Seeing Liu Zongmin landing, the guards around him were all shocked. They got off the horse and pulled Liu Zongmin onto the horse and ran away. []) Liu Fangliang, one of the other main generals, ran away so much that he didn't even see him!

"Haha, I don't even have the idea of ​​fighting the town!" With this scene, Tang Yanyan said happily. Yes, this battle can be said to be Liu Zongmin's defeat. The corpses were everywhere in front of the slope, and the corpses and wounded of bandits were everywhere. Zhang Linqi estimated that in today's battle, he killed more than 30,000 opponents, accounting for about 70,000% of the total, more than 30,000. How many Li Zicheng Group has more than 30,000, it would be strange if he didn't run away! Moreover, this was still the case when the new cannon was used. If he used the new cannon, he would probably lose faster!

There were fleeing bandits everywhere. Zhang Linqi laughed and then shouted: "It is better to chase the poor bandits with courage, not to seek fame and learn from overlords. Men, pursue them, let those bandits taste the power of our town."

"Yes--" Several officers immediately went down to pass orders, and with Zhang Linqi's order, tens of thousands of towns suddenly became pieces. They were originally a solid array, but now they have become hundreds of small groups. They all shouted and rushed out and chased behind the retreating bandits. Don't lose the ability to turn pieces. It is absolutely impossible without daily hard training.

This kind of capture operation is nicknamed sheep catching by the town.

Seeing the town chasing, the bandits who had already escaped all over the mountains were even more panicked, and kept drilling into the grass and the woods. Sometimes, there were even 50 or 9 bandits (that is, two or three square meters) in a small haystack. This situation was really like catching sheep.

One hour later, the dust settled and ended with a complete victory in the town. According to statistics, a total of 35,000 bandits were eliminated in this battle and 3,000 bandits were captured. It was a brilliant result! Moreover, this was the result of the bandits setting up an ambush and the town was hastily responding to the battle. This made the town more powerful!

He also seized some gold, silver and treasures, but the officers also made arrangements after confiscating them. In addition, more than 300 stones of food and grass were seized. Although this was not much for tens of thousands of troops, it might be good to eat for a while.

"Report the good news to the court post! At the same time, report to Luoyang so that King Fu will not be able to sleep at night!" Zhang Linqi said lightly.

"Yes-" Two personal guards immediately went down to execute orders. Although the town had gone through such a bloody battle, it was still in a mess and continued to move forward according to the established route.

The military and civilians of Yuzhou also knew about the news of the thief's defeat again. After all, it was not far away and the movement was so big that it would be impossible to know whether or not.

In Luoyang, where the atmosphere was already very tense, it caused a huge uproar. "Great joy, great joy, the general of the town led 20,000 towns to rescue him! He defeated the bandits twice in a row and killed 50,000 people!"

In the prince's mansion, a minor official held the 800-mile expedition letter from the court and ran all the way. Many servants were knocked down on the road, but no one blamed him. On the contrary, after hearing what he said clearly, everyone was happy. Yes, the general of the Zhenguo led 20,000 towns to rescue the siege. What is that just Li Zicheng? In front of the town that has won all kinds of battles, nothing can resist the progress of the town. Everything will turn into rain and wind!

"The whole city is informed, and the whole city is informed so that the people of the entire Luoyang City will know this good news! Let them feel at ease!" King Fu laughed happily when he heard this news. The fear that Li Zicheng's forward had approached Luoyang City suddenly disappeared a lot.

After reading it three times in a row, he rewarded the clerk who reported the news for the first time for a tael of silver. And because he was in a good mood, he even competed with the three women in Lian Yu at night. The military and civilians in Luoyang City were inspired by this good news and stepped up their defense, digging moats, building city walls, etc., and they became more motivated.

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After the news of the victory reached the capital, the whole country was joking. Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the cabinet were not surprised by the victory of the town. The town took action, and Zhang Linqi personally led it. It was not unusual to win the battle, but it was a rare thing to lose the battle. After all, the strength of the town is obvious to all, and the best in the world! But even so, Chongzhen happily drank some wine, ate some meat at night, and then called the married Princess Changping. He told her the good news, and the father and daughter were having fun together! When the news spread, the people in the capital were beaten and drums and set off fireworks. The joy was as if they were celebrated in the New Year!

On October 2, the 13th year of Chongzhen, the sky was still clear. At this time, Zhang Linqi had received a notice that Cao Bianjiao had arrived at the nearby county town and had fought with small bandits. Although his victory was far inferior to the town, it was a small victory, killing more than a thousand bandits and killing more than 20,000 bandits who surrounded him!

Zhang Linqi was also quite happy to receive this news. It was also expected by Zhang Linqi. First, the so-called "shocking the first bird" was shot. This time, the town came here with a high profile, which attracted most of the main forces of the bandits. Of course, there would not be too many people who could block Cao Bianjiao!

Second, Cao Bianjiao is also a famous brave general in history, known as General Cao! What is even more rare is that he is loyal and righteous. In the Battle of Songshan in history, he knew that he could not do anything, and fought with Hong Chengchou to the last moment, and finally died heroically! (The author can say that whenever he read this piece of history, he can't help but burst into tears, and wished he could travel through and kill the enemy side by side with him!)

Such a person will definitely not be able to stop his footsteps.

In addition to being happy, Zhang Linqi immediately ordered someone to reply, and did not have to come to meet, but rushed to Luoyang City directly to meet under the city. At that time, the two swords combined and compete with Li Zicheng!

Then Zhang Linqi ordered the vanguard troops led by Li Sicheng to temporarily delay their advance and wait to meet with his large troops. Once this second victory came, I expected that the morale of the military and civilians in Luoyang City would definitely rise sharply, and it would be impossible to hold on to most of the town and arrive.

Secondly, it is for security reasons. Although he has the power of two victories, the strength of the bandits is still very large no matter what. In terms of absolute numbers, it is dozens of times higher than the vanguard. So for safety reasons, Zhang Linqi also ordered Li Sicheng to temporarily delay the advance and wait until the two armies meet before marching.

Three days later, Zhang Linqi advanced to Yuzhou and after the round with Li Sicheng, he naturally had a great time meeting. It was a bit like the two main Red Army troops of northern Shaanxi after the 25,000-mile Long March in later generations. After a day off in Yuzhou, Zhang Linqi personally led 20,000 towns and began to advance towards Luoyang City.

Of course, before advancing, some follow-up affairs still need to be dealt with, such as the situation of nearly 10,000 prisoners, and the wounded people in the town. According to the meaning of the magistrate of Yuzhou Qian Zuozheng, they were placed as people and some of their young and strong men were incorporated into soldiers.

After all, after natural disasters, nine out of ten households in Yuzhou were empty, and the population was short. If these soldiers were all placed, the population in Ruzhou could be greatly increased. If the court could reduce the taxes of Yuzhou for two to three years, it would not be empty talk in a few years.

Zhang Linqi basically agreed with Qian Zuozheng's idea. After all, most of these prisoners are young and strong, and are rare sources of labor and military power. However, they still need to be taken seriously when it comes to the selection. For example, some elderly bandits have several lives on their hands. Even if such bandits give him a path of regret and reform, it will probably take only three days and they will return to Li Zicheng's camp again.

So what should I do? Zhang Linqi still used the old method to let them expose each other, and then divided these bandits into third-class according to the size of their evil deeds.

The first level is the kind of people who are covered with blood, have serious bad habits, and have extremely evil crimes. There are also all leaders, no matter whether they are the general manager or the general manager, their official positions are dyed red with blood! I'm sorry for this kind of bandit. No matter how strong the body is, even if they are strong, they can be beaten by a cow, and a person can be beaten by several people! Zhang Linqi still kills them without any regrets!

Because don't expect them to change their minds. The sun hits the west side! Such as the Japanese veterans of World War II in later generations are good examples. After winning the eight-year War of Resistance, they were incarcerated and renovated for more than ten years, and they were served with delicious food and drink. However, these scumbags still shouted that the martial arts fortune will last for a long time after returning to Japan. The crime of holy war! A lesson from the past and the future!

Afterwards, there were more than 5,500 such people, accounting for more than 30% of the total number of prisoners. There was no way. The bandit camp was just a large dark dye vat. If you stayed for a long time, you would become a villain! After verification, Zhang Linqi personally ordered that he behead his head collectively outside Yuzhou City. Mr. Lu Xun said that the Chinese people like to be lively, and this sentence is also applicable to the Ming Dynasty.

On the day of beheading, at least a few thousand people from Yuzhou came. Zhang Linqi also arranged for the rest of the prisoners to watch as a warning to others.

The second level is the kind of person who has a mistake but is still a small mistake. He only steals chickens and dogs, and does not kill and sets fire. There are more than 3,000 people. For such people, Zhang Linqi first detained them in Yuzhou. After the war was over, he was collectively escorted to several large farms that had been established.

Working and transforming! A great man in later generations said, go to the countryside and go to the vast world to learn and exercise. There is another advantage of the farm, which is semi-closed militarization, so there is no need to worry about them escaping. Moreover, the farms are also very short of people. For example, Chen Zilong, who is now promoted to the county magistrate, has not only opened his eyes and full of energy after taking office in Gucheng, in addition to being very eye-openered and full of energy, he has written letters to Zhang Linqi several times, complaining that there are too few labor force and no one works in many fields. It is a pity. Every time, he begs Zhang Linqi to send him a number of 2,000 people, and the least one is good.

Now that he has sent these bandits to Chen Zilong, he will probably fulfill his wish.

The third type is those who were coerced. These people were originally good people, but they were either suffering natural disasters or (who were burned out by Li Zicheng and other people.) They only defected to the bandits. Such people are "the least courageous" in bandits.

Even if you eat braised vegetables every time, you will not kill and set fire. In the past, you used to hold a hoe to fertilize and turn over soil and ask him to chop people and gesture to people's necks. Can you make a move? Such people are called cowards by those "courageous people", but now they have become the luckiest group of people.

Yuanyang I have a new voting option on the page of the book, which is about the protagonist of the next book. I hope that all book friends will vote by the way when they are in the book.
Chapter completed!