Chapter 20: Changes in the Script (5)
Time does not stop, slowly sliding towards the third watch. There are so many camps of the Liao army all over the fields, some of them have quieted down, and some are still making all-night drinks.
Except for one of the old and weak women and children of the rebellious army who were attached to the camps, the others were already wrapped in rags and snuggled up to each other and fell asleep. In the wilderness, only the crackling and crackling of dead branches in the campfire could be heard.
The men and horses who patrolled the night vigil in the camps were also tired, and they looked for a shelter to hide from the wind. Or look at the still brightly lit village with envy. I don't know what tomorrow will look like, and who knows if I will live until the next night. The guy who didn't get the shift like this has a good life, and he enjoyed one more day
In the camps everywhere, even if the vigilance is lax, there are still people on duty to beat the drum. In the camps everywhere, the sound of beating the third watch finally sounded, and these sounds startled some old and weak people outside the camp, they rubbed their eyes, rubbed their cold bodies, and fell asleep again numbly.
At this moment, in this wilderness, in the three camps, there was a sudden and unanimous noise, and this shouting and whistling sound rushed straight into the sky, and no one could tell what these shouts were talking about. It's just like squeezing out of the chests of people who have lived in troubled times, the kind of desperate but fierce and crazy cry in the face of harsh providence
The light of the fire then rose up, illuminating the four fields in a clear light. The half-asleep people in the surrounding wilderness were awakened, leaning close to each other in fear, staring blankly at the sight of each other. Before they could fully react to what was going on, they saw several doors of the camp open, and teams of frantic soldiers and horses, waving the blades in their hands and rushing out, some of the men and horses couldn't wait to rush out of the gate, and directly knocked down the unreliable fence and poured out. The men and horses who poured out were all red-eyed, and they slashed down with their blades at the awakened crowd, and threw torches everywhere, and the camp was already on fire, and many people were also on fire, screaming and rolling around. Blood and light burst out in all directions, and the impact of the war horse trampled the old and weak women and children who were powerless to struggle, and in just a moment, I don't know how many people have lost their lives
The frenzy spread rapidly, and the scattered army all over the mountains, the old and weak women and children who were being coerced, cried and struggled from the fire, and scurried around like headless flies. It spreads outward from the center of several camps. Constant death drove them from behind, sending dense crowds of people crashing into the camps in all directions, huddled together, trampled on each other, and even attacked each other, all trying to escape the frenzy behind them. But it made this panicked crowd even more irrational.
The crowd was no longer driven away, but spontaneously crashed into other camps. Before some camps could react, they had already been pushed down by the frenzied crowd and swarmed in. Every gap, I don't know how many creatures have been trampled into the ground, these frenzied crowds have forgotten what they are running away from, and they have flocked into the camps, and they have also begun to kill people and set fires, and they have also begun to trample on themselves. The half-drunk Qu Shuai and their henchmen were pulled out of the tent, and in an instant, countless hands and countless blades and stones stretched out, turning them into flesh in the blink of an eye. The fire rises everywhere, and it has become a prairie fire in a short time, reflecting the surrounding qiē, if anyone can watch from the clouds, they can find that this land has become a hell on earth
Some of the camps were more heavily guarded, and some of them who had served in the Liao army and horses immediately reacted that this was the camp that the camp was most worried and afraid of when the army was outside
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In this era, military law is strict, and soldiers are also the most insignificant things. In the barracks, except for those generals who led the army, almost everyone had a depression in their hearts. Even at night, when a person shouts wildly, it will cause all the qiē attacks in the camp, and they will immediately infect each other. In such a situation, people lose their minds, trample on each other, fight each other, and destroy what they see in front of them. Tear all the qiē to shreds and turn them into ashes
Therefore in the army, every night. It's all heavily guarded. Not only to defend against the enemy, but also to defend oneself. Some people left their lodging places and went into other military tents, and they were immediately beheaded. Some people shouted in surprise, and the people patrolling the camp took it, and they also set up knife carts and deer bars to cut off the road at various intersections. It is just in case of a camp roar, one place gets out of control, and the rest can be controlled, so that the whole army will not collapse with it. The leading generals have to patrol the camp every night, why is this, also to prevent the camp from roaring, who has grievances and rumors, and does not hesitate to take it down and cut it immediately.
The regular army was so heavily guarded that camp roars often inevitably occurred. Not to mention the so-called Fuliao army, the battalion numbers are messy, the command is weak, the armies are mixed, and there are many unrestrained old and weak women and children with the army. In troubled times, everyone's hearts are full of fear, this camp roar is more likely to happen, and once it happens, the destructive power is doubled
Dong Dalang turned sideways in the army and discovered at a glance the weakness of this so-called Fuliao army's amazing momentum. There were elite soldiers attacking it, and one battalion was scattered, and the other battalions were immediately driven to collapse. He trampled himself to the ground. This is also why Xiao Yan is not afraid of how huge the momentum of the Fuliao Army launched by himself is, as long as five thousand elite horses are in hand, they can be swept away at any time. And once he is about to have a seizure, it will be a move to capture the thief and capture the king, and Yelu Dashi, the commander of the Fuliao army, will be able to become his prisoner immediately, and not many people will be able to completely clean up the situation by then.
This is also the reason why the old breed dares to sit in Yanjing City and stir up the wind and rain outside.
In a frenzied chaos and self-slaughter. In the midst of the three chaotic camps, a group of men and horses had been killed, and these men and horses were fully equipped as far as possible, half of them had horses, and half of them followed in foot. Everyone was holding or carrying long and short blades, and went straight to the direction of the old camp of the Chinese army.
The camp was in the back of the fire, and the frenzied killing was in the front. All of them reflected these centaurs as if they had crawled out of hell. The first man, Scarface rode his horse, carried a spear, and the light of the fire shone on him as if he were covered with blood
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In the old camp of the Chinese army, Tang Huai heard the sound outside for the first time.
It's not that he is deliberately low-key, but that he is originally this character.
He doesn't deal with people, he can't speak, he just doubles his silence. In the past, he believed in Yue Fei wholeheartedly, and he would do whatever Yue Fei asked him to do. Now that Xiao Yan has changed, he will do whatever Xiao Yan asks him to do.
I have to say that Tang Huai is a flawed guy, he has no emotional intelligence and a tendon, and his appearance is not very pleasing. But no matter what things are explained to him, it is very reassuring. No matter how trivial the details, he also kept a tight eye on them.
Han Shizhong once said with a smile to Yue Fei: "Pengju, your brothers, Niu Gao is rude, he is in the barracks all day long, and he would rather mess with the soldiers than participate in the military meeting, and he doesn't want to think about what his identity is now?" Whatever position he goes, he will do anything, but he doesn't know at all, or a child's temperament Wang Gui looks too honest and honest, and he has no official authority at all, so it's more normal to show that little white face............ As for that Tang Huai, Lao Han looked at him with some hairy and boring things, as long as he explained it, he would do it with a focused expression, but it was difficult to deal with people a little bit Brother Tang, isn't there anything wrong with his mind? Xiao Xuanzan wants to promote all of you henchmen, but it is several times more difficult than others............ It's also not good for Xiao Xuanzan's life."
Tang Huai has also been conscientious and conscientious, living up to Xiao Yan's trust. It wasn't until tonight that Tang Huai encountered the biggest change in his life
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He didn't care if it was ugly or not, he slept in Zhen Liuchen's tent at night, making a bunk on the ground. There is no consciousness of being a general of the first army. I have to wake up five or six times a night, and lie on the bunk with one eye open. When the whistling sound came outside, Zhen Liuchen was already asleep, and it was rare to be woken up for a while. Tang Huai got up in one fell swoop, and pulled Zhen Liuchen up from the couch as soon as he could.
Zhen Liuchen was awakened by him, staring at him and not knowing what to say, plus he was a little angry when he got up, and suddenly said angrily: "Straight lady thief, you have become a prisoner and let you rub it, and you don't feel that you can sleep well, but today you are going to kill my mouth?" That's it, I frowned, I was raised by the surname Xiao."
Tang Huai ignored him, and beckoned the mink hats on duty outside the tent to guard: "Come in, see that he has a slight abnormal movement, just do it"
The mink hats all entered in response to the call, and the swords came out together, and the regiment resisted Zhen Liuchen. At this time, everyone noticed the sound of the firelight whistling outside, even the angry Zhen Liuchen. Those mink hats all looked at each other, Zhen Liuchen sat cross-legged on the couch, distinguished, and sneered: "Ying Xiao"
The surrounding mink hats all knew what was going on with Ying Xiao, and a layer of sweat suddenly oozed from their foreheads, and everyone looked at Tang Huai. Tang Huai's expression was blank, and no one knew if he wanted to understand what was going on with this Ying Xiao. After a pause, he nodded at the mink guards: "Look close, I'll go out and take a look."
After giving the order, Tang Huai strode out, and outside the tent, everyone in the small old camp of the Chinese army was alarmed. Alone and in danger, no one is awake when they don't sleep. At this time, they all hung up neatly out of the tent, and on the wall, there were already people on duty, Tang Huai ignored it, strode up to the wall, looked at the flames rising into the sky in the distance, and looked at all the chaotic scenes in front of him, and the crying was earth-shattering, sweeping in, making everyone on the wall seem to be a little unfooted. All kinds of garrison equipment were busy being transported forward by the men and horses under his command, and everyone had an indescribable solemn look on their faces
A mink hat stood beside Tang Huai and pointed to the distance: "General, the camp roared from the middle and quickly spread in all directions. The chaos has already started, and filling people in is wrapped up in death. The whole army guards the old camp, no matter who comes over, they will greet with bows and arrows, and wait until dawn to clean up the situation............ Straight lady thief, after a night of chaos, I don't know how many people are left, whether it is enough to cross the Gaoliang River and go straight to the south of Yanjing, how can I encounter such a thing"
Tang Huaimu groaned with a deep face. Turn around and go. This mink hat was all headed, but he didn't expect Tang Huai to make a decision after a glance, and he was stunned for a while.
There are two kinds of people in this world who make the fastest decisions, one is that the cleverness has changed to the extreme, and when it happens, it can be calculated clearly and made immediately. One is simple-minded, and what is the command you received at the beginning, you just do what you do. Just like Tang Huai.
He walked down the wall, pressed his sword and ran back to the tent where Zhen Liuchen was, waved his hand to the guards who watched Zhen Liuchen and ordered: "Protect him, get on the horse, and go to suppress the three hundred people in this camp Xiao Lao Camp, one hundred people will stay in the camp, and the remaining two hundred will be transferred out and obey orders."
Zhen Liuchen stared at him in surprise: "It's like this outside, it's most important to guard your own camp, can you calm this mess?" When it is dawn, it will naturally stop and clean up the situation."
Tang Huai shook his head, waved his hand and asked those mink hats to guard to give orders, and personally escorted Zhen Liuchen out of the tent: "Xuanzan let me control this military horse, and let as few people die as possible." There were many deaths, one was to violate the military order of Xuanzan, and the other was that they did not have enough strength to go straight to the south of Yanjing, so they had to act in the battalion. ”
He said so many words for the first time, which can be regarded as a clear explanation of his completely uncomplicated decision-making process. Zhen Liuchen just looked at Tang Huai in surprise, slightly moved: "Xuanzan let fewer people die?" ”
Tang Huai nodded, at this time, the mink hat guards had already brought Zhen Liuchen over. The rest of the people were already in the camp to give orders and dispatch military horses. Although everyone was a little confused, they all silently obeyed the order.
Zhen Liuchen sneered at Tang Huai while draped: "You Xiao Xuanzan is kind."
Tang Huai shook his head: "I don't know if Xiao Xuanzan is kind, this is a military order, so I will do it." ”
Zhen Liuchen sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter if he is true or not, it is a mercy to us Yanmin" I don't know if it was a big change, when I escorted the little mute, I watched God play with the world like this, and then watched the eldest lady suffer like this. Zhen Liuchen, a fierce and fierce former general of the Changsheng Army, who never took life and death seriously, is now a little unexpectedly unable to look down on the dead. This thief, God, must give the world a way to live? Why do we have to put everyone on top of the kettle and let the world suffer like this?
In a blink of an eye, he had finished putting it on with the help of the mink hat guards, looked at Tang Huai and said coldly: "There is such a big chaos outside, go out under the guise of my signboard, aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of the chaos?" ”
Tang Huai's expression was still wooden: "Xiao Xuanzan's military order, to have fewer dead people, to watch you closely." I've done it all. ”
Zhen Liuchen laughed violently, stretched out his hand and asked the mink hat to guard the blade. The mink hat guards looked at Tang Huai, Tang Huai looked at Zhen Liuchen and nodded. The mink hat was personally guarded and took a horse lance and handed it to Zhen Liuchen, Zhen Liuchen laughed: "Killing people and setting fires all day long, when it becomes fish and meat in the hands of others, it is going to save people's lives, this straight thief God, it's not such a trick on people."
The shouts and cries outside shook the earth, and the firelight rose higher and higher, reflecting every one in the old camp. Zhen Liuchen and Tang Huai had already turned over and mounted their horses, and the two hundred knights behind them also got on their horses, and there were already those who stayed behind to open the camp gate, put down the drawbridge path, and a group of people rushed out, facing the frenzied crowd in front
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In the wilderness, there is already a Shura killing field.
A camp of Qu Shuai, struggling to support in the frenzied crowd. Originally, their camps were set up so-so. The trench was hastily dug for a while, but it was only half a man deep. The fence is also sparsely rooted, and there are no defensive facilities on the wall. In the midst of the chaos, there is no tomorrow today, and what you have plundered today, just enjoy yourself. What do you do with that hard work and camp every day? Set up camp, and it doesn't necessarily mean that your life will be saved for a few more days
The madness caused by the camp roar finally spread here, and countless people rushed down the trench and were trampled under their feet. And these red-eyed people, whether they were sturdy men or old and weak women and children, wielding the messy blades and weapons in their hands, were pushed by the crowd of people coming from behind, crossed the trench, and crashed into the fence.
This Qu Shuai is a little more vigilant, and before the battalion Xiaobo arrives here, he has already led his henchmen to prepare and guard the wall. The crowd swept over, and they fired several rounds of feather arrows, like raindrops falling on the tide, and they could not see what it could do. The crowd hit the fence fiercely, and the fence suddenly loosened, and many places were suddenly hit by this huge momentum, and the gap was opened at once
Dozens or hundreds of spears stretched out from the gap, stabbing desperately down from the wall that had not yet toppled over. But the fallen man hung on the spear, and the guards on the wall who could not even fall down were also mad, and when the spears broke, they threw them down with whatever they had at hand, and the guards at the gap pushed up the cart, and brought in earth and stones, and piled up obstacles behind them, and then the spearmen stood behind the obstacles and stabbed desperately. At this time, nothing is useless, as long as this crowd sweeps in, everyone will only have the fate of no top
Although everyone was desperately resisting, there were too many people pouring in, too dense. In an instant, almost all of the fences were torn down. The guards on the wall were either trampled under their feet or turned around and ran backwards, hoping to run through the crazy waves, and countless torches were thrown out of the crowd and landed all over the camp, and everywhere the flames rose.
Those who escaped from the front with their lives found that there was no way to retreat, and the crowd had already spread from both sides of the camp, sweeping up more people and surrounding the front and back of the camp. The Qu Shuai was covered in blood, and stopped in the firelight of the sky with a smile: "I entered the mother, but I didn't expect me to die in this way, and I didn't even see Yanjing City."
He was so preoccupied with death that he didn't even hear another shout outside. However, these shouts are so faint that it is normal for them to be drowned out by the sound of the crowd. However, only a few hundred people were shouting in a desperate voice: "Marshal Zhen is here, the armies are calm, Marshal Zhen is here, the armies are calm."
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Outside the crowd, at this time there were only one or two hundred knights, divided into two teams, walking on both sides of this huge wave of people. Zhen Liuchen and Tang Huai were in one of the teams. They led the knights around the frenzied tide and walked in the opposite direction of their wings. Constantly leading people into the crowd.
The crowd is dense in the middle and sparse on both sides, and as long as they don't rush too deep, there is still room for movement. Each time he rushed in, he only took a few dozen steps, and under the leadership of Zhen Liuchen, he turned around and cut out hundreds of people. Drove them out of the brigade with horses, lances, and spears. Once the people were out of the way, they were finally able to sober up, and when they stumbled aside, it seemed that the hoarse cries of the knights were heard. The crowd of people who survived the catastrophe sat on the ground, looking at the people in front of them, all of them at a loss. What is going on, how did it become like this?
In front of him, the knight held high the banner of Zhen Liuchen's marshal, kept circling his horse and went back, rushed into the crowd, and then stripped hundreds of people out as before. After repeated more than ten impacts, the men and horses were already out of breath and exhausted. But five or six thousand people managed to escape the chaotic crowd and disperse on both sides.
All the people who were coerced and rushed by the camp roared were about forty or fifty thousand, both old and weak. After a frenzy, there are already more than 10,000 topless, and now there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people who are still galloping, and there are five or six thousand less, and they have suddenly loosened a lot. The people in front didn't feel the momentum behind them as great as before, and gradually slowed down. The men and horses who had been cut off and breathed for a while shouted with the knights, and the cry was no longer faint and insignificant. In the huge crowd of people who don't know what to call the crying and whistling, it has gradually been distinguished.
The huge momentum, the dense crowd, gradually stopped rolling forward and swept a qiē momentum, more and more people scattered from both sides, the camp in front of them has been completely flooded by the crowd, and the flames rose to the sky, but the momentum of the crowd surging forward has slowed down a lot, and the people who are behind have stopped, and they sit down in a daze. This camp roar seems to have the hope of being accused
Zhen Liuchen and Tang Huai were side by side, rushing in and out repeatedly, already out of breath. When they rushed out of the crowd again, they were both too tired to straighten up on horseback. There were no more than a dozen knights following him, and the rest of them either fell off their horses or were scattered in all directions, unable to gather for a while.
Behind him, a guard shouted loudly: "General Tang, let's take a breath and finally calm them down." Gather the team, rest the manpower and horsepower, and then rush in, and let these madmen stop before dawn."
Zhen Liuchen and Tang Huai glanced at each other, and both of them were dyed red. Rushing into the crowd, the important thing is not to stop. Once you stop and get overwhelmed by the crowd coming up behind you, it's a no-brainer. There are people in the way, only horses and guns and bayonets to cut, if you want to save people, you have to kill people first, in this world, saving people and killing people has become a kind of thing that is a little unclear.
Zhen Liuchen gasped and said with a smile: "The surname is Tang, the first time I killed someone was to save people............ Straight lady thief, can't you make it out of the unspeakable weirdness? Anyway, I'm going to take a breath, and at this time, how many more people trample each other to death, but it's not my sin."
Tang Huai also gasped heavily, slowed down his horse's speed, looked at Zhen Liuchen and nodded: "You didn't escape, it's good." ”
There was chaos just now, if Zhen Liuchen wanted to escape, and the crowd was blocked, where would Tang Huai chase him? Zhen Liuchen always stuck to Tang Huai's side and never left a step.
The guards behind them were also exhausted, and they didn't even have the strength to talk to each other. Suddenly, someone straightened up on horseback and pointed to the side: "What's that?" ”
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and even the roaring and crying could not be concealed. Zhen Liuchen and Tang Huai turned their heads, and saw a group of knights, who had already urged their horses to full speed, galloping towards their group of people behind these knights, and there were also foot soldiers following, and the scattered people who were in front of them for the rest of their lives were all knocked away. The first one, tall on horse, with a spear tucked under his arm, rushed straight like lightning
Looking at the figure of this person in the first place, Zhen Liuchen's eyes widened, as if he had seen some of the most incredible characters. couldn't help but shout: "Dong Dalang, did you create this sin?" ”
The spear-wielding knight's horse did not slow down, and laughed loudly: "Isn't it me? Zhen Liuchen, Xiao Yan's prisoners are enough, I'll save you."