"Is there any movement in Lou County?"
"Reporting to my lord, the bandits have already left the city."
"Oh? Didn't you even refuse to open the city gate just now?" Xu Zongwen looked surprised and felt a little surprised.
Lou County has succeeded in luring the snake out of its hole, but Xu Zongwen does not feel any relief. He sits on the ground, holding the handle of the knife in his hand, feeling uneasy and doubly stressed!
He was waiting for news from Kunshan all the time, and he didn't know if Zhang Gui, Zhang San and others succeeded?
"Drive..." A wisp of smoke stirred up in the distance, and Zhang Si led the vanguard back from the direction of Lou County.
Upon seeing this, Guo Shang immediately stood up from Xu Zongwen and said word by word: "Lord, look!"
"Zhang Si is back?"
"No, Kunshan succeeded!"
Xu Zongwen, who was still in a low mood just now, got up immediately after hearing this. He followed Guo Shang's direction and saw the flames of the rebel army camp rising, turning half the sky red!
"Okay! Fight immediately. We will deal with the rebels in Lou County first, and then we will join Zhang Gui." Although Guo Shang's method sounded effective, Xu Zongwen still felt that a thousand Suzaku battalion sergeants could restrain tens of thousands of rebels. Not very realistic.
Xu Zongwen held his breath until he saw Zhang Si and his people approaching. He breathed a long sigh of relief in full view of the generals of the Suzaku Camp: "Every team listens to the order and prepares to fight!"
"No!" The generals bowed their hands and saluted, then immediately mounted their horses and led the sergeants to line up their troops.
Outside the south gate of Lou County, the rebels who had been lured out of the city were rushing towards Xu Zongwen's location. However, due to limited horses and not many cavalry, the marching speed was limited. After seeing the neat and uniform cavalry formation of the Suzaku Camp, one by one Even the men and horses entered the horse pits and traps previously dug by the Suzaku Camp.
"Ah... there's a trap!"
"Xilulu..."
"Pfft——"
The horses stepped on and fell into the pit, wailing in agony. The rebels fell off their horses and fell heavily into the trap. Their spleens, lungs, heart and liver were pierced by sharpened sticks. Their deaths were extremely cruel!
Xu Zongwen saw that the rebels who came to pursue him in Lou County were frustrated. He sat on the horse with eyes like torches. He pulled out the long sword from his waist, looked around at the soldiers, and then talked with Guo Shang. They exchanged a look, and then shouted: "Brothers, kill!"
"Kill, kill the thief!" Zhang Si stood on the left side of Xu Zongwen, waving the ring-shou knife and leading the sergeants to launch the first round of attack!
The rebel army followed the orders of the Taoist soldiers guarding the city and sent troops to pursue them. Unexpectedly, the Jin army was already prepared. Everyone felt the trembling of the earth and watched the endless flow of iron cavalry coming down the mountain like a tiger. , all started to run back.
The rebels who were caught in the trap were dying and half dead. They could only wait for their lives to wither. Everything on the battlefield had nothing to do with them.
"Charge! Charge for me! Don't run, brothers!" A general in armor from the rebel army waved a long sword to organize the rebel army and tried to fight back. Unexpectedly, he was also mixed into the crowd by the defeated army, and he was still alive. They were trampled by horses and died under the feet of their own people!
"Attack from the left and right, cut off the enemy's two wings, and encircle the enemy!" Xu Zongwen pointed his sword forward and ordered the left and right troops to divide and encircle. The front has become a quagmire for the anti-thief army, and there are traps everywhere. Encircling the enemy from both wings really saves a lot of trouble.
The number of rebel troops stationed in Lou County was less than 10,000. They showed signs of decline after the initial ineffective battle, and were then beaten to a pulp by the menacing soldiers of the Suzaku Battalion!
Sun En claimed to be a volunteer, but in reality he was just a bandit. He had never experienced a real battle, and had not experienced life and death in the Northern War. What kind of army was he?
This group of rebels under Sun En corrupted the laws of nature and human relations, had no etiquette, justice and shame, could not be self-sufficient in food and salary, and made excessive attacks in all battles, plundering people's wealth to enrich themselves.
Most of the leaders of the rebels do not know the art of war when they are in battle, and are extremely vicious. They only know how to kill for fun and torture for fun.
Not only have the rebels never been in a battle formation as large as the Northern Expedition, but most of them have not experienced qualified training. They gather when they win. Once the defeat becomes apparent or someone escapes from the battle, they will immediately disperse like birds and beasts!
On the other hand, the officers of the Suzaku Battalion under Xu Zongwen are the same as the Wolf Guards. They are all elites drawn from the veterans of the Valiant Cavalry. Each one of them is a veteran of hundreds of battles with military exploits, food and salary, and hard training!
The soldiers of the Suzaku Camp became more and more courageous as they fought. The rebel army collapsed at the first touch. They were really no match. The soldiers all felt unsatisfied and boring!
"Report!" A scout rode straight from a distance and saluted Xu Zongwen from afar: "My lord, Deputy Commander Zhang has captured Lou County!"
Xu Zongwen tilted his head and put away the long knife, not feeling strange at all. Zhang Si led his men on a rampage, and after breaking up the formation of the rebel army, he did not turn back. He expected that Zhang Si would not retreat until he captured Lou County!
From this point of view, everything was as expected.
Things went so well in Lou County, and not a single soldier from the rebel camp came to support him, so Zhang Gui and Zhang San would not let him down.
After all, there is absolutely no comparison between the combat power of Sun En's soldiers and the Qin and Yan armies. The soldiers of the Suzaku Camp were able to break through the bloody sea of corpses in the Northern Expedition. These ordinary people who escaped before the battle could not stop them!
"Okay!" Xu Zongwen felt comforted. He waved his hand and said casually: "Let's explore again!"
"promise!"
After the scouts left, Xu Zongwen led thousands of prisoners into Lou County without hesitation, and it was Zhang Si who stood at the gate to greet them.
Soon, Zhang San sent someone to report the battle situation at the camp.
In fact, when Xu Zongwen climbed onto the wall of Lou County, he already knew the outcome of the battle. Although the camp outside the city was blazing with flames, the sight of orderly prisoners lining up in long lines and slowly leaving was already visible to his eyes. .
"Send someone to escort the prisoners in Lou County to them, collect their weapons and horses, distribute their food and wages, and send them away properly!"
"promise!"
Xu Zongwen felt that the overall situation had been decided. After issuing the order to Sima of the Chinese Army, Xu Zongwen went to find a place to catch up on his sleep. Counting from Tangyi, he had not slept soundly for five days and five nights. He was so exhausted!
"The general has given orders, you can all go home!" Zhang Si stood at the front of the prisoners and shouted at the top of his lungs.
But it seemed that the captives were not very satisfied. Some in the crowd were happy and some were sad.
Zhang Si snorted coldly, thinking that you would be satisfied if I didn’t kill him!
Naturally, it was impossible to say what was in his heart. Zhang Gui raised his hand and lowered his voice to signal everyone to be quiet. He asked: "What? The general is merciful. Are you not happy to let you go home? Do you want to teach the Heavenly Master?" Martyrdom or the old man hanging himself, are you tired of living?"
Most of the prisoners were obtained by Sun En and others through coaxing and trickery. After the rebels captured a city, they began to massacre the powerful nobles, then filled up the wells, burned the city with fire, and coerced the people to continue conquering various places. The common people had lost their livelihood and support, and had no choice but to drag their families and follow Sun En. There was nothing they could do.
There are not many people who are determined to follow Sun En in rebellion. The true believers of Tianshi Dao have experienced so much and have become disgusted with Sun En's cruelty and cruelty. They just dare to be angry and dare not speak out!
"General, it's not that I don't want to leave. Please tell me, General, please let me explain in detail!" A young and strong man among the prisoners came to the front and began to express his love to Zhang Si on behalf of everyone.
The young man was dressed in Tsing Yi. He first bowed to Zhang Si in a polite manner, and then explained word for word: "General, we are originally from Linhai, Kuaiji, and Xin'an counties, or Wuxing. The nearest one is also Wu County." People with Qian Tang and other nationalities.”
The man in green looked at the fellow villagers behind him, paused and continued: "There is chaos in Jiangzuo today, so naturally we want to return to our hometown, but it is late at night, we have no money or food, and we are far away from our hometown. Aren’t we going to starve to death when we leave the city? How can we return home smoothly?”
"I hope the general is aware of this!" The man in green took the lead, and all the prisoners were about to bow their heads, but they were stopped in time by Zhang Si, who had quick hands and eyes.
"You misunderstood!" Zhang Si sighed and couldn't help but laugh. Everyone saw him sighing and laughing. They all looked at each other with suspicion. They didn't know what Zhang Si was thinking, and they became more and more anxious. !
Seeing this, Zhang Si couldn't delay any longer. He hurriedly said: "You are really worried about these things! Our Xiaoqi Army has always been kind to the people and has never done anything wrong. If you hadn't been thieves, we wouldn't be in today's situation. Our general There is an order, and since you have gone astray, the court will naturally deal with it as appropriate. There is a granary outside the city, which is Sun En's military ration. The general left a message specifically, we will not take any of these grains and coins, not even a grain of it. Share it with you..."
"The General is merciful! Long live the General!"
"The great general is the heavenly master of this world, the Bodhisattva Buddha with immeasurable merits!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Can you still talk about the way of teaching that day? You are not afraid of the imperial guards cutting out your tongue!"
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