Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 193, Moving Like Thunder

Wang Ziteng's evacuated troops were reaching the middle of the Dashiling area.

Suddenly, a large number of rockets fell from the mountains on both sides, like stars, cutting through the air and landing in the army formation.

"It's a rocket, there's an ambush!"

A soldier said in horror.

However, it was too late now, as countless rockets and kerosene were fired from both sides.

The forest is very easy to ignite in winter. Fortunately, there had been a heavy snowfall not long ago, which slightly subsided the fire and prevented all the soldiers from being burned to death immediately.

However, the rocket kerosene used by the ambushing soldiers had a very strong burning power. Even though the snow blocked the burning of the dry grass, the surrounding trees were difficult to avoid!

Soon, a big fire broke out in the forest!
Friends who often light fires in the forest know that after a forest fire starts, the most terrifying thing is not being burned by the flames, but the thick smoke and rapidly disappearing oxygen caused by the fire, which are the most deadly factors.

The soldiers fled frantically under the scorching flames, and the ambushes on both sides were in a dominant position, reaping the lives of countless soldiers.

Wang Ziteng tried to command the army to calm down, but under such circumstances, even the strongest army in the world would find it difficult to remain calm.

After Wang Ziteng's command failed, he had no choice but to let his personal soldiers take him away.

He couldn't care too much at this moment. In the raging fire, his whole body was burned and sweat was pouring down his face. His mouth and nose were filled with black smoke. If he stayed here any longer, he would probably die here.

Under the protection of his personal soldiers, Wang Ziteng fled from Dashiling with the remaining troops.

The remaining soldiers came to Baijian Township outside the mountains. Eight miles east of here is the Jizhou area, so it is also called Dongbali.

After escaping, Wang Ziteng's soldiers lay on the ground with their limbs limp, breathing in the fresh air in big gulps.

Suddenly, the sound of countless horse hooves was heard.

Suddenly, a large number of cavalry rushed out from a distance and rushed towards them.

The leader, wearing a mask and holding a silver spear, was undoubtedly Chen Zhengdu.

"Wang Gou, give me your life!"

Chen Zhengdu yelled.

Wang Ziteng stood up hastily. With ambushes in front and a fire behind, there was no way to retreat.

He could only organize the remaining soldiers to defend themselves by force.

However, after the previous fire, how could these soldiers still have the fighting power?

Chen Zhengdu led his troops to charge and dispersed Wang Ziteng's remaining troops!
"Suffer to death!"

Chen Zheng went straight towards Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng was panicked.

He is a leadership general. Although he has some martial arts skills, he is only slightly stronger than ordinary people. How can he defeat the extremely powerful Chen Zhengdu?
At the critical moment, Wang Bo, a personal soldier, blocked a bullet for Wang Ziteng and died on the spot.

This is the adopted son of the Wang family, who was given the surname Wang and is loyal and reliable.

Upon seeing this, Wang Ziteng ran away quickly.

Chen Zhengdu quickly caught up.

The personal soldier Wang Bao died in his place.

Wang Ziteng escaped again.

Chen Zhengdu chased again.

The personal soldier Wang Shan died in his place.

Although Chen Zhengdu had experienced a large number of battles and his martial arts skills had been honed to a very high level, he was still an ordinary person after all. He could not shoot someone away with just one shot like Fang Yong could.

Sometimes, when Chen Zheng encountered personal soldiers who knew some martial arts, it would take at least two or three moves to kill them, which gave Wang Ziteng time to escape.

Finally, after only 22 of the more than 50 soldiers around him were left, Wang Ziteng escaped from the siege.

Chen Zhengdu was still chasing him relentlessly from behind.

He and Wang Ziteng have a mortal feud.

If the approach was to achieve the greatest results, Chen Zheng should have led his troops to encircle the remaining remnants and force them to surrender. This would be the option that would maximize benefits.

However, because of his deadly feud, Chen Zheng did not do so, but chose to hunt down Wang Ziteng at all costs.

"The one wearing the helmet tassel is the king's dog. Hunt down the king's dog!"

Chen Zhengdu yelled.

After hearing this, Wang Ziteng hurriedly pulled off the tassel on his helmet.

"The one wearing the mirror armor is Wang Gou, hunt down Wang Gou!"

Chen Zhengdu yelled again.

After hearing this, Wang Ziteng quickly took off the breastplate on his chest. "The one wearing the cloak is Wang Gou, chase him down!"

Wang Ziteng tore off his cloak.

In this way, Wang Ziteng fled all the way under Chen Zhengdu's crazy pursuit.

During this period, he fled to the city of Jizhou and urgently ordered Mao Cheng to open the gate.

After all, 80,000 troops had withdrawn to Jizhou in advance. With these 80,000 troops, Wang Ziteng might not be afraid of Chen Zhengdu.

However, Mao Cheng looked at Wang Ziteng's miserable condition without moving an inch.

Chen Zhengdu caught up quickly, and Wang Ziteng had no choice but to continue running away.

He runs away, he chases.

In the end, Wang Ziteng didn't know how far he ran, but he finally got rid of Chen Zhengdu in a dense forest.

Wang Ziteng didn't dare to go back.

The human heart is unpredictable, and Mao Cheng’s attitude is still vivid in our minds.

If he died, the remaining 80,000 troops would be legitimately under Mao Cheng's management...

In the end, Wang Ziteng fled to Shanhaiguan with the remaining personal soldiers.

On the other side, Fang Yong confronted the grassland army.

The news of Wang Ziteng's defeat shocked the world. Chen Zhengdu gathered tens of thousands of Wang Ziteng's defeated soldiers and horses, and the strength of the grassland was strengthened again.

Such a result was difficult for many Chinese scholars to accept.

Fang Yong, who had always been regarded as a bandit, has now become the hope of scholars all over the world.

Currently, Caoyuan controls the area north of the capital, while Fang Yong controls the area south of Bazhou and Jinhai.

The two sides confronted each other outside the capital, and the area from the capital to Bazhou became a battlefield. People fled (today's Langfang) to avoid the war.

Although the two sides have not yet officially engaged in battle, they have already experienced several small battles, with each side winning and losing.

In the naval battle, Fang Yong had a great advantage.

The people of the grassland were not good at water battles, and after suffering several consecutive losses, Hu Leleyong simply chose to abandon the area around the canal.

This gave Fang Yong a great advantage.

After all, controlling the canal means that you can come and go freely in this area at any time!
However, in the land battle, Fang Yong was at a slight disadvantage.

The grassland soldiers adopted a tactic of harassment by small groups of cavalry and archery, avoiding the large-scale combat that Fang Yong was good at, and harassing back and forth, which was very annoying.

Fortunately, Fang Yong also has a lot of cavalry. Although they are not as skilled in riding and fighting as the grassland people's cavalry, they can still compete with them.

Both sides suffered casualties in the cavalry battle. Fang Yong's side suffered more casualties overall, but not too much more, and was basically on par with the other side.

Fang Yong knew that Huleleyong was just a pawn of Kah Khan at this time, and was sent by Kah Khan to test Fang Yong's strength.

There's no need to worry about those small groups of harassing cavalry.

Fang Yong was planning secretly.

Move like thunder!

If you want to take action, you should send troops to annihilate Huleleyong's army and cut off Kah Khan's outstretched claw.

Under the cover of night, Zhang Yuan left with a boat full of soldiers and weapons.

Fang Yong personally saw him off.

This is a somewhat risky plan that needs to be kept strictly confidential, because once the plan is leaked, Zhang Yuan and others may never have a chance to come back.

Simply put, Zhang Yuan wants to take the water route and directly enter the heart of the capital to teach the people of the grassland a painful lesson!
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The temporary courtyard where the Jia family is located.

Jia Huan was particularly happy today and came in jumping from outside.

Today he met his brother-in-law, and it turns out his brother-in-law is so awesome!

Who is he afraid of now?

As soon as Jia Huan entered the door, he saw Baoyu yelling in the yard.

"Get out of the way, I want to go find Sister Xiangyun!"

Because they were afraid that Baoyu would be upset, Jia Mu and others did not tell Baoyu about Xiangyun's affairs.

When Jia Huan heard Baoyu's words, his eyes immediately lit up, and he stepped forward and said, "Brother Bao, I just saw your sister Xiangyun!"

(End of this chapter)