Chapter 15: A Vicious Circle
Living on the road, Sun Qing doesn't understand what it means to live on the road. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After going back, he chatted with Jiang Jin for a long time, and probably understood what Yanbei meant by 'living on the road'.
From a small horse slave riding a sheep on the grassland to the initiator who made the tribes unable to survive the winter, and then from a horse thief to a rebel commander, a rout to an outlaw who became a traitor, until now he has become a Han army commander with 700 soldiers and horses under the command of 600 stone officials.
Yanbei has had too many different lives, if there is anything these lives have in common, it is only one, that is, no matter what you do, Yanbei can live a good life.
In the days that followed, Yan Bei was learning how to control his subordinates to form some battle formations other than the three talents.
Not being able to read and write has brought him too much trouble, and even the laws of the Han army have been passed on to him by word of mouth by Wang Zheng, not to mention these things on the battlefield.
Wheel fighting and killing techniques, these may be inferior to the county soldiers in a large camp, but at least Wang Zheng has experienced systematic tactics teaching, and it took a month to teach Yanbei simple formations such as marching and engagement.
Yan Bei briefly taught the meaning he had learned to the following generals and team leaders...... After all, in the future, their entire army will form a large battle formation, and any mistake in any link will determine the victory or defeat of a battle.
Because he promised those brothers who followed him that he would take them to live in this world, and to live better and better.
Just when all his subordinates could distinguish between right and left and listened to the simple order, Zhang Chun once again gathered the general Hou Duwei together.
The meaning of this time is different, Zhang Chun has reached an agreement with Zhang Ju in Youzhou and Lord Wuhuan outside the Saiwai to raise an army to rebel against the Han!
In the fourth year of Zhongping, in August, the rebellion began in Youzhou Yuyang and Jizhou Zhongshan.
In the northeast direction of Lunu City, there is a city named Puyin, which guards the traffic arteries of the border of Youji Prefecture, and if you want to connect the two states of Youji into one, it is the top priority to capture this city.
"It's really damn damn, forget about the rebellion, Chen Fei's shaft is lucky to stay in Lunu, and he wants us to attack Puyin!" Wang Zheng's complaints have not stopped along the way, since he heard the word rebellion in Zhang Chun's mouth, Wang Zheng has been on the verge of collapse, although he responded to Zhang Chun's orders, but the complaints made Yan Bei's ears calloused, "Why aren't we so lucky?" ”
"Lieutenant don't worry too much, as far as his subordinates know...... Puyin is just a small city. Yanbei comforted Wang Zheng: "There are less than 1,000 county soldiers in the city, even if the county commander and county lieutenant are unwilling to rebel, but we are also a Han army, as long as there are 100 people entering the city, our subordinates will be sure to take Puyin City." ”
This is not Yanbei's empty words, as early as when he first arrived in Zhongshan Kingdom, he sent riders to explore the situation in the counties, in the spring, the emperor ordered Sha Tai to fight the Yellow Turban, a petty official who had military merits but no political ability, the county commander and the county lieutenant of Puyin City were sand eliminated at the same time as Liu Bei, and now the county commander and the county lieutenant are all newcomers, and how much restraint can those county soldiers be in office for less than half a year?
Speaking of the Han Emperor Liu Hong did a foolish thing again, according to Yanbei's meaning, only those who have military merits in these years can hold the city, and those who can only govern the government and not fight wars...... It is also for nothing to put the huge city.
"What do you mean...... Let's infiltrate the county under the banner of the Han army? Wang Zheng asked in surprise: "Then what do you want to do later?" Even if the county magistrate opens the city gate, at most a hundred of us will be allowed to enter the city, so what about the back? ”
Seeing that Yanbei was laughing, Wang Zheng frowned and said, "To be honest, I'm not afraid of death...... What I'm afraid of is that the people who attack the city and die are our brothers, and my 400 robed brothers are not like your newly recruited soldiers, I took them to drill and train, eat and live together for two whole years, and send them to the city to fight for life and death? ”
Wang Zheng shook his head, "I don't want that. ”
"You don't have to worry about that!" Yan Bei patted his chest on the horseback and said with a smile: "I have a horse team of sixty people under my hand, and I went to the red-clothed soldiers in leather armor and lightly attacked this morning, at this time it should have been mixed into Puyin City, and when our soldiers and horses stopped outside the West Gate, our subordinates took people into the city, and shouted as the number, and directly rushed into the county official temple to behead the chief officer of Puyin, and the people and horses who were ambushed in advance opened the West Gate. ”
Yanbei painted a blueprint for Wang Zheng to seize the city that was extremely easy, but in fact, he had another plan in his heart...... Not only did he have to seize the city, but he also had to receive nearly a thousand Han troops in Puyin City.
He knew very well that once Zhang Chun's rebellion had a big impact, it was likely that the Han Dynasty would not be able to make a counterattack this winter, and when the Wuhuan people went south, the entire Youji and Hebei states would be in chaos, and then the chaos of the Yellow Turban would be repeated during this time.
There are soldiers in hand, and more soldiers can grasp the more right to speak.
Otherwise, he would have to go into exile with his confidant brother as before...... Only if he loses again this time, where else can he go into exile?
So if you want to do it, you have to do it!
Wang Zheng patted Yanbei's shoulder, sighed and said, "Erlang, it's really my blessing that you can come to me!" ”
Yan Bei smiled and did not answer.
In his opinion, what Wang Zheng said was right, and he had himself to help him...... It's a blessing for him!
"That's right, Jiro." Wang Zheng suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Yanbei and said, "I heard that some time ago, you killed a Wuhuan man outside Lunu City?" Or is it the messenger of Lord Wuhuan's message? ”
Yan Bei nodded and said, "That's the case, my subordinates don't know how to use crossbows, and they can't shoot accurately...... Otherwise, half of them should be killed! ”
"It's not good, although I don't like it either, but after all, it's a helper found by Zhang Fujun...... You just killed their messenger. Wang Zheng shook his head and said, "When the time comes, they will inevitably find trouble for you." ”
Yan Bei waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it, just the virtue of the Wuhuan people?" Unless they have 5,000 soldiers and horses to go south, as long as there are more people, they will not be able to make it to Zhongshan alive because of the entanglements in their tribe...... Even if they come, they can't all want to kill me, not to mention who kills whom! ”
Wang Zheng was surprised: "Erlang, you are not usually such a murderous person." ”
"Duwei, you don't know, Yan's hometown is Liaodong, Liaodong is the territory of the Wuhuan people, and if you walk a few steps and cross the Great Wall, you will be considered outside." Yan Bei shook his head and waved his hand and said: "For generations, the Liaodong Han'er, the Wuhuan people, and the Xianbei people have been killing and taking away in that land...... Alas, Wuhuan going south is never a good thing! ”
Wang Zheng grew up in Jizhou, and Zhongshan is relatively wealthy, so he didn't have too deep feelings about the war on the border, and he didn't know how to comfort Yanbei for a while, so he had to say: "Actually, I envy you for galloping freely on the grassland, walking with the sunrise and resting at sunset every day." ”
"A lot of people look down on it!" Yanbei shook his head and sighed: "The land is barren, the wars are continuous, and the people of the Central Plains also look down on us, many people look down on us, from generation to generation, from childhood to adulthood, the poorer they are, the more they fight, the more they fight, the poorer they become...... Good people stay there for a long time and become like me, and only a few people are lucky enough to get out of that circle. ”
But Yanbei knows better that even those who run away from places like the border of Liaodong will have no way to say goodbye to the blade and killing all their lives.
What is the border, going back four hundred years, the emperors have requisitioned prisoners to the border, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou, the ancestors with bad deeds want to mix up, they need to have greater strength and faster knives.
In the final analysis, what the people of the Central Plains and the people of the border states are pursuing is not a way of life at all.
The people of the Central Plains rely on learning to make a living, and the people of the border counties rely on steel knives to make a living.
Some people practice martial arts for their hobby, and Yanbei is regarded as a martial artist, but he has never learned martial arts from a samurai...... His martial arts are killing skills.
In battle, on the battlefield, fighting again and again to save one's own life and take the lives of others.
These words made both of them lose the desire to continue talking.
Estimating that it was not far from Puyin City, Yanbei beckoned the cavalry to gather his generals and team leaders, and Yanbei wanted to discuss with them what would happen after entering the city.
Jiang Jin had been sent into Puyin City by Yanbei and ambushed near the west gate of the city, which was also the place where they would attack later.
"Erlang, are you looking for us?"
Looking at Zhang Leigong, Wang Dang, Sun Qing, Li Damu and others who came from afar, Yan Bei nodded and gathered everyone together, and said on horseback: "Sun Qing, how far are we from Puyin?" ”
Sun Qing thought for a while and said to Yanbei: "There is still a maximum of an hour's foot, and after walking about twenty miles, we will see the chief official sent by Puyin City to meet us." ”
I don't know how he would feel if this matter was to let the county commander of Puyin know that he sent someone to receive an army that had betrayed the Han Dynasty.
"Every soldier in the army, you are more familiar than me, you pick out a hundred good men, and follow me to capture this city." Yan Bei looked at the surprised appearance of his subordinates with wide-eyed eyes, and said with a smile: "Jiang Jin has already brought dozens of brothers into the city, and he will take us when there is chaos, you just need to rush into the city with me and calm the scene when the county lieutenant and the county commander die." ”
"Wang Dang, Lei Gong, you two have the best martial arts, and you will lead twenty-five brothers to follow me when the time comes." Yan Bei commanded his brothers and said: "Big eye, you don't have to follow me after you lead thirty good hands into the city, enter the city to control the treasury in the city first, this is related to our grain and grass and the money we get, the most important thing, do you understand?" ”
"I understand!" Li Damu smiled innocently, looked at Yan Bei with a pair of copper bells and said, "What Yan Erlang asked me to do, what I did!" ”
Yan Bei nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Sun Qing: "Your matter is more important, I want you to lead forty-five good men to occupy the arsenal after entering the city, there is armor there, it is related to how many soldiers and horses we can arm after this war...... Quite possibly, by today, we will have thousands of soldiers and horses. ”
"The brothers have all had experience in the army, at this time, whoever has soldiers in their hands and who is the commander of the big canal, they all know, right?"