Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 126
The Gaoli Imperial Guards left more than 500 corpses, which shows the brutality of the battle. Most of them were ax-wielding soldiers, and there were more than 100 prisoners who had not escaped back to the gate.

There was hardly any debate, and the captives were pressed down the mountain and beheaded one by one.

This group of people is also considered tough, with the knife rest on their necks without saying a word.

He didn't resist, he didn't cry, he didn't beg for mercy, and he waited numbly and indifferently for the arrival of the blade.

Not all of them are high-browed and deep-eyed Jie people, there are also many Jin people, Qiang people, Di people, Xianbei people...

Guanzhong was ravaged by Shi Bin and Shi Bao one after another. His anger and hatred had been endured for a long time. Liang Du raised his arms and gathered more than [-] troops in a few months to attack Yecheng...

It's just that although this kind of rebellion in history has shaken the foundation of the dynasty, it is difficult to go to the end.

According to the usual practice, the heads were piled up to form a Jingguan, facing the Hulao Pass.

The blood once again stained the earth red.

Although the bandit army numbered [-], its core combat strength would never exceed [-], especially the thousands of ax-wielding soldiers, who were always at the forefront of every battle, and half of them went straight away.

Guan Guan also seemed to be stunned by this tragic battle, standing on the city wall one by one, without the previous arrogance.

Li Yue counted the casualties in the headquarters, more than 330 people were killed, and 560 people were slightly or seriously injured...

With [-] steps, the casualties were close to one-third.

The soldiers collected the corpses, and many of them were already incomplete, but Li Yue insisted on sending them back to Heiyun Mountain for burial in a bullock cart, so that their dead souls could find peace.

Every soldier who died in battle was a brave man. Properly arranging them would actually reassure the living.

Ran Min's cavalry suffered heavy casualties, less than 300 of the more than [-] brave men left, and only [-] of the [-] horses returned.

But the price paid is worth it.

It restrained the arrogance of Gao Li's imperial guards, and at the same time made Heiyun Mountain famous in the first battle.

Li Yue's name also began to circulate among the begging army.

The attitudes of the beggars around him were obviously different. Even Zhang Liang, who scolded him, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, losing the original anger.

However, the treatment of Heiyun Army has been significantly improved, meat is given priority, and Li Nong also rewarded five hundred altars of wine.

Li Yue couldn't help muttering in his heart, it's no wonder Li Nong was repeatedly defeated, giving women and wine.

Before and after Zhao Zhengxiong, the former Zhao Guozhu Liu Yao was strong and mighty, with infinite strength, an arrow could pierce through an inch-thick iron plate.

During the Battle of Puban, Shi Hu escaped in fear, and it was after this battle that Ran Min's father was killed.

Shi Le had no choice but to send troops from three directions to fight Liu Yao.

In the decisive battle between the two armies and Luoyang, Liu Yao drank and fought several times. The drunken leader, in the decisive battle, drank more than one bucket, held the Xiyang Gate, and couldn't walk. Finally, he was captured alive by Shi Le. The former Zhao died inexplicably... …

After withdrawing to Xingyang City, Li Yue asked the soldiers to drink in turn.

For five hundred jars of wine, each person can only get one or two bowls, so naturally they can't compare with Liu Yao.

Xingyang is a battleground for military strategists of all dynasties. Many wars on the land of China took place here. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin and Chu fought for hegemony. Food and grass are here.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled and fought against the Qin army here. Chu and Han fought for hegemony, and Liu Xiang repeatedly fought for it. Finally, the gap in the east of Xingyang was used as the boundary.

Like Fangtou, Xingyang is also a hub of water transportation. King Hui of Wei opened a gap in the north of Xingyang (Xingkou) to lead the Yellow River into Daliang.Qin Shihuang dredged the gap to connect Huaihe and Si, and transported grain from the north and south of the Huaihe River to Ao Cang in Xingyang.

However, Shi Zhao established his capital in Yecheng and acted against the law. Xingyang must not be as good as before. Shi Hu also turned a large area of ​​land east of Xinyang into a hunting ground. Once a person hurts an animal, he will be cut in half and split into pieces...

Nancheng was a bit dilapidated, with ruins and few living people.

I don't know if he escaped or was hidden by the Zheng family.

Weeds grow in the middle of the road, and occasionally one or two dead bones can be seen in the corners. They have been dead for an unknown number of years and no one has cleaned them up.

There are a few skinny corpses hanging from the willow trees by the street, they are obviously the young and old of the whole family, swaying with the spring breeze...

Shihu carried out large-scale construction projects, and repeatedly mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer the Quartet. With one edict, the people were asked to hand over food and people. They also asked each household to hand over a car, a cow, or a horse within a time limit. Great punishment.

People were forced to commit suicide by hanging their families from trees.

In this battle, Shi Hu eliminated more than one hundred thousand troops successively, and it was another catastrophe for the common people...

Of course, no matter how miserable the people are, the Zheng family and other wealthy families are still doing well.

Xingyang City seemed to be divided into two halves, the south city was desolate, but the north city was still lively with mansions and courtyards everywhere.

Prefect Zheng Du thoughtfully arranged residences for the generals and leaders, and invited Li Nong into Zheng's residence.

"Leader Li is young and promising. He has offended many times before. It is all a misunderstanding. I hope the leader will ignore the past." Zheng Du took good care of Li Yue and arranged a mansion that was second only to the Zheng family in the city. It was extremely luxurious. There are nearly 500 maids and servants, shouting and embracing.

In contrast, it seems that the corpses hanging on the old willows in the city are from another world.

"The eunuch has bothered, but he jumped here only to fight against thieves, and he should live with the soldiers."

Li Yue couldn't get used to living in this kind of place.

Besides, Ran Min didn't live in such a luxurious mansion, so he lived alone, what did he think?
Zheng Du's flattery is obviously the wrong person.

But this is also normal. So far, Ran Min is just a miscellaneous general, not showing any signs of leakage.

"Haha, the leader loves soldiers like sons, and the famous generals have never been more like this since ancient times..." Zheng Du opened his mouth wide, and flattery came pouring out.

"The eunuch praised it. The Zheng family supported Heiyun Mountain several times, and I will keep it in my heart. There are many miscellaneous things in the army, so I will resign first." Li Yue has no interest in pretending to be a snake.

What Zheng Du waited for was this sentence, "Then don't bother the leader, if there is anything lacking in the army, please say so."

"Thank you!" Li Yue cupped his hands and left.

After the first battle at Hulaoguan, Li Nong seemed to have taken it easy, leaving nothing to the military, leaving it to Ran Min, Zhang Liang, Li Yue, and Chang Wei.

Zhang Liang kept silent, Li Yue kept a low profile, and the military power basically fell into Ran Min's hands.

"The momentum of the rebel army has been depressed, and the Xingyang soldiers have a lot of food and grass, which can revive their morale!" Ran Min was quite high-spirited.

Li Yue said: "It's already March and we're about to plant. This battle can't be postponed for too long, otherwise it will affect the spring plowing, and the Central Plains will starve to death."

The bandit army is completely like a bandit. Everywhere they go, they will divide their troops to loot the surrounding area, burn, kill, rape and plunder without any grass growing.

Chang Wei cast approving glances, "The Central Plains has suffered from floods, plagues, and dire straits, and if it goes through a war of war, I'm afraid there will be countless casualties."

"Why do you need a month? Someone selects the elite, equips them with iron armor and sharp blades, and trains them strictly. Within [-] days, they will definitely defeat the bandit army!" Ran Min waved his hands with pride.

Zhang Liang next to him was silent.

Ran Min did what he said, and directly transferred the two generals Dong Run and Zhang Wen to his subordinates, and then selected the elite beggars and equipped them with excellent equipment from Xingyang's arsenal to form a new army of 7000 people.

The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled were placed under Zhang Liang's command.

In this way, Zhang Liang was almost emptied.

Zhang Liang dared not speak out in anger, and simply said that he was not sick, and ignored military affairs.

(End of this chapter)