Chapter 214: The Navy Is Gone
In Xiangyang City, Zhao Yulin was still leading his brothers in a charge . Hu Yidao's Little King Kong came running over with a nervous look on his face and said that the old master was injured and couldn't make it.
Zhao Yulin asked Guo Jing to take charge and hurried back to the city gate to check.
It turned out that during the fierce battle on the city wall just now, Hu Yidao was hit by an arrow in the right shoulder and lost half of his fighting power but he still fought desperately, and had several more wounds on his body. After occupying the city gate, he ignored the military doctor's dissuasion and pulled out the arrow himself, causing secondary damage to the wound. He bled profusely and his face turned pale.
When the female gang leader saw the half-dead Hu Yidao, she actually said happily that such a serious injury could only be cured by the resurrection pill, and she would not give it to him even if she had it, and it would be better for him to die, otherwise his daughter would suffer for the rest of her life.
The female gang leader looked at Zhao Yulin with a look of treacherous vengeance. He didn't know how he had offended the female gang leader to make her speak so viciously.
The eight Vajra Kings all looked at her with fire in their eyes.
Hu Yidao forced a smile and said: You thief, I am protecting the man for your daughter. If he dies, your daughter will definitely jump off the Golden Summit to be buried with him.
After saying that, he burst into laughter, but he kept coughing and vomiting blood.
The female gang leader was so angry that her eyes widened. She raised the dog-beating stick and prepared to hit, but was stopped by those on both sides. The eight Vajra warriors over there also drew their swords and glared at the two men as they confronted each other .
The female gang leader proudly took out a small porcelain bottle from her arms and said that she couldn't find the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, but there were three small pills in this bottle that could prolong life. Call me auntie, and I'll give you half a pill if I'm happy.
Zhao Yulin glanced at the female gang leader, took out an exquisite small box from his arms and handed it to her, saying that he happened to have a Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill bestowed by the emperor, and asked his master to take it quickly.
The female gang leader was immediately surprised. Who is this person? He asked for the resurrection pill and she had it, and it was a gift from the government.
She felt very bored, glanced at the members of the Beggar Gang and said, "What are you doing just standing there? Come on, follow me to kill the rebels."
Xiao Jin Gang took it out and handed it to Hu Yidao, who didn't even look at it and just gulped it down without even drinking a sip of water. Zhao Yulin asked in confusion: Dad, what's wrong?
It’s better to wear a vest in the future so that it won’t affect your ability to climb walls and climb roofs.
Hu Yidao laughed and said that he was old and could not compare with the young men. He had to wear so many clothes to climb the wall. If he fell behind, how could he protect his son-in-law?
Zhao Yulin couldn't hold back his tears when he heard this, and silently helped Hu Yidao tidy up the quilt. After a while, he saw Hu Yidao's face start to turn red.
The old man probably also felt his energy and spirit rising. He smiled and said that he would not die. He happily said to himself that his good daughter had made the right choice and it was worth it.
At this time, Zhao Yulin had come out and stood at the city gate. The Shenwei Army was continuously entering the city. He no longer needed to fight in the battlefield. He felt a bullet shell in his pocket, took it out and showed it, asking the guard if he had looked for it.
The guard reported that they had gone to look for it.
Zhao Yulin climbed the stairs and walked towards the city wall.
The entire west gate has been completely controlled by the Shenwei Army. Fighting is still going on at the north gate and south gate, but the rebels' resistance has obviously weakened and their territory is shrinking.
The sky in the east was already turning pale, and daybreak was about to begin.
When Zhou Ping sent a large group of troops into the city, the small group he had arranged for the sneak attack started to attack. These veteran soldiers who had been in the forest for many years had left the camp early but remained motionless. It was not until the Mongolian army was defeated and fled back that they took the opportunity to sneak into the camp and find the military supplies and food supplies to attack.
For a moment , fires were everywhere in Hubili's front camp, and shadows of people were swaying. The Shenwei Army set fire and killed people while shouting and spreading rumors that the Shenwei Army was coming. Taking advantage of the chaos, they easily slipped out of the camp along the predetermined route and asked the Mongolian army to fight each other.
Zhou Ping came up to see Zhao Yulin in high spirits. He had just taken a nap leaning against the railing of the city wall.
Zhou Ping said that the north gate had been taken, and the army had entered the city, leaving a thousand men to guard the dock. It was just a pity that the military supplies for setting up the camp were lost.
Zhao Yulin was too lazy to discuss the matter of two pounds of cabbage with him. He smiled and said that they should move the large catapult to the top of the city wall and put the mortars in a row. Sooner or later, everything on the other side would belong to General Zhou.
Zhou Ping smiled naively and said that the young master was the great general and he did not dare to accept the title.
He snapped his fingers and walked down the city wall to the government office, where all the generals and civil servants were present.
To make a long story short, Zhao Yulin established the Shenwei Army Xiangyang Garrison Corps, with Guo Jing as the commander-in-chief and his deputy transferred from Zhou Ping. They immediately gathered all the scattered soldiers in the city.
Guo Jing accepted the order immediately.
Zhao Yulin said that the chief officers of Xiangyang had all fled and the city was in chaos. The Beggars' Sect was familiar with the situation in the city, so he asked the female leader to temporarily take over as the chief steward of Xiangyang and asked Zhou Ping to select two civilian officials to serve as judges to implement the strategies and disciplines of the Shenwei Army, immediately eliminate the bandits and tyrants, and restore social order in Xiangyang.
Zhou Ping was responsible for the defense of Xiangyang and the pursuit of the remaining enemies. The first thing he had to do was to capture the Mongolian army’s water stronghold and cut off their thoughts of continuing to move south.
Everyone immediately dispersed and went about their business.
It was already daybreak. At Hubili Camp on the north bank of the Han River, the little prince rode his Arabian horse through the messy front camp, gazing at Xiangyang in the distance with anger on his face.
His mind kept replaying the memories of the past few hours. His army had already stepped onto the pontoon bridge leading to Xiangyang City. Just half an hour, or even just half an hour, was missing. With the loss of nearly ten thousand men, Xiangyang was still not captured.
Although Li Boyuan sent a messenger to express his loyalty to him and fought desperately for the Khan in the city, begging his master to save him, he saw through the telescope in his hand that the red flag of the Shenwei Army Navy had been raised high on the tower of the North Gate.
Hubili looked at the warships filling the river and knew very well that if he wanted to capture Xiangyang he had to wait for Takaer to arrive.
In the morning, Taccar arrived, but the order given to him was not to attack Xiangyang, but to retreat back to Nanyang.
Hubili was unwilling to give up, and told him with a little dissatisfaction that Li Boyuan was still fighting at the East Gate, so we can still give it a try.
But Tacaer refused. Although the failure to capture Xiangyang was due to his delay and the missed opportunity, he didn't care because Hubili, the vanguard officer, was to take the blame.
Because he received two pieces of information: one was that the new Second Column of the Shenwei Army was attacking Nanyang directly behind him, and that Zhao Yulin was leading the army himself, and its vanguard had already crossed Zhenping County and arrived at a horse farm less than fifty miles away from the city.
This was not the most urgent thing. He also received news that General Meng Gong, who was guarding Huangzhou, was leading a large army to rescue Xiangyang, and it was estimated that they would soon reach Zaoyang.
This is truly the case: the fewer words, the richer the connotation.
Tachaer and Menggong had jointly contributed greatly to the destruction of the Jin Dynasty. The two became sworn brothers. Tachaer knew Menggong's military prowess, and many of his siege techniques for plain warfare were taught by Menggong.
Therefore, Tachaer had to leave, and the sooner the better. Otherwise, he might be caught by Menggong and Zhaoqier, the two tigers and wolves, and that would be no fun.
However, Zhao Yulin was in Xiangyang, so how did Tachaer receive a secret letter from someone in Nanyang who wanted to raid his lair?
This has to start with the secret letter he sent to Yang Xingyun.
After Zhao Yulin issued an order for the New Second Column to make a feint and threaten Nanyang, Shunzhidi followed the team and rushed eastward. The troops stopped after they captured the horse farm.
Shunzhidi came up with a plan and started to perform it with Geng Feihu.
Feihu was wearing Zhao Yulin's clothes and riding his horse in the team with an expressionless face. When the soldiers below saw him, they called him the Third Young Master, Commander Zhao. Shunzhidi was riding her little red horse with her hair loose and wearing a military cap. She was standing in front, waving a whip and shouting: This is the central army tent, take all the prisoners away, the commander needs to rest.
Followed by sporadic responses of "Yes, young madam" and "Madam Zhidi, yes."
After the prisoners were taken out, they killed two people they disliked without asking any questions, and then deliberately let the prisoners escape. The prisoners were so panicked when they saw that they killed people without even a trial, so they fled in droves when they got the chance.
The garrison shouted again from behind, chasing and shooting. When these captives went back, they reported in a serious manner that the main force of the Shenwei Army had arrived and that Zhao Qi'er was in Nanyang.
The intelligence was absolutely accurate. We saw the Third Young Master, and his beautiful young wife. There were several hundred guards alone.
With such accurate and detailed information, there was no reason for Tachaer to say it was false.
However, things are often unexpected.
At this time, the new second column was already collecting their weapons and preparing to retreat. Zhidi asked the maid to cut her hair, the shorter the better. Because Brother Yulin had told her to hide well and retreat quickly, and not to drag the soldiers down.
Shunzhidi cut her hair into the shape of a little boy, put on a hat, and carried equipment, so it was hard to tell.
Zhao Yulin didn't expect that Shunzhidi would be so good at acting. She was watching Zhou Ping attack the Mongolian navy.
The Mongolian navy was actually the Han navy that surrendered to them . These rebel ships were of various types and belonged to leaders of different sizes, so their command and dispatch were not as flexible as those of the Shenwei Army.
Zhou Ping dispatched two outer brigades to attack, and soon surrounded the Mongolian navy on the north bank. The large ships on the city walls and in the water behind provided fire support, and the battle was resolved in half an hour.
Hubili and Tacaer hadn't even reached an agreement when their navy was destroyed.
Tachaer spread his hands and said to Hubili: "Look, if we left earlier, we still had the navy. Now that the navy is gone, what's the point of fighting? Meng Gong is coming soon. That old man is a tough guy. You'll do well to listen to me. Let's make a quick escape and go directly back to Xinye."
Tachaer issued the military order without waiting for Hubili to express his opinion.
Li Boyuan in Xiangyang City saw that the situation was hopeless and fled from the east gate. By evening, the whole city of Xiangyang was liberated.
Zhou Ping came to invite Zhao Yulin to move into the government office. He said that it would not be appropriate now that the chief steward had been appointed. According to the old rules, Shunfengchu and the steward's mansion should move in, and we should find another place.
Yi Shuigui reported that Li Boyuan’s large courtyard was two miles north of the government office, so why not live there?
When they came to the yard, they saw that there were at least 40 to 50 mu of land. Zhao Yulin thought it was OK, and told Zhou Ping that Li Boyuan was still on the run, so he sent a group of people to chase him.
