Under the current situation, Liu Xupeng's opinion is obviously correct. The situation is critical now. There are ambushes on both sides of the mountains. The opponent has obviously planned it for a long time. If he retreats in a panic at this time, the opponent will definitely cover up the enemy. In this case, it will be inevitable.
The only way to cause the entire army to collapse is to ignore the flanks and attack the enemy troops in front of them in one go. Only by defeating the three thousand enemy troops in the front can we get rid of the dilemma of being attacked on three sides and win a glimmer of hope.
However, Zhang Huanyi, who had just recovered his breath, became furious when he heard that Liu Xupeng had overstepped his command and ordered. Regardless of the fact that the critical situation was caused by him, he shouted at Liu Xupeng: "Since the enemy has been planning for a long time, we are facing the enemy head-on."
The enemy must be their elite, and they have restored their formation at this moment, how can they charge at this time?"
The actions of the rebels seemed to be extremely coordinated with Zhang Huanzhi. As soon as he finished speaking, the three thousand rebels in front of him actually came and killed them. Contrary to their cowardice just now, they became murderous and powerful. Although Liu Xupeng was angry in his heart, he had developed it over the years.
However, he couldn't change his habitual mentality for a while. He still thought that Zhang Huanzhi was the commander after all, so he didn't dare to argue with him, so he could only say in a low voice: "As long as you rush over, it will be fine... Then what do you say?" After all, he had something in mind.
Huo, I finally dare to call you "you" directly.
Seeing that he had given in, Zhang Huanzhi rolled his eyes and softened his tone a lot: "The only plan for now is that we can't stay here and be beaten to death. How about this? You lead your elite troops forward and break through the enemy's formation as you said, and I will also lead the way."
The elite personal guards kill the rear team, protect the food and fodder, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack! In this way, the two of us, one behind the other, can prevent the enemy's troops from looking at each other, or we can turn defeat into victory!"
Liu Xupeng didn't have time to think so much. He nodded expressionlessly, turned the long knife in his hand, shouted, took his soldiers and forwards and rushed forward.
When he turned around and left, Zhang Huanzhi's eyes flashed with a cold glare, he snorted coldly, pulled the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly, and led his soldiers back quickly.
Liu Xupeng led his own soldiers and shouted at some of the indiscriminate soldiers. They tried their best to gather them and immediately rushed forward to kill them. Although Liu Xupeng was not a martial arts master, he had been in the army for many years and was now in his prime. It was not easy to use force.
, the long knife in his hand seemed to be a reminder of the impermanence, hitting wherever he pointed, the light of the knife flashed, and there was a blood red. The personal guards behind him were also close to Zhu Zhechi, almost all of them were brave men. Seeing that his general was so brave, how dare he fall behind? They all roared angrily.
Continuously, the sword dance breaks through the wind. After several rounds, the rebel army in front has lost no less than seventy or eighty people, and it is about to break through a hundred people.
These three thousand rebels were quite powerful. Facing Liu Xupeng's desperate counterattack, the dead were like rice under a hurricane, but they were still able to stabilize the front line. Seeing the officers and soldiers attack fiercely, the situation on the battlefield was a bit critical. A black man in the center of the three thousand rebels
The thin middle-aged man commanded expressionlessly: "Guard camp, prepare to throw your axe! When the enemy is approaching, follow my orders and throw the ax at the same time. Be sure to kill him off the horse!"
This man was about forty years old. He had a plain appearance, but his eyes were very sharp. He was the leader of the three thousand rebels. He looked at the situation coldly. He was not happy when the Leng family army was in panic. At this moment, the Jedi counterattack made his front line
He was in danger, but it didn't panic him. This person seemed to be so cold and stern by nature, without a trace of emotion.
After listening to his instructions, the fifty or so personal guards around him immediately agreed and took one of the few throwing axes collected from the Pengshan County warehouse in their hands, always ready to greet Liu Xupeng.
Liu Xupeng and his personal guards were like the tip of a sharp sword, extremely sharp. They had already penetrated into the ranks of the rebels. He cut the nearest rebel in half with one knife, but found that there were not many rebels around him.
At first glance, it turned out that the rebels had slowly retreated for a short distance, as if they were temporarily avoiding his attack. Liu Xupeng came up with a heroic spirit, looked up to the sky and smiled: "Are you afraid? Why are you running? Come and kill with you Grandpa Liu for three hundred rounds!"
The dark and thin middle-aged leader of the rebel army took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Is this Deputy Commander Liu coming? You are so desperate to rush to kill, but you don't know that your commander-in-chief Zhang Huanzhi has already taken advantage of the chaos to escape! Look behind you, Zhang Huanzhi's figure
All gone! Deputy Commander Liu, think about it for yourself, with less than 500 of you, how can you escape from the encirclement of our 30,000-strong army? Even if you are not afraid of death, you can’t bear to look at your subordinates
Are our soldiers going to die with you?! Deputy Commander Liu and Mr. Chao just say, if you surrender now, I will protect you from death!"
Liu Xupeng's expression changed, and when he looked back, he saw that Zhang Huanzhi's general flag was no longer visible, and the grain and fodder team had already been killed by the rebels who rushed down from the mountain. All the grain and fodder and baggage were in the hands of the enemy. The worst thing was that his group of people
Our retreat has now been cut off by the rebels, and now we are truly surrounded by them.
Liu Xupeng turned his head, glanced at the dark and thin middle-aged man, and said: "It's not impossible for me to surrender, but..." He suddenly reined in the horse, clamped the horse's belly suddenly, made a long neigh, and jumped with all his strength.
When he came out, Liu Xupeng's long sword was flying, and he shouted angrily: "You must first ask me if I will answer with my sword!"
Such a change did not seem to surprise the dark and thin middle-aged man. He remained expressionless, but with a movement of his lips, he issued a cold and stern instruction: "Kill!" It seemed that he was trying to protect Liu Xupeng and others from death.
, it is entirely to disintegrate the morale of the Flying Ax Army, and it is definitely not a sincere promise.
Silver light flashed randomly, and dozens of flying axes flew almost at the same time. Although Liu Xupeng was brave, he was not a perverted master like Yun Zheng. How could he withstand such an overwhelming attack? He was immediately chopped into pieces, with his hands and arms broken.
Flying around, the horse also suffered an unreasonable disaster and was also hacked to death by a "stray bullet" and died on the spot.
Once the core of Liu Xupeng fell, except for the remaining dozens of meters of personal guards who knew that there was no way to survive and rushed forward with all their strength, the rest of the Flying Ax Army soldiers had already lost their courage. They were betrayed by the general.
There was no intention to fight again, and Liu Xupeng's death brought the last belief in resistance to the underworld.
It's time to end
The dark and thin middle-aged man didn't say a word. The enemy general died in the battle, and the remaining less than a hundred men were charged and killed. The soldiers under his command could naturally handle such a situation. The war was not completely over yet, but he turned around.
He never looked at the battlefield again and no one heard what he said to himself: "Brother, Shi Li will definitely avenge you. The blood of the Chao family will not be shed in vain!" (Note: Chao Shili, Ying Shuyou)
The original name of mihsang's application for appearance was Chao Shili, but according to the investigation, the ancient surname "Chao" is often connected with "Chao", such as Chao Cuo, Chao Gai, etc., and also like Abe Nakamaro, a student sent to Tang Dynasty in the Nara period of Japan, whose Chinese name is Chaoheng
, later changed to Chao Heng, this can be proved, so changed. Well, the appearance of Chao Shili was also a foreshadowing of the previous plot of Chao Yuqiu's sister and brother.) Chao Shili turned his head and saw the uprising rolling in front of him.
The army, leaving the subordinates behind to handle the final battle, soon stopped shouting for death, and a personal guard came up and asked: "Those surrendered troops...?"
Chao Shili replied expressionlessly: "There is no surrender of the army." His voice was so cold that it didn't look like a human being at all, but rather like the dark wind blowing under the Nine Netherworld, which made people's hair stand on end.
The guard's heart trembled, he didn't dare to be nagging, and he quickly followed the instructions.
Killing prisoners, yes, killing prisoners has been taking place since ancient times. For the participants in the war, there are only three fates: the victorious, the dead and the captured. For the victors of the war, the end of the war means
With the arrival of happiness and glory; for the fallen in the war, victory or defeat is meaningless. In fact, everything about them has been integrated into the war as early as the moment their lives passed away; but for those prisoners in the war,
The end of the battle may mark the beginning of suffering. From the moment they were forced to lay down their weapons on the battlefield, their lives were painted with another symbol of life - what awaited them was not flowers or glory.
Rather, it is endless physical torture and mental humiliation, even death that is more tragic than death in battle. The various conditions of prisoners of war can be said to be the most tragic aspect in the history of human war. Since the beginning of the war, the history of blood and tears of prisoners of war has never ended.
In ancient China, the killing of prisoners was very historical. There were four major incidents of large-scale killing of prisoners in Chinese history: the first was the Qin general Bai Qi who "trapped 400,000 Zhao soldiers" in Changping, and the second was the Chu overlord Xiang Yu.
The Qin army surrendered 200,000 in a trap. The third was the famous Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui who buried Tiele's army 130,000 alive. The fourth was Tuoba Gui who surrendered 50,000 in the Yan army.
The old saying goes that "killing and surrendering is ominous", which means that the fate of those who killed and surrendered in history was not very good: Bai Qi was finally forced to commit suicide by the King of Qin, Xiang Yu committed suicide in Gaixia, and Emperor Daowu Tuoba Gui was killed by his son... But Chao
Shi Li obviously didn't take this seriously. Besides, Xue Rengui killed a lot of people, but he died well at the age of seventy. What's more, in Chao Shili's view, it doesn't matter whether it's auspicious or ominous. What matters is
revenge
In fact, there is an essential difference between Bai Qi and Xiang Yu's killing of prisoners and Chao Shili's killing of prisoners. In the Battle of Changping, Qin exhausted its last strength and defeated Zhao, capturing 400,000 surrendered soldiers;
In the Battle of the Deer, Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and captured 200,000 of the main force of the Qin army. Faced with such a large number of soldiers who were exhausted after a long battle, it was a test for the nerves of any general. Moreover, Bai Qi and Xiang Yu were not in a good situation at the time, or other people around them
The enemy is watching eagerly, or the internal military orders are inconsistent, and the factions are complex. If they are not careful, they will be destroyed. Therefore, killing and capturing Liwei may be the best option for them. But Chao Shili is not like this. He is not the leader of the rebel army.
, he only joined the rebel army when Huang Xiaobo rebelled and attacked Pengshan. At that time, he only brought a few dozen subordinates - who are now his personal soldiers. But his ability was soon discovered by Huang Xiaobo, who captured Pengshan.
After the county, Huang Xiaobo's strength greatly increased, so he gave Chao Shili 3,000 troops. An army of 3,000 people in a team of tens of thousands can be regarded as a rare general. After he analyzed Jiang
After seeing the character of Zhang Huanzhi, the commander of Chengyu Fourth Guards in Yuan County, Huang Xiaobo decided to attack Jiangyuan and carried out it according to Chao Shili's plan. This is how today's battle took place.
From this it can be seen that Chao Shili's situation is different from that of Bai Qi and Xiang Yu. Although their overall situation is also very dangerous. A group of rabble-rousers are fighting against the 120,000 Leng family's army that has been Zhenchuangui for a long time. However, the Wei Dynasty has a problem with the rebels.
Convention: Recruitment, so this danger is actually not particularly fatal.
Chao Shili killed prisoners 90% because of his hatred for the Leng family, and the remaining 10% was because in his eyes, the Leng family's military discipline was corrupt, they had done countless bad things, and they themselves deserved to die.
Prisoners are human beings and they also need to eat food. The more prisoners there are, the more they will eat. The rebels have to rob large households to feed themselves. Where can there be excess food for these people?
Huang Xiaobo came and saw that the battlefield was really successful. Huang Xiaobo felt more and more that he had the ability to recognize people and was the best in the world. Otherwise, how could he have discovered a person like Chao Shili?
"Brother Chao's plan is really powerful. When Zhang Huanzhi's melon baby met Brother Chao, his false reputation was exposed! How about it, how good is the result?" Although Huang Xiaobo is already the leader of tens of thousands of people, in front of his subordinates
Zhijiang still had no airs on his face and asked with a smile.
Chao Shili's face remained as usual and he said calmly: "The enemy army numbered 4,600, with most of them casualties. The rest were routed and the enemy's deputy commander Liu Xupeng died in the battle, while the commander Zhang Huanzhi escaped on horseback."
Huang Xiaobo laughed twice, then suddenly became startled: "Zhang Huanzhi ran away? How could he still escape under the trap set by Brother Chao?"
Chao Shili said calmly: "I let Zhang Huanzhi go on purpose."
Huang Xiaobo opened his eyes wide: "Why?" Although he is the leader, strategy and tactics are very advanced. It is naturally impossible for Huang Xiaobo, a tea vendor, to make much progress in just ten days.
Chao Shili said calmly: "With Zhang Huanzhi in Jiangyuan County, our chances of winning the siege are much greater. This man has always been conceited, but although he has a reputation for talent, he actually has no real material. He is just a horse.
He was the only one who was defeated in this battle. He was originally responsible for this, but now that Liu Xupeng is dead and he is alive, he will definitely put all the blame on Liu Xupeng... He will not bring back more than a thousand troops at most.
, Jiangyuan County has only two thousand soldiers, and there is such a useless general. We are just in time to attack them. Such a good opportunity is almost a gift from heaven, how can we waste it?"
After hearing this, Huang Xiaobo immediately agreed: "Yes, yes, that's it!" He laughed: "Then let's wait for the brothers to clean up the place and hand over the grain and the weapons and armor of the officers and soldiers, and then
Take Jiangyuan in one go!"
Chao Shili nodded and said: "I will go and check how many materials have been intercepted." Huang Xiaobo agreed with enthusiasm.
----------------------------------------After the soldiers and horses arrived, they started to behave like a leader.
Huang Xiaobo, who was promoted to the tent, gathered all the leaders and announced the siege. At this time, the tent was crowded, and the main leaders had already gathered. Chao Shili, the last leader to join, could only be sent at the back, but he was happy that no one noticed.
Own
In fact, Chao Shili was least willing to fight a siege. It would only make his men lose their lives in vain, and it would be completely meaningless to his great cause of revenge. But he knew that he could not escape. If the siege went well, it would be fine. If it didn't go well, it would be fine.
I don’t know how many of the 3,000 people I have under my command will be left.
At this time, Zhang Huanzhi in the city no longer looked as frightened as before, and now he has returned to his usual chic appearance. In front of the Fourth Guards Supervisor Leng Ming, Zhang Huanzhi indeed blamed all the faults on "He only knows how to act recklessly"
Liu Xupeng, who did not obey the command, said without shame that if he, General Zhang, had not been fearless in the face of danger and acted appropriately, Liu Xupeng would have destroyed the whole army. Now because he is here, he has brought back thousands of weapons.
people
Leng Ming is a collateral member of the Leng family. He didn't do well at first. Later, he went through many ways to get the job of supervisor of the Fourth Guard. He is also an incompetent person. In order to survive in the Fourth Guard for a long time,
He deliberately got close to Zhang Huanzhi. When he heard Zhang Huanzhi's explanation, he naturally believed it and said that he would prove to Zhang Huanzhi that all this was just because the two of them were a little worried. Now there are only two thousand people left, but the enemy has tens of thousands of troops.
, After this battle, it can be found that the strength of these tens of thousands of people is not as weak as they had previously estimated. So in the face of the siege they are about to launch, can the remaining soldiers of the Fourth Guards resist?
Zhang Huanzhi finally came up with a pretty good idea this time. He gathered the men from the military families in the city and temporarily added them to the establishment to fight. He would wait until the enemy troops were driven back and then send someone to inform Chengdu immediately.
Strength in numbers, Jiangyuan needed reinforcements. After concentrating so many men from military households in Jiangyuan, Zhang Huanzhi found that he actually had 8,000 men under his command, which was actually more than the number before.
Huang Xiaobo looked at the city wall of Jiangyuan from the bottom of the city and saw the crowds above. He saw the rebels were out in force below the city. Zhang Huanzhi obviously knew that the rebels would attack the city today. The number of guards at the top of the city immediately increased a lot. The city wall of Jiangyuan was not too high.
, about three feet, but such a height can only be climbed with the help of a ladder. The normal method of stacking people up or even the method of throwing a hook and climbing along the edge cannot be used.
Huang Xiaobo relied on his superior strength and ordered: "The whole army advances."
The entire Jiangyuan area suddenly resounded with the majestic sounds of the rebel army.
