Chapter 157: The White Wave Army is subdued
One side of the horse's body was splashed with blood, Yang Feng cut off Guo Tai's head, and did not immediately turn back to his own formation, but rode his horse towards Liu Wei's camp.
Hundreds of cavalry of the White Bo Army followed behind Yang Feng and rushed towards the main formation of Liu Weijun's army.
All the crossbowmen turned their bolts towards the White Polish cavalry heading towards them.
One hundred and forty or fifty steps away from Liu Wei's main formation, Yang Feng raised his arm, stopped the cavalry behind him, and rode his horse alone to the red-colored phalanx opposite.
Running from the side of the strong crossbow array, there were still thirty or forty steps away from Liu Bianjun's main formation, Yang Feng turned over and jumped off the horse, thrust the big knife in his hand into the ground, carried Guo Tai's head, and ran towards Liu Bian quickly.
Several personal soldiers pressed the hilt of their swords to meet them and blocked Yang Feng.
"General Yang, please come and speak!" Turning his head to look at the few pro-soldiers who were blocking Yang Feng, Liu Wei shouted to them.
Hearing Liu Wei's shout, several of his own soldiers took a step back and made way for Yang Feng.
Glancing at the soldiers blocking his way, Yang Feng held the head in his hand, ran quickly to Liu Wei's horse, half-knelt on the ground, held the head high with both hands, and said to Liu Wei: "Sin General Yang Feng, from today on, I am willing to follow His Highness before and after the saddle horse, and specially offer Mrs. Guo's head to show your loyalty!" ”
Yang Feng knelt in front of him, Liu Wei turned over and jumped off the horse, pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, strode in front of him, bent down and raised his hands, and said to him: "General Yang is loyal, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and he has General Yang, and this king is like a tiger with wings." Hurry up, General! ”
A personal soldier ran to the front and took Mrs. Guo's head from Yang Feng's hand, Yang Feng immediately stood up, clenched his fists and bowed, standing in front of Liu Wei very respectfully.
"Follow this king to take over Mrs. Guo's department! Class teacher, return to Yucheng! After Yang Feng got up, Liu Wei first turned his head and gave an order to Zhou Cang on the side, and then said to Yang Feng: "The army returns to Yucheng, please General Yang!" ”
"No!" Zhou Cang and Yang Feng bowed and clenched their fists in response, Yang Feng turned and trotted towards his mount, while Zhou Cang stood aside with a big knife in his hand, waiting for Liu Wei.
As soon as Liu Wei jumped on horseback, Zhou Cang on the side waved his hand towards the right-wing Pu Dao Formation, and shouted loudly: "The right-wing Pu Dao Battalion, escort His Highness with General Ben, and go to take over the Baibo Army under Guo Taisuo!" ”
"Your Highness is mighty!" The officers and soldiers of the Pudao battalion on the right wing first let out a shout in unison, and then quickly stepped out of the ranks, forming a neat phalanx, waiting for Liu Wei and Zhou Cang.
Riding his horse out of the array, Liu Wei walked towards the original Guo Taibu Bai Bojun who was more than two hundred steps away from the opposite side. Zhou Cang rode a horse and followed his flank, and behind them, more than 100 Liu Wei's personal soldiers rode into a small phalanx and followed closely, and then four or five thousand officers and soldiers holding shields in their left hands and Pu Dao in their right hands, like a burning flame.
More than 20,000 Bai Bo troops under Mrs. Guo watched Yang Feng cut off Mrs. Guo's head, there was no chief general in the army, and many people wanted to escape, but thinking that their parents, wives and children were still in Yucheng, they didn't dare to flee easily.
Liu Wei led the team to the opposite side with a nervous expression, not knowing whether to flee or stay, and walked towards the Bai Bo army, who had completely lost control of his fate.
Walking to a place only fifty steps away from the officers and soldiers of Bai Bo, Liu Wei raised his arm and shouted behind him: "The Pu Dao battalion is on guard, and General Zhou and his own soldiers can go with the king!" ”
Four or five thousand Pu Dao soldiers received the order, first walked a few steps on the spot, and then stomped their right foot on the ground, making a uniform sound of "pop".
Thousands of feet are stepping on the ground at the same time, and its momentum is so majestic. Although there were many of the Bai Bo troops on the opposite side, they still felt that the Pu Dao soldiers stomped their feet, and the earth almost trembled.
The officers and soldiers of the Pudao battalion stopped their pace, Liu Wei gently clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rode his horse towards the oncoming Bai Bo army, while Zhou Cang and more than 100 personal soldiers followed closely behind him, protecting him for a moment.
"Soldiers!" When he arrived at a place that was only more than ten steps away from the officers and soldiers of Bai Bo, Liu Wei restrained his war horse and shouted to the twenty or thirty thousand people in front of him: "This king knows that Yucheng has fallen into the hands of this king, and you are very worried about your family, aren't you?" ”
Twenty or thirty thousand Bai Bo officers and soldiers looked at Liu Wei vigilantly, and when he asked this sentence, everyone looked a little flustered.
"Don't worry!" Seeing that the officers and soldiers of Bai Bo were flustered, Liu Wei waved his hand at them and said to them: "This king is not a person who loves to kill, and he will not bring the grievances on the battlefield to his family!" ”
After appeasing the officers and soldiers of Bai Bo first, Liu Wei held the reins, looked around at them, nodded and said, "They are all good men!" Today, this king has the intention to recruit you and others, and he is willing to return to Yucheng with this king, and take a step forward! ”
Twenty or thirty thousand people stood in one place, and the array of the White Polish Army was very scattered, whether they took a step forward or not, they couldn't really see it.
The crowd moved slightly, and the Baibo army column advanced another step towards Liu Wei and the others.
Looking at Bai Bojun, who couldn't see the end at a glance, Liu Wei nodded, and said with a little relief in his tone: "Okay! Since you are willing to belong to this king, from today on, you will be the officers and soldiers under this king, and you will no longer be a yellow turban thief! Take off all the yellow scarves on your heads and return to Yucheng with this king! ”
When Liu Wei's words fell, the twenty or thirty thousand Baibo officers and soldiers looked at each other, looking at each other one by one, but no one immediately took off the yellow scarf on their heads.
"What are you waiting for?" Seeing that the officers and soldiers of Bai Bo were still hesitating, Zhou Cang lifted the reins, took two steps forward, and shouted at them: "This general is Zhou Cang, and he has already surrendered to His Highness!" His Royal Highness treats me like a brother, and the brothers in the army will never despise me! Today, if you don't take a clear road in front of you, don't you want to stay until the next day, be arrested by other officers and soldiers, and cut off your head to know that you will regret it? ”
Zhou Cang reported his name and surname, and the twenty or thirty thousand Bai Bo troops were all stunned. In the Yellow Turban Army, Zhou Cang's name has always been very loud, but since Zhang Liang was exterminated, he has disappeared!
Many people used to think that Zhou Cang was dead, and it wasn't until a few days ago that Liu Wei led a group of Yingchuan Yellow Turbans to fight with the Xiliang Army in Bishan, and his name spread among the Yellow Turban Army again.
Hearing that the man standing behind Liu Wei like an iron tower was Zhou Cang, many Bai Bo officers and soldiers threw their weapons on the ground, half-knelt on the ground and shouted: "I am willing to follow the king!" ”
"I want to follow the king!" The officers and soldiers of Bai Bo knelt down one after another, and at first many people looked at others in a daze, but when they saw that everyone else knelt down, they also knelt on the ground and shouted with everyone.
The black pressure pressed a white wave army kneeling in front of him, Liu Wei nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand towards Zhou Cang and said, "Yuanfu, you will lead them and follow the army to Yucheng!" ”
"No!" Zhou Cang responded with a clenched fist, waved at the officers and soldiers of Bai Bo who had just surrendered, and shouted to them: "Soldiers, return to Yucheng with this general!" ”
Speaking of returning to Yucheng, the officers and soldiers of Baibo who surrendered to Cheng shouted, stood up happily, and lined up loosely.
Recruited the Bai Bo army of the former Guo Taisuo, Liu Wei shook the reins, rode his horse and ran towards the main formation, and more than 100 personal soldiers followed closely behind him.
The Pu Dao battalion, which had previously advanced with him to the front of the White Polish Army array, also turned around and ran towards the main formation after Liu Wei.
On the way to Yucheng with his army, Liu Wei was thinking about the battle that he thought would be extremely difficult all the way.
More than 100,000 Baibo troops were almost completely recruited by Liu Wei in just two days, and even Yucheng, the current base of the Baibo army, fell into his hands.
Recalling the past and several encounters with the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Wei thought that among all the officers and soldiers he recruited, the one with the least difficulty in recruiting was the Yellow Turban Army's soldiers.
The recruitment of the common people in Dayang City and the use of the method of ration distribution difference attracted a large number of strong men to join the army, but the recruitment of the Yellow Turban Army was just a small battle and then said a few words that could let them see the future, so that they sincerely followed.
Ten years have passed since the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the first year of Zhongping, and the Yellow Turban Army has moved to various places, and the soldiers are exhausted.
The princes of all walks of life and the officials and troops directly under the imperial court have always spared no effort in exterminating the Yellow Turbans, leaving them no way to survive at all, and it is precisely because of this that the Yellow Turban Army, which is exhausted and has no desire to fight, insists on fighting and never surrenders.
Thinking of this, Liu Wei turned his head and glanced at the Bai Bo Army soldiers who were following behind the army, with disheveled clothes, torn battle armor, and even many people without armor, and the so-called weapons were only sharpened wooden thorns.
He finally understood why Xu Shu asked him to go north first, exterminate the Baibo Army, and then advance to the Bohai Sea area and cooperate with Gongsun Zhan to eliminate the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.
Rapidly growing the momentum requires a source of troops. Although the newly recruited people can be trained to become qualified warriors, it can take a considerable amount of time.
There are many wars, and all the heroes want to get a piece of the pie in the troubled times. But no one is willing to give the Yellow Turbans a way to live, who have already reached a dead end.
What Xu Shu asked Liu Wei to do was to recruit these Yellow Turban Army, who had undergone countless battles and had a lot of combat experience, but were not accepted by heroes from all walks of life, so as to quickly increase their strength.
An army of nearly 100,000 people slowly advanced towards Yucheng, and at the forefront were the soldiers and horses of Liu Bianjun's headquarters with bright clothes and bright armor, followed by the yellow scarves with tattered clothes.
After marching for about half an hour, Liu Wei saw a city faintly emerging in the distance, turned his head and shouted to the officers and soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, you say, will I wait for lunch in this wild field before entering the city, or will I enter the city and eat again?" ”
As soon as Liu Wei's shout fell, a group of officers and soldiers behind him burst into laughter, and many of them replied in a loud voice: "Yucheng is already my own family, and His Highness will enter when he says!" ”
"Good! Then speed up, don't delay going into the city to eat! Turning back to the officers and soldiers, he showed a kind smile, and Liu Wei waved his hand and shouted.
The speed of the army's advance accelerated a lot, and a Yellow Turban soldier who followed behind the soldiers and horses of Liu Wei's headquarters trotted two steps, caught up with the soldiers in front of him, and asked a soldier in a low voice: "Your Highness has always been so kind to me and other soldiers?" ”
"Don't violate military law, Your Highness is fine!" The soldier turned his head to look at the Yellow Turban Soldier who was questioning, lowered his voice in response, and then straightened up again and walked forward with standardized steps.