Chapter 226 Boiling a frog in warm water

The gang general stationed in Dengzhou Prefecture City was actually an empty silence. The real person in charge was Luo Hao, the brother-in-law of the Shandong general, who served as the Pinghai guerrilla, and had an official title similar to Zheng Zhilong.

After the chaos in Dengzhou began, the primary task was to send troops to conquer. Leading troops could not be left to outsiders. Fortunately, because Kong Youde defected from Dengzhou and entered the sea, the Ming court increased its defense power in the area of ​​Dengzhou Prefecture, so it mobilized troops quickly.

Luo Hao soon led 5,000 troops to Laiyang quickly. They also knew where the old camp of Jiaozhou Camp was. If they wanted to enter Dengzhou Prefecture, Laiyang would be the only way to go.

When he first sent troops, Luo Hao was really excited. He thought that the opportunity to make achievements finally came. Dengzhou Prefecture had no battle after the Kong Youde Rebellion, and the army was just guarding. With such an opportunity, Luo Hao thought to himself that he might be able to remove the guerrilla hat on his head and become the position of the general himself.

But after leaving Dengzhou for thirty miles, he began to doubt. After walking for three days, he became dejected. Guerrilla Luo Hao wanted to withdraw to Dengzhou Prefecture several times, but he also understood that if he retreated, Shandong General Qiu Lei would definitely not spare him.

Although he has his own sister's relationship, General Qiu has dozens of wives in the back house, but he knows if there are other brother-in-laws who are jealous of their current position.

Guerrilla Luo Hao also knew that there were many bandits and horses in Dengzhou. When he was chasing and suppressing him occasionally, he could even take some filial piety, so he turned a blind eye. Who would have thought that these bandits and horses were so rampant?

The army had just left the city for thirty miles and dared to harass the rear team and rob the baggage. To be honest, the combat effectiveness of these officers and soldiers and bandits is really not good. If the thief who couldn't survive and went up the mountain to fall into the grass, the official army would not be afraid. If they lined up for a few rounds, the opponent would collapse.

However, most of the bandits and robbers in Dengzhou Prefecture were defeated soldiers and scattered soldiers from the Kong Youde Rebellion. To conquer Kong Youde, they were mobilizing elite soldiers nearby. These soldiers were scattered in the countryside for various reasons. They were familiar with the things that officers and soldiers fought.

The fight was quite resilient, but he couldn't run fast, and then he followed closely. He said that the officers of Dengzhou Prefecture also had some friendships with these bandits and horses, but no matter how they got into friendship, it was useless. The other party still beat him hard. It was okay on the first day of leaving the city, but the soldiers and horses in Dengzhou Prefecture had to take care of them.

It was no longer possible when I set up camp and went to bed at night. Some people kept throwing torches into the camp and clamored loudly not far away. When the officers and soldiers were stirred up and went out to fight, they scattered and then continued.

The camp was camping for rest in the dark. The Ming Dynasty's military law strictly prohibited people from making loud noises, because they were afraid that these soldiers with very depressed emotions would suddenly attack each other because of the "camp roar". It would be possible that the army of thousands of people would collapse overnight. Now the order in the camp is maintained, but the outskirts are in trouble.

The guerrilla Luo Hao also knew some greatness and sent his personal troops out. All the soldiers who were disturbing and noisy were killed and executed, and each unit was resting, and the team of about 500 people was always in the battle. Only then did he feel more stable and he didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.

The rest was not good at night, and I got up very late the next day. When I set off on the road, the harassment was still the same, but the officers and soldiers also increased their vigilance, so they just stared at the back team and the baggage. Luo Hao had no choice but to send additional troops to protect the back team and the baggage. If the food route was cut off, it would definitely be a defeat.

There were also some infantrymen in the bandits who came to harass the first day, but the next day they were all bandits riding horses. There was a large mule and horse market at the junction of Shandong and Henan. Moreover, because of the horse politics, there were already a tradition of raising horses in Shandong. Therefore, there were really many people with horses in the green forest and grass.

On the contrary, the guards' army, because the horses consume grass and need to be taken care of by people, spend a lot of money, so the fewer horses are, the better, except for the generals and personal soldiers.

The horses were hanging in the distance. Seeing that the Dengzhou soldiers' defenses were relaxed, they immediately came up and fought once, and ran away after they fought.

The Dengzhou soldiers who had no good rest and were extremely tired were even more anxious. The guerrilla Luo Hao had no choice but to camp and rest early. At the same time, he platooned a fast horse to return to Dengzhou City to inform the garrison in Dengzhou City, requiring the garrisons in Dengzhou City to send more troops to guard the food road, and be careful not to be taken advantage of the situation.

The situation was still the same at night. From officials to soldiers, almost no one could rest well. On the third day, there were scattered deserters. They had no food or salary in the city. I thought they could get some money when they went to war, but who would have thought it would be so troublesome, so why would we scatter and become bandits?

However, for the guerrilla Luo Hao, he had experienced the experience on the third day and actually walked twenty miles. When he set up camp at night, Luo Hao felt relieved. According to this trend, he should have arrived at Laiyang City in time. After he got there, he would enter the city to defend it. Will his Jiaozhou Camp still dare to attack the city openly?

On the fourth day and the fifth day, the defense was strengthened and I also understood the way to deal with it. The marching speed was getting faster and faster, and gradually reached a normal level. Especially when I passed by Qixia County, I received some supplements. I calculated that I would be able to reach Laiyang in four days, and the harassment of the bandits and horses was already sporadic and I could not see it very much.

When Qixia City was out of sight, the sky gradually became darker. No one came to harass it today. When camping, the soldiers were very quick. Everyone was nervous and alert these days and anxious all night. Today, they saw nothing more, so they should be able to rest well.

The guerrilla Luo Hao also thought so. After making a simple arrangement, he led his personal troops to inspect the various camps and then took a break early.

From Qixia to Laiyang, the terrain was mountainous. The place where the guerrilla Luo Hao found was a Zhuangzi. This Zhuangzi was located in a nearby village market, and it was still more prosperous and wealthy. However, the Dengzhou soldiers immediately became poor when they passed by. Although the Dengzhou army was tired, they were a little worried about openly looting and extortion were inevitable.

The guerrilla Luo Hao even hugged a girl from a wealthy family and struggled for the middle of the night. This was how satisfied he fell asleep. The soldiers below had some money to make money. Everyone was motivated and it was normal to send troops to fight. Otherwise, who would work hard!

As for the elders and young people in the village, they didn't even dare to cry loudly, and they could only secretly claim to be unlucky, thinking that it would be great to listen to the advice earlier, but they were now ruined by these soldiers.

Just after midnight, the soldiers standing guard in front of the camp were watching from a distance at the dozens of lights flashing on the official road, rubbing their eyes, for fear that they had read it wrong, so they looked over and found that they were not wrong, but the dozens of lights were shaking there.

It was just that the night was a little confused. It was because of the light in the distance or the light spots in the near future. It was inevitable that ghost fire would be built in such a place.

The camp was silent. Even if there was any movement, the soldiers were snoring and talking in their sleep. The people guarding the gate looked carefully at the front, thinking that it would not be too late to make sure and report to Shangguan. Otherwise, it would be light to be laughed at by a whip or it would be possible to lose your head.

"That's a lantern?"

"I can't say it, why don't we go over and take a look?"

"What are you talking about? This is a wild and crazy thing. If you leave Yingpan far away, you won't be afraid of being taken away by a wolf."

"I feel uneasy, if it's really... it's a lantern!!"

The soldier guarding the gate finally saw it in a real way and immediately shouted loudly. At this time, what he was afraid of was not the so-called night attack, but the ghost. Who would run around in the wilderness in the middle of the night with a lantern? It was almost a ghost. As the lights got closer and closer.

The panicked soldiers finally heard a muffled sound, as if it was the sound of countless steps falling on the ground. This was not a ghost, but an enemy attacked by night.

The officers who were disturbed by the soldiers on the night watch were already shouting loudly, but after hearing this, they all shouted:

"Someone steals the camp, some steals the camp."

This kind of shouting was similar to that of the camp. Not long after, the entire camp of the Dengzhou Army immediately became boiling, shouting, crying, and even fighting. Some people ignored everything after they got up and chopped and slashed with swords, making the scene even more chaotic.

Luo Hao ran out of his tent naked, looked around, cursed a few words, and quickly mobilized his own military camp to let them go to various camps to suppress them. If there was really an enemy outside, if the troops were not adjusted quickly, he would be in chaos if the other party did not rush.

The dozen or so big white lanterns got closer and closer, and they could even see clearly that they were riding horses carrying them with long poles, and they could still see the shadowy heads behind the lanterns. At this time, Luo Hao's troops were still in the whole team, and the dozen or so big lanterns suddenly ran to both sides and stood in two rows.

Among the two rows of lanterns, dozens of horses walked out in small steps, and one of them shouted first:

"My boys, it's right ahead, rushing with our family!"

At this moment, behind the lanterns, a huge shouting sound broke out. The noise in Luo Hao camp was suppressed by the shouting sound. The dozens of horses exerted their strength directly, followed by countless brave soldiers and rushed towards the Dengzhou army's camp...
Chapter completed!