Chapter 216 Arrogant, absolutely arrogant!
Chapter 216: Arrogant, absolutely arrogance!
"No, it's not. We will attack Guiren, but it's less than three hours. How could they know?" Bai Shusheng behind him couldn't help but shout in surprise.
Liang Pengfei couldn't help but jumped and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Have you ever seen the banner clearly? Which troops in Xishan Dynasty are there?"
"The banner is Ding, the Grand Commander of the Conquest of the South." The personal soldier replied.
"Among the generals under Ruan Wenhui, there is indeed a general named Ding. The surname is Ding. Originally, Brother Ruan Wenhui followed Ruan Wenhui when he was in rebellion. He was quite brave and fought for the first place in every battle. He was a famous tiger general under Ruan Wenhui. Except for him, other Ding surnames are afraid that they are not qualified to be the governor." Sun Shijie immediately figured out a more reasonable candidate from his mind.
"Ding Kesheng, since he is the important minister of Ruan Wenhui, he should be by Ruan Wenhui. Now, the north is not yet determined, why did he come to the south?" Bai Shusheng touched the sparse beard on his mouth with a look of confusion.
"It should be that Ruan Wenhui learned about Ruan Wenyue, and she would definitely be worried that we would copy his retreat, so she was the general who went south as the governor, just to block our way north first. Fortunately, the enemy was expected to take the lead. Otherwise, Gui Ren would be difficult to take my hand." Sun Shijie said with relief and glory.
"Let's go and go and see. The scholar tells Wu Qianjin to be prepared for the surrendered soldiers so that they cannot respond internally and externally." Liang Pengfei stepped out of the general's mansion.
Standing before the city, you could already see the rolling smoke and dust at the end of the north road in Guiren City. At this time, the city was already on the front, full of soldiers. Although most of them still had no time to change their clothes, after a bloody battle, many new recruits still had their legs trembling at the beginning of the battle formation, but their hearts were much calmer, and their hands holding weapons became stable.
Liang Pengfei's direct troops had more than 1,300 people, 300 and 2,000 new recruits were left in Naqiujiang City, and the surrendered soldiers there were monitored and reorganized by the severely injured commander Wu Liang.
In Guiren City, there were 1,000 Liang's army, 4,000 new soldiers, and another 1,000 were the elite soldiers picked out from the surrendered strokes of Qiujiang City. Although they had not occupied the entire Guiren City for more than two hours, the resistance in the city had been completely cleared, and the surrendered soldiers were also detained. In addition to the 500 soldiers guarding the prisoners of war, another 500 patrolling the city, all 4,000 people were on the city wall.
After taking pictures of the city-guarding cannons stretched out between the bluestone female walls of this strong city, Liang Pengfei was very satisfied with the quarrels. Not to mention that the five thousand troops without any preparation for siege, even if there were twice as many, Liang Pengfei would just think that his opponent was just to die.
The Great Governor of the Xishan Chaozhou, who was covered with dust on his armor, finally grabbed the horse's head two miles outside Guiren City. After taking off his helmet, his gray hair was steaming, like a steamer that had just been lifted. His tiger eyes stared at the Ruan-like banner on the city tower. Although the flag was still there, the soldiers on the city wall had already changed.
Just when he was still ten miles away from Guiren City and met the first deserter, Ding Kesheng knew that the hope that Guiren City would fall into the Qing traitor had already seemed so slim. However, he still ordered the entire army to speed up. But now, he gritted his teeth tightly and looked at the dense figures of soldiers on the city wall and the silent Guiren City behind them. He knew that he had finally lost the last glimmer of hope.
However, he was unwilling to give up, and he ran for several days in confusion, but was still one step late. Just a few hours later, Gui Rencheng was so easy to change his hand that Ding Kesheng was almost so angry that he vomited blood.
"Governor, now our army is exhausted. It is not time to attack the city. Please ask the Governor to retreat to Fumei City first and then make a decision." The generals under his command saw Ding Kesheng's expression and quickly persuaded him.
"Yes, Governor, my army has been running fast for several days, and it is already scarce. At this time, it is not the best way to attack Guiren City." Another general agreed.
Ding Kesheng sighed, and his burly figure seemed to appear a little curled: "Forget it, let the entire army reorganize, and temporarily stop moving forward, and prepare to withdraw from Fumei City and make another decision." Although Ding Kesheng was brave, he was definitely not a fool. The other party was obviously on guard, which shows that the city was completely controlled by them. With his thousands of tired troops, there was no way to capture such a strong city.
"Yes, the governor is wise!"
Liang Pengfei took off the monocular telescope, squinted his eyes, and looked at the Xishan Army, who was parked two miles outside Guihua City. He seemed to be thinking about something. At this time, he had already arranged all matters. Wu Qianjin, who arrived at the top of the city, took a breath and reported to Liang Pengfei: "Young Master, everything in the city has been arranged."
"Okay, Shijie, tell me how many troops need to be out to deal with the Xishan army on the other side." Liang Pengfei nodded to Wu Qian, and asked Sun Shijie, who was standing next to him and observing the enemy situation.
"Uh... Sir, you might be thinking of going out of the city to fight." Sun Shijie turned his face in surprise. After seeing Liang Pengfei's expression clearly, he felt that he had the urge to fall out of a coma.
Wu Qianjin, who had just taken a breath, almost flashed his waist. "Young Master, you are crazy! You don't need to rely on it in a good city. You have to go down to work hard with the other party. This seems to be different from the style you are used to."
"Who said he didn't like him?" Liang Pengfei rolled his eyes to Wu Qian: "They had already been trapped in the long-distance marching here. I guess later that Guiren City was cheated and rushed here desperately. Now, seeing us waiting for the battle, tell me, they still have some confidence and some physical strength."
Bang! Sun Shijie slapped his thigh, his eyes lit up: "That's true. Our army had been asking for rest in the river for several days, and now he has defeated Guiren and his morale is in full swing. If he can defeat this Grand Commander of the South outside the city..."
"That's right, we will advance north sooner or later. Instead of attacking the city in the future, it's better to line up now. Instead of fighting, our new recruits have just seen blood. It's time to train on the battlefield with a clear sword and a spear." Liang Pengfei nodded with praise. At this time, the generals around him already understood what Liang Pengfei meant and all stood up to fight.
"Leave a thousand soldiers to defend the city, and let them take care of prisoners of war and the soldiers who patrol the city as usual, and leave another thousand soldiers to defend the city. Liang family army and two thousand new soldiers to fight." Liang Pengfei ordered loudly.
"The last one will obey the order!" The generals all agreed loudly.
"Hey, Governor, something seems to have happened in Guiren City." Just when Ding Kesheng was angrily rectifying his troops and preparing to retreat regretfully, he heard the report of his generals. Even though he got on the hillside on the roadside, he saw a strange scene. The soldiers on the city wall gradually became sparse, and the suspension bridge that was still hanging high just now had been put down, and the heavy city gate was slowly pushed open. Teams of soldiers were taking neat steps, rushing out of the city gate...
"That Qing traitor is crazy!" The Grand Governor of Zhengnan pursed his cracked lips and asked the subordinates around him in disbelief.
The generals also widened their eyes and opened their mouths that were cracked due to fatigue and lack of water, like a group of fish that were about to be dried by the scorching sun on the river beach.
"Can the traitor who only relies on conspiracy and tricks to open the gate of my Guiren City think that his navy is the opponent of my elite Xishan?" A general reached out and touched his forehead. He was indeed not yet heatstroke, and everything he saw in front of him was not a mirage.
Ding Kesheng narrowed his eyes. One thousand Qing Dynasty naval officers and two thousand could tell that the local soldiers in Annan were arranged one and a half miles below Naguiren City, which happened to be outside the range of the cannons in Guiren City.
The suspension bridge did not release the soldiers and then rose up, and it still lay flat on the moat. Even the city gate was wide open, as if it was disdain or provoking.
Soon, more than a dozen generals riding horses rushed towards this side. Ding Kesheng had a faint sneer on his lips and walked forward. The personal soldiers and generals beside him quickly stepped forward to surround the governor.
Both sides strangled their horses at a distance of about one arrow and began to look at each other.
Liang Pengfei rode his horse forward a few steps, shouting loudly to the other side: "The person who came is Ding Kesheng, the subordinate of Ruan Wenhui."
"It's me, who are you?" Ding Kesheng also proudly came out of the crowd, slamming the reins with one hand and pressing the hilt of the knife around his waist with the other, staring at the burly and tall young Qing general sitting on the horse's back without wishing to be outdone.
"I. Haha, my name is Liang Pengfei. My current position is the General of the Humen Town, Guangdong Navy of the Qing Dynasty." Liang Pengfei's answer really made both sides speechless, mainly because it was too unofficial.
However, Ding Kesheng did not care about Liang Pengfei's answer. His wide eyes were wider at this moment: "You are the Qing traitor general who murdered Ruan Wenyue and framed his majesty!"
"Don't talk nonsense. If there is no evidence, I'll sue you for slandering the Qing Dynasty officials. Well, don't be fooled by me. I ask you, your Xishan Army has been hiding in the turtle shell of Lang Mall for a long time. I don't know if your Xishan Army dares to fight with me in the field." Liang Pengfei was playing with the whip in his hand with a look of slut. In Ding Kesheng's eyes, this hateful guy doesn't look like a third-rank official, but like a little hooligan who is so arrogant. It's just such a person who makes such conspiracies.
Chapter completed!