Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"Ten, ten miles?" Han Ruhai was so frightened that he stuttered, and hurriedly asked the most concerned person: "How many have you come?"

The little soldier said anxiously: "The mountain road is steep and the forest is lush. I haven't explored it yet, but there are always thousands of people!"

Han Ruhai was dumbfounded, a large lump of flesh slumped in the armchair, speechless for a long time.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness! What should I do?"

"There are only a thousand of us!"

Several participating generals were also very nervous. They were all descendants of the Yuanjing family, and they all had various backgrounds. They joined the army under the command of the Yuanshui camp and lacked actual combat experience.

Zhao Zeyong's expression was as usual, he had already put on his armor, and as soon as he turned around, Rong Youtang understood, hurriedly ran to get the saber, handed it with both hands, and said loudly and firmly: "Your Highness will definitely win the battle, and triumphantly defeat the thieves in one fell swoop!"

Zhao Zeyong smiled: "You have good courage. Rong Youtang obeys orders!"

Rong Youtang held his breath and concentrated.

"The king hereby appoints you to be the chief of the temporary assisted war chief, in charge of protecting the people in Guanzhou who are in charge of grain, with Tongzhi Sun Qi as his deputy. Your task is: guard the county government!"

His Highness believed in me, so he asked me to help defend the city!

Rong Youtang's blood boiled with enthusiasm, at this moment he was not afraid of death, and solemnly said: "Obey!"

Zhao Zeyong nodded in satisfaction: "Go."

Rong Youtang nodded heavily, turned around and rushed to find the Guanzhou food security team who was resting in the house next to the county government office, without hesitation, he was brave and fearless.

Guo Da meaningfully said to the people in the Yuanshui camp: "Rong Youtang is just a scholar. It's the first time for a young man to go to war. Do you think he is afraid?"

"..." Han Ruhai opened his mouth, resentful, and didn't say anything.

Zhao Zeyong brought more than a hundred guards with him, all of them were elites selected from thousands of miles, with rich experience in actual combat, and the more critical the situation was, the higher their morale would be.

"General Guo, everything is going according to the original plan."

Guo Da took the order: "Your Highness, be careful, the general will take someone to the north gate right now!"

Zhao Zeyong waved his hand to urge him, he walked quickly, the corners of his robe fluttered, and said to the accompanying generals: "Although there are more than [-] rebels in Jiufeng Mountain, Yu Xin has no ability to command them all, he can only bring down about [-] at most. Real bandits cherish their lives, there is nothing to gain in this battle, and they will not fight against the court. Do you all remember what this king said?"

General Lin Peng hurriedly echoed: "Your Highness' teachings will never be forgotten! According to your guess, the 3000 people who attacked tonight are mostly mobs from Shun County, not bandits?"

"Bandits are desperadoes, but they don't want to die." Zhao Zeyong got on his horse when he went out, raised his whip, and rushed to the city gate: "Now that the entire county has been looted of valuables, what are they doing down the mountain? Only ignorant mobs will Instigated by Yu Xin. Go! Go to the city wall and follow me to meet them!"

——Han Ruhai didn't follow, and everyone had no time to pay attention. He took a few soldiers and hid in the depths of the county government guarded by Rong Youtang and Guanzhou Tongzhi, led by one or two hundred government officials, and became a coward who was afraid of death. .

"Everyone, keep your spirits up!" Rong Youtang, the newly-appointed interim chief executive of the Allied Forces, raised his arms and shouted, "This is a great opportunity to make contributions! What kind of person is His Royal Highness Prince Qing? The famous commander of the Northwest Army, he has won more battles than us. There are still many bridges to cross! Your Highness has already planned a strategy, and he has already planned it out. This time, it is a strategy to lure the enemy, and the rear has already laid an ambush, and he will definitely be able to wipe out the rebels!"

In fact, Rong Youtang didn't know what King Qing's "backhand" was, but he firmly believed that King Qing would not be defeated—His Royal Highness is familiar with military strategy and has actually led the Northwest Army to fight against foreign enemies for more than ten years. He is unparalleled in wisdom and experience.The most commendable thing is that he was never conceited, and devoted himself to every battle, even if it was to suppress bandits.How could such a general lose?

Sun Qi, Tongzhi of Guanzhou, was originally a civil servant, but he was holding the long knife tightly at this time, but his palms were sweating and slippery.He tried his best to calm down, and trembling slightly, he said to the yamen servants he brought with him: "Don't panic, listen to the command of Mr. Bai. With His Royal Highness King Qing personally sitting in charge, this battle will surely win!" Let's talk about people's hearts.

Rong Youtang forcefully boosted morale: "The imperial court has long issued an order: Jiufengshan's rebels are heinous, and they should be killed! Those who kill thieves, judge their merits by the enemy's first: kill one, get two taels of silver, and so on. Kill ten If there are more than one, you can be promoted as appropriate. The brothers are government servants, and the Jin is not under the control of the army, but the rewards are distributed by the bandit suppression army. His Royal Highness King Qing is famous for his strict rewards and punishments, and he will never treat everyone badly!"

Have money?Can you still get it in full?

Everyone gradually became less nervous, and they were all a little excited.

At this moment, a thick and powerful drum sound suddenly came from the direction of the city gate, followed by the roar of the two armies fighting and the sound of knives and weapons—but before everyone had time to tremble with fear, they heard a loud, earth-shattering noise, which was deafening!Mixed with countless mournful wailing, it was especially clear and piercing in the middle of the night.

what happened?Sounds like a wall falling in?Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay: This, this is defeated?

Rong Youtang was extremely determined, excitedly said: "The enemy must have been ambushed by us! Give them a severe blow!"

That's right, the city wall did collapse.Because Shun County has been threatened by bandits for a long time, the successive county magistrates have done a good deed. Shun County is not big, but the city wall has two layers, divided into inner city wall and outer city wall. , Bow and arrow trebuchet and horse barriers and other anti-city weapons.

Zhao Zeyong discovered it when he spied on Shun County before: the outer city wall had been captured and was badly damaged, but the inner city wall was still intact, thick and strong.

There are few soldiers to suppress the bandits, and the troops are too scattered to expose their shortcomings.

Simply by surprise, pretending to be invincible, introducing appropriate amount of rebels into the laneway between the two city walls as appropriate, and then using rolling logs to push down the city wall that had damaged the foundation in advance!

Zhao Zeyong went up to the inner city wall to direct the offensive and defensive battles, and several participants ran back and forth, shouting at the top of their lungs.

Under the city wall that was more than ten meters high, the rebels who "broke through" the outer gate at the head were crushed to death by a section of the collapsed city wall and injured hundreds of people. The running-in period is too short and the training is seriously insufficient.Fear of death and retreat is inevitable.

"it is good!"

"Smash you son of a bitch!"

"His Royal Highness King Qing is here, you are looking for death!"

"Dare to fight against the imperial court, I am really impatient!"

"..."

The bandit suppression army got off to a good start, their morale was boosted, and they yelled and cursed on the high wall in a rough voice, which was also the way to attack the opponent.

Zhao Zeyong observed for a while, and when he saw that the enemy army had regained momentum and gathered to attack the city, he ordered: "Use fuel and catapult. The opponent's command is weak, and the sand is scattered, and it will not last for an hour."

"The last general takes orders!" General Lin Peng had overcome his fear, his eyes were red with excitement, and he rushed over excitedly and yelled viciously: "Get on fire! Attack with a trebuchet! Hit me to death!"

The noise was chaotic, and the flesh and blood were flying.

Zhao Zeyong looked at the bandit den on the top of Jiufeng Mountain in the distance: Unfortunately, the night is so dark that he can't see anything clearly.He asked in a low voice: "Is the communication between Yue Ling and the others still smooth?"

Wei Jie bowed and said: "Everything is normal now—" Before he finished speaking, the guards on the city wall exclaimed in surprise: "Is the top of the mountain on fire?"

"Look, brothers! The den of thieves is on fire!"

At the gate of the county yamen, Rong Youtang and the yamen servants were waiting in formation, followed the sound and looked up: in the dark night, the distant and steep peak of Jiufeng suddenly showed a little red, and then spread rapidly, the fire ignited into a fireball, and finally turned into a fireball. Huge soaring torch, twisting wildly with the cold north wind!

The high temperature of the flame can be imagined from a long distance, as if you can hear the "crackling~" burning sound.

"My God!" Guanzhou Tongzhi Sun Qi gasped, and asked with some uncertainty: "Did our people set the fire? How did you climb up?"

Rong Youtang sighed: "It suddenly burned so badly, it can't be a fire. Don't worry, everyone, we have won." It seems that His Highness and Mr. Guo secretly arranged these things last night.Otherwise, if more than a thousand people fight more than ten thousand people, those soldiers who are not brought out by His Highness will make people suspense.

All the yamen servants were elated and overjoyed, but the next moment, a clear roar came from the empty South Street: "Stop!"

"See where he can escape!"

"Catch Yu Xin!"

Yu Xin?bandit chieftain?

Rong Youtang hastily reminded everyone: "The enemy is defeated, the bandit leader Yu Xin wants to escape, and the brothers help to surround—" Before they finished speaking, they saw three men with knives rushing towards the street in front of them, followed by others chasing them It is Guo Da.

"Catch the bandit leader alive for 3000 taels of silver!" Guo Da yelled, "Rong Youtang, the people who brought you stop them!"

But I, I don't know martial arts.

However, this thought only flashed in his mind, and Rong Youtang's body was already holding a knife, facing the bandit leader aggressively, and shouted: "Brothers, 3000 taels of silver!"

In fact, as long as someone takes the lead in this situation, there will naturally be followers.

Tongzhi Sun Qi was the first to respond: "Go! Capture the bandit leader alive!"

As a result, nearly a hundred yamen servants who were originally timid raised their knives on their own initiative or followed the crowd, blocking the way tightly.

Guo Da, who was chasing after him from the north gate, almost burst out laughing. He was covered in blood, but his eyes were still bright and firm. He probably took a breath before asking loudly, "Yu Xin, how does it feel to be a street rat?"

Yu Xin is from the coast, his face is dark, and his cheeks are red from the seaside sun. He is not tall, but he is strong and strong. General, what are you proud of?"

Guo Da laughed and asked: "Greedy and corrupt, even daring to embezzle the pension money of casualties, and inciting riots among the people, killing countless lives - are you worthy of looking down on me?"

At the end of the road, Yu Xin leaned against the wall nervously, with only two companions left, he shouted like a madman: "Where is King Qing? Where is Zhao Zeyong? Tell him to come out! You are afraid of him, but I am not! It's just the emperor's family and relatives. , all the meritorious deeds are stolen!"

Guo Da stopped laughing, and said with a blank expression: "You are a defeated general, how dare you speak nonsense! You are a dirty and despicable villain, and you deserve to be summoned by His Highness? Playing with sand on the beach! How dare you say such disrespectful words in the northwest, the spittle of the common people can drown you!"

Yu Xin hid behind the two companions, shouting nervously repeatedly: "Your royal relatives are all rich and rich, and you know how to fight! I am a natural born general. The South Navy drives me away, just wait for defeat! "

Such arrogance?Just lost my mind.Everyone thinks.

"Go! Capture them alive, take them back to Yuanjing and hand them over to the imperial court!" Guo Da waved his hand contemptuously.

The crowd rushed forward, tied up the three rebels tightly, searched them and gagged them.

"General Guo, Jiufeng Mountain is on fire! Is it possible for the thousands of rebels on the mountain to escape?" Rong Youtang asked nervously.

Guo Da looked up at the top of Jiufeng Mountain, looked at the raging flames, and nodded with satisfaction: "Don't worry, few will escape. The top of Jiufeng Mountain has three cliffs and only one passage. If it is summer, it is impossible to use fire to prevent forest fires." , but it doesn’t matter in winter, if it burns, it will only burn down the wooden bandit’s nest cottage.”

Rong Youtang blurted out: "Why didn't the people who came to suppress the bandits in front didn't expect that?"

Guo Da rolled his eyes: "The top is full of murderous bandits, there are secret whistles everywhere, only one side of the inward steep cliff is loosely guarded. I led people to climb up, and it was difficult to find a place to drop the hook. I was so tired. Half dead. It's not that others didn't think of it, but they couldn't do it. Understand?"

Rong Youtang was in awe: "General Guo is really powerful." After a pause, he hurriedly reminded: "His Royal Highness is still at the gate of the city!"

Guo Da nodded: "I have to go to support, you can help yourself."

Rong Youtang looked envious.

"Do you want to go?"

"I think so. But Your Highness asked me to guard the county government." Rong Youtang expressed regret.

Guo Da slapped Rong Youtang heavily on the shoulder: "You will be qualified to go up the city wall when you put on a fifty-pound armor and can run ten kilometers in half an hour! Now guard the county government well."

Fifty pounds of armor?Run ten kilometers in half an hour?

——Is it possible for me to be eligible to go to the city wall in this life?

Rong Youtang pressed his regret and said to Guo Da: "Then go and support me, I will guard the county government well."

"Okay, I'll go and see His Highness's actual combat training." Guo Da patted his clothes and told his subordinates: "Look good at Yu Xin, don't kill him, the court wants to live. 3000 taels of silver, if you run away, you will pay."

"Yes!" The soldiers were elated, majestically pushing and shoving the captives away.

Guo Da took the lead, when he led people up the city wall:

"...Understood? A war cannot be won by a large number of people. Although the opponent has 4000 or [-] people, they are a mob. They have not undergone sufficient training and no discipline. They cannot be ordered or prohibited." Zhao Zeyong paid close attention to the battle situation and pointed at the No. The enemy who launched the attack three times asked: "Jiufeng Mountain has been burned, do you know why they are still insisting?"

Several generals stood aside respectfully, and Wan Tao tried to answer: "Is it because you didn't receive an order to retreat?"

Zhao Zeyong nodded: "Did you see the pile of people hidden behind? There is the enemy's siege command inside. It is probably Yu Xin's confidant. He knows how to arrange troops. He arranges a crane wing formation with a general direction. No problem—but what he commanded was not soldiers, but rebels. The enemy army couldn't copy our sides, the defense was scattered, and the two wings were stagnant.

Wan Tao said gratefully, "Thank you for your teaching, Your Highness!"

Zhao Zeyong slightly waved his hand: "This battle focuses on setting up an ambush in two steps, and the actual battle is of little reference value—"

"Your Highness, the leader of the bandit, Yu Xin, has been captured alive. He really intends to go around the side door and sneak into the county town, bringing a hundred and eighty real bandits with him." Guo Daying valiantly raised his knife to the city wall and shouted from afar.

There was a loud roar on the city wall.

"Okay!" Zhao Zeyong nodded happily, thought for a while and asked, "How is the county government?"

Guo Da understood, cleared his throat, and praised: "Everything is normal! Rong Youtang and Sun Qi did a good job. They led the yamen servants to guard against death, and also assisted the general and others to surround the bandit leader."

Zhao Zeyong showed a satisfied smile, then waved his hand, and shouted: "Lin Peng, you are in charge of launching the last round of defense and counterattack. Wan Tao leads people to defend the city wall. The rest will follow the king out of the city to wipe out the enemy!"

Guo Da raised Yu Xin's helmet high with his long spear, and said in an imposing manner:

"Yu Xin has been captured alive, how dare you resist? Go against the court, that's the end!" After speaking, he threw Yu Xin's helmet forcefully, and threw a few more famous bandit heads.

After a burst of panicked shouts broke out in the city, there was a dazed silence.

At this time, the city gate that could not be attacked for a long time opened automatically - King Qing went into battle in person?

"The rebels have killed innocent people and committed numerous crimes! All the officers and men listened to the order: kill!" Zhao Zeyong led the guard battalion to charge forward, slashing a path of blood with a knife in his hand.

The soldiers of the Yuanshui camp followed closely behind, their killing sounds shook the sky, under the excitement and tension, they couldn't feel the pain when they were injured!

When the other party heard that Yu Xin had been captured alive, and saw the heads of several leaders roll to the ground, he knew that the situation was over, and he collapsed in an instant, scattered and fled, and refused to obey the command.

The bandit suppression army won a complete victory without any suspense!Some people were full of energy and were about to chase the enemy, but Zhao Zeyong ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, close the gate of the city, and clean up the battlefield tomorrow.

Zhao Zeyong didn't make any arrangements until dawn when he was busy, and returned to the county government with Guo Da exhausted.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the gate, he suddenly heard a voice:

"Kowtow to Your Highness."

It's Han Ruhai.He knelt in the snow, his face pale.

Zhao Zeyong stopped and didn't speak for a while.

"Please Your Highness, please spare me." Han Ruhai pounded his head on the ground with a "bang bang bang~" and begged in a low voice: "Last night, my heart was covered with lard, my eyes were covered with feces, and I offended you by colliding. Your lord has a lot, please forgive me." Go! From now on, I will be at the mercy of His Highness, and I am willing to be an ox or a horse!"

When Guo Da just wanted to refute "You can't be a cow, you should be a pig", but Zhao Zeyong raised his hand to stop him.

"What does General Han say?" Zhao Zeyong said calmly, "You are Taifu Han's nephew, and you belong to the Yuanshui camp. How dare this king send you?"

"Your Highness, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life!" Han Ruhai was cruel again, knocked his head several times, and said with a mournful face: "I am confused and ignorant, questioning your ability. Your Highness is the commander-in-chief of the prince, and I am the mud on the ground. What do you want?" You can punish me to vent your anger, but please don't, don't—" Don't think that I disobeyed orders on the battlefield and ran away.Han Ruhai didn't dare to speak out.

"Don't what?" Guo Da asked coldly, "Are you teaching His Highness what to do?"

Han Ruhai hurriedly kneeled in front of Guo Da, raised his face, and repeatedly denied: "Don't dare! Don't dare! General Guo, you and I have known each other since childhood—"

"Fuck you!" Guo Da jumped away like a bedbug, raised his eyebrows, and said angrily, "Who has known you since childhood? I have been with my brother and cousin since childhood, we are not in the same circle!"

Han Ruhai begged bitterly: "Forgive me once, I won't dare to do it again!"

In addition to the sentry post, there were also soldiers patrolling back and forth with knives. They were so embarrassed that they didn't dare to look at their distressed general, and kept their eyes on the errand.

This grandson did it on purpose!

Guo Da thought angrily: He picked this place and kowtowed to beg for mercy. If his cousin was punished with an iron hand on the spot and dealt with by military law, he would be impeached by the Han Taifu Party again.

Looking at the milky white sky before dawn, Zhao Zeyong fell silent.

At this time, Rong Youtang, who had been waiting for a long time, came out in a hurry to find someone, and when he crossed the threshold, he said pleasantly: "Your Highness, Mr. Guo, you are finally back! Come in, the kitchen has boiled hot rice porridge—" He After running for a few steps, he went down the steps to see Han Ruhai who was kneeling on the ground. He froze for a moment, and walked slowly to stand next to King Qing.

deserter!You are a deserter!

Rong Youtang's first reaction was to think.

"Rice porridge?" Guo Da didn't bother to talk to Han Ruhai, and asked Rong Youtang in a low voice, "Are there any side dishes?"

"I boiled several large pots to keep my stomach full. For supper, the brothers are eating it with pickles." Rong Youtang has gradually become accustomed to saying "brothers".

Guo Da showed off: "I have fried shredded pork with dried bamboo shoots!"

"Aren't they all carrots?" Rong Youtang was surprised.

Guo Da proudly said: "My name is the manager of the inn in Songyang Town."

"Your Highness, please forgive me, give me a chance to reform myself!" Han Ruhai kowtowed again.

Tsk, if I knew this earlier, why did I do it in the first place?

Zhao Zeyong finally opened his mouth and said expressionlessly: "The suppression of the bandits has not yet ended, and this king has no time to send you out for the time being."

As long as I can go back to the capital, it will be easy, my uncle will definitely save me!

"Thank you Your Highness, thank you Your Highness for your kindness, thank you Your Highness!" Han Ruhai was overjoyed, kowtowed his head like pounding garlic, and stood up with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Zeyong said again: "You are a general appointed by the imperial court, how can the suppressing bandits escape in battle?"

Han Ruhai's face turned purple, and he wanted to kneel——

Zhao Zeyong raised his hand to stop him: "Kneeling is useless. Yu Xin has been captured alive and thousands of enemies have been wiped out, but many of them still fled into the mountains and forests with impunity."

Han Ruhai immediately said: "The general is willing to chase the enemy!" It is not difficult to ask his subordinates to go into the forest to catch scattered bandits.

But Zhao Zeyong said: "We have a limited number of people and cannot search and arrest a large area. Therefore, my king sent a letter to the Guanzhong Army [-] miles away last night, asking General Sang Jiacheng to lead his troops to help, and it will arrive by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. You go to the side to assist General Sang."

"Sang Jiacheng?!" Han Ruhai yelled strangely, but then he restrained himself and said bravely, "The general will follow orders."

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In the plate, half of dried radish and half of dried bamboo shoots are fried with shredded pork.

"Your Highness, who is Sang Jiacheng?" After drinking half a bowl of porridge, Rong Youtang couldn't help asking curiously.

Zhao Zeyong said: "Han Ruhai was on the peak when he was released from Guanzhong."

"They... have a festival?" Rong Youtang speculated seriously.

"I don't know." Zhao Zeyong shook his head solemnly. He put down the porridge bowl, feeling quite happy, and went to the door to order: "Go and pass on the hot water, I've been splashed with half of my blood." Turning to look at Rong Youtang, this time Shi Cai asked, "How did you get the injury on your body?"