Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 370 Yanzhou He Hong

Among the endless black armor, Wu Quanwen's blood-stained silver armor is particularly eye-catching.

But what was more eye-catching than the silver armor was the fat human head with its eyes open on the spear he held high.

However, the shock these brought to the Jin soldiers was not as great as the words he shouted out as he mobilized his internal strength.

"General of the Jin Army, here is Huilantu's head!"

The sound rolled and spread far away.

Wu Quanwen ran all the way towards the west gate of Qingzhou City.

Ordinary soldiers, those Mouke and Meng'an in the outer realm, could not see the head on the spear held by Wu Quanwen clearly.

But the words that the Jin army commander was dead were enough to shock them and they didn't know how to respond.

And those deputy generals and commanders who were warriors in the inner strength realm could see the shape of the head clearly if they looked closely.

Most of these senior generals have met Hui Lantu.

Faced with a man who could kill his way through an army of 200,000 and kill Hui Lantu, a martial artist at the Hua Jin realm, who would dare to step forward to stop him?

They are Hui Lantu's subordinates, not Hui Lantu's sons.

If they conquered the city, they would be rewarded with military merit.

But this city is not theirs.

Faced with a warrior who could kill Hui Lantu, no one would be stupid enough to go forward and die without a military order.

The Jin Kingdom is mostly mountainous, and if there are more than 30,000 troops stationed there, supply will become a problem.

King Jin's method of stationing troops in different areas allowed the various armies to check and balance each other, thus minimizing the possibility of rebellion by the lower-level troops.

But it also leaves hidden dangers for today's large-scale troop operations.

This time, the Jin soldiers attacked Wu with a total of nearly thirty troops.

In addition to the troops that stayed behind in Xijiang Prefecture and the counties along the way to establish supply lines, there were also more than a dozen armies, totaling nearly 200,000 people, who had arrived at the city of Qingzhou Prefecture.

With Hui Lantu, the commander-in-chief sent by the royal court, everyone can still work together.

Now that Hui Lantu is dead, the dozen or so military commanders under him are all at the same level and cannot immediately establish effective communication methods with each other, which is going to cause big problems.

Should we attack this city?

Who is the main attacker?

As long as the city is captured, we will all work together to achieve the goal. Why should my people have to stand in the front and pave the way for you?

After Hui Lantu died, people's hearts were dispersed.

Wu Quanwen ran all the way to the west gate of Qingzhou City amidst thousands of troops.

"General of the Jin Army! Huilantu's head is here!!"

Wu Quanwen shouted loudly at the instigation voice on the city wall, then turned to look to the west and thrust the spear in his hand into the official road.

One man, one knife, one head.

He just stood there, and frightened the surrounding Jin soldiers so much that none of them dared to come forward.

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On the city wall, soldiers in silver armor rushed in from the north and south sides like mercury.

The Yanzhou army arrived to provide support.

Only five thousand people.

But these five thousand people are the elite of the entire Yanzhou army, and there are even more than five hundred warriors and knights who have joined them all the way from Yanzhou.

Although these elite troops were few in number, they completely changed the situation of the battle once they climbed onto the city wall.

They almost pushed all the way across the north and south walls, quickly clearing out the Jin soldiers on them, and then gathered on the west wall.

After clearing out the Jin soldiers on the city wall, a man in silver armor, accompanied by a dozen people, strode towards Wen Chengjie and others under the banner of General Wen.

"I am Wen Chengjie, the garrison commander of Qingzhou Prefecture, and the general is..."

"He Hong, the garrison commander of the Yanzhou Army!"

He Hong is in his forties, with a stocky build and a slightly hoarse voice.

When the two met, Wen Chengjie gave He Hongxing a one-handed chest-beating salute.

This is the etiquette in the Wu State army, because soldiers need to hold their weapons with one hand and it is not convenient to clasp their fists.

The meaning of this etiquette is that subordinates should respect superiors and officials should do their job.

The Qingzhou army was defeated, and the garrison commander Wen Chengjie was forced to carry the flag and defend the city.

Now that the Yanzhou army has arrived, his command needs to be transferred to He Hong.

But what He Hong performed towards Wen Chengjie at this time was the folk fist-clasping salute.

This was not He Hong's mistake, but represented his personal respect for Wen Chengjie.

Since climbing up the north and south city walls, He Hong has never seen a brick that is not stained with blood.

If you look down from any part of the city wall, you can see a mountain of corpses below.

The brutality of this battle was beyond He Hong's imagination.

He was able to become a general in charge of 80,000 soldiers, so he must have some skills. He also led his troops to defeat rebel bandits.

But I have never experienced such a brutal battle to defend a city.

Not only him, it can be said that most of the generals of Wu State have never fought such a battle.

The Wu State was founded by force eighty years ago after conquering all other states and conquering them.

It is now the sixty-seventh year of the Wuli calendar. During these sixty-seven years, even though there have been some frictions on the four borders, they have only been minor fights.

Such a brutal war has never happened again.

The Wu State was too powerful, so powerful that everyone forgot what war was really like.

That’s why Ningguan General Xiao Changlin would embezzle military pay!

That’s why Qingzhou General Qin Ming was defeated overnight!

And Wen Chengjie in front of him, with only a few thousand city defenders, stopped the advance of 200,000 Jin soldiers.

No matter who is in charge, it is impossible to fight this battle better.

Wen Chengjie looked at the main road in the city that led to the north and south gates, and there was no sight of any silver-armored figure on it.

"How long will it take for the remaining Yanzhou troops to arrive?"

The secret report Wu Quanwen received was that the Yanzhou army had not yet arrived.

But now it was only two quarters after noon, and He Hong arrived with a part of the Yanzhou army. He must have abandoned the main force and came to the rescue with his elite troops.

This is exactly what Wen Chengjie expected.

What he feared most was that the general of the Yanzhou Army was stubborn and insisted on leading the large army to march together in an orderly manner.

If that happens, Qingzhou City will be really finished.

"I have already given the order to all of them to march quickly and arrive before the beginning of the war." He Hong replied solemnly.

Wen Chengjie's face became solemn when he heard that. He then lifted up his skirt and knelt down with a plop.

"Captain Wen, what are you doing?" He Hong hurriedly put his hands on Wen Chengjie's arms, trying to help him up.

"On behalf of the 150,000 people in Qingzhou City, thank you!"

Although He Hong tried to stop him, Wen Chengjie couldn't bow down, but he still clasped his hands together and raised them high above his head.

Wen Chengjie was not acting, but was expressing his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

The road ahead for the Yanzhou Army will not become shorter out of thin air.

The soldiers' running speed will not increase out of thin air.

However, the arrival time of the Yanzhou Army given by He Hong was more than half an hour earlier than what the Hidden Dragon Guards judged.

This light-hearted sentence actually represents countless Yanzhou soldiers who will die of exhaustion on their way to rescue Qingzhou City.

Relying on He Hongdian's two points of sending 5,000 elite troops ahead and ordering his men to force march.

He deserves this kneeling!

"It's my job. I can't accept your gift." He Hongqiang helped Wen Chengjie up.

Wen Chengjie was talking to Xu Heng, the military officer beside him.

"Change the flag."

"From now on, all the generals in Qingzhou City will obey the command of General He!"

Before Wen Chengjie finished his words, a roar was heard from far below the city wall.

"General of the Jin Army! Hui Lantu's head is here..."