At this moment, the burning fireball and the ignited bushes and grass were blazing with flames. Light up the valley floor.
This archer provides good visibility and lighting.
A dense rain of arrows shot past. The cavalry at the bottom of the valley hurriedly dismounted, hid behind the horses, took out their bows and arrows and fired at the mountains.
The cavalry has a large target and does not have an advantage in a duel with archers. Moreover, cavalry bows are relatively small, because bows that are too big are not suitable for carrying. Except for those perverts who built slaves, they use large infantry bows for shooting on horses.
Therefore, cavalry has no advantage in terms of range or bow power. The result of the confrontation was unsurprisingly one-sided. One side is in the dark and the other is in the light, and the infantry bows on the mountain are more powerful.
The war horse neighed and was filled with arrows, falling to the ground. Soon, there were not many horses left standing at the bottom of the valley. This left these cavalrymen with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Tong An screamed and was shot through the thigh. As soon as he fell, he immediately planned to roll behind a big rock. Then the next few arrows pinned him to the ground.
Tong Jianye took the last dozen soldiers and tried to climb out of the pile of rocks blocking the narrow passage in the valley. As a result, there was a sound of bowstrings from above, and they fell down one after another with arrows and rolled down from above.
Tong Jianye's back was full of arrows. He looked at the mountain bitterly, twisted a few times and became motionless.
Huang Tengyuan led his men to kill them, and soon all the fish that slipped through the net had their heads cut off.
"Look carefully. Jiannu's heads are different from ours. Cut them all off. There are many people willing to buy these things. Fifty taels each. If you meet a general's disciple who needs military merit, you may sell it for a few hundred taels." Huang Tengyuan said.
"Here! I'll take a closer look."
When Huang Tengyuan returned to the camp with 500 people, the battle was over. Half of the two thousand people in the camp were killed, and the rest were tied up with ropes. Chen Xingzheng led people to guard the belongings of more than 300 carriages. All the leaders were waiting for him to come back and get some money.
Huang Tengyuan called together more than a dozen leaders. He said to everyone: "I will never go back on what I promised you. Of these more than 300 carts of property, I will only take 100 carts. The rest belongs to you. These carts are covered with bitter cloth. I don't know what's inside." . Let’s draw lots and decide. It all depends on God’s will, and no one will suffer. It’s up to everyone.”
A dozen leaders discussed it, and then they all handed over their hands and said, "Sir, this distribution is very fair, and we have no objection. It's all up to you."
"Okay, the remaining sixteen families will be divided equally. Let's start drawing lots now." Huang Tengyuan cut through the mess quickly without leaving any ink. The distribution of spoils must be done quickly to boost morale.
Soon the spoils of war were distributed, and the captured camps, horses, armor, ordnance, etc. were distributed again. No one wanted to take the remaining prisoners, so they were escorted away by Huang Tengyuan.
"Everyone, Zhou Yuji's army has wiped out the rebellions everywhere and will soon come to Da'ankou. What are your plans for the future?" Huang Tengyuan asked with his hands raised.
Now they are only raising their families and can only continue to flee. Rebellion is a serious crime, and once caught, your family will be affected.
They all looked at each other, hesitant and confused. For a moment, I just felt that although the world is big, there is no place for me.
One of them asked, "Sir, what are your plans?"
The others immediately looked towards Huang Tengyuan. Huang Tengyuan handled matters fairly during this rebellion and was very popular.
Everyone raised their hands and said, "My subordinates and others have nowhere to go. If you have somewhere to go, please don't leave us behind."
When Huang Tengyuan saw them all asking to follow him, he said: "I do have a place on the grassland that is enough to accommodate you and your families. However, I have a condition. Wherever I go, I will attack your troops and my troops. Break up and redistribute. Merge you into ten battalion commanders. Accept my unified jurisdiction. You will all be officers of corresponding sizes, and there will be no private military battalion commanders in the future."
"If you are willing, just follow me. If not, let's just say goodbye."
Hearing Huang Tengyuan say this, they were all a little at a loss. On the other hand, with no other way out, the imperial army soon
About to arrive. I definitely can't stay in Guan Nei any longer. Facing the court's search, it was only a matter of time before he was caught. Especially those gentry will definitely retaliate against them tenfold.
But if he gave up the troops and horses in his hands and became a general of the Huang family in the future, he would not be willing to do so.
Huang Tengjian didn't say much about the situation, and said with a cupped hand: "After lunch, we will break camp and leave. Everything here is left to you. If you are willing to follow me, you can follow me. If you don't want to, don't force me. Everyone, the green hills will remain unchanged and the green waters will flow forever. See you in the future."
After Huang Tengyuan finished speaking, he turned around and left. Chen Xing bowed his hands to the leaders and then followed.
"Sir, let's just leave. Give up on these people."
"If you are not convinced and willing to join us, there will be no benefit to having more people, but all the disadvantages. We have limited resources. Whether we can establish a foothold on the grassland and whether we can persist until next year's food harvest are uncertain. So let them do it themselves Choose."
After noon, Huang Tengyuan's troops broke out of camp and set off. Leave the customs through the north gate with a large amount of supplies. Winding toward the depths of the grassland. Huang Tengyuan gave away all his family documents as early as the early stage of the rebellion. At this time, except for his own family, there were only soldiers, horses and baggage, so he could move forward lightly.
Seeing that Huang Tengyuan really left when he said he would leave, without any delay. These leaders panicked.
At first, they sneered inwardly, thinking this was Huang Dengyuan's plan. Force them to hand over their troops. They were unwilling to take a stand and still wanted to bargain. But in the end, Huang Tengyuan left immediately. Dumped them here.
During this time, these stragglers were plundering the countryside and never fought a hard battle. Only then did they realize that as soon as Huang Tengyuan left, they immediately lost their backbone. I felt extremely scared.
"No, sirs, the imperial army is coming. It's fifty miles away." A group of scouts rushed back to report.
"What, it's really coming. What can we do?"
"Without Master Huang, let's quickly study how to defend this city."
"Guarding is nothing. Whoever sends troops will defend. You are counting on me, and I am counting on you. We all want to preserve our strength."
"We can't win. They have too many artillery. After a few rounds of artillery fire, the city will be broken."
"If Guancheng cannot be defended, then where will we go?"
At this time, they felt that they would not be able to leave if they did not leave. At this time, Huang Tengyuan's men and horses had been walking for an hour. They were all soldiers and horses, and they were walking very fast without the burden of their family papers. If you don't make a decision, you won't be able to catch up no matter how late it is.
A quarter of an hour later, the door was opened again, and the soldiers, horses, and soldiers of the brigade, old and young, poured out of the door and followed the heavy ruts left by Huang Teng in the distance. Soon, Da'ankou Pass City turned into an empty city.
