The Nameless of the Common Clans

The night was getting darker, and the winter night wind was still biting and cold even in the south. Except for the soldiers responsible for night patrol, the other soldiers had already hid in the military tents and hugged each other for warmth.

On the top of the hill, Chen Mo sat cross-legged on the ground, looking down at the hill, constantly thinking about ways to defeat the enemy.

Nowadays, the Gebei thieves are very powerful. It is of little significance to the Gebei thieves to conquer one or two cities. However, if my guess is correct, based on the changes in luck shown by the system gods and what I have seen today, the Gebei thieves may have already conquered the city. The strategic center of gravity is expanding to the east. At this time, if there is chaos in the rear, it can at least break the opponent's deployment.

As long as you can disrupt the opponent's rhythm, you can expose more flaws to the opponent. In this way, the possibility of defeating the thief is higher.

How to lure the enemy out of the city, in Chen Mo's opinion, is a question of deception, just like fishing. Your bait is attractive to fish, and only then will the fish take the bait. So for the Gepi thieves, what can attract them?

grain!

The reason for the rise of thieves this year is not only the management chaos caused by the state pastoral system, but also the most fundamental reason is food. There have been famines every year in the past few years, and the taxes collected by the imperial court have been reduced after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. More and more, the funny thing is that taxes have increased, but the annual input to the treasury has decreased.

Chen Mo didn't want to think about why this phenomenon occurred, but with increased taxes and poor food harvests, it was not without reason that the Yellow Turban remnants were everywhere. However, these were beyond the scope of Chen Mo's consideration. His current status was to be a general. Yes, it's just about defeating the enemy. For higher-level things, just think about them in daily life. Don't bring these things to the battlefield.

"Da Lang!" After sitting quietly for a while, Chen Mo suddenly turned his head and said to Da Lang.

"Here!" Dalang came to Chen Mo.

"You bring your personal guards and the general's horses, and then chop some wood over and ask some of the soldiers on night watch to stay, while the others come to help." Chen Mo said to Dalang.

"Here!" Dalang didn't even ask why, and just left with the others.

…

There was no words all night. When the soldiers woke up early the next morning, they were shocked to see a few simple carriages in the camp. Chen Mo hitched the only five horses in the army to the carriages.

"Junhou, why is this?" Bao Geng came to Chen Mo and frowned as he looked at the carriage.

"Last night, I figured out a way to defeat the enemy." Chen Mo replied while putting the reins on.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Bao Geng became more energetic and quickly looked at Chen Mo.

"In this way, in a while, you will lead a team of people and escort these five grain trucks around the sleeping hill, from north to south." Chen Mo drew a simple map on the ground with a branch and said: "Remember, don't You are too close to the city, but you must be visible to the people at the top of the city. If the thieves come out of the city to hunt you down, don't confront them. Instead, pull the grain cart around the hills. I will lead people to ambush you here. ”

"Marquis, is this a grain cart?" Bao Geng looked at the five carriages in astonishment, his mind a little confused.

"Not bad." Chen Mo nodded.

"Where's the food?" Bao Geng asked doubtfully.

"Come on!" Chen Mo didn't answer, just waved his hand, and a group of people piled piles of dead branches and hay prepared overnight on the car, then covered them with felt cloth and sealed them with ropes.

"We have food!" Chen Mo patted the felt cloth and turned to look at Bao Geng.

"But this is a branch!" Bao Geng obviously didn't understand what Chen Mo was going to do.

"The thieves don't know." Chen Mo pointed to the simple map on the ground and said: "If you can't understand it, take the grain truck to the north of Qiuqiu City, ten miles away. Remember, stay far away when you go, and don't let anyone notice you. When you come back Time passed by here..."

Chen Mo pulled Bao Geng to the top of the hill and pointed to the road below: "Walk this side of the mountain, try to hide your tracks, and finally come around here, we will ambush here."

"Marquis, since you want to lure the enemy out of the city, why do you need to hide your whereabouts?" Bao Geng frowned.

"People will believe the truth they find through searching. If you just go through it openly, others may not believe it either." Chen Mo looked at Bao Geng and explained.

"Then what should I do if they are deceived by me?" Bao Geng frowned.

Dalang glanced at him and said, "You are worrying too much."

"What do you mean by that?" Bao Geng suddenly became angry and stared at Dalang angrily.

"That's enough!" Chen Mo waved his hand and said, "If you really do it, we will go hungry today and come back tomorrow."

Bao Geng was speechless. He had deceived the other party and still starved. How could he reason with him? But if they really can't trick the other party out of the city, they will really starve. The rations they brought out were all eaten last night.

"The last general takes orders!" Bao Geng had no choice but to order a team of horses to pull the 'grain cart' and leave. Chen Mo and his men began to sharpen some rough wood, make some mechanisms commonly used by hunters, pull ropes, and cut the ropes when necessary. , using inertia to fly out and attack the enemy.

Chen Mo didn't know how many people would come from the city, so he would do more to be prepared and reduce their casualties.

At first, Chen Mo was worried that even if the other party saw it, he would be worried about being tricked and would not dare to leave the city. However, Chen Mo obviously overestimated the capabilities of these thieves in the city. When he saw a Han army food team passing by the dormitory, the city defender The Gebei thief general actually led the men and horses out of the city and chased Bao Geng all the way without thinking about why the grain truck loaded with grain could run so fast.

Standing on the hill, watching the chase, Chen Mo was a little speechless. Not to mention the enemy's combat effectiveness, but this vigilance and brains... it's really not that good.

"Marshal, everything is ready!" Another garrison commander came to Chen Mo and reported.

"Okay! Get in position!" Chen Mo nodded, waved his hand, and a group of people quickly hid in the forest on the edge of the hill.

Chen Mo called the flag officer and instructed: "I will shoot the bandit leader with arrows in a while. You don't have to look at me, just look at the bandit leader. Once the bandit leader falls off the horse, send a flag to attack. In addition, if I miss two arrows, you will also send a flag to order an attack immediately!"

Although he felt that it was impossible to miss the target at such a distance with his archery skills, there are always accidents. Even if his archery skills are good now, he may not be able to hit the target every time. Accidents must be taken into consideration and the impact of accidents must be avoided as much as possible.

"Yes!" The flag officer agreed, and carried him to the front. Like a monkey, he quickly climbed up a tall tree. This place was conspicuous and could observe the enemy's movements most clearly. At the same time, his every move could be seen clearly by the soldiers ambushed on the mountain at any time. This tree was also the flag tower chosen by Chen Mo!

It was only more than ten miles to go around the hill half a circle. Soon, Bao Geng was seen leading his men and horses, urging the carriage to rush towards this side. There was smoke and dust rolling behind, and a large number of men and horses were chasing.

"There are quite a few men and horses, as many as four or five hundred!" The scout responsible for investigating the enemy ran back and came to Chen Mo and panted.

"Prepare for battle!" Chen Mo nodded, picked up the longbow, and held two arrows in his hand. One was already on the bowstring, and the other was buckled between his fingers. The first arrow was shot, and the second arrow would not be too late.

Bao Geng had led his men through this section of the road and gradually slowed down. The thieves who were chasing him thought that the enemy had no power to escape, so they were overjoyed and chased harder. The originally neat team gradually pulled away.

The thief leader rushed to the front, a little far away, and with disheveled hair, his appearance could not be seen clearly, but he was the most arrogant among the group of people. Even if he was not the main general, he was definitely the soul of the entire army that was related to morale. At the same time, there was also a person in the army who was dressed differently. The thieves did not have uniform clothing. Chen Mo did not want to let the thief leader go. Seeing that more than half of the enemy troops had entered the ambush area, he immediately loosened the bowstring. When an arrow was shot out, the bowstring was fully pulled again.

"Puff~" The most arrogant thief was still waving the knife in his hand and roaring. The sudden arrow directly pierced his skull, and the whole army paused. Many people saw that the leader was dead and slowed down a lot.

The man in the middle of the team seemed to want to say something, but the second arrow that followed pierced his neck, and the troops chasing Bao Hong fell into chaos instantly.

Almost at the same time when the second person was shot, the flag officer quickly waved the flag.

"Kill~"

On the hill, the fighting between the trees made the thieves, who were already panicking, even more chaotic. Then all kinds of wooden spikes fell from the sky, and the formation was completely broken up. Dalang took the lead and rushed down, chopping left and right with a ring-headed knife. Wherever he passed, the thieves had no power to resist.

Bao Geng also stopped fleeing after hearing the fighting in the back, abandoned the carriage, and turned back with his men and horses to kill. For a while, the sound of killing shook the sky under the quiet hill, and the sound of crying and begging for mercy echoed in the wilderness.

"Prodigal thing, go and pull the horse back for me!" Seeing Bao Geng ignore it and abandon the carriage and kill back, Chen Mo gritted his teeth and cursed, and quickly directed people to pull the horse back.

The battle did not last too long. In less than half an hour, the thieves who were so aggressive before were killed in pieces. Chen Mo captured a man and asked about the situation in the city. He learned that the two people who were killed were the magistrate and lieutenant of Qinqiu County appointed by the leader of the Gepi thieves. After the soldiers in the city were few, Chen Mo stopped chasing these fleeing thieves and gathered his troops to attack Qinqiu.

Qinqiu County, which lost its leader, did not even have time to close the city gate again before Chen Mo led his troops to kill them. The Gepi thieves in the city were no match for these brave soldiers.

"Military lord, you are so smart!" Bao Geng found Chen Mo who was comforting the people and grinned.

"It's too early to laugh now. Capture a few prisoners. I want to interrogate them. Send someone back to Xiang County to inform them that Qinqiu has been recovered and we can't stay for long. We have persuaded the people to temporarily close the city gates and defend the city. Please ask the county government to send enough people as soon as possible!" Chen Mo was too lazy to pay attention to such compliments and gave an order directly.

"Yes!"