The wound in the abdomen, which was constantly oozing blood, was pricked by the boring palladium.

Han Shizhong sat on the ground with his butt down, and there were only two soldiers left by his side, one of whom was not his soldier.

He didn't know how long he had been on the run, but he had rounded several hills, then passed through four or five villages, and finally he no longer heard the cries of his pursuers.

Han Shizhong is used to this kind of thing.

With great difficulty, he tore his clothes with his teeth, picked up an herb and chewed it, and Han Shizhong asked the soldiers to help him bandage his wounds.

Han Shizhong had a strong sense of direction and quickly decided where to go.

After walking for several miles, he encountered a group of routs. There were more than a dozen of them, lying at the foot of the mountain, panting like a bellows in their throats.

Gathered the soldiers and returned to the team, continued to walk east, and actually saw the cooking smoke.

Han Shizhong rushed over to take a look, and instantly choked with anger, it turned out to be more than a hundred archers, gathered at the entrance of the village to roast tender corn to eat.

These guys were the first to escape, shot the rebel reserve twice, and were scared away by the rebels as soon as they rushed.

The reserves of the rebels did not pursue them at all, but instead attacked the right flank of the Western army, and these archers were still on the run. He didn't stop shooting arrows, nor did he pick up his sword to flank the enemy on both sides, so he knew how to flee the battlefield anyway.

Han Shizhong's hatred, if the archers didn't flee so simply, or if Feng Chong's troops held on a few more times, he would be able to defeat the rebels like tofu.

Don't look at the defeat of only one mandarin duck squad, those deserters will attack the friendly army.

Moreover, Han Shizhong was killed from the side, and the long weapons of the adjacent Mandarin Duck squad were difficult to quickly turn around under the interference of the rout. You only need to break one team, and you can break a large area with a point of noodles!

No matter how much they scolded, it was useless, and Han Shizhong didn't even bother to reprimand them for making a fire.

Han Shizhong went to the cornfield, broke a few tender corn cobs, and took a nap while barbecing.

If the thief sees the smoke coming after him, he will have no choice but to keep running.

"Fortunately, I ran fast, these thieves are really desperate to fight."

"My father was also an archer, and he came home with a broken arm. When I went out, my father told me to run away when something was wrong. This injury is dead, and you can't get a pension, only your life is your own. ”

"Officers and soldiers will definitely not be able to defeat the thieves, and most of the thieves can be emperors."

"Don't talk nonsense, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has God's blessing, how can an ordinary rebellion be successful?"

"Hey, if the emperor is blessed by God, there will be many disasters in the world?"

“……”

When Han Shizhong heard these discussions, he stared at the corn above the flame in a daze.

Just give those few military salaries, and why do you have to deduct them, can you complain about the archers fleeing?

If the salary is paid in full, a medium forbidden army in the Northern Song Dynasty will have a daily salary of more than 130 yuan, plus 2 stone and 5 buckets of grain per month.

The Xiang army is divided into three classes, with a monthly salary of 300 to 500 yuan, which is converted to more than 10 yuan per day. In addition, it provides monthly rations, about 2 stone per month, that is, 236 catties (modern catties). They also make clothes from cloth when the seasons change.

The treatment of the township soldiers of the Western Army is similar to that of the middle van army. When you enlist in the army, you can receive a sum of money, which is basically given to ten times.

This was okay in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, but prices have skyrocketed in recent decades, but the salary of soldiers has not risen!

In particular, in the past two years, there is no need to be greedy for money in deducting grain and salary, and you can earn a large amount of money by converting monthly grain into money at the official price. With that money, the soldiers could not buy enough food, so they had to go hungry every day.

It wasn't until Zhao Gou moved south that the imperial court remembered to raise the soldiers' salaries, and the one-third increase was a one-third increase.

After another few decades, it rose year by year, and the military salary was four times that of Song Huizong, and at that time the soldiers were finally able to eat.

These Xiang soldiers and township soldiers are actually looking forward to fighting, because they can take care of food in war, and they usually only take care of food during drills.

But it's only for the sake of eating, fools are desperate!

There was a sound of footsteps in the west, but it was some routed soldiers, who saw the smoke running to converge.

Han Shizhong gathered more than 300 people along the way and went back, first reporting the situation to Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan whispered: "Feng Chong came back earlier than you to accuse you of improper command, and you suffered a big defeat. ”

Han Shizhong said angrily: "I didn't command properly? If they are willing to listen to the command, if they dare to fight hard, there is no need for me to take the risk of breaking through the formation with my headquarters! ”

Wang Yuan asked, "How did you lose?" ”

Han Shizhong said: "Find a pen and paper, and I will draw it for you to see." ”

Wang Yuan asked someone to bring paper and pen, and Han Shizhong quickly drew various weapons.

Then, Han Shizhong drew a mandarin duck formation, pointed to the formation and said: "This formation is suitable for long-term training recruits, as long as they are strictly disciplined and skillful, recruits who have never seen blood can fight tough battles." The weapon is very long, and the coordination is exquisite, so it is difficult for the enemy to get close to him, and he can also attack at close range. The two armies fought for nearly a quarter of an hour, and the Western sergeants suffered more and more casualties, and the melee weapons did not touch the thieves very often. The morale of the Western Army became lower and lower the more they fought, but the morale of the thieves became more and more vigorous. It was when I saw this situation that I had to take the risk of breaking the formation in person, otherwise I would lose sooner or later if I continued to fight. ”

Wang Yuan looked at the formation arrangement carefully, and felt a little understood, but he didn't understand it personally.

Han Shizhong continued to explain: "This kind of long bamboo is difficult to break through, and a small number of Western troops will be blocked by this kind of fork, and they will be attacked by spears. The thieves were a team of 12 soldiers, with the captain in the center. I also heard the captain shout: The captain is killed, and the whole team is killed! ”

"The whole team is killed?" Wang Yuan was shocked.

In recent years, the Western Army has become more and more bad, not to mention that during the war, there were countless deserters even on the normal frontier.

Too many deserters led the imperial court to change the decree, and did not dare to punish the generals for this, if they strictly followed the military law, there would be no generals on the front line.

The thief actually killed the captain and killed the whole team?

Han Shizhong guessed: "The food and salary of the thief soldiers should not be deducted, otherwise it is impossible for such a strict military law to be accepted by the soldiers." Only when the rewards and punishments are clear and the food and salary are sufficient, can the captain die and behead the whole team. Zhu Thief formulated military law in this way, and thought that the captain was the core of this formation. Officers and soldiers can't learn it, and they can draw gourds to practice the formation in the same way, but at most they can get their shape, but they can't get their spirit. No matter how well you practice in peacetime, you will have to break when you fight. ”

"That's right." Wang Yuan sighed.

Holding the drawings drawn by Han Shizhong, Wang Yuan went to Yang Weizhong to talk, and by the way, he helped Han Shizhong plead for mercy.

Yang Weizhong listened to Wang Yuan's explanation while looking at the picture, and qualitatively said about the matter: "Figuring out the truth of the thief is also a meritorious service, although this big defeat, it can offset the merits." ”

Yang Weizhong went to Liu Yanqing with the drawings again, and Liu Yanqing also agreed with this explanation.

Liu Yanqing also called the secretary of the army: "Redraw this picture more exquisitely, and write another battle report." Let's just say that I have fought a few desperately here, and I have figured out the formation of thieves. This kind of formation is extremely mysterious, it is obtained by the Zhu thief from overseas, and it is the formation lost by Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty. Now dedicated to the imperial court, you can train countless heroes. ”

This is Liu Yanqing's cleverness, a big defeat can also become a great achievement.

Offering the lost formation for the imperial court, the pattern was instantly bigger.

Of course, this credit belongs to Liu Yanqing, and it was obtained by him many times.

Yang Weizhong said: "Han Shizhong heard it clearly, and the thieves shouted, 'The captain dies in battle, and the whole team is killed'." If he heard correctly, the thief would be difficult to deal with. Especially if we attack the cottage, those thieves will fight to the death and not retreat, how can they fight down? ”

"Then ...... Wait. Liu Yanqing didn't dare to fight.

The three thief villages are too dangerous, and now Han Shizhong has explored the truth again, and then attacking the cottage is equivalent to death.

Liu Yanqing planned to delay time, no matter how the eunuchs urged the army, he also had to keep his army from losing.

Where there are soldiers, there is power!

When the other two armies are defeated, Gao Yu will naturally order a retreat, and then he will have the opportunity to bring his soldiers back.

The Liu family's life-saving military method was already quite exquisite when Liu Yanqing was in power, and his son Liu Guangshi later cultivated to Dacheng.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Guangshi could not only lead the soldiers to run, but also take the soldiers' families to run together. No matter how dangerous the situation is, they can all run away with all their tails, and even the soldiers and their families will be transferred to Jiangnan together.

It's just to hurt the friendly army quite badly......

After thinking for a long time, Liu Yanqing ordered: "Consolidate the camp day and night, and don't let the thieves find flaws!" ”

This guy is here to suppress the thief, and the slaughter has turned into defense.

After facing each other for half a month like this, even Gao Yu couldn't help it and sent someone to inquire about Fu Luodao's progress.

Liu Yanqing just responded: "I have fought many battles here, and the thieves have lost their soldiers, and they only need a few more battles to win a big victory." ”

Liu Yanqing pretended to be a pretend, divided his troops out of the camp every day, and took turns to dispatch a group of troops to stand outside the range of artillery to provoke.

It's so far away to provoke a ghost, but it looks like it's done quite well.

Yang Zhi guarded the cottage and did not come out, used a telescope to enjoy the performance of the Western Army, and waited for Zhu Ming's messenger in late September.

Yang Du pointed out that the officers and soldiers of the Baochuan Road were defeated and left, and the general had personally led the troops to Shaanxi. The officers and soldiers on your side are likely to retreat, and Yang Du refers to his own decision on how to do it. If the officers and soldiers retreat in a disorderly manner, they will pursue them with all their might. If the officers and men withdraw steadily, they can follow from a distance, and the officers and men will not be allowed to return to Shaanxi easily. ”

"I see."

Hearing that the main battlefield was won, Yang Zhi was overjoyed.

The rebel army has stabilized, and there is no need to worry about it in the future. I command all of them, and after this battle, I can also be promoted to a commander because of my merits.

Although he didn't hit any decent staff, it was a great achievement to keep Fu Luo Dao safe!

The news from Liu Yanqing's side lagged behind, and it took more than half a month to learn that the friendly forces of the Baochuan Road had been defeated.

He was not disappointed, but ecstatic, and was finally able to withdraw with his troops.

And he was ordered to retreat, because Zhu Ming killed Shaanxi, Gao Yu asked him to hurry back to the division to rescue!

"Don't worry, the grain transport team will go first."

Liu Yanqing was not in a hurry, continued to stick to the camp, and still had time to transport back grain and grass.

As for Gao Yu's side, there are troops of Liu Xi and Liu Jian to protect them, and they should be able to support it for a long time according to the city.

At this time, Liu Yanqing's grain and grass were no longer new wheat, but this year's rice.

There was not much left, and the grain transport team took some away, and let the whole army carry some on their backs.

In the end, Liu Yanqing ordered: "After giving Han Shizhong a thousand soldiers, look for an opportunity to ambush the thieves and chase the soldiers!" ”

He can see that Han Shizhong is very capable of fighting.

If it's available, use it to death!

(End of chapter)