After that, Wang Kang roared and jumped up, his golden gun pierced straight towards Shao Xing. Although Wang Kang was tall, the mount Shao Xing sat on was also a tall horse. If he wanted to attack Shao Xing, Wang Kang could only jump up and attack.
"Drink!" Although Wang Kang's shot was extremely powerful, Shao Xing was not at all restrained by Wang Kang's aura. He also raised the spear and spied out against Wang Kang. The two guns hit one piece in an instant, and there was a loud noise.
Immediately afterwards, Shao Xing's mount neighed, his front legs raised high, and Shao Xing's entire body leaned back, being pushed by the huge rebound force to almost fall off the horse. Looking back at Wang Kang, although Shao Xing blocked the shooting of the golden gun, Wang Kang landed steadily on the ground without taking a step back. This gap proves that Shao Xing is obviously still inferior to Wang Kang in this match.
However, even though he knew that he was not as good as his opponent, Shao Xing did not show the slightest frustration. He stabilized his mount, but once again attacked Wang Kang. Facing Shao Xing's attack, Wang Kang snorted and shouted disdainfully: "With your ability, you dare to show off in front of me? Today, let you see what is true marksmanship."
As he said, Wang Kang flicked his wrist, and the golden gun turned into golden light again, attacking Shao Xing’s chest at a very fast speed. Wang Kang’s attack was later than Shao Xing’s attack, but it was better than Shao Xing’s. The spear is faster. Before Shao Xing's spear was fully pierced, the golden light had already arrived at Shao Xing's front door.
"Huh!" Seeing that the golden light was about to pierce Shao Xing, a black shadow flashed by, but it was the golden light in the center that bounced the golden light away. Wang Kang, who flashed past Shao Xing’s attack, took a closer look. What stood in front of Shao Xing’s door was a black iron halberd, while the one holding the iron halberd was a square-faced and dressed man. Warlord in silver armor.
"The thief. Eat me with a hammer." There was another violent shout, and a strong wind blew from the other side, but it was as tall as a person and two hammers the size of a human head appeared, with strong force. , Fell directly on Wang Kang's head. And the one holding this hammer was a tall, tall, sturdy soldier wearing a set of black armor.
The hammer was hung with the sound of "Woo", and it came extremely fast, and Wang Kang didn't dare to accept the hammer. Although the whole person was still in the air, Wang Kang stubbornly twisted his body, borrowed the force of his legs, turned over and leaped back, escaped the hammer's attack, and landed steadily on the ground.
After standing firm, Wang Kang immediately put a golden gun across his chest, staring at the two warriors guarding Shao Xing's left and right, and shouted: "The name of the person who came."
"Shao Long." The general with Fang Zheng's face snorted in a deep voice, and he never spoke again. He was the Song Jun general Li Yanxian under Shao Yun. Taking the iron halberd back into his chest, Shao Long made an offensive posture, and a pair of iron halberd spikes pointed directly at Wang Kang!
"I am Shao Yun." The white and fat general on the other side also yelled, but it was General Shao Yun under Li Yanxian, General of the Song Army. Shao Yun swung the hammer in the air, curled his lips, and said, "Didn't you hear that Wang Kang has known people before? Why don't you even dare to pick me up with this hammer?"
Hearing that Shao Long and Shao Yun reported their families, Wang Kang's expression began to darken, especially when he saw Shao Xing, Shao Long, and Shao Yun fighting side by side, Wang Kang's heart no longer had the beginning. Calm down. If Wang Kang confronted any of these three people alone, he could easily win, but if the three of them joined forces, Wang Kang could not guarantee that he would be able to win. After all, the three of them are tough guys fighting with the golden crowd, and each of them has martial skills comparable to ordinary martial arts masters.
Both Shao Long and Shao Yun rushed over with Shao Xing, but just now Shao Xing was eager to save his brother, Zongma rushed over first, and at the most critical moment, Shao Long and Shao Yun finally made it. . Behind the two, there were four more warlords and a dozen of their soldiers. Shao Xing saw the generals behind him, and felt a little peace of mind. He turned his head and shouted to the generals: "General Jiang! General Wen Yuan! You two took the generals to repel the enemy, and brought the potential generals, General Zhang and Generals together. General Tang Ying rescued him and let the genius heal him. The remaining four generals, we will take him down together." With that, the steel spear in Shao Xing's hand was pointed at Wang Kang in front of him!
It turned out that the four generals who came later were the highest among the younger generation of the Song Army: Jiang Shanli, Zhao Yiming, Gao Yong and Liu Wenyuan. After Jiang Shanli and Liu Wenyuan heard Shao Xing's order, they had no objections. Compared with Zhao Yiming and Gao Yong, the two of them were good at strategy, and they immediately commanded the soldiers under their hands and rushed towards the soldiers of Wang Kang who were fighting, while the two of them were lying next to each other. Zhong Qian and Wang Tao rushed away.
As for the remaining Zhao Yiming and Gao Yong, the horses were standing beside Shao Long and Shao Yun respectively, and they each had their weapons, and they soon surrounded Wang Kang.
Seeing the opponent surrounded him, Wang Kang didn't even think about running away. Without his horse, how could his two legs run over the other's four legs? However, Wang Kang has experienced many battles. Facing such a battlefield, Wang Kang did not lose his fighting spirit. Instead, he put a golden gun on his chest and was always ready to fight.
Shao Xing did not rush to attack, but led Shao Long and others to surround Wang Kang. When he saw that Jiang Shanli and Liu Wenyuan had rescued Zhong Qian and Wang Tao, Tang Ying also slowly got up from the ground and followed Jiang Shanli and Liu Wenyuan to the south, Shao Xing was relieved. , Nodded slightly, staring at Wang Kang closely, with cold light flashing in his eyes, and shouted in a deep voice: "Kill!"
At the same time, in the city of Poyang not far away, the army of Xia Jiajun, who had just occupied the city of Poyang, was quickly taking over important military installations in the city. In the discussion palace of Chengshou Mansion, Yang Huai, Zhang Sailiang and others are carefully reviewing the main situation report of Poyang City. After reading the briefing in his hand, Yang Huai slowly raised his head, let out a long sigh of relief, and sighed: "It is said that Song Jun is wealthy. Today I know that it is indescribable to use a rich man. The materials in Poyang City are actually comparable to my Xia Jiajun capital city Shangrao. If Xia Jiajun and Song Jun go to war, we will only compete for food and supplies. Far from being Song Jun’s opponent!"
Zhang Sailiang was silent, and Yang Huai was right. Zhang Sailiang's brother Zhang Sailiang was in charge of Xia Jiajun's government affairs. Zhang Sailiang couldn't be more clear about the situation of Xia Jiajun's strategic materials. When the two armies go to war, they will compete with warriors and soldiers, but if the two countries go to war, they will compete with resources, food and materials. From this we can see how powerful the Song Army has reached.
Shao Yun, who was next to him, persuaded: "The general is not too worried. Although the Song Army is strong, it is not that we have failed to take our Xia Jun! Moreover, the reason why Song Jun has developed so strong is that Jin Bing did not defeat Song. The army is also not unrelated. This time we walked northward from the Yangtze River to the canal, and then opened a north-south road that runs through the Jinren and our vassals. The world will inevitably change. In time, our Xia family can also develop. So powerful, even surpassing Song Jun."
Neither Yang Huai nor Zhang Sailiang responded to Shao Yun's advice. Everyone knew the facts. The Northern Expedition Unicom Jinren is certainly a wonderful move. But whether it can play an unexpected role or not, there are still two things to say. But now these things are not in Yang Huai's turn to trouble his brains here. Immediately, Yang Huai nodded and said to Lin Tao: "General Lin, you go and take the soldiers to count all the food and grass in the city. When Wang Kang comes back, we will hold on to the city and prepare the ships."
Lin Tao gave Yang Huai a fist in response, then turned and left. After Shao Yun left, Zhang Sailiang said to Yang Huai with a worried face: "General. Master Wang Kang has been there for so long, and there is no answer yet. , Will something happen?"
Yang Huai hesitated for a moment, but shook his head and said, "Although I can't understand Wang Kang's virtues, I have to admit that Wang Kang's martial arts are superb, and there is absolutely no way to stop Wang Kang just by those deserters. Zhang. Please rest assured, my lord. I believe that before long, Wang Kang will definitely bring the enemy general Zhong Zhong and Tang Ying back. "Yang Huai is also true, and he didn't say anything badly because of the contradiction between Wang Kang and himself.
Zhang Sailiang also thought about it. When he first attacked Poyang City, he didn't rely on Wang Kang alone to break Poyang in such a short period of time. Before the Song Army had a neat lineup, Wang Kang couldn't help but now it was just a group of deserters, and of course it would not be Wang Kang's opponent. However, Zhang Sailiang turned his mind and said, "Although those defeated troops don't have to worry about it, what if there are reinforcements coming to support? This is the boundary of the Song Army, so you must guard against it."
Regarding Zhang Sailiang’s question, Yang Huai smiled faintly, waved his hand and said, “Master Zhang does not need to worry about this. Before the expedition, the adult had ordered someone to inquire about the situation behind the Song Army. In order to attack the South. In Xiongzhou, the President of the Song Army, Wang Hu, led his army to Fujian Road. In order to fill the loopholes in the defense line of the Nan'an Army, Xie Xiaogui took the main troops nearby to the Nan'an Army City and west of the Nan'an Army half a month ago. The Tingzhou border is armed. So there is no need to worry about reinforcements at all. If it weren’t for the Song Army’s counterattack, maybe our soldiers and horses would be enough to take over half of Raozhou.”
When Yang Huai said this, Zhang Sailiang realized that the intelligence of Xia Jiajun now belongs to Zhang Sailiang's management, and Zhang Sailiang is directly under Xia Cheng's orders. Without Xia Cheng's order, even Zhang Huaxuan, the first think tank of Xia Jiajun, would not be able to know the least bit of information.
This information was obviously given to Yang Huai by Xia Cheng before the expedition, but Zhang Sailiang was completely kept in the dark. Now that he learned this information, Zhang Sailiang understood why Yang Huai had just let Shao Yun carry Poyang's luggage in such a free time. It's just that, I don't know why, Yang Huai said it all right, but Zhang Sailiang felt as if something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say anything.
After saying all this, Yang Huai suddenly shook his head and said: "Now that Liu Yi is destroyed, our army has been defeated again. The Song army is probably getting stronger and stronger. I don’t know that our Xia army’s What's the future?"
Regarding Yang Huai's sigh, Zhang Sailiang could only respond with a wry smile, but he couldn't say much. Although Yang Huai was not a child of the Xia family, it was almost the same. But Zhang Sailiang can be regarded as an outsider in comparison, so Yang Huai can talk about some things, but Zhang Sailiang can't speak casually.
After saying these few words, Yang Huai also suddenly reacted, conscious that he was a little bit gaffe, and smiled awkwardly, and said to Zhang Sailiang: "Master Zhang. Please continue to check here, and I will look at the situation outside. "After speaking, Yang Huai quickly left the meeting hall, leaving only Zhang Sailiang alone in the meeting hall to continue busy.
After leaving the city guard mansion, Yang Huai also let out a long sigh of relief, and immediately mounted his horse, leading the soldiers towards the north of the city. Although the Xia's army won, there were also considerable losses, and the inventory work on the battlefield continued. On the top of the city, Yang Huai looked at the soldiers who were busy on the battlefield. He directly stopped an officer and asked, "How is the battlefield inventory done?"
Seeing that it was Yang Huai, the officer immediately bowed his fist to Yang Huai, and then replied: "Return to the general! Our army's losses have been counted. About 5,000 soldiers were killed in this battle. Those who were unable to fight were seriously injured. More than 1,300 people. More than 4,000 people were slightly injured."
Listening to the officer's report, Yang Huai couldn't help frowning. The losses in this battle far exceeded his expectations, and he did not expect that the army would suffer tens of thousands of casualties. The Song Army’s defenders only had a few thousand men. Even if there is a wall to rely on, shouldn't it be so much worse
If it weren't for Wang Kang's move, I'm afraid it might not have been able to take down Poyang City. There is only one explanation for this result, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Song Army is far stronger than that of the Xia Family Army. Thinking of this, Yang Huai's heart is heavy. Whether it is to compare soldiers, generals, or resources, Xia's army will be at a disadvantage. How should we fight this battle? Yang Huai didn't know anything about it.
As if thinking of something, Yang Huai quickly asked, "Where are the ballistas that were placed at the head of the city before? Have you found them?"
What Yang Huai mentioned was the ballista that caused great trouble to Xia’s army before. The officer heard Yang Huai’s question and quickly replied: “The villain has found those ballistas, but those ballistas seem to be It has been destroyed, and the organs inside have been smashed into a mess, and there is no obvious effect at all."
After listening to the officer's answer, Yang Huai's face was full of bitterness. It seemed that the guard of Poyang City was really cautious! He shook his head helplessly, waved his hand to the officer and said, "Go ahead." After dismissing the officer, Yang Huai walked straight to the female wall and looked at the scenery outside the city, but his heart felt cold. of.
The soldiers next to Yang Huai also seemed to see that Yang Huai was in a bad mood, and had a few words of comfort, but they didn't know how to speak, so they could only keep their mouths shut. After more than half an hour, Yang Huai took a deep breath and slightly relaxed the depressed emotion in his heart. Then he turned around and said to the soldiers: "Let’s go! Let’s see how the baggage is carried. What happened? Uh. What?"
When Yang Huai finished speaking, he raised his leg and was about to leave, but from the corner of his eye he glanced at the outside of the city inadvertently, but the whole person stopped, turned his head, and carefully looked out of the city. I saw that on the line that intersected with the sky outside the city, a black shadow was slowly coming here, like a black cloud. As the dark cloud got closer and closer, Yang Huai's eyes became more and more rounded, and he almost didn't stare out. After finally regaining consciousness, he immediately shouted to the soldiers on the left and right: "Quick! Quickly sound the drum of war! There are enemies!"
The soldiers also woke up like a dream, hurriedly turned their heads and ran to the war drum stand above the city, and everyone rushed to beat the war drum.
"Boom boom boom!" The sound of war drums spread throughout the city of Poyang in a blink of an eye. The Xia family army generals who were slowly clearing the battlefield under the city wall outside the city also rushed into the city, closing the city gate tightly, and the city's head was even more chaotic.
Regarding all this, Yang Huai has no thoughts to care about it. In his mind, he is thinking hard at this moment. He has clearly calculated the movements of all the soldiers and horses of the Song army. How can he jump out of the enemy at this time? The army is coming? What is wrong? Yang Huai has always been known for his wisdom among the generals of the Xia family, but now he wants to break his head, and he can't think of a reason.
At this time, the army had slowly moved outside the city. Yang Huai didn't need to think about it at this moment, because the flag of the army outside the city was waving in the wind. It was exactly the two words: "Heavy Armored Army" ."
Seeing the heavy armored infantry in front of him reappearing in front of him, Yang Huai immediately threw the idea of victory out of the clouds. The heavy-armored infantry in front of you, no matter from the momentum or the formation, looks like an elite army. The number of heavy-armored infantry is less than 5,000, but the aura emanating from the heavy-armored infantry is like 100,000.
"You can't win!" Without any warning, this thought popped out of Yang Huai's mind. Yang Huai had never seen a situation like this that had been timid before the battle started. This is not because Yang Huai is timid, but because Yang Huai has a premonition as a veteran.
"General! General! What's the matter?" A shout came from behind Yang Huai, but Lin Tao and Zhang Sailiang caught up to the city at the same time. They both heard the drums on the head of the city and immediately put down what they were doing and rushed over. of. As soon as he went to the top of the city, he saw a mess on the top of the city, but Yang Huai didn't care about it, just standing by the female wall in a daze. When Lin Tao and Zhang Sailiang saw his appearance, they felt uncomfortable, and both rushed to Yang Huai's side.
When they reached Yang Huai's side, the two looked out of the city at the same time, but they took a breath of cold air at the same time. Seeing the momentum of the heavy armored infantry outside the city, both of them felt their scalp numb. The two looked at each other, and finally Lin Tao said to Yang Huai: "General. What shall we do next?"
Although Shao Yun's question was vague, the meaning was very clear. There were only two roads before the Xia Jiajun army, one was to defend the city and the other was to break out of the city.
According to the city’s defense, it’s definitely not possible. Originally, Yang Huai and the others thought that the Song Army’s reinforcements did not come so quickly, but now it seems that even the heavy armored infantry who has been stationed near the police station near Jiangling have appeared here all the year round. Maybe there will be more Song troops coming soon. According to Cheng Shou Shou, in the end it will only end up with a trapped death in Poyang. So now there is only this only way out, then break through.
"Break through the siege?" Yang Huai's heart sighed, looking at the heavy armored infantry outside the city, but Yang Huai couldn't make up his mind anyway. The Xia's army, who had just fought a hard battle, could really break through the heavy armor in front of him. Infantry? Yang Huai didn't have any confidence in his heart.
"General! Hurry up and make a decision, Chi Zesheng will change." Seeing that Yang Huai kept silent, Zhang Sailiang was also anxious. Although he was making suggestions for Yang Huai, Yang Huai was still the head coach of the army. If Yang Huai doesn't He didn't have the power to command the army's actions.
"But Wang Kang hasn't come back yet? Did we just leave him like this?" Yang Huai hesitated again and again, but came up with such a reasonable excuse in his opinion.