Chapter 347 A general is incompetent and exhausted the three armies [1 more]
It has to be said that after Zhou Boling's smooth sailing in the past few days, he no longer had the initial vigilance. Even the sentinels were just sent out casually. In his opinion, the imperial troops and horses were simply vulnerable. After so long
Now, he has not even encountered a single battle, and his tense nerves have already relaxed.
A general in armor frowned as he looked at the chaos in front of the men and horses who were busy building bridges and preparing to cross the river.
Miao Qi's background was not bad, and his ancestors even produced a general. However, his family fell into decline and his family declined, so he just became a squire in the villages and towns.
However, Miao Qi himself was quite motivated, practicing the methods passed down from his family and reading several military books. However, as the only son in the family, the old man of the Miao family was naturally unwilling to let his only son join the army.
This time King Ning raised an army, many local gentry chose to support King Ning, whether they were forced or deceived.
The Miao family also sided with King Ning, and Miao Qi also chose to join the army at this time. The old man of the Miao family could not stop him, so he had to spend a lot of effort and sent thousands of taels of silver to Zhou Boling, so that Miao Qi could join the army.
He was given the position of captain in the army and commanded hundreds of men.
At this moment, Miao Qi came rushing towards the carriage. Listening to the melancholy sound coming from the carriage, Miao Qi couldn't help but frowned and said: "General, the last general, Miao Qi, wants to see you!"
In the carriage, Zhou Boling, who was disturbed, couldn't help but frowned and said with a bit of displeasure: "Miao Qi, is there something wrong?"
Miao Qi took a deep breath and said: "General, I am worried that when we cross the river at this time, Wang Shouren, Chen Tai and others will suddenly come out and attack us halfway across the river. The art of war is..."
Zhou Boling disliked Miao Qi very much. Miao Qi had a good background, but Zhou Boling was a bandit. If he had not joined Prince Ning early, he would not have the status he has today.
The most important thing is that Miao Qi pointed out more than once in the past few days that he had problems with his troops, and even advised him to restrain his subordinates. This made Zhou Boling very unhappy.
He had gained a reputation on the road back then, and he had secured his top spot by indulging his subordinates in plundering to win over people's hearts.
In Zhou Boling's view, leading the troops to fight is actually no different from leading his brothers when weeds fell on the mountain.
As long as he can feed these soldiers, then everything will be unfavorable.
These days of smooth sailing made Zhou Boling more and more convinced of his own ideas. As for Miao Qi admonishing him several times and always mentioning military tactics, this naturally made Zhou Boling feel confused and at the same time he was very angry with Miao Qi.
disgust.
If he hadn't taken into account that the Miao family were local squires and had friendships with many wealthy gentry who had taken refuge with Prince Ning, he would have already thought of a way to kill Miao Qi.
Is he the general of this army, or is he Miao Qi? A mere school lieutenant actually wants to explain something to General Zhaowu, whom his own majestic prince has proclaimed.
Zhou Boling snorted coldly and said: "What's the point of attacking halfway? I only know that I have tens of thousands of troops. Can Wang Shouren and Chen Tai pull out three thousand troops? You don't want to tell me."
, I can't defeat a mere 3,000 people with 10,000 people."
Miao Qi couldn't help saying after hearing this: "But the general should know that in the history books, there are many cases where less defeats more with less. If Wang Shouren and others really attack halfway across the river, our army will definitely be defeated by then. As the saying goes,
Defeat is like a mountain. Once defeated, the morale of the army is shattered. Even if there are 100,000 troops, they may be chased by thousands of people..."
"enough!"
Zhou Boling only heard an angry roar, and then he saw Zhou Boling lift the curtain of the carriage, revealing a figure wearing only a middle coat, staring at Miao Qi with a pair of big eyes and shouting: "Miao Qi, you have disturbed the morale of our army.
, could it be that I, the general, don’t dare to kill you?”
Miao Qi's expression changed, he gritted his teeth and insisted: "General, I will speak from the bottom of my heart..."
"Come here, my general, take down this person who disrupts the morale of the army and give him thirty heavy blows. If he does it again, he will be beheaded in public display!"
The soldiers who were accompanying the carriage immediately stepped forward to capture Miao Qi, dragged him aside, and then began to torture him with a cane amidst the astonished eyes of many people!
At this time, Zhou Boling was no longer interested in being disturbed by Miao Qi. He got out of the carriage with some hesitation and looked into the distance. At this moment, a small bridge had been built and he could cross the river at any time.
The vanguard general came on horseback, jumped down and said to Zhou Boling: "General, the bridge has been erected and can be crossed at any time!"
After giving Miao Qi a faint look, Zhou Boling waved his hand and said: "This is the general's order to cross the river immediately!"
While speaking, Zhou Boling turned to Miao Qi and said, "Miao Qi, I will let you take a look, which one is more powerful is your military skills or my way of commanding troops!"
After receiving the order, Zhou Boling's troops began to slowly cross the river.
The crossing of the river by tens of thousands of troops is naturally not something that can happen in a short time. Although there are not many horses and the first people to cross the river are some infantry, but looking at the speed, I am afraid that only two or three thousand people can cross the river in an hour.
Zhou Boling just watched hundreds of people crossing the river and then returned to the carriage. Based on his judgment, it would be already evening by the time everyone crossed the river. He only sent an order to urge his generals to cross the river quickly. He also planned to stay overnight at
In Ji'an County.
Back in the carriage, Zhou Boling was not interested in caring about anything else.
At this time, in a patch of grass about a mile away, after Wang Shouren shot and killed several sentry detectives, Wang Shouren was originally worried that the shooting of several sentry detectives would alert the rebels.
After all, if the sentinel does not return for a long time, as long as the commander of the army is a little bit vigilant, he will definitely realize that there are ambushes around him.
This was what Wang Shouren was worried about. Although he was full of confidence when he left the city, after all, it was Wang Shouren's first time to command troops, and he actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.
After all, the gap in strength between the two sides was really huge. The rebels numbered at least 10,000 people, but he only had 2,000 available troops.
But the only advantage is that Wang Shouren's soldiers and horses are all from the military. Even if they are not elites, they are still members of the military. They are more or less stronger than the common people who have just dropped their hoes and picked up swords and guns.
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The people under Zhou Boling are even more complicated. There are many bandits and bandits, as well as local ruffians, and some young men who have joined them for various reasons. If they are not under the so-called banner of King Ning's army, they can be easily defeated.
Seen as a rabble.
Wang Wu was lying on the edge, watching the rebels slowly crossing the river in the distance and swallowing his saliva: "Sir, these people have already started to cross the river, when are we going to attack!"
Wang Yangming just glanced at it, and then said calmly: "Don't worry, now there are only a thousand people crossing the river. When more people cross the river, I will wait for the killing generals to go out and keep the battle to determine the world and destroy Zhou Boling's group.
Centaur and horse.”
There was a hint of excitement in Wang Wu's eyes and he said: "Zhou Bo Ling is really unworthy of being a general under King Ning this time. He is not even alert at all. They deserve to be ambushed by the adults."
Wang Shouren smiled slightly, shook his head slowly and said: "It's not that he lacks vigilance, but that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. When Zhou Boling first started his army, he must have been more cautious than now. Unfortunately, the expansion speed was too fast. In just a short time,
He has forgotten everything in a few days, he doesn’t take the imperial soldiers and horses seriously at all!”
Under the urging of the generals, the rebels crossed the river a little faster. After almost an hour, there were already four to five thousand people crossing the river, accounting for almost half of the army.
By this time, Wang Yangming had been lying down in the grass with his men for almost three hours.
Even if they were not tired just lying there, they were still very stressed out as they did not dare to make any big moves.
I saw a smile on Wang Yangming's lips, and nodded towards Wang Wu, and soon several horses were pulled out of the pit.
At the same time, the two thousand soldiers who received the order excitedly grasped the weapons in their hands and stood up.
Wang Shouren got on his horse, and like Wang, five or more people from hundreds of families got on their horses, and then several flags were put up. Then Wang Yangming drew his sword in his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "All officers and men, follow me to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. Kill the traitor general Zhou Boling."
, promoted to the third level, rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"
Then two thousand soldiers shouted in unison, followed closely behind Wang Yangming, and rushed towards the rebels who were slowly and unprepared in the distance.
There was so much movement here that it naturally alerted the rebels.
The distance is only a few hundred meters. If you run quickly, it actually only takes a few minutes. However, the rebels suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the shouts of killing were rushing towards them. The first thing in their hearts was
My first thought was that they were ambushed.
The rebels, who were already in chaos, suddenly became even more chaotic, and even caused a stampede due to panic.
If he is a general who manages the army very strictly, he may be able to stabilize the morale of the army. Even if he cannot stabilize most of the troops, at least some of the troops can still stabilize. In this way, there is still some possibility of solving the crisis.
However, the first reaction of Zhou Boling's motley crew when encountering an ambush was to run around like headless flies, trying to escape.
After all, the dark clouds of imperial soldiers and horses that billowed up into the sky were still very impactful to these rebels.
Not to mention those young men who had just thrown away their hoes, those bandits who were inherently afraid of the officers and soldiers also had their first thought when they saw the officers and soldiers and ran away quickly.
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