After Guo Da waited for Han Xian and Hu Cai to take their orders and leave, he called his officers and men. He hurriedly organized some troops and horses, and was about to go to question Yang Fengxing's army. Suddenly, he heard that he was outside the village in the valley.
There was a cry of death.
Guo Da couldn't help being startled. He was thinking about leading someone to see what was going on, but a Baibo Army guard rushed over in a hurry. He said to Guo Da in panic: "Commander Qu, something bad is going to happen. Commander Yang doesn't know."
Why, he led the brothers from his headquarters to rush directly to my camp. The brothers guarding the camp stopped Yang Shuai. Unexpectedly, Yang Shuai actually let people rush in. The leader of our camp led the brothers to confront Yang Shuai. The two sides
A conflict has arisen and the momentum cannot be contained..."
Guo Da couldn't help but became furious after hearing this.
"What a rebellious thief! I didn't go to him, but he came to me on his own initiative. He really couldn't pretend anymore! They all followed me out of the battle and told the brothers that there is no need to talk to him about brotherhood! Then Yang Feng is a traitor
The Lord's thief, whoever kills him, I will appoint him to succeed Yang Feng as the leader!"
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After Guo Da's order was issued, the two Baibo armies stopped holding hands. Although the soldiers on both sides didn't know the reason, the order from above had been issued and they had to obey the order no matter what.
As a result, the pro-army troops temporarily organized by Yang Feng and Guo Da started a fierce battle near Guo Da's stronghold!
Due to the rapidity of the incident, many soldiers and horses in the valley led by Baibo's small tribe leaders have not yet been mobilized by the two men. They still don't know what is going on. They just hide in fear and listen to the voice of Guo Daying in the distance.
The shouts of death shook the sky, and many people in the valley were horrified and didn't know what to do.
Baibo Valley fell into chaos due to the sudden fight between Yang Feng and Guo Da. At the same time, the pottery merchant had invited Bao Xin, and the two groups of troops led by Han Hao were all stationed in front of the valley, waiting for Hu.
Then someone was sent to meet him.
This was long before Hu Cai sent an envoy to communicate with the pottery merchant. The pottery merchant specifically asked him to convey the secret order to Hu Cai. No matter how Guo Da and Yang Feng made trouble or fought, and no matter who lost or won in the end, Hu Cai would
You must take advantage of this chaos to completely take the responsibility of guarding Baibo Valley into your own hands, and then lead the army into Zibo City!
Bao Xin and Han Hao both knew a rough idea of the several conflicts between Tao Shang and the Baibo Army, but they did not get too involved because Tao Shang had always told them to wait for the opportunity to preserve their strength and rush into the valley at the last critical moment.
Completely suppress the White Wave Army.
Hearing the increasingly louder shouts and conflicts in the Baibo Valley, Bao Xin showed a satisfied smile and said: "It seems that Mr. Tao's successive designs are indeed effective. Guo Dahe
Yang Feng is indeed making trouble! No matter how large the number of these thieves is, they are just a mob. Hey, the thieves at the head of the generals have their own agendas with each other, and their behavior is despicable. How can they survive forever? "
The pottery merchant also shook his head and sighed, saying with emotion: "This world is full of conspiracies and calculations, and shameless people can be seen everywhere... Where is the paradise on earth where innocent people like us can live and live?
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As soon as these words were said, the expressions of Xu Chu, Mi Fang and others who stood behind the pottery merchant became very strange.
What a pure and kind person... Don't you know who caused the fighting in the valley?
Han Hao obviously didn't want to talk about this topic with the pottery merchant anymore, so he hurriedly changed the subject.
"Master Tao... when can we enter the valley?"
The pottery merchant smiled and said to Han Hao: "Wait a moment, don't worry, when Hu Cai has mastered all the entrances and exits of Baibo Valley, he will naturally send someone to lead us in."
Bao Xin suddenly spoke, with a hint of doubt in his words: "Is this Hu Cai credible?"
The pottery merchant nodded and said, "Believe it or not, he is a rare good person among the thieves in Baibo Valley."
Han Hao was listening beside him, grinning secretly, feeling quite helpless.
I don't understand how a bandit who surrendered and turned against the enemy... became a rare good person? What standard does he use to judge?
Just when everyone was deep in thought, the sound of horse hoofs suddenly sounded in the valley. Everyone looked up and saw that it was the confidant Hu Cai sent to the pottery merchant during the day, leading a small team of seven riders.
It's running towards you.
"He is from Hu Cai."
Seeing the daytime messenger, the pottery merchant told Bao Xin to tell his men not to do anything to avoid accidental injury.
After a group of cavalry arrived, the leader of Hu Cai's confidants bowed to the pottery merchant from a distance on horseback and shouted loudly: "Master Tao, I have been ordered by Commander Hu to lead all the soldiers and horses into the valley!"
The pottery merchant nodded, turned to look at Bao Xin, and said, "Mr. Bao, what do you think?"
Bao Xin smiled meaningfully and said: "Master Tao, this plan has been successful, and the credit is great! Next, Master, let's see how Bao manages it! ... Where is Bao Tao!"
"The end is here!" The person who responded was Bao Xin's brother.
"Lead the vanguard of our headquarters and follow the guide into the valley to find out what's going on. If there is nothing unusual, send people back to report to the central army. The army should slowly enter the valley!"
"promise!"
At this moment, the fight between Guo Da and Yang Feng has reached a climax!
More and more White Wave soldiers are joining the battle groups of both sides, and the scale of the fighting is also constantly expanding. The brutality of the bandits' attacks on each other is no less brutal. It has reached a fever pitch, and the number of casualties is constantly increasing.
"Yang Shuai!" A Baibo Army scout ran in front of Yang Feng in a panic and reported to him anxiously: "Yang Shuai! Something bad has happened. Han Shuai and Li Shuai each led the temporarily mobilized troops and horses from the west.
They are charging towards us from the front and southwest! We are here in a short time, Yang Shuai, we are surrounded by enemies on three sides!"
Yang Feng trembled when he heard this. He thought Li Le couldn't afford to be seriously injured, but he didn't expect that after hearing the news, he also led the crowd to rush over. There was also Han Xian. His men didn't intercept him after all!
If these two people come here to join the battle group, it will be extremely bad if they are attacked from both sides. If they fail to kill Guo Da in this way, they will end up being surrounded and killed by three parties...
"Yang Shuai! If it doesn't work, let's get out of the valley first?!" his subordinates advised Yang Feng.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Feng shook his head and said: "Get out of the valley? No way! This Baibo Valley is also Yang's hard work. How can I give it away because of a careless move... Send an order to the boys under my command to beat me hard.
, be sure to kill Guo Da with one blow first, and take care of the rest later!"
"But, Yang Shuai!"
"Stop talking! Follow my commander's orders! Anyone who dares to disobey or disobey orders will be killed on the spot!"
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Shouts overflowed, and the sound of killing shook the sky. After receiving the military orders that could not be violated, the soldiers under Yang Feng could only rush towards Guo Dajun's camp. The splashing blood and the light of the waving swords merged and intertwined.
, in the fierce battle, every life will end here forever.
But at this moment, in Baibo Valley, the low-level soldiers of Baibo Valley who joined Yang Feng and Guo Da in the fierce battle do not account for the majority. In fact, they may not even be 30%. One is because the thing happened too suddenly.
Guo Da and Yang Feng did not have time to summon most of the Baibo soldiers, so they could only temporarily gather the guards under their command. For those Baibo soldiers who had not received orders and recruitment, the future at this moment was completely confused!
In the concept of the White Wave Army soldiers, the reason why they joined the White Wave Army was not because of the lofty ideals of this army or the concepts that they fundamentally agreed with.
The reason why they joined the Baibo Army was just to eat and survive...
In fact, the Baibo Army is just a gang of thieves with the name of Yellow Turbans. The purpose of the thieves is only the most basic concepts of killing, setting fire, and eating. The coach of the Baibo Army, headed by Guo Da, is really very fond of the Baibo Army soldiers under his command.
It's harsh. Ordinary soldiers don't get much benefit after each battle, and they can only get some preserved fruit food.
Strictly speaking, it is not much different from a beggar.
It is precisely because of this unorganized and undisciplined situation that the lower-level soldiers of the Baibo Army do not have deep feelings for the Baibo Army, or even have no feelings at all.
At this time, Guo Da and Yang Feng were fighting fiercely. The uninformed Baibo Army soldiers were not thinking about protecting their commander Qu at all, but they were worried about their current situation. The internal strife among the leaders was not trivial, and Baibo Valley was completely gone.
Unified coordination and organization.
For ordinary soldiers, there is no difference between an army that cannot govern them and an army that has perished... Some people have even begun to pack up their things, preparing to escape from Baibo Valley and seek refuge with the Han army for protection...
But they didn't have to go out of the valley to surrender to the Han army, and it was even less possible for them to rush out of the valley, because at this moment, the pottery merchant had ordered Mi Fang to lead his men and horses, and to accompany Hu Cai's men to guard all the main roads in and out of Baibo Valley.
, a fly also rests and flies out.
In addition to Mi Fang's soldiers and horses guarding the valley, Bao Xin, Tao Shang, and Han Hao led the main force of the Chinese army into the valley, while Hu Cai served as the guide for the three armies and ordered thousands of his personal guards to enter the valley on one side.
At the same time, they shouted loudly: Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who surrender will not be killed.
Under Hu Cai's proper guidance, the Han army's soldiers and horses were almost in an uninhabited territory in the Baibo Valley. Although Baibo troops rushed out from time to time to block them halfway, the Han army had not yet encountered them, but they were directly attacked.
Facing Hu Cai and his own soldiers and horses, there was no need to fight at all. They were ordered by Hu Cai to disarm and then gathered into his own army.
At this time, the Baibo army guarding the entrance of the valley has been mobilized by Hu Cai using Guo Da's command. Their strength is not small, and four of the five major canal commanders in Baibo Valley are fighting to kill. It can be said that Hu Cai is now the boss, and his status is very important.
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Although it was smooth sailing with Hu Cai as their guide, Tao Shang, Bao Xin, Han Hao and others were still secretly frightened. Along the way, the terrain of Baibo Valley had been completely exposed to the eyes of several people.
Underneath, although I was mentally prepared, the danger level of Baibo Valley was still far beyond everyone's expectation.
The passage in the valley is narrow, the cliffs at both ends are extremely high, and the roads are full of potholes and extremely muddy. Walking along the way feels more tiring than climbing a mountain, and there are many access paths. If you don't get one right, you can easily get lost in many twists and turns.
The passage leads people in the wrong direction.
In such a terrain, the pottery merchant couldn't figure out how his side could attack and attack without resorting to alienation tactics.
Not long after, the soldiers and horses finally gathered the enemy and slowly exited the cliff path. On the opposite side of the open space were houses and huts built on the cliff. Although the momentum was not very grand, they were more numerous.
It looks very ingenious when viewed up close...
This is Zibo City. It is hard to imagine how so many buildings were built on the edge of this cliff.
The crystallization of the sweat of the great working people.
Faintly, the shouts of killing coming from the city of Bo were getting louder and louder.
Suddenly, a Biao army rushed out and blocked the way of the Han army. The leader of the Baibo army rushed out and shouted loudly.
"Who! How dare you break into Zibo City!"
In the vanguard of the Han army, Bao Xin's brother Bao Tao came out, raised his gun, and said: "Bao Tao, the vanguard officer of the Northern Prime Minister of Han Dynasty, has been ordered to come to collect you from Pocheng."
When the leader of the Baibo Army heard this, his face turned red with anger. He slapped his horse and was about to charge forward, but saw Hu Cai suddenly come out and come to the front of the formation. He shouted in a deep voice: "Geng Zhao, what do you want to do?"
Seeing Hu Cai, the leader of the Baibo Army named Geng Zhao was stunned. He looked at Hu Cai standing in front of the Han army with his horse in confusion, and asked doubtfully: "Hu Shuai? What are you..."
"Stop talking nonsense! Go quickly and beat the self-wave drum in Qiancheng for me, so that everyone can come here to listen to the lesson."
The so-called Zibo City is divided into the front city and the back city. The back city is built on the Chengguo Fortress on the cliff. It is where Guo Da and other Baibo Army commanders and the elite generals under their command are located.
The front city is on a flat place under the cliff, like a huge village, inhabited by the lowest level soldiers of the Baibo Army and their families, as well as those weaklings who are not qualified to go to the battlefield and can only do chores in the valley.
civil.
The people at the bottom are generally the majority in any era, and these people are no exception. Among the 150,000 or 60,000 people in Baibo Valley, 60 to 70% of them live in Qiancheng.
As for the Zibo drums in the front city, they are displayed on a high stone platform in the front city. There are thirty sides in total. Every time they are struck, all thirty sides move. The sound can almost spread throughout the entire front city. For convenience
It is convenient for Guo Da to gather people in the square in the front city at any time to give instructions.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
Thirty-sided drums and drums sounded in unison, and within a short time, people from the front city were seen rushing towards the front city square in a panic, and it was so dark.
In the military stronghold in the back city, Yang Feng and Guo Da were fighting each other, while everyone in the front city was panicked and confused. After hearing the sound from the valley, they thought it was the end of the fight in the back city, and Commander Qu came to comfort them.
People's hearts, everyone's hearts are filled with joy.
Unexpectedly, when I came to the square, what I saw were regular government troops and horses, heavily armed and covered in darkness.
What is strange is that the soldiers lined up in front of the army are still Baibo soldiers from Zibo City, and the leader of the brave man riding a tall horse is none other than Hu Cai, the fifth commander-in-chief of the Baibo Army!
Hu Cai rode his horse forward, looking back and forth at the densely packed crowd of people in the Baibo Valley who looked frightened, frightened, and uncertain, not knowing how to speak.
"Hu Shuai!" The leader of the Baibo Army, who looked ferocious and had a pockmarked face, squeezed forward and shouted: "Hu Shuai, what is going on? Where is Daqu Shuai?"
Hu Cai turned his head and saw the pottery merchant giving him an encouraging smile.
Taking a deep breath, Hu Cai slowly repeated what Tao Shang had taught him: "Brother, above the back city, the shouts of killing just now shook the sky. It was Yang Feng who secretly mobilized troops and conspired to harm Commander Qu. He was When Commander Guo Qu heard about it, he had no choice but to temporarily gather a small number of troops to fight Yang Feng..."
"ah?"
When these words were spoken, there was no doubt that the ground was thundering. The crowd spread the word from one to ten, and everyone gnashed their ears to discuss it, and exclamations came out one after another.
The pockmarked leader was trembling all over and asked in disbelief: "Hu Shuai...you, are you kidding me?"
"What time has it been! Why are you still kidding me!" Hu Cai glanced at the leader with dissatisfaction and said loudly: "Yang Feng conspired to rebel and wanted to lead my Baibo army to defect to the Huns. Guo Shuai was determined not to do this. Ken, now the situation is irreconcilable... The two commanders Guo Qushuai, Han Xian, and Li Le are currently suppressing the Yang thieves. They have specifically ordered me to bring the officers and soldiers into the mansion. From today on, I, General Baibo, will follow the orders of Marshal Guo. Submit yourself to the imperial court and serve the emperor!"
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a stone stirring up thousands of waves.
Guo Qushuai wanted to surrender to the Han army, and Yang Shuai betrayed Baibo Valley and wanted to surrender to the Huns?... What are all these things?
Among the crowd, a centurion who usually commanded Yang Feng stood up and said loudly: "Shuai Hu, you can't say this nonsense! What evidence do you have for Yang Shuai's betrayal of Baibo Valley?"
"What's the basis?"
Hu Cai sneered, raised his hand and pointed at the back city where the shouts of killing were still coming in the distance, and said: "Guo Qu's campaign to defeat the thieves is still going on, why do you ask me? Isn't it ridiculous!"
The fighting in the back city is still going on, but the smoke in the front city permeates everyone's heart.
Among the crowd, another leader of the Baibo Army stood up and shouted to Hu Cai: "Shuai Hu, since you said that you were leading the Han army into the valley on the orders of Guo Qushuai, do you have any proof?"
Hu Cai took out something from his arms, raised it high, and said loudly: "This is Qu Shuai's command talisman, and it is the certificate!"
The people in the front of the crowd stood on tiptoe to look... As expected, it was indeed the military talisman used by Commander Guo Qu to order his troops.
The centurion who just questioned Hu Cai shouted: "Although what Hu Shuai is holding is Guo Qushuai's military talisman, we don't know why Guo Qushuai gave you the military talisman? What if Guo Qushuai gives you the military talisman? But I never ordered Hu Shuai to surrender to the Han army. I have more than 100,000 people in Baibo Valley. Isn’t it unfair?"
"Hehe!" Hu Cai sneered, looked at the centurion, and said, "So, are you questioning the authenticity of Hu's words? Are you also questioning Guo Qushuai's decision?"
"Hmph! Hu Shuai, you don't need to use Guo Qushuai to pressure me, and don't slander Yang Shuai as to whether he betrayed Baibo Valley. I won't believe anything I say about surrendering to the Han army before seeing Qu Shuai and Yang Shuai in front of me. !" The centurion turned around and said to the followers behind him: "This matter is strange, even Hu Shuai's words may not be credible..."
Before he could finish speaking, Hu Cai suddenly raised the sword in his hand and shouted: "Boy, you are so brave. Don't think that you are under Yang Feng's command, and Hu can't cure you!"
The centurion saw that he was a die-hard fan of Yang Feng. He was not afraid of Hu Cai at all. He raised his head and shouted: "What? Hu Shuai has framed and slandered Yang Shuai first. Am I not allowed to say a few words?"
Most of the soldiers under the Baibo Army are not very disciplined. They are called soldiers and horses, but in fact they are basically bandits and bandits. There is no systematic command and management, which makes many lower-level and middle-level generals of the Baibo Army act casually on weekdays and speak and do things.
There are few constraints.
In particular, many of the leaders of Baibo Valley have been taken under the command of a certain commander through personal relationships over time. Sometimes the commander may not have such an idea, but these lower-level generals have taken it upon themselves to put themselves under the command.
The commander's team was divided into several factions, and I have to say that this was really sad for them.
The centurion who was making trouble thought he was Yang Feng's confidant, but in fact Yang Feng might not even know him.
The centurion shouted to Hu Cai, and the soldiers belonging to his group also followed and shouted in response.
"No!"
"Yes! I won't agree!"
What people like most is to make trouble. The so-called response to a call is sometimes not that they see clearly the essence of the matter. In fact, they just like to join in the fun, or they have simply suppressed it for too long and are looking for a channel to vent.
Seeing the centurion and his group of hundreds of ordinary White Wave soldiers pushing their way to the front of the crowd, they kept making mischief and mischief, and most of the people were also talking with disdain.
Hu Caiqi's face turned red and he was trembling all over.
At this moment, Bao Xin suddenly gave instructions to Bao Tao. Bao Tao waved his hand, and a row of soldiers holding big yellow crossbows came to the front row to stand.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The yellow crossbow arrows were shot out in unison, all aimed at the centurion's body.
Looking at the centurion again, before he could scream, he was already stabbed like a hedgehog and fell to the ground on his back. Blood flowed down his body and remained on the snow-white earth.
"Blow the trumpet!"
"woo woo woo woo!!"
Shocked by the centurion's death and the sound of the Han army's horn, the Baibo Valley people in the square suddenly panicked and didn't know what to do. No one made unified arrangements and arrangements. They didn't even know whether to fight the Han army.
Knowing that, one can only look at the fully armed and ready Han army in horror.
The pottery merchant stepped forward on his horse and said to Bao Xin: "It is enough to kill one person to establish your authority."
The implication is that Bao Xin is asked not to act impulsively and make things too big.
Bao Xin nodded and ordered Bao Tao to withdraw the Dahuang Crossbow Corps.
The pottery merchant asked Mi Fang to recruit fifty soldiers with loud voices, come to the front of the formation, and convey his words to the other side by shouting in unison, sentence by sentence.
"The sergeants in Baibo Valley were originally Han Dynasty people, but they fell here due to natural and man-made disasters. Although Guo Qushuai had grievances with the court before, he has now come to his senses. Now these grievances have been successfully resolved. Guo Qushuai is willing to lead the way.
Everyone was recruited by the emperor, and now Bao Xin from Jibei, Tao from Xuzhou, and Han Hao from Hanoi were ordered to come here to take in Bai Bo's army. Hu Cai, the former commander of Bai Bo, was entrusted by Commander Guo Qu to assist the court officials and have full authority to handle the matter.
Those who cause trouble will be executed on the spot in accordance with court laws!"
After the shouting Han soldiers shouted out the pottery merchant's words, the square, which had been extremely noisy just a moment ago, was now completely silent and the falling leaves could be heard.