Chapter 64 The entanglement of you and me(1/2)
After the army began to weed and farm, Dong Hu would pull 5,000 people to the outside of Yuzhong City every day to show off his power and warn Bian Zhang, who also had 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city, not to move around. In order to prevent the soldiers and horses from suddenly running out, Dong Hu dug a hole outside the city gate in front of countless people on the city gate, known as digging tunnels to attack the city, blocking the city gate and starving them to death.
Dong Hu dug a pit during the day, and Bian Zhang filled it in at night. The two of them didn't bother to do it. They just went back and forth for ten days. Perhaps Bian Zhang was tired of leaving the city to fill the pit every night. On the eleventh day, Bian Zhang personally took three thousand soldiers out of the city and hid in the mountains, trying to do a sneak attack or something. As a result, before he had just run out of the forest, he had no time to cut off the second and third infantry battalions of the Dong army who were plowing the fields, four thousand cavalry came over.
Four thousand cavalry fought against the mixed rebels of three thousand infantry and cavalry. If Bian Zhang had not escaped quickly, he would have probably died in the chaos. In addition to hundreds of cavalry fleeing back to Yuzhong City, all two thousand infantrymen became prisoners, and there was also a mark of the word "Dong" on his forehead.
Bian Zhang was unwilling to give up. When he first attacked, he felt that he should be more secure. He sent three thousand troops, but the infantry were all wrapped up by Dong Hu. After that, he used three or two hundred cavalry small cavalry. But every time he ran out, he would go without going back. He went back and forth several times, but he didn't dare to run out again. He became digging pits during the day, so I would fill them in at night.
Not only did Yuzhong City come out to attack, but there were soldiers running out to attack Jincheng Pass and Warrior City, but they were all sneak attacks from thousands of people. They suffered losses every time, and they couldn't understand why they were caught by Dong Hu as soon as they went out? They thought they had spies, but no matter how secretly they secretly sent troops, they still caught them. In the end, even Jincheng Pass was unwilling to send troops to attack.
No one attacked, so Dong Hu went to dig a hole. The two sides went back and forth for a month, and the farming was over. Dong Hu wanted to bring another 5,000 people to dig a hole. The eldest son Dong Mao came to the Central Army camp.
When he saw Dong Mao who had lost weight, Dong Hu was stunned.
"Why did the eldest son lose so much weight? Just let the people below do some chores, there is no need to do everything by themselves."
Dong Mao looked at countless female cavalry, two thousand female cavalry holding horse lances and hanging scimitars on their waists.
"Tiger, these female riders seem to be very strong?"
After hearing what he said, Dong Hu felt proud.
"The eldest son's eyes are good. Didao is all blind, and he looks down on our female cavalry guards."
Dong Mao smiled bitterly and said, "If someone else saw such a female rider, how could he be despised?"
As he spoke, he sighed again.
"You don't know. Didao is very dissatisfied with your recruitment of another 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, and even his father is a little annoyed."
Dong Hu smiled without caring much.
"That's not soldiers, but sheep-herding men. They just give people a chance to survive in a major disaster. Besides, what's the dissatisfaction with my uncle? Even if the 14,000 soldiers are still in the hands of the eldest son?"
Dong Mao smiled bitterly.
"well……"
"You don't know how difficult it is for me-"
Dong Hu laughed to the sky.
"Ha ha……"
"I'm going to expose my depression. Our Huwa takes the eldest son to vent his anger and bully Bian Zhang!"
"Ha ha……"
Dong Hu laughed. Of course he could think of what trouble would be for 14,000 people. If it weren't for the 10,000 to 20,000 people, perhaps Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo had already given him the arrows needed by 5,000 people.
Dong Chong led a thousand horse armored heavy cavalry, and two thousand female cavalry. Sun Niu led two thousand infantry cavalry, and he talked and laughed with Dong Mao and ran to Yuzhong City again. This time it was different from the past. All five thousand people in the city ran out of the city, looking like they were about to fight with Dong Hu.
"hey-hey……"
Dong Hu received a scout report last night. He knew that Jinchengsai had secretly increased troops again, but he didn't care much, but looked at Sun Niu with a smile on his face.
"Hei Niu, you are the protagonist today. We will hold the formation for you. Do you dare to fight those thieves?"
Sun Niu was overjoyed and confidently beat his chest and made a sound. He ran to two thousand infantrymen to boost morale.
"Today is the first battle of our first battalion of the mercenary army!"
"If one thousand people in the First Cavalry Camp can beat them up 15,000 people. If anyone dares to embarrass us today, if we lose face in the First Cavalry Camp, I will let him wash his pants for the female cavalry girls every day!"
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Dong Mao was speechless. It was the first time he had actually been on the battlefield. Maybe there was Dong Hu around him, or maybe it was Dong Hu who was easily influenced by him. He was not very nervous, but was a little curious.
"Five thousand vs. Five thousand, Zhang shouldn't dare to fight us head-on, right?"
Dong Hu smiled and said, "Five thousand is definitely not possible. There are still 10,000 soldiers hidden in the city. I guess they suddenly came out when they were in a stalemate, or Bian Zhang pretended to be defeated and retreated, and led us into the city and surrounded us."
"Our tiger kids can't see the situation in the city, but they secretly hid 10,000 people in the city. If they want to bring us into the city, in order to kill us, there should be settings like urns in the city, such as horse-rejecting shields, or wooden fences in the camp to block the streets, or use tripping horse ropes or other things..."
Dong Hu smiled and said, "They have many soldiers. Once they restrict the cavalry in the city, they are all crowded together. Using fire or shooting arrows from all directions, throwing spears are good choices."
Dong Mao was shocked.
"Tiger, you can't be careless!"
Dong Hu smiled and nodded and said, "Young Master, don't worry. As long as we don't enter the city, they will not be able to do anything to us. But if we have too many soldiers, Bian Zhang will shrink into the city and not come out."
Dong Hu thought for a while and said, "Their purpose is unknown, but one thing is certain. These days they have been secretly transporting troops into the city in the middle of the night, so they must have wanted to make trouble."
Dong Mao nodded slightly, but was a little puzzled.
"Since you already know about Huwa, why are you still... still like this?"
Dong Hu grinned and said, "In this month, we have captured three or four thousand prisoners alone. Whether they ran out of Yuzhong, Warrior City, or secretly ran out of Jinchengsai, we were all caught by us. They couldn't figure out what was going on, but they also knew that unless we had a final battle with us, we wouldn't be able to think about it."
"If there are fewer soldiers, I can't defeat us. If there are too many soldiers, how many soldiers can defeat us? They have no idea! In addition, so many thief leaders gather together, it is not easy to unify their opinions, especially when encountering setbacks."
"It's not safe to fight in the wild. We can run away if we can't beat us, but what if we are introduced into the city? Use some means to limit the impact of the cavalry, can we kill us?"
Dong Hu sighed in his heart. If it weren't for his scout's excellent enough, if it weren't for the hawk flying overhead in the daytime, he might not have noticed the danger. He was also very impressed by the person who made such a plan.
Looking at Dong Mao's serious expression, Dong Hu smiled and said, "They hid secretly in the city, must be thinking about being ruthless, but it also means that they are still hesitating, or that they have not made a final decision, and this is a good thing."
"There is a method to treat herbal medicines. Similarly, Huwa also wants to try their preparation methods."
Dong Mao felt something, "Huwa means that if the soldiers in the city suddenly come out, they did not expect to surround us in the city, but if the soldiers hidden in the city did not come out, Bian Zhang pretended to be defeated and fled into the city, we can go the other way, follow the trend and kill into the city, and seize Yuzhong City?"
Dong Hu nodded and smiled, "That's all. Street battles in the city are not the home ground for cavalry. The narrow alleyways restrict cavalry, but infantry is different. If we capture the soldiers in the city again, we may be able to pacify this rebellion ourselves."
As he said that, Dong Hu and his followers whispered in a low voice, then clasped their fists at Dong Mao.
"Young Master, please step back a little, and the tiger baby can feel at ease."
Dong Mao nodded.
"Tiger, be careful."
Dong Hu beat his chest and came to the front of the two armies, and the drums of war exploded.
"Boom boom boom..."
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"The sun and the moon shine—"
"All of them are Han territory--"
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"Where the rivers come--"
"All for Han people—"
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"wind--"
"Wind! Wind! Wind!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Countless people roared to the sky, and two thousand men holding shields and spears moved forward.
"Boom boom boom..."
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"Stand up—"
The drummer stopped and the shield-holding soldiers paused.
"Bow and arrow preparation-"
"boom--"
Two thousand people put down the large shields in their hands, placed them on the ground, or placed them in arc or triangular folded large shields, and took out the bows and arrows hanging around their waists.
"Photography preparation--"
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"Shooting the arrow—"
“Buzz buzz…”
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"preparation--"
"Shooting the arrow—"
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"Shooting the arrow—"
The Han Dynasty's standard bows and arrows were farther ranged, far stronger than the rebels' various bows and arrows. When the two armies were two hundred steps apart, two thousand mercenaries stopped and began to shoot arrows to start a positional battle with the slowly approaching five thousand thieves.
Arrows flying all over the sky, and the rebels slowly approaching with arrows were occasionally screaming, but Zhang seemed to be determined to fight to the death, and still drove countless soldiers forward...
Dong Hu's cavalry was on the war horse, two thousand female cavalry, and one thousand heavy cavalry did not take the initiative to approach, but followed behind the flanks of the infantry without rushing to see the rebels' linear formation slowly approaching, and the formation gradually formed an arrow...
To be continued...