Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 104, Ending

Amidst the body parts and smoke, the battle of the Jin bandits came to an end.

The government troops cleaned up the battlefield in an orderly manner.

A large number of prisoners were lined up in long lines, allowing the government troops to tie their hands and feet.

Wang Ziteng and Gao Zhi stood with their hands behind their backs, showing the joy of victory.

Things went much more smoothly than expected.

When Wu Sheng, the core, was eliminated, the rest of the Jin bandits immediately became a mess.

Even though they were originally a group of loose sand, when Wu Sheng was in charge before, the loose sand was at least contained in a plate. Now the plate has shattered directly, and all the loose sand is flying into the air.

There were hundreds of leaders of all sizes among the Jin bandits. Without Wu Sheng's restraint, these leaders had their own ideas. Some fled, some fought, and some fought each other for unknown reasons.

These commanders and leaders fought on their own without any military strategy or tactics.

Wang Ziteng and Gao Zhi easily divided and cut off the Jin bandits by infiltrating and encircling them, and then defeated them one by one.

After a battle that lasted a whole day and night, the government troops killed more than 50,000 enemies in total. Many of the officers and soldiers' weapons were broken and they were unable to kill them all.

The number of prisoners reached an astonishing 300,000, which is more than the government army itself. There are still many people who have not been counted. Once the statistics are complete, there will definitely be more.

In addition, more Jin bandits chose to flee, just like Feng Tai's subordinates back then, and scattered all over the place.

According to conservative estimates, there were as many as 400,000 to 500,000 Jin bandits who escaped.

For Daxi, this is a very big hidden danger. If these people are not properly dealt with, the Jin bandits will inevitably make a comeback after a long time.

But Wang Ziteng didn't care about it.

He is too lazy to care about these things.

All he wanted was merit, glory and wealth. As for whether those escaped Jin bandits would make a comeback, it had nothing to do with him. The world belonged to Daxi, and the country belonged to the emperor. What did it have to do with him?

Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly, billowing smoke and dust came from the distance.

Wang Ziteng and Gao Zhi were shocked. Could it be that the Jin bandits had made a comeback?

The two men immediately gathered their men and formed their battle formations to prepare for the battle.

then,

In the rolling smoke and dust in the distance, a donkey cart was seen with a donkey in the lead. On the cart was a general wearing a silver helmet and white armor, with a frightened look on his face. He looked a bit plump. It was Mao Cheng. There was a man tied to the donkey cart. It was Wu Sheng.

Mao Cheng drove a donkey cart and fled for his life.

It seemed as if there were thousands of troops chasing after him.

Mao Cheng saw Wang Ziteng from afar and burst into tears of joy, shouting:
"Prince, save me!"

But this morning, when Mao Cheng got up, he heard Chen Zhengdu laughing, so out of curiosity he took people to check it out.

As a result, this incident caused trouble.

Mao Cheng originally didn't want to steal the credit from Chen Zhengdu.

He was just curious, so he took people over to see what was going on.

However, Wu Shengzheng was fighting stubbornly with hundreds of people at that time. He thought he was doomed to die, but he did not expect that Mao Cheng would appear with his men at this time.

Although Mao Cheng was also a government soldier, he was obviously much stronger than Chen Zhengdu, who was covered in blood and looked like a killing god.

So Wu Sheng made a prompt decision and chose to surrender to Mao Cheng and others on the spot.

The air was frozen at that time, and Mao Cheng didn't even know what was happening at first.

But soon, as he learned of Wu Sheng's identity, Mao Cheng's heart began to beat uncontrollably.

This is Wu Sheng, the leader of the Jin bandits who has conquered an entire continent and has a million soldiers under his command!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a walking marquis!

Let’s look at the lineups of both teams.

We have 12,000 troops on our side, and the number of people on the other side does not seem to be more than 3,000. In this case... the fat has already been imported, how can we spit it out!

Mao Cheng brazenly gave orders and led his troops to capture Wu Sheng, preparing to take all the credit.

Chen Zhengdu never expected that Mao Cheng would be so arrogant and snatch Wu Sheng away from him in front of so many people. Caught off guard, Mao Cheng actually snatched Wu Sheng away.

So brave!

Chen Zhengdu was furious and ordered his troops to charge at Mao Cheng's army and rescue Wu Sheng.

Mao Cheng sneered, twelve thousand versus three thousand, the advantage is on my side!

Mao Cheng raised his silver spear and made a beautiful gun flower.

He also comes from a family of military generals and his martial arts skills are quite good!
Mao Cheng raised his gun and fought with Chen Zheng. Mao Cheng used a move called "Looking Back at the Moon". This move was subtle and complex, and emphasized the use of style to defeat the enemy.

Chen Zhengdu fired a shot at Mao Cheng without any tricks, he just wanted to kill him directly.

With a clang, the weapons collided!

With just one move, Chen Zheng smashed Mao Cheng's gun away and his wrist was bent and dislocated.

Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw that each of Chen Zhengdu's soldiers was as ferocious as a tiger, charging forward like a tiger into a flock of sheep, killing Mao Cheng's soldiers without any resistance.

Mao Cheng was so frightened when he saw this. Chen Zhengdu then swung his gun at him mercilessly. Mao Cheng instinctively lay on the horse's back. The poor horse was stabbed to death by Chen Zhengdu's gun.

Mao Cheng fell off his horse, was so scared that he pissed and shit himself, and started to run away using his hands and feet.

Chen Zhengdu was chasing after him.

But after all, Mao Cheng had more men under his command, several times more than Chen Zhengdu, so Chen Zhengdu was stopped for a while.

Mao Cheng took the opportunity to find a donkey cart with the help of his men, tied Wu Sheng to the handle, and drove away.

The rest of his soldiers tried their best to stop Chen Zhengdu and others.

However, all of Chen Zhengdu's men had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies, so who didn't have dozens of lives on their hands? It didn't take long for them to kill all of Mao Cheng's men, and then they turned around and led their men to chase Mao Cheng.

Under such circumstances, Mao Cheng seemed to be possessed by Emperor Taizong. In the face of life-and-death crisis, he broke out in amazing speed and driving skills. His spirit became one with the donkey, and he ran at an astonishing speed through the ravines and forests!
The men led by Chen Zhengdu were unable to catch up with Mao Cheng for a while.

Then the scene that Wang Ziteng and Gao Zhi had seen before appeared.

Afterwards, the pursuit between the two armies was stopped by troops sent by Wang Ziteng. When asked about the reason, Mao Cheng directly turned the tables and said that Chen Zhengdu wanted to steal his credit and kill him to silence him.

Chen Zhengdu naturally argued with Mao Cheng.

The two argued endlessly.

Although Wang Ziteng and Gao Zhi did not see the actual situation, they could guess roughly what happened.

However, both of them had a gap with Chen Zheng in their hearts, so they each had their own thoughts.

Wang Ziteng was afraid that Chen Zhengdu would expose the fact that he had stationed troops in Hejian and was waiting to see the outcome.

Even though Chen Zhengdu had promised to let bygones be bygones and not pursue the matter, the living are not as reliable as the dead after all.

Gao Zhi and Chen Zheng had an old grudge, and his uncle, the Governor-General of Zhili, also had similar concerns as Wang Ziteng.

So the three of them hit it off and decided to frame Chen Zhengdu.

Let’s not talk about how Chen Zhengdu was framed for now, and get back to the topic, which is Fang Yong’s attack on Chuzhou.

Chuzhou is the throat of the north-south transportation. Surrounded by mountains, it is the key to Nanjing and the guarantee of the Jianghuai River.

Over the past thousands of years, countless famous generals and ministers have left their great achievements here.

Blood, flesh and time have created this famous city that has been passed down through the ages.

However, after Fang Yong captured Jinling, his troops headed straight for Chuzhou.

His troops crossed Jinling, marched northeast along Laoshan, and entered Chuzhou.

Just as they entered the Laoshan area, Fang Yong's army was ambushed.

(End of this chapter)