Chapter 118: Great Harvest (2)
When Commander Ma led the army into the city of Neijiang County, he saw Ma Long, who was standing at the city gate and respectfully greeting him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The sergeants who stayed in Neijiang County were all local sergeants, and in the eyes of Commander Ma, they were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they could not participate in the battle at all, so of course he would not have a good face for such a sergeant.
Commander Ma didn't pay attention to Ma Long and the others who were guarding the city gate, and he didn't even look at them.
Ma Long said that everything was ready, and when he led the army to Nanzhi Street, Commander Ma did not have the slightest suspicion, he had already sent thirty sergeants to Neijiang County in advance, and informed the sergeants stationed here to make all preparations.
The county is very quiet, which is normal, after all, the residents and people here have been transferred to the capital of Luzhou, and there are few people left.
There is not a lot of grain and grass left in Neijiang County, so the horse commander also carried some grain and grass, which can last 3,000 cavalry for at least a month or so.
From the city gate of the south gate, go to Nanzhi Street, less than a thousand steps away.
After entering the city gate, except for a few officers such as the commander of the horse, the rest of the sergeants all dismounted, for the cavalry on a long run, dismounting meant a little relaxation and rest, now that they had arrived at their destination, they could completely relax.
It was getting late, and most of the places in the county were dark, except in the direction of Nanzhi Street, which was lit by torches.
This made Commander Ma quite satisfied, and he couldn't help but glance at Ma Long more, he found that Ma Long's age was not very old, not really old, weak, sick and disabled, maybe when he left Neijiang County, he could take this sensible sergeant away.
The group of people and horses headed towards Nanzhi Street, and the sound of horses' hooves, sometimes fragmented and sometimes neat, was quite shocking.
Marlon led the way at the front, followed by the horse commander on a war horse.
Commander Ma and his sergeants were almost completely relaxed, as could be seen from their expressions and figures, many of them holding the reins in their left hands and their helmets in their right hands, with relaxed and smiling expressions on their faces.
Walking to the position of about three hundred steps of Nanzhi Street, a small group of sergeants appeared in front of them, holding spears and showing a vigilant appearance, which made Commander Ma very strange and his face was a little gloomy.
Ma Long on one side immediately saluted the horse commander.
"Report to your lordship, this is a specially arranged sergeant to patrol the city, to prevent accidents in the city, to welcome the arrival of the lord, and the subordinates will go and tell them, leave quickly, don't disturb the lord."
Commander Ma nodded slightly, and the expression on his face looked a little better.
It's no wonder that these sergeants were placed in Neijiang County, and they didn't even understand the minimum rules, so many sergeants entered the city and came to Nanzhi Street, they must have been sent, and they must have been from above.
Soon, Ma Long came over with a red face, looked at the commander of the horse, and was speechless.
Seeing Ma Long's expression, Commander Ma's face changed again and became very gloomy.
Ma Long was wearing an ordinary sergeant's uniform, obviously not an officer or anything like that, and he thought that the garrison in Neijiang County was ready to greet him, but now it seems that this may not be the case.
I don't know what the thirty sergeants who came to the county seat in advance to prepare did to make the situation worse.
Almost without thinking, Commander Ma stepped forward, and he wanted to clean up these ignorant sergeants.
The group stopped, and the horse commander rode forward alone, followed by Ma Long.
Almost all the sergeants had contempt and sneer on their faces.
It was at this moment that the change occurred.
The horse commander who rode forward was angry and was about to reprimand him, when the horse on the right suddenly moved.
The spear in Ma Long's hand swept towards the upper right, accurately hitting the front chest of the horse commander, and a dull sound appeared, and the horse commander's body fell backwards, fell off the horse's back, and fell to the ground.
A flash of sword light swept by, and the horse commander who fell to the ground before he had time to move, blood splattered from his throat in an instant.
While the team behind was still stunned, Malone and the sergeants of the squad quickly disappeared.
A drum sounded.
On the rooftops on both sides of Nanzhi Street, rows of sergeants armed with bows and arrows shot their bows and arrows when the drums sounded.
The screams were instantaneous, and a large number of unprepared sergeants fell.
Some of the sergeants, sensing that the situation was wrong, quickly mounted their horses and began to charge forward.
Less than twenty paces away, the screams reappeared.
A heavy tripping rope was in the middle of Nanzhi Street, the war horse fell, and the sergeant on horseback was thrown far away by the force of inertia, and fell to the ground, motionless.
The commander, the Commander Ma, had been killed, many of the cavalry were left uncommanded, and several officers tried to command the army, but before they could make any more movements, they were shot with bows and arrows.
After three rounds of arrow rain in a row, many sergeants have fallen.
Although Nanzhi Street is the widest street in Neijiang County, it is still too narrow for the cavalry, and the 3,000 cavalry who have all entered it cannot be spread out at all, so they cannot charge and attack.
More sergeants turned and charged in the direction behind them, trying to escape, but the reappearance of the tripping rope made them even more panicked.
After three rounds of arrow rain, the drums sounded again.
In the small alley on the side of Nanzhi Street, a large number of sergeants rushed out, and they moved as fast as lightning, killing the sergeants who were still in a panic.
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Half an hour has passed, and Nanzhi Street has become the bloodiest street.
The rebel sergeants who rushed out of Nanzhi Street were pitifully few.
There were already many rebel sergeants who knelt on the ground and surrendered, they lost the desire to resist and thought of saving their lives.
The fighting continues, but it is already a one-sided mode, this cannot be regarded as a fight between the two sides, but the encirclement and suppression of one side against the other, and all the rebel sergeants who are unwilling to lay down their arms will be dead on the ground in the end.
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South to the intersection on the south side of the street.
Qin Han's expression was grim, and he stared at the street entrance tightly.
When the sound of fragmentary horses' hooves appeared, the spear in Qin Han's hand had already been raised.
More than a dozen rebel sergeants rushed out of the street.
A round of arrows rained down in an instant, and the more than ten rebel sergeants couldn't dodge at all, screaming and falling off their horses.
Immediately following behind more than a dozen rebel sergeants, nearly a hundred rebel sergeants rushed out.
Another round of arrow rain, many rebel sergeants fell, but some sergeants also rushed out of the arrow rain.
These frightened sergeants rushed desperately in the direction of the city gate.
It is a pity that in front of them, there is already a prepared "feast".
Qin Han urged the war horse under his crotch and took the lead in charging, and many sergeants followed him and rushed towards these rebels.
It was still a one-sided fight, and the rebel sergeants were powerless to resist.
The streets were soon filled with the corpses of rebel sergeants, which continued in the direction of the city gates.
The startled war horses scurried around, causing the rebel sergeants who were about to rush out of the street behind them to suffer great interference, and some of the rebel sergeants felt that they could not rush out and turned around again.
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At the street entrance to the north, Zheng Tongwu is relatively relaxed, because this is coming in the direction of the city, as long as the rebel sergeants are not dizzy, they will basically not charge towards the north street, which is looking for death, and there are also rebel sergeants who are like flies, rushing to the north street, but unfortunately they didn't have time to turn around, and they were cleanly killed.
The county government and the heralds kept coming to report the battle situation.
Wu Shaogang's expression was very calm, all of this was expected by him, in terms of troops, four thousand against three thousand, occupying a great advantage, four thousand precisely deployed and prepared sergeants, in the face of three thousand unprepared rebel sergeants, the outcome of the battle can be imagined, but Wu Shaogang's requirements are different, he must be completely annihilated, and no one can escape.
The battle in Neijiang County needs to be kept absolutely secret, and Liu Cheng cannot be allowed to know.
Wu Shaogang's next target is Liu Quan, of course, a large amount of money and grain carried by Liu Quan, as well as many farmers.
These peasant households are also the foundation of Wu Shaogang, and they must not be taken away by Liu Quan.
An hour passed, and the sound of Nanzhi Street had weakened.
The battle should be about the same.
Wu Shaogang also wanted to go over and take a look, the county government was only about three hundred steps away from the north of Nanzhi Street, and he could go over in the blink of an eye, but he couldn't help it.
It is indeed a cool thing to charge and kill the enemy in person, but this is not what a marshal should do.
An hour and a half passed.
Hurried footsteps finally sounded outside the county office.
Ma Long, Du Xiaoqi, Zheng Tongwu and others, whose faces were slightly red, entered the lobby.
"Report to your lord, three thousand rebel sergeants, none of them fled from the city, General Qin led the sergeants, is searching in the city, the battle on Nanzhi Street has ended, and the battlefield is being cleaned up."
"Well, you have done a good job, but you must not take it lightly, you must search carefully in the city, you can't let go of a rebel sergeant, let alone leak the news here, I have sent scouts to Gaoqiao Town and Guobei Town, inform Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui, and ask them to keep a close surveillance, just in case."
After Ma Long and the others clasped their fists and saluted, they turned around and left, and they had to carefully clean up the battlefield.
The battlefield was cleared.
More than 1,100 rebel sergeants were killed, more than 1,800 surrendered, 2,872 horses captured, 500 horses transported, and 5,000 stone of grain.
As for the seized gold and silver and other money, Ma Long gathered them together and transported them all to the county office's wing, and the money was waiting for Wu Shaogang to deal with.
The huge harvest made Wu Shaogang a little incredulous.
The most precious thing is the war horse.
The war horses that Wu Shao just took away from the capital were only 1,500, plus the 500 war horses of the imperial army in Hezhou, a total of 2,000, plus these war horses, he was able to form a strong cavalry. (To be continued.) )