Yanzhou Prefecture is more than 300 miles away from Yishui County. Shang Yi led the troops from Mulingguan, starting from Qingshui Village, heading southwest, crossing Yishui River, passing Changshan, and entering Yanzhou near Mengyin County Within the boundary of the prefecture, then go down the Si River and go straight to Yanzhou.
During the march, Shang Yi did not dare to be careless at all. He sent out reconnaissance team members along the way to patrol back and forth within ten miles of the front, rear, left and right with the large group of people as the core. On the one hand, it was for the sake of caution, and on the other hand, On the other hand, I also wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to march long distances to hone the reconnaissance team's reconnaissance capabilities and cooperation with the large group.
The large group of people walked like this for four days. On this day, they happened to pass by Fangshan. At this time, soldiers from the reconnaissance team came to report that a group of bandits, about 2,000 strong, were found in front of them, attacking Qufu County. Shang Yi heard this , immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for battle.
Qufu was the capital of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was also the descendant of Confucius, the literary sage, and the place where Duke Yan Sheng lived in the past dynasties. It was also very close to Yanzhou Prefecture, less than twenty miles away.
As a Chinese, it is impossible for Shang Yi not to know Confucius. It can be said that Confucius is the only Chinese sage who has remained standing for more than two thousand years.
It's just that in the period before Shang Yi traveled through time, Confucius almost completely withdrew all his sacred aura and completely returned to an ordinary person. Moreover, the hereditary title of Duke Yanshenggong inherited by Confucius' descendants was also cancelled, and he was completely integrated into Although there are many celebrities in all walks of life in society, such as the famous table tennis player Kong Linghui, the famous Go player Kong Xiangming, etc., they basically have little to do with Confucius.
Although at that time, many people were still campaigning for Confucius, from restoring the Confucian tradition to formulating a unified portrait of Confucius, and some even proposed to restore the title of Yanshenggong to the descendants of Confucius, but in essence, it was not Out of true admiration for Confucius and Confucianism, it is used to create news effects and topics, or to become tourist hot spots.
Although Shang Yi respected Confucius, he did not regard him as a sage. Therefore, he ordered to prepare for the war, not because of Confucius's name. It was just that Qufu was the only way for his troops to reach Yanzhou Prefecture. Fight until you have no choice but to fight.
As the army approached Qufu County, the rogue bandits apparently got the news, and immediately stopped attacking Qufu County, turned around, and prepared to fight the official army.
The men and horses on both sides could see each other. At this time, Zhou Shaohuan suddenly said: "Look, Mr. Qian, this bandit seems to be the one we fought in front of Yishui County. I still remember the three bandit leaders." , those three people.”
As he spoke, he pointed to the opposite side. Shang Yi looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he vaguely saw that the three leaders were indeed the three thieves from Shahugou who had fought in the last battle in Yishui County. Because Shang Yi used a telescope to see it at that time, the mountain tiger was basically normal, but the body shape of the mountain bear and the mountain rat were only in name, one big and one small. These three people stood together, which made a very deep impression on people. Therefore, Shang Yi immediately remembered Zhou Shaohuan's reminder, and couldn't help but think of the old saying: Enemies meet on a narrow road.
It turned out that Jueshanhu, Backer Xiong, and Mountain-Drilling Rat led their troops to attack Yishui County, but were severely defeated by Shang Yi. Then Liu Tianxi and others beat the Drifting Dog severely. As soon as they entered the captured villages, they were all destroyed. The officers and soldiers took it back again, and the things they robbed were all cheaper than Liu Tianxi and a few others. When they fled back to Shahugou, only about a thousand of the 2,500 people they took out were left.
At this time, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, Li Yangchun and others planned to come to Shandong to make a living in order to avoid being annexed by the two big fish, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Among them, Ma Jinzhong and the three from Shahugou
The leader had known each other a few times, so he suggested to others that they should simply bring in colleagues from Shahugou. Others also felt that they were coming to Shandong for the first time and were not familiar with the place. If there were any locals
With guidance, it was easy to get along in this area. After they joined forces and before entering Yanzhou, Ma Jinzhong sent people to Shahugou to recruit the three of them to join the camp.
Although compared with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Xu Bian, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, Li Yangchun and others are only a few small fishes, but the Shahugou bandits are not even qualified to be small fishes, at most they are just a few small fishes.
Shrimp.
Although the small fish dare not challenge the big fish, it is not difficult to swallow a few small shrimps. And Shahugou is also severely weakened, so the mountain tiger, the backer bear, and the mountain rat have three small shrimps.
After deliberation, they decided to follow Xiaoyu's plan, so they accepted Ma Jinzhong's suggestion and brought their troops to Yanzhou Prefecture, where they joined forces with Xu Bian, Ma Jinzhong and others. As a result, they were sent to attack Qufu County.
Shang Yi was not clear about the cause and effect of this, but he knew one thing. If he wanted to reach Yanzhou Prefecture, he had to pass through Qufu County, and if he wanted to pass through Qufu County, he had to repel the bandits in front of him first. Therefore, Shang
Yi also immediately ordered the formation of the formation.
Compared with the last battle of Yishui County, the equipment of the militia soldiers who have been upgraded to the official army has been upgraded. Not only are all soldiers equipped with iron armor, but in addition to archers and cavalry, other spearmen
, the swordsmen all wear double armor, with a vest-style cotton armor added to the iron armor.
Following Shang Yi's order, two hundred long archers took the lead and stood in two rows, bending their bows and drawing arrows, waiting for the bandits to charge forward.
In fact, at this time, the Mountain Tiger, the Mountain Bear, and the Mountain Rat were also recognized. Although they all now wore the banners of officers and soldiers, from the majestic lineup and neat queue, the front row was still holding a huge gun that was nearly a person tall.
Longbow, we can conclude that this is the militia group that defeated itself under the Yishui County.
The disastrous defeat in the last battle left the three masters still frightened. They had never seen such an army. If it were in the past, the heroes would have ordered a retreat long ago if they did not want to suffer the immediate loss. But now the situation is different. They are still killing people.
The leader of Hugou can fight if he wants, leave if he wants, everything is decided by him.
Now, behind him, there are those few small fishes that are watching eagerly. Once he retreats like this, he will not be swallowed alive by these few small fishes. It turns out that Xu Bian, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, Li Yangchun and others will end up
He is a person who has been fighting for several years and has seen the world. He is well aware of the characteristics of rogue bandits, which is to bully the weak and fear the strong. Because strict orders were issued before going to war, and those who fled without fighting on the battlefield would be beheaded at once. Jue Shanhu and others
You know, they can say it and do it. Because they did chop off the heads of two little bandit leaders who didn't fight hard.
In fact, a small shrimp is not a loser. The real loser is the small shrimp that hangs around with the small fish, serving as cannon fodder during the war, and always being careful about the open mouths of the fish.
Although the three masters did not know the famous saying "A person is in a river and lake, he cannot help himself", but they could still understand this truth, so they could only bite the bullet and order the attack.
But the minions under them don’t think so. Nearly half of them have fought against this army, and they know that the arrows shot by the row of longbows on the opposite side are far and fierce. The more they charge in front, the more likely they are to die. The faster. And what if they have exceeded the range of the bow and arrow? The soldiers on the opposite side are fighting as if they are risking their lives. If they charge forward now, isn't that asking for death? And most of the other half of the people have also heard them say that this army is No matter how powerful they are, no one's life is brought by the wind. No matter how helpless the three leaders are, many of them have even made up their mind to run away as soon as the team rushes up to them.
Therefore, after Jueshanhu gave the order to attack, only a hundred or so people rushed forward, and the others stood still. But after the people who rushed out ran a few steps, they realized that they had been stupid, and they immediately stopped. He stopped and stepped back.
At this time, Jue Shanhu couldn't help but feel anxious. If he was so frightened by the army, how could he go back and explain to Xu Bian, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, and Li Yangchun? He would have to cut off his head to warn the whole army. Therefore, he also drew his sword in his hand and said sternly: "Anyone who doesn't move forward will be killed immediately. I will charge forward."
At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Master, look quickly, the officers and soldiers are coming to kill you."
Jue Shanhu looked up and saw the army troop approaching him.
Seeing the futile charge of the bandits just now, Shang Yi understood that the bandits were scared by him last time, but the bandits did not attack for a long time, and he could not afford to wait here, so Shang Yi He also ordered the officers and soldiers to attack and take the initiative to attack the bandits.
However, although he took the initiative to attack, Shang Yi did not let the soldiers rush towards the opponent regardless of everything. Instead, he gradually approached the bandit team according to the current formation. And after taking more than ten steps, he had to stop. Once stopped, the complete formation is always maintained.
Although the Mu Ling Army's advance is not very fast, the distance between the two sides is only more than 200 steps. It can take at most half an hour to advance within the range of the longbow. Moreover, this collective slow advance , on the contrary, it put more pressure on the bandits. Many people began to retreat step by step uncomfortably.
Jue Shanhu and others couldn't help but look at each other, seeing that the army was almost within the range of the long bow, but their own side was almost on the verge of collapse. If this continued, this battle would not have to be fought. , he was defeated directly.
So Jue Shanhu turned around and asked his two brothers, "Second brother, third child, this is not going to work. What should we do?"
The backing bear has always been unable to come up with any ideas. After all, the mountain rat still has some brains and said: "Brother, there is no other way now. Let's use the cavalry to charge at them. Even if we can't beat them, we will go back and ask for an explanation."
Jue Shanhu thought for a while and found no other way. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, as things come to pass, we have no choice but to do this!"