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Chapter 234
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" After half a stick of incense, regardless of the fact that the rice soup in the broken helmet was just steaming, his exhausted body struggled to stand up, picked up the hot helmet, and then ran away, grabbing the half-cooked rice grains while running. The grains were stuffed into his mouth, chewed carelessly and swallowed.The leader of the rebellion and the generals also scrambled to get on their skinny war horses, and while gnawing on the half-cooked rice, they fled to the south desperately.

"I'm going to die of exhaustion, I won't run anymore!" There were also some extremely exhausted rogue soldiers who lost interest in running for their lives, sat on the ground with their buttocks, and let the leader whip them, or even slash them with knives. These soldiers just refused Standing up again to run for their lives, the soldiers who were whipped everywhere and still refused to stand up cried and shouted, "I have been running for seven days and seven nights, my legs are about to break, and my feet are all soaked in blood. Don't run away, I will surrender when Zhang Gouguan's soldiers come, even if Zhang Gouguan doesn't want prisoners to hack me to death, it's better than dying from exhaustion!"

"A bunch of idiots!" There were also clever thieves and generals screaming and bewitching, "Lin County is ahead, and when we arrive in Lin County, I can go to the city to eat and sleep with my wife in my arms! I don't want to run for so many days in vain, I don't want to stay here After being hacked to death by Zhang Gouguan, I got up and moved them, at most one more day to Linxian County, and Linxian County will be safe!"

It was a threat and a lure, and it was really close to Lin County, so most of the desperate soldiers still struggled to stand up, followed the large army and ran to the south, only a small number of soldiers or Whether he was really exhausted and almost collapsed, or he was injured and couldn't run anymore, he insisted on staying in the same place and resigned himself to fate, kneeling on the spot and throwing away his weapons, surrendering to the chasing Xuanda army.But as the sound of horseshoes got closer and closer, what appeared in front of these rebels and defeated soldiers was a group of slave-slaughtering cavalry who were also exhausted. The horses that got off were also thinner than the previous few days. Obviously, the soldiers of the slave slaughter army who had been chasing and killing the thieves these days were also not relaxed, and they were also exhausted.

"Surrender, we surrender!" The remaining two or three hundred rebel soldiers shouted in confusion, "We were all forced to rebel by the rebels. We will stop fighting. Please, Lord, please spare your life, Lord Zhang, please spare your life."

"I don't have time to take the prisoners, kill them all." It was Young Master Zhang who answered the defeated soldiers with ruthless orders and a decisive wave.Three thousand slave-slaughtering cavalrymen swept forward like a whirlwind without resting their horseshoes. In the flying dust that covered the sky and covered the sun, the bright lights of knives rose and fell one after another, blood splashed like waves, and the cries and screams also passed through the dust. echoed across the land of Shanxi.When the slaughtering cavalrymen left wrapped in dust and fog, the dust gradually settled, and the ground was already covered with mutilated corpses, and the blood flowing everywhere reflected a bewitching red light in the setting sun.

It's not that Young Master Zhang is cruel by nature, nor is it that Young Master Zhang has no conscience, but that not long ago, Young Master Zhang just received two urgent reports. The first urgent report was that Lin Dan's [-] cavalry had already stationed at the bank of Angke Nao'er Lake ——I don’t know if it was Lin Dan’s instruction, or the hard-core pro-slave Ezhe took the initiative and deliberately provoke the relationship between Daming and Mongolia. He even used the excuse that he ran out of military rations to force him to buy a huge amount of food, grass and supplies from the Zhangjiakou border market. , and threatened that if the Zhangjiakou border market did not allow him to borrow credit, he would borrow it himself!Governor of the Xuanfu Lu Xiangsheng and prefect Ruan Dacheng certainly would not agree. Heiyunlong's army has already entered Zhangjiakou Fort, confronting Ezhe's army, and the war is imminent.

The second urgent report is from Mangui. The Mangui army, which was ordered to march westward to cooperate with the slave slaughtering army, was unexpectedly attacked by the Yiyuan brothers and the non-stick mud coalition forces in the Mopan Mountain area to the west of Linxian County. Resisting tenaciously, the rebels took advantage of the favorable terrain with high mountains and dense forests and the repeatedly reinforced Linxian city wall to compete with the Mangui cavalry. Mangui would be helpless against them for a while. Fleeing into Mopan Mountain to join forces with Shen Yiyuan, Buzhanni and other thieves, then Master Zhang's plan to completely drive the thieves out of Xuanda is likely to fail, and at the same time his plan to quickly withdraw from the Xuanda battlefield will also fail.That's why Young Master Zhang had to temporarily adjust his plan, giving up his plan to join forces with the Mangui cavalry in Lin County, and decided to use his existing strength to drive the defeated rebels across the Yellow River before the main force of the rebels fled into Lin County.

At the same time, Zhao Shilun's army, which had been on the left flank to prevent the rebels from advancing eastward, was also working hard. After receiving the order from Young Master Zhang, Zhao Shilun's Ji cavalry team immediately turned around and headed west, attacking the left flank of the rebels and defeated soldiers from east to west. When the Tiger Hunting Team led by Young Master Zhang himself caught up with the main force of the rebels, Zhao Shuilun had already fought against the rebels. The county is less than fifty miles away.After making some calculations, Young Master Zhang immediately ordered: "Order Zhao Shilun to go back to the south to stop the thieves from going south! Wu Liuqi, our tiger hunting team should go back to Zhao Shulun's current position and fight from east to west! Then give Wu Sangui Send an order to let him give up his supplies, food and grass, and go south with all his strength, and attack us on three sides, we must drive Wang Jiayin and his gang of thieves across the Yellow River before the thieves join forces!"

Half an hour later, the third team of the Slave Slaughter Army completed the deployment and adjustment. Young Master Zhang immediately issued an order for a general attack. Amidst the reverberation of the horn, the three Slave Slaughter Army outflanked the main force of the rebels from the east, south, and north. No matter how stingy the troops and supplies, as soon as the battle started, the soldiers of the slave slaughter army took out the unique rifled rifle cavalry shooting tactics. The cavalry ran back and forth, reloaded and opened fire. Screaming to cut the wheat and falling down in pieces, the main force of the rebels also saw the intention of the butcher's army to prevent them from joining forces with the rebels in Linxian County. Yes, Zhao Lun's army, who was in charge of blocking the southern line, lost the shooting range and could only choose to fight hand-to-hand with the main force of the rebels. The southern battlefield quickly became the most brutal and bloody main battlefield.

"Kill!" The main force of the rebels, who were desperately trying to break through, charged extremely violently and resolutely. The ragged soldiers of the rebels, holding incomplete steel knives and broken wooden guns, rushed towards Zhao Lilun's army shouting like a tide.Zhao Lun's army, who was in charge of the blocking mission, could not give up their position, and naturally they could not use their guerrilla cavalry and shooting tactics. They could only choose to dismount and fight on foot.When there are a large number of thieves, two or three people usually besiege a slave-killing soldier. The well-trained slave-killing soldiers have no fear, wield a saber to block left and right, and fight back from time to time. , The angry roar of slashing and the desperate scream of being killed merged into one, echoing endlessly on the battlefield.

Supported by the desire to survive, the rogue soldiers who had been as timid as little white rabbits in front of the slave-slaughter army suddenly broke out with unimaginable fighting power. The circular encirclement compressed the rebel team to an area of ​​less than five miles, but the main force of the rebels, who hoped to escape to Lin County to temporarily replenish food and grass, charged desperately regardless of casualties, rushing towards the slave slaughtering army one after another. In the interception position, even if you are hit by a musket or cut by a saber, even if you are crawling, you must climb to the front of Zhao Ledun's team, chop with a knife, stab with a spear, and use fists, stones, teeth, and the slave slaughter troops who are blocking the way. Soldiers fought life and death, and the number of casualties of the slave army without fortifications quickly broke the historical record and continued to rise.

"Send an order to Zhao Suelun, lose your position, and come to see me." Young Master Zhang was also red-eyed, and roared out the strictest order since the establishment of the Slavery Army, pointing at the densely packed team of thieves in front of him. : "Beat the drum, charge the whole army, rush in and kill the thieves, forcing them to flee east!"

"Dong dong dong dong!" The cowhide battle drum rang wildly, the hunting tiger team and the wolf cavalry team stopped shooting, drew their swords and charged, Wu Liuqi and Wu Sangui rushed to the front again, and the soldiers of the slaughtering slave army lined up two A sharp formation, like two sharp knives, penetrated into the rogue team, cutting the dense rogue team into several pieces, and the more violent shouts of killing also echoed on the battlefield like a storm.

It was the third urgent report that forced Young Master Zhang to issue the order destined to expand the casualties of the slave army—the Shenyiyuan army entrenched in Linxian County had discovered the situation of Wang Jiayin's army going south, and Shenyikui, the younger brother of Shenyiyuan, had personally led the army. An army came to meet them, and they could reach the battlefield in two hours at the latest!That is to say, if Young Master Zhang can't defeat Wang Jiayin's army within two hours, when Shen Yikui's new force arrives at the position and pinches Zhao Suelun's team back and forth, then the morale of the rebels will be greatly boosted, and Young Master Zhang will expel all the rebels The plan to go out of Jin Dynasty will probably come to naught.Therefore, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to immediately defeat Wang Jiayin's army at any cost, so that he could free up his hands to deal with Shen Yikui's reinforcements. In order to complete this task, Young Master Zhang threw all his troops into the battlefield, and there was only one person left around him. Protected by hundreds of soldiers.

"Wang Jiayin is dead!" Just as Young Master Zhang was burning with anxiety, there was a sound of a storm on the battlefield, and countless slave soldiers cheered in unison, "Wang Jiayin is dead! General Wu cut Wang Jiayin! Cut Wang Jiayin!"

"General Wu? Did Wu Liuqi kill Wang Jiayin?" Young Master Zhang was taken aback. When he looked carefully again, as expected, Wu Liuqi raised a knife in his right hand and a human head in his left hand, and was yelling frantically, "Wang Jiayin is dead! I hacked to death—!" It turned out that Wu Liuqi, who was the first to rush into the bandit squadron, just ran into a stretcher in the midst of the chaos army, and countless bandits crowded around the stretcher and shouted to protect King Shan, Wu Liuqi desperately died Hacking, desperately hacking before the stretcher, Wang Jiayin, who was seriously injured, was just struggling to roll off the stretcher. Wu Liuqi rushed forward, and with a knife, he finally chopped off the head of the leader of the rebellion who had been harming Shaanxi, Gansu and Xuanda for three years. .

"Wang Jiayin is dead! Dead!" "The King of Shaanxi is dead. The King of Shaanxi was killed by Zhang Gouguan!" The news of Wang Jiayin's death completely changed the situation on the battlefield. Collapsed, and finally began to collapse to the west. The other bandits who had lost Wang Jiayin's spiritual support also gave up the idea of ​​going south in despair, and began to lead the army to retreat to the empty west.Young Master Zhang seized the opportunity to recall Wu Liuqi's team and Wu Sangui's team, and commanded the two teams to expel the rebels to the west, forcing them to cross the Yellow River. .

Without Wang Jiayin, the oldest thieves leader, who commanded the actions in a unified manner, the team of thieves who had maintained a unified action on the way south became a mess. Young Master Zhang drove the thieves to the Yellow River before dark with little effort. On the bank, to the delight of both the rebels and Young Master Zhang, the Yellow River Qianhuzhai Ferry is still in the hands of the rebels, and there is a pontoon bridge on the river—Yang Chun, deputy general of Shaanxi, drove the rebels out of Jiazhou. City, where the rebels from Jiazhou built a pontoon bridge and were about to escape into Xuanda for refuge!However, after encountering the fastest-running bandit Zhang Xianzhong, and hearing that Xuanda's officers and soldiers turned out to be slave slaughterers, Jiazhou immediately gave up the idea of ​​going east, and escaped with Zhang Xianzhong's troops across the Yellow River. Desperately entered the hinterland, other leaders of the rebels also led the defeated army to cross the river from the pontoon bridge. Taking advantage of the precious opportunity of the main force going northward from Shaanxi and Gansu, they rushed to the hinterland of Shaanxi overnight. Young Master Zhang also stopped the pursuit and let the rebels cross the river to escape. .

"Report—!" At this time, there was also news from Zhao Shuelun's side, and the messenger reported: "Report to Zhang Xiantai, after the leader of the gangster gods fought with our army, General Zhao Shulun used muskets against the enemy. , about [-] enemies were killed, Shen Yikui was forced to withdraw his troops, and has returned to Lin County."

"The bullshit was forced to withdraw the army because we found out that Wang Jiayin was dead and the main force of the thieves had been killed by us, so he ran away?" Young Master Zhang cursed, jumped off the horse and sat on the ground, wryly smiling: " The hunting tiger team and the wolf cavalry team have all finished their bullets. Without reliable logistics and cannon fodder troops, the victory is dangerous. But it’s okay, these annoying thieves have finally been driven away, and they can free up their hands to deal with that dog Ezhe cub."

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They stayed there overnight and rested overnight. In the early morning of the next day, after confirming that all the remnants of the rebels had crossed the river, Young Master Zhang ordered to burn down the pontoon bridge, retreated the troops to join Zhao Shuelun, and took back the food and supplies left behind.It was only at this moment that Young Master Zhang calculated the casualties of the slave slaughter army - more than [-] people were killed, nearly [-] were seriously injured, and over a thousand were slightly injured.Although the casualties were a little smaller than expected, what made Young Master Zhang even more troublesome was that the slave slaughtering army who had been fighting fiercely for more than ten days was already very tired and urgently needed rest and treatment. It was a very reluctant thing, and brothers Yiyuan and Buzhanni were still entrenched in Mopan Mountain and Linxian City, and they were still two big threats.

On July 21, Young Master Zhang and Man Gui met at Linxian City. Man Gui, who had been entangled in the Mopan Mountains by Buzhanni, was ashamed and took the initiative to plead guilty to Young Master Zhang, criticizing himself for failing to kill Buzhanni and Shen Yiyuan on time. The negligence of the rebels, forcing the slave slaughter army to fight the main force of the rebels alone.Young Master Zhang comforted: "Brother Man, don't blame yourself too much. Your army is all cavalry, which is not suitable for fighting in the mountains. It is not surprising to be restrained by non-stick mud. What's more, no one thought that non-stick mud and The two groups of thieves, Shen Yiyuan, will unite so tightly, forming horns to support each other, if you only deal with one group of thieves alone, they will definitely not be your opponent."

"This incident also woke me up. I can't be too selfish in the future." Young Master Zhang also reflected on himself: "If I didn't think too much about the issue of military ration supply and post-war establishment appeasement, I would be able to recruit some chaos If the thieves are the cannon fodder of the current team, there is no need to use the slave-slaughter army to fight a war of attrition, and the army has a single type of arms, and its strength is stretched. Next time you fight against the main force of the thieves, you must pay attention to this problem." Speaking of this, Zhang Da The young master sighed again, "Well, I was wrong about this account from the very beginning. How much food can I get by temporarily recruiting thousands of thieves as cannon fodder? Ten thieves can eat as much food as training one The money and food consumed by the soldiers of the slave slaughter army? Besides, the recruited rebel soldiers can be used as death squads, and most of them can’t actually eat food for a few days.”

"In this world, is there such a way to settle accounts?" Man Gui and Shi Kefa glanced at each other, feeling more and more that Young Master Zhang was ruthless.After accompanying Young Master Zhang's extremely distressed sighs, Shi Kefa asked again: "Zhang Xiantai, what should we do next? According to the original plan, drive the thieves Buzhanni and Shenyiyuan across the Yellow River? Or should we ignore them for the time being and withdraw our troops to reinforce Xuanfu?"

"The slave slaughter army is very tired, and they can't go north to the Xuan Mansion. We must allow time for them to rest." Young Master Zhang shook his head, then gritted his teeth and said, "The two groups of thieves, Buzhanni and Shenyiyuan, are always entrenched here. , Taiyuan Mansion will never have a peaceful day, and it is not a solution, the left and right have already miscalculated, so we should simply make the mistake, and concentrate on pulling out these two nails first."

"Brother Zhang, Mopan Mountain is high and densely forested, and the rebels are familiar with the roads. It may not be so easy to completely eliminate them." Man Gui warned.Shi Kefa was also surprised and asked: "What about the Xuan Mansion? There is going to be a fight over there!"

"Don't worry, I've made up my mind." Young Master Zhang held up three fingers, "Next, we will proceed in three steps. The first step is to concentrate our forces to break through Linxian County and attack the city with the tactics of encircling three ques and one. To completely wipe out the army of the thieves God Yiyuan, we only need to take down the city. In the second step, we burned all the houses in Linxian City and destroyed all the villages outside the city, using scorched-earth tactics to make the thieves disappear The place can spend the winter, forcing them to withdraw to Shaanxi. The third step, Brother Man, you go back to Taiyuan to rest, and at the same time, don’t let the thieves who lost their hiding places take advantage of it. The slave slaughter army returns to Shanxi Town to rest and prepare for the decisive battle with Lin Dan. I will go north to Xuanfu alone to deal with that bastard Ezhe."

"Are you going north to Xuanfu alone to deal with Ezhe?" Man Gui was startled, and hurriedly said: "Let me take the cavalry with you. I am familiar with the tactical habits of the Mongolian army, and I will definitely be of great help to you."

"No need, the Xuan Mansion has [-] troops, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Squad and Hei Yunlong's [-] cavalry, it is enough for me to deal with Ezhe." Young Master Zhang shook his head and smiled: "Besides, At present, the Mongolian army and our Ming Dynasty are still allies in honor. Even if we want to fight, we must send hypocritical envoys to contact each other to negotiate, deceive, and bargain. Good thing."

(End of this chapter)