The soldiers asking for help and Li Zicheng's troops who had retreated arrived at Yan'an Prefecture almost indiscriminately.
After Jiang Wan heard the news, he immediately sent someone to call Li Zicheng. After asking about the situation clearly, without saying anything, he personally ordered nearly a thousand soldiers and horses, and under the leadership of Li Zicheng, headed towards the place where the accident occurred.
go.
Along the way, Jiang Wan kept a gloomy face, and Li Zicheng followed behind him, not even daring to express his anger. He was speechless all the way except when Jiang Wan asked him something.
"This is it!"
Seeing the still burning camp from a distance, Li Zicheng's voice trembled a little. Jiang Wan did not make a sound, but Xu Jian and Gao Jin behind him had already ordered some of their men to disperse, one on the left and the other on the right.
They surrounded him from both sides, and at the same time, the scouts sent out also came galloping over on horseback from a distance.
"Sir, apart from the bodies of our dead and wounded brothers, not a single living person was seen at the place where the accident occurred!"
"Use this place as the center, spread out the scouts, and I want to know all the movements within a five-mile radius!" Jiang Wan gave the order, "There is still some time before dawn at this time, and I don't want to be killed by someone with a carbine!"
The men took the order and left, while Jiang Wan slowly walked into the camp with the others.
"What was the situation at that time? Please tell me carefully!"
He said lightly, with a trace of anger flashing in his eyes. Intercepting his own grain team and killing his own soldiers and horses at such a close distance from Yan'an Mansion was undoubtedly on Nanhaiwei's face, on his face.
, slapped him hard.
No matter who did this, he would never let it go.
"It was already dark at that time. I thought it would be more difficult for the food team to move after dark, so I chose to camp here!"
Li Zicheng took a deep breath, looked at a corpse in the distance, and slowly talked about the situation at that time.
He didn't expect that the other party would have bows and arrows, but what he didn't expect was that the other party knew that they were also officers and soldiers, but they fired arrows at them unscrupulously. When the first wave of arrows rained down, he lost three or four brothers.
, even his nephew Li Guo was hit by an arrow in the arm.
Then, the other party said nicely that it would give them time to leave. In fact, it only took them a few breaths before the other party started to attack.
Fortunately, most of his soldiers were hiding behind the grain carts, and the arrows basically did not threaten them. However, a steady stream of enemies rushed in from the outside, and almost one of his men was killed or injured just by a confrontation.
Less than half.
Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately ordered the grain trucks to be set on fire, and then all the living people abandoned the place and rushed out.
He originally thought that since the enemy had already taken action, they would not let any of them leave alive. When he led his men to rush out, they would face a tough and fierce battle. He had no idea how many people would be able to rush out alive.
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However, the actual situation is that when he rushed out with his people, the other party did not stop them. They just sent many people to chase and shoot them. He did not even dare to turn back to rescue the injured and fallen people, so he could only lead them with him.
He picked up those who could still run and ran back to Yan'an Mansion in one breath.
"Where are the people from the grain account?" Jiang Wan listened with a gloomy face, and there was no sign of any fluctuation in his expression.
"When I leave, tell them to hide themselves. No matter whether they are real soldiers or bandits, I shouldn't cause trouble to these people!" Li Zicheng lowered his head and replied.
"Have you ever seen a bandit who is skilled in bow and horse?" Jiang Wan snorted: "There are more than a hundred of you, armed with spears and knives. Even four to five hundred bandits can support them until reinforcements arrive, and they will be beaten as soon as they meet.
Get down, you actually said you don’t know if the other party is an officer or a bandit?"
Li Zicheng's head bowed even deeper. He didn't even need to raise his head to know how the people around him looked at him. After suffering such a big defeat, he thought that he might have been in Master Jiang's eyes.
He has been labeled as a "trash"!
"So, you have lost so many people, and you don't even know their origins!" Jiang Wan looked around, then looked at Li Zicheng: "Where have they fled to now, and you don't have a clue?"
"The person they shouted has a Shaanxi accent!" Li Zicheng raised his head and said with certainty: "Moreover, their combat power is extremely high. After just one charge, the brothers will not be able to withstand it!"
While they were talking, someone came over and handed Jiang Wan a feather arrow: "The camp should have been cleaned up by thieves, and this was missed. If my subordinates read it correctly, this should be a heavy arrow in the army!
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Jiang Wan looked at the arrow in his hand. The arrow was sharp and heavy, and the arrow body was thick. This kind of arrow was particularly powerful in killing and killing. It was rarely equipped in the guard army, but among the border troops in Jiubian, this kind of arrow was the most popular.
There is a lot of equipment.
Whether with the Mongols or the Hou Jin people, when the frontier armies fought, they mostly used defense instead of attack. The lethality of such heavy arrows was obviously much greater than that of light arrows shot from a distance.
He spit out two words fiercely: "Bianjun?"
"If nothing else happens, it should be the border troops!" Xu Jian nodded: "We should be able to follow the traces of the movement of the large group of people after dawn, but at this moment, it is impossible to know their movements!"
"Which troop is the closest frontier army to Yan'an Prefecture?" He looked at Xu Jian and slowly said: "The closest frontier army to Yan'an Prefecture is either the frontier army in Ningxia Town or the frontier army in Taiyuan Town.
, the frontier troops in Taiyuan Town will not come to Shaanxi when they are full, then they are the frontier troops in Ningxia Town!"
Everyone acquiesced, no one said a word, and a grain truck next to them suddenly crashed and collapsed due to burning out, and sparks and flames were everywhere on the ground.
Under the firelight, Jiang Wan suddenly laughed, but the beating of the flames made Jiang Wan's smile look a bit sinister.
"Search, set up camp, and wait for daybreak!" Jiang Wan said: "No matter who does this, even if they go to the ends of the earth, they still have to kill people to pay for their lives and pay their debts!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison and dispersed one by one.
Li Zicheng was hesitant, not sure whether he should leave. Jiang Wan turned around, glanced at him, and shook her head slightly.
When Li Zicheng saw Jiang Wan's disappointed look on him, he suddenly felt a surge of blood: "Sir, please allow me to make a meritorious service and find these thieves. I will crush them to ashes!"
"When I granted you the title of Hundred Households, some people in the army complained that I, the commander, promoted you too much!" Jiang Wan looked at Li Zicheng who was kneeling on the ground: "However, I still insist on promoting you. That's because, I, the commander
I think you are a talented person and a brave and resourceful person, but you let me down today!"
"Li Zicheng escaped from the battlefield and could not escape the death penalty. I just ask you to give Li Zicheng a chance. Before he dies, let Li Zicheng kill the thief's head and wash away today's shame!" Li Zicheng looked ashamed.