Prince of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 557: Zhao Goubing of the Hanyang Army

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"That's right." Zhao Liangchong was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something, turned his head and said: "There is one more thing, I forgot to tell the general. This time, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Qi State Army jointly sent troops to Fuzhou. There are actually some people. It was a ghost in secret. The adult has also found out the person who was in secret. The person who contacted the inner ghost was Zhang Jun, the minister next to Emperor Zhao Gougou."

"Zhang Jun? How could it be him." When Zhao Liangchong read out Zhang Jun's name, Wu Heilong and Li Tao couldn't help exclaiming. Zhang Jun's reputation is still quite resounding, after all, his official position has always been very high.

After all, Wu Heilong had been in Jiangling for a while, and he had heard about Zhang Jun from his brother-in-law, so apart from the initial surprise, he quickly recovered his calm. But Wu Heilong waved his fist a little angrily, and said coldly: "It turns out that this is a waste, huh! When I catch him, I will definitely not spare him."

Seeing Wu Heilong a little excited, Zhao Liangchong waved his hand and said, "General Wu don’t care too much. I will tell the general about this next. I hope that the general will have Zhang Jun if he has the opportunity. Captured on the spot."

After listening to Zhao Liangchong's words, Wu Heilong and Li Tao also understood. After all, this Jun is a celebrity in the DPRK after all. If he rashly says that he is colluding with Qi, no one will believe it if there is no evidence. Therefore, Zhao Liangchong wanted Wu Heilong and Li Tao to catch Zhang Jun. Let people know that Zhang Jun is a traitor, and that Zhao Gou can't get rid of the relationship.

"Okay. Then everything will be handed over to the general." After that, Zhao Liangchong saluted the two again and turned and left.

But after Wu Heilong and Li Tao watched Zhao Liangchong leave, Wu Heilong suddenly said to Li Tao: "Li Tao, I don't know why, I always feel that there are some famous ones he didn't tell us."

"Yeah." Li Tao also nodded, squinting his eyes and looking at Zhao Liangchong's back in the distance, and said: "I feel the same way too. Although Mr. Zhao's explanation seems adequate, there are still many problems. Zhang Jun is not a fool. How can Liu Guangshi’s soldiers and Qi’s more than 30,000 troops be able to beat the main force of the adults. I’m sure Zhang Jun must have arranged other post-recruitments. I see Mr. Zhao. So he refused to tell us, I am afraid that we will be timid." At the end, Li Tao's face showed a trace of unwillingness. After all, no matter who it is, being so underestimated by others will definitely feel uncomfortable in his heart.

"In other words." Wu Heilong's eyes lit up, he raised his head and stared at Li Tao and said: "Zhao Gou sent Zhang Jun, this man, besides uniting the Qi State Army and bringing out the Southern Song Liu Guangshi Army, there are other things. How to deal with adults? Damn! This Zhao Go is really damn. Li Tao. Can you guess, what else do they have?"

Li Tao thought for a moment, and finally shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Now we have too little information, and I can't guess what Zhao Gou has after all. But I'm sure, Zhao Gou dispatched The trick Zhang Jun implemented is definitely not simple." While talking, Li Tao couldn't help but show worry in his eyes.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding!" With the crisp sound of gold, under the bloody sunset, the soldiers and horses that had been fighting for the whole day retreated from the city wall, leaving behind the stumps of the ground and the scarlet blood. On the head of the city, panting heavily, while lying on the side of the female wall and looking out of the city, after confirming that the enemy had retreated, he weakened and fell directly to the ground.

It's no wonder that Zhang Lehui looks like this. Zhang Le was originally just a civilian. He thought that there would be no war in the Hanyang Army, but he did not expect to encounter such a situation. If it hadn't been for the information from Jiangling, and temporarily summoned the soldiers and horses around, I am afraid that Zhang Le would not be able to defend the Hanyang army at all.

"Master Zhang, how's it going?" At this moment, a military commander in armor rushed to Zhang Le with a spear upside down, and one of them helped Zhang Le up. Looking at the appearance of the generals, his face was covered with blood, which shows that he also experienced a good fight just now. This military commander is no one else. It is the brother of General Zhao Yun of the King of Letters, who had been apprentice to the Gaojia Spear King of Taihang Mountain, and later surrendered to General Zhong of the Guiyang Army under the account of King of Letters Zhao Zhen.

Since General Zhong surrendered to the account of Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, he was ordered by Wang Zhao Zhen to garrison this place of Hanyang Army. With General Zhong’s skill, he naturally became the commander-in-chief of the Hanyang Army, but there are few battles here, and more importantly, it is necessary to deal with government affairs. Therefore, the official in charge of the Hanyang Army is Zhang Le, who is a civil official. .

Regarding this, General Zhong didn't have any comments. According to his words, he was just a military commander. If he was really allowed to become a competent official, he would not be able to do it. Instead, he would be comfortable now. And this time the enemy attacked, the Hanyang army was able to resist for so long, and General Zhong did a lot of credit.

Zhang Le smiled bitterly and waved his hand to General Zhong, and said: "I'm fine, I'm just a little exhausted, just let me sit for a while. Hehe! I'm still not used to the shouting and killing thing."

When Zhang Le said this, General Zhong stopped forcibly pulling him up, and simply sat down beside Zhang Le, but the spear was always caught in his hand. General Zhong smiled and said to Zhang Le: "Master Zhang's performance is good enough. Back then, I saw many civil servants on the battlefield. When I saw the dead, all of them vomited. Master Zhang was able to kill the enemy with a sword. , This has already surprised me. At first glance, I don’t know, I thought Master Zhang was a powerful general in martial arts."

"Hahahaha!" General Zhong joked, Zhang Le also laughed loudly, but with such a smile, it affected a wound on his chest, even if it hurt Zhang Le's teeth. Zhang Le followed a group of guards and soldiers on the city for several days. Naturally, his body could not be intact. There were already three or four wounds on the upper body alone, and Zhang Le, a literati, could still endure it.

General Zhong smiled and said to Zhang Le: "To be honest, Master Zhang, when I saw you for the first time, I really looked down on you. But after such a battle today, nothing else, just rely on the Lord. With these injuries, who dare not give a thumbs up to the adults where they go."

Zhang Le also smiled bitterly, but with a straight face, he began to talk about serious matters: "General Zhong. Today's battle can be said to be over. According to the general, how long can we support?"

General Zhong stopped joking. First he looked around the city to the left and right, then turned his head to look outside the city, and said in a deep voice, "Master Zhang. The enemy's offensive has been getting stronger and stronger these days. The casualties were heavy. And the enemy’s situation, according to my observations, still has at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops. If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid we can only support it for another three days.

"Three days?" Zhang Le frowned upon receiving General Zhong's answer, and said: "The news from Master Zhang before that the reinforcements from the rear still have five days to arrive. This time is not bad. It's too late. General Zhong, is there no other way to think of?" Zhang Le also knows himself, and his strength lies in government affairs. In this marching battle, he still has to rely more on General Zhong.

General Zhong frowned and thought about it for a long time, but in the end he only had a bitter look on his face, and said: "It's difficult! There is too much difference in military strength. The materials in this city are too scarce. The arrows have been used up, and tomorrow will be the time to defend the city. , It can only be smashed by a rock. If this continues, it is already the limit to be able to keep it for three days, unless a better way can be thought of."

Zhang Le believed in General Zhong's judgment. Since he had said so, there must be no way. Zhang Le also had an anxious look on his face, and he barely got up, looking up at the situation of the soldiers on the city.

But now the situation is better than others, and Zhang Le is anxious and useless. In the end, Zhang Le can only sigh, look up at the darkening sky, and sigh: "Finally. I have received the grace of the Lord’s knowledge and experience. Now it’s time for me to repay my gratitude with my life. This time I will defend the Hanyang Military City even if I am smashed into pieces. Humph. If these Qi State troops want to break through this city, they stepped over from my Zhang Le.”

Zhang Leyijie can be so tough as a literati. General Zhong on the side also has a passionate expression. He then stood up and said to Zhang Le with a spear: "Master Zhang, you are not alone. There is also me. Let's keep this together. Hanyang Military City. Haha! I just calculated this way, but the master taught me that in wars, until the last minute, no one can win the final decision. Maybe, there will be something. A miracle happened."

Zhang Le and General Zhong encouraged each other. Although they knew in their hearts that if the battle continued like this, there might be no possibility of winning, they didn't mean to give up in the slightest.

And outside the city, among the military camps, the largest camp is naturally the army’s big tent. In the big tent, all the people did not show joy because of the prevailing war. I saw the person sitting at the top, although not tall, but he was very strong, and his face looked very vicious. This man is the commander-in-chief of the army to attack Hanyang Military City this time, the leader of the Southern Song Dynasty bandit, and Li Cheng, the general of Qi.

Speaking of Li Cheng, he is not an ordinary person, he is also famous in Jiangnan, and he is one of the rebels who led the rebellion. Later, due to the attacks of Ying Xuan and Han Shizhong, the North fled and surrendered to Qi.

And Li Cheng is now having a gloomy face, and his anger comes from this. I saw Li Cheng staring at a pair of bronze bells, and said: "Trash! A bunch of trash. A full 60,000 people. Going to attack a city guarded by less than 10,000 people can't be attacked. How can I expect you to help me invade Jiangnan? What face do you have to enjoy the colorful world? Rubbish. It's all rubbish."

"General Li Cheng." Seeing Li Cheng angry there, the few people on the side could not listen. One of them stood up and said to Li Cheng with a gloomy expression: "We have done our best these days, you What do you want us to do? If you have the ability, why don't you go up and attack the city yourself?"

"Wang Song." Li Cheng didn't expect that someone would dare to refute him. He stood up with a scream and stared at the man fiercely, wishing to swallow him alive. This Wang Song is a general of the Qi State, and in terms of position, he is no lower than Li Cheng. It's just that Li Cheng has always been stronger, so he looks down on Wang Song. And Wang Song also seemed to have deliberately acted against Li Cheng everywhere.

Therefore, for Wang Song, Li Cheng simply hated his teeth, but had to fear that although Wang Song had fewer men than himself, his strength was not weak.

"Okay. Okay." At this time, another man also stood up, walked quickly between Li Cheng and Wang Song, and said to the two: "Now the enemy is now, we should cooperate sincerely. Hanyang Army. The city hasn't been captured, how can we just fight in this way?" The person who spoke was Zhao Rong, another general of Qi who raised troops this time.

Among the three, Li Cheng and Wang Song are the most hot-tempered, while Zhao Rong appears to be relatively calm. Although Li Cheng and Wang Song are not convinced by either, but Zhao Rong speaks, they are more or less good at it. Give Zhao Rong some face.

The two snorted coldly at the same time, and sat down with their heads curled. Zhao Rong was relieved to see that the two had finally stopped arguing. He turned his head and said to the only middle-aged man in the big tent who did not speak: "Master Zhang Jun. What do you think we should do next?"

The middle-aged man slowly raised his head, revealing a gloomy face, and it was Zhang Jun, another famous general under Zhao Gouzang who had been defeated repeatedly. Zhang Jun glanced at the people, and finally said: "According to my calculation, Master Zhang Jun should have already started to act. If our side can break through the Hanyang Military City, it will inevitably pose a great threat to Zhao Yan. We and Master Zhang Jun attacked Jiangling from two separate routes, and we couldn't respond to Zhao Yan one by one. Humph! At that time, coupled with the internal response of Jiangling City, it will not be impossible to break Jiangling." While talking, Zhang Jun A gloomy cold light flashed in his eyes.

Hearing what Zhang Jun said, Li Cheng and Wang Song both had a fanatical look, as if Hanyang Military City had been captured by them, and Jiangling City was in front of them. Only Zhao Rong looked at Zhang Jun deeply, as if he wanted to see through the true thoughts in Zhang Jun's expression.

And here, Li Cheng stood up without saying anything, and shouted: "Okay! From tomorrow, I will come to attack the city myself. Damn. I don't believe it anymore. Is it because the small Hanyang military city is not made of copper and iron walls? "

Having said that, Li Cheng deliberately glanced at Wang Song with his eyes, his eyes were full of contempt, and the meaning was naturally self-evident. When Wang Song saw it, the blue veins on his forehead jumped up, and he almost didn't jump up and go wild. Fortunately, Zhao Rong saw the opportunity early and reached out and held Wang Song early, which avoided another quarrel.

In any case, the strategy is finished, Li Cheng hurried to prepare for a good fight tomorrow, and Wang Song also left angrily. In the end, only Zhang Jun and Zhao Rong were left in the entire big account. Up. Zhang Jun watched Li Cheng and Wang Song leave. He was about to grin, but he found that Zhao Rong behind him had no intention of leaving. He just stared at him closely. Zhao Rong’s gaze made Zhang Jun uncomfortable. Finally Zhang Jun couldn't help it, and asked, "General Zhao, what else can you do?"