At this moment, the burning fireball and the ignited bushes and grass were blazing, and the valley bottom was illuminated brightly.
This archer provides good visibility and lighting.
A dense rain of arrows shot past. The cavalry at the bottom of the valley hurriedly dismounted, hid behind the horses, took out their bows and arrows and fired at the mountains.
The cavalry has a large target and does not have an advantage in a confrontation with archers. Moreover, the cavalry bow is relatively small, because the bow is too big to carry. Except for those perverts who built slaves, they use large infantry bows to shoot on horses.
Therefore, the cavalry has no advantage in terms of range or bow power. The results of the crossfire are unsurprisingly one-sided. One side is in the dark, the other is in the light, and the infantry bows on the mountain are more powerful.
The war horses screamed and were filled with arrows, and fell to the ground. Soon, there were not many horses left standing at the bottom of the valley. This left these cavalry with nowhere to escape and nowhere to hide.
Tong An screamed and was shot through the thigh. As soon as he fell down, he immediately planned to roll behind a big rock. Then the next few arrows nailed him to the ground.
Tong Jianye and the last dozen of his soldiers tried to climb out from the pile of rocks blocking the narrow passage in the valley. As a result, there was a sound of bowstrings from above, and they all fell down with arrows and rolled down from above.
Tong Jianye's back was filled with arrows. He looked at the mountain with hatred, twisted a few times and became motionless.
Huang Tengyuan led his men to kill them, and soon all the fish that slipped through the net had their heads cut off.
"Look carefully. Jiannu's heads are different from ours. Cut them all off. There are many people willing to buy these things. Fifty taels each. If you meet a general's disciple who needs military merit, you may sell it for a few hundred taels."
Huang Tengyuan said.
"Here! I'll take a closer look."
When Huang Tengyuan returned to the camp with 500 people, the battle was over. Half of the 2,000 people in the camp were killed, and the rest were tied up with ropes. Chen Xingzheng led his people to guard more than 300 vehicles.
The carriage's belongings. All the chiefs were waiting for him to come back and get a good share of the money.
Huang Tengyuan called together more than a dozen leaders and said to everyone: "I will never go back on what I promised you. I will only take one hundred of these more than three hundred carts of property. The rest belongs to you. These carts
They are all covered with tarpaulins, and we don’t know what’s inside. Let’s draw lots to decide. It all depends on God’s will, and no one will suffer. It’s up to everyone.”
More than a dozen leaders discussed it, and then they all handed over their hands and said, "Sir, this distribution is very fair. We all have no objection. It's all up to you."
"Okay, the remaining sixteen families will be divided equally. Let's start drawing lots now." Huang Tengyuan cut through the mess quickly without leaving any traces of ink. The spoils must be divided quickly so that Zhang can boost morale.
Soon the spoils of war were distributed, and the captured camps, horses, armor, ordnance, etc. were distributed again. No one wanted to take the remaining prisoners, so they were escorted away by Huang Tengyuan.
"Everyone, Zhou Yuji's army has wiped out the rebellions everywhere and will soon come to Da'ankou. What are your plans for the future?" Huang Tengyuan asked with cupped hands.
Now they are raising their families and can only continue to flee. Rebellion is a serious crime. Once caught, their families will be affected.
They all looked at each other, hesitant and at a loss. For a moment, they felt that although the world was big, there was no place for them. The feeling came to their hearts.
One of them, Mr. Qian, asked: "Sir, what are your plans?"
The others immediately looked at Huang Tengyuan. Huang Tengyuan was fair in his handling of the rebellion and was very popular.
Everyone raised their hands and said, "This subordinate and others have nowhere to go. If you have somewhere to go, please don't leave us behind."
Huang Tengyuan saw them all requesting to follow him and said: "I do have a place on the grassland that is enough to accommodate you and your families. However, I have a condition. Wherever I go, I will attack your troops and my troops.
Break it up and redistribute it. Merge you into ten battalion commanders and accept my unified jurisdiction. You will all be officers of corresponding sizes, and there will be no private military battalion commanders in the future."
"If you are willing, just follow me. If not, let's just leave."
Hearing what Huang Tengyuan said, they were all at a loss. On the other hand, they were desperate. The imperial army would arrive soon. They would definitely not be able to stay in the pass any longer. Facing the imperial court's search, it was only a matter of time before they were caught. Especially...
Those gentry will definitely retaliate against them tenfold.
But if he gave up the troops and horses in his hands and became a general of the Huang family in the future, he would not be willing to do so.
Huang Tengjian did not say much about the situation, and said with cupped hands: "After lunch, we will break camp and leave. Everything here is left to you. If you are willing to follow me, you can follow me. If you don't want to, don't force me.
Everyone, the green mountains will remain unchanged and the green waters will always flow. See you tomorrow."
After Huang Tengyuan finished speaking, he turned around and left. Chen Xing bowed his hands to the leaders and then followed.
"Sir, let's just leave. Give up on these people."
"If you are not convinced and willing to join us, having more people will not do any good, but will bring all the disadvantages. We have limited resources. Whether we can establish a foothold on the grassland and whether we can persist until next year's food harvest are uncertain. So let them do it on their own.
Choose."
After noon, Huang Tengyuan's soldiers and horses broke out and set off. They left the north gate with a large amount of supplies and meandered toward the depths of the grassland. Huang Tengyuan had sent away all his family members in the early stages of the rebellion. At this time, except for his own family
They are all equipped with troops, horses and baggage, so that they can move forward lightly.
Seeing Huang Tengyuan leave as soon as he said he would leave, without any hesitation, made these leaders panic.
At first, they sneered in their hearts, thinking that this was Huang Tengyuan's plan to force them to hand over their troops. They were unwilling to express their stance and wanted to bargain. But in the end, Huang Tengyuan left directly and left them here.
During this period, these stragglers were plundering the countryside and never fought a tough battle. Only then did they realize that as soon as Huang Tengyuan left, they immediately lost their backbone. They felt unprecedentedly scared.
"No, sirs, the imperial army is here. It's just fifty miles away." A group of scouts rushed back to report.
"What, it's really coming. What can we do?"
"Without Mr. Huang, let's quickly study how to defend this city."
"Guarding is nothing. Whoever sends troops will defend. You are counting on me, and I am counting on you. We all want to preserve our strength."
"We can't win. They have too many artillery. After a few rounds of artillery fire, the city will be broken."
"If Guancheng cannot be defended, then where will we go?"
At this time, they felt that they would not be able to leave if they did not leave. At this time, Huang Tengyuan's troops had been walking for an hour. They were all soldiers and horses, and they did not have family members to drag them down. They were walking very fast. If they did not make a decision,
, we won’t be able to catch up if it’s too late.
A quarter of an hour later, the gate was opened again, and a large group of soldiers, horses, and family members poured out from the gate with help of young and old, and followed the heavy ruts left by Huang Teng in the distance. Soon, Da'ankou Pass City turned into a
Empty city.
This chapter has been completed!