I’m so confused with the code words that I even forgot about the holidays. It doesn’t matter if you forget to celebrate the holidays, but you can’t forget to say happy holidays to your brothers~ Here comes a big chapter of 6,000 words. On Labor Day, Xiaoyu will continue to work hard, and together with Qiang Bing,
Bring happiness to everyone.
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Fire again?
Completely subconsciously, such a thought flashed through Guan Hai's mind.
It's not that his association skills are not rich enough, it's because fires have occurred too frequently in the company camp recently, almost once every day or two, and in the worst few days, there will be fires two or three times a day!
Guan Hai tried to investigate the spies at first, but it didn't take long before he desperately discovered that the difficulty of this matter was higher than conquering Duchang City overnight.
Before attacking Zhu Xu, his troops numbered less than 10,000. In just over a month, they more than quintupled! Although his momentum and combat effectiveness had increased, it was not strictly managed to begin with.
Naturally, it became even more confusing.
In fact, not to mention a traitor like Guan Hai, even a famous general like Xu Rong would not be able to forge the rapidly expanding army into a monolith in the first time. Otherwise, Wang Yu would not be able to fight in the Battle of Yangren.
There may be a chance to infiltrate.
The members of Guan Hai's army come from all over. It's okay if there are fellow villagers who can prove each other's innocence. However, the population mobility rate in this era is so bad. Many people only know people from their own village. It's like another world dozens of miles away.
In general, how can one tell clearly who is a spy and who is a real thief?
What's more, many people were dragged in by Guan Hai unwillingly, so how could they be willing to cooperate fully?
Therefore, although Guan Hai always suspected that there was a spy at work, he had no choice but to strengthen the supervision of military supplies. However, the fire situation continued. Even a clump of weeds would spontaneously ignite from time to time. The situation was extremely strange.
A spy who burns whatever he catches? Or is it an inherent flaw that the army is too large and its management cannot keep up?
Guan Hai was a little confused. He didn't need to know the art of war to rob his family. He would fight when he had more people and more power. If he couldn't win, he would run to the mountains. He would wait for the opponent's defense to relax before turning around to exploit the loopholes. As long as he understood these, he would already be a great master.
... He is the only one who is handsome.
Without conclusive evidence, even the boss like him can't force the brothers to catch spies all day long. The brothers' protest is also very reasonable: don't burn the food, grass and baggage, risk your life by setting fire to scare people, this is
What's the point? Are the enemy's spies life-threatening lunatics or idiots?
As a result, the serial fire incidents under Duchang City gradually faded out of the sight of the bandits and became commonplace.
But Guan Hai soon discovered that the problem this time was very unusual. It was not a fire, but...
Guan Hai felt something flash in his sight. When he raised his eyes and looked anxiously, he saw a shooting star piercing the night sky, with a bright trajectory, burning and falling into his camp, not far from where the fire started.
place!
One after another!
The meteors slid through the ink-black night sky and spread out above the company camp. They were as gorgeous as the nine-day fairy blessing mortals and scattering petals from the heavenly palace.
However, what the magnificent scene brings is not blessing, but death and murderous intent!
Some of the petals hit the ground, jumped, and were extinguished in an instant. The other part of the orange-red petals accurately or unfortunately splashed on the curtain made of Gebu or linen, quickly causing a ball of fire.
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"Enemy attack!"
The next moment, Guan Hai's heartbreaking shout penetrated the night: "The enemy is attacking, men, get up and fight! Someone is attacking the camp!"
That's not a damn meteor or a goddess, but a rocket! Someone is attacking his military camp with rockets! Those who have this kind of equipment and are hostile to him can only be officers and soldiers!
"Damn Zhang Rao! He couldn't block the road with 200,000 people, but he actually let the enemy in!" The moment he realized the reality of the situation, Guan Hai became furious and began to regret at the same time.
I was too careless, thinking that Zhang Rao's 200,000 troops were enough to block the Beihai Kingdom. In fact, this was correct. Wasn't the Youzhou Army coming from the Bohai Sea blocked in the Le'an Kingdom?
Based on this inference, he also guessed the identity of the attacker: it was the Taishan Army and Wang Pengju. Only this person could formulate such a bold and crazy plan!
Meteors came one after another, like a heavy rain, yes, just like rain, because along with the meteors, there were bursts of dull thunder!
In the doomsday-like scene, the flames of death are getting denser and denser, and the scope of their influence is getting wider and wider.
Guan Hai's hoarse shouting did not alarm many people. The company camp was too big. Let alone ten people, even a toad of the same size as Guan Hai could not shout so loudly that it would alarm the entire company camp.
The first people to be alerted were the bandits near the fire. They were either disheveled or naked and ran out of the tent, rubbing their sleepy eyes and cursing.
They didn't know what happened. When they found themselves surrounded by blazing fire, they instinctively let out a piercing scream. The screams alarmed more people, and soon, the screams became a series of piercing screams.
One piece, gathered into a lament from purgatory, countless times louder than Guan Hai's roar alone.
However, the company and battalion were still not completely alarmed.
At this moment, Guan Hai had an enlightenment. He finally knew the truth about the serial fire incident!
That's right, it was done by spies, spies from the Taishan Army. The purpose of these spies was not to burn their own supplies, but to step on the plates for the surprise attack troops!
Every fire incident will cause a certain degree of commotion. After frequent commotions, the minions will become accustomed to it and will not react immediately. Anyway, it is not burning around them. Why are they messing around? How can they run away?
If you do it quickly, the boss will reward you, right?
Guan Hai did not take any precautions at all. He arranged for people to patrol the camp and arrange defenses. He did not completely connect the companies and camps together, but divided them into several relatively independent camps. The most important thing is that he arranged the surrounding areas around the camp.
All obstacles for more than ten miles have been cleared, and the field of vision is quite wide. Even if the cavalry is attacking, there is sufficient warning time.
But the continuous fire incidents have lowered the vigilance of the thieves. No matter what noise they hear or find something weird, they will not react immediately, even in this situation!
The fire in the camp began to spread, and the surrounding areas of the fire were reflected in detail, but the darkness in the distance was so dark.
In the darkness, I don't know what monster is there. The low muffled thunder sounds like the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground, but it is somewhat different. It is duller, shorter, and thinner than the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground!
Like a strong wind blowing, muffled thunder rolled past outside the camp. Wherever it passed, countless new stars rose brightly and suddenly fell, setting the tents on fire one by one, plunging Guan Hai's camp into a sea of fire, and sending fear to the rebels.
Deep in our souls!
The fire is spreading at an unimaginable speed. What spreads faster than the fire is fear, fear that goes deep into the bone marrow!
The wind and thunder meet, and the fire shoots into the sky!
More and more minions escaped from the tent, regardless of whether they were naked or had no time to pick up weapons. Just out of human survival instinct, they fled crazily deep into the camp.
The continuous fires can be regarded as early warnings of punishment from heaven. Now, the punishment has finally arrived. If you don't want to die under the thunder and fire, you can only run away from a distance.
Even people deep in the camp were alarmed. Fires were common, but chaos with hundreds or thousands of people running around was not commonplace. People have a herd mentality. When a commotion occurs, no one will think seriously unless there is something.
More authoritative people or rules to guide, otherwise most people will just join the ranks of the group.
The fleeing ranks grew;
A deadly panic spreads;
Gradually, it spread to the depths of the company camp, causing more and greater chain effects.
"Stop, there are only a few Taishan troops, don't run away, kill all the invading bandits!" Guan Hai became anxious and his roar became louder and louder.
He had no experience in dealing with such a big scene, and he didn't expect that just because he was stunned for a while, the situation became out of control. But he knew that there wouldn't be too many troops coming.
Zhang Rao's 200,000-strong army is not a decoration. The Yellow Turbans from all over the country are already gathering in Qi State, and they are not blind. If the Taishan Army invades the country, there will not be any warning signs, and Zhang Rao will not just be indifferent.
He said that there is a small group of cavalry operating within the territory!
What's more, he also knew more accurate information. The Taishan army returned from Luoyang was less than 10,000 people. During this period, Wang Pengju did not move to expand the army. Even if Taishan came out in full force, only a few thousand people would come. And his own army was enough.
There are more than 50,000!
In fact, there may not even be thousands of people coming, because they are cavalry, and Wang Pengju is not really a god. Can he conjure thousands of war horses with a wave of his hand?
"Don't run away. Give me my general order and prepare to counterattack. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Guan Hai kicked one of the minions running past him and grabbed another one.
He, the big boss, was cut out solidly. Those who died under his sword include officers and soldiers, powerful people, common people, and many comrades. Killing officers and soldiers is for resistance; killing powerful people is for revenge; killing common people is
To plunder; to kill comrades for self-protection and power struggle!
Therefore, he has always been very prestigious in the army. Not to mention the minions, even Zhang Rao, who was so generous, valued him very much. Not only did he promise a heavy reward to invite him to participate in the grand event, but he also shared many great things with him.
Confidential information.
However, at the critical moment of life and death, who would care about these things? No one paid attention to Guan Hai. Even the little guy who was grabbed by his collar pulled away with all his strength and left his only coat to his boss or Qu Shuai.
He ran into the depths of darkness without looking back. Only his bare buttocks slightly reflected the firelight, like a firefly flying far away.
"Stop! I am your boss and your commander-in-chief! Listen to my order and kill back! There are only 1,800 cavalry outside, and the Taishan Army has only a few cavalry! Kill them, and Duchang will surrender.
, you are free to have fun in the city then, and then we will conquer the world together and build a peaceful world where we will never go hungry!"
Guan Hai roared like crazy, the sword in his hand was stained with blood, and several disobedient soldiers were killed by his sword. However, the rout did not end. The only effect of Guan Hai's actions was to kill himself.
A large area cleared around me, and at the same time, the panic became real.
The defeated soldiers avoided this madman-like murderer at a distance. As they fled, they shouted: "Wang Pengju is coming, it's Wang Pengju of Mount Tai!"
"A lot of cavalry are coming, like evil spirits!"
"The thieves are finished, don't follow us to death!"
"Don't use weapons. The soldiers and horses of kings and princes are benevolent and righteous troops. They only kill thieves and bandits, not good people!"
"Run, run!"
Guan Hai felt his throat feel hot, and the smell of blood lingered in his throat. He finally remembered that the camp was not only filled with minions who had been following him for many years, but also many ordinary people who had been recently kidnapped.
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According to normal rules, these new people will be reluctant at first, but as time goes by, these victims will become like the former perpetrators, adapting to robbery, adapting to fighting, adapting to massacre... human beings
The ability to adapt is very strong.
However, Guan Hai's time for raising troops this time was too short, and the results were only in Zhuxu County. The emotions of these victims were not very stable. They yearned more for a peaceful life of working day and night, rather than wielding swords and guns.
, to create a peaceful world.
Normally, nothing would happen. These people had brought their families with them. They couldn't escape far even if they wanted to, and they couldn't find a place to stay if they did. But now, when the rebel army under the banner of the Yellow Turban is facing annihilation, it is they who are fleeing in all directions.
the only option.
The most important thing is that there are an unknown number of spies among these people!
Damn Wang Pengju, he is so cunning and scheming, and even arranged spies before the surprise attack. This is clearly not giving people a chance to survive!
Guan Hai swallowed the blood that rushed to his throat, turned over and returned to the camp. He hadn't lost yet, and he wouldn't admit defeat either!
He became a Yellow Turban in the summer. Before that, he was a mountain bandit. He once wandered between Taishan bandits and Qingzhou bandits.
Many of the minions under his command were the first batch of victims of the disaster. After more than ten years of banditry, they have transformed from honest and harmless common people into ruthless bandits who kill without blinking an eye.
There are five thousand people in this team!
Even if some were scattered in the turmoil, the remaining ones were enough to fight against Mount Tai's cavalry! Guan Hai began to wear armor. Of course, ordinary thieves did not have this equipment, but Guan Hai was the boss, so he naturally had privileges.
Zhang Rao's intelligence source was very reliable, and he began to feel uneasy. He also sent people to sneak into Xuzhou and Taishan to verify it respectively. The intelligence showed that the Taishan Army's cavalry was only about a thousand people, including 500 white-horse Yicon from Youzhou.
Will these guest armies fight to the death for other people’s affairs?
As long as he gathers one or two thousand people and shows enough fighting spirit, he can make the Youzhou people who are guest soldiers have some scruples. No matter how powerful the Taishan soldiers are, Wang Pengju himself cannot appear here, so what else is there to fear?
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Guan Hai's intelligence source was indeed accurate. There were only more than 800 cavalrymen who initiated the battle.
In the Battle of Yangren, the Baima Yi army did not suffer heavy casualties, but after a series of battles, the number of troops was reduced by about 20%. Gongsun Yue originally intended to help Wang Yu make up for it, but due to various considerations, Wang Yu did not
accept.
Then Wang Yu selected another 200 cavalrymen from his own team and planned to train them into uniformed cavalry. This process must have been long and expensive, but he still did it.
The heavy cavalry's ability to attack was poor, and more importantly, this cavalry had not yet taken shape and was not ready for combat. Therefore, the cavalry brought by Taishi Ci only amounted to less than 900 people.
Nine hundred versus fifty thousand, without any support from the city. This plan seemed crazy, but Taishi Ci was very enthusiastic. If he wanted to fight, he should fight such a big battle to be majestic and achieve great achievements.
In an ordinary army, the generals might have a lot of objections, but neither Wang Yu's direct descendant Fang Yue nor the guest general Qin Feng had any intention of objecting.
This is the style of Taishan Army. Following a domineering lord, what kind of battle can they not dare to fight?
An army of fifty thousand thieves? It's just a ragtag bunch of chickens and dogs, and it's all over with a wave of your hand.
"Start breaking out, don't give them a chance to regroup!" After observing carefully for a while and confirming the enemy's chaotic situation, Taishi Ci could no longer hold back. He jumped on his horse, crossed his spear, and was the first to cross the fence.
"Woo...wow...wow!"
Fang Yue blew the horn, and under the command of Qin Feng, the nine hundred Qingqi were divided into thirty squads in units of thirty people. One part chased after the general Tai Shici, and the other part spread out in a fan shape to fully attack the enemy camp.
Advance deeply.
Each team has some people holding torches and knives, and other people holding bows and arrows. The bow holders draw arrows, light them on the torches in the hands of their companions, and then open their bows and release arrows, sending countless burning meteors deep into the sky.
Everywhere, it turned into a shower of meteors and fire, bringing a new round of disaster.
In late autumn, the north wind is strong, the wind helps the fire, and the fire borrows the power of the wind! The raging fire lights up the sky, like a red sun rising from the ground!
The fire began to spread to the depths of the company camp. On one side of the continuous sea of fire, there were thieves and civilians who were being snared into the group. On the other side, groups of ghost-like cavalry were looming in the firelight. They could not be seen.
In any flag, the only thing that can identify the opponent's identity is the bright white body of the horse...
"White horse obeys!" The panic further intensified.
Starting from Hulao Pass, Wang Yu's shocking achievements in the world are always accompanied by the shadow of the white horse. The princes can't tell the difference, but many ordinary people who have only heard the legend are more likely to regard the white horse Yicong as the king.
Yu's bodyguards and his ilk.
The resistance was very weak. Among the few counterattackers, there were only a few desperate bandits. Most of them were defeated soldiers who were confused by the night and fire and couldn't distinguish between things and things.
These human beings could not form effective resistance. A few of them died under swords and swords, and many more did not even see the faces of the Taishan Army.
Baima Yicong's archery skills are not ordinary. Even in the dark, he is frighteningly accurate. The minions do not have the privilege of being a master, and they can shoot them with arrows that do not pose a fatal threat to the regular army.
"Don't be afraid, follow me. There are only a few of them, so charge up and kill them all!" Guan Hai finally assembled a force of about a thousand people. He had previously asked the guards to patrol the camp, but it worked after all.
In addition to the battalion soldiers, we gathered some broken troops, and we had the current scale.
Seeing that Taishan's army was divided into many places and setting fires everywhere arrogantly, he launched a counterattack without hesitation.
"Woo...Woo!"
The group of cavalry that Guan Hai met turned around without hesitation and quickly distanced themselves. Guan Hai jumped into the air and could only stare at the dust and sigh; on the other side, the cavalry leader blew the horn; the white horse cavalry
Then he pulled out an arrow from the other side of the saddle, and while retreating, a shower of arrows rained down on him.
There was no fire on the arrow this time, but what it caused was a splash of blood and bursts of screams.
"Woo..." As if in response, horns sounded from far and near. Apparently, the Taishan cavalry had sent a warning of encountering the enemy and were about to assemble.
Guan Hai rushed in desperately, hoping to defeat and repel the small group of people in front of him before the enemy reinforcements arrived. However, the two-legged ones were destined to be unable to catch up with the four-legged ones. The cavalry of the White Horse Yi Cong advanced and retreated freely, mercilessly beating a group of people.
A shower of arrows fell on the heads of the rebels.
The team around Guan Hai began to shrink. A few people were killed by bows and arrows, but more were scared away.
"Master, retreat. If you can't catch up, you can't fight. It's not a problem for us to just be beaten. The enemy's reinforcements are coming again."
"Yes, withdraw." The gangsters urged each other.
Guan Hai was furious: "Get out of here. If we gather together now, even if we die, there is still hope that we can pull a few people on our backs and run separately. You can outrun the horse? Isn't it a dead end? Listen to my order... Yes
Those with shields should stand in front, and those with bows and arrows should stand in the middle. Let’s learn the tactics of the officers and soldiers, take up the shield formation, and surround them! Those who run fast must not be good at hand-to-hand combat!"
As he spoke, he picked up a shield, raised his sword and rushed to the front.
Guan Hai's army was not a pure Yellow Turban Army. After so many years of being a bandit, his army still accumulated some armor, at least a lot of wooden shields and the like.
The boss has taken the lead, and the minions have gathered their courage. There is no point in escaping anyway. If they escape here, they can only join other gangs and enjoy the privileges and superior life. They don't want to
Start over as a small minion. If you drive away the cavalry in front of you, you will have a chance to regroup!
Hundreds of minions formed seven or eight shield formations. The arrows from the white horse Yi Cong were still falling, but the casualties of the minions were much less. The biggest weakness of mounted archery was the lack of ability to attack difficult targets.
"See, they're dying, come on, follow me!" Guan Hai shouted, and the minions also cheered in unison. Seeing the movement here, many of the defeated troops stopped. They also discovered that the enemy was not
There are a lot of them. If they gather around the big boss, maybe...
"Set up the crossbow!" During the swing, a command came from the Taishan military formation, and the random arrows stopped, replaced by the sound of wind and thunder!
"Bang-bang-bang!" The sound of a strong crossbow loosening its string is not much different from a war drum. When these sounds are connected together, they bring only the breath of death.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Crack!"
"ah!"
The powerful crossbow fire could destroy even the large military oars, not to mention the ordinary wooden shields used by the thief army. With such force and force, the thief army's shield array broke a large part and collapsed in the middle.
Before Guan Hai could give the order again, in the darkness, a fast horse came galloping at full speed, and the knight on the horse roared like thunder: "Tai Shi Ci of Donglai is here, why don't you, the thief chief, take your orders quickly!"
Before he finished speaking, one man and one horse had already followed the collapse of the shield formation and rushed into Guan Hai's formation. The spears and halberds set off a new death storm! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to register for Piao Tian Literature
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