Chapter 150: Suppressing the Enemy
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Zhirong gave the head, the chaotic soldiers collapsed, even if a few of them resisted stubbornly, they were rushed and collapsed by the white wolf cavalry. Subsequently, Ma Han and Lu Dai divided labor and cooperated: Ma Han led the white wolf to attack the base camp set up on the south bank of Huaishui; Lü Dai erected a flag to summon the scattered former Huaiyin guards, distributed weapons, searched and killed the rebels, and at the same time organized the people to fight fires and rescue people, and restore order in Huaiyin City.
Hundreds of soldiers were left behind in the camp of the Xiapi army, plus many soldiers who had looted enough, were satisfied, and returned to the camp to enjoy the soldiers, adding up to nearly 1,000 people. Although the enemy army has many soldiers and horses, they are unguarded, taken by surprise, and unprepared for attack, and have a great chance of victory.
It's a pity that the white wolf cavalry has been rushing to kill for nearly an hour, and it is already very tired, you must know that the characteristics of the heavy armored cavalry are fierce impact, strong lethality, great destructive power, and sufficient deterrence. But the weakness is also obvious - that is, Cheng Bites Jin's three-plate axe. If you can't stand it, you will die, and if you can't stand it, he will kneel.
The heavy cavalry's consumption of people and horses is extremely alarming, and on the battlefield, whether it can rush and kill three back and forth is a problem, and it is not as good as a "three-plate axe". The heavy cavalry of the white wolf cavalry in this burning Huaiyin City, back and forth, fought intermittently for so long, the body of the group was already overdrawn, when they got the order to rest, they untied the armor, as if they were fished out of the water.
At the end of the strong crossbow, it is not enough to wear Lu Mian, and Ma Han will not take such a senseless risk with his precious heavy cavalry. For this kind of chaotic soldiers who have lost their main commander and command, it is better to outwit and increase coercion than to attack.
Ma Han first sent a herald and summoned the fleet to converge. Later, Ma Han led thirty tired white wolf warriors to board the ship to replace the twenty white wolf warriors who remained on the ship. At the same time, fifty Lou boat soldiers and twenty pawns were ordered to ride on war horses to form a cavalry formation that looked quite visually impactful.
This cavalry formation, of course, was not for fighting, but for frightening. Otherwise, except for the white wolf warriors, the rest are only sailors who can barely ride a steady horse, and they don't have to fight themselves and fall down, purely to deliver food.
Ma Han made some arrangements on the building ship and the two sills, and then led the fleet to take the waterway, and Zhou Cang led the cavalry formation to take the land route, both land and water, like two sharp arrows. Shoot at the camp of the Pi army.
At this moment, there is news of the Huaiyin City Revolution brought about by the rebels who escaped from the city in the camp of the Xiapi army, but there are different opinions about what is going on. One will say that the Huaiyin defenders are counterattacking, and the other will say that there is a fierce foreign cavalry intervening. And what makes the rebels even more frightened is that there is a terrible rumor that the prime minister is dead!
Left behind in the camp was Zhen Rong's henchman, another Sima named Zuo Yuan. He would never believe that with those soft-footed shrimp soldiers in Huaiyin City who had never fought and had never seen blood, it would be great if they could reorganize themselves to resist. I want to hurt the Prime Minister, dreaming!
It's just that the rumors are becoming more and more disturbing, and Zuo Yuan even killed a few defeated soldiers for this, and planned to disobey the order once. Without the order of the prime minister, he personally led an army to Huaiyin to find out.
However, Bu Lao Zuoyuan was dispatched, and his state minister came to see him "in person". And show him the truth.
Outside the gate of the big camp, Zhou Cangzheng was holding a three-zhang long coarse bamboo pole, and the top was hung with the head of the Liuyang Kui. With his loud and loud voice, he yelled at the camp: "Little cubs, open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this is your prime minister, and he has become a ghost under the knife of my white wolf!" Those who know each other and want to die, all put down their weapons and climb out to surrender! ”
When the rebels in the camp saw this, they all screamed.
"Sure enough, it's the prime minister!"
"The prime minister has been killed!"
"It's over, let's run with the stolen belongings and the woman."
"Are you stupid? What other women to bring? Didn't play enough, didn't you? Hurry up and pick up valuable belongings and run......"
This is Zhenrong's Xiapi soldiers, the last soldiers who were frightened by Cao Cao's second-rate Qingzhou soldiers and fled, in fact, they were not much stronger than the Guangling soldiers of the same level. If it weren't for the unpreparedness of the attack, the Taishou was killed, and the dragons were leaderless, the Xiapi soldiers might not have been able to defeat the Guangling soldiers so lightly.
And now the situation is completely reversed, it is the turn of the Xia Pi soldiers to be deliberately attacked and unprepared, the leader is killed, and the bloody head is still hanging outside the gate. Naturally, the reaction of the Guangling soldiers before was also truthfully expressed on their bodies.
Zuo Yuan, who was standing on the sentry tower, had a pale face, and he could see it clearly, it was indeed the head of the prime minister. Now, he is faced with the most difficult choice of his life: whether to gather troops to attack the enemy in the name of avenging the prime minister in order to keep this mountain of wealth, or to abandon the army and flee at the expense of his life?
The opponent is no more than a hundred horsemen, but who knows if there are ambushes? Zuo Yuan would not have thought that he could kill the prime minister with just a few hundred horsemen - of course, he didn't believe the fact that the thirty-two horsemen were the head.
And the black man outside the camp was holding the head of the prime minister, threatening and persuading him to surrender with a thunderous voice, claiming that he would only give half an hour to consider, and that it should not be outdated, and the army would step on the camp.
Many of the soldiers have quietly returned to the tent to pack up their belongings, and they have just plundered, with a lot of money in their pockets, and they are looking for a prosperous place to live and enjoy, who is willing to work hard for a boss who has died hard and has no kindness?
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Zuo Yuan, a henchman of Zhenrong, does not have the slightest desire to avenge the old master - in the face of such a huge wealth, there is nothing worth it.
Just when Zuo Yuan was in a dilemma and it was difficult to choose, he suddenly heard the trembling voice of the guard beside him: "Sima...... See...... That's ......"
The white wolf headhunter banner and red pupils fluttered high on the top of the three huge ships, and there were only a few sail sailers on board, and there were hardly any people in sight - no, just under the wolf's head banner, a military general in armor stood proudly under the banner, with his hands and arms, and looked coldly towards the camp.
Although they were far away, from Zuo Yuan down, all of them shivered.
Zuo Yuan's eyes were fixed on the boat and the sill - no one, really didn't see a soldier. However, as the ship got closer and closer, the panes of each cabin flickered from time to time with a little cold light and a piece of light, which was enough to make people's hearts sink to the bottom......
The ship had not yet docked steadily, and the first batch of deserters had already appeared in the Xiapi army camp, and soon there were second and third groups...... In the end, the whole barracks were in chaos. Countless rebels carrying large and small packages broke their own barracks and fled in swarms.
People neighed horses, bulls and mules mooed, mixed with the cries of women, the uneven distribution of spoils, the noise of fighting and grabbing, and even the sound of swords fighting......
Zhou Cang, the White Wolf Horseman, and the Lou Boatmen were all stunned. After a while, I don't know which of the Lou boat soldiers who acted as cavalry muttered: "What kind of fucking soldier is this?" He also bluffed us before...... I knew it was such a scumbag, and it would have been enough to give us a knife......"
Ma Han did not lose a single soldier and went down to the camp. Start with.
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Ma Han is not in a hurry to go to Pengcheng, some people are more anxious than him, Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Cao Bao, Mi brothers and so on. Ma Han has more important things at the moment, and that is to deal with the huge benefits that were accidentally acquired due to the mutation in Guangling.
Zhenrong was easy to kill, and the Guangling County Government was almost killed cleanly, but in the end, it was cheaper. At present, Huaiyin City can be said to be completely in the hands of Ma Han, as long as he is willing. At any time, you can recruit troops on the spot, attack in all directions, and include the whole county of Guangling in your hands.
The idea was tempting, but after much consideration. Or gave up the idea of owning the enclave. There are pros and cons to establishing a sub-base, depending on whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, or whether the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Guangling is too far away from western Liaoning, and it takes two months just to walk. If you occupy this county, you will basically be in a state of self-destruction, no matter what happens. White Wolf City can't support it. And in his capacity under Ma Hanmu, he is not qualified to appoint Taishou.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he sends another Sima here, who can he send? This person must be loyal and capable enough, and there are only three people in White Wolf City who are eligible, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Tian Yu. No matter what the horse warrior is, he can't bear to know the opponent they will face in the future, but Liu Bei! In the face of a super combination like Liu Guanzhang, these three people really can't do it. In case something goes wrong, it's too late to cry.
After weighing the pros and cons, Ma Han finally decided to give up Guangling, a piece of fat that might choke people, and return to Liaoxi with the wealth he had already received.
On April 17, Ma Han, with the help of Lu Dai, recruited more than 30 large and medium-sized ships of more than 300 hu, and loaded all the hundreds of carts of property carried by Di Rong from Xiapi onto the ship. The property plundered by Zhenrong in Huaiyin was divided into two, half of which was left for Lu Dai to distribute to the people and kept for reconstruction and aftermath, and half was the spoils of war for Ma Han, which was also loaded and transported to Liaoxi.
After this catastrophe, the people of Huaiyin were ruined, and the dead were numerous, almost every family raised flags, and every household paid tribute, and the city was full of plain water. The only thing to be thankful for is that life is still there, the homeland is still there, and a qiē can still be repeated.
After this battle, Ma Han's name of "Ten Thousand Families of Buddhas" can be regarded as completely confirmed. Many people in Guangling, Xiapi, and the East China Sea have all taken down the Buddha statues of the shrines and replaced them with tablets dedicated to Ma Han. Later, some people felt that the tablet was a little disrespectful, and the inspiration moved, so he asked someone to draw a portrait of the general, with a long beard fluttering, a majestic expression, quite similar to the appearance of Zhao Gongming in later generations, and the name of the horse was inscribed to worship it. As a result, this method was imitated by more and more people, not only in Xuzhou, but also spread to the land of Sili, Qing, Yan, and Jing Prefectures, and finally became a god.
In April of the first year of Xingping, Ma Han did not have the slightest consciousness of becoming a god, and at this moment he was like a mercenary businessman, squinting his eyes, looking at the boat of wealth that stretched for miles, full of ambition. With this huge amount of money and food security, it is enough to support an army of 10,000 foot cavalry to fight for many years, at least in the next critical year or two, he does not have to worry about having strong strength, but when the opportunity arises, there is no sufficient logistical support. Like Cao Cao, as long as he persists for a while, the fruits of victory will fall into his hands by themselves, but because of the lack of logistics, the dilemma of falling short will not appear on his horse.
In addition to money and grain, there were also some people in Xuzhou who voluntarily followed Ma Han to Liaoxi, about 3,000 people, and the commander of this huge fleet was Zhou Cang-Ma Han handed him 20 white wolf horsemen and a part of the Lou boat soldiers, and then recruited 300 new soldiers from the Liang family on the spot, issued weapons and armor, and was fully responsible for all matters related to the return voyage.
Zhou Cang was originally not very reluctant, but out of the order of the city guard, he had to obey. But Ma Han's next sentence made him willing, and he swore on his knees that he would do his best to send all the money, food, and people to Liaoxi. Just because Ma Han said: "In the face of such huge wealth, how many people in the world can not afford to disagree?" However, I trust you and believe that you will be able to shoulder this important responsibility and make this great contribution for me and for the White Wolf City to stand tall in the world in the future. ”
A thief-born character, with such an evaluation and unreserved trust from the lord, imagine how Zhou Cang could not be grateful, and he couldn't wait to dissect his heart.
In other words, any lord of the Three Kingdoms would not dare to put such a big treasure on a subordinate who had not followed long and was born in a yellow scarf. Even Liu Bei, who is the best at buying people's hearts, doesn't dare. Especially after just experiencing a crisis in people's hearts.
But the horse dares!
If you want to evaluate the top ten characters with the highest loyalty value in the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Cang can definitely enter the top three. The first loyal servant of the Three Kingdoms, as long as he is willing to submit, he will be brave all his life, if such people dare not use it boldly, you dare to use it with other people? What else can be accomplished?
Ma Han used this astonishing move to show all the subordinates of White Wolf City and to the talents who may take refuge in themselves in the future - there is no doubt about employing people, no suspicion of people, and employing people with the master, it is so capricious! (To be continued......)