Looking at the state of this group of people, I am afraid they are all exhausted. Moreover, these soldiers are probably capable of fighting. When you look at the bloodstains and wounds on their bodies, you know that they were killed after a bloody battle.
In that case, even though he killed the big traitor Kong Yanzhou, the battle between officers and soldiers and bandits has come to an end. Looking at this situation, the officers and soldiers should have been defeated because of their own reasons. But it doesn't count as changing history by himself, because after all, Yang Yao will be entrenched in Dongting Lake for a long time.
The letter king Zhao Zhen raised his head and looked through the stacks of fir trees in front of him and fell onto the rolling hills outside. Refugee soldiers who want to retreat may arrive here, and the scale of refugees will expand again.
Niu Ruidong saw this young nobleman pressing the hilt with one hand and staring at the front in a daze, and he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. He nodded hurriedly and replied: "The Lord Chitose. We only need a little bit of food and golden sore medicine, and take a rest, then we can fight for you again."
"What's the situation before?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen asked suddenly. Niu Ruidong was taken aback. "I mean how many insurgent bandit armies are on the battlefield."
"Uncountable, Chitose. The bandit cavalry and navy troops of the brigade have been chasing from the end of the night, defeating the soldiers from all walks of life. The bastard of the White Command did not resist at all. He was chased all the way, and then When Yang Yao personally led the ambush, almost the entire army was wiped out..."
The bandit cavalry, where did the bandit cavalry come from? He suddenly thought of this question. Is the war horse a condition for the Golden Army to let the bandits chase him down? Where can the Golden Soldier mobilize so many horses? Are the frontier guards and the army blind
"The Lord's Thousand Years?" Niu Ruidong said with a bit of anxiety seeing Wang Zhao Zhen without saying a word.
The letter king Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "If you want to join my team, you have to abide by my rules. Now, I am saying that I have taken you in, and you will be the people who believe in the king's army. You are not allowed to take refuge in other people in the future. , You go with him, he will give you some food, herbs and bandages, after rest, ready to fight at any time."
As he said, he patted a guard next to him on the shoulder and said, "Take them over."
"Thank you, we will definitely fight for you." Niu Ruidong hurriedly bowed deeply, believing that Wang Zhao Zhen's conditions have greatly exceeded his expectations. He moved to the north and south. He has been to many places, but still I have never seen such a generous royal prince.
After playing Niu Ruidong and his soldiers, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen saw Luo Yue'er, who was still alive just now, walking along the long queue of refugees, a little groggy. what's going on? He was stunned, couldn't help but walk over and shook his hand in front of the opponent. There was no response, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen had to pat the opponent's forehead.
Luo Yueer was shocked. Suddenly woke up: "You, what are you doing!" She saw that it was Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, and couldn't help expressing a gritted expression: "Xin Wang Zhao Zhen! Where did you go? There are so many people here, I'm fast I'm too busy!"
Her voice was getting smaller and smaller, not like complaining, but rather aggrieved. At first she was very relaxed, but now, with the increasing number of refugees, she has almost felt exhausted. In fact, compared with the nearly 100,000 refugees at the beginning, there are more refugees now, and her pressure is immediately much greater.
When Wang Zhiyi and another guard saw Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and Luo Yue'er talking, they took a step back tacitly. As for what happened between this young man and this beautiful girl with a long ponytail, they just pretended not to see it.
"How many people are?" "Initially we had so many people, so how come we have more people. Xinwang Zhao Zhen, do you know that it seems that the officers and soldiers were defeated by the rebels surnamed Yang? Just now we received a lot of soldiers and people who had retreated. , It is said that many people died..."
Luo Yueer was obviously dissatisfied with the irresponsibility of Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, and said with wide-eyed eyes. The letter king Zhao Zhen was taken aback. He couldn’t help holding Luo Yue’er’s forehead and said, “Aren’t you going to assign to those remnants and defeated generals and the people to take the lead? Go, find the boss, let them Take care of people yourself." After that, she stroked her delicate and delicate face again.
Luo Yueer's face turned red at once, and after she threw away the hand of Xinwang Zhao Zhen, she hurried away. "How is it? Lord?" As soon as Luo Yueer left, Wang Zhiyi followed up from behind with a smile.
The letter king Zhao Zhen picked up the water bag and was about to drink it. Hearing what he said, he said in a daze, "What is it like?"
"Luo Yue'er, a very nice girl, kind-hearted, cute and naughty. Can't you tell, Prince Chitose, she actually likes you very much." The young guard replied.
The letter king Zhao Zhen just raised her head and took a sip of water, which could not help but spit out.
"What are you talking about?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen glared.
"I said... I didn't say anything, the hero is sad for the woman! This is an annoying thing, Your Majesty Chitose." Wang Zhiyi smiled. "Your kid is itchy, right! Go! Take a few people to search the area 30 miles ahead." Xinwang Zhao Zhen stared and said.
The whole afternoon of Xin Wang Zhao Zhen's situation was spent in compiling the ranks of the new army to protect the people. The letter king Zhao Zhen ordered all newly-built militia troops to start rescue and help the weak in the rear. The carriages and horses were also used by children, the elderly and pregnant women.
Almost all the people looked at all of this in surprise. The practice of Xin Wang Jun made their eyes a little wet and their hearts were warm. I have never seen an army like this for the people in my entire life. Believing in the king's army is indeed well-deserved. Such a prince and army will surely be enthusiastically supported by the people. Only Liu Xuande among the storytellers has such a character that loves the people like a child.
When everything was normal, the time was approaching evening, and the sun gradually sank under the rivers and mountains in the west. The afterglow of the setting sun coats the water with a layer of gold, and the water surface in the distance glows with gold, like a golden river.
Afterwards, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen spent some time looking for Luo Yue'er, but he didn't find where this young lady who was determined to be rich and enemy land went. In short, you can't see her most of the time.
After meeting Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, she seemed to have infinite vitality, and she always helped a lot in the refugee ranks. In fact, her enthusiasm has earned her a reputation among refugees. Xin Wang Zhao Zhen walked all the way. People who fled can be heard talking about how well the lady who manages everyone is good.
Unable to find the busy Luo Yue'er, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen looked at the sky for the last time. At this time, the sky had already started to darken again.
At about three quarters, Xin Wang Zhaozhen ordered the refugee team to stop in the deep stream of a valley, where the light became even dim. The mountain currents gathered the dampness of the tide, and when the fog began to form, the dark night, accompanied by the sound of the night owl in the distance, gave rise to a gloomy feeling.
But Zhao Zhen, the King of Letters, knew that only in such a place could he avoid the vision of the Yang Yao bandit army formed with the Jinren. At night, it was time for the bandit cavalry to appear.
After the refugees were settled, the letter king Zhao Zhen asked the Self-Defense Corps to cut logs on the nearby hillside. He wanted them to make a batch of simple spears in a short time to supplement the new manpower.
His core strength is still the infantry cavalry team headed by Xinwangjun cavalry, Niu Ruidong, Ma Yunrui and others. It has now expanded to more than 3,000 men. Since this day, he has received close to one thousand deserters and defeated soldiers, plus the militia recruited from refugees, this number can be doubled.
Therefore, there is no shortage of other people's hands. What is lacking is weapons. After the expansion of the militia's self-defense team, there is no single weapon.
On the other hand, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen asked Wang Zhiyi to gather several leading figures in his hand, such as Ma Yunrui and the newly joined Niu Ruidong and others today. These people represent several small circles of his strength. It is necessary to explain to them the plan that must be implemented tonight, so as not to go wrong at that time.
The last gleam of light sank below the horizon, and the moon and stars appeared above the sky.
The letter king Zhao Zhen and these people stood on the top of the valley. While watching the refugees in the valley below they were busy setting up camps, he said: “You know what happened during the day today. The rebellious bandits have been victorious and the officers and soldiers have been defeated. The news has reached most of you. Now, after learning that we are here, the tactical intentions of the bandits are not just to drive us, on the contrary, they want to kill us so as to grab the women and grab the property." Xin Wang Zhao Zhen said These words are not necessarily true. In fact, he knew in his heart that the rebel army and the golden men were in collusion, and what he wanted most was his own life!
"Then what are we going to do? Believe in Wang Qiansui. At this time, the number of bandits has far exceeded us. Our cavalry scouts said they saw a large area of bandits in the east." Wang Zhiyi first raised his head and said.
"There are also a few cavalry dressed as golden men." Another Xinwangjun guard added. "What? Jinren? The rebellious bandits formed the Jinmen?" Everyone was astonished.
"Of course there is a way, but it is impossible to expect to escape. Because we are walking slowly with the people, the bandit cavalry and a small number of elite fighters have come to our front. We must find a way to let the people take a safe path. That's it." Xin Wang Zhao Zhen looked at the people and said: "So, we must open a safe road." Hearing Xin Wang Zhao Zhen's words, everyone was shocked.
"Cut a safe road?"
The sky was completely dark, and the wind rose at night, and the strong wind swept across the woods and grass, causing the undulating vegetation to make a rustling sound, as if it were sea waves.
Luo Yueer stared at the dark sky with a worried look. The wind blew her hair into chaos. He grabbed the hand of the little girl he saved with one hand, and couldn't help but whispered: "Is there a fellow believer Zhao Zhen? Be sure. It’s not so easy to say that it’s not easy to break a blood path. The enemy is elite, and there are also golden men. That’s not the case.”
However, the calm and self-confidence of the trustworthy king Zhao Zhen made Luo Yueer feel that she was worrying in vain, because the trustworthy king Zhao Zhen was not a simple character. He said it was OK, but there was no time for it to fail.
After the eleventh hour, Xin Wang Zhaozhen ordered the refugees to pull out the camp and march forward. The self-defense regiment armed with spears guarded the huge group of refugees. The team lit the torch walked out like a long red dragon along the valley and the river.
The last one after the break was more than a thousand cavalry. Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and Wang Zhiyi turned on their horses, and then drew out their swords. There was a faint purple-blue color on the Guanghua swords. Only Xin Wang Zhao Zhen swiped the sword, and more than a hundred famous Wang Jun cavalrymen. One after another, they rode horses and gallops, fan-shaped pathfinder.
Since this morning, Yang Yao has understood that there is still a refugee team led by King Xin to the west of Dingzhou. They fled in before dawn and killed his small team of cavalry.
But at the beginning, he didn't pay too much attention. After all, most of the officers and soldiers were the core of their military operations on this day. After Kong Yanzhou died, the officers and soldiers were really vulnerable.
In Yang Yao's view, the battle was as easy as expected. The officers and soldiers were vulnerable to a single blow in front of the army they organized, and they launched a rear-end pursuit throughout the day. And the cavalry who finally relied on the horses sent by the golden men to fight, launched a fatal blow to the Song army, which caused them to end the entire battle before the sun went down.
Although the advance troop was attrition severely, it was nothing more than cannon fodder, and the elite cavalry formed by itself hardly suffered any losses. Of course, under the attack of King Zhao Zhen, his own reserve cavalry army of four thousand combat effectiveness only returned more than one thousand men, which was a great loss.
Compared to the battle with officers and soldiers, the battle with Xin Wang Zhao Zhen last night made him heartache. There are more than four thousand cavalrymen, although they are composed of infantrymen with no experience in cavalry, but what a cost to accumulate!
After his huge losses and the repeated urging of Jinren General Wanyan Loubao, Yang Yao turned his attention to this team of refugees organized by the letter king Zhao Zhen. Therefore, Yang Yao's death order to his generals is to kill the leader of the refugees anyway. Therefore, every unit participating in this battle dare not care.
But he immediately noticed an unusual breath. The opponent seems to be very proficient in how to evade the detection of his cavalry. Over the entire day and night, they only captured the team's horse-traveling spot a few times, and finally lost the opponent's trace.
This is not a good sign. The letter Wang Zhaozhen is too good to organize a group of refugees against Yang Yao.
The army is simply incredible
Under the dim candlelight, Yang Yao spread out the sheepskin map and drew several circles within the possible range of the refugees.
After leaving the valley, the refugee team headed east. The entire long fire dragon team marched on the dark road.
The huge team occasionally meanders in the mountain stream, and occasionally shuttles through the dense forest, looking at the surrounding dark hills and dense water streams. If it is not for the stars, it is difficult for anyone to tell the direction in this environment, and the people behind often can only Passively followed the front team, one after another.
Luo Yueer divided the refugees into dozens of areas under the instructions of the letter king Zhao Zhen, and each area has a prestigious backbone responsible for maintaining order. Luo Yueer told these people what to do, and Xinwang Zhao Zhen told them how they would be punished if they didn't do so-so that both grace and power can barely restrain the entire huge team.
But Zhao Zhen was not too worried. In the lush forests and mountain streams, under the night breeze in the middle of the night, the sound and light could not be transmitted too far.
Xin Wang Zhao Zhen led the horse to the side of the huge team, followed by other cavalry. Because everyone had only one horse, the cavalry tried to save the horse's physical strength, dismounted and led the way to prepare for possible battles at any time.
The back part of their team had deviated westward from the boundary of Dingzhou by about ten miles, in fact it was considered to have left the boundary of Dingzhou. It is not like a modern society with highly developed civilization after 900 years. The smallest hills are also marked with a code name. In this era, most mountains have no names, or some local people have names, but no one knows them. For example, this mountain, Xinwang Zhao Zhen doesn't know what its name should be.
In about half an hour, the news came back. The two cavalrymen of Xinwangjun, who were born and experienced in death, looked pale when they saw Xinwang Zhaozhen. They found the bandit army and hundreds of elite Jinren in the distance of half of the original target exploration point. cavalry.
The King of Letter Zhao Zhen knew that hundreds of elite cavalry of gold men could reach the army of ten thousand bandits, and there were only one hundred elites that he could take. Therefore, these two fighters were also normal to worry.
Therefore, while calming the two cavalrymen to rest, he talked with others about the weaknesses of these enemies. The enemy's weapons were poor, undisciplined, unorganized, and scattered sand, which was easy to deal with.
Later, Xinwang Zhaozhen sent horse-detecting troops to other directions.
Ma Yunrui took the militia from the self-defense regiment through the jungle. This veteran green forest hero kept looking back at the five Xinwangjun cavalry in the valley below. Xinwang Zhaozhen told him that these soldiers would show them where the enemies were hiding.
Ma Yunrui was skeptical about this, and for a long time he couldn't find an enemy, but when he was about to scold his mother, he saw the cavalry beckoning, expressing hostility.
Ma Yunrui tightened the saber in his hand. The sharp blade was swiped, and the blade passed through the body of the bandit's horse, and the body immediately fell to the ground.
"Attack, you fools!" In Ma Yunrui's shout, the soldiers reacted, and one after another set up spears to stab the dozen or so bandit spies.
Hundreds of flying spears passed directly through the bodies of the bandit spies, blood was splashed everywhere, they let out a scream, and they all fell to the ground and died.
Ma Yunrui took advantage of the momentum and stabbed the bandit spy leader diagonally, hitting the opponent's neck with a stab, and his strength exploded in an instant. After the bandit spy leader screamed, his body fell to the ground with a half-connected head. Died.