Zhong Cong made a prompt decision and led his troops to fight and retreat.
"If you want to leave, there's no way."
Peng Yibin followed closely and led his men in pursuit.
"General, the rebels came to ambush, but they came prepared. Don't rush in easily."
After chasing for a while, his general Zhang Tong gave Peng Yibin some advice, urging him not to pursue anymore for fear of being ambushed by the rebels and ruining the good situation.
Peng Yibin didn't take it seriously, he said: "It doesn't matter, fighting is about fighting with life and death. What you fight for is the momentum. If you really want the momentum to be like a rainbow, you can come back victorious even if you encounter an ambush.
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Seeing this, Zhang Tong couldn't persuade him anymore, so he had to continue to follow Peng Yibin and charge.
Zhong Cong ran away all the way. The more he ran, the more anxious he became. He thought to himself: "What's going on with this army? Why are you not worried at all about an ambush?"
With this in mind, Zhong Cong's rebels fled through the narrow path adjacent to the two mountains. Here, there were 2,000 men and horses that Zhong Cong had ambushed and supported in advance. As long as the officers and soldiers dared to pursue him, they would kill him without a burial place.
Peng Yibin still ignored it and chased in with his troops.
Entering the trail, Zhong Cong's army stopped. It was already dawn, and they waited quietly.
Seeing Peng Yibin coming, Zhong Cong was about to ridicule him and then kill him, but unexpectedly, Peng Yibin's army rushed towards him without stopping, as if he had encountered a wild bull.
"Quick, quick, ambush the soldiers and kill them for me."
Seeing that Peng Yibin's army was about to rush in front of him, Zhong Cong quickly shouted loudly to make the ambush troops attack, and at the same time, it also disrupted the morale of the officers and soldiers.
Suddenly, dense crowds of people suddenly appeared on the mountains on both sides. They all had their bows and arrows ready, and there were rolling logs and stones beside them. Their momentum was extraordinary.
Unexpectedly, Peng Yibin did not panic. He held up his shield and continued to charge. The soldiers under his command did the same, each holding their shields in their hands to protect their heads without panic at all.
To soldiers like Peng Yibin, an ambush was nothing more than a sudden appearance and a few extra people on the road. It was nothing special.
"Ding ding ding,,,"
The rebels began to shoot arrows, and arrows rained down. However, all the soldiers had shields, but the arrows could not penetrate the shields. Most of them were bounced away, making a clanging sound.
Zhong Cong was surprised and lamented that the equipment of the army was so well-equipped, the morale was so strong, and the fighting spirit did not waver at all. Is this still an army?
"Don't stop, rush me."
Peng Yibin was brave and fearless, shouted orders, and continued to charge bravely with his soldiers.
In just a few breaths, Peng Yibin's army rushed in front of Zhong Cong's army and started a life-and-death fight with them.
At this time, the morale of the officers and soldiers was high, while the rebels were afraid of the majesty of the officers and soldiers, and everyone was frightened. The two were incomparable, and they were not on the same level. Soon the rebels were killed and could no longer withstand it, so they began to turn around, rout, and escape.
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Because the two armies were intertwined, the rebels on the mountain did not dare to put down the rolling logs and stones without Zhong Cong's order, for fear of accidentally injuring their own people and not being able to bear the burden.
But by the time they saw that their side could no longer hold on, and decided to release the rocks, the officers and soldiers had already rushed through the area where they were ambushing, and they were basically useless.
"Chief, the officers and soldiers are too powerful, let's go."
Unable to bear it anymore, his subordinates advised Zhong Cong not to fight anymore and to leave quickly.
Zhong Cong was furious. He arranged ambushes on both sides of the mountain just in case. Unexpectedly, it had no effect at all. This made him angry.
But the form is stronger than the person, and it is useless for him to be angry, and in the end he has no choice but to run away in embarrassment.
Seeing that Zhong Cong was about to run away again, Peng Yibin couldn't give up. With a wave of his hand, he led hundreds of elites to pursue him, while the rest went up the mountain to surround and suppress the ambushing troops.
When the rebels on the mountain saw the officers and soldiers rushing towards them, they were shocked by the momentum of the officers and soldiers. How dare they fight? No matter how the leader stopped them, they turned around and ran away one by one. In the end, the leader had no choice but to follow and ran away. Two thousand soldiers were in ambush.
Collapsed and dispersed.
Zhong Cong was chased all the way, and his men and horses were dying and surrendering. They were in extremely embarrassed state. When he escaped back to his hometown in Pengze County, there were only seven or eight people left with him. This shocked the people who stayed behind.
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It should be noted that when he went out, he brought 4,000 people with him, more than 2,000 of whom were the most capable young elites. How can others not be surprised by such a huge gap now!
Faced with this embarrassing predicament, Zhong Cong pretended to be calm and said: "You don't need to worry, I have already figured out the details of the officers and soldiers. Now I only need to wait for the officers and soldiers to arrive, and I can wipe out their entire army, not a single one of them."
Leftover."
"This seems to be talking about himself."
The leaders under their command did not believe it, but their faces remained unchanged. As the backbone of the rebels, they had no way out and could only go all the way to the dark side. Even if the situation was extremely unfavorable, they could only deceive themselves and others.
"Yes, yes, if the officers and soldiers dare to come, they will be killed without leaving a trace."
"Yes, the court is immoral, the officers and soldiers are incompetent, and everyone in the world depends on Duke Zhong."
The leaders under his command praised him for a while. Seeing this, Zhong Cong felt a little relieved. Then he quickly ordered people to arrest the strong men and repair the city wall to meet the coming resistance.
However, Zhong Cong went out with 4,000 people and came back with less than ten people. It was impossible to hide such a thing. Soon the news spread, and the people in the city began to have thoughts.
One hundred people said: "The officials have implemented a new law that requires the powerful to hand over excess land and then distribute it to us poor people, thirty acres per family. This will save our lives. The officials treat us like this, and they are on the same level as us. Now
Zhong Cong is rebelling, so we have to help the officials."
Another said: "Isn't that right? Now that the heavenly soldiers from the imperial court are here, Zhong Cong sees that he is in danger. If we don't do anything at this time, won't we be chilling the officials?"
The people discussed it for a while, and finally he made a plan to kill Zhong Cong so that he could welcome the army into the city.
But such an important matter was not something they were capable of, so they found Shi Songzhi, a famous scholar who lived here, and asked him to preside over it.
Shi Songzhi was Shi Miyuan's nephew. He thought he was implicated by Shi Miyuan and was dismissed from office.
After that, Shi Songzhi returned to his hometown, but he was ridiculed by the villagers, scolded and criticized by his relatives and friends. Shi Songzhi felt shameless, so he took his wife and children away.
All the way to Pengze, I felt that it was not bad here, so I stayed in seclusion and concentrated on studying literature without asking about other people's affairs. The reputation of talent and learning spread in Pengze, which made people admire me and was deeply respected by the people nearby.
Zhong Cong started a rebellion, and later personally came to Shi Song's house, asked him to assist him, and promised him wealth and glory.
Shi Songzhi naturally looked down on people like Zhong Cong and did not dare to confront Zhao Yun, so he pretended to be seriously ill, out of breath, and looked like he was going to die at any time, and politely declined.