Chapter 996: The Magnificent Power of Han (One Hundred and Twenty)

Mu Qiu raised his head, fine raindrops fell from the sky and hit his face. The cool breeze swept away the heat and washed away the dust on his body. His irritable mood also calmed down with the coolness. He walked to the warhorse, patted his special comrade, and straightened its messy mane. The horse neighed softly, poked its head out, and stretched out its long tongue to lick Mu Qiu's rough face. Mu Qiu laughed. He always liked to get close to his warhorse at all times. As a scout, a good warhorse is the best partner. After putting the saddle on the warhorse, he shouted, "Brothers, get to work!" With his shout, the warhorse was led out of the woods. There were about a hundred scouts who came out and got on their horses.

Mu Qiu was transferred from Beiye and had been in the Red Turban Army for more than a year. When he heard that he had to take off his beloved Han Army uniform and put on the Red Turban Army uniform, he was very unhappy. But no matter how unhappy he was, he still had to follow the military order. Moreover, this time, his position was directly promoted from a scout company commander in Beiye to a scout battalion commander, which was also a kind of compensation.

The scale of the Red Turban Army was getting bigger and bigger, and the Han Dynasty also strengthened its infiltration and control over this army. More and more grassroots officers of the Han Army were sent here through various channels, and Mu Qiu was just one of them.

After arriving in this army, Mu Qiu found Now there is no difference between here and the Han army. Whether it is training, combat or all the rules and regulations, they are exactly the same as when he was in Beiye. There is nothing to adapt to. If there is anything that makes Mu Qiu dissatisfied, it is that before departure, the military judge has clearly told them that in the Red Turban Army, they are strictly prohibited from writing letters or bringing messages home through any means.

There has been no news from home for more than a year, and Mu Qiu misses his family very much. He is in Hetao, and now has a house, nearly 100 acres of land, a capable wife and his father-in-law and mother-in-law. His wife's family are all Koreans who fled there. Because they found a son-in-law like him, now in the In the village, he has a high status and was elected as the village chief. The whole family respects him very much, because they know that their comfortable life now is all earned by Mu Qiu's life on the battlefield.

Although scouts rarely participate in frontal battlefield operations, the work they do is more dangerous than that of ordinary soldiers. They often go deep behind enemy lines and may encounter enemy scout teams or be discovered by the enemy at any time, and then be killed silently. Therefore, scouts are generally composed of the most powerful soldiers in an army. These soldiers not only have excellent individual combat capabilities, but also are proficient in concealment, assassination and even escape.

From an ordinary scout to the current scout battalion commander , Mu Qiu's familiar companions left him one after another. As far as Mu Qiu knew, only three of his companions who were selected to join the scout team survived, including him.

"I hope the war will end soon, so that I can return to Hetao, accompany my family, cultivate my own fields, raise some cattle and sheep, and add my retirement money, my family will be able to live well." Mu Qiu thought so.

"Let's go!" He lightly held the horse with his legs, and the horse rushed forward like an arrow.

This time he brought the scouts out to find out the military movements of Jimo Tian Fucheng. Lord Bai was ready to kill Tian Fucheng, and all the troops were in intensive preparation. At any time, they may launch an attack on Jimo. Now the Red Turban Army has as many as 30,000 well-trained elites. Although Tian Fucheng still has nearly 50,000 troops, they have suffered defeats in successive battles and their morale is low. Secondly, the troops are scattered in several places to defend against opponents in different directions. In a single battlefield, the Red Turban Army has already gained the upper hand.

"Take advantage of his weakness to kill him!" Mu Qiu likes this sentence of Lord Bai very much.

The group ran across the uninhabited wilderness and saw some dilapidated villages from time to time. These places were empty, but judging from the size of the village and the barren fields around it, this should have been a fairly wealthy village in the past.

Mu Qiu sighed. What a good land, it was just abandoned like this. When they were reclaiming the wasteland in Hetao, they put in so much effort to turn the raw land into cultivated land. The harvest in the past two years was terrible, but now it has finally improved.

"There is a caravan ahead!" A scout suddenly shouted, "It's the Qi army."

Mu Qiu's heart was lifted. Damn it, Tian Fucheng's army has retreated to the vicinity of Jimo, how could there be here? In the hazy rain, as far as he could see, hundreds of Qi cavalrymen were escorting a carriage on a road almost perpendicular to where they were. Obviously, they also discovered him, and the team was a little panicked.

"Go, get rid of them." From the other party's reaction, Mu Qiu was keen He found that the fighting power of this Qi army was not very good, and it was definitely not an elite scout team like his own.

This Qi cavalry was escorting Chen Dai to Linzi. He brought a letter from Tian Fucheng asking for surrender and peace from Tian Yuancheng. Chen Dai originally disliked Tian Fucheng very much and was very happy to see Tian Fucheng defeated, but after Wang Pei's explanation, Chen Dai changed his mind. Wang Pei was right. No matter how the two Tians fought, it was always an internal matter of Qi. Now not only Han, but also Chu was eyeing it covetously. Qi was in danger of being destroyed at any time. Since Tian Fucheng was willing to surrender, Qi no longer had a civil war and could be unified against the outside world. It was a good thing anyway.

But his luck was really bad. Just three days after leaving Jimo, he ran into the Red Turban Army's scout team, Mu Qiu and his group.

"It's the Red Turban Army's scouts! Sir!" The leading officer was a little panicked and shouted to Chen Dai in the carriage.

Chen Dai leaned out and scolded: "Why are you panicking? Didn't the Red Turban Army receive amnesty from the court? They are also the court's troops now."

"But Sir Chen, we are still in a state of war!" The leading officer shouted.

"Tell them I'm here!" Chen Dai said coldly.

But Mu Qiu's scout team did not have the habit of talking to the enemy to show their identity after encountering the enemy. The galloping war horses came like the wind. When there were still a hundred steps left, feather arrows had already broken through the air. Mu Qiu took the lead, standing on the horse, drawing the bow with both hands, and shot three arrows in a row, shooting down three cavalrymen in a row. Then he put the bow back on his back and stretched out his hand to pull out the saber beside the saddle of the war horse.

"Kill!" He shouted.

The number of people on both sides was similar, but the difference in combat effectiveness was huge. One side was full of killing intent, while the other responded. They didn't flee immediately, but they were not prepared for the fight. When Mu Qiu and his group rushed into their ranks, the encounter almost turned into a one-sided massacre.

The fierce sound of weapons colliding and the screams before death made Chen Dai a little frightened. Although he was brave, he had never been on the battlefield. When Jimo fell, he was captured alive by Tian Fucheng in his mansion.

The battle ended in a very short time. When Chen Dai lifted the curtain and bravely got out of the carriage, he saw corpses, even the Qi army general who was protecting him on his way to Linzi was knocked off his horse, and several Red Turban knights were pinning him to the ground and tying him up. His own driver was so scared that he huddled in the corner of the carriage, trembling.

Looking at the Red Turban soldiers who were slowly gathering with ill intentions, Chen Dai shouted, "I am Chen Dai, the governor of Jimo, and you are not allowed to be rude."

"Chen Dai?" Mu Qiu was stunned, as if he had heard this word somewhere before, vaguely mentioned by General Hengdao, but the governor of Jimo was a high-ranking official, and he was very excited to catch a big fish. .

"Come here, tie up this Jimo garrison, let's fight!" Mu Qiu shouted.

Several red-turbaned scouts rushed over, ignoring Chen Dai's shouting and cursing, pressed him to the ground, tied him up with his legs tied together, and put him on an empty horse.

Chen Dai's face flushed red. Who was he? Even Tian Fucheng, although he had captured him, had to treat him with courtesy. Now he was treated like this by a few soldiers. His stubborn temper came up and he started to curse again. Hearing this, Mu Qiu was a little annoyed, and waved his knife to cut off a piece of clothes from a dead Qi soldier on the ground, and three or two He stuffed it into Chen Dai's mouth. The blood of Qi soldiers was still on the collar of his clothes, and Chen Dai almost fainted.

The world was finally quiet. Mu Qiu nodded with satisfaction. This time, he caught a Qi general and a Jimo garrison commander. These were all big fish.

"Go back to the camp!" Bai Yucheng walked out of the tent where Chen Dai was imprisoned. His face was a little solemn. Seeing Mu Qiu who was grooming his warhorse, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Good boy, you have made a contribution this time. I heard that you are a lucky general. This is really true. ”

Mu Qiu laughed, “Is this old guy useful?”

“Yes, very useful.” Bai Yucheng nodded.

Tian Fucheng is actually going to surrender. Surrendering to his elder brother is certainly in the interests of Qi, but it is definitely not in the interests of the Han. A moment later, Wei Zhiwen, Hengdao, Hutou, Zhao Yian and others gathered in Bai Yucheng’s tent.

“Tian Fucheng is going to surrender. This time Chen Dai is unlucky and fell into our hands, but as long as he has this idea, he will send another person, so we can’t wait. "We should immediately launch an attack on Jimo and muddy the water first!" Bai Yucheng said.

"As long as we attack, Tian Fucheng will be in trouble, and Tian Jingwen on the other side will definitely not be idle. Under the attack from both sides, even if Tian Fucheng wants to surrender, he will probably have no chance and capital. Let Jimo become chaotic, and Meng Chong will have a chance to enter. At that time, our two armies will work together to eat up Tian Jingwen's main force in one fell swoop. Qi will be in our pocket." Zhao Yian clasped his hands together, "There is no time to lose, and we must not give them time to reconcile." (To be continued)