Chapter 80: Cruelty (Part 2)
A large number of soldiers poured out of the Xindu City of Jizhou, chasing in the direction of the Qingzhou border, in an inconspicuous corner of the dense forest, a man in his early thirties dressed as a hunter, hiding between the tree plugs to observe for a long time, quickly jumping off the tree, and his agility was obviously not like ordinary people.
The man looked left and right, and after making sure that it was safe, he came to a bush, took away the branches that fell on it, took out a bird cage from it, wrote the message on a bamboo slip, and quickly tied it to the letter box of the bird's claws, and soon the carrier pigeon rose into the air.
And this kind of correspondence happened at the same time where the Jizhou soldiers passed all the way, and Gongsun Yi, who was lurking in the mountain stream, soon got the news that Jizhou sent troops, and with the arrival of the letters in turn, he knew everything about where the Jizhou soldiers went, and even got the leading generals and troops one day.
I have to say that Yuan Shao wants to break Gongsun Yi is also a bloody capital, Jizhou is newly determined, and Gongsun Zhan, who is still stationed at the boundary bridge, is still stationed at the boundary bridge, and actually gathered 3,000 cavalry, according to the border between Qingdao and Hebei, most of them are plains, and it seems that he intends to defeat the Qingzhou Xiao cavalry in one go.
In fact, the original fraud was just a momentary inspiration, just to make the selected elite soldiers lurk with this, Gongsun Yi suddenly realized that Yuan Shao was surrounded by resourceful people, and such a plan should not be incomprehensible, for fear that Yuan Shao would refuse to send troops, the army was short of food, and the 20,000 troops could not afford to go deep into Jizhou.
Looking at the letter sent, Gongsun Yi sneered in his heart, he was afraid that the Jizhou soldiers would not come, and now that they are here, it shows that Yuan Shao is once again self-righteous and self-righteous and sent a large army to pursue, so he will send Yuan Shao a well-prepared gift.
Gongsun Yi disguised himself and hid among a group of armor soldiers, these elites in the army personally selected due to the ban, although there were only 2,000 people, but the momentum was awe-inspiring and murderous, and only a general like Yu Ban could train such a soldier.
"My lord, the Jizhou army has pursued our army for less than a hundred miles!"
Gongsun Yi, who was sitting among the mountain streams and rocks, was waiting for the news, and stood up in a hurry when he heard Yu Banyu, clenched his fists and laughed: "The timing is just right, so that all departments will prepare immediately!" Gongsun Yi was excited, victory or defeat in one fell swoop,
"Don't worry, the various ministries have been dispersed and ready!"
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At dusk, He Mao personally led the headquarters of the soldiers and horses to ride a thousand as the vanguard, two thousand soldiers and horses marched all the way, and soon caught up with the retreating Xiao cavalry army in Qin County.
Even the defenders of the Qin County Xiao Cavalry Army also abandoned the city and fled, and He Mao led the troops into the county seat almost bloodlessly, and ordered the slaughter of the city without any scruples, cutting off all the heads of the people, dismembering their faces and piling them into the car, in preparation for military merit in the future.
He Mao led the soldiers into the army, and pointed to a few girls who were snatched from the people's homes by the soldiers, and a group of soldiers rushed up, dragging these girls who were crying and begging for mercy out, and went towards the military tent, and the surrounding soldiers did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, these girls did not expect to just get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth, tears in their eyes, and they couldn't cry for a while.
He Mao turned to the master on the side and said, "Are you interested in bringing a few back accounts?" ”
The "sir" followed behind him, and he didn't know how to answer.
"Haha, these untouchables actually surrendered to the Qingzhou Army, they should have all been executed, they would have had the virtue of a good life, and all the female dependents were left to reward the soldiers who fought bravely, and everyone must serve them when they fight, are you right or not?" He Mao stared at the Lord's thin eyes, and asked in a low tone.
Lord Bo hurriedly said: "What the Lord said is extremely true. ”
This obviously tentative language, with He Mao's side where can not be heard, these people in the border cities of Jizhou, just live in their homeland, there is no allegiance at all, if it is really discussed, but the Jizhou army has given up on them, but the lives of people in the troubled world are like mustard, and who cares about the life and death of these people.
Although the rebels are all children of the people, they do not show any mercy when they slaughter the people, and they may die at any time, and there are a few people who can maintain a normal state of mind.
Whether it is killing those unarmed people, or using these female dependents to reward soldiers, it is just to find a high-sounding reason for the atrocity, but as He Mao's subordinates, he will be both prosperous and lossy, if he rebels and betrays the general, he will not end well, but he is a little unbearable for such a cruel slaughter.
Whether it is to slaughter the city, or to use the heads of the people to pretend to behead the enemy's military exploits is a felony, seeing that the main man is very good, He Mao finally let go, chuckled and stepped forward, and ordered his soldiers to pull out two female dependents again and send them to the main thin military tent, the main thin body has the responsibility of supervising in the army, He Mao will naturally not be disadvantaged.
He Mao and Zhu Bo led the horses all the way, and the fire was soaring all the way, and the sorrow before death was heard everywhere, and the Jizhou soldiers who got the order to slaughter the city seemed to be crazy and slaughtered, as if they had forgotten that the people in these counties were still the people of Jizhou not long ago.
Looking at such a miserable scene, the master Bo really couldn't bear it, but he didn't dare to show it in front of He Mao, and he didn't want to go along with it, and he had to be killed one way, which was a reality that the soldiers and horses of the headquarters could not escape.
Suddenly, from a dark corner, a man in his early forties, the wound on his neck kept overflowing blood, but his eyes were extremely sad and angry with a hoe and rushed out, slamming towards He Maotian's head, losing too much blood, making his body stagger, just killing He Mao's will, making him insist on rushing up.
He Mao was stunned at first, when the seriously injured man approached, his figure avoided to the side, and he stumbled under his feet, the man suddenly fell to the ground, and the hoe in his hand flew out and landed not far away, the pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow made the man's face hideous, but the bloodshot eyes were staring at He Mao in the distance, the culprit who ordered the slaughter of the city.
He Mao stepped forward, stepped on the man's wound that was constantly spilling blood, and chuckled while stepping hard: "Who are you, you actually have the courage to attack this general?" ”
"Lao Tzu is the one who took your head, ah~!" Blood continued to spill out, and the intense pain made the man nearly pass out.
He Mao took off the sword, the blade of the sword was aimed at the man's stamina, and slowly stabbed in, the rich blood continued to overflow, and soon the seriously injured man was motionless, He Mao took advantage of the situation to cut off the head, lifted the head dripping blood and handed it to the lord Bo and chuckled: "Another military achievement." ”
Seeing that He Mao stepped forward and ordered his soldiers to slaughter the remnants of the people as soon as possible, the lord Bo stepped forward and said loudly: "My lord! ”
"You came just in time, immediately report to the lord in an urgent manner!" He Mao thought for a while and continued: "Our army killed 3,000 cavalry troops in Qin County, and the rest fled in embarrassment. ”
Just after He Mao led his troops and horses to quickly clean up the slaughter site, Gao Ran and Wang Mo led 8,000 troops to come slowly, and the ruins everywhere were in a mess, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, as if they had experienced a bloody battle.
"General Gao has worked hard all the way." He Mao hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"General He has worked hard, I don't know how the battle is going?" Although Gao Ran is the commander-in-chief, he is still quite polite to the pioneer He Mao, although he is a little disgusted with He Mao.
In fact, before sending out the troops, he personally explained, be careful of the Xiao cavalry counterattack, there are nearly 20,000 Xiao cavalry here, although Gongsun Yi is dead and morale is low, but the Xiao cavalry of the Hundred Battles Division does not dare to underestimate, the battlefield is not the time to talk about character, you must be sincere and united, it is possible to defeat the Xiao cavalry.
Although Gao Ran was depressed under Han Fu, he also led the troops all the year round, and he still understood the truth of being careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and he kept a clear mind for the generals at all times, and was confused by the battle situation and illusions, and he was not far from defeat.
"General Yugao, although he encountered the stubborn resistance of the Xiao cavalry army, thanks to the soldiers' lives, the last general was fortunate to take Qin County without humiliation, the Xiao cavalry army has no will to fight, and fled in a hurry after the city was breached!"
"General He's strength to break through Qin County can be described as a great achievement, and this commander should be clear to the lord!"
"Thank you, my lord, the house has been prepared, and please follow the end of the world."
Gao Ran ordered Wang Mo, who was full of jealousy on the side: "General Wang, immediately order the whole army to set up camp, and continue to pursue the Xiao cavalry early tomorrow morning, and the defense must not be relaxed, beware of the Xiao cavalry sneak attack at night!" ”
"No, sir." Although he was very jealous of He Mao, who made him not a pioneer, he hugged his fists and went away.