Chapter Twenty-Eight: General Chagatai
Qi Heng looked at the five thousand presidents in front of him staring at him one by one with big eyes, but he sat on the spot, leaned on the tree pole, and said, "Sleep!" ”
Xu Da and the others were stunned.
Originally, he thought that Qi Heng was going to take them to attack the Yuan army's camp, or set fire to their granary, so that the Yuan army had no food to eat, and then retreated without a fight.
But now when he heard Qi Heng say that he wanted to sleep, he was immediately stunned.
Just when Xu Da and the others were still standing there in a daze, Qi Heng suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes and said: "By the way, you send more than a dozen clever brothers to control the wind outside, especially in the direction where the Yuan army is located, no matter who it is, as long as they find out about our existence, they must detain him." ”
Although Xu Da and the others still didn't understand what kind of medicine Qi Heng was selling in this gourd, they still did not hesitate to carry out his order.
All night long.
Nothing happens.
It wasn't until the sky was getting brighter and the whispers of the soldiers sounded around him that Qi Heng opened his eyes.
After a night of sleeping in the open air, and leaning on this tree pole, Qi Heng felt that his entire back hurt.
He softened his shoulders and stood up in confusion.
His eyes were sleepy as he looked at the listless soldiers around him, and he suddenly smiled.
"Brothers, get up, move your body, and we're ready to go."
Although all the soldiers didn't know Qi Heng that well, seeing that their own Qian always treated Qi Heng respectfully and obediently, Qi Heng's status in their hearts was naturally much higher.
Now that they heard Qi Heng's words, they all got up obediently one by one.
After a while, Xu Da and others walked over.
Six thousand men were not many, but they still took up a lot of space in this grove, so they all rested with their soldiers that night.
After hearing the news that Qi Heng had woken up, he hurriedly walked over.
Although Tang He has experienced a hundred battles and has been in the army for longer than Zhu Yuanzhang, he is used to this kind of life of eating and sleeping in the open, but this night's rest still makes him uncomfortable.
Not only him, but also several other Qian Zong who came with him.
Looking at their appearance one by one, Qi Heng couldn't help but smile again.
"How many Mr. Qian, did you sleep well last night?"
Hearing Qi Heng's ridiculous words, Tang He couldn't help but say: "I've been comfortable in the city these days, and now I'm here again, this body really can't bear it." ”
Xu Da also said: "No, think about it, when we first joined the rebel army, we slept in this field every day, and I didn't see any discomfort, and now, it's only been a few hours, it's like asking for half a life." ”
Listening to the complaints of several people, Qi Heng said: "Okay, you can rest well in a while." ”
After speaking, ignoring the puzzled gazes of Xu Da and the others, he said directly: "A few people, let's start reorganizing the army, let's set off." ”
Xu Da and the other five people glanced at each other, put away the smile on their faces, nodded and returned to their subordinates.
After a few moments, all 6,000 soldiers and horses were assembled.
"Brother Qi, where are we going now?"
Xu Da asked excitedly.
Qi Heng smiled: "The target is Haozhou City, run all of them!" ”
Hearing Qi Heng's words, everyone present was stunned again.
Looking at Xu Da with a stupid face, Qi Heng said: "Brother Xu, you are the first, take your subordinates, and rush to Haozhou City as fast as possible." ”
Xu Da asked in a daze: "Brother Qi, now in broad daylight, won't we be discovered by the Yuan army when we go back?" ”
Qi Heng said: "It's okay, let's show them generously." ”
"Let's go!"
With Qi Heng's order, everyone began to return towards Haozhou City.
At the forefront were a thousand people under Xu Da.
At the same time, Qi Heng also instructed Chang Yuchun to join forces with Tang and his soldiers and rush towards Haozhou City from another direction.
Of course, the soldiers and horses under the two brothers Feng Guoyong and Feng Sheng were not idle, and the more than 2,000 brothers under their command came to a distant direction with Qi Heng, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, they began to leave.
A total of 6,000 soldiers and horses, divided into three parts, rushed towards Haozhou City from three different directions.
The Yuan army camp at this time.
Timur, who had slept all night, got up early in the morning.
He walked out of the camp tent and looked at the soldiers of the Yuan Army who had already begun to prepare, and showed a satisfied smile.
However, the smile did not last long when one of his generals came over and handed him a holy decree.
"Lord Zhongtang, this is a holy decree from the imperial court."
Timur did not dare to hesitate, took the decree and began to read it.
After reading the contents of the holy decree, the smile on his face completely disappeared.
The message was simple, and there were riots and uprisings elsewhere.
The court asked him to make some achievements as soon as possible.
After reading the holy decree, Timur handed it over to the generals around him, then looked up at the city of Haozhou in the distance, and said: "General Chagatai, our time is running out, let's start attacking the city today." ”
Hearing this, Chagatai nodded, and said, "Yes, Lord Zhongtang, I'm going to gather the army." ”
"Uh-huh....."
Outside the Yuan army camp.
Tokhtimur stood in front of the camp and looked at the city of Haozhou opposite, thinking about something.
Just as he was thinking about the method of breaking the city, rows of black dots suddenly appeared on the hillside in the distance.
Take off your eyes and squint and look closely.
Seeing that the rows of black dots were constantly moving, his expression changed, he dragged the soldiers beside him and asked, "Look, is there anyone on the hillside?" ”
The soldier took a closer look and immediately said, "Yes, Lord Zhongtang, there seem to be quite a few people, all wearing the clothes of the red scarf thief!" ”
Just as Timur let go of the soldier, the soldier pointed to the other side and shouted, "Lord Zhongtang, look! There's that too! ”
Following the direction of the soldier's finger, Timur looked intently.
Really!
This time there were even more people than just now, about twice as many as before!
At the same time, those two forces were constantly converging in the direction of Haozhou City.
Seeing these people rushing towards the city of Haozhou, Totokh wanted to send troops to intercept it, but he also knew that it was useless.
In order to be safe, in case the thieves in Haozhou City sneak attack, there is still some distance between their camp and Haozhou City, and even if they order the cavalry to intercept it at this moment, they can't catch up at all.
Besides, he didn't dare to send cavalry to intercept alone, and if he didn't do well, he might be surrounded and eaten by the thieves who drove out of the city.
Now, he could only watch as the thousands of thieves came to the city of Haozhou, and the gate in the city soon opened.
Seeing the detachment of this scene, his brows instantly wrung together.