Chapter Eighty-Nine: Indiscriminate Killing of Innocents
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Duan Wencao oversaw the army advancing rapidly, and the four regiments of eagles marched along the south bank of the Surabaya River, among the lofty mountains and mountains.
This time Duan Wencao's face was embarrassed, before he commanded the eagles of Lujun to go north to suppress the Qizhou thieves, but he didn't even see the shadow of the Qizhou thieves, but his rear was turned upside down by a group of Xuzhou thieves, especially Qufu, the hometown of the Confucian saints, and the temple of Confucianism in Middle Earth was even more tragically looted. This effect is too bad, and this matter will definitely spread quickly under the deliberate promotion of some ill-intentioned scholars. As the Taishou of Lu County, Duan Wencao will not only have a sharp decline in prestige among the Qilu nobles, but will also be insulted and attacked by his political opponents in the Eastern Capital, but will also affect his elder brother Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, and even put the Shandong Zhengzhì group in the Eastern Capital in an embarrassing situation.
For this reason he must kill this gang of thieves, and only by holding the head of this gang of thieves can he make up for his mistakes, save his face, and eliminate some of the bad influences caused by this incident.
Duan Wencao is a veteran of the Wei Mansion, he has been fighting horses for decades and has a lot of combat experience, of course he knows the importance of knowing himself and his opponent, but now he knows almost nothing about his opponent. Although Dong Chun and Cui Deben both introduced the Xuzhou thieves to him, but hearsay and personal experience are completely different things, and even Dong Chun and Cui Deben have a very limited understanding of the Xuzhou thieves, and they don't even know who the thieves of this group of Xuzhou thieves are, only know that one of the thieves is the former Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion Sima, and the local Haowang Han Yao of Qiaojun, the rest is not clear, but they all speculate that there must be a person with outstanding strategy, and this person is sent by a certain political faction in the Eastern Capital. It has an ulterior secret mission.
Duan Wencao didn't think so, he didn't see this gang of thieves, and this gang of thieves didn't cause any substantial danger to Lu County, and the two sides had no direct conflict, so it was obviously unrealistic to ask Duan Wencao how to pay attention to the other party in this case. However, he soon learned the power of the Xuzhou thieves, and this group of thieves appeared in his back without a sound and stabbed him fiercely, making him bleed.
Duan Wencao jumped like thunder and roared wildly, at this moment he just wanted to kill people, he just wanted to cut down all this gang of thieves, so he forgot the warnings of Dong Chun and Cui Deben, forgot the bad deeds of this gang of thieves in Xuzhou, and because he despised the opponent, he selectively ignored the most basic combat principle of knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible.
He did not know the opponent at all, but he took a knife and killed him in a rage, but he still retained a sense of vigilance, and considering that the terrain was steep, the road was narrow, and it was easy to be ambushed, he ordered four regiments to divide into three teams, one regiment to open the way in front, and he led two regiments in the center, and the one regiment that dragged behind was to prepare for emergency support.
The closer you get to Bian Cheng, the more precipitous the terrain becomes, and the road that runs through the mountains and mountains is like a giant snake that winds and turns endlessly, which makes people admire the ancestors who worked hard to dig the mountain and open the way, but also give birth to a sense of fear, awe of nature, and fear of irresistible forces.
Duan Wencao calmed down in the howling cold wind, and he ordered all regiments to keep a safe distance and maintain a high level of alert in case of accidents. Only then did he remember the various atrocities committed by the thieves in Xuzhou, and these atrocities fully reflected the cunning and bloodiness of the thieves.
If this is a trap...... Duan Wencao's heart suddenly welled up with an ominous feeling, but his years of career as a horse had tempered his steely strong will, he did not allow himself to be afraid, he did not allow himself to retreat, even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he had to sacrifice his life and forget death, and move forward.
Dusk was approaching, less than five miles away from Bian Cheng, and at this moment, in the roar of the mountains and forests, there was a faint chaotic shout, as if something earth-shattering had happened in front of him.
Duan Wencao immediately gave the order, and the regiments lined up on the spot and prepared for battle.
Scouts urgently, there is a stream of people in front of them who are rushing in the direction of the army, and the people they see are all civilian clothes, it is estimated that they are those Surabaya people who were captured and plundered away by thieves, but I don't know what happened to Bian Cheng, and these captives took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Duan Wencao immediately felt a premonition of the crisis. As soon as I approached Bian Cheng, something happened to Bian Cheng, and the captive Surabaya people took advantage of the chaos to escape, how is this possible? How can there be such a coincidence? There is only one explanation, that the thieves want to plot against me, disperse the captives, and then hide the thieves among the civilians, and take advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack on me, only to wait for my army to fall into chaos, and its main army will take the opportunity to kill and inflict heavy losses on me.
Duan Wencao categorically ordered that a dense array be placed on the road, and no civilians were allowed to approach the battle formation, and if anyone approached the battle array, there would be no mercy, forcing the fleeing civilians to bypass the battle formation from the mountains and forests on both sides of the road, and then continue to escape, only in this way could the thieves' surprise attack be stopped.
Duan Wencao also ordered the scouts to investigate Bian Cheng again, and carefully searched among the surrounding mountains and rivers, and if there were existing thieves ambushing soldiers, they would immediately sound the alarm to the police.
Soon, the crowd of fugitives rushed over. Seeing the red flags fluttering in the wind, and seeing the yellow flags of the Weifu Eagle hunting and dancing, the people of Surabaya suddenly saw the hope of survival, and they all cheered and jumped, and the shouts rose to the sky like a tsunami, and the running degree suddenly accelerated, and they rushed to meet the battle array.
The drums of war were beating, the flags were flying, and the sound of the horns resounded through the mountains. The Eagle Guards issued a warning to the fleeing civilians, but how did ordinary civilians know the different meanings of the different flags? Their hearts were filled with joy, and they longed to grow their wings and rush into the battle formation, into what seemed to them to be the safest place.
Duan Wencao saw the boiling crowd and the civilians who wanted to go crazy, and the more he affirmed his judgment. The thieves are shameless and cruel, and they do not hesitate to sacrifice innocent civilians for their own survival. That's it, the matter has come to this, only to kill, rather kill a thousand by mistake than miss a single person.
The brigade commander at the front of the battle formation could not bear to attack, and he ordered his guards to shout in unison and give verbal warnings to dissuade the civilians from storming the battle formation.
However, the wind in the mountains was too strong, and the shouts of the civilians were even more deafening, and the sound of drums and trumpets echoed through the mountains like ripples on the surface of the lake, and the huge waves completely drowned out the shouts of the guards.
Fleeing civilians approached the battle formation.
Duan Wencao did not hesitate and categorically ordered to be shot.
The drums of war rang out in unison, and the earth shook the mountains. The arrows moved, the crossbowmen shot arrows, and in the thrilling roar, the dense arrows rushed into the sky, like a roaring dark cloud, cutting through the air, and then "buzzing" straight to the ground, and in the terrified shouts of the civilians, "buzzing" into the ground.
Killed, Eagle Yangwei is going to kill. The civilians who fled to the front immediately realized that death was coming, and the Eagle Guards did not allow them to approach the battle formation, and if they went any further, they would surely rain arrows and corpses all over the field. However, the roads in the mountains were all winding mountains, and the people in front knew that Ying Yangwei was going to kill someone, but the people behind them didn't know that death was smiling at them because their vision was blocked, and they still rushed forward regardless of a qiē. As a result, the people in front couldn't stop at all, they were frantically pushed by the huge force of the torrent behind them, and they couldn't help themselves, and they still ran forward.
The drums and trumpets rose again, and the arrow array moved again, this time it was not a warning, but a direct attack, a bloody killing.
The civilians who fled to the front could not hide, and watched as the roaring arrows fell from the sky, and in the helpless and terrible screams, they were shot by the arrows and nailed to the ground.
However, the torrent was still rushing, and the civilians who rushed to the front still couldn't stop, even if they were scattered, even if they wanted to flee suddenly, but the impact transmitted from behind them was too great, like a raging wave, pushing them to death again.
In just a few breaths, nearly 100 innocent civilians died, and the mountain roads were littered with corpses and rivers of blood.
The narrow road and the corpses that filled it were like a dam between the fleeing crowd and the army, and even the most violent roar of the torrent could not cross the embankment. As a result, the waves shattered, and countless streams of water rushed down the flesh embankment towards the slopes on both sides of the mountain road.
The arrow array stops.
The Eagle Yang Guards breathed a sigh of relief, they were so indiscriminately killed, the sky was thundering, and they were unwilling.
Duan Wencao also breathed a sigh of relief, although he had conquered countless expeditions and killed countless people in his life, it was still not his wish to kill innocents indiscriminately. Today's hatred is recorded on the head of the Xuzhou thief.
The regiment that opened the road first was not too far away from the two regiments led by Duan Wencao, and they were on the same mountain, but one was below the mountain and the other was at the top of the mountain, so Duan Wencao could look down, like a command from his arm. And the fleeing civilians can also see clearly, since the eagle guards below the hill shoot arrows and kill, the army on the top of the hill will not be merciful, as long as you approach the battle formation, you will be shot, so just go around. Fortunately, the top of this hill was not very steep, and the fleeing civilians immediately crossed the mountain forest and ran towards another hill.
A regiment dragged in the rear was on this hill at this moment, and they had already received Duan Wencao's order to line up on the spot, not allowing the fleeing civilians to approach the battle formation, so as to ensure their own safety. But the hill is steep, and if the fleeing civilians want to escape from the mountain, they must take the mountain path.
The shape suddenly became tense. The flow of fugitives has fallen into madness, there are thieves chasing and killing behind, there is an eagle guard in front of the blockade, backward is death, forward is also death, there is really no way to heaven, there is no way to enter the ground, and there is no way out. When people are desperate, they must be crazy, since you don't let me live, I will fight with you, one life for another.
I don't know who shouted, in short, the flow of people that had been stagnant suddenly roared again, and the desperate Surabaya people completely exploded at the moment of life and death, and they charged the battle formation of the Eagle Yangwei with unprecedented courage and determination to burn jade.
The eagle guards were very nervous and had no choice but to block them with arrows.
The first salvo is a warning, a dissuasion, and then a second salvo. At the moment when the crossbowmen fired their second arrow, a mutation suddenly occurred.
"Buzz ......" With a thrilling roar, a second dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky, this dark cloud and the second round of arrow clouds shot by the eagle guards, and then suddenly enlarged in front of the eyes of the eagle guards, approaching, before the eagle guards shouted in horror, the dark clouds had come, and the "hum" shot into the battle formation, and shot into the bodies of the eagle guards who were caught off guard.
The battle array suddenly became chaotic.
The scene in front of them made the frenzied fleeing civilians even more crazy, and they rushed through the arrow array and into the battle formation with an unbelievable degree.
The battle formation suddenly broke down, and the soldiers and civilians immediately fell into a scuffle, and on the narrow mountain road, the spirited eagle guards and the completely crazy civilians fought hand-to-hand, the scene was bloody and tragic.
More than 100 steps away on the adjacent hill, the soldiers of the rebel army who were in ambush rushed over like a tide and killed the defeated Ying Yangwei.
The alarm drum and horn resounded through the mountains, and the sound of killing was like thunder.
Duan Wencao was shocked and ordered the two regiments under his command to immediately turn around to support. He also ordered the regiment in front to immediately withdraw to the top of the hill and line up to prevent the thieves from coming from the front to kill them, and to carry out a flanking attack on the officers and soldiers.
However, it was too late for Duan Wencao to wake up.
In the mountains ahead, drums and trumpets were in the sky, and the heavily armed rebel soldiers were like a torrent, killing fiercely. And the mountain roads in the rear were already full of fugitive civilians, not to mention Duan Wencao to support the regiment behind, he didn't even have a way to retreat.
Dead land, this is a dead land. Duan Wencao was furious, not only regretting his underestimation of the enemy, but also hating the thieves and viciousness, if he didn't care about these hundreds of innocent civilians and was unwilling to kill innocents indiscriminately, why would he be in a desperate situation? Now that he is under the persecution of thieves, he can only kill innocents indiscriminately.
Duan Wencao was decisive in killing, and immediately ordered that after the front regiment was cut off, the attack of the thieves was blocked, and the two main regiments forcibly opened a bloody road from the fleeing civilians, joined up with the rear regiment, and then broke through and left.
The killing suddenly became white-hot, and the rebels and the officers and soldiers fought each other in close combat, killing flesh and blood, and innocent civilians were caught in the middle, and the corpses were strewn all over the field.
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