A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 114 Three Attacks on Taihang, Battle of Baishi Mountain
Thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang

After a year of preparations and assignments, General Ren Kai officially took office. He gathered about 20,000 troops in the county to prepare to enter the mountains to suppress the bandits.

In this year, in addition to receiving orders from the central government, General Ren Kai of Ping Kou also learned the lessons from the failures of Julu and Handan counties. He constantly sent spies to inquire about the news in the mountain. He learned that the largest bandit in the mountain was the Baishi bandit from Baishi Mountain. In the name of inheriting the Baishi bandit, he The country is the flag that upholds justice for heaven.

Originally, the White Stone Bandits were the ones who unified the bandits in the Taihang Mountains, acting like bandit kings. However, after receiving news three months ago, the White Stone Bandits actually started digging their own graves and annexing other bandits, causing their so-called rebel alliance to break up. .

And because the White Stone Thieves were so powerful, other bandits who were unwilling to accept the White Stone Thieves' recruitment formed the Anti-White Stone Alliance. This information was given to Ren Kai by the Anti-White Stone Alliance, which made Ren Kai even more cautious about this bandit suppression operation. of confidence.

Here, with the continuous annexation of Baishi Village, after the purpose was exposed, they no longer hid it and directly sent troops to attack the bandits who were unwilling to surrender. At this time, there were already eighteen large villages and sixty small villages. .

After experiencing the situation where Hanoi County sent troops and failed to get the news in time, Bai Qing recalled the person in charge of the shadow guards of Hanoi County, and the shadow guard who had performed meritorious service in Dong County became the person in charge of the shadow guards of Hanoi County.

Therefore, this time in Taihang Mountain, as soon as Ren Kai wrote a letter and was appointed to go to the mountain to suppress the bandits, he got the news that Hanoi County Council had assembled a large number of troops to attack Taihang Mountain. After a series of news, this time the attack force peak was directed at Baishi. Baishi Village, and said that there were bandits in the mountains leading the way, so the trio of Baishi Village immediately got together to find a solution.

The three of them soon came to a conclusion, gathered everyone together, and then built the village wall and defended it. Then 40,000 village soldiers from other mountain villages were mobilized to garrison in Baishi Village, and the people from the other 60 mountain villages were gathered into the eighteen mountain villages, and the remaining ones defended the eighteen large villages to resist possible bandits. Counterattack Peak.

In May, 20,000 Hanoi soldiers set out from Hanoi County, leaving 5,000 soldiers to guard the city. Ten days later, they arrived in Tai'a County, and on the 13th they entered the mountains and began to suppress the bandits.

The county soldiers received guidance and information from the local bandits along the way, which made Ren Kai feel as if his eyes were opened and he felt very comfortable. Along the way, there were 20,000 county soldiers in a continuous line. There was a large banner in the middle with the name "General Ping Kou" written on it, and several others. The words "Hanoi Commandery" and "Ren" are written on the flag to indicate the identity of the army.

When Ren Kai learned that the bandits in Baishi Village had withdrawn their defenses and were waiting for him to attack in the village, he was very proud and said to the generals on the side: "Look, bandits are bandits. As soon as our Qin Heavenly Soldiers arrive, All of them can only be captured without restraint. Do you believe that as soon as we arrive at the foot of the mountain, the former leader of the White Stone Thief will tie his hands and ask for surrender?"

As he spoke, he actually laughed. The leader of the Anti-White Stone Alliance next to him had no choice but to apologize. At this time, he thought to himself: "They are all a bunch of old foxes, no wonder they chose me to be the leader, they have no good intentions!"

On the 21st, after traveling all the way through mountains and rivers, Hanoi County soldiers finally arrived at the northern foot of Taihang Mountain, which is Baishi Mountain in Baishi Village.

Ren Kai sent troops to strictly control the two mountain roads into the mountain, and then asked the leader of the Anti-White Stone Alliance to go up the mountain to persuade him to surrender. The leader had a bitter look on his face and seemed very reluctant. Seeing this, Ren Kai narrowed his eyes slightly and said with murderous intent: " What? You don’t want to? You don’t want the official position in the Tai’a County Army?”

When the alliance leader heard this, he broke out in cold sweat and said quickly: "I wish to go, I am willing to go." Then he stepped forward to receive Ren Kai's surrender letter and rolled out of the military tent. He originally wanted to ask a few younger brothers to go with him, but when he heard that he was going to the mountain to deliver a message, they all shook their heads like rattles.

"You bitches, when it comes to eating meat and drinking, you are faster than anyone else, and you start to shirk when something happens? Three of you must come out today!"

The bandits pushed each other and finally pushed out three people who had gone up the mountain with the leader.

In the Juyi Hall of Baishi Village, Yuan Lun and the others read the letter of persuasion written by Ren Kai, which was nothing more than that the heavenly soldiers had arrived and surrendered quickly, and that only the culprits would be killed, and the accomplices would not be killed, etc. Yuan Lun looked at the three people in the hall and said with a smile: "Hey! Isn't this the leader of the alliance? How can you become a messenger after not seeing each other for a few days?"

The leader of the alliance smiled and said: "The generals of the imperial court are interested in it, so I took the initiative to come. How about it? How are you prepared, the master?"

Yuan Lun smiled half-heartedly and said, "Should we bring a gift for surrender, so that the general can see our loyalty?"

When the leader heard this, he thought it was funny, and then he immediately stood up and said, "It's better to hurry up! Don't let the general wait down below. The general values ​​me very much, and I can recommend him on his behalf."

Yuan Lun said: "Oh? Is that true? Then I have to borrow something from the leader!"

The alliance leader heard these words with some familiarity, but subconsciously asked: "What is it?"

Yuan Lun suddenly stood up and said: "You have a head on your neck!"

"what!"

"Someone come and chop off this dog's head for me."

"Master, wait a minute! General Yamashita values ​​me very much. If you kill me, you will really fight to the death with the Qin army!"

"Hmph! How important can a bandit be? I heard that you led people to massacre a village two months ago? I will help them collect the interest first!"

Soon, with a "click", the leader who was dragged out of the door became silent. The guards came in with heads in hand to report. Yuan Lun asked: "How many of the people he brought had committed righteous violations on their hands?"

The guard said: "Tell the general, two of the three were guilty of murder, but only one did not dare to commit the crime because of cowardice."

"In this case, let the man take the bandit leader down the mountain and report it to the Qin army!"

"As you command General!"

It turned out that Yuan Lun was a former general of the Bai Kingdom. Yuan Lun was only 22 years old at the time and served as a partial general in the army. His father was one of the three generals.

His father died in the battle of Daliang. After that, he became the guard of one of the eight passes of the Bai Kingdom. He fought until the end and was almost exhausted. He was rescued by his tribesmen desperately. He fled into the mountains and was raised by an Orion family in the mountains for a year. injury,
Finally, I found the shadow guard's secret contact place and returned to Huaishuyuan. However, all my family members were dead, and there were only a few dozen clan members. Others were either separated or killed in battle, and some could not be contacted.

These are troubled times! Even the Bai clan has many members who no longer have contact with the Taihang Mountains and have become independent branches, but their family history will only be shortened by hundreds of years.

The sky became dark, and the campfires in the county soldiers' camp at the foot of the mountain swayed, reflecting the dark shadows of the patrolling soldiers on both sides.

"Damn bandits, if you have no shame, then I will have to eat your sword."

Ren Kai was very angry when he saw the leader's head. He was not angry about the death of the leader, but thought that Yuan Lun was provoking him. This made the proud Ren Kai unbearable.

"Pass my order and hurry up to make siege equipment tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, I will attack the mountain!"

"Order!"

Third day

The county soldiers who were all ready began to attack under Ren Kai's order. There were two roads up the mountain, and both of them could only allow three people to pass abreast, and they were very rough.

However, after yesterday's widening and construction by thousands of Qin soldiers, the second half of the road was much easier to walk.

The county soldiers climbed to the middle of the mountain without any attacks. When they reached the middle of the mountain, the first ones to attack were the bows and crossbows from Baishi Village.

Dense arrows pierced the bodies of the attacking soldiers. Because they were attacking bandits, they did not bring too many shields in order to rush to the wall as quickly as possible, so the attack of the county soldiers was immediately repelled.

Ren Kai pulled another bandit leader next to him and roared: "Is this a bandit? Bandits have bows and crossbows?"

The bandit said tremblingly: "Maybe it was captured in the battle last year!"

"How can such a dense rain of arrows be captured? I believe you when you say the border guards are here!"

"This...ah! By the way, I heard that they obtained the arsenal left by the Bai Kingdom, so they have such sharp weapons."

"You bastard! Didn't you tell me earlier?"

The bandit leader did not dare to reply.

"Send my military order to send additional shields and armor to the attacking troops. You must attack them for me."

"Order!"

Soon the second round of attack arrived. The county soldiers held up their shields and slowly approached the wall. The arrows rained as expected, but with the protection of the shields, the damage was still acceptable.

After walking a few steps, I heard a "rumbling" sound, and a rolling stone was actually released on the mountain.

The county soldiers quickly gave up their shields and ran away. The training never taught them how to defend against rolling stones! In an instant, the county soldiers suffered heavy losses.

Ren Kai looked livid, and before he even touched the city wall, a thousand soldiers had been killed or injured.

"Their rolling stones only have two rounds at most. Someone come here and catch the bandits up. Anyone who can't get up will be shot!"

The bandits were confused when they saw the shields stuffed by the county soldiers. When they heard that they wanted to attack the mountain, none of them were willing. Some even threw their shields on the ground to show that they did not accept cooperation.

But the Qin army fired a burst of crossbows at them and said to them: "Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Saying that they were about to fire arrows again, the bandits immediately picked up their shields and ran up the mountain. Halfway up the mountain, another wave of rolling stones came, and the bandits hurriedly ran down the mountain.

After finally dodging the rolling stones, his way was blocked by the arrows of the county soldiers. The general on the opposite side said: "There are no more rolling stones on the mountain. Go up the mountain quickly. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy!"

The bandits had no choice but to return to the mountain and place themselves under their shields one by one.

Just as they returned to their previous position, a hail of arrows hit them. The bandits shivered and hid under their shields. When the rain of arrows stopped, they quickly moved forward. When the rain of arrows came, they stopped and huddled under their shields.

After three rounds of arrow rain, they finally arrived at the foot of the village wall. Following them were county soldiers who were also holding shields.

As well as the county archers behind them, the Qin army fired arrows directly at the top of the city. In the haste, Baishi Village suffered a lot of losses, but the bandits also suffered, and Chiyu was affected.

Under the cover of archers, the county soldiers finally put the ladder against the city wall, and the bloody hand-to-hand combat began.

There were only more than a hundred bandits who survived, but there were originally three thousand of them.

The county soldiers finally rushed up to the wall, but before they could get a foothold, they were knocked down by a rolling log. By the time they reached the wall, they had no strength left. Seeing this, Ren Kai could only withdraw his troops and fight again tomorrow.

In this day's battle, the county soldiers suffered more than 1,500 casualties, the bandits lost 3,000, and Baishizhai suffered more than 1,000 casualties. Most of them were injured by the unprepared county archers and the county soldiers after climbing the wall. After all, a year ago , some were not even a year old, and half a year ago, they were all a group of bandits, and they had no experience of fighting against the regular army.

Forty thousand bandits required many experienced generals and manpower from the Bai family. Bai Qing invested almost all the strength of the Bai family into it. Therefore, at this time, Bai Qing was in the Juyi Hall of Baishi Village, but the identity of Bai's son was not revealed. identity.

But the base number is too large. Even with the backbone of the Bai family, it still cannot become an army comparable to the county soldiers overnight. Their combat effectiveness may be similar to the county soldiers.

The Bai family did not have so much armament, so of the 40,000-strong army, only 10,000 were fully equipped, and the total number of bows and crossbows was only over 500. This was the result of Bai Qing having Baigong Valley work overtime to make them.

(End of this chapter)