The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 278

"boom!"

The case in front of Cao Ziyan was almost cut in half by a sword. He gasped heavily, his eyes were full of anger, "Damn it, our army suffered tens of thousands of casualties in just this attack. Gan Zongwang, what are you doing? Beat it like this?"

"Marshal, you are guilty of a humble position, and you are willing to be punished!" Gan Zongwang's face turned pale, and he knelt down and said in fear, not daring to defend himself.

Cao Ziyan looked at him coldly, how could he be willing to punish this confidant, he was just venting his anger.Seeing him so obedient, the anger in my heart also dissipated a lot. "Get up, now is the time for employing people, and your punishment will be dealt with later."

"Yes, thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your magnanimity. I will definitely try to take the blame and make meritorious service in a humble position." Gan Zongwang was overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed his thanks.

After calming down, Cao Ziyan gradually calmed down, "Everyone, according to the battle report, our army has already gained an absolute advantage at the beginning, and the Li family army was beaten back by us and almost collapsed. The Hengshan Army turned the tide of the battle in one fell swoop and made us lose. What do you think of these Hengshan Army?"

"Commander, according to the battle report, the Hengshan army is extremely powerful. They know how to deploy troops and can order and stop them. They are definitely not ordinary bandits. The general thinks that our army must not be taken lightly."

"General Shan's words are wrong. The Hengshan army's victory was due to surprise and waiting for work, which disrupted our army's formation. This is why the sneak attack succeeded. The general thought that as long as our army launches a general offensive again, it will be able to do it in one fell swoop. Take Jing'an City."

"Commander, the general feels that Jing'an City has been unable to attack for a long time, and it will take a long time. Should our army adopt a strategy of dividing our forces and attack other cities first? Consumption, and finally surrender without fighting."

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All the generals offered advice one after another.

Cao Ziyan frowned and his face was gloomy. He had thought about all these, but the appearance of the Hengshan Army suddenly gave him a bad premonition.If they continued to attack Jing'an City, with the Hengshan Army present, they might still return in vain.But now it has been more than half a month since the city was besieged, and most of the food and grass in the army has been consumed, and the food and grass dispatched from Huazhou have not yet left the border of Huazhou.If the attack continues and it still cannot be conquered, the tens of thousands of troops will face a food and grass crisis, and they may be forced to withdraw from Anzhou, and the Northern Expedition will return without success.This is absolutely unacceptable to him. Now that the Cao family wants to gain power and stabilize power, they need this military exploit to establish their prestige.All in all, the Cao family will not only control the capital, but its influence will spread to the entire empire.

However, if you divide your troops, it doesn't matter if you can capture other cities.The [-] Hengshan cavalry who had disappeared hung over his head like a sharp sword, making him dare not move lightly.As for Lin Yifan, he still knew a little about this formidable opponent. When this humble scholar came to Beijing to rush for the exam, he showed his extraordinary intelligence and astuteness. Otherwise, Princess Yunyang would not have been obsessed with him to this day.Now he is leading [-] cavalry and hiding in the dark like a poisonous snake, he will jump out at any time to give him a fatal blow, so he must not be careless.

Thinking of this, Cao Ziyan took a deep breath, looked at the crowd and said: "Our army will attack for two more days. If we can't take this city after two days, we will divide our forces and take Pingyuan County and Huaiyuan County first."

After only half a day of repairing, the imperial army launched a fierce attack on Jing'an City again.But after Qin Yuanhao led Hengshan Minzhuang to join, the combat power of the entire defenders immediately soared several times.When the enemy attacked the city for countless times, as soon as Hengshan Minzhuang arrived, he immediately beat the imperial army and fled in embarrassment.

Under their example, the morale of many Li family soldiers gradually recovered and improved.Some generals even deliberately imitated their fighting styles to organize and train their own soldiers.After the brutal actual combat elimination and screening, I really learned a little combat skills of the Hengshan Army.When fighting against the imperial army, the combat power was much higher than before.This made more soldiers of the Li family army begin to study their combat methods hard. To this, neither Li Yuan nor Qin Yuanhao responded.Under the exchanges between the officers and soldiers of both sides, the fighting methods of the Li family army became more and more similar to that of the Hengshan army.

When Cao Ziyan was trying to capture Jing'an City within two days, the grain and grass transported from Huayang County south of Jishan Pass were slowly marching northward under the escort of a thousand soldiers from the county and thousands of civilians.

The grain and grass that were escorted this time were tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass that the governor of Huayang County desperately searched from the county in order to please Cao Ziyan, and they were going to transport them to the military camp to show their loyalty to him.For this reason, the people in the entire Huayang County were miserable. The grain paid for the autumn harvest had just been handed over, and the government sent people to collect more military rations, so that the grain in the hands of the people was not enough for them to survive the winter.As a result, Huayang County is full of complaints and people's grievances are boiling.But the governor of the county doesn't care about it at all. As long as he can please Prime Minister Cao, he will be promoted step by step. As for the people here, what does it matter to him?

After leaving the Jishan pass, it is only a hundred miles away from the imperial military camp, and it only takes about three days to arrive.The military officer in charge of escorting this batch of food and grass was eager to make contributions, and kept urging the civilians to hurry up and try to reach Jing'an City as soon as possible.Amidst the whipping and howling, the grain truck kept moving forward.

Just as they were fifty miles away from the barracks, they suddenly saw a roar coming from the west, smoke and dust billowing, and a black tide billowing in.Everyone was dumbfounded, this is, what is this?
It was getting closer, and when everyone saw the figure of the black tide, the officer finally reacted.Pointing at the wave of cavalry, he shouted mournfully, "It's the cavalry! The cavalry is coming!"

He never thought about fighting these cavalry, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately drove the horse under him and galloped all the way north, leaving behind thousands of county soldiers and civilian husbands.The chief fled, and the team lost its backbone, causing chaos immediately, and everyone fled in all directions

"Boom!" The cavalry rushed up like the wind and surrounded the thousands of people from all directions, pointing their knives and guns with a murderous aura.

These county soldiers and civilian husbands who had never seen such a battle were shivering with fright, knelt on the ground and kept begging.Facing thousands of cavalry, they had no desire to fight.

Luo Fengzhong stepped forward from the horse, frowned and looked at the people below, and shouted coldly: "Where is your officer? Let him come out!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally a courageous soldier said tremblingly: "Reply, if you return to your lord, our officer has already escaped."

"What?" Lin Yifan was taken aback for a moment, then sneered, "Hmph, to be so cowardly and selfish, no wonder the imperial army is so incompetent."

Then, looking at these terrified people, he raised his voice and said, "Our Hengshan army will not kill innocent people, so you go."

What, don't kill us?Everyone couldn't help raising their heads, looking at these aggressive cavalrymen, guessing whether their words were true or false.

"Why, you don't want to leave, do you?" Luo Feng smiled slightly, "If you don't want to leave, then go back to Hengshan with us?"

Go to Hengshan?How can this be.Everyone was so frightened that they quickly got up from the ground, made way for the cavalry, and ran wildly to the south.

After those people were driven away, Luo Feng looked at the grain carts parked there with regret, and ordered: "Take what can be taken away, and burn what can't be taken away."

After a while, thick smoke billowed up, and grain trucks were ignited, turning into a sea of ​​flames.

And the officer in charge of escorting food and grass finally drove the horse to the camp of the imperial army.

(End of this chapter)