The eldest son of the red mansion

It turned out that although Ding Hao broke through the impotent big win, he himself was not feeling well. Although Ding Hao himself was superb in martial arts, the soldiers under him were not. It can be said that he suffered a heavy loss against the wolf soldiers.

After this battle was fought, on the surface, he repelled Ding Hao and won a big victory. In fact, in terms of the loss of troops, he lost almost all of the 5 people this time.

After this battle, it can be seen that the bravery of the wolf soldiers is really well-deserved. Under such a disadvantageous situation, they were still able to deal huge damage to Annan's soldiers with one enemy.

Although the terrain of Longcheng Pass is dangerous, it is a fool's dream to rely on these people to block Jia Ke's 10 horses.

Ruan Zhengyu had no choice but to return to the Longcheng Guan Zongbing Mansion.

Ruan Zhengyu sat on the front seat, and asked all the civil and military personnel below: "Everyone, the situation is urgent now, if there is any way you can do it, please speak up."

As the prime minister, Li Guangqing was naturally the first to speak out, "Your Majesty, I think that although Longcheng Pass is dangerous, it has insufficient troops. We should immediately gather all the young and strong in Longcheng Pass, and then issue weapons to let them cooperate. The soldiers refused to defend the walls."

Ruan Zhengyu's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this. There are still tens of thousands of people in Longcheng Pass, and there are about 1 young and strong people here. If they are all gathered together, they can hold out for a while even if they catch up with the city wall.

"Old Aiqing's words are very true. According to my order, all males over the age of 13 and under the age of 50 in Longcheng Pass will be gathered and managed by Duan Yuan, the general soldier of Longcheng Pass. Tomorrow, they will go to the city to fight Jia Ke to the death. .”

After Duan Yuan listened to it below, he felt a little sad. After all, he had been the commander-in-chief of Longchengguan for many years, and the people here had some feelings for him, and now he wanted to send these people to the city wall to die. , I feel a little sad personally.

But now Duan Yuan knows that the matter is urgent, so he can only follow orders.

After hearing Ruan Zhengyu's order, Du Peng, the general of the hussars, thought for a while, stepped out of his squad, and reported to Ruan Zhengyu: "Your Majesty, although there are strong men to help Longcheng Pass, it still won't last long. It should be in the rear. Summon troops and horses to reinforce Longcheng Pass, otherwise, once Longcheng Pass is breached, the south will be Yima Plain, and there will be many cavalry on the other side, and our country will be in danger."

Ruan Zhengyu thought for a while after listening, and then looked down, "Then everyone thinks, who will go to the rear to gather troops?"

After listening to Ruan Zhengyu's question, Wenwu below all looked at each other, and their eyes began to flicker.

Now these people all understand the power of the Central Plains Dynasty, and they may be close to death if they stay in Longchengguan. Everyone thinks that they can go back to the rear to gather troops, so it will be safer no matter what.

But these people all want face. No one is ashamed to stand up and recommend themselves. They all hope that their friends will recommend themselves to Ruan Zhengyu, so among these civil and military ministers, they use their eyes to convey information to each other.

But before they reached a conclusion, Du Peng continued to speak, "Your Majesty, since this is the idea of ​​this minister, let this matter be settled by this minister."

After hearing this, Ruan Zhengyu also felt that it was okay. Du Peng, as a general of the hussars, still had some prestige in the army, and this man had made some contributions in several battles with the army, so Ruan Zhengyu was relieved to let him go to the rear.

"Okay, since General Du recommended himself, there is no reason for me not to agree."

Chapter 643 Siege

After Ruan Zhengyu finished speaking, he took out a command arrow from his bosom and handed it to Du Peng, "You take my command arrow and go to the south to organize an army. This time, no matter what, you must gather another 50 troops for me."

Du Peng took the command arrow and replied decisively: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely not disgrace Your Majesty's order when I go to the south this time."

Ruan Zhengyu nodded, and then went on to instruct: "This time you go to the south, you don't have to wait to gather all the troops to go north, but gather 2 people and send them to Longcheng Pass as soon as possible."

Du Peng understood as soon as he heard it, Ruan Zhengyu had no confidence in the defense of Longcheng Pass. After thinking about it, it was true. There were only a few thousand old and weak soldiers at Longcheng Pass, plus more than 1 untrained farmers. One hundred thousand elites from the Central Plains makes one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Du Peng quickly patted his chest and assured Ruan Zhengyu that within five days after he left, 1 people would be sent to Longcheng Pass to resist the invasion of the Central Plains.

Ruan Zhengyu then asked Du Peng to leave overnight without delay.

In fact, Du Peng has long been looking forward to leaving this ghostly place. Who knows if the soldiers from the Central Plains outside China will attack the city overnight, or is it safer to leave this place?

So Du Peng made a righteous gesture, and said to Ruan Zhengyu: "Since the military situation is urgent, I will not delay any longer. I will set off now, and send soldiers to make Longcheng Pass safe."

How did Ruan Zhengyu know that the general under him wanted to leave quickly, thinking that he was loyal to the court, so he was relieved to let him go immediately.

Du Peng got the order without delay, and immediately left the hall, led his own horse, and led his personal guards directly to the south gate of Longchengguan.

Ruan Zhengyu didn't dare to neglect that night. On the one hand, he recruited civilians, and on the other hand, he ordered the top of the city to strengthen the guard because he was afraid of being attacked suddenly at night, which would cause the Longcheng Pass to be broken.

And that night, Jia Ke's troops outside the city did not attack Longcheng Pass. Jia Ke just prevented the opponent from attacking him, and sent Eight Banners cavalry to roam around the city.

Although it is said that Jia Ke did not attack the city, but because the Eight Banners cavalry kept walking downstream of Longcheng Pass all night, the officers and soldiers on the city were so nervous that they did not sleep all night, and by the next morning, all of them were listless. .

Besides, Jia Ke immediately beat the drums and assembled the generals in the morning. After all the civil and military personnel had arrived at the tent of the Chinese army, Jia Ke entered the tent accompanied by Li Deshan and sat in the middle.

"Everyone, Longcheng Pass is a dangerous place in the world, but once the Longcheng Temple is captured, there will be a flat river to the south, and now according to my scouting report, there are not many soldiers and horses at Longcheng Pass, it is our It’s a good time to attack, otherwise, if Annan transfers troops from the south, it will be very difficult for me to capture Longcheng Pass.”

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she looked at Sun Yan who was standing below, "Master Sun, what do you think of this battle?"

Hearing Jia Ke's question, Sun Yan stepped out of the squad, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, generals, I don't have much food and grass waiting for me. If we can't take Longcheng Pass immediately, then we can't take it." We have to stay here again for a while, waiting for food and grass to arrive from the country, at that time, even if we win, we will consume a lot of strength, so I agree with the idea of ​​the lord, it should be resolved quickly regardless of the cost."

Jia Ke nodded after listening, "Master Sun's intention coincides with mine, since that's the case, then I will give the order."

"Where are the Manchu Eight Banners unified?"

As soon as Jia Ke finished speaking, eight burly men came out of the generals.

"The servant is waiting."

"I order you to divide into 4 equal waves, and attack Longcheng Pass separately within an hour limit. You must not let the enemy soldiers above the pass city have a chance to breathe."

The eight people looked at each other in dismay after listening to it. They brought cavalry this time. Wouldn't it be better to let them attack the city?

Looking at the eight people in a daze, Jia Ke knew they didn't understand what she meant.

"Eight idiots, I didn't ask you to send cavalry to attack the city. You have captured so many enemy troops. Could it be that I have kept them for nothing? Now is the time for them to contribute their strength."

As soon as these eight people heard what Jia Ke said, they understood what it meant. This was to let the captives attack the city to reduce the casualties of their own troops. They used to use this trick often when they were Tatars, but since Jia Ke has seldom done these things, but he didn't expect that they could go back to their old profession now.

Now that they understood what Jia Ke meant, these people naturally agreed.

Jia Ke then ordered: "Wu Lv, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, and Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of Yunnan, each of you will lead [-] wolf soldiers, and lie in ambush behind the Eight Banners cavalry, waiting for my order."

After hearing Jia Ke's order, the two general soldiers immediately bowed their hands and said yes, and then went out of the big tent to rectify the army.

Next, Jia Ke took the rest of the generals and a lot of siege equipment to personally supervise the army's siege.

And Ruan Zhengyu had been busy with young and old things until dawn last night, and had just slept for a while, when suddenly his personal soldiers broke into the room and shook him awake.

"My lord, wake up, the enemy army has begun to attack the city."

Ruan Zhengyu didn't sleep soundly at first, but when he heard this, he woke up with a jolt.

"what happened?"

Seeing that Ruan Zhengyu had woken up, the soldier hurriedly reported: "Just now the enemy's battalion came out in full force, there seemed to be hundreds of thousands of them, Prime Minister Li Guangqing ordered me to come and inform His Majesty, so that He can go up to the tower to command the battle. "

Ruan Zhengyu didn't care about anything else after listening, and immediately ordered his soldiers to straighten his armor.

After Ruan Zhengyu finished dressing, he immediately brought his horse to the top of the city.

At this time, Li Guangqing was standing on the tower, commanding the young and strong and the old and weak soldiers in Longcheng Pass to carry the rolling wood and thunder stones there, always guarding against the opponent's success.

But Ding Hao's remnants, those several thousand troops, were Ruan Zhengyu's last hope. Ruan Zhengyu had already issued an order that no one could mobilize this army without his king's orders.

When Li Guangqing saw Ruan Zhengyu approaching three steps and made two steps, he first bowed to him, and then said: "My lord, the enemy army is about to attack the city, and the vanguard is probably our captured soldiers. .”