Chapter 53: The Southwest Campaign [3]

Take as many soldiers as you can!

The real knife and the real gun are fighting, and it is a brave word in the heart, so the number of people is not omnipotent.

Looking at the deserters who were unable to form an army, Feng Mao accepted the fact that the general trend had gone, and while ordering his personal guards to gather the defeated soldiers and flee to Yizhou County, he rode his horse and galloped wildly, fleeing the battlefield first.

Yueshan County is obviously the nearest city, why should we go far away, some soldiers who do not understand the order choose to disobey the military order but did not expect to die because of it. Because some time ago, they were like dogs, and the king of Jumachi, who was running around, united with the barbarians to launch a battle for the mountains.

"Wang Sunqing, Pang Meng, the two of you lead the army in a hurry, bypass Yizhou County, specialize in fighting the grain and grass of the new army, and do not be greedy for merit." In Liu Xiu's shouting, Wang Sunqing and Pang Meng responded loudly and led the team to rush forward.

Yelang Wang Mengfang was asked by Liu Xiu to withdraw from the battlefield, and led the military generals under his command to comfort the people of Qiqi County and the wounded soldiers of Yelang, and repeatedly told Yelang that the population was sparse and that he should find a way to recruit the wounded soldiers of the new army left on the battlefield.

Liu Xiu and Yelang Wang Mengfang are originally cooperative relations, and some things are destined to be taboo, especially such as appeasing the hearts of the people and the army, which is a matter of prestige and belonging.

As the saying goes: "If you are willing to give up, you will have to give to you." "Any cooperative relationship is based on interests, Liu Xiu is so generous, Yelang Wang Meng will not be stingy when he releases his hand, everything on the battlefield belongs to Liu Xiu, and if he can't take it away, Yelang Wang Mengfang is willing to take it back with real money.

King Yelang made a good calculation, he knew that Liu Xiu did not want to and would not take away the materials on the battlefield, so he asked people to prepare light and valuable goods early and exchange them with them.

Liu Xiu did not care about the careful thinking of King Yelang, and got the benefits he deserved, Liu Xiu ordered the soldiers of the pioneer battalion to hand over the goods to the generals of Dingling, Yun and Baishui Village, and he took Gai Yan to pursue Wang Sunqing and Pang Meng.

In Yizhou County, Feng Mao has been uneasy recently, he is afraid that the army will lose too much, and he will not even have a chance to turn the tables.

Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and the number of returning troops has reached more than 100,000, and the weapons and armor are barely enough, but the food is a little small, so the requisition of grain has become the top priority of Feng Mao's army.

The county seat of Yizhou could not be moved for the time being, so the surrounding countryside became the main place for grain collection. The grain requisition troops of the new army did not want anything but chaff, and all the others robbed all the essence, so that the displaced people in Yizhou County fled in groups.

On the side of the official road, a team of grain collectors was enjoying lunch, and the soldiers were eating with their mouths full of oil, so happy.

When a certain woman saw that the child in her arms was hungry, she dared to ask for something to eat.

When the leading young general saw that the women were so bright, he asked the soldiers to hand the food to the children, and he himself led the women to the side, saying that there was something to discuss. The woman just stupidly followed.

After a while, the crying cries of women and the lewd laughter of young generals were heard in the grass, and this scene made several women who also wanted to come forward to beg for food hurriedly retract their steps.

"Please let me go, please let me go." The woman's screaming suddenly turned into a scream, and the little man who had been pressing on him was shot through the head with a sharp arrow.

Seeing that the generals were killed, the grain requisition team drew their knives and moved forward, Liu Xiu didn't bother to speak, took out his long knife and rode his horse to meet the battle, but with Gai Yan's killing god who pierced through Yang in a hundred steps, the officers and soldiers didn't even have a chance to get close.

"Can't you just keep one for me?" Looking at the corpses on the ground, Liu Xiu glared at Gai Yan and said.

"The blood of these scoundrels will only dirty the lord's knife." With the precipitation of time, Gai Yan also learned the skill of speaking, Liu Xiu wanted to tease Gai Yan for a few words, but saw an army of officials and soldiers killing him.

The officers and soldiers who requisitioned the grain have all been ambushed, and the fact that the new army can get the information on the front line so quickly shows that there are scouts hidden among the homeless, Liu Xiu rode his horse and left, praying in his heart that Wang Sunqing and Pang Meng would not be bad people.

In terms of intelligence, Wang Sunqing would not have made such a low-end mistake, but Pang Meng had been a bad person and was deeply encircled, if it weren't for the scouts desperately reporting to Wang Sunqing for rescue, I am afraid that Pang Meng's team would have been wiped out long ago.

Looking at Pang Meng's confession kneeling in front of him, Liu Xiu was angry, why was the first little brother in his life so stupid?

"I don't want to see you these days, how far do you give me!"

Pang Meng kowtowed and got up and left, in the temporary camp, Liu Xiu was discussing the next plan with Wang Sunqing in combination with the intelligence during this time, and the result was very cruel and realistic, because of the lack of core personnel, Liu Xiu had to slap his face and call Pang Meng, who had just been blasted out by himself, in again.

"I'll give you a task, disguise yourself and go to Qiqi County, and cooperate with King Yelang to persuade the big and small barbarians to attack Yizhou County head-on."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely complete the task this time."

"Get out!" Although Liu Xiu's tone was still cold and ruthless, Pang Meng felt extremely pleasant. Isn't the tone of the boss to the younger brother like this?

At the beginning, nearly 1,000 Yelang warriors were killed in the battle, and the remaining men and horses Liu Xiu, Wang Sunqing, and Gai Yan were all divided into three, each leading an army to rob and kill the officers and soldiers who collected grain.

Hundreds of grain officers and soldiers were slaughtered by the three people in turn, and the thousands of grain officers and soldiers were surrounded and killed by the three people, and the incident developed to the end, the number of Feng Mao's army was more than 10,000 at every turn, unless the terrain environment was very suitable for ambush, otherwise Liu Xiu would not attack rashly.

Although the number of Liu Xiu's attacks is less, the grain and grass of Feng Mao's army may not be increased much, first of all, the surrounding villages have long been robbed of people to empty houses, and secondly, the surrounding wild vegetables and wild fruits have already been eaten by the displaced people, even if they can grab food from the villages of Linjun, this way 10,000 people eat and drink, and the consumption is very serious.

The army attacking Yueshan County was in a hurry, and Feng Mao could only attack the people in Yizhou County. Some time ago, I was glad that the people of the county town were spared from suffering, and for a while the crying shook the sky, and even the local scholars sent people out to find Liu Xiu, saying that they were willing to cooperate with him to attack the city and kill Feng Mao, the demon.

Scholars! A group that is always capricious in its own self-interest, if it must socialize with this group, it can only be vain and wronged, and when the time comes, let them die.

Enthusiastic banquets, false promises, the two sides agreed that when the Yelang King led the barbarians to come, the arrows had sounded, the Shi clan was responsible for opening all the city gates, and Liu Xiu promised that Qiu would not commit any crimes.

At the same time, in the county town of Yizhou, the scholars were also feasting Feng Mao, sending grain, grass and beauties, and wishing Feng Mao a victory, eliminating the barbarians in one fell swoop, and rising step by step.

The left hand loses the right hand to earn, the right hand pays the left hand to earn, the wishful thinking of the Shi clan clan, but I didn't expect Liu Xiu to be digging a pit for them.