1224 Ba Shui Blood Flow
In mid-May, the Bashang Field, where the essence of the three auxiliary materials is located, does not have much abundant water and grass. The biggest feeling gives people is noisy, noisy, crowds, shoulder to shoulder, and there is almost no idle land within sight.
Although the population is so dense, it has nothing to do with prosperity, but is extremely chaotic. Various disputes and private fights are almost endless. Every moment, there are scenes of chaos and evil things everywhere that bully the weak and bully the weak with the masses.
The Bashui cuts this landmark into two parts from south to north. To the west is the chaotic Bashangyuan, and to the east is the large army camp of the Jin army's middle route.
Du Hong walked out of the Bashang field under the guard of nearly a thousand elite soldiers, looking at the enemy camp through the water, his eyes were filled with sorrow. For more than 20 days since the Jin army's vanguard appeared on the edge of Bashang, he did not completely sit in the city of silence and sorrow waiting for the Jin army to attack, but he set up several lines of defense around him to organize counterattacks to obstruct the Jin army's advance.
However, these counterattacks did not achieve any results, but instead revealed his weak control over the army. Some troops even crossed the Ba River for the front, and then scattered on the other side, and were completely unwilling to go far to meet the enemy.
The only thing that can be comforted is that even if the soldiers mutinied, they did not escape too far. After wandering in the wild for a while, they often followed refugees from all sides to return to Bashang.
The Jin army's offensive was too fierce. Thousands of cavalry roamed in Ba and between Wu. Most of the soldiers in the countryside were stormed and killed, locking the people around Chang'an in the Ba Shang field. The middle was attacking the villages, and many walls that had been standing in the countryside for decades were ruthlessly blown away. The villagers had nowhere to hide and could only flock to Ba Shang.
Nowadays, the number of people in the Bashangyuan has increased by multiples, and even Du Hong was surprised to see this situation, not knowing that there are so many people in the countryside who survive.
However, the surge in the number of people did not bring about the increase in strength to Du Hong. On the contrary, after the continuous impact of the Bashang defense line he had previously operated was already fragmented and gone.
The rapid and fierce attack of the Jin army was far beyond the imagination of these powerful people in Jingzhao. Originally, in their opinion, Du Hong occupied Chang'an and had the bad record of forgerating the imperial edict of Emperor Min, so he should be ranked first in the attack. Before conquering Chang'an, the Jin army should have no time to pay too much attention to the surrounding suburbs. As long as they each guard their own countryside, they could avoid the dangerous situation that was the first to be blasted.
But the facts proved that they underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Jin army. Perhaps the other party really regarded Du Hong as the primary target of the attack, but there was no need to waste too much energy and time to deal with them. The amazingly powerful stone cannon was set outside the dock wall, and there was few dock walls that could be kept intact after a round of bombardment!
Without the protection of the dock wall, the villagers had no courage to fight against the Jin army's royal army in the uncovered countryside. Some simply surrendered, while others collapsed in the countryside and approached Bashang.
Especially in the main marching route of the Jin army, the township tycoons suffered heavy losses. Only two or three survivors of Wubi were able to survive. They still surrendered to Shunyi because they saw the opportunity early. As for those who remained stubbornly stances, they were all bombarded by Shibo.
These villagers fled all the way to Bashang, but did not accept Du Hong's control. They gathered their subordinates to seize the divided area on the slope plateau and temporarily gained a foothold, which made the Bashang Pier Park, which was originally a little order, extremely chaotic for a while.
Not long after Du Hong gained a foothold here, someone discovered his traces. Soon a village hero led his strong soldiers to come here, shouting from afar: "The Jin army tyrannically destroyed the countryside, and the generals had tens of thousands of people, but they did not dare to go out far to fight and save the villagers..."
Hearing this kind of rebuke, Du Hong was so angry that his teeth were itchy. If he hadn't been worried about causing turmoil on the plateau and giving the Jin army a chance to launch an attack, he would have wished he could kill his manpower here!
After Du Hong's traces were leaked, it also caused quite a lot of chaos around him. Many villagers rushed here, some scolded him for being timid and afraid to fight, some asked him to choose a good place for his family to rest, and some asked him for the supplies and other items he had previously helped.
In order to avoid causing greater riots, Du Hong could only protect his companions, walk north along the Ba River, and arrive near Ba Bridge, and the noise around him gradually stopped.
The guard of Baqiao was Du Hong's confidant named Zhang Shi. Seeing that the master came, he stepped forward to report the military situation: "Our army was ordered to intercept the cofferdam on the Weihang Covered, and the silt was flooded, and the waterway was difficult to move. The Jin army could temporarily block the east of Mount Li..."
After hearing the report from the general, Du Hong's face finally relaxed a little, which was a rare good news recently. The Jin people's naval army was strong and their reputation had long been spread. Once they drove along the Wei River and entered the country, the situation would become even worse.
However, this good news is not enough to reverse the overall disadvantage. Especially before the chaos in Bashang made Du Hong lose the confidence to stick to this state. If the fleeing villagers could obey his orders and fight back, he would still have the confidence to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army in Bashang, but this is impossible. Once the war begins, the villagers' first reaction will definitely be to continue to flee backwards and destroy his camp layout.
"People's hearts are disintegrating and morale is decaying. This state of Chang'an cannot be defended. Only now can we give up, collect the soldiers I can use, protect my useful body, get out of danger first, and then choose a good opportunity to counterattack..."
Facing his confidant general, Du Hong no longer concealed his true thoughts. The hundreds of thousands of people in Bashang were a heavy and unbearable task for him. If he still stayed here, the end result would be to take them together and wait for death. But if the crowd fled, these hundreds of thousands of fearful people would be enough to delay the pursuit of the troops in the future, giving him a chance to escape.
But even if he escapes, he cannot simply slap his butt and leave. After all, he had an agreement with the villagers before that if he really broke the promise easily, he would be hated by the villagers. Once the villagers on the plateau surrendered to the Jin army, he would become a vanguard who pursued him after a little reorganization. Therefore, he had to make some preparations before escaping.
After returning to Shijicheng base camp, Du Hong sent people to Bashangyuan to invite the leaders of the sects in distress to discuss how to fight against the attack of the Jin army's royal army on the opposite side.
After receiving the message, the leaders of the village sect made some profits. Although they were in trouble and their rural capital was seized, their population and the countryside had not yet been lost. It was not that they would not have any concerns that Du Hong would take the opportunity to merge, but with their own strength, they could not see the hope of defeating the Jin army and regaining their family business. They still needed to stand up alone to the entire village stake.
Therefore, except for a small number of people, most of the leaders of the village sect came as scheduled. For a time, two or three thousand people gathered outside Shiji City alone in the direct divisions of each family.
Du Hong did not underestimate these villages because of the great despair. He still went out to greet them in person. After everyone gathered there, he sighed: "I really didn't expect that the Jin army had attacked our countryside in the name of a king's army. The tyrannical places were especially the Huns and Jiehu! Where the army passed, the hometown feelings collapsed, and nothing was intact..."
When everyone heard this, they were very angry for a moment. Their new life was so painful that they lost their family. They were frightened by the Jin army and were filled with hatred. When it came to the pain, there were many people who couldn't help but burst into tears.
"The countryside is deeply hatred and unbearable. Today I call you all here to awaken my Guanzhong youth and fight to the death with the enemy in the Bashangyuan!"
Du Hong raised his arm and roared, and then his confidant brought a large number of boxes and placed them in the hall. He stepped forward and opened the boxes and filled them with precious pearls and jade objects, which made the hall shine: "There are many heavy gold and jade goods in this place, including my personal savings for many years and the support of my fellow villagers recently, but the countryside will not be stored. What's the pity for heavy goods? Today I will give you the rewards. Do you have the courage to go to Bashang to supervise the battle with me?"
Everyone was very excited when they heard Du Hong's generous statement. So they shouted to the Ba Shangyuan. In addition to these precious pearls and jade goods, they carried a large amount of silk, fur, etc., and even many weak women gathered with these wealth and goods as rewards.
Soon, Du Hong's soldiers and powerful slaves opened up a clearing space on the crowded Bashang, gathering a large amount of gold, silver and wealth, and beautiful women here. Du Hong climbed up to a wall of a dock and announced a loud military order, saying that if any desperate person dared to cross the river to attack, as long as he could bring back an enemy's head, the wealth and beauty in the field were all asked to take.
The desires of people are just wealth and lust. Such naked temptation soon caused a sensation on the plateau, and the people all burst into great enthusiasm. If it weren't for the large number of soldiers surrounding them, I would have been afraid that I would have been unable to resist going forward to rob.
As Du Hong's military order was passed to all sides, many strong forces on the plateau had begun to spontaneously organize, rushed to the near bank of the Ba River, threw the floating board into the water flow, and rushed to the opposite side in a noisy manner.
The Jin army also responded quickly. First, more than a thousand cavalry rushed out and shot along the river. A large number of swimmen drowned on the way and were unable to land. The bodies were either floating or sinking, and gradually even the river channel became congested.
Many soldiers rushing in front of the opposite side gradually felt regretful when they saw such a bloody and cruel scene. However, they were already unable to control themselves. A large number of people in the back who were motivated by wealth rushed towards him. Many people in front could not recover and fell directly into the water.
In the end, this section of the Bashui River was even filled with corpses and staffs, which made the rushing journey of the people behind them more obvious. More and more people climbed to the other side, and had a stable foothold, and then launched an attack on the Jin army camp.
However, how could this group of people break through the solid and stable camp of the Jin army with just a bloody and courage? The only result was that the bodies were everywhere and were laid in this field, with countless casualties.
"The Jin army is hard to bear, and the disaster of the countryside is not a crime of war! The soldiers killed people all over the world, and did not care about the lives of my countryside! Even though I was determined to fight here, everyone also saw that this was just a futile act that consumed the lives of the people. Even if I couldn't bear it, in order to preserve the vitality of the countryside, I would also ask everyone to follow me and retreat to avoid the edge for a while. There will always be a chance to avenge this great revenge in the future!"
Du Hong pointed to the bloody battlefield near the Ba River and said with a deep pain. He spared no effort to create a bloody killing scene with thousands of lives, in order to dismantle the will of these villagers who are stubborn here and flee outside. As long as these rural heroes who are in control of the countryside are in his hands, he will still have the possibility of gathering people to rise up in the future.
On the contrary, if he really fled alone and left these villagers to be managed by the Jin people, these people would inevitably pursue him and kill him in order to clear up the suspicion and seek credit for favor!
Of course, in addition to this, he also had a lot of hope that he could really use this motivation to destroy the Jin army camps on the opposite side with a huge force. If that happens, everyone will naturally be happy. But it is obvious that the facts in front of him told him that his idea was purely redundant. The strength of the Jin army was far from being able to match these mobs who only rely on their blood and courage.
The expressions of the villagers' wealthy people are unpredictable at this moment. They have not had time to make any decisions. Outside the wall, the villagers have already begun to rush out the guards outside the wealth and goods to snatch them up, and they see that the chaos is about to spread to all directions.
At this moment, Du Hong did not give them too much time to consider, and directly ordered the elites around them to be surrounded by half-coerced and half-protected, rushed out of the dock wall, left Bashang, and went straight to Chang'an behind.
Although he was deeply saddened by the hundreds of thousands of people in Bashang, he would probably not have the chance to have so many people in the rest of his life after giving up this time.
But unfortunately, he was not strong enough, and forcing his whale to swallow the sea to make up would only prosper himself. The Jin army drove away the people westward without any scruples, so this was the case. Otherwise, the Jin army's vanguard's vanguard had arrived at Bashang a long time ago. If it was really tightly blocked, how could those stray dogs arrive at Bashang unimpeded?
Not only that, he cannot take away the people in Bashang, but even Chang'an's own governance needs to be given up. You must know that the Jin army's cavalry had already left his surveillance a few days ago, and I don't know where he had wandered. Perhaps this time he abandoned the city and fled within the Jin army's plan. In this way, he is likely to be attacked by the Jin army on the way to escape. If he really escapes, he will inevitably have a hard battle.
Chapter completed!