Chapter 95
Ninety-five
Luo Wuche and Yu Qiangben and others recognized that after more than three days of intensive training, they finally recognized their new ranks, new captains, new flags, on the evening of the third day after being busy, the horse team of more than 3,000 people suddenly added food, brought a large bucket of meat, and distributed it to the camp to eat with the soldiers, Luo Wuche was worried at first that it was human flesh, but he smelled it, but also found that it was not, the texture of human flesh is delicate, not the appearance of beef in the bucket, and now he can eat it with confidence, and now look at Luo Wuche, he is no longer the appearance of a white-faced scholar, and the current Luo Wuche is a sturdy thief。
It was a bright night light, a team of 2,000 people, each with two horses, plus the horsemen in the armor pacesetter, the horsemen transferred by the battalion commanders, the number reached about 5,000, the raid was led by a wolf Deng Dezhi, Hu Quan allocated Deng Dezhi more than 2,000 armor pacesetters, plus Deng Qian's own guards, a large horse team in the night out of the camp, the sound of horses' hooves came out of the camp several miles away, the team of people and horses passed, and even the birds in the night sky did not dare to sing again.
Luo Wuche followed this team of people, Yu Qiangben was also in this team, they followed closely behind a wolf, left and right are the pacesetters in armor, in order to save horsepower, put the armor on the idle horses, and the horse on the horse only wore cotton clothes, the front of the team did not see the head, and the rear did not see the tail, Luo Wuche's idea of escaping could not be realized at all.
After more than three hours of non-stop horseing, the horse team arrived at Licheng more than ten miles, the surrounding mountain soldiers have been killed by the early infiltration of the armor pacesetters, in order to ensure safety and secrecy, Hu Quan will use the old bottom of the armor soldiers, but also received the effect, the signal was not sent, the team stopped the whole team at ten miles away from Licheng, the armor pacesetters are in front, the general horsemen are behind, each team has its own task.
Luo Wuche and Yu Qiang rushed to follow Deng Dezhi's banner, as a supplement to the armor pacesetter, the horses ran for more than three hours, hundreds of miles away, the horses had to rest, and now they have to change to another horse, the armor and the like are worn on the body, the spare horse because of the armor, although it has also run for a long time, but the armor plus weapons is only more than 30 catties, lighter than one, the team of people and horses dismounted to change armor, change horses, and then Deng Dezhi gave an order, all the soldiers sat on the ground, devouring dried meat on the ground, this time, the militia mobilized the best logistics。
After sitting on the ground for a long time, Luo Wuche did not dare to speak, because a few days ago he was also resting at night, if anyone dared to make noise at night during training, he was beheaded on the spot, and what he trained a few days ago was to rest after the long march of the horse team, and then attack, thousands of people sat on the ground, only the sound of chewing dried meat was heard in the dark, and occasionally horses neighed, with boundless depression in the dark,
The captain of the horse team came over and whispered the news, this time, it was to attack the city, and the task of this team was to follow Deng Dezhi and kill the officers and high-ranking officials in the city in the shortest possible time.
About half an hour, the horse rested, the people also rested, the front suddenly rose a spark of color training, people who don't know thought it was a ghost fire in the night, but Luo Wangche recognized the signal, these days are based on the main spark as the number.
Deng Dezhi got on the horse, thousands of armor pacesetters also got on the horse, and then in a very short period of time, thousands of people turned over on the spare war horses, this time, everyone put on the armor, not caring about the burden of the horse, Deng Dezhi gave an order, the middle spare trombone sounded, countless torches fought, there were many sparks in the dark valley at once, Luo Wuche was also in the sea of torches, he looked back, the tail could not be seen behind, and the front was a wolf's flag.
When assigning the task just now, it has already been made clear that Deng Dezhi wants to personally lead the most elite soldiers and horses, go straight to the governor's yamen, and break through the command center of Licheng in the shortest possible time, and some of the other teams control the city gate, some set fires, and some rob warehouses, each with its own task assignment, and the map morning militia will be kept in mind, Luo Wangche and Yu Qiangben are all following behind Deng Dezhi, and they are going to go straight into the governor's yamen.
When Luo Wuche heard the news, he felt that something was wrong, the city wall was high and the city was deep, how could he attack it, but he had just gotten the news, and he didn't have time to think about it. There was a whistle in front, Luo Wuche didn't want to think about it, followed the large group of people, rushed forward, they were not the first to rush out, in front of them, there were several teams of people and horses rushed out, it was to clean up the mountain soldiers and control the city gate, these pacesetters were brave and abnormal, killed many ambush soldiers and mountain soldiers in the dark, and to seize the city gate, after seizing, they had to guard the city gate to prevent the defenders from recapturing.
The brigade torrent went in the direction of Licheng, and Luo Wuche was also among them.
When Luo Wuche saw the city gate of Licheng, the Chengen Gate of Licheng was already on fire, and there were people fighting all around, Deng Dezhi didn't care about the situation of the city gate, and brought the soldiers and horses of the elite soldiers, and rushed to the governor's yamen, Luo Wuche followed the number of five hundred armor pacesetters, rushed into the Cheng'en Gate, and when passing through the city gate, he saw countless fallen corpses on both sides, and the armored soldiers who arrived in advance were rushing to both sides, and kept setting fires.
Luo Wuche and Yu Qiangben followed Deng Dezhi to ride their horses through the city gate, ignoring the soldiers on both sides.
The residents of the city are in chaos, there are people shouting to go away, people on the street are running around, Deng Dezhi doesn't care about the pedestrians running around on the street, and orders to take the governor's yamen, this team of 500 people in armor is elite, there are almost more than 300 general armor soldiers like Luo Wuche behind him, everyone is riding horses and galloping wildly in the night, in the night sky, the flames roll up several feet high, from time to time there are women and children crying, Luo Wuche saw a few armor soldiers on the side chasing a group of women into the alley, everywhere is screaming again and again.
While the armor soldiers set fires, they put their belongings in their arms, and even a few armor soldiers fought because of the fight for property, people wearing officer and soldier uniforms ran around, and many officers and soldiers threw down their armor and joined the army of looting property and setting fires, they were all guest soldiers, and they had no feelings for the local area.
After countless sparks of night scenes, a group of people rushed to the governor's yamen, the people in front were desperately fighting with the guards, at this time a lot of people had fallen behind, even the elite armor pacesetters also fell behind a lot, Deng Dezhi gave an order, the whole army dismounted, the horses were thrown on the spot, there were already dozens of pacesetters hugged a thick crossbar, an order, dozens of pacesetters surrounded, suddenly hit the governor's vermilion gate, every time it hit, the gate sent out a "boom" Luo Wuche saw the officers and soldiers on the wall coming out in the chaos, and opened his bow to this side in exclamation, Luo Wuche didn't think about it, opened his bow and shot an arrow, and the standard battalion soldier fell off the wall. The companions behind Luo Wu's body also opened their bows and threw them inside, Luo Wuche saw Yu Qiangben and their group began to use rockets, Mars rose in mid-air, slowly rose in the night sky, very beautiful, and then fell into the governor's yamen, the captain of the armored pacesetter who led the team shouted orders repeatedly, and the archers released more than ten rounds of rockets in a row, and a scream came from the governor's yamen, mixed with the shouts of many women.
The vermilion gate was finally knocked open after several impacts, the armoured pacesetters of the brigade let out a shout, the people in front held a hand shield, and the back opened a bow and threw it inside, the gate of the governor's yamen was not narrow, but hundreds of people poured in, and for a time they also stepped on a lot of their own people, Luo Wuche was not in the front, and heard the sound of screaming from inside, as well as the sound of arrows flying, according to the rare Deng Dezhi's shout, asking everyone to rush in immediately.
When Luo Wuche squeezed in, there was already a layer of corpses on the ground, showing various shapes, the armored pacesetters with torches set fire to all around, Luo Wuche also followed a group of people into the lobby, this hall is a military aircraft heavyland, the officers and soldiers at the door have already died, Luo Wuche has no goal for a while, and he saw Yu Qiangben slashing and killing the officers and soldiers who are not wearing good clothes, and the commander behind him shouted, asking the people to immediately chase and kill Cui Guiyuan, and there are those who behead Cui Guiyuan and the generals, reward 10,000 taels of silver, and seal the army marquis.
Luo Wuche followed his own captain, dozens of people rushed into the side hall, the governor's yamen is huge, for a while I don't know where Cui Guiyuan is, this team of people rushed to the right side hall, then saw more than a dozen officers and soldiers with weapons, guarding a beautiful wing, the door also planted a lot of flowers and plants, the captain of the armor pacesetter thought that this was Cui Guiyuan's bedroom, and ordered a strong attack under the great joy, these officers and soldiers were not the team members of the battle-clad pacesetters, and they were slaughtered in a short time, the captain of the armoured pacesetters gave an order, everyone pushed open the door, only saw a few women and children, although Luo Wuche was forced to kill an officer and soldier in self-defense, but did not want to kill women and children, The captain of the armor pacesetter saw that there was no man in the middle, and several women did not look like some big officials, he was extremely disappointed, Yu Qiangben and others rushed up, and these women and children screamed and became dead ghosts.
Luo Wuche followed the crowd and retreated, and then searched everywhere, the captain ordered, seeing that all the men were executed, it turned out that he was worried that Cui Guiyuan would be mixed in the crowd, Luo Wuche saw the armored pacesetters scattering around, and killed people when they saw them. At this time, he was also in a daze, he did whatever his companions did, and his sanity or something was naturally gone.
There was a lotus pond in the courtyard, the dead bodies were stacked on top of each other, several women were chased by more than a dozen armor-wearing pacesetters and were cornered, so they jumped into the lotus pond, but the water was shallow, just stuck in the mud, several women cried loudly, the armored soldiers took bows and arrows, regardless of the voices of these women begging for mercy, they shot them to death one by one in the pool, Luo Wuche saw the bodies of those probably maiko floating on the water, their gaudy palace makeup was conspicuous in the dark pool water, Luo Wuche did not have time to care about this, because his captain was desperately shouting, asking them to come over and help。
Luo Wuche's eyes only had the flames flickering everywhere, all he heard was the shouts of people, and the exhalation of his companions waving their knives, and people were in a state of confusion and confusion.
By dawn, the horns in the city were repeated, the original brigade of the rogue militia arrived, Hu Quan went through an expedited march, and brought more than 20,000 armor soldiers and 3,000 armor pacesetters to Licheng, this time Hu Quan was not at all like the previous first cannon fodder, and then on the elite, this time, it was to hand over the elite to a wolf, and he led the team to break through first, and he then brought a slightly inferior army to help. There are also about tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers in the back, who are heading towards Licheng, and they will be thrown into battle.
The horns in the city were repeated, although there was chaos for a while last night, although Cui Guiyuan fled first, but several generals under him were not easy to deal with, especially Long Shizhong, Zheng Mingshi several, organized his soldiers to take back the city gate, the two sides tore up and killed at the city gate for a long time, up to this time the city gate is still tearing up, Deng Dezhi sent more than half of the armor pacesetters on hand to help the city gate, if the city gate is recaptured by the officers and soldiers, then all the invasive militia will die here, the officers and soldiers in the city are more than 50,000 people, if they are organized, he is not an opponent with more than 5,000 people who suddenly entered.
Luo Wuche was out of breath at this time, Deng Dezhi was also very strong last night, Luo Wuche and a group of ordinary horse armor soldiers were not the elite troops around Deng Dezhi, but Deng Dezhi kept sending the elite team of armor on hand to the city gate, resisting Long Shizhong and Zheng Mingshi's family members who grabbed the city gate, and finally Deng Dezhi only had a team of less than 100 armor pacesetters around him. Luo Wuche and other ordinary armor soldiers have also become the last card in Deng Dezhi's hand, now Deng Dezhi's hands of the people, plus Luo Wuche and others, less than three hundred, Deng Dezhi kept attacking the mansions of the generals in the city, and then attacked everywhere, up to now, Deng Dezhi has captured five or six generals alive, and some generals woke up from their sleep, there is no personal guard around them, but in the face of the thieves who suddenly broke the door and entered the door desperately fighting, they did not surrender, and there were also those who reacted very quickly, and the family Ding personally defended the thieves with amazing combat power and then fled, Luo Wuche remembered that the Yan soldiers under Zu Tingnian were very amazing, and a group of them rushed into Zu Tingnian's house, there are only more than 30 guards in Zu Tingnian's house in the south of the city, this is because Cui Guiyuan does not allow the generals to bring too many personal soldiers into the city to live. But these people simply cut the thieves who rushed in, and finally Deng Dezhi led the team in armor, and only killed Zu Tingnian's family, and finally Zu Tingnian escaped on horseback under the protection of his own son, Deng Dezhi was on the spot to kill a few captains who were not effective, and the line of fire improved the few people who dared to rush to kill, and there was Luo Wuche in the middle.
Luo Wuche panted, holding a knife in one hand, and threw the helmet on his head on the ground, but he didn't dare to take off the red turban on his head, and rushed all night, his voice was hoarse, it might have been a good opportunity to escape, but now there is chaos in the city, and the other three gates don't know what happened, and the possibility of running out of the city is very high, if it is killed by the officers and soldiers as thieves, it will be wronged, not to mention that the thieves are very likely to capture Licheng, because it can be seen that more and more militia members have entered Licheng, and now their minds have begun to become clear.
At this time, Deng Dezhi did not look like a former general, he also wore a leather armor, and a red turban was tied on his head, he was stabbed on the shoulder, and several personal soldiers were carefully rubbing medicine for him, because Hu Quan had arrived in the back, and now there was no need to attack the mansions looking for generals everywhere, and so far the generals were only afraid that they would either be caught, or flee to their own barracks, or die in a surprise attack at night.
On the other side of the field, there are seven or eight generals of the court, this is the result of Deng Dezhi's battle in one night, some of them are still naked, that is at the beginning when the militia rushed in, they didn't have time to react and were arrested, Luo Wuche remembered that he was still holding a concubine at the time, and there were also some injuries on their bodies, all of them had a bad complexion, these people's barracks were in other places, Deng Dezhi arrested them, just counting on using them to recruit officers and soldiers, if they failed to surrender, they could not be allowed to escape back to the battalion to besiege the soldiers.
Everyone sat on the ground, the thieves took out the bread in their arms, gnawed up, Luo Wuche saw the well on the side, his heart was excited for a while, got up, ran over, shook the wheel, Luo Wuche only felt that the wheel was very heavy, more and more strange, Yu Qiangben saw this, also ran over, the two of them worked together, under the force, the needle bucket shook up, a look, Luo Wuche poked his head out to see, the bucket was lying in the body of a woman, and a child was still in his arms, Luo Wuche lost his mind for a while, his hand was loosened, Yu Qiangran scolded, supported it alone, and called a few thieves to help, and finally lifted the bucket of water out, but the water soaked the corpse, and the taste was not very goodSeveral people threw the body aside, threw down the bucket again, and laid down a bucket of water.
Luo Wuche walked over, the woman was gorgeously dressed, although the body was already swollen, she still looked like a beautiful woman before she was born, and the child in her arms was the same, it was a gorgeously dressed child.
There are dead bodies all over the place, and there are not many more, and no one cares.
The fire was still crackling outside, and a herald rushed into the house and shouted: "Master Hu Shuai has an order, order a wolf general to bring someone to meet him immediately, and there must be no mistake." And they all stood up, lifted up all the generals on the ground, lined up, and went in the direction of Cheng'en Gate, which was the last house to be conquered last night.
Both sides of the street were full of running people, seeing the soldiers and horses of the brigade coming, they all carefully avoided it, and there were also some rebels looting, seeing this brigade of men and horses, they immediately went elsewhere, a woman was crying on the side of the street, her husband and daughter were lying on the side, as if they had been killed by the rebels, a man like an officer and soldier was dragging the weeping woman, and several other rebels were touching the dead body.
When Luo Wuche saw Deng Dezhi in front of him, he couldn't bear it, and he stepped forward and said, "General Deng, please go and kill those officers and soldiers." Deng Dezhi glanced at the tragic situation on the street, frowned, and said, "Disperse them." Luo Wuche and a few people shouted and rushed forward, and several officers and soldiers fled into the houses on both sides, and disappeared in a moment. Only the woman was left crying, and now there are not many such things in the city, and I can't control them if I want to. The rebels over there were even more happy when they saw that the thieves from the brigade were not coming, and the woman's screams were even more miserable, and the expressions on the faces of the rebels seemed to be even more happy.
Deng Dezhi said to one of the captured generals: "General Sun Dagong, these are all Mao soldiers under you, why are they so unhelpful, if you are not there, it will be a mess." Sun Dagong closed his mouth and didn't speak, at this time there were many soldiers on the street, and the general's subordinates were all there, and Sun Dagong was not the only one.
Everyone walked for another half an hour, and then arrived at the gate of Cheng'en, and saw Hu Quan's banner raised at the gate of the city, a team of armor-clad pacesetters were setting off in all directions, Hu Quan put on a golden helmet, brought everyone, to welcome a wolf and others, and naturally someone under his command brought the captured generals over, and after a while, Hu Quan was going to use them to surrender to the rebels, if there was anyone who did not obey, of course they were killed.
Luo Wuche and Yu Qiangben and others went to the right side of the city gate to rest, because many people were killed in the battle, and now they want to reorganize from the army, Luo Wuche and Yu Qiangben and others want to sit down and rest, they fought all night, and now they want to find a place to sleep, and now there are corpses around, and it will not hinder sleeping.
I didn't want to sit down, someone shouted for reinforcements on the side, it turned out that Anyuanmen was tight and wanted to transfer troops, Luo Wuche Yu Qiangben and others had to get up again, tidy up the team, and drive into the city.
Smoke and dust all over the way, everyone sorted out the team, and went to Anyuan Gate, Luo Wuche saw that the rebels in the city were mostly officers and soldiers, but there were fewer militiamen, the rebels set fire to the chaos, robbed and killed, and no one cared, most of these rebels were chaotic under the sudden attack, some of the rebels fled from several city gates at night, and some of the rebels wanted to grab a handful and run again, many of which were the governor's pacesetters, Cui Guiyuan had not caught them so far, but his subordinate governor's battalion was in chaos.
Everyone arrived at the gate of Anyuan, then saw a "dragon" word flag in the wind, in the open space at the gate of the inner city, the crowd gathered into several groups, shouting and killing came one after another, the city is also everywhere there are people tearing and killing, from time to time someone fell from the city wall, Luo Wuche saw that the leader of a group of militia members especially dared to fight, commanded a team of militia to surround the officers and soldiers, seize the city, this group of people just arrived, the leader of the militia grabbed the flag, and ordered loudly, let this group of people go to besiege the officers and soldiers of the middle regiment.
Yu Qiangben whispered to Luo Wuche: "Have you seen it? That person is Li Chenglu, I heard that he led people to open the city gate at night, and the inside and outside should be combined, and last night he guarded the Chengen Gate for more than an hour, so that the army could enter the city." Luo Wuche glanced at Li Chenglu, and saw that he was still wearing the mountain armor of officers and soldiers, but he had a red cloth wrapped around his head, blood on his face, and his face was colorful.
A group of people in front of them retreated, it was their turn to change, the people in front were injured, and the people in the back rotated, which was the method of wheel warfare, Luo Wuche and Yu Qiangben and others didn't have time to think about it, and they also rushed up, Luo Wuche took a small shield, Yu Qiangben held a long spear, and the people in front retreated, and saw a regiment of officers and soldiers in the middle, headed by a man in his fifties, with more than ten personal guards, who were blocking the road out of the city, they were all wounded, and the crowd surrounded them again, swords and guns, and the official's family also dared to fight, and he couldn't rest, and then rushed up, and the new group of people tore up, but they were few people, and they cut for a long time, There was really no strength in his body, and Luo Wuche cut down a person who looked like a family, and he had no strength to block the knife that was cut down.
Li Chenglu's voice came from behind, and Luo Wuche only heard it, "Uncle Long, if you descend, if you descend, I will hold a good position in front of Hu Shuai for you." The general in the middle heard it, just "bah", spit a mouthful, and waved the big knife, cutting down the few who rushed in front, Luo Wuche flashed, and the official was very strong, and the blade slashed in front of him, bringing up a cold wind for a while.
Li Chenglu shouted: "Uncle, you are kind to me, I will not forget, do you know, in yesterday's battle, Cui Guiyuan has already run away, this city of more than 50,000 officers and soldiers scattered, fleeing, why do you have to resist, you can save your life if you surrender." When Long Shizhong heard this, he just scolded: "Traitor, you are a thief, and you dare to call me uncle, you and I only have the share of a knife to speak, that nonsense." Li Chenglu in the back shouted a few more times, and Long Shizhong ignored it, and was bent on parrying wave after wave of rogue militia rushing up, and Li Chenglu finally stopped shouting. I no longer think about recruiting Long Shizhong.
The general's family became fewer and fewer, either he fell to the ground from exhaustion, or he was hacked to death with a knife, and the general saw that today was not spared after all, with a sad and indignant look on his face, waving a big knife, ignoring the empty door in front of him, shouting, and rushing towards Luo Wuche, with all the hair on his face, his white hair flying, and his eyes glaring angrily. Luo Wuche was a little timid for a while, and then Yu Qiangran and sent a shot, hitting Long Shizhong's chest, Long Shizhong roared angrily, but he couldn't move forward a bit, and the scales and spear heads on his body made a "squeak" The harsh sound, Luo Wuche had not yet reacted, the armor-clad pacesetters behind him shouted together, dozens of spears grazed past his ears, neatly inserted into Long Shizhong's chest, and then used force together to provoke Long Shizhong with a spear, Long Shizhong was still roaring with his mouth open in the air, and then dozens of spears retracted together, and the person in front of him hit him with a shield, Long Shizhong fell to the ground, blood flowed all over the ground, his eyes were not closed, and he opened his eyes to look at the sky.
A few armorers were afraid that they would not die, and pounced on them, and the knives poked on Long Shizhong's corpse, Long Shizhong did not move, let them poke for a while, and the rest of the family members either threw their weapons and fell to the ground to die, or mustered up the strength to fight again, and finally were cut to the ground one by one, and after being hacked to death, the militia also took off the armor on the corpse.
Li Chenglu walked up and cut down the "dragon" banner with a knife. The flag fell and floated onto Long Shizhong's corpse.
In the afternoon, the organized resistance of the officers and soldiers in the city has ended, and now Luo Wuche and Yu Qiangben and others have captured Anyuan Gate, and after a short rest, they will chase and kill the defeated soldiers in the city.
Several warehouses in the city, except for a very small part that were burned, were well preserved, a large amount of grain was taken, and the four gates had been captured, and now the need was to sweep away the rebellious soldiers in the city.
The brigade of the rogue militia also fell in the afternoon, and new troops joined, these new arrivals were not the elite of the rogue militia, and many of them did not even match the armor, but these people had already done enough, and now it was a good fight, but after these people arrived in the city, there were many robberies.
Luo Wuche is now a high-ranking thief, he is now wearing two layers of armor, with an iron helmet, coldly watching a group of newly arrived soldiers rush into an alley, inside chickens and dogs jumping up, there are men's roars, women's crying, there are children's screams, Luo Wuche carried a knife, sitting under the stone plaque at the entrance of the alley, he doesn't have to go into battle in person, Hu Quan intends to participate in the sudden attack of this group of militia armor into the armor pacesetter, one to wear the armor pacesetters have losses, the second to fight all night, these new horses are excellent, after a night of fighting, it is completely okay to be an armor pacesetter。 Luo Wuche will soon be a pacesetter in armor, and now he is supervising these ordinary soldiers, and he is naturally indispensable for what he grabbed, and he can now behead ordinary rogue militiamen on the spot without being invited.
Yu Qiangben came over from the other side, and he is the same now, both of them are old thieves.
After a while, I saw a leader rushing out, with a look of joy on his face, it seemed that he had grabbed a lot, but it was a lot of Luo and Yu, he came to Luo Wuche with a flattering look, Luo Wuche kicked and scolded: "Get out" The leader was frightened, and climbed to the other side, Yu Qiangben smiled, pulled the leader in front of him, and carefully counted the filial piety handed over.
Luo Wuche glanced at this city, fireworks were everywhere, crying could be heard everywhere, and sighed.