Chapter 405 Turn the tide in the fall (15)(1/2)
Before Niu Jin led his troops out of the camp, he went to the school field where the practitioners from the aristocratic families gathered and waited, and asked which teams were willing to cooperate in fighting.
The practitioners from the aristocratic family came to the military camp just to follow the army to fight Beihu. So after Niu Jin just finished asking, the leaders of all the teams expressed their willingness to fight.
Because it was a vanguard operation, Niu Jin and Xu Wei's combined troops only numbered more than 10,000 people, and the Beihu front team was confirmed to have a team of 10,000 people, so it was not necessary to dispatch all the troops from the famous families.
Niu Jin finally chose the three families with the largest number of people and the strongest strength:
Chen family, Jiang family, Han family.
...
As a practitioner in the late stage of the Yuanshen Realm and a captain of ten thousand men who commanded an army of ten thousand people, Borchi Lord Aruwen, like many strong men of the Tianyuan tribe, had spent many years of conquering and invincible military career.
He forged an ambition to regard heroes from all over the world as trivial and wanted to lead his army to conquer the horizon.
Before the National War, many people said that the Qi Dynasty should not be underestimated. After the battle of Fengming Mountain, this statement became even more widespread, and many knowledgeable people agreed with it. Therefore, at the beginning of the National War, Alu
Wen also regarded the Qi army as a formidable enemy and was very alert to deal with it carefully.
But after more than half a year of fighting, Aruwen found that this sentence was bullshit.
The Qi army was too weak to be attacked.
He blushed and was ashamed of his previous caution.
Not to mention how easily and swiftly he followed Zuo Xian King Borshu to level the Hebei region, let's just say that this time the battle of stationing soldiers in Weizhou to attack the Central Plains was also extremely smooth and freehand.
At the beginning, under the arrangement of King Zuo Xian, his people gathered near Weizhou and made great fanfare, pretending to be the main force to attack the Central Plains. The Emperor of Qi Dynasty really believed it and placed the main force of the army around Bianliang.
As everyone knows, the main attack direction of the army is Yunzhou. At present, the Qi Dynasty has insufficient troops in Yunzhou. How can it resist Zuo Xian King's personal attack?
Although King Zuo Xian suffered some losses in the battle at Xihe City, that was just an exception. Then the Great Khan personally took action. Didn't he immediately defeat the Emperor of Qi in full view of the public and force him to flee?
In the words of Qi people, it looks like a bereaved dog!
Even the emperor of the Qi Dynasty was so careless, so how could the people of Qi be the match for the Tianyuan Warriors?
Facts have proved that this is indeed the case. The Great Khan gave an order and the army crossed the river to fight. The heavy Qi troops stationed in Yangliu City, like their emperor, fled in front of the army.
The emperor was defeated and ran away. How could these Qi people, who were the first to bear the brunt of the elite army, not run away?
Thinking of this, Aruwen, who was galloping on the broad road with his troops, raised his head and looked ahead.
Under the bright spring sunshine, the roads and fields are full of discarded armors, weapons, and flags. From time to time, the sharp blades reflect golden brilliance, giving the green field a somewhat brilliant color.
Farther away, there was a group of Qi soldiers running like wolves. When some of them turned around in panic, Aruwen could see their facial features distorted by fear.
Seeing the defeated troops, Aruwen felt as if he had seen mountains of gold and silver. The desire for military glory filled his dark face with greed, and he quickly raised his talisman knife and shouted loudly: "Catch up, don't let anyone go!"
After Aruwen landed by boat, the first military order he received was to hunt down the defeated troops in Yangliu City. Along the way, countless Qi soldiers died under his sword.
If he hadn't used a talisman knife, he would have replaced it several times due to the curled blade.
Aruwen and his men were marching on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. All Qi Dynasty's defeated troops who appeared in front of them would turn into corpses behind them in a short time.
Aruwen, who was eager to kill, quickly caught up with the fleeing Qi army with his elite cavalry. What made him quite dissatisfied was that the Qi army only had a few hundred people, and he had not finished killing them.
Gone.
So he continued to run forward.
The latest military order Aruwen received was for him to chase Qi Dynasty's defeated troops and, as the vanguard of the army, fight all the way to Bianliang City!
The main force at the back is still clearing the towns and military forts on both sides of Yangliu City, expanding the control area and ensuring that the army will have no worries when it reaches Bianliang.
Therefore, although Yangliu City is only a hundred miles away from Bianliang, the main force has not yet reached Bianliang City.
But this was only a matter of sooner or later, and the difference was only three or two days at most. After all, the Qi army had no will to resist and collapsed at the first touch. It was just because of the large number of people that it would be quite laborious for the army to pursue them and it would take some time.
No matter what, Bianliang is right in front of us, so we must kill him quickly.
I heard that there are still many Qi troops there. In order to prevent too many fleeing Qi troops from returning, the defense force there is strengthened, and also to further damage the morale of the Bianliang garrison and cause more Qi troops to fear and flee. The army needs
A powerful force pursued the remnants of the enemy all the way and arrived in Bianliang as soon as possible to intimidate the soldiers and civilians of Qi in Bianliang.
Aruwen's unit, as the most prominent vanguard unit on the front of the army, naturally shouldered this responsibility.
Aruwen has now begun to imagine that when he and his warriors reach Bianliang, how frightened and panicked the people in the city will be!
They might open the city gates, let them in, and offer them treasures.
After all, facing a group of invincible warriors, kneeling down to express surrender and offering one's wealth is the only choice for survival.
"General, there is a countryside ahead!" A sharp-eyed guard shouted, pointing not far away.
Aruwen was refreshed and looked over at Xun Sheng. With just one glance, he couldn't help but feel happy.
It was a large village, with endless houses as far as the eye could see, at least several hundred households, and the houses were quite neatly built, tall and wide, and most of the bricks and tiles were bright.
Obviously this is a quite wealthy village with some large households, which means that there will definitely be no shortage of gold and silver in the village.
"Took it!"
Aruwen raised his saber in greeting, and the soldiers behind him immediately burst into enthusiastic cheers, speeding up their horses and rushing over with all their strength.
For grassland warriors like Aruwen, fighting is about robbing and making money, and it is about making life better.
Fighting against the enemy is always a means rather than an end. Not everyone can achieve outstanding military achievements, but as long as the army's offensive goes smoothly, everyone has a chance to make a fortune.
From Yangliu City to here, Aluwenshun Road ransacked many rural market towns.
Larger cities are difficult to attack and hinder the speed of the army's advance to Bianliang. In a village with hundreds of households, warriors whizzing by like the wind can completely loot it in a matter of seconds.
As he approached the village, Aruwen saw the panicked villagers. They must have heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping, and came to the edge of the village to check the situation. Suddenly they saw them coming to kill them, and they immediately fled in a hurry.
Aruwen shouted "Kill", and the soldiers waved their weapons and made strange screams unique to prairie warriors charging into battle, and broke into the village in groups.
They kill everyone they see, regardless of gender, age or weakness. They enter any house they see, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
The more violent ones just rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, the more experienced ones grabbed the owner of the house and asked where the money was hidden, and the more reckless ones picked up the iron pots and kettles and put them on their saddles.
In addition, there were also those who went to the pig pens and sheep pens, slaughtered all the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, and took them away as military rations.
The prairie cavalry went on an expedition, which could last from a few days to dozens of days without returning. However, they could not go without food for a day, and most of the military rations were collected on the spot.
The people in the village were not fully prepared for the enemy attack. They only knew that the imperial court had heavy troops stationed along the Yellow River, and they thought their village was safe. However, they were defeated like a mountain. Now they could not escape, and most of them fell victim to the sword.
Dead soul.
There was a landlord's manor in the center of the village, with high walls and watchtowers. At this time, dozens of nearby households fled to the manor and were temporarily protected by the squires of the manor.
When Aruwen came to kill him, the gate of the manor was already closed, and there were servants guarding the courtyard with weapons in their hands, standing guard on the courtyard walls and watchtowers.
A manor with one or two hundred people may be enough to deal with ordinary bandits, but in front of an army of ten thousand people, it is no different than paper. Aruwen immediately stood in front of the gate, and smiled cruelly amidst the faint cries of children in the manor.
There was a sound.
He simply drew his saber forward.
The elite knights behind them immediately jumped up from their horses. Under the leadership of the practitioners, they rushed towards the last refuge of the people like wolves on their prey.
As expected, it only takes a moment for the manor to be captured, and then it will be a great opportunity for Aruwen's men to make a fortune - the houses of the squire and landlords will not be short of money and food.
As for the people inside, the murderous army will leave no one behind.
But at this moment, Aruwen received an urgent report from a ranger: "General, a Qi army was discovered outside the village!"
"It's gone. Is there anything you need to report?"
"There are quite a few of them..."
"No matter how many people there are, it's just a group of defeated soldiers. How can it turn the world upside down?"
"No, it's not a rout..."
"What?"
"It's a well-organized cavalry, rushing towards us!"
"What about the cavalry? The Qi people's army is all vulnerable. Just let Hulun, the commander of thousands on guard at the periphery, go over and destroy them!"
"General...General!" At this time, the second ranger rushed over, "It's serious, Captain Hulun was attacked by the Qi army!"
"What?!" Aruwen was shocked, his eyes widened with a fierce look, "How many people are there in the Qi army?"
"No fewer than ten thousand people!"
Aruwen's face was stern and he made a decisive decision: "Each team immediately left the village to form a formation to meet the invading enemy!"
The cultivators who had just attacked the house and only killed a few of the cultivators who were protecting the house, now all withdrew, mounted their horses one after another, and rushed to the outside of the village in their own queues.
Vice Admiral Aruwen said: "General, this must be Bianliang's reinforcements. Their emperor has run away, and there is no Heavenly Realm to take charge of the overall situation. It is incredible that there are still troops who can go out of the city to fight!"
"What's unbelievable? It's just that you don't know whether to live or die!"
Aruwen sneered disdainfully: "Under the current situation, Bianliang and its troops are sent to fight. It is nothing more than a desperate fight in a desperate situation, trying to use all their strength to see if they can survive.
"When we destroy this Bianliang reinforcements, we will destroy all the Qi army's will to resist!
"When the troops come to Bianliang City again in the future, everyone there will know that Tianyuan Royal Court is not only a great Khan with unparalleled cultivation, but also a large army with outstanding combat power! By then, Bianliang City will be able to
Attack and break!"
The lieutenant general was convinced by Aruwen's judgment: "The general is wise!"
To be continued...