Chapter 154: Shouting and scolding
The breeze is blowing, the soft sunlight spreads on the earth, and the dew drops at the tips of the grass blades that have not yet dissipated shine with colorful luster under the sunlight.
Twenty or thirty thousand men dressed in dark clothes and carrying miscellaneous weapons in their hands marched eastward through the deep meadows. Their legs rubbed against the blades of grass, and as the leaves trembled, the dew drops turned into scattered drops of water, splashing on the ground and people's trouser legs.
On either flank, there were soldiers of the Pak Dao battalion lined up in a neat phalanx, armed with shields and swords.
On the flanks of the Pu Dao battalion, the cavalry on war horses held their heads high, carrying Pu knives, and slowly approaching the majestic horses.
Behind the men in deep clothes and almost in formation, rows of strong crossbowmen carried round shields on their backs and crossbows in their hands, straightened their waists, took neat steps, and followed forward.
The officers and soldiers of the spear battalion holding the position behind the most are the officers and soldiers of the spear battalion holding spears and lining up in a neat phalanx, with the tips of the spears pointing straight at the sky.
Zhou Cang pressed the flank formation, Dian Wei fell in the rear army to suppress the formation, and Liu Wei led his own soldiers to advance slowly at the forefront of the army.
The rising morning sun was not strong, the warm sunlight shone on Liu Wei's body, and the golden armor on his body reflected a dazzling light, as if his body was plated with a divine aura.
Facing the rising sun and approaching the east for seven or eight miles, Liu Wei saw from a distance that a black army appeared in front of them.
Guo Tai and Yang Feng were defeated in the Battle of Zhuangjiban, and although they lost many soldiers and horses, they still had more than 40,000 people under their command.
Although the White Polish army fought for several years, although they experienced hundreds of battles large and small, they had no fixed place to live, and there was no fixed place to settle down at all.
Yucheng was guarded by Hu Cai, and there were less than 20,000 defenders in the city, but there were 200,000 people living in the city for the families of the Baibo army.
If Yang Feng and Guo Tai retreated eastward, they would abandon their families and hand them all over to Liu Wei.
Mrs. Guo and Yang Feng have no way out, the only choice they can have is to fight to the death!
Facing Liu Bian's army, which was advancing eastward, Yang Feng pressed the right flank of the army, while Guo Tai's army confronted Liu Bian's army.
Leading the army towards Guo Taijun's array, Liu Wei turned his head and glanced at Yang Fengjun, who was pointing to the right flank of the army, and explained to the soldiers behind him: "Order the spear array to advance to the right flank to prevent the enemy from attacking from the right side!" ”
One of his own soldiers answered, turned his horse, and ran towards the rear.
After a while, the spear formation, which had been walking behind the most lusk, trotted towards the right flank, and soon formed a lateral march on the right flank of the army.
"Stop!" Seeing that the army with Guo Tai was only more than two hundred steps, Liu Wei raised his arm, stopped the advance of the team, and said to the soldiers behind him: "Order the strong crossbow formation, advance to the forefront of the army, and wind the crossbow arrows!" ”
"No!" Another soldier responded with his fists clenched, turned his horse's head, and rode his horse towards the strong crossbow array.
The spears on the right flank formed a neat formation, and the spears pointed straight at Yang Feng's Baibo army, which was confronting them.
The strong crossbowmen who were originally walking at the back of the queue got Liu Wei's order, quickly passed through the Yellow Turban Pawn Array in front of them, ran to the forefront of the team, lined up a neat phalanx in front, drew arrows from the quiver, put them on the crossbow, and aimed at the White Bo Army two hundred paces away.
Two hundred steps is a distance that is not close, although the strong crossbow is strong, but it is impossible to shoot so far, the strong crossbow soldiers completed the formation arrangement, Liu Wei then issued the third order: "Let the soldiers who surrendered to Cheng yesterday shout to the opposite side!" ”
Twenty or thirty thousand Baibo soldiers, under the instruction of a personal soldier, raised their voices and shouted to the Baibo army opposite: "Brothers, King Hongnong treats me very well!" We are eating and sleeping with King Hongnong, more leisurely than in the Baibo Army, hurry up and join King Hongnong, and follow His Royal Highness to kill the Xiliang Army in the future, we are all poor people, don't kill each other again! ”
The shouts came and went, and the voices were shocking. The shouts of 20,000 or 30,000 people can be imagined, and in the array of the White Polish Army on the opposite side, many Yellow Turban soldiers showed a trace of hesitation on their faces after listening to their shouts.
"They are all captives, and they should all be killed!" Seeing that the officers and soldiers under his command were shaken, Guo Taice rode back and forth in front of the Bai Bo army in his headquarters, and shouted to the Bai Bo army: "You tell those soft bones who surrendered!" Their parents, wives and children are still in Yucheng, and General Hu Cai will definitely cut off the heads of those people! ”
As soon as Mrs. Guo shouted like this, Bai Bojun, who was still a little shaken, remembered his parents, wives and children who were still in Yucheng, and his face showed the determination to fight to the death.
"Brothers who surrendered!" -for-tat with the Bai Bo army captured by Liu Wei, the Bai Bo army under Guo Tai's command also shouted loudly under the command of a Yellow Turban officer: "Don't forget, in Yucheng, there are still your parents, wives and children!" If you don't want them to be beheaded, they will turn against them immediately, and Qu Shuai will definitely not blame you and others! ”
The other party's shouts entered Liu Bianjun's array, and the faces of the Bai Bo officers and soldiers who surrendered to Cheng showed astonishment and panic.
The Yellow Turban Army under the command of Guo Tai shouted right, the entire Baibo Army's family is in Yucheng, if Hu Cai knows which people surrendered, their small heads will definitely not be able to be saved.
Standing behind the crossbow array, Liu Wei looked at Guo Taibu's Baibo army two hundred steps away, his eyes narrowed slightly.
From the words shouted by the officers and soldiers on the other side, he could hear that it was probably not so easy to ask Mrs. Guo to surrender.
Contrary to Guo Taijun, the Bai Bo Army under Yang Fengsuo on the right flank not only did not make any movement, but slightly compressed the formation after the surrender of the Bai Bo Army shouted.
"Let the officers and soldiers continue to shout!" Liu Wei shook the reins, gave an order to the soldiers behind him, and Tima walked towards the front of the strong crossbow array.
Thinking of the Bai Bo Army, who was still in Yucheng, the shouting behind him seemed very unconfident, and the two sides shouted to face off, and Liu Bianjun was the first to lose.
Seeing that the shouting prevailed, Guo Tai was quite proud in his heart, and while riding his horse in front of the Baibo army array, he waved his horsewhip and shouted to the Baibo officers and soldiers: "All louder, damn it, didn't you just eat yesterday morning?" Tired? Tear up your voice and scream at Lao Tzu! ”
At the urging of Mrs. Guo, Bai Bojun, who confronted Liu Bianjun, shouted more and more vigorously, and later, someone screamed and scolded the surrender of Cheng, saying that they had lost their family, and they didn't even want their mother and father.
The morale of the surrendered soldiers was declining sharply, and Liu Wei, who was standing at the front of the team, could feel that if this shouting continued, many of the Baibo soldiers were likely to take the risk of defecting because their families were small in Yucheng.
"Order the two wings of the Pu Dao Formation to be prepared to strictly prevent defection!" Standing at the front of the team, Liu Wei whispered to a personal soldier on the side: "But if the situation does not develop to the point of emergency, the Pu Dao battalion is not allowed to move without permission!" ”
Liu Wei ordered softly, he had been with him for some days, and the personal soldiers who knew when to keep a low profile as much as possible did not answer loudly, but just nodded, turned their horses, and quietly conveyed Liu Wei's order to the officers and soldiers of the Pudao battalion on both wings.
"Your Highness!" Just when the shouting of the two sides reached the climax, and the Baibo army of Toucheng was more and more shaken, a fast horse galloped up from behind, and the knight on horseback rode his horse and galloped, while shouting to Liu Wei: "Yucheng urgent!" The military advisor has already won Yucheng! ”
The knight who arrived was one of the soldiers who went to Yucheng with Xu Shu the night before, and when Liu Wei approached, the soldier turned over and jumped off the horse, hugged his fists and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness! The military advisor has already persuaded Hu Cai to surrender, and Guo Tai, Yang Feng, Han Xian and other family members have all been captured, and soon Guo Tai and Yang Feng's family members can be escorted to the front of the battle! ”
After listening to the words of the pro-soldier who reported it, Liu Wei raised his arm and stopped the shouting of the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers didn't have much strength to shout, but when they saw Liu Wei raise his arm, they all stopped shouting.
The shouts behind him gradually subsided, and between the two sides of the confrontation, only the shouts of the officers and soldiers of Baibo on the opposite side were still wafting in the air.
Liu Bianle turned his horse, and the strong crossbow array standing behind him immediately split to both sides, making way for him to make a wide passage.
Following the passage of the strong crossbow array, Liu Wei looked at the scattered formation, and one by one the soldiers who seemed very unenergetic, and shouted to them: "Tell the soldiers a good news!" The military advisor has already persuaded Hu Caina to surrender, Yucheng is ours! ”
The Bai Bo army on the opposite side was still shouting loudly, although Liu Wei shouted with all his strength, his voice was still covered by the shouts of the Bai Bo army on the other side.
The soldier standing at the front of the queue barely heard Liu Wei's shouting, but he was still a little afraid that it would not be true. A few grumpy soldiers were upset by the shouting of Bai Bojun on the opposite side, and they didn't care about Liu Wei standing in front of them, jumping to the opposite Bai Bojun and scolding: "Can you fucking close your beak, Lao Tzu's ears are about to be cocooned!" ”
Seeing that the soldiers who heard his shout showed concerned looks, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Liu Wei's mouth, and he whispered an order to the soldiers beside him.
More than a dozen pro-soldiers responded with their fists, lifted the reins, rode into the queue of soldiers, and shouted at the top of their voices as they walked: "Brothers, listen up, the military advisor has already persuaded Hu Cai to surrender!" Yucheng is ours! It won't be long before Yang Feng and Mrs. Guo's family members will be tied up and sent to the front of the battle, and the brothers' families are already fine, but the heads of Mrs. Guo's family members may not be able to be saved. ”
The pro-soldiers rode their horses and shouted these words in the array of descendants, and the shouts of more than a dozen people must have been much louder than the voice of Liu Wei alone, it didn't matter for long, all the soldiers heard what they shouted.
The twenty or thirty thousand soldiers were silent for a moment, and then, I don't know who it was, they raised their weapons high and shouted: "Long live King Hongnong!" ”
A shout caused a chain reaction of all the descendants, and for a while, the shout of "Long live King Hongnong" actually covered the shouts of the Bai Bojun on the opposite side, and almost even the clouds in the sky stopped flowing.
Liu Bianjun's Bai Bojun had no confidence in shouting before, but now he suddenly broke out with such an earth-shattering roar, which shocked Guo Taibu and Bai Bojun on the opposite side.