70. Waterside Night Fight
When Liu Penzi led his army into Shiliwu, Liu Biao was busy putting out the fire. When setting the fire, he only wanted to light the fire everywhere. If he wanted to put out the fire, it would be very troublesome.
Fortunately, although Zhang Ding had a violent temper, he was still a good person to live. All the warehouses were built with stones, avoiding the fire, allowing the Yulin Army to take over the military supplies of Shiliwu.
This is a great fortune, the robbery of more than 10,000 robbers over the years, needless to say, the amount of grain is astonishing as it is. Liu Banzi was shocked to see it. Is this a robbery of the grain transport ship?
He accidentally guessed the truth. The grain ships traveling on the Wei River have always been Zhang Ding's source of food and grass, and even the official grain ships in Gengshi were robbed by him. Because he paid sufficient protection fees, Grand Sima Zhu Yu kept the matter for him.
Liu Penzi was very lucky. The ships sent from Shiliwu to Luoyang have not been shipped, and the prepared food has not been sent out. Now it is all cheaper.
Now my inner treasury is so big! The little emperor is so beautiful.
Cleaning the battlefield, sorting the fort, counting the casualties, and taking care of the wounded soldiers, the entire army was busy until the sun set before it settled slightly.
In this battle, more than 1,500 thieves were killed and injured, half of which were killed and injured during defense, and half were injured by the cavalry after the enemy fled. More than 4,000 surrendered, and the rest of the robbers fled. Because the number of Yulin soldiers was too small, it was not easy to fight into a defeated battle. If the number was sufficient, it would be very likely that the opponent would be wiped out.
Sanqu won the first merit by attacking the castle and beheading Song Cheng. Liu Biao was proud and not only restored his post, but also was awarded the highest merit in this war. The sharpshooter Gongsun Zhun was ranked first with him, and he shot and killed 32 enemy chiefs, including "General" Zhang Ding, whose contributions were enough to be arrogant to the three armies.
The other songs were rewarded separately on their merits and deeds, and they were all very happy, and the soldiers of the entire army were full of joy.
If someone is unhappy, it is Wang Hu. The horse-killing team has not made any achievements. There is no way. Who makes them unlucky? The enemy collapsed just as they were about to go into battle. If you have to blame, Liu Biao, who burned Shiliwu and Gongsun Zhun, who shot Zhang Ding.
This battle turned all the two thousand Yulin soldiers into veterans who had killed people and had blood, and took a big step towards the target of the elite army. The impressive record of two thousand and ten thousand made everyone raise their heads when walking, carrying the wind, and greeting each other in this way:
"Have you eaten? How many have you killed?"
"Eat, two, what about you?"
"Two are too few, I have six!"
"You can't compare that. You are a crossbow soldier, just stand there and shoot arrows. I am a soldier and I have to face the bandits."
"Anyway, four more than you."
"You dare to say it again! Without me holding on to it, the robber would have rushed into the camp and cut your butt into half with one knife!"
"Saying it eight times is four more than you! If you have the ability, don't leave. I'll take the crossbow and see if I won't shoot you to death!"
"Hey, I'm so cool about you, why don't you go! I'll beat you to death now!"
The extremely tired teenagers were so excited that they refused to sleep. In addition, a big victory made the emperor temporarily relax the control of the army, allowing them to wander in the dock and brag about each other, making the teenagers more energetic. They were still running around when it was dark, and they were not lying down until the horn of sleep sounded three times.
The horse-slaying team, which did not get the chance to go into battle, was appointed by the emperor to watch the entire army at night because of the smallest consumption. The task of patrolling at night fell on them.
It was already late at night, and Wang Hu led a dozen people to patrol the dock. It was a straight line from the dock gate to the dock. It was a whole circle along the dock wall. Wang Hu had already walked back and forth several times.
His subordinates were a little listless. During the day, they watched others praise their achievements for a long time. Only his team did not have a record. The whole team became the target of others' ridicule. The competitive teenagers all seemed to eat flies.
Wang Hu felt uncomfortable, quite uncomfortable, but as the captain, he could not express this emotion at will to aggravate the players' frustration. He could only pretend to be the same as usual and try his best to bury his emotions in his heart.
"Captain, what other enemies can you have in the middle of the night? Why don't we go to bed too!"
"That's it! Those robbers have been afraid of being beaten long ago. Do you dare to attack at night?"
"No! Your Majesty's order is to stay overnight. How can you go to sleep halfway? If you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one. Who can afford it if there is something wrong?" Wang Hu's idea was very simple. He could not ask for credit, but he could not have done anything.
The team members did not say anything. The first military rule of the Yulin Army was to obey commands in all actions, and the officials must obey the words of the officials. Even if they have complaints in their hearts, they can only execute the orders obediently. If anyone dares to disobey, they will face the strict military law.
Wang Hu divided the entire team into two groups, one group of sixty people, guarding the upper and lower middle of the night, while he himself had to follow both groups.
In the middle of the night, it started to rain. It started to drizzle, but then it became heavier and heavier. All the people patrolling the night were soaked in the fallen chickens.
Wang Hu was unmoved at all and still followed the inspection route, not even hiding along the wall. The team members couldn't help but complain in their hearts that someone had plucked up the courage to take shelter from the rain first, but the captain seemed to have not heard it, and strode in front, so the team members didn't dare to mention it anymore, but just followed him silently.
When the team reached the ferry, thunder broke out in the sky, and the rumbling thunder was particularly loud at night. Wang Hu looked at the boats on the river. Two big boats were parked there quietly, small boats... How many small boats are coming?
Wang Hu couldn't remember how many small boats there were, but he instinctively felt something was wrong. He had walked here several times tonight, and he had to look at the water a few times. The scenes in the previous few times still remained in his heart. Why did he feel that the boat was much denser this time?
He looked at the water a few more times, yes, sure that it was too much. Although all the boats were floating quietly in the dark, they all looked the same, but the number of boats could not increase inexplicably, there must be problems here!
"It's too heavy, let's go back and avoid it!" Wang Hu said loudly, turning around first and walking away from the dock.
Everyone was so uncomfortable that they wanted to hear him say this, but they saw Wang Hu walking in front with big strides, turning around a corner of the house, making a gesture backward, and pulling out the knife secretly. Everyone was shocked. Could it be that someone was attacking at night? The captain was dazzled, right?
Wang Hu was like a light raccoon cat, moving quickly towards the dock along the wall. When he reached the end of the wall, he stretched out his hand back and the entire team stopped.
The river surface made a crackling sound under the slap of rain, and bubbled continuously like boiling water. Several small boats were quietly sailing towards the shore. One of them had already reached the shore, and more than a dozen black shadows were on the shore one by one.
Suddenly, a lightning flashed in the sky, and the river surface was bright in an instant. Wang Hu clearly saw that the river surface in the distance was also crowded with boats, with shadows and swords on the boat, and there were countless people.
"Go and shout!" He growled, jumped out of the darkness, took a big step forward, and pushed the knife in his hand forward, which had pierced a man in black with his back to him on the shore. Wang Hu pulled out the knife and slashed, and another man in black screamed and fell into the water.
A dozen of his team members rushed to the river bank and knocked the men in black on the shore one by one. Suddenly, the men in black were not prepared and caught off guard by them. None of the dozen people who landed on the first boat could gain a foothold on the shore and were all driven into the water.
When the people on the boat saw it, they did not retreat, but suddenly accelerated. It seemed that they wanted to rush up and eat the team of more than a dozen people by the advantage of the number of people. The sound of the enemy's trumpet was already sounded, and the time was fleeting. If they could not quickly land on the shore, and when the Yulin Army reinforcements arrived, the attack would be considered a failure.
Another small boat was docked, and a bandit jumped from the shaking bow to the shore. Wang Hu stretched out his foot and kicked the bow to the side. The bandit had already jumped up, and in this wave, it fell directly into the water.
Several ships approached one after another. When the people on the ship wanted to get ashore, Wang Hu tried his best to rush to the ship with a knife. Of course, there was a great advantage on the ship over the ship. When they got ashore, they had to risk being stabbed. But these bandits were also desperate and still did not dare to retreat. Some jumped from the bow of the ship, and some jumped into the water without waiting for the ship to dock and swam towards the shore.
Although the horse-killing team members were extremely brave, the number of opponents was too great. In the end, a few people jumped onto the shore and strangled Wang Hu and others.
The horse-killing team members, like Meng Qian's top 80 crossbowmen, are the best physical fitness in the entire Yulin Army. The team members are tall and strong, and have very strong fighting ability. If these young men face the bandits one-on-one, they will all be inferior to their opponents. However, if the bandits who went ashore first entangle them, the people behind will naturally land one after another and gather the team to annihilate them.
In the critical moment, Wang Hu's reinforcements arrived, and they were also soldiers of the horse-killing team. Another group of people were inspecting separately. There were a total of more than twenty people, and these people immediately entered the battle.
The more than thirty horse-killing team members became more and more braver as they fought. The suffocation of not being able to go into battle during the day was all sent to the evening. Wang Hu's face was muddy, and even his eyelids seemed to be sticking together. It was full of the blood of the enemy. He couldn't free up his hand to wipe it, but he kept waving his sword to force the robber who had just landed back into the water.
The bandit's offensive was setback and seemed a little discouraged. At this time, another group of people rushed over from afar, shouting loudly while running. Seeing that reinforcements were coming, it seemed that this night attack would not be possible.
Two long whistles sounded on the water, and all the bandits retreated, some jumped back to the boat, some jumped into the water, and swam back to the boat. The boats turned around and threw more than a dozen corpses on the shore, and went flying in the dark.
Wang Hu stood on the shore with a knife, roared to the water surface, and then let out a breath of air in his chest. Suddenly he felt a pain. When he looked down, he saw a long wound on his arm, and blood was flowing out of it.
Chapter completed!