The Wind Rises (5)

Riding on a tall horse, the Liling City behind him gradually drifted away, and Liu Xie's heart became a little relaxed.

From half his life in the army, he has never been so relaxed, the light armor on his body has been replaced by a new broken military academy officer system, sewn by multiple layers of thick silk, lined with thin wire, the mountain breeze blows, cool and sassy, the end is a person with spirit, and the horse is also neat. Behind the saddle, there was another set of heavy armor issued to officers, Liu Xie opened it privately and looked at it, it was actually a rare thin chain braided, and the steel protected the chest and abdomen, although it weighed less than ten catties, the ordinary short bow was helpless.

Most of the more than 1,000 new annexed troops under his command also changed their clothes and reoccupied the banner of the Great Song Dynasty. One by one, they were elated, wearing newly issued military uniforms, hiding in their arms the military salaries that had been reissued from the treasury, and carrying the heavy armor, horn bows, and scimitars taken out of the baggage treasury behind their backs.

There were a few people who were unwilling to join the army, and Lin Qi took silver taels and weapons from the baggage "transferred" by Zhang Hongfan and gave them weapons and asked them to go home. The people of the city also distributed enough food to eat for two years according to the number of heads, and left a part of steel knives, bows and arrows, so that they could re-refine and build agricultural tools by themselves. The rest of the grain, grass, and baggage that could not be taken away, Ximen Biao lit a fire, and all of them were burned into charcoal.

Walking to Luohuling, Liu Xie's understanding of the Broken Army deepened a little. The battlefield had been cleaned by the people in the vicinity hired by the Broken Army, the corpses of the men were buried on the spot, and the corpses of the horses were skinned and cut into large pieces and distributed to the people of several villages outside the valley. The battlefield is no longer a hell on earth, just blood-stained rocks, bald trees shot by feathered arrows, and arrow shafts scattered in the grass, and there is still a faint aura of killing.

According to Ximen Biao, he brought 800 people to ambush 500 Mongolian troops here, and more than half of both sides were killed, and the Mongolian army did not break up until he captured the key figures of the other side alive, forcing the remaining less than 200 Mongolian warriors to lay down their weapons.

"His grandmother's, I didn't expect the Mongolian army to be so strong, all of them are lords who would rather die than surrender. Lao Tzu's pot of rice was almost sandwiched, and he originally wanted to surround some help, but as a result, he was almost wrapped in dumplings by someone's family. Ximen Biao pointed to the discarded, curled scimitars on both sides of the road with a horsewhip, and said loudly. That expression, with a bit of pride in happiness, as if it was as if more than half of the Broken Army was killed and not broken, and more than half of the Mongolian Army was not defeated, which was beyond his expectations.

"Hehe, General Simon is heroic!" Liu Xie praised with a smile. This sycophant, he shot it willingly. It turned out that under the command of General Xia Gui, he was also the elite of the Song army. In battles with the Mongol army or the northern Han army, each time they ambushed the enemy with three to five times or even ten times the strength of the enemy, and often broke through. A field battle with a similar number of people like Luohuling has almost no chance of victory. Once the casualties of the soldiers exceed 20%, they will only be able to break and flee. Being chased and killed by the Mongol cavalry was basically the result of the total annihilation of the army.

"I heard that the Broken Army has a sharp weapon called Thunder, and once it is thrown out, there will be no grass within ten steps! Since the Tartars are so stubborn, why don't General Simon greet them with thunder! Zhou Yanghao, the head of the new second battalion, stepped forward and said that he had never fought with the Mongolian army and did not know the true strength of the other party. Therefore, I was somewhat unconvinced by Ximen Biao's boasting in my heart.

"At that time, I was afraid that the grenade would move so loudly that the defenders in Pingxiang and Liling did not dare to come to the rescue. Who knew that your kid was coming with troops, the first thing was to ask everyone's number, and the second thing was to announce the uprising. Let us calmly turn around and eat Yuan Gui and his team of Tanma Red Army. Ximen Biao didn't hear Zhou Yanghao's words, and replied with a laugh.

Liu Xie turned his head and glared at his nephew, so frightened that Zhou Yanghao stuck out his tongue.

"Lao Liu, don't blame him. If he hadn't defected on the verge of battle, the people from the Western Regions under Yuan Gui's command would have been really difficult to deal with. Liling and Pingxiang are only sixty miles apart, you and Yuan Gui have retreated to the city to hold on, echoing each other from afar, and it will be troublesome for us to deal with them one by one. Maybe in the end, I will have to withdraw my troops, and I won't be able to get anything except the little girl's skin of Dachun's daughter. Therefore, in this battle, General Zhou's merit is the first, after going back, let Xiaolinzi report to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and half a month later, ensure that your name follows those who tell stories and sing operas, and spread all over the country! After winning the battle, Ximen Biao was in a good mood and blindly defended his subordinates.

Seeing that he said so straightforwardly, the two uncles and nephews were a little embarrassed. Liu Xie glared at his nephew again, and scolded loudly: "Idiot, don't come yet, General Xie Ximen will carry it!" ”

"General Xie cultivates!" Zhou Yanghao immediately clenched his fists and saluted, his face was hot and burned badly. One is ashamed of one's own careful eye, and the other is that young people are excited to be famous all over the world.

The Mongols looked down on the scholars, although they had held several imperial examinations intermittently, but they were all selected from the Mongols and northerners, and the scholars in the south had no way to enter the body, and there was no skill to make a living, in order to make a living, they usually either broke their heads and went to the Mongolian generals or the generals of the new annexed army to be a staff member, or they found a Confucian hand-picked by the imperial court to take refuge, and wrote articles for others, advocating a peaceful and prosperous era. A few people with backbone chose a lowly profession and made a living by writing excerpts for the troupe or writing reviews for storytellers. As a result, the opera and commentary industry has prospered rapidly and has become a favorite form of entertainment for the people. In their works, they praise the achievements of the Broken Army and the heroes in the army, and often pretend to tell the story of the Yue Family's army breaking the Jin soldiers and Liu Yu's Northern Expedition to describe the achievements of the Broken Army and Wen Tianxiang. The dynasties of the story have changed, but the names of the leading generals and warriors in the army have rarely changed. Recently, the most popular is about the Yuejia army around Chizhou, the story of the nephew of the centurion Wang Shihenge to kill the golden vultures, the storyteller is as seen with his own eyes, a trick is meticulous, the listener is enthusiastic, often after listening to it again, but also to listen again, in the end, the speaker and the listener are in tears, as if drunk.

Of course, Zhou Yanghao didn't know that behind these comments and excerpts, there was the secret support of Chen Longfu and others. Thinking that his name will be listed with the ancient name general, even if he is a pawn of Wu Mu's account, he feels that this life is worthwhile.

When he was intoxicated with the excitement of leaving a name in history, he heard Ximen Biao say: "What is cultivated or not, our army does not pay attention to this set." Master Wen has a rule that whoever has the credit is his, and it is not allowed to lie or claim it. Since you have all joined the Broken Army, our family will not speak two words, but first explain the rules clearly. The most important thing in the army is that officers and soldiers are equal, and civilians and military forces are on par. Regardless of background, there is no distinction between high and low. In battle, the rulers are to rush ahead and shout, 'Brothers, come with me,' and not 'Brothers, give me up.'" ”

"Yes!" Liu Xie and Zhou Yanghao agreed and spoke in unison.

"Second, the two of you have to understand the characteristics of our Jiangnan West Road Breaking Army. Our team is called Jiangxi Independent Standard, and the command is General Lin Qi. It's a guerrilla army, and it's easy not to fight with the Tartars. So, most of the time, the guys are scattered, and each battalion has its own area of activity. Ximen pointed to the people behind himself and Lin Qi, and then pointed to the new soldiers and horses who were elated, giggling while walking, and said in a low voice: "Lao Liu's new third regiment and Zhou Xiaozi's new second battalion still have to be trained." Otherwise, with the current military appearance and military discipline, it will definitely suffer a loss when it encounters the Tartars. Fighting mainly depends on people, and people are not smart, and whatever sharp weapons you are given are all in vain. The grenade, you'll see it when you go back. To put it mildly, in fact, it is used to scare war horses, and it must be good for dealing with people. Since everyone is a broken army, our family doesn't talk about it. There is not a single grass growing within ten steps, which is said to scare the Mongols. If you really throw it out, you can blow up three or five, which is already a good situation. However, the artillery is powerful, in addition to flowering shells, it can also hold a kind of grape bomb, which is full of lead seeds, and after exploding, it can knock down a large area. But that thing weighs a few hundred pounds of small ones and thousands of pounds of big ones, which doesn't match our guerrilla strategy of leaving with one blow, so it's not commonly used. ”

"Oh!" Liu Xie and Zhou Yanghao nodded again and again, thanking Ximen Biao for reminding him. The so-called connoisseurs listen to the doorway, and the layman listens to the excitement. Both of them have led soldiers and understand what Ximen Biao said about fighting mainly by people. Although he was curious about the new weapons, he knew that he had just joined the gang, and it was impossible to gain absolute trust for a while, and all the rations were the same as the original Broken Army. In addition, Luoxiao Mountain is far away from Fujian, presumably firearms are transported from Fujian thousands of miles, which is very difficult, and Ximen Biao has some in his hands, which is also very limited. If it is not at the critical moment, it will not be taken out and used indiscriminately.

"The so-called guerrillas, not only do they fight and run, that is what I did when I was a bandit, and it is not bright!" Seeing that the two listened carefully, Simon Biao simply decided to pour out what he had summarized. As soon as he and Zhou Yanghao met, he had a temper, and at this time, he had the intention to cultivate this young man, so he naturally seized every opportunity. "Master Wen gave you a sixteen-character mantra, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase, you have to understand it yourself, I won't explain much. However, in addition to the most important thing in guerrilla warfare, it is also important that you let the people around you share your mind. The war was fought for the people of the Great Song Dynasty. If you have the spoils, keep them a copy. Wherever you go, even if you starve to death or freeze to death, you can't disturb the people. Grandpa Yue's sentence, 'Freeze to death without demolishing the house, starving to death without looting' is this truth. If you fight the Tartars and harm the people at the same time, it is banditry, not guerrillas. I come from a low background and haven't read for a few days, so I know what the people think. They just want to spend a few days in peace, and find a place where they can put their hoes to shave food. Not so much righteousness, loyalty. If you do them evil, you will be worse than a tartar in their eyes. When the Tartars come, they will definitely take the initiative to help the Tartars destroy you. If you have them in your heart, they will turn to you. The Tartars are dozens of miles away from you, and they have already taken a shortcut to send you a letter! ”

"Thank you for your teachings!" At this time, Liu Xie admired Ximen Biao so much that he threw himself to the ground. Yesterday, he lost Liling, and he was still a little unconvinced, thinking that if it weren't for his nephew's collusion with the army, he wouldn't have been so defeated. Today, after listening to Ximen Biao's talk and analysis of the truth of guerrilla warfare, I realized that I really underestimated this so-called rough man.

When dealing with the Mongol army, the Great Song also used guerrilla tactics of harassment behind enemy lines by small forces. On the one hand, the Mongols used bloody massacres to threaten the people not to collude with the Song army. On the other hand, the rural grass people were uneducated, did not recognize the difference between the Song and Yuan dynasties, and did not cooperate with the Song army wholeheartedly. After Ximen Biao's explanation, he realized that it was not that the people did not know the etiquette and law, but that the actions of the Song army, in the eyes of the people, were no different from the Yuan army. Some behaviors are probably not as good as the Yuan army, which has better military discipline.

"Yesterday, the general opened a warehouse to release grain and issued weapons to the people, and I was not happy, thinking that the Yuan army was coming, and the food and weapons in the hands of the people had to be taken back, and the enemy army was cheapened in vain. Now that I think about it, there is still a reason to compete for the hearts and minds of the people? Zhou Yanghao pondered for a while and said with emotion.

"It's not just about competing for the hearts and minds of the people. Of course, let's distribute food, Zhang Hongfan grabs food, back and forth, the people's hearts will definitely be on our side, this is just one of them. The second is to give the people a chance to resist. Usually, everyone doesn't even have a kitchen knife at home, and when the Tartar comes, they can only stretch their necks to be slaughtered. Naturally, no matter how you rob it, you have to endure it. Now we have given them food, and we have sent them knives and arrows. They are willing to hand these over to Zhang Hongfan to be obedient to the people, and we will not stop them. But as long as one of the ten families is unwilling to be a submissive citizen, we will have one more good brother. Therefore, if you can not burn it, you will not burn it. Wherever you go, you must give every man a knife and give him a chance to be a man! ”

Ximen Biao looked back at Liling City, which was no longer visible, and said in a low voice.

This time, he sprinkled a lot of tinder again, and whether he could light it or not was up to the locals themselves. He is not a scholar, unlike Lin Qi, and he still has a great Song Dynasty in his heart. He just wanted to rebel, for the dream of equality promised by Wen Tianxiang. As for whether he can live to see Wen Tianxiang's promise fulfilled, Ximen Biao doesn't know. But he knew that if every citizen had a steel sword and a bow and arrow, the local government would be more restrained. Song is like this, and so is Yuan.

"Report, Staff Officer Hu has returned from Pingxiang with people! General Lin, please come over! The herald hurried from the front and handed Ximen Biao a corner flag.

"You two, have time to talk!" Ximen Biao took the horse's head and ran away quickly.

Staff officer Hu Ergou was ordered to take people to fight Pingxiang, which was a relatively easy task. Yesterday outside Luohuling, Lin Qi won a clean battle, and in less than two hours, he completely annihilated the 3,000-yuan army brought by the Pingxiang guard, and captured the party member Yuan Gui alive.

Luohuling happens to be in the middle of Pingxiang and Liling, 30 miles away from the two cities. Yuan Gui, the general of Pingxiang, heard the report of the nearby rangers, knew that Tana had made a mistake, and was so frightened that the Seven Souls lost six, and did not listen to the dissuasion of his subordinates, counted all the people and horses in Pingxiang, and quickly killed Luohuling. When he was halfway through, he was surrounded by Lin Qi.

Yuan Gui was frightened and frightened, and led his troops to break through the siege, but under the suddenness of his command, the formation was too late, and several rounds of mutual fire came down, and the infantry was shot dead by hundreds of people, and the first to rout. The Red Army of Tanma that he brought from the Western Regions was strong, and they hedged against Lin Qi's cavalry and made a mess.

At this moment, Simon Biao rushed to Tana for reinforcements. As soon as Yuan Gui saw Tana, who was tied to a horse by Ximen Biao, his heart of resistance immediately collapsed, and he simply surrendered on the spot.

first lost Dachun's palm pearl and had no way to live, and then lost his soldiers and horses, and it was even more difficult to escape the death penalty. Yuan Gui knew that even if he was lucky enough to break out of the encirclement, he would inevitably die. In order to survive, he swore to use the military funds hoarded in Pingxiang as a vote. Lin Qi was not difficult for him, and asked Hu Ergou, a staff officer under Ximen Biao, to take Yuan Gui to take Pingxiang, and he and Ximen Biao joined forces to go to Liling.

There were less than 300 soldiers left behind in Pingxiang, and when they saw that the main general had surrendered, they knew that the general situation had gone, and opened the city gate to let the captives enter. After Hu Ergou distributed grain, grass, and ordnance to the people in Pingxiang, he took him to Yuan Gui's mansion and rolled up the fine and soft that he had scavenged for many years.

"There are two things, we have to hurry up and discuss them!" When Lin Qi saw Ximen Biao, he instigated a war horse and talked with him while walking.

"If you make up your own mind, I'll listen to you!" Ximen Biao said with a big grin. At present, the army has abundant supplies and there is no big battle to fight, what Lin Qi discussed with him is nothing more than how to deal with the prisoners. For the Mongol warriors, Ximen Biao's usual practice was to behead them. The Broken Army did not have a mine in Luoxiao Mountain, so there was no place to atone for the sins of these Mongolian warriors who were stained with the blood of the people from all over the south of the Yangtze River.

As for Yuan Gui, the corrupt official, Ximen Biao is even more disdainful. Either kill him, or give him some money and let him get out of the way. Keeping him in the army will be a scourge sooner or later.

"Those Mongolian warriors, I have already found someone to interrogate, they are all veterans who have followed Dachun for many years, and it is not too much to kill ten times. After a while, enter the mountain, find a place to set up camp, and we will ......" Lin Qi made a chopping gesture, and he was never soft-hearted towards the Mongols.

"Well, let Lao Liu and Xiao Zhou and their people start, they are used to being bullied by the Mongolian army, and let them grow a long majestic, and they will not be timid if they see Tartars on the battlefield in the future!" Ximen Biao nodded, and came up with a bad idea. When the thieves join the gang, they have to submit a letter of surrender, this method, Ximen Biao has always thought that it is worth keeping.

"I'm afraid it's Prime Minister Wen and Liu Jianjun who are there to ......" Lin Qi narrowed his eyes and deliberately dragged out his voice. Wen Tianxiang has always opposed the killing of prisoners, but some of the generals of the Broken Army had a blood feud with the Mongols, and many of them died in the massacre of the Mongols, so there were always officers who were punished for violating this discipline.

"These captives, seeing that the food is not good, suddenly mutinied. We can't do anything about it in a hurry, right? Ximen Biao lowered his voice and smiled evilly.

Lin Qi nodded, adopted Ximen Biao's suggestion, and then discussed the arrangements for Yuan Gui, "That Yuan Gui, he wants to take his family and fake his death." So I want to return his family property and arrange for someone to send him to the Linjiang Army, so that he can go out of Jiangxi along the Xiujiang River! ”

"It's cheaper for that kid, his Han surname was originally taken by himself. It doesn't matter if you give up, you're still a rich man in the end. Ximen replied stupidly, somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Qi's arrangement. But that little girl's skin can't be put down, I heard that she is Dachun's daughter, and she has been planning to assassinate Prime Minister Wen. Thinking that she is a woman, let's not kill her. However, it can't be cheap for her! ”

Ximen Biao thought about it, and a weird smile suddenly appeared on his face, "When my brother said that he would get you a daughter-in-law." Although this little girl's skin is a little stubborn, she has fine skin and tender meat, and it is very delicious. It's better for you to take her as a concubine, let's shame Dachun, the old thief, how about it"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Qi's eyes immediately erupted with anger, and his hand pressed tightly on the saber.

In the first battle of the empty pit, the wives of the soldiers of the three armies were all taken captive by the Tartars, and later I heard that most of them died on the way to Dadu to sacrifice prisoners. A small number of those who survived were given by Kublai Khan as slaves.

Wen Tianxiang's son died halfway, and his wife and two daughters were left in the harem by Kublai Khan. With the brutality and ** of the Mongols, Temujin's wife will be raped, and the fate of the daughter of the Han family is unknown.

Lin Qi did not have such a great reputation in the army at that time, so his wife was not valued by the conquerors and her whereabouts were unknown.

At that time, Lin Qi had just been married for two years. My wife is pregnant.

In the eyes of the Mongols of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Han people were slaves, pigs and dogs, so their wives and children could be bullied at will. In the eyes of the Han Chinese, what about the wives and children of the Mongols?

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