After the Battle of Anqing, the mighty army of bandits began to collapse, and they quickly withdrew from the camp. After several days of rectification, the imperial army in Fengyang area ordered Fengyang General Liu Bu to lead his elite army to attack everywhere and eliminate the bandits and bandits.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou also ordered his most famous generals to attack everywhere and hunt down bandits. Among them, the most outstanding ones were Cao Wenzhao and Zu Kuan.

Especially this time, Cao Wenzhao led his troops to chase him day and night, and went deep into the army alone, attacking the bandits' old camp in one fell swoop and slaughtered their old camps. This was avenging the destruction of the ancestral tomb.

You should know that the bandits are all desperate people who fled everywhere. Among them, those who can carry their families are all officers or above. Only those with strong reputations can lead their families and the beauties they stolen from everywhere. If they are ordinary soldiers, they can't even eat enough? They can still take their families to escape together. Therefore, Cao Wenzhao bloodied the bandits' camp, but it shocked them greatly and completely angered the bandits. They vowed not to destroy Cao Wenzhao and swear that they would not be human.

Another outstanding performance was the Guanning Army. The chief officer was Zu Kuan, a native of Liaodong. He was bold and powerful since childhood. He was a servant of Zu Dashou's family, accepted him as a servant, and made great contributions to the war. He gradually promoted him to become a general of Ningyuan. Most of his soldiers were from outside the Great Wall. They were extremely brave and could win anywhere they fought.

Zu Kuan was a powerful general in the Guanning Army. He had cooperated with Zhu Dadian as early as the Wuqiao mutiny, but Zu Kuan was an elite figure in the Guanning Army and had a mountain. This time he was ordered to enter the pass and was dispatched to send Hong Chengshou to hear.

Last fall, the court appointed Zu Kuan as the general officer of the aid and suppression, and asked him to lead three thousand troops outside the pass to fight against the bandits. In October, Zu Kuan led his troops to Henan. Governor Chen Biqian and supervisor Tang Kaiyuan ordered him and Zuo Liangyu to enter Lingbao. As soon as they arrived, they defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Jiao Village.

Soon, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng came and jointly attacked the township with Xianzhong. Zuo Kuan rushed to rescue, and the bandits retreated and marched into Lingbao, cutting off the forces of Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan, making it impossible for them to echo each other. Then they captured Shanzhou in the east and attacked Luoyang. After Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan arrived, Yingxiang, Zicheng, and Xianzhong all evacuated again. Zuo Liangyu pursued Yingxiang, and Zu Kuan was responsible for pursuing Xianzhong. He commanded deputy general Zu Keyong and others to go straight to Gejiazhuang overnight. At dawn, he caught up with the bandits and defeated them.

The bandits fled to Jiugao Mountain in Song County. Zu Kuan buried two ambushers in the ravine, luring the bandits to rush down the mountain. The ambush rushed out and captured the heads of more than 900 bandits. Soon, Zu Kuan and deputy general Liu Zhaoji and Luo Dai encountered bandits in Ruzhou's Yuliao Town, and defeated them again. The bandits were buried for more than 20 miles, and more than 1,600 people were beheaded.

Zhang Xianzhong was annoyed and joined forces with Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's team to fight with Zu Kuan at Longmen, Baisha and intercepted the officers and soldiers in two pieces. Zu Kuan himself cut off the back, and his soldiers fought to the death. From morning to midnight, he won a great victory and won more than 1,000 heads. Yingxiang, Zicheng soared and wanted to occupy Guangzhou. Zu Kuan sent deputy general Li Fuming to secretly follow them. The bandits went to attack Queshan, and Zu Kuan and others rushed to rescue them, defeating the bandits and winning more than 580 heads.

Zu Kuan's soldiers were fierce and honest, with different temperaments from other soldiers, and laws and regulations could not restrain them. In the past, most of the officers and soldiers were from Guanzhong and were fellow villagers with bandits. When the two armies faced each other, they greeted each other, even threw away livestock, abandoned their baggage, and deliberately let the bandits go, calling it a "living war."

The soldiers of the Guanning Army were speechless and killed when they saw the thief, so they often won battles. However, they burned houses wherever they passed, and treacherous women relied on their military achievements and did not restrain themselves. They also liked field battles and were afraid of searching mountains. When they saw the thieves running away, they thought they were guest generals and had no long-term belief. Moreover, Zu Kuan's soldiers were not very willing to fight, and they left immediately when they saw the wind was wrong. This was called the northerners good at leaving.

Although the elite troops sent by Hong Chengchou were small in pursuit of bandits, they achieved excellent results, which also alleviated the local resentment towards them. You must know that the local government has always believed that they were not effective in suppressing bandits and were afraid of death. Now they have finally done some things to escape the bandits' pursuit and killing them, which can be regarded as doing some things for the local government. Therefore, even if Zhu Dadian and others were unwilling to do so, they had no choice but to get some food and grass for them.

This finally made Hong Chengchou live a little better.

But Hong Chengchou's life was only a few days later, and new news came again, that is, after the gangsters were defeated by them, they could not gain a foothold in the Jianghuai area, so they divided into four groups, fled back to Shaanxi, and fled into Sichuan.

This also means that Hong Chengchou's plan to annihilate traffic in the Fengyang area of ​​the Central Plains was bankrupt. Both the emperor and the court were very annoyed, so he ordered him to lead the army and continue to hunt down the bandits.

The court appointed two governors to pursue the bandits at the same time, one was Hong Chengchou, and the other was Lu Xiangsheng. Both of them also had the title of governor of five provinces, and there was a lot of overlap in power. In addition, they were both strong figures and very tough, so they all took it one after another, which resulted in one point, which was to shirke each other's responsibility and argue with each other.

This made Hong Chengshou spend a lot of effort on these disputes, making them not have enough energy to deal with the bandits with all their might.

Other places are very nervous, but for Fengyang area, it is indeed a turning point. Since the main forces of the bandits escaped one after another, Liu Bu, the great god, is here, which is a quick and stable place.

Liu Bu was also very effective in suppressing bandits. You should know that the Liu family army started by suppressing bandits. They had a better choice in suppressing bandits, like Zukuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry. They were good at fighting in field battles and were not good at fighting in mountains and forests. Therefore, as long as bandits fled into the mountains and forests, they were often unwilling to suffer and chase them. This is called "Don't go in the mountains and do not go in the forests."

But the Liu family army is an expert in this field. If you, the bandits who are not familiar with the place, dare to escape into the mountains, it will be a dead end. Under the guidance and leadership of the local people, they go deep into the mountains and chase the enemies, but they will defeat the bandits.

After the main force of the bandits escaped, there were still 40,000 or 50,000 defeated soldiers scattered in Fengyang area. They occupied here and disturbed the local area and brought great harm to the local people.

Liu Bu led his army to attack, beheading 3,000 heads in just one month and captured nearly 20,000 people. Although his record was not as sensation as Cao Wenzhao and Zu Kuan, it was also very amazing. At least the local gentry and the people were very satisfied and very happy. At least he immediately pacified the place and made the place stable.

After the bandits in Fengyang, what the local people most hoped to eliminate these bandits and restore the place to its previous state. This is what they wanted. Liu Bu was widely praised by local gentry and the people because of his contribution to the extermination of bandits. Therefore, his position as the general of Fengyang was as stable as Mount Tai.

Liu Bu wrote a letter home, asking his wife Zheng Zining and Chen Yuanyuan to come here to meet him and enjoy the glory and wealth together.

After repeated considerations, Zheng Zining led her medium fleet south to Fengyang, but they did not enter Fengyang now, but were stationed in Yangzhou.

Liu Bu was fighting and taking charge of the two great gods Hong Chengshou and Zhu Dadian in Fengyang, so he didn't want to get involved in the bad things between them, so he simply led his army to suppress the bandits everywhere. After fighting, he came to Yangzhou Prefecture. They advanced eastward and pushed over all the hooligans, but they were chasing them all and basically killed them, which made the bandits flee.

He also served as the task of escorting Zhang Xianzhong to Beijing with the military commander Lu Jiude. You must know that since Liu Bu fooled Lu Jiude last time, Lu Jiude has always believed that escorting Zhang Xianzhong was a chore and would definitely be intercepted by bandits, so he had to bring Liu Bu to escort him. He knew that Liu Bu could not go to Beijing, so he asked Liu Bu to go to Yangzhou together. After Yangzhou, he could set sail and reach the capital by sea.

The bandits are very awesome on land, very powerful. They blockades everywhere and can intercept them at any time, but they should just catch them at sea, right? You know, although the bandits are awesome, with elite cavalry and elite soldiers, there is indeed no qualified Shuiye Division, and there is not even a ship. They are sailing on the sea, so these people should be helpless, right?

Originally they should have walked the canal, but they were worried that even if they walked the canal, they would still be attacked by the other party. If they sailed from Yangzhou to sea, they would be completely safe and foolproof.

What Lu Jiude wants to do most now is to transport Zhang Xianzhong to the capital and let the emperor cut him into pieces. Even if he made a contribution, it was with this excuse that Liu Bu was able to escape from the political whirlpool of Fengyang and arrive in Yangzhou. He would actually be better in Yangzhou.

Because the Liu family has strong naval forces, the naval forces north of the Yangtze River are invincible. The naval forces under his father-in-law and wife are very powerful. Even the naval forces of the imperial court are not their opponents. Therefore, for Fengyang, which is remote inland, Liu Bu is more willing to deploy his army in Yangzhou to ensure their interests.
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