"Commander, some news has come back. It's probably not a plan by the bandit army." In the Tang Army's camp, Chen Cheng walked in quickly and reported.
"Tell me about it." Shao Shude put down his military book and said.
"Firstly, the commander-in-chief already knows that the thieves will lead hundreds of elite soldiers to attack our camp, but they are bluffing with torches. This is unreasonable."
"Both, the scouts reported that there was movement in each camp of the bandit army. If there is a plan, there must be a sequence, and there will be no such chaos."
"Third, the bandits have been defeated in consecutive battles and their morale is low. Huang Ye is not a loyal person who fights to the death. He must have retreated in fear."
"Fourth, the bandit army is not in good order and looks flustered. It doesn't look like there is any deceit."
Shao Shude stood up, walked around the tent, and then said: "Judge Chen is very clear and well-organized, and he deserves a reward. I will pass the order to the general, and select the elite from each battalion to attack. In order to prevent the thieves from being rescued, we will chase after one mile and
Stop, and the rear troops will advance slowly, and do not rush to pursue them. Follow this for ten miles, and use many torches to threaten them with drums to disturb the thieves' hearts and frighten their courage, so that they can neither eat nor stay in the wild. Wait until daybreak when all the cavalry and soldiers are gone.
Go out and kill the nest thieves."
Wei Boqiu was about to go find Ling Qi when Shao Shude called out to him again.
"Choose a strong ranger, and bring a hook, a rope, a bow, a spear, a knife. The thieves are running at night, how many people can Huang Ye have around him? Let's see if we can capture this thief, let's go."
Wei Boqiu took the order and left.
Although Marshal Zhuge has been in a state of secrecy recently, he has never failed to provide military reports, and Shao Shude has never been short of scenes that should be done. Now the battle to suppress Huangchao is coming to an end, and the army is pressing forward step by step. Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong
After winning two battles, my side should have gained a solid victory, and the camp in the west also won a small victory. It is almost time to consider the next thing.
If the Zhuge family wants to have frequent contacts, the location of Xingyuan Mansion is very important.
As the order was issued, movement began to occur in the camp. However, the noise was very small, mostly the sound of the collision of ordnance and the command of officers. Lu Huaizhong, the Marquis of Du Yu, personally led the troops, with a total of two thousand soldiers and one thousand and five thousand soldiers.
Hundreds of auxiliary soldiers and more than a hundred miscellaneous soldiers, scouts, and sentries went out first, and then the battalions marched out one by one and formed up outside the camp.
Shao Shude suddenly became interested and climbed up to the high platform in the camp. What he saw was several fire dragons heading west. The initial speed was very fast, but gradually slowed down and began to gather, slowly advancing in a row.
When chasing the enemy at night, don't be careless. If you make a mistake, the enemy will plot against you.
The enemy camp was making a lot of noise at this time, rumors were spreading, and the morale of the army was in confusion.
Some people say that coach Huang Ye ran away, some say that he died of cold wind immediately after molesting a beautiful girl in the army, some say that he was caught by Shao Butcher, in short, they are not good words, and the effect is similar: we have to run away too!
It is impossible to escape successfully unless a plan is made in advance, there are people to support you along the way, and torches are displayed, and the cohesion between the top and bottom is strong. The Chao people did make a plan, but it was too crude, too hasty, and the execution was very poor. What?
They retreated in turn, covering each other, all for show. When they were frightened by the torches and war drums of the Iron Forest Army, the sergeants immediately dispersed and ran away, regardless of whether they could see or not, what was ahead, and whether there was anything there.
Road, anyway, just run away!
One can imagine what kind of virtue this kind of retreat is.
At daybreak, many people were tired, hungry, and completely out of energy. The war drums of the Tang army rang all night, and they also sounded in different places, which made them very panicked and did not dare to sit down and rest. Sometimes they had to bite the bullet and rest.
, but saw a torch coming, and didn’t know whether it belonged to the Tang army or a friendly army, so he had to force himself to keep up his energy and continue running.
After such a night, they were exhausted both physically and mentally. Many people fell down on the roadside from exhaustion, throwing their swords, guns, bows and cards all over the floor. They had no thoughts and just wanted to eat something and rest for a while. Some of them even had no winter clothes.
, after being blown by the cold wind all night, I couldn't hold on anymore, and my whole body was shivering. I was hoping that Tang Jun would come and capture me, so I could at least drink some hot water.
At this time, the Tang Army's cavalry also dispatched in large numbers.
Before leaving, Shao Shude had a chat with Zhejiyu. Zhu Shuzong is now the Youyi Envoy and the cavalry of the Tielin Army. In fact, Zhejiyu is leading him most of the time. In the two years since the expedition, he has also made a lot of contributions.
Many of the more than 400 old brothers who were brought here have taken up middle-level positions. It is not an exaggeration to say that this cavalry is the Zhejia Army.
Oretsugu was still very respectful to Shao Shude. However, he was a little worried that his sister had no heirs. He was worried that one of the marshal's concubines would give birth to a son, which would cause trouble in the succession. Shao Shude couldn't say much about this kind of thing.
, I just told Zhe Siyu and the Shao family that the Zhe family are relatives by marriage and will share the wealth.
After the cavalry was dispatched in large numbers, there was actually no battle worth mentioning. The enemy troops fled in the middle of the night, and the smart ones ran away first. The slow ones were tortured all night, and now they are lying everywhere, cold, tired and hungry.
Just send the auxiliary troops to take over. Occasionally, there are a few die-hard generals who won't surrender with hundreds of people, and the cavalry will leave them alone and continue to move forward. Anyway, now is the time to continue the pursuit, and every minute is precious
, the enemy army ran away half the night before them!
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"General, let's rest for a while and have some water." Near a certain village, a close attendant took out dry food and a water bag from his saddle bag and handed them to Huang Ye.
Huang Ye was in a daze. He ran all night, panicking and not knowing where he was now. The most annoying thing was that the camp he arranged to pick up was empty, so he didn't dare to stop and continued running all the way.
We had clearly arranged for each army to retreat in order, so why did it end up like this? When we fought against Gao Pian in Jiangnan, the armies were not so decadent.
After eating a few mouthfuls of dry food, Huang Ye looked around. There were clearly more than 500 people guarding him before setting off last night, but now there were only a few dozen left, and they looked dejected, making him angry just looking at them.
When we return to Chang'an, we will go to Henan and we can regroup. Why should we all be so frustrated?
"General, there are cavalry from the Tang Army!" a general said suddenly.
When everyone heard this, they got on their horses one after another.
The cavalry of the Tang Army in the distance also noticed them and quickly surrounded them. There were about a hundred or ten cavalry in this group, and they were very organized when surrounding them. One group of more than 30 cavalry rushed forward, and the other group circled around the flanks.
One team moved forward for a moment and then stopped, as if waiting for a reaction from their side.
"General, leave quickly!" The generals gathered around Huang Ye, mounted their horses, and fled frantically. But behind them, the sounds of weapons exchange and death screams could be heard.
Fortunately, the soldiers were loyal and willing to resist for a while. If they could survive, they would be rewarded heavily. All the officials and women who had been captured from the palace were rewarded. Anyway, I was tired of having fun.
Feeling dizzy, they ran away for a long time without knowing the direction. They stopped by a small forest. It wasn't that they didn't want to continue running, but the horses couldn't bear it anymore.
Huang Ye panted heavily and sat back on a big tree. He had been drained by alcohol and sex in the past two years, and he had just run for his life in the middle of the night. He felt a little exhausted. Looking around him again, he saw that there were many people riding around, and he felt distraught.
A suppressed sadness surged out.
Can Daqi's national power really be able to regain its strength?
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance again, causing everyone to panic. Fortunately, they were not chasing in this direction, and I don't know who the unlucky guy was. Now it is a complete defeat, let everyone live their fate.
Huang Ye was getting older and had been running away for half the night. Huang Ye was a little weak in energy. After sitting for a while, he felt a little dazed. At this moment, several screams suddenly sounded not far away. He suddenly opened his eyes.
At first glance, he saw several people following him raising their swords and axes towards Pao Ze. Due to his surprise, they quickly killed three people. Only one person fought hard and killed another person, but was finally killed by the remaining three people.
On the ground.
Huang Ye walked through the woods in panic, with three people chasing after him. Suddenly, an arrow shot out, hitting Huang Ye in the back of the heart. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
The general's clothes were sweating for no reason, and his subordinates wanted to get ahead! Huang Ye laughed miserably, remembering what happened a few days ago.
"General, I'm sorry, I'll lend you your head." The three men chased after him, and without any nonsense, they slashed with their swords.
"You won't have a good death either." Huang Ye cursed, then screamed in pain.
The knife and ax were applied to his body, and it turned out to be really painful. For some reason, Huang Ye thought of the mother and daughter who were stabbed to death by him.
After the three men chopped off Huang Ye's head, they hurriedly left the woods. Soon, a group of Tang Army cavalry passed by and surrounded them directly.
"We are the cavalrymen under General Li, the governor of Huazhou. If you put down your weapons, you will be spared." A cavalry general came forward and said.
"We beheaded Huang Ye and presented it to Marshal Shao."
The cavalry commander was stunned, pointed his riding whip at the bloody heads in their arms, and asked, "Seriously?"
"We are personally accompanied by Huang Ye. This is absolutely true."
The cavalry commander and his men winked, and a few of them understood, drew their riding bows, and shot. The three of them were unprepared and were directly nailed to death on the spot, their eyes full of disbelief.
"Let's go back and dedicate our heads to the general to repay our merits!" The cavalry team carefully placed Huang Ye's head in the saddle bag, then stopped chasing and rode back directly.