12. Artemisia line

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The hand axe behind the heavy armored cavalry was thrown by Deng Ji, he led the soldiers to exit the killing field, and waited for the opportunity to wait, the military discipline of the moth thieves collapsed, but no one looked for him, when the heavy armored cavalry passed by, it was only six or seven zhang away from Deng Jitun.

Deng Ji also had a plan in his heart, his own appetite was limited, as long as he stopped the last ten rides, he would be lucky to be able to eat it.

When the heavy armored horse began to accelerate and sprint, after the striker, the end of the cavalry team was about to rush past him, Deng Ji suddenly threw out the hand axe, the timing was just right, although the hand axe of the spinning flying hit the war horse was not the axe blade but the axe handle, but it was in the eye of the horse, which naturally made the heavy armored mount jump like thunder.

The situation was really as good as he had calculated, and Deng Ji suddenly shouted: "Up!" ”

Six or seven zhang away, but it was a short time to arrive, and the more than ten horsemen who were stopped were immediately surrounded by Deng Jitun.

The heavy armor in front of the horse has been raised, and it can still be turned back to rescue, and the root not far away seems to be within reach, and the opportunity is rare, even if it can rescue the leading army, it will not turn around.

A few knights who were taken off by the war horse had already fallen into a daze, and the auxiliary soldiers could clean it up, don't worry about them, Deng Ji rushed to the nearest heavy armored horse to kill him, and the knight clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and was still desperately reining in the reins to control the mount.

The war horse is expensive, the knight is heavily armoured, Deng Ji can only stab him in the throat with a shot, but unfortunately the man is much higher than him on the horse, and he avoids it with a slight turn of his head.

"Come down to Lao Tzu!" A shot missed, Deng Ji couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, the spear changed to a whip, "snapped" on his waist and abdomen armor, under brute force, the knight was pulled off the horse and fell to the ground, luck and back, it was the head that touched the ground first, and immediately spit blood, and he couldn't live.

Deng Ji took the lead in building his skills, in the face of these heavy armor horses, Fang Meng, who had outstanding marksmanship, was like a dog biting a hedgehog and couldn't get his mouth, he was already short, and he didn't have the strength of Deng Ji, and he stabbed several shots on the opponent's heavy armor, which had no effect, if he didn't react quickly, he was almost stepped on by the opponent's horse.

"I'm coming!"

Guo Shi just smashed one, seeing that Fang Meng was difficult to make meritorious contributions, he ran up with an iron hammer, and knocked on the iron armor on the chest of the officer and soldier, and the officers and soldiers on horseback fell softly, but the strength was great, and the knight had been smashed into five organs and fell off the horse.

Over there, Ma Pi Niu Jian's double sword combined to fight a heavy armored cavalry has also been successful, the remaining few horses saw that the opportunity was not good, busy beating horses and running back, the auxiliary soldiers were injured several people, left and right could not be intercepted, so they had to let them go.

After counting, plus the three horsemen who were knocked over by the frightened horses, Deng Jitun won a total of seven sets of armor this time, five armored war horses, and two war horses were frightened.

The war is impermanent, they can't stay here all the time, not only to guard against the officers and soldiers to kill, but also to be careful of other moths and thieves to rob, Deng Ji hurriedly ordered: "Quickly remove all the armor of these people!" Fang Meng, you take someone to chase after you, see if those two war horses can be recovered? ”

Fang Meng took the order and left, the auxiliary soldiers were busy removing their armor from the corpse, Deng Ji paid attention to the battle situation, the officers and soldiers had long been out of support, and there was a flight to appear, but the two cavalry behind were in the ascendant, and the two sides were strangled fiercely.

In terms of horse warfare, the Qiang's personal guards were indeed inferior to this heavy armored cavalry, but they were superior in numbers, and a few foot soldiers covered up behind the heavy armored cavalry, and the two sides could fight equally.

The two cavalry fought to a draw for a while, but with the passage of time, the officers and soldiers were no longer supported, and more and more soldiers escaped, and finally completely collapsed.

Xu Dumutun is Tian Mazi's subordinate Lao Tun, his combat power is not bad, and he has also been withdrawn to snatch the heavy armor at this time, and he is also an eye-catching figure among them.

Seeing that the battle situation was decided, Deng Ji turned around and said to the auxiliary soldiers: "I can't give you these armor vests this time, I can only equip the pawns in our tun first!" ”

Yellow Turban convention, as long as the weapons and armor captured on the battlefield can be moved, they are all owned by private individuals, the horse armor is useless without mounts, but the armor is valuable, if Deng Ji's order is in other tuns, I am afraid that it will turn the world upside down, fortunately, Deng Jitun has only recently been formed, whether it is Yongqiu people or Fan County soldiers, they have not the courage to refute the words of the tun chief, and they have not much credit for capturing these armor vests, so they have to acquiesce.

Deng Ji gave them the name of a baggage auxiliary, but it was the treatment of the old and weak, although it was slightly better than the other old and weak, but it could not change the substance, it was both old and weak and had to go forward to fight for their lives, it was really necessary for the horses to run and not let the horses eat enough, if it were not for the first few "pawns", the strong people should be even more dissatisfied, but a junior high school student in the previous life, and he had never gone to school in this life, even if he knew that they were dissatisfied, Deng Ji had no way to solve it in the current situation.

The sound of the battlefield battle gradually subsided, and the survivors of the heavy armored cavalry asked to surrender, and the officers and soldiers sent by the Taishou of Dongjun to chase and kill were finally swallowed by the moth thieves.

Since ancient times, it has been said that killing the enemy is 1,000 and losing 800, and the loss of this yellow scarf is not small, more than 4,000 strong people have been killed, and more than 1,000 people have been injured, but no one cares, as long as they accumulate enough weapons, food and grass, and then attack a small county or a few villages, the personnel can be replenished immediately, this is a troubled time, and it seems that the most important thing is people.

More than ten of the auxiliary soldiers under Deng Ji were killed, and most of the people of Fan County were killed and wounded.

After resting in place for a few days, the Yellow Turban finally entered Wei County, Jizhou.

Wei County is located in the southernmost part of Jizhou, governing Yecheng, governing fifteen counties, Jizhou Thorn History Xingyuan is located in Wei County, there must be heavy troops, so Gengen is very careful, try to avoid the main road.

After walking in the four fields for more than 20 days, a panic mood quietly began to spread in the team.

Under this repression, there was more and more silence in the marching procession, the previous idle chatter and laughter had long since disappeared, and people communicated more with eyes than words, and a strange atmosphere was so depressing that people almost wanted to go crazy.

Xie Yun's children also waited quietly with interest, and it seemed that they only needed a little reason to cause turmoil in the team.

It was not that the officers and soldiers came to chase and kill again, or perhaps the news of the battle with the soldiers of Dongjun County came, which frightened the officers and soldiers of these counties and counties, and along the way, everyone did not even see the shadow of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers did not even send out scouts.

It's not that there is not enough food, the grain looted from the Fanxian County Treasury and big households is enough to support this yellow scarf for another two or three months.

Not to mention that some people in the army were infected with the plague, except for the wounded soldiers in the first battle with the Dongjun soldiers, most of them were still healthy, and even the sword and shield soldiers under Deng Pimple Tun who had been lying on the baggage cart for many days could barely walk on the ground.

This panic came for no reason, but it is undeniable that everyone from the root to the old and weak has been affected by this emotion.

It's like a child who accidentally swallows the kernel when eating the fruit, and can't see or touch it, but is afraid that one day a giant tree will suddenly grow out of the belly and break the belly.

The reason for this panic is simple.

I can't see people!

It's really impossible to see people, except for the two days when he just entered Wei County and a few days ago, Liu Mandao couldn't hold back, and begged General Qigen to take everyone to surround the county seat, and then retreated, and he never saw anyone again.

Some people still think it's funny about the last time the county town was besieged but not attacked, as if everyone rushed to the city with great momentum, making the officers and soldiers in the city and the big families feel like they were facing the enemy just to see people other than the Yellow Turban Army.

But otherwise, you really can't see outsiders.

Of course, the white bones in the artemisia grass cannot be counted as a person.

Except for the living people in the city, the entire wilderness seems to be the only one left like this yellow scarf, which is not suppressed or silent.

There is a village, but the door of the village is open, there is no smoke at all, go in and see, there are all empty houses inside, only three or two wild dogs.

An old moth thief like Deng Ji who traveled south and north has seen a lot of miserable scenes in the war-torn places of Nanyang and Runan, but he can't compare to this Wei County.

Large areas of land are all barren, and most of the moths and thieves are farmers, who is not distressed when they see these wastelands?

It was all uninhabited and the land was barren, which made the moth thieves feel the kind of "white bones exposed in the wild, and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles" four years in advance. The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines. (Note).

Of course, General Yigen's previous idea of casually attacking a few villages after arriving in Jizhou and supplementing the losses of various departments was also completely frustrated.

The population, which is the most lacking in troubled times, seems to have become a problem here.

Note: Cao Cao's poem was written at the end of the battle between the princes of the Eighteenth Road and Dong, after the princes fell apart, and there were still four or five years before the story in the text occurred. The full text of Cao Cao's "Artemisia Journey": There are righteous people in the Kanto, and they raise troops to fight against the murderers. In the early days, the alliance was in Jin, and the heart was in Xianyang. The forces of the army were uneven, and they hesitated and walked wildly. Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs fight each other. The title of Emperor Huainan is engraved in the north. The armor is full of lice, and all surnames die. The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines.