On the night of April 13th, for some reason, Zheng Guosong couldn't sleep no matter what. He always felt a little uneasy in his heart. Looking at the nearly round moon in the sky, his face was full of worry. Now the big bandits were threatening Fuling.
He, Luo Rucai and Gu Feilang were also working hard step by step. The situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to Tie Mo, but this cunning man like a fox did nothing but defended the Poria River. Zheng Guosong already had some psychological shadow on Tie Mo.
, I always feel that this man uses troops unconventionally and often hides tricks in secret. Could it be that he used some dirty tricks this time?
Zheng Guosong's prediction was correct. Tie Mo did use a dirty trick, and it was ruthless and cruel. That night, Chen Yaofeng opened the mouth of Liuli River, and the water poured out, towards the Yongding River with the force of swallowing up the sky and destroying the earth.
At this time, Tie Mo also had people prepare various things for traveling on the water. Planks, simple rafts, anything that could stop on the water without sinking were used. Tie Mo gave the order to die.
To get these things, the generals thought they had to cross the river and fight the bandits. In the end, Ding Luyan even used the marching cauldron. The cauldron was nearly one foot in diameter, and it would definitely not be a problem to seat two people in it.
In the middle of the night, all the soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Poria River were standing on the bank preparing to cross the river, but Tie Mo was very calm and did not give orders for a long time, and the generals wanted to ask but did not dare to ask.
At the beginning of April 14th, Zheng Guosong had just laid down, but he was made irritable by a commotion. Before he got up and went out, his own soldiers ran in in a panic, "General, it's not good.
..Water...water...a lot of water has flooded the high slopes in the west..."
"What?" Zheng Guosong was shocked. Apart from the rising water of the Poria River, where is there any other water in this area? But Zheng Guosong didn't think that the soldier was lying. It must be some conspiracy made by Tie Mo. Yes, Gao Po in the west
, that is to say, the water comes from the west. The west? Thinking of this, Zheng Guosong's whole body's hair stood up. It was the Sanshui River. It must be the Sanshui River. Zheng Guosong knew something about the water level of the Sanshui River, so he took care of it.
He was not allowed to put on his clothes, so he rushed out with a knife in hand, "Quick, order all the troops to abandon all their luggage and run southward with all their strength!"
Zheng Guosong's order can be said to be the most correct decision at the moment. The Fuling River area is higher in the south and lower in the north, so it is best to escape to the south, preferably to Yongning. Zheng Guosong's order is naturally good, but he can be stationed here.
It was an army of nearly 60,000 people, which could not be reached in a short time, not to mention that water and fire were ruthless and never waited for anyone. In just a quarter of an hour, the flood swept through the military camp, and countless landlubber bandits were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Under the moonlight,
They were in a panic and instinctively avoided the flood. Therefore, most of the bandits went against Zheng Guosong's wishes and chose to flee north.
In the past, rogue bandits dug into the Yellow River in order to fight against officers and soldiers. Unexpectedly, not long after, the same fate fell on Zheng Guosong. Facing the flood, even Zheng Guosong could not use all his abilities. At this time, Zheng Guosong
Apart from admiring Tie Mo's ruthlessness, I can't say anything. The flood swept across the vast plains north of Yongning, and the rebels were bound to suffer, but the people living in this area were no better off either.
Under the bright moonlight, floods of water irrigated the entire north bank of the Fuling River. In a short period of time, this fertile land was turned into a thousand-mile swamp. The bandits were washed away in pieces, and most of the people living nearby were also washed away.
He was drowned in his sleep by the flood. Under the flood, good and bad people all suffered. It is said that the ruthlessness of fire and water harms the harmony of heaven and earth. Tie Mo naturally knows this, but he still does it. In the face of war, there are no civilians.
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The sentence "I would rather be a peace dog than a man in troubled times" has already revealed many truths.
If there were other ways, Tie Mo would not choose this method. But there is really no other good way. The Northern Shanxi Army has just gone through a series of fierce battles, and it cannot sustain the ammunition. The baggage and the energy of the soldiers cannot keep up. This kind of
Under such circumstances, a battle with the rogue bandits was carried out step by step. Even if they won in the end, the Northern Shanxi Army would suffer heavy losses.
If the losses are too great and the northern grasslands are unstable, I am afraid that the people in the cabinet who have been patient for a long time will not hesitate to extend their greedy hands.
Many times, people are forced out. Now Lin Danhan and Liaodong Huangtaiji are sharpening their swords, and the court cannot bring in more reinforcements. Shaanxi still has to watch the king use it for his own use. How can he do it if he doesn't think of other methods?
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The flood swept forward and rolled into the Fuling River to the south. At the same time, many bandits were also brought into the Fuling River and rushed away along with the rapid current.
Where does the water come from? Why is there water? Countless soldiers of the Northern Shanxi Army have been stunned. Facing such ruthless floods, those who are suffering are afraid, and those who are watching are also afraid. Tie Mo has compassion,
But he would not put it on the battlefield. When he saw that it was almost done, he waved his hand and said, "The whole army will cross the river and kill all the living people in sight. No prisoners will be left!"
Tie Mo is not afraid of being said to be inhumane. This time, he will not ask for any rogue prisoners, because he will have to face Luo Rucai and Gu Feilang next. If he raises a group of rogue prisoners, isn't he going to cause trouble for himself? Moreover, this
Second, the main purpose is to eliminate the combatable troops under Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong as much as possible.
After giving the order, the generals took their orders, so countless soldiers and horses of the imperial court crossed the bridge and rushed across the thousands of miles of swamps with various tools. At this time, the entire north of Yongning was in a mess. Except for water, it was water. Most of the bandits were landlubbers.
Those who drowned had half their lives left. Some bandits climbed into trees to hide.
Get up, but wait for the officers and soldiers to arrive. Under the rain of arrows and bullets, you can only die. Starting from the beginning of Mao Shi, soldiers and horses from all walks of life rushed to the north bank of the Fuling River, mercilessly harvesting the lives of the rogue soldiers, because
Tie Mo took no prisoners, so even if those bandits desperately begged for mercy, it was still in vain.
This killing lasted until noon. At this point, nearly 30,000 troops sent by Li Zicheng had been killed or injured. The northeast of Yongning was littered with corpses. The scorching sun shrouded the place like a hell on earth.
The rogue bandits were defeated and Zheng Guosong was captured alive by Gao Chong. When Zheng Guosong was escorted to the south of Baiyu Bridge, Tie Mo looked at Zheng Guosong and just asked lightly, "Zheng Guosong, surrender or not?"
Zheng Guosong's eyes widened, he grinned, and spat, "Thief, let Zheng surrender. What are you dreaming about? Hehe, living king of hell, you can do it. A flood will destroy all soldiers and civilians. Really?"
ruthless..."
Tie Mo turned a deaf ear to Zheng Guosong's sarcasm, waved his hand and sneered, "Don't surrender? That's fine, pull him down, give him a whole corpse, and throw the body to the south!"
"Here!" Zhou Dingshan cupped his hands and dragged Zheng Guosong far away. Not long after, Zheng Guosong's body was thrown to the south of the Fuling River. The water level had dropped by this time, so there was no fear that the body would be washed into the Fuling River again.
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After defeating the rogue bandits, Tie Mo immediately ordered monk Zhou Dingshan and Kexi to lead troops to raid Xin'an City without stopping. At the same time, the army gathered to besiege Jingcheng Town. At this time, Gu Feilang was stationed in Jingcheng Town. When he learned that
When the bandits on the north bank of the Fuling River were defeated, Monk Zhou Dingshan Kexi had already led his cavalry to raid Xin'an. Although he failed to capture Xin'an, he blocked the southern gateway to Zhukou Town, which meant that Gu Feilang could not evacuate even if he wanted to.
In Yichuan, Li Zicheng's face was pale, with a trace of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth, and even the back of his right hand was dripping with blood. Just now, he punched the glass cup, and the sharp glass fragment pierced the back of his hand. Li Zicheng couldn't help but
Knowing why he was defeated again and again, what was even more heartbreaking was that his good brother Zheng Guosong was also killed in Fuling He. It was originally a good idea to intimidate Fuling He, but the good idea turned into a joke in front of Tie Mo.
Uncle Gao Yingxiang was captured alive in Ziwu Valley, and another confidant Lu Weiliang was killed there. Now Zheng Guosong has been killed. Is God going to see him, Li, perish?
Li Zicheng wanted to take revenge, but he couldn't. In just half a month, he had already lost nearly 50,000 troops. If he sent more troops to fight Tie Mo head-on, he didn't know whether Tie Mo would die in the end, but what would happen to Li Zicheng?
It won't be too good.
After the first battle, his vitality was severely damaged. Li Zicheng closed his eyes in pain. The power he had been running for many years was riddled with holes by Tie Mo. He was unwilling to give in. He really was unwilling to give in.
However, Li Zicheng is a heroic figure after all, and he will endure it when he should. Therefore, even if he gritted his teeth with hatred, he still issued an order, and all ministries gathered the corpses and processed them quickly to prevent the plague. At the same time, Li Yinghua replaced Zheng Guosong.
Gather the remaining troops, and Li Yan also led
The troops withdrew from Yongning and moved to Zhuyang Town in the south. Li Zicheng gave up Yongning, which seemed cowardly, but in fact it was the wisest choice. Now that the army has lost more than half, the strength is insufficient, so he can only shrink his troops. As for the place near the Fuling River in the north
, if Tie Mo is interested, give it to him.
Li Zicheng was so generous, and Tie Mo was so polite that he did not send a single soldier to Yongning. Doing so was helpless. Although Yongning had high walls and thick walls, it was inconvenient to transport grain, grass and baggage. Besides, even if Yongning was occupied,
, and are not allowed to hand it over to local officials in Henan Province afterwards. In this case, there is no need to bother with it.
Tie Mo has no interest in Yongning at all, and he will not be stupid enough to jump into a big pit. His only thought now is to think about how to conquer Jingcheng Town. Tie Mo is not worried about any reinforcements from Gu Feilang.
After what he did, Luo Rucai would still send reinforcements to him?
Although there is no need to worry about reinforcements, it is not that easy to capture Jingcheng City. In order to resist the rogue bandits, the Song Dynasty built Jingcheng City and Gaoyang City in the North to be impregnable. Now it is their turn to attack Jingcheng City.
This is really going to give me a headache. If we attack Jingcheng, we will inevitably lose troops. Tie Mo feels sorry for the soldiers and horses under his command. How can he do such a thing, injuring the enemy by one thousand and damaging himself by eight hundred?
Ever since the imperial army besieged Jingcheng Town, Gu Feilang had panicked. Youdao was aware of his family affairs. After breaking up with Luo Rucai, his troops became panic-stricken, especially some of the leaders who had given birth to children who were running elsewhere.
Thoughts. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the confrontation between the imperial army and the rebels, I wanted to defeat the imperial army in order to boost morale and consolidate power.
But who could have imagined that the tens of thousands of rebels would become so vulnerable in front of Tie Mo, and not only were they defeated, but also were completely annihilated.
Outside Jingcheng Town, Tie Mo sat in front of a bonfire, constantly stoking the flames in front of him. Facing Jingcheng City, Jingcheng Town, he was helpless. Hai Lanzhu also knew that Tie Mo had a headache about Jingcheng Town, so he held a bowl of cold water.
He whispered, "Don't be anxious, there will always be a way. No matter how difficult it is to attack Jingcheng Town, can it be more difficult than Guining City? Besides, Gu Feilang has a bunch of rabble, you can't find a way to get rid of these people
Start?"
Hai Lanzhu's unintentional words gave Tie Mo a wake-up call. Now in Jingcheng City, not only Feilang's confidants are patronizing, there should also be quite a few people who are interested in them. He lowered his head and thought about it.
An idea came to him, and Tie Mo laughed, held Hai Lanzhu's face and kissed her heavily, "You are so smart!"
After separating from Hai Lanzhu, Tie Mo quickly found Wang Zuogao, and the two discussed it and made a series of plans.
The wind in April was a bit strong, and a piece of green grass fell into his hand. Tie Mo looked at the vaguely visible bandits in the distance, his brows stretched, and he said with great confidence, "This governor will fight to eliminate future troubles and get rid of Gu Feilang once and for all.
This is big trouble."
After listening to Tie Mo's words, Geng Zhongming's heart tightened. The supervisor was going to wipe out Gu Feilang's team in one go. He had fought against rogue bandits many times. Geng Zhongming knew rogue bandits very well. It was easy to defeat them, but if he wanted to defeat them all,
It is really difficult to annihilate rogue bandits. Earlier
The battle in Ziwu Valley was planned so carefully and with so much effort. Although Gao Yingxiang was captured alive in the end, He Renlong, Niu Jinxing and other bandit leaders were still lost. This was Ziwu Valley, so it was not possible to wipe out all the bandits, let alone it was connected in all directions.
Jingcheng Town.
Geng Zhongming and Zhou Dingshan looked at each other and saw the pressure in each other's eyes.
Gu Feilang also knew that he didn't have much time. If he guarded Jingcheng Town and did nothing, it would be tantamount to waiting for death. He had to do something, and he had to take the initiative. Only in this way could he break out. Sky Flow
There are white clouds, and under the sky are a group of people wielding steel knives. The beautiful scenery is accompanied by a killing.
"Hoo...ho...ho" the bandit waved the steel knife in his hand and blew a sharp whistle. Geng Zhongming pulled out the command knife, moved forward slightly, and said loudly, "The swordsman squats down, the musketeer shoots!"
The Northern Shanxi Army was very familiar with the battle formation coordination, so when Geng Zhongming's order was passed on, the command was sounded, the swordsmen in the front row squatted down, and the musketeers who had been preparing for a long time immediately moved forward, three at a time.
Teams, three teams and nine platoons, rained bullets without stopping for a moment. When had the rogue bandits ever seen such firepower? Many people were killed in a short time.
However, the rain of bullets could not stop the rogues from moving forward. Many rogue soldiers raised their bucklers to block their heads and continued to charge while screaming. Geng Zhongming frowned. Seeing that the rogues were already dozens of feet away from the formation, Geng Zhongming turned his left hand back.
With a swing, the musketeers and swordsmen retreated like a tide.
Go, and then a group of soldiers carrying baggage ran over from behind. These soldiers untied the baggage and shook the items inside on the ground. Looking around, they were blinded. The ground was covered with silk, jewelry and other items.
