The general will eat grass

In the 13th year of Jianping, on April [-]th, at dawn, Feng Jingde ordered that the refugees behind him should not be ignored, and the whole army began to march in a hurry.In his last life, he thought it was just an ordinary peasant uprising, but he didn't know that behind it was the sign of the prince vying for the heir apparent.

Zhao Yuansong and the Ninth Prince sat on the half-empty grain and grass carriage together, and his fingers tightly grasped the railing of the carriage to prevent being bumped down.The Ninth Prince was hugging the guardrail with a pale face, so uncomfortable that he was about to vomit.Liu Yong and Zhao Shilang were lying on the bottom of the carriage, crushed by several bundles of grain and grass that were jolted down.

Zhao Yuansong wanted to laugh at them, adjust the atmosphere, raised his eyes to speak, but saw a group of people following up in the distance, "Who are those people?"

The Ninth Prince followed his gaze and saw dozens of galloping figures at the end of the not-so-flat road. He said in horror, "No, it can't be those refugees, right? Why do they have horses?"

Those people came riding on horses, they were faster than grain and grass carts, and in less than a moment, Zhao Yuansong could already see the faces of those riders clearly.Feng Jingde led a part of the army to go two or three miles away, but there was no sign of them. Seeing this, the two centurions immediately came back with their troops and the guards around the Ninth Prince.

Liu Yong crawled out from under the grain and yelled angrily, "Damn it, I heard that this area is not peaceful, and there are often horse bandits, but I didn't expect them to mix among the refugees. It's really a poor country and a bad place to come out of trouble! The chief of the guard, the guard Commander, you must protect His Highness well!" Liu Yong shouted at the chief of the bodyguard, grabbing the railing of the car body.

"They have knives in their hands. They are really horse bandits. Hurry up and protect His Highness the Ninth Highness!" The head of the personal guard retreated to the team, saw who was coming, and ordered his subordinates to set up formations on the road to block the attack.

Zhao Yuansong saw them deploying defenses on the main road, regardless of the sides of the road, and immediately doubted the commander's ability of the guard. He stood up from the carriage and shouted: "Stop!"

"Yuan Song, you're crazy!" The carriage stopped abruptly, and the Ninth Prince fell onto Liu Yong without holding on to the guardrail.He got up and looked back nervously, the group of people were already very close to them.The guards around them rushed over nervously, and some of them accidentally bumped into each other when they turned their horses.

Zhao Yuansong yelled: "No chaos, all the archers got off their horses and formed three rows of semi-circular arcs, facing the horse bandits and staggered."

The guards, who had never experienced war, acted immediately after hearing his calm and calm order. For some reason, they saw that the figure of the servant was somewhat similar to that of General Feng who had gone through hundreds of battles. Peace of mind.

When the chief guard heard the movement, he only had time to turn around to confirm that the Ninth Prince was safe and sound, and immediately drew his knife to fight the horse bandits who were rushing towards him.

The head of the personal guard is a son of a family, and he thought that there would be no big troubles when he came out this time with Feng Jingde leading the team. After all, General Changying has done a lot of military exploits and has never failed.He came out just to make soy sauce, to make some achievements, and to add some glory to the family, but he didn't expect that one day he would personally go into battle to kill the enemy.

The moment the long knives collided, the bodyguard's mouth was so painful that his heart skipped a beat.His strength was not as strong as the horse bandit in front of him, and his movements were not as fast as his. Seeing the other party attacking his face with a tricky knife, he was so frightened that his face turned pale as paper in an instant, and he fell off the horse.

"Shooting arrows!" Zhao Yuansong gave an order, and the arrow feathers pierced through the air, flew over the head of the head of the bodyguard, and directly forced back the deadly knife slashed by the horse bandit.The head of the personal guard retreated again and again, still in shock, he quickly got up and picked up the long knife to fight again.

"The contradictory hand prepares, and the archer draws back and shoots the arrow." Zhao Yuansong jumped off the carriage and continued to order, grabbing two small guards to follow him to the carriage pulling the tent to carry the fire bombs.

Seeing that the situation was under control, the Ninth Prince also jumped out of the carriage, followed closely behind Zhao Yuansong, and asked, "What is this? What's the use of moving this?"

"Good thing, it can blow them up." Zhao Yuansong directly took out two small fire bombs from the big wooden box and handed them to the Ninth Prince, telling him how to use them. It’s a deterrent. But, don’t throw it on us, it won’t kill you if it explodes, and it will burn off a layer of skin.”

After the Ninth Prince knew the purpose of the fire bomb, the timidity on his face faded, and his confidence doubled, "Okay, I am the best at throwing pots, just look at it."

Zhao Yuansong nodded in satisfaction, feeling that the Ninth Prince, the little fat man, is still useful at critical moments.There is a saying in the army: If a soldier loves a soldier, he will love a nest.Feng Jingde leads the team forward, and the one with the highest status staying here is the Ninth Prince. If he is timid in everything, his subordinates will only think of running for their lives.Such an army arrived in Puyang County, how could it confront the regular army led by the third prince, or the Huns who went south to plunder?

Zhao Shilang is a bit supernatural, and he is full of curiosity when he sees new things. He does not know when he came over and reached out to ask Zhao Yuansong for a fireball. "Such a magical thing, let the next two play with it."

Zhao Yuansong: "...." This guy accidentally broke into the refugee gathering place yesterday, escaped from danger, and refused to stay quietly.

When Liu Yong saw that the Ninth Prince was about to personally go into battle to kill the bandits, he immediately panicked. He slipped out of the carriage, ran over, frowned and stopped the Ninth Prince with a disapproving expression on his face: "Your Highness, it is the duty of a sergeant to go into battle and kill the enemy." , you are the body of a thousand pieces of gold, you must not make any mistakes, just dodge with the servant."

The Ninth Prince glanced at him, then at Zhao Yuansong who was ordering people to re-arrange the formation, and firmly pushed him away, "I won't go, Yuan Song, who has no strength to restrain a chicken, can go into battle and kill the enemy. A martial artist has learned martial arts, why should he avoid it? Besides, I am the Ninth Prince of Beixuan Kingdom, standing here is to stabilize the morale of the army, if you are afraid, you can find a place to hide yourself."

Hearing this, Liu Yong was stunned on the spot, the Ninth Prince is notoriously stupid and timid, it really surprised him to say such words today.

At this time, the head of the personal guard who was fighting the horse bandits in front was exhausted, and he withdrew under the cover of contradictory hands.Zhao Yuansong's fireball attack was ready, he shouted, and the contradictory hands retreated collectively, as if they were about to flee on horseback. A group of archers retreated while shooting arrows, leading the group of horse bandits into the weeds beside the road.

"Now, light the fire and drop the bomb!"

With a few bangs, the ignited rattan ball exploded into countless sparks in the air, and the unburned tung oil inside was sprinkled on the withered grass, and a high flame shot up instantly, scaring all the horse bandits to roll off their horses. One horse bandit With his feet pinned to the stirrups, he was dragged far away by the startled horse.

The Ninth Prince's fireball directly hit a horse bandit, and the fire burned all over his body, causing him to roll back and forth on the ground in pain.Seeing this, the Ninth Prince became more confident, and immediately turned around to ask Zhao Yuansong for a fireball, but was rejected, and he handed him a spear.The Ninth Prince was startled: "What... why?"

Zhao Yuansong didn't explain, but directly raised the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "If you dare to rob the food and silver for disaster relief, and don't care about the lives and deaths of the people, you will be killed! Kill!"

Hearing this, the soldiers around him also raised their weapons, rushed out and shouted: "Kill, kill, kill!" The momentum suddenly increased, as if they had become real warriors who went into battle to kill the enemy.

The Ninth Prince was shocked, raised his spear and rushed out following the shout.The horse bandits who were in a mess, scattered and fled in fright.

Seeing the appearance of the horse bandits, the head of the personal guard breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the personal guard: "Stop chasing, hurry up, and protect His Highness the Ninth Prince."

Zhao Yuansong disagreed, and retorted: "No, just beat them until they hurt. The relief supplies are for saving the lives of more people affected by the disaster, not for these horse bandits and bandits to enjoy themselves. In addition to protecting the prince, the soldiers also We need to protect more people, and don’t kill them to make an example to others, and they will even boldly come after us to snatch the food and silver for disaster relief.”

The Ninth Prince, who was surrounded by the crowd, raised his voice and echoed: "Just listen to Yuan Song."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhao Yuansong cupped his fists in the direction of the Ninth Prince, thanking him for his support.Then he ordered loudly to the centurion: "The archers are ready, shoot all the arrows, and how many can be shot down. The cavalry immediately went to retrieve their horses, organized a chase, and retreated until two miles away. Do you understand? ?”

"Yes!" Five hundred or so soldiers responded loudly. Their own voices and those of their companions pierced into their eardrums and agitated their hearts.At this moment, they really have a sense of mission and responsibility. Every knife they cut and every arrow they shoot is to protect more people.

In this battle, none of them died, and they won an overwhelming victory.When cleaning the battlefield, I counted and killed a total of 83 horse bandits, and captured more than 60 medium-sized horses, just to supplement the batch that was lost when the fire bomb was thrown just now.

"Yuan Song, you didn't see that I also shot a horse bandit just now." The Ninth Prince excitedly said, "An arrow shot into his eye socket."

"Well, Master Jiu's riding and shooting skills are very good!" Zhao Yuansong praised, but his mind was thinking about how to bring the dead horses to Puyang County.It's a waste of time to slaughter and take away on the spot. It's a pity to leave it alone.

At this time, the cavalry who were in charge of the pursuit came back, they knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Highness, my lord servant, we are incompetent, we failed to kill all the fleeing horse bandits, and two escaped successfully."

Zhao Yuansong nodded, motioning for the Ninth Prince to get up.The Ninth Prince waved his hand while holding the air of a prince, "Get up, I don't blame you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Report to Your Highness, the general has something to report." One of the cavalrymen didn't move, and his expression looked very serious.

Ninth Prince: "Say."

"The general waited to chase two miles away and saw from afar the group of refugees who met us yesterday. Some of them were being enslaved, driven, and whipped. The general guessed that those suffering people were not accomplices to the horse bandits. We ..." The cavalry hesitated, "Your Highness, should we send troops to rescue the suffering people?"

The Ninth Prince looked back at Zhao Yuansong, eager to try.Liu Yong and the head of the personal guard disagreed and said: "No way, Your Highness's safety is the most important thing. We only have more than 500 people, and there are nearly a thousand of those refugees!"

Zhao Yuansong thought for a while, asked Liu Yong for a pen and paper, scribbled down a line, then turned around and ordered: "Put away the corpses of the horse bandits and line them up by the side of the road, and clean up those dead horses too." Asked loudly, "Who is the best at riding and the most accurate at archery?"

The cavalry who knelt down to ask for orders and an archer came out, Zhao Yuansong handed the note to the archer, let them break into the refugee gathering place directly, and shoot the note in front of the refugee leader. "You have to be careful, and you must return safely. Whether our plan can succeed or not depends on your abilities."

The two soldiers who were entrusted with important tasks were very ambitious, and Qi Qi saluted him, promising to complete the task.

After the two soldiers left, the Ninth Prince couldn't help asking: "Hey, Yuan Song, what did you write in that note? Why did you only send two people out to save people?"

Zhao Yuansong raised the corners of his lips and narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Master Jiu, don't worry, you will know in a while."

The Ninth Prince is not smart, and he hates being kept in the dark the most. He growled with a puffy face, "Yuan Song, you laugh like a fox. Also, it's not good to like to play tricks!"