Perhaps due to being too imprudent, in early April, rumors that Tang Gong Li Yuan was preparing to contact his nephew to launch a rebellion began to spread among the people. However, it was different from the previous situations where similar rumors were widely spread. This time the rumors had just started.
The situation quickly subsided strangely. His Majesty the Emperor, who was far away in Jiangdu, was not alarmed at all, and Dongdu, which was very close to Hedong Road, did not send an envoy to verify whether the matter was true. Only Yang Tong, the king of Yue, was in charge of supervising the country.
A letter was sent to Li Yuan in his name, praising him for his loyalty and dedication to the country for many years.
At this precarious moment, no rational person would blatantly provoke the country's pillar officials based on a rumor without any basis. Moreover, the nephew of Tang Gong Li Yuan, the champion general Li Xu, was leading 40,000 county soldiers at this moment.
They fought a fierce battle with hundreds of thousands of people on the east bank of Jishui River. The two sides were fighting inextricably, and any external interference was enough to affect the entire battle.
This battle has been going on for more than ten days. Judging from the current situation, the army with less than half the opponent's number still firmly controls the initiative on the battlefield. Yangwu and Yuanwu, the two counties near the Jishui River, are still under control.
In the hands of the officers and soldiers, Xingze City, which had hoarded a large amount of supplies for the Wagang Army, was also tightly surrounded by a force sent by General Champion, and was unable to provide any effective support to Li Mi. As for Waihuang City, which was slightly farther away from the battlefield,
The rebel army inside had already taken the initiative to cut off all contact with other robes. Including when Wang Bodang's troops were ambushed less than forty miles away from the city more than half a month ago and were killed and the entire army was annihilated.
The master didn't even look outside.
Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang Army, fully learned the lesson from the last defeat. He no longer rushed for success, but used the superior forces in his hands to fight steadily, trying to defeat his opponent with a protracted war of attrition. But at this time, the official army was no longer
For the previously exhausted division, successive victories greatly boosted their morale. Under Li Xu's command and dispatch, they used a variety of flexible tactics to attack the enemy. The most successful attack even broke the tiles.
The four lines of defense of the Gang army almost cut down Li Mi's flag.
After realizing that there was still a big gap between the combat capabilities of his soldiers and the official army, Li Mi decided to use the camp to make up for his own shortcomings. There was always no shortage of trees and sand on both sides of the Jishui River, and the minions had done some farm work before joining the army.
Therefore, no matter how fierce the blow from the officers and soldiers is, the Wagang Army still has a way to stabilize its position in the end, preventing the entire team from collapsing like last time.
This almost rogue tactic made the county soldiers very angry, but they could not find a good way to deal with it. Therefore, when both sides were recharging their strength, insults and provocations became another means of attack.
"Grandson, if you dare, stick your head out!" The well-fed and drunk county soldiers shouted provocations to the opposite side, accompanied by thunderous drums. "Boom, boom, boom", waves of waves crashed like thunderous waves.
An. Wagang's army, however, seemed to be unable to hear the other party's cries at all. They hid behind the wooden camp wall and remained silent.
"Your boss has sent me another leg. Don't worry, I'll cut it off slowly!" The narrow-minded county soldiers used their last failure to humiliate their opponents. "This time, I'm going to give him a discount on the middle leg."
Legs!" The red flag fluttered in the wind, and its sharp blade was dazzling in the sun. The soldier Wagang clenched his crossbow, his face flushed with pain, but his body remained motionless.
"Brothers, please disperse. Li Mi is not a responsible man. What's the point of working for him? You can't even bear to part with a few skewers of meat!" This sentence refers to the experiences of the chief officials of Yuanwu and Yangwu counties.
After Li Xu sent people to capture the two of them alive with lightning speed, the next day he ordered the prisoners to bring a letter to the heads of the Wagang family, offering to exchange the lives of the two "county princes" for Zhang Xutuo's head.
Wagangzhai's answer was actually that Zhang Xutuo's head had been redeemed by his family, so it could not be exchanged. As a result, two "county princes" who had just been ennobled for less than half a year were beheaded by the army.
His head was hung on a high pole as a warning to those who came after him.
This time, the exposed Wagang army finally became angry. A group of black arrows suddenly rose in the air, then roared down and smashed the shields in the hands of the county soldiers. The bows and arrows of the officers and soldiers
The hand immediately began to fight back. Over the long and narrow battle point, nearly ten thousand eagle feathers shuttled back and forth. Most of the feather arrows did not cause any damage, because both the enemy and us were already familiar with this routine and had made corresponding preparations in advance.
There were also a few unlucky ones who were injured by white feathers leaking through the gaps in the shield or broken arrows that bounced off the ground. They covered their bodies and howled loudly. The robes immediately dragged the injured away from the range of the arrows, and the red blood was already covered in the arrows.
A thick streak was added to the blackened land again, as if the earth itself had been cut with a wound. Soon, the new blood stains were dried by the sun, blackened, and then covered by newer blood stains.
Compared with the confrontation between the two armies, the losses caused by feather arrows to both the enemy and ourselves were not great. The generals and leaders on duty quickly realized this, blew the horns, and ordered their soldiers to stop wasting baggage. A sudden light appeared in the sky
, the surrounding scenery became clear in an instant, and the sound of wind, running water and indescribable sounds of nature also became the mainstream on the suddenly quiet battlefield, which was indescribably weird to human ears. Then, there was the monotonous "
!" With the sound of "锚!" and the sound of broken boards, the crossbows of the official army and the rebel army began to fire at the same time. The huge arrow shafts passed through the gap between the enemy and ourselves, smashing the shields, smashing the camp walls, and throwing behind the shields or
The people behind the camp wall were strung together like grasshoppers and nailed to the ground.
The person who was hit by the arrow clung to the wooden beam that penetrated his chest, alternating his legs, wandering on the edge of life and death. They were unwilling to leave, as if they only discovered the beauty of the world in front of them at this time. But the sky quickly turned black, and the leaves
and the distant mountains lost their color. In the end, their souls flew high and saw themselves and their enemies raising their heads, forming a stubborn human figure together with the weapon that killed them.
The people who were still alive carried the crossbow arrows to the launch chute, shouted the chants commonly used when pushing carts in the fields, and worked together to open the crossbow strings. The distance between them and the enemy was more than 300 steps, and they could not see the opponent's face clearly.
, and I don’t know who will be the next victim to die under the crossbow. I just mechanically raise the crossbow, unstring, unstring, and cock the crossbow, until I myself become a victim, filling the land under the April sun with blood.
The crossbow battle could not last too long. The crossbow pole, which was about ten feet long, had a fine steel blade and thin iron feathers, was far more valuable than human life in troubled times. Soon, an enraged part of the Wagang army moved from the collapsed
They rushed out from behind the camp wall and rushed towards the officer's position at the risk of being pierced by crossbow arrows. The officers and soldiers who had taken advantage of the crossbow battle did not show any weakness, and lined up in five-sided battle formations to quickly greet them.
Those who came forward to fight. The sound of metal collision covered all the sounds and quickly became the main theme on the battlefield. White blades were waved, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and corpses fell one after another.
Minions are better in numbers, while the advantages of officers and soldiers are reflected in their equipment and coordination with each other. The small array inherited from the Sui frontier army quickly exerts its effect, rotating alternately like wheels, changing angles every time.
Several lives had to be harvested. The number of minions gradually decreased, gradually becoming as numerous as the opponent, and gradually becoming inferior to the opponent. Suddenly, someone let out a scream, dropped their weapons, turned around and ran away.
The fear spread like a plague, infecting all the companions around them. The remaining minions cried and retreated from the battlefield, fleeing to the main formation. The county soldiers quickly dispersed their formation and followed, like an eagle chasing a rabbit.
Some of the escapees were killed by the enemy from behind before they even stepped into their own formation. A few lucky ones jumped over the broken camp wall, but were picked up by forest of spears and thrown into the bright red mud.
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"Anyone who retreats before the money is paid will be killed without mercy!" A leader with an expressionless face emphasized loudly, then flat-ended a hard spear and led hundreds of brothers into the battle. The Wagang Army is a regular army with military discipline and is no longer a bandit.
, they can use their lives to prove themselves. The two sides started a second close-range fight, tooth for tooth, eye for eye, life for life. Until one of the generals who was hiding in the distance felt that enough blood had been shed today.
, enough to relieve anger!
But usually this kind of hasty ending does not happen. Both the enemy and ourselves hope to change the long-term stalemate through a fierce battle. So the local battle quickly develops into a large-scale conflict, and then it becomes a battle involving the whole army.
It was a battle of life and death. Tens of thousands of Wagang soldiers jumped out from behind the camp wall and attacked the officers and soldiers from all angles. Teams of county soldiers came to the front and blocked the Wagang minions from all angles.
The combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy and ours was uneven, so the battlefield quickly became quite chaotic. The two armies were intertwined with each other. The strongest groups of county soldiers had already advanced to the Wagang Army camp, while the weakest groups of county soldiers were defeated by the superior troops.
The enemy troops were forced to retreat continuously. The drummers and trumpeters on both sides tried their best to ignite the blood in everyone's hearts with the stormy melody. "Rumble", "Rumble", "Rumble", "Woo-Woo-Woo"
-Woo," mixed with the friction of spears piercing bones, the muffled sound of swords hitting shields, the cries of the wounded, and the shouts of the chargers, the situation changed color.
"Kill the thieves, kill the thieves, kill the thieves and go home!" This was the voice of the county soldiers. They hoped for a peaceful life and hoped that their wives, children, and children would no longer be threatened by bandits. They shouted righteously and impassionedly.
"Eliminate violence, eliminate violence, eliminate violence and make peace!" This is the roar of the Wagang minions. Most of them were forced to become thieves with knives when they were forced by tyranny to have no way out. They believed in what the leaders said about the future.
commitment, and has no doubt about the justice of his side.
They all know they are fighting for justice.
But there is only one justice, and it always belongs to the winning side. (To be continued)
