Borrow the day to change the day

Ma Xianglin did not personally chase along the banks of the Yellow River, but directly pursued across the pontoon bridge, firmly occupying all the pontoon bridges before returning to the border of Shanxi.

There were not many rogues who escaped to the other side of the Yellow River through the pontoon bridge and managed to run away. Ma Xianglin was not interested in chasing them to the end. He focused more on the rogues in Shanxi, because most of the rogues were here.

In this one-sided battle, there were no bandits to resist, and they all ran away desperately. The white cavalry easily pursued them.

Therefore, Jin Yiwei's loud orders can be well heard and accepted by both the enemy and us.

After hearing so many guards in Jinyi conveying the military order of "kneel down and surrender without killing", they fell to their knees one after another as if hearing the most beautiful and melodious voice in their life, even if they were made to kneel because of the inertia of running away. People will not hesitate to throw a dog and eat them, just hope that they can kneel down and surrender as soon as possible.

Because they know that running with two legs is a war horse that cannot run with four legs.Since the officers and soldiers ordered to surrender and not to kill, there was finally a glimmer of life.To be able to live, who wants to die?

After hearing Jin Yiwei's order, the white-rod cavalry no longer cared about the rogues who knelt and surrendered, and directly passed them and continued to chase those rogues who were still running wildly, especially those who fled on horseback.

The battlefield was still relatively chaotic, so although Zhong Jinwei wanted to go down to the ferry, Gu Baichuan refused to give up.

He also knew that Gu Baichuan had good intentions, so he stayed in place to observe the battle. [

Zhong Jinwei knew that those who had horses in the peasant army were backbones and elites, and these people could catch the best, otherwise it might be just a little spark, and there would be a rhythm of starting a prairie fire in the future.

Therefore, when he saw that some of the cavalry of the peasant army ran farther in the direction of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the white-rod cavalry chasing behind might not be able to catch up, he pointed at the peasant army and ordered: "Gu Baichuan, Hu Hao, you take your own men to stop them, and whoever dares to resist or continue to try to escape will be killed."

Hu Hao cupped his fists to receive the order and said: "Yes, Lord Hou." Then he clamped his horse's belly and rushed out, while greeting his subordinates: "Brothers, let's go."

However, Gu Baichuan did not take orders immediately, he was a little worried and said: "Master Hou, this subordinate should stay here to protect you. If there are thieves who see that there is no one to protect Master Hou, they will come and disturb Master Hou. alright."

Zhong Jinwei just smiled and said: "It's okay, now the battle has been decided, the bandits are just running around. If they escape, it will be very troublesome. Listen to me, go."

Although Zhong Jinwei's words were not harsh at all, his words had once again demonstrated his attitude.Gu Baichuan knew that if Marquis Zhongxing refused to listen to his persuasion the first time, he would still not listen if he used the same reason to persuade him again, so he had no choice but to take a detour to intercept the fleeing thieves. .

Zhong Jinwei continued to observe the scene on the battlefield, but there was nothing to see at this time, because the battle was basically over.

Zhong Jinwei had a panoramic view of the battlefield from the top of this slope, and he could see that all the white-armed cavalry could stand near the Yellow River ferry.

The thieves were either lying on the ground or kneeling on the ground. Apart from this, only a small number of them were still desperately fleeing up and down the Yellow River.

Zhong Jinwei made a little estimate. After dispatching Hu Hao and Gu Baichuan to intercept those thieves who fled far away, basically there should be no fish that slipped through the net, at least in this Shanxi border.

Seeing this, Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.He remembered that there were two turning points in the rampant peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty. One was when the peasant army from Shaanxi entered Shanxi, and the other was when the peasant army went to Henan again.Now at least one of them happened to be hit by him and eliminated.

Zhong Jinwei remembers discussing it on the Internet in later generations. At that time, Shaanxi was the most severely affected, and the people in Shanxi and Henan were actually barely able to live.

However, after the peasant army entered these provinces, it destroyed the final balance, robbed and killed all the way, and coerced the people who were confiscated by the peasant army to join their camp. Farmers everywhere no longer worked hard to save themselves, but lived by robbing and killing. .

The Internet even used "locusts" as a metaphor for the peasant army at this time. Wherever it passed, there were ruins.

Of course, from the perspective of the peasant army at that time, it cannot be said that they were wrong.In Shaanxi, he had nothing to eat, couldn't survive, and was hunted down by officers and soldiers everywhere.If you stay any longer, you will lose your way of life, and those who don't run away are fools. [

Zhong Jinwei saw that the situation on the battlefield was almost done, so he said to Li Laosi: "Go, go and have a look."

Li Laosi and other six followers were all promoted from civilians to guards. Although they had entered the East Factory for special training, the time was too short, and the training content could not include details on the battlefield.

Therefore, none of them realized the common sense that the battlefield is not safe until it is cleaned, and Zhong Jinwei is from later generations. Although he has experienced several wars, he first saw all kinds of human remains on the battlefield and vomited and lost interest. Later, I was at a disadvantage again, and I didn't think about visiting the battlefield.

Now the Ming army led by Zhong Jinwei has an overwhelming advantage, and the peasant army has no decent resistance at all. It was defeated in minutes, and the defeat was very miserable. Zhong Jinwei did not regard this place as a battlefield at all subconsciously. .

Moreover, Zhong Jinwei comes from the grassroots class and has been influenced by years of education. He always consciously believes that the peasant army is the embodiment of justice, so he does not have that sense of opposition to the peasant army and the disgust of the poor. On the contrary, he also wants to understand these peasants. military.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei said that Li Laosi and the others had no objections, and the seven of them descended from the top of the slope and headed for the Yellow River ferry.

There is a law on the battlefield, which has remained unchanged since ancient times.That is, soldiers are easier to survive than ordinary people, and veterans are easier to survive than recruits.Compared with most peasant soldiers and soldiers, Zhang Xianzhong was born in the frontier army, and he knew how to survive on the battlefield better than his companions who held hoes all day long.

After seeing that the situation was wrong, he didn't run with the crowd, because he knew that it was not advisable to run away blindly.

He kept observing the situation of the enemy and us on the battlefield, and first avoided the frontal direction of the white cavalry charge.After that, he didn't run along the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Most people's first instinct would be to do so, but this must be the key pursuit target of the Ming army, which he knew very well.

Originally, he planned to see if there was a chance to escape to the border of Shaanxi on the other side, because relatively speaking, that side was the safest.

But he only knew how to swim a little. Those companions who blindly tried to swim to the other bank relying on their own swimming skills were all swallowed up by the seemingly calm Yellow River or washed downstream, and none of them survived to reach the other bank.

The other road leading to the opposite bank is the pontoon bridge, but the Ming army immediately attacked the pontoon bridge and occupied it, not to mention that there are so many Ming army soldiers there, Zhang Xianzhong himself may not be able to see the leading Ming army general alone. Can win.

After thinking about it in this way, Zhang Xianzhong came to a conclusion that the direction where the Ming army came was actually the safest direction to escape, because there were the least number of Ming troops there.As long as he can snatch a horse, he has a good chance of escaping.

Therefore, according to this course of action, Zhang Xianzhong chose a suitable place and pretended to be dead there.

He made up his mind that even if he couldn't escape, it would be better to surrender when the Ming army cleaned up the battlefield. , is a common occurrence.After the battle, the soldiers regained their rationality, and this kind of wronged manslaughter was basically impossible to happen.

What Zhang Xianzhong didn't expect was that just as he lay down and pretended to be dead, another person also lay down beside him and pretended to be dead.

Zhang Xianzhong recognized him, and greeted him in a low voice: "Leader Ma, you really are a hero who sees the same thing!"