West of Ma Tou, Sanshili, Shashi Market.
Wang Zhenzhi's face was as dark as water. He stood on a hill outside the market and looked at the small town with black smoke rising everywhere. More than ten people in ragged clothes knelt in front of him, headed by
An old man, with tears streaming down his face, kept kowtowing: "Wang Sima, please save us, save our little girl from Shashi Market."
Tan Daoji frowned, stood beside Wang Zhenzhi with his sword pressed, and sighed: "These Qiang thieves are really hateful, looting everywhere. There are already more than 80 villages within a few hundred miles of Jiangling City that have caused such harm.
And this is the seventh town that we have been robbed along the way, and even thieves like Guo Jisheng have never been so heartless and crazy!"
A citizen raised his head. He was a strong man in his thirties. He gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "If the governor hadn't allowed us Jingzhou people to keep weapons, he would have disbanded the self-defense forces in every village and township.
, how can those Qiang thieves come and go freely? When they came to our village, they only had a few dozen horses. Before, the hundreds of young people in our village had weapons in their hands and could drive them away. But this time
, I can only watch them wreak havoc!"
The old man turned back and yelled at the young man: "Second son, don't talk nonsense. This sword order is not for one or two days. It was like this after killing Huan Zhen. He is usually pretty ordinary, but...
…”
When he said this, he sighed, turned to Wang Zhenzhi and bowed his hands and said: "Wang Sima, please forgive Er Zhuangzi. He, he was so excited that he talked nonsense here because his wife was kidnapped by Qiang thieves.
The nonsense you are talking about is not because you have any opinions on the imperial court’s national policy.”
Erzhuangzi said loudly: "Uncle Cang, needless to say, the hatred of seizing my wife is irreconcilable. If I hadn't thought that my mother was still here, I would have fought with the Qiang thieves, even with Sangouzi and Erdai.
They all died on the spot, and they had no regrets. Wang Sima, I, Peng Erzhuang, don’t ask for anything else. I just ask you to send me a knife and a spear, so that I can fight with the Qiang dogs myself!"
More than a dozen villagers around them also started shouting. Each of them was covered in bruises and bruises just like these two strong men. Some of them were injured by swords and arrows, and the areas where they were wrapped were leaking.
As for Xue, it seems that although he was unarmed, he suffered a lot when resisting the Qiang cavalry.
Wang Zhenzhi's eyes filled with tears and he said loudly: "Dear elders, it is the incompetence of us civil and military officials in Jingzhou that has caused everyone to suffer. This time we lead troops to recover the places that the demon thieves attacked and plundered, just to protect the country and the people.
To restore peace and tranquility in this area, please return to the village for the time being. After the follow-up reception team arrives, you can return to Gangneung to stay temporarily. It will be safe there."
Cang Bo, who is the village elder, said: "Wang Sima, this is our home, the place where our people in Shashiji have lived for generations, and it is also where the tombs of our ancestors are. Even if they die here,
We are not willing to leave either. Now we have no other request. We just ask you to send us some weapons so that our people can recover their wives and daughters. Even if they cannot recover their wives and daughters, even if they fight to the death, they will have no regrets.
ah."
The villagers on one side all shouted: "Give us weapons and we will fight by ourselves. We will fight by ourselves."
Wang Zhenzhi frowned: "Fellow elders, please calm down. The Qiang thieves are mostly cavalry and there are many of them. They need a large army to defeat them so that your families can be rescued. Don't be impulsive and make unnecessary sacrifices. Before.
The demon thieves also robbed many people when they were in Wu, and when they were defeated in the end, they were all rescued."
The Second Strong Son said bitterly: "Wang Sima, don't say such things. If your wife and daughter were robbed by monsters and thieves, would you take them away with such a light word?"
Uncle Cang quickly turned around and slapped Er Zhuangzi: "Don't you want to live? How dare you say such a thing?!"
The corner of Er Zhuangzi's mouth suddenly started to bleed. It was the rupture of an existing scar. Apparently, the scar was left in the previous resistance against the Qiang people. He did not wipe the blood and shouted loudly.
He yelled: "If your wife is robbed and you don't try to get her back, it would be better to kill her. As a parent and an official, if you don't protect your people, then let me shut up forever!"
Wang Zhenzhi gritted his teeth tightly and clenched his fists. Obviously, his anger had reached the critical point, not because of the verbal conflict of the second pillar, but because of the incompetence and incompetence of the first state Sima.
Guilt.
There was a sudden "plop" sound on Wang Zhenzhi's body. More than a dozen local Jingzhou soldiers who were following him knelt down, including his personal bodyguard, who was also his deputy general Guo Guo who led these three thousand soldiers and horses from various states and counties.
Son, Wang Zhenzhi turned around and saw Wang Guo'er saying solemnly: "Master, we are willing to lead the troops to pursue the Qiang thieves and rescue the captive women!"
Tan Daoji said in a deep voice: "Lieutenant General Wang, what are you doing? The enemy situation is unknown now. There are 20,000 Qiang cavalry. With our current strength, it is difficult to say that we will win."
Wang Guo'er said solemnly: "Although the general is not talented, he also knows that in the Battle of Junchuan, Marshal Liu Yu and Liu, with three thousand Beifu troops, dared to challenge tens of thousands of Huns' cavalry, and finally fought with them head-on and defeated them in one fell swoop.
From then on, the Beifu Army became famous all over the world."
"The general also knows that at the time of Jianyi in Jingkou, Marshal Liu only had more than a thousand veterans, yet he dared to challenge the Huanchu army with a hundred thousand soldiers. In seven days, he captured Jiankang and restored the Jin Dynasty."
"The last general knows that Liu Yi and Liu Fu's army only had a few thousand soldiers and horses during the Western Expedition, but they dared to directly pursue Jingzhou and the hometown where the Huan family had been running for decades, and wiped out dozens of people.
The Chu army of thousands of people was able to create Jingzhou, and the reason why the people here were willing to give up their arms and leave no sword or spear behind was that they were frightened by the momentum of the Beifu army and did not dare to have the slightest intention of resisting."
"These examples of defeating the large with the small and the weak defeating the strong have appeared countless times in the history of the Beifu Army's founding. Even us locals in Jingzhou are fascinated by it. However, today, there is a general from the Beifu Army here.
"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the enemy has an ambush, so we have to watch these Qiang cavalry destroy my village, kill my father and elders, and kidnap my wife and daughter, without caring."
Tan Daoji's eyes widened, he pressed his sword and said sternly: "Guo Guo'er, what do you mean? Are you saying that fighting relies on bloody and mindless attacks? Do you know how many times these demon thieves have set traps before? We Beifu Army soldiers
How many losses have you suffered because of it?”
Yanzhi's voice sounded coldly: "General Tan, there are less than 10,000 thieves on foot and cavalry at Wulin Ferry. Most of the Qiang cavalry are still scattered and looting and are not in the front. It is the right time to attack now!"
This chapter has been completed!