Chapter 27 Unexpected Victory
More than 80,000 people gathered by more than 40 robbers of all sizes and large, pretending to be 200,000, and headed towards the ancient city in a vast way.
After all, this robber is just a robber. Although it seems that there are many people, it is out of order when marching. The army of 80,000 people did not even send out a scout. It would be fine if there is no scout. The so-called three armies took the lead before they moved the food and grass. The 80,000 robbers were divided into dozens of groups of people transporting food and mixed in the middle of the brigade. Some scattered bandits simply carried a bag of dry food on their backs. When they were hungry, they found a place to sit and started cooking.
Eighty thousand people are composed of more than forty bands of robbers, so there is no unified commander at all, let alone a unified command. A group of people is in chaos, dozens of robbers have dozens of commanders, and no one is convinced by each other. They form cliques and fights happen from time to time.
Wang Laoer was the leader of one of the robbers. Wang Laoer was originally from a wealthy family, and his father was considered to be a bit of money. Wang Laoer's father married three wives, one wives gave birth to a son, so Wang Laoer was three brothers. Later, Wang Laoer's father died and his family property was divided by the three brothers. The eldest brother was mostly divided, and Wang Laoer and Laoer were less divided. Logically speaking, with the inheritance left by his father, Wang Laoer could easily live his life. However, Wang Laoer had a big problem, that is, he was good at gambling. In order to gambling, Wang Laoer lost all his family property, and in the end his wife ran away with others, and he also owed a lot of debts. However, Wang Laoer was also a ruthless guy. He was forced to pay debts and was forced to get a knife. He took the creditor wrongly, killed the creditor, and ran to the top to become a robber.
After more than ten years of hard work, the cruel and ruthless Wang Laoer finally became a bandit leader and gathered about a hundred people under his command. Originally, Wang Laoer had only these people under his command, but in the face of chaos in Runan, the war was everywhere. Wang Laoer took advantage of the opportunity to recruit a lot of refugees, and now he has more than a thousand people under his command.
At this time, Wang Laoer was riding a donkey, walking slowly in the team. This donkey was the only livestock in Wang Laoer's hands, and it was stolen from a village. Wang Laoer had never been willing to kill the donkey, but instead regarded it as his mount. Anyway, Wang Laoer had no horse, so he had to ride the donkey.
The sound of horse hooves sounded from behind, and then the shouts also reached Wang Laoer's ears. Wang Laoer looked back and saw that the person who came was known to him was Han Sanye.
Mr. Han San is also a bandit leader, and he is separated from Wang Laoer's village by two hills. As the saying goes, one mountain does not allow two tigers. Although the two are separated by two hills, they are constantly in order to compete for nearby resources, so they have been arguing for a long time. This time, Mr. Han San recruited more than 2,000 people, which is much larger than Mr. Wang Laoer. Because of the large number of people, Mr. Han San's back was particularly straight. Wang Laoer often had no trouble, but Mr. Wang was few, and he could only endure the ridicule of Mr. Han San.
Mr. Han San rode a horse to Wang Laoer, looked at Wang Laoer's donkey, sneered, and sarcastically said, "Oh, isn't this Wang Er? He really rode a good horse! But your horse's ears are so long!"
Mr. Han San was mocking Wang Laoer for not riding a horse. Wang Laoer naturally heard Mr. Han San's ridicule, but he had no one to bite his teeth and endured it without saying anything.
"Wang Er, should we compare who's horse? This way, if you can catch up with me, how about I give you a long-eared horse?" Mr. Han San said, waved the whip in his hand, and the horses roared and left, while Mr. Han San's proud laughter came with the sound of the wind.
Wang Laoer looked at Master Han San with a pale face and gradually moved away. How could his donkey run faster than other people's horses? Master Han San was clearly looking for an opportunity to ridicule him. At this time, Wang Laoer suddenly felt uncomfortable all over, so why didn't he have the luck to capture a war horse? If he had a war horse, he wouldn't have been ridiculed by Han San.
"Damn Han San, wait, I will kill you sooner or later!" Wang Laoer gritted his teeth and these words popped out of his mouth.
As soon as Wang Laoer finished speaking, he heard a drum sound in front of him suddenly, and then the people in front suddenly became a mess.
Wang Laoer sat on the donkey. Although he was taller than ordinary people, he could not see clearly the situation ahead. However, Wang Laoer could see a thick gray-black smoke gradually rising from the distance.
"Who is cooking in front of you?!" Wang Lao Er pouted, but then Wang Lao Er discovered that this was not someone cooking in life!
The raging fire rushed towards Wang Laoer. The dry weeds on both sides of the road were quickly swallowed up by the fire, and then became the nutrient for the fire, helping the fire become more surging. With the wind, the fire became a little more violent, and the road ahead was immediately covered by thick smoke.
The robbers in front were already in chaos, and at this time the shortcomings of the troops without unified command were finally revealed. Because there was no one to command, some people ran forward, some people ran backward, and some people ran around left and right. From time to time, some people were squeezed to the ground and then stepped on by countless feet.
Wang Laoer looked up and saw a horse running towards him in front of him. It was Mr. Han San who had just ridiculed him. At this time, Mr. Han San was a little embarrassed, waving his horse whip and fleeing forward desperately.
Seeing that Mr. Han San was about to pass by him, Wang Laoer suddenly had an idea in his mind. Seeing that Mr. Han San was about to walk in front of Mr. Wang Laoer, Wang Laoer suddenly pulled out the knife, then slapped the knife and waved it directly at Mr. Han San.
Mr. Han San was running away desperately, but he didn't notice Wang Lao Er in front of him. When Wang Lao Er's sword was swung over, Mr. Han San had no time to react. With a puff, Mr. Wang Lao Er's sword stabbed into Mr. Han San's chest hard.
Mr. Han San looked at Wang Laoer with a reluctance. He never expected that he had just ridiculed Wang Laoer, but after only a long time, he died under Wang Laoer's knife.
Seeing that Mr. Han was chopped off his horse, Wang Lao Er was stunned. After fighting with Mr. Han San for so many years, the two of them had long hated each other. Unexpectedly, Mr. Han San was dead like this now. It was so easy. Wang Lao Er was still unresponsive.
"Boss! Boss was killed by Wang Lao Er!" A minion from Han San suddenly shouted.
"Kill him and avenge the boss!"
"Yes, kill Wang Lao Er!"
Some robbers who were loyal to Mr. Han were immediately rushed towards Wang Laoer and slashed at Wang Laoer without saying a word. Wang Laoer naturally would not stand there and be chopped down. Wang Laoer immediately raised his knife to block it.
Unfortunately, two fists were hard to match four hands, and several people rushed up at once. Wang Laoer could not stop it with a knife. After a cold light, Wang Laoer felt a pain in his stomach. Then Wang Laoer lowered his head and saw a spear stabbed into his abdomen.
Wang Laoer gritted his teeth and grabbed the gun rod that stabbed into his abdomen, then slashed it with a knife, cut off the gun rod, and then used all his strength and shouted: "Kill them for me!"
The minion behind Wang Laoer responded and rushed forward. The men on both sides immediately fought in one place.
There are about 2,000 people on both sides, which can only be considered one-twentieth of these 80,000 bandits. If these 2,000 men died at this moment, it may not have much impact on the 80,000 army. However, if these 2,000 men fight each other, it will spread rapidly in the army like an infectious disease.
Originally, this was just a small group of riots, but now the robbers have lost their morale by Deng Ai's fire, and this little riot has become a deadly poison. As time goes by, this riot gradually spreads, and almost all the robbers picked up weapons and began to kill each other. Many of the robbers did not know what was going on, but saw the people beside them suddenly chopping towards them with weapons, and in a panic, they had to subconsciously start resisting.
In this panic, people knew exactly who was the enemy and who were the comrades. They just mechanically held weapons and eliminated all those who could threaten their lives. However, it seemed that almost all people they didn't know had a fatal threat.
A large army of 80,000 people can know a few more people. If all the people they don’t know are enemies, then the enemies will be counted in tens of thousands. At this time, everyone cannot care about the threat of the fire in the distance, and first solve the danger in front of them.
On the distant hillside, Deng Ai looked at all this, but there was still no big expression on his face, but he was already smiling in his heart.
Originally, Deng Ai thought that his plan could only repel the robbers, and it was impossible to kill the robbers on a large scale, and decided that most of the robbers would still escape, but Deng Ai did not expect that these robbers would inexplicably kill each other. Now, most of them could escape from 80,000 people, but now it would be great if they could escape to a small half.
According to Deng Ai's original plan, these bandits were just mobs. As long as they were setbacks, they would definitely turn into birds and beasts. Therefore, Deng Ai's fire did not require many enemies to be killed. They only needed to create chaos. These bandits would collapse without fighting, and could also play a role in killing one to war, so that other bandits would know that this ancient city was not easy to mess with, so that the safety of the ancient city could be temporarily guaranteed.
But what he didn't expect was that these robbers themselves fought for the fire. As a result, when the fire gradually approached, these robbers could not escape even if they wanted to run away. The thick smoke could smog these people to death. Deng Ai never thought that he could achieve such a result this time. With five hundred county soldiers and more than a thousand township braves, he actually killed nearly 100,000 robbers. Wherever he put it, it would be a big victory!
At this time, Deng Ai muttered silently in his heart. Fortunately, he used all his methods to deceive the county magistrate and the military commander. Such rich results are now exclusive to him. It seems that God really wants to help him.
Sure enough, as Deng Ai expected, the robbers killed each other and did not notice the fire that was coming at the rushing. When the fire was approaching, it was too late to run away. It is said that water and fire are ruthless, and people's feet can't compare to the speed of the fire spreading. Coupled with the rolling smoke, it makes it difficult to distinguish the direction, which greatly increases the number of casualties of the robbers. 80,000 robbers, and only more than 10,000 people actually escaped.
In this battle, Deng Ai defeated 80,000 robbers with a fire attack with five hundred county soldiers. Later, after counting more than 68,000 robbers were killed in battle, and more than 1,000 were captured by Deng Ai.
Wang Laoer and his group had been killed in the battle, so no one knew why the bandits did not escape after receiving the fire attack but killed each other. Almost everyone thought that Deng Ai used some tricks to kill each other. This battle also became Deng Ai's fame battle. Later, someone asked about what tricks Deng Ai used many times, but Deng Ai always smiled and refused to answer. Of course, that was because Deng Ai himself didn't know why the bandits fought by themselves.
The news of the battle in the ancient city quickly spread throughout Runan. The news that Deng Ai repelled the 80,000 troops immediately made the whole of Runan excited. Since the chaos in Runan, the robbers have been smooth sailing and have never suffered such a big loss. Deng Ai's victory greatly hit the robbers' arrogant arrogance and also gave the chaotic Runan a plan to boost the chaotic Runan.
Ancient city.
At this time, the prison in the ancient city was already crowded, because there were too many robber prisoners caught this time, and the prison in the small ancient city could not let go of so many people. For this reason, Deng Ai also ordered people to find some houses to detain the prisoners.
Outside the cell, two yamen runners stood in front of the gate. They were holding brand new steel knives in their hands, and their waists were as straight as they were.
Both of them participated in the battle to defeat 80,000 bandits. Although they were just standing at the end and basically didn't even see the bandits' shadow, it did not affect the bragging after they returned to the city. Now that they were walking on the road, young people would occasionally want to see the envious eyes of the two.
Now this prison imprisons many bandit prisoners, which is a new thing for the people of the ancient city. From time to time, people will come to see what these prisoners look like, and these two yamen runners will take this opportunity to boast. Now that it is getting late and no one is watching the fun, the two of them have relaxed a little and started to talk.
"Hey, what's going on? Why do you think of this? Why do you want to capture so many prisoners? You have to provide them with delicious food and drink. These are all bandits, not good people, so you waste more food."
"I heard that the adults are going to find out some news about bandits from them."
"News from the bandits?"
"You don't understand this. It means knowing yourself and your enemy will never be defeated in a hundred battles. This is to know yourself and your enemy and learn more about the situation of those bandits. If those bandits come again, they will definitely come again without knowing it!"
The yamen runner said it well. Deng Ai left these prisoners to find out some information from them. Now, Deng Ai has also got what he wants to know.
From these prisoners, Deng Ai knew that in just one month, the root of the chaos in Runan was the Seven Evil Guards, and the predecessor of the Seven Evil Guards was a group of bandits in Fengtou Mountain. What’s strange is that this group of Seven Evil Guards actually lurked after ruining Runan. There has been no news about them in the past ten days, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
Logically speaking, this should not be what the robbers should do. Now that Runan is in such chaos, this group of Seven Evil Guards has not taken the opportunity to come out and take advantage of it. This is not the style of a robber.
Later, Deng Ai interrogated some robbers with relatively high status and received a more surprising news that the leader of the Seven Evil Guards turned out to be Liu Chan!
Adou's wanted order has been spread all over the world, so when Adou shows up, he will inevitably be recognized. If it weren't for the fact that Fengtou Village is quite famous among the bandits, I'm afraid someone would have really had the idea of attacking Adou.
Deng Ai thought for a moment and understood A Dou's intention. The fundamental purpose of A Dou was to disrupt Runan. Therefore, after the chaos in Runan, the Seven Evil Guards disappeared and lurked. They must be preserving their strength and waiting for the right time to come out. Or they raised their arms and called out and gathered the robbers to fight against Cao's army and rushed to Xudu to turmoil Cao Cao's foundation; or they took advantage of the chaos to quell the rebellion in Runan and had no time to do anything else, so they could escape the Central Plains in the chaos.
After thinking about it, the second possibility is still greater. After all, it is too difficult to attack Xu Du, and Cao's army is not a vegetarian. If Deng Ai chooses, he will also choose to escape in the chaos.
Thinking about the overwhelming wanted order for Adou, Deng Ai smiled helplessly. Unfortunately, he only had 500 soldiers in his hands, so it was okay to protect himself, but it was a fool to say that he would divide his troops to arrest Adou again. If he caught Adou, he would be awarded the title. Now Deng Ai could only watch the title slip away from his hands.
What Deng Ai didn't expect was that Adou is also plotting against him now.
Deng Ai killed 80,000 people in one go, and there was such a big disturbance, how could Adou not know?
The Seven Evil Guards Camp.
Adou frowned and asked the soldier who brought the news: "Is the Deng Ai you mentioned a name called Shizai?"
"Young Master said it well. Deng Ai's name is Shizai!" the soldier replied.
"It's him!" Adou sighed softly.
"Young Master knows this Deng Ai?" Xiang Fei asked beside him. Xiang Fei felt very strange at this time. He had been in Runan for so many years and knew Runan very well, but he had never heard of Deng Ai. But Adou had just come to Runan and knew about this Deng Ai.
Xiang Fei didn't know Deng Ai. After all, Deng Ai was just a small military commander. Xiang Fei naturally had heard of him. But Adou knew that Deng Ai was the vanguard of destroying Shu in the future, and he dared to walk on a road like Yinping Road, which was more than 700 miles to reach the city of Chengdu. Liu Chan in history surrendered to Deng Ai.
Chapter completed!