War has its iron laws.
Anyone who feels that he is comparable to Zhuge Liang, has no tricks left, and can manipulate the enemy with applause, will definitely be slapped in the face by the ruthless reality.
Standing in front of the military formation, Zuo Mengeng felt his old face burning with pain.
His plan failed.
He had calculated everything, but he failed to realize that the Nanpi bandits could not be regarded as regular troops.
For Zuo Mengeng's plan to succeed, two conditions need to be met.
Nanpi County is sandwiched between Weihe River and Fuhe River. Fuhe River is located to the south of the county seat and flows from southwest to northeast.
According to Zuo Mengeng's plan, when the imperial army "appeared" in the south, west and north, the Nanpi bandits had no choice but to abandon the city and flee eastward.
In this way, they could only walk on the right side by the floating river.
Zuo Menggeng and Liu Yuanqing led the army to press from the north. The rebels had no way to escape but were cut off in the middle, ending in a huge defeat.
But what Zuo Mengeng didn't expect was that the Floating River had stopped flowing due to a severe drought for several months.
Just like the small river where he burned the bridge before, although the river is full of mud, there is always a place to cross.
Furthermore, the Nanpi bandits were not a well-organized and united army.
When the government troops attacked, the leader, who knew the danger, ran away first.
The pawns below didn't know anything. When they woke up, they found that the leaders were gone, so they ran away belatedly.
The problem is, they don’t know which direction the officers and soldiers are coming from!
As a result, headless bandits were everywhere, from east to west, from north to south, and all over the mountains and plains.
Liu Yuanqing's army only has more than a thousand people. Faced with this situation, even if everyone has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to completely eliminate the bandits.
Thinking of the cautious appearance of the general in his dream, Zuo Menggeng secretly alerted himself, knowing that he still had a lot to learn.
While he was upset, Liu Yuanqing was overjoyed.
Seeing the bandits running aimlessly, Liu Yuanqing knew that there was hope for retaking the county seat.
He raised his scimitar with high morale.
"My sons, come with me, kill all the bandits, and get promoted and make a fortune!"
The officers and soldiers also knew that this battle would be won, and their courage could not be increased. They followed Liu Yuanqing and rushed towards the bandits.
Boy, that scene is just like the lions hunting in "Animal World".
When the herbivores saw the ferocious lions, they did not think of relying on their numerical superiority to resist, but fled one after another.
As long as it's not me who gets caught.
Miss Xu was still on Zuo Mengeng's horse, still holding his waist.
The first time I was very nervous and shy. After all, it was the first time in my life that I was so close to a man. But the first time it was fresh and the second time familiar, now it feels much more natural.
The many days of experience have made this girl much more courageous. He also poked his head out from Zuo Mengeng's shoulder to watch the battlefield.
"Why didn't General Liu seize the county seat instead of hunting down the thieves?"
Yes, Liu Yuanqing was originally worried that he would be beheaded if he lost the city and the land, but now he was no longer in a hurry to regain the county seat, but instead let his troops pursue and kill the bandits wantonly.
But Zuo Mengeng saw it clearly and snorted repeatedly.
"Why else? I just want money."
Liu Yuanqing's headquarters was also in chaos, but the goal was clear.
The ordinary bandits didn't care at all, they just chased and killed those escorting carriages and being escorted by horse bandits.
Needless to say, those carriages must contain the property stolen by the thieves.
Nanpi County was destroyed, and Liu Yuanqing also suffered heavy losses.
The county seat is within easy reach anyway, but this guy is greedy and wants to take advantage of the opportunity to recover his losses.
Zuo Mengeng could see his thoughts clearly.
Miss Xu looked at the chaotic battlefield, where the officers and soldiers and the bandits were fighting with their lives for a piece of silver, and her heart was in turmoil.
"If the officers and soldiers are like this, how can we suppress thieves?"
Zuo Mengeng looked at the screaming mobs who died in the hands of the officers and soldiers. Among them were young and strong, gray-haired old people, and even babies waiting to be fed.
Some women were knocked down by officers and soldiers, stripped of their clothes, and then did the beastly things in broad daylight.
On a captured carriage, a cruel officer was holding a head with still blood in one hand and a large bunch of jewels in the other hand. He was laughing like a devil.
Immediately afterwards, the man was chopped into pieces by the bandits coming from all directions, and the jewels they robbed were not yet warm.
The officers and soldiers surrounded them again and fought fiercely with the bandits for the treasure.
The entire battlefield was in chaos.
Looking around, you can see flying sand and rocks, yellow mist filling the sky, and the sounds of killing and screaming can be heard endlessly. Gradually, it became difficult to distinguish who was a soldier and who was a bandit.
Liu Yuan didn't know where he had gone early in the morning, and the officers and soldiers he led had no one to command them.
This is a time of killing and looting, and both soldiers and bandits are afraid that they will rob too slowly or too little.
This place can no longer be called a human world, it is more like a country of beasts.
Looking at the lives that fell on the ground unwilling to die, Zuo Mengeng's heart was violently impacted.
It is natural for officers and soldiers to suppress thieves.
But do those rioters, whose families are ruined and who are forced to die, really deserve to die?
Who can they rely on when they don't even have a bite to eat?
What is the court doing again?
And these rioters who were about to die, after recklessly displaying atrocities, brought greater disasters to the world.
The transformation from victim to perpetrator is so rapid and violent.
Do these people ever regret what they have done, even for a moment?
Suddenly, the strange and bizarre theories in his dream began to surge, impacting his mind one after another.
Although Zuo Mengeng always remembered those strange theories, he still couldn't understand their meaning.
Now, when he saw the cruelty of this beast cannibalizing people, he realized it.
There have never been any officials or bandits.
When a court cannot guarantee the survival of the people and treats the people as nothing, then this court from top to bottom will become the biggest bandit in the world.
When people only know how to blindly survive without regard for order and morality, they will transform into beasts that destroy everything.
Until another force appeared that treated the people a little better, a change of dynasty took place.
If we want to truly end this cycle of chaos, we must make the world a different place.
The ground began to shake.
It was gentle at first, but gradually became as dense as a drumbeat. Finally, anyone sitting on a horse can feel the power of the earth shaking.
From the horizon in the distance, countless cavalrymen swarmed in. Countless flags fluttered in the wind, and countless armored knights began to speed up.
Liu Yuanqing's troops were all infantry and had no cavalry at all. Moreover, these cavalry are well-equipped, and you can tell from their posture that they are a strong army.
The sky is full of arrows.
The oncoming cavalry did not make any sense and directly covered the battlefield with bows and arrows.
Countless rioters were shot to death, and some of Liu Yuanqing's subordinates became dead souls.
But these cavalry didn't care at all. They were like ruthless killing machines. Anyone who dared to stand in front of them would be crushed by them.
There were also many arrows scattered around Zuo Mengeng and others.
"Let's go!"
Zuo Mengeng's soul was so strong that he flicked the reins, and the horse immediately turned around and galloped toward the northeast.
Zuo Rong and Zuo Hua didn't have time to think too much and quickly followed.
Amidst the flying dust, Zuo Mengeng only saw a large flag with a letter: The general of Xuanzhen is black.
In order to make money from Nanpi County, he sent someone to pretend to be Hei Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu.
Unexpectedly, the Black Cloud Dragon really came.
Still in this way.
This group of cavalry is like the devil in hell. They don't distinguish between friend and foe, and they crush them all the way.
The officers and soldiers of Nanpi were swallowed up by them, and the rebels who followed did not respond in time and were also massacred.
If Zuo Mengeng hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, turned his horse's head and ran north to escape, they would have died.
Seeing the scene of the cavalry massacre, Zuo Mengeng's eyes were filled with scarlet.
If you kill just for the sake of fighting, forget it. But what these cavalry did was even more excessive than that of the bandits.
He saw with his own eyes that the corpse of a Nanpi officer was picked up by the cavalry's spear and tossed around in the air. When the silver in the officer's pocket fell, the cavalry reached out to catch it, and then threw the body away casually.
The corpse fell to the ground, and countless horse hooves trampled over it, mixing with the soil.
This is true for the officers and soldiers who are colleagues, and the rest of the chaos can be imagined.
These cavalry quickly divided their troops and surrounded the rebels.
Every time they surrounded a place, they would be shot with random arrows. If there are still immortals, go up and hack them to death.
Several more people were separated from the cavalry and began to search the dead people.
Once they touch gold and silver, they will cheer loudly, which is even more exciting than fighting and killing the enemy.
This scene flashed through Zuo Mengeng's eyes, and he couldn't help but think of something.
The passing of bandits is like a comb, and the passing of soldiers is like a gourd.
Even the most elite nine-border town is like this. This Ming Dynasty...
"Zuo Mengeng, why did the officers and soldiers kill everyone indiscriminately, including their robes?"
Miss Xu's voice was trembling, and the scene she saw with her own eyes was completely beyond her knowledge.
What could Zuo Menggen say, he just hummed: "This Ming Dynasty is finished."
Miss Xu was stunned for a long time. She said nothing and just nodded heavily.
Zuo Mengeng didn't see it and didn't dare to stop. He urged his horse hard, just to stay away from the battlefield.
Fortunately, the Xuanzhen cavalry were held back by the rioters and ignored them, allowing them to quickly move away from the smoke.
Behind them, the sky is filled with blood.
