Chapter 0040 - Ambergris Ferry
The angry crowd rushed at the two male soldiers, who had no swords and smashed them with their wooden bows. The male soldier panicked, and asked the traitor next to him to shout loudly to stop the riot, but it was useless. Soon after, their shouts turned into wails and screams.
In this way, before Tang Yuan and the others rushed over, the two male soldiers fell in a pool of blood.
The rest of the slaves, captives, and traitors, seeing that the situation was not good, ran away.
Tang Yuan led the cavalry to catch up.
When the distance is a little farther, release the arrows and put down a few; When you get closer, you pull out your spear and wave it from side to side.
For the first time, he thrust the weapon into the back of a living person, and only a pop was heard.
When I killed the first enemy, I felt hot and my mind was blank, and I killed five killers in a row.
Chen Bao followed, Chen Bao's knife was really sharp, and as soon as the knife fell, half of his shoulder rolled to the ground with his head, and the lower half of the person's body ran out two steps by inertia.
After Tang Hu came ashore, he became vigorous, and the double halberd in his hand flew up and down, overturning a piece of smoke. He also hated and scolded: "There are too few enemies, but it's not fun!" ”
This stinky boy was born to be a material for war.
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The one-sided battle ended quickly.
Tang Yuan stabilized his mind and ordered everyone not to mess up, not to disperse, and to act collectively to take a look around to find out if there were any enemies hiding in the shadows.
After looking around, there were only some Han strong men, Tang Yuan didn't hurt them, and only asked them if they were willing to join the army.
Most people still choose to go home.
Tang Yuan waved his hand and let them go.
Then they began to clean up the battlefield, mainly to see if there was any food left by the enemy army and better equipment.
Unfortunately, almost no food was found, and the equipment was very backward, except for the leather armor on the two men, it was worth keeping.
Tang Yuan summed up this river crossing battle, with one word "chaos".
The fight was a little confused, and after crossing the river, I planned to have a bloody battle, but I didn't expect it to end hastily. A group of Han strong men did not show the appearance of surrender, but brandished the weapons in their hands and ran frantically north. Later, Tang Yuan figured out that the family members of those people were trapped in a makeshift wooden fence to the north.
The remaining three male soldiers stood on the high platform, and when they saw the defeat in front of them, they had no intention of resisting at all, so they killed a few family members of the strong men in anger, and then rode away on horseback.
"General Tang, you're finally here!"
When the people heard Tang Yuan's name, they rushed to the horse and fell to their knees.
"Why are you here," the people cried, "In the past few years, I have been tortured by the men and women to the point that no one is a ghost or a ghost, and I can't even live as a beast..."
"Folks, your hard days are over." Tang Yuan shook the reins and asked, "Are there any other male Jia people nearby?" ”
"Yes!" One of the villagers shouted, "There are two more in our village, who stay at the chief's house all day to eat, drink, and be merry, and to plague the girl, and I guess they have not yet received the news of the defeat." ”
"Then what else are you talking about, kill them!" Chen Bao roared.
The angry crowd rushed to the village, and Tang Yuan sent Chen Bao with five cavalry to follow, telling Chen Bao that it was best to recruit a few strong men to join the army.
Then Tang Yuan waited by the river, and about an hour and a half, the sky was bright, and the prison army Zhang Nu began to cross the river with his soldiers.
The people on the boat and on the bamboo raft saw the situation on the other side and knew that Tang Yuan and they were victorious, and they began to cheer from afar.
"Tang Yuan, you're still very good."
Zhang Nu looked at a few corpses on the ground and counted them, more than twenty, and he was quite satisfied. But after looking at the wound carefully, he felt puzzled again:
"Strange, why do the injuries on these people look so messy? What did you use to kill them? ”
Tang Yuan smiled and told Zhang Nu about the battle.
At this time, Chen Bao came back with more than a dozen people, saying that these people were willing to join the army and fight men with the big living people.
Nalan Xin rode over on a donkey and mule, looked at it, shook his head, and said to Tang Yuan: "People can catch more than two hundred strong men, and you can only get more than a dozen strong men after a battle, this is not possible." If you want me to say, you give me twenty men. I'll go to the village, and tonight, I'll bring you a hundred people. ”
Tang Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "What, you also want to force the people to become soldiers?" ”
Nalan Xin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's not the case. The people of Hebei have been heavily pressed by the male Jia people for many years, and they have long been on fire. At this time, as long as we spread the banner and go to the village to fan the wind a little, we are sure to attract a large group of people. Their enthusiasm for fighting is by no means worse than that of your group of recruits. ”
Nalan Xin's words were a little true and a little false, and Tang Yuan didn't have time to argue with him. So he gave him ten soldiers and ten new recruits. He asked Nalan Xin to recruit in accordance with the military regulations of Daliang, not to force the people to join the army, and also asked Nalan Xin to find a way to put away the weapons that were thrown on the ground, although they were all wooden bows that were not very powerful, but as long as there were many people, they were still somewhat lethal.
"Trim up a little, and after eating, set off immediately."
The 2nd Independent Regiment received the order to attack Zhanhua at noon, although the battle report said that Zhanhua City was an empty city, and it could be fought by crossing the river, Tang Yuan still felt that the so-called empty city would not be a man.
He only brought a total of 300 people, and now he has only one advantage, that is, the enemy army does not pay attention to Dizhou, but this advantage must be played by relying on the word "fast". If Tang Qi's side succeeded in capturing Dizhou City, then they would inevitably suffer a counterattack from the enemy. That's when the time for war.
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"Rush!"
Wu Kuang led more than a dozen bamboo rafts to rush to the opposite bank together, and the arrows on the opposite bank smashed like raindrops.
This is already the third batch of charging soldiers, and the first two batches suffered huge losses, which made Tang Qi feel distressed for a while.
"General Tang, why don't we move downstream?" A veteran reminded respectfully.
In less than an hour, seeing the loss of more than 600 people, even the veterans who have been in battle for a long time feel frightened, but they cover it up well, so that people can't see the slightest change in mood. It seems to be a little cold-blooded and ruthless.
Tang Qi narrowed his eyes and said, "If this batch can't be rushed, two more batches will be rushed." Tang Qi looked downstream, where a team of 1,000 people had been prepared to cross the river collectively: "Give them time." ”
The veteran beside him frowned and said nothing, he still felt that the loss of crossing the river like this was too great, and he was a little reckless.
Wu Kuang led three hundred men, half of whom held shields, and the other half rowed desperately.
The enemy's arrows suddenly became fewer.
"They've run out of arrows!" Wu Kuang raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, we will definitely be able to rush over!" ”
"Poof" An arrow flew and stuck in Wu Kuang's shoulder, Wu Kuang's body shook and almost fell into the river.
Someone next to him pulled him, he gritted his teeth, grabbed the handle of the arrow, and pulled it out with a bang.
He couldn't help but scream, and when he looked closely, it was not a barbed arrow, and he secretly rejoiced in his heart, he raised the bloody arrow in his hand high and shouted: "Brothers, don't be afraid, the enemy's arrows can't kill us!" Keep rushing! ”
Looking upstairs, seeing Wu Kuang rushing ashore with people, Tang Qi excitedly smashed a punch on the guardrail, and immediately ordered: "Blow the trumpet of the charge, charge collectively!" ”