Chapter 225 The Big Battlefield and the Small Battlefield
Ding Ergou took a small hammer and knocked on the armor pieces until the armor pieces were hammered flat, and then he took the cowhide rope to dismantle them. The fallen armor pieces were connected together and then attached to the armor.
With his bare arms, Hu Kan was sharpening his broad knife on a huge whetstone. While sharpening, he kept cursing something.
The defenders of the Andong Protectorate of Longgou Fort retreated without a fight and directly abandoned this important military location. As the Yuan army seized Longgou Fort, the status of Tongquan Fort was suddenly lost. Embarrassed.
Retreat, it is equivalent to giving way to the Yuan people.
Don't retreat. The Yuan people can walk from Longgou Fort, which is only a few dozen miles away.
But Tongquan Fort is very likely to fall into the enemy's siege.
Initially, everyone thought that with the loss of Longgou Fort, the Anxi Protectorate would most likely order the defenders of Tongquan Fort to retreat as well.
But the next military order disappointed everyone.
Hold on!
Along with this military order came not only supporting troops, but also a huge amount of military supplies.
In Tongquan Fort, there are now a total of 4,800 people from the four Zhechong Mansion, plus the personal soldiers of the two commanders Xia Zhi and Fang Xiaomao, a total of 5,000 people are stationed.
"What's the point of us staying here?" Hu Kan stretched out his thumb and touched the blade. He was not satisfied, so he started sharpening it again.
“Sir wants us to stay here, it must be meaningful!” Ding Ergou said: “At least if we are here, we can attract part of the Yuan people’s troops, so that they dare not go south with all their strength, otherwise we It's enough for him to bear it for a while."
Hu Kan sighed: "But if this happens, our battle will be difficult. You guys understand, but Yuan Ren doesn't understand? We must make great efforts to remove this nail.”
"Then he won't be able to pull it out! We even dug a big hole in it!" Ding Ergou said with a smile: "Brother Hu, are you scared?"
"Bah!" Hu Kan spat: "Is it your turn to teach me a lesson like this little kid? I'm scared to death. I just thought that my wife just said that she would give me a baby to take care of when I get back from this battle. But this battle seems to be endless!"< br>
"After defeating this wave, this year is over. Next year, it will be time for us to take turns to take a rest. It has been a whole year. I haven't had time to get a baby?" Ding Ergou said.
“Ergou, you said your wife is a literate person?”
“Yes!” Ding Ergou was quite proud: “I set up a private school in my village. , collected dozens of little dolls, and my woman is working as a teacher there.”
Hu Kan laughed loudly: "You kid is too careful, and you are using your power for personal gain openly and openly!"
"Why are you using your power for personal gain? The last time Mao Changshi from the Governor's Palace came to our village, he went to see it. After learning about this private school, I not only praised it greatly, but also gave dozens of taels of silver on the spot to make the private school more spacious and brighter!”
“Ergou, are you nineteen this year?”
"Yes!"
"You have reached the fifth level of Qi Control at the age of nineteen. You are a good young talent. No wonder the superiors pay attention to you. If nothing unexpected happens, you will definitely be a good one in the future. Master Xuanyuan, when you get rich, don't forget to support me!" Hu Kan said.
Ding Ergou chuckled: "Okay, okay, then I will go to your butcher shop to buy your meat every day!"
"Get out!" Hu Kan picked up the broad knife and struck Ding Two dogs and one mark.
Lu You walked over with square steps.
It’s not that he’s being arrogant, he’s really like a mountain of meat. It’s really difficult for him to want to walk like a normal person.
Seeing their captain approaching, Ding Ergou and Hu Kan both stood up.
"Sit, sit!" Lu You took the small bench handed over by Hu Kan and stuffed it under his butt. When he sat down, Ding Ergou clearly heard the painful squeaking sound of the small bench.
"Captain, what are our chances of winning this battle?" Hu Kan asked.
Lu You touched the beard that he had just grown and said seriously: "It depends on whether it is a big battlefield or a small battlefield?"
"How to say?" Ding Ergou and Hu Kan asked in unison.
"The small battlefield is our Tongquan Fort!" Lu You said: "Needless to say, you have also seen that if life is difficult, the Yuan people will definitely attack us. So we are very weak on the small battlefield. It’s hard to win. But if we put it on the big battlefield outside the Pass, Tongquan Castle is just one part of the overall strategy. Even if we lose here, as long as we win on the battlefield, we will win!”
"But Captain, if we lose, many people will die!" Hu Kan murmured.
"If you lose on the battlefield, more people will die!" Lu You glared and said, "Even if you died in Tongquan Castle, in the end as long as you win on the battlefield, then Your wife, children and butcher shop can be saved. But if you lose the battlefield, you will have nothing. Everyone will have to work as a herd slave or a field slave for the Yuan people. Which one do you choose?"
"Of course I choose the first one!" Hu Kan said hurriedly. "But it's better to survive, Ergou, don't you think?"
"Yes, yes!" Ding Ergou nodded repeatedly.
"On the battlefield, everyone is afraid of death!" Lu You snorted, stood up and said: "If you want to survive, try to win the small battlefield as well! I'm just saying that the small battlefield It is possible to lose on the battlefield and there will be difficulties, but there is no guarantee that we will lose!”
Seeing Lu You swaying his big butt and disappearing from sight, Hu Kan looked at Ding Ergou with some confusion and said: "Ergou, tell me, when did our regiment leader talk about these strategies and tactics? Is it a trick?"
Ding Ergou rolled his eyes: "Our regiment leader is from a horse bandit, and he is illiterate. This must have just been a pre-war meeting, not Commander Xia's speech. "That's what Commander Fang said. He just followed the instructions!" "That's what I said! By the way, Ergou, have you noticed that in the past six months, our group leader has had a lot of troubles? The kind that goes outside, I can’t tell what it is, but it feels like this!”
“After the Yan family was dealt with last time, our group leader didn’t get it! A small villager, did he find two wives? In the end, both wives were pregnant. I guess it was probably because of this. In the past, he had enough to eat, and the whole family was not hungry. He would fight if he could win, and run away if he couldn't. , Now it’s impossible. If he can run away, his wife and children will naturally have to fight to the death!”
“That’s the truth!” Hu Kan nodded.
While they were chatting, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance. The two people immediately stopped talking, stood up, and looked in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.
The news finally came.
No need to guess, the enemy must be coming.
The two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Waiting is the most painful thing.
After everything settled and all the conjectures were put into practice, I wasn't nervous at all.
It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block it, water coming and the soil flooding it. If I win, I'll kill you. If I don't win, I'll die.
Lengge was extremely annoyed, but also extremely helpless.
The battle for the reserve above the court spreads to living lives below.
And it makes no sense.
Longgou Fort was obtained effortlessly and immediately tore a big hole in the Qin army's defense line. In Lengge's opinion, under such circumstances, the Anxi Protectorate would inevitably withdraw the defenders of Tongquan Fort in order to Prevent Tongquan Fort from being surrounded and annihilated by the Yuan army.
The fact is that the defenders of the Anxi Protectorate in Tongquan Fort not only did not retreat, but according to the latest situation, they were constantly strengthening the fortress, transporting in a large amount of military supplies, and arranging a The deputy must hold on to the end.
Fang Mao Mao and Xia Zhi, Li Dachui's direct henchmen, are leading the troops here.
Putting your confidant in such a position, the other party silently expresses an attitude, that is, he will never give up.
Faced with such a situation, Leng Ge felt that the other party was just a fight of will and meaningless. As for the Yuan people, there was no need to waste manpower and material resources to attack such a well-guarded fortress. All you need to do is send a troop of troops to keep an eye on them.
It is most advantageous to surround without attacking.
If the victory is really decided on the main battlefield, wouldn’t Tongquan Fort be the meat on the felt board? Still need to fight?
He thought so.
But Zhebie didn’t think so.
At the military meeting, Zhebie strictly ordered Lengge to lead his troops to attack Tongquan Fort, and set a time limit for the conquest.
If it cannot be conquered within ten days, military law will be used against Lengge.
Lenge knew that this was no joke. Things that could not be done in normal times could be done without scruples during the war.
But given ten days to conquer Tongquan Fort, Lengge was not sure at all.
He knows how dangerous Tongquan Castle is.
But Zhebie’s words cannot be refuted!
The Anxi Protectorate took only one day to capture Tongquan Fort. Now it has given you ten times the time and several times the strength of the Qin army defending the fort. If you still cannot capture it, is this justified?
Lengge has nothing to say.
It feels like being trapped in a cocoon.
Of course he knew how Tongquan Fort and Longgou Fort were lost.
But if you want to get it back now, you have to do it with real swords and guns.
The fight must be fought.
The only hope now is that Xiao Changche and Li Dachui of the Anxi Protectorate can defeat this guy within ten days. In this way, he will be safe.
If not, then you must risk your life to attack Tongquan Fort.
It doesn’t matter even if he loses some generals because of this.
We can’t let Zhebie chop off his head because of this.
Everything depends on the battlefield form.
The form of the attack in the first five days is greater than the content. It can be loud with thunder and light rain, and there is no need to go all out. If Zhebie is defeated, then he can just conserve his strength and retreat to Qingtongxia.
In the next five days, if the situation is favorable to Zhebie, then he must take action for real.
The main force of the Yuan army is flowing towards Yuan'an City through Longgou Fort, while Lengge, with 20,000 troops, is approaching Tongquan Fort.
(End of this chapter)