Chapter 677 Counter
It was sunny on September 28, the first year of the Great Jin Dynasty (317).
"Screen the prisoners and send them to Jijun."
"Use the food and grass, the wild invincible cavalry, why are you so slow?"
"With Peach Leopard as the vanguard, Lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to go ahead and set off in the afternoon. The army will rest for the night and head west in the morning. "
"Inform the military commander Lu Zhi and the prime minister Yu Chen that the food gifts for the soldiers on the battlefield will be given first. Forget it, don’t ruin my reputation.”
“The Wen County thieves have withdrawn? Let Wang Que’er pursue them quickly and try to keep as many thieves as possible. It will be difficult to deal with them if they escape into Zhiguan and Shangdang. "
"The Taoist disciples of Qingzhou are causing trouble again. It's really not a pity to let Liu Ling suppress them immediately."
"With Liang Su as his righteousness. Governor Yang, recruit young men and regain the lost territory. "
In Shanyang County, Shao Xun spent the entire afternoon reviewing various official letters, dictating his opinions and handing them over to his accompanying staff. Processed and sent everywhere.
On the 29th, he reviewed the troops outside the city.
The soldiers and horses on this route are mostly miscellaneous soldiers, but their morale is strong and their desire to fight is very strong.
All the way west, many people were talking about the magical experiences of Feng Bachi and others.
With the official position, this is an almost impossible task to cross the chasm. Even if you are a ninth-grade official, you are still an official, and as long as you join the official ranks, you have the possibility of promotion.
You don’t have to kneel when you see the magistrate, you can just sit and talk and laugh. When the officials who were appointed by powerful officials saw him, they had to bow politely.
Money is also available, and the one-time reward of grain and cloth is enough to feed the family for several years. It can also shelter a certain number of slaves and fields, which is also a benefit.
From now on, Lu Tian will receive grain, meat, fruits and vegetables, and Military Tian will receive part of the grain and rice rewards.
During the holidays, if you can be invited to a banquet by Liang Gong, and you can take some wine and meat home after eating and drinking, you may be rewarded - giving rewards during festivals is the master's way of making up for the lack of officials' salaries. important means.
It can be said that Feng Bachi is no longer on the same level as them.
Not to mention he got a woman. I heard that she was Kong Dou's second wife - this guy changed his wife immediately after he got rich - he was born in the Han family in Anping. This was a heavenly being that they, the mud-legged ones, had never seen before. Now he was being suppressed every night by that thick man Feng Bachi. Beneath his body, he washed his face with tears.
Damn, the more I think about it, the more excited I get!
How can you not be envious when you watch a penniless person rise to a high position?
A few days ago, during Xiuwu's siege battle, another person ascended first. With the promise of Liang Gong, he rewarded one of his guilty family members and gave him the title of Sima of the other divisions of Donghun Longxiang Mansion, with the command of guarding three hundred soldiers.
To be honest, this time's Xiandeng is completely different from the one in Ji County.
Jixian County is a county town, Xiuwu is just an ordinary county town, and there are not many soldiers, just one or two hundred people, and they took hundreds of men hostage. They were driven off the city with just a drum beat. .
Two people in a row reached the sky by climbing first, and there were more than ten people who shared the great success of killing the general and were rewarded by the woman with money. Such a huge reward has aroused everyone's emotions. Everyone is vying for the first place, everyone is brave, and they are gearing up to gain wealth and wealth when Liang Gong personally conquers it. If you don't fight now, when will you fight?
Shao Xun was relieved to see such morale.
Husband fights with courage!
Our army's morale is at its peak, and the Huns' hearts are in a state of confusion. This is a favorable opportunity to seize Jijun, Hanoi and even Shangdang.
After the review, the big banner pointed forward, and tens of thousands of sergeants ran westward like wolves and tigers with red eyes.
Next stop, Wild King.
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Outside Gaodu City, Liu Runzhong held a sharp knife and walked towards a person tied to a pillar.
This man's name is Liu Dahu, who was born as a slave in Liu Ya's family. He once managed a caravan for him, doing business between Hanoi, Hedong, and Pingyang. Later, he got the position of shogunate and sent orders everywhere, and his status gradually increased.
When I came to Gaodu this time, I ordered the Jie, Wuhuan and Xiongnu tribes who were farming and herding here to send troops to go south to Yewang and Wen County to help the troops besieging Wen County withdraw.
This group has been withdrawing for a few days. To be honest, it is not ideal. The troops behind them were surrounded by Wang Queer in an instant, and then the infantry, cavalry and horses continued to pursue.
He did not chase in a hurry, maybe because he was worried that the Huns would jump over the wall in a hurry, so he stopped to fight. He just followed up behind him unhurriedly, in a way similar to Shao Xun's pursuit of Jin Zhun back then: He was a day's journey away, so you didn't dare to stop, you didn't dare to take in the broken troops who were left behind, you couldn't contact the various battalions, and the further you got, the more you arrived. The chaos behind them will become more and more scattered, and even if they want to turn back and fight again, they will not have the morale.
Now they urgently need new troops to go south to relieve General Anxi's danger. Liu Runzhong and others stationed in Gaodu are the closest and can arrive in an instant. They are natural reinforcements.
But something seems to have gone wrong: Liu Runzhong wants to rebel!
"Liu thief! People like you should be tied to a horse's tail and dragged to death in the sand moraine (Gobi Desert). Dog thief! Traitor!" Liu Dahu was not afraid when his death was imminent. I want to curse: "Your sister was insulted by Shao Thief day and night, crying and wailing, just waiting for you to save her. In the end, you wanted to surrender to Shao Thief, haha. After hearing this, Mrs. Liu was afraid that she would commit suicide in despair."
Liu Runzhong's face turned dark, and he thrust the sharp knife into Liu Dahu's mouth, stirred it, and then pulled it out. Blood and water mixed with his teeth and tongue gushed out.
Liu Dahu screamed in pain and almost fainted. , but still glared at Liu Runzhong.
Liu Runzhong sneered and asked someone to bring a few buckets of cold water and poured it on Liu Dahu's heart repeatedly.
The morning at the end of September was already a bit cold. Liu Dahu was shivering from the cold and his heart felt tight.
Liu Runzhong's expression remained unchanged, he tore open Liu Dahu's clothes, made two gestures on his chest with his hand, and then stabbed, cut, scratched, and pulled under Liu Dahu's fearful eyes.
Blood spurted out, covering Liu Runzhong’s head and face.
He didn't care, and even licked the corners of his mouth with his tongue, keeping the sharp knife in his hand...
"Don't waste the vegetables and blood from the heart, I'll share them together." , send troops to greet Duke Liang." Liu Runzhong looked at the crowd and said.
The people present, except the envoy Yu Zheng, are all the chiefs of the southern part of Shangdang.
Seeing Liu Dahu's fate and listening to Liu Runzhong's words, there was nothing strange. They all just nodded, including Liu Zhao who came back from Bianliang.
Yu Zeng almost spit out the cheese he had eaten in the morning. He now deeply doubts, is there any point in recruiting these people?
He felt that crazy things were commonplace and accustomed to these people.
It is not easy to control these vicious men.
But as he thought about it, he recalled the image of Mr. Liang again. Is he really a good person? not necessarily.
The level of ferocity is probably no less than that of these people, but Mr. Liang is good at suppressing the violence in his heart and trying his best not to harm others. If he were allowed to let out the devil in his heart, people like Liu Runzhong would probably be scared to shit. Maybe——Liu Runzhong has vaguely seen something. This kind of vicious person is the most sensitive to the same kind.
The food and blood were quickly finished.
Liu Runzhong did not embarrass Yu Zhi and was very polite to him.
After finishing eating and drinking, there was a whistle and the horse came with its hooves.
Liu Runzhong stroked the horse's back gently and laughed and said: "Let's go to Liang Gong's place for dinner."
Everyone laughed, summoned their tribesmen, and surged southward.
Liu Zhao led a group of remaining soldiers and horses, went upstream and headed north.
Yu Zong and his entourage rode up to follow him.
The north wind howls and the sound of hooves sounds.
Shangdang Hu Qi's large-scale march southward almost became the straw that broke the camel's back.
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The wind is cold and the dew is heavy, and the grass is withered and yellow.
In fact, there is not much grass left.
In July, the giant locusts gnawed most of the land. After a little while, the weather turned cold and the vitality disappeared, just like the people living on this land.
The road to retreat is very difficult.
Wang Que'er pursued closely and had already swallowed up two soldiers and horses that had broken off the rear, and lost more than 3,000 people.
The Yi Congjun, the Zhuosheng Army and even the Youzhou Cavalry Governor took turns to attack, and the pursuit was very tight.
However, the cavalry in their hands lacked combat power due to the dwindling food supply. The frequency of dispatches was greatly reduced, and they were completely suppressed and beaten - after all, war horses cannot eat dried meat.
Another horn blast sounded.
Without waiting for Liu Ya's orders, a general led a group of cavalry and rushed forward to intercept them.
Liu Ya felt relieved and commanded the more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry troops who looked frightened to retreat north.
We are very close to the Wild King. As long as we persist for half a day or at most one day, we can rush into the city and get a chance to breathe.
As for what to do after returning to the Wild Queen, we will discuss it later. We can first get rid of the immediate catastrophe.
Another cavalry army attacked from the east, carrying a general flag with the character "高".
This is an old acquaintance. Gao Yi, the capture army, is a confidant of Shao Thief. He often robs Hanoi people and then places them in the Jinguyuan area. They have found out everything.
Faced with this cunning and cruel opponent, there was no need to mobilize. The hatred was as deep as the sea. Soon there were angry people who led the troops and rushed forward to fight with the bio-capturing army. Both sides kept falling off their horses. Each suffered heavy casualties.
The retreat of the army suddenly accelerated.
The bulky baggage was thrown away directly.
The damaged vehicles were not repaired and abandoned on the road.
Injured or sick people sat beside these vehicles, crying.
Even the thinner horses were slaughtered and used as food.
Liu Ya also rewarded the sergeants with the dancers and musicians she had brought along with the army. After taking turns playing with them until they were inhuman form, she chopped them with an ax and cooked them in one pot to boost morale.
After the enemy's cavalry was repulsed, they quickly changed directions and attacked again.
Recently, arrows even fell into the crowd of infantry, causing small-scale riots.
Liu Ya continued to issue orders, assigning various troops to intercept and drive them away until night.
But the night was not peaceful either. Not only were the Jin troops harassing them, but there were also soldiers who had left the camp.
They probably wanted to leave during the day, but they didn't dare, for fear of being attacked by Jin cavalry. It would be much easier after nightfall. Hundreds of people would spread out and gamble on their luck. It was impossible for the Jin army to keep an eye on everyone.
The officers kept reporting, but Liu Yaxin was tired and told them not to chase, but to control the remaining people.
The officers responded sadly. At this point in the battle, everyone had a clear understanding in their hearts: Hanoi might not be saved.
On the last day of September, the tall city walls of Yewang came into view.
The Huns, who had retreated at a rapid pace for a long time, cried with joy and subconsciously speeded up their pace.
The Jin army in the south seemed to know that the string they had been tightening was loosened, and suddenly stepped up their offensive. Not only did the cavalry charge fiercely, but all the armored cavalry were mounted, the infantry also pressed forward in large numbers, Liye Wang The Huns who were only a few miles away were instantly routed.
The people behind were half-hearted, and the people running in front were in disorder. There was no fighting intention in their minds. They only saw the wild king in front, and their ears could not hear any orders. They seemed to be scattered in one breath and collapsed. trend.
Liu Ya was so anxious that he immediately summoned his troops and rode forward to try to maintain order.
At this moment, on the northern horizon, waves of cavalry surged forward.
One, two, one hundred, two hundred, one thousand, two thousand...
In the end, there were no less than ten thousand people.
They crossed the Yewang without stopping at all, and headed straight for Liu Ya's central army's main formation.
If there was still some expectation at the beginning, when the first arrow fell, Liu Ya knew it was over.
Liu Runzhong rebelled!
(End of this chapter)