Chapter 41 The Prodigal Soldier(1/2)
After turning two hills, the Junzi Army stopped to rest under Tao Ying's order. They ate dry food and fed their horses and waited. After more than half an hour, the sound of people coming from the north was heard. Tao Ying hurried up.
He went up to a high place and raised the crystal telescope he made to look at it. He saw that four to five hundred soldiers of Yuan Shu's army were chasing from the north, both on foot and on horseback. They followed the horse dung left by the Junzi Army's horses all the way south, and soon entered the previous area.
The open area where the dock is located.
Entering the fertile farmland area, the difference between Junzi's army and Yuan Shu's army was immediately revealed. The infantry trampled the fields that had just been replanted with rapeseed unscrupulously, while the war horses trampled the fields arrogantly and domineeringly even more violently. Yuan Shu's cavalry also deliberately indulged.
While munching vegetables in the field, he could vaguely hear random shouting sounds. Seeing this, Tao Ying was of course overjoyed and thought to himself: "Okay, there really aren't many pursuers. Even if these Qiu Ba gang don't rob the village, I can rest assured."
We boldly used our troops in this rare open area."
Just like with the Junzi Army, upon discovering that another wave of troops had arrived, the dock that had previously refused to provide help to the Junzi Army immediately entered a state of preparation for war. More than a hundred young men hurried up the arrow tower wall, holding weapons in hand to guard the dock.
Get ready, the dock owner dressed as a scholar once again climbed to the top of the dock gate, ready to negotiate with the incoming army. However, after seeing Yuan Shujun's cavalry trampling the farmland and vegetable fields unscrupulously, the dock owner suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart.
, secretly said: "I'm afraid this level won't be as easy as the previous level."
Sure enough, General Yuan Shu, who led the pursuit, rushed to the front and rear of the Wubao Gate. He immediately raised his whip in a grand manner, pointed at the Wubao Gate and shouted aggressively, "Every man in the Wubao, there is a man who can breathe out. Did anyone just come out?"
More than a hundred cavalry passed by here? Where did they go?"
"More than a hundred cavalry?" The dock owner was confused, thinking that General Zuo's team was really confused. The Xuzhou cavalry team just now had at least 7800 people, so how could it be judged to be more than a hundred people?
Could it be said that what they are chasing is not the Xuzhou cavalry just now?
"Common man, are you deaf?" When no one answered, Captain Yuan Shujun, who was leading the army, became a little impatient. He pointed at the dock owner and shouted: "It's you, a common man wearing a Confucian shirt. I asked you what I said just now."
Is there a group of cavalry passing by here? If you don't answer, don't blame me for being polite to you."
"General, no." The dock owner was angry and deliberately replied: "Return to general, don't mention that just now, even in the past few days, a cavalry team of more than a hundred people has not passed in front of the small dock gate."
"How dare you lie to me, a brave man?!" The captain of Yuan Shujun was furious, pointed his riding whip at the ground, and shouted: "No cavalry passed by? Then where did these horse dung come from?"
Seeing the specks of horse dung on the ground, the dock owner suddenly realized what he was thinking. No wonder most of the horses in the cavalry team had sackcloth on their buttocks. It turned out that only a small number of horses were deliberately left behind to leave dung on the road.
, in order to confuse the enemy, so this group of pursuers misunderstood their strength and only sent four to five hundred people to pursue. In this way, even if they are overtaken by the pursuers, they can still gain an advantage. The young master just now,
Not only is he kind and kind, he is also very calculating.
"Common man, you have nothing to say?" Captain Yuan Shujun roared again, "Quickly tell me, where is that cavalry team? Otherwise, I will arrest you into the east city and punish you for collaborating with the enemy!"
"General." What Tao Ying had been waiting for happened for a long time. A small colonel whispered in the captain's ear and pointed his riding crop at the towering dome granary of the dock. Seeing this, the dock master immediately
Knowing that something was wrong, he quickly said loudly: "General, please don't get me wrong. Most of the people in Xiaowu are Jiujiang people. They have been favored by General Zuo for a long time. How dare they betray General Zuo and collaborate with the enemy? A group of cavalry passed by just now.
Although they were not more than a hundred people as the general said, they went that way."
With that said, the dock owner pointed towards the Junzi Army's direction in an extremely unscrupulous way, and betrayed the Junzi Army's whereabouts in a very unscrupulous manner. But it was too late for the dock owner to do this. After discovering that this dock owner was extremely wealthy,
The captain's eyes rolled a few times, and he immediately yelled, "You are a brave man. You have deceived me repeatedly. How can I trust you? Open the door of the dock immediately. I want to search the dock to see if you have any secrets."
Hide the enemy! Quick, open the door!"
Roaring, the captain waved his whip, and Yuan Shu's troops behind him immediately rushed forward with understanding, drew their bows and arrows, and aimed at the fort, in a posture to attack the fort. The captain shouted again: "Open the door! Open the door immediately.
! Otherwise, you are deliberately harboring thieves and bandits, and you will all be arrested and punished by the officials!"
"Trouble, they are really targeting the money and food in the dock." The dock owner complained in his heart, knowing that these officers and soldiers searching the village were a lie and taking the opportunity to plunder was real. At the same time, the dock owner was even more angry because the Xuzhou army from outside was very disciplined.
, He treated the common people of the enemy county without any offense, but the local officers and soldiers were so vicious, trampling on the fields and taking advantage of the opportunity to plunder. It seems that the laxity of the law under Yuan Shu's subordinates was more serious than what he had previously judged. Jiujiang County was occupied by such people
, it is really unfortunate for Jiujiang.
"Dock Master, you can't open the door." Several dockers also saw Yuan Shujun's bad intentions, and they all advised the dock master: "Dock Master, you must not open the door. If you open the door, our Lujia City will definitely be doomed.
, the more than 300 people in the dock are also dead."
"General Huang, what are you talking about with these collaborators and rebels?" Several generals of Yuan Shu's army shouted, "Let the soldiers go in directly. We will testify for you when we get back. This Wubao is a collaborator with the Tibetan bandits. General, you have no choice but to
Send troops to destroy them."
"Do you still need to testify? General Huang, you are one of General Yuan's men, and you are destroying a treasonous Wubao. Not to mention Mr. Huang Gai, even Mr. Sun Ce, what dare you say anything?"
Encouraged by several of his subordinates, the captain of Yuan Shujun was even more moved. He said yes, I am a member of General Yuan, and General Yuan is the lord's disciple. What are you afraid of after wiping out a village that is collaborating with the enemy? Sun Ce's son and Huang
Gai Lao'er dared to fart? Thinking of this, the captain did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, this Wubao is colluding with the enemy and hiding the enemy. The crime will not be punished! Come on, kill in! Fire arrows!"
"Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows quickly!" With impatient shouts, the soldiers of Yuan Shu's army fired their bows and crossbows, shooting at the Wubao in a mess. Several of the Wudin were unable to dodge and were immediately hit by arrows. They were still thinking about how to send this group of soldiers away.
The owner of the jackal's dock was furious and ordered the dockers to fire arrows to fight back. The fierce shouts of killing soon echoed in front of the gate of Fushuwu Fort.
It was only when the fight with real swords and guns began that the captain of Yuan Shujun named Huang Yi realized that he had underestimated this small fort, especially the dock owner wearing a Confucian shirt.
The strong bow shot an arrow, which was accurate and ruthless. In a moment, three soldiers were killed by his arrows. Another soldier holding a shield even had his shield pierced by his strong bow, and the arrow passed through the shield.
, shot and injured the shield-holding soldiers, and frightened the shield-holders on both sides to retreat. Although the remaining dockers were not as brave as the dock master, they still occupied the advantageous position, and fired their bows and crossbows from a high position, causing more than a dozen Yuan Shujun soldiers to scream.
He fell down and fell into a pool of blood.
What's more, Huang Yiwo's fire was still behind. Twenty or so infantrymen were carrying wooden logs to hit the dock door. Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped onto the bridge in front of the door, the seemingly solid wooden bridge turned over on its own, and five or six infantrymen were unable to stand firmly.
After falling into the ditch, he was immediately skewered into bloody skewers by the sharp stakes in the ditch. His screams shook the mountains. For a moment, Yuan Shujun, who was so numerous, was unable to do anything about this small fort.
"Retreat, retreat!" After all, Huang Yi was a regular army general and had very rich battlefield experience. He soon discovered the fatal flaw of this fort. He first ordered the troops to retreat, and then shouted the order: "Prepare rockets and
Torch, switch to rocket shooting! Light all the torches, cover with shield, step forward and throw the torch!"
"Fire?!" Seeing Yuan Shujun's soldiers collecting wood to start a fire, the dock owner was shocked. Knowing that Yuan Jun was about to launch a fire attack, he quickly shouted: "Quickly, prepare buckets and water tanks, and pour water on all the roofs of the fort.
, the enemy is going to set fire to the fort. Quick, quick, call the old, weak, women and children to help."
Woodin agreed and hurriedly went down to organize people to put out the fire, but the dock master was still very anxious because he knew the shortcomings of his fort - the area was too small, and the rockets and torches could only cross the fort wall and fall into the densely packed houses in the fort.
In the middle, a fire can start immediately. As long as the fire in the fort continues, no matter how strong the fort is, it will not be able to hold it, and the residents in the fort are destined to suffer heavy casualties.
Yuan Shujun's rockets and torches were quickly prepared. Although he couldn't find so much grease to wrap the arrowheads in a hurry, as long as he wrapped the arrowheads with rag strips, lit them on fire and shot them out, the arson effect would also be achieved. Then Huang
As soon as Yi gave the order, a large number of Yuan Shujun's crossbowmen immediately rushed forward to launch rockets. The infantrymen holding torches also stepped forward under the cover of the shield bearers and threw torches at the fort wall. Although the woodmen in the fort fired arrows desperately,
They tried to stop them, but Yuan Shujun's soldiers were too many for them. Rockets and torches were still thrown into the Wubao. Black smoke billowed quickly in the Wubao.
The Woodmen, who had received much military training, also began to panic.
"The Master said, it is a joy to learn and practice it from time to time! It is a joy to have friends from far away! If a person does not know but is not surprised, then he is not a gentleman...?"
When Yuan Shu's military attack on Wubao was about to succeed, the sound of neatly reciting "The Analects of Confucius" suddenly appeared on the road in the distance. When Huang Yi, Na Wuzhu and others looked around in surprise, they saw on the road to the south.
On the top of the mountain, a cavalry team of about eight hundred people appeared at some point. They were lined up in five horizontal formations. The gentleman's flag with white and black characters was fluttering in the wind. The two secondary flags on the left and right each had five characters written on them: benevolence, justice, etiquette.
Be wise and trustworthy! Be gentle, courteous, thrifty and generous!
"The Master said: To govern with virtue is like Beichen, who lives in his place and is shared by all the stars. The Master said: Three hundred poems can be summed up in one sentence, saying: Thoughts are innocent!"
The sound of the recitation suddenly changed, jumping directly from the first chapter of the Analects to the second chapter. Immediately afterwards, the three cavalry columns behind suddenly clapped their horses and charged. They passed the two columns in front and rushed to the front. Without saying a word, they fired arrows at random.
, hundreds of arrowheads whizzed over, and the soldiers of Yuan Shu's army who were unprepared were immediately thrown into chaos, screaming and falling to the ground. Then the three teams of cavalry suddenly circled towards the rear of Yuan Shu's army, firing arrows while outflanking Yuan Shu's army.
With the other wing, the last two groups of well-equipped heavy cavalry also launched an attack. They continued to fire arrows during the charge, covering Yuan Shu's army with bows and arrows.
"Enemy attack, hurry up, break out on the way!" Although Huang Yi was greedy and vicious, he had quite a lot of battlefield experience. He found that something was wrong - especially when he found that the number of the Junzi Army was far greater than the number of his troops, so he immediately ordered the army
He broke through the encirclement along the way and concentrated his troops to kill the Junzi Army Qingqi who had detoured to the rear. However, like all the generals who fought against the Junzi Army, Huang Yi soon became furious and discovered that the Junzi Army Qingqi without armor was not going to fight him in close combat at all.
, as soon as his troops charged, Jun Zijun turned around on his horse and ran away. At the same time, he kept firing arrows back on his horse, wildly shooting Yuan Shu's soldiers.
Because he stood high on the fortress wall, the self-proclaimed erudite master finally had his eyes opened. Amidst the absolutely perverted slogans, five teams of gentlemen surrounded Yuan Shu's army and just fired arrows wildly, not engaging in close combat with Yuan Shu's army.
, and no matter in which direction Huang Yi directed Yuan Shu's army to charge, the Junzi Army cavalry at that position would turn around and run without saying a word, turning back and firing arrows while running. The remaining Junzi Army cavalry always kept abreast of Yuan Shu's army.
A distance away, surrounding Yuan Shu's army, they fired arrows desperately. The white feather arrows drew torrents in the sky and continued to flow to the heads of Yuan Shu's army. One after another, Yuan Shu's soldiers also fell to the arrows of Junzi's army.
He was killed on the spot without even being able to touch a hair on the gentleman's army.
"Is there such a war-fighting army in the world?" The dock owner was completely stunned. "How do they shoot arrows on their horses? How do they shoot arrows with both hands while running, so they are not afraid of falling off their horses?"
"Have we met the enemy there?" What is even more stunned is the leader of Yuan Shu's army, Huang Yi. He has followed Yuan Shu's younger brother Yuan Yin in the northern and southern campaigns for more than ten years. He has participated in the war between princes against Dong, the Kuangting battle and Shouchun.
In dozens of battles, including major battles, Huang Yi had never heard or seen such weird cavalry tactics, and he didn't understand how these enemies managed to turn around and fire arrows during the charge. The various scenes in front of him were already far away.
Far beyond Huang Yi's cognitive scope.
The slogan of Zi Yu Shiyun is still echoing on the battlefield, and the feather arrows of the Junzi Army are also constantly covering the infantry and cavalry of Yuan Shujun led by Huang Yi. Having learned the lessons from the last battle with Zuo Rong, the accuracy of the Junzi Army's bows and arrows this time has obviously improved.
After many improvements, basically five or six arrows can hit an enemy - of course, this is at the expense of the frequency of shooting arrows, but it is enough to make Yuan Shujun shout that it is too much. In just a moment, at least
Two hundred soldiers of Yuan Shu's army fell under the arrows of Junzi's army, and most of the remaining three hundred were injured. Seeing that the situation was not good, Huang Yi quickly gathered the remaining thirty cavalry around him, letting these cavalry protect him with all his strength.
Break out of the encirclement and throw the remaining infantry to the gentlemen's army for massacre.
Huang Yi's calculations were too good. His thirty-odd cavalry vehicles are naturally very powerful compared to infantry. Unfortunately, compared to the Junzi Army, this mobility is definitely not enough, and Huang Yi is extremely vicious.
He chose to break out in the direction of the Qingqi directly under Tao Ji. Tao Ji, who was full of energy and competitive, naturally would not miss this opportunity to make a meritorious deed. He first commanded the Qingqi to deliberately get out of the way to avoid being consumed in close combat, and then quickly followed him to pursue and kill him, using his cavalry to his advantage.
The archery expert fired arrows to kill the enemy during the charge. As a result, Huang Yi was hit by two arrows in the rebel army and died on the spot. Only two of Yuan Shu's cavalry who protected him to break through managed to escape, and the rest were all killed by the arrows of Junzi's light cavalry.
General Huang Yi fled with his cavalry, and the remaining infantry troops of Yuan Shu's army were naturally in complete chaos. Some people took the initiative to throw down their weapons and surrender. However, Tao Ying came to fight guerrillas this time. Taking infantry prisoners would naturally only hinder his progress. Tao Ying was very worried.
Wisely chose to give up this good opportunity to surrender. At the same time, Tao Ying did not order a charge and rushed into the collapsed infantry of Yuan Shu's army to fight in close combat - the number of the Junzi Army was too small. Even if Tao Ying died, he would be distressed for a long time.
.So Tao Ying sent out orders one after another, ordering the soldiers to continue firing arrows around the infantry of Yuan Shu's army, preferring to waste bows and arrows rather than waste troops.
At this time, the Wubao that had extinguished the fire suddenly opened wide. The Wubao master in Confucian robes personally led more than a hundred young men to fight out, and rushed on foot to the Yuan Shujun infantry who had become a mess, and started a melee with Yuan Shujun's infantry.
Seeing this scene, Tao Ying quickly ordered to stop the bow and arrow cover, ordered the Junzi Army to form a team, and shot Yuan Shu's defeated troops with a single shot of bow and arrow. At the same time, Tao Ying was secretly surprised that the dock owner was still afraid of Yuan Shu's revenge and refused to provide him with a guide.
To be continued...