Chapter 196: The First Battle of the Peasant Army (I)
Unconsciously, another three days have passed since the rebellion in Junding County, Yong'an. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In the past three days, the Yong'an army passed through Xiaocheng County, Xiyangbao, Huzhuang and other places, and also found several units of rebellious officers and soldiers and rogues, but they did not become large-scale, and every time they came into contact with the Yong'an army, they scattered and fled, and even more did not dare to see the Yong'an army's formation, and they fled in embarrassment with the counterattack of some local garrison officers.
Xiao Yi immediately ordered Wang Dayong, Liu Tong, and Zhou Baotai to pursue in three directions at night, and a total of more than 60 levels were killed in three days.
Only then did many officers and soldiers and ordinary people know that there really was such a soldier and horse on the Datong East Road, and all of them were fierce and fearless of death, and no rogue or chaotic soldier could compete with them.
In the past, the rich Taiyuan Prefecture was full of yellow sand, and every time they encountered groups of displaced people, most of them went north with their families.
Xiao Yi couldn't tell them his true identity, so he had to try his best to help these homeless, after all, compared to those thieves who had joined the rogues or occupied the mountains as bandits, they were still good people of the Ming Dynasty.
Most of them went to Datong, and Xiao Yi could neither send people to protect them and follow them to Datong, but also could not give them any promises.
All he could do was to give rice and noodles and dry food as much as possible, even so, those homeless people still looked surprised in disbelief, and bowed down to Xiao Yi and thanked him.
After sending off a group of about 80 people again, Huang Yang took out a dry food and said with some embarrassment: "My lord, the dry food in the army is less than three days' needs, but there are so many homeless people that we can't help." ”
The other officers all looked helpless, Xiao Yi nodded, how could he not know this?
"These officials all understand, but seeing that these homeless people can't eat preserved fruit and can't cover their bodies, it always reminds me of the days in Daankou in the past, I can help as much as possible, and I will find a way after the food is exhausted."
"Hmm." Seeing that Xiao Yi was so confident, Huang Yang nodded and returned to their respective positions.
As a Shangguan, even if he has no self-confidence, he still has to pretend to be confident in front of people, so as not to disturb the army's mind, so in front of people, Xiao Yi will always be that confident look, and only in front of Huang E will he show fatigue.
Xiao Yi has been the current defensive officer since he tun 'Yong'an Fort', and his official position is getting bigger and bigger, and he naturally has more and more things to deal with, but he only has one thought in his heart, tired!
But no matter how tired he is, he can't rest, seeing this desolate Central Plains land, the thoughts in his heart are even stronger, there is only one enemy in his heart, that is the Houjin in the north, the Han people will never be defeated by the barbarians, it will never be!
Just as I was thinking about it, there was the sound of horses' hooves in front of me, and it seemed that it had not been taken back for two nights, and something should have happened.
Sure enough, two people who were full of spirit and fierceness drove back from afar, and one of them hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Yang Wuyu found the traces of the soldiers and horses of the brigade in front, looking at the horseshoe prints and the footprints of the past, there should be more than 2,000 people!" ”
The other continued: "So many soldiers and horses are not like the official army, they should be a large group of rogues!" ”
After hearing this, everyone did not change the same color as other generals from all over the Ming Dynasty, but everyone was excited, these days everyone encountered small bands and rebels, 600 people encountered more than 2,000 thieves but everyone shouted war, and there were not a few in the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Seeing that everyone was not afraid at all, Xiao Yi was also very happy, even if he ordered to camp in place, at the same time, he scattered all night and did not collect, and strictly sentry in the ten-mile radius of the territory, the purpose was to investigate whether there were any other peasant armies.
Xiao also knew that although his general soldiers and horses had a chance of winning against too many rogues, if there were too many casualties among these peasant troops, Xiao Yi would not be able to accept them, and these soldiers were all treasures, so he used a strict plan to reduce casualties.
After a whole day of sentry, Xiao Yi finally determined that this was a lone peasant army, numbering about 2,400 people, most of them were infantry troops, among which there were a small number of old battalions and horse teams, and they could not tell which peasant army it was because of their confusion of armor and banners.
At this time, they were in Yang Wuyu, not far in front, so Xiao Yi ordered someone to find the local Lizheng and some local people, let them eat and drink well, and then repeatedly inquire to determine the surrounding terrain and terrain, and finally gave a few liters of rice one by one as a reward, and these people left with a thousand thanks.
Yangwuyu, there is a suspension bridge ridge in the northwest, Chunxian County is not far to the north, and there is a pure mountain in the west, and it is located at the confluence of several tributaries of the Hui River.
On the topography, it is surrounded by mountains on both sides, resembling a gourd mouth, and the confluence passes through Yangwuyu.
After gathering the news from all sides, the sand table that everyone gathered around the big tent and made simply was all stunned, and after many investigations into the enemy's situation, it was already very clear, giving them the feeling that the enemy was in the dark, and I was in the light, and this feeling was not found in previous battles.
Xiao Yi knocked on the sand table with his big hand, and said categorically: "The purpose of the peasant army is here, and the purpose must be in Chunxian County, which is not far north of it!" ”
Huang Yang touched his chin and asked in wonder, "How did the adults know the intentions of the peasant army?" ”
Xiao Yi pointed to the sand table and said: "You see, the terrain here resembles a gourd mouth, and the people who lead the peasant army must think that this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but he was wrong, the art of war has clouds and death, but don't forget, they are just rogues!" ”
Xiao Yi's face was gloomy, and he said: "What these rogues are best at is to fight more and less, and this place can completely use our firearms advantage to block them in the camp, and the rogues will be chaotic, and then they can defeat the peasant army with a shield array." ”
Shi Gang shouted: "My old stone led a sentry army to rush to the village head-on, and this is the first work of breaking the village!" ”
Wang Dayong got up suddenly, laughed and said: "Lao Shi, you can take your little girl well, this kind of thing is charging into battle, or we don't close the team at night!" ”
Shi Gang's face turned red, and he scolded and scolded: "Wang Dayong of the bird's egg, he actually buried my old stone like this." ”
Everyone in the tent burst into laughter, and Hou Xiao was upright and shouted: "Order, Shi Gang led a sentry army to face the shield formation, only persecution, not rushing to the village!" ”
Playing is fun, but once Xiao Yizheng became upright, his orders were not suspicious and disobedient, and Shi Gang didn't care why, just strode forward and shouted: "Obey!" ”
Xiao Yi's eyes turned to Zhao Dahe, who was standing with a sword on the side, originally Shi Lu was the commander of the second outpost, but Shi Lu was ordered to guard against Peach Blossom Castle, and Zhao Dahe temporarily became the commander of the supervision team and the commander of the second outpost.
"Order you to lead the second sentinel to ambush on the left side, and you have to be ordered to attack."
At this time, this honest man strode forward and shouted: "Humble duty! ”
"Huang Yang, you lead the three sentinels to ambush on the right side, and you have to give orders, and the rest of the people perform their duties, everything is subject to my order!"
The generals stepped forward and shouted in unison: "Obey the order!" ”
Xiao Yi nodded with satisfaction, he will not fight a battle that he is not sure of, and he will not participate in a battle where the situation is unclear, this is the first contact between the Yongan Army and the peasant army, and the Yongan Army has been prepared, so fight hard and play the prestige of the Yongan Army.
Let the peasant army know that this Ming not only has Cao Wenzhao's Guanning army, but also the Yongan army.
He looked at Shi Gang and suddenly asked, "Old Shi, how is that girl?" ”
Shi Gang hehehe, he said: "I recovered, I didn't eat much at first, but there have been a lot more in the past few days." ”
Xiao Yi nodded and asked softly, "Have you asked about the situation clearly?" ”
Shi Gang's face changed at this time, and he said hatefully: "Alas, her parents and family are dead, and many of them were her family members in the pit that day, and the culprits are not those rebels." ”
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At night, the stars are dotted, and today's starry sky is exceptionally bright, as if the stars in the sky are paying attention to the battle of the Yong'an Army.
Xiao Yi looked at the handsome little girl in front of him in Shi Gang's tent, this little girl was only eight years old, but she looked haggard and worried, and she didn't have the happiness that a child of this age should have.
She pouted, her face was imprinted with deep worry, and at this time, she was a little scared because she had not seen Xiao Yi, and shrunk into Shi Gang's arms, revealing two thin calves and arms.
Shi Gang caressed the girl's little head lovingly, his eyes full of iron-clad tenderness.
Hearing Shi Gang say that the girl's name is Zhou Zhiman, Xiao Yi sat here for a while, and Zhiman was not as scared as he was at the beginning, and he no longer refused Xiao Yi's outstretched hand.
Xiao Yi held her thin hand and asked softly, "What are your ambitions in the future?" ”
At this time, a trace of firmness appeared in Zhou Zhiman's eyes, and she said without hesitation: "Kill all the murderers of my father and mother, and avenge my father and mother!" ”
Xiao Yi was surprised, Zhou Zhiman's thin body had such bitter hatred, but the little child said such hateful words.
He asked again, "What if all the enemies are killed by your Uncle Shi?" ”
Zhou Zhiman glanced at Shi Gang, suddenly laughed, hugged Shi Gang, and said, "Then I will help Uncle Shi kill all the bad guys!" ”
Xiao Yi got up and looked at Zhou Zhiman in shock.
Zhou Zhiman was only eight years old, but the hatred in his bones couldn't be stopped, and before leaving, he said to Shi Gang with a deep meaning: "Old Shi, you... Take good care of the branches and nurture them..."
Shi just didn't seem to hear Xiao Yi's words, but just nodded incessantly. (To be continued.) )