Chapter 410 Three People
When they walked onto Zhemati, it was dark night everywhere.
Wang Zhang found a stone step and sat down, took out his sword and wiped it carefully.
Perhaps feeling the murderous intent, the insects closed their mouths and stopped chirping.
The river flows quietly, occasionally lapping the embankment, but then retreats hastily.
The leaves suddenly fall, as if we can’t wait to usher in the chilling autumn.
"Dang!" The knife was thrown at Shi Le's feet.
"What do you mean by the governor?" Shi Le asked softly.
Wang Zhang looked forward.
On the river, ships are dotted and shuttle back and forth.
In the majestic river, there was a roar of people, cheers soaring into the sky, and the atmosphere was warm.
On the three small islands not far from each other, a large number of torches and braziers were lit. Looking from a distance, the noise was as noisy as during the day.
On the largest island, the dark city wall stands tall and brightly lit. It is reflected in the river, and it actually shows a bit of brilliant momentum.
"Lead your men and set off. Take this knife and go. Anyone who doesn't obey orders along the way can be killed first and then punished." Wang Zhang said.
Shi Le picked up the saber and said nothing, just stared at the Yellow River like a natural chasm.
There was a trace of worry between his brows. He might be worried about something, but then he felt a little determined, as if he had figured something out.
Some things must always be done, even if it is difficult, even if there is no hope.
Shi Le turned around and left.
After a while, several camp doors opened, and a group of knights rode away.
Then the second team and the third team...
When the sound of horse hooves had almost disappeared, Wang Zhang gently picked up a dead branch and played with it gently.
Zhao Gu stood in the darkness and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty has returned to Beijing from Yewang." Wang Zhang's voice soon drifted into his ears: "Before leaving, I was quite worried about the situation. Doesn't General Anbei want to make extraordinary achievements? , does it impress His Majesty?"
Zhao Gu hesitated and said: "It is a great achievement to hold the north bank."
There was another long silence.
"Then keep it safe." Wang Zhang broke the dead branch in his hand and said, "You killed Pei Dun and forcibly married his daughter. Do you know the consequences?"
"Of course you know. "
"Now that I know it, I won't say more." Wang Zhang said: "The inability to expel the Jin army on Hezhu has already disappointed your majesty. If you can't even defend the north bank, I don't know what to do. How to plead for you. If you fall into Shao Xun's hands, you will definitely not end well."
"Keep the governor's words in mind." Zhao Gu's expression changed. Bai, said.
"Don't be afraid, everyone will die." Wang Zhang grinned and said: "If the bandits attack, just fight them. The leader of the team is dead, the leader of the building. Enter. The leader of the building. If the governor dies, you go. If you die, I go. ”
"Yes." Zhao Gu replied with difficulty.
"Don't take any chances." Wang Zhang said: "Shao Xun is the military commander of the Yanzhou shogunate. The concubine Pei of the East China Sea strongly supports him and holds great power. He will not let you go."
After speaking, Wang Zhang stood up.
He took one last look at the bustling Hezhu.
The Jin people were very determined and built pontoons and cities very quickly.
Looking from a distance, the city on the sandbank in the middle of the river will be completely completed this month, and the pontoon bridge connecting Hezhu to the ferry on the south bank is even closer to completion.
After these two areas have been renovated, the next step is to build a pontoon bridge to the north shore.
Compared with the south bank, Hezhu is closer to the north bank!
Wang Zhang seemed to have smelled the strong smell of blood.
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In the camp full of groans, feeble fighting sounds resounded.
Xun Song walked slowly.
Someone was crying softly in a corner of the camp. When he saw him, he stopped immediately as if he was being strangled by the neck.
Left and right stepped forward and looked at him with questioning eyes: Do you want to kill this person who disrupts the morale of the army?
Xun Song waved his hand and reluctantly stepped back.
He couldn't bear to do this.
This is the camp of the Youwei Division. It originally had more than 10,000 people. After besieging the city for more than two months, it has lost three to four thousand people.
With a large number of casualties, military discipline will be difficult to control and military morale will be difficult to stabilize.
What's more, when the right guard general Li Yun was collecting the defeated troops in the siege, he was killed by Wang Mi's cavalry and returned wounded. Now the entire right guard is a little loose.
After visiting one camp, Xun Song went to another camp.
Before entering the camp, I heard a melodious flute sound.
The voice is like weeping and complaining. The listener is sad and the listener sheds tears. Xun Song stood and listened for a while, filled with emotion.
At this moment, he no longer had any desire for fame and wealth, only the sadness of the loss of life, and the weakness of going home to lick his wounds.
Perhaps his ideal life is to keep reading under a green light.
This war has bored him to death, especially now.
Left and right came forward again, but stopped talking.
There must be no mournful or sarcastic sounds in the army, and those who disobey orders will be killed.
Playing this song shakes the morale of the army. What if they are not killed?
Xun Song looked at the camp and saw that it was still a unit of Youwei. If he remembered correctly, there were three thousand Youwei soldiers and more than 6,000 refugee recruits in this camp.
He shook his head, sighed, and looked towards Xin'an City further away.
This city is built on the mountain. It is not very strong and has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed there.
In order to boost morale, the thief general Wang Mi personally entered the city and commanded the battle. The effect is still very obvious. Relying on the fortified city, as long as one's own position remains stable, it is really difficult to win with more than 20,000 forbidden troops and 30,000 new refugees coming from Luoyang.
After fighting for two months, the defenders became more confident as they fought, while the king's division became more and more demoralized.
Xun Song no longer knew what to do.
He felt that he had lost his way. Perhaps attacking Xin'anben was a mistake.
Recalling the emperor's urgent attitude when he asked questions in the Taiji Palace, Xun Song sighed secretly.
Actually, it’s no wonder that the emperor is the emperor, because many courtiers also want to remove Xin’an, otherwise they would always feel that there is a big threat on the flanks.
It was not the emperor’s fault alone that he left Xin’an.
It can only be said that if the current situation is like this, the possibility of taking this step is too great. At the critical moment, the emperor failed to withstand the pressure and issued this order, which led to this.
The night wind blew up suddenly, bringing with it the strong smell of blood and corpses.
The fighting was fierce and many corpses had no time to dispose of. There have been several autumn rains recently. After the corpse was soaked in water, it rotted and smelled bad, which made Xun Song, who always loved cleanliness, quite uncomfortable.
He didn’t want to look any further, so he covered his nose with his sleeves and returned to the Chinese army camp.
After bathing in incense, he planned to talk to the two new mages.
When the late emperor was in power, there were 180 Buddhist temples in the country. In recent years, the wars have become more and more severe, the people have become more and more depressed, and the number of Buddhist temples has increased, and there is a trend of becoming more prosperous and developed. The number has exceeded 200 and is heading towards 300.
Xun Song's staff made suggestions and decided to invite two mages to come to the army to save the souls of the dead and soothe the morale of the army. Although this move was opposed by many generals, he still planned to give it a try.
At this moment, the gate of Xin'an City opened in the night, and more than a thousand sergeants quietly left the city under the cover of night, like demons emerging from the ground, and rushed to the Jin army camp.
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An autumn rain and a cold.
In the Zhaoyang Palace, Emperor Sima Chi walked around like a restless beast.
His eyes were bloodshot, and there was even a blister at the corner of his mouth. He looked haggard and worried about gains and losses.
Anding Prefect Jia Xun, Fufeng Prefect Liang Zong, Xinping Prefect Zhu Hui, Feng Yi Prefect Suo Wei, Anyi Guards Qu Yun, Yongzhou Governor Qu Te and others each led an army to recover Chang'an. This news made Everyone was very excited.
When Sima Chi first heard about it, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
Think about it, Liangzhou has loyal minister Zhang Gui, Qinzhou has Nanyang heir Sima Bao, Chang'an has been liberated, and the situation in Kansai has greatly improved. Isn't this the sign of ZTE?
Liang Fen, the general of the Wei, was in charge of the military affairs in Mianbei. He first put down the rebellion of Wang Ru, and now he is stationed in Xiangyang to conquer Du Tao. The traitor will be destroyed soon. Isn't this the sign of ZTE?
The only thing that made him unhappy was the Hun army pressing down on Hanoi and Hongnong.
These two places are too close to Luoyang, like two nooses around the necks of the civil and military officials of the dynasty, making people unable to breathe, so they must be broken.
The Battle of Xin'an has continued to this day, with many troops and generals lost, but no results achieved.
Xun Song kept coming to report how many thieves he had killed and injured today, and how many thieves he would capture and kill tomorrow. He was very excited at first, but in the end, he could only become more and more uncontrollable in anger.
He believed that Wang Mi suffered heavy casualties. The problem was that the Forbidden Army suffered even greater casualties and had not been able to break through Xin'an so far. What was the use? In the end, isn’t it just a waste of money and money but nothing in return?
He couldn't accept this fact.
Heyang Sancheng also made him very unhappy.
Shao Xun kept asking for money, food, equipment and even craftsmen, but he held his nose and gave it. As a result, the three cities that were good are still two cities, and there is still no hope of breaking into the north bank. How can we not let people Annoyed?
Situ Fu Zhi——That’s all, he just passed away a few days ago, and Sima Chi didn’t want to slander him.
"Huh!" After exhaling the turbid air in his heart, Sima Chi picked up the imperial pen and wanted to write something, but he hesitated.
When he was full of irritation, he accidentally touched the blister at the corner of his mouth, which made him frown in pain.
After a moment of silence, he no longer hesitated and wrote three orders in succession.
A copy was sent to Xin'an City, and Xun Song stepped up his attack on the city.
A copy was sent to Heyang, ordering Shao Xun to go north to Hanoi as soon as possible.
Another document was sent to Guanzhong, with Jia Zong as the governor of Yongzhou and Liang Zong as the governor of Chang'an, hoping that he would reorganize his troops as soon as possible, attack Feng Yi, and completely drive the Xiongnu forces out of Guanzhong.
At the critical moment when the enemy and we are in a stalemate, we must grit our teeth and resist. Sima Chi knows this very well.
(End of this chapter)