342 The key is food

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I'm going to work overtime tonight, and the second chapter update may not be until around 23:00.

The county seat of Fugu is built on a hill near the Yellow River, facing the Yellow River and cliffs on both sides, and only the west and south sides can enter and exit. All the rogues are also stationed in these two directions.

The western side is flatter and the southern side is steeper. Wang Jiayin's elite was deployed in the west, and the charge launched by the Heavenly Army was also in the west.

The heavy cavalry of the heavenly army pierced all obstacles that stood in its way like the sharpest spears. It is like a rolling iron stream, which unstoppably washes away anything that stands in its way.

Of the thieves who bore the brunt of the attack, few of them were basically calm, and they all ran around. Some of them ran dizzily until they reached the city wall of Fugu, only to find that there was no way out.

However, the Ming army at the head of the city did not attack, but just watched the chaos outside the city in amazement.

There are also thieves who fled to the south, and if one was not careful, he fell off the hill in a hurry, and there was basically no chance of survival.

The heavy cavalry did not chase south, after all, the descent was not easy. But the heavy cavalry was followed by light cavalry, or rather, the heavenly army was all light cavalry except for one company of heavy cavalry. Among them, the regiment led by Liu Daneng was a real cavalry, and immediately crossed the heavy cavalry, and pursued to the south while harvesting the elite of the thieves.

And Hu Hansan led most of the cavalry infantry troops, of course, they can be jumped out to accompany Hu Guang to the pass, at least the cavalry skills of these infantry troops are also passable.

They had been ordered in advance to form a semicircle around the ordinary thieves who had fled in all directions, after destroying the elite of the thieves.

They're not fast. did not press the elite of the thieves with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai like a group, but slowly moved forward, and at the same time shouted loudly: "We are called the heavenly army, lay down our weapons, and those who surrender on their knees will not be killed!" ”

Hu Guang watched all this from the hill in the distance, with only his own guards and a cavalry platoon around to protect him. But that's enough. There is no danger. In addition, the artillery battery was not dispatched, and in this case, it was clear that they were useless.

Although the result of this raid was not unexpected, destroying the main force of the thieves in one fell swoop, it was a big victory in the blink of an eye. However, Hu Guang's brows kept frowning, obviously thoughtful.

Wang Heizi was already the commander of the gendarmerie company in the base area, and was responsible for military discipline in the base area, but he did not follow him this time. But Li Dingguo was by his side. Seeing the chief's thoughtful look, he was a little puzzled, so he asked out loud: "Chief, we won neatly, what are you still worried about?" ”

An Gui on the side has always been attracted by the situation on the battlefield, and secretly rejoiced in the invincibility of the heavenly army. At this time, when he heard Li Dingguo speak, he immediately turned his head to look, only to find that Hu Guang was not smiling.

He was also a little curious. shifted his attention from the battlefield and fell on Hu Guang.

Hu Guang pointed to a large area outside the county seat of Fugu. From west to south, the voice replied a little heavily: "You see, these ordinary thieves are the ones we want to rescue. But I didn't expect there to be so many! ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he immediately understood what Hu Guang meant. He immediately confirmed: "Chief, are you saying that we don't have enough food to eat?" ”

When Hu Guang heard this, he turned his head and glanced at him, yes, he had a high level of understanding. He nodded. His eyes looked back at the battlefield, and he said: "Yes, there are so many people, to take them back to the base area, the food to be consumed along the way is not a small amount. ”

At this point, he paused, then pointed to a place and said, "There is the thief's grain and grass, which we have captured, but the quantity may only last a few days." Counting the materials in Fugu City, I'm afraid it's still enough. ”

Hu Guang's eyes looked at the head of Fugu City, and he shook his head again and said: "Our siege has lost its concealment, and whether we can get the food in this city is a matter of words!" ”

Li Dingguo didn't know what to do about this food problem at a young age, so he had to turn his head to look at the battlefield where the situation had been controlled by the Heavenly Army.

An Gui listened to it on the side, opened his mouth to speak, and wanted to say that since there is not so much food, it is better not to bring so many people.

But he immediately remembered the content of the party program that Li Dingguo had been teaching him these days, and remembered the chief's usual way of behaving in the world, so he immediately shut his mouth.

Now that the chief has saved them, it is impossible to give up some of them. Otherwise, those who are abandoned, without food, will definitely starve to death.

I remembered that after entering the customs, I came all the way and saw that the fields I saw were basically dry and cracked. An Gui couldn't help but sigh in his heart, forget it, the problem of food is a headache for the chief, he can't help it.

On the battlefield, most of the ordinary thieves who scattered and ran had been caught by the soldiers of the Heavenly Army. These ordinary thieves were basically coerced by Wang Jiayin and others in the western part of Shaanxi, so they had never heard of the reputation of being called the Heavenly Army. At this time, it is impossible to say that you are not afraid.

Especially when they saw the knights on horseback, many of whom were Mongols, they remembered that every year when the Mongols entered the customs, they were burning, killing and looting, and they were extremely worried about their fate.

However, none of them expected that the Mongols they saw in front of them would be very different from their impressions. When I faced them, I didn't have the evil spirit in my impression. Not to mention the pleasant color, but it's not a fierce and evil look.

There are even some Mongols who can speak a little Chinese, and they are still saying some unbelievable words to them: "Surrender or kill, we call the Heavenly Army to be the people's own team, and we are here to save you!" ”

It's normal for them to be so strange, although the people they see are the same Mongols, but when the people who lead them are different, they may be two different people.

In the past, the Mongols, under the leadership of their patriarch and others, entered the customs to grab survival materials, and it was normal for them to be as vicious as demons;

At present, the same group of Mongols, with Hu Guang with them, can also make them change their evil ways and release the good side of their hearts.

Under the threat of force and sincere advice, it didn't take long for the ordinary thieves to stop fleeing and resisting, and obediently accepted the arrangement to call the soldiers of the Heavenly Army.

When the panic passed, they all resigned themselves to their fate. Anyway, following Wang Jiayin's team, it was originally a dead word, and now this is called the attitude of the Heavenly Army towards his own people, I don't know how much better than Wang Jiayin and them, so let's do it, it can't be a worse fate!

As soon as the battlefield was under control, Hu Guang immediately ordered a fire to be lit and cooked. Because he saw that there were many ordinary thieves who had fallen to the ground with hunger after such a toss, and they didn't even have the strength to stand.

The Ming army at the head of the city only came to their senses at this time. The guerrilla Zhang Dafu's face turned pale, but he didn't expect it to be a more powerful heavenly army.

In despair, he ordered with a hideous face: "Go, guard the food in the city, and if the city gate is breached, set fire to the food for me!" (To be continued......)