Waves of screams penetrated the forest. After a while, six people covered in blood emerged from the forest. They were the vengeful gang members.
The leader is called Shi A, who is originally the son of a court official in Mi County. In the past, his father was a court official and an assistant to the Mi County magistrate. Although he did not have the power of a county magistrate or a county captain, he also supervised the five departments of the township and encouraged farmers in spring and summer.
Sang, the important duty of collecting annual gifts in autumn and winter. In the previous post of Shi'a's father, this position could make millions of money in one year just by collecting sacrificial money, of which 200,000 to 300,000 were given to Uncle Shui of Mishui to marry him.
Just share the rest with Zhu Wu.
Later, Shi'a's father was so honest that he didn't pay any taxes other than regular taxes. But he didn't collect it, which also cut off other people's ways of making money, so he was isolated by his colleagues. Later, Suo Qi became the new secret official.
The county magistrate, who had always been obstructed by Shi'a's father, regarded him as a thorn in his side.
After that, Shi A's father disappeared. When Shi A found his father again, his father's skin and flesh had been separated and he was miserable. Only the copper seal hidden under a stone was left to Shi A. After that, Shi A searched for clues and finally
It was found out that it was Suo Qi who did it.
When Shi A was young, he met a hermit named Wang Yue in Mishan. He learned swordsmanship and became unparalleled. However, no matter how arrogant Shi A was, he still had no confidence that he could assassinate Suo Qi in the face of many soldiers, so he has been forbearing until now, and finally he is able to kill Suo Qi.
Towards a blood feud.
Shi A patted the two heads on his waist and said to the five companions:
"The Han Dynasty has no virtue, so I want to defect to the Taishan Army. The leader of the Taishan Army is a general who rises to the sky, rebels, and punishes rioters. He upholds justice for heaven and punishes criminals. He is my lord. You all are willing to defect to the army with me and gain wealth."
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In order to avenge Shi A, the five people didn't even pick up the horseshoe gold on the ground just now, so how could they not want to do it now? Therefore, the six people paid homage to Shi A's father, and then took Suo Qi's head to find it.
Taishan Army.
When the righteous Shi Aliu arrived at the gate of Mi County, the Taishan Army was attacking the outer area of Mi County. The battalion generals responsible for the attack were the two brothers Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang.
Since the two brothers surrendered to the army in Dongping, they have made many meritorious deeds. Later, the army continued to expand, and the two brothers suddenly became 500-man generals. This time to attack Mi County, Zhang Chong selected these two generals to attack with 1,000 soldiers.
At the moment, the person in charge of the defense at the head of Mi County is the county captain Hou Feng. Although the magistrate of Mi County abandoned the city and fled, Mi County was still able to resist the Taishan army because of Hou Feng's presence.
In the final analysis, the Nami County Magistrate was just a wandering official, while Hou Feng was the real land tiger. He was not just a county captain, he was the successor of the old Situ Houba during the Guangwu period.
After becoming a duke, the Hou family of Mi County was highly respected in Mi County, and half of the land in the county belonged to their family. Now the magistrate of Mi County hung up his seal and ran away with his suitcase. But the entire Hou Feng family is here.
How to run away? Therefore, Hou Feng raised 800 troops from his clan and merged with 500 county soldiers in the city, vowing to coexist with Mi County.
The two battalions of Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang only have about a thousand people in total. Except for a small number of Taishan people, most of the soldiers in the battalions are from Dongping and Yingchuan. To be honest, the combat effectiveness of the two battalions is only about the same among many battalions of the Taishan Army.
They lined up in the middle. Now, there were more guards in the city than they did, and they were united. Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang even led the attack on the city themselves and failed to reach the top of the city.
Just when the battle situation was at a stalemate, righteous Shi Aliu came to Lu Xiang's camp with the head of Suo Qi, the magistrate of Mi County.
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"Is this the head of the Mi County magistrate?"
Lu Xiang asked as he looked at the withered head.
At this time, the six people from Shi A went to Jiuzheng and were welcomed into the tent by Lu Xiang for questioning.
When Lu Xiang asked about this, Shi A lowered his head and said:
"Return to the general, it's the head of that dog thief."
Lu Xiang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked people to find a bamboo pole and send it to the front of the battle to show the stubborn Han soldiers on the tower, so as to kill their majesty.
Shi A gave Lu Xiang such a great gift, so Lu Xiang naturally wanted to reward it. He asked:
"What do you want, I want to reward you six."
Shi A shook his head. He didn't even want gold, so would he care about other rewards? He raised his head with bright eyes:
"General, the six of us want to surrender to the army. The "kill the thieves and welcome peace" campaign that the heroes of Mishan fought before was my handiwork."
"Kill the thieves and usher in peace?"
Lu Xiang recited this slogan and patted his thigh:
"This is good, this is good, you are a talent. As long as you are a talent, our Taishan Army will not reject anyone. In this way, I will give you a piece of cake and recommend you to go to Laoying to become a calligrapher. You are stable and leisurely, so you are a good person."
Errand."
Seeing Shi A shaking his head again, Lu Xiang was happy:
"Okay, you are an ambitious person, and you know how to spend your heroic spirit in the old camp. In this case, I recommend you to work as a field official, where you can do practical things."
Shi A shook his head again and said directly to Lu Xiang:
"General, I feel that I have some strength, and I would like to serve as a soldier under your command."
Lu Xiang was annoyed. Although he admired this boy who avenged his father, he still cursed after hearing these words:
"Boy Wu Zhuang, do you know that you will die on the battlefield, but it is different from your vendetta. There is no reason there, you can only go in with a knife and come back with fire. If you are not good enough, let alone earn merit, you will not be able to earn your life back.
Look at yourself again, you are fair and tender, do you look like a warrior?"
Shi A made no excuse for this, but said rather proudly:
"Please give it a try, General."
Lu Xiang stopped talking and asked a guard next to him to go up and teach this kid a lesson.
This guard wore a helmet and carried armor. He had big shoulders and a round waist. He looked like a warrior in the army. The guard threw a handful of wooden trusses to Shi'a. Shi'a took it, smiled, and signaled the soldiers to attack.
The soldier raised his scabbard and struck with lightning, but suddenly his arm hurt, and the boy had already raised the wooden stick and stabbed him in the arm.
The soldier was annoyed, he cut again, and hit another in the arm. And so on, three times, three hits in the arm. At this time, everyone saw that this man named Shi A actually had exquisite swordsmanship, no wonder he wanted to join the army.
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Lu Xiang was also surprised. His martial arts skills were naturally superb, so he could see the subtlety of Shi'a's swordsmanship better than ordinary people. But now he was a little helpless. He made a few excuses:
"Well, Shi A, you are indeed good at swordsmanship. But the battle depends not on martial skills, but on courage. Thousands of people lined up in a large formation, with spears poking at them, spears poking at them, and knives slashing at them.
Kill him indiscriminately, and just rush in together. Even if you have great martial arts, you can't show it twice. But one man, Jia Yong, can kill ten people. So, if you are good at martial arts, you must be brave enough!"
In fact, Lu Xiang has become a bit confused here. In fact, he is also coveted for Shi'a's good martial arts. Now that he is in his hands and wants to be his soldier, he would be happy to death. But isn't he being held here? Subconsciously
We have to argue about right and wrong.
But after hearing this, Shi A made it clear.
This confused Lu Xiang. I didn't even understand what you understood.
Then I saw Shi A suddenly pull out a guard's ring-headed sword, and then handed it to the armored soldier who was using the scabbard just now, indicating that he would use it to compete again.
The armored soldier said doubtfully:
"Are you sure you want to use a real knife?"
Shi A shook his head, threw the wooden stile away, and said calmly:
"No, I want to grab the sword with my bare hands."
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The sun was three high, and the August sun shone on the city making people drowsy.
Wei Houfeng of Mi County stood on the top of the city, looking at the military tents under the city with a sad face. He whispered to the military officials beside him:
"Have the people who want reinforcements from Xiangjing County and Xingyang set out?"
The military officer nodded and said that he was lowering the city and had already gone north.
But the military officer still said:
"County Lieutenant, the Taishan bandits under the city are only at the front, and there is a large force at the back. How can we defend against them when the time comes?"
Hou Feng had nothing to say, but his frown deepened.
At this moment, a horseman came from the enemy camp, holding a bamboo pole with a human head hanging on it. His face could not be seen clearly, but the enemy horseman was holding the bamboo pole and galloping under the city shouting:
"The thief is asked to beheaded, but he still refuses to open the door and surrender."
After shouting several times, the Han soldiers on the gate tower heard it clearly.
Although most of the people in the city were members of the Hou Feng family, there was still a lot of discussion when they suddenly heard that the Mi County magistrate was dead.
Hou Feng heard a few of the following words. Either they abandoned the city and fled, or they were killed by thieves. In short, no one was angry. In order not to spread panic, Hou Feng straightened up and said to the soldiers:
"The magistrate of Mi County died for his country. In order to prevent us Mi County people from being attacked by swords, he told me that he would keep the enemy outside the county borders, so he resolutely led his troops out of the city and stationed themselves at Wuzhisiling, five miles away. But.
The moth thieves were hateful, and they pounced on our army with a large number of people, and the county prince was outnumbered and captured at the end of his strength. However, the county prince was unwilling to be humiliated and took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to kill the three thieves with his own sword. In the end, he jumped off the cliff and died heroically for his country."
The people present were filled with excitement when they heard this. They really didn’t expect that their own county monarch could be so heroic. They would not doubt why the Mi County magistrate would go five miles away to stop the enemy, nor would they doubt that the Mi County soldiers were all here.
Where did you get the soldiers to snipe the enemy? I don't even wonder why the county captain in the city seemed to have witnessed the scene where the county king died heroically.
In short, with the support of a few backbones, a few more rumors were spread:
"The yellow turban thief will rob your house, rob your fields, and also rob your wife and your money."
Although many Han soldiers muttered a few words:
"I have no land, no money, no house, and no wife. Why are they robbing me?"
But he was immediately reprimanded by the corps commander and other low-level military officials:
"You don't have it, but the county captain does. If you don't take up swords and guns to defend the Hou family, who will you borrow money from when you pay taxes later?"
The Han soldiers who were reprimanded immediately realized, yes, the commander was right.
So he picked up Chang Ge again and looked at the thieves wearing yellow turbans below with hatred. They were the ones who wanted to make it impossible for him to borrow money!
Seeing that his morale had recovered a lot, Hou Feng finally said a few words of relief. He looked at Jingxian in the north and Yuanling in the east with longing.
Where are your reinforcements?
What Hou Feng didn't know was that the reinforcements from the second county had already set off. But at this moment, the last one still alive had just been killed by the Yellow Turban bandits.
It turned out that when Zhang Chong sent the Lu brothers to encircle Mi County, he had already made preparations to encircle the point and provide reinforcements. The most important thing was to mobilize the troops from Jing County in the north.
Geographically, Mi County is already at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain, and Jingxian County to the north is right at the mountain crossing where Songshan Mountain enters the Hewai Plain beyond Xingyang. In other words, if the Taishan Army wants to advance into Xingyang as quickly as possible,
The fastest way is to take the mountain road between Mi and Jing.
But for a normal attack on Jingxian County, not to mention the rugged mountain roads, we couldn't send many troops. So we had to pretend to attack Mixian County, mobilize Jingxian County in the north to come out, and then stage an ambush.
Generally speaking, the tactic of encircling a point for reinforcements is most effective when used for the first time. The enemy did not realize that the rebel army's tactical level was so high, so it was easy to fall into the trap. The Taishan Army has not used any tactics since entering Henan County.
The tactics were beyond the level of the rebel army, so it was convenient for Jingxian County to send troops without much thought.
Then He Yi led 2,000 of his own troops to ambush and kill the 800 reinforcements from Jingxian County in the mountain road.
He Yi volunteered for this mission. He saw that none of his subordinates, the Runan Yellow Turbans, had made any achievements on their way north. He was worried that he would not be able to gain a foothold in the army later, so he took the ambush mission.
Zhang Chong thought for a while and agreed. After all, this task was indeed not that difficult. Since He Yi was uneasy, he should reassure him.
After He Yi cleaned up the battlefield, he threw the corpses of the Han soldiers into the mountain col, then put on the armor and uniforms of the Han soldiers, and headed towards Jingxian County in the north, obviously to gain access to Jingxian County.
But unfortunately, as soon as they shouted from below that they were defeated, defeated, and wanted to open the city gate from above, there was a hail of arrows from above.
Not surprisingly, He Yi apparently ignored that all his subordinates were from Runan, so how could his Runan accent fool the Jingxian people above him.
He Yi was angry, and since his tactics failed, he resorted to force, so he ordered people to build a ladder and led his troops to attack Jingxian County.
Unfortunately, most of the soldiers in Jingxian County were thrown out, and there were not even enough people standing on the city walls. How could they withstand the bravery of the Runan Yellow Turbans. In less than an hour, the city of Jingxian County was destroyed.
He Yi originally wanted to learn from Zhang Chong's example, enter the city, secure the people, and be a king's division. However, the military leaders under He Yi have been severely restrained since joining the Taishan Army Camp. After entering the city, they finally started to indulge.
, broke down the walls, burned, killed and looted.
He Yi looked at the villains under his command with a headache and cursed loudly. He was about to order a few of them to be killed and to clean up the military discipline. The young handsome man next to him, Uncle He, advised:
"Niece, let the sons and daughters play tricks. You want them to work hard, don't you feed them first?"
Uncle He was He Yi's uncle. After his elder said this, he couldn't say much, so he only said harshly:
"Just give it two hours, and seal the sword after two hours."
But the original intention of He Yi's order was to only give him two hours. But this order was undoubtedly a tacit approval of the burning, killing and looting. The Runan Yellow Turbans who were still outside the city, upon hearing this military order, hurriedly swarmed into the city without further delay.
, join the looting army.
Time is tight and the task is heavy, can you be more flexible?
Senior military officers such as He Yi and Uncle He did not join. Anyway, they have their share anyway, so why bother fighting with the people below.
At this time, He Yi suddenly turned around and said to Uncle He:
"Uncle, I have thought about it, we are going to make a big deal."
"What?"
"We won't go back, we will attack Xingyang directly."
"Deadly!"
"Yes, it means Han Ting's life."
"Shit, Xie is going to kill Uncle Xie."
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Uncle He and all the military officers tried to persuade He Yi, but He Yi was unmoved and determined to attack Xingyang. He wanted to win the biggest spoils of the battle at the end.
But once He Yi, the commander-in-chief, made up his mind, the soldiers had no choice but to accept it no matter how unwilling they were. So, two hours later, without any further delay, He Yi rushed to Xingyang forty miles away with two thousand sharp soldiers.
Only Uncle He was worried and sent three more messengers to report the matter to Zhang Chong's main army in Yuanling.
It was a smooth journey to the north, but troubles arose again.