Chapter 2: The Scout's War
Zhu Cheng is also an adult, although he is physically back to twenty years old after crossing over, he is already in his thirties mentally. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Unlike those high-spirited young people, the polishing of the years has made him a little more calm.
Zhu Jun's admonition was purely for his good, Zhu Cheng knew it very well in his heart, and he didn't refute anything, just saluted to show that he understood. But that doesn't mean he shouldn't be a pioneer.
"In that case, then you are a member of the school, but you can be a pioneer! Remember what Ben said! Zhu Jun nodded, it's a good thing that the young man dares to fight, as long as Zhu Cheng can remember his words, otherwise don't blame him for not being emotional.
"Yang Lang, explore the way ahead!" After getting permission, Zhu Cheng directly issued a military order to Yang Lang.
"Whoa!" Yang Lang received the order and took a thousand people out to investigate.
Considering the importance of scouts, among the 10,000 war horses that Zhu Jun assigned, more than 3,000 batches were taken out to form a scout force of 3,000 people, of which Zhu Cheng could command 500 scout troops, and he handed over this scout force to Yang Lang to command.
The remaining 4,500 men marched slowly behind the scouts, and after all, the two-legged ones could not outrun the four-legged ones.
In the past, Zhu Cheng also wondered why a lieutenant who could only command 1,000 people could command 5,000 people. Later, I learned that Liu Hong's attention to the army was reduced, and there were many interests in the forbidden army, so unconsciously the captain could also command a battalion of soldiers in an open and honest manner, which was equivalent to 5,000 soldiers.
In other words, the captain who originally commanded the two songs has now been promoted to the commander of the ten songs. Fortunately, there is only one school officer, and another military Sima and other department Sima can be set up to assist him in commanding the army.
Ouyang Xing was appointed by him as the chief bookkeeper of the march, and also had the title of deputy political commissar. It's just that although the political commissar can manage 20,000 soldiers, it is not a regular official position in the end, and Ouyang Xing is more satisfied with the position of the marching chief.
From the Tiger Prison Pass to the south, the first to enter is Chenliu County in Yanzhou, and the first to arrive is Junyi County, which is where Kaifeng City is located in later generations, and it is also an important hub and frontier position to Luoyang.
Although it was the famous Kaifeng City in later generations, it is just like that now, and it can only be said that the city wall is much higher than Bishui Town, much thicker, and the whole county looks much bigger than Bishui Town, probably that's it.
In order to defend against the Yellow Turban Thieves, Junyi County closed the city gates, and more than a thousand foot soldiers and a large number of people on the city wall looked at Zhu Cheng and their troops vigilantly, maybe at first they thought that the Yellow Turban Thieves were killed, right?
"Is the county lieutenant of Junyi available?" Yang Lang was the first to arrive here and shouted towards the city wall.
"Something is! Where are the brothers under the city? The man in the fish-scale armor on the city wall asked. The tone didn't seem to be so nervous, maybe it was because they found out that Yang Lang and they belonged to the official army, right? The craftsmanship of smelting is limited, so the armor of Huaxia is mainly based on scale armor, even if it is Tang Mingguang armor, it is also scale armor.
"The right Zhonglang is under the command of Zhu Jun, and the vanguard army under Zhu Cheng is under the army Marquis Yang Lang, the brothers on the city wall, do you know the whereabouts of the Yellow Turban Thief?" Yang Lang reported to his home, and by the way, Junyi's defenders asked first, they stood tall, how could they see farther than themselves.
"There is a Yellow Turban Thief entrenched in the countryside ten miles to the south, but that was five days ago. It was only the people who escaped there who told us that we knew about their existence. How many people have developed now, and whether they are still there, the official does not dare to guarantee! The county lieutenant replied truthfully, anyway, it is also the existence of a thousand stones, and there is no need to be too polite to Yang Lang.
"Thank you for informing me!" Yang Lang thanked him and continued to move south.
He scattered the entire scout force, fanning out in units of fifty, ensuring that no enemy could hide from their reconnaissance within one hundred and eighty degrees of the front.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the news gathered from many parties showed that the enemy had not left and was still resting in place. However, in the past five days, they have looted all the surrounding areas of Junyi County, and even coerced many people to join the team of Yellow Turban Thieves, and the team has grown from hundreds to thousands at the beginning.
It's just that whether they are recruits or veterans, most of these Yellow Turban thieves have no actual combat experience, or they have no military combat experience at all, except for the generals who may have some ability. To a large extent, they have retained the habit of robbery in the past, and when they encounter the enemy, they will rush to the enemy, and it is better to say that they are fighting in a group than in a group......
Inevitably startled, Yang Lang just asked his subordinates to gather people, but he took the lead in taking advantage of the darkness of the evening to lurk towards the other party's location.
Maybe it was close to night, and these yellow turban thieves almost gathered together, burying the pot to make food, and many soldiers collapsed to the side without image, taking advantage of this opportunity to rest and rest. Fighting may not be what they like, but now everyone can't help it.
The coerced people were gathered in one place to watch over them, and they worked hard not only to allow their families to be reunited, but also to get more food. If you don't work hard, then you can only eat half full, and if you treat it negatively, you will have to be whipped a few times.
Inside the houses not far away, some faint moans could even be heard, and even rough laughter. There was almost no need for further investigation, and Yang Lang could understand what was going on inside.
Battalion. Prostitutes were not uncommon in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and women could buy and sell at will, and there were even many countries that included the option of young women in their annual purchase lists. If the woman she bought is sent to the rich and noble, it is fine, and if she is unlucky, she is sent to the army, which is called miserable.
Today, unlike in the past, although some armies still have that tradition, most of them are no longer set up. But apparently the battalion in this Yellow Turban Bandit Army. Prostitute, there is definitely a problem with the way to come.
Yang Lang prides himself on being romantic, but he thinks that he values women the most, and his character is completely different in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he likes it. Battalion. The prostitute he does not support nor oppose but forces women to act as battalions. The prostitute violated his bottom line.
He didn't act immediately, and it was a reckless man to go deep into the enemy army single-handedly.
The scout troops have been assembled, and the five hundred centaurs are ready to charge at any time! Every scout must not only have the ability to see everything, but also horsemanship, martial arts, and even swordsmanship.
With these in mind, Zhu Jun assigned the soldiers who were the best at riding horses to the scout sequence. In order to improve the combat ability of the scouts, Zhu Cheng also made bilateral stirrups with simple straw ropes on the horses of his five hundred scouts, which indeed improved the cavalrymen's horse combat ability.
"The situation has been clarified, do you dare to rush into a fight with so-and-so?" Yang Lang returned to the army and asked his subordinates.
"Sir, don't you wait for the big army to come?" The officer below asked, confused.
"If the movement of the large army is too big, the other party must be aware of it. Besides, it's going to be completely dark, and if you don't fight tonight, you can only wait until tomorrow. Taking advantage of the other party's defenselessness, we can fight it all at once! Besides, someone has already sent someone to tell the captain that he should be back soon! Yang Lang replied.
Sure enough, at this time, the herald sent out came back and told Yang Lang that Zhu Cheng had agreed to his request. But there is one request, the number of dead is more than fifty, and he is the only one who asks! Five hundred people against thousands, and even the number of casualties is still limited, Yang Lang was also speechless when he saw this answer......
Fortunately, he had a plan, as long as these scouts didn't make mistakes, or looked for their own death, then it should be possible!
"The military order is here, do you have any objections?" Yang Lang looked back at his scouts.
"Nope!" Now that Zhu Cheng's military order has been issued, they naturally dare not disobey as subordinates.
Night is coming, and there seems to be a faint glow in the distant sky. Although these yellow turban thieves did not set up secret whistles, they also set up some open whistles. Perhaps there have been no officers and soldiers approaching these days, and these sentries are also listless.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound not far away, and before these sentries could react, the scout troops led by Yang Lang had already rushed towards them from the front. They didn't even have time to shout to let their companions know that the enemy attack was coming, and the cavalry had already rushed into the formation.
Yang Lang deliberately chose the place where the Yellow Turban thieves were most concentrated to carry out the assault, avoiding the villagers who were coerced to the greatest extent.
Perhaps sensing that there were troops entering his formation, a strong man who came out in a panic with his trousers ran out of the house, but he didn't want to say anything yet, and an arrow directly appeared in his throat, but it was Yang Lang who shot him directly.
Thanks to the campfires and torches everywhere in this camp, and Yang Lang has also specially trained the skills of shooting in the dark, otherwise he would not be able to kill with one hit.
"The head of the thief has been ambushed! The rest still don't surrender quickly?! Yang Lang suddenly shouted.
At this moment, the scout troops have already plowed this Yellow Turban thief, at least hundreds of backbones have been killed, plus the thief leader ambushed him, and the remaining Yellow Turban Thieves, looking at the officers and soldiers who are about to turn around and kill back, suddenly have no courage.
"The official spares his life!" It is not known who took the lead in kneeling, and the result was an avalanche effect, and soon there were no people standing in the entire camp.
"Select the Yellow Turban thieves to come and detain them, and separate the people who are being held hostage to wait for the adults to deal with them!" After determining the treatment plan, Yang Lang glanced towards the house.
Several white flowers appeared in sight, and many of them looked so young, but they were all less than sixteen years old. They just lay there motionless, not knowing whether they were desperate, resigned to their fate, or committed suicide due to humiliation......
"You're cheap!" Yang Lang spat in disgust at the corpse of the thief on the ground.