Chapter 156: Voting
Feng Gao's soldiers were not bad. They set up a camp in the wilderness to the west of the city overnight. They also divided 500 soldiers to set up a small camp by the Mouwen River. The other 1,500 soldiers stayed in the camp in the wilderness. .
As the commander-in-chief of this battle, Pang Zun once again ordered military discipline as soon as the camp was established. Order all the officers and men to move when they hear the sound of drums and stop when they hear the sound of trumpets. Since they are not official envoys, they are not allowed to move their horses. They give three orders and five orders to beat the drums. Then he patrolled the camp on horseback, deliberately found a few violators, beheaded them, and held their heads for favor.
This is what Pang Zun's family taught. The best way to improve military discipline is to use your head as a warning. Anyway, these cattle and horses will not be afraid unless they are killed.
Pang Zun brought 200 cavalry with him this time, and most of the ships were horses. After a night of repairs, these horses were once again full of vigor and vitality. Early this morning, Pang Zun personally led the cavalry around the city to observe the reality of the city, but he almost failed to return.
Zhang Chong, who was on the gate tower, saw the enemy general advancing so rashly, so he ordered Tian Junshuai to suddenly ride out from the south gate and go over to attack and kill the group of cavalry. If it weren't for the fact that most of Pang Zun's cavalry were troops left behind by his father, and most of them were warriors, he would have been beheaded by Tian Jun in just this one wave.
Pang Zun was also frightened by the protruding enemy cavalry in the city. He no longer dared to rush in with light troops and hid back in Dazhai. Tian Jun rushed all the way to the enemy's stronghold. Seeing that the enemy general had secured the camp impeccably, he killed a few woodcutters outside and withdrew into the city.
Zhang Chong, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, saw the strength of the soldiers below the city from just this small conflict. The cavalry was defeated in battle, and the infantry even had no intention of leaving the stronghold to fight. In a word, it was nothing but fish belly. Immediately, without holding back, he issued a flag in the city and ordered Li Damu's and Dianwei's troops to leave the stronghold and directly attack the Fenggao barracks.
After that, Zhang Chong ordered him to guard the city, and led the assault cavalry and the collision team out of the city. For a while, a large number of troops gathered to surround Fenggao Walled City.
Pang Zun, who was in the stronghold, never expected that he would be caught by the enemy just because of his negligence, and the attack and defense would be exchanged instantly.
The Dianwei tribe launched a direct attack. When the drums from behind started beating, Dian Wei personally led the troops to charge forward, but Zhao Chong and Xu Xi saw the opportunity quickly and took the lead in charging, protecting Dian Wei behind them.
Xu Xi also led a hundred-man team, rushed directly to the enemy's trench, and attacked hard against the big pillars. Except for the five hundred veterans, the Fenggao soldiers in the stronghold were all recruited Ding Yong. They were now in chaos. Except for a few people who were shooting arrows, everyone else was walking around with their heads covered. I watched helplessly as Xu Xi's hundred men cleared trenches, knocked down fences, and blocked horses.
Pang Zun endured his temper. He only had 500 old soldiers in his hands, which were the backbone of the entire army, and he did not dare to use them casually. He already regretted it. No one knew that this group of thieves would be so good at fighting. It had only been a while since the drums started ringing on the opposite side, and they had already killed them at the base of the stronghold. Aren't they afraid of death? If he had known, if Zhang Ju had not given him two thousand old soldiers, he would not have left the camp at all.
Just when they were anxious, Liu Yin, another general in charge of the battle, who was originally from Fenggao Camp, came up with reinforcements. Liu Yin's troops numbered a thousand men, and it looked like he had 500 more soldiers than before. But in fact, he had been deprived of military power by Zhang Ju, and he was promoted openly and secretly.
Do you think Liu Yin has no resentment? But now he and Pang Zun are on the same rope, and they can only fight indiscriminately. Although his thousands of men were also recruited brave men, he brought all his guards with him when he came. Now, with the guards as the backbone of the army, a unit has been formed.
As soon as he came here, he ordered a hundred archers to shoot at Xu Xi's centurion through the wooden fence.
Previously, Xu Xi's hundred-man team came all the way, and encountered only a few arrows. As this wave of soldiers did not have many archers, many people threw away their big posts so that they could easily climb the wooden fence.
So when Liu Yin's wave of arrows came, Xu Xi's hundred men were stunned. He had soldiers to cover him, but there was nothing wrong with him, but the hundred men who followed him to charge immediately fell down.
Frightened, Xu Xi's offensive stalled. At this time, Zhao Chong's troops, who were also charging from the side, successfully rushed to the bottom of the wall because Xu Xi's troops attracted the arrows.
Zhao Chong was not a brave general, but he always treated his soldiers like a son and called his brothers brothers. In the army, he called Zhao Chong "Old Zhaotou" to show his cordiality.
So when Zhao Chong took the lead in attacking, all the soldiers under his command took the lead. At this moment, a dozen of them quickly climbed up the wall of the village.
But the enemy general Pang Zun is really a bit educated, and his camp has done something well. Normally, the walls of the village are built to be straight and square, but when this guy was building them, he built a protruding part on each side, making the camp look like a rice-shaped grid. But this time, the rice grid came into play.
When Zhao Chong's men were climbing on this side, a dozen archers appeared directly from the watchtower on the protruding part of this side, shooting at them. Unprepared, Zhao Chong's men suffered heavy casualties.
Dian Wei, who was behind the formation, soon learned that Zhao Chong and Xu Xi's attack was blocked. He was so anxious that he quickly asked the guards to put on three layers of armor for him, and then led the guards to support him while wearing a bag and an iron mask.
At this moment, Dian Wei was running freely. From his own heart, what he liked most was to be at the forefront of the formation, rather than sitting back and watching his men fight. But he also knew that Qu Kui was promoting him, hoping that he could become a qualified military commander, so he also worked hard to learn.
But this moment, this moment, when I, Dian Wei, lead the charge, is what I like best.
Dian Wei's charge boosted the morale of Zhao Chong and Xu Xi, who were struggling in front. They all shouted loudly and pushed forward again carrying the big pillars.
The main body of the Dianwei army is from Yanzhou, while the main body of the Taishan army is from Taishan. From this, it can be seen that the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Dianwei army are sensitive, but at the same time they are also united.
It won’t work if we don’t unite. If we are the Yanzhou people, what will we do if we don’t unite?
Therefore, when the brothers in front suffered heavy casualties, the brothers behind had no fear in their hearts, but only anger. At this moment, with Minister Dian Wei personally taking the lead in the charge, the morale of the entire army was greatly boosted.
It was also at this time that they discovered that the arrows above began to weaken. Although they did not know the reason, taking advantage of this opportunity, three or four generals had climbed up the wall with their troops and stood firm.
Dian Wei led his soldiers to climb up the wall, and then a rain of blood fell on the wall. More and more Taishan soldiers poured into the stronghold from here.
A loud "coaxing" sound came from the north, followed by a roaring mountain and a tsunami. Just by hearing it, I knew that Li Damu's troops who were attacking the north of the wall had already broken through the wall and were pouring in. Liu Yin was still holding on to the wall with difficulty. When he saw that the wall to the north was broken, he knew that he could no longer hold on, so he quietly retreated down the wall with only two guards.
As the north wall was breached, Tian Jun, Ren Yun, and Xi Shen led the charge and poured in like a tide directly from the breach. Wherever their spears passed, flesh and blood flew everywhere. In just three breaths, they had already rushed a hundred steps into the wall of the village and directly killed Pang Zun's central army.
At this time, Pang Zuncai led 500 old soldiers and 100 cavalry and began to charge towards Tian Jun and other sudden cavalry. For a time, heads rolled, horses neighed, people howled, and corpses were everywhere.
In this small space, iron bones, giant axes, and spears were swung up and down, and human cruelty and courage were vividly demonstrated here and now.
Feng Gao was the first to take the lead, and Pang Zun, who was unable to withstand it, was now angry and angry. He pointed his halberd and slashed to death a soldier who hesitated a little while charging, and shouted:
"Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed!"
The military's morale was solemn, and Pang Zun began to order again:
"Today's matter is about death or life. I stand in front, my swords and axes follow me to charge, my archers gather to shoot, and my cavalry blocks the charge from the north. Even if I die, I will die there."
The cavalry commander next to him was his uncle, who had participated in the Pingqiang War with his father. He looked deeply at his nephew, waved his flag, and charged towards Tian Jun and the others.
The horses collided, muscles and bones were broken, Feng Gao's cavalry was facing death, and they were cut out from the narrow gap of Tian Jun's cavalry.
Seeing this heroic act, Pang Zun was overjoyed. He roared in the rear to boost morale:
"See, as long as you have the courage, there are chickens and dogs on the opposite side. Kill them for me."
But what he saw next made him collapse.
His uncle led the cavalry into the enemy cavalry, but did not turn around and charge again. Instead, he galloped along the broken wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Pang Zun's hands and feet were cold, and he ran away with the cavalry.
Tian Jun had no intention of letting go of the enemy cavalry that fled out, so he turned around and ordered Ren Yun to lead Baiqi to chase them. Then there was a loud roar, and all the riders behind them took out their halberds from their robes and threw them out in unison.
The 500-year-old Fenggao soldier who was already frustrated was directly chipped away by this wave of hand halberds.
After Tian Jun and other cavalry were thrown, he rode his horse through the army and knocked the Fenggao soldiers off their backs. Then Tian Jun and the others turned around again and started another wave of throwing.
Then came Xi Shen, who led his cavalry around the five hundred soldiers, shooting arrows like locusts. For a time, screams could be heard in the Fenggao soldiers formation, and there were many people howling in fear. Pang Zun, who was in the formation, led his guards and started killing the crying ones in a frantic manner, shouting while killing:
"Anyone who dares to disturb the morale of the army will be killed!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, the remaining Feng Gao soldiers who were killed turned around and cursed:
"Behead your mother. You have the surname Pang. You have no ability to kill the enemy. You have no mercy in killing the brothers. Brothers, instead of being beheaded by this man surnamed Pang, why don't we kill him now and surrender directly."< br>
As soon as this statement came out, everyone agreed,
"Okay" "Okay" "I want this person named Pang to die and avenge my brother."
Then Tian Jun saw that the Fenggao soldiers in front of him began to have civil strife. They huddled together, fighting hand to hand, swords raised and dropped, heads rolling.
When Pang Zun saw these insurgents, and then saw the enemy cavalry glaring at them from the outside, he felt dizzy and dark-eyed. He became afraid and shouted directly at the insurgents:
"Brothers, the bandits are brutal. Even if we surrender, we will die. As long as we brothers unite as one and fight out of the stronghold together, as long as we reach the small village by the Mouwen River and get on the boat, we can all survive."
Seeing that the rebels were still there, Pang Zunyi gritted his teeth and promised:
"As long as we go back, each of us will be given a piece of silk from our Pang family and a thousand yuan of money. It's all from our Pang family. Can't we leave, brothers?"
The naked reward made the rebels hesitate. But the leader became anxious. If the man named Pang didn't die, he would definitely die. He said bluntly:
"Brothers, don't even think about rushing out. Our only way to survive is to surrender with this Pang's head. As for the reward he said, don't you know that the old soldiers in Fenggao Camp have been without pay for several months? Do you believe this? Ribbon? Brothers, kill me.”
In the end, no matter what Pang Zun said, he still got a black eye, his head was removed, and he became a surrender certificate for the rebels.
(End of chapter)