Chapter 30: A battle that is not a battle
? Chapter 30 is not a battle of battles
Yu Feng was a little sleepy, but for the people's army defeated by Zhao Deng, he was even more sleepy.
When he was beaten by Zhao Deng, the leader of the people's army was called Xia Thirteen. How to say it, this Xia Thirteen is neither Luo Rucai's subordinates nor Li Zicheng's subordinates, but he has a small mountain. This phenomenon is not surprising, the rise of the three major Kou is actually a process of the big mountain annexing the small mountain.
Henan is full of wolf smoke, he also feels that his bitterness is bitter, the officers and soldiers are all cowering in the city and do not come out, the countryside outside the city is basically the world of the people's army, and the strength of his subordinates has also swelled sharply from a thousand people to four or five thousand people, which makes him quite complacent.
He dared not touch the county towns with city walls, even if this county town was not in the hands of officers and soldiers, but in the hands of another people's army, he would not stumble at all.
No, he has just ransacked two county seats, and with his own harvest, he is ready to go back to his entrenched lair to have fun. There was a lively fight in Kaifeng, but he knew that if he came up with this little bit of men and horses, he would not be swallowed up by Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng and his ilk, and he would have to be hit in front of the officers and soldiers. Jiu will be used as cannon fodder to consume under Kaifeng City, so he is not so stupid, it is not good to live his own free life.
This also ran into the military horses of the imperial court, which made him feel very weird, although there were officers and soldiers nearby, but how long had it been, the officers and soldiers did not dare to come out so swaggeringly.
Weighing the number of officers and soldiers, he decided not to escape. In the past, if he saw such a large number of officers and soldiers, he would definitely retreat, but now he has been upgraded from King Xia to King Xia, and his soldiers and horses are twice as many as those of officers and soldiers.
With fame, naturally there will be people who defect, and if everyone from their hometown does not defect, do they go to the foreign monks, and they really chant the scriptures better than the local monks?
After weighing the pros and cons, he immediately began to set up. Well, it's a bit reluctant to say that it's a formation, but it's just a team of soldiers and horses led by his cronies in front of the officers and soldiers to block the way of the officers and soldiers. He knew very well in his heart that although this officer and soldier were straw bales, but when they started fighting, they were still much stronger than the peasant soldiers he was a month ago, and his strategy was very simple, he piled them up directly, and with the temperament of the officers and soldiers, some people must have died, and they would be dispersed directly, and in terms of the degree of death, this officer and soldier was far inferior to the homeless people under his command.
Who knows, what happened next was simply beyond his expectations, when his subordinates were still 'chaotic' and messy "array", in front of the opposing party's officers and soldiers, two phalanxes of more than 1,000 people had already appeared neatly, and as soon as this formation was formed, this phalanx began to move towards his side.
What made him even more depressed was that his men and horses, from the beginning to the complete collapse, almost completely without a process, as soon as the opponent's phalanx moved, the phalanx was accompanied by thick smoke and loud noises. Then, large numbers of people fell to the ground and died, or had broken arms and limbs, moaning and groaning in the ground.
I don't know who made a sound, "Demon law, the demon law of officers and soldiers!" His entire team was no longer under control, and the soldiers were simply about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the panicked remnants of the soldiers ran all over the mountains, just to avoid the "demon law" of the officers and soldiers! ”
God is pitiful, these horses under his command are basically honest farmers in the nearby counties, and they may not have seen firecrackers in their lives. As soon as the huge terrifying sound sounded, the companions around him fell to the ground one after another as if they were thundered, and this situation was far beyond their imagination that fighting a war was a face-to-face battle with real swords and guns. The first human reaction to the unknowable is panic, and they are no exception.
All said that Xia Shisan's defeat was not wronged at all. Although he still has a little experience, he knows that it is the fire guns of officers and soldiers, but the scene of these thousands of fire guns firing together, he has not been blessed to see in his life, this time he can be regarded as opening his eyes, if you ignore the bleak scene when he fled from the battlefield, there were only dozens of his own henchmen around him, in fact, he can be regarded as a long insight.
"Paralyzed, I can't live this day!" Frightened, he glanced behind him and spat fiercely on the ground, but the officers and soldiers did not catch up, but he was a little relieved. Four or five thousand people, I'm afraid it will take half a day for this officer and soldier to be caught, let alone people, even four or five thousand pigs, this kung fu, they can't finish it.
"These official dogs are too capable of fighting, fortunately we are going fast!" The henchmen beside him also looked palpitating: "Near this Gu County, where is there such an official dog that can fight?" ”
"Do you see their banner clearly?" Xia Shisan glared at his henchman fiercely, if he still didn't know who beat him to the ground, this would be a joke, and he, Xia Shisan, would undoubtedly become the laughing stock in the mouths of many large and small people's army leaders in Henan.
"See, it's the banner of the word 'Zhao', and the leader of this official dog is surnamed Zhao!"
"You are pure nonsense, are you literate, that is clearly a 'remaining' word!" The other person ridiculed each other against the 'lips', and he was very sure that the Chinese army banner he saw was a "remainder" character.
Xia Shisan's 'gloomy' face was calm, at this moment, he was thinking about his way out, although most of the property robbed this time was on the body of these dozens of horses, which was enough for him to be free for a long time, the question is, in this smoke-filled Henan, there is no one in his hands, does he have the life to enjoy this wealth?
However, if he goes to Li Zicheng or Luo Rucai, he will undoubtedly have to start from scratch, he has no strength, and people only treat him like that 100%.
I saw that his face was red and white for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Go!" ”
"Where to go, King!"
"Go to Kaifeng, Lao Tzu will go to the king, and bring the news that there is such an official dog that can fight here, and with the benevolence and righteousness of the king, there will not even be a place for us!
The group hurried away and quickly disappeared at the end of the road.
On the battlefield behind them, Zhao Deng had a crying and laughing expression on his face, and his expression was very intriguing when he saw his men and horses cleaning the battlefield.
Is this a war? It was almost the same as chasing ducks, and after this battle, his casualties did not exceed double digits, and these casualties were all generated after the battle, when the opponent's prisoners were captured. At this time, he really understood what Yu Feng said before leaving. These outcasts, at least these rabble, which are not the main force of the outcasts, are really not even opponents.
"Brigade commander, what to do with these prisoners?" After cleaning the battlefield, a thousand general manager hurried to report, he did not get out of the battle, but in the blink of an eye, the enemy was defeated, and it was his turn to clean up the battlefield.
"What to do, do you have the food that costs us?" Zhao Deng glanced at him coldly, and Mr. Qian's heart suddenly sudden.
"Brigade commander, it's ominous to kill prisoners!" It's not that he didn't have this idea, when he faced the Tartars before, he did it even more at this time, if these yellow-skinned homeless people in front of him were Tartars, he didn't even ask for instructions, and just followed the process, put this kind of thing, the army has become a consensus, the Tartar prisoners fall into their hands, and if you want to live, it depends on whether your officials are big enough.
However, these thousands of captives are actually not soldiers, and he really can't bear it in his heart.
"Who said they were going to kill them?" Zhao Deng didn't laugh angrily, "Circle aside, don't give them food, don't need guards, don't they know how to do it?" ”
"Oh, got it!" The Qianhu nodded, and muttered in his heart, "Why bother, why bother, just let it go!" ”
Zhao Deng didn't think so, if he was released at that time, what would it take to catch it, except for those homeless people who injured their own soldiers and had to be executed, the others were just some peasants who were attached to them for their lives, and they were left behind, so that the fleeing enemy generals would gather them again, that is! Moreover, he had to send people to torture the leaders of several captives, at least, he wanted to know what the enemy situation was in front of him.
A day later, Yu Feng's order came to Zhao Deng's hands, and the entire vanguard brigade temporarily moved forward, there was already a large number of enemy troops in front of him, and Yu Feng ordered him to consider directly towards the army that was already approaching, so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy and cause passivity.
Zhao Deng naturally did not hesitate to carry out Yu Feng's order, even if in his reconnaissance, the enemy army was at least a hundred miles away, but he didn't know how far away Yu Feng was referring to the "front", the strategy of the army, but it was not his small brigade commander who could change, and he would lose the battle if he did not obey the military order, although Yu Feng would not kill his relatives in righteousness, but he Zhao Deng estimated that he would not want to be reused in the future.
The two men and horses slowly approached, one side was speeding up day and night, and the other side was retreating cautiously and cautiously, and in front of them, a group of more than 100,000 wandering people was methodically laying down a defensive line at the ferry crossing of Huaiqing Mansion, in their opinion, no matter where the officers and soldiers in front of them came from, they were going to Kaifeng, this is their must pass, and, most likely, this is also the place where their bones are buried, as long as they stupidly crash in.
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