He Liang's core followers are gangsters from the Wu'an market. They call themselves rangers on weekdays, but in fact they are just a group of gangsters. They can burn, kill and loot, but they cannot fight with the regular army.
Seeing that they were discovered by the enemy, many people were so frightened that they could not even hold their weapons steady, so they turned around and ran north.
He Liang almost got angry and yelled to stop his men from escaping, but it was of no use. Seeing that the defeat had turned into a settlement, He Liang had no choice but to leave the food he had just grabbed and join the fleeing army.
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Upon discovering something had changed in the forest, Meng Zhen, the commander of the forward army, immediately reacted and ordered the entire army to attack and annihilate this group of rebels.
"I thought there was going to be a tough battle, but the army was defeated again. It was so boring."
Zhang Fei saw that the soldiers and horses in the forest were not Zhang Jiao's ambush at all, so he suddenly became uninterested. He went all the way from Zhuoxian County to Jizhou. Along the way, they were either conducting sneak attacks against small forces, or cooperating with powerful forces to fight defensive battles.
He had never fought a tough battle between swords and guns in the wild, so he really wasn't interested in it.
However, this cannot be blamed on Chen Mu's strategy. Because the war in the south was tense, Lu Zhi's army fought consecutively in Wei County and defeated Zhangjiao's troops attacking Sili. Therefore, he had to transfer the troops from the north and concentrate them on Ju.
Deer surrounded the county towns and defended the city.
In this way, the Yellow Turban forces in the north of Jizhou were much weaker. In addition, powerful powers from all over the country rose up to resist. Chen Mu took a long detour and did not go to Julu and Anping counties where there were more Yellow Turban troops. It was strange that he would encounter a tough battle.
Chen Mu said in Zhang Fei's ear: "Third brother, when we arrive at Yiyang City, there will be many tough battles. Now hurry up and catch up to make military achievements. Remember to capture more men and horses, and get more credit, so that you can support your elder brother to rise to the top in the future. We and others will do the same."
Able to make great achievements."
"All right."
Zhang Fei sighed and followed the troops into the forest.
Meng Zhen led his people into the woods and found that these thieves were escorting a batch of grain and grass. He was overjoyed and thought it was the Yellow Turbans' grain transport unit, so he ordered the team to stop the pursuit and prepare to have the grain escorted to the rear to claim credit.
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As early as the Pre-Qin Warring States Period, when armies were fighting, they had already realized the importance of logistical supplies. When two armies were fighting, if the outcome could not be decided in one battle, then both sides would make many strategies around logistics.
For example, cutting off the enemy's food routes, protecting your own, or using food and grass to lure the enemy, using food routes to attack the east and west, etc. There are all kinds of false and true routines emerging one after another.
The most famous case is the Battle of Changping. Lian Po knew that the Qin army came from afar and would not be able to hold on to food and grass for long, so he built barriers to avoid the battle.
Fan Ju then used a counter-intuitive strategy to ask Zhao Guo to replace Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, who was an armchair strategist.
really.
After Zhao Kuo came online, he immediately launched an attack. At this time, Bai Qi pretended to retreat, luring the enemy deep and surrounding Zhao Kuo.
In order to cut off Zhao Kuo's retreat, Bai Qi ordered a force of 30,000 people to block Zhao Jun's food road. All the cavalry were used to attack Zhao Jun's food road.
King Zhao of Qin personally went to the frontline Hanoi County, conferred first-level titles on the local people, and mobilized young men over the age of fifteen from Hanoi County to the Changping battlefield to intercept reinforcements and food shipments from various countries.
So without food, Zhao's 400,000-strong army collapsed and even discovered such tragic things as cannibalism.
Everyone knows the outcome of this battle. Zhao State's vitality was severely damaged and completely declined. From then on, it could no longer compete with Qin State.
The Han people have always learned from history, and countless examples have shown that if their logistics are cut off in a war, defeat is not far away.
Therefore, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, when troops were sent to fight, if someone could cut off the enemy's grain route, it would be a great achievement. The more grain damaged, the greater the credit. If the grain could be transported back, the greater the credit would be.
This batch of grain and grass was a commodity that the Deng family, a wealthy Handan family, had accumulated for two months in preparation for trading with the Lingqiu Tian family. It was a large quantity. He Liang snatched it from the Deng family's granary.
There are more than two hundred vehicles. Even if each vehicle is not fully loaded, counting forty dan per vehicle, there are still more than 8,000 dan.
One stone in the Han Dynasty was equivalent to 120 kilograms at that time and 27 kilograms in modern times. The food at that time was not high in calories and could not fill the stomach. In order to maintain physical strength, soldiers had to eat at least 14 kilograms a day, which is equivalent to more than 3 kilograms of food in modern times.
Although it seems exaggerated, it is indeed true. Because the food provided by modern people is very good in nutrients and calories, they can sustain themselves by eating one or two pounds of food a day.
The food at that time did not provide many calories, so you could go hungry while working at home and eat two meals a day to reduce unnecessary expenses. However, fighting consumes too much, and you must eat more to have physical strength.
Therefore, eight thousand shi of food was not a small amount. According to the prices at that time, including cattle, horses and vehicles, it should be about 2 million yuan, which could feed an army of 10,000 people for seven days.
Although in the eyes of those top wealthy families with hundreds of millions and billions of wealth, goods worth 2 million are just drizzle, but for a poor guy like Meng Zhen, it is already a huge contribution, just like Bai Bai
He was given the same thing, but he still had the thought to chase down the enemy. He happily greeted the soldiers to pull the ox cart and horse carriage.
"Sima, the shouting in the forest is too low. Liu Bei, Wang Zhong and Zhao Yi did not hear your order and led their troops to pursue the enemy."
The messenger who had gone to give the order to stop the attack came back to report to Meng Zhen.
In ancient times, gongs and drums and messengers were used to issue orders in ancient wars. For example, the "one drum" in Cao GUI's debate refers to the role of gongs and drums in war.
However, Meng Zhen's vanguard army aimed to open a path in front of the army and had to travel lightly. Therefore, they did not carry order gongs and drums and could only convey orders manually.
But this was a forest, and it was difficult for horses to run. Loud shouts could easily be filtered out, which resulted in a team of more than a thousand people from Wang Zhong and Zhao Yi under the Pioneer Army not receiving orders and continuing to pursue.
Liu Bei did hear it, but under Chen Mu's instruction, the four brothers pretended not to hear it and followed up in pursuit.
Ever since he heard Chen Mu's words, came to Handan, and was instantly promoted from a white body to a six-hundred-ton junior officer, Liu Bei had begun to obey Chen Mu's words, believing that what he said must be correct and rarely refuted it.
This time Chen Mu's request was to defeat this army and capture as many troops as possible to replenish Liu Bei's team.
The forest was not dense and only covered an area of one or two square kilometers. After chasing for about half an hour, Liu Beijun caught up with He Liangbu on the plain outside the forest.
At this time, He Liang's tribe fled in all directions. There were only seven or eight hundred people following He Liang. The rest were either caught up by Wang Zhong and Zhao Yi, or they fled elsewhere alone. They were scattered like birds and beasts and could not organize an effective force at all.
Resist.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Zhang Fei took the lead and shouted like thunder.
One of He Liang's men saw that the pursuers behind him had horses, and said in despair: "Brother, surrender. Our horses are used to carry grain and grass, and we can't outrun them."
"Foolish!"
He Liang picked up the big knife in his hand, struck hard, and said to his subordinates: "You don't want to think about what we have done before. The body of Wu'an County Magistrate is not cold yet. If you kill an official and rebel, you will definitely die if you fall into the hands of the court."
, might as well fight to the death!"
"Brother is right. When we killed officials and started the uprising, we already had no way out. Let's fight to the death."
"Fight!"
"only!"
He Liang's diehard fans all roared angrily.
There were more than 100 people in total, and they were all local rogues in Wu'an. The more than 10,000 troops who later gathered were from poor households who could not survive.
When the rebellion first started, He Liang led his core troops to capture the county first, killed the county officials, and massacred several local tycoons. A large number of poor people joined He Liang's team, but these people
He did not participate in the process of killing officials, so he was not guilty. However, He Liang's die-hard loyalists could not do it and had no choice but to fight.
"If the thieves don't surrender, kill them!"
When Liu Bei saw that the enemy not only refused to surrender, but also dared to fight back, he became furious, brandishing his male and female swords, and roared: "Those who put down their weapons will be spared death, and those who resist will be killed without mercy."
Guan Yu's originally squinted eyes suddenly opened their eyes, and it seemed as if a bright light shone into his eyes, emitting a terrifying cold light.
The next second, Guan Yu pressed forward, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, urged the horse to gallop, raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword upside down, and rushed towards the leader of the thief, He Liang.
He Liang didn't realize that the word "danger" had already appeared on his head. When he saw someone coming on horseback, he was overjoyed. If he could knock the red-faced man off his horse, he could seize a good horse and escape.
"The red-faced man's broadsword is heavy and heavy, and the swing speed must be slow. When he is chopping, I will take the opportunity to stab him diagonally, knock him off his horse, and seize his horse!"
He Liang made a plan in his mind and focused his eyes on Guan Yu. When the horse ran three feet away from him, he suddenly got angry and raised his sword to chop.
"Whoosh!"
There was a flash of white light, and before He Liang's consciousness became blurred, he only felt that he was flying in the sky.
Why...how did I fly?
In the hazy moment, I could vaguely see a headless corpse slowly falling down on the ground.
It turns out...it's my head in the sky...
Such a fast knife....
Boom!
He Liang lost consciousness.
He Liang, the leader of the Luo City thieves who was also named in the "Book of the Later Han·Huangfu Song Biography", died at the hands of Guan Yu with just one move.
"Brother...brother is dead."
"Revenge for my elder brother!"
"I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender, don't kill me."
When He Liang died, most people knelt down and begged for mercy. Only a few dozen die-hards who still retained their chivalrous loyalty went to Guan Yu to avenge He Liang.
But forget it if you are an ordinary general. If you are beaten by more than ten people, you may really capsize in the gutter.
However, they were facing the Martial Saint Guan Yu...
The cold light of Qinglong Yanyue Sword is like a reflection, and the cold white light is like snow in winter, bringing biting coldness.
In a moment, there were only a dozen corpses left around Guan Yu.
The thieves around him felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave in this sunny April day. They felt cold all over their bodies, sweating like rain, and they knelt on the ground in fear, not even daring to raise their heads.
Fortunately, Guan Yu obeyed Chen Mu's previous instructions and did not go on a killing spree.
Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "Collect the weapons and take them all back."
"Oh, I'm so angry!"
Zhang Fei originally wanted to fight with an eight-point steel spear, but the bandit leader was chopped into pieces by Guan Yu. The others all knelt down and surrendered. They didn't even have a chance to warm up. They were so angry that they itched their teeth and shouted, "
Oops!" He turned his horse's head and ran back.
Liu Bei asked in confusion: "Yide, where are you going?"
Zhang Fei said without looking back: "I'm going to find my fourth brother. If he doesn't arrange a battle for me, I'll annoy him to death!"