Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Truth of History
After the bandits in Huangzhushan finished the pre-war mobilization, the morale of the bandits was high, and everyone's face showed a desire for food and women, shouting all kinds of rude slogans and rushing forward in a swarm of bees, rushing to the front was naturally the number one bandit in Huangzhushan, Butcher Chen.
I saw that he was wearing chain mail that obviously did not fit well, wearing a rusty helmet, brandishing a pig-killing knife, and leading more than 20 bandits in the same armor to rush to the front of a group of bandits.
Oh, no, it may not be appropriate to describe this great war in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, in case future generations see this record, they must not laugh off their front teeth, it should be said like this:
After listening to the speech of Zuo Prime Minister Qian Mengzhi for a long time, hundreds of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty became brave and courageous, and their faces showed their desire for victory, and they were eager to liberate the thieves in Jiguan Mountain and let them bathe in the imperial grace of the Tang Dynasty.
Even if the Cockscomb Mountain Bandit Army in front of them was ten times more than a hundred times as many as them, they still had no fear!
When the whole army charged, the formation was scattered but not chaotic, flexible and changeable, and the soldiers were all in good shape, rushing forward regardless of their bodies.
Rushing to the forefront was General Chen, the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty, who was wearing shiny chain mail, and the sun shone on the steel helmet on his head, exuding a dazzling cold glow.
From a distance, General Chen was like a giant, leading dozens of armored warriors under his command with unstoppable momentum like a tiger descending from the mountain, rushing straight into the enemy formation!
Qian Mengjiu, the left prime minister of the empire, stood on top of the Chinese army's chariot, looking at the enemy's arrow rain as nothing, he slowly raised the mallet in a green robe, and then slammed down the cowhide giant drum mallet in front of him.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the sky, like a huge thunder!
Qian Mengjiu beat the drum again, and there was another thunder in the sky!
As Qian Mengjiu beat the giant drum again and again in the rain of arrows of the enemy, there were constant bursts of thunder in the sky.
The thunder was accompanied by lightning, and the lightning swept across the sky like a rainbow, and then turned into tiny lightning in the sky, falling into the bandits of the thief army Cockscomb Mountain.
After countless lightning bolts fell, thousands of thieves were killed in an instant!
At this time, I saw General Chen raise the dragon slashing knife in his hand, and with a loud shout, the sword light was great, and the dragon slashing knife suddenly turned into a hundred-zhang giant knife and flew away, and with one sword, more than a thousand thieves in front of him were all turned into ashes!
Dozens of armored warriors shouted 'Long live my emperor, long live the Tang Dynasty' to kill the enemy formation, although there were only dozens of people, but the momentum was unstoppable, and in the blink of an eye, they killed thousands of enemy soldiers in heavy armor.
General Fang, General Huang and others personally led the Chinese army forward, and the soldiers did not change their faces in the face of the strong enemy, and stepped forward with firm and steady steps.
In the face of the unstoppable Tang Dynasty, the thieves of the Cockscomb Mountain were invincible under the resistance, and finally someone in the enemy position shouted "The Tang Dynasty is the lord of heaven and earth, unstoppable", and then the thieves fell down one after another, shouting for surrender!
When the sky is calm again, the shouts of the soldiers have subsided, and the military flag of the Tang Dynasty has been planted at the top of Jiguan Mountain!
If it is recorded in this way, at least it does not look so shameful, and as for whether future generations believe it or not, that is another matter.
Anyway, you must not tell them the truth:
The chaotic Huangzhushan bandits rushed halfway, and Qian Mengjiu, who was beating the drum in the rear to boost morale, was hit by the big drum he struck, and he didn't know that the giant drum prepared by the bastard was not fixed, and he almost didn't kill Qian Mengjiu.
When Butcher Chen and they rushed up with people, because the time to launch the charge was too early, and these people were not only wearing armor, holding long knives and shields, but even carrying ladders, this body was not light, so they were tired and panting one by one halfway, and the action slowed down after rushing dozens of meters, and at this time there was an unlucky guy who was actually shot through the throat by someone.
Dressed in cotton armor, if he was shot elsewhere with a bow and arrow, he would be basically fine, but he was shot by someone with an arrow in the neck without protection, and the result was killed by an arrow
Hit by this blow, the striker led by Butcher Chen was a little flustered all of a sudden, and when Butcher Chen saw that the situation was not good, he did not continue to charge forcibly with people, but retreated with people.
After the setback of the first charge, Butcher Chen and Fang Dongquan changed their methods, this time letting ordinary soldiers also charge with the armored warriors of the forwards, mainly to reduce the burden on the armored warriors.
During the second charge, the ordinary soldiers carried huge wooden shields, covering the people carrying ladders and Butcher Chen, and they gradually approached the wall, and the archers in Jiguan Mountain had no choice.
The next thing doesn't need to be described too much, when Butcher Chen and the others came to the bottom of the wall, and climbed up the ladder, the battle could basically be declared over.
The number of people on both sides is already very different, twice the difference in strength, and there are more than 20 bandits in armor on the side of Huangzhushan.
For the war of the cold weapon era, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in armor and the soldiers without armor are not at the same level at all.
Especially those people in Jiguan Mountain don't know how to fight against the armored soldiers, and they will only play the most primitive face-to-face fight, rather than using spears to fight against each other.
So there are no surprises in this outcome!
Under the defeat, the bandits of Jiguan Mountain simply chose to surrender, and the bandits of Huangzhushan won the victory of this black and black battle!
In this battle, Huang Zhushan killed a total of one person, wounded five people, killed five enemy soldiers, wounded a few, and captured more than 200 prisoners.
In addition, a quantity of grain, gold and silver property was seized
Of course, if it is an official record, it must not be written like this, it has to be said that the Tang Dynasty won a brilliant victory, killed thousands of thieves, rescued tens of thousands of people, and let them bathe in the emperor's grace from then on.
When the war report from the front line returned to Huangzhu Mountain, Liu Bagou showed a satisfied expression: "Jiguan Mountain has been conquered, and then Huanggui Mountain and Black Tiger Village are in our pockets, and they can be taken at any time!" ”
However, Li Xuan asked the messenger who came back to report the news: "General Fang, when will they return to the court?" ”
The envoy said: "Back to Your Majesty, because the people of Black Tiger Village have already left the mountain a few days ago, General Fang and the generals have already led the army to Black Tiger Village yesterday!" ”
Li Xuan continued to ask: "Oh, what about the seized grain and other property, have you arranged for someone to send them back?" And what about the captives? ”
The envoy said: "The generals have arranged for people to escort the women and children back with food and captives, and it is estimated that they will be able to arrive the day after tomorrow. ”
Hearing this, Li Xuan frowned slightly!
After raising his hand to let the messenger out, he returned to the dragon chair, and Liu Bagou and Wang Wenhua below were happily discussing this victory, how to arrange women and children and other affairs, but Li Xuan was always half-squinting, and he didn't know what a person was thinking.