The battle broke out very quickly, mainly because of the prohibition by the government and military orders. After the rebel brigade entered the ambush area, it suddenly started, and almost at the same time everywhere, and entered the battle in order.
Of course, this is not a clever plan, it is just an order and prohibition, and it is just a normal and decisive multi-faceted attack in accordance with the normal arrangements of an experienced military veteran.
The so-called ambush, siege, and raid seemed to have to be discounted in the face of the huge number of Zhishi Army.
In fact, no one doubted that this attack would have many flaws similar to Cheng Dalang's. Private communications and ambushes were exposed, which were all normal.
But on the other hand, so what?
How can there be such a perfect strategy on the battlefield?
How can there be so many completely appropriate geographical environments?
The ambush of the officers and soldiers here is more stable, the terrain they occupy is better, they are dispatched more neatly, they enter the battle faster, and the plan is implemented resolutely, it is the most outstanding strategy, the most beautiful ambush, and the most awe-worthy power.
In contrast, after entering this kind of terrain, even the sentry riders were not aware of spreading into the mountains. When the leader below learned the news, he actually considered whether to report it. It was indeed an obvious weakness.
Only this kind of strength and weakness is difficult to judge with the naked eye, and for people without real military experience, there seems to be another criterion for judging their strength and weakness.
"Why are you panicking?"
Prince Chishiro patted the red brocade on his chest and scolded many leaders in front of him. "We have hundreds of thousands of people! Hundreds of thousands! He has only one Qi County, but he has lost two counties before. How many county soldiers can he have?! If he recruits 50,000 county soldiers, wouldn't we know? At most, it is what he said before We have recruited 10,000 people! We have recruited another 20,000 people this month! How come we can’t fight if there are more than 100,000 people fighting against 20,000 people?!”
Although these words were said in a fierce tone, they unexpectedly had a very good effect. Many leaders calmed down immediately, and some even got hot-headed!
After all, this statement is very consistent with their simple cognitive outlook, and it is absolutely the truth.
"Master, let me go! Just give me three thousand people, and I will go to the south to meet the enemy! I am the general manager of the south!"
"Master, why do you need to work for Master Six and send troops? I don't want people! Master, give me a command flag, and I will go to the south to wake up the people first! The leaders of Seven in the south add up to seven or eight thousand people. What are you afraid of?"
"Okay!" Wang Hou immediately turned from anger to joy. "Just the two of you! Give the flag to the Ninth Master, go and mobilize the people first, and then add 3,000 people to the Sixth Master to help Liu Sandunzi and the others stabilize the south!"
As soon as these words were spoken and this order was issued, Wang Hou's surroundings were actually filled with joy for a moment, as if the surprise attack he had encountered this time had been fully resolved.
However, at this moment, the officers and soldiers were attacking from many directions, but the wave from the south was the first to fight, or the fighting situation was reported first.
After a while, while taking the command flag, the Ninth Master seemed to realize something and spoke again:
"Master, there seems to be a drum sound in front of you. Do you want to help Cheng Dalang? Also, the river looks wrong. If the army has a naval force, it will cut off us from the other side... Then we won't have to worry here, but What if the army puts its main force on the other side of the river and wants to take over the second leader?"
Wang Hou calmed down his expression, thought seriously for a moment and nodded: "You're right, I'll let people go forward now and continue to urge the front few people to go forward to pick up Cheng Dalang. The fourth and fifth brothers together have 30,000 people. Let them follow Cheng Dalang's cavalry and charge forward with all their might, and no one can stop them."
Everyone nodded.
And Wang Houfu pointed to another person: "Seventh Master, before the official army and navy arrive, you quickly cross the river on a pontoon bridge, and then take your own leaders with more than 10,000 people to the other side of the river to support the Second Master!"
Another person took the order and left.
So far, the situation seems to have been handled appropriately.
First, the headmaster Jiu was the first to win the imperial flag. He was originally the magistrate of Dengzhou County. The newly surrendered people had no soldiers, so they could only summon dozens of personal guards in a hurry. They couldn't even get the horses. Fortunately, the army There were a lot of animals, so they hurriedly dragged some mules and donkeys. By the way, the fox took advantage of the tiger's power to lead a few dogs and a few sheep, and then headed towards the southern mountainous area.
However, the formation of the Zhishi Army was too large. The Nine Masters, who had no soldiers, led a group of dogs and sheep, and hurriedly passed through the dense and chaotic Chinese army formation, and traveled several miles. Finally, with great difficulty, I found a small slope, climbed up and took a look, only to find that the two troops marching against the mountainous area in the south had actually collapsed... The thick black heads that caught my eye, but no flags, and no formations to speak of, were even vaguely visible. He looked like he was abandoning his armor and was heading towards the Chinese army's formation.
To be honest, the former county magistrate didn't show much surprise, just a little irritated. Because even he knew that two semi-independent small rebel armies on the periphery, not affiliated with each other and with little combat experience, suddenly encountered a condescending surprise attack. If they were defeated, they would be defeated.
It's just that he lost too quickly and didn't show his ability, which is called bad luck.
However, the ninth leader was really a responsible person. Seeing that the two armies were completely defeated, he just cursed a few words and immediately turned back, preparing to go to the sixth leader to explain the situation to the other party.
After all, the Sixth Master himself is a powerful man in the southern region of Dengzhou. In the battle of Dengzhou, he occupied two counties. He has tens of thousands of people. Coupled with the three thousand Chinese troops given by the First Master, it is enough for him to organize himself and block the enemy. The troops broke out and stopped the attacking officers and soldiers.
But he didn't find the Sixth Master.
Because the Chinese army was in too much disarray, not to mention livestock and baggage, the troops outside began to panic and rush in when they saw the defeated army. The core Chinese army formation was still moving forward, and some troops even occupied the village. In order not to be divided by others, he stood still. Of course, he, the Ninth Master, was no better than anyone else in driving a group of pigs and sheep... And in the messy group, the Ninth Master, although he was holding the command flag, could not do anything. I came here again, but I still couldn't figure it out, and I missed it with the Sixth Master in a daze.
However, the Ninth Master was still loyal and could not find the Sixth Master, so he immediately went to the Zhongjun to find out that Shilang Wanghou had returned.
In fact, it was not that the Sixth Master on the other side did not move. He obtained the command of the three thousand Chinese army and immediately started to check it impatiently. Then he immediately mobilized the three thousand troops to go south for rescue.
This is what the old man Chishiro saw with his own eyes.
So, when the ninth master returned to Wang Hou of the Chinese Army and described the battle situation ahead to the first master, the old man Chishiro didn't take it seriously:
"It doesn't matter. There are more than 10,000 people in Lao Liu's family, plus 3,000 elite Chinese troops. Even if the main force of the army is in the south, we can still control the situation."
The Ninth Master also agreed: "Yes, as long as the Sixth Master takes action, the situation will be under control."
However, in the next few moments, things became more and more chaotic. First, a navy of officers and soldiers actually came down the river from the upper reaches, and fought with the unorganized fleet of rebels on the river, and quickly gained the upper hand. This point of the battle scene can be seen even from the Chinese Army; then, Cheng Dalang's two sentries arrived one after another. The former asked Wang Hou to be careful in the name of the officer's sentries stabbing his hands, while the latter clearly informed the front Encountering a battle, it seemed that a brigade of officers and soldiers were rushing towards them.
This corresponded to the sound of the drum. Wang Hou thought about it seriously and immediately touched his red crotch and made a judgment: "Everything is clear now, this is a pocket array!"
"Not bad." Master Ninth thought for a moment and nodded immediately. "I want to use the river, the mountains and the Zhangqiu City in front to surround us on three sides! These officers and soldiers have such a big appetite!"
"Although you have a big appetite, you may not be able to eat it." Wang Hou sneered while sitting on his horse. "Again, how many are there? Are they ten thousand or twenty thousand? How many are we? Not counting the second boss on the other side of the river, there are a hundred thousand people here alone! Even if it's not ten against one, it's five against one. ! What are you afraid of what he will do?!"
"The boss can see clearly."
"However, we can't underestimate them too much." Wang Hou suppressed his smile and said it seriously. "They are those who dare to take the initiative to fight, so we have to deal with them seriously. Now that they are all exposed, it is time to use a heavy hammer like iron... The flag is in your hands, Lao Jiu, so there will be no substitutions. Hurry up. Go to the front army to find the fourth and fifth masters, and ask them to send 30,000 to the front army. The fourth master will bring 20,000 people forward to support Cheng Dalang, and the fifth master will take 10,000 people to deploy along the river to prevent them from raiding from the waterway... I would like to Look, I can block his main army on either side, and then I bring the central army to charge in front of me, what can he do to me?"
Master Jiu hurriedly praised him, and then continued to work diligently and couldn't wait to go forward... There was no way, he was a surrender who had just come over. He had no army of his own, and his cultivation was close to nothing. He could only rely on the previous county magistrate. He pretends to be the head of the household, and follows Tomoyo Honro to earn a living, how can he not be diligent?
If you are not diligent, how will you be allocated your own territory and troops in the future?
Think about it, Cheng Dalang, a local tycoon, why did he promise to be the third master when he came? Not only did he have 500 cavalry, but also there was a prestigious Putai Army on the other side of the river?
In troubled times, it’s not just about cultivation. He who has more soldiers and horses can be the leader! The one with the most soldiers and horses is the big master... Even the big master to the sixth master in the Zhishi Army are all lined up like this.
With this belief, Master Ninth abandoned the sheep and once again led dozens of his men and a group of dogs to rush westward. This time he made good progress and soon found Master Four and Master Five. , and announced the order with the flag in his hand... Although the fourth master was dissatisfied, he still cursed and led 20,000 people forward.
The Fifth Master happily accepted the order and led his troops to the river. At the same time, the Ninth Master also asked the Ninth Master to hold the order flag and guide the follow-up troops to follow him across the river.
However, when Jiu Dang's family was dispatching the troops under Wu Dang's family to move closer to the river, they suddenly discovered a strange thing. He was waving his command flag, and there were inexplicably too many troops to be driven and dispatched from the former army.
"How many tens of thousands of people do you have in your front army?" Master Jiu saw a familiar leader and immediately came up to ask with his command flag in his arms.
"We are not the front army, we are the left army." This leader was extremely candid. "Master Ninth admitted his mistake."
The Ninth Master was stunned for a moment and immediately asked, "Isn't Zuo Jun a subordinate of the Sixth Master?"
"That's right." The leader was still honest.
"But didn't the Sixth Master go to Zuomian Mountain to meet the enemy? The First Master also gave him three thousand troops?"
"yes……"
"Then why didn't you go?"
"They just didn't let us go. Our master took 3,000 people there himself. He only asked us to speed up our pace, rush to the front, and lean into the middle... As a result, when we walked to the front and in the middle, we bumped into you, Master Jiu, and called us to come. Guard against the river.”
This mess... Master Jiu was stunned again, and then suddenly woke up.
In fact, the behavior of the Sixth Master is very easy to understand, that is, why should he use his own troops to fight when he can fight with the Chinese army?
They asked their direct subordinates to run forward immediately and hide in the middle. This was actually to prevent their own subordinates from standing up for the Chinese army.
The truth is very straightforward, but doesn’t this deceive the boss?
The six or seven thousand people in front have already been defeated. You three thousand people can't stop them, right? Don't we have to force the boss to personally go to the Chinese army's formation to stop it?
At this thought, Master Jiu panicked inexplicably.
However, after calculating the accounts in his mind, the former county magistrate under Dengzhou felt relieved - after all, the entire army consisted of more than 100,000 people, and the second master on the other side of the river led 30,000 people to look at the baggage, and the rest was here It was 100,000 people, and then the fourth leader of the former army went forward with 20,000 people. Here, the fifth leader took him and the sixth leader in a daze and took a total of 20,000 people to the river, and there were 10,000 people fighting in the lagging downstream area. On the floating bridge, we prepared to cross the river to support the second leader, and after removing the 10,000 people from the rear army, about 10,000 people were defeated at the foot of the mountain, but there were still 30,000 people left.
Thirty thousand Chinese troops were enough to control the few troops captured from the mountains to the south.
The Ninth Master calmed down again and continued to carry out the task... He did not dare to abandon his responsibilities to report to the First Master, and he did not even dare to risk offending the Sixth Master by filing a complaint. On the contrary, he now wanted to hide. Click on the Chinese Army.
Because the head of the family, that is, Zhishilang Wang Hou, was not an official but came from a blacksmith background, and his temper was not very good. He did not want to cause trouble.
Soon, there were sounds of fighting on three sides.
The Nine Masters reined in their horses on the river, and even witnessed the end of the battle on the upper reaches of Jishui River - the rebel army's hastily gathered and unorganized fleet was easily defeated by the obviously stronger navy of the official army, and headed downstream. When the navy of officers and soldiers arrived here, they were suppressed by arrows from the densely packed Chise Army on the shore, and they actually stopped on the spot for a while.
However, the master looked at it carefully for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
Because the navy of the officers and soldiers seemed to be passively being beaten, and was besieged by the rebel army deployed for seven or eight miles along the Jishui River, but in fact, the missiles fired from the embankment into the river did not have much power, and the officers and soldiers were all hiding behind Behind the cabins and wooden partitions, there were not many casualties at all.
Even Master Jiu noticed keenly that the partitions were covered with mud, which seemed to be fire prevention preparations made in advance.
In sharp contrast, the rebels struggled for a long time and mobilized tens of thousands of troops, but they did not produce any fire arrows...or they could have produced them, but the Fifth Leader wanted to save some fuel, so he pretended to be confused.
Ordnance can be obtained from the masters, but oil and other things seem to be the private property of the masters.
Once the idea enters, it will be difficult to pull it out.
The more Master Ninth looked at it, the more he felt that the officers and soldiers were stopping here on purpose... But why?
Twenty thousand people lined up along the river for seven or eight miles. Half of the people were still watching the show. Another twenty thousand people went forward, never to return. Downstream, there were more than ten thousand rebels rushing to cross the river on the pontoon bridge. , to support the Second Master on the other side... Thinking of this, the Ninth Master was convinced that the other party was deliberately allowing the Zhishi Army to divide its forces, and it also seemed to be deliberately fighting on three sides to exhaust the Zhishi Army.
But why?
Do the officers and soldiers have any other arrangements?
What other arrangements could they have?
The Ninth Master once wanted to turn around and argue with Wang Hou, but he couldn't figure out what back-up the government army had... The only possible back-up plan was to invest the main force of the government army from the previous mountainous area, and suppress the defeated troops to capture the Chief's center. Just the army?
However, there are still 30,000 Chinese troops there, okay?
Even if all the officers and soldiers are gone, after dividing so many troops, how many so-called main forces will be left to take the initiative to attack the Chinese army's formation?
Thinking of this, Master Jiu simply stopped where he was with a complicated mentality.
Anyway, the army can't collapse, even if it loses and suffers a loss, it can't collapse, so it's better to just follow the orders and do things here... The right army hides its strength, and the front army wastes arrows, what does it have to do with him?
Time passed little by little, and it seemed that the suspicion of Master Ninth was verified. Although the officers and soldiers swooping down from the mountains to the south were powerful, they indeed defeated three rebel armies, including Master Six, and tried to perform some kind of behavior of rolling back the bead curtain. But because Wang Hou took the initiative to stop and defend on the spot, it was in vain because of the thick and solid formation of the Chinese army.
It is conceivable that after a while, when the official army is exhausted, it will be time for the rebels to counterattack.
"Xiao Jia."
Cheng Dalang, who had arrived outside Zhangqiu City, couldn't help but look at Jia Runshi beside him. "You really don't know the county's arrangements?"
"My father didn't say a word, he just asked me to come to you and say those words..." Jia Runshi shook his head without hesitation.
"How many soldiers are there in Qi County?" Cheng Dalang didn't have time to ask.
"Ten thousand." Jia Runshi stretched out a finger. "But it may be a little more, because brothers Fan Hu and Fan Bao brought the navy and their own bankers..."
"Ten thousand is more than one hundred thousand, no wonder your father is worried and wants to hedge his bets." Cheng Dalang sighed and clenched his fists nervously. "But judging from the current situation, your county magistrate is indeed an old soldier who is good at using soldiers. He may not be able to defeat ten with one strike!"
"So, should we try to attack the city?" Jia Runshi couldn't rush him enough. "Boss Cheng, you are a master of Qijing, right? There are so many rebels behind, so why don't you take the lead and break in?"
"So what if I break in?" Cheng Dalang asked seriously. "What if there is an ambush in this city, or if there is a fire starter hidden in this city, and I am shot into a hedgehog by a crossbow after I enter, or I am set on fire in the middle of the night? Besides, if it really happened, this city is also the place where the fourth leader behind me... …”
"That……"
"I tried my best." Cheng Dalang suddenly became serious. "The officers and soldiers in front of me were repulsed by me, and I also gave a warning and report to Chishiro. All benevolence and justice must be done... Let's just hide away... Was there drumming in the mountains southeast of Zhangqiu just now?"
"yes……"
"Go tell the Fourth Master that I will go to the mountains southeast of Zhangqiu to meet the enemy, and leave Zhangqiu City to him." Cheng Dalang turned back and pointed at someone again. "Come to the mountains and find me after you finish speaking!"
The knight repeated, and immediately turned away.
"To the southeast..." As soon as the people left, Jia Runshi asked in a low voice with surprise. "Didn't you say you should hide away? Why should you go to a place with the sound of drums instead?"
"The southeast side must be fake." Cheng Dalang responded simply. "If the officers and soldiers really want to do something, they can either hide the remaining main force in Zhangqiu City, or put it behind to target Chishiro's Chinese Army... In short, they will definitely block the main road, and they will have to divide their troops to reach the rebel army. Are you watching from the mountains? That place must be as empty as the enemy we just faced, let’s go there!”
With that said, Cheng Dalang took the lead and actually led his cavalry to the mountains behind.
On top of Zhangqiu City, several officers and soldiers who had just fled into the city looked at this scene with relief.
At almost the same time, on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Jishui River, almost twenty miles away, Shi Zijiang, the second leader of the Zhishi Army, heard a message in astonishment: "Are you sure?"
"My subordinates saw it with my own eyes across the river." A shocked rebel officer gasped in response. "A large group of officers and soldiers suddenly came out from the mountains to the south and captured Changshan City. The army's flag was immediately changed at the top of the city..."
"How many officers and soldiers are there in the brigade?"
"It must be tens of thousands!"
"Fuck your mother!" Shi Zijiang yelled.
"Hold on!" At this moment, Shi Zijiang's confidant leader Zhou Boss suddenly stepped forward. While signaling the officer to leave quickly, he looked at the leader of the reinforcements coming across the river. "Master Qi, let me ask you seriously, before you came here, how many fights did you have on the other side?"
"Three places...no, two places." The seventh master responded seriously under the eyes of the furious Shi Zijiang. "The sound of drums came from directly south of the Chinese Army's formation, due west from the direction of Zhangqiu, above Jishui, and from the southwest... I know for sure that there were fights, and it was only directly south of the Chinese Army's formation, where the fighting was the hardest. The six masters were all defeated, and the middle army of the first master came to meet them; then there was a fight on the Jishui River because the fleet in front was defeated."
"Since the army and navy won, why didn't they go down the river and destroy your pontoon?" Shi Zijiang suddenly realized a problem.
"They deliberately want the Seventh Master to lead troops over so that they can deal with the First Master." Boss Zhou responded immediately and spoke sincerely. "Second Master, with all due respect, I'm afraid there's really no one in Changshan City... The officers and soldiers are indeed in pocket formation, but it's not as simple as covering three sides. Changshan is also preparing to stab the mouth! This is going to eat up the First Master! As for the strength of the troops Regarding the matter, Second Master, tell me, will there be reinforcements from Lu County? Or which rebel army behind you will be recruited and surrendered? "
Shi Zijiang stared blankly at the other side, but he could only see the 10,000 rear troops on the other side and the tens of thousands of livestock they were driving.
The confidant Boss Zhou on the side, including the seventh master of the Zhishi Army who came to help, all had their eyes flickering and thinking deeply... How could they not know the subtle relationship between the second master and the first master?
In the past two days, the first master asked the second master to be a villain and forced Cheng Dalang to join the gang. The second master also took the opportunity to take away many livestock from Cheng Dalang's manor. Yesterday, Cheng Dalang coaxed the first master to send all the livestock to the other side with a few words. ...Actually, it doesn't matter a little bit of livestock, and it's understandable that Cheng Dalang is angry. However, as the two leaders who started the Zhishi Army, the first master and the second master have gone all the way to the present. As the Zhishi Army grows bigger, the first master becomes more and more arbitrary. , the second boss is becoming more and more marginalized, which seems to be the biggest problem of the Zhishi Army.
Now, the second master knows about the dangerous situation on the other side of the river that the first master doesn't know about. Do you want to save it?
Who dares to speak?
"Second brother!" The seventh master suddenly spoke sincerely. "With all due respect, my tribe has just crossed the river. If we let them pass, they will be in trouble..."
These words were too deliberate and immediately caused Master Shi Er to frown.
"That's not the case." Boss Zhou also sighed and quickly picked up. "The key is, why don't the naval forces of the upper reaches come down? Isn't it just waiting for the soldiers and horses of the Seven Masters to come over, and delaying the time? Now the officers and soldiers have taken down Shizi City from behind, and together with Zhangqiu City, they have defeated the Zhishi Army. Locked in a narrow passage between mountains and water, the navy will definitely flow down the river and block the river! Even if we want to send a large army to support, I'm afraid there is no chance, even as the seventh master said , creating chaos in vain.”
Everyone present was silent. At the same time, there was still a lively march and fighting on the other side. The brigade beside them was also moving forward slowly. From time to time, they looked at the excitement from across the river and pointed, not knowing that the danger was already on the other side. Advent.
However, this situation did not last long. Soon, the rear troops on both sides of the strait became commotion - the officers behind came to report again. After the officers and soldiers of Changshan City gained control of the city, they immediately left the city and took the initiative to attack the rear troops on the other side. Come.
In fact, the rear army was caught off guard and almost collapsed when faced with the main force of the official army.
"Old Zhou." Shi Zijiang suddenly sighed and looked at his trusted leader. "I'll leave these tens of thousands of people to you... After I leave, you can watch the fighting on the other side. If you can hold on, find a way to cross over to meet me tomorrow. If you can't hold on, take your people back from the north bank. The two big bosses in Dengzhou defected to Hebei... Lao Qi, you have to listen to Boss Zhou, he is the one who takes over my fault, and he is very smart, better than any of you."
Boss Zhou and the Seventh Master took half a step forward, but stopped talking.
"I know what you are going to say." Shi Zijiang shook his head in reply, and walked directly to the pontoon on the river with the knife in his waist. "He is unkind to me, but I can't lose my loyalty and leave him to die easily... Only I can help him suppress those leaders!"
Two quarters of an hour later, as the sun gradually set in the west, Shi Zijiang saw his old partner Wang Hou, but before he could speak, the pontoon was set on fire by a fire ship that crashed from the upstream. At the same time, Tomoyo was severely beaten. The rear army had completely collapsed and began to press towards the central army.
This saves trouble, there is no need to bother describing it at all.
In the evening, Wang Hou tried to concentrate the Chinese army to launch an assault on the officers and soldiers in the rear. However, by now, the Zhishi Army was completely exhausted. From the morale of the troops to the strength of the organization, everything was greatly reduced. After three attacks, they could not waver. The official and military defense line with the big flag.
Immediately, night fell. As the front army refused to turn back and did not dare to attack the brightly lit Zhangqiu City, in a narrow area of dozens of miles from east to west and more than ten miles from north to south, inexplicably only one-tenth of the army arrived. The Chise army, surrounded by one-fifth of the troops, began to panic, and soon began to flee in large numbers.
Some people even threw away their armor desperately and tried to cross Jishui, which was patrolled by official and military ships, during the already very cold winter day, and tried to reach the north bank to meet up with the baggage and some family members of the rebels accompanying the army.
Of course, more than half of them died in the river.
The officers and soldiers on the river, as well as in the east and south, gradually realized the gaffe of Zhishi Army and began to attack at night. Wang Hou was surprised to find that his own troops could not effectively dispatch and command the troops... In other words, he The more I commanded, the more chaotic it became.
In the end, under two months, Chishiro could only choose to hide in the middle of the army and wait for reinforcements... But the fourth and fifth masters in front still didn't respond at all, and Cheng Dalang didn't know where he went.
"Blacksmith Wang, I have an idea."
Beside the fire, Shi Zijiang looked at Wang Hou in front of him, listening to the chaotic sounds around him, and spoke coldly. "Do you listen?"
Chishiro, whose face was covered with dust and his whole body was in a mess, looked at his old partner without saying a word. Next to him, the Sixth Master and the Ninth Master with different expressions also stood there with their hands tied and speechless.
"When we were on the other side of the river, I told Lao Qi that you were unkind and I couldn't be unjust, so I had to come over. But it's not just that..." Shi Zijiang held the knife and said seriously.
"What else?" Wang Hou finally sneered. "When it comes to this, if you want to be proud, go ahead."
"I never wanted to steal your position as the head of the family." Shi Zijiang ignored the other party's ridicule, but his tone became increasingly fierce. "Because I will never forget the words you shouted when you were a blacksmith...you jumped on the table on the street and shouted to the people below in broad daylight, saying, 'We must resist the army, we must resist the election, and every family must resist." Gather the iron tools, gather the iron and make it into a gun, and kill them all! You said what I wanted to say but didn’t dare to say! You did what I never dared to do! You were the first to shout He came out to kill the Hunjun! At that time, I thought, even if you are a useless person who can't do anything but blacksmithing, I will follow you to rebel for the rest of my life! Kill that Hunjun!"
Both Wang Hou and the Sixth and Ninth Master next to him were slightly moved.
"Take off the red back crotch, put it on for me!" The master of Shi Er finished speaking in one breath, took a few breaths, and suddenly stretched out his hand to signal. "I'm here to watch for you. Go ahead and chop up the fourth and fifth sons who don't want to come back. Go over the mountains and escape from the front to Lu County! This world can be without Shi Laoer, but it can't be without Chishiro! "
Wang Hou stared at the other party, feeling as if something was stuck in his throat for a moment, but finally he lowered his head and took off the red crotch, then got on his horse, bent over and walked forward with his head lowered.
The Sixth Master and the Ninth Master wanted to leave, but they didn't dare to move.
"You two should go too, so that you can help Chishiro!" Shi Zijiangfu couldn't bear to urge.
The two masters were relieved when they heard this, and they both mounted their horses, lowered their heads and covered their faces to follow.
Shi Zijiang watched the other party disappear, calmly put on the red crotch, and then gave the last order to the already frightened soldiers around him: "Go and disperse all the 60,000 livestock, and then you can do whatever you want!"
In this way, in just one day and night, the Zhishi Army, which numbered as many as 100,000, collapsed and fled on their own. It was not until Wang Hou escaped from the encirclement in the early morning of the next day that Shi Zijiang, who was wearing a red back and crotch, was fooled by Yu Baimei, a master of the army. They beheaded the remnants of the rebel army on the other side of the Jishui River. Neither of them knew that the official army actually only had more than 10,000 people. The front line from Zhangqiu to Licheng was completely empty.
As long as Zhishijun is brave enough to move forward, and they lost less than five thousand in total during their final escape, they may not be able to make a comeback.
But these are things that happened to Bai Di Ye afterwards.
In fact, after this battle, due to the small number of people, it took the officers and soldiers another seven or eight days to collect the 60,000 heads of various livestock scattered in this area, which also took a lot of effort.
ps: I find that I am really getting old and have low energy... Those names basically become slippery as they are written. This was definitely not the case five years ago, but now I have this problem many times.
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