Chapter 543: Wind and Frost (2)

In the night, the autumn wind rolled, and the smell of blood was everywhere.

Han Erlang had an adventure when he became an adult and rebuilded the foundation. Then his cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds. Soon after he helped the dethrone, he succeeded in condensing the elixir. But he was used to the previous crop stance, and even the elixir could not be changed... In the darkness, he hid in a waist-deep crop trench with the sword in his hand, and it was still moving against the soil layer, like a corpse. When a British officer who was constantly clamoring to the side of his horse, he rushed out five or six steps away, and the sword shook its glow. He was surprised and stabbed the other party directly off the horse!

The long sword pierced under the armpit, and the British officer died on the spot. With the light of the sword just now, the soldiers around him almost neatly called "kill" and then immediately joined the hunting targeting the soldiers under the British officer.

Obviously, this kind of thing has not happened tonight.

In fact, in the second half of the night, Han Erlang had already killed thirty or forty people with his own hands, and many officers. This type of small-scale and small-scale siege and killing was successful three or five times. It was enough to change the situation of the battle on the battlefield of two or three thousand people.

But even so, Jun still did not establish an advantage. Han Erlang, who had laughed out loud before, couldn't laugh at this time.

That's right, Wang Laowu succeeded in going around. He ignited the half-finished camp that the British army had rushed to establish from the east. This undoubtedly caused the British army to fight in the wilderness ahead to hesitate and chaos, and indeed retreated, and Han Erlang also successfully forced him to come.

However, just as the new leader of the gang was ready to make a concerted effort to seize this semi-finished camp and establish a victory tonight, reinforcements from both sides arrived!

The army came two battalions, one was Jia Runshi's camp behind him, and the other was Wang Fubei's camp from Xiuwu in the east; the British army also came with more than 3,000 reinforcements, and arrived earlier, successfully responding to the originally wavering four or five thousand people, thus still maintaining the advantage of military strength... The current situation is that the two sides have a slightly disadvantageous army of 6,000 to 9,000, but they have achieved a certain victory before, which has caused some of the British organization to be chaotic... In the end, it is naturally the tug-of-war that is out of control now.

Not only that, the scope of the battlefield was also out of control. From the field north of Qinshui to the semi-finished camp of the British army, it dispersed from the camp. In the end, both sides had no idea where the soldiers were or where they were, but they were fighting all over the north bank of Qinshui.

In this case, Kan Ling received a message for help and quickly confirmed that he was one of the closest battalions to the battlefield... but he was not ready to reinforce immediately because he had already started war here.

Not only that, Kan Ling stood at the south of Xinwen City, looked at it for a while, obviously dissatisfied with the battle situation. Like Han Erlang, he couldn't laugh anymore.

The reason is simple, but my two thousand people are the essence of the adopted sons, and the adoptive sons are the elite of the Huaiyou Alliance. In other words, this battalion is the most outstanding elite of the Huaiyou Alliance. What is the result? Such a soldier and horse faced a defeated army that was in a hurry to abandon the city, and the leader was the defeated general he met in Huaixi back then, but he could not win quickly!

Can you be happy?

After watching for a while, Kan Ling finally focused her eyes on a place on the battlefield, then jumped over horse and took a gun. After more than a hundred steps apart, she saw the light of true energy flashing across the place. She continued to move forward and shouted from afar: "Is it the defeated general Hu Duwei of Huaixi? How dare you show your sword in front of the Huaixi men?!"

When Hu Yan heard this, even though he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but tremble. Then he clenched the scimitar in his hand and turned his head to face him: "Kan Ling! My Sima Gong and your Chief Zhang have made a conspiracy together. In the past few battalions have made special moves away from the city with us. How could he have to face each other when he arrived here? Could it be that Du Po Formation surrendered Bai Hengqiu and deliberately asked you to provoke the formation?"

This is a bit tricky.

However, Kan Len was not moved at all, but instead sneered: "Hu Yan, everyone in the world knows that I am the adopted father's most loyal adopted son. Don't you know that Chief Zhang and the leaders of Daxingtai who arranged me to be the forefront of this battle? They are not afraid that I will ruin the overall situation of Dongdu and Yecheng. Why are you afraid?"

While speaking, the man was approaching, but he swung his true energy, flew a shot, and threw it directly at where Hu Yan was talking before... Hu Yan was shocked and quickly raised his scimitar to block it, but in the end he responded hastily. In addition, the opponent was not as strong as the strength and full of true energy. Although he barely blocked it, his right arm was also sore and numb. For a moment, the real energy was difficult to operate, and even the knife could only change hands.

On the other side, Kan Ling saw the surprise attack succeed, calmly took a long sword with chains from the guards beside him, and only slowly advanced under the escort of dozens of righteous brothers of the practitioners.

Not only did Hu Yan be injured, the personal guards beside him could not fight against Kan Ling's personal guards. They were almost defeated after a meeting and dispersed in the darkness. Hu Yan himself could only drag his wounded arm down and fled.

Kan Ling followed behind by hitting a horse, only placing a long sword in front of her, without any rush or slow down.

Seeing that he was catching up, Hu Yan suddenly took advantage of a dirt ridge to kick his legs and rolled up his true energy. He turned over and slashed in the air behind him. The people behind him were prepared for a long time. He swung his long sword to block it easily, but at the same time Hu Yan's attack had already stimulated his true energy, so he wanted to take advantage of the momentum to jump up and flee.

Unfortunately, there was a long chain on the tail of the long knife used by Kan Ling. There was an iron cone tied behind the chain. At this time, he took advantage of the momentum to swing the iron cone wrapped in true energy and actually entangled the other party in the air. Then, he just pulled it and pulled the other party to the ground.

The guards around were prepared for a long time. They were deliberately behind before, but rushed out quickly. I don’t know how many iron chains and hooks followed, and immediately took down the enemy general.

Hu Yan knew from the beginning that he was inferior to the other party in terms of cultivation, strength, and martial arts. At this time, he didn't feel much angry when he was captured. He didn't care about the iron cone on his waist, but just stuck his neck to see Xinwen City, as if there was something extraordinary there.

Kan Ling also looked at it, then sneered: "Hu Duwei, have you seen the wrong direction? Shouldn't you look south at this time? Or do you think some of the wealth in this city can tie me up, so you won't chase your people?"

Hu Yan's face became stiff.

Kan Ling smiled repeatedly: "Hu Yan, you're really guessing right, I'm really too lazy to chase those people. This time, the only thing that matters is Xinwen City. What are you? It's just that you, an old friend, are fighting so hard in front of the formation. If I don't come and say hello... Okay, you go back to the city to settle down, and I have to go to support others!"

Hu Yan was shocked and happy. He felt relieved at this time and felt unbearable pain in his waist and couldn't help but moan.

Kan Ling did what she said, and only quickly controlled Xinwen City, bound Hu Yan to take proper care of it, and issued a military order, leaving hundreds of people to collect the spoils of war in the city, control the city defense, and send envoys to ferries in Yanjin to guard them strictly. The remaining troops, regardless of the dark night, hurried to the north to join the war.

He could not leave it to the north without caring.

However, the battle in the north became bigger and bigger, and the more chaotic it became... When Kan Ling arrived hurriedly with half of the battalion of troops, Liu Hei-chan also joined the war, and he also brought thousands of pursuers from Daying.

He really brought thousands of Daying pursuers. Liu Hei-gun had fled after he failed to attack with only three teams of cavalry. Instead, Daying sent a pursuing force. Of course, he was unwilling to let the pursuers discover the large cavalry force, so he simply avoided the direction. However, he found a large-scale military station and floating bridge on the Qinshui River in the north, so he rushed over directly. Then he had only time to burn two pontoon bridges, so he could not stop the pursuers from crossing the river and continuing to chase him.

And shortly after crossing the river, he plunged into the battlefield, further expanding the melee.

No one can explain in detail how the scale of this encounter was. In the end, the entire Qinshui North Shore was in chaos, with small-scale battles everywhere, and even accidental injuries from friendly forces occurred.

First at night, there were situations like Han Erlang's troops who started the battle but most of them retreated, and like Kan Ling, who went to most of the battalions, everyone was confused. At dawn the next day, both sides further increased their troops and had a general who had the responsibility to supervise the battle. Here was Wang Shuyong who came forward to take the formation and gathered the troops; on the side of Daying, the general Han led the bow to dispatch it.

So far, the war became more chaotic and fierce, and institutional confrontation appeared widely. Liu Hei-chan successfully crossed the Qinshui and gathered three cavalry vanguard battalions under his command, opening a second battlefield near the stone mountain upstream of the Qinshui.

It may be a bit inaccurate to say this, because soon, the two battlefields were connected together.

Especially under Guo Jingke's reminder, Wang Shuyong quickly launched a siege on Wencheng on the other side of Qinshui, which completely fell into a melee between the two sides of Qinshui.

What's even more bizarre is that on the evening of the second day, the main generals of both sides were a little numb, fearing that some troops would be taken over, so they ordered the withdrawal of troops, but the attempt to control the situation failed... Because at this time, the troops on both sides had already had me and I had you. The process of retreating from both sides' troops in execution of military orders catalyzed a new round of chaotic encounters.

On the third day of the battle, September 25, the two sides sent new forces to rotate and reinforce the front line, which led to the third large-scale melee.

To be honest, at first no one cared about this encounter and even wanted to try it out, but now, considering the casualties and various strange reductions in just a few days, both sides began to panic.

Without the main general, without strategy, without cooperation, would we have to consume each other to an unbearable level?

"How to say?" On the afternoon of the day, just before customs clearance, it was raining. As soon as Zhang Xing, who had just arrived here, stepped into the chaotic public housing in the city, he realized that the atmosphere was not right.

"Wang Wulang is a little weak." Xu Shiying, who arrived here half a day earlier, raised her head from the case and said concisely. "He felt it was too messy, afraid that he would ruin his troops in a mess."

"Is there any danger?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.

"I don't think so." Xu Shiying said frankly, but looked at Ma Wei, the deputy who was on the trip. "Because now, it's not only us, but also Daying's side..."

Ma Wei, who was obviously tired after several days of travel, took the conversation and introduced in detail: "In terms of time, they arrived on the evening of the 20th. We sent troops at noon the next day, and on the evening of the 22nd, it was only two days before the battle. Considering that they built a large camp in the most important Heyang City-old Wencheng area, and even Xiuwu, Xinwen, Wencheng did not take down the city, it can be seen that there was no unnecessary arrangement, just to set up camp and surrounded Heyang, so they did not expect us to come so quickly. The current front line can also explain the problem. Wencheng, which is close to us, was lost again and was snatched away by them, but we actually snatched it as Anchang City behind Wencheng."

"This can only be said that there is no major danger so far." Zhang Xing breathed a sigh of relief and found a bench in front of the case to sit down. "But no matter how chaotic it is, it can always be relieved. The opponent's troops should be considered as the advantageous one at present, right? If we concentrate our troops to attack the north bank of Qinshui regardless of everything, will we suffer a great loss?"

"It shouldn't be either." Ma Wei smiled bitterly. "Chief, do you know how many camps have we invested in just a few dozen miles up and down Qinshui?"

Zhang Xing didn't say anything.

"I have calculated it for half a day here, but I haven't calculated it clearly, but there are at least twenty battalions who have been confirmed to participate in the war." Ma Wei obviously wanted to try to report the sequence of each battalion leader, but he himself got stuck and gave up. "This is not the case with the two patrol battalions that had already dispersed the battle, the two battalions of military law battalions that were stationed on the battlefield to control the situation, and the four reserve battalions stationed locally in Banjun and Jijun of Hanoi, responsible for the transfer logistics."

"It's almost 50,000 people." Zhang Xing woke up halfway through hearing this. "We are coming too fast, too many... And according to the message from Liu Heibao, Sima Zheng was in Heyang City. It's unlikely that my father-in-law would throw him down from Heyang Camp and cross Qinshui to beat us. Is this what he meant?"

"Yes." Ma Wei continued to smile bitterly. "But not only that, the chief thought, we threw out almost 70,000 people. They fought with us for two or three days, and how many people have they released? The information I just counted here, Han Yingong, Bai Liben, Dou Qi, Sun Shunde, Cui Hongsheng and other generals of the First Guard have all participated in the battle. Below, there are five people with the surname Xue in the second-level banner... The battlefield is really not blocked!"

Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, and then asked again: "What do you think?"

Ma Wei did not answer the conversation, but looked at Xu Shiying.

The latter blurted out: "The terrain is too narrow, and it is impossible to really launch large-scale operations without cleaning up the chaos. Therefore, we must first gather the troops and maintain the front line to see if we can rob Wencheng. Then we can build a position with Wencheng and Anchang on the other side of Qinshui as support, monitor Heyang from a close distance, and wait for the fighter jets."

Ma Wei nodded: "There was actually such a battle in the original plan, but I never expected such a battle."

"We are also confused." Xu Shiying responded with slightest attitude. "This kind of war actually underestimates the fighting spirit of both sides."

"No," Zhang Xing also became solemn. "This is a battle that determines the belonging of the world. Even if we have arrangements in the north and south, we will not delay the main battlefield in front of us. The so-called victory is victory, and defeat is defeat."

The people around him, including Qin Bao, Wang Xiongdan, Xu Jingzu, etc., who had not spoken, all nodded seriously.

Next, just as several people were about to participate in the discussion, Xu Shiying suddenly stood up: "You can't stay here, I'll go first, go to Qinshui to see. Leader Wang will go with me. Leader Qin will stay here to escort the chief guard and the Ma in charge to sort out the military situation. Wait until the subsequent leader Yuchi and others gather together tomorrow, and then move to Xinwen City."

Zhang Xing also stood up and said, "No need, let's go together. Qin Bao led the white cavalry to protect us. The brigade immediately packed up. Wang Xiongdan protected him and followed him and went to Xinwen City tonight to gain a foothold... Although there is no major danger now, you can rest assured to post to the front line earlier."

Xu Dalang naturally had nothing to say. As the commander of the entire army, Zhang Xing's visit to the front line was a necessary measure, especially according to Liu Heibao's information, Bai Hengqiu and Sima Zheng were all in Heyang at this time, so Zhang Xing was even more in his place.

When people around heard this, they naturally acted together. It was the same thing that the follow-up troops had just entered the city. However, with Xu Shiying, Wang Yi's army had only been waiting for about an hour before customs clearance, but there was no way. They knew the chaos and urgency of the front line better than anyone else, so they could only pack up the things they had just arranged and prepare to rush to the front line under the command of Ma Wei.

However, Xu Jingzu, the confidential documentary who arrived earlier, suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped Zhang Xing in the city that was about to be cleared.

"Chai Yu... an old friend of Jing'antai, Dongdu?" Zhang Xing was a little surprised. "I do know a few people with the surname Chai, don't Chai Yu?"

"The chief still meets you." Ma Wei also ran out to remind him. "It's not about being kind... it's because we have a complicated relationship with Dongdu. If we don't have the plan to attack Heyang and just want to repel the Guanxi army, it's better to leave some room for Dongdu... But we're rushing fast. The day before yesterday, we had already attacked Wencheng and the Dongdu army in Xinwencheng yesterday. Chai Yu ran out of Xinwencheng and was controlled by the leader of Dalu in Yanjin."

When Zhang Xing heard what the other party said made sense, he nodded immediately but did not dismount.

As he spoke, a soldier had already gone to ask for someone. After a moment, a man was indeed brought out from the warehouse on the side of Guancheng.

Zhang Xingyaoyao saw this person and smiled: "Your Excellency is just in his early Double Ten? When I was in Dongdu, it was already seven or eight years ago. How old were you at that time? How could you be acquainted with me? How could you serve in Jing'antai?"

In fact, even Qin Bao looked at this person and frowned.

The man, Chai Yuri, who was led forward while walking forward, quickly said, "I am young, and my uncle doesn't remember that it's really normal, but my father has been in Jing'antai for a long time. On that day, my uncle and Uncle Qin entered Jing'antai together, and I have heard of your style at home..."

Zhang Xing and Qin Bao started with the word Chang Jian and looked at each other instinctively, but they instantly realized who the other party was.

Zhang Xing immediately dismounted and smiled, "In this way, he is indeed the son of an old friend... Chai Changjian and I are really close brothers. When Yue Niang's father killed the Minister of Justice, it was up to your father to make trouble and stop Yue Niang's wanted... Our whole family remembers this matter."

Chai Yu felt very calm, but he did not delay him coming to the front and back, regardless of his hands being tied up, and directly grabbed the ground with his head.

Qin Bao got Zhang Xing's eyes and then stepped forward to untie the rope and pulled the other party up... As soon as he let go, Chai Yu knelt down and kowtowed again.

Zhang Xing had no choice but to say directly: "My nephew, since he is an old friend, as the chief of the gang, I have the right to pardon. If you pardon you, you will have a rest for one night and go home from Yanjin tomorrow... I will try my best to be careful with those people you accompany you and go back together."

Chai Yu was overjoyed, but he still kowtowed: "As Uncle Hu said, my uncle is indeed decent, but I didn't know the situation last night. After breaking through, Uncle Hu broke the rear and now there is no trace of it... I would like to ask my uncle to fulfill it."

Zhang Xing was obviously stunned: "Is Uncle Hu Hu Yan?"

“Naturally.”

Zhang Xing was speechless for a moment... There was no way, he wanted to say that Hu Yan was also his best brother, but even Chai Changjian, who was just a bribery object that day, became his best brother. Hu Yan was a real old superior, but he was not as good as his best brother. Moreover, he was immediately stunned by the news that Hu Yan was captured; finally, he realized that he was shocked by his own surprise.

This is not a twisted mind, but a real confusion about yourself.

In the past, he blurted out his words, no matter whether it is true or false, but now he is actually shameless? Careful about these verbal measures?

It turns out that the chief is irritating.

In fact, Xu Shiying looked at Zhang Xing twice, so he naturally knew who Hu Yan was.
To be continued...