The march of the army should have gone first, there should be a rear, and there were sentinels to cover the two wings, but the platoon commander Yang led the soldiers and farmers, and only wanted to rush to the east bank of the Weishui tributary as soon as possible, so as to block the way of the thieves, while those Qinzhou soldiers were not familiar with geography and intended to plunder, so neither side sent anyone to sentry in front -

So they met on the avenue, and they were all startled.

The two sides were separated by a distance of forty or fifty paces, and stopped at the same time. The peasants in the cantonment immediately trembled and shrank backwards, and Platoon Commander Yang carried a long knife in his hand, and struck them on the shoulders with the back, and with the assistance of his subordinates, it was not easy for these peasants to gain a firm foothold, and they lined up in a small loose phalanx of four by five. He looked at the other side and asked, "I've been on fire for the past few days, and my eyes are dry, am I mistaken?" Didn't you say that there were more than 100 thieves, why are there less than half of them? ”

Left and right replied: "Platoon commander, you are not mistaken, I have good eyes, and after counting carefully, there are only forty-seven people - maybe the rest are still behind." ”

Platoon Commander Yang stretched his arms, moved his muscles and bones, and said: "It is quite dangerous to fight five against one, but if there are only these forty people, we will fight three ...... at most" lowered his head and pinched his fingers to calculate, it seems that this is the right number - "It's not going to be defeated, right?" ”

Left and right: "We still have farmers, and the total number is more than the thieves." ”

Platoon Commander Yang glanced at the trembling farmers next to him, shook his head and said, "I regret listening to the words of the captain, what is it worth bringing these birdless wastes here?" I am afraid that before the thieves approached, they ran away first......" After a pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "You wait and look at these birdmen, there are not many thieves, and when I go up and call for battle, cut him one or two, and the hearts of the people may be decided." ”

At this point, he came out of the crowd, holding a long knife in his hand, and shouted as he walked: "The birdmen from Qinzhou are all going back to the master, so as not to eat the master's knife - on the head of the master's knife, Hu Kou doesn't know how many times he has killed!" If you don't want to, call a bird to compete with the master! His self-proclaimed "master" naturally learned from Zhen Sui.

The Qinzhou soldiers on the opposite side originally saw a group of farmers holding plows in their hands, and they didn't care, but then they saw a lot of soldiers running out from behind the farmers-for fear that the farmers would escape, and Platoon Commander Yang put them in front when he was on the road-because there were farmers covering them, and there were many shadows, and they couldn't be counted. Everyone couldn't help but hesitate, did not dare to continue forward, but gathered in one place to discuss.

Some people say that they are afraid of him, where does he come from? Some people say it's better to retire for the time being. Before the results could be discussed, a sergeant on the opposite side came out with a knife and shouted in a high voice.

Even if someone in the Qinzhou soldiers raised their bows, they aimed at Yang Platoon Commander and shot an arrow. Platoon Commander Yang hurriedly swung his long knife and split the arrow into two sections. But then the second arrow arrived—not the one who had shot him—and he was forced to leap sideways to avoid it, and then the third......

Platoon Commander Yang couldn't hide anymore, and couldn't help screaming, the arrow hit the shoulder socket, and he turned over and fell.

The Qinzhou soldiers cheered, but the faces of the soldiers were like ashes, and none of the farmers ran away - they were all scared and stupid, and their legs and feet were weak for a while, and they couldn't react.

But before the cry stopped, he saw Yang Platoon Leader make a leap, jump up again, hand the knife to his left hand, and grab the arrow inserted in his shoulder with his right hand, and break the arrow shaft fiercely. He inhaled again and again, and shouted in his mouth: "The secret arrow hurts people, how cowardly! And the huge person can't shoot accurately......" pointed to his face: "If you want to shoot here, it won't hurt!" ”

Then he shouted: "Whoever shoots, stand up and don't go!" With his foot, he rushed straight towards the opposite array.

Platoon Commander Yang regretted this, he was going to find someone to fight alone, show off his combat skills, and boost his morale, but he didn't expect that a thief would be a thief, and he didn't pay attention to the rules at all...... Now that he is exposed to the queue and wants to retreat, he will not only lose face, but also sell his back to the other party, which will be more dangerous, so he can only take the risk and continue to rush forward!

He ran and shot two arrows at the opposite side, but they all missed, and when he tried to draw his bow again, the man was already close. Several Qinzhou soldiers hurriedly swung their knives to slash Yang Platoon Commander, but Yang Platoon Commander dodged and dodged, and then stabbed a Qinzhou soldier in the ribs.

Platoon Commander Yang didn't brag, he was indeed killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain by the ditch waterside, if the Xuzhou Army was the first level of calculation, he could at least be promoted to a team vice-president. It's a pity that the Xuzhou Army mainly calculates collective merits, although he is brave, he is not very obvious among the soldiers, so he has just climbed to the platoon commander.

This is not a battle between the two armies, but a small-scale fight, and the role of individual force is relatively prominent. To say that there is no shortage of warriors in the Qinzhou soldiers, but they are only here to plunder, and the companions have turned back with the looted property, if they return, they can enjoy it, if they can't return, isn't it cheaper for their companions? The fighting spirit itself is not very high, and when I see that the Xuzhou soldiers on the opposite side do not retreat from the arrows, they still hold the knife to kill, and half of them are cowardly first. Even if you are not timid, under the influence of the people around you, your movements will inevitably be a little out of shape......

- Alas, why am I on it, and you are going backwards? Who shot the arrow just now? Why didn't you stand up and fight him first?

In this regard, Platoon Commander Yang made a meritorious contribution with a single sword, and stabbed the enemy with a long cry. If he doesn't call back, most of his companions are bold, and a few of them immediately turn around, turn around and run.

The garrison was different, half of them saw the platoon commander rushing forward, and they didn't care about the farmers, so they followed up with their knives and spears. The left and right are only dozens of paces away, and the two sides are fighting in one place.

The rest of the garrison shouted to the farmers to follow, and the farmers were procrastinating, but when they looked closely, it seemed that they had the upper hand...... Immediately, the neighing voice of Yang Platoon Commander came from the front: "Give it all to Lao Tzu, kill a thief, and reward a piece of wheat grain and a piece of dried meat!" ”

Since these young and strong farmers can survive in the troubled times to this day, most of them are also a little competitive, and they may not dare to move forward against the fierce thieves, but if they deal with the thieves who are about to be defeated, and there are rewards to be obtained, their courage cannot help but be a little stronger. And when the Qinzhou soldiers saw that the large group of farmers was about to rush closer—even though they were farmers, after all, there were many people, and the old man was also capable of killing people—immediately shouted, regardless of courage and cowardice, and all turned around and fled.

Platoon Commander Yang led the people to chase them out for more than two miles, until the Weishui tributary, and saw the remaining Qinzhou soldiers diving into the water one after another and swimming away, he finally stopped. Left and right asked: "Are you still chasing?" Platoon Commander Yang gritted his teeth and scolded: "Chase a fart, didn't you say that there is still something behind?" Carry the master back first...... Hey, this arrow is shot quite deeply, if you hurt your tendons and can't fight, what will the master live on for the rest of his life? How can you still marry a wife and have children?! ”

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Fufeng's fast horse reported to Wugong, there was no county order in Wugong County, and a Xuzhou army commander temporarily took charge of the county's affairs, and was furious when he heard the news, and immediately led half a team of people to the rescue. But by the time they arrived at the camp, it was already nearly noon the next day......

Fortunately, only two farmers and a platoon commander were injured, and five Qinzhou soldiers were cut down, and the corpses were dragged back and hung on a big tree to show the public. The commander of the Xuzhou army asked Zhong Sheng to write on his behalf--because he was illiterate, even after the army's tutoring, he can only read a few words now, and the pen is still not good - the text is reported to the country.

The prime minister of Shiping is Pei Kai Pei Jingshu, and he is also angry when he receives the report. You must know that Kuaicheng is in his Shiping country, and the Qinzhou soldiers have also plundered his Shiping villages, and they have received reports many times, and now even the cantonment is almost attacked...... Pei Kai immediately scolded: "What county guards are not allowed to leave the country?" Wei Daoshu is just cowardly! ”

Pei Jingshu grew up in Liaodong, his father Pei Wu was the county guard of Xuansu, and his uncle Pei Wei was the county guard of Changli, the two counties were adjacent to each other, and the two brothers were not separated from each other, plus the emperor was far away, no one cared about the rules and regulations that could not cross the border - Pei Wei saw that Tian'er went to Xuanwu County to visit his brother, and helped the eldest brother to suppress bandits and settle the people by the way.

Therefore, Pei Kai has never had these old rules in his heart, plus - Pei should be my brother, Pei Wei is my uncle, do I have any rules that I dare not break? He said in his heart that if the place is changed, I will definitely send troops to rescue, just you Wei Zhan so many excuses!

immediately played, impeached Wei Zhan, and then wrote a letter to Xiong Yizhi, who guarded Chen Cang. Pei Kai relied on his surname Pei, and met Xiong Yizhi, and the words in the letter were very polite, to the effect:

My brother placed you in Chencang, why did you come? Didn't you ask Zhang Chun to spy on Kuaicheng? Now that Zhang Chun sees that Tian'er has sent troops to burn, kill and loot in my Shiping country, you can be regarded as invisible across a Weishui? The so-called "there is a bear in Xuzhou, and I dare not Ling if I have been captured", it is rumored all over the world, is it all fart? !

Of course, Pei Kai is a scholar after all, and his words are bound to be much more elegant. But he also knew that Xiong Yizhi was coarse, and he didn't know how to read it, and he believed that the other party could read it completely.

Xiong Yizhi is full of food and clothing in Chencang every day, full of sweet and fat, and in just a few months, even the waist of his trousers has been changed twice, and he originally did not plan to take care of Shiping's domestic affairs. But if Wei Zhan's letter is returned, it is not only Pei Kai's writing, but his words are very polite, so he can't help but cheer up his spirits.

He knew that Pei Kai was the elder brother of the Metropolitan Governor, and his own uncle Pei Wei was deeply trusted by the Metropolitan Governor, if Pei's uncle and nephew said bad things about himself in front of the Metropolitan Governor, I am afraid that the official position would be difficult to protect!

- Isn't Gao Le erased? Xiong Yizhi didn't want to trade with Gao Le anymore, and he was half a cut shorter.

Fortunately, he didn't just eat, drink, or work in Chencang, but often sent some soldiers out to investigate the movements of Kuaicheng - mainly because he was afraid that Zhang Chun would come to attack Chencang. It just so happened that the soldier came to report that after verification, Zhang Chun had indeed returned from a serious illness and was not in Kuaicheng, and his replacement had not yet arrived - now Kuaicheng has no owner. Xiong Yizhi couldn't help but be overjoyed: "The reason why I saved me this day!" ”

I can lead the troops to the city of Kuai to march downstream, I believe that under the premise that there is no owner in the city, the other party may not dare to go out of the city to fight, and even if I come to fight, everyone is different, and it is easy for me to withdraw. In this way, you can explain to Pei Kai.

So he selected 1,000 elite soldiers, prepared more mules and horses—to facilitate the run—crossed the Weishui, and slowly approached Kuaicheng. The city even sent someone over and asked: "Jun is stationed in Chencang, why did you offend me in Kuaicheng?" Xiong Yizhi scolded: "It turned out that you and others came to invade my Yongzhou and occupied Kuaicheng, and I am now on the order of Shiping Pei Xiang to expel you and others!" "By the way, who are you talking to me on? Who is the lord of Kuaicheng now?

The other party is still under the banner of Zhang Chun, which shows that there is still no owner in the city, and Xiong Yi's heart is more determined, so he continues to move forward, planning to show off his might after three miles from Kuaicheng, and then turn back the same way.

He thought he was lucky, but in fact his luck was very bad - the envoy had just returned, and Hu Song, the general of the town army, came to Zhenkuaicheng on the order of Sima Bao, and he happened to arrive. When Hu Song heard the news, he said: "There are only thousands of people, and they dare to come, and they clearly deceive me and there is no one in Qinzhou!" He immediately ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses and went out of the city to meet the battle.

Although Xiong Yizhi seems to be loyal and brave, he actually has no intention of fighting to the death, but after all, he is a general trained by Pei Cai, and he has been guided by Tao Kan, and he is quite cautious in the use of troops, so he naturally scattered a lot of horses in front of the team. When the report came to Tanma, the east gate of Kuaicheng was opened, and thousands of people were surging out, Xiong Yizhi panicked on the spot - I thought that the soldiers of Qinzhou might not dare to go out of the city to fight, why did I miscalculate?

Hurriedly asked: "Who can you find out who is the banner?" Tanma replied: "The words on the flag - 'General Hu of the Town Army'." ”

Pei Gai originally required that the commanders and above of the squadron leader of the Xuzhou Army must be literate, otherwise they will not be promoted; Later, the scope was expanded, and if you can't recognize five or six hundred commonly used words, you will always be a big soldier, and even the commander may not be able to be a soldier - especially the elite soldiers who serve as sentry scouts must be able to know words to be easy to recognize the flag.

Xiong Yizhi was shocked when he heard this, and scolded secretly: "The vertical son dares to bully me!" ”

The general of the town army is very high-grade, but he is a three-rank official, only one step away from the heavy general, and there is only one person under Sima Bao's command who is a third-grade general, and this Hu Song is this. In other words, Hu Song's position is still above Zhang Chun, not to mention that Zhang Chun is not in Kuaicheng, even if he is still stranded, Hu Song is here, and in theory, Zhang Chun has to listen to Hu Song...... Xiong Yizhi said in the dark, who said that there is no owner in Kuaicheng? also pretended to say that he was sent by Zhang Chun, isn't this deliberately tricking me?!

He couldn't help but think of the story that Pei Dadu once said - Pei should have nothing to do, and often talk about the ancients with the generals, so that those big old and rough people can learn from history - in the past, Qin and Zhao Yu fought with the party, Zhao Guo replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, and the Qin people replaced Wang Yi with Bai Qi, because Bai was famous, and deliberately ordered the army to hide his affairs to confuse the enemy. Pei Gai said at the time: "Zhao Kuofei can't fight, but he is not Bai Qi's opponent, if he knows that the enemy in front of him will be Bai Qi, maybe he won't dare to act rashly, and he won't ......be defeated."

Xiong Yizhi said, can't I do Zhao Kuo today?! Whether Zhang Chun can fight or not, I don't know, whether Hu Song is bigger than Zhang Chun, I also don't know, but the enemy deliberately conceals the real commander, there must be a purpose - it must have set a trap, waiting for me to take the bait!

Originally, there were not many soldiers and horses on their side, and they originally wanted to rely on the brave name of the Xuzhou army to deter the Qinzhou soldiers from fighting, who would have thought that the enemy army would really open the city to meet ...... If they are not absolutely sure, will they dare? Then there is no need to fight, and there is no need to argue with each other—how can I go on recklessly?

Immediately ordered, the back team becomes the front team, let's withdraw quickly!