Chapter Five Homeless (Part 5) General Xue Shixiong didn't like hiding in the mountains and being dug up. On the fifth day after leaving Bobi Village, he suddenly led an army to Cangyan Village, more than 400 miles northeast of Bobi Village. First, more than 300 old and weak remnants of the nearby army pretended to be a Mohe tribe and robbed the villages near Cangyan Village. When Baye Wang, who was left behind in Cangyan Village, led his troops out to suppress the bandits, more than 3,000 Sui troops suddenly emerged from the woods. came out
Most of the soldiers in Cangam Village were mobilized by Eulji Wende to near Mazhai River to cut off the Sui army's retreat. The total number of soldiers and horses left in the village was only more than 700, and most of them were old and weak. This small amount of troops was simply not enough to fill Xue Shixiong's teeth. The battle lasted less than half an hour. King Baye was shot to death by a cold arrow, and all seven hundred soldiers were wiped out.
Immediately, Xue Shixiong led the army into Cangyan Village with lightning speed. After a large plunder, Cangyan Village was burned to the ground. Then, the army left Cangyan, and the troops pointed directly at the village less than a hundred meters away from Cangyan Village. The remaining soldiers of Gewu Village in Gewu Village were so frightened that they closed the gate tightly. They did not dare to fight Xue Shixiong and did not attack by force. They ordered people to use fire to burn all the crops in the fields near Gewu Village, and then disappeared among the crowd. Deep in the mountain
Three days later, the Sui army swaggered in front of Mudizhai. The defenders of Mudizhai were unable to stop them. They watched helplessly as the Sui army "recruited" the horses of several nomadic tribes outside the village who had no time to escape. Then, the entire Sui army was reborn. , after replenishing the two cavalry regiments, nearly a thousand soldiers were equipped with horses to travel.
The rejuvenated remnant soldiers no longer crawled slowly in the mountains. They marched 150 miles day and night to avoid the Goguryeo army that came to rescue Mudizhai. Preparing to defect to the Sui Dynasty, he immediately went south and rushed to the new city along the Xiaoliao River.
Liaodong was disturbed. The tribes who had been accustomed to the image of the Sui army as a benevolent and righteous army suddenly realized that this remnant army under the banner of the Sui Dynasty was comparable to bandits. In the end, they often no longer harm the crops in the fields and the livestock in the pens. The places where this group of remnant soldiers passed by did not even let the wells pass. The 50,000 Goguryeo army chasing behind them was invisibly fortified and cleared, and supplies were difficult to come by. They had to stop again and again to ask for food and grass from neighboring tribes and forts. After comparison, the owners of each fort and the tribal leaders realized the fact that meeting the normal needs of a regular army of 50,000 people was far more difficult than meeting the needs of 3,000 people. Extortion by bandits is much more difficult
In early August, the remnant soldiers who had been reorganizing for 12 days after the breakout failed to return to western Liaoning as originally planned. Instead, they were blocked by the Xincheng defenders on the north bank of Xiaoliao River. The situation was unknown. Xue Shixiong did not dare to directly pass through the enemy's blockade. Turn around and head east to kill the general back
"They are going to be doomed. Our soldiers and horses are attacking from both sides near Mudizhai. One person can drown this group of Sui troops by spitting!" Gao Rui, who was left behind in Xincheng, looked at the smoke and dust in the distance and said happily. In order to solve it as soon as possible This wandering lone wolf left 20,000 soldiers to defend the city and led 10,000 elite troops to pursue the enemy.
"Defeat him, let's go home!" After hearing the news that the New City defenders were following, Xue Shixiong sneered and ordered the army to stop on an unknown slope in front of the river.
The hillside is a mound about twenty miles long, located on the edge of the hilly area. It was cut into two parts, the north and the south, from the center by the Xiaoliao River. Because Xue Shixiong established a camp here, a few years later, the hill had a slightly louder name. name, Zhumapo
Li Xu and Liu Wuzhou each led a regiment of cavalry, and were ordered to ambush in a depression five miles north of the slope. They served as bandits for four or five days in a row. The soldiers were in a very irritable mood. Liu Wuzhou's troops were okay. They had seen how the Goguryeo people behaved.
Treating one's own compatriots, so when massacring and robbing the other side's people, they feel that they are just retaliating with grievances. The former grain protection sergeants under Li Xu find it difficult to accept this approach. Many of them have read the same books as Li Xu, and in their hearts
Soldiers and horses from the Central Plains Dynasty have always been benevolent and righteous troops. They never committed any crime wherever they went, but they never thought that they had to do things like killing people, looting cattle and sheep, burning people's houses and tents, and destroying people's crops with their own hands.
But everyone had to admit that Xue Shixiong's method was very effective. Until he met the new city defenders, the tribes and fortresses along the way almost avoided this remnant soldier who was just over 3,000 years old. Some tribes even secretly sent cattle, sheep and
Fried rice, just ask Master Wang’s flag not to appear near their ranch
"It's his grandma's fault. I didn't expect that I would enjoy being a bandit!" Gao Xiang, the leader of the brigade, stood beside Li Xu and whispered quietly. At the speed of the New City defenders, it would take some time for them to enter the ambush area. In the bloodthirsty
Under the burning desire, Gao Xiang felt that the bridge of his nose was numb, and he always wanted to talk nonsense to divert his attention.
"Even if we die today, we are still good enough. No matter what, we have caused so much trouble to the Goguryeo bastards!" Yuan Zhongwen, another newly promoted brigade leader, answered with dry lips. He was a soldier from Luozhou, ambushing
When King Baye was king, he killed two of the enemy's gang leaders in formation and was credited once. He was rewarded with a woman who snatched away a wealthy family in the village. Although the woman was abandoned by the Sui army the next day, Yuan Zhongwen was still very sad.
Satisfied that I finally became a man for once
"Benevolence and righteousness are just for show. Which general doesn't have thousands of bones piled up behind him?" Warrior Xun secretly glanced at Li Xu, who was becoming more and more serious in speech and language in front of him, and whispered that what he did was not the same as his life.
When there was a conflict with what he had learned, and he suddenly discovered that it was easier to survive by doing evil than by doing good, he had to find some reasons for himself to feel at ease. When these reasons were found, the eyes of those who read the book suddenly became more violent than those of warriors.
He is not the only one, this kind of violence has infected almost everyone. On the one hand, there is the temptation to go home and survive, which is also mixed with the pleasure of revenge brought by killing and plundering. On the other hand, it is the desire to be cut off for holding the ideals in your heart.
Build your head into a pagoda, everyone knows what they should choose
When they return to the Central Plains in the future, they may look at their hands and blame themselves in the Buddhist hall on a sleepless night. But now, they instinctively choose a path to survive.
Although this road to survival is paved with countless corpses
Li Xu pulled Hei Feng and stood at the forefront of the team. His heart was as anxious as the warrior Yun and others, and his eyes were as bloodthirsty as everyone else. The afternoon sun shone from the west, and he had to squint his eyes very thin.
But the moment his eyes turned, all they revealed was a fierce light
For more than ten days, he did not participate in the revenge on the people of Goguryeo, nor did he enjoy the women he snatched. However, he led his people to carry out several orders to massacre captives and loot tribes. Some of the captives could not be called soldiers. They were just soldiers with swords and guns.
They looked like old men and children, but Li Xu did not hesitate to order them to be chopped down beside the pit dug by the opponent. The bodies of the 300,000 soldiers who were not killed and surrendered were all in Mazhai Water.
Standing on the sidelines, no one dares to take the same risk again
"I led 300 men to the camp, and 237 of them died. I am still alive because I am a captain and they are not!"
"I killed all these prisoners and people in order to go home for myself because I am from the Sui Dynasty and they are from Goguryeo!" Every day, the young man was almost crazy with his chaotic thoughts. He had nowhere to talk about these weird and torturous thoughts.
, and no one will understand
Liu Hongji is a good brother. He will teach Li Xu everything about how to behave, but he will not understand the guilt in Li Xu's heart for the death of his companions, nor can he understand why in Li Xu's eyes, the people of the enemy country look like his father and uncle.
He was born as a Youxunwei. Although he was in trouble, he was used to being superior to others.
Yuwen Shiji was not a person he could talk to. From him, Li Xu could only receive blows and ridicule. Although there were no family interests to contend with at the moment, Yuwen Shiji's tongue seemed more normal, but he was of noble birth after all, and Li Xu
Xu's growing environment is incompatible
In the past few days, the threat of death and the inner guilt almost overwhelmed the young man. He spoke less and less, and his character became more and more withdrawn. Whether facing his companions or the tribal elders who came to ask for mercy, he always had a thought in his heart.
The urge to draw a sword. This violent feeling is very scary. At least two elders of the unknown tribe paid twenty more sheep because of this young man who held a long black scimitar in his hand and could pounce at any time. And those new additions
The soldiers who joined Li Xu's command also instinctively chose to obey this young man who was nearly half his age.
"Your captain is like a ferocious beast!" Someone privately exchanged his views on Li Xu with the warrior Xun.
"My captain was once called Fuli by the Turks. Do you know what Fuli is? He is the Wolf King!" Samurai Xun showed off to everyone with stories he heard from hearsay. "Back then, my captain was only fourteen years old and alone.
He rushed into the Turkic camp and hacked to death more than thirty people!"
"No wonder, no wonder he became a captain at such a young age!" The soldiers secretly admired. In addition to being grateful for their life-saving grace, they also felt a little fear in their hearts.
Li Xu couldn't hear these gossips. Ever since the day Zhang Xiu followed Li Jiancheng back to the east, he no longer had any confidants who liked to tell stories. Several of his soldiers died in the battle at Ma Ta Company. The age of the temporary guards was
It’s too big and has no common language with young people.
Sometimes, Li Xu really wanted to die in battle, imagining that he would die heroically in the enemy's army, leaving a glorious image for future generations, and at the same time, he would no longer have to worry about the countless worries in his heart. But every time he rushed into the enemy's army, he would
He always wields the sword instinctively. Although the battle tactics taught to him by the coppersmith master were scattered, after the guidance of General Qian Shixiong, they became practical and practical on the battlefield. Often after three moves, the enemy on the opposite side would be short.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xu had to concentrate on dealing with the next opponent until the entire battle was over.
After every battle, the young man will be surprised to find that between the light of the sword and the rain of blood, he has the least troubles. What he brings with his careless sword is not pleasure, but tranquility, concentration and concentration that allows him to think about nothing.
The feeling of tranquility made him more and more eager to fight, and the murderous aura in his body became more and more intense. On the battlefield, the warriors Xun, Gao Xiang and the newly added Yuan Zhongwen especially liked to be by Li Xu's side, because the captain had suddenly suddenly
Although the ruthless feeling that appears is usually painful, the result on the battlefield is often invincible.
Suddenly, the wolf-like young man raised his finger. Two regiments and six hundred cavalrymen covered their horses' mouths with their hands at the same time. The enemy army appeared, slowly appearing in the distant wilderness under the afternoon sun.
The moment the silence fell, people discovered that there was a strong wind here. The wind was from the northeast to the southwest. At the same time, the sun in the west was very dazzling.
At the same time that he was discovered by the enemy, Gao Rui, who stayed behind in Xincheng, also discovered his prey. From the size of the enemy army, he even guessed that there would be an ambush nearby, so he ordered six thousand soldiers to press forward and two thousand soldiers to guard the flanks.
Two thousand soldiers served as rearguard on the side of the river. He did not put any soldiers. It is impossible for the Sui army to have warships ashore. Otherwise, they would have already crossed the new city along the river, and there would be no need to spend such a big effort to lure the defenders out.
Gao Rui did not plan to set up camp and hold on, although that way he would be most likely to hold off the enemy until the 50,000-strong army following him arrived. But in that case, the credit allocated to him would be much less than the 10,000 men under his command.
They are elites. He does not believe that 10,000 elites cannot defeat 3,000 remnants.
Xue Shixiong also did not intend to defend. Although the Sui army had an advantage on the terrain, there were insufficient bows and arrows in the army. Once the two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, his side would not take advantage. Therefore, when the Goguryeo people just approached the mound, he beat the war drum and moved the hillside.
All the infantry except the personal guards were sent down.
Two armies wearing different uniforms slowly approached in the footsteps of death. One occupied a good location and had twenty-three brigades (centuries), and the other occupied a good location and had sixty brigades. The ground under their feet began to slow down.
Slow tremors, first slight, then huge, then more and more intense, as if there was an earthquake, making people feel numb.
Suddenly, the sky turned dark, the mountains collapsed, and the sound of the river disappeared completely.
Tens of thousands of feather arrows covered the long sky, and countless people began to speed up and run. Countless people died under the arrows while running. They fell straight down without even a groan. The partners behind them stepped on them without hesitation.
His body continued to rush forward in the face of the enemy's arrows. The water turned red instantly. I don't know where the blood came from or whose body it came from.
The archers on both sides only loosened their strings twice before drawing their sabers at such a close distance. Although the sound of the bows and arrows was powerful, the actual effect may not be ideal. The ones that can really cause large-scale destruction are the sabers, steel swords that penetrate the bones.
The sound has a far greater impact on the enemy's morale than the whistling of arrows.
Under the setting sun, a river of blood flows westward!
Note: Xiaoliao River is a tributary of the Liao River and flows into the Liao River from east to southwest.