Chapter 197: Liu Cao's counterattack
Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, but now everyone can guess the current situation of the anti-thieves in Hezhou, after all, a group of guys from the bottom are naturally reluctant to let go after suddenly gaining the right, in fact, not to mention them, even those ministers of the family now, who are willing to give up the rights in their hands, but they have been fighting for a long time, and they have learned to compromise with each other, and the struggle has put on a layer of elegant clothing.
It's a pity that these thieves haven't learned to compromise and trade, so their performance is more straightforward, which is generally reflected in the knife in their hands, like Wutongshen, who intends to support his own troops and stand on his own.
Under the five-color flag, five very personal leaders are discussing something with each other.
However, it can be seen that the one who holds the initiative is a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe, and he is the clever tongue of the five gods.
Ma Dayu was born in a peasant family, and when he was young, he sold the family's land to the ruffians in the county with his father, and disappeared with the money, and when he returned to his hometown, he was already dressed as a literati, and he also had some ability.
However, his father was so angry that he vomited blood and died because he sold his land in the early years, after all, the family can point to this little bit of land to plan, and without the field, the family will have no way to live, so they can not be angry to death.
After Ma Dayu's father was angry to death, his mother disappeared with her two younger brothers, so when Ma Dayu came back, even the old mansion collapsed.
However, Ma Dayu didn't care about this, relying on a good tongue to lobby around among the local tyrants and squires, so that he could make a little famous, at least the gentry would invite him to raise the grade and get a little more elegant style when he held a banquet, so Ma Dayu not only could mix a round belly when he left, but often had a few more coins in his pocket, and he lived a chic life.
When the thieves in Hezhou were everywhere, Ma Dayu did not hesitate to be the leading party, and took the lead in slaughtering several wealthy gentry who often ate together.
How many of these thieves are educated, Ma Dayu's identity as a literati doesn't matter how much water he has, and how much ink he has in his stomach, he is better than those who don't even know what their names look like, so their status is not low, and then they slowly mixed up to the position of Wutong God with a bad stomach.
However, Ma Dayu is not satisfied with his current status, in his opinion, not to mention the other four commanders, even Zhu Laoba, they are all a bunch of lowly mud legs, only he is qualified to be the lord of this state, so many things are taken by him, such as the sneak attack on Hezhou Mansion was his advice, and this attack on the imperial army was also fueled by him.
It's just that it is unknown whether he has discovered the shadow behind Zhu Laoba in these things, but now he is dancing vigorously between his tongues with his tongue, flickering the four stupid hats in front of him to fight hard.
Nominally, this army is managed by five people, but in fact, the main person responsible for leading the troops is the invincible Li Dabi, who is invincible with his fists and feet, and the Shunfeng God Ear Zhang, Da Ear, is a spy head, and Ma Dayu is a dog-headed military division, as for the blood basin big mouth and big mouth, it is the head chef if it sounds good, and the head of the gang is the head of the man if it is ugly, so Ma Dayu's main energy is on the first two.
Hua Dayan was originally a hunter in the mountains, a part-time bandit, and with the ability to shoot arrows in one hand, he became one of the leaders.
Li Dabi is a martial arts gym, and he usually brings an apprentice to fight with others at most.
Therefore, these two people have no experience in leading troops to fight at all, if it weren't for the foundation laid by Zhu Laoba, as well as the help of Ma Dayu, they wouldn't even be able to bring out these soldiers under them, let alone open the formation, so after Ma Dayu flickered, these two people pretended to be majestic as usual and nodded, and the herald behind him saw Ma Dayu nodding, and immediately went down to convey the order, it can be seen that although Ma Dayu has no military power now, his influence is not small, unlike Zhang Da'er and Zhang's big mouth, both of which are as small and transparent.
The war drums sounded, and the anti-thieves began to speed up their march, but the formation that was barely maintained became fragmented, obviously Ma Dayu may have a hand in logistics, but he is also a rookie for commanding the battle, and he can make such a big move in Hezhou, mainly because they are all familiar with the way of the local snakes, and they all know each other, and now the reputation is in full swing, and there are naturally people under a letter to help open the city gate at night, of course, they are invincible.
In fact, these anti-thieves have no experience in large-scale battles at all, and the previous harassment was just to send a small number of people to take the path to burn grain and set fire, this head-on confrontation with the officers and soldiers They are the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair, naturally she has no experience, and was immediately caught by Liu Bei and Cao Chao.
Although Liu Bei and Cao Chao had an unpleasant quarrel before, the two were like being born one-on-one, and they cooperated quite tacitly when they first went to the battlefield, and joined forces to counterattack the thieves in Hezhou.
Liu Bei led the heavy infantry to advance step by step, Cao Chao commanded the cavalry to cut obliquely into the anti-thief formation, divided a part of it and handed it to Liu Bei to exterminate, and then took the cavalry to pierce and divide it again, twisting the entire anti-thief formation into a mess.
Huang Bo is not a pedantic person, as long as he can annihilate the rebels at the moment, let alone disobey military orders, even if he pulls his collar and slaps him, so when he saw that Liu Bei and Cao Chao created such a good opportunity, he immediately commanded the Chinese army to attack and expand the results.
The five of them looked at the mess in front of them blankly, and they didn't know what was going on, let alone command.
Fortunately, Ma Dayu's brain is still sober, and he knows that he must not retreat at this time, let alone a big defeat, even the previous plan will be completely frustrated, so he immediately flickered Hua Dayan and Li Dabi to stabilize their position.
The two of them did this with their own bravery, so they didn't think much about it, and each led a group of men and horses into the enemy formation.
These two people are indeed buried talents, I saw that the big-eyed arrows were not missing, each arrow must hit the vital point, and seven or eight quivers were tied to both sides of the war horse under the crotch, and they were simply swept all the way, as long as they were targeted by his big eyes, they didn't run.
Li Dabi is also a strange flower, his fist and foot kung fu is not said, but he is not good at weapons, but he also has a way, carrying two sledgehammers, using hammers instead of fists, plus thousands of pounds of arm strength, killing five or six generals in a row, killing red and white things all over his body, scared the officers and soldiers of the court to take a detour when they saw him.
Don't underestimate the role of a fierce general in the era of cold weapons, as soon as these two people are stirred, the great advantage of the Chinese army has a tendency to be beaten back, after all, the anti-thieves are rotten, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court are even worse, many of them are forcibly escorted to the young and strong, and after receiving simple training, they will directly send a spear to the battlefield, and many people are just moving with the crowd in a daze, and they don't even know what they are doing.
Anyway, those thieves have also seen blood, and they know that when they see those fools, they will not hesitate to cut them down, so when the two sides encounter, it is natural that the officers and soldiers of the court will suffer a big loss.
If it weren't for the thieves who were beaten by Liu Bei and Cao Chao together, they would not have almost been defeated at all, and now they have regained their confidence from the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, so although the chaos is still there, the Chinese army of the imperial court is also chaotic, and the two sides are simply in chaos.