No. 385 The first step in farming is to take a city

Immortals, save us. ”

The two old men trembled and knelt down, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, they were full of strange people, officially called them demons, but ordinary people regarded them as immortals, and everyone had long been accustomed to all kinds of magical visions, and it was not strange to see them.

Liu Yuan thought about it for a while, and thought about it, "Old man, there are still 100 miles to Fancheng, the road is rugged, and Cao Jun is cruel and unkind, so I can't go, I think it's better to go back to Suzaku." ”

The old man was stunned, "But...... Suzaku has already fallen into the hands of Cao thieves. ”

Liu Yuan waved his hand, "It's okay, then take it back." ”

The two old men were silent for a moment, Suzaku is a remote city, and there will not be many Cao Jun, but it is not that their group of old, weak, sick and disabled people can fight down, could it be that the four immortals are all ten thousand enemies?

Of course, the two old men didn't say this, and Liu Yuan didn't need to ask for their opinions, so he asked Guo Xiong and Li Donglai to organize this group of refugees, and the slightly stronger men and women were all selected, lined up on both sides, guarding the old and young in the center, and the four immortals took the lead, collectively turned, and hundreds of people went in the direction of Vermilion Bird City.

Guo Xiong scratched his head, "Before we crossed the river, we saw that although there were traces of war in the north, the people's lives were basically stable, which was enough to see that Cao Cao was not a brutal person, how did it become like this here?"

Liu Yuan snorted, "That's for sure, the north is already Cao Cao's bag, the real people, of course, treat him generously, as for Jingzhou, you didn't listen to what they just said, you actually defected to Liu Bei en masse, for this kind of person, with Cao Cao's character, it must be killed." ”

The deserters who were scattered by the traverser fled back to Suzaku City to report to the commander, and the leading general Cao was furious, believing that the deserters had lost the battle, and they were talking nonsense to cover up their mistakes, so they cut down all the deserters to show the public, beat the drums and count the troops themselves, and personally led the army to encircle and suppress.

Here, Liu Yuan rushed back with a large group of refugees, and the two sides collided together in the field without accident.

The two armies stood still at a distance of 300 paces and set up in formation to prepare for battle.

This is a typical war against bandits in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, with 3,000 court officials on one side and grass bandits composed of homeless people on the other.

The army at the end of the Han Dynasty was equipped with traditional Chinese armor, the style was slightly evolved from the armor in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, basically black, the long iron sheet was decorated with red silk tape, and the helmet was also decorated with small iron sheets, and those who were qualified to wear a complete set of armor were officers, and the soldiers only had the shoulder type infantry armor similar to the upper body, and the weapons were basically halberds and Ge, and the long pole was more than three meters, and it looked like a small forest from a distance.

Cao Jiang was originally like a great enemy, because since the Zhangjiao Yellow Turban Uprising, all kinds of demons with unique skills have emerged, they often have unpredictable means, and they have encountered very tricky problems, but today he is actually confronted by a group of ragged people, the number is only one-tenth of his own, not to mention, even the weapons are not ready, a total of dozens of ring-headed knives are just that, it looks like they are still captured from themselves, and the others are holding sharpened wooden sticks, sickles and straw forks, God knows how they are so bold, dare to confront the heavily armed army, it is difficult to be true because of the 4 demons to help?

General Cao was sure in his heart that no matter how powerful the demon was, it would be impossible for him to defeat a thousand with one, so he ordered the drum to advance.

The drums sounded, the flags waved, the front army moved forward, but it did not move, as the vanguard was only a team of 100 people, killing chickens with a knife, a hundred people were enough.

A group of army foot soldiers holding Changge marched forward in a neat pace, Changge was like a forest, and the pace was firm, and the people on Liu Yuan's side who had not gone through the battle formation had already been frightened, and their legs and stomachs were tendoned, but they couldn't open their legs, because the continuous escape had exhausted their strength, and they shrank into a ball and shivered like quails waiting to be slaughtered.

"Guo Xiong, you go, show your hand. ”

Liu Yuan's tone was indifferent, at this time they were all riding on captured war horses, which was convenient to save energy, the exoskeleton armor looked thick and evil, but in fact, it was very light, because they were all made of composite titanium alloy materials, so riding on a horse would not crush the war horse.

Guo Xiong nodded, and with a thud, he ejected a long sword made of polymer composite materials, which was an armored melee weapon.

Guo Xiong originally wanted to ride a horse like in the TV series, but he didn't run a few steps and found that the war horse was staggering, slower than the battery car, so he simply jumped off the horse and fought on foot.

The super battery provided surging power, allowing Guo Xiong to sweep a distance of hundreds of steps in the blink of an eye, Cao Jun was not ambiguous, Chang Ge pecked down, Guo Xiong shouted angrily, the long sword slashed out, dozens of broken rods flew into the air, the long sword castrated endlessly, and split the Cao Jun's foot soldiers who were blocking in front of him into half, broke a gap, and rushed towards the main general of Cao Jun.

Guo Xiong came too fast, before the general of the Cao army could give the order to release the arrow, Guo Xiong's sword had already come, a cold light flashed, Cao Jiang's head flew into the air, and when it fell, he was caught by Guo Xiong, his eyes were full of surprise, and he muttered to himself: "What a fast sword." ”

As a special forces, Guo Xiong knows the importance of decapitation operations, and besides, this can be regarded as an addiction to taking the head of a general in the army of ten thousand.

Guo Xiong's ferocious performance made all the three thousand Cao Jun stunned on the spot, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while, both sides were silent, looking at him in a daze, only the battle flag was hunting and fluttering in the wind.

Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers among the displaced people, and Liu Yuan took the opportunity to raise his arms and shout, and the refugees, with rudimentary weapons in their hands, fearlessly charged at the three thousand ironclad soldiers.

Cao Jun was permeated with great fear, Guo Xiong demonstratively raised Cao General's head, launched again, and pierced Cao Jun with an indomitable momentum, and killed a bloody alley.

After a short hesitation, the three thousand Cao soldiers turned around and ran, the refugees were even more confident, the refugees who were trembling like quails in the rain just now are now like brave tigers descending the mountain, and hundreds of grass people in ragged clothes and scythes and sticks are actually chasing the heavily armed Cao army, which is also a spectacle.

The more urgent the chase here, the faster the running there, Cao Jun's weapons had already been thrown, and the armor on his body slowed down the speed of escape, so he directly picked it up and threw it, vividly interpreting the idiom of "throwing away the armor and abandoning the armor".

Li Donglai activated the rocket nozzle, flew to the sky above the front of Cao Jun's escape, turned on the external speaker, and a thunderous scream rolled over Cao Jun's head: "Those who descend will not be killed!"

Cao Jun had already run out of breath, and when he saw that the retreat was blocked by the demon, some people simply knelt down and surrendered, one by two, by three...... In a moment, he fell to his knees and suppressed a group of people, except for a few horses who ran fast, this battle ended with Liu Yuan's side killing more than a dozen enemy soldiers, scattering hundreds of people, and taking more than 2,000 prisoners.

Even if it is more than 2,000 pigs, it will take a long time to catch them alive, and more than 2,000 soldiers will obediently put down their weapons and surrender in an instant, which makes people sigh at the same time as they are happy.

The refugees and Cao Jun have a deep blood feud, and they are eager to try, and they are about to slaughter the prisoners, but they are stopped by Liu Yuan, jokes, this is a professional soldier, and it is the capital to start a family.

Guo Xiong was puzzled, "Boss, don't you need to buy the hearts of the people, even if you are co-opted, you have to pick a few heinous heads." ”

Liu Yuan snorted: "The hearts of the people? There are more Cao soldiers captured in this battle than refugees, did I break the hearts of more than 2,000 people for the sake of the hearts of hundreds of people? These people are all acting on Cao Cao's orders, and everyone has done things that harm the people, who do I kill, will it be possible to slaughter them all?"

Guo Xiong sighed, feeling that the boss was so reasonable, that he couldn't refute it.

Liu Yuan personally came forward to appease the prisoners, the soldiers all over the world picked up armor and weapons, re-armed, the inspection was completed, it was almost dusk, Liu Yuan did things simply, he didn't want to camp in the field tonight, and decided to capture Suzaku City while it was hot, so he lit the Songming torches, and the army was in four columns, led by the newly appointed officers.

The morale of these troops is low, and loyalty is also very problematic, but it's nothing, morale and loyalty will rise, after all, it's a warlord scuffle, and who is not food.

Of course, in order to warn some people who are careful, the surface work still has to be done, Guo Xiong flew into the air and fired a grenade into the air, the power of the explosion scared the army into silence, and the head of the general in the army is a fierce general, and he can also cast a lightning spell, this is the heavenly martial god, and those who want to make small moves have to be honest first.

The group drove to the foot of Vermilion Bird City, the city was brightly lit, and they wanted to learn what was written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to open the city gate, but before they could open their mouths, they were shot by a strong bow and crossbow.

Liu Yuan came to ask the army, saying that in this battle, General Cao took away most of the soldiers, and there were only more than 100 left in Vermilion Bird City at the moment, and maybe there were still routs who fled back from the afternoon battle, but the total number was up to a few hundred.

"Come east, you go this time. ”

Liu Yuandao, kill chickens with a knife, although there are only a few hundred defenders in Vermilion Bird City, but according to the danger, if you want to win the attack, you have to lose a lot, he doesn't want to do a senseless waste.

Li Donglai got the order and flew into the air, the defenders saw it appropriately, the arrows rained down, Li Donglai was unmoved, slowly raised the machine gun and began to strafe, dada, the machine gun bullets poured over like a torrential rain, the crossbowmen at the head of the city wall were suddenly killed and wounded, and the blood flowed like a river, and the rest shouted and dispersed.

On the other side, Guo Xiong's two shots broke the suspension bridge cable, and the heavy suspension bridge fell heavily, smashing the ground trembling, a puff of smoke and dust, followed by a rocket with a tail flame hit the city gate, the wooden city gate was blown apart, sawdust flew sideways, and the city was broken.

A set of combination punches was as fast as lightning, the defenders were beaten dizzy, and the temporarily elected leader was also killed, the defenders no longer had the fighting spirit, they scattered one after another, and fled from other city gates, Liu Yuan and others successfully recovered Vermilion Bird City, without any casualties.

After the city was broken, Liu Yuan ordered Guo Xiong and Li Donglai to lead troops to search for the remnants of Cao's army in the city, and those who dared to take advantage of the chaos to loot the people were killed on the spot.

The two had to be ordered to go, and after a busy night, the noisy Vermilion Bird City finally quieted down, Liu Yuan stared at the panda eyes, listened to the report, seized countless heavy horses and weapons, and the grain depot in the city was intact, and the grain stored was enough to eat for a year and a half.

In addition, Vermilion Bird City is not an empty city, although most of the people under the leadership of the county guard, follow Liu Yuanjun, but there are also some reluctant family business did not run, as a cooperative Shunmin, Cao Jun naturally will not kill them, plus the refugees who were brought back, Vermilion Bird City resumed operation.

Liu Yuan convened a meeting in the hall of the county guard yamen, and said with a sense of urgency: "Everyone, we are also princes of one side anyway, and we must establish a system in everything in the future, and we can't learn from those fools in the network and travel to ancient times to engage in democracy." ”

Guo Xiong and Li Donglai did not hesitate, and raised their hands at the same time, "We agree, boss, you are our lord." ”

Su Yu is his wife, so naturally he will not object, so he unanimously passed, Liu Yuan proclaimed himself the Marquis of Vermilion Bird, and after claiming to be King Jing of Zhongshan, because King Jing of Zhongshan was a son alone, he gave birth to nearly a hundred, and there were countless descendants, and it was not easy for his descendants to show his flaws.

And Liu Yuan happened to be surnamed Liu, but his name had to be changed, Liu Yuan thought about it, went to Wu plus ten, and called Liu Feng to the outside world.

Liu Yuan, Marquis of Suzaku, changed the former county guard office into the Hou Mansion and sent cavalry to the neighboring townships to issue conscription notices.

As the saying goes, put up the recruitment flag, there are people who eat food, the war years are full of displaced people, eating food as a soldier is the best choice, although the mortality rate of soldiers is extremely high, but it is good to be able to mix a round belly when you are alive.

In just three days, Suzaku recruited 3,000 strong men, plus the original 2,000 troops, the army team has been established, Liu Yuan scattered the original army, and appointed officers at all levels according to their abilities, Guo Xiong and Li Donglai respectively hung the titles of left general and right general, each commanding two thousand and five foot cavalry, and concurrently serving as the head of the general at the same time.

Su Yu didn't want to be idle, so Liu Yuan recruited 500 healthy women from the refugees to form a women's battalion, led by Su Yu, who was responsible for logistics such as sewing and washing first aid.

After the military was completed, the civilian army still had to be built, and Liu Yuan sent people to coerce and lure the local officials, staff, and scholars who could not escape, and asked them to come out to serve him.

At first, these people were still resistant to the sudden appearance of the wild fox Zen Vermilion Bird Marquis, looking for various reasons to close the door, Liu Yuan was not ambiguous, let the soldiers "invite" them to the Vermilion Bird River, and performed a spell of five thunders bombarding the river on the spot, when they saw the river surface rise under the rocket bombardment of the water column ten meters high, and a group of fish and shrimp turned over and floated up in white, these people all urinated, knelt on the ground one by one, and said that they were willing to serve the Lord.

With the cooperation of these people, the grassroots government of Omi was soon established, and the work of the case was handed over to the civilian officials.

Early one morning, under the morning glow, a red flag was raised at the head of the Vermilion Bird City, and the flag was a big official book "Han".

After completing the basic power building, Liu Yuan began to send people out to inquire about the news, and soon the spies reported that Cao Jun had already caught up with Liu Bei in the Dangyang area, and a big war broke out between the two sides.

"Dangyang?" Liu Yuan's eyes lit up.

"So we can get a glimpse of Zhao Yun's seven in and seven out?"

Next to him, Su Yu showed a face, Guo Xiong and Li Donglai didn't dare to answer, Liu Yuan coughed dryly, "And Zhang Fei Changbanpo scared Cao Jun away." ”

The two of them are old husbands and wives, Su Yu doesn't care about Liu Yuan's jealous expression at all, his eyes are full of little stars,

"Let's take a look. ”

Liu Yuan and Su Yu have always respected each other, of course they will not refuse this request, and are about to order Guo Xiong and Li Donglai to leave a caretaker, a healthy woman wearing a uniform looks hurried in, the village women do not understand any rules, and do not salute, and directly shouted loudly: "Madam, the concubine outside the king of the west of the city has a difficult birth, and the person is almost gone, you see ......"

Liu Yuan frowned, "Isn't there a midwife in the city?"

Lang Zhong ...... Lang Zhong was captured by Cao Thief. ”

After all, Su Yu was a kind-hearted person, and sighed, "I'll go take a look." ”

Liu Yuan hugged her and kissed her on the forehead, "I'll take a picture of it with a panoramic camera for you to see." ”

So Liu Yuan instructed Li Donglai to stay behind and take Guo Xiong over to watch the battle of Dangyang, but Su Yu insisted that Liu Yuan bring two people, because there were 5,000 defenders in the city, which was enough to protect himself.

"Besides, I still have mechs. ”

When Yang Changban Slope is the north and south of Jingzhou, the only way to attack the south of the Yangtze River in the south, Liu Bei was wrapped in Xinye, Fancheng of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to flee, every day can only be ten miles in front of the army, and was soon caught up by the Cao army, for these "rebellious" soldiers and civilians, Cao Jun naturally will not show mercy, a massacre, countless military and civilian casualties, the entire Changban Slope has become a bloody killing field.

After half an hour of extremely fast flight, Liu Yuan and the three finally arrived at the battlefield of Changbanpo, looking at the smoke everywhere, the ground within a radius of dozens of kilometers was full of sporadic battles, a group of troops clashed back and forth, Cao Jun turned this place into a hunting ground, and the poor people followed Liu Zhijun wholeheartedly, but fled to the chopping board to be slaughtered.

Liu Yuan saw clearly in the air, a general led more than 30 cavalry to kill in the chaotic army, looking at the color of the clothes and Cao Jun is different, it must be the legendary Changshan Zhao Zilong, the three control the mecha to fall to the ground, start the 3D laser camouflage device, a wave around them, the three people are full of modern industrial beauty of the mecha are all turned into a similar era of full-body armor, only to see the ground full of people's corpses, crying shocking, very miserable.

A pawn with an arrow in his back beckoned to Liu Yuan: "Save Madame." ”

The camouflaged mecha is silvery-white, and Cao Jun's black armor are two extremes, and the pawn thinks it is a friendly army that has come to support.

"Who are you?" asked Liu Yuan, looking at the pawn's injuries, he had lost too much blood, his lips had turned white, and he was already hopeless.

"I am a sergeant escorting the chariot under the account of Liu Yuanjun, and I was shot down by an arrow, and I just saw Mrs. Gan with a group of ordinary women and go south, hurry up and save Mrs. ......"