frightfiction Chapter 256 Heavy losses
Chapter 256 Heavy losses
Ye Cheng took the lead and walked into the cave, followed by the generals behind him. The two of them quickly went deep into the cave. The cave was dark and damp, with insects and ants crawling on the walls, and a rotten smell filled the air. In such a harsh environment, even food and grass could not be preserved for a long time.
Ye Cheng looked around. The cave was not very big. There was nothing special except that there were many stone pits of different sizes formed on the rocks on the ground. These stone pits should be where they found the water source before.
"Did you find the water source here?" Ye Cheng asked, pointing at the stone pits.
Seeing this, the two prisoners immediately nodded in confirmation.
"Reporting to the general, the water was indeed found from these pits. And what is very strange is that after we pumped the water out, more water would soon gush out of these pits!" the young soldier hurriedly answered.
At this time, the generals brought by Ye Cheng had begun to explore the holes in the rocks, but from what they saw, there was no water vapor in the holes, let alone enough water for thousands of people to drink.
"Lord Ye, there is no sign of water on these stones. It's really strange!" Zhou Kai was also present and felt equally puzzled.
"What's going on? Do you dare to lie to me?" Ye Cheng glared at the two soldiers.
"General, we would never dare to deceive you! Everything we said is true!" Upon hearing this, the two soldiers knelt down on the ground again and begged for mercy desperately.
"I even filled the water here myself!"
Ye Cheng asked in a deep voice: "Then why is there no water now?"
"General, I really didn't know this! At that time, some people were saying that Lin Kunlun was destined to be the emperor, and if God didn't kill him, he would ascend to the throne in the future!" The two soldiers were afraid that the general in front of them would behead them, so they hurriedly told him everything they knew.
"Take them away!" Ye Cheng was most reluctant to hear such words. If it reached the ears of Emperor Chongming, the consequences would be disastrous. Moreover, Lin Kunlun had obviously escaped. If this person was really ambitious and intended to seize the country, Emperor Chongming would not let him off easily if he let him go.
The two soldiers were quickly taken away. Their fate was self-evident and everyone knew it.
"That's all for today! Send out orders to all places immediately! Landlords and gentry! Cooperate fully in the encirclement and suppression of this rebel army! Never allow this rebel army to grow stronger! Anyone who captures the leader of the rebels will be rewarded handsomely!" After Ye Cheng finished speaking, he took the lead and walked out of the cave.
Just as the imperial army was celebrating its victory, Lin Kunlun could only lead the remaining troops to the mountainous area where there were fewer imperial troops.
Although Lin Kunlun's ambush was successful, killing and wounding many government troops and making the enemy dare not pursue them, the peasant army also lost 20 to 30 people. On the way, some of the injured people had their wounds burst due to excessive exertion in the ambush, bleeding too much, and being extremely exhausted, they unfortunately fell off their horses and died.
At dawn, Lin Kunlun's troops were advancing on a rugged path when they suddenly found that the road ahead was blocked by branches and could not be passed. As they were puzzled, they suddenly heard a gong sound, and hundreds of soldiers rushed out from the nearby woods and weeds. They stood on a small hillside, holding long bamboo poles and other objects, and attacked the troops in a flash. The peasant army hastily fought and suffered heavy losses, so they had to flee. Before they had walked two or three miles, hundreds of soldiers appeared in front of them to intercept and kill them, and the soldiers behind them also shouted and chased them.
Tie Feng had been slightly injured before dusk yesterday, and had two more wounds while trying to break out at night, one of which was an arrow wound on his chest, which was more serious. He was now mentally exhausted. Worse still, his mount was also injured.
But how could he bear to see such a cowardly scene? When he faced the barbarian cavalry, he dared to fight in the field, let alone these local soldiers who were organized with only a few weapons.
So Tie Feng led a dozen of his personal soldiers and charged straight ahead. These local soldiers bullied the weak and feared the strong, and when they first saw this army, they turned around and ran away, thinking that they were not strong in combat. In addition, the court offered a huge reward, and everyone was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Tie Feng led his men to charge over, swinging his machete like a flying bird, and cut off the wooden sticks in the hands of the militiamen with one stroke. Coupled with the impact of his horse, the militiamen were killed in pieces in an instant. He was about to ride his horse to continue the pursuit.
"Brother Tie, don't chase the desperate enemy! The most important thing for us now is to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible!" Mu Feng heard Lin Kunlun's instructions and immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"It's like a tiger in plain land is bullied by a dog, a dragon trapped in shallow water is played with by shrimps! How dare these servants organized by the landowners attack us!" Tie Feng said indignantly. But he also knew that now was not the time to entangle, so he had to turn his horse around and rush to where Lin Kunlun was.
At this time, Lin Kunlun had found a dilapidated mountain temple as a resting place. The terrain here was high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was connected to many mountains around it. Even if they escaped, there were other ways to go. Even if the soldiers caught up with them, they would not be caught off guard.
At this time, Lin Kunlun was checking the soldiers' injuries. The only way to treat the seriously injured was to sew their wounds and bandage them, and disinfect them with spring water. This was also something Lin Kunlun accidentally discovered, that spring water has a good anti-inflammatory effect. Minor injuries were easier to treat, and drinking some spring water or treating small cuts on the skin would quickly stop the bleeding.
Tie Feng walked quickly towards the mountain temple.
"Marshal Lin! Ye Cheng wants to kill us all! Now he has even mobilized these landlords and gentry! Let them bring their servants and militia to chase and intercept us!" Tie Feng said as he walked in.
"Doesn't this just prove that Ye Cheng is afraid of us? Can those local soldiers stop you?" Lin Kunlun responded with a smile. He didn't believe that the local soldiers organized by the landlords and gentry would really fight to the death.
Lin Kunlun asked everyone to bring some food, on the one hand to facilitate the transportation of food, and on the other hand to prevent everyone from knowing how much food was left. He could quietly add food, so that even in this difficult situation, there was never a shortage of food. As long as there was food, this group of people had the courage to survive.
Sure enough, Lin Kunlun arranged for people to set up several large pots and began to cook coarse grain porridge. Several injured war horses were also slaughtered, and some of the horse meat was cooked with the porridge.
The soldiers smelled the aroma of the meat porridge, and their eyes sparkled. As long as there was enough food, they had hope of survival.
"Don't worry! As long as the imperial court continues not to provide disaster relief, we will have countless troops coming to join us!" Lin Kunlun is well aware of the current situation of the Dakun Dynasty.
I'm afraid the Dakun Dynasty can no longer provide enough food for disaster relief. After all, most of the grain fields in the rich areas that were not affected by the disaster have fallen into the hands of officials, and these officials do not need to pay taxes. The poor areas in the west have suffered from drought again, and the court no longer has enough tax revenue to provide disaster relief.