Chapter 197: Words retreat from the thief, the wrath of the Son of Heaven
When he heard the words that Master Zhang was dead, the already chaotic scene suddenly became quiet, and even a cavalryman on a horse was killed and injured by Wang Tong's men.
There was also obvious confusion among the foot soldiers in other directions, and there were loud shouts from the leaders everywhere to suppress their positions, but the next shout of "Come back to the camp" made them even more panicked.
Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Tong and his men finally gathered together, and while the opposing cavalry was panicking, they rushed towards the nearest group of foot soldiers.
No one came out of the inside of the car array, but someone kept shouting those two sentences loudly, Wang Tong's twenty or so horses were already hung up, Ma Sanbiao's left arm was brought down by a sharp blade, the cotton clothes were torn into a big hole, and there were blood oozing out.
Wang Tong raised the saber in his hand and shouted loudly:
"Their leader has been beheaded, and the reinforcements from Xianghe County and Tongzhou will arrive, and when the time comes, we will kill these rebellious generals, and everyone will be rewarded!"
The weather was very dry, and Wang Tong's throat was already sore because of nervousness in the battle, but he still shouted loudly at the top of his throat, but Tan Jiang immediately understood what he meant, and shouted:
"Reinforcements are coming!!"
The team that looked at some rules just now finally couldn't be controlled, and the leaders who were loudly maintaining order were also looking left and right in panic, taking advantage of this gap, Wang Tong's cavalry slammed in.
In fact, there was no fierce battle with white-knuckle fighting, and as soon as the cavalry rushed, the thieves who had been panicked immediately broke up and ran towards the outer circle.
Wang Tong didn't want to chase the deserters at all, but hit the horse's belly hard with the soles of his boots, urging the horses to continue to rush to another team, these masked thieves "Master Zhang was killed", "Reinforcements are coming" and "Come back to the camp" These three sentences made them impetuous, panicked.
Wang Tong's cavalry team almost encountered little resistance, and they broke the four squares one after another, and if they were killed, they killed less than ten routed soldiers, and most of them scattered and fled.
When turning to the front, Wang Tong and the others stopped their horses, waiting for the horse thieves who followed them around the circle to catch up, staying in the middle of the car formation, and the Zhuang guests with bows and arrows also climbed up to the goods pile on the front side under the command of Li Tao, and it was most convenient to shoot condescendingly......
The horse thieves who were chasing behind saw their companions who were scattering and fleeing and the archers who were outcropping in the car, and the few people led by them talked to each other a few words, and went over to pick up the bodies of the two people who were shot by Wang Tong over there, and went straight along the official road and left.
The sun had finally set, and the slowest thief had disappeared from view, and the entire convoy erupted in cheers after the man on top of the cart of cargo told everyone the news in a hoarse voice.
Wang Tong grabbed the snow that was not soiled on the side of the road, rubbed a few handfuls on his face, shook his head, and shouted at Zhang Shiqiang:
"Arrange for someone to go out to get some rabbits or something, boil water in it, clean and bandage people's wounds, and let's camp on the spot if we don't leave tonight."
The frightened women hurriedly lit a fire and boiled water there, and began to prepare the dinner for the night, although the family members and teenagers in the inner circle were very nervous, they did not go outside to participate in this battle, but looked elated, Li Hutou did not care that his face was red from the cold, and came over and asked curiously:
"Brother Wang, the new gang of thieves obviously look more powerful than the first time, why did they panic after shouting a few words, what method are you using?"
Wang Tong's heart had gradually relaxed, and he looked at Tan Jiang who came over with a smile, and said:
"Tiger head, the behavior of these people is clearly trained in the army, and those weapons are also the standard in the army, it must be the nearby soldiers and horses masked around to rob and kill, first find their leader and kill them, they don't have a leader to panic, and then shout this back to the camp, let them feel that we already know their identity, and at the same time say that the reinforcements are coming, so that they don't dare to stay here and kill people, let's put a little pressure, and they will disperse."
Although Li Hutou had also learned the art of war, what Wang Tong said still made him ignorant, Wang Tong just smiled and rubbed his head, and did not elaborate.
If you are more serious, this series of actions of Fang Cai Wang Tong is actually a judgment of the enemy's psychology, which involves some professional experience in his life.
In a short rush to kill and fight, Wang Tong was already a little tired, but he was not in a hurry to rest, he wiped and cleaned up the two firearms that had made great achievements, and then began to load ammunition, first tamping with a strip, and then blocking the muzzle with a roll of straw paper, which is also so that the projectile does not fall when the muzzle is down, anyway, it must be tamped with a strip before firing.
After Fang Cai's experience, General Tan's attitude towards Wang Tong has changed again, and the kind of looking down of the elders has gone a little more, and he is a little more deferential.
"Master, how do you arrange it tomorrow?"
"Wait, just camp on the spot."
Hearing Wang Tong's somewhat tired answer, Tan Jiang stepped forward with some worry and asked:
"The losses suffered by the thieves are not too great, if Ming said that he attacked like this again, our convoy would definitely not be able to resist it."
"If you really want to fight with the thief, you naturally have to leave, but that Lord Zhang is also a general at the least, and almost thirty people died, such casualties on the thieves is revenge, if a soldier and horse suddenly die so many people, is there any war, how can they explain, how dare they come out again, what we have to do is wait, wait for the guards and horses from the Beijing Division, and then set off, then it will be safe and sound."
After Wang Tong finished speaking, Tan Jiang nodded thoughtfully, and went to arrange things for the evening, before it got dark, the people who went to Xianghe County to ask for reinforcements came back, saying that the city gate had been closed when they went, and they shouted under the city, and the soldiers in the city said that there had been a large number of bandit activities recently, and they did not dare to open the door, indicating that they could only report the news.
Xianghe County's attitude, Wang Tong can't determine whether it is intentional or unintentional, it doesn't matter, as long as you defend yourself at night, even bandits will not dare to attack in this kind of darkness.
Those who herded the horses were in a hurry when they were fighting, but they had a lot of experience when they went out to hunt, and it is said that they were used to doing it around the Zhuangzi near Jingshi.
After a while, seven rabbits came back, cleaned up and put them in the pot, and the dry food and everything they had eaten on the road were also heated, and the convoy of people who had not eaten a few mouthfuls of hot food was just full of rest.
Wang Tong still looked like a half-grown child, but everyone in the camp looked at him differently, completely with a look of convincing awe.
Arrange a camp for defense, take the lead in attacking, shoot the enemy leader, and use tactics to force back the absolute superiority of the enemy, command if you are determined, calmly arranged, such Wang Tong, even if he has the face of a young man, but who dares to treat him as a child, his image does not know how tall he is.
Li Hutou needless to say, Li Tao, Sun Xin and other teenagers from the martial arts hall are even more admired, according to what they saw, whether it is the eunuch Huang Yang or the veteran Yu Dayou's martial arts courses in the martial arts hall, Wang Tong has delayed a lot, but he didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful calculation in the enemy's formation.
After gnawing on a rabbit leg and drinking a sip of hot soup, Wang Tong's exhaustion gradually came up, there should be no danger tonight, but he still arranged for duty and defense, and fell asleep next to the fire.
On the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the city gate of the Beijing division facing the east was opened early, and hundreds of cavalry galloped out of the city in full armor and headed in the direction of Tianjin Sanwei.
The soldiers and soldiers of the Five Cities guarding the city gate were all very surprised, they hadn't seen such a posture for many years, and they couldn't help but talk to each other.
".......What kind of big thing is this, actually letting the soldiers and horses of Long Xiang's left guard go over......"
Early in the morning, at the Wenyuan Pavilion, the ministers nodded and walked into the house, and now everyone is doing it very easily, and there is not so much intrigue.
Anyway, how to do it, it's all Zhang Ge's old idea, everyone lowered their eyebrows and followed along, recently there is a Yao Chi Eighteen Heavenly Girl in the Qin Pavilion of Jingshi, who is very famous, and she doesn't go out of the church, shouldn't you go over to find a private room to enjoy it.
Some people don't want to have fun, and they have a little bit of caution, but the more they do the things in the world, the more grand and lofty Zhang Gelao's reputation becomes.
A large number of hidden acres of land were found out, and all the forces in the Beijing division were more or less involved, making them disgraced, but it was beneficial and harmless for the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, the more acres of fields were investigated, and the new policy was exercised, the revenue and expenditure of the treasury would definitely skyrocket, and if the new policy was not exercised, the tax base would be so much more, and the treasury could also be filled.
Since the 30th year of Jiajing, there have not been a few years of financial prosperity like now, and this is all due to Zhang Gelao.
Emperor Wanli is also becoming more and more calm in the eyes of everyone, and his joy and anger are becoming more and more unrevealed, as if he has really grown up a lot, but the bigwigs think about it a little, it seems that this is less than a month's work, whether it is the emperor's attitude towards the city government, or the changes in the court situation, it seems that a few months or even years have passed.
Ding was worried about love, many people made trouble, and then they were either Zhishi or exiled, and some people saw the right style, now he has been promoted and developed, and the future is immeasurable, and the little emperor, who has always been obedient, is also arguing with the ministers in the court meeting, and he will not give an inch.
The situation is becoming more and more dangerous, and the emperor is gradually growing up, so everyone is caught in it and be careful, don't make it happen.
The first assistant and the second assistant arrived in turn, everyone greeted each other, and the eunuchs outside reported that the Wanli Emperor and several of the celebrant eunuchs walked in together.
Everyone saw the little emperor of Wanli walk in with a cold face, only to say that the joy and anger are invisible, which revealed the emotion, the ministers couldn't help but be surprised in their hearts, and knelt down to worship in unison, and before the ceremony was over, they heard Wanli say in a cold voice:
"Do you still think I am the Son of Heaven!??
(To be continued)