C57 (1/2)
On the third day of Yang Lin's occupation of Guangyang, Commandant of Youzhou Zou Jing hurried over to Guangyang City from Mingyang County. Initially, he had prepared to follow Yang Lin to attack Guangyang City, but with the excuse of Yang Lin wanting to split up his forces, and with his severe injuries, she had been left in Can Prefecture. Only when he received Yang Lin's report, did he hurriedly rush over from the Chi County.
taiwai Zheng Ping had also come with him. When he heard that Yang Lin had occupied Guangyang City, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed and rushed over to Guangyang City right after. As long as Yang Lin managed to open up a path to Leroy County, it was time for him to take over.
By the time Zou Jing rushed to Guangyang City, the Guangyang City had already calmed down. The ones guarding the city gates and patrolling the streets were all Zhuoxian officers and soldiers and the majority of the residents in the city had already returned.
Yang Lin's cavalry did not enter the city, and the people of Guangyang hadn't even seen those mysterious heavenly soldiers. Most of the people only saw the dust that filled the sky, and heard the legends. It was because of these legends that Yang Lin's cavalry was even more mysterious, and more mysterious the more it was spread.
In Guangyang's taiwai Palace, Zou Jing saw Yang Lei, the only general Yang Lin had sent into the city. Seeing that Yang Lin was so careful and managed the Guangyang City very well, Zou Jing was very happy. On one hand, he was praising Yang Lei for managing Guangyang for his meritorious service, and on the other hand, he ordered Yang Lei to send people to invite Yang Lin into the city.
”Hehe, Commander Yang is truly fast, to be able to recapture Guangyang in a single battle, and not only that, he did not even injure a single soldier. Commander Yang is truly a genius.”
As soon as they met, Zou Jing flattered Yang Lin happily, feeling a little ashamed in his heart. He had led his three ten thousand people horses and fought a great war with the xanthopanax for ten days. Not only did he lose his troops, he had also lost the Guangyang City and even caused the assassination of Shi Guo Xun and the taiwai Liu Wei to lose their lives.
”Lord Commander is too kind. It's all because of our brothers' valor and courage that the xanthopanax was so scared. We were lucky to win.”
”Hehe, Commander Yang is too modest. Along the way, I heard that the Commander Yang's heavenly soldiers, such as the divine generals, celestial women, and 100,000 heavenly soldiers, roamed a hundred miles. Hehe, Commander Yang is truly a good plan, but after Commander Yang cut all the branches in the entire village, the dust in the sky started to rise, wasn't this a bit too much?
”Heh heh, such petty tricks cannot be hidden from the eyes of Lord Commander. Until now, no one knows how many cavalrymen we have.
”Now that Cheng Yuanzhi has escaped, I wonder if Commander Yang knows where Cheng Yuanzhi is?”
”Reporting to the Lord Commander, I have already sent people to scout, Cheng Yuanzhi has led the rest and fled to the fishing yang.”
”Commander Yang, you still have to immediately send troops to the fishing yang, you must not let Cheng Yuanzhi have the chance to breathe, we must completely eliminate him.”
”Without the Lord Commander's order, we wouldn't dare to act without permission. We will immediately send troops to the fishing yang and try our best to eliminate Cheng Yuanzhi here. But what will we do if he runs again? ”
”This Official will now order you to where Cheng Yuanzhi will flee to and where you will chase to until the end of time. There is no need to wait for further orders.”
Saying that, Yang Lin smiled knowingly. We've been waiting for you to say that. Now we can go after him as we please. I hope Cheng Yuanzhi can run faster, run further, and let our army chase after him.
”Lord Commander, don't worry. With your order, we will definitely exterminate Cheng Yuanzhi. Lord Commander, now that you have returned to Guangyang City, we should hand over the Guangyang City to you. Why don't I tell the team to leave Guangyang City? ”
”No need, I don't have a single soldier right now. Besides, I'm not a government official, so I have no authority to rule this place.” This Zhuoxian soldiers is also an official, you should arrange for people to lead Zhuoxian soldiers to temporarily rule Guangyang City. Wait until the imperial government appoints an official, then we can hand him over. ”
What I want is your words. No matter what official you are, you are now the only official of the imperial court in Guangyang City. I will treat these words as an imperial edict. If you let me manage it, I won't let you go. Thinking of this, Yang Lin looked at Yang Lei very seriously.
”Uncle Yang Lei, you have to take care of Guangyang now, maintain Guangyang's order, and arrange for prisoners to cultivate the fields. If anything happens to Guangyang, we will let down the Lord Commander.”
”Understood.”
Yang Lei's face was also solemn, his hands cupped together in front of his chest as he replied. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Yang Lin got up and was about to leave, but instead, Zou Jing suddenly raised his hand, as if he had something to say, causing Yang Lin to have no choice but to sit down.
”Commander Yang, Guang Yang, and the other counties all possess a lot of Urushion s that have been moved into the city. When Cheng Yuanzhi caused trouble this time, they would definitely make use of this opportunity to cause trouble. After you enter the various counties of fishing yang, don't be lenient towards those Urushion s who are causing trouble, in case they collude with Wu Huan from the outside, and cause even more trouble. ”
”Don't worry Lord Commander, I have my own ways to deal with them. If anyone dares to take this opportunity to cause trouble, I'll make them my slaves for the rest of their lives. ”
”Commander Yang must not, what should be killed should be killed, if you make them into slaves, won't that leave behind a source of disaster?”
”Hehe, we won't leave any traces behind.”
In one breath, Cheng Yuanzhi ran to fishing yang. Before he even had the chance to rest, he had already ordered Deng Mao, Liu He and Zheng Ping to gather the veterans. Once the Banner was planted, it gathered a ten thousand people on the same day. In just three days, he returned with another ten thousand people under Guang Yang's command. Adding the fifty thousand people he had sent to the fishing yang, the total number of people here was seven ten thousand people.
Different from Guang Yang's, this time, there were a lot of people with horses. It actually reached ten thousand people. Only then did they learn that there were many who had horses, and most of them were all from mounted bandit. They all wanted to make use of this opportunity to start a fight.
As the goods and fodder that the xanthopanax robbed in Guangyang were all given to Yang Lin, the biggest problem that Cheng Yuanzhi's group faced was fodder. If they could not get enough fodder, his Seven ten thousand people s' horses would immediately disintegrate.
Cheng Yuanzhi set the target of the robbery to be the fishing yang. fishing yang County was the second largest county in the entire Youzhou, after the Zhuang prefecture, with a population of more than 430,000. Occupying fishing yang County was equivalent to cutting Youzhou apart from the middle and splitting Youzhou into two. It was also convenient to develop towards the east and west in the future.
Yuyang Taihang Li Le had long received the news that Cheng Yuanzhi was summoning troops from the fishing yang. The letter calling for help was delivered to Zou Jing the day after Zou Jing arrived in Guangyang. Zou Jing immediately ordered the rescue messengers to reply Li Le. The reinforcements were about to arrive, and must stay in the city as soon as possible. At the same time, he also ordered Yang Lin to quickly reinforce fishing yang.
Receiving Zou Jing's order, Yang Lin did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered He Xiong and Cang Jie to bring over ten thousand Zhuoxian officers and soldiers out. When the messenger saw that more than ten thousand soldiers had left, he happily rode back to report.
Going from Guangyang to fishing yang would take at least three days at a normal pace. And in these three days, who knew what would happen?
Just as He Yi was about to leave, Cheng Yuanzhi had already surrounded Yu Yang City. A large number of mounted bandit s and Urushion s had all joined Cheng Yuanzhi's team, causing Cheng Yuanzhi's number of troops to instantly increase to the Seven ten thousand people s.
The fighting strength of these newly joined mounted bandit s were not ordinary. They had been on horses all year round, fighting for their lives in the desert, whether it be their fighting experience, or their Weapons and equipment s, they were all different from the farmers in xanthopanax.
It had only been a day, which was the second day Cheng Yuanzhi had surrounded the fishing yang. The messenger who had cried for help was still outside the city walls of the xanthopanax, and before he could deliver the message to Li Le, the Yu Yang City had been breached.
The xanthopanax who had entered the Yu Yang City immediately robbed without restraint. In just a night's time, the entire Yu Yang City was robbed, and the Yuyang Taihang Li Le only brought several hundred of his personal guards and servants to flee the fishing yang.
Just at the border of the fishing yang, the Yuyang Taihang Li Le met Yang Lin who was leading the soldiers. When the two of them met, Li Le actually started bawling loudly, but no matter how Yang Lin tried, he could not persuade him. Yang Lin thought that Li Le hated the xanthopanax.
”Master Li, don't be too sad. We will immediately destroy the xanthopanax and help you vent our anger.”
Unexpectedly, when Li Le heard this, he quickly waved his hands. It was clear that he was not crying because he lost the fishing yang, nor was he crying because of the xanthopanax. There must be something else that made him even more furious.