Chapter 236: Failure
Early the next morning, the soldiers had an early meal, and each of them brought a piece of bread with him, intending to take it out to pad his stomach if it was noon.
On this day, the wind was really strong and the wind and sand were filled, but it did not delay the early arrival of the ancestor's army.
The ancestor wanted to use the emperor Zhen as a shield, but this trick was not good.
Xi Ye told the ancestor that the court disrespected the emperor so much, and it was not good that Brother Chen Wang Yu was already on the throne.
The emperor Zhenge is dead, and there will still be an emperor in the court, otherwise how can they have no fear?
The ancestor was in a hurry, he couldn't wait any longer, he had to hurry up and attack.
The wind and sand are strong, and for the ancestors, they have long been accustomed to such weather.
They are on the savannah, where the wind blows most of the year.
In the opinion of the ancestors, it was the imperial army, and they should not be used to fighting in such weather.
The ancestor placed the army a mile away from the city gate, because there was artillery fire at the city gate, so it should not be too close.
At this time, the city gate opened, and first the general Hum went out of the city with 5,000 men and horses, and went to the left, and then a regular army also came out on the right, followed by the prisoner death squad. In the middle is the men and horses led by General Ha.
General Ha led the team to rush out first, he rode to the front of the team, and called out in front of the formation, at this time the generals of the two sides were fighting, the purpose was to cheer up his soldiers.
General Ha fought his opponent for ten rounds before slashing him down.
At this time, the ancestor asked a steppe warrior with excellent arm strength next to him to appear, he was a pioneer officer.
This fellow was a large man, with thick and strong arms, and when he rushed forward, General Ha did not answer, and engaged him in battle.
The two fought for less than twenty rounds, and General Ha was defeated, turned around and fled back.
It's not that General Ha really can't beat him, but he surrenders by fraud.
Seeing that General Ha was not his opponent, the steppe warrior arrogantly raised his saber into the sky, only to see the horse team behind him, and followed him to cover up.
This is a common practice on the battlefield.
After defeating the enemy general, you can take advantage of this momentum to boost morale, and you can lead the soldiers to rush over.
General Ha fled back, and the warriors of the steppe led the army to cover up, but the imperial army was stable there, and it did not move.
At this time, behind the army of the ancestors, more than a hundred carts were launched, which were loaded with wheat straw and tied with ropes.
The more than 100 carts were scattered, and the soldiers did not have time to untie them, so they cut the ropes and used the iron forks used by the peasants to lift the wheat straw into the sky.
As explained in the previous chapter, it was the gate that the ancestor's army came to attack, and he came against the wind.
The army of the ancestor was led by the fierce general with a big waist and a round waist, and the army of the ancestor who rushed to the front was less than a hundred meters away from General Ha, but the ancestor unexpectedly found that they were raising the wheat grass to the sky.
The ancestor is inexplicable, what does this mean?
I saw that the wheat grass, in mid-air, with the wind momentum, hit the door of the ancestors' soldiers, and some even flew over their heads, flying towards the ancestors' brigade, which shows how strong the wind is.
The soldiers who rushed in front were blinded by the grass, and the horses were also blindfolded by the grass, so the horses naturally had to slow down, and the soldiers of the ancestors had to free their hands to touch the grass on their faces and heads, and they had to see the battle, right?
Just when the ancestor was standing on a high place, he hadn't figured out what was going on.
Suddenly, five hundred archers sprang out from behind the carts, and the ancestor hurriedly ordered the soldiers to set up the shields in front of them.
In the imagination of the ancestors, this fierce general under his command could completely catch them off guard when leading the cavalry so close to the enemy.
But General Ha and they raised their voices to fascinate the faces of the cavalrymen in front of them, blocked them, and archers appeared behind them.
However, the ancestor's face began to freeze. Because after the archers were in place, suddenly there were many stoves behind them, and the arrows of the archers were tied with cloth bags, which were not big, but before the archery was shot, they all lit the arrows and cloth bags on the stoves.
The first master's scream was not good, and he only then knew why they were raising wheat straw, this was to attack his team!
The ancestor only guessed half right.
If it is attacked with light and fire, then the 5,000 soldiers led by this vanguard officer of the ancestor will be killed or wounded at most about 1,000 people.
What he didn't expect was that the soldiers in front of him began to cough, and immediately after, he smelled a choking mixture of chili powder and pepper.
The wheat straw was ignited by the rocket, not only burning, but also flying like his soldiers.
"Withdraw!" The ancestor knew that he had fallen for General Ha's plan, and at this time he wanted to escape, but it was too late.
At this time, his vanguard was already in disarray, and there was wheat straw under the horse's legs, and the wheat grass was on fire, so could the horse still be controlled?
The pioneer officer of the ancestor, that is, the general with a big waist and a round waist who fought against General Ha, at this time, the horse under his crotch was not a BMW. But the horse's hooves were frightened when they touched the fire, and the general rushed out with him to a gap in front of the two armies.
It looked as if the general was running for his life, and after a while he was gone. The army behind the ancestor looked stupid.
On the arrow is a cloth of chili powder and pepper stained with fire oil, which is also dried after being dipped in fire oil, this thing catches fire as soon as it sees the fire, and the chili powder and pepper inside burn up, and the spicy smell only drills into the nostrils of the soldiers of the first master, where can the soldiers of the first master stand this smell.
They are no longer afraid of spicy, but this chokes people. One by one, they covered their mouths and noses, choking on tears and snot, just coughing vigorously.
In order to avoid the fire attack and the choking smell, the pioneers of the ancestors scattered and fled.
General Ha's wheat straw cart and furnace archers followed closely to advance, and General Ha and other soldiers also followed behind them, this is not the time for a general attack, you have to let the pepper smell for a while, you have to let the fire completely disrupt the army of the ancestors, then is the best time to rush and kill.
The ancestor wanted to retreat in an orderly manner, but he couldn't do it.
Where did they run over the raised wheat straw, the strong wind sent the wheat straw to the army of the ancestor as fast as possible, and the army of the first master saw the wheat straw and scattered like a plague.
You know, the next thing that comes after the wheat straw is the rocket that comes in, and the wheat grass is so dry that when it sees the fire, it will catch fire with a pull, and who is not afraid.
What's even more terrifying is the bag tied to the arrow, which is full of pepper noodles and chili noodles, which are scattered in the air after burning, choking to death.
By the time they were dizzy, two thousand prisoner death squads, including more than five hundred, rushed to the front.
This is even worse for the army of the ancestors.
The soldiers of the ancestor are really afraid of something.
None of them could organize a successful counterattack, the team dispersed without rushing, and they were attacked by the prisoners' death squads, but they instinctively fought back, and their morale was completely lost.
Besides, on the side of the imperial court, the soldiers who were ambushed in the private house last night came out after the ancestors' army passed.
The rear team of the first master ran to the private house, and the first master originally thought that they could also take advantage of the narrow street of the private house to carry out a counterattack.
Unexpectedly, the retreating soldiers would be ambushed by the archers.
They couldn't see where the brigade was, only the soldiers on the horses fell one after another.
When they reacted, they found the archers hiding behind the wall, on the roof, drawing their bows and shooting arrows at them.
They hurriedly jumped off their horses, hid in a blind spot where arrows could not reach, and were bloodied by the falling bricks above their heads.
Some were directly smashed down.
At this time, the ancestor was limited to a desperate situation, with a large army charging in front and an ambush in the back.
Fortunately, the cavalry of the ancestor was accustomed to running on the grassland, and while they organized people to shoot at the top of the wall and the roof, the army retreated.
The description of the war should not be too detailed.
Let's just say that in this big battle alone, the army of the ancestor suffered more than 20,000 casualties.
Although this attack has not injured most of the ancestors, it is really a big blow to the ancestors and the soldiers.
They returned to the camp, and Lord Yu also asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.
Because the taboo of soldiers is to be poor.
Let's let the ancestor repair it for one night.
In this battle, the casualties of the prisoner death squad were still very heavy, and more than 200 people were injured.
It is said that the initiative in this war is on the side of the imperial court, and the army of the ancestor was only beaten, and they didn't even have the strength to fight back, and they were choked half dead by chili powder and pepper.
The main reason why they were injured was because they wanted to take the head of their ancestors.
The head of the ancestor is valuable, and the court alone offered a reward of 50,000 taels of silver for the head of the ancestor, and the prisoner death squad bit the ancestor to death.
This time it's too difficult.
The generals beside the ancestor must fight to the death to protect the life of the grandfather.
Okay, the army of the ancestor fled back to repair, and Lord Yu also asked Mingjin to collect his troops on the city tower.
Both sides sent soldiers out to clean up the battlefield.
This is the rule, do not kill the other party's people who collect the corpses of soldiers on the battlefield, this is as if they have agreed to it.
Because of this big victory, Lord Yu was extremely down-to-earth.
If the ancestor wants to enter the northern capital now, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky.
The ancestor sat in the big tent, in front of many soldiers and soldiers, in front of Xiye, scolded General Ha for being vicious, scolded General Ha for being a villain, and tried his best to use the tricks of some villains.
If they don't speak below, what can they say? What else can you say if you defeat it? Who decreed that there should be no deception on the battlefield? Otherwise, why do you come up with thirty-six plans?!
At this moment, someone reported that the pioneer officer had returned.
It's the warrior of the steppe with big shoulders and a round waist.
At this time, he entered the tent dejectedly and knelt in front of the ancestor.
The ancestor had nowhere to vent his anger, so he scolded him and said, "Do you still know to come back?" Flee from the battle, come and drag out the rod and punish a hundred! ”
So people came up to drag the ancestor out.
The vanguard officer stood up, shook off their hands, and went out to be beaten himself, unconvinced.
No one in the tent dared to intercede with him.
In fact, everyone can see clearly, it is not that the vanguard officer is going to run, but that his mount is frightened by the fire.
There was fire everywhere, and thousands of men and horses were scattered in all directions, not because they wanted to escape, but because they couldn't control the war horses under their crotch at all.
After the pioneer officer went out, after a while, the ancestor relieved himself, he knew that the punishment was wrong, but it was too late to change it.
The vanguard officer was already being beaten with a stick.
If it's wrong, it's wrong, the first master thought.
So the ancestor called the advisors again and consulted with them about what to do next.
Together, everyone analyzed the situation in front of them. The strategists had one opinion, that is, it was impossible to attack the northern capital.
I don't know where so many savages came from in the northern capital.
The savages in their mouths are prisoner death squads.
In fact, there are only about 300 people left in the prisoner death squad.
He didn't know it, and neither did his advisors, but they saw about 2,000 people dressed in tattered clothes, and they cut down people when they saw them with sabers, like wild beasts.
Especially those who pounced on the ancestors, they were simply dead. Saying that they are wild wolves, that all exalts wild wolves, and wild wolves still know that they are afraid, but they are not afraid at all.
For this team, not to mention the soldiers, even the ancestor himself, he has left a shadow in his heart.
He saw with his own eyes that three of the barbaric troops were cut down by the generals beside him, but they were not afraid at all, but just rushed towards him.
If it weren't for the hundreds of soldiers around the ancestor who fled with the ancestor in their arms, maybe the life of the ancestor would have been explained.
The ancestor was very frustrated, since he couldn't take the northern capital, then he still had the card of the emperor's brother Zhen in his hand.
As a result of the discussion between the ancestor and the advisor, he decided to send someone to negotiate with the imperial court.
This time, the ancestor lowered the ransom.
However, the ancestor soon received a reply from the imperial court, that is, the ancestor asked for too much and did not allow it.
The ancestor was disappointed, he didn't expect that his good hand of cards would be played by him.
The first master looked at Xiye, hoping that he could give him an idea.
Xiye didn't recruit at this time.
Xiye said to the ancestor: "It's unreasonable, the emperor is in your hands, why isn't the court in a hurry?" Could it be that Brother Yu really ······?"
The ancestor was in a panic, and drank wine at night, and he didn't know what he should do next.
The court thought he was asking for a high price.
He was depressed, and so were the soldiers.
That night, what he never expected was that the imperial court sent troops to attack his camp again.
This time, it was the second general Hum Ha who led 5,000 soldiers, and there was still the leader of the prisoner's death squad.
The prisoner death squad is bent on killing the ancestor, and there is a reward of 50,000 yuan. The brothers divided the shares, plus Sister Hua's reward, and each of them could get nearly one hundred taels of silver for the ancestor alone.
Even if they are robbers, murderers, and goods, they may not be able to get so much silver.
And now, the opportunity is right now.
The first master and the soldiers did not expect that the imperial court would dare to send 5,000 people to attack them in the second half of the night.
What the ancestor thought of was that the imperial court was guarding the city gate, waiting for the arrival of King Qin's army.
So at night, the great camp of the ancestor was suddenly attacked by a team, and the barracks where they slept broke out on fire, and many people even burned their coats.
For a while, people shouted and screamed, and many soldiers died under the knife before they could get on their horses, and some were burned to death inside before they could even run out of the barracks.
Xiye was dragged up by the guards in a hurry, mounted his horse and fled.
As a result, Xiye suffered heavy losses this time.
The storehouse was lost, and the live cattle and sheep that it had brought were lost.
That's their rations.
Now that there is no food and more than 10,000 soldiers have been killed or wounded, what confidence can he have to spend it with the imperial court?!
When the ancestor cleaned up the old department, under the advice of the Xi Ye, he said that he would not worry about the green mountains without firewood, and the emperor Zhen Brother was still in his hands, it was okay, the court would send silver to exchange with him sooner or later.
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