Chapter 57 The Battle of the Plains (1) Please follow up!)
Outside Pingyuan City.
Twelve thousand people, somewhat lax, stood about a mile outside the city.
Chen Meng stood on the city wall and raised his eyes to look at the rebels outside the city. There was no order and they were standing in a mess.
However, looking from a distance, one can feel some differences. The rebels we met before were old and young. However, the group of rebels outside the city now are mostly young and strong men.
, which is also a bit surprising.
Among the more than 10,000 people, the few thousand people standing in the middle are different from the other rebels. The weapons in the hands of these thousands of rebels are all spears and spears. This is the first time that Chen Meng
Seeing such well-equipped rebels.
Moreover, each of these thousands of rebels were extremely vicious. They did not look like ordinary farmers, but more like bandits who were robbing homes and houses everywhere.
Xu Hu was riding on a fat horse and stood at the front.
At this time, Xu Hu was quite proud of himself.
Pingyuan City is right in front of him. Xu Hu has already learned about the defensive strength of the government troops in the city. There are 1,700 people in total. Xu Hu couldn't help but want to laugh loudly when he thought that there were only this few defenders in the city.
With more than 10,000 people attacking a city defended by more than 1,000 people, and with his own internal forces in the city, Xu Hu did have a reason to laugh.
The rebel army outside the city was extremely undisciplined. There were more than 10,000 people with no one to restrain them. Every word you said to me could be heard in Pingyuan City, but you couldn't hear what was said.
The officers and soldiers in the city were extremely quiet at this time. The 500 Bubu brought by Liu Bei had been baptized by many wars, so they were quite calm when seeing such a scene.
However, the one thousand battalion soldiers had never seen such a formation. Looking at the dark crowd under the city, these one thousand battalion soldiers all showed some fear.
The people in charge of this thousand battalions were a captain named Zhao and a Sima. These two people were very straightforward. When they heard that the rebels were coming to attack the city, they fled Pingyuan City without hesitation.
Now that the war is about to begin, the thousand battalions cannot do without the captain and Sima. After Liu Bei discussed with Pingyuan Prime Minister, Pingyuan Prime Minister temporarily appointed Guan Yu as the captain and Chen Meng as the Sima to command the thousand battalions.
The Prime Minister of Pingyuan at this time was named Chen Ji, Chen Qun's father. Chen Ji, named Yuanfang, was from Xu County, Yingchuan, and was a famous scholar in the world.
After Liu Bei came to Pingyuan County, he had visited Chen Ji many times, and the two had a very pleasant conversation.
The Yingchuan Chen family was also a famous family at that time, and Liu Bei's friendship with them would naturally be very beneficial to Liu Bei's future development.
After all, Chen Ji was a scholar and didn't know much about fighting, so Chen Ji handed over the defense of Pingyuan City to Liu Bei and returned to his mansion to read.
Liu Bei is wearing armor and standing on the city wall. This Pingyuan County Magistrate was obtained by Liu Bei through his military exploits. It was also the first time that Liu Bei was able to take charge of a party. The victory or defeat of this war is directly related to whether Liu Bei can
Having established a firm foothold in this plain city, Liu Bei naturally attached great importance to this war.
"This defense is of great importance. All the commanders, camp commanders, and military commanders must be on the front line in person. If there are any who run away from the battle, behead them!" Liu Bei shouted.
It was probably Liu Bei's shout that was heard by Xu Hu outside the city. Not long after, he saw a man sent by Xu Hu, wearing a pair of armor, walking towards Pingyuan City.
When they were less than 200 steps away from the city wall, they stopped. The location where the rebel stood was quite particular. Not only was it outside the range of bows and arrows, but the soldiers in the city could also hear his loud shouts.
I saw the rebel thief put his hands on his hips and shouted loudly towards Pingyuan City:
"People in the city, listen, our leader has a good life and will give you a chance to survive. You should open the door and surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, if we wait for us to attack the city, not a single piece of armor will be left behind, and everyone will be destroyed. You guys need to think clearly.
So as not to regret it later.”
When everyone in the city heard the rebel saying that their leader had a good life, they all laughed at him.
In the past few years, you, the leader of the rebel bandits, have been burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil in Pingyuan County. No one in Pingyuan County knows what kind of person your leader is. If we believe you, then we will know
There is a ghost.
The rebel yelled outside the city for a long time, but there was no movement inside the city. Just as he was about to turn around and go back, he suddenly saw arrows being shot towards him. The rebel was so frightened that he forgot for a moment.
In order to avoid it, he stood there motionless. But after all, the distance was too far, and when the arrow was still more than ten steps away from the rebels, it hit the ground with all its strength.
The rebel was originally very scared, but when he saw the arrow landing more than ten steps away from him, he suddenly became arrogant again.
"Haha! That's all you can do! I'm standing here, motionless, and you can't do anything to me. Haha. In this case, why don't you surrender as soon as possible?"
Liu Bei on the city wall was very angry when he saw the arrow he shot. It would be okay if the arrow hit, but if it looks like this, it will not only increase the morale of the rebels, but also destroy his prestige.
"Who shoots arrows without authorization?" Liu Bei shouted angrily.
Chen Meng knew who shot the arrow, because the soldier who shot the arrow was right in front of Chen Meng. Seeing the soldier's extremely nervous look, Chen Meng quietly walked to him and patted the soldier on the shoulder.
Indicating not to be so nervous and relax.
These battalion soldiers were all new recruits who had just been formed. They had rarely fought against rebels before. Now that they suddenly saw such a battle, it was inevitable that they would be a little nervous.
"No one is allowed to act without my order." Liu Bei shouted again.
"promise!"
"promise......"
The first sound was shouted by Liu Bei's five hundred soldiers, who were uniform and powerful. The second sound was shouted by the thousand soldiers after hearing the first sound. Although there were twice as many people,
But the sound was not loud, nor had much momentum, and was a bit messy.
"Are you still a man? You are so quiet and stingy. Do it again." Liu Bei shouted.
"promise!"
This time the shouting was completely different from the last time. It was uniform and came out in response. The sound was so loud that it made people shocked when they heard it.
Liu Bei was quite good at boosting morale. After shouting this, Chen Meng clearly felt that the tense atmosphere that had just existed among everyone suddenly dissipated a lot.
The rebels outside the city were a little surprised when they heard this powerful shout. The originally noisy group of rebels actually became quieter at this time.
Xu Hu saw that shouting in the city had no effect, so he sent the rebel back. Since shouting was useless, let's start a war!