It was June 17, the second year of Jingping, northwest, cloudy.
Yanzhou City is old and ancient, and the thick and dignified city walls look calm and solemn under the not bright sky. On the official roads around the city, Xixia soldiers escorted carts coming and going. Apart from that, there is no idleness on the road.
The refugees, all the "rioters", have been arrested to harvest wheat at this time. In various places and under official roads, good people are not allowed to go out. If anyone is found out, they will either be arrested or killed on the spot.
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The wheat fields around the city have basically been harvested to 80%. Theoretically, the wheat will be most mature and full when it starts to be harvested in the next few days. However, because the Xixia people just occupied this area, they chose to start work a few days earlier. From early June
During the ten days from July 7 to 17, desolate or tragic things happened from time to time in this land. However, loose resistance did not mean much in front of the organized army. Only a lot of blood flowed, which became the Western Xia people's example of killing chickens to scare the monkeys.
s material.
In the past two days, the resistance that had occurred from time to time has become numb. The corpses of the killed people fell on the field ridges and beside the road. Under the scorching sun and the erosion of the rain, they had gradually become putrid, revealing the dense white bones.
, and the civilians who were driven over to cut wheat continued to work amidst the stench.
Wheat fields, villages, roads, and water veins extend from Yanzhou City as the center, and by about thirty miles to the east, they have entered the range of mountains and fields. Gravel Village is the farthest village here, and the range of wheat fields
It has basically stopped here. In order to guard the mountain pass here, intercept the refugees at the same time, and supervise the grain collection, the Xixia general Ji Lasaile arranged a total of two teams with a total of more than 800 people here, which can be regarded as a group.
A large garrison point.
In the morning, General Kui Hong ordered a group of soldiers under his command to drive hundreds of civilians to carry out the final harvest in nearby fields. Large areas of wheat fields here have been harvested, and the remaining work is estimated to only be more than a day's work, but the sky is gloomy.
When he came down, he didn't know if it would rain, so he ordered his soldiers to intensify their supervision of the civilians who were harvesting wheat. Naturally, this method of intensification was to whip and scold them harder.
Under this gloomy sky, the sounds of whippings and abuses mixed with people's cries and cries of pain also objectively speeded up the efficiency of work. For a moment, there was indeed a feeling of enthusiasm. Kuihong was still relatively cautious about this.
satisfied.
The general in charge of the surrounding defense is named Meng Shengke. He is a relatively strict military general. Since he was stationed here, he has not stopped patrolling every day. In the morning, he had already routinely checked the nearby sentries. All his men
There were four hundred men, of whom two hundred were stationed at Zhuangzi, where the official road passed. The other two hundred troops patrolled the nearby roads for about five miles every day.
Of course, since we captured this area at the beginning of this year, there has not been much impact nearby in the past six months. The Wu Dynasty declined, the Zhong family army fell, and Xixia was on good terms with the Jin Kingdom. The rule of the northwest is destiny.
No one can stop him. Even if there is still a threat from the Zhejia Army, the Xixia people have already sent many scouts to monitor them. At this time, all the surrounding wheat fields have been harvested. The Zhejia Army is only guarding the prefecture and is also busy collecting grain.
Definitely won't come again.
After this routine inspection, Meng Shengke returned to Zhuangzi.
Just after arriving, two centurions, the vanguard of the Xiaocanghe Black Flag Army, appeared on the hillside outside the gravel village.
The warning horn had just sounded. When Kuihong, who was near the wheat field, looked back, he saw that the crowd had already rushed into the village like a torrent.
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The entire Black Flag Army, which came out of the Xiaocang River, set off on the morning of June 16th. That night, the leading troops moving forward with light equipment approached the edge of the mountainous area. After a night's rest, early the next morning
, the first team came towards Gravel Manor.
At the forefront is the first battalion of the second regiment of Xiaocanghe Army at this time, with regiment commander Pang Liuan, battalion commander Xu Lingming, and Xu Lingming below. There are three companies of more than 100 people. The commander of the first company is Luo Ye, who established Huayan Society.
The requirements for myself are high, and the requirements for the soldiers below are also high. It is natural that I will be at the forefront of applying this time.
Mao Yishan and Hou Wu were both in the second company. Qu Qing had the experience of commanding the army and was flexible. He could have been responsible for leading the second company and even competed with Xu Lingming for the position of battalion commander. However, due to some considerations
, he was later absorbed into the Special Regiment, and was also trained as a staff officer. During this expedition, he was injured because he went out to inquire for information, but he was forced to come out, and now he follows the Second Company
Act together.
After getting up, the two hundred or so people walked briskly for more than an hour under Qu Qing's guidance. When they arrived near Gravel Manor, they slowed down and moved forward in hiding.
There are no new recruits in the team anymore. They once received pay and food, fought against the Jurchens, felt the humiliation of failure and the threat of death. They were gathered in Xia Village, experienced the tempering of life and death, and defeated the resentful army.
Later, following Ning Yi's uprising, there were several battles on the way. However, this time when they came out of the mountains, almost everyone had different feelings, whether it was incitement or brainwashing. In the past six months or so, everything seemed to be nothing.
The gradually increasing sense of depression made them want to do something.
A few days ago, everyone was no longer allowed to work in the mountains, and the whole army began to train. Everyone was guessing. After yesterday's expedition, Qin Shaoqian and Ning Yi gave a speech, and the people who had their guesses confirmed were almost trembling with excitement.
.Then the whole army went out to fight, and went through mountains and rivers. The fire burning in people's hearts never stopped.
That's right, there is no other way, this is the only way out.
If in the previous battles, everyone still passively responded to the orders and faced the swords and guns with instinct, only this time, most people in the entire army have already agreed with this attack, and even
They longed for a fight in their hearts. At the same time, in more than half a year, due to efficient cooperation and high-intensity labor, they got to know and identify with their partners. Everyone only needs to try their best to do their best.
The rest, other companions, will naturally take care of the rest!
During the early morning running, the buzzing sound in the blood was so clear that people could hear it. Luo Ye, Mao Yishan, Hou Wu and others occasionally touched the handle of the knife with their hands, thinking of pulling it out.
A slight sense of tension and contraction enveloped everything. On the road approaching gravel village, Qu Qing, Xu Lingming, Luo Ye and others had already discussed the plan.
"I have a plan." Qu Qing held a simple map while walking quickly, and had already introduced the two entrances and exits of the gravel village and the location of the watchtower next to the entrance and exit. "We rushed in from both sides and used the fastest speed.
Kill them all at the same speed. No need to stop, no need to pay attention to any warnings. Well, that’s it.”
He cut left and right on the map with his hand knife to indicate the route. At this time, there was only the rustle of footsteps. Xu Lingming turned to look at him and blinked, but Qu Qing's eyes were serious, and it didn't look like he was telling a cold joke——
I have a plan, rush in and kill them all. What kind of plan is this? Luo Ye on the other side has already nodded seriously: "Okay. That's it, I'll be in charge of the left side."
The two teams separated and approached the gravel village. Scouts in camouflage uniforms walked through and sniped the soldiers on the watchtower. When the first arrow was fired, Luo Ye waved his arm and rushed out of the foothills. On the other side,
Mao Yishan, Hou Wu drew his sword, held his shield, and stepped out of the mountain. His pace gradually accelerated, getting faster and faster——
Shields, steel knives, and figures rushed down. Outside the gravel villa, there was a team of Xixia people patrolling at this time. It was a team of seven people. As arrows flew over their heads, they shot towards the watchtower.
The soldier's chest, when they came to their senses, Luo Ye and others were rushing towards them with swords and shields in hand. These people turned around and wanted to run, warning in their mouths. Luo Ye and others had quickly approached, and the Xixia soldier who led them turned around.
He came and swung his sword to attack. Luo Ye held the shield in his hand and used the momentum to knock him away. Then he rolled to the ground and the black shadow pressed over him. He then drew the sword.
Luo Ye stepped over the corpse on the ground, without any pause in his steps, still running quickly with his shield in hand. The seven Xixia soldiers were like animals caught in a swarm of man-eating ants, spreading past in the blink of an eye. The front of the soldiers extended.
, someone sheathed their swords and changed their hands for the crossbow. After firing, they drew their swords again. In the gravel village, the warning horn sounded, two torrents had penetrated into the village, and the thick blood began to spread wantonly. Xixia soldiers were on the road to the village
They rushed over in formation and collided with the Xiaocanghe soldiers who rushed in. They were then cut open by steel knives and spears. From the window of the house next to them, soldiers from Xiaocanghe also rushed in, and they were in a hurry.
The Xixia soldiers who responded to the fight fought and then came out from the other side.
Luo Ye rushed forward. He threw away the shield in his hand, held the steel knife in both hands, and slashed all the way. With red eyes, he led the soldiers around him to kill towards the courtyard where the Jurchen military flag was erected. The young officer was usually calm.
Ai Sisi, when he arrived at the battle formation, all the hostility in his body was exuding. Several Xixia soldiers were chased from the front and stabbed everyone with their spears. Luo Ye stepped in directly in front of the four spears, without a trace.
Without hesitation, he swung his sword fiercely, splitting the fierce-looking Xixia warrior who looked to be in his thirties, almost splitting his hands and chest into two pieces, and threw him away.
"Don't block my way——"
Before the roar could be finished, the Xixia soldiers were already drowned by the people around him.
"Then whose head belongs to the Western Xia dog thief——"
As he walked, he pointed at the Xixia military flag not far away. A group of people around him had the same fanaticism.
"--mine!!!"
Meng Shengke was still withdrawing from the yard at this time. He was surrounded by dozens of soldiers, and more men were rushing forward from the rear, but the sound of fighting was like a giant beast, devouring human lives along the way and spreading.
, he only saw a black flag flashing not far away.
"Who? Who? Hurry up, Fenghuo! Stop them! Are the Zhe family coming -"
Then he saw the young general who was on the other side of the road. He shot an arrow with a crossbow, and then led the soldiers around him to hide behind the house.
Seeing that the personal guards around Meng Shengke were already in formation, Luo Ye led the brothers around him and began to fight towards the side, while ordering: "Call more people over!"
Here, Meng Shengke saw this group of people circling around like chopping melons and vegetables. His team rushed forward and was killed, and he felt a little scared. This battle happened too fast, and he was still
He didn't know the origin of the other party, but as a lieutenant general of the Xixia Army, he could see the opponent's combat power. The eyes of these people were as fierce as tigers. They were not ordinary soldiers at all. If they were placed in the Zhejia Army,
He should be an elite member of the direct line that Zhe can ask for - if the Zhe family really comes to kill him, his only choice is to run away to save his life.
On the one hand, they formed a formation to prevent the other side from taking advantage of the opportunity, and on the other hand, they asked the personal guards to retreat slowly. This took only ten breaths. Suddenly, someone rushed towards the room on the other side, jumped up high, and took the same thing in his hand.
Something was thrown into the crowd here. It was a porcelain jar, and there was a piece of cloth burning on the mouth of the jar.
With a bang, the bodies of the three guards were ignited with flames!
On the other side of the road, more than a dozen people gathered together. After the shield formation, spears were thrust out. Mao Yishan slightly bent behind the shield and exhaled: "Huh...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
The formation pushed forward at a crazy high speed!
Meng Shengke was so excited that he waved his hands vigorously: "Kill——"
Luo Ye was killing a small group of Xixia soldiers to the ground, covered in blood. When he turned around again, he saw a team of more than 30 personal guards from the Meng Sheng Branch being rushed away. He opened his mouth silently.
Opened his mouth: "I...wipe -"
Then there was a crazy cry: "Come on -"
He led a dozen of his companions and rushed towards the Meng Sheng Branch! The dozens of personal guards here were usually not easy to deal with, but one side rushed in desperately, and the other side was killing them like tigers snatching food.
At this moment, the entire formation collapsed in an instant. When Luo Ye shouted: "Don't stop me -" when he killed more than ten people who were rushing here, the guy who was obviously a Xixia general had been killed by ten people from the second company.
Many people poked it into a sieve.
"Brother! Thanks!" Hou Wu, who was the leader of the first platoon of the Second Company, wiped the blood on his face, shouted at Luo Ye, and then waved his hand again: "Chong——"
"You're welcome!" Luo Ye, with red eyes, replied gruffly. He watched the group of people rush past, then looked at the body of the Xixia general on the ground, spat, and then looked around.
Companion: "What are you waiting for! Are there any Xixia people alive!?"
The people who were half-blooded from the killing waved their swords and patted their armors. Luo Ye raised his sword and pointed outside: "I remember, there is another one like this."
His eyes were red and he nodded and said: "Think of a way to get it back..."
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In large areas of wheat fields that had been harvested, people in ragged clothes stopped harvesting. They looked back in the direction of Gravel Village. On the other side, Kuihong quickly gathered his soldiers. Before he could gather the scattered men,
The invading enemy had already killed the entire village. The fleeing soldiers ran out of the village and were chased by the enemy one after another. They were chopped down in the fields. In the distant village, the Xixia military flag was burning in flames.
There was almost no pause for this team. The team, carrying blood and murderous intent, ran towards this side crazily. There seemed to be only a few dozen people in the front, but in the villages behind, more people were still running.
They came after them. They looked so fanatical that some of the Xixia soldiers who escaped could not run and were chopped down like chickens.
The soldiers did not dare to resist, because their morale was broken.
Kuihong was horrified and asked the soldiers in front to form a formation. Then he saw more than ten horses running out of the village. These were the horses used to pull grain in the village. But at this time, their mouths and noses were wide open.
The running speed was no different from that of a war horse. The man running at the front was almost all red with blood. He wielded a steel knife and stabbed the horse's butt hard. After a while, these ten horses had become the front line of the charge.
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Mao Yishan and Hou Wu were running like flying. When they saw the dozen or so people riding past them, they twitched their lips slightly and said, "Damn, these crazy people."
Luo Ye hit the horse's belly hard, stretched out his knife, and pointed towards Kui Hong in the military formation over there: "That's where——"
Even though they were so far apart, a chill arose in Kui Hong's heart.
On a cloudy day, under the gaze of hundreds of civilians, this suddenly attacking army cleared the way with more than ten horses, forming a cone-shaped formation, and charged into the Xixia army. The front spread, and thick waves of blood rolled on both sides.
After driving away, not long after, the entire Xixia army collapsed.
The troops stationed in the distance had already seen the beacon fire and rushed here. Before they arrived, more troops holding the flags of black stars and stars spread out from the mountains...
In the mountains southeast of the Xiaocang River, a large number of green forest people were gathering. In the cave, Li Pin was speechless for a long time while listening to the report from the scouts.
"This can't be... crazy..." he muttered.
Nine thousand people rushed out of the mountain and attacked the 200,000 troops outside the mountain... Thinking of Ning Yi's face, a shuddering chill filled his heart involuntarily.
No one would commit suicide like this, which is why such a thing is so thrilling.
At this time, to the east of Yanzhou City, the advancing team was pushing a bloody path. Beacon fire, galloping horses, rout, killing, and shrinking military lines were all extending toward Yanzhou City. And in Yanzhou City,
Outside the city, there were even many teams that had not received orders to return to the city.
The black flag extends, the invasion is like fire! (To be continued.)
PS: Well, a character wrote in the previous chapter. Pang Liu'an is one of the leaders of several groups. Xu Lingming is the boss of Mao Yishan, so the battalion commander is Xu Lingming. The previous article has been modified.
I apologize to everyone for not being able to update yesterday. This kind of plot requires too many emotions.