"Everyone, the thieves are about to withdraw. Do you really want to do nothing? I want to do something. I have pity on my daughter who has not left the court. She was ruined by those beasts. My daughter is dead...
..I must take revenge. Even if I risk my life, I must let those thieves know that we also have men in Jiaxing..."
"Duanmu... I will follow you... I have been impatient for a long time. Those beasts deserved their death. They have done so many evil things, and now they can leave as they please?"
The man in front of him was a strong man in green clothes. He was originally Jiaxing policeman Xing Sen. After the bandits ravaged Jiaxing, he took off his policeman's clothes to avoid the bandits.
, especially those poor women who were tortured and felt heartbroken.
"Okay... Mr. Xing, let's go now. Kill as many as we can..." Duan Jupiter's eyes were red, and when he picked up the long knife, he had no intention of living.
Duan Muxing and Xing Sen took the lead, and the neighbors who were already angry with the bandits started shouting. They went out of their houses armed with various weapons. The crowd gathered in the long street, and more and more people gathered. In just one hour, almost half of the people were
The people of Jiaxing walked out of their homes and rushed westward out of the city gate. At this moment, the people of Jiaxing broke out. They seemed to have forgotten death and only thought about revenge.
On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month in the third year of Chongzhen, after several days of preparations, the Xuanfu army stationed in Huzhou marched southward and approached Deqing County. Li Zicheng's most sensitive nerve was touched. In order to ensure that there would be no problems in Deqing County, he even moved other places
All the soldiers and horses were mobilized back, and the army gathered at Qianjing River in the southwest of Deqing.
Tie Mo was not in a hurry to attack Deqing County. Deqing and Wukang were not connected. Li Zicheng valued Deqing very much. In addition, the walls of Deqing County had been reinforced, and its defensive strength was by no means comparable to that of Wukang.
"Where are the thieves from Jiaxing Prefecture?"
Li Jiucheng cupped his hands and said: "Supervisor, according to reports from spies ahead, the rebel soldiers from Jiaxing Mansion have withdrawn from Jiaxing the day before yesterday and should have arrived in the Tongxiang area by now. It is expected that the vanguard of the rebel soldiers will arrive in Chongde at noon tomorrow. In addition,
, there are other situations in Jiaxing. A group of Jiaxing people have organized themselves and are chasing the bandits to the west. In addition, there are also signs of instability in Yanding, Yanguan Town, Haining..."
Wang Zuogao took out his hand from his sleeve and gently touched the bridge of his nose. His usually wise eyes now looked a little worried. None of these things were expected, especially those in Yanguan Town.
This incident is likely to have a profound impact on the entire war situation.
"Superintendent, there are many salt men in Haining County. If the salt men really take the opportunity to start an uprising, we are afraid that we will be in big trouble. Should we divide our troops and go to Haining?" Wang Zuogao is very worried about the salt men in Haining County joining the rogue bandits. If the rogue bandits
Taking advantage of the instability in Haining, we bypassed Deqing from Haining County, and all our previous plans were ruined.
Tie Mo thought for a while, patted the map on the table with his hand, frowned and said: "No, everything will go according to the original plan. If the bandits really detour to Haining, then we will try to wipe out the bandits in Deqing County in one go.
Eat it."
It is said that it is going to rain and my mother wants to get married. There are many things that cannot be forced. The matter of salt soldiers is not considered at all, and there are no extra troops to deal with those salt soldiers. Haining has hundreds of thousands of salt soldiers.
, these saltmen have lived in poverty all year round and have been suppressed. When the bandits come and plunder everywhere, it gives the saltmen a lot of stimulation.
Time passed quickly, and twilight came in a blink of an eye. Looking at the stars in the sky, Tie Mo felt sad that it was another New Year's Eve, but he spent it in the haze of war. It was supposed to be a beautiful night, and it was supposed to be a beautiful Jiangnan, but instead
Full of sadness and hesitation. The ringing of bells in the distance means the beginning of a new year. What will happen tomorrow? What will happen next year?
The fourth year of Chongzhen is destined to be a year of chaos. It seems that since Chongzhen came to power, the Ming Dynasty has never had peace. From the northwest to the Central Plains, and from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River, there is no pure land left.
On the first day of the first lunar month, which is supposed to be a day when thousands of homes are lit up with lights and worship, eastern Zhejiang is in a tense atmosphere. The peasant army in Deqing City is unable to retreat and is trying its best to reinforce the city wall. Traces of officers and soldiers can already be seen outside the city.
Although we knew that Deqing City could not stop the endless artillery fire, so what? Going out to fight outside the city was even less sure. Strangely enough, after the Xuanfu army arrived at Deqing City, they did not bombard Deqing City.
, and did not launch an attack.
The area around Deqing was extremely peaceful, but Li Yan's troops who were rushing to Deqing City were having a hard time. Because there were so many supplies, the leaders of each department were unwilling to give them up, which resulted in a very long team and a natural speed.
It was extremely slow. Li Yan had already ordered the spies to disperse and was careful, but something happened. Fan Ling, who was at the back of the team, was overtaken, and the people who were chasing Fan Ling turned out to be the people of Jiaxing.
These people in Jiaxing are crazy. They are not afraid of death at all. They swarm up and kill everyone they see. They chop off people's heads and stick them on wooden sticks. Their methods are extremely cruel. You can't imagine that these thugs in front of you are actually the ones from before.
The cowardly Jiaxing native. Fan Ling felt a little panicked, but more angry. He waved his knife and roared: "The people in front should be pulled back and let me kill them. Kill these guys who don't know whether to live or die."
"Leader Fan and Chief Li have repeatedly warned us to follow up quickly and not to get into trouble with these people," the deputy general said with a troubled look on his face. Who would have thought that Fan Ling would be even more furious, grabbing him over and spitting on him?
Xingzi scolded: "He is a leader Li and a yellow-haired kid. You should listen to what he says. Humph, retreat, look at the situation now, can we retreat? Those people put the brothers' heads on sticks and used them as balls to kick, I
If we withdraw like this, the hearts of our brothers will be scattered..."
Fan Ling has always looked down upon Li Yan and spoken rudely, but this time his words still made some sense. The team was carrying too many supplies and was slowing down, so it was bitten by this group of mobs. Now they are all
They are already entangled, does that mean they can withdraw? Besides, the other party's methods are so cruel, and it is clearly a provocation. If they don't care about anything and continue to go west, what will the brothers under their command think?
Fan Ling roared and gathered a large number of people to start killing the people of Jiaxing. Those Jiaxing people were able to kill all because of the anger and hatred in their hearts, but when it came to fighting on the battlefield, they could not compare to the rogue bandits. It only took a moment.
Within minutes, tens of thousands of Jiaxing people were divided into several groups by Fan Ling's troops. At this time, the people of Jiaxing were in chaos and without any order at all.
After calming down, fear began to creep into their hearts, and many people fled towards Jiaxing. Fan Ling was furious and killed them all, intending to avenge the tragic death of his brothers.
Less than five miles east of Chongde, Li Yan grabbed his hair angrily. Now Fan Ling was bent on wiping out the troublemaking people in Jiaxing, and the large group of people behind him had stopped. Don't care about Fan Ling? Fan Ling naturally
Damn it, but those rebel brothers can't take risks with Fan Ling. Several messengers have been sent, but Fan Ling ignored them at all, "What does this Fan Ling want to do? Does he still want to fight back to Jiaxing?" Lu
Brother, why don't you go there yourself and stop being entangled like this."
"Well, brother, let's go right now." Lu Weiliang responded seriously, got on his horse, and drove over with a few people. The army cannot stay in Chongde for too long. The terrain in Chongde is flat and there are relatively few rivers.
Dozens of miles is a good place to use cavalry. If at this time, a cavalry comes from the north and inserts itself into the middle of the team, something big will happen.
It’s not without reason that Li Yan is eager to retreat to the west. It’s a pity that Fan Ling and the others can’t understand it. Sometimes Lu Weiliang also wants to kill Fan Ling. This guy relies on his seniority and has a good relationship with King Chuang. He wants to do whatever he wants.
Just do whatever you want.
After Lu Weiliang left, Li Yan ordered the surrounding troops to continue approaching Chongde County. As he was about to enter the city, he saw a mass of black people ahead. When he got closer, he found that these people looked frightened, and each one
As if he had lost his soul. Li Yan's heart skipped a beat. Aren't these people soldiers stationed in Chongde? If they appear here, does that mean...
"Leader Li, it's not good, the officers and soldiers are here... They are the cavalry of the Yun Mansion. They came from the north and attacked the county seat at night. Now the county seat has fallen into the hands of the officers and soldiers. Leader Luo has withdrawn to Deqing.
He asked us to tell you to proceed with caution..."
Li Yan stared and unconsciously clenched the sword at his waist. If Luo Zhixiang was in front of him, he really wanted to stab this guy to death with a sword. What a bastard. Forget it if you can't guard Chongde, you are in the east.
Set up defenses and give a notice in advance. Fortunately for him, as soon as he saw that the situation was not good, he ran away without caring about the life and death of others. He was so close to Chongde, and it was already too late to know the truth. It was less than ten miles away.
There is no way to escape the attack of the Yunfu cavalry.
"The whole army is on alert... The whole army is on alert... Inform Leader Lu to come back quickly and tell Fan Ling that if he still wants to go back alive, he should come back immediately!" Li Yan became cruel this time.
If it doesn't work, just ignore Fan Ling and the others.
Li Yan's reaction was not slow, but it was still too late after all. The leaders of each department hurriedly ordered their brothers to form an array, but at this time almost everyone had baggage on them and were unwilling to give it up, which resulted in the array being loose and slow as a snail.
A rumbling sound came from the west, and soon after, a black torrent appeared in the north. The Yunfu cavalry came from two directions. In an instant, the heavy cavalry was like a heavy hammer, knocking out the loose formation of the peasant army.
A crack, this crack is getting wider and wider and can never be healed.
All this happened too fast. The hastily organized formation was like a layer of paper in front of the heavy cavalry. With a slight poke, there were holes everywhere. In the neat queue, the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry cooperated with each other.
There was the sound of gunfire. Those Yunfu cavalrymen were skilled with bows and horses. They could actually shoot guns while riding on horseback, and some of them could even shoot arrows.
At this moment, Li Yan personally experienced the power of the cavalry, and truly realized the terror of the Yunfu cavalry. In the wilderness, the cavalry drove the peasant army to pieces, and the chain of horses and iron ropes swept
However, there were countless casualties. The light cavalry were divided into hundreds of troops and kept shuttling and fighting, making it impossible for the peasant army to organize an effective counterattack.
Although they clearly have an advantage in strength, they are unable to exert any strength advantage in front of the Yunfu cavalry. Perhaps this is the inherent disadvantage of the infantry against the cavalry. Once the cavalry takes the lead, the infantry is like a lamb being slaughtered.
Under the constant charge, some leaders finally couldn't stand it anymore. They each found a direction and prepared to escape. Escape was no problem, but their movements caused larger gaps to appear in many places. The cavalry followed the gaps and made more and more efforts.
They rushed back and forth unscrupulously, and in the blink of an eye, there were hundreds of casualties, and the ground was dyed red.
Orger slowly raised the weapon in his hand, his cold face like the ice in winter, "Don't chase and kill, attack the opponent's main formation with all your strength, and never let these bandits come to their senses...thieves abandon it"
Don’t take any care of your property. Anyone who dares to take something privately will be shot to death!”
At this time, the gap between the Peasant Army and the Yunfu Cavalry was completely revealed. In order to escape, many Peasant Army soldiers threw their baggage on the ground. For a time, the blood-red ground was covered with various treasures.
, but the cavalry were not moved at all.
Li Yan saw it clearly. When the cavalry were no longer tempted by the gold and silver treasures, he could only sigh at the strict discipline of the Yunfu cavalry. They were defeated, completely defeated. He originally hoped that these yellow and white things could confuse the opponent and win respite for himself.
By chance, the strategy failed and there was no possibility of counterattack. He raised his head and looked at Chongde County to the west. Li Yan clenched his hands hard and said, "Every ministry discarded all their baggage and withdrew to Haining County with all their strength."
"Well...it's just that Leader Fan's people haven't caught up yet..." The man who spoke was frightened by Li Yan's cold eyes halfway through his words. Li Yan pulled out his sword,
He glared coldly, "Whoever wants to wait, just wait. Li won't accompany you..."
Li Yan is now thinking of chopping up Fan Ling and feeding it to the dogs. If it weren't for Fan Ling, the bastard, the army wouldn't have moved so slowly. If he had arrived in Chongde County earlier, would he have been caught by the Yunfu cavalry? Right now.
In this situation, Fan Ling should be lucky. Who can care about him? Li Yan led his men and horses to withdraw to the southwest, and the others would not hesitate. Everyone said that it was okay and stayed to wait for Fan.
Spirit, unless there is a lot of shit in the head.
Li Yan led his troops to evacuate, and the baggage was thrown all over the place. At this time, no one cared about these yellow and white things, and the desire for life defeated everything. However, in this way, Fan Ling and others who had been at the rear of the team
But he was unlucky. After Fan Ling learned about the fighting situation ahead, he was so frightened that he quickly tightened his troops and rushed towards Chongde without stopping. However, he was informed halfway that the main army had already evacuated towards Haining.
Fan Ling was dumbfounded. Now that there were less than ten thousand soldiers and horses around him, what should he do? He couldn't fight, but he couldn't run. He definitely couldn't get the supplies. With these supplies in tow, he could only go to the Palace of Hell to report.
Everyone ran away in panic. Fan Ling sat on the horse, his eyes filled with cold light. He raised his head and looked at the people behind him, and secretly made a decision in his heart.
"Brothers, we are also withdrawing to Haining County. Speed up and don't let the officers and soldiers catch up..."
"Haining County...quickly..."
There seemed to be no problem in evacuating to Haining County. However, no one noticed the strange look in Fan Ling's eyes.