"This is?... Fancheng Town is about to fall!.. Send reinforcements soon..."
Standing on the head of the city, the judge of Shannan Dongdao, the deputy envoy of Xiangzhou land and water transport Wang Simian, looked at the roaring noise of fireworks on the other side of Hanshui with a demon-faced expression, shouting hoarsely.
"There are no reinforcements available. The camp soldiers and Unity children in the city have all gone with Liu Shuai and haven't returned yet..."
However, another official in a deep red robe wailed like a mourning concubine.
"Nowadays, apart from Fangge and Sizhen under the Yaxia, there are only five newly recruited Ding Zhuang candidates..."
"Aren't there thousands of volunteer camps..."
Wang Simian said anxiously.
He is a relative and clan member promoted by the former prime minister, Wang Duo. Therefore, facing the strength of Liu Jurong after the fall of the patron, he showed that Wei Wei Nuo had no sense of existence. He was even given an individual number-a big sentence of mud.
This time, because of the highest official position and rank among the left-behind generals, he was pushed out by the ducks to preside over the situation of Xiangyang City. It was not that he had no plans to do something about it. For example, in accordance with the practice in this world, give yourself a title to be left behind.
However, reality soon poured him a basin of icy cold water. In the huge city of Xiangyang, although there are "people's minds" available, there are not many available troops. And there are not many soldiers and horses that can be used to stay behind, but it is only a vain smile.
Therefore, the rescue of Fan City is still second; of course he will not easily let it go. With this thief army suppressing the city and the current enemy, he has justified this opportunity to unify the military power of Xiangzhou and seize the opportunity in his own hands.
"Hui deputy envoy, this righteous battalion belongs to, aren't they all in this city right now. It's just that the ownership is scattered, I'm afraid it will be difficult to unify orders..."
However, the official, who was still capable of doing things, smiled helplessly and embarrassedly.
This so-called volunteer army came from the big family in the city. Under the Taiping army’s usual practice of dying lips and teeth, and the tragedy of rabbits and foxes, the same enemies donated money and food. They also donated the nursing homes, households and private parts, and compiled them from other places. Tutuo, township soldier and town army, constituted.
Nowadays, most of the strong and strong people have been taken away by the commander Liu Jurong; the remaining people maintain some street order, intimidate those who are criminals, or those who are stupid and uncomfortable with the status quo. ；
Now they are on the wall, of course, they look like a heroic team; but wanting to expect them to take the risk of being cut off by the thief army on the river, take the initiative to attack and rescue the defenders of Fancheng, it is undoubtedly a foolish dream.
Not to mention, the deputy envoy Wang Simian himself is insufficiently prestigious in the army, and was pushed up to respond to the situation as a temporary leader; he wants to give orders to these soldiers and horses with a strong private color. It's a matter of reluctance.
"Could it be that under the peril of the city, there are still people who want to survive and save..."
However, Wang Simian would have the wrong meaning and immediately said angrily.
Only a moment later, the alarm drums rang on the city wall and the unstoppable clamor of the blockbuster made them no longer want to entangle them.
The lineup of knives and guns like forests and flags like the sea is prosperous, and the thieves who are all over the mountains and plains, and are attacking slowly, are already scary. But before most of the thief army started the battle under the city, the town of Fan in Jiangbei, which was sunk in a flash, was even more frightening.
Then these thieves withdrew from many vehicles, and then the strong and powerful pawns and fishes came out, and the bundles of flags were thrown on the ground in turn, and they piled up to make a small mountain in a short time;
The state of flags scattered along with being trampled and hit during the period. There is no shortage of soldiers and horses in Shandong, Xiangzhou united children, and even went with them to fight with the flags of the various prefectures and regiments.
What was finally displayed was the tattered Liu Zijiang flag and the muddy but faintly discernible big flag; and the court order to Liu Jurong with the inspector Sikong, Pengcheng County Hou, South A full set of honours including the ranks of envoys and envoys;
This is like the last straw that overwhelms the camel. It suddenly caused an uproar and exclaims and screams in the city of Xiangyang, and it converged into a wave of despair.
"Liu Shuai is defeated..."
"The Shannan Army is gone..."
"It's over, it's over..."
When Wang Simian realized that something was wrong, he hurriedly ordered people to block the news and remove the defenders within the legitimate sighting range; however, the matter still became irreversible in a short time;
In these shouts one after another, not only the defenders near the gate tower, but also the officers and soldiers on the front wall, and even the walls in other directions, received corresponding news and rumors.
Moreover, the group of gatehouse defenders that were removed to the city have also become a failure. Because of the lack of strict restraint, they were allowed to spread the corresponding knowledge to other soldiers and civilians who were on standby under the city while talking and shouting with each other.
Thus, an upsetting scene happened. Although the officers and soldiers who are on standby are panicked, they are still waiting for orders under the constraints of habit; but those civil servants who are finally anxious, obviously do not have this kind of self-consciousness and order;
After a short period of brewing and fermentation, they almost yelled at each other and fled a lot of people on the spot, and the officers and soldiers who were caught off guard were overwhelmed.
The people who fled were even more frightened and spread the news that the Shannan Army had been destroyed. When Wang Simian reacted again, he was still facing the situation of the representatives of the various families who came to the city for questioning.
Then he couldn't help becoming irritated, and wanted to punish him like a chicken and a monkey. These scumbags in the army who ran wildly "spreading rumors" under the city and shaking the hearts of the soldiers and the people; but when the order was passed down, there were mistakes;
The password of "punish the first evil, kill one and prevent a hundred" was passed down as "punish the first servant, kill one and prevent a hundred"; and among those responsible for the execution, there are also those who are familiar and old friends with the replacement city defenders. Where, naturally can't help but leak out the news.
As a result, after hearing the news, these supervised officers and soldiers felt that they had nothing to do but were about to suffer the disaster and were inexplicably grief and indignation. They unreliably connected on the spot and agitated and encumbered the officers and soldiers in the neighborhood. Claiming to eradicate traitors to face up.
But Wang Simian could only make people resist for a while, and he hurriedly ran down the aisle of the city wall to another gatehouse to ask for help and avoid disaster. At this time, the Taiping Army outside the city was still proceeding in an orderly manner, preparing for the corresponding siege and strategy.
"Fan Chengcheng took it down, and also defeated the tutu and the town soldiers who came to rescue? It's so good..."
Zhou Huaian nodded affirmatively.
"It's just that Master Wu has suffered a number of injuries because of this, and he is receiving treatment. I'm afraid I can't continue to preside over the war..."
Mi Bao, the chief officer of Yu, immediately reported.
Zhou Huaian knows how hard and desperate the other party is, but Wei Ran sighed and moved on to other things; after all, he has to bear and dominate more than the heart of survival and loss of a mere subordinate. Human destiny and future.
"There seems to be a civil strife in Xiangyang City, and there is more fighting from the south left gate to the west middle gate? ... When the generals in front of them are calling for battle?"
Then he was surprised to receive this real-time news.
"Then let Diaoyu Duwei Wang Tianming, Xiaoxian do not Jiang Zhou Ben, Guiyi Xiaowei Min Xie, and their headquarters respectively rush to the West Middle Gate, West Right Gate, and South Left Gate in one round;"
Zhou Huaian just thought about it for a while before he made the corresponding decision.
"Before the equipment of the squadron is dispatched, the shooting team and the fire-throwing team that belong to each battalion of the formation will be used to support and respond to the current... By the way, let Ge Congzhou bring the teaching team and some direct camp People, use my banner in the northwest corner and act as a feint..."
After that, Wang Tianming, Zhou Ben, and Min Xun who received the order also started to stand up, and they shouted encouragement and instruction to the subordinates who were armed with their teeth all over their bodies:
"You have to cheer up, don't let the new casters look down on them, and I will prove that we (old brothers) are the most powerful..."
"Let me spare my life to do things. The more capable you are, the more you can receive preferential treatment and reuse..."
"Try your best to kill him, there will be a good day to drink and eat meat..."
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At the same time, the land of Hedong thousands of miles away.
Wang Renshou, the same clan of Wang Simian's far room, also walked out of Jinyang City in a reluctant mood, and looked at the "Xu Family Poems" and "Taiping Annotations" in his hands with mixed feelings. (End of this chapter)