The moon was covered with a touch of dark red, its expression was gloomy, and the stars were dim. Zhou Tai divided his men into two teams. One team of 250 people continued to move forward along the hillside, provoking directly towards the gate of Qianzhai to attract the opponent's attention;
Zhou Tai personally led the remaining fifty people, quietly went down to the fence, sneaked in and set fire.
The bandits' camp was originally relatively unorganized, with tents randomly distributed. Not long after Zhou Tai came down, he heard a noise in the front camp. Some sentries from the rear camp heard the sound and ran out. Zhou Tai waved his hand to stop, and his eyes moved.
He landed on the remaining sentries, counted them, and turned around and said: "Twelve people on the left and eight people on the right. You send out ten people each to deal with them. Then send out twenty people to guard the front gate to prevent people from coming in."
, the rest will follow me to set fire, listen to my orders, and do it together!"
"Kill!" Zhou Tai gave a short order, and fifty high-ranking soldiers jumped over the fence. The bandits outside were hacked to death without making a sound; a white tiger bandit was not killed, but was only chopped in pieces.
His throat was broken, blood gurgled out, and he made a low cry of "Huo! Huo!". Zhou Tai reacted quickly and chopped off his head with a backhand knife. Then he slashed the ground with his knife and hacked to death another soldier who had just reacted.
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A group of people quickly circled in along the edge of the military camp, cutting down the patrolling soldiers they met along the way. They quickly passed through the military camp and came to the granary. The place where the food was stored was not large and occupied a large area.
The land is about twenty acres. After taking care of all the sentries, Zhou Tai took off the oil paper bag tied tightly to his waist and opened it layer by layer, revealing flint inside.
Zhou Tai quickly distributed the flints one by one, dispersed the crowd and faced the haystack, firing the flints
"Click! Snap!"
Immediately, flames ignited in each of the haystacks. Zhou Tai picked up hay to cover the flames. In just a moment, the fire took advantage of the wind and tongues of flame rose into the sky. The haystacks in all directions responded in time.
In a moment, seven or eight granaries were ignited. The raging flames were blown by the wind to the end of the military camp. Even the fences were ignited. Terrifying tongues of fire were spitting out from every gap in the fences. Suddenly there was a thunderbolt and the granaries collapsed.
"Okay, let's fight to the front camp."
In the dark night, the panic of the White Tiger Village thieves was extremely heart-wrenching. But the more panicked, the easier it was for Zhou Tai to kill. After joining his brother, they went on a killing spree, five hundred White Tiger thieves.
The people with no resistance and quick legs rushed out when they saw the situation was wrong, fearing that if they were a step too late, even if they were not killed by Zhou Tai, they would be affected by the sea of fire.
Zhou Tai looked at the dozens of bandit soldiers who had disappeared into the darkness in the distance, and raised the knife in his hand high in the sky.
"Don't pursue the poor enemy. Let's return to Moling County to kill Yan Baihu and avenge the brothers who died in Shijiu Lake."
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"What camp was robbed? The food and grass were burned? A large number of officers and soldiers fell from the sky, broke the camp, and then came this way?"
Yan Baihu caught a bandit soldier who had escaped from the camp and shouted loudly that the news was like a bolt from the blue and would make him vomit three liters of blood.
Tonight, the spies that Baihuzhai had arranged for many years in Moling County finally took action. Although the door-stealing was not very successful and one fish slipped through the net, fortunately, he had already raided the city and was lurking. As soon as the city gate was opened, he would kill him.
Got in.
Due to the shouts of the county soldiers who slipped through the net, Moling County reacted much faster. Soon a large number of county soldiers surrounded the city gate. The two sides fought on a large scale and it was fierce. However, Yan Baihu finally gained the upper hand.
After all, the elite people in Baihu Village can overwhelming their opponents in terms of numbers.
Now, if he competes with his background and backyard, Yan Baihu believes that the people he brings will eventually consume all the county soldiers in the city, and bring down Kaohsiung, Ma Jun, Zhu Kui, Zhou Tai and other Gaojia Shuizhai who have a deep hatred against him.
Kill everyone...
Unfortunately, once again he was victorious but ended in defeat. He couldn't suppress the news that the camp outside the city was burned down, and he was so angry that he threw the messenger out.
Half of the sky in the south turned red. Ma Jun came all the way with his officers and soldiers, shouting loudly: "Reinforcements have arrived. They have destroyed the White Tiger camp and burned the food and grass. All the officers and soldiers will follow me to kill the bandits."
Although Ma Jun brought a thousand county soldiers, he knew that the city gate had been lost and Yan Baihu had a firm foothold in the vast area. If he continued to attack forcefully, the five thousand thieves would know that the rear stronghold was attacked, and their morale would be in chaos.
, the outcome is still between two options.
Thinking of this, Ma Jun stabbed one of the bandits to death with his sword, retreated to the rear, and shouted loudly: "The county captain has an order. Anyone who takes the head of Yan Baihu will be rewarded with ten thousand guan, and whoever kills a bandit will be rewarded with a sling of gold."
At the same time, he ordered the people around him to spread the word along the street. The people in the houses beside the street had heard the fighting at the city gate, and most of them were panicked and stayed behind closed doors.
However, despite the rich people's efforts and the gold foil that moved people's hearts, many brave civilians walked out of their homes with wooden sticks and hatchets to join in the battle of blocking the city gates.
Although these common people are not very strong in combat, they are powerful enough. The thieves of Baihu Village, who were originally demoralized, couldn't help but feel timid when they saw the people roaring and rushing towards them. These people who they usually regarded as sheep actually one day threatened them.
Their lives were in shock.
"Brother, we can't do it anymore. The opponent has too many people and their morale is high. We can't fight. We should retreat to the mountains for a while and recuperate for a while before coming back for revenge."
Even his younger brother Yan Xing could see that the situation was unfavorable. He would not be able to get revenge in the end if he continued to fight hard, so he had to stay here. No matter how reluctant he was in his heart, Yan Baihu finally gave the order to retreat.
"withdraw."
After giving the order, the traitors retreated from the west gate with a roar. The people who saw the opportunity had already taken a step ahead before Yan Baihu gave the order. When the common people saw that the traitors retreated, the pursuit became even more exciting. No one could stop it, only
Kaohsiung's heart aches, now his private treasure may have to be revealed.
At the end of the night, the people chased them hundreds of miles away and brought back a total of six to seven hundred corpses. However, the two brothers Yan Baihu escaped again. In total, the corpses left behind in the previous battle at Baihu Village at the gate of the city killed the thieves.
More than two thousand people.
Most of these thieves were killed by common people. They had money and motivation. They were usually afraid of bandits and would hide when they saw blood. They dragged the corpses of the thieves one by one and gathered at the gate of the west city. They refused to leave and kept waiting to follow them.
Gao Kaohsiung paid back the money, fearing that if he made a mistake, they would just carry the corpse with them and not leave.
Ma Jun had no choice but to go back to his hometown first, brought boxes of copper coins, handed the corpses in one hand and money in the other to the common people, so as to appease them and disperse.
Those people who did not dare to go out because of fear last night felt regretful, otherwise they would have received a lot of rewards.
After collecting the corpses of the county soldiers who died in battle, buckets of water were brought in and the ground was washed. The bloody smell slowly dispersed from the city gate.
Zhu Kui went to Kaohsiung and said: "Uncle Gao, the Baihu Village has been seriously damaged this time. We should take advantage of the victory and attack into Gusu Mountain to avoid future troubles. According to the agreement between the four major families and us, Acheng should have wiped out the opponent's lair.
I am willing to lead the county troops in pursuit and join forces with A Cheng to eradicate the root cause."
Kaohsiung agreed without thinking. He knew that Zhu Kui had planned everything before and after. It could be said that Yan Baihu was defeated at the hands of this young man twice.
"Okay, I'll ask Gan Ning to go with you, and be careful in everything." He then told Gan Ning to the side, "Listen to your command, and don't make your own decisions."
"Yes, the boss."
Gan Ning took the lead and said, the overall situation has been decided, everyone's tense hearts relaxed, and the young people's minds were not afraid of tiredness, and they were even more eager to try.
"Gan Ning, have you sorted it out? How many horses are there in the city?" Zhu Kui asked.
The infantry cannot chase the enemy. The desire to survive will make the soldiers run twice as fast as usual. The cavalry must be organized to expand the results...
"Young Master, all the horses in the city are here, a total of four hundred and twenty-three."
There are few horses in the south, even a small amount of local horses, but they are short and weak as compared to the north. In the cold weapon period, the cavalry was the main force and the king. Often a certain prince said boldly: I have a hundred thousand cavalry, I can run across the world and unite the country."
This is not a lie. If one hundred thousand cavalry is commanded effectively, they will be invincible.
Of course, it is easy to attack a city, but difficult to defend it. To vigorously launch a new dynasty, it is not just a matter of conquest.
Therefore, since ancient times, emperors have mostly appeared from north to south. This is because the north produces good horses and has a strong military, which is difficult to reach in the south. They have to rely on the navy to rely on the dangers of the Yangtze River and sail across the river to stay safe.
There is only one example of a person from the south who conquered the north, that is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. This was also the northern war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Emperor was in disarray and suffered from internal strife, which allowed Ming Taizu to conquer the world.
The era of the Republic of China and the Republic of China was already an era of hot weapons. Muskets and artillery had completely replaced cavalry, so I will not discuss it with examples.
"How many of the soldiers know how to ride a horse?"
"Our brothers from the Gao family can all ride horses, and there are more than 200 people in the county soldiers who can ride. In total, we can find five to six hundred people."
"In a quarter of an hour, pick out those who are strong and uninjured, and let's go."
The team was quickly assembled. Zhu Kui led the 423 horsemen, immediately urged the horses out of the west gate, and roared away.
After running for four or five miles and turning around several small hills, they saw under the dim light of the early morning, hundreds of people and horses headed by a dozen riders heading towards them.
"Uu..."
Zhuque pulled the reins and stopped, ordering the team to form a formation and wait for the team in front.
"Young Master, this is Zhou Tai." A Gaojia County soldier with a good eye reminded him.
The other party obviously also discovered Zhu Kui's cavalry and recognized them. A dozen cavalrymen led by Zhou Tai came forward first, clasped their hands and praised: "I have seen Xiaolangjun, we successfully burned down the food and military camp in Baihu Village, it is not humiliating."
mission."
"Well, Brother Zhou did a good job. It's all thanks to Brother Zhou that he caught fire in time, otherwise Moling County would have been destroyed by now."
Zhu Kui laughed and praised Zhou Tai's achievements to everyone.
Zhou Tai was slightly shocked, but soon felt relieved. Being able to see Zhu Kui again clearly meant that his side had won.
"Young Master, I snatched a dozen horses from the Baihu camp. Are you going to chase Yan Baihu?"
"Yes, did you see where Yan Baihu's defeated troops went out on the way here?"
Zhu Kui nodded and asked.
"We did see it. The large army was heading towards Wu County. We saw that there were three to four thousand people on the other side, so we circled back."
"As expected, we are going back to Gusu Mountain. Brother Zhou, please let the three hundred brothers go back to the dock first. Later, Uncle Gao will discuss merits and do good deeds. These dozen or so people with horses come with me. Let's drive the tiger into the back alley and give Yan Yan
The tiger sees him off."
Then without saying a word, the cavalrymen started running again. On the way, Gan Ning also briefly talked about the Feng family's surrender to the enemy and the battle situation in the past few days. At the same time, Zhou Tai talked about how he burned food.
The two people, who were also considered brothers, were filled with sadness.