7. Breaking the Valley City, Shocking Siye II

Cao Yuanji stepped on the war horse in an air, thanked the officials of Henan Province, and cautiously promised that the gang of thieves would be severely punished.

The same day, noon.

Du Yuhou and Zhang Hong also led his subordinates to leave Henan Prefecture by boat. Hundreds of large and small ships were spectacular. Along the way, he met many people and waved to the official ship.

There is a saying in the art of war: if the army does not move, the food and fodder go first.

But this time, the thief in front of him was unknown. Cao Yuanji did not dare to take the risk to let Li Sui's heavy team go first, but followed Zhang Hong. He set off by waterway the next morning, set out from Henan Province, and followed the army.

Cao Yuanji's cavalry traveled on the official road for three days before reaching the border of Shaanxi. During this period, they did not meet thieves. They got enough support in the local area and rested for half a day, and then went straight to Guzhou Prefecture again.

The road in Guzhou is very difficult to walk. It is not as simple as before. From the map given by the Ministry of War, Cao Yuanji can only tell where it is. As for the surrounding terrain after getting there, his eyes are blackened.

I thought that the roads in Quzhou were also as well as those in Beijing. When I went there, I knew that there were mountains around. Even if there were roads, they were trampled by the beasts in the mountains. If you can walk, the speed of the army is absolutely many times slower than before.

With the intention of Li Nangong, the governor of Guzhou, Wang Ziyuan, the local inspector, led Cao Yuanji's army. He crossed two mountain beams in Zhuyang County in the southwest and reached the boundary of Shangzhou. As for the plan to go south to Lushi County, it had to be temporarily changed.

Because there are too many mountain roads between Guzhou Prefecture and Lushi County, and there are not too many hidden places in the uneven terrain. Li Nangong means to go straight to Lu's along the road in an army, and then join Zhang Hongbu to enter Shangzhou along the waterway. There is no need to stir up the crowd.

Cao Yuanji also felt that this plan was good, so he divided 500 cavalry according to Li Nangong's method, led by a confidant primary school to go south to Guzhou Prefecture, crossed the Hongnong River, and went along the bank of the Zhushui River to Lushi County. Then, his army set off, and as he walked, he put out his horse to explore the enemy's situation.

Besides, Zhang Hong's army took only two days to reach the Lu family because they were walking by waterways. To his surprise, the Lu family had long been empty, as quiet as a grave. There were several tattered flags hanging on the wall, and the dead people who were killed by arrows could be seen at the mouth. They were lying there and being flown away by a group of crows. The bird nibbles at it, which is simply unbearable.

Before entering the city, his army was stationed by the river in Lu's South City. The camp was triangular. The Chinese army spread wooden fences and traps around the inside to stop the enemy, and then sent a thousand people into the city to clean up the mess and bury the dead.

Most of Lu's defenders are local troops such as archers. They all died in various parts of the city. Even the county government offices have turned into ashes, and they can't find half a ghost, let alone rice and grain and other supplies.

It is a big problem for 5,000 people to eat and drink. Li Sui's heavy team will arrive in one day. In order to save grain and fodder, he sent a thousand soldiers to hunt in the surrounding mountains to supplement food and fodder.

On the same day, Li Sui's heavy team arrived in Changshui County safely. It was inconvenient to sail at night. His 3,000 people and horses were stationed in Xiongjia Village, a small fishing village three miles away from Changshui County. Because the heavy troops on the boat could not go too far, they only camped on the river bank and set up three lines of defense, with 200 people and horses outside. The sentries scattered in the three directions of south, north and west are actually sentries, and the five hundred in the middle are also distributed in the same way. The closest to the river bank is his own army, with 2,300 people logging as a fortress.

Li Sui is a slightly fat middle-aged officer. Although he likes to drink a few cups, he never misses things. He also knows the truth that marching and camp should be cautious, and has also figured out ways to deal with emergencies.

However, there are some things that cannot be stopped.

In the middle of the night, a group of ragged people came to the south of the dark Xiongjia Village. It seemed that they were refugees who fled the wilderness. There were thousands of people. From their hungry eyes, we knew how much suffering they had suffered, not to mention their long-lasting faces in the moonlight.

In the dark, someone suddenly shouted, "In front of you is the army's grain ship. If you want to fill your stomachs, you can rush over and grab the food. Those are all our blood and sweat, folks. Come on, grab the food."

In an instant, the earth began to tremble, and countless dark shadows rushed towards the dim bonfire at the river bank, like the river that broke the dike, **, unstoppable. The sleeping birds in the woods woke up, and the dozed soldiers by the bonfire also woke up, because they heard heavy footsteps, getting closer and closer and closer. The more urgent.

Suddenly, the yellow dog in Xiong's village barked. First, the one in the south of the village, and then the one in the north of the village. Many people's windows lit up the oil lamp, but it went out again in an instant.

Because there were bursts of shouts on the riverbank.

"Report, my lord, the thieves rushed into the camp"

The sentry officer rushed into Li Sui's tent, and there was a mess outside. Many soldiers shouted, release arrows, shoot arrows, shoot arrows, don't let the rebels approach, shoot arrows quickly...

"Ah..."

Someone screamed, and then heard the officer camp shouting, "No, the rioters have rebelled, and there are bows and arrows."

As he finished speaking, he was shot on the spot.

Li Sui was sleeping in the tent of the Central Army and was suddenly woken up by his men. He turned over and fell to the ground. He hurriedly took off the long gun from the weapon rack and ran out of the tent. He came outside. When he saw it, he was immediately dumbfounded.

There were fires around Xiongjia Village. I don't know how many people were killed. In the moonlight, the shouts of killing became one after another, and the periphery had been broken through for a long time. The Chinese army was struggling to resist the waves of the chaos by relying on traps and wooden fences.

However, those rioters are simply desperate masters. They rushed over with their flesh and blood, resisting the rain of knives and arrows with their bodies, and were not afraid of death at all.

Li Sui shouted loudly, "It's all fucking cheer up. Light the bonfire and kill me fiercely. Cut down these gang of people. They resist and resist. No one is allowed to retreat. One person retreats to kills one person, and one team retreats to kills one team. Do you hear it!"

Although the scene at that time was chaotic, the people and horses of the Chinese army were properly mobilized, and the whole river bank camp was guarded out of the air. No matter how the rebels attacked, they could not attack.

However, in the night, there was a sudden sound of gunfire. Although it was very small and weak, it was two or three o'clock. Later, it became more and more dense and closer. The soldiers guarding the north side suddenly fell down a large area. Li Sui shouted, "No, damn it, take the rest of the people there and guard it for me. Stop, hold on"

In an instant, Li Sui's lieutenant rushed over with only 300 people left. After a fierce slash, he finally took back the wooden door. However, before the time of incense, there was only half of the team.

Soldiers kept rushing to ask for help. Sweat flowed out of Li Sui's forehead. His heart beat violently. What should I do? What should I do? If it's really not good, I have to make a dangerous move.

Thinking of this, Li Sui quickly withdrew a team of people in the south to support the Zhaimen in the north, and this time he finally resisted.

However, there was another accident behind him. Hundreds of lights suddenly lit up on the river. Half of his ten big boats caught fire in the blink of an eye, and the sound of slashing suddenly went up. It seemed that the enemy was prepared. Thinking of this, he was cruel and shouted, "Brothers of Zhongmen, withdraw 500 people for me. Come with me to grab the boat. Come on, Don't let the thief go ashore, or we will definitely die!"

The melee in the dark lasted until dawn. Li Sui didn't know how many people he had killed, let alone how many of his brothers had died. Anyway, the shouting of killing has been uninterrupted, echoing in the surrounding mountains. His camp was on fire everywhere, full of shadows of rioters and fighting people everywhere. There is blood everywhere.

At dawn, the shout of killing finally subdied, and finally disappeared completely into the air. When Jiang Xun of Changshui Zhi County came with 500 local troops, what he saw was devastated, dead bodies everywhere, officers, anti-thieves, and some people.

The injured person is sitting on the roadside to rest, dressing the wound. It seems that the loss is not small, and the whole camp has been destroyed.

"This...this" Jiang Xun was speechless for a moment. He quickly took the people and horses to the river. At a glance, there was only one left in yesterday's ten big boats, and the rest seemed to be on fire and overturned in the water. Lord Li Sui, who escorted food and fodder, was sitting in the bow of the boat and didn't know what he was looking at.

Jiang Xun hurried to the shore, covered his mouth and nose, and stepped over one dead body after another. It was not until he stood on a clean stone that he shouted, "Lord Li, Lord Li!"

When Li Sui was distracted, he suddenly heard someone calling him on the shore. He suddenly turned around, which scared Jiang Xun and almost fell into the water. Fortunately, the people around him supported him.

"Yo, Lord Li, what's wrong with your eyes?"

"It's okay, I'm fucking blind," Li Sui said with pain, "Yes, you are Lord Jiang Xun of Changshui County, aren't you?"

"Yes, it's the subordinate," Jiang Xun replied.

"Please, Lord Jiang Xun, please send someone to inform the state. The thieves attacked my people and asked them to send troops as soon as possible. In addition, I have to trouble you to inform the magistrate Lord Xue to raise food and fodder quickly and send it to Guzhou on the same day. By the way, bullets can't be missing."

"Okay, I understand, my lord," Jiang Xun looked at Li Sui worriedly, "You'd better go to Changshui County to dress the wound first. Your health is important."

"Ah, I know. Please hurry up and do this matter first," Li Sui urged.

"Okay, I'm going now. Take care of yourself, my lord!"

"I know"

After Jiang Xan left, Li Sui put the Yanling knife in his hand on the deck with hatred, waved his hand and shouted, "Wang Yu, how many brothers do we have?"

The commander Wang Yu hurriedly ran out of the cabin and replied, "Your Excellency, we still have about a thousand brothers who can fight."

"Is that all?"

"Of course, my lord, these thousand people are not slightly injured"

"Hey," Li Sui thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you think it's better for us to chase that group of rebels or go back to Changshui County first?"

Wang Yu immediately understood the meaning of Li Sui's words. It turned out that Li Sui was worried that he would be attacked by the thieves. The fleet suffered heavy losses, and there was only one ship left, which he couldn't explain.

Wang Yu's eyes turned and replied, "Your Excellency, I think the thief should have escaped to Xiong'er Mountain. I heard that there is a stockade there. Why don't we gather all our brothers to capture it and make up for it?"

"Eh, okay, it's in line with the official's intention. Come and gather people, and prepare to attack Xiong'er Mountain after a full meal!"