I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 228 Jump out
After reorganization, the Red Lotus Army, in addition to the imperial guards of the "emperor", the guards of the Shenggong, and the personal guards of the two marshals, selected young and strong men and divided them into ten divisions, one with 5000 people, and among the 5 people More than 3 people are under Wudang City.

And because of the addition of the rest of Wu Wangfu, the Red Lotus Army is more like a regular army.

At least know how to beat the drums to advance, and Mingjin to retreat.Know how to make siege equipment, how to set up camp, and how to maintain formation when marching.

However, Prince Wu's Mansion emptied the treasury of Jiangnan Dongdao, and with the capture of several wars, the number of armors of the Red Lotus Army has increased by [-]% compared to before.

Those who did not have iron armor also made wooden armor.Although the wooden armor is extremely simple, it looks like there are two more wooden boards on the chest.But it's better than nothing.

The soldiers of the Red Lotus Army were all wrapped in red turbans, charged up and looked down, swarming up like a group of red ants.

Facing the well-equipped Wudang and Yancen cities, the Red Lotus Army did not directly drive the elite to attack, but adopted Xue Julin and Pang Zhigu's plan to attack the cities first with auxiliary troops.

Those who were coerced or bewitched were mostly old and weak.

And before the siege, the leader of the Red Lotus Road recited the "Red Lotus Sutra" to pray for these people.

Bless them to show up bravely for the great cause of the holy way, and they will enter the world of bliss after death.

As the chief general, Zhao Fubai and Liu Zhao, the commander of the left guard of the government army, stood on the main watchtower of the city wall to watch the formation and check the deployment of the rebel army.

"The rebel army looks like this. Even if there are not [-], there will always be [-] to [-]. They should have hidden the elite. Right now, there are almost no mature men. If there is a cavalry army over there, maybe You can rush."

The left and right guards of the government army stationed in Junzhou with Zhao Fubai have the same formation as the ordinary imperial army, four are infantry and one is cavalry.

The cavalry of the two guards has nearly five thousand.

Although the forbidden army is not as elite as the frontier army, there is no problem if the cavalry rushed to the opposite side and even the soldiers could not be counted as the red lotus army.

However, there is a cavalry army among the rebels. The number seems small, less than 2000. But if the officers and soldiers dare to go out of the city, they will definitely be bitten by this cavalry army. Going out of the camp to outflank and encircle, this battle will be passive.

Liu Zhao said: "My lord, there is no need to be impatient. We only need to defend Wudang and Yancen in this battle. When Cheng Dudu's army arrives, we can attack back and forth and annihilate the red lotus rebels."

Zhao Fubo also nodded when he heard the words, Wudang and Yancen's defense is very important right now, because Dengzhou is behind, and Marshal Xingyuan is in Nanyang.

You can't go wrong here.

But look at the red lotus army under the city.Zhao Fubai still sighed and said: "If the third brother is here, let alone five thousand cavalry, even eight hundred cavalry, he will have to kill a few in and out. In the battle at Baiting, we had three hundred tigers and horses. The five hundred guards led by Wannian attacked the tens of thousands of troops in the northern border head-on, and I still had more than a dozen beheaded troops in that battle."

The masters Yuan Chong and Liu Zhao who were guards beside him laughed when they heard this.

If Marquis Wu'an is here, don't talk about going out to fight in the city, even if the other side dares to come to Junzhou, it's two things.

When the auxiliary troops attacked the city, Xue Julin personally led Fang Dingnan and Li Zichun's 1 men to cross the Han River quietly.

The soldiers followed the Han River all the way to the city of Yunxiang.

Yun Township is in the north of the Han River, and the city is not too big, only a regiment of more than a thousand people trained troops to defend the city. In order to capture the city, the Red Lotus Army had already secretly dispatched hidden piles. In the rebellion, under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, Yunxiang was taken with almost no damage.

After entering the county seat, Xue Julin immediately sent a letter to Fang Jiao and Fang Qiu in Wudang City, telling him that he could go north.

At this time, Cheng Jintang's army had already rushed to Fangzhou.

Realizing that something was wrong, Zhu Lingshi also assembled an army of [-] while sending a letter to Cheng Jintang, and launched an attack on the Red Lotus Army under Yong'an City.

The Red Lotus Army held fast to the camp, but they only held for half a day before they were breached. Zhu Lingshi tried to hide and kill them all the way, beheading thousands of people.

In the end, only Fang Twelve led more than [-] people to flee northward, and most of the rest were either killed or fled in all directions.

After Zhu Lingshi won a big victory, he did not continue to pursue. Instead, he led his army directly to Padang, took over Padang and Zigui again, and left behind heavy guards.

Then return to Kuizhou Yong'an to be stationed on the front line.

At this time, the Red Lotus Army had already half-jumped out of the somewhat loose encirclement, and Zhao Fubai, who sensed that something was wrong, saw the enemy retreat, and immediately led the cavalry out of the city, followed the enemy all the way, and launched several times of harassment.

Although he came from a noble family, Zhao Fubai was also from the frontier army, and he also cut "leeks" with Fu Jinchuan.Cavalry raid operations are all too familiar to him.

The cavalry led by the rebels was Xue Changqing, he was more familiar with the use of cavalry than Zhao Fubai, but the horses were not as good as the army's horses, so he could barely support them.

However, Xue Changqing still seized an "opportunity" when Zhao Fubai led the army to harass him.

Zhao Fubai commanded the cavalry to fly kites at the formation of the Red Lotus Army, but Xue Changqing directly waited for more than a thousand cavalry to launch a counterattack.

Among the thousands of troops, Xue Changqing saw the military flag with the words "Xianyang County King Zhao", and only brought dozens of personal guards, holding long spears, and rushed straight to the cavalry formation of the official army. No one in the cavalry army was his opponent. After killing more than a dozen people in a row, he finally rushed to the distance of dozens of steps away from Xianyang County King Zhao Fubai.

But in the end, he couldn't defeat Zhao Fubai's Yuan Chong, who was already a second-rank master.The long lance in his hand was chopped off by Yuan Chong with a single blow.

In the end, he had to leave in a hurry. All his guards were killed in order to cover him, and his mount was also tripped. Fortunately, he snatched an officer's horse and returned to the front.

Under Zhao Fubai's "entanglement", the marching speed of the Red Lotus Army had to be slowed down, and finally it was delayed until the arrival of the leading cavalry under Cheng Jintang's troops.

Shi Wannian and Wang Linhuai each led [-] cavalry to arrive.

The three forces worked together to defeat one part of the Red Lotus Army behind the palace, and the remnants scattered and fled in all directions, beheading thousands of levels.

But at this time, the Red Lotus Army had also rushed to the river crossing, and built fortifications along the river to cover the retreat of the army.

Facing Shenhao and Zaimakeng, the cavalry of the official army fell into a helpless situation at this time.I can only watch the enemy cross the river.

When Cheng Jintang led his troops to the front of the Han River, the Red Lotus Army had already crossed the river for three days. Counting the time, they had almost arrived in Shangzhou.

Looking at Hanshui in front of him, Cheng Jintang also felt quite helpless.

"Aye, why don't you tell me you're sick."

Cheng Jintang's son Cheng Minzheng said suddenly.

This sentence directly made him frowned, turned his head to look at the eldest son and said, "What did you say?"

Right now, there were only father and son by the river, and the soldiers walked away dozens of steps under Cheng Minzheng's signal.

"Aye, why don't you call me sick, although you command an army of [-], the Red Lotus Army avoids fighting and runs around. Without the cooperation of several major governors' houses, they will definitely not be able to make achievements. When the time comes, it will be useless. Maybe there is still a crime to bear.”

Cheng Jintang said coldly: "Shut up. Is this what you should say?"

Cheng Minzheng bowed his head and dared not speak.

"I, Cheng Jintang, received the great favor of His Majesty, and was conferred the title of Marquis. When the country is in crisis, I don't want to serve the court, but instead claim illness to avoid crime?"

"Has Your Majesty and the court ever failed me?"

"If you work hard but get no results, you should be responsible for it!"

After hearing this, Cheng Minzheng was ashamed and dared not speak.

After Cheng Jintang finished speaking a set of impassioned words, he sighed again: "You can see the current situation, which is already considered good, but you think no one in the court can see it? Your Majesty can tolerate it if you call it sick and avoid war." Will I do this?"

"Your Majesty, do you really practice alchemy and Taoism in the monastery every day?"

"Remember, errands can't be done well, and battles can be lost, but if His Majesty wants me to do something, I have to do it."

"If you want me to lead the army to fight, I have to fight regardless of whether I win or lose. Even if you and I die in office, I can't just pretend to be sick and avoid the war."

"It should be mine, no matter whether it is merit or guilt, it cannot escape."

(End of this chapter)