Chapter 588: There is no chance of dividing the troops
Wang Zhongyang can be considered a top-notch person. He is braver than anyone else when he strives for merit. In desperate situations, he is more greedy for life and afraid of death than anyone else. In fact, it is not shameful to be afraid of death. What is shameful is to be defeated by fear. Wang Zhongyang babbled nonsense for a while.
, Li Yangchun became irritated and yelled, "Shut up, if you dare to make any noise again, I will kill you right now! Now, shut up and get on your horse!"
Pointing at the bay-red horse next to him, Wang Zhongyang was so frightened that he froze. Isn't that bay-red horse Li Yangchun's partner?
Wang Zhongyang was in a daze, and Li Yangchun didn't want to explain more. He smiled coldly and said, "Wang Xiaoniao, remember, you were brave and good at fighting. You wounded Li and then stole Li's horse. Okay, now get on your horse and get out.
Li shouted dozens of times, if you are still in the prison, don’t blame Li for being cruel."
Wang Zhongyang's head was like a blur. He couldn't understand why Li Yangchun did this. But he knew one thing. If he didn't hit the horse and run out of the Fairy Terrace within ten times, he would die. Without thinking much, Wang Zhongyang instinctively mounted his horse.
With a shout, the red date horse ran out of Ziwu Valley, and at this moment there was a roar from behind, and at the same time, a dozen cavalrymen ran out from behind.
"Capture Wang Xiaoniao alive. This thief stabbed General Li. Whoever is captured alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"
Listening to the roar behind him, Wang Zhongyang didn't know whether to cry or laugh. For the first time in his life, it was so valuable, a thousand taels of gold.
Some people chased and some escaped, but in the end Wang Zhongyang escaped from Ziwu Valley. Under the hillside, a red date horse galloped eastward. How should Wang Zhongyang face Gao Yingxiang after returning from a miserable defeat?
Ziwu Valley Jinxian Cave is located in the middle of Ziwu Valley. Now the entire Jinxian Cave has been crowded with troops and has completely turned into a military town. There are also several checkpoints on the road from Jinxian Cave to Xiaoshan Mountain. In order to prevent the movement of the rebel army from being transmitted to
In Heishui Valley, Gao Yingxiang tried his best. It was almost noon, and a bay-red horse galloped over. The soldier guarding the checkpoint shouted with a gun, "Stop, who are you?"
Wang Zhongyang was very depressed. He couldn't understand why the Northern Shanxi Army wanted to let him back. Maybe there was a conspiracy, but he didn't dare to tell others the truth. If King Chuang knew that because of his incompetence, the army was defeated by the Northern Shanxi Army.
If he was captured alive, why not kill him immediately with a knife? He was already depressed and didn’t know how to report back to Gao Yingxiang. When he arrived at the checkpoint, he was stopped by several soldiers, so General Wang immediately became angry and said angrily with a black face.
, "Are you so blind that you don't even recognize me?"
The soldiers quickly took a closer look. Although their faces were pitch black, their outlines could still be seen clearly. One soldier clasped his hands and trembled, "Is it... the king's leader?"
"Nonsense, are you blind? Get out of the way, Wang has something important to report to King Chuang!" Wang Zhongyang was very arrogant now, far from the way he cried and knelt down to beg for mercy before. But Wang Zhongyang has always been like this
For such a villain, perhaps his integrity is just a matter of a few words. Those minions no longer dared to stop him, so they could only get out of the way and let the bay-red horse gallop past.
The bay-red horse was a fine horse. Although it had run for dozens of miles, it showed no signs of fatigue and sped past. As soon as the bay-red horse left, the old soldier rushed to the ground and spat, "What's the air like?"
?Look at that bearish look, you must have suffered a defeat, mother, why didn’t you be hacked to death?”
The words of the team leader scared several other young soldiers. A guy quickly came up and covered the team leader's mouth, "Boss, stop talking. If someone hears it, you will be in bad luck. This king
The leader is very vengeful."
At this time, Wang Zhongyang had already entered the Jinxian Cave and entered the town. He beat the horse and went straight to the commander's tent, throwing the red date horse outside. Wang Zhongyang pretended to have injured his leg, limped in and ran in.
Before reaching the door, he was already wailing, "Chuang Wang, Chuang Wang..."
Gao Yingxiang was sipping tea in the room. When he heard the screams outside, his hands trembled with fright and he almost dropped the teacup on the ground. Wang Zhongyang ran into the room, bent his legs, and knelt on the ground with a plop, "Chuang Chuang"
The king... his subordinates were incompetent... he was ambushed as soon as he led his troops to Xiaoyuefeng. The enemy was well prepared and ambushed more than 10,000 people on both sides of the mountain stronghold. The last general and his men were surrounded as soon as they arrived.
Everyone was at a loss. The brothers were unable to fight hard. In order to save their lives, most of them surrendered. The final general saw the opportunity and stabbed Li Yangchun, snatched his horse, and was lucky enough to escape... Wu Wu... Wang Chuang,
My little brother is incompetent, please kill me..."
Gao Yingxiang's head almost exploded when Wang Zhongyang burst into tears. Tens of thousands of troops were captured alive by the Northern Shanxi Army? What the hell is going on? How many people are there in the Northern Shanxi Army, who can surround tens of thousands of horses?
Water is blocked?
"Brother Wang, please don't cry yet. Tell Gao quickly how many soldiers and horses there were in northern Shanxi that night?"
"I don't know. It was too dark at that time, so I couldn't count them. I only know that the soldiers of the Northern Shanxi Army surrounded us and fought each other... If it weren't for the disparity in strength, the brothers would not have surrendered so easily..." Wang Zhongyang
He told a shameless lie. Now, he could only allow himself to be defeated without mercy. He was ambushed and twice as powerful as himself. So even if he was defeated, it wouldn't be considered incompetent, right? Wang Zhongyang felt that he was very smart.
Little did he know that Li Yangchun and others wanted him to say these words exactly.
After listening to Wang Zhongyang's narration, Gao Yingxiang's throat throbbed and his chest felt as if the river was overturning. There were more than 20,000 people ambushing Xiaoyue Peak. How many people were there in the entire Ziwu Valley? Thirty thousand? Forty thousand? Wasn't it the previous spies from Guanzhong?
Does it mean that the total number of troops under Tie Mo and Ding Luyan who rushed to the rescue later is less than 80,000? Most of the troops are now in the Shangluo area and have not yet entered the Ziwu Valley. How many troops and horses are placed in the north direction of Heishui Valley?
?But... According to Wang Zhongyang, there are no less than 20,000 people in Xiaoyue Peak. Phew, Gao Yingxiang breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, he did not attack rashly. If he had come forcefully, wouldn't he have suffered a big blow?
Lost money?
Fortunately, Wang Zhongyang brought this news out, otherwise he would have suffered a big loss in the future.
Of course, Gao Yingxiang did not completely believe Wang Zhongyang. He comforted Wang Zhongyang a few words. After Wang Zhongyang went down to rest, he called his own soldiers, "Let's find out how the leader Wang escaped?"
"Back to King Chuang, I think what Chief Wang said must be true. The bay-red horse outside is Li Yangchun's mount. He cherishes it very much. If something had not happened, he would never have abandoned the bay-red horse!"
"Although the possibility of falsehood is very small, it is of great importance, so it is better to inquire carefully!" Gao Yingxiang is not wrong to be cautious. He still knows something about Wang Zhongyang. This person is used to digging into camps, and he has some abilities, but
Defeating Li Yangchun was somewhat unexpected.
Naturally, the soldiers did not dare to neglect and accepted the order. In fact, the soldiers did not need to worry too much, because at this time, there were soldiers from the Northern Shanxi Army more than ten miles outside the Fairy Terrace. They wanted to capture Wang Xiaoniao alive and reward him with a thousand taels of gold.
The words were endless. For this reason, the cavalry of the Northern Shanxi Army also attacked the frontier checkpoint. It was not until Jinxiandong sent elite troops to block it that the cavalry left hastily. The Northern Shanxi Army was determined to capture Wang Zhongyang, which was regarded as rectifying the name of General Wang.
, Since then, Gao Yingxiang no longer had any doubts. Because he felt that the Northern Shanxi Army did not need to make such a big show of support for Wang Zhongyang, and it seemed that Wang Zhongyang had nothing to deceive him.
In the Fairy Terrace, after hearing that Wang Zhongyang had safely arrived at the Golden Immortal Cave, Aqige smiled as brightly as a flower. After General Wang boasted, I guess Gao Yingxiang would not dare to attack the Fairy Terrace even if he had the courage. In this way
, this gives enough time to dispatch more manpower from the south.
Gao Yingxiang felt that there were heavy troops hidden in Ziwu Valley, so he issued a military order and strictly ordered all the troops not to attack easily, especially in the west near the Fairy Terrace. Gao Yingxiang dealt with it carefully, but he did not know that the soldiers and horses under Aqige at this time were actually not
It is very sufficient, especially the soldiers and horses placed on the Fairy Platform. Cao Bianjiao's soldiers and horses are only 5,000 in total, and many of them are assigned to watch over the surrendering troops. If Gao Yingxiang leads the army to come forcefully at this time, there will still be
It really gave Li Yangchun and Cao Bianjiao a headache.
He and Gao Yingxiang were playing with imaginary and real things, and at this time, news came from Shengchi. The news was naturally about Li Zicheng. Shengchi was heavily besieged by Li Zicheng's army. Henan immediately panicked. They were afraid of the previous chaos in the Central Plains.
The situation happened again, so they quickly asked the court for help. After the court got the news, they immediately criticized Tie Mo. If Tie Mo hadn't transferred Ding Luyan's troops away, the rogue bandits would not have been able to easily break through the Yellow River and enter the vicinity of Shengchi.
The cabinet was already very angry at Tie Mo's abandonment of Yan'an Mansion, and now that something like this happened, they were even more unwilling to let it go. Under the pressure of civil and military officials, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian sent an imperial edict to Shangluo.
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The meaning of the imperial edict is very simple. Zhu Youjian hopes that Tie Mo can send part of his troops back to Henan Prefecture to prevent the Central Plains from being devastated.
Tie Mo had a headache. How could he give up so easily when the battle was going on like this? Gao Yingxiang's army had been trapped in Ziwu Valley and was about to be destroyed. If he divided his troops to rescue Henan Prefecture at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of all previous efforts? He had too few troops.
If so, why should we destroy Gao Yingxiang? Do you really think that Gao Yingxiang is made of mud? If the Shaanxi side did not have insufficient troops, why would they mobilize Ding Luyan's troops?
It is impossible to divide the troops. Tie Mo simply ignores the imperial edict and kills Gao Yingxiang first. In the battle of Ziwu Valley, not only must we win, but we must win beautifully. If we cannot win this battle, there will be endless troubles.
At that time, all the civil and military officials in the cabinet will not be able to pounce on and bite like mad dogs.
The atmosphere in Ziwu Valley was tense, and there was no peace in the Forbidden City. Chongzhen was under a lot of pressure. He naturally hoped that Tie Mo could destroy Gao Yingxiang once and for all, but he was also worried about another chaos in the Central Plains. After the dynasty was over, Wang Chengen asked Hou Shilu
Called in.
"Hou Aiqing, I hope Tie Aiqing can trap Gao Yingxiang to death in Ziwu Valley, but if this battle goes against him and he is held accountable afterwards, I won't be able to save him."
Hou Shilu frowned and sighed helplessly. His Majesty's heart began to wander again. He thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Gao Yingxiang is known as the King of Chuang, but he has dozens of
If the leader of the rebels on the road can kill Gao Yingxiang, the rebels from all walks of life will inevitably be in chaos, which will cause a heavy blow to the morale of the rebels. You must not let go at this time. Opportunities are hard to come by. If you want to trap this person in the future,
Thief, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult."
"In addition, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, has not issued an official document so far. It can be seen that Governor Chen and Tie Mo have the same intention. Concentrate their forces to destroy Gao Yingxiang first. This is the top priority. Also, has your majesty found out about the Henan side?
Very problematic?"
Zhu Youjian couldn't help frowning and asked curiously: "What's so weird?"
"So far, all the people who have written letters asking for help are officials from all levels of Henan Prefecture. On the contrary, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, and Min Zhengyuan, the prefect of Kaifeng, have never mentioned the matter of reinforcements. I heard that Mr. Sun has begun to mobilize troops from Daming Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture to go to Luoyang for reinforcements.
, if the situation is really critical, Mr. Sun will not fail to ask for help from the imperial court based on his many years of experience in leading troops. This shows that Mr. Sun also understands the importance of the battle in Ziwu Valley. "
Zhu Youjian slowly fell into deep thought. As far as he knew, Sun Chuanting and Tie Mo were very difficult to deal with. Logically speaking, Sun Chuanting had no intention of helping Tie Mo. Maybe Hou Shilu was right. At this time,
We should unswervingly support Tie Mo in winning the battle in Ziwu Valley.
In fact, Hou Shilu was right. It was not that Henan lacked troops, but Sun Chuanting had his own judgment.
From Zhengzhou, Sun Chuanting came over with a force of soldiers and horses, but compared with the 100,000 troops under Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command seemed to be a world of difference. Zhizhou Tang Wenwen sat in his chair with a somewhat uneasy look, and said from time to time
Looking at Sun Chuanting's face, he said, "Master Sun, Henan is currently empty of troops. Why don't you ask the imperial court to send reinforcements? If you can send troops and horses from Shaanxi, Henan will be safe."
"The Iron Superintendent worked hard and worked hard to invite Gao Yingxiang into Ziwu Valley. Isn't it a waste of all the efforts to mobilize troops from Shaanxi at this time? In short, until the war in Ziwu Valley is over, everything depends on us!"
Sun Chuanting had a thorough understanding of many things. He and Tie Mo were very at odds with each other. Many times he even felt that Tie Mo was too ambitious and too ambitious to be retained. However, he was mostly right about the situation and not the person. At this time, he would not dismantle Tie Mo.
Because he knew in his heart that if he could kill the thief Gao Yingxiang, it would be much more meaningful than defeating Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
For three days, Gao Yingxiang huddled in the Jinxian Cave and lived like a year, but he did not dare to act rashly. At this time, Gao Yingxiang also had some ideas. He was still hoping that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong outside could make some noise. As long as they could
Deploying some soldiers and horses from around Ziwu Valley will increase his chances of someone breaking out of Ziwu Valley.
The peasant army is trapped in Ziwu Valley, but it does not mean that the news is blocked. There are always dangerous trails in Ziwu Valley for the circulation of news, but it is limited to passing news. If the army wants to pass by, it is looking for death. Gao Yingxiang has been waiting for the opportunity.
But what disappointed him was that the Living King of Hell had no intention of dividing his troops.