Chapter 336 Hanging people to punish crimes, just at this moment
Retreating troops at the sound of gold is actually not easy to do. That kind of rubbish army would not dare to do this on the battlefield, because it is likely to cause the whole army to rush back and lead to a rout.
And it doesn't mean that you can withdraw your troops if you want, you still need the enemy's consent.
For example, now that Zhang Zhaoming has won the gold, He Chuan doesn't know how to do it. His fan soldiers have just finished wearing armor and are waiting for work. The battle has not yet started. How can he let the Guiyi army get out of the battle?
Before the formation, the soldiers of the Guiyi Army reacted very quickly when they heard the gold ring. The officers knocked the gold iron on their chests and retreated with the soldiers around them.
With each strike, he took a step back, still beating the opponent with the spear in his hand while retreating. At the same time, the archer behind who had not been in contact with the enemy replaced his arrows with heavy arrows, and fired waves into the distance, blocking the enemy's continuous advance.
The enemy who was hit by heavy arrows had two options. One was to continue charging forward and stick the two armies together, or the other was to take out their bows and arrows and fight back. The rebel army chose the second option.
As for why you don't pounce on me, are you kidding me? The other side has already withdrawn its troops, and today's battle is over!
I risked my life and beat him until I got off work. How much money would you give me? Do you want me to continue to fight for my life?
This is the difference between a strong army and a weak army. If there is also a rebel army on the opposite side, they will definitely rush forward and continue fighting, and the two sides will never be able to break contact.
But they were rebels who wanted to rebel and rob women of property, so they had no intention of attacking.
These rebels chose to break away, and the well-armored tooth soldiers were blocked by them. By the time they reached the front of the formation, the rebel army had retreated about thirty steps.
Several brave officers pushed aside their retreating comrades and rushed over with hundreds of tooth soldiers.
As a result, after running only a dozen steps, a heart-wrenching whine came out. The cyclone cannon that had just rested for a while threw a wave of rocks at them, and more than a dozen people were knocked over in an instant.
The brave rebel general received at least three stones and was almost beaten into a pile of flesh.
He Chuan, who was in the command position, felt as if he had packed up a punch and hit cotton. The feeling of suffocation that he couldn't vent made him extremely uncomfortable, and the even more uncomfortable place was still to the west.
After the infantry retreated, the battle near Mapaoquan Village became more intense.
After Bai Congxin arrived with 2,000 cavalry, Sun Xiaoguo's tribe, which had been unable to support itself, became more and more dangerous. More than 4,000 rebel cavalry chased more than 800 rebel cavalry.
The two sides were entangled outside Ma Paoquan Village, along the Wei River, like two giant snakes entwined with each other.
The pursuit array was getting longer and longer. At this moment, the Hexi people's characteristics of being good at mounted combat were fully brought into play.
Bai Congxin, Hu Guang, the Basimi knights and Nestorian knights led by Ashinasili, and Dadan Yueqi.
The cavalry led by Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui were mainly Han people from the Guiyi Army.
Zhe Bu Jia Shi and Du Lun Chixin led the six knights, mainly six warriors, who were all extremely elite cavalry.
Sun Xiaoguo's face was covered with blood. He had just been hit by an arrow from a young man in white robes. The arrow was extremely powerful. Fortunately, it didn't hit the target. Otherwise, just the impact of the arrow would have broken his neck.
His only way to survive now is to run into the big formation. There are only a few hundred steps left now, so there's still time!
"Quick! The crossbowmen are out! Each battalion is searching for people who can ride and shoot. All troops are sent out. We must bring them back to Sun Zhen!"
He Chuan was anxious. If Sun Xiaoguo disappeared, it would not be a matter of victory or defeat, but a matter of total annihilation.
This place is more than ten miles away from Xiweiqiao and Xingping County. No matter where we retreat, we need a certain amount of cavalry cover.
But as soon as the crossbowmen of the rebel army's main formation were dispatched, the camels' cries of oh oh oh rang out, and the cyclone cannons of the rebel army also began to be dispatched.
So these crossbowmen began to sharpen their skills as foreign workers no matter how much the officers urged them. As for the two or three hundred cavalry left in the rebel army's main formation, just go and go, it won't help anyway.
"Hahaha! The thief will be mine!"
Just when Sun Xiaoguo thought he was about to escape, he might as well hear a proud laugh from his left ear. It was the young man in white robe who shot him in the chest.
"You came to rob again, I was the one who caught up first!"
An angry roar came from his right ear, and then Sun Xiaoguo was hit hard on the back of his head.
Suddenly he looked to the right and saw a young general who had just withdrawn his spear and reached out to catch him. It seemed that he had been hit in the back of the head by the young general's spear just now.
"Li Dalang, you are making no sense. I obviously shot him first, otherwise you could catch up?"
Murong Nobunaga glared at Li Cunhui, grabbed Sun Xiaoguo's left hand, and was about to take Sun Xiaoguo over.
"Whoever shoots it belongs to whom? It's a joke, if he hadn't rushed over first and hit him with a spear, how could he have been captured?"
Li Cunhui was also angry. Murong Nobunaga had always relied on being Zhang Sikong's eldest son and benefited from everything, but now he came to steal the credit again.
'Huh! I will ask my father to marry my beautiful aunt to Zhang Sikong later, and I will be my adopted father!' Li Cunhui thought with a blush.
The two of them each grabbed one of Sun Xiaoguo's arms and refused to give in to each other. Unfortunately, General Sun Zhenguo was also considered a strong general. At this moment, he was dizzy and unable to resist, and was actually being snatched away like an object by the young general in his twenties.
At this time, Hu Guang and Du Lunchixin also arrived. The two looked at each other and were overjoyed at the same time. They both saw what the other was thinking, so they quickly retracted their swords and drew their sabers.
"Ah! My hand!" Sun Xiaoguo, who was dazed, let out a shrill scream, and felt heartbreaking pain in his arms.
It turned out that both of his hands were chopped off by Hu Guang and Du Lun Chixin.
After screaming, before Sun Xiaoguo fell down, Hu Guangyuan stretched out his arm and grabbed Sun Xiaoguo's bloody waist. He stretched out his hand and caught Sun Xiaoguo in his hand. He didn't care about the blood on his face and howled excitedly.
"Haha! It's only fitting that I, Hu Guang, can capture the general like this!"
"Thief slave! I have a share too!"
Du Runchi became anxious. He grabbed Sun Xiaoguo's head tightly with his hands like claws, and even dug Sun Xiaoguo's nostrils with his two fingers, trying hard to pull the broken-arm body towards him.
So, the two of them argued and cursed angrily and headed towards Zhang Zhao to find Zhang Sikong to comment on the ceremony.
Murong Nobunaga was stunned for a moment, almost not realizing that he had been cut off!
Looking at the severed arm in his hand, Master Murong Nobunaga lost his temper and threw his arm to the ground.
"It's all your fault! Huh! I'll go find an adult to judge the ceremony!"
"Just go, no one is afraid of you! My cousin may not be cheating!"
Li Cunhui also threw Sun Xiaoguo's right hand to the ground, then rode his horse and chased Murong Nobunaga.
At this time, looking at the two arms thrown on the ground, Wen Chongle and Yue Saonu looked at each other, picked up the arms with a smile, and went to claim credit from Zhang Zhao.
Almost all of the eight hundred cavalry were wiped out. Sun Xiaoguo's armless body was scrambled by two people and ran past the eyes of thousands of rebels.
Sun Xiaoguo's hair was disheveled, his wails were loud, and blood spurted out from his two broken arms, spreading all over the muddy ground. After a while, five or six rebel cavalry generals left Juechen, cursing noisily. .
He Chuan's eyes were filled with anger, as if he had seen his own end. The other soldiers in the rebel army also looked pale, as if they had been struck by lightning, and their morale was extremely low.
....
Zhang Zhao looked at these six guys dumbfounded, especially Wen Chongle and Yue Saonu who had picked up the leak, with shy faces and a mighty look.
Murong Nobunaga's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare to say anything nonsense when he got to Zhang Zhao's side after shouting just now, and Li Cunhui was also relatively quiet.
There were only two people, Hu Guang and Du Lun Chixin, one holding Sun Xiaoguo's head and the other holding Sun Xiaoguo's waist, refusing to give in to each other.
What's even more amazing is that Sun Xiaoguo is not dead, but is cursing and moaning with the sound of blood dripping.
Zhang Zhao thought for a while and said, "Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui were able to kill the generals. They won the upper formation for the lower formation. The honorary policy was transferred to the third level. Hu Guang. Du Lun Chixin was the lower formation to win the upper level. The honorary policy was the second level."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhao glanced at Wen Chongle and Yue Saonu, who were looking at him eagerly.
"Wen Chongle, Yue Saonu won the victory for the sake of the next battle, and the policy of honor has changed!"
The Guiyi Army still implements the Tang Dynasty's military merit and title system. After twelve ranks of military merit, one can obtain the equivalent of a seventh-rank military cavalry officer in one rank.
Everyone was immediately happy, and Zhang Zhao's second most important task, He Ni, was completed.
"Tie this thief behind the horse and circle the enemy three times to scare the enemy!" Zhang Zhao then pointed at Sun Xiaoguo in disgust and said.
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Lady Han Qi was making a decoction to relieve the heat, but she couldn't help but look at the enemy formation on the opposite side.
These days, she has been asking familiar military generals to find her husband. The bad news is that he has not been found, and the good news is that he has not been found either. At least it proves that there is a high probability that he is still alive.
"Special envoy, we don't have enough firewood!" A slightly colorful woman came to Lady Han Qi and said.
This woman was rescued by the army at the foot of Qianzhou. Since she had nowhere to go, she joined the army as an ambulance attendant to take care of the wounded and make soup.
Every time she saw this woman, Lady Han Qi admired Zhang Zhao even more. It was rare in ancient times that such a colorful woman could not be harmed in the army and was even rarely harassed.
"Why is there not enough firewood? Didn't there be a lot of firewood just now?" Lady Han Qi calmed down and asked a little strangely.
"They were all moved away by the cooks. When we were about to feed them, the army was fighting for a long time, and we haven't eaten yet!" The woman said softly, and suddenly she let out a sigh and stood up.
Lady Han Qi also looked in the direction the woman was looking, and the people around her also stood up.
Several generals responsible for the security here shouted loudly and began to prepare for formation, but they quickly put down their swords.
Because what came from afar was not an army, but farmers all over the mountains and plains, among whom some rebel cavalry were leading the way. These people were rolling in from a distance with their kettles in their hands and carrying food on their backs.
When Zhang Zhao received the information and arrived, there were no less than three to four thousand people gathered in his rear camp.
Few of these people were fully clothed. Although they were not good-looking, they all seemed to have suffered some disasters. Many of them wore filial piety, and it was obvious that a relative at home had died due to the military disaster.
"The elders from Xingping and Xianyang counties have come to express condolences to the Heavenly Soldiers and ask them to avenge us!"
"Officials! The thieves killed my father and brother and kidnapped my sister. Please, officers, kill those thieves!"
"Who is Zhang Sikong? A man who is proficient in writing and is willing to join the army as a secretary. All he wants is to kill thieves!"
Seeing Zhang Zhao coming, the people from Xingping and Xianyang counties knelt down and cried loudly.
They held dustpans filled with bread and pottery urns filled with syrup. The richer ones held a small basket of eggs or two chickens.
The boy who cried out that the bandit soldiers had killed his father and brother had only a pair of tattered trousers left on his body, but he was also holding two small fish skewered with willow branches in his hand.
Zhang Zhao quickly got off his horse, helped the old men at the front up, and then extended his hands behind them to support them.
"Everyone, please get up! A certain Zhang Erlang is also from Chang'an. The tomb of his great-grandfather Zhang Taibao in Hexi is in Xianyang!"
As he spoke, Zhang Zhao sighed a few times with great self-reproach, "I just regret that I came too late and failed to protect my neighbors. This is my fault. But don't worry, my fellow villagers, I will return to my righteous son."
We must make the rebel army pay with blood!"
Zhang Zhao said that he was from Chang'an and had nothing wrong with him. After Zhang Yichao entered the court, he lived in peace in Chang'an.
A hundred years later, he did not choose to return to Dunhuang for burial or go to his hometown in Nanyang, but was buried directly in Xianyang. He can indeed be considered half a Chang'an native.
When the village elders who came heard what Zhang Zhao said, they burst into tears. The villagers burst into tears when they saw the fellow villagers. This will be the case for future generations, not to mention that in this era, the township party is the strongest relationship.
"I still have to take care of the village elders from Guanzhong. We should have gathered together what we need for the army, but unfortunately the thieves are crossing the border, so we really can't bring out much. I hope Sikong will accept some coarse cakes and water!"
As he spoke, the village elder closest to Zhang Zhao suddenly covered his face with his hands, "How embarrassing!"
After the village elder finished speaking, thousands of villagers raised their food on the hillside, shouting one after another asking Sikong to take it.
They were able to work here not only because Zhang Zhao had a close relationship with Chang'an, but also because some time ago, when the Guiyi army attacked the rebel grain collection team, they rescued thousands of local men and women and returned thousands of stones.
Food and some belongings.
The behavior of the Guiyi Army was infinitely better than that of the rebel army. This was why the villagers felt that the Guiyi Army could be trusted and relied upon, so they chose to join the army.
Mrs. Han Qi's eyes were shining brightly. She looked at the countless villagers with the same status as her on the hillside, and the words "eating a pot of pulp to welcome Master Wang" were naturally revealed in her heart.
Yan Jin, Bai Congxin, Murong Nobunaga and others all followed behind Zhang Zhao, their faces exuding pride that was naturally revealed from the inside out.
The surrounding Guiyi soldiers, even the recruited party members, all looked proud.
Due to emotions and reasons, Zhang Zhao should accept these coarse cakes and syrup, but he really couldn't.
The two counties of Xingping and Xianyang were plundered and plundered by the rebels. Many people were destitute and probably had nothing left except a few coarse cakes in their hands.
But if he refuses to accept it, he will undoubtedly hurt the hearts of these people and think that Zhang Zhao looks down on them.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Zhao stepped forward again and said, "Dear fellow villagers, there is no shortage of military rations here. However, we are short of firewood for cooking and some medicines. There are few people to take care of the wounded, so there is no need for food.
Already.
I would like to thank all the village elders to collect some dry firewood, and the big households in the village can also donate corresponding medicines.
Several hundred men were injured in this battle. If any of my neighbors have spare beds in their homes and can help me take the wounded back and take care of them, I would be very grateful."
"Sikong Renyi!" The village elder in front of Zhang Zhao knelt down to him again.
"Please rest assured, Sikong. Firewood and medicine will be sent immediately. Several hundred injured people will be taken care of immediately."
"I have one more thing. After the war, there must be a large number of corpses of rebel soldiers left here, which will inevitably cause epidemics. I would also like to ask the elders to arrange for people to clean them up and burn them together.
It’s unlikely that some fish will slip through the net. Please gather some capable people and set up checkpoints everywhere to intercept them, so that no one can escape!”
"Don't you dare disobey me!" Hundreds of people agreed in unison. People in the distance were still kowtowing to Zhang Zhao and shouting Sikong Renyi.
After a little comfort to these village elders, Zhang Zhao pulled Guo Tiance and ordered: "Carefully calculate the needs of the army. If there is more, set aside a few hundred stones of corn. For those who are poorer who come to collect firewood, set aside a meal.
Give me some."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhao looked at Lady Han Qi again and said, "Mrs. Han, please prepare the decoction to relieve the heat quickly. Don't let a certain warrior suffer from heat syndrome!"
"Sikong Anxin, my Han family's secret recipe can definitely relieve the heat of the army. I have to cook it even if I don't sleep!"
Zhang Zhao pursed his lips in a strange way, wondering why Lady Han Qi was so excited.
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After dinner, night came, and Zhang Zhao's sexy moves continued.
He first had people wash away the blood stains of livestock and people in the upper reaches of the river where the rebels were entrenched, and then he kept throwing the corpses of the rebels down the river, making the rebels have to wait for an hour or two just to get water.
Then in the middle of the night, Zhang Zhao asked people to plant fire mines not far away, and detonated one at a time. The Guiyi army was used to the explosions, knew what was going on, and fell asleep again after waking up. However, the rebels were often awakened by the explosions.
It's going to be messy for a long time.
In the second half of the night, he sent a small number of light cavalry armed with pear blossom guns, constantly galloping around the rebels. They continued to harass the rebels with the sound of horse hooves and the spray of gunpowder from the pear blossom guns, and the rebels barely had any peace for a few moments.
And on this chaotic night, an unexpected guest came to Zhang Zhao's tent. Zhang Zhao looked at this strong man with a big black mole on his chin and smiled contemptuously.
"Go back and tell you, Commander Wu, not to make such unrealistic thoughts. I don't need his help. Gui Yi's subordinate is so brave that he can kill that thief He Chuan.
But if he wants to save his life and save those thousands of men and women for someone else, you have committed serious sins, but if you can save these thousands of people, you may be forgiven!"
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The next morning, Chen hour (seven o'clock) had not yet arrived. The rebel army had just slept for an hour or two after a hard night's sleep. The various ministries were still supervising the captured Minzhuang and the cooks to prepare meals. Everything was ready for the rebel army.
Thousands of common people voluntarily helped to prepare their meals, so Zhang Zhao didn't need to worry about them at all. They had been cooked long ago.
At a quarter of the hour, before the rebels were ready, the Guiyi army set up a formation. A total of more than 8,000 troops were arranged with cavalry on the two wings, infantry in the middle, and elite troops in the middle, and slowly pressed towards the opposite side.
This time is the real decisive battle, because Zhang Zhao's personal bodyguards from Shandu are in the middle of the formation.
Man Xiong, Dunzhu, Wang Tongtong, Fanshun, Qiongre Duojin and other warriors are also there. The shining Mo Dao in their hands is the most eye-catching.
In the rebellious army, He Chuan, who had been thinking hard all night and couldn't figure out how to escape, could only cheer up and let the soldiers who had not had time to eat the morning meal eat a few pancakes before quickly forming their formation.
He also sent people there last night to pray for Zhang Zhao's life, but they went three times in a row and none of them came back.
"Bring that thief General Sun Xiaoguo over here!" Zhang Zhao shouted.
Sun Xiaoguo's vitality is really strong. His arms were chopped off and dragged three times, but the bleeding was simply stopped. Until now, his chest is still heaving a little.
Impressive!
Zhang Zhao drew out the horizontal sword he brought from later generations, and with a wave of his hand, he killed Sun Xiaoguo, who was being held by two soldiers, with a single blow.
The black head suddenly flew into the air, but there were not a few drops of blood spurting out from the neck, which was a bit unsightly.
Zhang Zhao held a horizontal knife in his right hand, touched a handful of blood on Sun Xiaoguo's body with his left hand, and then wiped it on his face. Three blood-red fingerprints appeared between Zhang Zhao's eyes and nostrils.
Then he raised his sword high, and the surrounding officers and guards drew their sabers. The flag bearers held high numerous flags, and the soldiers shook their weapons, cheering for a while.
"I was ordered to punish the thieves and punish the people for their crimes. When the army arrives, the punishment will be meted out. I and you will fight side by side to defeat the thieves! Beat the drums! March on!"
"Dongdongdongdong!" All the war drums of the Guiyi Army are beating. There is no need to command at this moment. They just go all out to kill the rebels.
Amidst the sound of war drums, thousands of rebel soldiers followed the drumbeats, almost stepping out in step with thousands of people. Everyone beat their chests with their right hands at the same time and shouted in unison.
"Kill the thief!"
"Kill the thief!"
"Kill the thief!"
Opposite them, whether they were ordinary rebel soldiers or the core fang soldiers, from the smallest soldiers to He Chuan, who claimed to be the military envoy at the top, everyone's face was pale, as if they had seen ghosts.
At this time, chaotic shouts came from the rear of the rebel army, and the men and women who had been robbed all ran away for some reason.
But no one pays attention to this little thing, because the war is about to break out!
"Speed up the pace! Three defeats before the enemy! Kill the motherfucker!" The Guiyi Army's drum beat became more intense. From the battalion commander to the fire chief, everyone was shouting such military orders.
In an instant! Arrows rained from the sky like flying snow!
The soldiers of the rebel army fell in large numbers, and the rebel army also fell in large numbers.
But the gap where the rebel soldiers fell was immediately filled by people. The gap where the rebel soldiers fell became even bigger after a period of panic.
The second wave of arrow rain, and the third wave of arrow rain, followed one after another, making the rebel army even more chaotic.
With roars one after another, the rebel army also formed a relatively orderly formation, and everyone was in armor. These were the tooth soldiers of the Zhangyi Army and the Jingnan Army in the rebel army. They were the ones who caused this chaos.
The soldiers who returned to the rebel army are the ones we want to kill!
Barbarian Bear, Dunzhu, Wang Tongtong and others were breathing rapidly, as if they had seen the most worthy prey.
"Kill the fuck!" Someone shouted, and more than 10,000 people from both sides suddenly bumped into each other, and they all chose the most brutal way to kill them.
But Zhang Zhao was even more radical. They even avoided stabbing each other with spears. The first to come out were the Tiaodang soldiers of the Guiyi Army, wearing three layers of heavy armor and holding long iron shields. Once inside, big gaps were opened in the rebel army's formation in an instant.
Even the rebel tooth soldiers were stunned by this style of fighting, but what frightened them even more was what was behind.
Zhang Zhao's Shandu turned out to be a Mo Dao army, led by Xiong Hu who was as majestic as a mountain and wore two layers of cotton armor and one ring-locked armor.
For a moment, the light of the sword shone like a thunderbolt, and the enemy's broken limbs and arms were filled with blood and screams, which was so wonderful.
Amidst the explosion of 'Boom! Boom!', relying on the gap created by the Shandumo Sword Army, the pear blossom gun in the hand of the Guiyi Army's spearman sprayed out dazzling fire.
When the enemy with the flames of the Pear Blossom Gun is frightened and dazed, the Pear Blossom Gunman will stab him to death. When the enemy comes to his senses, he sprays gunpowder again, and then stabs him again.
At the same time, Bai Congxin divided the light cavalry into two groups and inserted them into the left and right sides of the rebel army. The rebel army had already lost its cavalry team, and was directly killed by the cavalry running back and forth.
In just two-quarters of an hour, the rebel army was completely defeated on the outside. There were only more than 3,000 tooth soldiers wearing armor and stomach, and they gathered on a small hill to resist stubbornly!
Han Shandu's son Lang fought several times. The opponent knew he was going to die, but his will to fight was still very firm. In addition, there were many crossbows and arrows, and it looked shaky, but he couldn't get in.
Just when He Chuan breathed a sigh of relief in the rebellious army, thinking that the opponent could not get in after two more attacks, so he went out to negotiate terms and surrender, the camel's cry that disgusted him the most appeared again.
Is it unexpected? Is it surprising?
Zhang Zhao laughed twice, I still have a whirlwind cannon.
After only two rounds of fighting, the rebels tried their best to hide on the slopes. Some who were on the verge of collapse wanted to kneel on the ground and surrender, but they were all mercilessly stoned to death.
Well, there were two to three thousand people, and there were not many stones left for the camel tornado cannon. There were only eighty in total. After three volleys were fired, the rebel army was still struggling to hold on.
Zhang Zhao waved his hand again, and Li Ruotai appeared with four hundred armored cavalry. They had never had a chance to go into battle, so this was the moment they were waiting for.
He Chuan screamed in agony, the Hexi Army actually had armored cavalry! This situation is absolutely unstoppable!
Sure enough, Li Ruotai's three hundred armored cavalry were still trotting. The rebel army's tooth soldiers collapsed after being coaxed, and everyone threw off their armor and fled.
He Chuan held up the horizontal knife and was about to wipe his neck.
"That thief general! You belong to Ye Ye!" The big boy in white robes and white horses came galloping from a distance, and Li Cunhui also came from the other direction, and they drew their bows at the same time.
He Chuan, who was about to commit suicide, shot arrows from his left and right arms, and the horizontal knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang!
Further away, halfway up the mountain, more than a dozen riders were observing the battle. Among them, a strong man wearing a black round-neck robe muttered a few words to himself.
"The Hexi Army is a really strong army! I have to go back quickly and report to the Taibao!"
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Seven thousand words in one, but since Tiger is writing and updating now, to be honest, I haven’t thought about the follow-up at all! I wanted to update it today, but I guess it will be difficult to write it out.