Chapter 11 Wounded
After the leaders roughly divided their respective tasks, they reminded each other and repaired some details before they returned to their own teams to start preparations. Knowing that the time was urgent, everyone used all their strength to bury wooden stakes and dig a trap pit, but fortunately, there were many people, and a large area was quickly made.
In the end, a total of more than 140 people were gathered and temporarily organized into a cavalry army. After Zhao Shi gathered everyone, he got on the horse and went straight to Yuanqi, Zhao Shi saw that Yu Zhilong and Ma Rulong had already fought a bloody battle, and deliberately let Yu Zhilong and Ma Rulong stay behind, but Yu Zhilong did not do it.
"All the brothers of the family have stepped forward to lure the enemy regardless of their own deaths, how can I stay behind? What's more, this plan is my one, and I am temporarily acting for the squadron of thousands of households, so it should be used as an example first! ”
Zhao Shi couldn't resist Yu Zhilong, so he had to let him stay behind his horse. The danger of this mission is really high, if you want to come back safely, in addition to your own martial arts, battlefield luck is also indispensable. Seeing that Yu Zhilong had to go with him even if he was injured, Wu Side, Ma Rulong and others were familiar with him, knew his character, and did not think it was strange, while Ji Xiancheng and Chang Zhi and others secretly admired him more and more.
Liu Zhengfeng also collected all the leather armor and iron armor in the army for them to wear.
When Yan Chi's self-trap area finally rushed out, there were only more than 100 subordinates left around him, and the speed of the horses was greatly reduced.
Seeing the Yuan cavalry rushing out, Liu Zhengfeng gave an order, and the foot soldiers in front of him slowly pressed forward and resisted the Yuan cavalry from the front. In order to better interfere with the Yuan cavalry, some foot soldiers even held six or seven meters long pointed wooden poles, and used the length advantage to constantly stab, so that the Yuan cavalry could not fight effectively, and some were even dismounted by the long wooden poles and fell into the encirclement of the foot soldiers.
Zhao Shi led his troops to line up behind Liu Zhengfeng, and there were less than 80 people left who had followed the departure, and nearly 20% were wounded, and most of the people lost were killed when they were hedging with the Yuan cavalry.
Yan Chi is unwilling to the extreme, these thieves are so treacherous! Where is the honor of the warriors? Yan Chi was extremely resentful, and his teeth creaked.
Immortal Heaven is above, and I swear by the great Genghis Khan, I, Yan Chi, will definitely kill these thieves in this life!
Yan Chi waved his scimitar wildly, slashing left and right, killing the opponent's formation and heading straight to the banner. Wanyan Amur followed closely, although he was tongue-in-cheek and afraid of death, but he had a clever mind and good kung fu, and it was a miracle that he had been uninjured in the battle until now.
Liu Zhengfeng stood under the banner of the word "Yu", constantly commanding orders, and then saw Yan Chi and other Yuan cavalry killing in front of him, without saying a word, he drew his knife and went up, and the surrounding leaders and guards also swarmed up, and now the two sides are completely scuffled together.
Zhao Shi and they rode in line behind, they were physically and mentally exhausted after a few vigorous killings just now, their hands were sore, and their arms were numb, and they couldn't slow down for a while, seeing that it was not easy to join the chaos of the melee at this time, so they watched the battle from the sidelines for the time being, and temporarily straightened out the formation.
Yan Chi killed Liu Zhengfeng and other foot soldiers, and when he looked back, there were less than 100 subordinates who could follow behind the horse, and there were still many Yuan riders who were entangled with each other in the same place, and it was difficult to get out. The enemy cavalry in front of them was already lined up, as if they were galloping to help. Yan Chi had no choice but to sigh, and ordered the army to follow him, without stopping, directly looking for a direction and running straight away, no longer entangled with Zhao Shi and others.
A battle was over, leaving hundreds of corpses behind, and the angry foot soldiers did not accept the surrender of the Yuan cavalry at all, and even the wounded of the Yuan cavalry were all hacked to death. The leaders did not stop it, and even connived at their subordinates to use some bloody methods to deal with the captives of the Yuan Cavalry.
In everyone's opinion, since they have no time sharing the sky with the Tartars, it is completely natural for these prisoners or wounded to be disposed of at their own will, and if they fall into the hands of the Tartars, the fate will definitely be even worse!
Not only did the Tartars never spare the rebels, but in order to exaggerate their military exploits, or to whitewash their defeats, shirk their responsibilities, and kill the good and take the plunge even more frequently, the difference was only in the degree of difference. The tragic experience of Liu Futong and Sesame Li's subordinates after falling into the hands of the Tartars has long been spread throughout the Central Plains, so the soldiers either fought desperately or sought an opportunity to escape, and very few abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
Yu Zhilong dismounted and followed Zhao Shi back to Liu Zhengfeng, and this time the lure was quite successful. After losing most of the Yuan cavalry, they fled in panic, and the large army was saved. On the way, Zhao Shi smiled at Zhilong and said: "Zhilong, you have contributed a lot to the enemy these two times, you deserve to be a thousand households!" ”
"We can survive today, and the little brother should be the first credit!" Ma Yunlong has been with Yu Zhilong from beginning to end today, and he admires what Zhilong has done. Ji Xiancheng and Chang Zhi and others saw that Yu Zhilong was wise and brave, and they were already willing to make friends, and now they see Yu Zhilong's re-establishment of credit, and dare to take the lead, not afraid of swords and arrows, the two were convinced, and since then they have been willing to belong to their command. Wu Side, Hou Ying and other old people in the scout team are also honored.
As the night deepened, Liu Zhengfeng arranged to clean up the battlefield without mentioning it, and at the same time personally reported the battle situation to Yu Hai, Yu Hai's injuries became more serious, and he was happy to learn the result of the victory, and he felt that his body seemed to be better, and he appreciated Zhilong's performance even more. Liu Zhengfeng comforted him with a discerning eye, only Yu Shichang was a little sullen beside him, and he also had three people riding on the blade today, but it was far worse than Yu Zhilong.
Liu Zhengfeng then instructed the teams to choose a place to camp, make their own fires and cook, and arrange a guard at night. Because the squadron suffered a lot of losses today, and the leader was basically killed, Yu Zhilong had to be temporarily appointed as the temporary replacement of thousands of households, and the rest of the troops were reorganized as soon as possible. Yu Hai and Liu Zhengfeng stayed between the front team, and the station was next to the station of the army's family.
In the first battle of the day, there were many captured Tartar horses, a lot of swords, guns and bows, and although the armor was damaged, it was a treasure for the rebel army who basically had no drape, as long as it was sewn and patched together, it could be used. Although everyone was wounded by the death of their comrades-in-arms and the murder of their families, after escaping death, they received a lot of captures, and their grief was greatly reduced. Liu Qi, Qin Zhanshan and several other leaders didn't even have time to eat, so they rushed to Liu Zhengfeng impatiently and asked for a lot of weapons and armor.
After dinner, Yu Zhilong and Ma Rulong began to gather the surviving squadron of men and horses, and after counting, in addition to the wounded, there were still more than 40 people to fight. Yu Zhilong simply organized it into five sentinels. As for the captured war horses, Yu Zhilong left more than 20 horses, and the rest were distributed by Liu Zhengfeng, after all, not everyone can fight on horseback.
Everyone gathered together, chose a place to rest, and after a fierce battle, everyone was very tired, and soon fell asleep one by one. Because of the lack of tents, everyone camped in the open air, lit a bonfire, spread thatch and blankets on the ground, and then lay down on them to sleep. According to Yu Zhilong's arrangement, only wounded soldiers were allowed to sleep in tents.
Yu Zhilong didn't dare to sleep immediately, and explained the guards and order at night with Ji Xiancheng and Chang Zhi, and checked the horses with Ma Rulong one by one, before finding a place and sleeping with a blanket. Before going to bed, Yu Zhilong vaguely heard someone crying in the distance, many people died during the daytime battle, and the survivors still couldn't let go of the grief in their hearts at this time after burying the dead, and the pain of losing their loved ones made people sobble low from time to time.
The people of troubled times are as cheap as grass, you are buried today, who will bury me in other days?
The night deepened and deepened, and there were bursts of frog chirping in the ravine, one after another. The campfire grew smaller, the mountains were heavy, and the people in their dreams felt the cold, murmuring, and snuggling up to each other tighter.
The moon has moved westward, and it has reached the end of the day.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came quickly, and a group of cavalry suddenly appeared near the camp, and under the light of the torches in their hands, they rushed directly to the resting place of the front team Yu Hai!
Because Yu Hai was seriously injured, the guards set up a tent, Yu Hai wrapped in a blanket and slept in it, and his daughter Yu Lan was originally waiting by the side, and after late at night, Yu Hai asked her to go back to take care of her mother, leaving only a few personal soldiers to serve.
The speed of this cavalry was very fast, the goal was clear, and the sound of hooves woke up the sleeping people, and in the hazy sleepy eyes, someone recognized the cavalry by the light of the fire!
It turned out that Yan Chi had not gone too far, and after seeing the pursuers retreating, he stopped gathering and considered what to do next? This time I can't escape the blame for this big defeat, and I really can't go back to see the commander of Tokto. Yan Chi saw that Yan Amur stood on the side with his head down, and he was angry, if it weren't for Wu Yan Gu's greed and recklessness, how could he be defeated?
Looking back left and right, there are less than 100 surviving subordinates.
"Amur, our army is defeated today, what is your best plan?" Yan Chi asked slowly.
Wanyan Amur'er trembled, and she really didn't want to reply, but listening to the meaning of Yan Chi's words, she was afraid that if she couldn't say some available strategies, it would inevitably be that Yan Chi would not shift the responsibility for the defeat to Wu Yan Gu after she went back. Now that the black face bone has turned into a heroic soul, no matter how much the court pursues the strict sentence, it will not fall on the body of the black face bone, but as the general flag who has fled back, no matter how you look at it, he is the best scapegoat.
"My lord, my lord's office, cough, cough, my humble position is racking my brains to plan for my lord."
"Oh, what's the gain?"
"Cough, cough, my lord, I feel lowly, I think—" Wanyan Amur said in a slur manner.
"Huh?" Yan Chi's thick eyebrows gradually stood up.
"My lord! Humble and courageous to offer a plan, please decide! "Wanyan Amur's mind turned down, and she was in a hurry.
"Speak!"
"My lord, although our army has suffered small losses, the casualties of the anti-thieves are very large, and it is estimated that they will not continue to march tonight. And after a tiring day of fighting, it will be exhausting, and tonight's vigilance will definitely be relaxed, if our army kills a horse pistol—" Wanyan Amur did not dare to tell the truth about the casualties of the Yuan cavalry.
"Hmm." Yan Chi originally didn't have any hope for him, just now he just took the opportunity to vent his anger and think of some ways to shirk it first, but now after hearing Yan Amur'er's words, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and thought about it carefully.
"What if the thieves don't give us a chance?" After pondering for a while, Yan Chi asked rhetorically.
"May the heavens bless you, Lord Hongfu!" Wanyan Amur replied cautiously.
Looking at the sky, it was already unitary, Yan Chi pondered the details of this plan again, and made up his mind to choose a secret place first, rest all of them, eat, and feed the horses. When he called Wanyan Amur, he ordered him to lead the two of them to investigate, and be sure to find the location of the big leader of the anti-thieves and observe if there was a chance to sneak attack.
Wanyan Amur'er felt bitter in his heart, but his face remained unchanged, the so-called official level crushed people to death, and his plan had a lot of wishful thinking. If the other party does not let down their vigilance, even if they do not set traps, as long as the vigilance is effective, this plan is likely to come to naught. However, the military order had been issued, and Wanyan Amur did not dare to disobey the military order, so she had to go back to prepare.
Because this investigation was vital to his life, Wanyan Amur specially selected two of the most shrewd and clever of his subordinates, and after the three of them fed the horses, they wrapped the four hooves of the war horse tightly with coarse cloth, wrapped the horse's mouth in a cover, and carefully checked the equipment again, and after confirming that it was correct, he resigned from Yan Chi and quietly came back the way he came.
When they were far away, they dismounted, hid their horses in a dense wood, and deliberately separated them from each other at a distance, so that they would not quarrel with each other and make noise. The three of them took advantage of the terrain and gradually touched the campsite.
This time the blessing of Changshengtian played a role, Liu Zhengfeng and the others really did not expect that after the defeat of Yuanqi, they would still have the courage to come back and touch the camp. The Han army and other gentry armed forces encountered before had fled without a trace after the defeat, so although night sentries were arranged, they relaxed their vigilance from top to bottom. Wanyan Amur even found that two sentry posts were sleeping behind trees.
God seems to be helping him tonight, at this time, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and by the moonlight, the three of them climbed into the camp. Because they were worried that Yu Hai's injuries would worsen at night, several pro-soldiers set up a curtain in front of the tent in front of the sea, and the pro-soldiers stayed in it, which was far away from the other tents of the front team, basically in the center of the lodging area, which helped Wanyan Amur confirm the target.
Wan Yan immediately sent someone back to report the news and confirmed contact with Yan Chi. When Yan Chi led the team to come quietly, he reported to Yan Chi the distribution and actual situation of the camp, and Wan Yan personally worked with his subordinates to quietly solve the two night watch sentries who had fallen asleep.
The vigilance has been removed, and after Yan Chi led people to get closer on horseback, he raised his torch and went straight to the center of the lodging according to the route explained by Wan Yan. Dozens of horsemen suddenly burst out of the shadows, and by the light of the bonfire, they killed all the people they encountered along the way!
The sound of hooves naturally quickly startled many people in their sleep. But because of the sleepy eyes, it was difficult for people to discern who these horsemen were for a while, and when they recognized it as Yuan Qi with the help of the bonfire and moonlight, Yan Chi had already killed the curtain!
For a while, people shouted and neighed, and the camp was in chaos.
When Yu Zhilong and others rushed over, Yan Chi had already ravaged the camp of the front team, the ground was full of dead and wounded, all kinds of sundries were scattered everywhere, and the most important thing was that the tent where Yu Hai was located had been completely destroyed, more than a dozen corpses were lying around, and Yu Hai, the leader of the army, was also among them!