Volume 2 Washing Horses and Quicksand Chapter 10 Willow Street
Zhang Bingzhong thought that Qin Liangyu's army was so strong and guarded in Chongqing, so he issued an order not to Chongqing, bypass Baogukou, and go directly to the hinterland of central Sichuan. Try not to touch this moldy head, and after arriving in Sichuan, contact the 36th Battalion to see how to act in the future. Immediately reorganize his team and see if how many troops can go to the next city.
Resting on the mountainside, I rested on the hillside for half a day. The entourage trotted all the way to Zhang Bingzhong, reporting on the situation of the check. Major General, the non-commissioned officers of our unit are: 3,000 people from the Huben battalion, 3,000 from the Hongshan battalion, 3,000 from the Guanzhong battalion, 3,000 from the Hanzhong battalion, and so on, totaling about 12,000 people. Bingzhong nodded when he heard it, and said that he knew, but Bingzhong himself thought: In addition to the 3,000 people of the Huben Battalion, I brought them out myself, and the other Hongshan Battalion, Guanzhong Battalion, Hanzhong Battalion, etc. are all different mountain bandits and vagrants received along the way, which are simply miscellaneous troops, where can they be called combat power. It doesn't matter if this small force is played, if it encounters regular troops or Qin Liangyu's troops, it can only be dispersed.
In a blink of an eye, I came to the foot of Baogukou Mountain, and was about to make a detour, and when I went straight down to Chengdu, I heard a report from Tanmalai: Major General, Baogukou has been occupied by the Ming army in front, and it is nearly ten miles longitudinal and horizontal, and it is completely impossible to bypass. As soon as Bingzhong heard the great urgency in his heart, he immediately gave an order, and the flag was silenced on the spot, and he retreated stationary; the front team became the rear team, and the rear team became the front team, and went directly to the mountains and forests, the deeper the better. Knowing that the order had just been delivered, he could only hear the shouts of killing one after another, endlessly. I don't know if it was because the scouts of the Ming army were discovered, or because the Ming army had already set up an ambush, for a while, the four battalions of Bingzhong directly faced a large number of enemies. If such a strong force advances, Bingzhong thinks that if it is an ordinary garrison force, my tiger camp still has to fight, if it meets Qin Liangyu's troops at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable.
This unfortunate world really wants to come to something. Zhang Bingzhong looked up on the horse, and saw a tall horse sitting on a tall horse a little distance, a general wearing a bronze mask, the bronze mask shining in the sun, very majestic. Bingzhong looked at this line of work and recognized that this general must be that Qin Liangyu; without saying a word, he turned his horse and left, and kept shouting in his mouth, go to the mountains and forests, go to the mountains and forests, and set up ambushes while retreating. Before the battle began, Bingzhong's four battalions were like sheep meeting wolves. There was only an escape and no attack, but fortunately, the Tiger Battalion was able to know how to install blocking equipment on the way to escape, such as tripping horses and cutting down twigs and trees.
As the so-called defeat was like a mountain, about half an hour later, Bingzhong's four battalions and brigades finally evaded the pursuit. When he came to the middle of the deep forest, Bingzhong called his relatives and said: Hurry up and count the number of people, and notify the managers of each battalion to come to me for a talk. "Major General, the non-commissioned officers of our unit are: about 2,500 people in the Huben battalion, about 1,500 in the Hongshan battalion, about 2,000 in the Guanzhong battalion, and about 2,000 in the Hanzhong battalion, about 8,000 people. "In addition, after the leaders of each battalion ordered the baggage, they arrived about the time of tea. When Bingzhong heard such an answer, he nodded with a little satisfaction, and thought to himself: With such a big rout, the loss of less than three or four thousand people can only be said to be a great blessing! It can be seen how powerful Qin Liangyu's troops are.
After a while, the stewards of the various battalions came to Bingzhong's side. Bingzhong saw that everyone was here, and beckoned them all to sit down. Everyone gathered around Bingzhong, and they all talked nonsense, and when they were almost finished, Bingzhong said: This rout is normal. As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Bingzhong in surprise, Bingzhong paused and continued: Why do you say that? That's because except for the Tiger Ben Battalion, which has received long-term training, the rest belong to the miscellaneous battalion, and they can't withstand the fight at all, so once I find out about the enemy, I will immediately notify everyone to retreat, just to preserve my strength. In the process of retreating, except for the Tiger Battalion, which also knew how to block and set up cards, most of the other three battalions only cared about fleeing for their lives. Therefore, in view of this situation, we invite you to discuss and make appropriate countermeasures. When the big guys heard Bingzhong say this, they all put forward their own opinions and suggestions. Zhang Bingzhong synthesized everyone's views and his own ideas, so he ordered the reorganization of the four battalions to begin.
The nearly 2,500 people of the Huben battalion were scattered and all broken down into four battalions for garrison standby, each battalion accounted for 500 people, and the four battalions were divided into 2,000 people in the Hongshan battalion, 2,000 people in the Guanzhong battalion, 2,000 people in the Hanzhong battalion, and 2,000 people in the Huben battalion, about 8,000 people, and the rest of the people were all accompanied by the generals in person. After the team structure is reduced, it is very convenient to order. Then, in the process of marching, the veterans lead the recruits. Divide the 500 men of the tiger soldiers into five people, a group of ten people, among these five people, four are the small flag commanders, each with fifty people, one is the general flag, and only the four small flags are in charge. Each battalion has only ordered ten general flags, and when the number of people increases in the future, each battalion has 20 to 50 personal attendants, but now the number is insufficient, and now each battalion is only assigned five fast horses to maintain communication and safety. Everyone thinks this is a good arrangement......
After Zhang Bingzhong rearranged the team under this special circumstances, everyone was convinced and very much agreed. At that moment, people were organized to rectify the formation. At night, after the four battalions were quickly rectified, they stood in the forest and waited for Zhang Bingzhong's review and lecture. By the faint moonlight, Bingzhong walked to the front of the team and said: "Brothers, it doesn't matter if we are defeated this time, it is because we really can't win, whether it is in training or in the choice of weapons. So we have to take this opportunity to strengthen our training. We must attach importance to our training and training in peacetime, because only in this way can we save our lives on the battlefield, and only in this way can we defeat the other side and defeat the powerful enemy. I met Qin Liangyu this time, maybe I will meet Zhang Liangyu, Li Liangyu and so on next time, in order to be able to win them, we must learn to protect ourselves, so I carried out the team reorganization, I hope everyone can understand my thoughts ....... At this time, Bingzhong deliberately paused his words, only to hear the soldiers below shouting loudly: The general is mighty!
The next thing is how we can break through this Qin Liangyu's defense line, bypass Baogukou, and go straight to Chengdu. It is night, and we will take advantage of this night light to march around the mouth of the valley. Because only tonight Qin Liangyu's troops were the most lax, and they would never have thought that we would break through the defense line overnight, so the big guys waited for a while to bury the pot on the spot and make food, and after eating, the people and Malekou marched. Each battalion was given a military weapon such as chopsticks in his mouth, and the horse's mouth was covered with a bulk, so as not to make a sound when marching to prevent the horse from neighing. The enemy gives us time only this night, we can only use the night of this night to break through, only after passing the blockade line can we survive, if we can't cross this line of defense, we will inevitably be flanked by the front and rear, and each other will be strangled to the end.
Under the inspiration of Bingzhong, all the soldiers marched and cooked in order. I don't know if it's God's compassion and love, or Bingzhong's luck is too good, tonight's moon is like a lantern hanging in the sky, and the big guy is under its illumination, slowly sneaking along the mountain road and forest, bypassing the mouth of the valley. Along the way, as Bingzhong expected, the enemy army did not set up ambush posts and scout horses at all. The large army walked extremely briskly along the way, but when the sky was bright, Zhang Bingzhong's team had already walked nearly thirty or forty miles out of Baogukou.
There was nothing to say this night, when Zhang Bingzhong passed by Pengshan, he met a woman named Yuzhen, carrying a big child on her back and fleeing with a small doll, and felt very strange. Then he asked, "Woman, why do you carry the older one on your back, and the younger one on your back?" The woman didn't know that this person was Zhang Bingzhong, so she replied: The eldest one is a baby born to her husband's ex-wife, and the younger one is her own child, she is a stepmother, and she can't let others gossip. Bingzhong felt her kindness, decided to let go of the team and no longer disturb her, and persuaded her to go home. On the way home, the woman saw a sergeant drawing water from the wells, and hurriedly stopped them, saying that in order to prevent the incursion of the rebel rebels, the wells along the road were poisoned by the government and could not be eaten. She led Bingzhong and his entourage to her courtyard, pointed to a haystack in the corner of the courtyard and said that under the straw was a well, which was not poisonous and could be drunk. Immediately pick up the pile of grass and let Bingzhong's team fetch water here. Bingzhong was moved again and asked someone to give her the silver. The woman replied, I don't dare to ask for silver, it's useless to ask for it, and after a while, "King Zhang" (note: this is another name for the tiger camp by the government army, because Zhang Bingzhong was originally called the Eight Kings) arrived, and we couldn't live if we wanted to.
Zhang Bingzhong listened and said, don't be afraid, you take the silver. Then he broke off a willow branch from the willow tree by the roadside, and handed it to the woman, saying, "Put this wicker in the door, and I will keep you safe." When one of the people who had not had time to flee saw that she had not fled, they asked her why she had fled and returned, and she told her what had happened. So, everyone took the willow branch and stuck it in the door, but they were still afraid to go out. Later, everyone found that groups of peasant troops passed by, and when they saw the wicker sticks inserted in the door, they all took a detour, not daring to approach. It turned out that after Zhang Bingzhong left, he passed down an order, saying that no one should harass the people who planted willow branches on the Pengshan Gate, and there was no forgiveness for the violators, so that the people on this street could save their lives. This street was later called Yangliu Street by word of mouth, which of course is a later story. Bingzhong felt a little sincere, but thought in his heart: I am just trying to escape for my life, how can I be so terrifying and brutal as they think; it seems that this road of rebellion is really a road to the dark, and there is no good result! After experiencing this here and now, Xiao Liuzi's optimism came into being spontaneously, thinking in his heart to fuck the bastard, my life is up to me, let's go and see......