In the countryside of Yangcheng County, the bandit army was in chaos, chasing people with large and small cars.
Rogue bandits have no logistics, but they do not carry no food at all.
Generally speaking, it is normal to carry more than a month's worth of food with the army. Whenever you go to a place, use this food as "guts", and then spend time dividing your troops to plunder more food.
If you grab enough food, it won't be surprising to have enough food for several months.
General Zhengdong left in a hurry. After conquering the Shenyuan Pass, he rushed to Luoyang and left them behind. He hurried and slowed down, but he couldn't catch up.
But everyone was in high spirits.
Where is Luoyang? It is the capital of the world and the gathering place for the emperor and his ministers.
How much food is stored here?
How much wealth has been accumulated here?
How many beautiful houses are there here?
How many beauties are there here?
Don't think it's vulgar.
We have never read a book, and we have been running around and working hard for a bite of food all day long. Now that we have rebelled, and we can break into the capital of Luoyang, why don't we just indulge ourselves a little bit?
I have only two wishes in my life: to be able to eat with an open belly and to play with women unscrupulously.
Others don’t understand and are not interested.
"Go, go, grab money, food, and women!" An officer used the simplest words to boost morale, and the effect was great.
You see, I was a little tired from walking. As soon as I heard these words, I regained my strength and walked very fast, making the oxen and horses pulling the cart panting from exhaustion.
"Master, will you preach in Luoyang this time?" someone asked.
Darling, what a fanatical believer this is!
When the officer and teacher heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Master Jun (Liu Ling) said that from now on, Henan County will be the base camp of our Tianshi Dao like Donglai."
In the entire north, Qingzhou is considered to be an area where Tianshi Tao has developed rapidly, and Donglai is the most developed place among the counties in Qingzhou. This time we attack Luoyang, if we can gain a firm foothold, Henan County will be the Tianshi Tao.
Another solid stronghold.
"General, if Luoyang is destroyed, can the land be divided?" someone else asked.
"I'll definitely divide it." Master Shijun agreed wholeheartedly.
Of course, he was not sure. In fact, based on his observations, the General of the Conquest of the East (Wang Mi) might cooperate with the scholars and appoint them as officials to help him consolidate his foundation.
Don't understand? Refer to Liu Yuan. He did not proclaim himself emperor, but proclaimed himself "King of Han", established the country, and took further steps when the time was ripe.
The general who conquered the east would probably call himself "King of Qi" with the support of the scholars.
Officers like them might lose some benefits as officers, but the same cannot be said for the hundreds of thousands of ordinary soldiers. Some of them might be dismissed, or even become slaves in the Gentlemen's Fortress or Manor.
But seeing through it, he had no ability to resist.
If he wants something, such as his own glory and wealth, the spread of the Tao of Heavenly Masters, etc., he cannot compete with the general.
In this world, no matter whether they are officers, soldiers or volunteers, the people at the bottom suffer.
After walking for more than ten miles, everyone stopped to rest.
At this moment, several rangers rushed towards them. One of them had an arrow stuck in his back and shouted: "The thief is here!"
"Thieves?" Someone looked over in confusion, who is the thief? Don't the officers and soldiers call us thieves?
"Master" was also stunned for a while, then stepped forward and handed a water bag to Yuqi, saying: "Where did the thief come from?"
You Qi pushed away the water bag and said angrily: "What time is it, and you are still asking? I should have known better than to join the gang. With your virtues, people will kill them all sooner or later. If I return to Luoyang Central Army, how can I do it?"
What a great job, team leader."
"The Marquis of Luyang, Shaoxun, is chasing us." Another knight next to him said, "Whether we are walking or fighting, please come up with a plan."
"Leave?" Shijun responded and said, "How can we leave? Someone is here -"
Before the order could be issued, smoke and dust appeared in the sky ahead, as if a large group of cavalry were coming.
Several rangers looked at each other, and the man who spoke just now glanced at the bandits who were still sitting on the ground laughing, said "poof", and said: "Let's go! Ignore them."
After saying that, he got on his horse and walked away in a hurry.
The smoke and dust got closer and closer, and the figures of the cavalry gradually appeared.
Soon, several riders ran up a gentle slope and placed a large flag with the word "Shao" on it.
The rest of the people waited and passed quickly by them.
The first few dozen people didn't even have military uniforms. They were wearing a variety of clothes and had different equipment. However, their morale was very high. They rushed into the bandit group with howls.
"Poof!" The sound of the sharp blade slicing through the flesh was clearly audible.
"Whoosh!" The arrow shot through the air and nailed the chest of a small bandit commander.
"Bang!" The war horse directly collided with the rebel soldier who could not dodge. The horse stood up, fell heavily with its hooves, and stepped on another soldier.
"The officers and soldiers are coming to kill us!"
"The damned army is here again!"
Like hot oil falling into a thicket of ants, thousands of thieves suddenly became chaotic.
The brave ones ran towards the car to get their weapons.
The timid person got directly under the car and tried to escape.
The old man held the child and shivered.
The young man stared blankly at the increasing number of officers and soldiers in the south. His legs and feet were so weak that he couldn't even muster the energy to run.
The level of the soldiers of the Yi Congjun was actually very average, but their morale was high and they firmly believed that they would win if they followed Marquis Lu Yang, so they were very brave and rushed around on horseback.
Well, the fight was unorganized and just random killings, but their passionate actions had a good effect: the bandit army became even more chaotic.
The Yi Cong infantrymen rushed up with noisy sounds, and with long spears, wooden poles, ring-headed knives, halberds and other messy weapons, they rushed into the crowd of thieves.
The battle was not fierce and chaotic.
One side is fighting blindly and the other side is running around and bumping into each other, like a sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks, and novice chickens pecking each other.
After fighting for a while, the bandits who were a little further away had already fled.
After resisting for a while, the bandit army that was close to them basically collapsed because they were not organized.
The master jumped onto a carriage and shouted loudly, asking the traitors to come closer to him.
A prisoner released from the Xiangcheng County Prison picked up a bow and arrow and shot him directly in his open mouth.
The arrow cluster emerged from the back of the head, with a hint of blood.
The master fell from his carriage, and his dream of preaching was interrupted.
"Kill the thieves!" More and more volunteers rushed up. They were hesitant and worried at first. After seeing the thieves running away, they seemed to have taken stimulants. Their morale increased sharply, and they felt like soldiers from heaven descending to earth.
Generally speaking, extremely brave.
You see, even if I chop him, he doesn't dare to resist.
This man still had armor on his body, and he was actually rolling around and trying to take a shot from me.
Haha, he actually knelt down and begged for mercy. Go to the Nine Underworlds to beg for mercy!
I shot five or six people today. My brother usually thinks that I am slow to shoot. On the battlefield, I am a dead man. I really should bring him here to see and shoot slowly. There are prey in front of me.
The battlefield has turned into a one-sided ending.
By the time Zhanggu led the Yamen Army up, the bandit army had been completely defeated.
He released the Yamen Army on the spot and ordered them to pursue them quickly.
As for the baggage abandoned by the thieves, it was handed over to Baoding at Yushanwu. This place is not far from Wubao. After escorting it back to the dock, it was perfectly timely for another group of people to follow.
That's why it's so good to pursue the enemy one after another.
The thieves have a weak will to fight and carry a lot of baggage, which is almost the same as fighting against the wind.
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The pursuit never stopped.
After defeating the rebel army's rear transport team outside Yangcheng County on the evening of the 30th and beheading more than 2,000 people, the Yi Cong vanguard's morale was soaring and they strongly demanded to travel overnight, and Zhang Gu agreed to do so.
On the first day of the fifth lunar month, the vanguard of Yi Cong encountered thieves on the road. They frightened away more than 3,000 thieves and captured their luggage.
On the second day of May, I arrived outside Shenyuan Pass and saw that there were thieves guarding the pass, so I camped outside the pass and prepared to go west the next day, detouring through Dagong Pass and entering the Luoyang Basin. In terms of time, after passing Shenyuan Pass, I also had to go west and join the Luoyang Basin.
It’s not much different to reach Luoyang via Dagonguan Pass.
That night, shouts of killing rang out from the north of Guancheng.
It turned out that Mi Huang, the captain of the Sili School, and Chen Yan, the captain of the Duzhi School who came for reinforcements, were attacking the city.
When Wang Mi fought in a battle, he never had to worry about where to go, where to fight, and where to eat. When the defenders saw the officers and soldiers appearing in the north of Guancheng, and then saw the officers and soldiers camped in the south of Guancheng, they immediately realized that they were being attacked.
After giving up, more than 3,000 people abandoned Guancheng and broke out to the north, trying to join the main force, but most of them were wiped out.
On the third day of May, Shao Xun led his army to Shenyuan Pass and joined forces with Mi Huang and Chen Yan.
"Where is Wang Mi?" Shao Xun asked directly after the three people had finished their greetings.
"I'm afraid the vanguard has already arrived in the suburbs of Luoyang. The main force of the brigade will be delayed for a day or two at most." Mi Huang replied.
Shao Xun observed Lao Mi.
The past year or so since returning from Chang'an has not been very smooth for Lao Mi.
The position of Lieutenant Sili is actually a good one, with high authority. However, he failed to take up a post in the shogunate, and he has obviously been excluded from the inner circle.
But I haven't heard of any contact between Mi Huang and the Emperor.
It seems that even though he was alienated by Sima Yue, Lao Mi still did not betray his old boss.
There is no need for such a loyal person. He doubts this and that. I don’t know what Sima Yue is thinking.
"Did Wang Mi divide his troops along the way?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Some of them went east, and it seems they are going to Xingyang. However, they should have left on their own initiative." Before Mi Huang could answer, Du Branch Captain Chen Yanxian said: "I stationed troops in Luoshui, along the river, and defeated several groups.
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Chen Yan was not from Sima Yue, because he had previously planned to make Sima Tan, King of Qinghe, the crown prince.
Now that Sima Tan is dead, the two people who conspired to support him (Chen Yan, Lu Yong) are fine. What should I say? The children of the Sima family are not as powerful as these military leaders?
Shao Xun once suspected that Chen Yan had a close relationship with the Yang family, so he had to find an opportunity to ask Yang Xianrong.
"Some members of Wang Mi's tribe are also traveling eastward outside Shenyuan Pass." Shao Xun said: "From this point of view, the number of thieves arriving in Luoyang should not be too many, maybe fifty thousand, maybe seventy or eighty thousand, that's all."
Along the way, some people fell behind. Wang Mi, the general, seemed very interesting. Maybe they had already gotten used to it.
"After a short rest, I want to go straight to Luoyang to attack the thieves, you two..." Shao Xun glanced at them and asked.
"Why did the young man say so much? Just go with him," Mi Huang said.
After hearing this familiar title from Mi Huang's mouth, Shao Xun smiled. The grudges from the past should be gone with the wind, right?
"Let's go together." Chen Yan didn't waste any words.
Shao Xun nodded.
Chen Yan was summoned by Mi Huang. It seems that the two of them have a good relationship and can cooperate with each other in the army.
Together with the two of them, the whole army has more than 10,000 people, and can already do a lot of things.
But - take a day off first to recover your strength.
Yes, he has received the emperor's edict, but so what? How can a soldier fight if he is weak?
Tomorrow we will make a delicious meal of pork and vermicelli stew - no, the captured injured draft animals will be slaughtered and the whole army will be slaughtered, and we will march in the day after tomorrow.
Chapter completed!