Xu Tai knew that this was the main force of the thief army, and he followed him all the way from Bazhou to Cangzhou, killing many scattered thieves along the way.

It was the annihilation battle of Lu Wan, the squire of the military department, and the pursuit battle of Xu Tai, the deputy commander-in-chief, that made the main force of the thieves change from 50,000 to more than 10,000. In fact, not many of them were captured and beheaded by the official army, and most of them were scattered and turned into displaced people, or became small groups of anti-thieves to plunder towns and villages.

Under Cangzhou City, nearly half of the main force of the thieves lost, and most of them also fled. Some thieves saw that they could not attack for a long time, and there was not enough food and grass in the army, so they simply ran away with their subordinates, and they might be able to make a lot of money by plundering towns and towns in advance.

Xu Tai understood these circumstances that he was born as a martial champion, an official to the deputy chief soldier, and he brought troops from Xuanfu to make meritorious contributions. So the friendly army is still halfway there, but he is chasing the main force of the thieves for thousands of miles, how can he be willing to let the cooked duck fly away?

"Kill!"

Xu Tai led more than 1,000 cavalry to chase down the thieves, killing them one by one and kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

"General, there's a thief here!" The subordinates shouted.

Xu Tai galloped back, but saw a thief in armor, whose legs were pressed by the fallen war horse. He immediately asked, "Who are you?" ”

"If you don't change your name, you don't change your surname, Liu Hui is also!" Liu Hui sneered.

"Haha," Xu Tai laughed happily and ordered, "Quickly treat this thief's wounds, and don't die before taking Jingshi prisoner." This is the fifth thief leader who is only ranked after Liu Liu, Liu Qi, Yang Hu, and Qi Yanming. ”

At this moment, a yin and yang strange voice came from the side: "Xu Vice Zhen, you have too long a hand, right?" ”

Xu Tai turned around and saw a burly soldier, and immediately asked, "Who are you?" ”

The military man suddenly tore off his beard and sneered: "Imperial Horse Supervisor Zhu Ying! ”

Xu Tai suddenly didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "It turned out to be Eunuch Zhu in person." ”

"Don't dare, I'm just a little imperial eunuch." Zhu Ying held her head high and looked at Xu Tai with her nostrils.

The eunuch is the fourth grade, the young eunuch is from the fourth grade, and the eunuch is the fifth grade, but not all eunuchs can be called eunuchs - although they have been shouting in the Ming Dynasty, but if they encounter someone who is not familiar, they will not allow the other party to do this.

Zhu Ying's real position is to be a royal eunuch of the imperial horse, from the sixth grade, the grade is very low.

However, just like the patrol of the imperial history, although the grade is low, it can be majestic. The imperial eunuchs are also not easy to mess with, they write official documents and make records for the emperor, and they are all the emperor's cronies.

Wang Zhi, the great eunuch of that year, was born in the imperial horse eunuch, and his position was exactly the same as Zhu Ying's position at this time.

Xu Tai was even more cautious, clenched his fists and said, "If there is any offense, please ask Zhu Gong for forgiveness." ”

Zhu Ying pointed to Liu Hui, who was carried out by the soldiers: "This thief was captured by our army, did Vice Mayor Xu want to come to grab the credit?" ”

"Don't dare." Xu Taifu lowered his body and scolded his mother in his stomach.

Wang Yuan had already taken off his armor at this time, led the horse over, and said to Zhu Ying: "Deputy Xu Zhen chased the thief for thousands of miles, and there is no merit and trouble, just share some profits with them." ”

Zhu Ying, who was still arrogant just now, immediately became gentle, and said with a smile: "Since Wang Yushi spoke, I will give you some face." ”

Xu Tai had already received a report from the emperor and asked in surprise: "But the royal history of the Hanlin Academy?" ”

Zhu Ying smiled and asked: "In addition to the champion of the current department, which other imperial history is so brave?" ”

Xu Taike doesn't care about the imperial history or champion, he only cares about the emperor's attitude. When the emperor reported Wang Yuan's achievements to the army, he was naturally favored and trusted, and he must not be offended. This imperial eunuch is obedient to Wang Yuan, so Xu Tai looks at Wang Yuan even more.

"Wang Yushi is the champion, and he defeats the thieves with outnumbered enemies, which really makes us and other generals ashamed," Xu Tai patted him with a sycophant, "It's a pity that when I arrived, Wang Yushi had already unloaded his armor, and I couldn't see Wang Yushi's heroic appearance of killing the enemy, which is a big regret in my life!" The remnants of the thieves have not yet been cleared, and the thought of being able to fight side by side with Wang Yushi is worth it in my life! ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "It's too famous." Xu Vice Zhen is the martial champion appointed by the first emperor's imperial pen, I am the literary champion appointed by His Majesty, we are all champions, why bother to see the outside like that. ”

"How can Wu Zhuangyuan compare with Wen Zhuangyuan, Wang Yushi is elevated." Xu Tai had a good impression of Wang Yuan, because few civil officials were so good at talking.

Not only did Xu Tai share the credit, but Nie Zhen and Man Zheng also had merit, and how to divide it up and let the eunuch Zhu Ying discuss, anyway, everyone would be promoted together.

Wang Yuan had only one suggestion, that is, to give them a little more points if they were killed or wounded.

The losses in this charge were quite large, a total of 38 horses fell off their horses, and more than 20 of them died on the spot. Some fell to their deaths, some were stabbed by spears, and some were trampled to death by the thieves who were chasing behind.

When cleaning the battlefield, it was found that eleven people were still alive, but nine were seriously injured, and it was unknown how long they would live.

There were only two lucky ones, who did not die when they fell, nor were they trampled by the cavalry, nor were they mended by the thieves. One of them didn't run all over the ground, and the other coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and only suffered minor internal injuries.

It took a full day for Zhu Zhi to finally salvage Liu Qi's body.

Wang Yuan did not chase again, but only led the army to Dongguang County, and while sending people to report the victory, he first made a rest and replenishment. These elite horsemen are not iron-clad, chasing and killing all the way, they have long been exhausted, and they have to rest for at least half a month.

Xu Tai also wanted to continue to make meritorious contributions, so he threw down his large army and continued to lead the cavalry to pursue along the way. There was another battle in the villages and towns south of Dongguang County, but all the small bandits who had escaped before did not get any weighty heads, which made the deputy chief soldier depressed enough.

……

"Emperor, what a happy event!" Gu Dayong ran briskly in the leopard room.

Zhu Houzhao was practicing martial arts, and when he heard this, he asked, "What a joy?" ”

Gu Dayong said with a smile: "Wang Yushi led His Majesty's 200 elite horsemen to the north of Cangzhou Xinqiaoyi, and beheaded the thieves Liu Liu, Liu Qi and Qi Hutou. In addition, he also captured the thief leader Liu Hui alive, beheaded countless people, and captured 3,000! ”

"Liu Liu, Liu Qi are dead?" Zhu Houzhao paced back and forth happily, and then laughed, "Haha, Wang Erlang really lived up to my trust, and he was able to make such an amazing feat with two hundred cavalry." Other Beijing battalions and border armies are all wine bags and rice bags, tens of thousands of people fight tens of thousands of people, and they always report that they have captured and beheaded hundreds. ”

Gu Dayong flattered: "Thanks to the emperor's wisdom and foresight. If it weren't for the emperor's preparations, who had been training cavalry for several years, where would there be elite cavalry? If it weren't for the emperor to let Wang Yushi lead the troops, how would he break the formation even if he had elite cavalry? The emperor is really a wise and martial saint, and the son of heaven! ”

"Haha, you have some truth in that." Zhu Houzhao is very happy at the moment.

Gu Dayong said suddenly: "According to the royal history, of His Majesty's 200 elite horsemen, 36 people have been killed in battle, one person is seriously injured and difficult to treat, and the other two do not know what happened. ”

"With such a big victory, only thirty-nine were lost?" Zhu Houzhao was quite surprised.

Gu Dayong replied: "It is true that only thirty-nine were lost, but more than half of the Jinyi guard cavalry were killed and wounded. ”

Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and said, "Wang Erlang is my Wei Qing!" ”

Gu Dayong reminded: "Emperor, the remaining hundred or so elite cavalry can no longer fight, you need to keep the seeds of the strong army, select the elite to add in, and it is best to expand to five hundred cavalry." ”

"You're right," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, "If there are five hundred elite horsemen, let Wang Erlang lead the army, even if you are not afraid of the little prince of Mongolia." ”

Gu Dayong suddenly knelt on the ground: "The thief has been removed, the remnants are not finished, and the ministers are willing to share their worries for Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand, and said with a smile: "Why did you suddenly kneel?" ”

Gu Dayong had no choice but to make his mind clear: "The minister is willing to lead the army and personally kill the thief on behalf of His Majesty!" ”

Okay, this eunuch saw that Liu Liu and Liu Qi were dead, and the anti-thieves were gone at the moment, and wanted to run out to get the greatest credit for the elimination of the thieves.

Zhu Houzhao was very generous to his cronies, and said with a smile: "Since you have this heart, then fight for me!" ”

Twenty days later, Wang Yuan received news that he would immediately lead his men back to Beijing to receive their rewards.

At the same time, Gu Dayong became the commander-in-chief of the counterinsurgency, supervising military affairs as a eunuch of the imperial horse. Pingqiang Bo Mao Rui served as the commander-in-chief, the eunuch Zhang Zhong led the Shenji Battalion to set off, and Lu Wan, the squire of the military department, became the commander-in-chief of the front.

Faced with this situation, the eunuch Zhang Yong could only look stupidly, because he was in control of the celebrant eunuch, and he couldn't compete with the imperial horse eunuch in the military.

So, Zhang Yong once again worked closely with the civil official group, and wanted to transfer the border army back as soon as possible, and he couldn't let Gu Da use the limelight anymore - the competition within the eunuchs was also fierce.