Running a few miles away, he stopped his horses and looked back, only to see a chaotic crowd of people fleeing in the moonlight. After waiting for a long time, Yepu Duoge and Puro Baozhong came up, and the three of them got together.

Looking at the soldiers who kept fleeing south, Bury Xiangre asked Ye Pu Duoge: "Where did the captain order the soldiers and horses to assemble?" ”

Yepu Duoge said: "There are no cities or villages in this area, where can you tell where to say? Only let the generals lead their troops to the south and assemble several miles away. I can't tell the way at night, and I don't know when I can stop. ”

Bury Duo Re frowned when he heard this: "How is this good?" That's it, this battle can't be fought, let's go back to the right side of the military city. Captain Ye Pu ordered his own soldiers to assemble on the road and withdraw to the military city. ”

Bao Zhong said: "Where did you think that the Song army's artillery is so powerful, how to fight?" It's better to go back to the military city and discuss it again. ”

Bury Yixiang said in a deep voice: "This time it's a trip for nothing!" It doesn't matter if you lose, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. But even the Song army didn't see it clearly, so it was defeated, and even the Song army's combat strength was not tried - forget it, go back to the city! ”

Wu Fengchen took the cavalry of his own team and marched all the way, chasing the party's rout. When they arrived near the abandoned fort, the barracks were empty, and most of the party soldiers fled. Most of the wounded remained, as well as soldiers who took care of the wounded and did not want to escape.

Wu Fengchen said to his subordinates: "You don't have to stay here for a long time, these people can't escape, and they have their own brigade to clean up." The party members fled not far away, and we hurried for a while before we could catch up with their brigade. Killing those defeated soldiers is the real military feat! ”

Everyone said yes, and with Wu Fengchen, they bypassed the party and the army, and went all the way to the south.

After walking a short distance, I saw that in the party barracks in front of me, there were fires everywhere and crowds of people. Seeing that the party soldiers here did not flee, but instead guarded the barracks, Wu Fengchen was taken aback, and hurriedly took his subordinates to hide in the dark shadows on the side. He said in a low voice: "A large number of party members gather here, aren't they hiding and trying to kill our pursuers?" Get out of the way and see how it goes! ”

Looking closely, I saw that the non-commissioned officers in the party camp neither lined up nor fled, but gathered in a heap, not knowing what to do. After observing it for a while, it has been like this, which is confusing.

Wu Fengchen said to the soldiers around him: "The military tent over there is remote, and there are only three people in front of the tent. A few of you went quietly with me, arrested the three men, and asked them to confess. These party members behave strangely and have to be cautious! ”

After speaking, he brought a few personal soldiers and quietly stepped forward from the dark shadow. I saw three party soldiers sitting by the fire in front of the tent, the nearest one was napping with his legs crossed, one was looking at the moon in the sky stupidly, and the other was bored fiddling with the fire.

Wu Fengchen gestured, and the two personal soldiers were on guard on the side, and he took two of them and stepped forward quietly. When he got closer, he unexpectedly threw down the nearest party soldier and covered his mouth with his hand. The other two pro-soldiers strode forward, drew their waist knives, and pointed them at the chests of the other two party soldiers. raised his knife and wanted to stab, but he saw that the two party soldiers had already raised their arms and looked at the two of them.

Wu Fengchen said in a deep voice: "Catch them alive, take them away together!" ”

Hearing the order, the pro-soldiers strode forward, cut off the arms of the two party soldiers who raised their hands, covered their mouths, and followed behind Wu Fengchen. The three party soldiers did not resist in the slightest, did not say a word, and were escorted by Wu Fengchen and the three of them to their own suspension place in the dark.

When he arrived at the place, Wu Fengchen shook the person in his hand to the ground and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?" Why don't you run away? ”

Humanity on Earth: "Who are you?" Why do you want to arrest a few of us? ”

Tonight's events were extremely weird, which made Wu Fengchen upset, and he couldn't help kicking it, and said, "Grandpa is the leader of the Song army, come to pursue the rout!" You birds, you don't run away from the guns, what are you doing here! ”

The man said: "We are the soldiers and horses newly gathered, and the master's family is a regular soldier, in the front barracks." Without a military order, how dare you escape? ”

Wu Fengchen was stunned, and hurriedly asked his own soldiers to push the other two people over, and asked in a deep voice: "You are also auxiliary soldiers?" The owner is not there? ”

The two party soldiers said yes together.

Wu Fengchen listened to the shrill voice, stepped forward to inquire carefully, and found that one of the two was a woman and the other was a teenager.

The party and the whole people are soldiers, and it is not surprising that a man over the age of fifteen is enlisted in the army, and the child looks fifteen or sixteen years old. There are women in the army, or soldiers, Wu Fengchen has never seen them, or even heard of them.

Under the moonlight, this woman is in her twenties, her appearance is ordinary, not beautiful, and she is also ugly. Wu Fengchen said: "You are a woman, why did you join the army?" The party is so unbearable, do you want to let women join the army? ”

The woman said, "There are only two husbands and wives in the slave family, and a five-year-old child is under his knees. The king ordered the troops and horses, but my husband unfortunately contracted the wind and cold, and was bedridden, so he had to serve in the army for him. Our party members are not like you Han people, and it is not uncommon for women to join the army. ”

When Wu Fengchen heard this, he couldn't believe his ears. The Han people also have women in the army, either in a very special situation like the Women's Army in the Tang Dynasty, or the country is ruined, and women and children go together. But in the peaceful years, there were occasional wars, so women were allowed to join the army, and they really didn't encounter it.

After careful inquiry, I learned that all the households of the party who were registered in the military must join the army when they assemble, otherwise they would have to hire someone to replace them. This woman's family was someone else's slave household, and where did she have the money to hire someone, she had to come by herself. I think it's strange, it's just that I don't know much, and many places in the party use women instead of soldiers. Even the forts in the front line of the Song Dynasty in the area of Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain had a fixed number of village women.

Wu Fengchen didn't bother with these things, and asked, "There are many horses in the military camp over there, are they all auxiliaries like you?" ”

The woman nodded: "It's not an auxiliary, which one is willing to stay here?" We do not have the master's military order, and if we are separated, we will be severely punished when we return. ”

Wu Fengchen somewhat understood that these people didn't want to escape, but they didn't dare to escape. A regular soldier is a person with an identity, and the war is unfavorable, so he flees. Some of the auxiliaries were recruited temporarily, and it was nothing if they escaped. Only this group of people is someone else's slave household, and when they are gathered, they are the master's auxiliaries, and they dare not escape if they want to escape without the master's orders. If you get separated, you may be severely punished by your master when you go back, or even take your life.

Look at the barracks over there, there are many campfires lit in it, and they are all around the fire, and they don't know where to go. Wu Fengchen said: "I'm afraid there are thousands of people here, since they have encountered them, then they can't let them go." You stay here, and I'll take a few of my own soldiers back to report to the general. As long as a few hundred soldiers and horses come, these people can be captured and returned. Thousands of people were captured in the First World War, and this is not a small result! ”

In the first battle of Shundu, Du Zhongxiao ordered to capture more prisoners, which was different from the previous battles. These are not regular soldiers, after all, they are party soldiers.

Dou Shunqing came down from the watchtower and was watching the battle report in the handsome tent. Wu Fengchen came in and said with a forked hand: "Cavalry captain Wu Fengchen, I've seen the general!" ”

Dou Shunqing said: "No need to be polite. You say there is an important military intelligence report, but I don't know what? ”

Wu Fengchen said: "General, the last general led the team to pursue the party's rout, all the way to the military camp in their rear, and saw that there were many soldiers there, and they did not flee to the south, nor did they line up, which is very unusual. After catching a few party soldiers and questioning, I learned that it was the rear camp of the party, and the baggage was put on the back. The guards there were all auxiliaries, and because the regular soldiers had fled, they did not dare to leave without military orders. These people are only full of people in the army, and many of them don't even have weapons and do some chores. They have neither the ability to fight, nor the will to fight, as long as a few hundred people, they can take thousands of prisoners back. ”

Dou Shunqing listened, raised his head and said, "Are you right?" There were many people in the barracks, and several teams reported back. The military situation was urgent, and they all went around to pursue the rout, without detailed investigation. If it is as you say, the results of this battle will be great. ”

Wu Fengchen forked his hand: "The last general asks clearly, and he is willing to guarantee the head of the item!" ”

Dou Shunqing waved his hand: "We don't talk about this in the army, what kind of head guarantee military order, it is strictly forbidden to pass the strategy!" In this way, I will allocate a thousand soldiers and horses here, and go with you to the party camp and arrest those people. You listen to Commander Lu's command, and the people are captured, and you have made a great contribution! ”

After speaking, he instructed his own soldiers to summon Lu Commander to come, and asked him to take his troops and horses, follow Wu Fengchen to the party camp in front, and capture all those party auxiliary soldiers. At the same time, by the way, clean up the party barracks, capture the prisoners, bring back supplies, and don't have to wait for dawn.

Out of the handsome tent, Commander Lu asked Wu Fengchen: "What you said is true?" The two armies fought, and before they heard that the brigade had fled, the escorts did not dare to flee. Auxiliaries are not as good as regular soldiers, shouldn't they run earlier? ”

Wu Fengchen said: "The party is different from our army, in addition to regular soldiers, they also have auxiliary soldiers. Most of the soldiers and auxiliaries of Helan Mountain who gathered this time were regular soldiers, and they were not allowed to be ordered by regular soldiers and did not dare to escape. The horses, camels, and grain and grass they looked at were all the property of the regular soldiers. If they ran away and threw these things away, how could the regular soldiers spare them after the war? This kind of thing is the first time I have encountered it, so I don't think it's strange. ”

When fighting head-on, the auxiliaries do not go to the battlefield, but are responsible for serving the main soldiers, and they are tired before and after the saddle. When they plundered after victory, they came in handy and plundered with the regular soldiers. The looted wealth belongs to the regular soldiers, but the regular soldiers will give the auxiliary soldiers a reward according to the situation. There are even a small number of auxiliaries who are not slave households, and they can still rob foreign households as slaves.

In the previous battles, the Song army did not encounter a large number of auxiliary soldiers, and this was the first time that it had encountered it. Helan Mountain is different from other places, the households under its jurisdiction are relatively wealthy, and there are few regular soldiers and many auxiliary soldiers, and most of the auxiliary soldiers are slave households of regular soldiers.

Listening to Wu Fengchen's introduction of the situation ahead, Commander Lu geared up. Unexpectedly, a few cannons were fired, the party members were scared away, so many prisoners were captured, and a lot of livestock and materials were obtained, this battle was really easy.

Heavy artillery is a weapon directly mastered by Du Zhongxiao, and each cannon has more than a dozen artillerymen, plus the horses pulled, the cost is huge. Not to mention, artillery is expensive, shells are expensive, and each cannon uses more gunpowder than other guns, all of which are fed with money. Put a few rounds of cannons, this is a light word, but in fact, the price is huge. After the first battle of Hue, the whole army rested, and Du Zhongxiao was willing to give Dou Shunqing such a use.