Chapter 116 Lu Xiangsheng's surprise: This record is too fake
five days.
Just five days.
After dealing with the imperial army for several years, they rarely suffered a annihilating attack. The core force has always been tens of thousands, plus hundreds of thousands of family members and the thirty-six battalions of rogue bandits who coerced the people. They have suffered heavy losses in recent days.
The eight battalions of Hun Tian Wang, Man Gypsophila, Gust of Wind, Nine Dragons, Chuang Ta Tian, Xing Red Wolf, Sky Monkey, and Sky Pillar were brutally eliminated and completely reduced to history. Almost everyone from the leader to the tribesmen were killed, and they managed to escape by chance.
Very few come out.
The thirty-six battalions were reduced to the current twenty-eight battalions!
In order to avoid being defeated one by one by the imperial army, the remaining rogue army had to move closer to Qinglong Mountain and temporarily formed a group to jointly deal with the imperial army.
In Juyi Hall.
"It is impossible to destroy eight battalions in five days. The imperial army cannot be so strong unless it is an army of more than 100,000 people!"
King Chuang Gao Yingxiang shook his head desperately, feeling unbelievable. He had a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the imperial officers and soldiers. Although they were stronger than the common people who had just put down their hoes, they were not much stronger than his old soldiers, and their fighting will was average. Only Cao Cao
Wenzhao's Guan Ning cavalry and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army are considered the strongest opponents, and the others are not to be feared.
However, the number of Guan Ning's cavalry was too small, and the Tianxiong Army only had an extremely brave general. Gao Yingxiang did not think that he could not defeat them. As long as he successfully grasped and exploited their weaknesses, he would definitely be able to defeat them.
As a peasant army, he could fail three times, five times or even ten times, but as long as he found any poor place where government oppression was severe, he could immediately pull out tens of thousands of troops. And the imperial generals like Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng could win five times.
Ten times, but as long as you fail once, haha, it will be doomed.
Precisely because he knew his own strengths and the weaknesses of the imperial army, Gao Yingxiang had never been downcast, but was full of confidence. As long as countless people were still living in dire straits, he would be the one who had the last laugh!
But eight battalions of men and horses were wiped out in five days. This bad news really stunned Gao Yingxiang. Is that imperial army so strong? Did Cao Wenzhao come over and kill him? But even Cao Wenzhao's Guan Ning cavalry was absolutely useless.
Maybe eight battalions were wiped out in five days!
It can be said that Gao Yingxiang, who knew nothing about the power of capital, fell into a cognitive blind spot and felt puzzled.
But it doesn't matter if you can't figure it out. You can personally take the troops and touch the imperial army and you will know how much it weighs. You will know after a try!
Gao Yingxiang planned to go to war and lead more than 7,000 veteran soldiers to fight with them with real swords and guns.
Of course, fighting alone is the way to death. If you want to have a certain chance of winning, you must gather at least 30,000 elites who obey his command.
So in the Juyi Hall, Gao Yingxiang asked Zijin Liang, the leader of the alliance, hoping that each of the rebels would dispatch an elite force and be controlled by him. He would lead the rebels to defeat the imperial army that was showing off its evil.
"King Chuang is determined to defend himself against the enemy. Are you willing to lend a helping hand to King Chuang?" Wang Ziyong glanced at the leaders and asked.
There was a long silence.
"We don't even dare to fight. It's the twelfth month of winter. Are we going to turn around and flee south again, with the army following us and chasing us all the way?" Gao Yingxiang's eyes twitched and he glared at everyone.
"King Chuang, I, the Eight Great Kings, are willing to lead five thousand troops to help." Zhang Xianzhong stood up and said.
"My army is willing to send out three thousand soldiers!" Cao Cao Luo Rucai said.
"I will also send four thousand elite soldiers to follow King Chuang and have a big fight with the army!" Ge Liyan said to He Yilong.
"..."
In the end, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand, and at least five hundred or eight hundred were sent to help out.
Under such a situation, King Zijin Liang had no choice but to send 3,500 elite troops to King Chuang for his own use. At the same time, he was extremely afraid of Gao Yingxiang, whose prestige was getting higher and higher. He even hoped that he would lose this battle and be killed.
The officers and soldiers defeated or killed him, so as to eliminate his inner fear.
But there is no way. Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang is indeed the most capable of the remaining twenty-eight battalions. Only he has the possibility of defeating the army. If you don't choose to rely on him and cannot unite, you will only end up being defeated by the army one by one.
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27th, morning.
At the foot of Qinglong Mountain, Gao Yingxiang chose a favorable terrain and assumed a posture to face the army head-on.
48,000 people.
Looking at the nearly 50,000 men behind him, they all had decent equipment and at least one or two years of combat experience, or many were simply elite troops from the border army.
Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, has the ambition to have all the heroes in the world in his hands and be able to sweep away all his opponents.
Can win.
With such a majestic army, it no longer looked like a lost dog being chased by the army. Gao Yingxiang firmly believed that he could win.
suddenly!
There was a slight vibration on the ground.
Wow wow wow!
The sound of neat steps was heard, and the sound of armor clattering.
Then there was a dazzling white light, which made it difficult to open one's eyes.
It took a while to get used to it. After seeing clearly what was happening on the other side, Gao Yingxiang opened his eyes wide and almost collapsed on the spot.
Black is iron, silver is steel. The neat square formations coming across are all wearing steel armor and helmets, with only a few vulnerable parts exposed, like steel cans, coming like a mountain.
Judging from the number of people, they are almost the same as our own, no less than 30,000, but everyone has armor!
As for the rogue army, although they have a slight numerical advantage, their armor coverage rate is less than 20%, and their defensive power is far inferior. With no armor and armor, ten of them may not be able to defeat one, they are just delivering food.
Faced with a huge gap in strength.
There was no fighting between the two sides, and the rogue army collapsed, retreating and fleeing. Gao Yingxiang did not issue a head-on order, but took the lead in retreating and running away. After all, he was not a brainless man.
The imperial army is here.
"Pursuit!"
"Chase me, and don't let a single bandit go!"
"Speed up, try not to kill, and catch all these bandits! They must be alive and have sound limbs!"
Wow wow wow!
Pursuit, crazy pursuit.
It was like running an ultra-marathon. Although the bandits took off their armor and took advantage of their iron feet to run very fast, they were surprised to find that the officers and soldiers following behind were also not slow.
, and he didn’t mean to stop chasing when he was tired from running. Instead, he stared with red eyes and never gave up no matter how tired he was. It felt like he wanted to chase until the end of time.
In the end, it becomes a competition of endurance.
The bandits were experienced in running and had pretty good stamina. However, the imperial pursuers not only learned how to put on leggings from members of the Xujiazhuang caravan, but also purchased high-calorie compressed biscuits or milk candies, which could quickly replenish energy.
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"I've caught you. If you don't want to die, just let me go!"
Wang Guixiang grabbed a young gangster by the collar and asked him to stop. The gangster refused to be captured and roared in resistance. Wang Guixiang slapped him several times and kicked him hard in the crotch.
His eyes were bulging and bloodshot, and he finally had to surrender.
Wang Guixiang took out a note from his pocket that said "Wang Guixiang, a soldier of Tongzhou Army's Ding Battalion" and put it on the body of the bandit Qingzhuang, whose hands and feet were tied, and then continued to chase the next one.
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Three days.
This crazy pursuit lasted for three full days.
The main force of the rogue bandits was chased for more than two hundred miles. They were forced to abandon all their belongings, belongings and even weapons and armor. They were chased across the mountains and fields and fled in all directions, with not even a few potatoes or sweet potatoes on them. If these rogue bandits did not surrender voluntarily, they would have to spend up to three days in the mountains.
God, the end result is either freezing to death or starving to death.
As for the family members of the rogue army who stayed in the camp and held the people hostage, there were as many as three to four hundred thousand people. Just to accommodate these people, there were more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, so they had to stop and eat this piece of cake first.
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even so.
Until December 2nd.
After the pursuers returned one after another, the statistics of the Xujiazhuang caravan showed that in these three days of pursuit alone, a total of 53,652 young and strong bandits were captured, and 420,172 old, weak, women and children were captured, plus the more than 30,000 young and strong men and more than 50,000 captured earlier.
The total number of people lost by the old, weak, women, children, and rogue bandits reached a huge 560,000. Even if the entire army was not wiped out, the loss was at least 90%.
Twenty-one of the thirty-six leaders of the thirty-sixth battalion were captured, including alliance leader Zijin Liang, Zuojin King He Jin, Lao Huihui Ma Shouying, etc. They all fell behind because of their slow running and became subordinates.
prisoner.
Only a few leaders such as King Chuang Gao Yingxiang, Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan He Yilong and others, with thousands of remaining troops, barely escaped, hiding in a corner without showing their faces.
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December 4th.
Lu Xiangsheng, who led more than 10,000 Tianxiong troops - a fair-skinned, elegant man with thick arms and thin skin - had just arrived in Huixian County after several days of marching, and was preparing to pass through Baixing in the county.
Enter the Taihang Mountains and eliminate the bandits.
It is said that the Ministry of War issued a military order to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits at the end of September. Why did Lu Xiangsheng take action only now and his advance was so slow?
In fact, it was not that he wanted to be so slow, but that the Tianxiong Army was formed by him to protect his hometown. It did not have the establishment of a regular imperial army. He had to raise most of the military expenses himself and share it with the gentry and landlords. He spent countless words and talks.
After wiping out all the bandits and bandits in the three prefectures of Daming, Shunde, and Guangping, and seeing the actual results, we raised money and food, and then we could barely support ourselves.
But if the Tianxiong Army wants to fight against local bandits and protect non-local people, no one will be willing to donate money or food. What does the foreign bandits have to do with local affairs? Why should we donate money?
Therefore, even though Lu Xiangsheng was eager to serve the country, he could only stay in Daming Mansion and wait when it was difficult to raise money and food.
In mid-November, after the imperial court sent over the grain, grass and pay specifically allocated to the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng gave the order to take his Tianxiong Army to the expedition. There was an interlude in the middle, and the imperial court promised to allocate funds to the Tianxiong Army.
The amount of money and food given to him was 500,000 yuan, but he actually received only 300,000 yuan. Lu Xiangsheng wanted to impeach him and demanded a strict investigation into the matter, but he was stopped by his aides, who all advised him not to get involved in the matter and take the money.
Three hundred thousand is already pretty good.
In short, after procrastinating and encountering various situations, on November 20th, Lu Xiangsheng finally took his Tianxiong Army to the expedition. Even if the weather was freezing and the dripping water turned into ice, he still achieved the performance of marching thirty miles in a day and fell behind.
Very few, this is undoubtedly a strong army.
But I had just arrived in Huixian, and I was going to adjust and rest for two days before going into the mountains to suppress the bandits.
A piece of urgent military information was delivered to Lu Xiangsheng. When he opened the military information letter, he was immediately surprised:
"Our commander-in-chief, Wang Hong, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin, and Deng Qi, the commander-in-chief of Jimen, led an army of 30,000 imperial troops. They have broken through the rogue camp, annihilated more than 500,000 rogues, and captured 21 of their leaders, including Zijinliang and Zuojin.
King, Lao Huihui is waiting in line and will be escorted to the capital for Dharma treatment soon."
"Only Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai are the leaders of the thieves who have escaped. They will most likely escape through Baixing. I hope your army will block the exit in time. Our army is chasing from behind. If we attack from both sides, the remaining bandits will be killed.
Even with both wings, you cannot escape the fate of destruction! The bandits that have plagued the Ming Dynasty for several years will be eradicated by your army and ours."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a contribution. Don't miss it, Mr. Lu!"
After reading this letter written to him by Commander-in-Chief Yang Yufan, Lu Xiangsheng was filled with suspicion and disbelief.
Thirty thousand imperial troops annihilated more than 500,000 rogue bandits, and almost wiped out all the bandits. Only a few escaped...
When did the imperial army become so powerful?
To return more than 500,000 bandits, you must know that even catching 50,000 pigs will take a long time. To eliminate 500,000 bandits, each soldier will kill a dozen on average. Is this possible?
Do not believe.
This record is so fake, Lu Xiangsheng firmly doesn’t believe it!