Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 170 Moved to Shandong ([-])

Three days later, when the spies of the Yuyuan Army reported back that half of the Tartar army in Fucheng was outnumbered, and they were rushing towards the south in a hurry.The leaders of the Yuyuan Army were immediately excited. It seemed that the strength of the Second Battalion of the Security Regiment should not be underestimated. It actually mobilized half of the troops of the Fucheng Tartars.

In order to besiege the Yuyuan army, the Tartars deployed more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the area from Caozhou City to Yuncheng.Especially in Fucheng, there were [-] soldiers left behind.

Don't look at the number of soldiers and horses of the Tartars compared to the tens of thousands of 10,000+ of the Yuyuan Army. However, most of the Yuyuan Army are old and weak, and even the strong ones are only young.But the Tartars were different, these ten thousand soldiers were all green battalion soldiers, most of them were war soldiers.The fighting method of the Yuyuan Army is to muster up the remaining courage and strive forward, not paying much attention to the battle formation. It would be good if 1 soldiers of the Yuyuan Army can beat [-] elite Green Battalion soldiers.On weekdays, what the Yuyuan Army does most is to retreat when the enemy advances, advance when the enemy retreats, and enter the tunnel if the enemy advances again.

At this time, Ren Qi spoke.

"Since Battalion Commander Sun has already restrained the Tartar troops in the south, in my opinion, our Yuyuan Army has to cooperate with all our strength. Although the Tartars only walked three thousand, they were all combat soldiers. Most of the remaining 8000 were soldiers. They are guards, and they are stationed in Caozhou City and Yuncheng. There are only 3000 people left in Caozhou City. When we go to fight Caozhou City, the tartars in Yuncheng have no time to rescue them. After all, Yuncheng is two hundred miles away from Caozhou City , When the Yuncheng Tartars rescue Caozhou, we will have already defeated them."

It's just that Zhang Qi and Liang Min still have concerns. They seem to be worried that the [-] Green Battalion soldiers of the Tartars will come back to help, and they are also worried that the Tartars still have [-] troops, and they are afraid that they will not be able to defeat them.

At this moment, Yan Ermei who came again also expressed her opinion.

"Yulin is not a place to stay for a long time. Puzhou and Fan County are close to the Yellow River. There has been little water in the past two years. But once the Yellow River is full of water, the Tartars are likely to dig the river to divert the water from the Yellow River to flood Yulin. Then our tunnels will be damaged. It's self-defeating."

Hearing what Yan Ermei said, everyone gasped, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.If the Tartars were really so vicious, the Yuyuan Army would have been wiped out immediately.It's just that the Tartars have slaughtered countless people since they entered the customs. Does their viciousness still need to be proved?

Before the severe survival crisis, everyone no longer has different opinions, and it is better to survive than to sit and wait.This time the Yuyuan Army sent troops not only to cooperate with the security regiment, but also to find a way for the people under their command to survive for themselves.

When the [-] Green Battalion soldiers dispatched by the Tartars from Fucheng arrived in Cao County with [-] civilian husbands collected by the local landlords, they were attacking the city violently.The Yuyuan army has been assembled, and more than [-] strong men have been summoned to attack Caozhou City with all their belongings.For the Yuyuan Army, there is no better opportunity than this.If you continue to dawdle in Yulin, you will really be doomed in the end.

Although the Yuyuan Army failed in Caozhou City, there are still many companions hiding, after all, some of them were originally from Caozhou City.No matter how much the Tartars slaughtered and searched, there were still fish that slipped through the net.Some residents who originally fled the city returned home after the Tazi massacre, and many of them were members of the Yuyuan Army.

With the active efforts of these people, hundreds of troops from the Yuyuan Army were recruited and hidden during the day.At night, the gatekeepers of the Green Battalion who had been bribed opened the city gate, and the Yuyuan Army in the city immediately seized the city gate, while the advance team of the Yuyuan Army hidden outside also rushed into Caozhou City.Behind them is the [-] troops of the Yuyuan Army galloping towards Caozhou City in a starry night!

In Cao County, the attacks of the Tartars are getting more and more fierce, and it seems that they intend to destroy the imperial food.The siege battle has been going on for three days, and Cao County seems to be on the verge of collapse, and it seems that it can be won with more effort.Because of this, the Tartars attacked crazily, always thinking that the next attack would take Cao County down.

All of this was in Sun Zhi's arms, and Sun Zhi was just trying to keep the Tartars interested.In Cao County, he released 400 regiments, only half of the [-] regiments joined the battle, and the rest were either maintaining law and order or recharging their energy.There were more than [-] cavalry, and Sun Zhi arranged for them to hide in an abandoned village twenty miles away from the city, under the command of Tang Dewu.

When the Tartars attacked the city for three consecutive days and exhausted a lot of energy, the soldiers also began to get tired physically.At this time, a five-foot-high red flag was erected on the city wall.When they saw the red flag fluttering, the regiment members who were exhausted were full of strength, and the heavy weapons seemed to lighten up. The regiment members became more and more courageous as they fought.For a while, the Tazi's offensive was frustrated and morale was low.

When the red flag suddenly rose, the scouts sent by Tang Dewu who were lurking a few miles away in Cao County also saw it.Seeing the signal, several scouts hurried back to the cavalry station.

After learning the battalion commander's order, the cavalry rearranged their equipment and ran towards Cao County on horseback.

The movement of the cavalry was very loud, and the dust and smoke billowed from thousands of troops.Before they had gone a few miles, the Tartars spotted this large group of cavalry.It's just that the Tartars couldn't judge the subordination of this group of cavalry, but they also went on guard one after another.

Although the Tartars were not sure which side the cavalry came from, Sun Zhi could.So, he left a small group of people to guard the county seat, and then assembled most of the people.The [-] regiments who were recharging their energy and strength led the way, and the rest of the exhausted soldiers followed behind to strengthen their momentum.

When Tang Dewu led the cavalry and rushed into the Tartar formation, the Tartars were in chaos, and the peasants were like wolves running like hogs.The Tartars did not expect that there would be such a large group of cavalry in their own territory.

"Could it be that the Yuyuan army is here?" Many people thought so when they fled.

It's just that when the troops were first sent out, the Tartars thought that there were powerful troops stationed from Caozhou to Yuncheng, and it was impossible for the Yuyuan army to break through easily.That's why they sent [-] soldiers and [-] civilian husbands to Cao County to destroy the bandits who occupied the county.

Now, when the Tartars thought of Tang Dewu's cavalry as the Yuyuan Army's cavalry, the collapse was even more rapid.The arrival of the Yuyuan Army meant that the entire northern part of Caozhou Prefecture had fallen, which made these rout soldiers no longer have the will to fight, and even those who still wanted to resist dropped their weapons and fled.

By mistake, Tang Dewu's cavalry achieved better results than expected.

And when the gate of Cao County was opened wide, and the regiments in the city rushed out, the overall situation was settled.Seeing that they could not escape, the soldiers from the green battalion of the Tartars and the peasants surrendered one after another.At this point, the siege of Cao County was lifted.

Not long after the Tartars in Cao County were defeated and incorporated, Sun Zhi finally waited for Zhao Erbao to come, and also met Yan Ermei, the representative of the Yuyuan Army.After learning from Zhao Erbao that the Yuyuan Army had dispatched troops and that Caozhou Mansion had been captured by the Yuyuan Army.While negotiating with Yan Ermei, Sun Zhi hurriedly dispatched troops to capture Sifang, including Chengwu, Shanxian, and Dingtao counties.

(End of this chapter)