Horse on the World

Chapter 832 Bloodletting
In Quanzhou, Wu Gui, who was worrying Wu Siniang and others at this time, descended on a mountain peak. He gritted his teeth and watched the troops of the Southern Army marching forward. Although he now had 1000 troops under his command, it was not the same as that at the foot of the mountain. Compared with the mighty army fleeing south, it looks very pitiful.Seeing the enemy swaying away from him, Wu Gui was really unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Obviously, the troops fleeing south didn't notice them, but ignored him. Except for an army of about 3000 people guarding them, the other troops just kept their heads down and ran away.

"Yeah, bah!" Wu Gui angrily beat a rock, "There's no one in your eyes!"

"Master Wu, why don't we rush?" Awl handed Wu Gui a bag of water, and Wu Gui took a big sip, "Damn, why rush? Look at that part of the army, they are obviously warning us, there are so many of them People, once we rush down, it’s not enough for their teeth, just hang them. Where is General Wei’s brigade?”

Jizi smiled and said, "We ran too fast, General Wei is still a hundred miles away from here?"

"Withdraw, let's find another chance. There seems to be no chance during the day. Awl, you and Donggua go out to see if you can find any flaws at night. Damn, there are tens of thousands of southern troops, and the team has dragged for dozens of miles. Lao Tzu I can’t believe how strict the defenses are everywhere, if we find a loophole, let’s stab him and run away, and then look for another opportunity, hehe, let’s let their blood be drained every day, let’s see how much blood they can have!”

"Understood!" Zhuizi called Donggua with a smile, and the two disappeared into the forest.

The cold spring is cold. Although it is mid-March and the weather has gradually warmed up, it is still unbearably cold at night. Since the withdrawal of troops, Hu Zequan's health has been worsening day by day. Now he can no longer ride a horse. Sitting in a soft sedan chair, carried by the soldiers on the way.A few days ago, news came that his lieutenant general Ai Yongjun was defeated by Lu Dalin in one fell swoop after struggling for three days at the Wudu River. More than ten thousand soldiers died on the bank of the Wudu River. At that time, Hu Zequan vomited several liters of blood.

Bad news comes every day.

After Xu Siyu retreated to Wangjiang, he was encircled by Tian Feng's tribes. After holding on for more than ten days, the food ran out. A few days ago, the entire army was dispersed. Dead to die, captured to captured, defeated to defeated, Tian Feng is also gathering troops and horses to advance towards the whole state.

At this time, there were as many as [-] Dingzhou troops chasing behind. They were divided into several groups and attacked together. As long as I was a little careless, I would be entangled, and once I was entangled, it would be a disaster.

Now I am only five days ahead of Lu Dalin's main force, but what is worrying is that Wei Xin's subordinates in Dingzhou are only a hundred miles away from me, and they are staring at me.

"General!" A general came over and squatted in front of the soft sedan chair.

"General Shi is here!" Hu Zequan nodded.

"General, there was an urgent report just now, another unit was attacked, and nearly 200 people were lost." Shi Wanshan said in a low voice.

"Or did the small Dingzhou army do it?" Hu Zequan asked.

"Yes, this small group of ghosts from Dingzhou lingers around us, and when it sees an opportunity, it rushes up and bites us. General, this is not the way. It will deal a great blow to the morale of our army. Should I send a Go out and wipe him out," Shi Kefa said.

Hu Zequan shook his head, "This Dingzhou army is very cunning. If you send a large army out, he will slip away. There are fewer people, and it will not work at all. Just ignore him, just notify the ministries to strengthen their vigilance, and secure the fence. Ba, naturally the wild dogs can't get in."

"You can only be a thief for a thousand days, so there is a reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. General, now that our army is like this, there are always many loopholes to exploit. Letting him fight like this every day really boosts morale. Not good!"

"Do we still have morale?" Hu Zequan smiled wryly, "There is no need to do useless work. This small army can only take advantage of the small ones, and he dare not use large troops. Our only task now is to speed up the pace, speed up."

"Yes, General, but we are running out of food and grass, and we can only last for three days at most." Shi Wanshan said.

"Wan Shan, tell the generals of the battalions that there is no need to restrain military discipline, and let the soldiers go and grab it. But one day, the food they grab must be handed over to the battalions for unified arrangement. As for the other things that they grab, it will belong to the soldiers themselves." .” Hu Zequan said.

Shi Wanshan's body shook slightly, he lowered his head and said, "Yes, I understand!"

Squatting in the dense forest halfway up the mountain, looking at a village with smoke pillars rising in the distance, Wu Gui slammed his fist on the ground, "Damn, they are harming the people again." These days, they often It will be found that some villages were looted by the Southern Army, their food was robbed, and the soft goods were looted. What is even more infuriating is that the Southern Army, regardless of men, women, or children, was killed. It was even more tragic, without exception, they were all raped and humiliated before being killed, ranging from old women to young girls of a few years old, none of them escaped this fate.

"These bandits are doing all kinds of evil." An Xin's eyes were also burning, "My lord, go and destroy them!"

Wu Gui let out a sigh of relief, "Let's wait until Awl and Winter Melon come back! Let's see how many opponents there are, whether we can eat them."

In the past few days, Wu Gui has continued to attack his opponents. In a few days, he wiped out thousands of enemies, but he himself lost nearly 300 people. At the moment, excluding the wounded soldiers, there are only 600 soldiers who can fight.The arrows are almost used up, and the hand crossbow has become a decoration.

"My lord, my lord!" Just as they were speaking, Awl and Donggua ran over panting, "I found out, I found out, there are only three hundred of our Southern Army in the village ahead, and there are five other Southern Army troops closest to them." Lidi."

Wu Guihuo stood up, "Time is enough, let's go, kill them. Don't worry, you still have 200 people and wounded soldiers here to monitor the nearby enemies and prevent the enemies from other places from coming to support. I will take others to go." I did this bastard."

"Yes, Master Wu."

"Awl, winter melon, lead the way!"

Half an hour later, Wu Gui led a team of 300 people out of this small village called Shawan Village. At this time, the whole village was already full of smoke and flames, and the village could be heard from a long distance away. There were screams and the unscrupulous laughter of the rout soldiers of the Southern Army.

"Awl, seal all the intersections, don't let any one go, Donggua, you still have 100 people outflanking from the side, I will lead people to rush in from the front." Wu Gui ordered.

"Yes!" Awl immediately led some people away, while Dong Gua led 100 people around to one side. Seeing the two disappear, Wu Guihuo stood up, and drew out the steel knife with a choking sound, "Brothers, what are you doing?" Die these bastards."

"Kill!" More than a hundred Dingzhou soldiers shouted and rushed out together, along the trail at the head of the village, and swept towards the village like the wind.

The village has already become a hell on earth. On the road, in the courtyard, and on the low walls, there are corpses lying everywhere. The elderly, children, and women all have no survivors. When Wu Gui rushed into the village, the first thing he saw were a few soldiers from the South. A woman is being pressed on the street, stripped naked, and raped on the street.

"Cut them!" Wu Guihong rushed forward with red eyes, cutting a panicked southern army in half with a single blow.

When the Dingzhou army came, the southern army who was robbing the village suddenly panicked, dropped the grain bags in their hands, threw away the chickens and ducks they were carrying, and turned around and ran away. State Army combat.

But at this time, the exit of the entire village has been blocked by the Dingzhou Army, and the winter melon came out from one side. In the panic, the Southern Army had no idea how many Dingzhou Army had killed, and the wolf was running around , was gradually driven to the east of the village, and about a hundred soldiers from the Southern Army gathered together.

"Surrender, don't kill!" Dingzhou Army routinely shouted the slogan.

Hearing the shouts of killing coming from all over the village, a lieutenant of the Southern Army turned pale. He looked around at a group of Southern Army soldiers with disheveled clothes and incomplete weapons. With a clang, the steel knife in his hand fell to the ground, and his knees softened and he fell to the ground. , "Don't kill us, we surrender, we surrender."

One by one, more than a hundred Southern soldiers knelt down on the ground, holding their heads in their hands, and squatted on the ground. The Dingzhou soldiers rushed up, tied them up in a row, and pressed them to kneel on the ground.

"Master Wu, it's so miserable. There are not many people left alive in the village!" Dong Gua appeared in front of Wu Gui holding a bloody knife, "I searched all over the village, but only found a dozen or so children who were hidden in the In the cellar, I managed to escape with a life."

"My lord, we still have a few women alive here." Awl also ran over, and behind him, the soldiers rushed over with the help of several scantily clad women.

Seeing the dozen or so remaining villagers huddled on the ground shivering, their eyes glazed over, and looking at the hundred or so Southern soldiers kneeling on the ground, Wu Gui roared angrily, "Kill them for me."

"My lord, don't." An Xin said in shock: "Dingzhou Military Law, anyone who massacres and surrenders will be punished!"

"Cure your mother's scar, kill it, kill it all, I will take care of it. Do it, don't you hear me!" Wu Gui roared angrily, and rushed up first with a knife in his hand. The captain who surrendered fell to the ground. Seeing that Wu Gui had already made a move, the soldiers immediately rushed forward, stabbed with guns and knives, and killed all the prisoners who were tied up in a row in a short time.

Wu Gui, who was covered in blood, said murderously: "From now on, we will not keep any captured soldiers from the Southern Army."

On March 3th, except for about [-] soldiers in the central army of Hu Zebing, who could only eat one meal a day, the rest of the tens of thousands of southern troops had completely run out of food. The army went out to plunder, but the food they robbed was just a drop in the bucket, to no avail. More and more soldiers fled. Most of the soldiers could only eat wild vegetables and bark to satisfy their hunger. But just after the return of spring, even the wild vegetables only grew a little sprout. When they came out, the sallow and emaciated soldiers were beginning to despair.

Hu Zequan's illness has become more and more serious, and he occasionally wakes up for one or two hours a day.The command of the army has been transferred to the command of Shi Wanshan.

"Wan Shan, how far are we from Quancheng?" Hu Zequan woke up from a coma.

"General, it's not far away, we're almost at Baima Mountain." Shi Wanshan said.

"Wan Shan, listen to me, when you arrive at Baima Mountain, you should immediately hand over the command of the general to Zeng Yifan, and tell him that this army is under his command."

"Great general!" Shi Wanshan almost doubted whether Hu Zequan was out of his mind.

"Listen to me!" Hu Zequan panted heavily, "Zeng Yifan has food, he has food." After saying this, Hu Zequan tilted his head and passed out again.

(End of this chapter)