Chapter 52: The Dark Tide Surges

Three days later, Moshi transported a batch of war horses directly to the seaside fishing village in the north of Yuqi County, but there were very few soldiers accompanying him, and there were some technicians who taught the art of fishing

Zhuang Shaoyou was overjoyed when he learned about it, and hurriedly told Guo Yuan about it, Guo Yuan was also very happy when he heard it, and immediately began to arrange it, and the matter naturally had to be handed over to someone who was good at doing it to implement it in order to improve efficiency.

The next day, Zhuang Shaoyou sent all the equipment in the quartermaster warehouse to his subordinates.

The equipment of the original cavalry battalion has been badly damaged after a month of fighting, and the eighty people in Liujia Village are just unequipped.

So he gave them 500 sets of official and military uniforms in the library, 200 hard crossbows for his cavalry, and 80 people and strong men each with an official and army longbow and a spear.

Since Guoyuan returned to the county government office, Li Le also took refuge in Zhuang Shaoyou naturally, and the 100 city defense troops already had a full set of equipment, and they had never been in battle, so there was no loss and no need to replenish.

In this way, Zhuang Shaoyou has four hundred and two cavalry under him, no one cavalry is equipped with a set, and another is equipped with a crossbow bow, Zhuang Shaoyou wants to build them into an all-round army that can ride on a horse and get off a horse, so the far and near weapons are equipped with a complete range of horses, and there is no problem with the assistance of horses in terms of mobility.

The 100 soldiers of 80 Minzhuang and Li Le were all equipped with swords and shields, and in addition, no one had a longbow, so these 180 people were trained according to the defensive infantry, and they also had a certain long-range strike capability.

In addition, each person was given a cotton coat for the winter. Overall, it's well-equipped.

Zhuang Shaoyou originally planned to recruit some more recruits, but due to the food problem, he couldn't feed so many people at all, and the soldiers' food consumption was twice that of ordinary people, and they got two liters of food a day.

Zhuang Shaoyou took 100 of his subordinates to the school field outside the county seat, and all of them trained in foot combat, raised horses in captivity, and saved forage consumption.

Defending the city for a period of time in the future is the most critical thing, whether it is defending the city or fighting an ambush, the infantry is the main force.

Due to the messy equipment, Zhuang Shaoyou organized his subordinates into three teams, a team of 100 ultra-long-range crossbowmen, three teams of 100 ordinary crossbowmen, and a team of 180 sword and shield players, which was convenient for deployment during combat.

The content of the training is not exactly the same, the same part is physical fitness.

The different parts include the salvo of more than 400 crossbowmen, which mainly practice collective coordination and arm strength, and the goal is to move quickly, neatly, and quickly fire arrows;

The rest of the sword and shield men are trained in defensive formations and archery shooting, focusing on the speed of the formation and the ability to cooperate with each other, after all, these people are all Minzhuang and second-rate officers and soldiers, and the gap between their combat effectiveness and their own cavalry is not small, and there are many problems with cooperation.

Zhuang Shaoyou also trained soldiers while watching "Taigong Art of War", and then summed up its lessons and lessons, combined with his own knowledge to make appropriate hurries.

Just when Zhuang Shaoyou was training, the former Lingzhou of Qiqi County finally fled to Xiangping, the county seat of Liaodong County.

Xiangping County Shoufu, a young man sat on the top, wearing a crimson official robe, under the thick eyebrows, the double eagle eyes revealed a terrifying essence, the expression was extremely calm, and at first glance, it gave people the demeanor of a battle-hardened general. Savor it with a tea bowl in both hands.

There are three people sitting below, and the first and second seats on the left hand side are two young generals, who look very similar, especially the first one is less than twenty years old, and a pair of sword-eyed eagle eyes are very godly, like a young eagle that has just spread its wings and fly.

On the right hand side of the opposite side sat a young fat man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, which was the original Lingzhou of the county.

Zhou frowned and looked anxiously at the person above at this time, and finally couldn't help but speak:

"Lord County Guard, the lower officials and General Chang fought with those rebels for several days, and General Chang did not listen to the words of the subordinates, and he was greedy and reckless, so that the ambush of the rebels and the whole army were wiped out.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Xia Guan led the remnants of the remnants to retreat to the county for defense, but there were too many thieves, and they were not afraid of death, Xia Guan was finally defeated by the enemy, and the county town was occupied by the thieves, and Xia Guan could only run to ask for help like the county guard! ”

The man at the top put down the teacup, stared at Zhou with a terrifying glint in his eyes, and asked:

"Lord Zhou, according to what you said, Chang Sheng is a rice bucket, so he was defeated and killed, but you are a meritorious man?"

Zhou hurriedly said: "Xia Guan is a guilty person, and he doesn't dare to be greedy for merit, but what Xia Guan said is true!" ”

"Oh? Really? But I don't think that's the case? I've heard that the man who died of victory was inexplicable, and then some people were frightened and fled without a fight! ”

I was shocked when I heard it on Monday, but I did it neatly at the beginning, where did the news leak from? Could it be that those thieves deliberately leaked secrets? Shouldn't it? So he quickly explained:

"My lord, can't you listen to those rumors, those people are uneasy and kind, maliciously hurt the lower officials, if you don't believe it, you can go to the county to inquire to know if what the lower officials said is true!"

Gongsun Du smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then wait for me to send someone to inquire clearly before deciding whether to send troops, Lord Zhou, this official is busy with official business, so he will be out of company first." ”

Zhou reluctantly retreated.

The young general, who was at the top of the left hand, said, "Father, how do you know that you are lying this week?" ”

That year, the man said: "Kang'er, guessed for my father." ”

"Huh? How is this possible! ”

"Hehe, Chang Sheng was sent by me, I naturally understand, if Chang Sheng is defeated and dies, there is no chance of survival this week.

Now that Zhou is alive, there is only one possibility, Chang Sheng led people out of the city to fight, and the thieves didn't know what the plan was, so the whole situation was destroyed and died

After hearing the news in the county seat this week, he immediately abandoned the city and fled. I know this person very well, greedy for life and afraid of death, forgetful of righteousness, cunning and treacherous, not a good thing, if it weren't for someone above, how could I tolerate him?

It's just a small county, and it doesn't matter if he tosses it, but now he has lost the county seat, he is so anxious for us to attack it, I'm afraid there are still some unforgettable concerns there! ”

"Father's clever plan, Kang'er will definitely dominate the world like his father in the future!"

"Brother, I support you!" The thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy on the left opened his mouth to speak.

After hearing this, the man named Kang'er ignored it and continued to ask, "Father, then we really don't care?" After all, that's the land under the jurisdiction of my Liaodong County! ”

"Of course you can't ignore it, but now you can't manage it, it's too remote, located in southern Liaoning, nearly 100 miles away from Xiangping, and there are many mountain roads along the way, and it's not easy to march!

Now that winter is approaching, it is really not appropriate to start a war at this time, even if you want to fight, you have to wait until after next year's spring ploughing, let him go first, there is a remote place, the population is sparse, and there is no wave at all. ”

"Father, should we do something to prepare? Do you want to report to the court? ”

"There is no need to report to the imperial court, the conclusion of the report is to order us to go on the expedition, but when the time comes, it will be passive, and everything will be said next year.

In addition, send someone to inform the nearest Beifeng County to be careful to defend, Beifeng is located in a mountainous valley, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if something goes wrong in Beifeng, the trouble will be big!

Okay, you all go down, train well, and you'll have your battle in the spring next year! ”

In the evening, Zhou quietly came to the back door of the county guard's mansion, dotted the gatehouse, and then entered the mansion.

"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the door

"Come in!" The young man named Kang'er said

Zhou lewdly went into the door and said flatteringly: "Major General, what he said during the day, the county guard disagrees, do you think there is a way to help persuade him?" ”

The young man's eyes rolled, and his father said that he had something reluctant to worry about in the county, so he was in such a hurry to see if he could knock him out, so he said:

"Lord Zhou, didn't my father already say it, it's not too late to decide when the situation is clear, you can go back and wait with peace of mind, although it is remote, it also belongs to the jurisdiction of my Liaodong County, and we will definitely not sit idly by!"

That week was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Major General, that county is very important, I'm afraid that the night is long and dreamy, so it's better to send troops as soon as possible, if the young general can promote this matter, I am willing to pay two thousand taels to thank the young general!" ”

The young man gasped, two thousand taels! This is a lot of wealth, very tempting, it seems that there is a lot of oil and water in the water this week, well, there must be water. So he groaned: "Lord Zhou, this matter is quite difficult! ”

Monday gritted his teeth and said: "Three thousand taels, this is already the limit of the bottom, if there is more, I don't need to go." ”

"Lord Zhou, you give me an explanation, how many of those thieves are there? How did General Chang die? ”

Zhou suddenly said hesitantly: "Don't hide it from the young general, I don't know how much, but there are thousands of pirates of the Yellow Turban Army there.

General Chang went out with 2,000 soldiers that day, but the whole army was wiped out and not a single one was alive

The inquirer said that the battlefield was filled with white smoke and a stench that seemed to have been cooked, and the scene was shocking!

I suspect that the Yellow Turbans will do magic! ”

The young man said with a serious face: "Lord Zhou, if this is the case, the matter is very tricky.

I won't hide it from you, it was my father's decision not to send troops, but I can't be the master, it's going to snow now, and I can't use troops in winter, I advise you to wait patiently!

General Ben is also impatient, but he can't change this fact, let's talk about it tomorrow at the beginning of spring! Okay, Lord Zhou, I'm tired! ”

"You!" Zhou was so angry that he was about to explode, but he still reluctantly withdrew, who let this be someone else's territory!

After Zhou left, the young man smiled and said to himself: "Zhou, Zhou, three thousand taels? Now that you have forsaken the city and fled,

Then naturally everything doesn't belong to you, I hope you hide it better, and General Ben will go to pick it up in person next year! ”