Chapter 2834: Recruiting Mao Sui, Xu Chang in the Second World War
Chapter 2831: Recruiting Mao Sui, Xu Chang in the Second World War
“Hurry, hurry up.”
Huang Xu, who was appointed as Deputy General Arthur by Ying Hao, was urging the soldiers under his command to speed up the march with an anxious look, but he saw the fatigue on the soldiers'' faces disappear.
As Huang Xu''s deputy general, Ma Dai should have stood up to dissuade him, but he looked helplessly and had no intention of coming forward to dissuade him.
It won’t be possible if they don’t urge them. If they continue to rush like this, their eight thousand troops will be in vain.
Huang Xu and Ma Dai thought about it, they were closer to Luyang, and when they arrived, they would launch a general attack together after Arthur''s cavalry arrived.
Huang Xu and Ma Dai obviously didn''t think that the Yingchuan rebel army could block their 8,000 troops, and they could complete this mission just by themselves, but this time the main general was Arthur after all.
Even though there are people behind Huang Xu and Ma Dai, Arthur''s level is much higher than theirs, so they are willing to take the credit for the backhand in one step.
But what Huang Xu and Ma Dai never expected was that the cavalry led by Arthur was so fast. Although the marching distance was much farther than that of him, they arrived first, but instead rushed in front of them to reach the Luyang Mountains.
"Brother Ma, the Ma family is from Xiliang and is best at cavalry fighting. Your brother Ma Chao is the best among the central part of the Xiliang cavalry general. Can his marching speed reach such a fast?"
After hearing Huang Xu''s question, Ma Dai fell into deep thought, then shook his head decisively and said, "Meng Qi can''t do it so quickly."
"Yes, the two generals Lu Zhao may not be able to do such a fast marching speed. There are only a few generals in our army, as well as General Huo Qubing. We can stabilize her in terms of speed."
Huang Xu and Ma Dai thought that after Arthur arrived, they would wait until they arrived before launching a general attack. After all, this is not the era of invincible cavalry. Although the Qin Iron Cavalry has strong combat power, infantry also needs to cooperate with cooperative combat.
But Arthur had no intention of waiting for the two of them, and directly led two thousand cavalry to launch a general attack on 30,000 to 40,000 rebels.
This made Huang Xu and Ma Dai very dissatisfied. They thought Arthur had been idle for a long time and were eager to compete for the sake of credit, so they barely showed their performance to His Majesty, but doing so would obviously increase the casualties.
The rebel army was not strong in combat, but there were nearly 40,000 people. The Qin army dispatched 10,000 troops this time, which could have dealt with the rebels at the lowest price, but because of Arthur''s own selfishness, the Qin army would have suffered greater casualties, which naturally made Huang Xu and Ma Dai feel dissatisfied.
I thought Arthur did this to seize the credit, but the subsequent development was far beyond Huang Xu and Ma Dai''s expectations.
Arthur''s two thousand cavalry troops were unstoppable all the way. Huang Xu and Ma Dai''s infantry troops arrived at the first camp, and the cavalry troops rushed to the second camp.
In this regard, the infantry troops can only divide their troops.
Huang Xu and Ma Dai left two thousand soldiers to finish off and arrested prisoners of war, while the other part was led by Dannen to continue to rush to the second camp.
But when I arrived at the second village, I found that the camp had been broken long ago, and the cavalry had even broken through the third village.
Huang Xu and Ma Dai had no choice but to continue to divide the troops, and the pursuit along the way also made them realize that the Qin army was not seriously injured or injured.
The most Qin army corpses were found in the first village, but there were only forty-six cavalry. The two and three camps were smaller than the first village.
This discovery shocked both generals. How did Arthur do it? While marching at high speed, he could also ensure such strong combat power? And the number of casualties is so small?
Huang Xu and Ma Dai have to admit that they all underestimated this female marquis. No, it should be that everyone in the world underestimated her. She is far stronger than before.
"No, if we follow this trend, we may have a waste of time."
Huang Xu, who reacted, quickly ordered: "Send the order, give up all the supplies, and march at full speed."
Huang Xu has already rushed to the road as fast as possible, but how could the two-legged infantry run better than the four-legged cavalry?
When they arrived at the rebels'' fortress Wu, the war had ended, and the Qin cavalry was arresting prisoners on a large scale, and Arthur also led his troops back after capturing Mao Sui.
After seeing Arthur, Huang Xu said with a resentful look on his face: "The general''s speed is too fast. The last general led his troops to march all the way, but he still failed to catch up with a single battle."
Arthur naturally heard what Huang Xu said, and was blaming her for eating alone.
Logically speaking, generals of Arthur''s level should not compete with the two young generals Huang Xu and Ma Dai, but the Detachment of Women was too eager to make meritorious contributions, so Arthur naturally couldn''t take care of that much.
However, letting the two young players travel for nothing and eat all the way is really inauthentic, and they have no veteran''s demeanor at all.
As soon as he thought of this, Arthur smiled embarrassedly, then turned his eyes and asked, "The two famous lieutenants are worthy of being from famous families. They are indeed a handsome talent. I wonder if they can get married?"
This sudden and stiff change instantly made Huang Xu and Ma Dai stunned, and Ma Dai even stuttered: "No, no."
Arthur smiled and said, "My Detachment of Women has many good women who are not married yet. If two captains like it, I can serve as a matchmaker for you."
Arthur did not give the two the chance to refuse, and immediately turned his head behind him and shouted, "Sisters, come and let the two young generals see. These are the sons of General Huang Zhong and General Ma Chao''s younger brother, and they are definitely rich son-in-law."
As soon as this statement was spoken, a storm arose, a large number of female knights flocked toward each other and looked around Huang Xu and Ma Dai.
"Is this the son of General Huang Zhong? He is much better than General Huang Zhong Jun."
"After all, Mrs. Huang and Wudie are both great beauties."
"Compared to General Ma Chao, his younger brother is a little worse in appearance."
"Although General Ma Chao is handsome, he is too cold and gives people a feeling of pretending. Captain Ma Dai is just right, and he has much affinity with General Ma Chao."
The female riders started to chatter.
Those who were unmarried were very restrained, and there was shyness in their eyes when they looked at them.
The female knights who had married were very presumptuous and even discussed the appearance of the two in person, and their words were explicit.
Huang Xu and Ma Dai had never seen such a scene. They were surrounded by hundreds of women and pointed at each other. They also went on blind dates with so many female knights at the same time. They were all kinds of people, and they were at a loss for a moment. "Sisters, look, the two young generals are shy, it''s so cute."
"Oh, don''t leave..."
Huang Xu and Ma Dai could no longer resist it. After a lot of effort, they escaped from the woman''s nest and forced themselves into the prisoner-of-war camp, which also made both of them feel like they were born.
"Huh, is this the famous Detachment of Women? It''s really terrible. I thought my life was to be told to the Detachment of Women." Huang Xu said with lingering fear.
"Yes, I understand a little why my little sister wants to join the Detachment of Women."
Hearing Ma Dai''s words, Huang Xu subconsciously asked, "Your sister also wants to join the Detachment of Women?"
"Yes, my Yunlu was spoiled by my father. He doesn''t like red clothes and armed clothes, and he keeps clamoring to go to the battlefield to make achievements. Hum? What do you mean to think about it?"
"The same is true for my butterfly dance."
Huang Xu and Ma Dai looked at each other again and felt a sense of mutual sympathy.
As for Yingchuan, although Mao Sui was captured and Shangguan Jinhong and other senior officials were all killed in battle, it does not mean that the suppression operation will end there.
Although Arthur fought many wars this time, the number of people who actually killed less than 18,000, which means at least 32,000 prisoners were still there.
After all, Ma Dai and Huang Xu had only eight thousand people. They followed the pressure and captured prisoners of war. Although they could not capture most of the prisoners, many people escaped in the chaos.
These people will definitely not run far, but if they let them go, they will only gather all the mountains and forests and harm one side.
In addition, among the prisoners of war that have been captured, there are many White Lotus Cultists hidden, so naturally they need to identify them.
The ordinary people who were pulled out and forced to participate in the rebellion naturally let them go home after education, but for those cultists of the White Lotus Sect, it is not so easy to let go.
The Qin Dynasty naturally did not have the energy to transform them, and of course, it would not even leave a way out. After all, the mines in Bingying and other states and Luzon Island lacked labor, and that was their future destination.
Whether it is to capture prisoners or identify prisoners, these trivial things naturally cannot be done by Arthur. The only thing she has to do next is to take Mao Sui back to Yingyin.
Although Yingchuan''s farce-like uprising did not cause any losses to the Qin army, it caused great harm to the people of Yingchuan.
In just over a dozen days, 20,000 to 30,000 innocent people died due to this turmoil. These people are all young and strong laborers.
The culprit of planning this uprising was Mao Sui. He convinced the three major sects and he was behind the scenes to make plans for the rebel army, so that he could defeat the demon sect forces that surrendered Qin.
Therefore, when Mao Sui appeared in the prisoner-of-war camp, the people who were arrested were furious. If Arthur had not arranged enough manpower to protect him, Mao Sui might have been swallowed alive on the spot.
Arthur actually respects scholars very much, and she also hates scholars like Mao Sui who are full of bad things and treats the people like ants. If the emperor had not named the person who wanted to catch them alive before the war, she would have cut Mao Sui with one sword.
Although Arthur did not kill Mao Sui, he humiliated him severely in terms of his words, which also made Mao Sui, who was already at ease, feel ashamed.
When Ying Hao saw Mao Sui, he had committed suicide twice, once biting his tongue and once hitting the pillar, but he was rescued by Arthur.
Looking at Mao Sui with a sluggish face, Ying Hao asked, "Mr. Mao, have you ever regretted it?"
Mao Sui took a deep breath and answered the question irrelevantly: "Even if I don''t come, there will be others coming, but the final result will be the same."
If Mao Sui was really an unforgivable person, Ying Hao would naturally not see him personally, but judging from his past actions, this person has a good reputation among the people. In addition, he committed suicide twice, which shows that he was also very distressed in his heart.
The planning of this Yingchuan Uprising was naturally not Mao Sui''s original intention. He was sent to execute it because of his good eloquence.
Mao Sui also knew that doing this was wrong and would not have much effect, but because of his different positions and some stupid loyalty, even though he knew it was wrong, he still violated his original intention and became the evil person he hated the most to harm the people.
Compared with martial artists like Zizaitian who have no brains, Ying Hao is more afraid of literati like Mao Sui, because literati are often more capable of causing trouble than martial artists.
Just a Mao Sui planned a Yingchuan Uprising with just a clever mouth, involving more than 100,000 people.
Cao Wei alone also has Fan Li, Xun You, Cheng Yu, etc., and many of them are better than Mao Sui, and how many Mao Sui are there in the Central Plains?
Ying Hao''s attitude towards evil demons and cults has always been to destroy as much as he wants, and this simple method is often the best.
But for literati like Mao Sui, even Ying Hao had to restrain his intention to kill, because he could never kill him, and would even have the opposite effect.
For Mao Sui, death was actually a kind of relief, and living was extremely painful, but Ying Hao did not let him do what he wanted, and he wanted to use Mao Sui to dismantle the fortress of civil officials in the Central Plains.
Mao Sui thought he would die, but unexpectedly, Ying Hao did not intend to kill him. Instead, he talked to him a lot, which also reduced his resistance to Ying Hao.
Ying Hao not only talked about his determination to unify the world and end the troubled times, but also talked about his ideas on how to govern after unification. He also heard it, but he was very disappointed because in his opinion, he was a sinner and he was destined not to see the scene described by Ying Hao.
Seeing that the situation was almost done, Ying Hao proposed to illuminate and asked Mao Sui to redeem his sins, but the foolish and loyal Mao Sui did not agree.
After another rigging, after Ying Hao''s repeated persuasion, Mao Sui realized that he should not be foolish and that true loyalty would not go astray, so he decided to surrender and redeem his sins.
Ying Hao was naturally very happy to recruit Mao Sui. After all, Mao Sui was not alone. Behind him were Mao Jie and other Yanzhou literati. Through him alone, he could expand the cracks in the Cao Wei civil servant system.
On the same day, Ying Hao received another accusation from Bai Qi and then ordered an immediate attack on Xuchang.
Bai Qi made it clear in the message to Ying Hao that Puyang City would definitely be captured within five days, so Ying Hao naturally had no need to keep Xuchang again.
(This chapter ends)