Chapter 92: The Red City
Four hundred iron cavalry, six chariots, and more than twenty prisoners tied to the chariot like straw targets.
Liu Xiang wanted to bring these people with him, but the county government did not have any guards, so he didn't want these people to escape. Liu Xiang still didn't know whether the purpose of the rebels was people, money or city.
At the moment of the ugly moment, a team of more than 400 people advanced quickly amid the crying and cursing of the crowd, heading straight to the east gate of the military camp. Anyone who blocked the road, regardless of whether good or bad, would be killed.
When they arrived at the military camp, the camp gate was still standing firm, and more than a thousand people outside were attacking, and there were also bursts of killing shouts and shouts from the camp.
Liu Xiang had no time to count the number of enemies, and took advantage of the scattered enemy formation and led his army to charge.
The approach of the horse team had already awakened the enemy, but the cavalry rushed too fast and they had no time to turn around to form a formation.
Liu Xiang was surrounded by four hundred iron cavalry and directly crashed into the enemy formation. The scattered crowd could not stop the cavalry at all.
The guards had a tight formation, galloping in the crowd, knocking down all the people blocking the road, like a sharp knife and slashing the enemy in half, stepping on a bloody road, breaking the formation out.
After rushing out of the enemy's formation, he turned around and charged again, completely dispersed the enemy's formation, and began to fight.
Some cavalrymen used their spears to sting their spears, and nailed their enemies to the ground.
Some people inserted the back handle of the spear into the wing ring on the stirrup. With the strap, they carried the whole spear on the back. They reached out to take out the horn bow, raised the bow and shot it. The feather arrows passed over the head of the robe and landed on the enemy's crowd in front, shooting over the crowd of people blocking the way.
The enemy troops besieged the camp gate completely collapsed. More than half of the teams of more than a thousand people died and injured after two charges. The remaining people fled in panic. The guards chased each other for a while, and only two or three hundred people left fled into various streets and alleys.
Liu Xiang ordered the pursuit to stop, so he brought the prisoners in the carriage into the military camp. The camp was even more chaotic than outside. Although the three thousand prisoners had few weapons, they rushed fiercely and had already died.
These people gathered at the East Gate and wanted to join the enemy troops outside the camp.
The defenders also gathered more than 500 people and supplemented the equipment of many county soldiers. Relying on the advantages of weapons, they relied on their weapons to repel the enemies attacked from both sides again and again.
Liu Xiang didn't know why these prisoners were rioting, and he didn't understand why these prisoners had to fight to the death at the East Gate.
The guards from other camp gates were transferred to support the East Gate, and few people were stationed. If you want to escape, there was no need to fight to the East Gate. Even if you team up the wall, you could climb out to escape.
It seems that the people who planned this rebellion wanted to annihilate the guards in the barracks and reduce Liu Xiang's strength. He didn't care about the life or death of these prisoners. These stupid prisoners took their lives to fill in. They had a good brain, but unfortunately they didn't.
"Did you abuse the captives?" Liu Xiang asked the leader quipped.
These strong servants have not yet been reorganized. They are Zhen Yi's caravan guards and manor guards, led by several team leaders.
The people sent by Zhen Yi are indeed quite capable. If you train them in a reorganization and learn to fight in formation, you won’t suffer such a great loss. They will probably suffer nearly 300 casualties.
The team leader replied very aggrievedly: "General Qi Bi, he did not beat and scold these gangs, and even gave them food."
Liu Xiang didn't know what rumors these prisoners had heard. He didn't care and he didn't want to know.
It doesn't matter.
"Purge the rebels in the camp and leave no prisoners."
Liu Xiang got off the horse and sat in the baggage cart to rest, allowing the guards to enter the camp to wipe out the rebels. The group of people did not have many weapons and did not have people outside to respond, so they could not pose any threat.
The prisoners in the carriage charged twice with the cavalry. I don’t know if they were beaten or scared, but they all looked pale and weak, and they were about to ascend to heaven.
Without the crying, scolding, begging, and begging of these people, only the shouts of killing, screams, and the thunderous sound of the horse team, Liu Xiang felt much more pure.
In this purity, he climbed up to the tower and carefully observed the fire point.
"If I were me, just ignite the fire at my own home, and it wouldn't be exposed so thoroughly."
The places where the fire broke out in the city were all residential areas for ordinary people, and the mansions of powerful households were quiet and conspicuous.
This quiet state is like being separated from the world, and it is particularly annoying.
At least, Liu Xiang felt disgusted.
The movement and stillness in the camp are decreasing, but the scope is expanding.
"Have you started running? Why didn't you run away earlier? How could you run now?" Liu Xiang murmured in a low voice, but never looked back and looked at it. He just turned his back to the Shura field, and the pain on his back seemed to be constantly being whipped.
At the second hour of Yin, the sky was still dark and Beixin City was still red.
The military camp had already quieted down, and only the sound of slow-moving horses hitting faintly. Liu Xiang hid in the dark looking building, squinted his eyes, and coldly observed the mansions without movement.
"Lord, the rebellion has been quelled, and our people have withdrawn their troops." Zhao Jing beside him reported softly.
Liu Xiang took a deep breath, relieved the feeling of hypoxia, cheered up his spirits, and climbed down to look out.
There were more than 900 soldiers returning to the team, and not many infantry were stained with blood. Their main weapon was bows and arrows. There were a lot of blood on the armor of the cavalry, especially the spear in their hands. The tip of the spear was red, and the four hooves of the war horse also changed color. Along the way, they had bloody hooves.
Liu Xiang sighed, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Treat the wounded soldiers, look for the big cart, bring the injured and dead robes, and follow me to the treasury."
Nine hundred stairs and cavalry searched around, bandaged the wounded soldiers first, and found more than 70 large chariots, pulled more than 200 corpses, and more than 100 wounded soldiers followed Liu Xiang's horse and walked along the street to the treasury.
A team of more than 300 meters surrounded Liu Xiang and came to the treasury to meet with the 600 Yue cavalry and 400 studs here.
There are traces of fighting in the treasury. In the small square in front of the gate, dozens of corpses were lying everywhere, with arrow marks on the corpses, and feathered arrows had been recycled.
"How many people attack the treasury?"
The Yue Cavalry Marquis replied: "You reported to the general that there are no less than 500 enemies. After shooting a few arrows with a few formations, they retreated because they were afraid of ambushing and did not pursue them."
Liu Xiang nodded. This is a steady person, and he can distinguish what his responsibilities are.
“Good done.”
"General Xie praised him." After hearing the praise, Junhou stepped down happily.
Liu Xiang calculated the enemy's personnel dispatched, at least 1,500 people. They were not in a hurry to seize the city gate, which means there were no accomplices outside.
They fought desperately along the way, tried the treasury and left. They should feel that they were short of manpower and their goal was not money or food. At least, the main goal was not.
Then, the answer is about to come out.
Liu Xiang looked at the twenty-something tied to the cart and said with a wicked smile: "Dear enemies, let's play a game. The name of the game is called "Rat-shot Guard."
There are still five or six hundred rebels in the city, and there may be more. Liu Xiang wants to find them.
"Then the command Zhao Yun to guard the city gate, pay attention to movements and situations in the city, and beware of someone robbing the door and running away."
Zhao Yun is Liu Xiang's defense line. When the situation is uncertain, he is the first level to withstand external threats.
Now, he is the cage that traps the enemy.
Liu Xiang wants to close the door and beat the dog.
Chapter completed!