Chapter 305: Retreat (Three Watches)
It seems that one day I took a leave of absence, and I made up for it.
As soon as the enemy was approached, the hearts of the young soldiers of the three guards of the railway were full of fear.
However, as they entered the camp and followed their commanders to rush left and right, and saw the enemy's vulnerable combat strength and the sharpness of their own swords, the fear in their hearts disappeared and was replaced by another kind of apprehension and uneasiness.
In their hands, under the beating and scolding of the main general, the soldiers, who did not have any time to react, raised their swords in their hands and cut the unarmed people in two.
Huge heads were cut off, helpless old men, frightened women, and scrawny children with tears on their faces.
Some of the bold ones quickly calmed down the fear and disgust in their hearts.
The timid cringe, not daring to step forward, and not being able to bear to step forward.
Liu Erniu is one of them.
Liu Erniu is a native of Xiayi and also belongs to the Guide Mansion. When I first joined the army, I came for the high price of one tael of silver given by the railway guard, and the resettlement fee of two taels of silver. Later, when he became a soldier, the governor Su did not break his promise, and paid his military salary every month, one or two silver or consistent money every month.
And the food in the army is very good, in addition to being full, you can also see some oily food in the lunch every day, and every seven days, there will be a meal of pork stewed cabbage. He couldn't figure out why it was every seven days, but he remembered it clearly, it was the day he was looking forward to.
He felt that it was too easy for him to make money, and he was a little sorry for the Governor, so he trained desperately, memorized the things that the instructors usually taught, and tried his best to never be lazy during training, just to be worthy of the one or two silver per month, three full meals a day, and a pork stew and cabbage every seven days.
But he never expected that the war would come so suddenly, when General Mao held a leather whip in his hand and forced them to kill, Liu Erniu always walked at the back, cowering and hiding, he didn't want to kill, and he didn't dare to kill.
Liu Erniu thought in his heart: Wait behind everyone, in case you encounter a dead enemy, take the opportunity to cut off his head and pin it to his waist.
Then he slowly became disappointed, because there were no extra corpses at all.
When most of the recruits had their heads on their buttocks, General Mao began to give them divisions, a small team of three or five people, to expand the scope of the fight and find new enemies.
The effect of Mao Chenglu bringing them together is obvious. Some of these small teams killed people, and some didn't.
Because people have the heart of comparison, not only to compare who is richer and better, but also to compare who is more evil. Those who killed people constantly encouraged their teammates who didn't kill to kill, and sometimes even spoke ill of each other.
Under the double pressure of the boss's orders and the questioning gazes of his companions, Liu Erniu killed someone for the first time in his life.
It was a woman whose face she couldn't see clearly, and she was trembling with fear when she died.
When Liu Erniu's knife fell, he himself was trembling.
But now, he didn't tremble, because the woman's head hung from his waist and hung on his ass.
Soggy and sticky!
"Tick.................. Syllable! ”
In the night sky, another colorful firework exploded, and it was like a morning glow in the night sky.
Liu Erniu turned his head, glanced at the beautiful fireworks that kept being sprayed, and then turned his head towards the battlefield again, he knew very well in his heart that this second signal meant something else.
Murder and arson, murder and arson!
Murder and arson are inseparable.
"Brothers, start setting fires!" Mao Chenglu in front of him shouted, threw the torch in his hand to a camp at random, and groped for a lighter on his body, and hurriedly set it on fire.
Liu Erniu also took out a shiny thing from his arms, which was distributed by the Governor, one for each person! He didn't know how it was made, but he knew how to use it, and he knew that it was used to light a fire, called a lighter.
"Spread out, light the fire!"
When the second signal sounded, 3,000 soldiers pressed the butcher's knives in their hands at the same time and began to shuttle non-stop through the enemy camp.
The moon is dark, the night of murder!
The wind is high, and the day is set on fire.
On early autumn nights, the breeze is cool, but the wind is not very strong, but at least it can fuel the fire.
Three thousand people, three thousand lighters, and set fire at the same time.
About half a pillar of incense passed, and the sound of fireworks sounded again at the head of the city of Guidefu.
Mao Chenglu looked back, a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes, he raised the sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The whole army retreats, follow me back to the city!" ”
The three thousand men ran in three directions, toward where they came.
At this moment, Luo Rucai's soldiers had just passed through the chaotic camp on the outskirts of the camp and killed the soldiers defending the city.
"Retreat, the enemy army has arrived, retreat quickly!"
Kong Youde waved the long knife in his hand, let the soldiers and children gather under his command, and then ordered: "Don't turn back, run towards the city gate, it'll be closed when it's late." ”
As he was talking, he suddenly saw a flash of knife light in front of him, and he instinctively turned his body, which was able to dodge a blow from the enemy on the opposite side of the "force splitting Huashan", Kong Youde gritted his teeth and shouted: "Lao Tzu will break the queen for you!" After slashing out, forcing the man who came to take three steps back, he finally had a chance to breathe.
At this time, someone on the right knocked down with a wooden stick, Geng Zhongming slashed horizontally with a knife, cutting the wooden stick into two parts, the knife was not exhausted, and the remaining strength cut off the left hand of the man holding the long stick.
With a cry of pain, the plasma rushed out.
"What a good knife!" Kong Youde laughed, kicked the man with the knife on the left back, and then protected the cubs under his hands to return the same way.
"Retreat!"
"Retreat!"
"Retreat quickly, don't fight!"
In fact, none of the young soldiers were in love with war, and after hearing the order to withdraw and merge, they were as happy as hearing the call of life.
"Damn, faster than rabbits!" Kong Youde laughed as he got rid of the pursuers behind him and retreated towards the city gate.
Luo Rucai's army in the back suffered a big loss this time, so they were naturally unwilling to flee.
"Chase, chase into the city, and serve them in a pot!" A lieutenant rode out on a horse, and began to chase forward with thousands of people around him, but he was the only one in the team, so he didn't dare to break away from the team too much when he was chasing.
"Kill ......" The captain gritted his teeth, looked at the deserters who were getting closer and closer in front, and his heart burned with anger: It's close, it's close, there's still a distance of ten zhang, you are dead.
At this time, a dense sound of breaking the sky was suddenly heard, and the captain secretly screamed badly, and immediately stopped the horses and shouted: "Shield, raise shield!" Before he could finish speaking, a dense stream of arrows flew down.
Su Baiyi sat at the head of the city, looking at the soldiers who hurriedly withdrew from the west, north, and south, and once a pursuer approached, he directly ordered the archers at the head of the city to press the formation and shoot those tails.
Passing the speed of life and death, the city gates were closed, and a perfect night attack came to an end.
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In the camp, Luo Rucai was furious, he went out with his upper body bare, standing under the dark sky, looking at the firelight in three directions in front of him, his face was red mixed with thunderous anger.
This afternoon, he just boasted in front of the soldiers, saying that Su Baiyi would definitely not attack at night, and said that Su Baiyi was holding an egg and touching a stone, but as soon as the words fell, everyone was just about to go to bed, and people sent people to attack the camp.
In fact, it was not that there was no one patrolling in Luo Rucai's camp, but that the horses of the Third Route Army attacked by Su Baiyi came fast and went faster, and Luo Rucai's department did not have enough response time at all. When the people of their own organization were ready to fight, the three teams on the opposite side fled like slippery loaches.
"Fight, call me, now immediately light the torches, organize archers, and attack the city overnight for Ben Shuai, if he doesn't fight, he Su Baiyi will cry and call his mother, I will ...... Luo Rucai"
"Dashuai, no, never!" An old man about fifty years old ran out of the camp tent next to him, knelt on the ground, and persuaded: "Marshal, after this night attack, let's pacify the army first, this siege in the middle of the night, the soldiers have no morale, and that Su Baiyi looks fearless, we are not in a hurry, and when everyone is pacified, it is not too late to attack tomorrow." ”
This old man's surname is Song, his name is Zuzhi, he was originally a broken scholar in Linfen, and later because of repeated failures, he rebelled with Luo Rucai in a fit of anger, and now in Luo Rucai's army, he plays a military role.
"Song Junshi ......" Luo Rucai said coldly: "You don't need to say much, Ben Shuai can't wait for tomorrow, and today he will definitely let the surname Su know the price of angering me Luo." ”
"Dashuai!" Song Zuzhi said: "No, now that the outer camp is panicked and there are fires everywhere, we should put out the fire first, and then appease the army, otherwise it will be a fight in the middle of the night, and it will be difficult to guarantee that no one will take the opportunity to escape." ”
When Luo Rucai heard this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and gradually regained his senses.
Except for the small 100,000 soldiers in his army, most of the rest are homeless, and these homeless people can follow him to strengthen their strength, second, they can help loot, third, they can transport ordnance, and they can also be used as cannon fodder to send to the battlefield when it is critical.
But again, these people have little loyalty, and will scatter when they see that the momentum is not right.
If there was a situation where the displaced people did escape, it was not what he wanted to see.
After some careful consideration, Luo Ru decided to let Su Baiyi go first and wait for tomorrow to win.
"Thank you, Mr. Jinyu, for your kind words, Luo almost missed a big event!" Luo Rucai looked like a corporal of Lixian, and immediately made Song Zuzhi grateful: "Then listen to Mr., brothers, first organize people to put out the fire, put out the fire, settle those injured and dead brothers, and tomorrow morning, and then fight with Nasu Baiyi." ”