Chapter 379: The Rabble
There was a big tree on the side of the road that looked like an umbrella, and a torch was stuck in the pole.
Under the firelight hunting, the burly Gong Kuang stood there with his long sword, his face as dark as water.
It's too slow, the speed of his own military horses is too slow, a hundred miles, yesterday I walked for half an afternoon, and this night I marched for most of the night, and the military horses below have not all arrived.
Only then did the generals who urged the men and horses of the various departments to hurry up and come to report, and there were a few Yellow Turban troops below, because their marching speed was too slow, and they were completely out of touch with the men and horses marching in front, and when they arrived at some forks in the road on the way, their men and horses actually took the wrong road, and almost went around to other places.
Gong Kuang knew that his Yellow Turban tribe was actually a mixed bag, like a plate of loose sand. But in the ranks that followed the march, there were actually people and horses who took the wrong road, which was too much, and it made him angry.
It's really hard to bring such a loose team, what can be accomplished by relying on such a team?
Gong Kuang's heart was even a little faintly worried, worried about whether he would be able to attack Beihai City with such a man.
Anyway, he didn't have much hope for such a man, he hoped that this time in the attack on Beihai City, the officers and soldiers defending the city would be like the county towns they had attacked earlier, and as soon as their men and horses arrived, those officers and soldiers would abandon the city and flee. Otherwise, he didn't expect his men to be able to capture Beihai City.
Sometimes, Gong Kuang is still more self-aware, and he knows what kind of virtue his military horse is.
With the improvement of his martial arts, his vision has also improved a lot, and now, he no longer believes in any Taiping world, Taiping Taoist doctrine or something, he has long been thrown into the country of Guawa. He just wants to live a good life now, occupy the mountain as the king, and be merry and happy.
He also knew very well that his military horses really had to be reorganized, if it weren't for the fact that after they fled to Mount Tai, they had been limited by the trouble of survival, so that he couldn't train the military horses well. Especially in the ravine, there were no supplies, no food or clothing, and he didn't know how to survive the harsh winter.
This time he left Mount Tai to go out to plunder, in fact, he had to do it, even if there was no order from Guan Hai, the leader of Mount Tai Yellow Turban, he had already planned to go out of the mountain to get some supplies.
He hoped to get as much money and food as possible, enough for him and his men to live in peace in Tarzan for a long time. With money and food, after returning to the mountain, he must train the people and horses below well, at least, when facing those Taishan thieves who are also the kings of the mountain, his men and horses will not be weaker than the other party. Otherwise, even if you are king in the mountains, you have to be controlled by others.
These were also the main reasons why he made up his mind to go to Beihai City and plunder them on a large scale.
Whew......
His dog-headed military advisor Bai Yu came from a distance, panting and wheezing.
He originally had a war horse to travel, but he was slaughtered for meat during the winter, and now he has been out of the mountains to plunder for a while, but as a result, he was divided by the generals in the army.
In fact, they did not get a few horses in total, because the men who had horses in the places they had plundered had fled on horseback.
Therefore, Bai Yu, who is Gong Kuang's military advisor, can only march on two legs, which seems to be a bit ironic.
"Gong Da, big leader, here, all here? Several other leaders are here too? Bai Yu asked out of breath.
"The White Army Division has worked hard, so let's take a rest on the side first." Gong Kuang didn't answer, but said in a slightly slower tone.
In fact, if you don't come, you can see at a glance that around Gong Kuang, except for his new generals, there is no shadow of the leader of the Yellow Turban tribe at all.
Bai Yu also noticed it at this time, walked under the big tree, and sat down on a protruding old tree root.
He gasped and said: "Leader Gong, Bai Mou said a long time ago, if you seek things with them, you will not succeed enough to fail." We have finally gained something, maybe we can go back to the mountains first, first straighten out the military horses, and when our military horses really form combat effectiveness, then we can go out of the mountains at any time to attack this Beihai county. Now, coming to attack a county town so rashly, Bai felt a little uneasy in his heart and felt inappropriate. ”
"The money and food we got from going out of the mountain this time, in addition to needing to transport some of it to the head of the management, is enough for us for a month at most, and it is not so easy for us to go out of the mountain once. Now only Beihai City will have enough money and food, so it doesn't matter. The leader was annoyed that they were able to take the wrong path, by the way, I heard that some of the tribes, on the way to the march, also attacked some villages, and did not pay attention to the orders of the chief. After this operation...... Hum! ”
Gong Kuang snorted indignantly.
Gong Kuang planned that after looting Beihai County this time, he did not plan to stay in Beihai City, immediately retreated to the mountain, and then completely integrated all the Yellow Turban tribes in the northern area of Mount Tai, and when the time came, those who followed me prospered and those who rebelled against me died.
He even planned that as long as he integrated the Yellow Turban tribes in the northern region of Mount Tai, then he would be able to fight against Guan Hai. In the future, at most, he nominally recognized Guan Hai as the leader of the Taishan Yellow Turban Army, but he would never pay him any more money and food. He was a little unhappy that he risked his life to lead his troops out of the mountains and plunder, and he had to hand over part of the proceeds.
Yellow Turbans? This is only such a name, in fact, he feels that there is no difference between him and other Tarzan thieves.
Bai Yu naturally knew Gong Kuang's thoughts, and he said with a bone-chilling look in his eyes: "Great Leader Gong, in the northern region of our Mount Tai, the leader of all the Yellow Turban tribes is the most powerful and has the most military horses under your command. After this incident, we can think of a name, and in the name of celebration, we will summon their leaders to our cottage, and then ...... Hey. ”
"Just kill them? I'm afraid this won't work......" Gong Kuang was very moved, but he still shook his head and said.
If he directly killed them and let Guan Hai know, he would definitely intervene, Gong Kuang asked himself if he was Guan Hai's opponent.
"We don't need to kill them, we just need them to stay in our cottage for a long time. Even, we can appoint them as the second, third, and fourth masters of our cottage. As long as they arrive at our cottage, they can't help but refuse. In this way, the Grand Leader will be able to receive their minions openly and integrate their minions once again. In this way, the northern part of Mount Tai is the real territory of the Gong chieftain, and the family is dominant. As for the other Taishan thieves, when the time comes, they will slowly concoct them, and the same will be the prosperity of the obedient and the death of the rebellious. ”
"Seems to make sense......"
Gong Kuang nodded, thinking it was feasible.
Not long after, one after another, teams of people arrived.
One by one, the leaders came to join Gong Kuang.
Originally, he was going to reprimand the leaders of the various tribes who had dragged their feet on the march, but thinking of the plan that Bai Yu had said, Gong Kuang did not lose his temper with them again.
More than a dozen yellow turban leaders, large and small, gathered together.
"Chiefs, this place is still about ten miles away from Beihai City. In half an hour, we can directly kill under Beihai City. But it's still early, so all the people should put out their torches, rest for an hour, and then set off together. Gong Kuanghuan glanced at everyone, and said with a not very good-looking face: "The key to attacking Beihai City this time is to be quick and not to give any reaction to the officers and soldiers in the city." Be sure to storm the city as fast as possible and take control of the gates. Don't be like the current march, procrastinating, the marching army column has actually been pulled to more than ten miles long, on the way, there are still people to do other things, all said, our night attack on Beihai City, the key is a secret, you made such a big movement on the road, in case someone takes the first step to report to Beihai City, then what is the point of our night attack this time? ”
"Chief Gong, rest assured, in the entire Beihai government, who would dare to confront our Yellow Turban Army? As soon as our army arrives, they will flee. Beihai City? It must be ours. ”
"That's it, Leader Gong, your martial arts are higher than ours, but you're too cautious. Let's talk about how we will distribute the money and food we have looted after attacking Beihai City. ”
"Yes, Chief Gong, you see that our brothers are not having a good time, this time, can we change the rules of distribution?"
"I suggest, this time we will grab it with our hands and feet in Beihai City, whoever grabs it will be who's whoever? Leader Gong, you have more men and horses than us, and you will definitely grab more things, so whoever grabs it will not suffer a loss. ”
These Yellow Turban leaders, they began to discuss how to distribute the money and food of Beihai City.
These guys are not fuel-efficient lamps, they are all thieves.
Earlier, they joined forces and attacked several county towns respectively, and according to the original distribution method, no matter who captured the money and grain, they had to distribute it uniformly according to the whole army. In this way, individual guys are not very happy.
Because the situation in each county is different, the amount of looting they make will be more or less. It's like one of them seizing a granary with a lot of grain in it. If all this food belonged to them, it would be enough for his three or four thousand men and horses to eat and drink for more than a year. But with this distribution, they received less than a tenth of what they had plundered.
They belonged to different tribes, and each wanted to get more money and food. Also, they all thought they were very smart, and they didn't plunder along the way, but captured some people to torture and interrogate them, trying to figure out the situation in Beihai City as much as possible.
In the general villages along the road, some people must have been to Beihai County, and some local wealthy families will even go in and out of Beihai County for a long time, and they must have a better understanding of the situation in Beihai County.
So, they have basically figured out the situation in Beihai County. In Beihai City, how many officers and soldiers, how many barracks, how many big families, and which family is the richest, which position in the city, and so on. When they figured this out, they all thought that as soon as they entered the city, they would no longer loot casually, they would rush to the homes of the rich first, and plunder the homes of the wealthy families first.
As for the officers and soldiers, they didn't plan to take care of it, and decided to leave it to Gong Kuang's men to solve it. The barracks and official offices are all for Gong Kuang, and they just need to rob those rich families.
The current government is not before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and who will put good things in the warehouses of the government now? What's more, today's government is basically poor and white, except for some weapons and equipment, there may not even be much food, so they no longer look down on the warehouses of the government.
But alas, their calculations fell through.
Gong Kuang wouldn't answer them at all.
Gong Kuang said with a cold face: "Do you think Beihai City is already yours?" If that's the case, then Gong will withdraw his troops now, and whoever of you has the ability to go and loot Beihai City. ”
"Uh, Chief Gong, what do you mean by that?"
The leaders of the various Yellow Turban tribes couldn't help but be stunned.
"Hmph, haven't you heard of the Liu Mansion caravan? Don't you know Liu Xian, Liu Mansion in Liulin Village? ”
"This ...... Liu Xian? I seem to have heard of ......"
"Let me tell you, not long ago, Liu Xian was in Julu Yang County, and with the escort of their Liu Mansion caravan, they defeated 50,000 horses and horses of Zhang Niujiao in Montenegro, and Zhang Niujiao was also killed. What do you think of our military horses? Gong Kuang stared at everyone and asked.