He Rong's prediction was correct. Tie Mo did use a dirty trick, and it was cruel and merciless. That night, Yue let go of Liu Lihe's mouth, and the water poured out, swallowing the sky and destroying the earth.
They rushed to the river, and 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. His Majesty Tiedao Commander
The generals thought they had to cross the river to fight against the bandits when they ordered these things to die. In the end, Yang Hu even used the marching cauldron. The diameter of the cauldron was nearly one foot, 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 Qingshui River were standing on the bank preparing to cross the river. However, the Iron Governor was very calm and did not give orders for a long time. The generals also wanted to ask but did not dare to ask.
At the beginning of November 14th, He Rong just lay down, but he was made irritable by a burst of commotion. Before he got up and went out, the soldiers ran in in a panic and said, "Boss He, it's not good.
...Water...water...a lot of water has flooded the high slopes in the west..."
"What?" He Rong was shocked. Apart from Qingshui River and Xinkai River, where was there any other water in this area? But He Rong didn't think the soldier was lying. Tie Mo must have made some conspiracy. Yes,
The west side has a high slope, which means the water comes from the west. The west side? Thinking of this, He Rong's hair stood up all over his body. It was the Sanshui River. It must be the Sanshui River. He Rong knew something about the water level of the Sanshui River.
So he didn't care about dressing, and rushed out with a knife in hand, "Quick, order all the troops to abandon all their luggage and run towards the north with all their strength!"
He Rong's order can be said to be the most correct decision at the moment. The Qingshui River area is high in the north and low in the south, and east-west is high in the west and low in the east, so it is best to flee north, preferably to Zhuozhou. He Rong's
The order is naturally good, but there are nearly 60,000 troops stationed here. It can't be delivered in a short time, not to mention that water and fire are ruthless and never wait for anyone. In just a quarter of an hour, the flood swept through the military camp, and countless landlubbers
The rebels' faces turned pale with fear. Under the moonlight, they panicked and ran away from the water instinctively. Therefore, most of the rebels went against He Rong's wishes and chose to run south.
He cried for his father and mother when he was flooded by the Hui River in Henan Prefecture. Unexpectedly, a year later, the same fate would befall He Rong. Facing the flood, even if He Rong had all his abilities, he could not use them.
, At this time, He Rong could not say anything except that he admired Tie Mo's ruthlessness. The flood swept across the vast plains of Huaizhou, and the thieves and soldiers were bound to suffer, but the people living in this area were not in good shape either. You know,
There are quite a few descendants of southern Han people here.
Under the bright moonlight, floods of water irrigated the entire Qingshui River. In a short period of time, this fertile land was turned into a thousand-mile swamp. The rebels were washed away in pieces, and most of the people living nearby were also washed away.
She was drowned in her sleep by the flood. Under the flood, good people, bad people, bandits and Han people all suffered. It is said that the ruthlessness of water and fire harms the harmony of heaven and earth. Tie Mo naturally knows this, but she still does it. In the face of war
, no civilians.
The saying "I'd rather be a peace dog than a man in troubled times" already expresses many truths.
The flood swept forward and rolled into the Qingshui River to the south. At the same time, many bandits were also brought into the Qingshui River and ran towards the east along the rapid current.
Where does the water come from? Why is there water? Countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty 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 not
He put them on the battlefield. When he saw that it was almost done, he waved his hand and said, "Entire the army across the river, kill all the survivors in sight, and leave no prisoners behind!"
Tie Mo is not afraid of being said to be inhumane. This time, he will not take any prisoners of rogue bandits, because he will have to face Tian Zhao and Tian Chao next. Raising a group of bandits and prisoners, isn't it going to cause trouble for himself? And this
Second, the main purpose is to eliminate the combatable soldiers under Zhang Xianzhong as much as possible.
After giving the order, the generals took their orders, and countless soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty crossed the Daling Bridge and the Baiyu Bridge, and rushed across the thousands of miles of water on the north bank with various tools. At this time, the entire southeast of Zhuozhou was in a mess, except for water, it was water.
Most of the bandits were landlubbers, and those who didn't drown only had half their lives left.
Some traitor soldiers climbed up the trees and hid, but when the Ming Dynasty ships arrived, they would only die under the arrows. From the beginning of the Mao period, the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses rushed to the Fengyang Bank of Qingshui, ruthlessly harvesting
The lives of those Daliao soldiers, because the Iron Governor did not take prisoners, so even if those traitors desperately begged for mercy, it was still useless.
This killing lasted until noon. By this point, nearly 40,000 troops sent by Zhang Xianzhong had been killed or injured. The area was littered with corpses. The scorching sun shrouded the place like a hell on earth.
The rebel army was defeated, and He Rong was also captured alive by Shang Kexi. When He Rong was escorted to the south of Baiyu Bridge, Tie Mo looked at He Rong and just asked lightly, "He Rong, surrender or not?"
He Rong's eyes widened, he grinned, and spat, "Bitch thief, ask me to surrender. What are you dreaming about? Hey, living King of Hell, you can do it. A flood will destroy all soldiers and civilians. It's really cruel...
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Tie Mo turned a deaf ear to He Rong'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 west!"
"Here!" Zhou Dingshan cupped his hands and dragged He Rong far away. Not long after, He Rong's body was thrown to Zhang Xianzhong's site in the west. At this time, the water level had dropped, so there was no fear that the body would be washed into the Qingshui River again.
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After defeating the rebels, Tie Mo immediately ordered Zhou Dingshan and Shi Senming to lead troops to raid Gaoyang City without stopping. At the same time, the army gathered to besiege Sizhou.
At this time, Tian Chao was stationed in Sizhou City. When they learned that the bandits on Fengyang Bank of Qingshui were defeated, Zhou Dingshan and Shi Senming had already led their cavalry to raid Gaoyang City. Although they failed to capture Gaoyang, they blocked the southern part of Gaoyang.
The gateway is Zhukou Town, which means that even if Tian Chao wants to evacuate Gaoyang to the south, it is impossible to return to Huai'an Prefecture.
In Chaohu Dazhai, Zhang Xianzhong looked 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 a glass cup, and the sharp glass fragment pierced the back of his hand.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't know why he was defeated again and again, and he didn't know why even people like He Rong couldn't bring any trouble to Tie Mo. It would have been a good idea to intimidate Qingshuihe, but the best plan failed in front of Tie Mo.
It became a joke. Zhang Xianzhong wanted to take revenge, but he couldn't. In just half a month, he had lost nearly half of his 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
Zhang Xianzhong's fate will definitely not be too good.
Now Yang Sichang's army is watching eagerly from the side. As long as he, Zhang Xianzhong, does not have enough troops, Yang Sichang's army will definitely attack in large numbers. By then, he, Zhang Xianzhong, will definitely die miserably.
After the First World War, his vitality was severely damaged. Zhang Xianzhong closed his eyes in pain. The Nanjing force 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, Zhang Xianzhong is a hero 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 collected the corpses and processed them quickly to prevent the plague. At the same time, Bu Qiong replaced He Rong.
, to defend the defensive line, and in addition, Heng Lei led his troops to retreat. Zhang Xianzhong gave up the original plan, which seemed cowardly, but in fact it was the wisest choice. Now that the army has lost more than half, and there is insufficient strength, he can only shrink his troops and defend
As for the area near Qingshui River in the south of our core area, if Tie Mo is interested, give it to him.
Zhang Xianzhong was so generous, and Tie Mo was so polite that he did not send a single soldier to the west. It was helpless to do so. Changing places was too complicated, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was inconvenient to transport food, grass and baggage. Waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to slow down
After thinking about it, he led his army to fight directly. Even if he really killed Zhang Xianzhong, the final loss would probably not be small. If the loss was too big, Tie Mo would not do it. If the losses on his side were too heavy, some people would run away.
Coming here to pick peaches was not what he wanted to see.
Tie Mo has no interest in Chaohu at all, and he is not stupid enough to jump into a big pit. His only thought now is to figure out how to conquer Sizhou and Gaoyang City. Tie Mo is not worried about Tian Chao's reinforcements.
Considering what he did before, would Tian Zhao still send reinforcements to him?
Although there is no need to worry about reinforcements, it is not easy to capture Sizhou City. In order to resist the rogue bandits, the Ming Dynasty built Sizhou City and Gaoyang City in the north to be impregnable. Now it is his turn to attack Sizhou City.
I'm going to have a headache. If we attack Sizhou forcefully, we will inevitably lose troops. Tie Mo feels sorry for the soldiers and horses under his command. How could he do such a thing, injuring the enemy by one thousand and damaging himself by eight hundred?
Since the imperial army besieged Sizhou, Tian Chao has panicked. Youdao is aware of his family affairs. After breaking up with his eldest brother, his troops have become panic-stricken, especially some of the leaders, who have already thought of running elsewhere.
.This time, I took advantage of the opportunity of the confrontation between the imperial army and the bandits. I wanted to defeat the imperial soldiers and horses, so as to boost their morale and consolidate their power. But who could have imagined that the originally unstoppable bandits would become like this in front of Tie Mo.
He was so fragile that even though he was defeated, he was completely wiped out.
Outside Sizhou City, Tie Mo sat in front of a bonfire, constantly fanning the flames in front of him. Facing the fortified city of Sizhou, he was helpless. Xu Meiling also knew that Tie Mo had a headache about Sizhou, so he held a bowl of cold water and drank it.
He said, "Don't be anxious, there will always be a way. No matter how difficult Sizhou is to attack, can it be more difficult than Wuzhou City? Besides, Tian Chao has a bunch of rabble, can't you find a way to attack these people?"
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Xu Meiling's unintentional words gave Tie Mo a wake-up call. Now in Sizhou City, there are not only Tian Chao's confidants, but also many people who have their own thoughts. He lowered his head and thought about it, and something popped into his head.
When an idea came up, Inspector Iron laughed, held Xu Meiling's face and kissed her heavily, "Meiling, you are so smart!"
Xu Meiling was irritated for a while, and just as she was about to pour the cold water on the iron governor's head, the evil man had already run away, making Xu Meiling pouted and stamped her feet. Seeing Nunu sitting next to her as if nothing had happened, Xu Meiling
Meiling couldn't help but hugged little Nunu and scratched Nunu's face with a smile, "Nunu, are you brave?"
Xu Meiling asked an interesting question. Nunu looked very delicate and could kill someone without blinking an eye. Would she be timid? Sure enough, Nunu rolled her eyes and nodded fiercely, "That's right.
No, Sister Meiling, is there something wrong?"
Seeing Nunu like this, Xu Meiling whispered a few words into her ear, and then she saw Nunu nodding with a smile.
Tie Mo got inspiration from Xu Meiling and hurriedly went to Zhu Shen to discuss it. After he had an idea, he asked Zhu Shen to do it. He returned to the tent and wanted to reward Lady Mu. He could sit in the middle left corner of the tent.
After waiting for an hour, Xu Meiling didn't come back. Even Nunu, who had always been disgusted with people, was nowhere to be seen.
Tie Mo felt something was wrong. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find Xu Meiling, so he couldn't help but feel worried.
In desperation, he could only order Zhou Dingshan to search the tent with his own soldiers. At three o'clock in the morning, there was still no trace of the two of them. Now even Zhou Dingshan knew that something serious had happened.
"Supervisor, don't worry yet. Maybe Miss Xu felt bored and took Nunu out for a walk!"
Glancing at Zhou Dingshan, Tie Mo snorted angrily, "Dingshan, please stop comforting me. This woman is getting more and more lawless. Boring? Humph, I guess she is leading Nunu there."
Sizhou City is here. Dingshan, don’t make any noise. Please inform Liu Tuotian of his life and lead people to guard near Sizhou. There will definitely be movement tonight!"
"Yes, General Mo will do it now!"
Tie Mo's guess was correct. Xu Meiling actually led Nunu to Sizhou City. Miss Xu had always felt that she was of little use. This time when the army encountered a wall outside Sizhou City, she wanted to be a big help.
.At this time, Xu Meiling and Nunu were both dressed in ordinary women's clothing. They were both fair-skinned beauties. Even if they wore ordinary clothes, they could not hide their youthfulness.
Xu Meiling was walking very fast with a bamboo basket in her hand, while Nunu was limping with one leg, as if he had been seriously injured. When they arrived at the Sizhou city wall, Xu Meiling was still waiting to knock on the door.
The torch was lit and countless arrows were aimed at the two of them, "Who are they?"
Xu Meiling poked Nunu's arm, and Nunu said softly in a childish voice, "Brothers in the city, don't shoot... The slave family... the slave family are good people. There is a military disaster in the north, and there is a bastard.
Someone flooded my hometown, so I had no choice but to escape here with my sister. I dare to ask my brother, is this Kaifeng?"
While Nunu was talking, Xu Meiling, whose face was pink and whose big eyes kept snickering, blamed Sister Meiling for pretending to be such an idiot.
Sure enough, Nunu's words made a group of bandit soldiers laugh loudly at the top of the city. Kaifeng? These women are so stupid. They don't even know where Kaifeng is, so they dare to run around. They are really ignorant village women. Kaifeng City is dignified.