Chapter 70: Bad News
If it weren't for the fear of being too shocking, Sun Yang wouldn't even want to bring food. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The next two days passed quietly, and everything went smoothly.
Starting from Wancheng, at noon on the sixth day, more than 10,000 people of the front army arrived at Langling, including 11,000 infantry soldiers and 2,000 cavalry.
On the narrow official road leading from Biyang to Langling, Sun Yang was holding an abstract map and frowning, because he found that there was an ancient city in the north of Langling, and it was not sure that it was the ancient city where the "ancient city met".
The system explained: "This is the ancient city, but the meeting of the ancient city is a few years later, Liu Bei should still be in Xuchang now, and the position at the moment should be "Yuzhou Mu". ”
Suddenly, a soldier came from the front, and after checking the voucher, he stood five steps away from Sun Yang, and arched his hand: "Official's house, Langling surrendered without a fight, and the front army has been stationed in Langling." ”
Sun Yang sighed and asked, "Who is the Langling guard?" ”
The soldier said very simply: "There are no guards. ”
"What does Yuan Shu mean by this, is he trying to play an empty city plan with me?" Sun Yang was suspicious.
Sun Yang really didn't understand what Yuan Shu thought, Langling was such an important place, and he didn't send troops to garrison it.
Things were so abnormal, Sun Yang looked at the hills on both sides of the official road, the hills were full of withered yellow grass and trees, Sun Yang was worried that there were ambushes, so he sent thousands of people to check on them, and it didn't take long for the soldiers to report that there were no enemy troops.
Sun Yang was still not at ease, he was inevitably attacked, Sun Yang put on his armor and ordered the Chinese army to slow down and let the rear army follow, it turned out that Sun Yang's worries were unnecessary, and the Chinese army and the rear army arrived safely in Langling in the afternoon.
Sun Yang did not let the Chinese army and the rear army enter the city, the rear army carried a lot of heavy grain and grass, and it was very inconvenient to enter the city, and another reason was that the city was narrow, and the residents of the city were difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
In the mountains north of the main road from Biyang to Langling, there is a place called Huoshigou, which is full of soldiers of different colors, and their weapons are also disorganized.
At the head were two men with yellow scarves wrapped around their heads.
Among them, the purple-faced man named Gong Du, I saw him ask the horse-faced strong man on the side: "Big brother, we can't provoke Sun Yang, when I went to investigate just now, I counted according to the banner, the front army is 10,000 and 3,000 people, the middle army is 10,000 people, the rear army is 10,000 people, plus the rear convoy of 2,000 people, a full 35,000 people." ”
The horse-faced strong man's name is Liu Bi, the leader of the Yellow Turban in Runan, I saw him shake his head and said: "Second brother, you miscalculated, at least half of the 10,000 people in the rear army are auxiliaries and people, and the last 2,000 people are also 1,000 auxiliary soldiers and 1,000 people, we still have a chance." ”
Gong Du stomped his feet and said: "I'm afraid of Sun Yang's revenge, he went to attack Yuan Shu this time, we ambushed his grain convoy, if you annoy him, we will clean up first." ”
Liu Bi insisted: "As long as you grab the food, let the brothers have enough, and run as far as you can, Sun Yang can still chase other princes' territories." ”
Gong Du looked back at the eager eyes of his brothers, hesitated for a moment, and nodded: "The Soshan army sent by Sun Yang has withdrawn, and we will go to Xingshuling now." ”
Half an hour later, the grain convoy passed by Xingshuling, this grain convoy said to be transporting grain, but in fact it was half ordnance and half grain, the grain was pushed by the people in a wheelbarrow, and the ordnance was placed on the ox cart.
The person in charge of the escort was a bearded man, who was originally a battalion (a standard battalion of 500 people in the Song Dynasty) command, when Sun Yang sent him to be in charge of the grain transportation convoy, he was worried that he would have emotions, so he told him that after arriving in Shouchun, he was promoted to the right class Dianzhi, Sun Yang did not know that the right class Dianzhi was just a small official of the ninth grade.
It's no wonder that Sun Yang, the official system of the Two Song Dynasty is a complete hodgepodge, and many parties themselves can't figure out their own ranks and officials. Sun Yang later inquired about the system and learned that the official system of the Song Dynasty had undergone three changes, namely the Zhenghe previous official system (before 1116), the Zhenghe official system (1116-1131) and the Shaoxing official system (after 1131).
Liu Pi and Gong on Xingshu Ridge were ready, the grain transportation team still didn't know anything, and the bearded man led by him also looked relaxed.
"Put"
With Liu Bi's order, rolling stones rolled down the hillside, and there was a dense rain of arrows.
The auxiliaries and the people on the official road looked at the hillsides in panic, many of the people threw down the wheelbarrow and fled backwards, and the bearded man jumped on the ox cart and shouted: "Don't panic, hold steady, all the soldiers obey the order, and form a circle between the ox cart and the wheelbarrow." ”
The soldiers whipped the scurrying men as they gathered the ox carts and wheelbarrows.
Gong Du on the hillside exclaimed: "It's not good, when they are gathered, it will be difficult to deal with." ”
After Gong Du finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed down, and Liu Bi, who had not had time to give an order, chased after him with a black face.
Six thousand Yellow Turbans rushed down the hillside on dry grass and branches, shouting and killing.
The bearded man looked at the Yellow Turban Army all over the mountains, his heart was worried, and he shouted in his mouth: "Close quickly, the pikemen are in front, and the archers are in the back." ”
The convoy to the south was one step slower, allowing more than 200 Yellow Turbans to rush in, and the two sides fought together, and the grain guards drove the Yellow Turbans out at the cost of dozens of casualties.
As for the scurrying people, some were hacked to death, some sat on the ground in a daze, and some retreated early into the convoy defense circle, picked up spears and fought with the soldiers to resist the Yellow Turban Army.
The bearded man stood on the ox cart and shot more than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers in a row with a bow, which attracted the attention of Gong Du, who retreated to a high place and set up a bow and released arrows.
The bearded man, who was on the ox cart, heard the sound of the wind breaking, and jerked down, and the arrow hit the bearded man's helmet.
Gong Du shouted that it was a pity, and was about to shoot again with a bow, but suddenly, a black shadow came straight in front of him, Gong Du's dodge speed was a little slower, and he was shot through his ears, bringing up blood mist and minced meat, Gong Du covered his ears and screamed.
The fighting on the battlefield was also very tragic, the Yellow Turban Army rushed to the front of the car in rows, and fell down in rows, because the spears of the grain guards were too long, and as soon as the Yellow Turban Army approached, they would be stabbed into blood gourds.
After a few rounds, the Yellow Turban Army also learned to be obedient, and did not dare to get closer, but only released arrows from a distance.
Liu Bi, who was standing on a high place, frowned, he must break through the grain army as soon as possible, once Sun Yang finds out, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Suddenly, Liu Bi's eyes lit up.
Moments later, hundreds of Yellow Turban archers threw ignited arrows at the convoy, which quickly ignited the grease cloth wrapped in ordnance, and the fire quickly spread throughout the convoy.
Several blackened soldiers ran over and were about to rush out with big beards, but the bearded shook his head and said, "I have no face to see the official family again." ”
After speaking, he swung his sword and killed himself.
After the bearded man died, many soldiers with fire rushed out of the convoy, carrying the Yellow Turban Army and dying together.
Gong Du covered his ears and shouted: "You fools, we are here to grab food, why did you burn all the food." ”
Gong Du's voice even scolded Liu Bi together, Liu Bi's face was blue and white for a while, and he endured it without having a seizure.
In the end, the Yellow Turbans snatched hundreds of sacks of grain from the fire, and a lot of blackened knives and guns.
In the Langling camp, Sun Yang was checking the map in the big tent of the Chinese army, and there was a rush of footsteps outside.
A cavalryman stood under the tent and shouted: "Official's house, the rear is urgent, the grain convoy was ambushed at Xingshuling, all the baggage was burned, and the grain guard army was completely annihilated. ”