Five hundred and seventieth eight chapters gluttonous feast
Hitting the building and drinking fine wine, singing swords and changing the water.
After passing through Prince Yan, I entrusted Bingzhou'er with him.
A young man is full of energy and will work hard.
Because you attack Lu and Goujian, don't deceive each other when fighting for power.
——"Youth Journey" Li Bai
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An hour later, everyone finished their discussion and could not hide their excitement.
Shan Yunheng smashed his fist on the stone table and shouted: "This battle must be fought happily, let Shi Siming and the gang of traitors see how powerful our Heshuo heroes are!"
The leaders of the rebel armies took the order and left, quickly rushing back to their respective camps.
Shan Yunheng scattered all the carrier pigeons and ordered all branches of Husi Village to quickly return to construction and take important actions.
Husi Village originally had more than a thousand people. Except for the main village, which had more than 200 people, there were several branch villages with nearly a thousand people, dotted throughout Qinghe County within a radius of several hundred miles.
At that time, Shan Yunheng spent all his wealth to recruit troops in Husi Village, which soon became famous and heroes from all walks of life gathered here. Especially with the strong support of brothers Yan Zhenqing and Yan Gaoqing, Husi Village quickly became a
A big flag of the Hebei Rebel Army.
Just as the tigers roared in the mountains and forests in Husi Village, Li E said: "Husi Village is next to Fan Yangjun's couch. It should learn the lessons of Wagang Village in the late Sui Dynasty and not become the target of public criticism."
So Li E strongly suggested that Shan Yunheng divide the troops of Husi Village: select a group of strong men who can take charge of their own affairs, grant them the title of leader of the branch village, and let them go to his hometown to develop the team;
Each branch village leader is equipped with a set of village leader's attire as standard: a village owner's canonization letter, a tiger and tiger branch village copper seal, a pair of Mingguang armor, a war horse, a long spear, and a Tang Hengdao.
A set of military crossbows. Paired with a dozen brothers, you can go down the mountain.
With this copper seal of the Husi branch village, the branch village owner can recruit local braves and draw his relatives and friends into the rebel army.
The strongholds were divided into dangerous places, occupying the mountains as kings, and the tigers dominating the mountains and forests.
Separate villages to support yourself, food, clothing, weapons and supplies, etc., you can either fish, hunt and farm by yourself, or rob from the hands of the fake Yan officers and soldiers. If you have the ability, you can enjoy the hot food and drink spicy food. If you don't have the ability, just suffocate on the kang.
There is also a branch village under the branch village. The village warriors of the branch village hide in the village on weekdays, just like the villagers, working together at sunrise and resting at sunset. They farm during busy farming periods and train troops during slack farming periods.
Whenever there is any disturbance, they will connect with each other and report to each other.
When encountering defeated rebels or bandits, the warriors from Zhizhai Township organized themselves together to defend the village with arms. When they learned that the main force of the rebels wanted to bloodbath the village, they led the entire village through tunnels, hid in the mountains and forests, and hid in the branch village.
Since most of the rebels in the branch and branch villages were fellow villagers, they not only had strict military discipline and smooth communication, but also fought fiercely and without regard for their own safety. If someone fell into a tight siege, other villagers would risk their lives to rescue them, and no one would be sacrificed easily.
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Shan Yunheng himself doesn't know exactly how many people there are in Husi Village now. If it's a large number, there should be two to three thousand people.
Two days later, the assembly in Husi Village was completed. Even Shan Yunheng himself was surprised and laughed from ear to ear.
In less than two years, not counting the local warriors in the branch village, Husi Village has grown to seven to eight thousand people. There are about five to six hundred brothers in one branch village.
Shan Yun walked up to a large group of branch village leaders, patted this shoulder, pinched that cheek, and kept chattering, shouting: "You brat, you were peeing on the kang two days ago. Today, my men and horses must hurry up."
This is my master."
Husi branch villages have not fought any major battles in the past two years, but small battles occur almost every day. Today on the mountain road, a Yan army transport team was ambushed; tomorrow night, they will sneak into the prefecture and county and assassinate a fake Yan official, causing the Hebei Province rebels to become popular.
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These large and small battles not only produced a group of young, strong and capable green forest heroes, but also captured a large number of weapons and baggage, including long spears and short spears, crossbows, crossbows, armors, shields, and even large siege bed crossbows.
Small catapults and other weapons for attacking and defending the city.
When mobilizing before the war, Li E said: "If we fight, the whole Hebei Province will be in chaos, and the rebels from Bingzhou, Dingzhou, Bozhou, and Weizhou will reinforce. Our Husi Village must be able to withstand it first, and the rebels from various states will
Only then can you show your talents!"
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Just as Bai Fu and Li E expected, as soon as the Battle of Beiku started, the entire Hebei Province was in chaos.
Husi Village besieged Qinghe Beiku, and people from all walks of life in Qinghe County responded and rushed to join the battle.
The Beikou rebels were attacked. When they saw so many rebels, they quickly called for reinforcements. Rebels from other military camps in Qinghe County were the first to come for reinforcements.
In addition to Husi Village, Qinghe County also has several other rebel armies, as well as some armed separatist landowners. These teams are also quite powerful.
Coupled with the large number of warriors from various villages and towns, the total number of people was tens of thousands.
Although there is no coordination mechanism between the rebels and the powerful landowners in the armed separatist regime, the ability to transmit pigeon messages between the rebels is weak, and the warriors in each village do not even know that Husi Village is going to attack Beiku.
But as long as the rebels come out of the military camp in front of them, they cannot be allowed to run unscrupulously on the vast plains of Hebei Road.
Especially when a small group of rebels come for reinforcements, the opportunity to kill them must not be missed.
As a result, the rebels from all walks of life gathered in the mountains and forests of Hebei Province, the local tyrants who used strong castles to separate themselves, and the local braves from large and small villages were all involved. Hebei Province was really in chaos.
The Qingyang defenders sent hundreds of cavalry to Beiku for reinforcements. They stopped just after walking for more than ten miles. When the commander dismounted, he saw that the horses had been given laxatives at some point. They all had diarrhea and their legs and feet were weak.
No longer able to run fast.
The rebels in Wucheng received an order for reinforcements. As soon as they left the barracks, their cavalry was stopped by a tripping horse rope and suffered a lot of damage. They finally removed all the tripping ropes, but before the horses could start running, they were knocked down by a sudden crossbow arrow.
The rebels were anxious, and divided their troops into two wings to outflank them. They rushed to the crossbow ambush point, but they missed it. The ambush soldiers had already escaped from the tunnel, and no one was seen.
The rebels had no choice but to continue moving forward, fighting as they went. They were constantly harassed by various ambushes along the way. Less than twenty miles away, they had already suffered more than half of their casualties. In desperation, they had no choice but to give up rescue and hide in the nearest rebel camp.
The rebels stationed in Linqing sent their main force to reinforce at full speed.
The reinforcements were ambushed midway and were violently attacked by well-equipped locals.
After the An Lushan Rebellion, local powerful men built castles in strategic locations and hired a large number of martial arts warriors as their personal corps to protect their families.
These private troops are all equipped with regular Tang army equipment, including crossbows, rolling stones, and catapults. They have all kinds of sophisticated city defense weapons. The castle's defense system is quite complete, no less than that of a small city. Even the rebels are generally not easy.
Provoke them and worry that the gain outweighs the loss.
These private tribes were extremely powerful when fighting in small groups. Using difficult terrain and sophisticated weapons, they repelled many charges from the rebels.
After the Linqing rebels fought, they suffered heavy casualties and had to avoid the powerful landowners' territory and change routes to rush for reinforcements.
After avoiding the local powerful, the rebels accelerated their march, and after walking less than ten miles, they encountered harassment from local braves one after another.
The weapons of the country warriors are various, such as hunting forks, spears, sharpened bamboos... What is even more terrifying is that the country warriors can use a large slingshot similar to a slingshot to throw a hornet's nest covered in mud.
The hornet's nest fell to the ground and suddenly burst into pieces. The exploded wasps flew out like black clouds and pounced on the rebels' men and horses. The rebels were either stung in large areas or thrown off their horses by the frightened horses, and the rebels
Trampled to death.
The rebels suffered more and more casualties, and the leading general had to order a cavalry team to stay and transport the injured soldiers back to the military camp.
Who would have thought that they would be attacked by a group of bandits on the way back, killing the entire cavalry team.
Although the bandits also occupied the mountains and became kings, their military discipline was not as good as that of the rebels, and they were extremely ferocious. They robbed the horses and stripped off the clothes of the injured soldiers, then lit them up with sky lanterns and hung them one by one upside down from the big banyan tree. It was terrifying.
Extremely.
Just like the migrating geese, raptors and wild beasts hunt migrating geese along the way, and Hebei Road has set off a series of gluttonous feasts.