Chapter 67: Ambush 3
Yang Xin had no choice but to slow down and let everyone try to keep up, and there were more than 300 people who came over, some of whom even gave up directly into the mountains and continued to follow the large army westward.
This kind of organization is too loose, Yang Xin feels that he can't do anything at all, he has been walking for about an hour, the mountain road is getting more and more difficult, and the day is almost dawn.
Yang Xin suddenly ordered everyone to leave the mountain road and hide in a hidden wood.
Yang Xin's orders are stranger than the other, many people don't understand, they just rely on their trust in Yang Xin, they have been moving forward, at this moment, they actually asked to stop and hide, these hundreds of households did not understand, and they came to ask.
At this time, all the hundred households that followed had arrived, and there were still twenty hundred households left, and everyone gathered on a lawn at the bottom of the hillside to discuss.
"Boss, tell the big guys, what do you think?"
Xu Sheng, who was confused, was the first to ask.
"That's right, it's just a difficult mountain road, this will stop again, we haven't gone far from the capital, it's too dangerous to stop here."
The crowd chimed in.
Yang Xin waved his hand, interrupted everyone, and said: "Everyone, listen to me, so many of us have escaped from the city, plus nearly 20,000 people, the Qing army will definitely chase and kill, the speed of the brigade is slow, and the Qing army is cavalry, so there is no chance to escape with the brigade!" ”
Although everyone also had this idea, no one was as sure as he was, and they all had a fluke mentality, and some people expressed disbelief, saying: "The main target of the Qing army should be the capital, and we are not the main force." ”
Yang Xin said with a smile: "In the dark night, how can they understand whether it is the main force of the Dashun Army or the new soldiers?" ”
Everyone suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, feeling that this possibility is indeed a bit high, the two armies are facing each other, and the enemy puts the opponent's large-scale action of 20,000 horses and horses in disregard, such generals should be very rare, if the Qing army is so stupid, it is estimated that they will not be able to hit the capital.
They didn't think of this before, it's not that they are not smart enough, but they don't have 20,000 people in their eyes, everyone takes care of themselves, but no one thinks about the overall situation.
Yang Xin's words had already made everyone frightened, and they no longer dared to despise it, Yang Xin was very satisfied with their reaction, and continued: "So, we have now entered the dangerous area, and the reason why we ordered everyone to hide in this West Mountain is that the terrain here is high, the vision is good, and you can observe the movements of the Qing army, and second, I don't know if the Qing army will ambush in front, or chase and kill in the back, or in the front and back, so the best strategy is to hide first, and then we will decide how to march after they appear!" ”
Everyone no longer doubted Yang Xin's words at this time, Yang Xin sent Du Datou to take a few people to a high place to observe, while the others rested in place.
After dawn, the position of the West Mountain is higher, and you can clearly see the fleeing crowd on the official road below, Du Datou stood on a protruding boulder at this time, and only after a while, he saw a large group of cavalry coming out of a village at the foot of the mountain, catching up with the deserters.
This village is far away from the official road, and at the foot of the mountain, there are mountains on both sides to block it, and Du Datou didn't pay attention to it at first.
"Du San, go and call the head of the house to come over, and find the Qing army!"
Du Datou hurriedly said.
After a while, Yang Xin and other leaders came over, and the chase and killing drama of the Qing soldiers had just begun.
Everyone saw that the Qing army was hiding in Xishan, and if they had deviated a little last night, they might have crashed into the camp of the Qing army.
I saw that the Qing army at the foot of the mountain was massacring, looting property, and then tying up young men and women and bringing them back to the Zhuangzi, and killing all the old people and children.
As a modern person, Yang Xin was dumbfounded, such a bloody scene, he also saw it for the first time after crossing over, if he was killed like this, it is estimated that 20,000 people can survive five or six thousand people as slaves in the end.
slaughtered more than 10,000 people at every turn, Yang Xin felt terrible when he thought about it, these Qing soldiers were really executioners who killed people without blinking, and the others were even more unbearable, they all looked very different, and some of the hundred households couldn't even stop their legs from trembling.
They were glad they had followed the right person last night, otherwise they would have been slaughtered like the people below.
Everyone watched on the mountain for half an hour, and their basic reaction was fear, even for a hundred households with a fierce personality like Du Datou.
But Yang Xin didn't feel scared at all, just full of anger, watching his compatriots being slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and tens of thousands of people had no resistance, this feeling of powerlessness made him feel that he urgently needed to become strong and change all this.
"Okay, everyone knows the situation, you know, do things with me, you have to talk about a rule in everything, since you want to escape with me, then, now I will make a few rules!"
Yang Xin's cold eyes swept over everyone.
Everyone look at me, I look at you, and finally they all say, "Please speak." ”
Yang Xin thought for a while and said: "First, obey the order, the order I gave is naturally for everyone's good, no matter what the situation, you must obey, you can ask me afterwards if you have any questions, but don't disobey, the people who didn't listen to the order to enter the mountain last night are afraid that there are more than 100 people!" Now you have seen what happened to them! ”
These people are all scattered, Yang Xin just used this incident to establish authority, and unified orders are the basic conditions for a team to be cohesive.
Everyone was in a cold sweat, and many people present had doubts about Yang Xin's order last night, and they had hesitated, they may not have taken it seriously at the time, but they were just a thought, I am afraid that it will be the difference between life and death.
So they echoed in unison: "Be in charge, the little ones listen to the order!" ”
Yang Xin nodded and continued: "Very good, now I will appoint ten captains, Du Datou, Yellow Dog Left, I have decided these two, and the remaining eight people, you should immediately nominate each other now!" ”
It's not that Yang Xin doesn't want to directly appoint all the captains by himself, it's just that more than half of these hundred households are from the third battalion, and they are only general friends with him, so it would be a bit hasty to appoint them himself.
Fortunately, these twenty hundred households are relatively familiar, everyone knows the roots, and with a little politeness, eight people were launched, including Bai Youcai and Xu Sheng.
Yang Xin continued: "Very good, now the eight of you have selected thirty-five of the most capable soldiers from your own team, I will give you half a pillar of incense time, and all the soldiers must come to this lawn to gather." ”
Everyone didn't know what he wanted to do, but he had just said that he would obey the order, so he had to find someone. It's all my own acquaintance, and I already have someone in mind, so I just need to go over and call over.
It's just that this efficiency, Yang Xin has a headache when he sees it, so he gathers such a small thing, if he changes his own personal guards to do it, he will give them two minutes at most, these people actually dragged on for nearly half an hour, and the degree of casualness is similar to when Yang Xin first saw his soldiers.
But now he is running for his life, but it is not military training, and Yang Xin can only endure it.
"Yellow dog left, the guards are lined up on the left!"
Yang Xin ordered again.
Huang Gou and the rest of the other guards usually train the most is to line up, looking at the way they just looked, they have long been despised in their hearts, at this time, as soon as they heard the order, the team of ten people stood neatly in less than half a minute, and none of them spoke, with a serious expression.
The dirt buns on the lawn were stunned.