Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 151 Gao Yingxiang

Those people hurriedly knelt down on the ground and shouted in unison: "The villain sees the general."

Cao Wenzhao took a closer look at these people, and saw that these people were white-faced and tender, and they were not people who did hard work at first glance. Cao Wenzhao nodded, waved his hands and said, "Get up, I will have a few words. If you ask me, you don't need to worry."

Several people tremblingly said: "Thank you, General, please ask, General."

"Have you ever heard of any local forces near Lingchuan, Hui County, and Qi County?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

An older man hurriedly replied: "General, there is a group of bandits south of Lingchuan, the leader is called Jiutiaolong, and there is also a group of bandits at the junction of the three counties, but the specific situation is not clear."

Cao Wenzhao nodded. He was very aware of the gang of bandits headed by Jiutiaolong south of Lingchuan. A year ago, Wang Zhaosheng, the military preparation officer in Southern Hebei Province, had sent troops to encircle and suppress this gang of bandits, and drove them out of control.

After he led his troops into the Zezhou area of ​​Shanxi Province, he also fought against this group of bandits, and in just one battle, they were beaten to pieces and fled in all directions.

A few months ago, after he planned to kill Wang Jiayin, Jiu Tiaolong and his group of bandits disappeared. It is estimated that they have gone into some ravine again to live around.

However, Cao Wenzhao did not expect that there was a group of bandits at the junction of Lingchuan and the three counties in Henan. The chaos here was turned upside down. These people actually hid in the mountains without making a sound. The hiding is deep enough. .

"What's the origin of that group of bandits in the south?" Cao Wenzhao questioned.

The man hurriedly said: "I really don't know the specific situation, I only know that there are such a group of people around Hongshanling."

After a pause, the man continued: "Actually, in the opinion of a villain, these people can't be called bandits, because I have never heard of these people robbing houses. The villain has been doing business in Henan in the past few years, and sometimes he walked through the area near Hongshanling. line, never been robbed."

At this time, one person interjected, "It's true that this group of people rarely go out to rob, but it's not that they haven't done it before. I heard that in Hui County, Qi County, and Lin County, many tyrannical bullies who are rich and unkind have been blackmailed by them. "

Immediately another person said: "The villain also heard that they never do anything to the common people, and even often give money to the common people. The villain has a distant relative who lives in Qi County. A few years ago, he couldn't eat. The food was given by these people."

"Oh?" Cao Wenzhao became interested when he heard this, and immediately smiled: "Your relative ate other people's food, so you must have followed him up the mountain to become a bandit?"

The man jumped, knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "This villain doesn't know."

Cao Wenzhao gave the man a cold look, and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "How many bandits are there?"

"This villain really doesn't know. To tell you the truth, the villain's distant relative came to Zezhou to look for me two years ago, and said that if the business here can't continue, he can go to Qi County. As for the bandits The villain really doesn't know how many people there are. But judging by the posture, there must be at least a few thousand people." The man said hastily.

"You are honest, you won't lie, but you all said that this group of bandits only robs powerful bullies and not ordinary people. I don't think so. How many powerful and bully can there be in such a big place? They robbed them all in a few strokes, don't they?" How can so many bandits be supported by just a few powerful bullies?" Cao Wenzhao said.

"The villain dare not lie. I have never heard of these people robbing ordinary people in the past few years. It happened frequently in the past few years. There used to be several groups of bandits there. Later, those bandits were all wiped out by the current gang. Since then From then on, there will be no more robbery of the common people." The older man said hurriedly.

"Do you know the name of the bandit leader?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

"The villain doesn't know." The man said hastily.

"What about you?" Cao Wenzhao asked, pointing to the person behind him. "Didn't your relatives mention it to you?"

The person pointed at hurriedly said: "The villain's relatives have received the grace of life, how dare they mention their names? Just call them the leader."

Cao Wenzhao nodded and asked: "This group of people occupy the mountain and become king, don't the officers and soldiers in Henan care?"

The man said: "I heard that Weihui Mansion and Zhangde Mansion sent troops to encircle and suppress them several times, and they were defeated. Later, seeing that they never provoke the government, they stopped sending troops to encircle and suppress them."

"Oh!" Cao Wenzhao pondered for a while, seeing that there was nothing to ask, ordered someone to reward these people with a little money, and let them retreat.

After these people withdrew, Cao Wenzhao thought again.

Wei Huiwei and Zhangdewei both have 600 people. After deserters and empty pay, each guard has at least 4000 people left.

Even if the soldiers in the guard are not strong enough, but this group of bandits can defeat the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers several times, the number of them will definitely not be too small. The person who said just now that there are thousands of bandits seems to be true.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of these people must be extremely high, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat the encirclement and suppression of the government army several times.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao could almost conclude that it was this team that fought against the rebel army near Lingchuan.

But how can you feed so many people just by robbing a few powerful bullies?

In addition, this group of bandits never take the initiative to provoke the government, do they just want to occupy the mountain as king?Since you want to occupy the mountain as king, why do you want to help the government and army encircle and suppress the rebels this time?

Cao Wenzhao thought his head was getting bigger, but he didn't want to understand what was going on.

Cao Wenzhao didn't think about it if he didn't understand. He ordered more scouts to investigate the movement of the rebels, and at the same time sent someone to report the matter to Hong Chengchou.

He also said that due to the sudden addition of an unknown army, the troops did not dare to move lightly, so the commander-in-chief was asked to send reinforcements quickly.

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Cao Wenzhao felt a headache, but there was someone who had a worse headache than Cao Wenzhao.

This person is Gao Yingxiang.

Since joining the rebel army, Gao Yingxiang's situation has been good. He conquered cities and lands, gathered refugees, and his power has become stronger and stronger.

But since Hong Chengchou became the governor of Shaanxi, life has been difficult.

In particular, Hong Chengchou had a man named Cao Wenzhao, who had a thousand Guanning cavalry under his command.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry is known as the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty. It has fought against Houjin in Liaodong for many years, and often won battles.

Of course, the biggest reason is that most of the main members of Guanning cavalry are from Liaodong.Liaodong is their home, and failing to keep Liaodong is tantamount to losing their home.

Therefore, when fighting Hou Jin, these people were like chicken blood, screaming and playing their lives.

Because they have been playing with Hou Jin's cavalry for many years, the spirit of this group may be a little abnormal. Seeing the rebels is like a wolf seeing a sheep.

They didn't care what formation the rebels formed, they rushed towards the rebels screaming.Shoot with a three-eyed blunderbuss at a distance, and smash it with an iron stick (three-eyed blunderbuss) at a distance. After that year, the Golden Tartars were beaten to death by them, let alone the rebels?
The rebel army was like straw in front of these people, and they were cut down in pieces by them.

Fortunately, most of Guanning's iron cavalry are not locals, and they have no deep hatred with the rebels. Fighting with the rebels is just a mess. Therefore, when fighting with the rebels, it doesn't mean that you have to kill them all. chased.

But even so, the rebels were beaten enough.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou only has one Cao Wenzhao in his hand, and Cao Wenzhao's subordinates only have this thousand Guanning cavalry, otherwise, no matter how many rebels there are, they will not be enough to kill them.

And because Cao Wenzhao's army was small in number, Hong Chengchou was only used to deal with the strongest and most violent rebel army.

When Wang Jiayin was the leader of the rebel army, Cao Wenzhao was sent by Hong Chengchou to deal with Wang Jiayin. In June this year, Wang Jiayin was surrounded by Cao Wenzhao and finally betrayed and killed by traitors.

After Wang Jiayin's death, Wang Ziyong served as the leader. It is said that Cao Wenzhao should deal with Wang Ziyong. Unexpectedly, Cao Wenzhao came to deal with him.

Although Gao Yingxiang's army is not weak, it is not enough to look at Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao did not rely solely on the thousand Guanning iron cavalry to fight the war. Cao Wenzhao was a man who had experienced many battles. He was not only personally brave but also proficient in the art of war, especially when he was fighting, he often cheated.

It is said that he was brave because he took the lead in every attack, and his martial arts was so strong that he beat the leaders of the rebel army. ".

It is said that Cao Wenzhao was deceitful because whenever there was a war, he would either attack suddenly, dig a hole to ambush, or cut off people's food and grass, and intercept the rear.

Hong Chengchou once commented on Cao Wenzhao: a good general in the world is unparalleled in the world.

It can be seen how powerful this person is.

Most of the members of the rebel army were illiterate and peasants. How could they not lose against someone like Cao Wenzhao?He was defeated by Cao Wenzhao.

Fortunately, Gao Yingxiang was more clever, and when he saw the situation was not good, he hurriedly moved to the south of Shanxi. There were many mountains in the south of Shanxi, and the cavalry could not be used, so he got rid of Cao Wenzhao's pursuit.

However, Cao Wenzhao was like a maggot attached to the bones, and Gao Yingxiang vowed not to withdraw his troops. In desperation, Gao Yingxiang had no choice but to continue to advance east. As long as he reached the Taihang area, Cao Wenzhao's cavalry would be useless.

Gao Yingxiang had a good plan, and the situation was indeed developing in a direction that was beneficial to him.

However, Gao Yingxiang never expected that after defeating Gaoping, an unidentified army appeared while continuing to advance towards Lingchuan.

This army is all dressed in civilian clothes, no one is wearing a piece of armor, it is obvious that they are not official soldiers.

But it's not like the rebels, who wear all kinds of clothes, some are dressed as officials, some are dressed in rags, in short, there are all kinds of clothes.But the people on the opposite side were neatly dressed and neatly dressed.

Gao Yingxiang really couldn't see what these people were doing.

And no matter whether it is an official army or a rebel army, they all have banners. Gao Yingxiang's banner is a word Chuang, and Cao Wenzhao's banner is a word Cao, but the team on the opposite side has no banners, not even a command flag. No, how do you fight people without a flag?

In addition, although the unidentified team was small in number, only about [-] people at full count, they were not afraid of Gao Yingxiang's tens of thousands of troops.

Gao Yingxiang wanted to ask these people what they wanted to do, but unexpectedly, the person on the other side didn't give him a chance at all, and directly put on a posture to meet the enemy.

Since the other party doesn't want to talk to him, Gao Yingxiang is not polite, you can fight us if you want, you only have two thousand people, no matter how powerful you are, can you beat Cao Wenzhao?I can't beat Cao Wenzhao, can't I beat you thousand and eight horses?
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