stubborn thief

Chapter 360 Major Events
Yang Qi, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, created an allegory.

He Huchen entered the campfire—drinking poison to quench thirst.

Liu Chengzong on the other side of the battlefield also created an allegory.

He Huchen entered the bonfire formation - right in his arms.

Of course, the riddleman He Huchen also knew that this bonfire formation was Liu Chengzong's big cake, with malicious intentions.

But he couldn't help it, if he let the heavy cavalry and light cavalry charge back and forth in the dark, his army would disperse in tension, and what awaited him would naturally be a big defeat under the curtain of night.

What you will suffer when you enter the bonfire formation is nothing more than shelling. To deal with the shelling, He Huchen has his own plan.

With bonfires lighting dozens or even hundreds of steps outside the army formation, the Guyuan and Ningxia formations, as well as the mixed formation of Taozhou native soldiers and Lanzhou guards, had a moment of respite.

While ordering the various ministries to count the casualties, He Huchen took out his best tricks and ordered Chen Bu, a peripheral officer under his command, to use the Franc cannon to fight back against the enemy's artillery in the west.

The order was conveyed to the artillerymen on the front line, and the artillerymen complained: "Sir, the enemy's artillery is at least one mile away, so it can't be hit!"

Mr. Bai frowned and said, "You can hit me if I tell you to."

In fact, Mr. Bai knew that the commander-in-chief's order was not based on whether it could cause an effective counterattack. At least the counterattack from his Franco machine gun could boost the morale of his soldiers.

When the shells fell on our own army, the soldiers who were not hit would have more courage to face it. At least our artillery was also firing.

As for the people who were hit by the shells, it doesn't matter what they think, they are gone, and it is useless to think about it.

The bonfires outside were reassuring. He Huchen and Yang Qi met for a short time and exchanged their respective missions. After deciding on the idea of ​​Guyuan Army in the south and Ningxia Army in the north, the two separated.

The two of them couldn't stand together, Liu Chengzong's artillery was still firing, if one shot sent both of them to the sky, then this army would be completely buried.

In fact, it is quite difficult for these two military formations to be arranged in sequence.

Yang Qi's soldiers were formerly starving thieves, and if they were placed in the back, they might flee as soon as they said they would, and if they were placed in the front, they might turn around and overwhelm the Ningxia army behind them; manage?

So the two of them can only divide into left and right, one south and one north, and try not to affect each other.

In fact, both of them had a lot of complaints in their hearts when the battle was fought like this, but as the commanders of the first army, they knew better which was more important, and they suppressed their emotions in a tacit understanding during the short meeting.

Now that the fire illuminates the surrounding environment, the enemy cavalry can only wander around the periphery, not daring to come and harass them. The commanders of the two armies can finally order the soldiers to dig trenches.

Although there are no decent tools at hand, and the luggage is all in the east, there are more ways than difficulties. The soldiers are digging the soil with helmets and spears, and the efficiency is not bad in this season of soft soil.

They used to do this when they encountered Mongolian soldiers out of mouth.

Fortunately, Liu Chengzong did not stop them from digging trenches, and even reduced the frequency of shelling.

Soon the military strength was counted, and there were 500 people left, and the commanders of the two towns wanted to cry but had no tears.

They originally had 1 troops, and left 2000 sergeants in the earth fortress, including more than [-] wounded soldiers. They attacked westward with [-] troops to rescue [-] people trapped in the west.

They rescued the besieged army as they wished. At this time, the strength should be 1, but there are only more than [-] left... Why are they here?
Since the military statistics compiled by various ministries were very clear, both Yang Qi and He Huchen could see that there were more than [-] wounded soldiers among the more than [-] troops.

However, the enemy's several attacks were on the scale of small groups, and the casualties would not be exaggerated, at most 1000 to [-] people.

In other words, at least 2000 to [-] people escaped from the team during the night movement.

Even in many teams, the entire headquarters and hundred headquarters disappeared after walking according to the establishment. The officers above did not know how they disappeared. The general who disappeared, the highest official was the right general of the Zuoqian headquarters of the Guyuan Camp. His name is Zhang Zhen.

Yang Qi started cursing when he heard this name, because even the name Zhang Zhen was given by him. He is a confidant general, and he knows Zhang Zhen very well, so he said firmly: "This bastard has surrendered to the enemy!"

In fact, just as Yang Qi expected, Xie Erhu's [-] Mongolian cavalry were still surrounding the bonfire outside the campfire, but Zhong Bao, who had charged for a while, had already led thousands of disarmed Guyuan troops westward.

Zhang Zhen took off his armor, disarmed his weapon, and let Zhong Bao lead the rein and walked forward step by step.

Zhong Bao said: "You said you are a security guard? I heard that there is nitrate over there, so it is not easy to farm. I know a firecracker who fled from Baoan to Yan'an Fucheng and became a tenant for the commander."

"Yes, Tian Xing Kuiba, my Tianqi has fallen into grass four years ago. I used to be called Zhang Si, and the security guards know the four of us."

Zhang Zhen, the head of the Guyuan camp, led the horse forward, and there were guards lighting torches in front of him. He watched the road carefully and said, "After the second year of Chongzhen, I will be called a bee-tailed needle. It is far from the famous leader."

Zhong Bao thought about the firecracker Huang Laosan who later followed King Gao Chuang, and then asked, "The second year of Chongzhen?"

Zhong Bao thought to himself, that was really a special year, he followed Liu Chengzong that year, so he was very impressed, so he asked casually: "What big event did you do that year, you got this bandit name?"

Zhang Zhen had a gloomy face, and he didn't seem to like this bandit name very much: "That year, there was an old man in Huanglong Mountain who was chased northward by the guerrilla general Li Bei. Li Bei chased him fiercely and killed many horses. On the boundary of Bao'an County, I took my brothers to collect the horse corpses behind."

"Li Bei was playing too fast. He used to flee into Maowusuhai. As soon as he turned his head, he bumped into me. I was still young at that time, and my eldest brother was leading the team. The eldest brother was gone. When he ran away, the second brother and the third One of them was also lost, and then others called me Beetail Needle.”

Zhang Zhen took his experience as a joke to please Zhong Bao, but in fact that battle was not easy for him. He escaped with three arrows in his back and over four mountains to escape.

"Later, I voted for Heng Tian Wang, and before I entered the Jin Dynasty, I was fortunate enough to meet the commander from a distance in Qingjian. Li Laozhen responded to Heng Tian Wang's uprising, and I sent a batch of weapons there, and then I followed Li Lao Jack. "

Zhong Bao stared at the words. Although he was Liu Chengzong who defected later, he was very clear about Liu Chengzong's previous experience. When the bee tail needle was defeated by Li Bei, it was also a good time for Marshal Liu to recruit troops in Yan'an Mansion. Back then, he recruited many The young and old return to the disabled soldiers to defeat the bandits.

Hearing that the bee-tail needle had thrown Li Laozhen again, Zhong Bao said with a smile: "General Li is currently serving as a general in Kangning, and the relationship is getting closer."

"This is near? General Zhong doesn't know something, there is something closer."

Zhang Zhen shook his head and said with emotion, "Old Li jackal beat Heshui. I was the first to go to the city, and was beaten down and injured. I heard that Marshal He led the army to ask for help. At that time, I was right next to me, and I almost voted for the coach at that moment."

At that time, Zhang Zhen was injured and couldn't run. For his safety, Li Laozhen sent him to Heshui people's home to recuperate.

But it was all a matter of luck and courage. When He Huchen sent troops to Heshui, Zhang Zhen was so frightened that he ran away at Ziwuling, and defected to Liu Daojiang and Liu Daohai.

Zhong Bao listened to his narration, and thought that the bee-tail needle really had a connection with the commander-in-chief, and said with a smile: "It's not too late to vote for the commander-in-chief."

Beetail Needle felt that his relationship with Liu Chengzong might be a little more than Zhong Bao imagined.

He followed Liu Wu and Liu Liu to besiege Huan County, and was overwhelmed by angry passersby. The passerby who was angry was Cao Wenzhao who had just been beaten to death by Liu Shizi.

But in the future, he has nothing to do with Liu Chengzong. He has been with Shen Yiyuan, shaved his head, and was chased and beaten by Zhang Yingchang for three hundred miles as a Mongolian; They all fought.

After finally bringing the remnants of the defeated soldiers back from Monan to join Shen Yikui, half a month later Shen Yikui surrendered, he was not counted as a direct descendant and did not get an official position, and was dismissed together with 10,000+ farmers.

Fortunately, the friends of the Red Army started to rise up again, so he had a way out, and he joined Wang Huo's command. He was almost able to follow Wang Huo into the Qinling Mountains. In the end, he was besieged by Yang Qi, the general of Guyuan, in Chen Cangyi, Baoji County, Fengxiang Prefecture. He was desperate. , Yang Qi was demoted.

There are a group of experienced veterans in his team. Yang Qi, who is short of soldiers, attaches great importance to it. He thinks the bandit number of bee tail needle is not good. .

In all fairness, Yang Qi treated him well. As the main force, the Bee Department has a preference in the distribution of armor and equipment, and the usual treatment is not favoritism. less than.

Zhong Bao placed Zhang Zhen's team in the rear, first went to the command headquarters to meet Liu Chengzong, and told him about his experiences.

In fact, Liu Shizi didn't like this way of surrender very much.

Whether people surrender or not, there are generally four types.

Some surrendered before the start of the battle, some surrendered during the start of the battle, and some surrendered after the end of the battle.

Surrendering before the start of the war is because you understand the situation, and you must not surrender after the start of the war.

And the vast majority of people were completely defeated, took their lives and had no choice but to surrender, and they had fulfilled their duties.

If the above three types happened in Liu Shizi's army, he respected those who never surrendered, and he could accept that the officers surrendered after fulfilling their duties. He didn't like those who surrendered before the war started, but it didn't matter if it happened.

The only ones who swing back and forth in battle and make strange actions are neither smart nor conscientious, nor worthy of respect...Anyone in any army who does this is a harbinger of a big defeat.

In Liu Chengzong's eyes, this general is such a person, so he doesn't like Zhang Zhen, but whether he likes it or not is one thing, and when he does something is another.

He admired Ye Guoqi so much that he had to kill him if he should.

The bonfire array is a double-edged sword. His men don't want to attack quietly, and the officers and soldiers don't want to escape quietly.

This is nothing more than a trade-off. For him, it is easier to defeat in a night battle than to annihilate him. He is sure to defeat the enemy, but he is not sure that his own army will not collapse in the process of defeating the enemy.

The collapse is not terrible, what is terrible is the reorganization of the army after the collapse, he is not as good as He Huchen and Yang Qi.

For Yang Qi and He Huchen to regroup, they only needed to speak Chinese; if he wanted to regroup, he had to be proficient in three languages.

Therefore, it is in his interest to continue the harassment until dawn before launching an attack. Even if good news comes from the brother in the north and Yang Yao in the east, the battle can be delayed for another three days until He Huchen starves to death.

This is the first time since Liu Chengzong's uprising, he has used his own efforts to make the war situation go according to his own ideas. He is proud, relaxed and confident, and he gave Xie Erhu the order to continue to harass until dawn, so he decided to meet this Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen entered the courtyard and kowtowed to the ground, his voice was loud and loud: "The villain kowtowed to the commander with a bee tail needle!"

Liu Chengzong had heard from Zhong Bao that the bee-tail needle was a local bandit from Orion in Bao'an County, Yan'an Prefecture. Now, although he didn't wear armor, he had broad shoulders and long arms, and he was indeed a good bowman.

He asked the bee tail needle to stand up, and said with a smile: "It's not easy to see the Yan'an Township Party in Hehuang, Zhang Zhen, the victory is not decided, why did you surrender me, Yang Qi didn't treat you well?"

Zhang Zhen didn't expect that Liu Chengzong would ask this when he saw him. He knew in his heart what kind of seal he had in Liu Chengzong's heart, so he just waited for the answer, so he froze for a while.

It was Zhong Bao who reminded: "Get up when the commander tells you to."

Only then did Zhang Zhen get up, and after thinking about his words, he said, "Back to Commander, Master Yang treats the villain very well."

"The villain doesn't want to be the enemy of the commander in chief, but thanks to Master Yang's surrender, as his predecessor, the two teams of brothers were killed by a burst of artillery on the Henan Bridge, and they didn't complain. It's just that the battle was really muddled. People don’t want brothers to die here.”

"Oh."

Liu Chengzong's impression of the bee-tail needle has changed slightly, at least his mind is still clever.

To listen to what people say is to listen to what people have not said. The bee tail needle says that the predecessors have no complaints, but they have complaints in their hearts;

The most important thing is that this battle was fought in a muddle, otherwise as long as they surrendered, they would do their best.

Liu Chengzong nodded as a response, and immediately asked: "The two teams on the bridge are your soldiers? Good soldiers, the Baizong is also good."

Before evacuating from the castle, he had a deep impression of the boss on the bridge who was walking forward with a severed hand, and asked, "Is he still alive?"

Bee Tail Needle shook his head and said: "I don't even know the villain. His name is Zhao Changchang. He used to be the management team of Liushujian in Yulin Town. The wounded soldiers from the two towns stayed in Hekoubao. If he can survive today, he may still be alive. But there are soldiers with acne over there."

Liu Chengzong didn't care if he had acne or not, he cared more about the fact that there were still wounded soldiers in the east, so he asked, "How many people are there in the fort?"

"There are more than 800 wounded soldiers, and more than a thousand people are outside the fort."

Liu Chengzong immediately asked: "If you go over, can you recruit them to surrender?"

When Beetail Needle came here by himself, he had already recruited others. Not only his own general headquarters, but also seven or eight hundreds of generals and management teams surrendered with him.

Hearing Liu Chengzong ask him this now, the bee tail needle nodded one after another and said: "If the commander-in-chief lets the villain pass by, you can try it."

"it is good!"

Liu Chengzong's eyes showed joy, he turned his head and said to Zhong Bao: "It's not too late, you take him there now, and recruit the Tubao soldiers to surrender."

Zhong Bao and Bee Tail Needle took orders immediately, and were about to walk out of the small courtyard, but they heard Liu Chengzong say: "Wait, I almost forgot the important thing!"

Beetail Needle turned his head puzzled, and saw Liu Chengzong pointing at him and said: "Eating is a big deal, eat first."

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)