Chapter 354. Disease does not discriminate against people (1)
“You bastards like leeches!”
From Hedo to Luoyang, it is a short distance that can be reached by horseback in three days.
However, Ma Deng was able to reach that short distance in just 10 days.
The reason why the number of days increased more than three times was all because of the fireman’s soldiers who were clinging to each other like tenacity.
In the first battle, in a situation where the troops were cut to pieces, the lagging soldiers continued to be attacked, so the generals who ran in the lead had no choice but to come to the rear and give the laggards time to escape.
If you advance after barely driving out the enemy soldiers, the enemy soldiers who were kicked out will reappear and gnaw at the soldiers who have fallen behind or fallen behind.
If they got angry and prepared to deploy the generals at the rear, this time they burrowed into the flanks and gnawed at the soldiers.
The reason why they were bullied was that they were tired from losing the war, but the most fundamental thing was that more than 60% of the cavalrymen, who could be a symbol of mobility, had become silent.
If they hadn’t aimed at Luoyangseong before they knew it, they would have been scattered all over the place.
However, Ma Teng gritted his teeth and succeeded in reaching Luoyang Castle.
Only 50,000 of the 150,000 troops remained, but if they combined with the 10,000 men left for Suseong to stop Hwabu’s army, they would be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
When Ma Teng saw Luoyang Castle in the distance, he sent Pabalma to open the door and greet him.
“It looks like Pabalma, the main governor, is dead.”
However, Ma Teng was unable to open his mouth for a while due to the unbelievable report from his subordinate.
Since the sent pabalma did not return and the city gates were not opened, it must have been either dead or captured and imprisoned.
“Father, the flag of Luoyang Castle… is not ours.”
After hearing Ma Chao’s words, Ma Teng stopped his advance.
“Did Luoyang fall into the hands of the fireman?”
“I guess so.”
“How… I haven’t heard any news…”
The hard-conquered castle fell into the hands of the enemy again, but I didn’t know until now, can I finally know? It’s really absurd, but he himself was suffering from it.
“Father, we should return to Xiliang before the enemies following us get any closer.”
Ma Deng pondered for a moment before opening his mouth.
“But… it’s not easy to just avoid it like this.”
“you’re right. Even though Luoyang Fortress is taller than Xu Dao, the troops of Huau are all behind us, so the number of troops defending Luoyang now will not be large.”
A longevity intervened hastily.
“father. If we run away to Xiliang now, we can preserve our remaining forces, but if we attack Luoyang and fail to capture it, we may never set foot on the land of Xiliang again.”
At Ma Chao’s words, Ma Teng was also a little worried.
He looked at the generals around him for a moment.
What should I do? Will the soldiers of Huobu send me well when I go back to Xiliang?
Until now, they have been tenaciously following behind and gnawing at the troops, and they are only half a turn away.
“Even if we go back like this, there is no guarantee that we will be safe. In that case, I think it would be better to attack Luoyangseong at least once.”
The general spoke once more earnestly.
Ma Teng looked at him, nodded, and asked around.
“What do you guys think? Do you want to go home like this? Or do you want to capture that Luoyang?”
“If we give up Luoyangseong, we will never be able to meet our colleagues who fell behind.”
Conversely, if Luoyangseong is captured, they will have a place to return to.
After hearing the generals’ words, Ma Teng finally made up his mind. If I left my comrades behind and went to live on my own, I would lose the trust of the generals and soldiers.
“good night. march forward Let’s capture Luoyangseong at once.”
“I accept the order of the governor.”
Ma Deng took the lead before anyone else and ran towards Luoyang City.
Now, the morale of the soldiers had to be boosted as much as possible to capture the castle at once. If not, there was no turning back.
“Wow wow…..”
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“I thought he would run away to Hongnonggun, but he’s making his last attempt.”
Bangtong nodded his head at the fireman’s words.
Ma Teng’s soldiers were attacking Luoyang Fortress, and Guan Yu’s cavalry was attacking Ma Deng’s back.
The attack on the castle was difficult, and the enemy cavalrymen trampled on the camp, so Ma Deng’s soldiers scattered in all directions and were busy running away.
“The number of troops, which had been over 200,000 when we went out from Hongnong County, was reduced to less than 50,000… How could we return without attacking Luoyang?”
“Still, if you are a person who can see the trend, you should have given up.”
“It looks like Kong-Young Seong is dead and can’t look back.”
“Well, that’s it too. If it was Hansoo, what do you think he would have done in that situation?”
“If it was Hansoo, I would have run away to Xiliang without thinking twice.”
“But you couldn’t have stepped on the Xiliang.”
“of course. I’ve already dug a trap that way too. But Hansoo wouldn’t have been able to see it that far.”
“What if you expected that?”
“I will raise a white flag and surrender. The reason why he has been able to stand up to Ma Teng so far is that he has equal strength, but above all, he is resourceful. If Ma Teng’s strength was superior, he would have become his soldier long ago.”
Bangtong hit Hansoo a little higher than Ma-deung.
“If the two of them joined forces, they would have been more dangerous than Cao Cao, but this war seems to have been the easiest battle among all the feudal lords that have ever fought.”
“Internal turmoil is more fearsome than external enemies. Since ancient times, feudal lords have always feared alien worlds the most.”
After the fireman nodded, he thought of the internal turmoil that might have occurred in his own camp.
Suddenly, my brother’s flower pot at Xuzhou’s company caught my attention.
“Bang military. In the distant future, what will happen if Boone hyung and I later fight for the seat of power?”
stop.
Bangtong could not answer the fireman’s unexpected question and pondered for a long time.
“It seems that the Duke of Zhou was concerned when he saw that the Xiliang army collapsed so hopelessly due to internal strife?”
“Aren’t you the one who said that since you don’t know how a person’s heart will change, you should think about it in advance?”
Bangtong laughed bitterly.
“I don’t think that will happen. I’m sorry to the company, but most of the generals and soldiers of the company are actually people of the state. Due to the nature of the flowerpot company, there is no way that you would covet the seat of power, but even if you did, there would be very few people following you.”
“Hmm… is that so?”
“yes. Ma Teng and Han Su formed an alliance when their powers were similar, so their greed grew, which led to an infighting.”
“But I don’t have any heirs. Even if he occupied the seat of power, since there is no one to inherit it, wouldn’t the older brother covet the position?”
“The Lord is still in the prime of his life. Fusaya, if you work hard from now on, you can make it as much as you want.”
“I have to see you to pick mulberries, but I can’t remember when I saw your wife’s face.”
For an instant, Bang Tong’s head tilted.
“Ppo Pong? Why are you picking mulberries all of a sudden?”
“Haha, it’s just a metaphor. Anyway, you know what I mean.”
“Hmm, I got it. By the way, is it necessary to obtain the heir of the state through the head office? In fact, other feudal lords have several wives and concubines, but the lord stays too far away from women other than his wives, like a master practicing the Way.”
Polygamy was natural in this era, so Bangtong’s words were not wrong.
It’s just that the fireman doesn’t take it well.
In fact, most of the feudal lords took women as wives or concubines and only made them pregnant, but women did all the work of raising children. However, the painter had a certain way of thinking about the distant future, so he always felt sorry for his wife raising her daughter alone.
Because of that, I didn’t think of getting a wife from the outside.
“I strangely don’t have feelings for women other than my wife.”
“I haven’t seen the housekeeper yet, but if you look at the housekeeper’s eye level, you’re sure to be an outstanding beauty. However, there are many beautiful women in the world who are as good as the mother-in-law. If you give an order, the best beauty in Luoyang right away, even tonight…
”
The painter frowned slightly and cut off the words of the broadcaster.
“My wife and I treated patients together for many years before we became a couple. At the same time, there was a feeling that cannot be expressed in words. Oh, of course, that doesn’t mean my wife isn’t pretty. However, it is more important than the appearance that the heart that has been shared has been shared. I’m a man too, why can’t I close my eyes when I see a beauty? But that doesn’t make much sense.”
At the fireman’s words, Bangtong put on an expression that he didn’t understand for a moment, then nodded.
“I am very curious about what kind of charm Ju-mo has that has made it so difficult to escape. There will be no feudal lord in the world who only loves the queen mother like the crown prince.”
“Because each person is different.”
“Anyway, the war should end quickly and the Duke of Zhou should stay with his mother. Then, wouldn’t a man who will succeed the heir be born?”
“Well, heaven decides whether or not I will have more children, but if I don’t have a son, I should consider entrusting my brother’s child with the heir.”
At the words of the fireman, Bangtong tried to say something more, but closed his mouth.
The war with Ma-Deng’s soldiers is still in full swing. Of course, since it’s the end, I don’t think Ma Deung will be able to endure it for long.
‘Even though I became a great empress who rules a large land, I have no regrets about sitting in power… Really, you’re not a vessel that a small person like me can judge!’
This kind of noise was enough to worry about later.
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“What! A large army of over a million times?”
Cao Cao’s mouth fell open at Guo Jia’s report.
Currently, Cao Cao’s army is having a lot of trouble because of the sons of Yuan Shao, who fled to Byeongju and Yuju and formed a force. Of course, even if they formed a group, it wasn’t that strong yet, so it wasn’t enough to worry about, but it was obvious that it would take quite a long time to clear it up.
“Your master. As a result of summing up the information brought by Sejak, it is analyzed that there are at least one million, and if the defeated Xiliang army is absorbed by Huabu, it may be 1.3 million.”
“Muh… how can a fireman suddenly have a large army of over a million?”
“Looking back at the fireman’s past, it is highly likely that he cheated on the amount of soldiers. Yeju, Seoju, Jingju, and Ikju are already in your hands. In a way, even a million may not be all that is revealed.”
Jojo felt dizzy enough to make his head thump.
Baekman, a band of bandits like the Yellow Turbans, and Baekman, an elite soldier of the Fire Department, have a different sense of weight. In addition, when I judged that the army that would increase in the future and that the million might not be fully revealed, a cold sweat broke out all over my body and goose bumps broke out.
‘I’ve been considering it as an agenda, but I haven’t been negligent in looking at the power I have… I never thought I’d be fooling my eyes!’
“I am Jeong-wook, the main character. I would like to inform you of the news from Xuzhou.”
At that time, Jeong-wook, the bookkeeper, hurriedly came in and raised an example.
“So what’s going on?”
“It is said that the governor of Xuzhou, the flower pot, issued an order to requisition the governors of each region and raised an army, and the governor of Beihai, Gong Rong, came under his command.”
“What? Gong-Yong! Oops… So how strong is Xu Zhou?”
“It is said that only the troops currently identified are 500,000.”
Stumble.
For a moment, Jojo stumbled like a drunk, even though he was sitting in a chair.
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