Chapter 968 0963 [After I escape, who cares about the flood?
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Li Yanxian, Zhong Yanchong, Zhang Xian, Xiao Heda and other generals led the army towards Huaizhou City.
When the vanguard was approaching 20 miles from Huaizhou, they suddenly encountered a large group of Dangxiang cavalry. Xiao Heda was the pioneer of the path exploration, and they also looked like Dangxiang cavalry.
The two groups of cavalry fired at each other for a while, then each sent their men back to report the news.
Xiao Heda personally led the army, ran dozens of steps and asked: "You are holding the flag of Nuluo. Is the chief of Nuluo tribe here?"
A party general rushed out: "I am Tuluo Ayole. I have surrendered to Emperor Zhu, and I advise you to surrender to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible!"
Xiao Heda was confused when he heard that the Dangxiang cavalry from Huaizhou actually claimed to have defected to Emperor Zhu?
What the hell?
Is it possible that the entire city in Huaizhou has turned out to be ignorant of etiquette?
Xiao Heda pointed to his own flag: "Don't you recognize this flag?"
"How do I recognize Han..." Ayole suddenly reacted, "Hey, why did you use the Chinese character "general flag"?
Xiao Heda said: "I am Xiao Heda of Xiazhou."
"You are Li Heda, why do you look familiar to me?" Ayole suddenly realized.
Xiao Heda was furious: "My grandfather's name is Xiao Heda, not Li Heda!"
Ayole was too lazy to argue: "Yes, yes, I don't care what your last name is. Since you voted for the Ming Dynasty and I also voted for the Ming Dynasty, then we are our own people."
Xiao Heda asked: "Why did you confess?"
Ayole explained: "General Yue sent his magic troops from heaven to conquer Huaizhou in one fell swoop. He has already sent his troops to attack Jingzhou. General Li (Li Cunhui) was left to garrison in Huaizhou. We have several tribes who have joined us.
General Li is guarding Huaizhou."
Many Dangxiang tribesmen were blocked in the city, knelt down and begged for mercy and became Yue Fei's prisoners.
A few chiefs were more clever. They occupied granaries or killed civil servants before surrendering, which was equivalent to presenting a certificate of surrender and being reused by Yue Fei.
After Yue Fei rested for a day, he led his army south to attack Jingzhou.
Li Cunhui, on the other hand, went from being a spy to commanding an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and all of his subordinates were party soldiers. He stayed in Huaizhou to guard against Brother Richard's attack.
Moreover, Li Cunhui also sent out cavalry to publicize that the Ming Dynasty would not kill people indiscriminately, so that the soldiers and civilians who had fled in the wild could come back quickly.
He distributed ownerless livestock and grain, as well as grain in military warehouses, to the army and the people every day. He also made officials and military generals responsible for the distribution, and executed several people who took advantage of the opportunity to embezzle. He quickly conquered the morale of the military and the people.
Now, soldiers and civilians who fled are returning one after another.
On the other hand, on the Xingqing Mansion side, the Xixia monarchs and ministers were afraid of spies being mixed in, so they closed the city gate tightly to prevent soldiers and civilians who had escaped from entering the city.
When the news returned to Huaizhou, such a stark contrast chilled the hearts of the Xixia soldiers and civilians.
Even the Weiduo family, a branch of the Weiming family, one of the eight major surnames in the party, refused to surrender after its chief was captured. After hearing about this, they also clamored to be loyal to Emperor Zhu.
"Which General Yue? Which General Li?" Xiao Heda asked.
Ayole said: "Yue Du protects General Yue Fei and General Li Cunhui."
Xiao Heda was afraid of being deceived, so he sent his trusted aide to follow Nuluo Ayole to Huaizhou City, and after some inquiring in the city, he confirmed that it was true.
He then sent troops to report the news to Li Yanxian.
Li Yanxian received the letter and told the generals dumbfounded: "Yue Fei's army went deep alone and captured Huaizhou City, which was heavily defended by 50,000 troops."
Zhong Yanchong said in disbelief: "There are no siege equipment, no civilians, no food and grass. How did he capture Huaizhou?"
"There is someone in the Military Intelligence Department who can help," Li Yanxian said with emotion. "That person was one of my old subordinates. He was injured during the Battle of Hebei. He claimed to be killed in action, but he didn't expect that he was working as a spy in Xixia. I even took out some money at that time and entrusted him with it.
Send it to his wife, children, and children."
Zhang Xian exclaimed: "What a great contribution to these two people!"
Li Yanxian said: "Speed up the march. Huaizhou has been captured by them, and we are going straight to Xingqing Mansion. Generals, greater military exploits are waiting for us!"
"Advance troops to Xingqing Mansion!"
"Advance troops to Xingqing Mansion!"
All the generals shouted in unison, their blood boiling all over.
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But it is said that Yue Fei brought 6,000 Ming Dynasty warriors and 8,000 Party soldiers to serve as civilian husbands. He also brought all the craftsmen of Huaizhou City with him and used war horses and livestock to drag grain and grass southward.
In two days, we arrived outside Jingzhou City.
There are 10,000 defenders here, who were transferred from Lingzhou by Ren Dejing, specifically to stop Yue Fei's troops.
Dangxiang civilian husbands were sent out, rowed boats across the moat, and shouted in many places outside the city: "Huaizhou is gone, Brother Richard, and the whole army of Wang Cunli has been wiped out! The Ming Dynasty's 300,000 heavenly troops are besieging Xingqing Mansion.
Do we still want to defend Jingzhou to be buried with the Hunjun?"
They held the boat over their heads to block the arrows, and several hundred people rushed to the city gates and shouted in turn.
At first, the defenders in the city were still shooting arrows. They all stopped while shooting, wanting to listen carefully to see if they heard correctly.
The commander-in-chief of the garrison was named Meuzangluo, who came from the Meuzang family of the powerful Dangxiang family - Li Yuanhao's second queen was named Meuzang.
Seeing that the people in the city were panicking, Wu Zangluo called his generals: "Those shouting outside the city may be trying to trick us into surrendering. Don't just believe one-sided words. We should send Qingqi to Xingqing Mansion and Huaizhou to investigate."
Immediately, a general said: "I just saw someone outside the city holding the flag of Zeng Cunli. Zeng Cunli must have been defeated and lost the city."
Another general said: "There is someone outside the city who claims to be the chief of the Tiantian clan. I am very familiar with Tiantian Shiguang. Although he is covering his head with a boat, I can recognize his voice. Not only did he join the Ming army, he also did
The captain of the burden (conscript) of the Ming army."
"There is also the Yema clan, the Yema clan is also outside the city!"
"..."
All the generals said to each other, making Mu Zangluo completely despair.
There is no need to send cavalry to investigate, Huaizhou City must have been destroyed. That means that Bin Cunli's entire army has been wiped out, and Brother Richard is probably in danger as well.
It also means that the Ming army can come from Yanzhou and march three hundred miles to Xingqing Mansion!
They were having a meeting in the city tower when they suddenly heard it became quiet outside the city, so they all lay down on the edge of the city wall to check the situation.
But I saw another boat coming, and after landing, they were running around, telling the people who called out what to do.
Soon, the content of the shouting became concise and clear.
"Kill the general and surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Kill the general and surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
The shouting was not uniform at first, but gradually became more and more uniform, and the guarding commander, Musura, turned pale with fright.
"Don't mess around." Mu Zangluo quickly retreated and hid among the soldiers with his hand on the handle of the knife.
The other generals looked at each other in confusion. They only brought one or two followers to the meeting, but they could not defeat Musura who had many personal soldiers present.
Moreover, they don't know how to leave.
Anyone who wants to leave the tower first will be suspected of mobilizing troops to cause trouble, and Wu Zangluo's soldiers will rush up on the spot.
Wu Zangluo was also very embarrassed. He was originally considering surrendering, but he shouted "Kill the general and surrender to the Ming Dynasty" outside the city, which immediately blocked his way of surrender. He became antagonistic to the generals.
stand up!
Even if Bu Zangluo shouted "Long live Emperor Zhu" now, his generals would still take his life.
Because "killing the general" is the prerequisite for "voting to the Ming Dynasty"!
As for the generals, they were equally worried. They couldn't figure out who wanted to be loyal to Xixia, and they couldn't figure out who wanted to defect to the Ming Dynasty. They were afraid that they would be killed if they failed.
Yue Fei was stationed outside the moat, looking at the city wall in the distance with a smile. He had asked craftsmen to cross the river to demolish the houses and collect wood.
Yue Fei's heart was also very dirty, and he directly used the alienation plan as a conspiracy.
Sooner or later there will be internal strife in the city!
There was a stalemate on the city tower for a long time, and Mu Zangluo said: "You all can stay here. We will eat and live together so that we can discuss the military situation at any time. As for commanding the operations in various places, just leave it to our lieutenants."
"Du Tong is right."
All the generals agreed that he was actually detained by Mu Zangluo.
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Lingzhou City further south.
Deng Chun's army was already several miles away, but only 80,000 people came, and another 50,000 were sent to attack Shunzhou next door.
Ren Dejing has to hold on for at least a month before the water level of the Yellow River rises. If the levee is opened now, even if the water floods the Seventh Army, it will not be painful for the Ming army.
Can he defend it in one month?
The Ming army arrived too quickly!
A speed boat came from Jingzhou, it was the messenger sent by Mu Zangluo.
After Ren Dejing opened the letter and read it, his expression suddenly changed drastically. The content was really terrifying.
Huaizhou City has been lost, Bin Cunli's entire army has been wiped out, and Brother Richard doesn't know the news. Jingzhou is besieged, Xingqing Mansion may be besieged...
Why don't you give me a spanking?
Ren Dejing wanted to hack Wang Cunli to death with random swords.
"Report! The enemy has camped several miles away. The camp stretches for ten miles and can't be seen to the end."
Ren Dejing's body trembled after hearing this. The city behind him was besieged, and his own place would also be besieged by tens of thousands of enemy troops.
surrender?
Ren Dejing dare not.
He rebelled against the Song Dynasty and defected to the Xia Dynasty, trapping and killing half of the civil and military officials in Xi'an Prefecture, and devouring their property.
Some of the victims' relatives are still serving as officials in the Ming Dynasty, including both civil and military officials.
This blood debt cannot be repaid. Even if Ren Dejing has contributed to the city, can barely save his life, and can even serve as an official. But his enemies will definitely unite and look for every opportunity to avenge his relatives and friends. Sooner or later, Ren Dejing will
A miserable death in one day!
Ren Dejing called his brother Ren Degong, who was in charge of food and fodder, and said: "We can't defend this place anymore. Surrendering will definitely lead to a bad death. We have to find a way to escape."
"The third brother, the fourth brother, and our whole family are all in Xingqing Mansion now." Ren Degong reminded.
Ren Dejing asked: "Can you still go back and save them?"
Historically, Ren Degong was protected by his brothers, and when he reached the rank of Yin of Xingqing Prefecture in Xixia, he was also a corrupt man with real power.
Ren Degong was equally cold-blooded and didn't hesitate for long before asking: "How to escape?"
Ren Dejing said: "We took a few confidants and gold and silver and set fire to the city at night. We took advantage of the chaos and fled to the southwest. We fled to the Western Regions and took refuge in Yelv Dashi!"
Ren Degong said: "The Ming army is attacking Liangzhou (Wuwei), can we survive?"
"We'll wait until we escape," Ren Dejing said. "If we encounter the Ming army, we will call ourselves Western Xia Han people. We will get through first and then look for an opportunity to escape westward."
Ren Degong nodded: "This is the only way."
The property embezzled by the Ren family over the years has long been used to bribe ministers.
But Ren Dejing has a large army and can make countless profits every minute. When they put down the rebellion last year, they embezzled food and wages and secretly exchanged them for gold and silver.
In order to escape, he even sent people to set fire to many granaries and houses.
There was chaos in the city. The two brothers took more than a dozen of their henchmen, packed up several boxes of gold and silver and took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Deng Chun was in the camp a few miles away, preparing to fill in the moat tomorrow, but that night he discovered that Lingzhou City was on fire.
"Xiaozuo acted too quickly. I just came here and I'm not ready yet." Deng Chun didn't expect that the enemy commander would escape. He thought it was the Ming spies in the city who had launched the attack in advance.
In fact, the agents deployed by the Military Intelligence Department of the Ming Dynasty in Lingzhou City were looking at the fire in confusion at this moment.
He couldn't control so many, and he had to eat even the raw rice. Deng Chun ordered: "All the ministries must gather quickly and follow me to capture the fortified city!"
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