The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 139 Why do you have the Stove King’s weapon in your hand?

Five thousand honorable soldiers spread out under the not too long city wall. They held long spears and stabbed at the city wall. Some of the brave ones who were not afraid of death even directly ran towards the city wall and crossed over, but they were quickly shot by the spears. Stabbed until it fell to the ground.

The attacking soldiers looked at the not dense guards and low walls on the city wall, and charged more and more excitedly. The opponent's guards were weak and the city walls were low, but if they attacked, their military merit would not be reduced because of these things.

I have never seen such a weakly defended city wall and such easy access to military glory.

They howled and charged, but saw the defenders on the city wall holding something like a quilt high in pairs, lighting it and throwing it behind them.

The soldiers climbing towards the city wall had to face the weapons attack in front, so they could not look back to see what happened and what those ignited quilts were.

Suddenly there was a wailing sound from behind, accompanied by the unpleasant smell of burning. The wailing sound became more and more tragic, and there was also a faint crackling sound of burning.

The wailing became more and more intense, and even smoke began to fill the air, and their backs began to feel burning. The soldiers who were attacking the city wall couldn't help but turn around, and saw a scene that shocked them. , less than three meters behind them, their former comrades turned into burning firemen.

Thousands of people were set on fire, and the world behind them became a hell on earth. They were caught between the enemy and the burning friendly forces, and were quickly killed by the soldiers on the city wall.

For a moment, the battlefield was divided into three parts: the soldiers under the city wall, the soldiers who were burning, and the soldiers who were watching from behind and were wailing and burning. These soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Zhang Honggong and Geng Zhangguang noticed this scene, with astonishment and shock on their faces, "This"

They didn't understand why such a huge fire was ignited. The fire seemed to appear instantly without any warning. In just a few breaths, their soldiers were plunged into a sea of ​​fire.

Before Zhang Honggong and others could react, the sound of horse hooves came from behind them.

Everyone hurriedly turned around to look, and saw a group of cavalry kicking up dust that covered the sky and rushing toward them, seeming to have cut off their retreat.

The number of cavalry has already exceeded the two hundred cavalry mentioned in the intelligence. Looking at its size, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is two thousand cavalry.

"Wang Fu! Are these the two hundred cavalry you are talking about?"

Zhang Honggong shouted.

Someone among the twenty cavalry around him hurriedly jumped off his horse. He knelt on the ground in horror, "Commander, there were two hundred cavalry at that time! The young man will never dare to speak nonsense!"

Wang Fu quickly said, what he saw at the beginning was really two hundred horses!

"I'll deal with you later!"

Zhang Honggong's face was full of anger. He also sent out spies. There were no large-scale soldiers entering and leaving Yonghe during these days. These cavalry were definitely from when they attacked Yonghe. They were probably hidden in Yonghe County during these days.

"Give the order, the rear army will become the front army, and form a formation to stop the enemy! Retreat in an orderly manner, leaving some to deal with the soldiers in Yonghe City!"

Zhang Honggong almost shouted, "There is no other way now. The opponent has two thousand cavalry, and his soldiers total only five thousand. Just now, there were over a hundred casualties. Now he can only mobilize four thousand people to try to resist those two soldiers." Thousands of cavalry, leaving time for the large forces to retreat.

He, Zhang Honggong, didn't think that less than [-] soldiers could withstand [-] cavalry.

There was an error in the intelligence. Continuing to attack the city will only cause greater losses. Moreover, the cavalry seemed to be coming from the direction of Shaanxi's attack. Zhang Honggong guessed that these cavalry should have frightened off the Shaanxi soldiers first and then turned around and came here. .

Not long after, soldiers galloping from behind confirmed Zhang Honggong's thoughts.

Zhang Honggong and Geng Zhangguang, surrounded by twenty cavalry, withdrew toward the northeast. The soldiers in the rear retreated toward the northeast in an orderly manner. They held weapons to face the oncoming cavalry.

Yang Lichao held an armor-piercing gun and stared at the soldiers, "You didn't panic?"

These soldiers were burned when attacking the city, and now they were driven out from the flanks by cavalry. If it were the soldiers who fought with them in Yanchuan, they would have been defeated long ago. But now these soldiers not only did not panic, but also responded in an orderly manner.

The infantrymen in front of the formation were densely packed, with their spears pointing diagonally at them. It was a very traditional formation to deal with cavalry, while the team behind them retreated diagonally.

Soon the cavalry and infantry came into contact. They did not attack directly, but split to the left and right when they were about to approach the infantry position. The long spears in their hands stabbed diagonally at the infantry.

This not only ensures that the cavalry can maximize their survival rate, but also trains them to use small-scale cavalry to harass large-scale infantry.

The soldiers did not panic. They pushed away the spears in an orderly manner. They knew that what they wanted to do was not to kill these cavalry, but to delay as much time as possible to allow the large group of troops behind them to retreat.

However, under the constant harassment of [-] cavalry, these soldiers still had a small chaos when they retreated. Yang Lichao rode his horse and pierced the cheek of the soldier in front of him with his armor-piercing gun, and then stabbed it out from the other side. Pull it out immediately and blood will flow everywhere.

He didn't stop. The cavalry that moved were called cavalry. They didn't charge straight into the formation, giving up impact power in exchange for mobility.

Very few cavalrymen were stabbed by infantry because those infantrymen had to maintain a tight formation.

The cavalry on both sides continued to wear away the infantry formation like a millstone.

This attack was supposed to occur when the Kotani cavalry harassed large infantry formations.

But now two thousand cavalry, facing five thousand soldiers, actually used this method.

This scene made Zhang Honggong couldn't help but wonder if the other party was using them to train troops.

Otherwise why use this kind of attack.

Obviously it can be directly impacted head-on.

Under the cover of the cavalry, he had retreated to the narrow road.

"kill!"

There was another cry of killing, and the soldiers guarding Yonghe County took the initiative to rush out with weapons, but it seemed that there were not many soldiers rushing out. However, it also put some pressure on the soldiers in the Shandong direction.

"The enemy's city is empty of troops. Why don't the generals in Shaanxi issue an order to attack?"

Zhang Honggong was shocked and doubtful. He saw his soldiers being killed by the cavalry, and his heart was bleeding.

It is estimated that hundreds of soldiers and horses will be lost by the time they are all withdrawn from the battlefield.

These are elite soldiers.

Hong Chengchou was in trouble. He received shocking news that Du Wenhuan was defeated.

They were defeated again.

He fled to Yanchang in a hurry with a thousand remaining soldiers.

The opponent actually still has four thousand soldiers and horses in Yanchuan County.

The reinforcements from Yanchuan are now coming towards Yonghe in this direction. If they continue to waste time here, they will definitely be surrounded by enemies from Yonghe. If we turn back along the way we came, we may run into enemy troops coming from Yanchuan.

After some thought, Hong Chengchou decided to retreat from Liangshuijing and go north through the forest farm, then go around to Xiangshui Bay to join the Shanxi soldiers before making plans.

Following Hong Chengchou's order, the army headed towards the forest farm.

On the other side, Zhang Honggong's infantry withdrew from the flat area outside Yonghe County after leaving hundreds of corpses behind, while Liu Zhenhua's side only paid the price of ten horses.

It can be said to be a big victory.

Yang Lichao led his cavalry back to Yonghe County, and some civilians who had been recruited piled up the corpses outside the city and burned them.

Zhang Honggong led his troops to retreat for more than [-] miles. Both he and Geng Zhangguang looked a little unhappy. The main reason for this defeat was that there was an error in the intelligence.

"Wang Fu! Do you have anything else to say?"

Zhang Honggong shouted at Wang Fu who was kneeling on the ground.

Wang Fu had a wry smile on his face, "Sir, if you give me [-] courages, I won't dare to lie about the military situation. The other party really only has [-] cavalry."

"How dare you quibble! Come here, give him to me."

"Master Zhang," Geng Zhangguang said suddenly. He looked at Zhang Honggong, "I don't think Wang Fu is telling lies."

Zhang Honggong turned his head. He admired the governor's loyalty very much, so he paid more attention to the governor's son. However, it was hard for him to accept Geng Zhangguang's words. If Wang Fu was not telling lies, where did those soldiers and horses come from? Yes, the terrain of Yonghe County is special. If a large group of cavalry comes in, they will never be able to escape the eyes of the scouts.

Geng Zhangguang thought of the legend of the Stove King. Wang Fu fled from Yonghe and brought news of the Stove King's soldiers and horses. Even with the knife on his neck, Wang Fu still said that he was not lying.

The most important thing is why some bandits can have nearly [-] horses. You must know that even they may not be able to gather so many horses.

Geng Zhangguang had to wonder whether those horses were transformed by the Kitchen King.

Geng Zhangguang knew that if he told Zhang Honggong this, he would definitely not believe it, but if Wang Fu was killed now, the truth would probably be buried forever.

"If you don't want to keep Wang Fu, it's not too late to wait until the investigation is clear before making plans," Geng Zhangguang said, that was all he could do now.

Zhang Honggong stared at Geng Zhangguang for a while, and then nodded in agreement, "Forget it, take Wang Fu under custody and keep him under good supervision."

Wang Furu was pardoned and looked at Geng Zhangguang gratefully. He was really wronged. He didn't expect that anyone would see that he was wronged.

As expected of the governor's son, he is truly fair and selfless.

Liu Zhenhua stood on the city wall and pushed the opponent back this time. It was estimated that the opponent would not be able to recover in ten days and a half.

"Send someone to tell Ren Hongli to come with a thousand soldiers, and the rest will go back to Yanchuan and stop coming this way. In addition, strengthen the defenses of Qingjian and Yanchang."

The other party will probably think that Yonghe County is their main force. After all, there are about two thousand cavalry here. Who wouldn't think that this is the main force of his Kitchen King.

Therefore, the other party is very likely to have the idea of ​​​​extending Qingjian. After all, compared with Yanchuan, which has tall city walls, these two smaller counties are obviously easier to deal with.

"The news you got over there is that the Kitchen King only has [-] cavalry?"

Zhang Honggong asked, staring at Hong Chengchou in front of him.

The latter nodded, "That's true. Moreover, the Kitchen King shouldn't have so many horses. He only plundered the four counties of Qingjian, Yonghe, Yanchuan, and Yanchang. Even if he had horses, he wouldn't be able to cross the border." Hundred, where did the two thousand horses come from now?"

Hong Chengchou thought for a while on the way here. The Stove King should not have so many horses. Even if he extends the Qingjian River of Yonghe Yanchuan to four counties and turns it upside down, he cannot find so many horses.

And these war horses are not something that can be bought with money. Two thousand horses are like falling from the sky.

"Have you really wronged the rich king?" Zhang Honggong thought to himself. He listened to Hong Chengchou's words and thought for a moment. It seemed that it was true. Two thousand horses, not to mention raiding four counties, would probably take the entire northern Shaanxi. They barely scraped together two thousand cavalry.

And the Zao King, a mere bandit, actually had two thousand cavalry.

"Is there a possibility that it was the Kitchen King who conjured it up?" Geng Zhangguang muttered secretly in his mind. He removed the Overlord Gun from behind. He originally thought that he would have a chance to go into battle to kill the enemy, but he didn't expect that he would not wait until He was already defeated when he appeared.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but think of the legend of the Kitchen King, who transformed grain into soldiers. The soldiers were weapons. It was said that the weapons of the Kitchen King were all transformed.

His eyes swept over Zhang Honggong and Geng Zhangguang. Suddenly, Hong Chengchou seemed to see something. He walked quickly to Geng Zhangguang and stared at the Overlord Gun in Geng Zhangguang's hand.

"Mr. Geng, why do you have this thing?"

Hong Chengchou asked with a serious face.

Seeing Hong Chengchou's expression, Geng Zhangguang was stunned. He didn't know why Hong Chengchou knew this thing.

Zhang Honggong also stared at the two of them. Hong Chengchou actually recognized the magic weapon. Wouldn't it be possible to find the person who made the magic weapon? Wouldn't the armor and weapons he planned have been found?

"This is a gift from an old friend. Does Mr. Hong know you?"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou looked Geng Zhangguang up and down, and then said slowly: "There are rumors that the weapon of the Kitchen King's transformation is five feet long and has spiral threads. It is indestructible and invincible."

"This"

Geng Zhangguang lowered his head and looked at the Overlord Spear in his hand. It was five feet long, with spiral threads and was indestructible. Isn't this his Overlord Spear?

The Kitchen King came through a transformation, but this was a gift from Liu Zhenhua. There was no such thing as a Kitchen King at the time.

"Is there some misunderstanding in this?"

Zhang Honggong asked. He knew that Geng Zhangguang had never been to Shaanxi in recent years.

How could it be related to the Kitchen King? But looking at Hong Chengchou's vow, Zhang Honggong felt that this might be the weapon conjured by the so-called Kitchen King.

I just hope that Hong Chengchou can come up with more intuitive evidence instead of so-called rumors.

"Come here," Hong Chengchou called a soldier, "He once fought with soldiers holding the weapons of the Kitchen King. See if those are the weapons used by the Kitchen King's men."

The soldier looked at Geng Zhangguang's hand, and in order to let him see clearly, Geng Zhangguang also sent it forward.

After taking one look, the soldier immediately pointed at the Overlord Gun with a trembling finger and said, "Yes, that's it. My sword has been cut off, but the weapon is still intact!"

(End of this chapter)