Behind a dense forest less than ten miles northeast of Mi County, Henan, generals Zhang Guangda, Lin Fangping, Wang Tieren, Su Laohu, Mo Rigen, and Ma Sanzhuang were gathered next to Zhang Cheng, listening to his military orders.
Zhang Cheng held a broken branch in his hand and was drawing on the land in front of him. He pointed to a circle and said to everyone: "This is the current position of our army. From here we will go to Mi County."
There are three roads, and the northern detour is too far to be considered.
Wang Tieren, you lead five hundred Qingqi to take the south road, cross the east gate of Mi County, go straight to the south gate, and raid the bandits there. They are all foot bandits here. You don't need to fight with them hand-to-hand. You only need to chase them with bibs.
That’s it.
I led Zhang Chengfang, Zhang Jintai's boy camp, Lin Fangping's pro-army B Bureau, and Ma Sanzhuang's cavalry outpost, and took the middle road to the north gate of Mi County, heading straight for the traitor camp.
Quangda, you lead the heavy cavalry to accompany you. The men and horses at the north gate are covered with armor and go straight to the Ximen Li Jiyu camp. Su Laohu and Mo Rigen each lead the meng cavalry under their command to support the attack of the heavy cavalry on the left and right.
Remember, we must defeat the enemy in one battle, let alone allow Li Jiyu, Yu Dazhong, Shen Jingbang and other bandit leaders to escape.
This is our first battle in Henan Province to suppress the bandits, and we must win. This battle must bring out the prestige of our army, and we must not make the bandits in Henan Province look down upon us!"
"Here!"
"Please rest assured, Commander, we will win the first battle, and we will never let the thieves underestimate my northern army."
Everyone accepted the promise in unison.
Only one person stood up with a dazed look on his face and said: "Commander... Commander, how should we arrange it?"
Zhang Cheng raised his eyes and couldn't help but smile. He said: "You lead the cavalry battalion and guard the baggage. After my commander's army formation, you also go to the north gate of Mi County for movement. Remember, taking care of the baggage is your first responsibility. You cannot
Greedy for success and love for war."
Hu Dayou sang "Nai" to receive the order, but his face looked slightly unwilling.
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In the north of Mi County, thousands of thieves are spreading rumors in the west of Henan. Under the organization of some small thieves, they are forming a team to attack near the north gate. It is the fourth day since they arrived at the gate of Mi County.
Yu Dazhong led nearly a thousand old thieves and forced five to six thousand young and hungry people to attack the north gate of Mi County. There were only about 200 horse thieves inside. Shen Jingbang also led more than a thousand old thieves to force five to six thousand hungry people to attack the south city.
In fact, although this group of bandits is a rising star, many of them are joined by old bandits from the surrounding mountains and forests, so they are quite powerful. They successively attacked more than ten Dabao strongholds in the Dengfeng area, expanding from a few hundred to several.
Thousands of people even attacked and occupied Dengfeng County.
Because this group of bandits was formed from the gathering of small groups of bandits from various places, the internal power has not yet been completely unified. It was only because Li Jiyu was bullied by the officials because the people asked for exemption from food tax, and he was so angry that he went to Jianshan to start a fight.
With the big banner, there are like clouds of followers from bandit villages and hungry people in the surrounding area.
Although Li Jiyu was implicitly respected, Yu Dazhong, Shen Jingbang and others also had considerable prestige, especially since Yu Dazhong was the leader of the village and was the strongest among the bandits who defected to Li Jiyu.
But he was both greedy and cruel. Li Jiyu had studied when he was young, knew etiquette and righteousness, and was kind to his subordinates. Many people in the Dazhong tribe had changed their minds to Li Jiyu, which made them angry and eager to attack Mi County.
He made great achievements and showed his power, so he pressed hard for the attack on the city!
They have been attacking the city for three days in a row. Although hundreds of people have been killed or injured, human lives are of the least value at this time. Once they take the lead in conquering the northern city of Mi County, not only will their own prestige be greatly enhanced, but they will also gain a lot of money, food, and the hungry people.
Therefore, today, at Chenshi, Yu Dazhong hurriedly urged the hungry people to attack the city. He also arranged for some hungry people to continue digging for the roots of the city wall. He personally led a group of old bandits to supervise the battle from behind. Anyone who was timid and refused to go forward would be killed directly on the spot.
However, Mi County was already dilapidated and lacked defenders. However, bandits were raging and a large number of hungry people hid in the city. Only then could a large number of people be organized to hold on bravely to this day.
However, after guarding the city for three consecutive days, the bandit attacks became more severe day by day. Many gentry in the city encouraged the magistrate Peng Yushu to flee from the east gate to Xinzheng, Nantou, but Peng Yushu blocked them.
However, throughout the morning, Mi County was attacked continuously from three sides. The defenders in Mi County were exhausted and unable to support themselves. Moreover, there were insufficient supplies such as rolling logs, rocks, gunpowder, etc., making it difficult to defend the city.
The gentry in the city rushed into the county office together. The leader of the family took Peng Yushu, the county magistrate, and ran out of the east gate. For a time, many carriages and horses fled from the east gate of Mi County. The hungry people in the city also followed behind with their young and old, and the scene was chaotic for a time.
Even the magistrate of the county abandoned the city and left. There was no one in charge of the defense of Mi County. The soldiers guarding the city, the people, and the bravery of the village collapsed immediately. They fled in all directions after shouting.
Yu Dazhong's troops were pushed most urgently. His bandits and hungry people boarded the top of the city the moment the city defense collapsed, and charged and defeated the guards who had no intention of fighting.
When Yu Dazhong saw that the north gate of Mi County was already wide open, he was shouting: "Kill, fight in, grab money, grain, and wives!"
I could faintly hear the "rumble" of hoofbeats coming from the northeast, and my subordinates' exclamations sounded in my ears: "Official army, it's official army..."
He also hurriedly looked back and saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rising more than 300 steps to the northeast. There were dozens of horses running in front of him. He didn't know how many more were behind him, but judging from the smoke and dust, it was estimated that there were only two or three hundred horses.
Although Yu Dazhong suddenly saw a flash of panic on his face when he saw the army cavalry coming, he immediately calmed down and shouted: "There are not many officers and soldiers, follow me and kill them all.
Let’s go back to the city.”
Waves of shouts and shouts spread everywhere, and more than 200 horse thieves who were scattered around to supervise the siege immediately gathered around him. Everyone drew knives and held guns in their hands, and some even took out bows and arrows and three eyes.
Come on.
More than two hundred of them were spread out in a horizontal formation, with three rows in front and back, each row containing nearly seventy riders. In front of the horse thieves, there were five to six hundred foot thieves, all holding knives and spears, forming a loose battle formation.
There are more than ten horse thieves who are riding their horses to intimidate the hungry people and rush towards this direction. More than a thousand people have gathered on each side of the horse thieves, and they are moving forward under the urging of the little boss.
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Zhang Cheng galloped forward on his horse. He had already taken out a Yunzhou handgun in each hand and shouted: "Young men, follow me and charge forward. Break through the foot thieves and hit the horse thieves on the opposite side."
"Tiger tiger tiger!"
Everyone roared in unison and rushed towards the horse thief on the opposite side. Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai, two boys who were just newborn calves and were not afraid of tigers. In addition, they were worried about the safety of their adoptive father Zhang Cheng, so they accelerated in advance and rushed one horse faster than Zhang Cheng.
head.
On the other side, Lin Fangping was also rushing in front. He crossed Zhang Cheng's horse's head and shouted loudly: "Hold the gun and break through the bandits' formation!"
Three hundred steps away, the horse galloped, and in an instant, Yu Dazhong also shouted: "Kill the officers and soldiers!"
From the formation of horse thieves beside him, several people immediately rushed out and shouted to the foot thieves to rush forward. But after all, these foot thieves were no better than the official army. They were loosely formed and had no rules. They relied on the tactics of human sea to fight.
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Yu Dazhong was also extremely fierce. When he saw that there were less than 300 cavalry on the opposite side, he dared to charge directly into his own cavalry formation. He also shouted: "Come on, there are only 200 officers and soldiers, kill them all!"