Guo Fangyu's martial arts skills were not bad, but it was a pity that he was challenging Qin Shubao. The opponent only flicked the wooden stick from his hand with his long stick. Then he swept it sideways. This was not what Ma Shubao often used.
This move killed Guo Fangyu more efficiently. The sharp blade slid past his throat, severing his trachea and blood vessels.
"Uh!" Guo Fangyu covered his neck with his hands in disbelief and gasped desperately. When he discovered the fact that he had been defeated, he let go and fell on his back. Before the body fell to the ground
, he let out a sigh. He didn't know whether he was amazed by the other party's martial arts skills or because he was unwilling to do so.
"Take his head and bury his body!" Qin Shubao glanced at the corpse lying on the ground and ordered. The other party died like a man, so logically he should leave a whole body for him. But the other party's name was
Guo Fang predicted that his head was destined to be hung on a high pole and blown by the cold wind.
Two light cavalry jumped off the horse, cut off Guo Fangyu's head, used soil to stop the bleeding, then tied his hair with a rope and hung it on the back of the saddle. After doing this, the soldiers did not get on their horses, but watched.
The woman in the pool of blood had a look of unbearable expression on her face. "Guo Fangyu said she is the daughter of Prefect Xianyu!" A county soldier reported to Qin Shubao, "This woman has been leading our brothers to Guo Fangyu!"
Qin Shubao picked up the reins of the horse and took a few steps forward. The woman in the pool of blood had died, and there was a wound from between her breasts to her lower abdomen. This body was very petite, no more than fourteen years old at best. Broken
Very delicate skin was exposed under the clothes. Although it was contaminated by blood at this moment, it could still be seen that the owner of the skin had not experienced any weather.
"Guo Fangyu said that this woman wanted to see him die at the hands of General Qin!" The county soldier still remembered Guo Fangyu's last crazy words and conveyed them to Qin Shubao loudly.
"What?" Qin Shubao asked in shock. Immediately, he quickly regained his composure. "Take this woman's body back to the city and let the local officials arrange a grand burial." He paused and emphasized the second half of the sentence.
Then he said, "Just say that she died resisting Guo Fang Yu's *, and her death has never left Xian Yu in the family!"
"Yes!" Several more county soldiers agreed and jumped off their mounts.
"You all should go back to the city. Don't chase after poor bandits. It's not worth hurting yourself if you are blind and blind!" Qin Shubao warned again and turned the horse's head hard.
The moment he turned around, he felt very tired. He led the cavalry to attack for more than 300 miles, defeating one thousand to one hundred thousand, and killed Guo Fangyu in formation. This victory was huge. But Qin Shubao always felt that there was something missing in it.
What, it's like grilling meat without salt. Although you can see oil splattering on the meat, it loses a lot of flavor in your mouth.
"This girl must have admired our Governor Qin very much when she was alive!" The chatter of the county soldiers came from behind, and every word fell into Qin Shubao's ears.
"Yes, among the dozen or so counties around us, when it comes to Governor Qin, no one knows about it. I heard that the emperor also ordered someone to have a portrait of him and Governor Luo hung up in the palace, and he would look at it from time to time.
Here!" Another comment came, the tone full of admiration.
"These boring guys!" Qin Shubao smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was used to being talked about, and he was too lazy to show his modesty anymore. "Guo Fangxu said that this woman wanted to see him die at the hands of General Qin!"
The impact of these words on him was much stronger than the adoring comments of his brothers. "It turns out that I am such a hero in the eyes of others!" He felt very proud, but at the same time, there was also a slight sense of loss in his heart.
"I wonder in whose hands the other bandit leader Qin Junhong will die?" Some people still have unfinished thoughts.
"I don't know, I guess it will be General Li. I heard that it was he who proposed this attack plan to Mr. Zhang!" Someone replied confidently. The new general Li Lang is highly skilled in martial arts, friendly to others, and has excellent strategies.
The county soldiers trained with him every day and had long accepted him as one of their own.
"Nonsense, Mr. Zhang doesn't know how to make the decision on such a big matter, so he can still listen to an outsider!" Someone secretly looked at Qin Shubao and retorted in a low voice.
"That's right, General Li Lang is very sexy. No matter how smelly the incense is, he dares to lure a woman into his house!"
Listening to the whispers behind him, Qin Shubao finally understood the reason why he felt that this victory had little flavor. It turned out that he was actually jealous of Li Zhongjian. He was really worthless! He couldn't tolerate his depraved behavior, raised his hand, and exerted all his strength.
He knocked on the iron helmet on his head. The crisp thumping sound made him sober up, but the behavior of his companions when the messenger arrived that day became increasingly clear in his memory.
Qin Shubao clearly remembered the day when the messenger Wu Qi arrived. When all the generals were worried about not having enough troops on hand, General Li Lang came out of the crowd. At that time, General Li looked so wise and so wise.
Confident, a golden light seemed to be reflected on the armor, covering everyone's sharpness in an instant.
"The thief relies on his own strength and says that I can't save him. I'm going to hurry up and break him!" Sir Zhang Xutuo concluded after listening to General Li Lang's words, and then started this three-hundred-mile long-distance attack.
As Zhang Xutuo and Li Xu expected, the rogue bandits were completely dazzled by the successive victories. They exposed an undefended camp to the Qijun soldiers who came from afar without taking any precautions.
In a village ten miles away from the enemy camp, where all the people were killed, Qin Shubao took his brothers to rest for an afternoon. At midnight, everyone shot revenge arrows into the rogue camp.
The sudden attack on the bandits was also guessed by Li Xu. In the panic, they did not think about how many soldiers and horses the other party had. The people who were wrapped up by the agreement fell into chaos first, and their behavior affected all the bandits.
So, as soon as the battle began, the outcome was already unclear.
The result of this battle was extremely brilliant. As soon as Qin Junhong, the leader of another rogue bandit, ran out of the military camp, he was shot into a hedgehog by the local county soldiers who rushed out from Beihai City to meet him. The hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits who gathered outside Beihai County trampled on each other.
More than 13,000 people were killed in the battle, and more than 30,000 were captured. Most of the remaining 50,000 people were civilians who were bundled into camps. As soon as the battle was over, they ran away in groups.
When they arrived outside Beihai City, they shouted Zhang Xutuo's name and asked him to attack the city occupied by the bandits as soon as possible and avenge everyone's bloodshed.
There are also some real bandits who are leaderless. Some of them hid in the mountains, while others fled Beihai County and went to work for other big bosses in nearby counties to make a living. After last night's battle, these people saw the battle flags of the county soldiers.
, the calves will definitely tremble.
Since neither Guo Fangyu nor Qin Junhong expected Qijun soldiers to arrive so quickly, all the baggage they looted became trophies for Qijun soldiers. Qin Shubao made a rough estimate
, if all the grain and grass baggage were brought back to Licheng, it would be able to fill approximately three thousand carts.
With this batch of food, grass and baggage, the soldiers of Qi County can replace a large number of armors. Even the expensive armored cavalry can be expanded by another fifty people. However, the miserable current situation of Beihai County and the rich spoils of war are in stark contrast
Comparison. Rogue bandits swept through most of Beihai County during the spring plowing season, involving the three cities of Yidu, Shouguang and Duchang and the surrounding villages in the war. Hundreds of thousands of houses were burned and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Dozens of people were displaced.
Thousands of acres of fertile farmland that has been delayed in spring plowing will have no harvest this fall. When the harvest fails next year, no one knows how many people will starve to death.
"Master Wu, please help us inform the Beihai elders that if they are willing to come up with young people to work with us to regain the lost land, all the young people who enlist in the army will be given 200 kilograms of grain and a bolt of silk cloth. Half of it will be cashed in on the day of enlistment and the army will be wiped out.
Cash the other half after the bandits!" Qin Shubao thought about it for a long time, finally made up his mind, hugged his fists to Beihai County soldier Cao Wuqi, and said.
Wu Qi was the only military officer in the entire Beihai County who neither died in battle nor surrendered to the enemy in battle. On that day, he risked his life and broke out of the siege of the bandits and delivered the letter of rescue to Zhang Xutuo. In the imperial court
Before appointing a new prefect and county magistrate to Beihai, Qin Shubao could only discuss with him how to cooperate between Qijun soldiers and Beihai Junjun soldiers.
"What!" Wu Qi was startled and couldn't believe his ears. After confirming what Qin Shubao had just said from the surprised expressions of others around him, he quickly returned the salute with his fists clasped and stammered in reply. "What?
Okay, how can we make Qi County spend more money? We agreed at the beginning that all the expenses for sending troops this time will be borne by our Beihai County!"
When he was anxious, his words were a little rude. But his mind was very clear, and he knew what to do and what not to do. If Qijun Jingqi had not risked his life to come to his rescue, not to mention the captured trophies, even Beihai City would have been destroyed.
They can't keep it. Therefore, Wu Qi believes that the Beihai elders can no longer pursue the idea of looties under any circumstances, even though the entire people are crying for food.
"With these more than a thousand brothers under our command, we cannot conquer three big cities. By the time Mr. Zhang arrives with the county soldiers, I'm afraid the other three cities will be ruined by the rogue bandits! Besides," Qin Shubao said outside the military tent.
Pointing at it, he added, "The common people have just escaped from the thieves, so they must have something to eat. Otherwise, wouldn't they be forced to carry knives?"
The officers and soldiers in the tent were originally ready to object, but after hearing Qin Shubao's words, they all unanimously shut up. Driving Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong's remnants out of the city was only the first step in the mission of wiping out the bandits. If you can't find a way to appease the people,
, those who lost their homes this year were unable to survive and would most likely become rogues. Thus, a new cycle began on the earth, until the blood flow reached its limit.
"Well, then we will only distribute grain, not silk. There are several large households in Beihai, and if we all work together, we can collect the military pay for the young and strong! As for the old and the weak, the county magistrate, Mr. Wang, has already written a memorial to the court.
If you complain, it won't take long for the court to allocate food." Wu Qi carefully looked at everyone's faces and decided to partially accept Qin Shubao's suggestion.
"That's right. If Mr. Xianyu had half the foresight of Brother Yulin, he wouldn't have suffered the fate of his family being ruined!" Luo Shixin, who had been watching with cold eyes, was afraid that Qin Shubao would give away more of Qijun's interests, so he quickly stepped forward and patted Wu Qi.
shoulders and praise loudly.
"So, Wu, the people of Beihai, would like to thank you for your kindness!" Wu Qi was not used to Luo Shixin's enthusiasm, so he took half a step back and bowed to the ground again.
Everyone dispersed with a smile and made preparations to attack Duchang City separately. When only Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin were left in the military tent, the latter suddenly turned around, looked at Qin Shubao up and down with a very strange look, and said
: "Our brothers from Qijun came all the way to save people, and it's fine without getting paid. You actually have to spit out half of the captured grain and grass materials. If Master Pei and Zhang Tongshou know about this, they will definitely not give it to you.
Look good!"
"Master Zhang knows why I did this. Since Master Pei does not care about military affairs, he will not interfere with the distribution of spoils!" Qin Shubao shook his head and replied with a smile.
Zhang Xutuo taught him to be a far-sighted and compassionate general. In this regard, Qin Shubao did not think he was worse than Li Xu. Leading the army to appease Beihai County this time was a very good opportunity to show off his plans.
When he was compared with Li Zhongjian, Qin Shubao had to win back his face when doing things.
"Master Zhang may not say anything about you, but Master Pei may not have an easy time with you! Besides, we are military commanders in Qi County, but we did what we should have done as civil servants in Beihai County. Isn't this thankless?" Luo Shixin shook his head, no.
I believe Qin Shubao can pass the test smoothly.
"If we don't leave some food in Beihai County this year, next year when there is a shortage of food, this place will become a world of rogue bandits. This time we caught him off guard, next year, will they suffer the same loss? What about the year after tomorrow, like this
If we go down, our brothers from Qijun will not die from exhaustion?!"
"That's just right, we have one more opportunity to make meritorious deeds!" Luo Shixin clearly agreed with Qin Shubao's opinion, but shook his head and argued.
Qin Shubao lightly punched Luo Shixin and said, "A general must have compassion. Is it rare that you forgot what Master Zhang just said to our brothers so quickly?"
Luo Shixin fought extremely bravely and was not afraid of life and death. But he also didn't take other people's lives seriously. Zhang Xutuo believed that this approach would bring disaster to him sooner or later. Qin Shubao didn't think Luo Shixin's shortcomings were obvious at first, but then he
With Li Xu's arrival, he increasingly felt that Zhang Xutuo's evaluation of Luo Shixin was reasonable.
"It's only through comparison that we can see more clearly." Qin Shubao thought to himself, turned around, and prepared to plan a new round of war.
"Maybe Mr. Zhang is right, but Brother Shubao has really changed a lot! He looks a bit like Li Zhongjian, not as brave and decisive as before!" Luo Shixin muttered and complained when he saw Qin Shubao moving out Zhang Xutuo.
"Does Shixin think this change in Brother Yu is good or bad?" Qin Shubao turned around with a smile and asked. (To be continued)
