Chapter 16: The Battle of Xuzhuang
"General Mi! Big Prince! My subordinates have something important to see! ”
Outside the tent, he suddenly remembered the sound of hurried footsteps and asked.
The potter looked up and saw a figure kneeling on one knee outside the tent, accompanied by the light in the tent, and the shadow cast the traces of his body into the curtain and sand inside the tent, which looked extremely slender in the already dark night.
"Come in and talk about something!" Mi Fang put away his submissive appearance in front of the potter, put on a straight face, and showed the momentum and demeanor that the commander of the three armies should have.
The scout quickly entered the tent, and after saluting the two of them separately, he said succinctly: "In the Qiongshan Mountain, which was fifty miles north of the next hour, there is a hidden army of soldiers and horses moving south from the north, about more than 10,000 people, and the movement of its soldiers and horses is currently unknown. ”
When Mi Fang heard that there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses nearby, her face became a little pale in an instant, her legs secretly swinged, and the innate strength in her bones began to move again in an instant.
Mi Fang's slight changes naturally can't escape the eyes of the potter, and after getting along for a while, he already knows a lot about this good partner.
"Brother Mi, do you have an urge to pack up and pack up softly......
Mi Fang subconsciously replied: "The eldest prince is clever. ”
The potter smiled slightly and said, "Brother Mi, calm down...... There are others here. ”
Mi Fang suddenly woke up and came back to some taste.
Squinting at the scout who was still kneeling in front of him, Mi Fangqiang pretended to be disdainful, and asked stubbornly, "Where can you find out the soldiers and horses of the state and county?" ”
Although the scout wanted to laugh, he didn't dare to make a mistake in the face of the main general, so he could only hold back.
"The subordinates secretly investigated, and saw that although the military horse was quite complete with blades and weapons, it did not have the state government's military number and flag, nor did it have regular armor, so I am afraid that it was not an official army...... However, the camp is quite disciplined, and it is not an ordinary rogue, so it ...... Therefore, the subordinates suspected ......"
Mi Fang urged: "What do you suspect? ”
"It's a yellow scarf!"
When Mi Fang heard this, her face turned red and white, and she changed several times.
Seeing that Mi Fang didn't speak for a long time, the pottery merchant coughed lightly twice, and asked: "Brother Mi, the soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban have long been destroyed, if it is really the Yellow Turban, it is also the remnants of the defeated soldiers of the previous war, shouldn't it be worth fearing?" ”
Mi Fang let out a long sigh and waved his hand to let the scout go down, and ordered him to investigate it again.
After the scouts left, Mi Fang carefully said to the pottery merchant: "Eldest son, although the Yellow Turban thieves were broken six years ago, their momentum is like a grassland fire, repeatedly rekindled, and has not stopped for several years, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Guanzhong, Yangzhou, Qingzhou, including my Xuzhou, there are Yellow Turban thieves as a disaster, and the power is not small, thousands of people are troubled, tens of thousands of people are also there, and there are 100,000 people...... Especially the Yellow Turban of Montenegro, even known as a million servants! Not to be underestimated. ”
The potter nodded as if he didn't understand, and he had a deeper understanding of the Yellow Turban.
This is the uprising that originates from the religious/religious/nature, although it fails, but the impact can be endless, and the religious/religious/sexual/qualitative uprising is not its combat power and resources, but the ideological guidance that can lead to its longevity.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters, a large number of hungry people went into exile, and starvation was everywhere, and Zhang Jiao was able to reverse the industrialization of Confucianism in this specific period, and put forward "no one is noble or low, all are born of heaven" and "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand" and other very appealing novel theories, it can be imagined how influential such ideas must have for the people at the bottom who were precarious at that time.
I have to say that Zhang Jiao is indeed unconventional and innovative!
This is an important factor that even after Zhang Jiao's death, these people at the bottom of the yellow turbans who have not had enough to eat are still active in various places......
Wait a minute...... Can't get enough to eat?
Thinking of this, the potter suddenly had a spirit, as if he thought of something, and stood up with a "Teng", startled Mi Fang, and shouted: "Childe, what are you going to do?" ”
The potter ignored him, walked quickly to the table in the middle of the handsome tent, and looked at the leather diagram that had been spread out on the table, his eyes from wide open to round, until he narrowed slightly, and two faint essences of light shot straight out of the gap.
After some time, the potter's eyes took his eyes off the pitt, rubbed his brow tiredly, and muttered, "I understand what they are going to do." ”
Mi Fang on the side didn't know why, looked at the potter in a daze, and said strangely: "What does the eldest prince mean?" You understand what. ”
Turning his head to look at Mi Fang, who was full of confusion, the potter sneered: "Brother Mi, do you remember, what was the purpose of our troops here at the beginning?" ”
When Mi Fang heard this, her face couldn't help but turn red, and she lowered her head uneasily and said, "Steal, steal pigs." ”
The potter nodded and said, "If that army in the Qiongshan Mountains is really the Yellow Turban, their purpose should be the same as ours. ”
When Mi Fang heard this, her pupils dilated, her eyes widened, and her mouth grew in surprise.
"The yellow scarf also lacks livestock to fight tooth sacrifices?"
The potter stretched out a finger and waved, "To be exact, they are short of food!" And there is only one place where there is grain and livestock nearby! ”
Mi Fang reacted at once: "The Zhuangzi of the Xu family? ”
"Not bad." The potter turned his head to look at the dark night sky outside the tent and said, "The yellow turban should be from afar, and they can't stay too long, if my guess is right, they will definitely attack Xu Zhuang tonight!" ”
Hearing this, Mi Fang's face instantly blossomed.
"Childe, this is very good, this is called dog-eat-dog! Let the Yellow Turban Thief Kou and that Xu Reckless Man fight against each other! Now we don't have to leave, just camp here, sit and watch the two of them kill each other! Wonderful! Hurry...... Ah......h ......"
Suddenly feeling two sword-like gazes shooting directly at his neck, Mi Fang had goosebumps all over her body, and slowly turned her head to look at the potter behind her.
"...... the eldest prince?"
The potter's face was calm, neither in agreement nor against him, but he looked at him very calmly and softly.
For the harmless expression of the potter, Mi Fang has always felt very worried about it.
He swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and said with a dry smile: "What is my strategy?" ”
The corners of the potter's mouth twitched, and he didn't smile: "Hehe." ”
No matter how ignorant Mi Fang is, she can still hear that these two 'hehe' are not good words...... It's kind of like swearing.
"Then according to Childe's wishes, what should we do?"
The potter said word by word: "Gather the soldiers and horses, and send scouts to investigate carefully, once the bandits attack Xu Zhuang, we will immediately attack and harass them, and attack Xu Chu on both sides." ”
This time it was Mi Fang's turn to think "hehe".
"The eldest prince, that Xu Chu led the soldiers and horses to the camp this morning, blocked the gate of the village and asked you to hand me over, let's not look for his bad luck, why do you want to help that reckless man deal with the yellow scarf?" Mi Fang was indignant and retorted.
The potter stretched out three fingers, broke them down one by one, and said: "There are three reasons, first, I want to gather Xu Chu into the Xuzhou army. Second, after all, you and I are both Xuzhou officials and soldiers, you are the chief general of the first army, I am the assassin Shi pro-Feng Jian army, and I encounter thieves and robbers on the road, if I don't help it, I can't say it. ”
Mi Fang was still a little sullen: "What about the third one?" ”
"Third, Brother Mi, don't forget, we are from Xuzhou and are the army of gentlemen!"
The three arguments of righteous rhetoric did not achieve the desired effect, especially the third reason, looking at Mi Fang's expression seems to be a bit ...... Want to throw up?
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Halfway through the hour, the moonlit night is already deep.
In the middle of the night, Xuzhuang has fallen into darkness, only a few village households lit oil lamps, sparse and sparse lamps scattered all over the Zhuangzi, this peaceful and peaceful atmosphere is incompatible with this chaotic world, but it exists, like a strong bamboo in a storm, crumbling but will not lose its roots.
On the back of Xu Zhuang, the soldiers and horses of the floating clouds and yellow scarves are slowly approaching, the horses in front of them are covered with hemp sleeves on their mouths, and their hooves are covered with foot cloths, which inevitably make too loud noises, and the whole army is moving extremely fast, like a cluster of dark clouds under the moonlit night, and the black oppressive figure is pressing towards Xu Zhuang at a steady speed.
"Rush in!"
He Man in the center stared at Xu Zhuang who was close at hand with red eyes, and there was a faint hint of suppressed excitement in his hoarse voice, just like a hungry wolf in the Gobi suddenly found a wandering hare, and every cell in his body was a thirst for blood.
"Rush!"
I don't know whose voice blew up the night sky, followed by the chorus of nearly 10,000 people, and the vanguard military horses in front of the three thousand yellow turbans have taken the lead in killing Xu's Zhuangzi.
The quiet Xu Zhuang was like a fried pot in an instant!
The sleeping bankers in every household got up in a panic, picked up the guys and went out to fight the yellow turban thieves.
For a time, the avenues and paths in the village, the courtyards of the farmhouses, everywhere became a battlefield, the Yellow Turban soldiers and the militia of Xuzhuang fought desperately, knives, guns, axes, plows and hoes were flying around under the moonlight, splashing blood from time to time, swaying in the air.
The women and children cowered in their houses and farmhouses, desperately restraining their cries, and the cattle in the enclosure screamed and howled, and were dragged out of the fence by the Yellow Turbans who had entered the conflict.
It's also a loss that the Yellow Turban Army is attacking the village at the same time, and it is also focusing on grabbing grain and livestock, otherwise, although the clan soldiers in the village are brave, how can they beat the floating cloud Yellow Turban Army dozens of times their own? I'm afraid that the final result will be the death of people and animals, and the tragic situation of ten rooms and nine emptiness.
Rao is like this, the Yellow Turban Army is really a large number of people, and they can still gain the upper hand while grabbing the baggage and fighting with the clan militia.
In a short time, the number of dead and wounded in Xu Zhuang has reached more than 100! At this moment, regardless of men, women and children in the village, but all who can walk and fight, have joined the battlefield, using their bodies to defend their own homes, determined to fight the Yellow Turban Army to the end...... However, the gap in strength between the two sides is too great, and the decline is still irreversible.
At this time, He Man, who had already led his own soldiers into the village, coldly examined the various battlefields opened up in the village.
"Bastard! How can a farmhouse catch fire? Who let the cubs set fire! He Man looked at it and couldn't help but be furious.
Captain Yellow Turban hurriedly replied: "The people of the village are quite brave, fighting desperately with our army, and the cubs set a few fires for deterrence. ”
He Man gritted his teeth and said, "Bastard thing!" Whose is it that you burn grain, grass and livestock? We're here to grab grain, not burn the village! Tell the cubs! If you dare to set fire again...... Kill! ”
"No!"
"Also, hurry up and settle the war, take the grain, grass and livestock out of the farm, and don't delay more! If there is anyone who stands in his way, he will be men, women, and children, and he will kill me with a cruel hand! ”
"No!!"