Late Tang

At the end of April, on the first day of the war, [-] militiamen from the militia battalion of Baima Township and [-] reserve militiamen accompanying the army occupied Jiumen Village, Jiumen County, on the north bank of the Hutuo River. .

When Nie Lieji walked through the fox ditch in front of the village with his chest held high and his head held high on a black horse, he could still hear waves of wind, thunder and the sound of swords and soldiers. In the ancient battlefield, there are countless corpses and destroyed weapons and armor buried underground, so when people walk through the ravine, they can often hear the sound of the battlefield.

On the river beach behind the ditch, there are willows, poplars, birches, pagoda trees, and mulberry trees. On a slightly higher slope, there are more than a hundred houses with gray roofs and yellow walls, surrounded by rough stones and loess. At the corner of the river beach in front of the village, there stands a tall windmill. Below the windmill is a mill built along the river.The tall windmill is like a small flower, and the mill is the fruit that has already been formed.

Nie Lieji took his Baima Town militia headquarters and lived in the yard of Lin Jiawen in the village. Lin Jiawen's father was once the village chief, and his family was a farming and studying heirloom for generations. The small farmyard is cleaner and more unique than other homes.Lin Jiawen didn't run away, nor did he hide. Facing the three thousand "Qin Fan soldiers" who rushed into the village at once, although he was a little nervous, he was not afraid.In the past two years, he has been to Wuji County many times and met many Qin soldiers.He knew that the Qin army was disciplined, and they would not rob, let alone burn or kill.Of course, these are just the legends he heard in Wuji City in the past, but he still thinks it is worth believing. After all, Jiumen Village and Wuji are only separated by a river, but the Qin army has been stationed in Wuji for several years, but there has been no robbery across the border. things.Even when they went to Wuji to exchange local products for something, they never overcharged them.Of course, when he stayed, he was more reluctant to go home, and Qin Jun came too fast.

Lin Jiawen took his third child and Xiaoyong to entertain the twenty people who fell into his house. At first, he hid his wife, mother and daughter in the vegetable cellar, but soon he discovered that these When Qin Jun was even more innocent than he had imagined, he gradually relaxed. Finally, after receiving the food expenses from the commander of Qin Jun, he simply called the women out again and asked them to come to the hospital. In the kitchen to prepare meals.

Nie Lieji tied the horse behind the stable and looked around across the yard.The family's life is obviously quite good, with three yards, painted chairs, and even a chime clock with a wooden shell and glass mirror, even if this kind of clock is the cheapest type nowadays, it is possible to own a clock It is definitely a rich peasant landlord.

Nie Lieji took off his heavy armor and hung it on the wall, leaving only a piece of cord armor on the outside. He also took off his helmet, put it on the table, and took out the tobacco rod to hold the shredded tobacco.

Zhao Tai came in, leaned his lance against the table, and said to him: "The army has surrounded Jiumen City, and now the rice outside is all in our pockets, and the militiamen from all towns have been stationed in every town. Village. The militia in our town has completely controlled Jiumen Village, and the people in this village have not resisted."

"Well, very good. Send a team of people to patrol and supervise the discipline. Things like looting, burning, killing and destroying gunmen are never allowed. Then let everyone prepare, take a rest, and after lunch, we will start harvesting rice in the afternoon."

During lunch, the sky above Jiumen Village was bursting with smoke, and the militiamen in Baima Town seemed to come to drive away relatives for a banquet, and the people of Jiumen Village also "warmly" entertained them. The patrol team, the militiamen standing guard at the door of each house, and the weapons in their hands really make people think that some lively wedding event is being held here.

After a meal, Nie Lieji directly invited the prestigious representative of Jiumen Village, the scholar Lin Jiawen, the village chief Lin Jiarui, and several old men from the Lin family.Sitting in the hall of his home, Lin Jiawen was so restrained at this time that he didn't know where to put his hands. Facing the tea brought by a few young militiamen, they just kept looking at him with a somewhat stiff and ingratiating smile. They nod.

Seeing all this, Nie Lieji coughed and attracted everyone's attention.

Then he said: "Fellow folks, we are the militiamen of Baima Town, Dingzhou, Qin Fan. I have just introduced you, Nie Lieji, the mayor of Baima Town." After a pause, he continued: "This time we are here to serve King Qin According to the order of Emperor Chang'an, come to destroy the Chengde rebels. But everyone, rest assured, Qin Wang is benevolent, this time the troops are only for rebellion, not to hurt the people. But now, I want to discuss with you folks... "

After hearing what the Qin Army Chief had said, Lin Jiawen felt much more at ease.The commander of the Qin army promised not to harm the people of Jiumen Village, so it must be true.However, he also sighed a little about the request he just made.Although Qin Jun said that he would not harm them, he proposed to requisition the grain in their fields for military use.When he saw Qin Jun appearing, he had already thought of this result.The army is out and there is food in the field, so how could they let it go.

But what surprised him was that Qin Jun actually proposed two compensation conditions.

"Don't worry, everyone, we won't take the grain for nothing. There are two plans here. One is to compensate you with money and silk according to the price after expropriating your grain. The other is to temporarily register the expropriated grain. If you If you are willing to move to the territory of the Qin Dynasty, the government will compensate the corresponding amount of money after the resettlement is completed. Or, temporarily register it in the register, and then pay the compensation when our army destroys Chengde's rebellion in the future. Look at these few Which one would you like to choose?"

Originally, this time they came to harvest grain, but specifically, there were new orders for camping.For those people who do not resist and oppose the Qin army, the Qin army cannot directly take away their food and property, but for long-term consideration, propose these two solutions. After all, the second town is about to perish, and soon these people will all be Qin. Fan people.

Lin Jiawen turned to discuss with his brothers and uncles for a while, and finally felt that Qin Jun's terms were very generous.Although in troubled times, everyone would prefer to keep their own food, but they all know that this is impossible.This is also the encounter with the Qin army. If there are other troops, who cares about you so much, just grab the food and leave.Originally, there were two elders who thought they should take the money directly, and a few brothers who thought they should move to Qin Fan. They felt that although Qin Jun treated them well in the current situation, if Qin Jun left in the future, it would be hard to guarantee success. The German army did not settle accounts later.However, Lin Jiawen and his cousin Jiarui, the village head, were still reluctant to leave here. According to the genealogy records, their Lin family had already moved here during the Shang Dynasty. So many dynasties rose and fell, and their Lin family still took root here. How could their generation abandon their ancestral foundation?What's more, they also felt that Chengde's army could not defeat Qin's army this time, and it was very likely that Qin's army would annex Chengde Town in one fell swoop.In this way, they will also be members of Qin Fan in the future. If this is the case, why do they need to leave their hometown and abandon their ancestors' graves and ancestral halls?

They quickly reached an agreement and persuaded several other representatives to choose to stay.At the same time, they didn't dare to ask for Qin Jun's money, they only said to register it first.They still felt a little bit in their hearts that although Chief Qin Jun said he was willing to give money, how dare he take the money, they just thought it was just a rhetoric from Qin Jun.

Nie Lieji called for the clerk and carefully registered the number of acres of each family's fields. Then that afternoon, the militiamen from Sanqianbaima Town and all the old and young people from Jiumen Village went to the fields together to start harvesting.Almost at the same time, the entire Hebei Plain began to harvest. Countless sickles were waved, and countless rice and wheat fell, tied up, and sent back to the village.

Nine Gate City.

The county magistrate and town general of Jiumen County sat in the county government office with a group of civil and military officials, all frowning, booing and sighing.

"It's not okay to sit and wait for death like this!" The town general Wang Bao slammed the table and made a loud bang. "The doggy Qin army played viciously this time. Damn it, soldiers and horses besieged the city, and then let the militiamen harvest our wheat behind. If this continues, our food will be robbed by them in a few days. How will you fight in the future?"

Lin Lun, the county magistrate, stroked his beard and sighed: "General Wang, don't be irritable, calm down, calm down. Now the Qin army is eager for us to leave the city. We only have a thousand soldiers and horses in the city, but according to reports from the scouts, we are stationed outside the city." There are a total of [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Although these are not the most elite soldiers of the Qin army, the defense army and city defense army over there are not ordinary soldiers. Just let us go out and give them a hand. There are not enough seams. We must not go out of the city to fight, and we should stick to it and wait for help."

Wang Bao snorted coldly, looking down on the county magistrate who was afraid of death.But he also knows that not only Jiumen City is currently besieged, but other cities have already been besieged by Qin soldiers. He heard that the Qin army has acted swiftly this time, and even sent the most elite [-] field troops all the way. Yes, they directly surrounded the eight prefectural cities of Chengde Weibo Second Township.The current situation is that the Qin army is extremely arrogant and divides and surrounds the two towns and cities with elites. The field army besieged the state city, the border guards and city defense army besieged the county and fortress, and the militiamen directly occupied the countryside and plundered their rice.Right now they won't have reinforcements at all!

In Zhenzhou Zhending City, where the commander-in-chief of Chengde Town is located, Wang Jingyin brothers stood on the gate tower, watching the [-] Qin army field troops who had penetrated directly into the enemy's territory, all the way to the city of Zhenzhou, and camped directly by the Hutuo River. , couldn't help turning purple with anger.

"Li Jing is too deceitful, do you really think my Wang family is made of mud?"

Anyone who is ignored like this will feel upset.I think Chengde Town is also one of the oldest feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty. It has always been a strong army to control Zhending. Even if it has weakened over the years, it must not be ignored like this.

The Qin army's tactics were too arrogant, and they came directly to encircle them and treat them as nothing.

"Third Brother, tonight you immediately lead the Boye army out of the city, taking advantage of the new arrival of the Qin army and the fact that the camp is not yet stable, so kill him by surprise. If the tiger doesn't show its power, they really treat us like sick cats!"

Wang Jingbin rubbed his fists, nodded and said: "Brother, don't worry, this time I will give them some color!"

That night, Wang Jingxuan led a wild army of [-] to go out of the camp quietly. At the end of the month night, it was dark and dark.The Qin camp was getting closer and closer, and the dark camp gate was opened wide. Wang Jingpin's blood boiled and he shouted, "Kill, step through the Qin camp!"

There were shouts of killing everywhere, the forward cavalry of Boye Army in Chengde Town roared past, and the horseshoes rushed straight to the Qin camp with a rumbling sound. One by one, Zhao soldiers began to draw their sabers, bent over their bodies, and prepared to teach those arrogant Qin a lesson. people.

As soon as the camp gate rushed in, Zhao Bing, who was at the front, had thrown out his flying claws and pulled down several tents.But to their surprise, there were no screams or screams. On the contrary, there was no other sound in the tent except their shouts and the sound of horseshoes.

Uneasy in his heart, Zhao Bing continued to rush into the camp with his habitual surname and anxiety, and the tents were pulled down one after another. The follow-up Zhao Bing had already lit torches and rockets, and began to throw torches and rockets around.

The flames were everywhere, and the camp was illuminated like daylight in the flames.

At this moment, Wang Jingbin finally realized something.

His face turned livid, turned pale, and then turned purple.

With trembling lips, he shouted loudly: "Qin Gou has already laid an ambush, he has fallen for it, retreat quickly!"

His voice was extremely sad, and Zhao Bing nearby also changed color.But at this moment in the Qin camp in the dark, the sound of horseshoes, fire, shouts of killing, the shouts of Wang Jingbin and the soldiers around him did not spread far.Under this noise, it was submerged instead.

Night raids are a double-edged sword full of variables. Even the most elite troops, night raids will win by five or five.Not to mention that Zhao Jun's 3 soldiers and horses, many of them are recruits and peasant soldiers. In this kind of night attack, once they are tricked, they will start to be chaotic and disorderly.

The soldiers in front already knew that they had been tricked by the Qin army, and they wanted to withdraw from the camp immediately in a panic, but the Zhao army behind them didn't know what was going on ahead, and they were still rushing forward.

Chaos arose, and before Qin Jun appeared, Zhao Jun was already in chaos.

Wang Jingping couldn't figure out how Qin Jun could have predicted that they would attack the camp tonight, and how they could suddenly disappear without a trace.It's only twenty miles away from Zhenzhou City. Where did they go and how did they get there? Why didn't any spies find out, damn it.When we go back, the first thing to do is to chop off all those damned guys, Wang Jingbin thought bitterly.

At this moment, countless screams suddenly sounded in the darkness, followed by stars in the dark night, and the next moment, those stars began to fall from the sky.

Meteors and fire rain, meteorites fall from the sky, and the sky falls apart!

Many newly recruited recruits and farmers were still looking up at the sky in shock and dementia. They were so surprised by the magnificent scene of the sky at that moment, they even forgot everything and were completely shocked.

But those veterans of the Boye Army, when they looked up at the magnificent scene in the sky, their complexions changed drastically as if they had seen a ghost, and they became extremely pale.Some people even began to tremble all over, and then they uttered a cry, even threw away the weapons in their hands, and began to run crazily.Some people jumped directly into the ditch in front of the Qin army barracks, curled up in a ball with their heads in their arms, and trembled all over their bodies.

From the sound of the scream to the falling of the stars, it was only a moment, but to many Zhao Jun, it seemed to have gone through a hundred years.

Finally, the stars fell to the ground, and the ground shook again and again. Many Zhao soldiers couldn't even stand still and fell to the ground.They couldn't hear anything all of a sudden, and they could only see the terrified expressions of the brothers next to them, fleeing in all directions...

Hundreds of paces away from the camp of the Qin army, at some point, the Qin army who disappeared without a trace in the camp appeared here.In front of their formation, rows of flying thunder barrels pointed obliquely at the sky, and the propellant was ignited almost at the same time with the big hand of Zhou Dewei, the commander of the Southern Expedition, and then countless flying thunders flew into the sky, flying towards the early morning. Throw away at the preset shelling point.

Although it was dark night, the artillerymen didn't need to aim at all. This artillery position was established at the same time when they camped, and the preset target of the artillery formation was the Qin army's camp.In other words, when Zhou Dewei first arrived at the city of Zhenzhou, he had already expected that the Chengde army would go out of the city to attack at night.

Zhou Dewei's prediction turned out to be correct. Cheng De's army really came out of the city to attack, and they slammed into the Qin army's camp, which was the preset shelling area.

As soon as it got dark, Zhou Dewei took the whole battalion and withdrew ten miles outside the battalion. As soon as Zhao Jun left the city, he immediately came back with soldiers and horses, and quickly put the Feilei cannons on the pre-set positions.When the big camp fire broke out, Zhou Dewei waved his hand coldly, and the Qin army's artillery finally showed their power.

The thundering cannons of each door continued to roar, and the flowers of death bloomed under the night sky, taking away the lives of Zhao Bing one after another.

The biggest effect of the roar of the Feilei Cannon was not the direct lethality, but the instant collapse of Zhao Jun's array and their will to fight.Facing the flying thunders shooting from the sky in the darkness, facing the sky crashing and the earth cracking, and the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, those recruits were the first to collapse.

The collapse of the recruits quickly caused the few veterans who were barely able to maintain themselves to collapse.

"Lightning!" Zhou Dewei said expressionlessly. If he is not in charge of soldiers, he can become the commander of the capital.

With the artillerymen's actions, around the camp of the Qin Army at this time, bursts of more violent noises suddenly erupted. The landmines that the artillerymen had planted around the camp in advance began to explode, and continuous explosions continued to sound. , the entire Qin army camp instantly became a hell on earth...

On Zhending City, Wang Jingyin's expression became extremely ugly when he heard the flames shooting up to the sky from the south and the continuous crackling sound.

Soon, several riders galloped up and hurried up the tower.

"Report!"

"The three generals went out of the city to attack the enemy at night, and the whole army was defeated. The three generals, the life and death of the three generals are unknown!" (To be continued.)