Thief (1)

Ximen Biao, with a dozen brothers, clung to the back of the retreating Yuan army. He could hear his own breathing as rapid as the breath of the escapee in front of him.

It had been chasing for most of the night, and the sky in the east was gradually turning white, and there were new annexes running for their lives, and some people were running and running, and they fell to the ground and could not get up again. Some simply chose to surrender, threw away their weapons, knelt on the side of the road, and bared their necks for slaughter. What's more, he stuck his head in the grass, exposing half of his buttocks, and shaking incessantly.

"Where are you bastards, and where is the desperate strength of Lao Tzu!" Ximen Biao kicked away half of his ass that was blocking the front and scolded loudly.

"Master, Lord spare your life, we are forced to do so!" The kicked new annexed army's head was like pounding garlic, and he cried while knocking. I cried for a long time, and I couldn't hear the voice above my head. Quietly swept it from the corner of his eye, only to find that Ximen Biao had gone far away. Only a few soldiers of the Broken Army, armed with swords and guns, drove the rout to one place.

"Second master, let's stop chasing!" The clever little minion quietly pulled the corner of Ximenbiao's clothes.

"If you don't chase, why don't you chase. Usually they chase us, don't they also chase geese and don't lay eggs! Ximen Biao touched his face, blood mixed with sweat, making his black face full of scars look even more hideous.

The little minion shrank back in fear, and pointed around sneakily, indicating that the situation was not good. "Second master, you see, it's almost dawn. Where's the reinforcements? ”

"Didn't you kill it on the mountain?" Ximen Biao replied confidently. When he charged behind Brother Zhang Tang, he clearly saw that the lantern balls and torches were as bright as day, could it be that thousands of troops and horses didn't follow.

The scenery in front of him surprised him.

The backs of the routers not far away are still clearly visible. In all directions, the new annexes who cried and begged for mercy were hundreds or thousands. The soldiers of the Broken Army and the righteous thieves who could chase after the new annexed army were only a few hundred, far less than the number of the rout.

Between the foothills on both sides, the "reinforcements" that inspired them to charge into battle have long since disappeared, and only the morning breeze is blowing in the forest.

Most of the broken troops who fought side by side are also gone, and they are estimated to have been taken back by their respective commanders to repair.

"Oh my grandma!" Ximen Biao shrank his neck in fright, cold sweat and hot sweat broke out together. There were no reinforcements at all, and in the middle of the night, thousands of people were chasing tens of thousands of people. The Broken Captives were well-trained and knew how to disperse along the way, taking in prisoners under the leadership of junior officers. And his gang of "stupid" bandits, patronizing the pleasure, has been chasing and killing at the forefront. Once a new general of the annexed army suddenly comes to his senses and kills a horse pistol, hundreds of brothers will have to be confessed on the way.

"Phew! This Brother Zhang is not kind at all! Simon Biao snorted angrily and spat into the ground, and instructed his soldiers to quickly gather the team, "Hurry up, don't chase, collect the team, collect the team, and capture the prisoners along the way." Look for the armor and pick the big one. Don't worry about the little fish, you can't receive the ticket money (the redemption money for the tied ticket)! ”

The glow of the sun poured down from the mountains, shining through the treetops, illuminating the battlefield where the embers were still burning. Under the hillside, on the grass, wisps of light smoke drifted away with the wind, as if countless souls were unwilling to wander in the sky.

There were more than 14,000 corpses lying under the centipede ridge for several miles.

There were new annexes, broken captives, and righteous thieves, but the least was the Mongol army. The Northern Yuan Dynasty, which swept the Great Song Dynasty, relied on cannibalism among the vanquished. And this kind of cannibalism, but I don't know how long it will end.

Some people spontaneously rushed from the mountains, led by veterans, to search through each corpse, find the stump of their brother, and return to their owners. Then he wiped the blood from the warriors' faces with water, and stitched up their cotton armor, which had been chopped by steel knives.

Finally, they were lifted to a wheelbarrow and carried to a cemetery in the woods where they could be put to rest......

Those soldiers were all good brothers of the common people, and perhaps half a month ago, they helped him plant seedlings and sat with them on the ridge and drank home-brewed rice wine.

Today, they are forever resting on Centipede Ridge.

The Broken Army did not deceive everyone, they are not just eating and not working hard. These good men did not take half a step back in front of the Mongols. did not leave Shao Wu's father and fellow villagers. They defended their homeland with their lives and fulfilled their pre-war promises.

Wen Tianxiang walked in the smoke, bowed down, closed the eyes of a soldier who had died in battle, and straightened his appearance. Before he could look up, he was caught by a mangled corpse.

It was the corpse of a righteous thief.

The ragged thief, with a smile on his face, collapsed next to the corpse of a Mongol warrior. The steel sword of the Mongolian warrior pierced his body, and the stone in his hand smashed the head of the Mongolian warrior.

Wen Tianxiang walked over, pulled out the knife that was stabbed in the chest of the righteous thief, threw it aside, and then put the body of the unknown thief in a dignified manner.

This kind of scene shocked everyone around him. Zou Xun, Chen Longfu, Miao Chun, and Zeng Huan walked up one by one and raised their hands to salute the corpse of the righteous thief.

Everyone doesn't look down on these rogues very much, and they don't expect them to have combat effectiveness. When Ximen Biao and King Tao Lao Moshan rushed to support them, the generals of the Broken Army took a fancy to them more, because of their arrival, which encouraged the morale of the Broken Army. But no one really expects these righteous thieves to be effective on the battlefield.

In fact, the role of the Righteous Thieves in this battle was no less than that of the Breakers. These bandits and rogues, who are usually not looked down upon by everyone, although their fighting skills when facing the enemy are rusty, their courage is no worse than that of the well-trained captive army. Inferior armor and weapons put them at a disadvantage when engaging the enemy. But with extraordinary courage, they often let their enemies fall in front of them.

If it weren't for the desperate efforts of these righteous thieves, the Broken Army would have lost this battle, although Wen Tianxiang mobilized all the forces he could mobilize and gave up the entire Eastern Front.

"Prime Minister!" Miao Chun persuaded in a low voice, he could see that Wen Tianxiang was very sad at the moment. For the sacrifice of so many soldiers, but also for his own command mistakes.

"Your mission should be to withdraw to the mountains! You didn't complete the mission! Wen Tianxiang seemed to suddenly remember something, raised his head, looked at Miao Chun and said.

Miao Chun's body stiffened, and in an instant, his face was covered with cold sweat.

According to the military regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, those who disobey the order will be killed! No matter how much credit you make. I originally wanted to intercede with Zou Xun, the squire of the Ministry of War, afterwards, and begged Lord Wen to allow him to make meritorious contributions, but he didn't expect that Wen Tianxiang remembered this matter when he was in the worst mood.

"Prime Minister......" Zou Wei muttered in a low voice, wanting to say something to intercede for Miao Chun, but he didn't dare. For some reason, since last night, he has been a little afraid of Prime Minister Wen Cheng, whom he is familiar with.

No, that feeling can't be described as fear. It was the feeling of standing at the bottom of the mountain and looking up at the top of the mountain.

"The information I gave you. And what about Xiao Zi and Du Hu? Wen Tianxiang ignored Zou Xun, and asked Miao Chun with a blushing face.

"They have already moved to Baizhang Ridge, and the last general came after watching them enter the mountain. The brothers didn't want to watch the people fight, but they hid behind! Miao Chun replied loudly, standing up straight.

"You're not a good general!" Wen Tianxiang sighed, let Miao Chun go, turned around and walked towards the next battlefield.

Several generals who were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out surrounded Miao Chun, their faces full of surprise. Wen Tianxiang governed the army strictly, with clear rewards and punishments, although the dozens of brothers brought by Miao Chun played a great role on the battlefield, but with Wen Tianxiang's originally slightly clumsy character, he would definitely not stop so easily.

However, he didn't say a word of reproach. easily let Miao Chun pass the test,

It can only be said that after this battle, Wen Tianxiang has changed again.

"The prime minister is not a qualified coach, I have never seen the commander of the three armies rush to kill with a sword!" Old Confucian Chen Longfu shrugged his shoulders and shouted loudly at Wen Tianxiang's back.

As an elder of the school, he felt the changes in Wen Tianxiang the most.

Before this battle, no matter how many whimsical ideas Tianxiang put forward, how easy it was to treat the soldiers, in the eyes of everyone, he was still a "lupine scarf, majestic and heroic" image of a wise man. Respectable, but also dear.

After this battle, he became a military general who could get on his horse and kill the enemy. The light that shrouded his body made everyone dare not stare at it.

Whether this change is good or not, Chen Longfu is not sure. The Great Song Dynasty used to say that the status of literati was much higher than that of martial artists. Even in the army of civil and military equality, the generals with meritorious names also regard themselves as higher than pure martial arts.

But Chen Longfu knew that after this battle, the eyes of the soldiers looking at Wen Tianxiang had changed from awe to worship. Along the way, Wen Tianxiang helped the wounded soldiers wrap bandages and tidy up the clothes for the school, these small things that he was used to doing could cause cheers every time.

Rustic soldiers, they will not hold their commanders accountable for their mistakes. If there is a general who can live and die with them, a commander who can rush to the front, they will be very satisfied and more courageous.

"Prime Minister, Jianyang Pass Urgent Report", a herald Pegasus arrived and brought a page of bloody battle report.

Wen Tianxiang's face twitched obviously, and he reached out hesitantly.

Several staff officers bowed their heads sadly. The decision to abandon the rescue of the Eastern Front was made by them. If this battle report comes from Jianyang Pass, it means that Zhang Yuan persevered to the end. In the absence of reinforcements, the outcome of the defenders can be imagined.

Zou Xun quietly leaned over and watched from the side with a torch. After reading a few words, he raised his head and clapped his hands with joy.

What caught his eye was a few beautiful fonts, heroic and feminine.

"Prime Minister, Mrs. Xu repelled Wang Jiweng, the back road is fine, do you think we are...?" Zhang Tang, the commander of the first standard, glanced at the battle report and whispered on the side.

Wen Tianxiang hesitated for a moment, and looked at Zhang Tang's chest wrapped in white cloth with concern. Blood was slowly oozing out of the wound, and peach blossoms were already blooming on the white cloth.

"It's okay, skin trauma. Didn't hurt the bones. If we don't die if we fight the tiger, we will suffer from it. It's better to take advantage of the situation to catch up and completely solve the page of dense solid. Those new annexes have all been killed by us, and they may not be willing to continue to work for the Mongols," Zhang Tang shook his head and said with a grin.

"Will the brethren hold on?" Wen Tianxiang asked in a low voice.

Last night, it was the sudden collapse of the new annex army that triggered the rout of the Yuan army. Chen Longfu's suspicious soldiers and Miao Chun's sneak attack played an unexpected role at a critical moment. Most of the new annexes were frightened by the sight of torches all over the mountain. If the Mongol army knew the true strength on Centipede Ridge at that time, and no longer used the new annex army to fight attrition tactics, but transferred all the Mongol warriors to the front line, it would not be known who would have killed the deer in this battle.

The page that has suffered a big loss will not be withdrawn too far.

Although after picking up the remnants, the Yuan army no longer had the strength to fight back. But he was certainly reluctant to evacuate the Shaowu area.

First, Page Dense was not willing to fail like this.

Second, if you go back like this, you can't explain it to coach Dachun. Mongol military law would not be polite to a general who led superior forces but lost the battle.

Wen Tianxiang also had the idea of taking advantage of the victory to pursue, but now the soldiers were exhausted, and at the end of the strong crossbow, they might not be able to wear Lu Mian.

"I think it's feasible, we're tired, and it's even more tiring. The tighter we press, the less time he has to reassemble the people," Zou suggested loudly.

"Is there any news from our scouts, where is the page?"

"I went to Jianning, and this morning the insect ant master (bird tamer) came to report that Ye Temi really gathered people in Jianning and used the fence to repair the section of the city wall that was blown up by us!" Staff officer Zeng Huan stepped forward to answer. Page Mi is ready to wait for help, this is the unanimous conclusion reached by the staff officers after analysis.

"We've captured thousands of horses, plus the original, enough to piece together a cavalry. I don't believe that I will chase his rout with thousands of iron horsemen, and I dare to turn back to meet the enemy." Zhang Tang grinned. The soldiers were very fast, and they chased after them with their capable brothers and blocked the Mongol army in the territory of Shaowu. These murderous demon kings have never left a way for the Song people to live, the mountains and rivers take turns, and now they are at a disadvantage, and Zhang Tang is not willing to leave them a way to live.

"Good!" Wen Tianxiang keenly sensed the opportunity. In this battle, I made a lot of mistakes, and I made more mistakes.

He wanted to find an opportunity to win back the overall situation, but he didn't know that in the back road, Chen Hangyan had already robbed all the military rations. Jianning City, which has no military rations, is undoubtedly the grave of the Yuan army.

"You lead the men and horses, attack and harass, and try not to collide with the Mongol cavalry. If you can stick it tightly..."Wen Tianxiang asked the staff officer to take out the map, and drew another cross on it by taking advantage of the rising sun. "When we arrive at the destination, immediately send a brother who is good at horseback riding to bypass Jianning, contact Lin Qi and Chen Hangyan, if we can block the page in Shao Wujun, the entire Fujian Road, we can go wherever we want to go next."

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Tang straightened up excitedly, and put his five fingers together and gave a military salute. Turned around, jumped on the war horse, and shouted loudly, "First standard, those who can ride horses, and those who can fight, all get on the horses, and let the Tartars also taste the taste of being picked up."

The three hippos roared and ran back and forth along the mountain path. The soldiers, who were resting and wiping their wounds, put on their armor, tightened their leggings, and jumped on their horses one after another.

"Wait a minute", Tao Laomo, the owner of Longyan Village, shouted, turned over and jumped on a captured smoke cloud, while comforting the mount under his crotch, he shouted: "Brothers, you are still alive, follow me to chase the Tartars, Lord Wen is watching from the mountain."

Hundreds of ragged thieves jumped up and took their horses from the people. Someone pulled out a steel knife from the corpse of a Mongolian soldier, and someone picked up a spear from the corpse of a fallen Song soldier.

More than 1,000 horsemen under the command of Zhang Tang and several leaders of the broken army adjusted their formation and roared away. The sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by the mountain wind, echoed in the forest.

"It has always been the Tartars who have chased after us, so that we can be majestic today", several generals who were slightly injured stepped forward to ask for battle on behalf of their brothers. Wen Tianxiang gathered everyone together, unfolded the map, and pointed his finger at the bloody map. The staff officers ran around, set up the sand table, and according to Wen Tianxiang's instructions, placed small flags representing the troops in the mountains.

"Zijun, you lead the brothers of the Guards Battalion to mobilize among the prisoners, and if you are willing to go with us to kill the Tartars, each of them will be given a knife. Tell them that as long as this battle is not a mischief, they will be the brethren of the Broken Army." Wen Tianxiang raised his head and handed the first arrow to Liu Zijun.

"Order", Liu Zijun agreed, and quickly ran down the hill.

"I'll go too, and tell them the truth about the rise and fall of Sheji", Chen Longfu took the initiative to ask, his snow-white beard had been stained red with blood in last night's battle, and it flashed a little golden light in the sun.

"Okay, there is Mr. Lao", Wen Tianxiang nodded in agreement. Chen Longfu smiled, turned around, and disappeared under the hillside after Liu Zijun.

"General Zou, you lead all the brothers in each battalion who can still walk the mountain road, regardless of number, and everyone takes a shortcut together, and rushes to Huangjia Village, where they are ambushed in the forest and intercept and kill all messengers. Even passers-by, catch them, and then give them a drink after the battle" Wen Tianxiang handed over the second arrow to Zou Wei.

"Get the order", Zou Xun took the order arrow and left quickly with the generals who took the initiative to ask for help.

"General Chen, take a few brothers, three fast horses, change horses along the way, rush to Jianyang Pass, and ask Mrs. Xu to come to reinforcements in the starry night. As many people as they can come."

"Yes", Chen Fusong, who was born in the green forest, jumped on the war horse for the commanders, and took a few brothers and roared away. Wen Tianxiang took out the last arrow and handed it to the staff officer Zeng Chen, "Charter, you take all the staff officers down the mountain, greet the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and if there are those who are willing to contribute to the country, help General Wu carry the cannon, and tell them that if you want to avenge your family, come with me."

"Yes", Zeng Chen gave a military salute and ran into the people with his staff officers. In a few moments, his characteristic hoarse voice sounded among the people. "Fathers and fellow villagers, raise the cannon and kill the Tartars."

"I'll go, I'll come", the young men from the villages who volunteered to help the war shouted, followed Zeng Chen and walked up the Centipede Ridge, hundreds of catties of cannons passed through the ear with straw ropes, hung on the lifting bar, and put on the shoulders of the people.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty shouted the trumpet, carried the artillery down the mountain, put it on the ox cart, pushed it shoulder to shoulder, and slowly advanced to the southwest. The early morning mountain breeze blows every pair of eager eyes.

"Sigh and slip", Wen Tianxiang's war horse was infected by the emotions under the mountain and let out a roar. Yesterday afternoon, the war horses that were hiding in the depths of the mountains and forests heard it and roared in response, and for a while, the whole valley echoed with the sound of the horses.

Ma Ming, the wind is dashing.

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