Chapter 1244 Three drums under Pingyang City


    In Wu Qiuxing''s army, the soldiers and generals in each camp were eagerly issuing orders, while looking up at the camp of the Chinese army, anxiously waiting for Wu Qiuxing''s order, whether to fight or defend, or What other arrangements are there? All these unknowns make people feel uneasy.


    Humans are an extremely strange animal. Perhaps it is the habit engraved in the genes tens of thousands of years ago, which let human beings understand that only by gathering in one place at a dangerous moment, can they use the strength of the team to better deal with difficulties. Even though there were many dissatisfaction and complaints, when the danger came, everyone still hoped that Wu Qiuxing could command all the soldiers and gather together to face the swords and guns of the soldiers who conquered the west. Although there may have been conflicts of one kind or another between the main soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers before, as long as there is an order, the conflicts between individuals will be covered up under the will of the collective, at least until the battle is completed. .


    When the back camp was noisy and chaotic, when the cavalry conscripted suddenly attacked, many soldiers who had been in the battle had already been touched naturally, carrying knives and guns, they had already assembled in one place, waiting for the command of the army After a while, go to the rear camp to rescue...


    I don''t know how long I waited, but the banner of the military order of the Central Army finally came.


    Everyone raised their heads, distinguishing the meaning of the flags, and the mid-level generals who suddenly understood slowly lowered their heads, and then some waved their hands and silently asked the soldiers to go back, while some directly cursed: "What the hell! Is this going to be a rear battalion? Do you want food and supplies? What kind of military order is this?!"


    Of course, the reaction of the soldiers was a little slower than that of the leading generals. After all, not all soldiers could understand the meaning of the flag immediately, but it immediately caused more commotion. Among the ranks, the voices of shouting and cursing were accompanied by confusion Qi: "The rear battalion is gone, what to do with food and grass, today''s rations have not been received yet! What the **** are you going to eat today? If you don''t let the rear battalion be rescued, the whole army won''t move? Can the scum in the rear battalion survive? If we can''t keep it, why don''t we still eat the soil?"


    The sounds of chaos sounded one after another among the camps, and then there was an uproar.


    Surrounded by guards, Xun Chen stared intently at the movements of the Wuqiu Xing Camp among the slowly approaching infantry lineup under Pingyang City. Get up, point to Wuqiu Xing Daying and say: "Such incompetent people, defeating the enemy is easy!"


    Xun Chen was a little worried at first, because his attack this time was actually not the original plan, but was forced out by Wu Qiuxing.


    Guan Qiuxing suddenly sent troops to surround Taoshan, and there was still a fight. Although I don''t know the specific situation, it seems a bit ominous from the city wall.


    This made Xun Chen very embarrassed and troublesome. He never thought that Wu Qiuxing would be so reckless, nor did he think that someone would dare to take the risk of offending many gentry students to do things...


    This is the same as when the warlords of the later generations were fighting, even if they were the **** warlords, not many people would be stupid enough to directly order to kill some universities. After all, in this era, those who can afford to read are not from poor families. It''s not clear that the twists and turns have something to do with a certain important person. It''s normal for the gentry to marry each other, so if you don''t check the three generations of ancestors, the ghost knows that the beautiful and pure school girl has long been that girl. The boss''s default sister-in-law...


    Xun Chen felt that this might be a trick of Wu Qiuxing''s to lure him out of Pingyang City, but the problem was that he couldn''t sit idly by on Taoshan Mountain, otherwise he couldn''t afford anything, so Only then did this raid occur in the middle of the night.


    In fact, at the very beginning, Xun Chen dispatched two thousand cavalry from Yinshan, led by Zhang Lie and Zhang Xiu, and hid them in the Baibo Valley. Back then, Baibo claimed that there were 100,000 soldiers hidden in the valley, but now there are one or two thousand cavalry hidden in the valley. Naturally, it doesn''t take much effort.


    In Xun Chen’s plan, the cavalry attacking the camp is actually a feint attack. His focus is on Taoshan. He must confirm the situation in Taoshan, and if necessary, he will not hesitate to take the Cai family back to Pingyang...


    Yes, it is "please".


    Xun Chen was originally unwilling to do this, on the one hand because he felt that with Cai Yong''s reputation, no one would dare to touch him, and on the other hand, it was also because Mr. Cai Yong insisted on refusing to do so, and he was not willing to be aggressive. But now that it is clear that Wu Qiuxing has some wrong thoughts about Taoshan, naturally Cai''s safety needs to be more vigilant.


    Therefore, in Xun Chen''s plan, the cavalry raid was originally intended to make some money if it could get some money, and if it didn''t work, it would attract attention and cover the soldiers heading to Taoshan.


    But unexpectedly, Wu Qiuxing didn''t seem to be planning to rescue the rear camp!


    How could Xun Chen easily give up this great gift?


    The Wuqiu Xinghou camp on the side of the Fenshui River is already a dilapidated mess at this moment, the first camp is full of fireworks, and the ground is full of corpses and blood.


    Although there were many soldiers in Guanqiu Xing''s rear battalion, the number was several times that of the cavalry sent by Xun Chen, but the problem was that there were loopholes in the defense at the beginning. Although the back camp has set up wooden fences for the wall and horse antlers, but no deep trenches have been dug outside the camp. At the same time, perhaps because of lack of time, there is no thick coating on the wooden fences. The yellow mud to prevent fire...


    Therefore, when Zhang Xiu led the cavalry to pour kerosene and rockets into the camp, the wall that had not been properly fire-proofed quickly burned. The shooting archers are simply untenable, and there is no way to talk about external counterattacks.


    Even so, it can actually be redeemed.


    Because although the wall of the village is burning, after all, it was originally made of relatively thick wood, and it will not be burned down in a short while, blocking the soldiers guarding the village, and also blocking the horseshoes of Zhang Xiu and other cavalry. Sending reinforcements will naturally drive Zhang Xiu and others away.


    Although the cavalry has strong attack power, Xun Chen also needs such a cavalry to maintain a deterrent force against Wu Qiuxing. It is impossible to send the cavalry and Wu Qiuxing''s infantry regardless of the loss before Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, arrives. In order to exchange pawns, he even had to be on guard against Wu Qiuxing''s cavalry, which had less than a thousand men. Although its combat effectiveness was not very good, it was still a cavalry after all, and it still had mobility.


    As a result, after waiting for a long time, the entire Wuqiuxing Chinese army camp did not move at all...


    Is that what happened?


    The luggage of 20,000 people is neither one point nor two points, nor is it piled up in two piles. There are all kinds of items. In this Han Dynasty without cranes, it is impossible to stack them high. They were packed full, plus there were 4,000 people. Naturally, there were so many things in the camp, and there was everything. Naturally, it was impossible to achieve the fire isolation like the warehouse of later generations.


    When Zhang Xiu led the cavalry and began to set fire around the camp, at first they only burned the walls of the camp, but gradually the sparks and flames became uncontrollable, and they began to run around under the night wind. Under the chaos of the auxiliary soldiers and farmers, fires of all sizes began to burst out in the camp at some unknown time, and when these fires ignited, the panic in the rear camp increased again!


    The messy pile of materials made it more difficult to put out the fire. In a panic, some people even knocked over the hay pile!


    There were more than a dozen large tanks of water originally stockpiled in the camp, but the amount was not enough, but at the beginning, it was taken to splash the flames on the walls of the camp, but the flames mixed with kerosene How can it be splashed by water, but spread along the water! Now when the fire started in the camp, I found that there was no reserve in the tank, so I had to go to the Fenshui River to fetch buckets of water!


    After coming and going, even if you filled a bucket full of water by the Fenshui River, it would be considered good to have half a bucket left when you ran back, not to mention that the number of wooden buckets is far from enough, even if you add some Wooden spoons are just a drop in the bucket, and the splashed water is useless at all. Many people can only watch helplessly as the flames grow bigger and swallow more and more other items...


    I don''t know when, someone in the camp behind Wuqiu Xing suddenly shouted, and then some people opened the gate of the camp and fled. There was no preparation for combat, and before facing a purgatory-like scene, collapse became inevitable.


    Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of, Zhang Xiu immediately galloped into the camp!


    In the battle formation, those who really died by swords and guns were actually a small number. Even in the Changping battle in the pre-Qin period, although it is a bit exaggerated to kill 400,000 people, it also shows that even in such a huge battle, dying in battle is only a rough idea. Only one-tenth, the rest were either self-defeating or pitted to death, just like fortresses are often the easiest to breach from the inside, when Wu Qiuxing''s back camp was opened by the farmer''s servants, in fact, this A local victory or defeat is already determined.


    Zhang Xiu led the cavalry to rush into the camp, regardless of the civilian laborers running around, throwing fire igniters everywhere, chasing and killing the only remaining soldiers in some order.


    Those civilian laborers who hadn''t escaped were panicked and uneasy, and reluctantly stayed in the formation of Wuqiu Xing''s rear battalion. When Zhang Xiu led the cavalry to rush in, the men and horses rushed in blood-red, crazily rushing left and right At the moment of the sudden attack, these civilian husbands who accounted for about half of the rear battalion suddenly collapsed, shouting and running around aimlessly on the battlefield.


    And those transfer officials who were supposed to restrain and lead them, the civilian Sima in the various rear battalions on the east of the Heluo River, etc., are not much better than these peasant laborers, and even more out of control!


    Hundreds of people collapse at the same time, and the situation can no longer be dealt with. Just like the subway with a huge flow of people in later generations, when the panicked civilian laborers run around, even if there are calm people among them, they can''t fight against the crowded crowd, and even those who want to get out of the station will be alive again. Like pushing back into the subway car, the main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the rear battalion didn''t have much courage, and they didn''t have the intention to carefully check how many enemy troops had come. Anyway, they only knew how to flee subconsciously. Everyone turned around and ran away, and many people had the same goal, which was the gate of the village that hadn''t been burned yet!


    More and more fires were rising, and the smoke filled the surrounding area, blocking people''s sight, only the horseshoes of Zhang Xiu cavalry who kept rushing in were like thunder, galloping between the camps!


    Could it be the screams that sounded, which further increased the uneasiness of the collapsed crowd. At the next moment, a torch thrown from nowhere hit the crowd, and also hit the tall grain bags stacked aside!


    In the midst of the smog, it is actually the same danger for Zhang Xiu and others. After all, the flow of people is frenzied, and his own cavalry is mixed in, and there are too many supplies in the rear camp, so it is difficult to run. If they accidentally bump into, fall, or even be killed It is not impossible for the swarms of people to overthrow and stampede even people and horses, but they can''t take care of it now. How can there be no risk in the battle? The role of the cavalry is to break the attack and disrupt. If Zhang Xiu didn''t catch him, even he would slap his own mouth.


    The weather is not a problem, and the lack of cavalry is not a particularly serious problem. As long as Wu Qiuxing can calmly analyze the battlefield situation and weigh the pros and cons, even if he endures the risk that some soldiers will be attacked by the Western cavalry, teams will fight each other. Covering and driving out of the camp, walking slowly in formation, it was nothing more than fighting Xun Chen''s Pingyang soldiers in the early morning. Even though there were more casualties, the overall base of Wuqiu Xing''s army was the winner. Yes, so who wins and who loses is still unknown...


    However, Wu Qiuxing thought that the rear battalion could last at least one or two hours, at least until dawn, so he ordered all the battalions to stand firm and wait for the daylight to see the situation of Pingyang''s soldiers and horses before fighting. It is relatively safe, but in fact, the opportunity has been lost. In addition to the loss of the rear camp, the flames of burning material food and grass soared into the sky. Even if they want to go out at this time, they will lose their original morale.


    Guan Qiuxing thought that even if the rear battalion was lost, it would only be a loss of some ordnance. Pingyang is not far from Anyi, and the journey is not difficult.


    As long as I hold the army in my hand, and don''t be taken advantage of by Xun Chen in Pingyang, it will be fine, but what Guan Qiuxing didn''t expect was that giving up the cell of the rear camp and most of the army''s luggage would be a huge threat to the entire army. Shaking the morale of the army is the most fatal blow!


    An army, watching its own cells being attacked, and then not daring to rescue them even close at hand, so as the generals and soldiers in this army, who is willing to fight to the death in future battles?


    If it weren''t for Wu Qiuxing who seems to be still sitting in the camp of the Chinese army, if it wasn''t for the Zhengxi cavalry cruising around, roaring to and fro, or if it wasn''t for the fact that the sky was not yet clear and the early morning mist shrouded the fields, maybe Some of Guanqiu Xing''s soldiers who have begun to lose their morale will sneak out of the camp, break down and flee south!


    "Drumming! Drumming!" Xun Chen shouted loudly, "Raise some more torches! Make the momentum louder! Move forward twenty steps!" The rumbling drums sounded in the field, seeming to disperse the autumn morning mist It was driven, spreading outwards in a circle, and with the galloping horses before the Wuqiuxing camp, the troops of only 3,000 abruptly created a momentum of nearly 10,000 people...


    In Guan Qiuxing''s camp, thinking that Xun Chen was about to launch a general attack, he started running on the wall of the camp in a panic, shouting, but he didn''t expect that after a while, Xun Chen quietly issued a second order : "Come on! Send an order to the school captains, and after the three drums are passed, the troops will be withdrawn and returned to the city..."


    "Alas..." Xun Chen looked at the situation in front of him and sighed softly. After all, he was only forced by Wu Qiuxing to launch ahead of time. It is not easy to obtain the current results. Also here, how good it would be..."


    (end of this chapter)