mtlumby2d Chapter 273 Is this called a peasant army?
Chapter 273 Is this called a peasant army?
The next day.
Ten miles outside Baiyang Town, the Chen State army was already ready to take back the town ahead from the rebels.
Baiyang Town is also under the jurisdiction of Guangning prefect Pan Hou.
He just learned the news from Wang Qilei yesterday that the rebel army in the northeast had occupied Baiyang Town.
Today, the entire northeast of the State of Chen is in chaos.
Rebellions broke out everywhere and the people were living in misery.
Guangning, where Pan Hou was located, was right on the northeastern border.
The entire situation was extremely unfavorable for Pan Hou.
According to reports from his men, although the rebels did not capture the city, various forces occupied the rural towns and villages in the area and were almost surrounding Guangning City.
Pan Hou felt somewhat uneasy during the siege of Baiyang Town.
Spies had been sent out earlier to investigate the situation in Baiyang Town, but they were unable to gather more information.
They didn't even know how many peasant soldiers there were in Baiyang Town.
"All troops must be ready. We must not let a single rebel escape."
Wang Qilei came to the front of the formation and shouted loudly.
"General Wang, I think this Baiyang Town is quite strange. Why don't we send scouts to investigate it?"
Pan Hou suggested.
"What's weird?"
Wang Qilei's face was calm.
Pan Hou said: "Logically speaking, the rebels should not be stationed in this town, but the spies reported earlier that there seemed to be rebel scouts within a five-mile radius of Baiyang Town. Maybe there is an ambush in Baiyang Town."
"The other side is just a mob, why should we be afraid?"
Wang Qilei didn't care at all. In his eyes, these rebels were just hungry farmers and there was no need to be afraid of them.
What's more, they now have more than 10,000 troops, which is more than enough to encircle and suppress a rebel force of more than 5,000 people.
In an uneasy atmosphere, the imperial army finally launched an attack.
Pan Hou was in the rear army, observing all this silently.
Even though he was on the outskirts of Baiyang Town, he could still hear the sounds of fierce fighting.
About an hour later, the frontline soldiers returned to the central army and reported: "General Wang, our army has entered Baiyang Town, and the enemy has fled!"
"Okay, okay, give chase immediately!"
Wang Qilei said happily.
Pan Hou looked at the soldier's expression and sensed something strange.
If it was a great victory, then why did the soldier look so uneasy?
At this moment, outside Baiyang Town, there are thousands of elite soldiers led by Wang Qilei and thousands of officers and soldiers brought by Pan Hou. It should not be a problem to deal with those thousands of peasant soldiers.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but the sun was already setting in the west.
The battle in Baiyang Town has just subsided.
"General... all the rebels in Baiyang Town have been wiped out."
At this time, another soldier came to report.
"So long?"
Wang Qilei was quite dissatisfied, but when he thought about destroying this group of rebels, it would take some time.
Pan Hou rode his horse and followed Wang Qilei into Baiyang Town.
At this moment, Baiyang Town was already in ruins.
The imperial army was cleaning up the battlefield, and at a glance, the ground was littered with corpses.
After three hours of bloody fighting, the imperial army was already exhausted.
Pan Hou looked around and saw that there was no joy of victory on the faces of the imperial army officers and soldiers. Instead, there was a sense of relief at having survived a calamity.
Looking at Baiyang Town again, the atmosphere is still a bit strange.
"Where are the bodies of the rebels?"
Pan Hou asked doubtfully.
In this Baiyang Town, the corpses lying there were so numerous that it was impossible to tell which were the imperial army and which were the peasant army.
At this time, a soldier pointed to a pile of corpses and said, "My lord, these are the rebels we killed."
Looking at the attire of the peasant army, Pan Hou couldn't help but frown. When he walked forward to take a look, he was even more surprised.
"You call this a peasant army?"
The armor worn by these peasant soldiers was even better than that worn by the imperial army.
Pan Hou couldn't help but feel extremely uneasy.
You know, these rebels are all peasant armies, how could they have such good equipment?
"Why do these armors look so familiar?"
Pan Hou squatted down and stared at the armor on the peasant army.
His subordinates also leaned over and took a closer look. They were immediately surprised and said, "Sir, these are the armor of the Yan army!"
"Yan Jun?"
Pan Hou suddenly realized what was going on. He turned around and said to Wang Qilei, "General Wang, this group of rebels must be conspiring with the State of Yan."
“How come you see?”
Wang Qilei still didn't notice anything unusual at this moment.
Pan Hou said again: "General Wang, look, this group of peasant soldiers are wearing the armor of the Yan army, and they have many sophisticated weapons in their hands. Think about it, how could these rebels have such good equipment? It must be provided by the Yan State!"
"Is that so?" Wang Qilei's face showed no surprise at all. He just said calmly, "So what?"
Seeing Wang Qilei's reaction, Pan Hou was speechless. He sighed in his heart and said, "General, this shows that the people of Yan have been plotting for a long time to mess up our Chen State!"
Wang Qilei said, "It doesn't matter. We have already won a great victory today. Even if the Yan people make some small moves, they are just sending these weapons to our Chen State."
At this time, a soldier also reported to Wang Qilei: "Our army has recaptured Baiyang Town and killed thousands of rebels, with only 100 casualties in our army."
Wang Qilei's eyes flashed with a meaningful expression, and he turned to look at Pan Hou, who had a solemn expression on his face. After a while, he said, "Very good. This general will always report to the court and reward according to merit."
Hearing this, Pan Hou couldn't help but frowned.
There was no such thing as killing a thousand rebels.
Pan Hou turned his head and looked at the corpses of the peasant soldiers piled aside.
At first glance, it was impossible that more than a thousand people had died.
Upon closer observation, there were only about a hundred rebel soldiers killed in Baiyang Town, while the imperial army suffered thousands of casualties.
The imperial army was completely falsifying its battle records.
Wang Qilei obviously knew this, but he continued to deceive his superiors and hide the truth from his subordinates.
"That rebel army attacked Baiyang Town. Could it be that they were trying to lure the imperial army to come and suppress the bandits?"
Pan Hou thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.
The Baiyang Town was not captured by the imperial army at all, but was abandoned by the rebels themselves.
Pan Hou was well aware of this and did not feel any joy at all.
"Prefect Pan, why are you so sad? You have also contributed to today's victory."
At this time, Wang Qilei said to Pan Hou.
Hearing this, Pan Hou was not happy at all.
Wang Qilei's move was to make Pan Hou stand on the same side with him.
In this way, the imperial court would not find out that they were lying about their battle achievements.
Seeing the situation before him, Pan Hou could only sigh helplessly.
The situation in the entire north seems to be getting more and more chaotic...