The mist in the mountains still shrouded the camp at the foot of the mountain, and the entire camp was still sleeping, and there was silence.
But as the leader of the thieves, Gongsun Qi was still lying in the tent, tossing and turning, and didn't sleep all night.
Gongsun Qi regretted what he did during the day.
Ten days ago, Kui from more than a dozen nearby mountain huts went up to Wangqin Peak. They cried to him that General Shi from Wangzhou Ridge was really overbearing.
Since they entered the mountain, they either attacked the mountain and built strongholds, or relied on some corn to absorb their shed people. In the long run, they would not have any authority, so they unanimously asked Gongsun Qi to come out of the mountain to make the decision for them.
Gongsun Qi looked at these people and snorted in his heart:
"It's a joke, you guys, my father's old troops, were all in the mountains when I was in the most critical situation and didn't listen to the propaganda. Now that I've encountered serious trouble, you know how to come to me to ask for help."
Thinking that he was going to send people away, Wu Guan, an old man standing by the side, guessed what Kui was thinking. He stroked his back and whispered to Gongsun Qi:
"Kui, this is an opportunity to gather these dissatisfied old troops into our hands again."
Wu Guan has seniority. He was the counselor of the former Taishan bandit chief Gong Sunju.
After Gongsun Ju's army was defeated, he and a group of soldiers protected the young Gongsun Qi back to the mountain. It can be said that Wu Guan was the most prestigious person in the village.
Gongsun Qi also respected this false father. Upon hearing Wu Guan's suggestion, Gongsun Qi immediately stepped forward to help the Shanliao leaders, patted his chest and told everyone that he had made up his mind about General Shi.
When Gongsun Qi led his village and seventeen Shanliao chieftains and led three thousand thieves to surround Wangzhou Peak, he was in high spirits.
He looked at the mountains full of soldiers, full of heroism.
Let's take this General Shi as the first achievement of my Gongsun Qi's coming out to show off his power!
Then he asked the leader of the 17-family Shanliao to lead his troops to ascend first, and promised General Shishi to build a stronghold. If any of the strongholds were captured, he would not pay a penny, and he would divide them among the 17 families.
Upon hearing this promise, the leader of the Seventeen Mountain Lodge rushed up the mountain with a howl of a pig. It went smoothly at first, except for one repair on the mountainside, and then rushed all the way to the top of the mountain.
But then came the nightmare. General Shi's stronghold on the mountain was surrounded by deep trenches and rolling logs and falling rocks.
Seventeen Shanliao chiefs suffered heavy casualties, including three dead men.
When Gongsun Qi announced that Wu Kui's three bandits would be merged into his command, the internal conflict among the bandits broke out instantly.
The chiefs of the remaining fourteen Shanliao families accused Gongsun Qi of playing well.
The purpose of driving them to attack strong strongholds was to annex them.
Then the fourteen Shanliao leaders were about to go down the mountain, but they were blocked by Gongsun Qi at the bottom of the mountain. They had no choice but to set up camp on the mountainside to resist Gongsun Qi at the bottom.
Now Gongsun Qi was at a loss of ground.
Even though he has one thousand and fifty soldiers, he is the largest force in the family, but these Shanliao leaders are not weak either. They each have soldiers, the most are one to two hundred, and the few are fifty or sixty.
Moreover, in addition to knowing the number of core troops, these bandits also don't know how many peripheral servants they actually have.
These servants are all mountain people. They serve as soldiers in good times and in chaos as they go against the times. They will attach themselves to whichever family has an advantage. Therefore, Gongsun Qi does not know how many people there are in the fourteen families on the mountainside.
In this way, the night fell with the three factions at the top of the mountain, on the mountainside, and at the foot of the mountain fighting each other.
Gongsun Qi reflected on what he had done during the day, and felt that since the false father was not here, no one mentioned anything, so things were done too hastily.
Wu Guan was old, so Gongsun Qi didn't take him with him when he went down the mountain this time. Without him, he himself would be at a loss.
However, Gongsun Qi comforted himself that even though the young eagle stumbled when leaving the nest, it eventually flew thousands of miles into the sky. Moreover, he felt that he had a chance to win.
Now, the Shanliao people on the mountainside and General Shi's troops on the top of the mountain have been surrounded. He only needs to guard the foot of the mountain. When they run out of water and grain, won't they still be trapped and die on Wangzhou Peak?
Qin united with Zhou and established the world. Now I look at the peak of Qin and he looks at the peak of Zhou. Isn't this not in compliance with the destiny of heaven?
Look around, look around, is this the place where my Gongsun family’s great business started?
Thinking of this, Gongsun Qi could not sleep anymore. He decided that when the battle was over, he would change his name to Gongsun Zhou.
At this moment, a burst of noise came, which was barely audible at first, but soon the whole camp was boiling.
Gongsun Qi felt nervous and immediately put on his clothes.
At this time, the retinue outside the tent also crowded in. They were talking all over the place. Some here said they had robbed the camp, and some there said they had been killed by the Shanliao on the mountainside.
Gongsun Qi cursed, and then these followers calmly began to put armor on Gongsun Qi.
What Gongsun Qi wanted to wear was a Han family basin-collared armor. As soon as several of his followers put it on him, Gongsun Qi pushed everyone away and left the tent.
As soon as he came out of the tent, Gongsun was sweating.
Looking over, the entire camp was in chaos. There were shouts of killing everywhere, and we had no idea where the enemy was coming from.
Gongsun Qi calmed down and listened carefully. The loudest shouts of killing came from the south. Here, he felt at ease.
Just because those who guarded the south for him were his followers.
Yu Jin was the son of his father's retinue, and he had been with him since childhood. He believed in Yu Jin just as he believed in his own brothers. Then he looked at the chaotic area, and he was so angry that there were no three corpses left.
It was Chang Xi, a dog-slave rebel, who, instead of supporting Yu Jin, began to snatch away the three Shanliao people who had just been captured yesterday.
Gongsun Qi roared:
"Chang Xi, you bitch slave! You dare to mess with my camp! Come and support Yu Jin quickly. Otherwise, I will skin you."
In fact, as soon as Gongsun Qi and others came out, Chang Xi and others began to gather in the robber brothers.
Chang Xi was Gongsun Qi's companion. Although he was greedy and violent, he was most afraid of this leader.
So when he was robbing the Shanliao people, he kept staring at Gongsun Qi's big tent. When he saw a man wearing a basin collar and armor coming out of the tent, he knew it was Gongsun Qi and immediately gathered the brothers.
When Gongsun Qihou came over there, Chang Xi shook his head and immediately rushed to the south with his brothers.
Chang Xi shouted while rushing:
"Wen Ze, I am here."
Anyway, it doesn’t matter whether Yu Jin can hear it or not, as long as Gongsun Qi can hear it.
Here, Yu Jin was struggling to hold on. After killing another soldier, he ordered a companion next to him and said urgently:
"Go, hurry up and call Kui for reinforcements. If you come later, he will have to collect the bodies of our brothers."
It was no wonder that he was anxious. Today, when the morning light showed, a group of strong soldiers rushed into his tent. Then they killed everyone they saw and burned the tents they saw.
Yu Jin originally had four hundred core thieves, but in a hurry, he only gathered a hundred soldiers and barely formed a front.
Then he was shot down by a hail of arrows from the opposite side. Before it was over, a group of euphorbia warriors carrying halberds attacked his line.
Yu Jin's men are all scattered soldiers who are barely united, each with different strengths and weaknesses. How can they withstand this kind of attack, the front line will collapse immediately.
Yu Jin stayed behind the formation and continued to kill the defeated soldiers before he could withstand the defeat of his men. Then he formed his own platoon and stood at the head.
For a moment, Yu Jin was covered in blood and was dragged back to the formation by his companions. He looked at the twenty or thirty brothers around him and felt sad: