Chapter 179 I have made up my mind

Chapter 179 I have made up my mind

Chapter 179 I have made up my mind
Sima Yue's finger accidentally poked "Fei Xiang". In fact, the first battle on the Western Front happened to be fought in Fei Xiang.

The first to engage are always the scouts, followed by the rangers.

The role of the latter is to capture and expel the enemy's scouts, compress their range of activities, make them deaf and blind, and increase their own initiative.

In the wars in the Han Dynasty, it was difficult to completely cover the battlefield, because the number of cavalry on both sides was not too large, and the area was very vast, so there would always be scouts who missed and sent back news.

But if the grassland cavalry went south to the Central Plains, things would be more troublesome.

The overwhelming number of their cavalry can indeed greatly reduce the Central Plains army's ability to obtain battlefield information, thus putting it on the passive side.

But today's collision was still a fight between traditional Central Plains armies. At most, Ji Sang came from a pastoral area, and he had many horse bandits, herdsmen, and ranch soldiers who were good at cavalry fighting under his command.

In the fields, the sound of arrows breaking through the air was endless, and from time to time the sound of weapons clashing could be heard.

Li Le led five hundred cavalrymen up a gentle slope and overlooked the entire battlefield.

Only half of the millet in the field has been harvested.

Because of the war, people fled, either into the countryside or into fortresses, leaving the ripe millet in the fields, trying to wait until the fighting was over before harvesting it.

"Tell the men to hold back and don't scare the enemy into coming." Li Le pointed with his whip and gave the order.

The officers burst into laughter, and soon someone sent a message.

After receiving the order, the "rebel" cavalry gradually slowed down their movements and drove the government scouts westward.

The scouts were good riders, with three horses each, and they fled very quickly, disappearing into the distance in a short while.

"Let's go!" Li Le squeezed the horse's belly and went down the gentle slope.

Hundreds of riders followed behind, their hooves thundering and their spirits high.

Along the way, we saw many rebel troops marching westward.

It was still the same old rule, driving the weak soldiers who were not very capable of fighting forward, first consuming the enemy's physical strength, energy and even arrows, and then placing the elite soldiers behind to engage in battle at the critical moment to settle the matter.

To increase their chances of success, they even recruited Latinos along the way.

While resting on the way, Li Le even saw dozens of riders stopping more than a hundred villagers who had no time to retreat to the fort.

Li Le laughed loudly and said, "You'd rather sacrifice your life than your wealth. How foolish!"

As he spoke, more rebels rushed forward, dragged the women from the village away, and beat them up on the spot.

A man wanted to resist, but he just raised his hand and slashed with a knife, and the head rolled down.

A child held on to his mother and refused to let go, while someone lifted him up high with a grin and threw him to the ground.

The laughter became louder and louder.

Li Le found it interesting and walked over to the men with red eyes and said, "Your wife and daughter were toyed with by others. You must feel sad, right? Haha, come on, let's go and toy with other people's wives and daughters and make money back!"

"The general is kind-hearted and is honoring you, but don't be ungrateful." The personal soldier shouted behind Li Le.

"There's nothing good about your bitch. You just throw her away after playing with her. What a pity. Come on, let's go get the official's daughter. Her tender flesh is so delicious."

"Many of us rebels came here this way. As for women, where are they?"

The guards were talking to each other, laughing and joking, with no taboos.

As for bandits, they have basically used this routine since ancient times, otherwise where do their people come from?
When the victim becomes the perpetrator, he loses his humanity and becomes a beast driven by desire. This army becomes an army of beasts. Wherever they pass, no grass grows. The destructive power is extremely strong.

The real bandits who brought their wives and children with them were already a powerful force, and they were confident enough to fight against the government troops, so it was not easy to encircle and suppress them.

Li Le looked at the women for a few times, but none of them were pretty, so he immediately lost interest. It happened that the horse had almost rested, so he continued to travel west without stopping.

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Shao Xun, who was on the march, soon received the news.

He immediately sent a messenger to the central army to convey a message to Liu Yu, urging the main force to come quickly.

Secondly, he summoned all the generals to discuss the next steps - although it is called "discussion", in fact he was acting arbitrarily.

"In the history of war, I have never heard of anyone who avoided fighting and preserved his strength to achieve success." Shao Xun set the tone directly, saying: "I intend to fight the bandits and test their strength. You just need to think about how to deploy the troops."

After saying that, he glanced at Li Chong, Gao Yi, Huang Biao, Zhang Gu, Yu An and others from the Yamen Army, as well as Jin San, Wang Que'er, Lu Heigou and other student soldiers and officers from the Silver Spear Army. "Sir, I think we should camp here and wait." Huang Biao was the first to say, "Scouts have reported that the enemy has no more than 10,000 or 20,000 people, and our army also has 10,000 people. When the enemy arrives, they may attack our camp, and then we will have a chance. If the enemy is not fooled, we can send 2,000 to 3,000 young men as the vanguard to lure them to come."

Huang Biao’s idea is really mean.

Can Master Ding Zhuang fight? Of course not.

In terms of combat effectiveness, they might not even be as good as the cannon fodder soldiers of the Jisang bandits. Once they go into battle, they will surely be defeated, without any suspense.

Huang Biao certainly knew this.

In fact, he used these young men from Sizhou as bait, making the enemy army despise him and fall into attacking him. Then he took advantage of his rest to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, and then he counterattacked and won in one fell swoop.

"General." Li Zhong bowed and said, "Jisang is a bandit. If we dare not confront them head-on, how can we call ourselves the imperial army? Morale should be boosted but not weakened. I suggest that you send more scouts and cavalry to investigate the enemy's situation, observe the terrain, choose a favorable position, set up a battle formation, and fight the bandits."

Li Chong was born in the central army of Luoyang. He was proud and looked down upon the villains who were wreaking havoc in Hebei. He directly suggested to meet the enemy head-on and defeat them in one fell swoop.

Shao Xun smiled when he heard this.

Huang Biao was a little embarrassed, and Shao Xun patted his shoulder to comfort him.

The two people have different personalities, backgrounds, and experiences, so it is normal that they come up with different ideas.

"Master Shao, I think we should move forward quickly and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." The third person to speak was Wang Que'er. At the age of 18, he already had a calm demeanor. He pointed to the Silver Spear Army marching not far away and said, "The Silver Spear Army has been in the camp for several years and has been training hard. They have already developed a lot of skills. What they lack now is the tempering of blood and fire. If they don't even dare to fight the Jisang bandits, will they retreat when they encounter those stronger than Jisang in the future? Master Shao, give the order, defeat the bandits and save the people from danger."

Jin San looked at Wang Que'er stupidly.

He also agreed to take the initiative to meet the enemy, his reasoning being that he was powerful and fearless. If there were any bandits, he would kill them one by one, and if there were two, he would kill a pair. Let's just go and see who was more powerful.

But the reason Wang Que'er gave was "saving the people from disaster". Has he become stupid because of reading too much?

Alas, fortunately I decided not to read it because I couldn’t understand it. I’m not as pedantic as him.

"Master Shao, please beat me." The sixteen-year-old Jin San usually eats well and has grown into a big and strong man. He is also fierce and rough. He doesn't know what fear is.

Shao Xun glanced at Jin San and smiled again.

This student was very strange. Among the 150 students in the first period of Donghai, he was the one with the fastest physical growth, so Shao Xun had told Wu Qian to feed Jin San with good food and drink.

But when Jin San grew up, for some reason, he actually grew horizontally.

He has a stout, sturdy build, broad joints, and great strength. The only shortcoming is that he is a little short, but he may have a second growth spurt to see if he can grow taller.

"Zhang Gu, tell us what you have to say." Shao Xun looked at the protagonist who had broken off the engagement with encouraging eyes again.

"General," Zhang Gu said, "When I slaughter livestock, I always tie them up first, leaving them powerless to resist, and then I stab them in the heart. For the Jisang bandits, I think Master Huang Chuang's strategy is quite appropriate."

"Yu An." Shao Xun pointed to another person.

"I'll listen to the general." Yu An replied.

Shao Xun then called a few more people, and everyone gave their opinions according to their own ideas.

After listening to everything, Shao Xun did not comment.

Everyone held their breath and waited quietly.

"I once heard a saying, 'Strike the first blow to prevent a hundred blows.'" Shao Xun said, "Now there are many people eyeing our group. They think they have more soldiers, more money, more food, and more resources, so they should drive us to work for them, and the credit should go to them, after all, they are the ones who made the first contribution. Not many people know about the welfare I have sought for everyone in Liang County and Guangchengze, but more and more people will know about it in the future, and there will be more and more wolves surrounding us. If we show any signs of fatigue, I'm afraid we will be eaten by others."

"I am the vanguard now, so I cannot retreat. In this case, why don't we advance and practice with Ji Sang and see some blood. If we face the Xiongnu in the future, you will still be able to fight."

"I have made up my mind! Order the entire army to advance quickly and fight the enemy to the death."

Shao Xun drew his sword, glanced at the crowd, and said, "If anyone hesitates to come forward, he will be killed immediately without mercy."

"Yes." The generals responded loudly.

After the order was issued, all departments immediately began to act.

Shao Xun also called for auxiliary officers and ordered them to select elite troops and deploy them on the outside of the convoy to guard the baggage train and prevent the enemy from launching a surprise attack - Shao Xun did not expect them to be of any help, just not to cause trouble.

This time, we have to rely on our own people.

(End of this chapter)