Wanli 1592

Chapter 543 The Disappearing North Prisoner
Hearing this news suddenly, both Xiao Ruxun and Li Rusong felt strange and couldn't believe it.

Why did the Beilu, who had been descending like a tiger before, suddenly wilt?
How come the Shanxi Ming army, who was still like a sick cat before, suddenly became so fierce?
Xiao Ruxun, who upholds the belief that there must be a demon if something abnormal happens, firmly believes that this matter is not simple, so he began to ask for some details.

"How did you win your first battle?"

This question made Wei Zhen happy, because Daming was suppressed and fought by the northern captives for so long, and he won the first battle. It was he who won the victory. This huge counter-offensive broke through like a broken bamboo, and shattered the myth that the northern captives were invincible in one fell swoop.

"To tell you the truth, Admiral, the first victory was actually won by the last general by chance. At that time, the last general led [-] troops to guard Yangqu City. He was ordered by Governor Wang to implement the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the field, trying his best to weaken the northern captives. In order to gather and annihilate the northern captives who invaded south with the main forces of the two towns of Shanxi and Yulin outside the city of Taiyuan.

The last general defended the city during the day and fought fiercely with the northern captives. He failed to let the northern captives succeed, but since the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness has been successful, and Yangqu has become an empty city, there is no need to continue to defend it. Therefore, the final general decided to give up Yangqu and withdraw it. Taiyuan is ready for a decisive battle.

But before that, the last general was unwilling and didn't want to make it easy for Beilu, so he thought of making a night attack before retreating, and told Beilu to suffer a little before leaving. The last general led a night attack, but he didn't expect Surprisingly, he successfully attacked at night, defeated the northern captives in one fell swoop, beheaded more than [-] captives, and the northern captives retreated.

The last general saw that the opportunity could not be missed, so he chased him all the way to the Shiling Pass, and fought fiercely with the Beilu for a day. When reinforcements came, with the support of the reinforcements, he recovered Shiling Pass in one fell swoop, and the Beilu continued to fight. After fleeing to the north, the northern captives fled all the way, and the last general chased them all the way. After chasing them here, they beheaded a total of 31 and annihilated more than [-] northern captives. "

Such a record is really dazzling, even Li Rusong looked at Wei Zhen with surprised eyes, as if he was looking at something unbelievable, Wei Zhen enjoyed this kind of eyes very much.

Xiao Ruxun frowned, thinking carefully, always felt that something was not quite right.

"The northern captives marched south like a tiger, galloping all the way, and suddenly lost the battle, didn't you have any doubts?"

Wei Zhen replied: "I was really puzzled. After the day and night raid, the last general searched the Beilu camp and found a large number of empty food bags. He found that the Beilu was actually short of food and was fighting us hungry. We have been defending and have never discovered the weakness of Beilu, once we take the initiative to attack Beilu, we will not be able to hold on, and we have been defeated all the way!"

"Lack of food?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at Li Rusong suspiciously, and Li Rusong also looked at Xiao Ruxun suspiciously.

"The northern captives are really short of food?"

"Naturally, a large number of empty food bags can be testified, and Governor Wang ordered someone to cut open the Beilu's abdominal cavity, and found that there was only a little residue in the Beilu's abdominal cavity, so he decided that the Beilu was short of food for a long time, so he ordered the whole army to press down. Now, Governor Wang has moved his troops to Xinzhou to take charge of the overall situation."

Wei Zhen explained proudly.

"Xinzhou? What about Taiyuan?"

Xiao Ruxun asked hurriedly.

"Taiyuan? Taiyuan has [-] troops stationed there. After all, it is the Shanxi government, and it is not convenient to maintain a wartime curfew for a long time. Moreover, since the northern captives have been defeated, they are now preparing for disaster relief after the war. Governor Wang moved to Xinzhou. The refugees who fled to Taiyuan are being brought back to Xinzhou and other places for resettlement.”

The ominous premonition in Xiao Ruxun's heart became more and more serious.

"How are your soldiers and horses distributed in Shanxi?"

"The general doesn't know the details. About one troop went to Yanmen Pass, and another troop went to Pingxing Pass. The rest are basically resettling refugees near Xinzhou. Is there anything wrong with the admiral?"

Wei Zhen looked at Xiao Ruxun with some dissatisfaction, feeling that the famous general seemed a little dissatisfied with the big victory.

Could it be that the battle is over because you didn't win the battle?

Li Rusong also had some doubts in his heart, and he leaned over to Xiao Ruxun and said in a low voice: "Admiral, the last general always feels that something is wrong. Why did the northern captives be defeated suddenly, and they were still defeated by [-] soldiers, and they were defeated all the way. If the main force still It's understandable, how could a partial division suddenly be so good at fighting? And the northern captives are short of food? This matter..."

Li Rusong did not continue, but the meaning was very clear.

Will the northern captives who have received food support from large Shanxi merchants be short of food?What are those big Shanxi merchants going to do?Recruiting the northern captives and allowing them to be defeated, is it possible to create a large number of refugees so that they can take the opportunity to raise prices to sell grain and enclose land?
That's too shameful, right?Are they that short of money?Earning this kind of money is not afraid of cutting off children and grandchildren?
Xiao Ruxun thought about it again, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and noticed something wrong.

"General Wei, you said just now that you have chased the Beilu all the way from Yangqu to this point and wiped out more than [-] enemies, right?"

Wei Zhen nodded: "Exactly."

"Then the northern captives surrounded by General Li are the ones you have been chasing?"

"Exactly."

"The number of Beilu who were killed by Zongbing Li was no more than [-], plus those killed by you along the way, that is more than [-]. Didn't the Beilu have a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses going south to Taiyuan? Why are there only [-]? How about thirty thousand?"

When Xiao Ruxun asked such a question, it was Wei Zhen's turn to be puzzled.

"Why did the admiral say that? After the northern captives broke through the Pingxing Pass, they sent [-] troops to Taiyuan. It seems that the attack was actually a diversion. The main force has already gone to the Zijing Pass, and they are attacking the Zijing Pass! Why is the battle so urgent? Admiral Don’t you know? Admiral, how is the Bauhinia Pass? Where did you... come from?"

Xiao Ruxun was dumbfounded immediately, and Li Rusong was also dumbfounded.

The two looked at each other and realized something.

broken!

Xiao Ruxun tightly held the saber in his hand.

"This governor came from Zijingguan! There were only more than [-] northern captives attacking the city at Zijingguan! The prisoners of the Datong garrison who were engulfed by them confessed that after only four days after the [-] army of northern captives attacked Zijingguan, [-] Thousands of the main force retreated quietly at night! When I was marching to Lingqiu, I heard the local refugees explain that this group of northern captives who quietly retreated turned south when they marched to Lingqiu!"

Wei Zhen was also dumbfounded immediately.

Li Rusong rushed forward and grabbed Wei Zhen by the collar.

"What's going on?! Why are there only [-] captives here? Where are the remaining [-] captives? Where are they?"

Wei Zhen couldn't say a word, Xiao Ruxun hurriedly stepped forward to stop Li Rusong.

"Mr. Li, don't worry. You can't find anything if you ask him. The most terrifying thing now is that even Governor Wang thinks that the northern captives have been defeated and moved the battle line forward. Conspiracy, once they attack suddenly, no matter where they attack, our army will be unprepared, that is the most dangerous!"

(End of this chapter)