Chapter 207 Joining forces
In the suburbs of Yangcheng County, the rebel army was in chaos, chasing forward with large and small vehicles.
Rogue bandits have no logistics, but they do not carry no food at all.
Generally speaking, it is normal to carry more than one month of food with you in the army. Every time you go to a place, use these grains as "guts", and then spend time dividing your troops to plunder more grains.
If you grab enough food, it won’t be surprising to have enough food for several months.
General Zhengdong was in a hurry. After conquering Sheyuan Pass, he was in a hurry to go to Luoyang, leaving them behind. He hurried and rushed, but he couldn't catch up.
But everyone was in high spirits.
Where is Luoyang? In the world, the capital of the country is located, and the place where the emperor and his ministers gather.
How much food is stored here?
How much wealth has been accumulated here?
How many beautiful houses are there here?
How many beauties are there here?
Don’t think it’s vulgar.
We have never read a book. We work hard all day long just for a bite of food. Now we are rebelling. If we can break into the capital of Luoyang, why don't we let us indulge a little?
I have two wishes in my life: to be able to eat with an open belly and to play with women unscrupulously.
Everyone else doesn’t understand and is not interested.
"Go, go, grab money, food, and women!" An officer used the simplest words to boost morale, and the effect was great.
You see, I was a little tired from walking. As soon as I heard these words, my strength came back and my legs and feet walked very fast, making the oxen and horses pulling the cart panting from exhaustion.
"Master, will you preach in Luoyang this time?" someone asked.
My dear, what a fanatical believer this is!
When the officer and teacher heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Master Jun (Liu Ling) said that from now on, Henan County will be the base camp of our Tianshi Dao like Donglai."
In the entire north, Qingzhou is an area where Tianshi Tao develops relatively rapidly, and Donglai is the most developed place among the counties in Qingzhou. If they can gain a firm foothold in Luoyang this time, Henan County will become another solid stronghold of Tianshi Dao.
"General, if Luoyang is destroyed, can the land be divided?" someone else asked.
“I’ll definitely divide it.” Master Shijun agreed.
Of course, he wasn't sure. In fact, based on his observations, the general who conquered the east (Wang Mi) might cooperate with the scholars and appoint them as officials to help him consolidate his foundation.
Don’t understand? Following Liu Yuan's example, he did not proclaim himself emperor, but proclaimed himself "King of Han", established the country, and took further steps when the time was right.
The General Zhengdong is likely to call himself "King of Qi" with the support of the scholars.
Original officers like them may have some disadvantages, but this may not necessarily be the case for ordinary soldiers with a number of up to 100,000. Some people may be deported or even become slaves in the Shizuo Fort or manor.
But seeing through it, he had no ability to resist.
He has some desires, such as his own glory and wealth, such as the spread of Tianshi Dao, etc., so he cannot compete with the general.
In this world, no matter whether they are officers, soldiers or volunteers, the people at the bottom suffer.
After walking for more than ten miles, everyone stopped to rest.
At this moment, several rangers rushed towards them. One of them had an arrow stuck in his back and shouted: "The thief is here!"
"Thief?" Someone was there Looking over in confusion, who is the thief? Didn’t the officers and soldiers call us thieves?
"Shijun" was also stunned for a while, then he stepped forward and handed a water bag to Yuqi, saying: "Where did the thief come from?"
Yuqi pushed him Opening the water bag, he said angrily: "When is it, are you still asking? If you had known better, you wouldn't have joined the gang. With your virtues, people would have killed them all sooner or later. If I returned to Luoyang Central Army, how could I be successful?" Team leader."
"Luyang Hou Shaoxun is coming." Another ranger next to him said: "It's time to go or fight. Come up with a plan."
"Go? "The master came to his senses and said, "How can we leave? Someone is coming -"
Before the order could be given, smoke and dust appeared in the front, and it seemed that a large group of cavalry was coming.
Several rangers looked at each other, and the man who spoke just now glanced at the bandits who were still sitting on the ground laughing, said "poof", and said: "Let's go! Ignore them."
After saying that, he got on his horse and walked away.
The smoke got closer and closer, and the cavalry gradually appeared.
Soon, several riders ran up a gentle slope and placed a large flag with the word "Shao" on it.
The rest of the people waited and passed quickly by them.
The dozens of people at the beginning didn't even have military uniforms. They were dressed in a variety of ways and had different equipment. However, their morale was very high. They rushed into the bandit group with howls.
"Poof!" The sound of the sharp blade slicing through the flesh was clearly audible.
"Whoosh!" The arrow shot through the air and nailed the chest of a thief colonel.
"Bang!" The war horse directly collided with the thief who was unable to dodge. The horse stood up, fell heavily with its hooves, and stepped on another thief.
“The officers and soldiers are coming!”
“The damn officers and soldiers are here again!”
As if hot oil had fallen into a thicket of ants, thousands of thieves suddenly became chaotic.
The boldest ones run towards the car to get their weapons.
The timid person got directly under the car and tried to escape.
The old man was holding the child, shivering.
The young man stared blankly at more and more officers and soldiers in the south. His legs and feet were so weak that he couldn't even muster the energy to run.
The level of the sons of Yi Congjun was actually very average, but their morale was high and they firmly believed that they would win if they followed Marquis Lu Yang, so they were very brave and rushed around on horseback.
Well, the fight was unorganized and just a random killing spree, but their passionate actions had a good effect: the bandit army became even more chaotic. The Yi Cong infantrymen rushed up with noisy sounds, and rushed into the crowd of thieves with spears, wooden poles, ring-shou knives, halberds and other messy weapons.
The battle is not fierce and chaotic.
One side is fighting blindly, the other side is running around and bumping into each other, just like a sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks, and novice chickens pecking each other.
After fighting for a while, the bandits who were a little further away had already fled.
After resisting for a while, the bandit army that was close to them basically collapsed because they were not organized.
The master jumped onto a carriage and shouted loudly, asking the thieves to come closer to him.
A prisoner released from the Xiangcheng County Prison picked up a bow and arrow and shot him directly in his open mouth.
A cluster of arrows emerged from the back of the head, with a hint of blood.
Master fell into a trap, and his dream of preaching was interrupted.
“Kill the thieves!” More and more volunteers rushed up. They were a little hesitant and worried at first. After seeing the thieves running away, they seemed to have taken stimulants, and their morale increased sharply. , I feel like a heavenly soldier descending to earth, extremely brave.
Look, even if I chop him, he doesn’t dare to resist.
This man still has armor on his body. He is actually rolling around and wants to take a shot from me.
Haha, he actually knelt down and begged for mercy. Go to the Nine Underworlds to beg for mercy!
I shot five or six people today. My brother usually thinks that I am slow to shoot. On the battlefield, I am a dead man. I really should bring him here to see and shoot slowly. There are prey in front of me.
The battlefield has turned into a one-sided ending.
After Zhanggu led the Yamen Army up, the bandit army had been completely defeated.
He released the Yamen Army on the spot and ordered them to pursue quickly.
As for the baggage abandoned by the thieves, it was handed over to Baoding of Yushanwu. This place is not far from the Wubao. After being escorted back to the dock, it is completely time for another group of people to follow.
Chasing the enemy one after another is good for this.
The thieves have a weak will to fight and carry more baggage, which is almost the same as fighting against the wind.
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The pursuit never stopped.
Following the defeat of the bandit army's baggage section outside Yangcheng County on the evening of the 30th, and the beheading of more than 2,000 people, the Yi Cong pioneers were so full of morale that they strongly demanded to travel overnight and promised to do so.
On the first day of the fifth lunar month, the vanguard of Yi Cong encountered thieves on the road. They frightened away more than 3,000 thieves and captured their luggage.
On the second day of May, I arrived outside Shenyuan Pass and saw that there were thieves guarding the pass, so I camped outside the pass and prepared to go west the next day, detouring through Dagu Pass and entering the Luoyang Basin. In terms of time, after passing Shenyuan Pass, We also have to go west, which is not much different from reaching Luoyang via Dagong Pass.
That night, shouts of killing rang out from the north of Guancheng.
It turned out that Mi Huang, the captain of the Sili School, and Chen Yan, the captain of the Duzhi School who came for reinforcements, were attacking the city.
When Wang Mi fights, he never talks about an escape route. He goes wherever he goes, fights wherever he goes, and eats wherever he goes. When the defenders saw the officers and soldiers appearing in the north of Guancheng, and then saw the officers and soldiers camped in Guannan, they immediately realized that they had been abandoned. More than 3,000 people abandoned Guancheng, broke out to the north, and tried to join the main force. The result was a disaster. Annihilate them all.
On the third day of May, Shao Xun led his army to Sheyuan Pass and joined forces with Mi Huang and Chen Yan.
"Where is Wang Mi?" Shao Xun asked directly after the three of them had finished their greetings.
"The vanguard may have arrived in the suburbs of Luoyang, and the main force of the brigade will be delayed for a day or two at most." Mi Huang replied.
Shao Xun observed Lao Mi.
For more than a year since returning from Chang'an, Lao Mi's life has not been very smooth.
The position of Sili Xiaowei is actually a good one, with high authority. But he failed to take up a post in the shogunate and was obviously excluded from the inner circle.
But I haven’t heard of any contact between Mi Huang and the Emperor.
It seems that even though he was alienated by Sima Yue, Lao Mi still did not betray his old boss.
There is no need for such a loyal person. He doubts this and that. I don’t know what Sima Yue is thinking.
"Did Wang Mi divide his troops along the way?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Some of them went east, apparently going to Xingyang. However, they should have left on their own initiative." Before Mi Huang could answer, Du Branch Captain Chen Yanxian said: "I am on the line between Luoshui and Dahe. They stationed troops and defeated several groups. "
Chen Yan was not from Sima Yue, because he had previously planned to make Sima Tan, the king of Qinghe, the crown prince.
Now that Sima Tan is dead, the two people who conspired to support him (Chen Yan and Lu Yong) are fine. How to say this? The children of the Sima family are not as energetic as these military leaders?
Shao Xun once suspected that Chen Yan was closely related to the Yang family, so he had to find an opportunity to ask Yang Xianrong.
“Some members of Wang Mi’s tribe are also traveling eastward outside Shenyuan Pass.” Shao Xun said: “It seems that there should not be too many thieves arriving in Luoyang, maybe fifty thousand, maybe seven or eight Ten thousand, that’s all.”
Along the way, some people fell behind. Wang Mi, the general, was very interesting. Maybe they had already gotten used to it.
"After a short rest, I want to go straight to Luoyang to fight against the thieves, you two..." Shao Xun glanced at them and asked.
"Why do you want to go with me?" Mi Huang said.
After hearing this familiar title from Mi Huang, Shao Xun smiled. The grudges from the past should be gone with the wind, right?
“Let’s go together.” Chen Yan didn’t waste any words.
Shao Xun nodded.
Chen Yan was summoned by Mi Huang. It seems that the two of them have a good relationship and can cooperate with each other in the army.
With the two of them, the whole army has more than 10,000 people, and it can already do a lot of things.
But - take a day off to recover your strength.
Yes, he has received the emperor's edict, but so what? How can a soldier fight if he is exhausted?
Tomorrow we will make a delicious meal of pork and vermicelli stew - no, the captured injured draft animals will be slaughtered and the whole army will be slaughtered, and we will march in the day after tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)