Chapter 4 Choice (seven beats) The cheers on the city wall were louder than the other. Soon, the soldiers responsible for defending the other three city walls also got the news of the victory, and joined in together, pushing the happy atmosphere to the climax. They defended
After defeating Liyang, they turned the entire battle situation around. Although half a month ago, they were still a weak brigade that had just been included in the order of imperial troops. But after this battle, the name of Xiongwu Camp Xiaoguo will be resounded throughout the Sui Dynasty together with the city below.
Cavalrymen kept rushing out of the smoke and dust, mercilessly cutting down the collapsed rebels. The people who had lost their fighting spirit either dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground and begged for their lives, or walked away crying and running away. No one encouraged them anymore.
If the cheerers on the city wall and the escapees below the city carefully observe the situation on the battlefield at this moment, everyone will be surprised to find that the number of cavalry is far less than they imagined. Although the horseshoe belt
The dust and smoke rose straight into the sky, but the war horses rushing out on the smoke and dust became increasingly rare.
"It's a bit weird!" Yuwen Shiji walked to Li Xu and whispered. After calming down from the initial excitement, he finally discovered that the number of cavalry under the city was actually less than one-tenth of the number of defeated soldiers.
"It's not the reinforcements, it's the brothers we left on the road!" Li Xu put away the black knife and deliberately lowered his voice very low. The number of reinforcements may be less than five thousand. All the cavalry accompanied the cavalry to pursue the enemy, and there was still a lot of space.
Looking at the entire Sui Dynasty, there was only one team with fewer people than horses, and that was the Xiongwu Battalion under his command. A few days ago, he ran thousands of miles to attack Liyang. He, Yu Wenshi and the soldiers who were exhausted
They and their war horses were all abandoned at the inns along the way, and were handed over to the other general Murong Luo to take care of them. The brothers could arrive at this time just in time.
"You said, you said General Murong is leading our old, weak, sick and disabled people below the city!" Yu Wenshiji pointed at the defeated army in the distance, his blood-red eyes widened. Suddenly, he began to laugh loudly, beat his chest and feet, and burst into tears.
It flowed down, and the blood on his face turned white and red. "Li Mi, Li Mi bought a piece of tofu and killed him." He laughed and cried and cursed, "What about being talented and famous in the world? It's bullshit. It's all just blown out. It's all bullshit."
You can fucking blow it out.”
He was praised by the late Chu Gong Yang Su when he was young. He has been a role model for the children of the Sui Dynasty family for many years. He was studying in a corner. Facing such an opponent with a rough mind, Yu Wenshiji said that he was not afraid in his heart. He was pretending to comfort him.
When the officers and soldiers under his command found out that he had finally defeated their role model for many years, and that guy was just a silver-like wax gunhead who was just trying to gain fame, the feeling in his heart could never be described as happiness.
"It's dark, they are already at the end of their war effort, but they didn't expect that our people would come to kill them at this time." Xuzi smiled tiredly and responded in a low voice. The opponent's fame did not bring much pressure to him, so in the
At this time, he could see more clearly the key to the enemy's failure.
The rebels had been worried about the arrival of reinforcements from the Sui Dynasty, so their scouts focused all their attention on the main force led by General Yu Wenshu, ignoring the threat from the northwest. When Murong Luo led the Xiongwu Camp
When the straggler brothers rushed into the battlefield with lightning speed, the rebels who were tired and hungry after fighting for a whole day certainly had no time to consider whether this team was the main force of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, they were inevitable.
The ground collapsed, collapsed completely
The factor of winning the war is not only the use of troops, but also sometimes a little luck. There is no doubt that all the good luck today fell on the Xiongwu Camp. For those who try to collude with foreign enemies and destroy their own country, the gods in the dark may also feel that
His conduct is despicable
"Should we pursue him or not?" Yu Wenshiji smiled enough, wiped his face, and asked if the formal reinforcements would have to wait for one or two days to arrive. If he didn't take this opportunity to kill Li Mi to death, he might have recovered from the shock.
After God comes, this shameless guy will gather his troops again to cause trouble for everyone.
"I want to chase, but how can we get out of the city?" Xuzi shrugged and responded to Yuwen Shiji's question with a wry smile. He knew what Yuwen Shiji was worried about, but all four gates of Liyang City were blocked last night.
Everyone blocked it with sandbags. Although the brothers stationed on the south and north walls were well established at this time, it was not an easy task to dispatch them.
"As long as you allow them to go out of the city to pursue and kill, they will take the credit. As for how to get out of the city, they will figure it out themselves!" Yu Wenshiji smiled mysteriously and gave instructions.
Li Xu knew that Yu Wenshi had a lot of tricks up his sleeve, so he couldn't miss the opportunity at this moment. He had no choice but to give it a try and issue a military order asking the defenders of the north and south cities to "leave the city in pursuit." The flag was tied to the flagpole and raised high.
The cheers on the north and south walls suddenly stopped, and then louder cheers sounded again. Soon, Asahi dragged his tired body to the top of the watchtower and saw the shocking things happening on the north and south walls.
In one scene, the soldiers quickly transferred the ropes tied to the inner city wall to the outer city wall. Then, a soldier slipped down from the top of the city, ran to the west of the city, and carried away the ladder abandoned by the rebels. Then, the defenders of the brigade followed the rope of the ladder.
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"You stay and defend the city while I go out to take a look!" Li Xu glanced at Yuwen Shiji with admiration on his face. Then he grabbed his weapon and ran down the stairs quickly. When he could still walk with more than twenty people,
When the soldiers who were able to move arrived at the city along the Yuliang Avenue built by the rebels, captains Cui Qian and Li Mengchang were already lined up outside the west city with two thousand of their strongest soldiers.
"You two lead the chase, be careful not to fall into the enemy's trap!" Xuzi glanced at the faces of the brothers and ordered loudly, "Yes! The general will definitely live up to his orders!" Cui and Li
He agreed, led his soldiers, and rushed into the distance, shouting all the way.
"Let's go chase it too!" Xuzi dragged his exhausted body and turned back to Zhang Xiu and others and said that generals at his level no longer need to collect heads to accumulate military exploits, but he no longer "sends off" Li Mi personally.
After a while, Xuzi felt uneasy after all.
Zhang Xiu nodded and followed the general with his brothers. It was not yet completely dark. Their team, covered in blood but with high morale, looked very eye-catching in the glow. Soon, some cavalry discovered their general.
Everyone cheered and gathered around Li Xu, leading a few horses with empty saddles along the way.
"The general is here, the general is here to greet you all in person!" The cavalry excitedly spread the news throughout the battlefield.
"See General Lee!"
"I've seen the General!" Officers kept coming to meet Li Xu, and at the same time they brought more empty-saddled mounts. From officers to soldiers, everyone's face was full of admiration for General Li. He was a man who was good at creating miracles.
Made once in Liaodong and once outside Liyang City. As for today's victory, although it was completely commanded by the general Murong Luo, the soldiers still instinctively attributed most of the credit to Xu Zi.
More than 200 horsemen gradually gathered around him. Li Xu jumped on the horse, turned around and hugged Liyang City, made a sign of please, and then rode towards the direction of the enemy's retreat.
"When did this kid become so greedy for merit!" Yu Wenshiji smiled and shook his head, slowly walking down the watchtower. This was a great victory. After the rebellion was over, Xuzi and him would have a plan in front of them.
He created the extremely splendid golden avenue with his own hands, without relying on any influence of the Yuwen family. He wiped his face again and raised his head proudly.
"Qijin, where is General Murong?" Li Xu turned around and asked a man wearing a school captain's uniform while he was galloping. He remembered that this person's name was Wang Qijin, and he brought him here from the food protection army.
On the way to Liyang, this man was injured when his horse stumbled and was placed at a post station near Zhending.
"We have led a team to catch up. We are small. General Murong said that we cannot give the rebels a chance to breathe, lest they see the truth!" Wang Qijin puffed up his chest and answered loudly that General Lang could call out his own in public.
The name made him feel very proud. Although there were only about fifty old brothers who followed Xu Zi from the food protection army, as long as they were still alive, Wang Qijin himself could accurately describe every familiar face.
"Then let's chase! We will retreat when it gets completely dark!" Li Xu picked up the reins of his horse and accelerated his march. Murong Luo was a qualified general, and his judgment was very accurate. As he was galloping, Xu Zi suddenly discovered that the talents under his command were
Jiji Li Mengchang, Murong Luo, Cui Qian, Zhao Ziming, almost everyone is a good player in his own way. After this battle, as time goes by, he may really be able to create another team of tiger and strong cavalry. Thinking of this, his blood surged, and the fatigue on his body actually disappeared.
Instantly relieved a lot
The situation on the battlefield was very chaotic. From east to west, there were small groups of rebels lying on the ground, waiting to be slaughtered. Small groups of cavalry rushed past these guys who had lost the courage to resist. No one stopped to take in the prisoners.
If a prisoner unfortunately blocks their way, the cavalry will immediately use their swords and horse hooves to clear a path. The massacred people will cry and flee further away. After running a few steps, they find that there are no horse hooves.
After chasing him, his legs became weak and he fell to his knees again with a plop.
After chasing for about half a stick of incense, Li Mengchang's flag appeared in Xu Zi's sight. The horses could not leave the city. The brothers who had changed from cavalry to infantry were not walking very fast, and the order was very chaotic. They found a group of people standing in the field.
Then, more than two hundred soldiers carrying different weapons separated from Li Mengchang's banner, surrounded the defeated soldiers, and ordered them to put down their weapons and kneel down. Then, in Xu
A shocking scene happened before my eyes
The brothers of Xiongwu Camp wielded their weapons and massacred the newly surrendered people. They did not hesitate to use kitchen knives, sharpened sticks, spears picked up from the battlefield, and horizontal knives to stab each other's bodies while the other party cried for mercy.
Kill them audibly, then cut off their bloody heads with a sharp blade, and throw them into the straw bags prepared in advance as if they were collecting property.
The massacred rebels did not dare to resist, and ran away with loud cries. The brothers from the Xiongwu Camp who had been well prepared surrounded them, knocking them down one by one with arrows and throwing spears. In the red dusk, at this moment, the sky and the earth were at a loss.
Red, the eyes of each killer are also dancing and flashing red, just like the wolves that appear on the grassland after dark.
"Stop, who told you to do this!" Li Xu was so heartbroken that he rushed forward and yelled to stop.
"Oh, what are you yelling about? Are you pretending to be compassionate? If you don't kill them, how can we get away with it and take credit for it? Ah!" A new recruit from the Xiongwu Camp wearing canvas armor with his back to Li Xu retorted loudly.
It was too late, he hadn't had time to get familiar with the general's voice, so he directly regarded Li Xu behind him as a soft-hearted recruit.
"Mr. General Lang orders you to stop!" Wang Qijin swung his riding whip and hit him all over the head and face. The huge force on the tip of the whip drove the recruit's body around half a circle and knocked him heavily into a pool of blood. "Mr. General Lang, you have
Order, don't kill indiscriminately!" Among the cavalry, Zhang Xiu's tired order came again. This time, everyone heard it clearly. Holding a bloody weapon, he stood blankly next to a pile of corpses.
The cavalry quickly stepped forward and formed a large circle. The busy murderers and the murdered people who were crying and begging for mercy were all restrained. Some people took off their bloody bags from their backs and quietly threw them to the ground. Some were still aggrieved.
But seeing the anger in Li Xu's eyes and the swords raised high by the cavalry, he had to lower his head.
"Who, who told you to do this?" Li Xu pointed his riding crop at his brothers and roared angrily. Most of these people were recruits who had just joined the Xiongwu Camp. They were also dressed in the same canvas as the rebels.
The armors and weapons in their hands are also all kinds. If you don't distinguish them carefully, you can't tell the difference between them and the rebels. They have the same yellow and rough face, the same waist is a little tired from the pressure of life, and the same confusion flashes with cunning.
critical eyes
Forced by the general's reputation, the soldiers did not dare to talk back. However, they were not convinced. They crushed their feet hard on the mud, making small pits. The blood of the killed gathered together and condensed into small pits in the blood.
The small depression is so bright and red that it makes people’s eyes burn.
"They are here to atone for their sins!" Li Mengchang, who realized that something was wrong, ran over quietly, got behind Xuzi's horse and reported that he did not think killing prisoners was a sin, and that the number of surrendered soldiers in the Xiongwu Camp was now that of veterans.
Several times, only through killing can the surrendered soldiers completely release the anxiety and hostility in their hearts. Only through blood can the recruits and veterans be firmly bonded to each other.
And those innocent people who were killed were just the victims and glue that had to be paid during the rise of Xiongwuying.
"Atonement?" Xuzi suddenly found that this word was very familiar to him. A long time ago, the victor on the grassland did the same thing after catching the defeated.
Even not long ago, he personally supervised the execution of Yuan Wu Ben who was defeated and surrendered.
It's just that the first two massacres were grand and mysterious, but this one was too simple and rough.
"Are you willing to atone for your sins?" In a daze, Li Xu heard a voice thundering in his ears. He saw boundless blood rushing toward him between heaven and earth. It was wet and sticky, and he could not breathe.
Drunkard's note: There is only one update today. I can't help it. There are so many things going on at Christmas. Since you are in a foreign land, a drunkard has to follow the customs, right?
