More than 500 thieves were stunned for a moment. This was the first time they saw a thousand fully armed cavalry. Looking at the entire Jizhou, even among the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by the Jizhou governor a few days ago, the cavalry was only a few.
There were three to four hundred people, and now a thousand cavalry suddenly appeared. Surprised with a hint of fear, they all regretted not fleeing in all directions.
The open field seemed very quiet at the moment. The slight sound of wind, the crackling sound of wood burning in the fire on the ground, and the rolling sound of boiling water in the pot could all be heard carefully.
Gao Fei looked at the bandit soldiers who had not spoken for a long time with a hint of fear on their faces. He took a step or two forward on the black dragon horse and said loudly again: "Put down the guy in your hands, we will not hurt you. After surrendering,
There’s still food to eat!”
In front of them, there were more than 500 farmers who were holding farm tools as weapons. Because there was no food, no way to survive, and excessive taxes, the people were overwhelmed, so they had no choice but to pick up the farm tools in their hands and rebel. Gao Fei
He did not persecute them. After all, this was different from the Liangzhou rebels he had killed before. These people rebelled just to find a way to survive.
Finally, someone was shaken. A skinny old man with a hunchback walked out of the crowd. He was holding a wooden stick in his left hand and a kitchen knife in his right hand. The right hand holding the kitchen knife was still shaking. His deep-set eyes were filled with laughter.
A pair of gray eyeballs, with a hint of hope, squirmed his chapped lips, opened his throat, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Surrender...will you really...have food to eat?"
Gao Fei squinted at the meal these people were preparing to eat. What was being cooked in the pot was dark yellow wild vegetables, mixed with bark peeled off from the surrounding woods, and was bubbling in the boiling water. He saw
At this scene, I couldn't help but feel a shadow cast over my heart. I raised my head and saw that the fear in the more than five hundred pairs of eyes had immediately dissipated, reflecting the hunger and thirst for food in each pair.
Gao Fei jumped off the back of Wu Longju, inserted the dragon gun in his hand on the ground, and took off a small baggage from under the saddle. The baggage contained a few dried white-faced steamed buns.
He took out the steamed buns from the bag, held them in his hands, and shouted loudly: "As long as you surrender, you will have food to eat!"
After a burst of sighs, more than 500 people put down their farm tools one after another, knelt down on the ground, and worshiped Gao Fei: "Please give me a stutter, General..."
"Dismount the entire army and give all the dry food to the people!" Gao Fei personally handed the steamed buns in his hand to several hungry people and shouted to all his subordinates.
All the cavalrymen dismounted their horses and distributed all the dry food they carried to more than 500 people. With just such a momentary change, an unnecessary conflict was resolved.
Gao Fei saw that those people were devouring the steamed buns as soon as they got them. The food he disliked eating the most on weekdays became the most fragrant and delicious food in the world in the hands of really hungry people. For the first time, he felt
Eating is such a happy thing.
Among the more than 500 people, although they are all men, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, there are only a dozen real young and middle-aged people, and they are injured in one way or another. Gao Fei took the opportunity to ask about the people in Yitao City.
situation and got the answer he wanted most.
It turned out that these more than 500 people were the common people of Jizhou. Because they could not bear the hunger, they followed Zhang Niujiao and hid in the mountains and began to rebel, attacking nearby counties and plundering food. Later, a man named Chu Yan found
Zhang Niujiao, with about two to three thousand men, wanted to join forces with Zhang Niujiao and planned to attack Yitao, the county seat of Julu County. Zhang Niujiao agreed and walked out of the mountains with more than 30,000 men.
Ying Tao City was surrounded five days ago. After hearing the news, Gongsun Du, the governor of Jizhou who was stationed in Gaoyi City, took all his troops to rescue Ying Tao. After being defeated by Zhang Niujiao, he huddled in Ying Tao City and held on with the help of city defenses.
Four days.
After learning about these situations, Gao Fei said to all the people: "I am Gao Fei, the governor of Liaodong. I will let you go back today. I hope you will stop rebelling. If you are willing, you can take your family with you to Liaodong."
, I will let everyone of you have a field to cultivate, and everyone will have enough to eat."
After finishing speaking, Gao Fei and all the cavalry got on their horses. The remaining more than 500 people were grateful to Gao Fei and silently remembered the name of the Liaodong governor who had not yet taken office.
There are still six miles to go to Yingtao City. Gao Fei led a thousand light cavalry and galloped forward at the fastest speed. This time, Gao Fei sent Bian Xi and twenty people who were good at archery first to open the way ahead. What he was afraid of was
When he encountered a secret sentinel of bandit soldiers, he had to act carefully whether there was one or not. After all, there were more than 20,000 bandit soldiers surrounding Ying Tao, and he only brought a thousand cavalry.
Gao Fei rode the black horse and kept in line with the large army. When he ran forward for three miles, he saw several recently dead bodies on the side of the road. They seemed to be secret sentries of the bandit soldiers. He asked the army to stop and picked up the corpses.
He removed the bell from the horse's neck and wrapped the horse's hooves with the cloth that had been prepared, so that the horse's hooves would no longer make such a loud sound while moving forward.
After running forward for several hundred meters, Bian Xi came back with twenty cavalrymen. When he saw Gao Fei, he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the secret sentries in front have been dealt with. Now the thieves are attacking Yitao at the south gate."
In the city, more than half of the troops were concentrated at the south gate. There were fifty cavalry, three hundred crossbowmen, five hundred archers, and the remaining six thousand or so were young adults holding various weapons. The other three gates were all
They are old and weak."
Hearing Bian Xi's reward, Gao Fei felt a little happy. This was also what he liked most about Bian Xi. Bian Xi had been a snitch. In addition to being able to steal some things, he was also good at hiding himself. With his familiarity with the environment, he was able to
Smoothly find the enemy's hidden sentry nearby. This is a special ability and a very useful ability.
Since the Liangzhou Rebellion, Gao Fei has basically asked Bian Xi to act as a scout, and there is also a lack of keen scouts like Bian Xi in his army, so he gave Bian Xi twenty men and asked Bian Xi to train them.
Become a truly outstanding scout.
"Very good, let's all return to the team now!" Gao Fei said with satisfaction.
After Bian Xi and others returned to the team, Gao Fei asked all the cavalry to take off their bows and arrows, and led the troops forward for less than two miles when he suddenly saw a dense crowd of people.
The thieves wearing various clothes held up the sword in one hand and held the sack wrapped on the shoulder with the other hand, and rushed forward with a fearless spirit. The narrow moat
It had been filled with loess. The bandits stepped on the soft soil on the moat and rushed to the city wall, poured down the loess in the sacks, and then returned with the empty bags.
In the camp of the traitors, more than a thousand people were digging dirt from the ground non-stop and putting the soil into sacks. Before they had time to tie their mouths, some strong men resisted it on their shoulders. From the time when the thieves were loading and unloading soil to
Beside the city wall in front, loess was scattered all over the ground, forming an irregular double yellow line. On the right were thieves carrying sacks to transport loess, and on the left were soldiers carrying empty sacks back to load the soil. Although the thieves on the left and right were
We walk towards each other but do not hinder each other.
On the city wall, a middle-aged man in armor was holding a long sword and kept shouting "shoot arrows", directing the archers to use ruthless arrows to greet those carrying sacks filled with loess. But the city wall
There were only three to five hundred archers on board, and judging from the way they shot arrows, they looked exhausted. The arrows they shot were not very accurate, either falling on the ground or hitting sacks filled with loess.
No wonder those thieves are so emboldened.
When Gao Fei saw the scene in front of him, his eyes suddenly became enlightened. He couldn't help but secretly admire the thieves' siege method. Although it was time-consuming and laborious, it was at least very effective. Because he had already seen the result of the accumulation of loess, a soft road.
The dirt avenue has been piled up to half the height of the city wall. As long as there is some time, the dirt avenue will be piled up to be as high as the city wall sooner or later. At that time, the rebels can climb the city tower along the slope.
"Lord, there are only a few hundred guards in the city. The thieves have invested more than 10,000 troops at this city gate alone. If the stalemate continues like this, no matter how high the city wall is, it will be scaled. Please
My lord, give me the order to attack!" After Pang De saw this special way of attacking the city, he couldn't help himself and volunteered to join the army.
Gao Fei took a rough look at the distribution of the bandit soldiers. There were about 7,000 people running back and forth on the loess transportation line. In the open space on the left, there were about 3,000 bandit soldiers holding weapons and waiting in formation. It looked a little neat.
The formation should be confirmed as the main force of the entire bandit army. In addition, in the large open space on the far right is a simple camp set up by bandit soldiers, guarded by about a thousand people inside and outside the camp.
He moved his sight to the east and west city gates, and only saw the corners of the two camps. The rest were blocked by the city walls. Looking back, he glanced at Bian Xi and asked: "East, west, and north three
How about the thieves at the door?"
"My lord, there are more than a thousand rebels in each of the three gates. They are all stationed in the camp. The road leading to the city gate has also been blocked by the rebels building an earthen wall." Bian Xi replied.
Gao Fei did not speak any more, but instead focused his gaze on the three thousand thief soldiers who were waiting in formation not far ahead. He saw fifty cavalrymen lined up at the front of the thief soldiers, and two big men riding side by side on horseback.
He guessed that Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan were the two leaders. He immediately pointed to the three thousand people in front and shouted to the cavalry behind him: "Have you seen the phalanx of three thousand people? That is the main force of the entire bandit army.
As long as those three thousand people are defeated, the other bandit soldiers will be afraid. However, today we have to go to the city, and the body has been exhausted from running around all night. I will give the order in a while, and you will follow me to transport the loess.
Rush through the road and use the bows and arrows in your hands to greet the thieves on both sides. As long as we rush under the city wall, the guard on the wall will open the gate and let us in. After rushing into the city to rest for a night, we will fight with the thieves tomorrow.
Are you clear about the decisive battle?"
"promise!"
Gao Fei passed the spear under the saddle, hung it near the saddle, took off the bow and arrow he was carrying, and shouted: "Attack!"