Chapter 432 Good News Comes to the South
Sun Yu, who was aiming at the South Vietnamese soldiers, suddenly turned and aimed at Luo Jixing and shot him with an arrow.
The distance between them was only a hundred steps, but Luo Jixing knew that at this distance, his bow and arrow strength was not enough to break the armor, and he wanted to wait for a better opportunity.
Suddenly seeing Sun Yu turn, Luo Jixing thought his small move had been discovered and was about to put down his bow and arrow to wait for a good opportunity.
A black spot suddenly appeared at the corner of his eyes. Luo Jixing was a master after all. He subconsciously turned his body and then a piercing pain came from his arm. He looked down and saw that it was a feather arrow that had broken through the armor and penetrated deeply into his flesh.
Luo Jixing was stunned. At such a long distance, he could actually break through his bright light armor. If he hadn't just turned his body open, the arrow would have hit the chest.
Luo pinched the arrow shaft with his right hand and wanted to break it. Luo Jixing suddenly remembered that the other party could shoot the first arrow, but would the second arrow be far away?
He quickly turned his head and looked in the direction where Sun Yu was, and saw that the other party was aiming the arrow at him. Luo Jixing was so scared that he turned over and dismounted. Finally, he reacted quickly and escaped. The personal soldiers behind him were shot in the chest by Sun Yu's arrow. His armor was much worse than the Mingguang armor, and he fell down.
"Hurry, destroy the bridge!" Half of the men and horses have crossed the bridge, and the cavalry team is almost at the top of the bridge. If the bridge continues, the opponent will likely seize control of the stone bridge.
The strongman squatting under the bridge waved the hammer in his hand and hit hard.
The huge vibration caused the South Vietnamese soldiers on the bridge to cross the bridge eastward frantically, and even a large number of soldiers were pushed into the river by the crowded people behind. They were wearing armor, but they did not surface again.
Sun Yu led a huge cavalry team to drill through the South Vietnamese army from the west of the bridge, cutting off all hopes of the imperial guards who had not yet crossed the bridge.
With a loud "boom", the stone bridge could no longer bear it under the constant knocking, and it scattered into stones and sank into the river.
"Bridge!" Sun Yu shouted loudly, Changgong pointed eastward, and instantly let go of his finger.
The feathered arrow flashed away, followed by a large number of loyal and brave soldiers stomped the cavalry crossbows and shot towards the South Vietnamese imperial guards on the other side. As for the South Vietnamese soldiers who were still on the west bank, they were already at a loss, and being a prisoner was the best ending.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Looking at the overwhelming crossbow arrow, Luo Jixing rested his body on the horse's back, clamped his legs, and quickly left the dangerous area.
Looking at Luo Jixing who was leaving, Sun Yu was very upset and failed. Although the river in front of him was not wide, he brought all cavalry, and the rear was light and simple infantry, without baggage, and he could not build a floating bridge in a short time.
"Surrender and don't kill!" Sun Yu turned his horse's head and looked at the South Vietnamese imperial guards surrounded by cavalry. They were all good laborers and were very cheap. Finally, they gained some gains.
When the infantry from the rear rushed over to receive the prisoners of war, Sun Yu directly led the cavalry back to Luoyuan County.
In Luoyuan County, the Zhongyong Army put out fires in time, and hundreds of houses were still burned, especially the shops along the street, which suffered heavy losses.
A large number of abandoned soldiers were squatting on the ground with their heads in their arms. Compared with the prisoners beside the stone bridge, their equipment was much worse, and most of them did not have decent armor.
"Take them all to the baggage regiment and let the three swords identify them well. In addition, the baggage regiment left two thousand people to garrison here." Sun Yu wanted to continue to go north with his army, but the city was newly built, and many houses were burned down by fire.
Something went wrong.
The war soldiers cannot stay here to garrison. The baggage regiment will replenish so many prisoners at one time, leaving some people to garrison here, which is also OK.
In September in Jiangning, there was still a hint of heat. Concubine Xie's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she felt a little inconvenient to move. Li Yu was lying beside her, enjoying the beauty service she arranged.
"Your Majesty, why are you always absent-minded today?" Xie Fei stood up, sat beside Li Yu, and gently pressed his temple. Even if he was unable to move, His Majesty still had to serve him well.
"Now, my Tang Dynasty is at the moment of life and death. Every day, I am thinking about these things and can't sleep well." Li Yu was very comfortable, but he was still worried.
The closest one is Zheng Yanhua's army, who is currently attacking Suzhou, and two newspapers a day have been reported and many have died in battle, but there is no progress at all.
As for Lin Zhaoqing, it is relatively better, and I don’t know when I will be able to take down the city.
"Your Majesty, why did you suddenly feel like this?" Concubine Xie didn't understand. In front of this good king, he would not have to worry about wealth and food, so why should he take such a risk?
"The Song Dynasty was like a huge rock hanging above the head. It would fall down at some time, and it would smash the lonely and the beautiful country to pieces." Li Yu sat up from the couch and walked to the window. The leaves of the big tree outside the window were slightly yellow. I don't know if the leaves could get the good news that they were longing for when they were floating.
"Good news! Good news!"
There seemed to be a sound coming from the air, and Li Yu heard it and felt that it was so unreal.
"My beloved concubine, look at the orphan, and I've heard the word "god" and he actually heard the word "good news." Li Yu shook his head. The battle began at this moment, so how quickly it was.
"Your Majesty, I am a lot of talents in the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers will use their lives. Good news will definitely come." Concubine Xie held her belly and the children inside often kicked her, and her calves were very strong.
"Good news!" Another sound came, as if it was clearer than before.
"My beloved concubine, I'm really sick?" Li Yu shook his head. Could it be that he had excessive conquests recently and had kidney deficiency? It seems that he needs to ask the imperial physician to take some good care of it.
"Your Majesty, I seem to have heard it too." Concubine Xie also felt strange, and there seemed to be a sound of good news just now.
"Lao An, Lao An!" Li Yu shouted outside with a loud voice.
When An Jinhai heard this, he walked in quickly with small steps. He often called him sick recently, but today he happened to be serving Li Yu.
"Go and see at the city gate. Is there something wrong?" Li Yu was embarrassed to say it was a good news. If it was really a hallucination, it would be too embarrassing to spread it.
"I'm going to ask someone to go and have a look." An Jinhai didn't ask much. Now he has completely lost his nostalgia for life in the palace.
Li Yu was walking around the house, but he couldn't calm down. He simply walked back and forth in the yard, holding his hands tightly and loosening them.
"Good news! Good news!"
"Your Majesty, it's a good news!"
Eunuch Gao, who was called by An Jinhai to check at the city gate, waved the documents in his hand and ran into the yard.
"Take it seriously, there is a victory, a reward?" Li Yu's lips were trembling. He had been looking forward to a victory, and was suffering. Unexpectedly, there was a victory.
"Yes, it's the good news of the loyal and brave army." Eunuch Gao handed the document to Li Yu. He didn't have the courage to open it privately. With his friendship with Sun Yu,
Of course I am happy for him.
An Jinhai next to him was also happy, and he was indeed the most elite of the loyal and brave army.
"With such a tiger general, why worry about the Tang Dynasty's failure to prosper?" Li Yu read the documents roughly and indeed took over Luoyuan County. He had sent troops to continue northward, preparing to capture Ningde County. Once Ningde was captured, the troops would be directed to Wenzhou.
It is just a county town, which is insignificant, but this good news is definitely a powerful medicine for the Tang Dynasty, making everyone full of confidence in this battle.
Although Luoyuan County is just an ordinary county, the Zhongyong Army annihilated more than 10,000 South Vietnamese imperial guards here. Li Yu was full of expectations for the subsequent wars. Moreover, the Zhongyong Army was different from other armies and never reported more military achievements. This is a common occurrence.
"Transfer this good news across the city. In addition, copy two copies and send them to the camps of the two generals Lin Zhaoqing and Zheng Yanhua." Li Yu hoped that the two could speed up the attack. If the loyal and brave army won step by step and his elite imperial guards made no achievements, wouldn't it be wasted so much military expenditure every year?
In the whole of Jiangning, when the victory of the loyal and brave army entered the carnival, the storm of the Song Dynasty was about to come.
Zhao Kuangyin has been very worried these days. He had prepared for it, but it was easy to start and then difficult, but now he is fighting on multiple fronts. The first person to attack was the Northern Han Dynasty. Although the Northern Han Dynasty had small local people, his combat effectiveness was strong, especially the large-scale cavalry, which gave him a headache.
Now all the forts outside Jinzhou City have been removed one by one, and the Northern Han army has arrived at the city of Jinzhou.
According to previous news from Jing'ansi, Western Shu is ready to move, and I'm afraid it will be restless now. It's just that it is located in a remote location and no latest news has been heard.
Zhao Kuangyin was sure to block the Northern Han Dynasty in Jinzhou, and even dispatched troops and left the 100,000 elite Northern Han troops under the city of Jinzhou. However, news came from Yizhou that the traces of Khitan cavalry appeared, which made him dare not move lightly and could only defend the city.
Including Fengxiang Mansion, if Western Shu really attacks, they can only defend the city. If they take the initiative to fight, the logistics supply pressure will be too great. With the Song Dynasty's family's foundation, they will not withstand the troubles of fighting on the third line.
Zhao Kuangyin was very frustrated. The originally perfect script suddenly became messy.
"The official family, Lord Zhao, the Prime Minister of Kaifeng, asked for a visit." Lao Mei walked closer and said in a low voice.
"Xuan!" Zhao Kuangyin looked at the map. The safest way at the moment was to wait for good news to come from Nan Chu. Once the war in Nan Chu was over, he could mobilize Murong Yanzhao's army to threaten Shu and make it fight on both sides.
"Brother, something big is wrong." Zhao Guangyi looked anxious. Even if he had covet the throne, his Zhao family would have to stabilize the situation. If it was really overturned, he would have no hope.
Zhao Guangyi is very clear about his abilities. If a stable regime is used to make some tricks behind his back and let him take over it. If it is a storm and he is allowed to fight south and north, it will probably be hopeless.
"Guangyi, you should be calmer. I want to give you a throne next year, and I am not young anymore." Zhao Kuangyin was already irritated, and he was even more displeased when he saw Zhao Guangyi doing this.
Zhao Guangyi felt cold when he heard this. This was to drive him out of the center. If he was named a king, he had to leave Beijing. This was an eternal rule.
Chapter completed!