Chapter 52: Temptation
More than 1,000 pieces of paper armor were divided up by the soldiers, and each returned to the various ministries satisfied, preparing for the final general mobilization.
Soon the day came for the army to start, and because of the previous experience and the strong army to suppress it, all the grain in Pingcheng County was quickly confiscated, and the people of the county town were driven to become homeless.
Soon they will become familiar with the life of the homeless people, and soon they will become part of the army of homeless people and have to work for the rebels.
Zhou Ping led a vanguard of 1,000 elite soldiers and took the lead in driving to the city of Sixian.
Originally, his original team and 300 soldiers recruited halfway, plus 500 people trained by Yang Qi, and 200 recruits, formed this 1,000-person battalion, becoming a veritable battalion general and a thousand-person household.
"Our department will first bury the pot to make food, and gather two hundred recruits to cooperate with the carpenters of the military battalion to cut down trees and make ladders!" Zhou Ping swaggered and shouted under the city.
"No!"
The county magistrate of Si County looked at these thieves with a worried face, and the county lieutenant looked even more nervous, and the local battalion officers and soldiers guarding this place were like facing a great enemy.
Compared with the nervous officers and soldiers of Si County, Zhou Ping and the others swaggered outside the city and began to bury the pot and cook, without taking the enemies of Si County into account at all.
"Lord County Commander, the number of thieves is not large, there is no cavalry, it should be just a vanguard force."
The county's 100 households looked at Zhou Ping, who was cutting down trees and burying pots to make rice, and his tense nerves relaxed a little.
Although the county commander of Si County is only a civil official, he is not a cowardly person, and he has personally commanded the siege of Si County's defense against thieves.
"You lead the cavalry to rush and test the reality of the thief army." The county commander commanded.
"No!"
After loudly agreeing to the promise, the head of the 100 households of the Xuanxian battalion immediately kicked down the city tower.
A moment later, the east gate of Si County suddenly opened, and a team of more than 100 cavalry rushed out of the city with murderous spirits, and rushed straight to Zhou Ping's army.
"Senhe-sama, the enemy is out of the city!"
Seeing that the defenders of Si County did not defend the city, but took the initiative to attack, Zhou Ping's eyes became fierce.
"Array!"
Zhou Ping snorted coldly, and the soldiers who were burying the pot to cook quickly threw away the firewood, pots and bowls in their hands, grabbed the stabbing spear, and lined up with wooden shields.
Their reaction speed was not slow, and with just a cup of tea, a boxy military formation stood in the field.
"Kill!"
Seeing the thin military formation of more than 1,000 Qinghe Army, the head of the Sixian County Battalion and Defense Hundred Households was full of disdain, and raised the sword in his hand high.
More than a hundred cavalrymen also let out a beastly roar and charged their horses, and more than a hundred cavalrymen swept up the sky with smoke and dust, and the earth shook.
"Stabilize it all for Lao Tzu!"
"They all have two shoulders on their heads, and their heads will fall to the ground with a knife, so I'm afraid!"
Zhou Ping saw that many soldiers in the queue were clutching the bayonets in their hands, their faces turned pale, and he shouted loudly to boost their morale.
After all, there were only some veterans who participated in the fighting, and most of them were villagers who later joined the army, and they had not experienced this kind of cavalry charge.
Zhou Ping saw those county battalion defense cavalry with their snow swords raised high, and their cold faces were full of murderous intent.
When Zhou Ping could see the other party's face clearly, he grabbed a throwing gun high and threw it fiercely.
The spear was sharpened with the thickness of a small arm, and under the great force of the throw, it went straight to the cavalry with a whistling sound that tore through the air.
"Poof!"
The whistling spear instantly pierced a bloody hole in the chest of a county defense cavalryman.
The powerful force of inertia knocked the cavalryman who had been penetrated out of his horse and flew back upside down.
"Roar!"
Seeing that Zhou Ping killed a cavalryman with a throwing spear, the veteran who had fought bloodily couldn't help but let out an excited roar.
And the nervous recruits who had just gone to the battlefield also screamed in the roar of the veterans, and the fear in their hearts was swept away.
"Prepare to throw a gun!"
When these soldiers howled like tigers and wolves, Zhou Ping raised a throwing gun again.
All the soldiers armed with throwing guns raised their throwing guns one after another and threw them hard.
The head of the county battalion and 100 households charged with more than 100 cavalry, and they were absolutely confident that they could crush the army of more than 1,000 homeless people.
But what he didn't expect was that these homeless people didn't play their cards according to common sense and came up with the thing of throwing guns.
Now both the rebel army and the imperial army are mostly equipped with archers with long-range strike capabilities.
However, archers are incomparably precious, not only are they cumbersome to train, but they are also unable to pull the bow if they shoot at most ten arrows.
Zhou Ping took a different path and did not train archers because he did not have that condition.
Hence them