Chapter 1453: Escape from the Rebel Barracks
In the face of encirclement and suppression, these prisoners of the defeated army who were cowardly the day before showed unprecedented courage, Guo Youming did not have time to be surprised by their performance, he knew the basic situation of this military camp, first of all, the wall is high, and secondly, the gate will not be easily broken, there are heavy guards, and if you hit it headlong, you may have the disadvantage of throwing yourself into the net.
"We can't go to the stable, there are war horses there, as long as we knock down the wall, we can easily get out!"
After judging the situation, Guo Youming proposed his plan.
Zhou Wenyu felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately ordered the men and horses with the warriors of the Shenwu Army as sharp knives to attack in the direction of the stable.
Due to the panic in the military camp after Dugu Liangzuo was injured, he no longer did his best to encircle and suppress these rebels, and the captains of the main battalion mostly took preserving their own strength as the top priority, as long as they were pushed to the front of others, the task would be completed.
Therefore, Guo Zhouren broke through the encirclement with little resistance, and there were not many troops in the stables, most of them were soldiers who fed the horses, and their combat effectiveness was not good, and most of them chose to flee for their lives in the face of the sudden crisis.
The stables were thus almost undefended for them.
Guo Youming didn't expect his plan to come true so easily, and he was very excited.
"Brothers, hurry up and saddle the war horses and fight for one man and two horses!"
The more war horses the better, if one person and two horses can march at least sixty miles without stopping, the pursuers will naturally not be so easy to catch up.
"Time is too rushed, it would be good to be able to have one person and one horse, and in order to avoid delay, it will change, one person and one horse can be. ”
Zhou Wenyu immediately vetoed this suggestion, and at the same time ordered some people to observe the surrounding terrain.
Another gate was found near the stables, and it was not as if the main gate was heavily guarded, and a cursory observation was probably only a few dozen people used as guards.
Immediately, he chose the target of the attack.
Some of them did not go to the stables and attacked the gate, while the rest saddled a sufficient number of horses.
The soldiers in charge of guarding the gate of the stables also received the news of the rebellion in the camp, but they never expected that their own homes would become the first target of attack, and they were ready to meet the enemy.
At the same time, Zhou Wenyu sent someone to shout to them:
"Listen to the brothers guarding the gate, we just want to escape, and we don't want to fight to the death, if we can open the net, we will not commit any crimes!"
To say this is to show the soldiers guarding the gate of the stables that they will not fight hard, and that each side will be safe and sound if they take a step back.
Guo Youming felt that Zhou Wenyu seemed a little whimsical to do this, but the fact was that the people guarding the gate not only did not resist, but opened the lock of the gate, and he personally opened the two heavy wooden doors for them.
But this is enough, Zhou Wenyun immediately led people to occupy the gate, and then pushed the gate open, and outside was the free world.
It was embarrassing that the horse did not have a sufficient number of saddle covers at this time.
Zhou Wenyu made a quick decision.
"I can't wait any longer, take the saddle cover, drive the war horse out first, and wait until it is a relatively safe place!"
Hundreds of horses rumbled out of the stables.
As he was leaving, Zhou Wenyu felt the need to do a little more damage, and set fire to the grass near the stables.
It was early autumn, and the hay was very dry, and in the blink of an eye, smoke began to rise, and the flames began to spread everywhere.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Wenyu sneered:
"Let's see how they chase them out this time!"
On the contrary, Guo Youming was greatly distressed.
His heart is complicated, he snatched the horse to escape for his life, but if the forage is burned, the war horse will also suffer losses, and it is inevitable that he will feel a little distressed.
But as long as you think about the stupid things that Dugu Liangzuo did, the resentment in his heart is difficult to quell, and his brother's life and death are unknown at this moment, so it is inevitable that he will lose confidence in the prince.
Things went more smoothly than expected, and ten miles away from the camp, not a single pursuer caught up.
To regain their horsepower, they stopped on the bank of the river to rest.
At this time, Guo Youming had the heart to consider his brother's problem.
Zhou Wenyu saw through his mind at a glance.
"Is Brother Guo thinking about rescuing Guo Dashuai?"
"I'm just afraid that Dugu Liangzuo's thief will lose his heart and go crazy and ...... his brother"
The dead word could not be said in any way, but it was like a knife, always cutting his heart again and again.
"My brother's life and death are unknown, but I escaped alone, I am really ashamed!"
Zhou Wenyu comforted:
"This is also something that can't be helped, our little force is barely able to escape by itself, but if we want to fight back, there is absolutely no possibility of winning. ”
Guo Youming nodded in agreement and said:
"I also know that when the soldiers are trying to protect themselves, they can burst out with extraordinary courage and combat effectiveness, and now that the external crisis is gone, it is impossible to fight against Dugu Liangzuo and the thief. I only hate Dugu Liangzuo's ambition as a thief, and it spoils the prince's big things......"
In this regard, Zhou Wenyu disagreed.
"To say something that Brother Guo doesn't like to hear, why should Li Yu confront the powerful imperial court with his own strength? Besides, what happened back then was that he was not strict with his subordinates, and he was pampered by the villains around him to kill the prime minister. The prime minister assisted the imperial court in quelling the rebellion, and he was a man of great merit, so if he had come to kill himself early because of this, how could he not make people feel cold? He was also to blame for today's disaster. ”
"If the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers will die, Qin Jin ......"
Zhou Wenyu ridiculed each other:
"Then why didn't Brother Guo kill him just now?"
A sentence choked Guo Youming, and without waiting for him to speak, Zhou Wenyu said coldly:
"The prince treats you two brothers like this, it's just a copy of the one who wanted to kill the prime minister back then, this kind of person who allows his relatives to stir up trouble at will and kills heroes without permission, looking at the past and the present, how can he succeed?"
Suddenly, Guo Youming was like a deflated ball, and his whole person shrank on the ground.
Seeing this, Zhou Wenyu stopped talking more, urging the soldiers to put all the saddle covers on their horses, and after getting enough drinking water by the river, he ordered to continue the march.
Guo Youming was helped onto his war horse like a walking corpse, and let others pull him forward.
According to a rough count, there were about 800 people who escaped this time, most of them who fled with them, and a small number of people who did not become captives after the previous defeat and returned first.
Dugu Liangzuo unified the soldiers who had been defeated before, and even killed a few captains who escaped back, and everyone was already panicked, so they rebelled with them.
Previously, everyone's purpose was just to survive, but now that their lives have been saved, they immediately lost their goals and didn't know what to do next.