Chapter 55: The First Battle
On the third day of November, Zang Fu.
"The Xun Mansion doesn't have time to come to the door in person, you will go with someone tomorrow, this time the troops will be dispatched, the return date is difficult to determine, and the transcription will have to wait for me to come back to do it, of course, if the Xun family wants to find someone else to help with the transcription, it can also be." Before the expedition, the generals whose homes are in Luoyang can go home and give an explanation, after all, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and there are too many who will never return.
"The concubine understands." Yun Si nodded.
"Childe, can you not go? The slave and maid heard that it was dangerous to fight. Juan'er said with tears in her eyes.
"I can't." Chen Mo rubbed Juan'er's hair and said, "The man's fame is immediate, your son-in-law doesn't want to do nothing in his life!" If that's the case, don't say it again! ”
"But ......" Juan'er was still reluctant.
"The dignity of a man is not to be desecrated." Yun Si gently hugged Juan'er and said: "The husband has great ambitions, what you and I should do is to let the husband rest when the husband is tired, instead of blocking the husband's footsteps." ”
Chen Mo looked at Yun Si, nodded and didn't speak, but these words made Chen Mo a little moved, the longer they got along, the more obsessed they became with this concubine, not just the other party's body.
Shaking his head, he threw out his distracting thoughts, after all, this was his first expedition, and he didn't come again at night, he had to maintain enough energy, even if he was still alive tomorrow even if he was in a better state to meet the first battle in his life.
Before dawn the next day, Chen Mo had already woken up, dressed himself, and came to the hall to take his sword and leave, but saw that Yun Si was already waiting there.
"You haven't slept all night?" Chen Mo looked at Yun Si's face and frowned.
"The husband will travel far away, how can the concubine sleep peacefully?" Yun Si handed a small coat in his hand to Chen Mo and said: "This inner armor is woven by Yun Si with gold silk doped with silk, I wanted to wait for the husband's birthday to send it to the husband, and now the husband is on an expedition, so I will give this soft armor to the husband, I wish the husband a victory!" ”
Chen Mo stretched out his hand and took the inner armor, some emotions that he had never experienced surged in his chest, looking at the beautiful concubine, he seemed to have a thousand words for a while, but he didn't know where to start? Just stretched out his hand, gently hugged Yun Si into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "Wait for me to come back." ”
"Hmm." Yun Si nodded gently, then pushed Chen Mo away, bowed and said, "It's not early, don't break the military order." ”
Chen Mo nodded, hung the Chengyuan sword on his waist, put on the soft armor again, and after putting on the armor with the help of Yun Si, he walked straight towards the door.
When Chen Mo arrived at the barracks, the three troops had already gathered, Chen Mo quickly walked into the army, and after waiting for a while, Bao Hong came to the front of the formation with three military horses, needless to say, with the sound of a gong, the three armies lined up, and came out of the Upper East Gate along the Upper East Gate Avenue.
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Since February this year, the rest of the Yellow Turbans have risen up, in February, there is Guo Tai in the Baibo Valley of the West River, attacking Taiyuan County, Hedong County and other places, in April, Runan Gepi Yellow Turban Army rose again, conquered the county, in October, the Qingxu Yellow Turban Army rose again, for a while, it seems that the Yellow Turbans in the Central Plains appear frequently, as if back to five years ago, it is also worried that it will not be suppressed in time, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Rebellion will be repeated, since August, the imperial court has continuously sent troops to all sides to suppress the Yellow Turban remnants.
And this time, what Bao Hong's battalion wants to exterminate is now the most powerful Gepi Yellow Turban in the Central Plains.
The troops set out from the east of Luoyang City, then crossed the river and went out through the Yique Pass, Yanyi River went down, turned east in Xincheng, crossed the Yingchuan River and went straight into Runan, along the way the counties provided military rations, and after another month, the troops arrived in Ruyang.
"Report~" On the desolate post road, one rode the dust, and when he got close, he turned over and dismounted, bowed to Chen Mo on horseback and said: "Junhou, I have found the traces of the Gepi thief, but the thief is huge, there are many people and horses, and it is difficult to distinguish for a while." ”
Chen Mo is responsible for guarding the surroundings, and is also responsible for listening to intelligence.
"The thief is huge?" Sitting on horseback, Chen Mo took out the map from his arms, spread it out to look at it, and frowned: "How far is this place from Ge Pi, where is it ahead?" ”
"Ahead is Nanton, and Nanton is still more than 100 miles away from Gepi." The scout bowed.
"Get on the horse, go and report this to the general, Bao Geng, bring a team of men and horses with me, and the rest of the people, explore the surroundings, don't fall into the ambush of thieves." Chen Mo put away the map and faced everyone.
"Whoa!" Chen Mo's generals and team leaders led the order in unison, and Chen Mo led a team of men and horses with Bao Geng to run forward.
After running for several miles, Chen Mo's eyes froze, and he hurriedly ordered the troops to stop, and on the mountain not far away, there seemed to be a figure floating.
Squinting his gaze slightly, Chen Mo said in a low voice: "Wait here, look at my banner." ”
After speaking, without waiting for Bao Geng to answer, he put two order flags on his back, took off the longbow on the horse's back, pulled out a sharp arrow from the quiver, and galloped away on the hill in the distance.
At this time, Bao Geng and the others found that there were people behind the hill, and seemed to notice that Chen Mo was rushing towards him, so he turned around and ran.
"Hum~"
In the middle of running, Chen Mo stretched out his bow and took the arrow, the bowstring trembled sounded, and the cold arrow with a sharp whistling sound was already approaching, the man subconsciously looked back, and the cold arrow cluster directly broke into his eyeballs, and he fell to the ground with a scream.
Chen Mo reined in his war horse and rushed in another direction, where there was a person crawling backwards, and when he saw Chen Mo rushing towards him after killing someone, he was startled, and he couldn't hide anymore, so he got up and ran.
The bowstring trembled again, and the man fell.
Chen Mo came to the other party's side, made sure that the other party was out of breath, and rode his horse to the first person he shot before, the sharp arrow pierced through the skull, and he was dead, and after riding the horse around and patrolling around, there were no other enemies, Chen Mo put away his longbow, took out the order flag from his back, and played the flag to Bao Geng and others under the hill, and asked them to come over.
"Marquis, your archery skills are amazing!" Bao Geng came to Chen Mo's side with a look of admiration.
Just now, Chen Mo didn't stand in place and aim at the arrow, but in the galloping of horses, he shot the enemy with an arrow from dozens of steps, just this ability to ride and shoot, among the eight schools in the dialect West Garden, there are those strong warriors from various states and counties under the command of the captain of the military academy, I am afraid that none of them have this ability.
Chen Mo didn't speak, just looked at the city in front of him from a distance.
On the low city wall, there are no defenders, there are traces of fighting around the city wall, there are many corpses scattered everywhere, the smoke rising from the city is not wolf smoke, in the air, the sound of crying can be faintly heard.
"The city is broken?" Bao Geng said a word of nonsense dryly.
Outside the city, there are still Yellow Turban troops cleaning up the battlefield, and there are also people pouring into the city.
"Bao Geng!" Chen Mo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
"Whoa!" Bao Geng subconsciously straightened his chest.
"Go back at once, gather everyone, fight in battle, pull the team apart, find some branches to drag the dust, make the appearance of a large army, remember, you don't have to kill, after going out of this valley, drag the branches back and forth!" Chen Mo said sharply.
"Junhou, we only have one song, this thief has a lot of manpower, just those yellow turban thieves outside the city, there are thousands of people, right?" Bao Geng hurriedly pulled Chen Mo and said, at this time, you can't be impulsive.
"This is a military order! How? If you weren't allowed to fight, you're afraid? Chen Mo lowered his head, looked at Bao Geng and said coldly.
"The last general is not afraid!" Bao Geng straightened his chest and said.
"Then do it! Kill the rest of the people! Chen Mo shouted sharply, and rode out with a group of soldiers first.
There was only a team of people, and the Gepi thieves outside the city were not afraid when they saw it, but they divided into a team to welcome them.
Chen Mo took the lead, seeing that the other party was waving his troops to fight, but before he could get close, he shot the three main generals of this team with three arrows in succession, and the opponent's formation was immediately chaotic, followed by Chen Mo and led the army to kill.
The team under his command is diligent and unremitting every day, both in terms of physical strength and combat skills are far from being comparable to these yellow turban thieves, plus the main general was shot and killed by Chen Mo before he could face him, and the army had no command, just a back and forth, and was killed by Chen Mo so that he lost his armor and fled in embarrassment.
Chen Mo didn't care about these chaotic routs, and directly led the men and horses to the city gate to kill, and a yellow turban thief general led the army to fight on horseback, and before he looked at his face, he shouted: "A certain is the general He Man, the dog official is on the name!" ”
Heman?
Haven't heard of it.
Chen Mo didn't answer, seeing that the other party had no arrow array and spear array to stop him, he picked up the big lance on horseback and led the men and horses straight towards this thief army that had not yet taken shape.
Seeing this, He Man was furious, picked up the iron fork in his hand and came to meet Chen Mo.
Getting closer, He Man stabbed out the iron fork in his hand, but Chen Mo handed the big lance to his left hand, touched his right hand around his waist, and shot out with a carving knife.
It's just that the carving knife is only three inches, and the body is very small, if it is an arrow, it may be able to block, but this carving knife is extremely difficult to block, especially in a short distance, and it is almost impossible to prevent.
In He Man's stunned gaze, the carving knife directly crossed the opponent's iron fork, submerged into his throat, followed by Chen Mo's horse, and stabbed it directly from the horse's back with a lance, and fell in the eyes of others, but He Man was stabbed off the horse by the other party before he even caught it, many people panicked, and Chen Mo took the opportunity to break the opponent's untidy formation.
Rear, at the mouth of the valley, smoke and dust everywhere, faintly in the middle, there seem to be thousands of troops and horses in it, many Yellow Turban soldiers were shocked when they saw this, some of them fled towards the city in embarrassment, and some directly threw away their weapons and rushed in all directions, Chen Mo waited for those Yellow Turban thieves to enter a batch, and quickly approached and occupied a city gate.
"Trumpet!" Chen Mo looked at the Yellow Turban Army who did not dare to step forward around, and while ordering people to set up a formation in the city gate, he let the trumpeter enter the city and blow the military horn.
The Yellow Turban thieves in the city did not know what to do, and when they heard that a large number of officials and soldiers had been killed, they did not even dare to approach this side, and escaped directly from other city gates.
Chen Mo stood under the city gate, looking at the messy city, and did not order the pursuit, but just guarded the city gate, and when the Yellow Turban thief was almost gone, he sent someone to inform Bao Geng to come to the city to assemble.