choke element

Chapter 416 Soft and Hard

The military envoy held Guo Ning's golden sword, kowtowed heavily, turned and left.

Just after stepping a few steps, Guo Ning called him back again.

From Mizhou to Linzi County, Yidu Prefecture, because Weizhou has fallen into the hands of Ding Haijun, the road is unimpeded.

But in Mizhou, it is a dangerous time.Ding Haijun and Red Coat Army totaled more than [-] people, fighting and entangled in the small area of ​​Mizhou, and the control area was criss-crossed.The envoy had obviously fought with someone on the way, his face was covered with blood, and his body was also bandaged.

Guo Ning took a silver medal from the attendant and handed it to the military envoy.

"With this silver medal, you can change horses in Yidu, Changle, Beihai, and Anqiu, and recruit knight guards for a ride. Be careful along the way, and don't get entangled with the enemy again."

The military envoy responded with a deep voice, holding the silver medal.

After going down to the city, he galloped eight hundred li at high speed, entered the Lushui barracks in only one day and one night, and then offered the golden sword to the Chinese army's tent.

The golden knife was given to Guo Ning by Han Renqing, an old soldier of Guchengdian, when Guo Ning raised his army earlier.The scabbard and handle were originally inlaid with gold and jade, which is extremely gorgeous.But because it has been carried by warriors for a long time, it is inevitable that it will be bumped and bumped, and some of the gold and jade will fall off, leaving grooves one by one.There are also many scratches on the scabbard decorated with dragon and tiger patterns, which looks very old.

After Guo Ning obtained this knife, he took it as a personal saber, and occasionally gave it to his subordinates as a token of giving orders and seeing himself.

All the generals in the tent, from Li Ting down, all recognized this saber.Dozens of people jumped up suddenly, everyone was surprised, everyone knew that Guo Ning was sternly urging the battle.

Li Ting took a few steps forward, holding the handle of the knife with his right hand, and moved his chin.

His left hand was bandaged and fixed to his side, unable to move.A subordinate hurried up, knelt down on one knee, holding the scabbard with both hands.

Li Ting pulled out forcefully, the blade was very tight, and it slowly emerged from the sheath bit by bit, with a cold light shining.

"What does Jieshuai say?"

"Jie Shuai said that victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. I don't want Li Erlang's pleading papers, but only Juzhou and Mizhou! Let him hold my saber, be ruthless, and fight tough battles!"

"Only these two sentences?"

"Yes."

Li Ting held the knife in his hand, waved it twice, and remained silent for a moment.

He understood what Guo Ning meant.

Most outsiders thought that Guo Ning bestowed the golden sword to give Li Ting the right to kill the general, and it was also a warning and urging to Li Ting himself.That is to reiterate once again that marching and fighting must strive to be swift and fierce, and the red coat army should not be given a chance to breathe, and they must not be given a chance to recover from chaos and collapse.

But in fact, the meaning is more than that.

Li Ting stared at the golden knife, his face slowly turning red.

He puts on the virtue of being lazy and mischievous all day long, but he is actually a very smart person, otherwise Guo Ning would never have entrusted him with important tasks.

In his view, both the Red Coat Army and the Ding Navy are actually enemies of the Dajin Kingdom; apart from the common enemy, there are similarities and differences in the methods, styles and positions of the two parties, and there are more complicated entanglements of interests.

Therefore, Li Ting wanted to defeat the enemy with strange tactics and tactics. From Guo Ning's point of view, there was a bit of his own hesitation in it, and a bit of his hidden soft-heartedness.He didn't want too much blood to be shed in this operation, and he always hoped that the situation would be as strong as a bamboo, and it would be easier to win.

After all, in the past year, the Red Coat Army has really endured pressure for the Ding Navy. From a certain point of view, they are the best allies of the Ding Navy.

With this in mind, even after the surprise attack was frustrated, Li Ting's troops still tried to suppress the Red Coat Army with repeated small-scale attacks, trying to force them back from Zhucheng.

From the military newspaper, Guo Ning saw Li Ting's thoughts.

Perhaps Guo Ning originally had the same idea.

But the enemy is stronger and tougher than expected, and the fourth lady Yang Miaozhen's appeal is also stronger than expected.This idea is no longer realistic!
With the rapid expansion of the Ding Navy, even generals such as Guo Ning and Li Ting do not have rich experience in leading large armies in combat. It is inevitable that there will be mistakes in judgment, and it is inevitable that they will suffer losses, review and grow in the war.

That's why Guo Ning sent someone to bring this golden knife.This golden knife is to show Li Ting his own determination, and also to urge Li Ting to make up his mind.

The Han Renqing who gave Guo Ning the golden knife was an old friend of Guo Ning and Li Ting, and also a well-known kind-hearted man among the defeated soldiers in the three southern states.Many officers in the Ding Navy were taken care of by Han Renqing when they were living in Hebei.But Han Renqing is dead, and his family is dead.

The murderer who killed his whole family was none other than the Red Coat Army.The one who killed the youngest son of Han Renqing was Yang An'er's general Guo Yao'er, who was originally entrenched in Mizhou. Li Ting was nearby at the time, but he didn't have time to save him.

Back then when the Hebei army and Yang An'er did not offend the river, when Yang An'er turned his face and killed someone, were you polite?

Since the two sides are not in the same way, they will eventually reach a time of hostility, and once they are hostile, don't think about anything.

For the enemy, we can only let them die with all our strength, and only destroy them with all our strength.

The nature of the battle with the Red Coat Army and the battle with the Mongolian Army is exactly the same.

There is a knife in the hand, and the knife speaks.

Swing the knife at the enemy with all your strength, either you die or I live!

Li Ting held the knife and looked around at the generals in the tent.

All the generals are veterans in the battlefield, no matter they are old or young, tall or short, fat or thin, many of them have scars all over their faces, and scars left by swords, guns and arrows run across one after another.

He then looked at Qiu Huiluo who was reclining on the soft couch at the side of the tent.

Qiu Huiluo said in a deep voice: "Jie Shuai said, we must be ruthless and fight hard."

Li Ting nodded.

He looked around at the generals again: "Decree, all the ministries should bring enough weapons and supplies, and go out of the camp to line up."

He and Qiu Huiluo had a total of 8000 people, of which Jiajun and Alixi had half and half.Previously, they suffered losses under Zhucheng, and the Jia army lost hundreds. Later, they divided up and took Liwen Town, Puqing Town, Caoqiao Town and other places around Zhucheng, and went to more than a thousand.

Yesterday Shi Poli brought hundreds of Lijia Alixi to support; Gao Xin recruited another group of former accomplices from the Ma'er Mountain and Jiuxian Mountain area, about five hundred.

After adding and subtracting, by this time, there are still more than 7000 people.

With Li Ting's order, 7000 people lined up like a forest with swords and guns and flags like clouds, and went out one after another.Including the rush-made ladders and other things in the past few days, all were brought out, and hundreds of carts were filled, and they were specially lined up for a while.

After the three drums are struck, all the ministries are called together.

Li Ting waved his hand, and his trusted servants galloped back, holding pine torches and lighting the tents everywhere.

Seeing the black smoke and flames rising suddenly, the soldiers were startled, and then they were stopped by the officers loudly.

Under the fireworks, Li Ting held up the golden knife and shouted sharply: "The Commander-in-Chief has an order. If you are ruthless and fight hard, you must take Mizhou and Juzhou! Order all the ministries to take the cities directly. From the moment they arrive, they will attack the cities from all sides. I will personally patrol the camp, and I will follow everyone below. Those who retreat will be cut, and those who hesitate will be cut. If the enemy camp is not broken, I will not give up! Before dark today, I will wash my feet in Zhucheng!"

The officers shouted in unison: "Be cruel! Fight hard!"

The soldiers broke away from their astonishment, and then shouted: "Be cruel! Fight hard!"

Amid waves of shouts, Li Ting waved: "Let's go!"

An hour later.

The sounds of killing from all sides in Zhucheng shook the sky.

Arrows flew all over the sky, swords fell one after another, flying limbs and flesh crashed down the city, and lively soldiers climbed the ladder, and even jumped up the city from the bottom of the ladder, fighting with the defenders at the top of the city with all their strength.

The defenders occupy a favorable position and are able to push the attackers back almost every time successfully, thereby overturning the ladder.

And the attacking side followed one after another, constantly mobilizing troops forward, constantly mobilizing daredevils to be the frontrunners, to be the first to ascend, and even officers above the generals in excellent armor, went to the city to fight one by one, and fought against the enemy without hesitation. Desperate.

The blood of both sides gradually accumulated on the city wall into pools and pools of blood, causing people to make a crackling sound of trampling when they ran.The corpses of both sides were used to pile up into a female wall, used to block arrows, or used as a rolling wooden ring and thrown to the ground.

The killing sound became louder and louder, and the drums rumbled.

Li Ting's orders spread throughout the three armies.Qiu Huiluo sat on his stretcher, slapped the edge of the stretcher, and ordered his subordinates to push him forward until he was a hundred, eighty, fifty steps away from the city.

The Ding Navy has no tents, and a group of follow-up troops put on their armor and sat outside the city to wait.Once they got the order, they surged wave after wave like iron waves, and then slapped on the city wall, sending up spray and mist all over the sky.

Among the waves, those who occasionally hesitated were particularly conspicuous.Immediately, a firing squad caught up with him, and in a flash of golden light, he took the head of one of the sword owls and ran around with his head held high, thinking that he would be a warning to those who would come later.

In less than half a quarter, Yang Miaozhen watched and counted them one by one.She was horrified to find that there were no less than fifty timid people killed by Dinghailing's own firing squad!Not only soldiers, but officers are no exception, beheaded in the same way!

Yang Miaozhen had never seen such a scene, never imagined such a scene.

The deaths and injuries of 300, 500, 1000, and 2000 people happened in the shortest possible time and in front of everyone's eyes.The officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy seemed to not care at all, and continued to charge desperately.

Yang Miaozhen saw that many people were injured and rushed upwards, even if their legs were broken, they were still climbing with their hands!

This kind of fierce offensive, this kind of fierce and fearless attack is not something that the Jin army can have at all.

This kind of unreasonable and tough battle, which does not care about the cost, is the full strength of the navy!

This is not comparable to an ambush with thousands of people at night.In this uninterrupted turbulent tide of thousands of people, personal bravery and the power of the pear flower gun are meaningless!
And Zhucheng, after all, is just an ordinary small city...

At first Yang Miaozhen ran back and forth at the top of the city, fighting the enemy, but later had to retreat and command from a somewhat stable place.And her command, visible to the naked eye, doesn't work.

In less than half an hour, countless people shouted at the same time in the east and north of the city: "The city is broken! The city is broken! Fill it in!"

(End of this chapter)