Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Six: Sending Yannan Books From Afar (Part 2)
Between the fluttering winter rain, under the leadership of the big word "Huainan" on the battle flag, the army formations that rush forward like tides flooded the valley roads in the wilderness, between hills and rivers.
The flags, flags and banners of the Huainan camp and various states, including soldiers and horse envoys, regiments and commanders, guards and guards, and defensive envoys, fluttering brightly and flying in waves, rushing past, either densely or over the vast army.
In every city, town, garrison, village, village, and village, there were large groups of small groups of land and soldiers who were leading cows and horses, joining them like a river of rivers.
However, walking in the front is many of the most shabby groups, mostly wearing straw sandals or barefoots, bamboo hats and even bare heads, with tattered and incomplete armor and patches of flowers. All kinds of rusty swords and incomplete wooden boards, ball cards, and even sharpened bamboo poles are their main equipment.
Far behind these loose and chaotic arrays are the rigorous military formations formed by rows of Danyang soldiers with double-headed swords cross-body, and Huaiyang crossbow soldiers holding powerful crossbows and carrying arrows. They stared at the backs of these temporary "friendly troops" with expressionless faces and aura. They would occasionally fall behind or want to escape, and they would be shot or driven back on the spot.
And in this messy military formation running forward, there are still people trying to boost their morale, but they are a man with disheveled head but still bright eyes, spirit and activeness.
"I am the lucky Sula, you must be with me..."
"It is important to know that the defeat was so bad that most of the people who followed me escaped..."
"Since we are now an official army, we should kill more thieves to serve the court."
Then, he looked at Zhao Ziri, who was walking not far away, and he couldn't help but sigh. Brother Zhao was really destined to be with him. Unfortunately, after falling into the pit, he became stupid, which made him unable to talk a few more words.
Then, suddenly, a burst of shouts of killing erupted. From the grass on the mountains and slopes in the distance, many uneven rains of arrows suddenly shot out from the forest, and suddenly fell into the crowd of people. They screamed and shot over the sky, and shot many unexpected figures.
He was listening attentively to the guidance of Sula, the "old soldier" of the rebel army, and the soldiers who could not react for a moment were also grinning and hunching their backs with pain. With the arrows on their bodies, Sula, who was full of shock, rolled to the ground and could never get up again.
Then, from the reed marsh by the river on the other side, many gray Baotou soldiers wielding swords and guns rushed out; they took the attention attracted by the other side without any obstacles and rushed into the scattered passing military formation in one go, and cut them off to make many paragraphs of mutual disagreement and fight each other.
After a while, the front line of these "official troops" with low morale and fighting spirit was already defeated and corpses were everywhere; some even fled along the road; however, the rear team that quickly caught up with bit the enemies again and continued to fight and fight.
The surrendered general Chang Hong, who was leading a team of equally ragged horses and galloping in between, was also expressionless and regretful. As the former right army envoy and left wing commander of the General's Mansion, he is now the highest-level existence among the surrendered troops.
After he lost several consecutive battles on the Yangtze River, he led the remaining troops to surrender to the official army without hesitation. He thought he could be like Bi Shiduo, Li Hanzhi, and Qin Yan, who had been born in the rebel army but now serve in the Huainan army, and immediately received corresponding comfort and appointments for wealth and honor;
As a result, under the command of "Zhang Wudi", he had no more than the title and flag of a vanguard envoy. Instead, he had to lead these surrendered troops to rush around and drive in the forefront of the official army, and strive to win the trust of the other party with his performance of death and injury.
Later he understood that although these old acquaintances had divided the surrendered soldiers without hesitation, they also took the generous gifts he asked for to do. However, in terms of actual actions and attitudes, they did not want to add him, an old friend who was worthy enough, to divide the power structure and other resources in Huainan Town;
Therefore, he could only try to hold on to the path of "Zhang Wudi", and went to the darkness on such a road. However, the even worse news was that even the Huang King wanted to surrender to the court again, and Huainan also agreed to ask for a royal ceremony for it;
This seemingly ridiculous reality was undoubtedly a major blow to him like a bolt from the blue, and even his subordinates couldn't help but feel panic. After all, if King Huang was also rewarded by the court and became a member of the official army under the name of the court, how could they have to deal with it?
And why did they surrender at the beginning, and then sacrifice their lives and family background to strive to win the trust of the Huainan Army. Besides, once the matter is done, ordinary irrelevant soldiers and leaders may still have the opportunity to retain them; but the corresponding identity and position of former rebel leaders and senior leaders like him becomes particularly embarrassing and dangerous.
Thinking of this, Chang Hong, who was increasingly regretful and annoyed, turned into sadness, anger and practiced with a slight force, cut off the head of a fleeing enemy soldier again, knocked down and kicked several enemies' bodies before he could slowly calm down.
Then at the next moment, he had already made a certain determination. Even if he gave up everything in front of him, he had to find a new way out for himself.
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And in Shangrao County, the prefecture city of Xinzhou, there is also a feeling of sadness and anger.
"The only deputy army of the Shenjian Army leads the two battalions to join."
"The Feiyun Army currently has a cavalry camp to join the camp..."
"The Divine Que Army is said to be blocked by local land groups, so I am afraid that I will not be able to go there for the moment."
"There was an internal strife in the Hulu army. The leader of the Chao army was killed by the rebels of the right wing, and the Commander Zeng Du of the left wing was cleaning up the remaining situation..."
"The Hock Army was trapped by Xuanzhou Army in Guanyang and has been defeated and retreated to the defense area..."
"The Baoshan Army on the second right wing and the Yongrui Army on the third left wing are attacking each other in Huyang City. Please send someone to mediate..."
"Urgent report... Huang Wang"
At this time, a sudden anxious voice penetrated.
"The Huainan Army once again launched a large-scale southward movement, and it was endlessly known as a 100,000 army... Now it has passed Guixi County and approached Yiyang. The local Wang Lang general in Yiyang has led his troops to flee..."
When Huang Chao, who seemed to be increasingly thin when he heard this imminent major bad news and bad news, was not moved at all. Only the unshakable slightest color between his eyebrows added a bit of cold and cold color to him. Then it turned into a sentence that was loosened from the corner of his mouth as tight as a rock.
"It's just right here. I'll call out all the troops and follow me out to welcome the imperial court's lineup..."
Although his almost sleepless running and working hard these days made his voice hoarse and as if the thickest sharpening stone had been polished, it naturally had a sense of peace of mind and calmness; it also made these soldiers with a little low will and morale in despair and wandering.
Just like he has led everyone to come over many times in the desperate situation after major setbacks, it is filled with conviction and power; it does not require any material encouragement and motivation, nor does it require any reason or excuse.
And when those who are greedy and afraid of death or speculative people surrender to the enemy or flee elsewhere, now they are still willing to stay by the Huang King in this dangerous situation, they are undoubtedly the most determined and hard-core followers of the rebel army.
Therefore, even if Huang Chao is going to make a decision to kill the next life at this moment, most people are willing to follow him to the death; of course, there is no dissident voice, but he is suppressed mercilessly.
Chapter completed!