C56 (1/2)
On the public road leading to Guangyang, about 10,000 soldiers were moving forward. Unlike the other armies of this era, this army did not carry any flag. But the clothes and equipment they wore showed that they were soldiers of Suzhou County.
Cheng Yuanzhi took over Guangyang in one fell swoop, then immediately sent troops to attack and search for fishing yang. Taiyang Shou sent people to help him several times, asking Zou Jing for help. Zou Jing was extremely anxious, he repeatedly urged Yang Lin, and regardless of the fact that Yang Lin's soldiers were not trained, he immediately ordered Yang Lin to attack Guangyang.
These pawns were the recruits that Commandant of Youzhou Zou Jing had requested from the Chi County taiwai, Wei You. They were there to assist Yang Lin in calming down Guang Yang. Wei You had finally managed to recruit over thirty thousand soldiers, but Zou Jing had asked for half of them. Without going through any training, he was caught up by Zou Jing on the battlefield.
With over ten thousand soldiers, Zou Jing asked Yang Lin for a few generals leading soldiers. Zou Jing who had experienced a long battle understood that for these soldiers who had neither trained nor participated in battles, if they did not have a capable general, they could collapse the moment they fought.
Yang Lin was unwilling to part with his brother. In this chaotic world, generals and advisers were the most important wealth. Regardless if Zou Jing had the intention to steal from him, Yang Lin had no choice but to be on guard. Liu Bei's lesson caused Yang Lin to not dare to trust anyone.
That Liu Bei used the opportunity to help Yang Lin to recruit craftsmen, to stop the two generals, Gao Li and Wang Zhi. With these two, Liu Bei quickly formed a team and brought his teacher, Lu Zhi, to his side. It made Yang Lin's heart ache.
After thinking about it, he sent Yang Lei, He Xiong and Cang Jie over. These three people, no matter what methods you use, don't even think of snatching them away from yourself. Regarding Yang Lin's arrangements, Zou Jing was also speechless. Not only were these three experts skilled in martial arts, but they also had experience in leading soldiers. These were rare military generals.
”Brother Yang Lei, Commander Yang has more than twenty thousand cavalrymen, defeating Cheng Yuanzhi is no problem at all. Why did you let us bring these infantry to be the vanguard?”
Yang Lei, He Xiong and Cang Jie were walking in the front of the group, chatting as they walked. He Xiong could not understand, with their fighting strength on the prairie, defeating Cheng Yuanzhi was still a piece of cake, but he actually didn't use any strong riders, he just asked them to lead the charge with these infantry, this was really unheard-of.
”I don't know why either, but I think that Yang Lin must have other plans. He wants us to attack Cheng Yuanzhi, but look, we don't even have a ladder to attack the city. It looks like he doesn't want us to really attack the city.”
”I think, he should let us attack Cheng Yuanzhi to attract Cheng Yuanzhi's attention, and then let us suddenly attack Guangyang.”
”You think you can figure it out? Even if you want to sneak attack us, the infantry should be able to sneak attack Guangyang, how can the cavalry do that?” Furthermore, there are no cavalrymen on Guang Yang and Yellow-scarf. All of our cavalrymen are tall, fresh, and inferior horses, and even if they wanted to deceive them, they would not be able to do so. ”
”I know what's going on.”
The one who spoke was Cang Jie, seeing the two of them looking at him, he could not help but reveal a pleased expression, but quickly became stern. He looked at the rising sun in the distance. The vigorous morning sun had just jumped out of the East Sea, and its red rays illuminated half of the sky. He was quickly advancing forward with unstoppable speed. He shook his head and let out a long, worried sigh.
”Sigh …” ”The Guang Yang yellow scarf is finished, and the new sun is rising. I'm afraid no one can stop him from rising.”
”Hurry up and tell us what happened. Don't be so emotional here.”
He Xiong glanced at Cang Jie. When did you become so sentimental? However, Cang Jie did not care about the look in He Xiong's eyes. His mood was indeed very good, the father and son pair were currently following Yang Lin, rising to prominence together with this new star, so how could he not be happy?
”We're just bait. When Cheng Yuanzhi saw that there was only one ten thousand people attacking Guangyang, he knew that they would definitely attack and leave the city to meet him. As long as Cheng Yuanzhi appears in Guangyang, Yang Lin's ten thousand cavalrymen will rush over like a tide and eliminate all of Cheng Yuanzhi's xanthopanax outside the Guangyang City. ”
”Ah …” This Yang Lin is too ruthless. The fierce fresh inferior is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in front of him. Those xanthopanax that have left the city are not like a group of chickens waiting to be slaughtered, how can they even have the strength to retaliate? ”
The three of them did not speak for a while, before their eyes, it was as if they saw Yang Lin leading thousands of troops and wielding his spear and saber, like a group of fierce tigers charging into a sheep pen, wantonly slaughtering without resistance or retaliation.
Cheng Yuanzhi had just occupied Guangyang and mugged it for a few days, making him extremely happy. The rich and powerful nobles and rich families of the Guangyang County all came to the Guangyang City. Once the Guangyang City was ruined, they all became Cheng Yuanzhi's spoils of war. However, before he could rejoice for even a few days, a scout came to report that over ten thousand soldiers from Zhuo County had rushed over to kill Guang Yang.
”Gather all of you, go meet the enemy.”
”Dang, dang, dang, dang …”
The sound of a gong quickly sounded from the Guangyang City, it was an order to summon the soldiers of the xanthopanax. Many of the soldiers were still looting, trying to find out what was going on in the homes of the commoners who had already been looted a few times. Hearing the order to assemble urgently, they had no choice but to withdraw their plans for the robbery and immediately ran towards the sports field.
”Lord General, we should defend ourselves from the city. When the Zhuoxian soldiers comes from afar, we cannot fight for too long. Once they are exhausted, we can attack later. ”
When Zhang Ji heard that Cheng Yuanzhi was going to attack the entire city, he immediately went forward to advise against it. He had finally managed to take over Guangyang, how could he easily leave the city and put himself at a disadvantage? Moreover, half of the xanthopanax s had already gone to attack the fishing yang, so these five ten thousand people s were probably not the opponent of the officials. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yuanzhi had his own ideas, and unhappily looked at him, and snorted coldly.
”If Zhuoxian soldiers comes from afar, he will definitely be exhausted. Our troops will go out of the city to meet the enemy, and we will destroy them in one stroke. If you choose to defend the city on your own, you can allow him to catch his breath under the city, and it will be difficult to break through. ”
The Youzhou had assassinated Shi Guo Xun's soldiers, and Guang Yang's taiwai, Liu Wei's soldiers had been defeated by him while he was still defending in the city, why would he care about these Zhuoxian soldiers that came from over ten thousand miles away? Without even thinking about it, he gathered all of the Five ten thousand people's horses and galloped out of the Guangyang City, leaving about five thousand people behind to defend the Guangyang City.
”Form the formation, prepare to meet the enemy.”
About five kilometers away from Guangyang City, Cheng Yuanzhi finally welcomed the ten thousand odd county soldiers from Shu County. Cheng Yuanzhi who was slightly more knowledgeable in military affairs knew that he had the advantage in terrain, and in this flat plain, only the Wujiapo had some altitude. He immediately ordered a formation to be set up on the Wujiapo, in preparation for a war with the Zhuoxian soldiers.
”Howl …”
The Zhuoxian soldiers's Bullhorn blew, and immediately after, Cheng Yuanzhi's xanthopanax's Bullhorn also blew, its voice was low and long, but everyone's heart was trembling, even the flowers on the Wujiapo could feel it, and they all lowered their heads, as though they could not bear to watch the upcoming massacre. Even the sun that was going to the west had finally found a cloud and hid their faces inside it, whether it was the Zhuoxian soldiers or the soldiers of the xanthopanax, they all felt a chill in their hearts.
The Bullhorn kept on ringing, and everyone could feel the vibrations in the air, as though they had heard the mournful wail of a funeral. The fear of death shook everyone's heart, regardless of whether they were soldiers or military officers, in the forest of archery rain, there were no differences between high and low. No matter if it was the Zhuoxian soldiers or the yellow-scarfed soldier, everyone knew that they had to fight to the death, otherwise, no one could escape from death.
The sun gradually went west, as if avoiding the impending massacre, and stayed behind the clouds, refusing to show his face again. The sky gradually darkened, the sky was overcast, and thick clouds pressed down heavily on everyone's hearts.
”Howl …”
The Bullhorn from both sides continued to ring endlessly, echoing in the desolate plains for a long time, as though they were crying. The aura of death was spreading. The soldiers on both sides were trembling. Fear was tightly holding onto everyone's heart, and everyone held their breath.
The Yellow Scarves was also quite imposing. The horses of the Five ten thousand people s were lined up in a line that could travel ten miles. Everyone had their hair draped over their heads with a yellow handkerchief. Seeing that there was only one ten thousand people on the other side, the confidence in his heart increased. He shouted in unison, startling countless birds in the grass.
Yang Lei sneered. Looking around, there were more than fifty thousand xanthopanax, and less than two thousand with horses. His clothes were in disarray, he had swords and spears, a lot of people holding wooden sticks, kitchen knives, hoes and the like. This was an army, a bunch of refugees. He could not help but shake his head.
”Heavens, this is the xanthopanax that defeated Zou Jing? How big a deal could this motley crowd accomplish? ”Can you withstand a single charge from our cavalry?”
He Xiong was also slightly disdainful, with just these noisy farmers, they did not need to rely on their cavalry, just these footmen, they were enough to defeat them. It was hard to imagine how Lord Zou Jing's Youzhou Army and that Guangyang's taiwai, Liu Wei's, County Guard could actually be defeated by these people.
”No wonder Yang Lin is so at ease. With this kind of xanthopanax, he probably can't even beat us foot soldiers.”
”xanthopanax wants everyone, no matter what, we can't compare to Yang Lin's cavalry. He is very selective in recruiting cavalry, he doesn't even want to be a little shorter, how could those xanthopanax s be his match.”
”Hehe, hehe, looks like there's going to be a good show today. These xanthopanax are really sad.”
He Xiong laughed bitterly, but in his heart, he was rejoicing for himself. If he had not met Yang Lin and followed him to the Youzhou, he might have brought the brothers of the eagle peak to another path. From the looks of it now, it was truly a dead end for him.
”Pass down the order, all xanthopanax will be captured alive. Unless absolutely necessary, do not kill him. ”
”Understood.”
herald ran far away and quickly transmitted Yang Lei's orders to every single soldier's ears. However, He Xiong and Cang Jie couldn't help but shake their heads. Ten thousand against fifty thousand, you still want to capture them all alive?