Chapter VII Decisions
It was dim and twenty simple rafts slid into the water; Shi Qing and his group quietly sneaked to the other side. Although the rainy season was still coming, there were still one or two deep in the middle of Yingshui, which could easily submerge people. With caution, twenty rafts slowly came to the west coast.
A red sun emerged magnificently, and the light spread throughout the nine provinces. The coolness that had just emerged from the water turned into nothing in a blink of an eye. Shi Qing felt warm all over her body, as if a brand new life had been born.
At this time, someone among his companions suddenly exclaimed, "Look! What is it?"
Shi Qingxun looked at the sound and saw many black spots appearing on the upper river. The black spots became larger and larger, and the outline of the ferry appeared in a short while. The ferry was densely packed with soldiers. A rough estimate showed that there were about thirty ships, and each ship had about thirty soldiers.
The ferry went down the water and was bent on the shore four or five miles away. A team of soldiers went up to the west bank. Judging from the banner, there were the military army, the Yuzhou soldiers of Xuchang, and the Yingchuan County soldiers.
"They chased the river..." The companions shouted.
"Scorpion! Go quickly. Run faster and you may be able to get rid of it." Sun Jian urged Shi Qing worriedly.
"Wait..." Shi Qing's eyes froze and pointed to the other side and asked, "Uncle Sun, what's going on?"
On the east bank, within seven or eight miles, in the grass, in the woods, and on the fields, a head emerged one after another. These people were panicked and gathered at the Yingshui River Beach in a daze. Behind them, teams of cavalry, soldiers, swords and guns shone, driving them into the water like pigs and dogs. Two slow-moving men were mercilessly put on spears, and blood gushed, wetting the grass on the shore, and howling shrillly, breaking the tranquility of the morning. Others were extremely frightened and rushed into Yingshui.
People from the north are good at riding but not water. A few people hurriedly plunged into Yingshui, but no figures emerged again. The one behind them began to hesitate. Looking at the surging Yingshui and the bloody swords and guns, they didn't know where to go. They were wandering in the shallows of Yingshui without any hesitation. The ruthless swords and guns were coming little by little.
"The fierce civilian army wants to force them into Yingshui to drown!" Sun Jian said sadly. For him, he saw too many such scenes.
"No! The military army wants them to cross the river." Shi Qing's tone was very certain. The military army had thousands of means to kill people, so why bother so useless? Understanding this, he made up his mind and suddenly jumped off the river bank, shouting: "Brother Huishui, follow me to cross the river and cross the river."
After saying that, Shi Qingyiqiuo's horse spear jumped onto a raft. With the horse spear supported, he had already swung to the other side. An Li and his group of people said nothing, then they held up the raft and chased them up.
Si Yang walked to Sun Jian. "Uncle Sun, what does Scorpion want to do?"
"The scorpion has grown up. I know how to take responsibility." Looking at the figure of Shi Qing in Yingshui, Sun Jian sighed.
Si Yang frowned and said anxiously: "But it's hard for us to get out of here with such delay."
"Not necessarily!" Wu Ci rushed out of nowhere and said, "Although Scorpion is gentle, this move may not be a bad thing. There are more than a thousand people on the other side, as long as they are reorganized, they have the power to fight; if they go, they have such a big goal, they will lose their troops to protect the commander when needed... Haha."
"Not bad!" Si Yang suddenly realized, patted Wu Ci hard and praised, "Ghost Monkey, I didn't expect you to have a good idea." Wu Ci was slapped to the ground by his palm, grinning in pain.
Si Yang didn't care about this, turned around and shouted, and began to greet people. "Black Panther, Wan Niuzi, Dong Tu... Come and discuss how to reorganize these people..."
Shi Qing held his spear with his hands, and the raft quickly passed by the water surface and slid to the opposite bank. While he was walking quickly, a slum suddenly rushed down the upstream. He quickly stretched out his spear and hit him. A fair hand immediately grabbed it. Shi Qing shouted "Be careful", and his arms trembled, and the man in the water stepped out of the water surface and was picked up onto the raft. However, he was a scholar with a long robe, wide sleeves and elegant face.
Shi Qing had no time to chat, so he said, "Sit down" and hurriedly rushed to the other side. Hundreds of people were driven into the water there.
The scholar gasped on the raft for a while, stood up to make up his clothes and bowed, "Zhao Jian, Mei County, Guanzhong, thanked General Scorpion Tail for saving his life."
Shi Qing stared at the other side without looking back. "Do you know me?"
Zhao Jian replied: "The East Army was reigned, and Jian was conquered by General Liang as a subordinate of the army and helped with the clerk's office. I have heard of the reputation of General Poison Scorpion."
"Yeah." Shi Qing responded and shouted to the other side: "Don't panic, everyone, come one by one, there is a raft behind." It turned out that he had arrived at the shallows, and the people on the other side rushed up together without saying anything, rushing up together, rushing to get on the raft. If this continues, the raft will definitely sink into the water.
An Li and others followed, and the rioters followed with peace of mind and took the raft one by one.
Twenty rafts could only cross two or three hundred people at a time, and more than a thousand people were waiting to cross the river on the other side. They needed to cross a few trips. After crossing a group, Shi Qing turned to see the movements of the official army and saw that some of the soldiers of the Warring Minions and the soldiers of each county were also crossing the river, while the other was monitoring the other on the other side. He no longer rushed to drive them away and allowed himself to cross the river.
As expected, the other party just wanted to drive the people across the river. Shi Qing felt relieved and asked people to continue to raft the people on the other side to rush over. The emotions of the chaotic people on the other side also stabilized, and no one was anxious to join the river and sent death.
It was already noon when thousands of people crossed the Yingshui River. Shi Qing was about to take a breath, but suddenly he heard the horn ringing in the sky. The Martyr Army and the soldiers from various counties had about five or six thousand troops. They acted together and slowly came over.
This was to let us walk. Shi Qing thought depressedly, did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately ordered to go south.
On Gaogang, five miles away from the north, Zhang Yu looked playful. "Interesting. There are talents among this group of bandits who have gathered all bandits together."
The chief of Yuzhou, Zhou Bo, who was ordered by Zhang Yu to serve in front of the army, said diligently: "General, be careful. This group of bandits is nearly 1,500, and then use a team to drive them away. Once the other party suddenly rises, it will be afraid that it will cause damage."
Zhang Yu smiled proudly. "The crowd! In some people's eyes, they were just a group of native chickens and tiles. The command was sent to the 20 teams of rangers, blocking the width of 80 miles, searching south, and the infantry then sorting out and driving out all the rats in the corners. This bandit, I personally took one hundred rangers to stare at it."
Shi Qing ordered, and a team of thousands of people rolled south. Seeing countless strange faces around him, he realized that something was wrong. After asking, he realized that as soon as the person who was transferred came ashore, he was recruited by Si Yang with tough measures. Unconsciously, there were more than 1,300 people under his command, fifty or sixty oxen, nearly two hundred pigs and sheep, and hundreds of chickens and ducks.
Looking at the messy and uneven team, a trace of worry flashed in Shi Qing's eyes: What's the use of such a team? It's as far away as the Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Han Dynasty, millions of people were beaten to flee by tens of thousands of imperial guards; it's as nearly as forty years ago, when Wang Mi of Qingzhou revolted, more than 200,000 people fleeing everywhere, without a foothold. Finally, he defected to Liu Yuan, the Hun who had just started his business and had less than 200,000 people in the tribe, which promoted Liu Yuan's great cause.
After thinking for a while, Shi Qing called Si Yang, Han Peng, Sun Ba and others. He expressed his thoughts as he walked.
"I think these people should be distinguished and divided into three parts. One is a volunteer soldier, and a brave man is selected to fight. Priority is equipped with armor and weapons. Like the central army of the imperial guards, it is dedicated to combat. The other is a conscript, composed of young and strong men. He is usually responsible for logistics and supplies, and does not need to fight. However, at a critical moment, they have the obligation to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. The remaining groups are the people's ministry, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and lack combat ability, so they do not need to go to battle. Let them do some business like ordinary people based on their specialties. What do you think?"
"This idea is good!" Han Peng agreed first. "Soldiers are more valuable than elites. Just like us, Gao Lishi, we can fight any opponent, but later there were more soldiers in the east, and we were dispersed, and our combat power became weaker."
Si Yang agreed, "That's the reason. When I saw the waste, I felt awkward. Leading troops should lead the tiger." Finally, he suddenly said in surprise: "Scorpion, OK, you know you're concerned."
Shi Qing smiled embarrassedly and said, "Since that's the case, when you are resting at night, everyone will make these things one by one. In my opinion, the volunteer soldiers are divided into five divisions, Zihong, Xunzhi, Wenzhi, Pofu (Dingxi), and Dongtu each bring one division. The conscripts are led by Cui Huan and Zhang Wei. Dingkou of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is led by Sun Shu, and Brother Wanniuzi leads several mighty men to help Sun Shu guard."
Wan Niuzi has a magnificent body, a black face as lacquer, and a steel needle. When he is fine, he looks like a fierce look. Once he gets angry, he is really an evil ghost and a yaksha comes to the world, which is most suitable to scare the system.
"Where is me? Isn't it my business?" Shi Qing never mentioned An Li's name, and An Li couldn't help but question.
Shi Qing pondered for a while and said sincerely: "General Anping. You will go back to the south after all, so don't worry about it."
An Li asked in confusion: "Scorpion, you can't decide the south?"
Shi Qing nodded, looked around everyone, and said slowly: "Brother Zihong said it well. If we go to the south, we will either be suffocated to death, or change ourselves, and make ourselves feminine. I don't want to change myself, nor do I want to be wronged. So, I won't go to the south."
An Li's face showed a hint of embarrassment. These were his robes for several years. During this period, he fought side by side with each other. However, he had to separate from them. After a moment of stuttering, he asked, "Scorpion, have you...got a way out?"
As he asked, everyone's eyes instantly focused on Shi Qing. Yes, where is their way out? Did their leader have an idea?
Chapter completed!