This is a good idea. The bullies on the other side are preparing to fight a protracted war with us, so they are robbing people and goods everywhere. Now their forces must be scattered. You go with two hundred cavalry, but be careful not to go deep, and don't be greedy. Fight if you can, and leave if you can't. Especially if you can't bring back the supplies, they won't fall into the hands of the enemy even if they are burned!"
“Got it!”
The soldiers ran away excitedly. After a while, a cavalry of more than a hundred people left the camp from the other side and ran straight into the depths of Tongan County. .
At the front door, the group of old and weak women and children sat on the ground. Each of them had an extra steamed bun and a bowl of wild vegetable soup in their hands. They ate with gusto and kept saying thank you to the surrounding soldiers while eating. . Su Qi's nose in the camp was a bit sore.
As a hall leader of Houtu Banner, he used to be an out-and-out farmer and knew the suffering of ordinary people in such troubled times.
It is true that the sky does not respond and the earth does not respond.
The entire Tongan County is now in a state of war and chaos.
What caused the current situation was not the enemy who had already attacked, but the Chu army stationed here.
Not only did Su Qi have such a situation, Lin Dong from Anduqiao also discovered such a thing. Like Su Qi's reaction, after learning about the other party's actions, Lin Dong immediately He commanded the Hu and Ben army cavalry to take the initiative to attack, trying to prevent the opponent from causing greater damage and obtaining more supplies as much as possible.
Both sides are deploying troops, but small-scale wars have broken out everywhere at the same time.
In these conflicts, the Tongan Chu Army was in an extremely disadvantaged situation.
Because those who came out to grab food and arrest people were basically the former county soldiers of Tong'an County, while those sent out on the opposite side were all elites like scouts from various ministries.
Once the two sides encounter each other, their combat prowess is not at the same level, and they rarely have the ability to fight back.
More importantly, because of their brutal behavior, even the people of Tong'an who originally supported them hated them and turned to inform them.
After discovering that the gains were far from making up for the losses, Xiang Ying finally ordered to stop such actions, and all military forces began to shrink to Tong'an County as the core, with Sanhekou, Wangjiadian, and Erdao Bridge, Qili Pagoda and other four small towns are in the outer defensive circle.
The four peripheral defense points all have one thing in common. They occupy strategic terrain and are within ten miles of Tong'an County. Cavalry support can be reached in an instant.
Five-point linkage, one touch activates the whole body.
There are 20,000 troops stationed in Tong'an County, and 3,000 troops are stationed in each of the other four places. There are also cavalry as a mobile force to support any location under attack at any time.
With sufficient supplies and ordnance, it is indeed possible to hold on for a long time.
Yongan City.
After seeing the intelligence that was continuously sent back from the front, both Li Dachui and Jiang Qian immediately judged what Jiang Ying wanted to do.
"He is indeed a veteran!" Li Dachui said with admiration: "The response is quick and the response is effective. I have to say that this is his most correct approach at the moment. If he really wants to break out and return to Danyang, our chances are very good. It’s big!”
"He can't retreat now. If we attack the fortified city, it is very likely to cause huge casualties!" Jiang Qian frowned: "The casualties will be heavy, but it will be detrimental to the future. Li Guohua's troops have already Nanyang has been completely occupied, and the tigers are watching us. There are wolves at the front door and tigers at the back door! "
" Protector, Saint, Xiang Ying wants to imitate the battle of founding the Kingdom of Chu!" He Jiong said: "That is the achievement that the Xiang family has been most proud of for hundreds of years! "
"The Battle of Hangcheng!" Jiang Qian nodded: "If Xiang Ying really follows this. Is it really difficult to prepare for this battle?"
Li Dachui shook his head and sneered: "I have also studied the battle of Hangcheng. At that time, they had clearly judged that the Qin army was bound to attack Hangzhou. city, so we started to prepare all kinds of materials and weapons a year in advance. All kinds of materials were piled up like Mountain, and at that time, people from all over the Chu State worked together to support the battle of Hangcheng. Now, do they have this condition? Painting a tiger is not like a dog, imitating others, just making people smile, and the desired result is not there. It must be the opposite."
"Fight?" Jiang Qian asked.
"Of course!" Li Dachui affirmed.
(End of this chapter)