Chapter 524: A Sword Seals the Throat
(Crying blood for a monthly pass!) )
At the foot of the hillside of the west side of Juye Mountain, the coalition army camp.
Three scout cavalrymen wearing the red uniforms of the Xuanwu Army quickly returned to the camp, "The forward battalion of the Xuanwu Army scouts Zhu Wen, Zhu Cun, and Zhu Zhen returned to the camp to report the military situation!" ”
The sergeant guarding the camp inspected the badges of the three cavalrymen, nodded at them, and let them in.
Looking at the backs of the three of them in the distance, a camp gate guard next to them smiled and said, "Holy shit, these three guys are fateful." ”
"yes." A person next to him answered, "When I came to join the army a few days ago, I thought these three guys were very strong, but I didn't expect to ask for a few hands." Did you see their horses just now, these three guys didn't ride horses when they left camp last time, and they only came back two days later, and they actually came back on a tall horse. ”
"What are the three horses, don't you see a few heads hanging on the three of them right away? Five of each of them were hung, and the three of them cut off fifteen heads. I don't know if Lu Dao is where to find it, and the flat-headed people killed it. Another red-eyed guy said.
"Fuck it, our brothers in the Xuanwu Army are using it to kill good and risk merit?" The officer in front of the camp scolded with a smile, "The three Zhu brothers are terrible, they have only been in the army for a few days, less than a month, they were just a big soldier when they entered the camp, but they ended up in the scout camp, we camped here for ten days, and these three guys went out and went five times." I helped them write it down, and killed sixty-three enemy scouts and horses, and robbed twenty-seven grass thieves and horses. ”
When he said this, the officer was also full of envy. Sixty-three first-level merits, even if one of the most dear can only get a two-pass reward, this is also one hundred and forty-six dollars. Not to mention. Captured horses. According to the rules, they can get one-third of the reward for the war horses after handing in the war horses. A hundred times a war horse can get at least thirty-two or three pieces of money, and these war horses are thousands of dollars. Not to mention the weapons and armor they seized in the past few days, and they have made a windfall.
"Lao Tzu is envious of that beautiful concubine in that dog day, who is really fucking white and tender, and I don't know what kind of shit luck this Ah San took in his previous life."
"It's called beauty loves heroes. Dog, if you go to cut five heads today and take two war horses back, Lao Tzu guarantees that you also have a bunch of beauties crying and shouting to marry you! The officer laughed and cursed.
In the camp of the coalition army, the three of Zhu Wen, who were covered in blood, rolled off their horses and fell off their horses, walked in front of a Xuanwu tooth soldier, and said with a smile: "Brother, please help me convey it, just say that Zhu Wen, Zhu Cun, and Zhu Zhen of the scout camp have important news to return." ”
The tooth soldier looked at him coldly, but he didn't move. Zhu Wen hurriedly took out a golden hairpin from his arms and quietly handed it to him, and the tooth soldier quietly worried. I felt that it was not light, and there was a little smile on my face at the moment. "It turned out to be Brother Zhu, wait a minute, brother will go and pass it on to you."
When the man went, Zhu Zhen spat on the ground, "Phew, shit, if this thief ball went to be a soldier in the Zhenguo Army, his mother's head would have been cut off and kicked as a ball, and he would be a dog who recognizes money and doesn't recognize people." ”
Zhu Wen sighed: "Fourth brother, I will not mention the Zhenguo Army in the future." After saying this, his tired face was full of loneliness.
The tooth soldiers went and returned, "The marshal is in the capital prison and the big tent is deliberating, let you go there directly to report the military situation." Saying that, they led the way, and Zhu Wen and the three followed behind. After the tooth soldiers reported outside, two of their own capital supervisors checked them with their own ears and led them into the account.
"Oh! Are these three the young heroes that Mu Jieshuai praised just now, I heard Mu Jieshuai say that although you have been in the army for a short time, you have made many achievements in the scout camp, not only have you found valuable news many times, but the three of them have also won sixty-three heads, twenty-seven war horses, thirteen pairs of iron armor, and fifty pairs of leather armor? "Ximen Sigong also guarded in southern Xinjiang in his early years, and he is no stranger to military affairs, as soon as he heard about this achievement, he knew very well that if it was not a false report, then these three people were really extremely rare heroes. At that moment, he deliberately asked Mu Renyu to let the three of them come to meet.
Zhu Wen lowered his head and didn't dare to raise his head, and he just humbly said that the credit was all due to the command and dispatch of his superiors.
This answer made all the marshals in the tent slightly surprised, but also amazed. It is very rare to be high and not arrogant.
Yang Fugong also asked on the side: "I heard that I have a bit of literary talent, but I have read books and gone to school, where is my hometown?" ”
Zhu Wen seriously bowed his hand and replied: "The humble Zhu Wen is a native of Dangshan County, Song Prefecture, and his father was a private acquaintance, so the humble and his brother were able to enlighten some words. After his father died early, the family went to Xiao County, Xuzhou to join his family, and he has been working as a maid in the Liu family, a friend of his late father. Zhu Wen also introduced the identities of Zhu Cun and the two on his behalf, indicating that Zhu Cun is his second brother and Zhu Zhen is his sworn brother.
I heard that the three of them were just ordinary people, and everyone here was not much surprised. However, in the current world, the army also focuses on skills.
Ximen Sigong had the intention of wooing, so he praised and rewarded a few words, and gave three people a set of mountain armor. Yang Fugong also smiled and gave each of them a sword. Mu Renyu felt that there was light on his face, and generously gave each of the three people ten yuan money.
"I just heard that you have an urgent military report, what is the matter?" Cui Anqian asked.
Zhu Wen hurriedly said: "The humble post went out of the city yesterday to inquire about the news, and entered the camp of the thief army at night, and found that the thief seemed to be preparing for the army. Later, a leader of the city patrol army was arrested and interrogated. The thief leader Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao have decided to send troops to attack our army tonight. We later arrested several more officers, all of whom got the same confession. The lowly ones rushed back to report it! ”
Ximen Sigong was a little surprised, "What a brave thief, we didn't fight him, but he attacked him." ”
Cui An sneaked into the feeling that this was a normal situation, "Do you know why the Dao Thief Army suddenly attacked?" ”
Zhu Wen lowered his head, his face changed slightly, and replied: "According to the interrogation of the inferior rank, it seems that the thief leader Huang Chao learned that Li Dashuai of the Zhenguo Army had led his troops to leave Songzhou and enter Yanzhou, so he guessed that Li Dashuai might want to cut off their retreat. Therefore, the thief of Huangchao decided to take the initiative to attack us, hoping to tear through our defense line and directly kill Ben Biansong, Chen Xu, and even the eastern capital Luoyang. ”
"The grass thief was broken by Li Jing!" Cui An smiled subtly. "Things shouldn't be wrong, it seems that Li Jing beat Wang Xianzhi very painfully, they would rather face our 100,000 army than dare to turn back to fight Li Jing's more than 20,000 men."
"Then let's beat him up, and after beating these grass thieves, he will be terrified when he hears our name!" Ximen Sigong sneered.
Immediately, after waving Zhu Wen away, the marshals began to draw up a battle plan, arrange the details, and prepare for the battle.
Before dawn the next day, the numerous scouts who had been dispatched since yesterday evening continued to report that the grass thieves had already eaten dry food and the whole army came westward, marching forty miles at night.
The marshals were not surprised to hear the news, after receiving the news from Zhu Wen yesterday, they had already ordered most of the soldiers to rest enough during the day and rest for half a night at night. Breakfast had already been eaten at the fourth watch, and the whole army was already ready for battle.
In the dawn before the dawn of the sky, in the cold morning breeze, and in the confused white fog, the officers and soldiers were waiting for each other.
Groups of scouts kept returning to the camp, bringing back news that the grass thieves were getting closer and closer.
A touch of fish gall appeared in the sky, the glimmer of the morning light sprinkled down, and soon, a black line appeared in the eastern sky, and the first batch of light infantry of the grass thieves came overwhelmingly, like a black tide drowning everything.
"Report, the grass thief's front army is about 20,000 light infantry, which is close to five miles!" The horse galloped past, and immediately the knight shouted.
Heyang Jiedu made Li Zhuo loudly ask Ximen Sigong for an order: "Metropolitan Supervisor, this commander has fierce generals Zhuge Shuang and Li Hanzhi, and he can lead a thousand cavalry from his headquarters to attack, first frustrate the enemy's spirit, and raise the prestige of our army." ”
Cui Anqian, the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu, also stepped forward and said: "Li Jieshuai did not say what he said, and when the enemy was new and unstable, he should attack him with a light horse, which should be effective." However, 1,000 people are too few, and my Zhongwu Town is willing to transfer the town's generals Wang Jian and Jin Hui to attack with a thousand elite cavalry. ”
Not to be outdone, Mu Renyu wanted to send a thousand cavalry from the vanguard battalion and the two battalions of Youyi to attack.
Ximen Sigong smiled and said: "The generals are fighting bravely, and the capital prison has all agreed." The three towns of Heyang, Zhongwu and Xuanwu each sent a thousand elite horsemen to attack! ”
Wang Jian, Jin Hui, Zhuge Shuang, and Li Hanzhi added two brothers Mu Anguo and Mu Anbang of Xuanwu, and the six generals led 3,000 elite cavalry to attack. The three brothers, Zhu Wen, Zhu Zhen, and Zhu Cun, belonged to the Xuanwu Army's Xuanfeng Battalion, and they also stayed among the cavalry attacking at this time.
"Beat the drums, blow the trumpet!" Although Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong are two eunuchs, they are not only not afraid of the battlefield, but are full of enthusiasm and yearning. The eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be the most versatile eunuchs, they have led soldiers, fought wars, helped the emperor deal with government affairs, corrected the chapters, and even generated income for the emperor to make money. He also wears purple clothes, worships the general, and even supports the emperor, abolishes the emperor, and kills the emperor.
As the leaders of the Yang clan and the Ximen clan, the largest eunuch family in Chang'an Palace, the two of them can be civil and martial, and they are not afraid of such a war.
After the beating of the twelve huge cowhide war drums, the first to attack was not 3,000 elite cavalry, but as many as 30,000 infantry. The 30,000 horses, 10,000 soldiers in the middle, and 20,000 auxiliaries held the sides of the soldiers, and began to march slowly in formation to the sound of drums and horns. 10,000 light infantry of the front army facing the grass thieves head-on.
The three thousand elite cavalry had already assembled at this time, quietly circled to the left flank of the official army, and aimed at the right flank of the grass thieves who came later.
Among the six generals who went to war, Zhuge Shuang of Heyang Town had the highest military rank, so he served as the commander of 3,000 cavalry. Straddled on the black war horse, Zhuge Shuang rode in front of the cavalry formation, raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Target the right flank of the thief army, rush up, tear open the right flank of the thief army, and ignore the infantry of their front army." Don't pay attention to the cavalry placed on both flanks of the thief army, do you see the banner of the thief army? Our goal is to tear open the right flank, avoid their cavalry, and then tear another gap between the cavalry of the thief army and the rear army, and directly rush into the banner of the Chinese army and cut down their banner! Do you understand? ”
Zhuge Shuang was also born in the Xuzhou Pang Xun Rebellion Army in his early years, and he knew very well where the biggest weakness of the peasant army was. His sword is to seal his throat with a sword! (To be continued......)