Qiming 1158

Chapter 883 It seems that rumors are stronger than tyranny

For Shao Hongyuan's choice, the cronies were shocked, and immediately persuaded Shao Hongyuan not to say stupid things or do stupid things.

They feel that things are still far from that point, and they are not looking for life and death at all. They can leave here to survive, if it is a big deal, they can go back to their homes and spend their old years in peace, right?
The more important thing is that the personal soldiers are bound to the interests of the main general. If the general will die, the personal soldiers have no theoretical basis for surviving. Therefore, in any case, the personal soldiers hope that Shao Hongyuan can live and bring them to live together.

Shao Hongyuan didn't have any more ideas. He felt that if he couldn't fight to the death here, even if he ran away, he would have to die if he went back.

If you go back alive, you may not be able to keep your family. If you die here, your family can at least be preserved.

"Thanks to the holy family, I was able to unite the army to suppress the thieves. The bandits were not eliminated. The tens of thousands of troops were in chaos without fighting. The situation was out of control. As a general, why is this not my death penalty?"

Shao Hongyuan said with tears: "I also know what you think, don't persuade me any more, if you want to escape, go to escape, you don't have to die with me, go back home incognito, you can still live the rest of your life in peace, be filial to your parents, If you don't want to, then stay and fight to the death with me, it's a friendship."

With that said, Shao Hongyuan put on his helmet, clenched the sword in his hand, and stepped out of the central army tent, ready to fight.

The cronies have followed Shao Hongyuan for a long time, and they are deeply favored by him. The food and clothing are much better than that of ordinary soldiers, and even some middle-level officers do not live as well as them.

They have meat to eat, money to take, women to play with, the best armor, the best steel knives, the best horses, all the best.

Having received such kindness, if they abandoned Shao Hongyuan at the last moment and left, would they still be human?

Simple emotions dominated their thinking, and they all chose to follow him to the last moment, and no one chose to escape and survive.

Shao Hongyuan's headquarters were few in strength. In addition to his own soldiers, there were many Li Xianzhong's former troops, so he might not be of the same mind. There were not many people willing to resist. On the contrary, there were many troops who turned their backs when the situation was not good, and attacked Shao Hongyuan together with the chaotic army. the Chinese army tent.

So Shao Hongyuan ran into the chaotic army before he went far and was forced to fight.

His personal soldiers immediately protected Shao Hongyuan and began to fight.

Because they are very elite, they fight very resolutely, fiercely, and very well-organized, so a corpse that kills the chaotic army on the opposite side is piled up like mountains and rivers of blood.

The chaotic army was killed by Shao Hongyuan's iron-clad personal soldiers.

Nevertheless, because of their absolute disadvantage in numbers, Shao Hongyuan's personal soldiers continued to die in battle after their initial majesty, and were constantly hacked, kicked, and trampled to death by a huge number of chaotic troops.

At the back, there were fewer and fewer personal soldiers and more and more chaotic troops. One of his personal soldiers had to deal with the thrusts of more than a dozen knives and a larger number of spears at the same time, which was really difficult to greet.

After fighting for more than half an hour, there were less than 50 people who were still protecting Shao Hongyuan, and Shao Hongyuan looked up and could no longer see the soldiers who were still fighting for him.

He failed, utterly failed.

Zhang Jun's entrustment, the emperor's trust, and everything else were all over.

His hopes of making a comeback with the help of this war against bandits and becoming a well-known golden signboard of the country have also been completely dashed.

But despite his defeat, he was still a general, a general who resolutely resisted the bandit army and insisted not to surrender.

So even if the personal soldiers around him died one by one, he was left alone in the end, and he had no intention of surrendering, but rushed towards the chaotic army with his sword.

Although Shao Hongyuan is old, he still has courage.

These chaotic soldiers rarely have armor. Shao Hongyuan's favorite refined steel knife chops them like a kitchen knife to cut tofu, one knife, one knife.

However, the army in the cold weapon era was a group that carried out the violence of the majority. After killing five chaotic soldiers in a row, Shao Hongyuan's blade could no longer be used. Was knocked out by a rioter with a spear, and was stabbed in the neck by another rioter with a spear.

So his life was fixed at this moment.

The knife in his hand fell, and his body fell heavily to the ground, blood all over the floor.

Shao Hongyuan, who possessed the courage of Guan Yu and Ma Chao, died in Song Jun's own chaos, and it was very uneconomical to die.

After the death of Shao Hongyuan, the order of the Song army could never be restored.

This group of chaotic soldiers killed Shao Hongyuan. The chaotic soldiers in other places didn't know that Shao Hongyuan was dead and were still "fighting", but they didn't know who they were fighting for.

It might be the remnants of Shao Hongyuan's headquarters, or more likely their own comrades in arms, but they didn't know each other, so they cut each other without knowing who would wield the sword first.

It is also possible that they were about to run away, and they were about to run away with their belongings, but they were targeted, and they rushed to snatch their belongings.

All in all, Shao Hongyuan is dead, but this wave of bombing camps by the Song army has not ended, and there is a faint trend of expansion.

It was the peasant army in Luoxiao Mountain who put an end to this wave of bombing camps.

After learning that the civil strife broke out in the Song army, the peasant army's eyeliner immediately ran into the Luoxiao Mountain with the strength of milk, and let Zhao Yucheng know the news within half an hour by relay.

Zhao Yucheng took another half an hour to let all the peasant army know the news, and launched an attack on the Song army camp from their respective stations.

More than half an hour after Shao Hongyuan's death, Zhao Yucheng personally led the first brigade of the peasant army to the perimeter of the Song army's barracks, and fought with a mess of Song soldiers who were killing each other and looting the army's property.

This group of Song soldiers had no organization and discipline. Facing the first brigade of the organized and disciplined peasant army, they were immediately defeated like a mountain. Above his head, he begged the peasant army not to kill them.

Because the progress was so smooth, Zhao Yucheng didn't react for a while, and he didn't know what to do now, whether to continue the attack or stop here.

However, in anticipation of rushing in and making no loss, Zhao Yucheng decided to continue to attack and continue to fight, so the first battalion of the peasant army continued to advance, killing from the gate of the camp to the middle of the camp, killing many defeated Song soldiers. Also captured more Song soldiers who surrendered.

Of course, in the end he couldn't fight.

Because there were too many Song soldiers who surrendered.

He led his troops into the Song army camp, rushed from the east to the west, and encountered groups of Song soldiers. The battle process was very similar - just a face-to-face, killing a few with a stern face, showing his strength, Shouting to surrender not to kill, so the rest of the Song soldiers knelt down and surrendered, not planning to continue the fight at all.

So much so that Zhao Yucheng almost thought that he had cultivated a super-powerful skill that speaks the truth.

He only brought a large peasant army, and more people surrendered than the peasant army, so I don't know how to take care of it.

Fortunately, the peasant army of the other four battalions also rushed over quickly, and in the chaos, they agreed to attack the Song army camp from different directions, control their escape routes in all directions, and strive to swallow the Song army whole and fight. Indigestion will also wipe them out.

A snake swallows an elephant as well. As long as it is swallowed, it is possible to digest it, which is better than nothing at all.

This bold tactical goal seems to be facing many crises, but when it is actually implemented, it unexpectedly encounters no obstacles.

Because the Song army has collapsed, it is impossible for the Song army without a clear command and organization to engage in a purposeful battle with the peasant army.

Therefore, except for some ferocious desperadoes who fought with the peasant army with their swords to protect their stolen property, most Song soldiers ran into the peasant army, or squatted down and surrendered quickly, or they could only be attacked by the peasant army. kill.

The peasant army used a squadron or even a small team as a combat unit, rampaged in the Song army barracks, and the Song army could not stop the onslaught of any peasant army.

Many outrageous things happened during the whole battle, but the most outrageous thing was Xu Tong yelling and leading a small team of 50 people to chase more than 1000 Song troops.

More than 1000 Song soldiers fled in embarrassment at the front, crying and howling, while Xu Tong and fifty peasant soldiers chased after them.

The Song army's rout didn't even realize that there were only 50 people chasing them. They only needed to counterattack a little, and they could stop the pursuit of this mere 50 people.

For them, as long as someone is chasing, it is scary enough, just like a group of lions and a group of tigers chasing, they only think about how to run faster than their companions.

For the soldiers who bombed the battalion, it was no longer possible to think and act normally.

Since 50 people can chase more than 1000 people, it is not surprising that [-] peasant troops captured [-] Song troops, and [-] peasant troops defeated [-] Song troops.

At this point, the end is already obvious.

A battle of [-] peasant troops against nearly [-] Song troops ended in a battle in which [-] peasant troops captured Song troops who were many times more than their own.

The Song army ran all over the ground, and the peasant army chased and killed them with their swords, just like a butcher brandishing a sword to chase and kill pigs that were running around. From about noon to the evening, there were finally no Song army soldiers still running in the entire Song army barracks.

They were disarmed, either squatting or sitting on the ground, watched over by armed peasant armies.

If it were [-] pigs, the peasant army would not be able to catch all of them even if they broke their legs, because pigs will not surrender, they will keep running until they are exhausted, and pigs have four legs, so they can run very fast.

Humans only have two legs and surrender.

The peasant army shouted not to kill the prisoners of war, and the Song Army soldiers, who were so distraught that they would not kill the prisoners of war, immediately surrendered, did not run, and lay flat.

In the end, most of the Song soldiers who were still alive were captured by the peasant army, and a few Scuds and some formed Song soldiers who had planned to escape in advance still escaped.

The peasant army didn't have any extra troops to hunt them down. Of course, their harvest was already big enough that they didn't need to add such a feat.

The situation was such that when Zhao Yucheng and the main cadres of the peasant army got together for a meeting, they were all confused.

They couldn't imagine that such a thing could happen.

With 7000 of them, they actually defeated the Song Army of nearly 6 people, and the Song Army was completely wiped out by them.

The seized weapons piled up into mountains, the seized food also piled up into mountains, and the other military supplies seized piled up into mountains. The eyes of the peasant army soldiers who watched the hardships for a long time were straight, and their legs and feet were weak.

Three large mountains were piled up in the barracks, and all belonged to the peasant army.

The harvest from this battle was so great that many people did not react, including Zhao Yucheng, the top leader of the peasant army.

However, Zhao Yucheng's psychological quality is still good. After a period of calm, he quickly found himself.

"We won."

The others looked at him with bewildered expressions, and after a while, someone shouted after him.

"We won."

Then someone shouted again.

"We won."

Perhaps it was from here that such shouts gradually changed from one or two to three or four, and then from a few people to hundreds of people, and finally to thousands of people in unison. Cheers are the voice of all souls.

The peasant army was created out of difficulties and dangers, and was besieged for a long time in the Luoxiao Mountains. At this moment, it finally made a head start. It came out of the mountain and completely defeated the Song army that was besieging them.

The victory of this battle was enough to change the entire resistance situation on Jiangnan West Road. Not only did Song Jun not put out the spark, but instead let the fire burn on Jiangnan West Road.

Anyway, Zhao Yucheng didn't expect that one of his countermeasures could play such a big role.

So the next morning, after he calmed down, he was basically sure that the victory was not because the peasant army was too capable, but because the Song army was too weak.

They fought themselves because of the rumors, and they broke down by themselves.

Before the peasant army launched the attack, the Song army had already fallen into collapse. Their own cannibalism had caused thousands of deaths. The peasant army's attack only pushed them off the cliff, which was already crumbling.

On this point, some people in the peasant army lurking in the Song army gave a clear answer.

Song Jun did explode on his own, and the peasant army just added fuel to the flames on the basis of their explosion, making them explode more thoroughly and completely destroyed.

Zhao Yucheng laughed when he heard about it.

"I really like what Your Majesty once said, that luck is also a kind of strength. I never thought that a rumor can defeat an army. The ancients often said that tyranny is stronger than tigers. Now it seems that rumors are stronger than tyranny. ."

Zhao Yucheng was very happy, but he was about to devote himself to a new journey soon, and such a happy mood could not last long.

(End of this chapter)