Chapter 174: It's a mess

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On the fifth day of the second month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, after four or five days of discussion, Wang Yunlai, the fourth leader who opposed the army crossing the river to the north, accidentally fell to his death, causing several other leaders to change their previous ideas. Zhang Jin, the great leader of Juyeze, announced that he would lead 40,000 soldiers of Juyeze out of Juyeze after three days and cross the Yellow River to relieve the siege of Gaojibo. In fact, no one believed this statement. But the banner of morality still has to be raised, although they know that it is a lie, but they can also deceive themselves and others.

Zeri's family and children had been sent far away, and the soldiers kept turning back and signaling their families to hurry back. This was not the first time they had gone out to plunder, and each time they returned, they brought back a large amount of food and new people. This expedition is actually inevitable, since the return of the imperial court's army to conquer Liaodong, the big boss Zhang Jin said that he did not dare to take his men and horses out to attack the county again, the bandits did not have the habit of storing grain and did not have the grain that could be saved, this winter was actually not happy, so everyone who went out to Juyeze had some expectations in their hearts.

When the first county seat was laid, the thrill was still fresh in my memory. The grain in the county government treasury was emptied by them, and the grain stocks of large families were also searched, but this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that many of them have had the opportunity to sleep with women from large families, and that feeling is unforgettable. If they hadn't joined Ju Yezawa, how could they have the opportunity to crush those high-ranking ladies in Pingyu?

With the first time, it will be addictive.

It's only been a little over two years, and there are already tens of thousands of horses in Junozawa. Even Gao Shida, the leader of the Northern Green Forest Dao Alliance, didn't dare to do anything to Ju Yeze, and it wasn't necessarily who lost or who won in a real fight. Besides, this time when you go out of Ze, aren't you going to completely overturn Gaoshida? The bandits in Gaojibo have been fighting with the officials and troops for more than a dozen days, and after crossing the Yellow River, maybe Gaojibo has been bulldozed by the officials and troops.

This is the best time to expand the power of Junozawa to the north of the Yellow River, and it must not be let go easily.

Because the government soldiers conquered Liao again, Zhang Jin said that there was nothing to worry about, 40,000 horses and horses were blatantly marching on the official road, and there was no county town that passed along the way that did not close the city gates. What's more, Junozawa's men and horses are still far away from the county seat, and the county commander has already sent people to send food and money to buy peace, which greatly boosts the morale of Junoze's people and horses.

The army went all the way north, and arrived at the bank of the Yellow River in only five days.

I have long heard that the mountain bandits of Juyeze have come out to rob houses and houses again, and the boatmen on the side of the Yellow River have long since run away. But people can't take the boat with them, and almost all of the soldiers in Junozawa are good water surnames, so crossing the river is not a difficult task for them.

However, Zhang Jin said that this person was used to being cautious and did not cross the Yellow River rashly. He first sent people by boat, carefully inspected the other bank, and made sure that there was no shadow of the official army within twenty miles before he began to order the crossing of the river. All of a sudden, the scene of hundreds of boats crossing back and forth was also spectacular, and even the bandits themselves were infected by this spectacular scene, and everyone had a bit of inexplicable pride in their hearts.

Less than a month ago, Gao Tianbao, who came to Juyeze from Gaojibo to be the seventh master, originally walked at the back with his Dingzi battalion, but after arriving at the edge of the Yellow River, his men and horses chased after him and came to the front. Cao Kou is Cao Kou, as soon as they saw the bandits of the Yellow River, they were in chaos, and no one in the government along the way dared to provoke them, so that each of them felt that they were invincible in the world.

The soldiers and horses of the seven battalions of loyalty, bravery, benevolence, and righteousness, and the king of the Zhongzi battalion, who was in charge of the battalion, "died unexpectedly", so that the Zhongzi battalion was dismantled and swallowed by Zhang Jin's Yongzi battalion and Qian Lu's Yizi battalion. And the Juyeze bandits, who were barely able to maintain the queue during the march, were completely chaotic when they arrived on the bank of the Yellow River. Even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, he couldn't tell which of them belonged to which battalion.

Because Gao Tianbao's Dingzi battalion was at the back and had the least number of people, it seemed that their team was more serious and neat. In addition, it is the mountain character battalion under Liu Bai, who is the sixth master. Niu Jinda is now in charge of the Shanzi Battalion, and he has a hundred minions under him, including a few cronies he brought.

Gao Tianbao ordered the soldiers to maintain the queue, and he rode forward to find Zhang Jincheng.

"Big boss! That's not going to work! ”

Gao Tianbao said with a frown.

"What's not going to work?"

Zhang Jin said that he was enjoying the scene of hundreds of battles, and turned his head sideways and asked subconsciously.

"In case there is an ambush of officers and soldiers on the other side of the river, it will be broken to cross the river in such a chaotic manner. There is no order at all, there are all battalions of men and horses crossing the river, there is no unified command, once the officers and soldiers are killed, we will definitely not be able to stop it! In the art of war, it is said that we can attack halfway, and now our situation is very unfavorable. ”

Gao Tianbao's unlucky words made Zhang Jincheng feel bored for a while, but he still needed Gao Tianbao to lead the way, so he didn't have a seizure: "I have sent scouts to check before crossing the river, and I have found no trace of the official army, but those little rabbit cubs look really messed up, so what about the seven masters, in your opinion?" ”

Gao Tianbao said: "We must let a battalion of soldiers and horses pass first, and we can't squeeze all the battalions forward like this." In this way, even if there is an attack by the official army, because it is a battalion of soldiers and horses, the unified command of the leader will not be defeated. After passing, immediately form a formation on the north bank of the river to defend, not afraid of 10,000, just in case. ”

"It's fine."

Zhang Jincheng thought about it carefully, and Gao Tianbao's words did make sense. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, he Zhang Jin said that today's achievements have a great relationship with the prudence of the surname.

"Just according to the meaning of the seven masters."

Gao Tianbao hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Big boss, after I arrived in Juyeze, I was able to afford it and let me be the seventh leader, but I didn't make an inch, and I was really uneasy." I would like to lead the brothers of the Dingzi battalion to cross the river first, and open up a landing place for the big boss. ”

Zhang Jincheng's triangular eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought carefully about what the purpose of this high heavenly treasure was. After thinking about it, he finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll bother the seven masters." ”

The reason why he agreed was because he really couldn't think of anything that Gao Tianbao could do to the detriment of Ju Yezawa. Although the Dingzi battalion that crossed the river was nominally Gao Tianbao's soldiers, in fact, those soldiers would not do anything without his Zhang Jincheng's order. Gao Tianbao was in such a hurry to cross the river, nothing more than worrying about Gao Shida's safety. Zhang Jin said that he sneered a few times in his heart, and said in his heart that when it comes to Gao Jibo, the first person to be slaughtered is you.

Gao Tianbao hugged his fists, and then went back to rectify the people, Zhang Jincheng glanced at the messy subordinates who were really annoying, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Don't rob the fuck, let the people and horses of the Dingzi camp cross the river first!" ”

His men rushed to the shore and beat the crowd apart.

Gao Tianbao squeezed over with the men and horses of the Dingzi camp and began to board the ship, and while he was not paying attention, Niu Jinda also mixed into his team. The two men spoke briefly and then separated.

That's right, Zhang Jin said that the scouts sent to cross the river first did check within 20 miles, and found no trace of the official army. But what they didn't expect was that Li Xian's command was a well-armored light cavalry with strong mobility. A distance of more than twenty miles, with the speed of the cavalry of the Ruijin Battalion, it can be killed in less than half an hour.

Under the command of Gao Tianbao, the soldiers of the Dingzi Battalion, who had crossed the river first, began to form several squares that looked crooked, and they pressed the formation outward, vacating a place about a mile wide for the followers to go ashore immediately. More than 1,000 people who crossed the river first were also temporarily incorporated into the team of the Dingzi Battalion to organize defense, and Zhang Jin said that he was relieved to watch Gao Tianbao's meticulous arrangement on the south bank. After waiting a little longer, and after making sure it was safe, his Yongzi battalion began to cross the river. With him, there are also Qian Lu and several masters.

It was not a matter of time and a half for the team of more than 40,000 people to cross the Yellow River, and it took more than an hour for the men and horses of the Dingzi Battalion and the Yongzi Battalion to pass through. Seeing that the sun was already overhead, if we didn't hurry up and cross the river, all the people and horses wouldn't be able to cross the dark sky. Zhang Jin said that he was in a hurry, and asked his soldiers to go down and cut down a few minions who robbed the boat and made trouble, and maintained order on the shore. As a result, the speed of crossing the river is indeed much faster.

When the sun was slightly wester, about half of the men and horses of Junozawa had already crossed the river, about 21,200 people, and several of the leaders had already crossed the river.

With so many subordinates coming over, Zhang Jincheng was also completely relieved.

But at this moment, suddenly a sound like thunder came from the north. The sound rolled against the ground, shaking people's hearts a little uncomfortable. Zhang Jin said that he first looked up at the sky and saw that it was still clear, and then listened attentively, and immediately, his face became extremely ugly.

"Formation! Cavalry is coming! ”

He shouted loudly, and then asked a few leaders to hurry over to restrain his soldiers. Just when he was flustered, he found that the first person to lead people to arrange the phalanx was actually Gao Tianbao. It's rare, Zhang Jin said that he felt that Gao Tianbao looked a little pleasing to the eye.

"Archers, archers!"

Gao Tianbao shouted loudly: "Quick, go to the front!" ”

"Spearman, go to the front! Shieldman, go and protect the archers! ”

Ju Ye Ze's bandits subconsciously began to run forward, but the original phalanx became chaotic, Gao Tianbao's order sounded fine, but in fact, it made the people of Ju Ye Ze's Dingzi Camp into a pot of porridge. The archers also squeezed forward, the spearmen squeezed forward, the shieldmen squeezed forward, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

"What's going on!"

Seeing that the Dingzi camp, which had already formed a phalanx, was suddenly chaotic, Zhang Jincheng's right eyelid couldn't help jumping.

"Quick, Liu Bai! Take your mountain to the top of the camp! ”

Zhang Jincheng commanded loudly.

Liu Bai, the sixth master, nodded, and then led his men and horses to squeeze forward. At this moment, the rumbling and muffled thunder finally arrived in front of me. From the dust and smoke, countless soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion wearing khaki armor and holding a fiery red battle flag came over, it was a pure cavalry team, and the speed was suffocating. The chaotic Juye Ze mountain bandits began to release arrows, and the sparse feather arrows shot over more than a hundred paces had no effect at all.

And they have all ignored a key factor before, this season, it is the north wind!

Originally, the bamboo bow in the hands of the Juyeze bandits could barely send the feather arrows out one hundred and twenty or thirty steps away, and when they reached that distance, they had lost their strength lightly. Coupled with the wind, their feathered arrows can't even shoot eighty paces!