Chapter 106: Great Victory

Sima Qiao Yu's soldiers and horses were just waiting for work. The bandits were exhausted from running all the way and were exhausted. They were at the end of their strength. The elite soldiers were prepared to kill the rabble. Is there any way to fight this battle?

The bandits were killed so much that they cried for their fathers and mothers. They were in such a state of embarrassment that they didn't even have the ability to fight back.

The officers and soldiers pursued them from night to dawn. The number of casualties among the bandits was unparalleled, and they were so routed that they fled in all directions.

There are hundreds of thousands of bandits, with strong men in front and old, weak, women and children behind them. These people can't run away. Of course, the officers and soldiers will not kill them. They will be guarded by a small number of troops for the time being. Wu Sinan

Continue to organize your troops and move forward to chase down the rogue bandits.

A great victory was achieved here, let’s talk about Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui. Chen Qiyu was also a capable person. He often gave advice to Hong Chengchou, and his strategic deployment was very powerful. He was a rare planner, but not a particularly good executor.

His shortcomings will be revealed. I will only talk about the battle in front of him here.

Chen Qiyu's soldiers and horses were discovered by rogue bandits when they reached Gulan Town. When they reached the mouth of the river, Chen Qiyu also received news that the rogue bandits were coming to stop them. The rogue bandits set up camp five miles east of the mouth of the river, and Chen Qiyu immediately summoned them.

The generals will deploy their strategies.

Chen Qiyu's point of view is that there is nothing terrible in large numbers, and there is no fighting power. Moreover, the formation of rogue bandits is generally like this. The first ones are the elites, followed by the strong ones, and finally the old and weak ones. Chen Qiyu's plan is like this

Yes, if you fight the bandits head-on, although you are not afraid, the chance of winning is only 60%. After all, there are too many bandits. Therefore, it is better to divide the troops into three groups. One group of troops will contain the bandits in the front, and the other two groups will go around to the rear of the bandits tonight.

, when our army confronts the rogue bandits the next day, they will encircle them from behind. If the rogue bandits' rear army is in chaos, the front army will naturally follow suit, and our army will surely win.

After the battle plan was formulated, Chen Qiyu immediately deployed troops and horses to proceed according to this plan.

Facts have proved that this strategic deployment is indeed very effective. During the battle, Chen Qiyu fought evenly with the rogue bandits on the frontal battlefield. During the stalemate, the officers and soldiers who had gone around to the rear of the rogue bandits came out to kill them. Behind the rogue bandits were old and weak. How could he resist them?

, and chaos immediately broke out. Because the officers and soldiers came from behind, these old and weak people could only run to the front. When they ran, they rushed the front army into chaos. When the officers and soldiers were behind, the army of rogue bandits was reduced to seventy and eighty.

Falling down, attacking from both sides, the bandits were defeated and fled in all directions.

Chen Qiyu sent troops to chase them everywhere while continuing to rush towards Taiyuan.

The two groups of soldiers and horses achieved a great victory, and time was of the essence. The other group of troops, including Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who went to confront Yang Yishan, did not receive any news.

Let’s talk about Li Zicheng’s side. When their seven battalions arrived at Taigu, they met the officers and soldiers and learned that the leader was Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao's name is very popular in Shaanxi. Hearing this name, the bandits' heads are big. When they heard that Cao Wenzhao was leading the troops, the leaders of each battalion were a little confused. It can be said that no one had any idea.

Dare to go up and fight.

This group of people are all from Shaanxi, and more than half of them have fought against Cao Wenzhao. General Cao's Guan Ning cavalry is so powerful that fighting him is no different from seeking death. It is not easy to save such a small fortune.

Could it be defeated like this.

The seven leaders immediately held an emergency meeting to study how to defend against the enemy. After much study, they could not come up with any good solution. The final result was that early tomorrow morning, everyone would go up side by side and fight Cao Wenzhao.

This is what this group of people said, but in fact they all have their own agenda. Even though they have many people, they still have a lot of weight. Cao Wenzhao didn’t just bring 5,000 people, but 20,000 horses. With his own

How can these rabble-rousers fight with others?

For example, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai, after he returned to his camp, told his leaders that there is no need to fight tooth and nail when fighting tomorrow. If the situation is not good, we will withdraw and run directly to the east, enter Xingtai, and then go south to Henan.

He had this idea, and the other leaders also had the same plan, and they explained it this way when they returned to their camp. Since everyone has reached the same idea in their hearts, why not discuss it and retreat now? The reason is actually very simple, the alliance leader is still in Taiyuan

Well, we ran away without fighting. We are really not close friends. How will we meet in the future? So, we would rather sacrifice a little.

Furthermore, your troops should try to preserve their strength and let other battalions fight. Good guys, everyone’s selfish motives are almost the same. They only have trouble if they don’t lose this battle. However, there is a dear friend who is more generous, and that is Li Zicheng

, he did not tell his men to run away as soon as they hit him tomorrow, but instead to boost morale.

This was great. The next day, when the two sides got ready for battle, it became lively. Cao Wenzhao's Guan Ning cavalry and Wu Jia Province's soldiers and horses were both top-notch in combat power. As soon as they fought, the rogue bandits would

They scattered in all directions with purpose. Only Li Zicheng's troops were not prepared to escape and foolishly fought with the officers and soldiers.

But all the other troops had fled. How could Li Zicheng's troops have any morale? After a short resistance, Cao Wenzhao ordered Guan Ning's cavalry to rush them into pieces and scattered for their lives. Li Zicheng's troops ran at the rear.

That was bad luck. The officers and soldiers chased them and killed them for more than fifty miles. When Li Zicheng stopped to reorganize his troops, he found that only a few hundred of his men were left.

Other troops of the rogue bandits also suffered losses to varying degrees, but the old, weak, women and children were thrown down, and many young people followed them. The main force was all there. When Li Zicheng saw it, he realized that he had suffered heavy losses, but he was angry, so he

It didn't happen immediately.

The leaders also sat together and discussed it. In fact, they already knew that it would be difficult to escape. Li Zicheng had no choice but to follow him. He understood that Wang Ziyong was very likely to be defeated, and it was better to run first than to run later.

Bao Qiang, I want to go back and help now, and I already have the mental strength.

After resting for a while, everyone did not dare to stay for a long time, fearing that the officers and soldiers would catch up again, so they hurriedly fled for their lives.

It is not that easy for them to break out of Shanxi. They are still two to three hundred miles away from the first target, Xingtai in North Zhili. Cao Wenzhao led cavalry, and the Wu family also sent all his cavalry

Lend it to Cao Wenzhao, who led his troops to pursue them fiercely. They killed many enemies along the way. When the bandits saw that it was not possible to run like this, the target was too big, they might as well go their separate ways.

Cao Wen's edict brought difficulties. His own troops were not as large as the rogue bandits, and they could only be divided into two groups at most. If he followed the example of the rogue bandits and divided them into six or seven groups to pursue them, many of them would probably be eaten by the rogue bandits.

Cao Wenzhao divided his troops into two groups to pursue him, but the two men he was chasing were in bad luck. They were slippery, girl, there were more of them, and Cao Wenzhao also had a weird temper, so he didn't catch a few.

The two groups of cavalry almost killed most of the two groups of bandits. When the soldiers saw that it was too late, they simply tied up Yatouzi and Youliluo respectively.

surrender.

All three reinforcements were victorious, and they rushed towards Taiyuan one after another. The bandits surrounding Taiyuan City almost collapsed after receiving the news. They all immediately came up with a unanimous idea - to escape.

After all, if all the reinforcements from the imperial court were to come up and form an encirclement, it would be difficult to escape. Each battalion immediately integrated its troops and evacuated Taiyuan. The actions of the rogue bandits were clearly visible to the city. As soon as the rogue bandits turned around and left,

At that time, Wu Rumeng immediately ordered to fight out from the south gate and attack the king's own camp.

In the past two days, the attacks of the rogue bandits had been slack. Wu Rumeng concluded that the opportunity to counterattack had come, and ordered the defenders to take out all the stones and sandbags from the south gate of the city gate, and be ready to go out of the city to kill the enemy. The opportunity finally came, and the rogue bandit camps outside the city

They all have banners, and Wu Rumeng certainly knows that Wang Ziyong is the current leader of the bandits, so others can leave him alone, but Wang Ziyong must be killed.

The officers and soldiers came out from the south gate and attacked the rogue bandits. There were five battalions in total at the south gate, and they were all retreating. They never expected that the officers and soldiers would dare to come out. Now they saw the officers and soldiers chasing them out, and the number of the officers and soldiers far exceeded them.

It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people. Seeing the posture, and the bandits are all eager to fight, there is no way they can resist. Apart from running as fast as possible, they have no intention of fighting.

This was good. Before the officers and soldiers could catch up, the rogues were in chaos, scrambling for the first place, trampling on each other, crowded and in a mess. When the officers, soldiers and cavalry of the big charge came over, the rogues were in a state of chaos. Seventy-eight of them were charged.

It is self-evident what the scene will be like when the infantrymen from behind arrive.

When the officers and soldiers chased the bandits, there was no cry of killing, because what they shouted was, "No matter who it is, capture the king alive for his own use, he will be appointed a deputy general, and he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"...

This slogan was deadly, and Wang Ziyong was so frightened that he rushed on horseback. The officers and soldiers followed behind to cover up the killing, and they chased him all the way from day to night, covering a distance of fifty or sixty miles.

Not to mention the five battalions of rogues at the south gate. The people who were held hostage surrendered one after another. After a pursuit battle, I don’t know how many rogues died. Several major leaders were not together, and they fled for their lives. Wang Ziyong was the only one left.

There were more than a hundred horsemen accompanying him, but there were no other foot soldiers.

Naturally, the bandits from the other three sects did not have the guts to take the opportunity to attack the city. They all scrambled for their lives. Along the way, they would inevitably encounter reinforcements arriving and a pursuit battle was inevitable. The entire area around Taiyuan was like a pot of porridge, but the situation was very clear.

Soldiers catch thieves.

The bandits were driven around by the officers and soldiers. They had no choice but to break them into pieces. In this way, they could avoid being chased by the officers and soldiers. But there was also a disadvantage, that is, there were few people, and no one was afraid of you. The states along the way

All the cities and counties dared to send troops to arrest them, and even some landowners mobilized villagers to hunt down and kill the bandits.

Of course, in addition to hunting down bandits, there are also local officials who take advantage of the opportunity to kill good people and seize their property.

Wu Rumeng promised Wang Ziyong a heavy reward, but it was approved by the governor Liu Ce. It is estimated that this matter can be fulfilled even if it is reported to the court. Just because of this reward, Wang Ziyong is unlucky, and he has the most pursuers. Don't look at it

The king himself rode a horse, but the horse became the most obvious symbol.

Not only did the officers and soldiers beat him, some bandits also plotted against him in order to be good. Although Wang Ziyong escaped a few disasters, more than half of his guards died, and even Wang Ziyong became suspicious. In the end, Wang Ziyong's men looked at him

, let’s simply kill him and go to the government to ask for a reward. So, Wang Ziyong only served as the leader of the rebel army for a month, but he lost his life because he was betrayed by his subordinates.
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