Chapter 21: Pingkou in Youzhou【Ask for a monthly ticket】
Chapter 21 Youzhou Pingkou [please ask for monthly votes]
"How did you know I was here?"
Lu Mingyue looked at Wei Dao'er coldly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Although Laoshan Forest was where he and Wang Basu had agreed to meet the army, Wei Dao'er did not go to Yanshan and came here directly.
Doesn't it mean that his intention to send troops in advance has been seen through?
Lu Mingyue's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He would never let Wei Dao'er leave.
Wei Daoer bowed and said: "How can you allow others to share a jar of rice? King Shitian went to find Wang Baxu. I guessed that King Shitian just wanted to use Wang Baxu to attract the Youzhou army. So now King Shitian will
It should be here."
When Lu Mingyue heard him call her the King of Time, and also called Wang Baxu by his name, she understood something in her heart. He knew that Wei Daoer had an enmity with Song Jingang. This man was highly skilled in martial arts and had such a vision. He was quite a talent.
, Lu Mingyue had a love for talents, and said with a smile: "In that case, you don't want to go back, I will let you be the third in command of our army, how about it?"
Wei Daoer was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and clasped his fists, "I am willing to serve the King of Time!"
Lu Mingyue laughed loudly, and quickly helped him up and said: "It is God's will that you come to me at this time. Come! Tell me about the situation of Wang Baxu and Shanggu County."
Wei Dao'er sat down in front of a large flat stone, and Lu Mingyue spread out a map on the stone. Wei Dao'er stepped forward and pointed to the east of Wuhuiling and said: "It was originally agreed that both parties would go down the mountain at the same time on March 20th.
, but for unknown reasons, an army of 3,000 men from the Sui Army suddenly appeared in Yi County, blocking Wang Ba's way to Youzhou. Moreover, there were many Sui Army scouts operating east of Wuhuiling, which made Wang Ba
Xu did not dare to act rashly, so Wang Basu sent me to urgently discuss with Brother Lu to postpone this action."
Lu Mingyue felt a little strange in her heart, so she pondered for a moment and asked: "Are you saying that the Sui army has arrived before Wang Basu has come down from the mountain?"
"That's right. Not only are there three thousand Sui troops, but yesterday I met a Sui army on the road, which was also heading to Shanggu County. There were about seven or eight thousand people. I suspect that the Sui army also wanted to wipe out Wang Baxu. It was just a coincidence.
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"That must be it!"
Lu Mingyue's face showed an expression of annoyance. If he had known that the Sui army was going to attack Wang Baxu, he would not have had to pretend to attack Huairong County, which would have cost him three thousand men. Moreover, something happened in Huairong County, which would have disrupted Yang Yuanqing's attack on Wang Baxu.
Plan to pose a threat to yourself.
Lu Mingyue walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, then returned to the map, staring at his target warehouse. It was located on the west bank of the Gu River. There were more than 400 defenders, about fifty miles away from his current position. If he marched quickly,
, you can get there in half a day.
Lu Mingyue looked at the sky again. It was almost noon. If she rushed to the warehouse, it would be dark. Lu Mingyue made up her mind and said to Wei Daoer: "I will give you five hundred people, and you can pretend to attack Youzhou."
Don’t actually attack the city, just create momentum on the outside and force Youzhou to close the city gates. Then you can join me in Yongnu County.”
Lu Mingyue patted Wei Daoer's shoulder again, "We brothers will work together to overthrow the Sui Dynasty in the future. I will be the emperor, and I will make you the king of Wei."
Wei Daoer nodded silently, but what he was thinking of was not King Wei, but Emperor Wei.
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To the northeast of Youzhou City is where millions of people were originally stationed, and it was also a field of more than a hundred miles. The stationing of three million people also made this fertile field deserted, turning it into an endless wilderness. This is a piece of land that is wide from east to west.
Twenty miles, a narrow strip of more than a hundred miles from north to south. After this wilderness area, there is a small forest. On the other side of the forest is the Gu River. The warehouse Lu Mingyue wants to rob is located on the west bank of the Gu River.
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As dusk came, the sky was no longer clear, the brilliance of the sun became a little thinner, but the sun was still bright. Seven thousand troops rushed out of a hill and finally arrived in the wilderness.
This wilderness was what Lu Mingyue was most worried about. His army would be exposed in the wilderness without any cover. It was not until dusk that Lu Mingyue ordered the army to quickly cross the wilderness.
Seven thousand rebels ran quickly in the wilderness, each holding a homemade spear and a long knife. Although they were poorly equipped, the team could still maintain its formation while running. Unlike other rebel armies, Lu Mingyue trained this team
The army has been fighting for a whole year, so that this army has preliminary combat effectiveness, but poor equipment is a serious problem for him. If he succeeds in seizing the armor this time, he is very confident that his army will sweep through all counties and counties in Hebei.
The wilderness is about twenty miles wide, and it will take them an hour to cross it. When they run out for more than ten miles, dusk has deepened, the golden glow of the setting sun has gradually disappeared, the sky dyed red by the sunset has dimmed, and the endless mountains and forests have become one.
It was dark, and the sky seemed to be pierced by a spear and dyed with bright red blood.
"King of heaven, look!"
A soldier pointed to the south and suddenly shouted. Lu Mingyue also saw it. In an instant, his heart felt as if he had fallen into a cold cave, and his whole body was frozen.
I saw a black line on the horizon several miles away in the south. Dust was flying above the black line, and the earth began to shake slightly. This was thousands of horses galloping.
Lu Mingyue's face turned pale. The scene he was worried about finally happened. The Sui army's cavalry targeted him. It was still ten miles before they reached the forest and more than ten miles behind the hills. They were about to find themselves in a wilderness.
"Stop running!"
Lu Mingyue loudly ordered, "The entire army forms a square formation and prepare to fight!"
He had no third option, either the whole army was defeated and fled, or he had to fight the Sui army.
In fact, Lu Mingyue didn't know that they had been surrounded. Their front and back roads were cut off by the Sui army. What they saw now were three thousand Youzhou cavalry, led by Yang Yuanqing, the general manager of Youzhou. They were like
The hunting wolves quietly wait for their prey to arrive at the hunting ground.
The cavalry got closer and closer, slowed down, stopped a mile away, and began to line up. Yang Yuanqing looked coldly at the seven thousand Yanshan bandits arranged in a square formation, with spearmen outside and swordsmen inside. The setting sun was like blood.
They seemed to be soaked in blood.
Yang Yuanqing smiled contemptuously. He drew out his sword, waved it in the air, and gave the order to attack, "First Army, kill!"
One thousand cavalry suddenly launched into action, the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and the cavalry roared like a stormy sea, as if a turbulent wave was charging towards the seven thousand phalanx army.
"Don't be afraid, use your spear to hold it back!"
Lu Mingyue shouted at the top of his lungs. He could feel the fear of the soldiers. Every soldier around him was trembling, but he had no choice but to fight to the death.
A huge wave like an overwhelming mountain came down, and a thousand cavalry rushed into the phalanx in an instant, swallowing up the soldiers in the front row. The horse hooves continued to gallop, the swords were chopping, heads rolled, blood splattered, and the square of 7,000 people
The formation was instantly destroyed by 20%, but after all, it was 7 to 1. After a year of training, spears formed a forest and withstood the impact of the cavalry. The two sides fought fiercely in the wilderness, swords flashing, weapons
As they fought each other, the men and horses screamed, and screams came one after another.
Yang Yuanqing did not press forward fully. He wanted to take a look. He wanted to see how far the phalanx army trained by Lu Mingyue could hold on. In just a quarter of an hour, the opponent's formation began to become chaotic.
Yang Yuanqing was no longer interested in continuing the fierce battle. He issued a second order, "Second Army and Third Army attack both sides of the phalanx."
The remaining two thousand cavalry also launched, one on the left and one on the right, like two giant dragons, attacking the two wings of the phalanx. This is the weakness of all phalanxes. The wings are weak, so they usually use cavalry to protect them, but Lu Mingyue has no cavalry.
The weak points on both wings were exposed to the Sui cavalry attack.
The two cavalrymen fiercely charged in, like two giant knives cutting into both sides of the body at the same time. Immediately, there were heavy casualties and screams. The two cavalrymen cut through the two waists. They met in the formation, with rapid attacks and brutal blows
The killing caused the phalanx that Lu Mingyue had trained for a year to instantly collapse.
The rebels dropped their weapons and ran away, crying for their fathers and mothers, running wildly in the vast wilderness. The rebels who were trapped in the middle had no way to escape, so they knelt down to surrender and begged for their lives.
Yang Yuanqing shouted loudly: "Surrender will save you from death. Those who don't surrender will be killed on the spot!"
"Whoever takes Lu Mingyue's head will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold!"
Under the heavy reward, everyone on the Sui army's cavalry raced to take the lead. Two thousand cavalry galloped, opened a huge net, and surrounded the fleeing soldiers in the wilderness.
"Surrender will save you from death. Those who don't surrender will be killed on the spot!"
The fleeing rebels knelt down and surrendered one after another. Hundreds of those who refused to surrender tried to break through the encirclement, but were surrounded and hacked to death by Sui soldiers.
This battle with disparity in power ended in less than half an hour. Groups of surrendered rebels were escorted and gathered together. Sui army cavalry held torches to identify among them, looking for the leader of the rebels, Lu Mingyue, but no matter how they searched, Lu Mingyue could not find him.
There was no trace of Ming Yue, and there were no corpses on the ground. He seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
"Report to the General Manager that 2,200 Yanshan bandits were killed and more than 4,500 captured. Our army suffered 322 casualties and lost 180 horses." An officer was reporting the battle situation to Yang Yuanqing.
"Where's the leader of the thieves, Lu Mingyue?"
Yang Yuanqing was not interested in this rabble, he was more concerned about Lu Mingyue's whereabouts.
"Reporting to the supervisor, we searched all over the prisoners of war and corpses, but found no trace of him."
Yang Yuanqing frowned. Did he escape? At this time, the school captain Luo Cheng brought up a tall thief, "Manager Yang, this is Lu Mingyue's flag bearer. He knows the whereabouts of the thief leader Lu Mingyue."
The flag-bearer knelt down and said tremblingly: "The villain has been following the King of Heaven. He was at the end of the team. When the officers and soldiers attacked for the second time, the villain discovered that he led a dozen people on horseback and fled to the north."
Yang Yuanqing snorted, "This man actually escaped from the battlefield, and I thought highly of him."
Luo Cheng said quickly: "I will lead the cavalry to chase him!"
"Forget it, this person is nothing to worry about. Don't worry about him. Leave five hundred brothers to clean the battlefield, and the remaining cavalry will escort the prisoners of war back to the city."
The cavalry of the Sui Army escorted groups of prisoners of war towards Youzhou City. Piles of blazing fires were lit at the fighting place on the battlefield. This was the Sui Army soldiers burning the corpses and digging deep pits to bury them. There were still unsolved corpses floating in the night.
The smell of blood dissipated.
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[In the late Sui Dynasty, there were five fierce bandits in Youzhou: Lu Mingyue, Wang Baxu, Song Jingang, Wei Daoer, and Gao Kaidao. Four of them have appeared now]