rebirth [rebirth]

On the fifth day of October in the first year of Dachen Shuntian, the sky was bright and clear, and the wind was smooth.

At the barracks at the north gate of Daying Camp in Guangqing, it was still the same as before. The 200-man team who changed shifts greeted each other in twos and threes while boarding the gate of the camp.

Although it has been more than half a year, many young soldiers of Dachen are still shocked by this huge barracks.

Even the gate tower of the camp gate is no worse than many small towns, not to mention the neat barracks inside, the martial arts training ground occupies a vast area, and there are even four canteens.Most of the soldiers are farmers, and they have never seen such a place.

Outside the north gate is the steep Cangya Mountain, so there are only 1000 guards on their side, 200 guards on the gate tower, 200 soldiers who are resting at night, and 600 soldiers, [-] of whom are outside the camp. The defense inside the Wengcheng did not relax at all.

They were all afraid that the prisoners inside would run away.

Although the little soldiers had also gone to the battlefield to kill people, the aura of those prisoners was very frightening.

Now they are ordered by His Majesty to sew military uniforms and quilts. After finishing their work during the day, they have to grind flour and bean flour at night. The work is already very hard. They still don’t have enough to eat every day, and only have two meals of gruel a day. .

Thinking of the wolf-like eyes of those people, the little soldier couldn't help shivering.

The soldier next to him was older and asked him in a low voice, "What?"

The little soldier replied tremblingly: "Brother Big Niu, what if those people inside go out?"

Although those people are now pale and thin, their eyes are getting darker day by day. The little soldier has seen wild wolves before, and thinks that those people are no different from wild wolves.

It's just that they don't have weapons in their hands now, nor do they have sharp teeth and claws.

The soldier he called Brother Big Niu frowned and said in a low voice, "Don't think about it, there are so many of us guarding here, it's fine."

The little soldier nodded lazily: "Brother Big Niu, I want to go home."

Brother Daniu felt a pain in his heart, and was about to tell him that they had no home anymore, but the soldier next to him suddenly let out an "oops", took two steps back while clutching his chest, and fell to the ground all at once.

Brother Big Niu turned his head and saw a bright red blood flower blooming on his chest, and he was already out of breath.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack." Brother Big Niu was older after all, and when he saw this situation, he pushed the little soldier next to him to the ground and shouted sharply.

"Someone in District A was shot, and someone in District A was shot." He continued to shout.

Beside them, the quick-response soldiers quickly fell to the ground, but there were still 20 people standing there in a daze, with a dazed look on their faces.

The sharp sound of "嗖嗖" came through the air, and those who were still standing were hit, blood spattered, and a large piece fell down in an instant.

For a moment, the peaceful gatehouse became a sea of ​​blood.

Brother Big Niu pressed the little soldier tightly under him, and he quickly said to him: "Follow me later, do you hear me?"

Although the little soldier is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he has been in the army for more than a year, and he is no longer a recruit.

He listened and nodded, gritted his teeth and pulled out the long knife at his waist: "Brother Big Niu, be careful too."

As soon as they finished their three sentences, the captain over there quickly found the cover and straightened up: "The archer stays upstairs, and the others follow me."

He took a quick look just now, and he already understood the situation below.

A team of about 1000 people is attacking their urn city, and there are firearms soldiers and archers in ambush a little farther away.

There are only 800 of them at full strength, and there are [-] soldiers who have returned to the barracks to rest, and it is too late to call now.

The captain led the soldiers downstairs quickly. He glanced back and ordered the little soldier directly: "Go to the general and tell him that the enemy is attacking at the north gate. The opponent has firearms and bows and arrows. There are no signs, and there are nearly a thousand people."

The little soldier was a little panicked, he glanced at Brother Big Niu, seeing him nodding slightly to himself, he said "No" and ran quickly into the barracks.

It will take at least a moment from here to the big tent where General Sun of the Dongmen is staying. He hopes that Brother Big Niu can wait for him to come back alive.

With such thoughts in mind, the little soldier ran forward quickly.

And the guard team here has already gone down the gate tower and directly entered the Wengcheng.

There were too many enemies, and within a short time, the gate of the Wengcheng had been broken open, and the enemies poured directly into the Wengcheng, and their soldiers became grasshoppers in a jar, being tightly blocked.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the team leader directly led the remaining 100 people into the battle group.

However, the enemy at this moment was not interested in fighting, and directly grabbed their soldiers in groups of two or three and retreated to the mountain.

More than a hundred people were killed at once, and more than a hundred people were taken away. When the team leader came down, there were only more than 200 people left in Wengcheng, and most of them were injured.

"What's going on?? Who are they?" He grabbed the centurion below and asked.

The Banner Commander of Wengcheng had already died in battle, and only two centurions were left alive.

The centurion caught by him was covered in blood, one of his hands was broken, and he was trembling with pain: "I don't know, but they captured a lot of people and left to save them."

The captain was silent.

The opponent had twice as many soldiers as them. In the short confrontation just now, they directly killed nearly [-] soldiers, while the opponent was almost unscathed, and returned to the mountain without losing a single soldier.

Even if they chased the remaining 500 people, they would die.

But they couldn't stop chasing.

Those who were taken away were their brothers and friends, and they had a life-threatening friendship with them. If they didn't go, the remaining soldiers might be disappointed.

But if they go, they may not be able to come back.

The squad leader only felt his hands and feet were cold. He stood up, looked at the panicked soldiers and asked in a deep voice, "Who wants to go with me?"

The soldiers looked terrified, but no one protested or stepped up right away.

At this moment, a boy who was only sixteen or seventeen years old came out and said, "My brother has been taken away, I will go."

Starting from him, 200 people came out one after another. The captain gritted his teeth and said to another centurion who was not seriously injured: "Old Zhang, it's up to you here. I will lead people to chase. When the general arrives, you will report directly." .”

Chief Baifu Zhang naturally knew that his going would never return, he felt helpless, but he couldn't stop it.

Those who were captured also included the captain's brothers and friends.

He could only nod his head and watched their small group run towards the mountain.

The weather was fine that day, with golden crows on their heads, but the soldiers were all cold and at a loss.

Rong Jingxuan did not expect the opening to be so smooth, mainly because Chen Shengzhi's army was assembled from patchwork, and most of them were farmers who had never been on the battlefield.From the 35th year of Yongyan to the 37th year of Yongyan, it only took two years for him to win.

In the past two years, new recruits have continued to join. Many soldiers have never been on the battlefield, and there is no time for them to practice martial arts.Now it’s hard to set up camp in Guangqing. If it weren’t for Sun Zhao’s urging them to practice martial arts, many people would like to go directly to farming.

But martial arts came up, but they didn't care about it.

Rong Jingxuan and his vanguard killed too fast and too hard, and the gates were blown open before the people in the Wengcheng were ready.The soldiers who rushed in were all tall and strong young men, brandishing long swords and knives in their hands like demons from hell.

Chief Zhang Baifu knew in his heart that today's bad luck will be more or less good, but he didn't think about running away. He sighed to himself, and directly ordered: "Er Leng, carry all the soldiers who died for the country back to the camp; Du Hu, go and get the remaining 100 soldiers." Called; Sanwazi told the people upstairs to report any disturbances."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of explosions on Cangya Mountain. The centurion felt a pain in his heart, knowing that the two or three hundred people might not be able to come back.

At this moment, a soldier upstairs shouted: "Captain, captain, there is an enemy attack!"

Before the centurion had time to look back, he felt a pain in his chest.He lowered his head and saw a long arrow pierced straight into his heart. The bloody arrow was black and shiny, and looked extremely sharp.

He wanted to say the last sentence of his confession, but found that he could not say anything. In the end, he fell to the ground regretfully under the terrified eyes of the soldiers, and closed his eyes forever.

The other centurion was seriously injured and was on the verge of death. No matter how the soldiers called, he did not respond.

The soldiers in the Wengcheng were in chaos all of a sudden. They looked at the only two general banners left and didn't know what to do.

The two general banners usually only lead a team of 50 people. Now it is really impossible to put 300 people under their command. However, at this moment, the enemy suddenly started shouting.

The person who shouted had a loud voice, like a rainbow, and powerfully said: "If you want to survive, surrender, and promise not to kill anyone."

After he finished speaking, he yelled again, as if he was afraid that the people inside would not hear him.

This time even Zongqi panicked, and the two looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

After all, they are not battle-tested veterans, and they have no sense of belonging to Da Chen. If they hadn't been unable to survive farming, who would have come to serve as soldiers?

Now that Chen Shengzhi became the emperor, their application to go home to farm was rejected. They practiced in this big camp day and night, and they were still unable to return to their hometown to find their relatives.To be honest, many people have long been dissatisfied.

But no matter how dissatisfied, that's all they can do. They are not Chen Shengzhi, so they can't do things like plotting a rebellion.

Shouts kept ringing outside, and the soldiers inside the Urn City were all huddled behind the bunkers, and no one dared to poke their heads out.

The fear of hundreds of people being killed at that moment just now overwhelmed everything. They huddled their bodies and crouched on the blood-stained ground.

Finally, the older general flag said, "Wait for the general to come."

He didn't have the guts to be the master of so many people, so he had to wait now.

But waiting is not an option.

It takes two minutes for the general's soldiers to arrive at the fastest. From receiving the letter to gathering the team and rushing to the north gate, two minutes is already the fastest.

They want to wait, but what about the enemy?

"What if they rush in?" a soldier cried.

He has never even been on the battlefield, but the nearby villagers came to serve as soldiers to make a living. Now seeing his usual friends and brothers dying tragically one by one, it is a lie to say that he is not afraid.

"General Banner, I, I want to go home." He cried, as if he had been wronged so much.

For a while, other soldiers were infected by his emotions, and the atmosphere became more and more dull.

Suddenly, another younger general flag said: "The general is here? We're going to go up and fight..."

He frowned, as if making such a big decision, and then saw him suddenly shouted, stood up and shouted: "I don't care, I want to surrender!"

Sun Zhao's biggest problem is not the attack from inside and outside, nor is he too short of manpower. His biggest problem is that the soldiers in his hands are too mixed and too weak.

One will surrender, and more will follow in quick succession.

In a short while, a team of more than a hundred people walked out of the barn, most of them were young men in their teens, with immature faces, thin stature, and it seemed that they hadn't tied their hair yet.

Dai Xian, who led more than 500 people over to frighten people, was also taken aback when he saw them, and said after a while, "They are still children."