After giving up his plan to pursue Ayimu, Zhou Jun led everyone back to the opium workshop.
Sitting on the stone steps of the workshop, Zhou Jun, still a little dizzy, shook his head vigorously.
Tuoba Huaisu sat next to Zhou Jun, looked at the latter carefully, and said, "Fortunately, there are no signs of poisoning in your body."
Thinking of the past memories in his coma, Zhou Jun sighed: "About Zoroastrianism, as well as your master and senior sister, you and I must have a good chat after we finish the things at hand."
Just as Tuoba Huaisu was about to speak, a long horn sounded from outside the house.
Qiu Yong heard this and said, "The Tang army is attacking the main gate."
Zhou Jun stood up, looked at the camp with flames in the distance, and said to the people around him: "We are also going to help in the battle."
Qiu Yong was stunned and quickly advised: "Erlang, how can you be involved in danger if your sword has no eyes on the battlefield? If you have three advantages and two disadvantages, how can Yong go to see Pang Gong? Besides, the horse bandits are nothing more than a mob, so why bother?"
Shall we take action?"
Zhou Jun thought for a while and proposed a compromise plan: "Is it okay to find a high place and observe the battle situation?"
Seeing that Qiu Yong couldn't resist him, he had no choice but to agree.
A group of people came to the watchtower in the rear camp and climbed up to look far into the distance.
I saw fire and fighting everywhere in the huge horse bandit camp.
Due to the darkness of the night and the sudden incident, the horse bandits, who usually lack training and military discipline, had a serious camp roar.
Some people said that a large number of people from the government army had broken into the camp and killed everyone on sight; others said that a certain group of horse bandits had rebelled and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power.
The horse bandits were panic-stricken, and everyone was in danger. The conflicts between them usually broke out in an instant, and they began to kill each other.
Sun Aying led fifty Tang soldiers, followed by more than two hundred Jin family guards, bypassing the horse bandits who were fighting among themselves, and took advantage of the chaos to attack the gate tower from the inside.
The horse bandits guarding the gate are all elite men.
In such a chaotic situation, it is rare for those horse bandits to still be able to set up formations to intercept, draw their bows and arrows, and remain undisturbed.
Facing the rain of arrows and falling rocks, Sun Aying's fifty-man Tang army changed its formation into a sharp arrow formation.
The leader of the team is at the head of the vanguard, followed closely by the flag bearer and flag guard, followed by the center of the vanguard, and the deputy leader is at the end, serving as supervisor of the battle and breaking up the rear.
Zhou Jun once witnessed the ability of the Tang army in Mobei to conquer and fight.
When facing tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry, the Tang army under Wang Zhongsi was like a sophisticated and efficient war machine. Every soldier and general performed their duties, with an almost overwhelming advantage, in the shortest possible time.
A great victory was achieved in a short period of time.
However, that victory was not very impressive to Zhou Jun.
The reason is that he was a subordinate and in the rear army at the time, so he only saw the two armies confront each other and impact each other from a distance. In terms of shock, it was far less shocking than it is today, when he saw the Tang army fighting to the death on the battlefield with his own eyes.
I saw Sun Aying, the leader of the team, holding a Mo knife, being the first to step onto the stone steps of the camp gate...
Facing two horse bandits holding wooden shields and blocking the way, Sun Aying took a deep breath, roared again, and used the power of the waist and horse to swing out the Mo Dao with all his strength. The huge blade was in the air.
There was a harsh crackling sound in the air, and the pressure like a strong wind blew out the torch hanging on the wall of the gatehouse.
There was a loud cracking sound like a mountain collapsing into the sky, and the two horse bandits, including their men and shields, were chopped into several pieces by Mo Dao.
There were horse bandit archers on the gate tower. Seeing Sun Aying's bravery, they were frightened and drew their bows and arrows.
The flag bearers on the left and right stepped forward a few steps, set up a shield wall, blocked the incoming arrows, and protected the head of the team from charging forward.
When these fifty Tang soldiers rushed to the gatehouse at the main entrance of the camp, the original sharp arrow formation changed into the six flower formation.
The so-called six-flower formation has three flowers forming a bank, like alstroemeria flowers.
Three Tang soldiers formed a small triangular battle formation. Each two small battle formations were connected to each other and supported each other, just like countless calyxes, forming a uniform circular formation for advancing, retreating, attacking and defending.
The horse bandits were brave and fearless of the dead. They wanted to attack the Tang army's formation, but before they even got close, they were knocked to the ground by crossbows and spears.
Finally, one enemy's defenses collapsed, he dropped his weapons and jumped off the gate tower with a loud cry. The remaining enemies ignored the urging of the leader of the horse bandits and kept retreating, not daring to move forward.
Sun Aying took the opportunity to come to the winch of the suspension bridge, raised his knife and dropped it.
With a loud bang, the camp's suspension bridge was lowered.
The army, which had been waiting outside the main gate for a long time, rushed across the suspension bridge and entered the horse bandit camp.
When Zhou Jun saw this scene, he felt at ease: "The matter is settled."
Qiu Yong, who was watching from the side and watched from beginning to end, asked Zhou Jun: "The fifty Tang troops who attacked the gate tower and the fifty Tang troops who rushed across the suspension bridge were all soldiers sent by Wang Zhongsi to Erlang?"
Zhou Jun nodded.
Qiu Yong smiled and said: "Wang Zhongsi treats Erlang very well."
Zhou Jun was puzzled and asked out loud.
Qiu Yong explained: "The infantry of the Tang Dynasty is divided into the jumping team, the strange army, the swordsman team, the spear team, the crossbowman team, and the archer team. Among each type of infantry, the best ones are selected layer by layer.
It was reorganized into a fifty-man brigade, which was called the ‘Fighter Corps’ in the army.”
"Everyone in the vanguard is an elite. Every time there is a war, they are placed in the center of the army and defeat the enemy. They will definitely achieve victory."
Zhou Jun was surprised.
When Qiu Yong said this, he was silent for a moment and said with emotion: "When I was still in the army, I fought with thousands of enemies. Even though the enemy had tens of thousands of cavalry, they greeted them with a smile, and they would win every battle. Unfortunately, after so many years,
In the past... the elites of the Tang Dynasty have become fewer and fewer, and it is almost rare to see them now."
After saying that, Qiu Yong sighed and walked down the watchtower.
When the Tang army outside the main gate invaded the camp, the ensuing battle only lasted about ten minutes before it came to an end.
On the side of the horse bandits, there were about 700 people who died in battle, those who escaped, and those who killed each other. The remaining 500 or so people, seeing that there was no hope of victory, surrendered one after another.
On the Tang army's side, only two of the hundred-man vanguard led by Sun Aying were slightly injured. In addition, seven Jin family guards were killed in the battle, and dozens of Liangzhou guards and Zu soldiers were killed or injured.
In terms of seizures, in addition to property worth about 600,000 guan, there were more than 800 war horses and nearly a thousand other camels, mules, donkeys and slaves in the horse bandit camp.
After the war, while everyone else was cleaning up the battlefield, Zhou Jun came to the poppy field underground.
Looking at the extremely beautiful sea of flowers in front of him, Zhou Jun remained silent.
Tuoba Huaisu, who was standing next to him, said: "I have sorted out the evidence of collusion between the Kang family and the horse bandits, packed them in boxes, and ordered them to be strictly guarded."
Zhou Jun: "Send those evidences to the Governor's Mansion in Liangzhou City, and then hand them over to Kong You. He knows what to do."
Tuoba Huaisu nodded and said: "I found the weapon that stabbed Long Qi in Senior Sister's medicine house. I already know the ingredients of the poison on it. I have sent someone to send the antidote to Mingpan Ancient Temple.
I believe it won’t take long for Long Qi to get better.”
Zhou Jun nodded slightly, still staring at the sea of flowers in front of him without moving.
Tuoba Huaisu glanced at Zhou Jun beside him and whispered: "I also found senior sister's notes, which detailed the methods of manufacturing and purifying opium..."
Zhou Jun turned his head and looked at Tuoba Huaisu.
Tuoba Huaisu: "Opium can turn a person into a devil, and it can also turn a kingdom into hell. If you make good use of it, you can not only accumulate inexhaustible wealth, but also completely destroy anyone who dares to stand in your way.
The enemy in front of you."
Zhou Jun knew the profound meaning of Tuoba Huaisu's words.
Tuoba Huaisu stared into Zhou Jun's eyes and said softly: "Erlang, you decide."
Zhou Jun let out a long breath.
Not long after, he called Sun Aying.
The latter quickly came to Zhou Jun's side.
Zhou Jun first asked for kerosene from Sun Aying, then threw it into the flower field, then took the torch and lit the beautiful sea of flowers without hesitation.
In the midst of the raging fire, Zhou Jun said to Tuoba Huaisu: "As the saying goes, poverty does not violate justice, and attainment does not deviate from the Tao. Jun once heard a saying - people can be good, but they cannot be distorted; people can be evil, but they can't be evil.
It cannot become a ghost. As for this flower of evil, it should not have come into the world. Now let it return to dust and dust to dust..."
