Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 220 Situation Reversal
From the decisive battle to the end, it was only half an hour, but it took an hour to return to the camp to rectify and capture the prisoners. This decisive battle mainly relied on the output of powerful mines. Fortunately, Cao Ying and the Gezuo cavalry were in a dense formation Charged, tens of thousands of people crowded into a small area, which caused such a large amount of damage, and more than a thousand cavalry fell down.

But it’s not that more than 1000 people died. The shock wave of the explosion is enough to kill people, and the power of the edge of the explosion wave can also stun people. More than 400 people were actually killed by the explosion. More than half of them were killed, and Song Qingshu, who had no experience in blasting, didn't know. When he came back, it happened that an officer randomly kicked the corpse's ass and kicked it up. This made the Yanmen Guan army wake up. When they went back to clean the battlefield, they caught 800 Many prisoners.

In this battle, [-] were against [-], [-] people were beheaded, [-] were captured, and more importantly, the siege of Xinzhou was broken. It was a big victory, but Qiu Ming was not happy.

The camp left behind by the Peasant Army has been taken over by the Xinzhou Army, and it has been more than two hours since Cao Cao and the others have plundered the money in it. I don't know how many gains there are. Standing in the barracks and watching, Qiu Ming stomped his feet with envy.

"Fucking magistrate Zhao, if you hadn't stopped him, I, Lao Qiu, had to grab those little bastards just now, and it was obviously our victory! He went to pick up cheap, these dog civil servants! "

"Okay, old Qiu."

Sitting on the mound in the trench and watching his subordinates collecting spoils on the battlefield, Song Qingshu smiled and patted him on the shoulder contentedly.

"You have to live to enjoy the credit!"

"Shuai Qu, please don't comfort me. I, Lao Qiu, was also a man who led soldiers and fought in battles. Today, the rogue has been beaten to the ground by your five thunders. If he catches up with him, he will be beheaded..., yay!!!"

Just as he was talking, Qiu Ming stood up in disbelief. These days, the general has not been allocated a telescope, so he can only set up an awning to look south.

At noon, the sun was so hot that the horizon was steaming like a circle of water vapor, making it difficult to see clearly. Just as I was speaking, a large area of ​​yellow sand suddenly burst out of the water vapor in the distance. Those Xinzhou guards and veterans who were spoils of war in the bandit army also became panicked, yelled and ran back after dropping their things.

After about a moment, the number of officers and soldiers running back, dragging their flags and yelling in horror suddenly increased, filling the road, and then, the yellow sand trampled by horseshoes brought a sandstorm like a hurricane behind them. The line is like a line, and you can faintly see the galloping horses and the roaring cavalry on the horses.

"I said why can't I see Cao Ying's tiger and leopard riders today, so they are all here!" Standing up and looking at it for a while, turning back to pat the dust on his buttocks, Song Qingshu said leisurely, but what Qiu Ming heard was He almost didn't cry, his face drooped like a weasel, and he cupped his fists at Song Qingshu sadly.

"Shuai Qu, that thunder in your palm, the bandit army came back, and the Xinzhou army fled. Let's hurry up and get ready to run, shall we?"

"Don't worry, Cao Cao grew up with suspicion. He suffered a loss once. Before he figured it out, he would never come to touch his nose again. Besides, even if he came, I was afraid that he would not succeed. Brother, right? them?"

"My lord is right! Come and kill them!"

This battle caused all the officers and soldiers at Yanmen Pass to lose their morale. Hearing Song Qingshu turn his head and roar, the hundreds of officers and soldiers working nearby almost all started booing at the same time. The loud and clear roar spread far away. Cao Jun, who was chasing after miles and miles, was suffocated by his momentum.

"Zhuge Liang's Art of War" says that those who are good at reasoning do not teach, those who are good at teaching do not fight, those who are good at fighting do not fight, those who are good at fighting do not lose, and those who are good at defeating do not perish.Today's peasant army is the last kind of general in Zhuge Liang's mouth. They have been defeated by the officers and soldiers a lot, and they have become accustomed to retreating while completing the army. I went to the reed marshes by the Hutuo River as a backup, just in case.

There are a lot of soldiers in Xinzhou. After all, this is one of the important strongholds where the imperial court governs the Xinding Basin. There are two garrison posts, one of which is a guard, and there are almost 1000 soldiers. There are only more than [-] people who can really fight, and the rest follow the defenders and throw stones. This field battle is difficult for them. After running for more than two hours, Huan, who was chasing and killing, suddenly burrowed into the reeds in front of him. Countless fierce Shanxi ruffian cavalry came out, and the ruffians running ahead shouted and turned around to kill them. The Xinzhou soldiers and horses collapsed immediately.

I don’t know how many people lost it. Anyway, when I went there, I was so majestic, but when I came back, there was only a thin layer left. Thanks to Song Qingshu’s blessing, I saw that the army at Yanmen Pass was heavily fortified. Explosives, the Shaanxi cavalry who were frightened went around in circles, and then returned to the barracks that had been turned upside down in the morning and settled down.

Even so, the south gate of Xinzhou City did not dare to open. Under the tense vigilance of the cannons on the top of the city, the remaining [-] or [-] guards joined hands to grab things. Then the guards and veterans sneaked away from the front of the Yanmenguan army's position in fear. Entering the south gate, they don't want food, cloth, silver, etc., and throw it all over the place.

The situation seemed to be back to a day ago, but the Xinzhou garrison had been severely weakened, and the backbone of the six battalions of Liu Thieves had been killed a lot. It seemed that only the Yanmenguan army had become the biggest winner.

It was the same master who came last night, but this time he didn't have the arrogance of yesterday at all. The Shaoxing master jumped hysterically in the middle of the army with panic mixed with anger, cursing loudly.

"Why don't you send troops together to stop the thieves? You are just sitting and watching the loss of your allies. My lord will definitely give you a book from the court. You have unknown thieves to join the army, poor Qiu Ba, wait. Bad luck!"

"Hey, master, this is strange. Today our army is fighting hard. There are more than 1000 heads outside, which is proof. But Governor Zhao sent someone to make my family's generals retreat. You go out and ask, and thousands of soldiers are fine. To testify, if you want to say that, my general will actually write a letter to refute it, and see if there is any law in our Ming Dynasty!"

At this time, my heart was extremely refreshed, Qiu Ming sat arrogantly on the handsome chair, crossed his legs, Song Qingshu smiled and asked back in a strange way, but the master who heard it couldn't help but choke.

Daming's officialdom is corrupt to a certain extent, but it doesn't mean that right and wrong are completely reversed. Qiu Ming has soldiers here, and there are more than 1000 heads to report their merits, but Zhao Qing went out of the city to hunt down and kill them. He didn't kill many people. He lost his money There are more than 3000 troops, if you really want to expose them, even if he has a strong background, he will be unlucky. You must know that there are not only his backers in the court, but there are many vanguards of the party and government. Walk.

At this time, if you are a seasoned bureaucrat, the best way is to lower your figure and discuss with Qiu Ming. Those benefits will be exchanged for military merits. When the time comes, the two armies will fight to the death together. If you gain so much, those losses can be counted as bloody battle losses. , hello me too!
It's a pity that this Zhao Qing is used to running rampant in Shanxi, what kind of master and what kind of slave, this Shaoxing master can't hold back his face, he pointed at Song Qingshu with a trembling beard, and it took him a long time to say a few words.

"You, you, you! Good! You are such a sharp-tongued thief in the army, just wait!"

"Master Zhou, the defense of Xinzhou City is now empty, do you want our army to enter the city to help defend? Hey, don't leave! You don't need our army to enter the city, you have to write a military order, don't lose the city at that time depends on us !"

The master turned around and left, followed closely behind, Song Qingshu kept yelling and asking questions, the master's face turned purple when he heard it, trembling with anger, his steps became faster and faster, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye, clutching his stomach in the tent After holding back for a long time, seeing Song Qingshu come back with a helpless look, Qiu Ming couldn't help it anymore, he just laughed and jumped up, clasped his fists at Song Qingshu and bowed.

"Shuai Qu, you are absolutely amazing! You have no plans left! This time, how can that Zhao survive? Hahaha, if you compete with us for military merit, that Zhao deserves to be beaten to death. This time, even if he doesn't die, You have to peel off your skin too, hahahaha!"

It seems that being an official is not so easy. Seeing Qiu Ming laugh with his head raised in relief, Song Qingshu couldn't help but shook his head amusedly.

"Okay, the good show is yet to come!"

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In the next few days, Xinzhou City was in an eerie calm, and Cao Cao didn't know what to do if he was unwilling. If it was normal, the peasant army would have retreated long ago if they couldn't eat the big city, but the six battalions of them were just staring at it. Under Xinzhou City, they did not attack the city, but sent troops to loot everywhere.

A series of good farms by the river were finally robbed. Zhao Sheng sent people to come several times. But every time Governor Zhao was asked to write a note and stamp it with a big seal. He was the one who made the Yanmenguan reinforcements destined to attack, and he was also responsible for losing the battle. How could Zhao Qing agree?Things have been deadlocked down.

It dragged on until almost the beginning of August, but the battlefield took a 180-degree turn. To the south, the Shanxi General Soldier personally led more than 1000 Shanxi Town border soldiers to go north from Shuimenguan in the south, and outflanked Cao Ying from the Taiyuan Basin. The Dingxiang city reinforcements also gathered 3000 troops, led by Jiang Xiang, the general guard of Dingxiang, who boldly marched westward. Now Cao Cao was at his ease, and hurriedly yearned to withdraw his troops in the direction of Yunzhongshan.

It's easy to get in, but not easy to get out. Xinding is an important town on the second line of defense against Mongolia in the north of Shanxi Town. I don't know how many fortresses have been built in the mountains north of Taiyuan. It was really a stick and had to retreat. The [-] peasant army was like a snail held by three fingers, trapped in the narrow area of ​​Xinzhou Prefecture.

Although I don't know what Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's face looks like now, but looking at the chaotic banners on the opposite side every day is enough for Song Qingshu to gloat for a long time!

(End of this chapter)