A bronze bell was cast in Yushanwu, which is probably one of the most valuable treasures among the more than 3,000 military and civilian households in the whole dock.
The bronze bell was placed in a small courtyard halfway up the mountain. Several pear trees were planted around it. The fruits they produced were crispy and delicious, and bold children often came to steal them.
Baoting, who was guarding the bell, bumped into it and pretended not to see it.
There is also a small pool in the courtyard, which is fed by mountain spring water. It is clear and sweet. A sip in summer will make you feel refreshed and refreshed.
Many fruits, vegetables and fruits are planted on the flat land and even gentle slopes outside the small courtyard.
There is moss hidden in the corner of the wall, telling the traces of time.
An old cat nestled on the roof, lazily basking in the sun and enjoying the rare tranquility.
"Bang..." The copper bell rang suddenly, alarming the small courtyard.
The old cat opened his eyes, and the hair all over his body exploded.
"Clang..." The second bell sounded.
Baoding, who was watering vegetables and fertilizing outside the small courtyard, went into the courtyard to confirm, and then rushed away, running and shouting: "The bell is ringing! There is a thief!"
"Bang..." The bell rang three times.
The Wubao suspension bridge suddenly lowered and the gate opened.
Under the leadership of Li Xian, the young men who were working or training outside went up the mountain in an organized manner and retreated to Wubao.
The bell rang repeatedly, echoing throughout the mountain.
There was a person who believed in gods and Buddhas, kneeling in front of the shrine with a solemn expression and muttering something.
The craftsman who was making tools sighed when he heard it, and his men speeded up their movements unconsciously.
"Creak." The door of the warehouse was opened, and the first group of burghers who had withdrawn formed a team in the courtyard and were taken over to receive their weapons.
Everyone looked solemn, and when they received the weapons, it was as if they were accepting their fate.
"If a man wants to be strong, he doesn't need many companions..." The 600 soldiers in the seventh building of the Silver Spear Army have been assembled, neatly dressed, and marching quickly while shouting slogans.
One-third of them have been trained for a year and a half, and the remaining two-thirds are recruits who have been in the army for less than half a year. Under the encouragement of the student officers, their morale is quite good, but they are positioned as a reserve force for rotation.
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The real main force was the two thousand Yamen soldiers led by Li Chong.
At this moment, they have climbed onto the turrets and city walls, with their crossbows on strings and their swords unsheathed.
Some people were even sent to camp in a small building outside the fort, echoing Wubao from afar.
"Boom!" As the last batch of batons retreated, the suspension bridge was pulled up.
The wind blew by, and there was silence outside Wubao.
The once bustling mulberry forest has become deserted.
There was a mess next to the well where there was once a lot of laughter.
In the vegetable patch where people had been sweating profusely, there were two or three shoulder poles and dung buckets scattered around.
As if by magic, there was silence all around, not even a single livestock could be seen, only the sound of pine trees in the woods, and only the leaves dancing in the wind.
Suddenly, several figures appeared on the mountainside.
They held sharp swords in their hands and were covered in armor.
Their steps were hesitant and their faces looked doubtful.
We had obviously found out before that this was a wealthy Wubao with thousands of households farming. Why couldn't we see a single household after we hurried here? This retreat was too quick. How skilled were they?
"Whoosh!" An arrow shot from the wall and landed a few steps in front of the thief.
This is a warning.
Going forward, they will not hold back, and it will not end well for everyone.
The leading thief stopped and before he could react, a large group of people came up from behind and pushed him forward.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" dense arrows flew out, and the battle was inevitable.
Li Chong climbed to the highest point and overlooked the overall situation.
The owner of the building, Zheng Dong, followed him and pointed: "The thieves spread out widely at the foot of the mountain. There are about four to five thousand people. There are less in front of the mountain and more in the back. There are about two thousand people crowded. There seem to be more people in the distance. There are no less than 10,000 people, and I don’t know if they will come.”
"Have people been sent to guard the back mountain?" Li Zhong asked.
"We have sent people to guard the place and will report any news."
Li Dian nodded and continued to observe the enemy's situation.
Zheng Dong looked at this man silently.
As a frontline general, he had great respect for Marquis Lu Yang. When he was drinking with his colleagues in the army, he rarely saw Li Chong. He always felt that he was a weirdo who isolated himself.
Some people even mentioned mysteriously that Li Chong was not from the same group as them.
Zheng Dong was doubtful because most of the people who said this were old men who had followed Lu Yanghou six years ago. He joined halfway and didn't know much about it.
But Marquis Lu Yang trusted Li Chong more. After all, he did not leave the matter of leading an army to the old man, but left it to Li Chong, who the old man said was "not from the same place". This was enough to reveal a lot of things.
And Li Chong is indeed very capable.
He is not hasty or slow in commanding the battle, and is quite methodical. What is even more valuable is that he is meticulous and considers all aspects, rarely showing flaws. The only thing lacking is probably a ruthlessness and a will to survive. Fighting spirit.
He thinks too much.
People who think too much often don’t have the courage to fight.
"Ah!" A heart-rending scream sounded.
The two men quickly looked over and saw that it was a soldier who had been shot in the face and fell to the ground.
The first person to die today has appeared!
Li Zhong watched the thieves swarming attentively, repeatedly assessing the opponent's true strength.
If it doesn't work, then don't blame me for chasing the sheep...
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The flag with the word "Shao" has been planted at the top of Xiangcheng City.
Almost on the same day that Wang Yan inspected Shenyuan Pass, Shao Xun arrived in Xiangcheng County.
After a while, Chen Yougen came over with a few heads and said: "Your Majesty, this is Wang Chong, the Prime Minister of Xiangcheng County. He is in charge of Shanliu. His meritorious officer Shi Zenggui is the superintendent of Zheng Long's head. He is sent to the field to kill him. If caught, he will be killed on the spot according to the order of the king, and the punishment will be canonized."
Cao Yu, Chen Zhuozhan, the left soldier of Xiangcheng County, stood aside tremblingly, swallowing dryly.
After the eunuch escaped, all the county and county officials fled with him. He happened to be sick at home and had difficulty walking. To be honest, if he hadn't been sick, he would have left by now.
After hearing that the Marquis of Lu Yang ordered the execution of the fleeing officials, he was so frightened that he broke out in a sweat and recovered from his illness. When the Marquis of Lu Yang entered the city, he led all the elders in the city out of the city to welcome him.
Marquis Lu Yang praised him for his perseverance despite illness, which made him feel at ease and actively busy with various affairs, very diligent.
After seeing the four officials who were executed today, I was filled with fear and my vest was soaked through.
"Hang your heads everywhere as a warning to others." After Shao Xun gave the order, he went directly to the top of the city.
Soon, large groups of people filed out of the city and lined up in the fields.
Shao Xun galloped past every flag, and cheers continued wherever he passed.
Chen Yougen led eight hundred soldiers and horses to wait in another place.
The thieves have already attacked Xiangcheng, which is a bit unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Wang Mi was defeated twice in Qingzhou. Even if he regains his strength, how many people will he still have? There are almost a thousand old backbones. Even if there are more, there will only be three or four thousand people.
With these 3,000 or 4,000 old cadres, they gathered together a team and fought several games in Qingzhou. They said they had wins and losses, but in fact they mostly lost. In the end, they were driven away by Gou Xi.
After leaving Qingzhou, they made rapid progress, and in less than two months, the team expanded rapidly.
However, Wang Mi did not stop to straighten things out, which shows that this person has very little political acumen and only knows how to be reckless and kill.
Under such a situation, Wang Mi can effectively control the entire army.
Who knows whether the group of people who attacked Xiangcheng came under Wang Mi's order or on their own initiative.
But it doesn't matter, just give them a try.
"Chen Yougen!" Shao Xun rode up, pointed his whip at the enemy troops forming a team in front, and said: "The war has started over at Yushanwu. The thieves have limited fighting strength. Do you dare to give them a try?"
"Why don't you dare!" Chen Yougen said loudly.
Grandma, you are all people who want to rebel. You actually rebelled before me and caused a lot of destruction to all the people on the ground. If I don’t crush your heads today, my surname will not be Chen.
"Do you know how to fight?" Shao Xun asked.
"The last general will obey your orders." Chen Yougen replied.
"Okay!" Shao Xun said with a smile: "Just follow my instructions, take these 800 cavalry and march into the army!"
"Nuo." Chen Yougen got on his horse and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill!" Eight hundred soldiers from the government mounted their horses one after another, took the long sword, crossbow, horn bow, ring-head knife and other equipment from Buqu's hand, and ran out wildly.
They first ran to the enemy's right flank.
This is a large formation with more than 10,000 people, consisting of four or five small square formations.
Between formations, some are separated by ten steps, some are separated by twenty steps, and some are separated by thirty steps...
Some phalanxes have already formed their formation and begun to march.
Some phalanxes were still noisy and chaotic.
On the outside of the formation, there were no crossbow machines to hinder the enemy cavalry. Maybe they were not aware of this, or maybe they were not there at all.
The number of cavalry is very small.
According to the system, if it is an offensive formation, the cavalry is best deployed on the left and right rear of the wedge-shaped front army.
If it is an offensive and defensive formation, it should be placed in the center or rear formation, but enough space should be left between the small square formations of infantry for cavalry to attack.
The bandit army indeed deployed a formation that was both offensive and defensive. A few three to five hundred cavalry were placed under the banner of the Chinese army, but there was only a gap for them to enter and exit...
This is the difference between the Caotai team, the rogue troops and the well-trained regular army.
If they don't learn a few lessons and do some formalization, they won't be able to increase their combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, the Silver Spear Army on the opposite side only has 3,000 men, but all of them are wearing armor and have sophisticated equipment.
After setting up the square formation, the soldiers stood in silence with their weapons in hand.
The difference is huge.
"嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘嘘壘", the eight hundred soldiers quickly maneuvered into position. After dismounting, the horns sounded, and all the troops gathered together, and fired a volley first.
If you look down from the air, you can immediately notice the spectacular scene on the enemy's right wing: sergeants fell to the ground in large areas, and there was a lot of noise.
The enemy forces immediately made adjustments.
Some crossbow machines were brought over and fired continuously.
Some infantry archers with excellent archery skills were also sent to this side to aim at the dismounted soldiers and pick up their bows.
"Retreat!" Seeing the enemy's spearmen rushing over in a chaotic manner, Chen Yougen immediately ordered to strike.
Eight hundred soldiers left behind more than ten corpses, retreated in a hurry, mounted their horses and left.
They circled along the enemy line and this time came to the left flank.
The same tactics were used again.
The people under the enemy's central army's banner screamed.
Hundreds of cavalry were sent out by the frustrated general, but there were not enough passages for them to enter and exit, and the enemy's formation was somewhat chaotic, so the movement was extremely slow.
There were cavalrymen waving their whips and scabbards, trying to open a path.
Some cavalrymen rushed over directly, knocking the unlucky infantrymen to the ground and trampling them over.
The screams continued one after another, which shook the morale of the soldiers.
"Retreat!" Chen Yougen once again ordered to mount his horse, leave the battlefield, and turn to the enemy's rear formation.
He has already tested the enemy's strengths, and he is not even good at drawing teams. How can he fight in an array in the field?
Go around to the back line and charge them directly with heavy armor.
But maybe it doesn't need to be so troublesome anymore.
Looking down from the air, the enemy's originally relatively "cohesive" formation was seriously "protruded" to the left and right after being repeatedly harassed by them. At this time, the front army was still moving forward, preparing for a field battle with the Silver Spear Army.
Due to the commotion caused by their own cavalry, the entire formation can be described as seriously scattered.
The general seemed to have noticed something was wrong and was about to start rectifying things.
But no one would give him a chance.
"Dong dong dong..." The three thousand heavily armored warriors of the Silver Spear Army stepped forward in unison, moving forward inexorably.
Seventy steps later, a hail of arrows came through the air, completely wiping out the enemy general's efforts to organize the formation.
Fifty steps later, the arrows rained again.
At this time, eight hundred soldiers of the government had dismounted behind the enemy. The men drew out their heavy swords and charged towards the enemy fiercely.
The two small phalanxes behind the enemy troops hurriedly turned around and made themselves into a mess.
The heavily armored swordsman held the sparse spears, slashing left and right, and plunged into the enemy's thicket like a dead soldier.
On the frontal battlefield, people continued to fall among the ranks of the Silver Spear Army. The officers cheered loudly, and then everyone completed the last salvo against the enemy's crossbows.
The enemy soldiers in the front row fell down with a crash, and some people had already turned around and fled.
"Dong dong dong..." The rhythm of the drum suddenly changed.
"Kill!" The silver spear soldiers quickened their pace, holding long spears, and rushed forward.
Together with the eight hundred soldiers, they were like two giant hammers in front and behind, smashing into pieces the tens of thousands of enemy troops that were out of touch and severely deformed.
Shao Xun asked someone to fetch Ma Shu, he was going to use Wushuang.
Tang Jian hurriedly led people to stop him and said: "Your Majesty, the victory has been determined, why take the risk personally? On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyesight, even a single arrow can kill people. Your Majesty has the hope of everyone, so you must not risk it."
lose."
Shao Xun pulled the horse's rein but did not pull.
Tang Jian looked at him stubbornly and refused to let go.
"That's it." Shao Xun looked forward and sighed.
The three thousand Silver Spear Army had severely damaged the enemy's formation, and countless people were defeated.
Behind the enemy lines, the noise was getting louder and louder, and a large number of soldiers were already leaving the battlefield and fleeing for their lives.
This battle is indeed won.
And he also tested the strength of the thieves - the standard bandit level.
"Send an order to Wang Chan and lead the auxiliary troops to pursue him. Remember, we must run in a line. The limit is 300 steps. You can only pursue after the entire team." Shao Xun dismounted and ordered.
"No." Soon a messenger came to deliver the order.
Shao Xun led the horse and wandered behind the formation.
The current battlefield is like a fog.
There may be more than 100,000 thieves marching along various routes like headless flies.
He must urgently find out where Wang Mi is and not let the small fish in the periphery block his sight and let the big fish go.
Wang Mi cannot effectively control so many troops, but this also gives him natural cover, which is really ironic.
Chapter completed!