The 20,000-strong army crossed the Yangtze River smoothly, all the way to the north, and for a few days, Shouchun, the seat of Huainan County, was already looming.
After walking in the Huainan area for a few days, many people feel that most of this once fertile and rich land is now barren, and the villages are gradually withering.
For no other reason, Guy Huainan is located in the land of four wars, sandwiched between Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yangzhou, and has become a paradise for robbers from all walks of life.
The situation in the county towns is slightly better, the villages outside the county town will usher in more or less plundering almost every day, robbers from the four prefectures of Yanxu, Yangyu and more or less, thousands of huge people, two or three hundred small people, looting everywhere they go, cattle and sheep are taken away, crops are harvested, and all the old and young are captured and brought back to the cottage.
Living in such an environment all day long, life has become a problem, who still wants to farm but where there is a head, most of them help the old and the young to go to Jingnan or Jiangdong to go to relatives, and those who have nowhere to go do not dare to stay at home, and would rather go to the county seat to ask for food than to be a ghost of unjust death under the knife of a strongman.
Therefore, since the Yellow Turban Uprising, in just a few years, Huainan, which was once densely populated, has become a sparsely populated and desolate place.
"Straight lady thief, after walking so many distances, I finally saw piles of people" Under the banner of the word "Qin" waving in the wind, Qin Qiong, who was carrying a double gong and "thundering" under his crotch, looked up at the defenders on the city wall of Shouchun not far away, and let out a hearty laugh.
A one-eyed lieutenant laughed and said: "Who said it wasn't, this way, but I couldn't even see a female, the brothers now look at the mare and think they are handsome, it seems that the defenders of Shouchun don't seem to welcome us very much."
At this moment, the gate of Shouchun City was closed, the drawbridge was pulled up, and at least thousands of heavily armed soldiers gathered on the city wall, one by one holding bows and arrows, with solemn expressions, as if facing a great enemy.
"Hey Lao Tzu, this is going to Tiger Prison to beat Xiliang dogs, and I'm not here to trouble these grandsons, look at their nervous appearance, even if they don't send a bowl of water to drink, they shouldn't be so eyebrows."
After listening to the captain's reminder, Qin Qiong's nameless anger suddenly jumped into his heart, and he couldn't help but scold.
At this moment, several troublesome defenders on the city wall drew their bows and arrows towards the city and made a gesture of releasing arrows.
Although the city wall is at least a few hundred zhang away from the post road, and ordinary bows and arrows do not even have half the range, the movements of these soldiers are undoubtedly full of provocation.
"The straight lady thief dared to provoke Lao Tzu, believe it or not, Lao Tzu broke the city gate with one meal" Qin Qiong was furious, the reins in his hand were slammed, and the thunder under his crotch hissed, and the person stood up.
The majestic neighing sound made people hear the sideways, and the ordinary war horses were even more frightened, making a restless restless sound.
The one-eyed captain smiled: "These things that don't know whether they are dead or alive, let them be arrogant for a few days, and when we welcome back the Queen Mother and Tang Wangji, let's ask the king to clean up these turtle sons before it is too late, we have to tie them to the stake and shoot arrows into a hornet's nest, so we don't have to wait with him today."
"That's not good, I Qin Shubao pays attention to happiness and revenge, what gentleman is not too late to take revenge for ten years, too aggrieved, even if you don't kill in Shouchun today, you have to give these straight thieves some color to see" Qin Qiong looked unwilling to give up, and said to the soldiers behind him: "Go to the forging soldiers where to bring a certain big iron cone, and a certain want to give these turtle sons a little color to see."
If you want to meet the brave and win, the guy in the hands of the soldier must be sharp enough, so there are special forges in the army, who are responsible for repairing weapons for the soldiers.
The big iron cone that Qin Qiong mentioned is an oval sphere that the forging soldiers used to put under the weapon and hammer it on it, weighing one hundred and twenty catties.
In order to make it easy to carry, it was tied with a two-zhang long iron chain and dragged behind the carriage when marching to reduce the weight of the horses.
With Qin Qiong's order, several pro-soldiers dragged the 120-pound big iron cone to Qin Qiong's horse with puzzled faces, and replied to Qin Qiong.
"Everyone, look at this evil breath for you" Qin Qiong laughed loudly, dragged the big iron cone with one hand, and lifted the golden furnace gun with the other hand, his legs were clamped in the abdomen of the sudden thunder, and he shouted "drive" in his mouth, and galloped towards the Shouchun City Gate like an arrow from the string.
Suddenly the thunder let out a majestic roar, the vigorous hooves tossed up billowing smoke and dust, and the big iron cone dragged on the ground set off a yellow "long dragon", there was a great momentum of thousands of people "Hey, is this guy on a strange horse crazy?"
Seeing Qin Qiong's indomitable appearance, the general guarding the door subconsciously shuddered, waved the sword in his hand, and ordered: "Release the arrow, shoot this stupid big man who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead."
With an order, the head of Shouchun City fired arrows in unison, and the arrows shot by hundreds of crossbowmen instantly weaved into a rain waterfall, pouring down towards Qin Qiong overwhelmingly.
"Roar" And Qin Qiong was not afraid, he shouted violently in his mouth, waved the spear in his hand, the wind and rain were unbearable, and he bravely moved forward in the face of the rain of arrows like flying locusts, and came to the moat in a few moments.
With a "break" in his mouth, the big iron cone he was dragging in his hand was lifted violently, and he threw it towards the city tower with all his might.
I saw this large iron cone weighing 120 catties, like a meteor hitting the moon, flying towards the city tower more than ten zhang away, with the sound of whirring wind, like thunder, and the momentum was terrifying.
"Boom" I only heard a loud noise, a corner of the city tower was hit by a big iron cone, and suddenly sawdust flew, smoke and dust flew, bricks and tiles collapsed one after another, and the general who had just drawn his sword and ordered was caught off guard by the smoke and dust, and he couldn't dodge, and was smashed on the top of his head by the falling big iron cone, and was killed on the spot.
The soldiers let out a cry of surprise and scattered to avoid being smashed in the face of the crumbling tower.
Qin Qiong took this opportunity to turn the horse's head, looked up to the sky and laughed, and walked away.
Seeing that his own generals were like gods descending from heaven, coming and going freely among thousands of troops and horses, and taking the heads of enemy generals like probing for things, the thousands of soldiers under Qin Qiong's command let out a cheer, and the army's heart was greatly excited.
Leaving all the way to sneer, he wandered north.
The defenders at the head of Shouchun City were already frightened, and they all cowered behind the battlements, and no one dared to stand up and provoke.
Early the next morning, the army had just had breakfast and was about to continue north, when a scout came to report quickly: "King Qiqi, there is a group of refugees from Sili in the northwest, about 2,000 people, and they are being plundered by a stream of rogues at this moment, please make a decision."
After hearing this, Liu Wei raised his eyebrows: "I asked in a deep voice, how many people are there in that rogue?"
"About seven or eight hundred people," the scout knelt on the ground and replied honestly.
"The common people are in trouble, how can they not be saved" Liu Wei raised the corners of his mouth, and ordered in a deep voice: "Pass the military order of the widows, order Wei Yan to lead five hundred elite cavalry, gallop to the aid as quickly as possible, kill and retreat the rogues, and rescue the refugees, there must be no mistake" Wei Yan got the military order, and with a whistle, he led five hundred elite cavalry and followed the scouts towards the northwest.
In the time of a meal, I saw that the refugees all over the mountains were being plundered by seven or eight hundred rogues.
This is a group of refugees from Sili, in order to avoid the great battle between the Western Liang Army and the Kwantung Army, and help the old and the young to go south.
At the beginning, there were only seven or eight hundred people, but along the way, it became more and more like a river, and gradually expanded to more than 2,000 people.
Coming all over the mountains, along the way to help the old and the young, drag the family with the mouth, push the car, carry the bag, stop and go, stop and go, every day is only about 40 miles away.
Since leaving his homeland, he walked for more than ten days before entering the territory of Huainan, but he was not targeted by a group of rogues entrenched in the mountains of Runan, and followed all the way, and saw the opportunity to launch a surprise attack in the early morning.
The things that bandits and rogues do are nothing more than rape, murder and plunder, rape women, kill the old and weak, take away supplies, plunder livestock, and face a refugee team with almost zero resistance.
Unexpectedly, an elite cavalry suddenly came out of the oblique stab, and the rogues suddenly panicked, and the army's morale was in chaos, and they didn't even have time to organize resistance, most of them scattered and fled in the northwest direction.
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"Give a certain fierce pursuit, whether you surrender or not, you will be beheaded by him" Wei Yan had a blue-maned horse under his crotch, a dragon bird knife in his hand, and the horse took the lead in the brave pursuit, the horse's hooves stepped out, and the heads rolled wildly, killing dozens of slow-running rogues in an instant.
The soldiers behind him are also all brave, each vying for the lead, and the corpses of the rogues who chased and killed in a matter of moments were all over the field, and ten percent were folded seven or eight percent.
When they were suddenly saved at the time of crisis, the scattered refugees who were washed away immediately wept with joy, knelt on the ground one by one, and bowed their heads to thank the officers and soldiers for saving their lives.
If it weren't for this divine army descending from heaven, this group of 2,000 refugees would have become a gluttonous feast for the rogues.
"Help, General Help" Wei Yan was struggling to kill the rogue, and suddenly heard a woman's cry for help in front of him, the sound came into his ears extremely pleasant and crisp, and the smell was touching and unforgettable.
Wei Yan followed the sound and saw that hundreds of zhang away in front of him, there was a bandit sitting on a yellow horse, who was trying his best to whip and escape, holding a woman hostage in front of the saddle and placing it on the horse's back, this crisp cry for help came from the girl who was taken away.
"Hmph, do you still want to leave under my Wei Yan's nose to save this innocent girl?"
Wei Yan snorted coldly, clamped his legs the horse's belly, brandished the dragon bird knife in his palm, and chased after it with all his might.
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