221 Defeat
At this point in the war, the complicated military orders could no longer be implemented. The establishment of various ministries has been chaotic, and we can only ignore the fight between the enemy and us.
Moreover, as time goes by, the cavalry is faster and escapes or pursues faster, while the infantry is slower and will slowly separate.
Zuo Liangyu and Hou Sui discussed the countermeasures, and they actually understood from the beginning that they would definitely not be able to win a hard fight with the officials and troops of the imperial court. They decided to take advantage of the fact that the officials and soldiers of the imperial court would steal merit, at least Xiao Yuanying had just defected to the imperial court, and he was definitely eager to make meritorious contributions, so he set up a poisonous plan.
However, considering that the Xingguo Duke seemed to be cautious, he used the defeat to stimulate the court officials and soldiers.
Anyway, I couldn't win, I pushed the boat down the river, as soon as I made contact, I was defeated by the hairy boy Xingguo Gong, and all the subordinates competed for merit, from this time, it seems that such a desired result has been achieved.
Zuo Liangyu was proud in his heart, and looked up at the front, on the other side of the Dasha River, the military division must have been prepared. If you use part of the baggage as bait, you will not be afraid that the officials and soldiers of the court will not fight!
His requirements are not high, as long as he can eliminate the cavalry of this Ming army, then he will be very sure of the next battle.
At this time, in the shallow water area on this side of the Dasha River, there are quite a few vehicles, piled up with things and crossing the river.
The south, middle and north banks of the Dasha River are all full of vehicles, most of which are on the south bank, and about one-tenth of them reach the north bank.
Hou Sui, who was standing on top of a small mound on the south bank, saw this scene, and ordered the guards around him: "Pass the order down and let them all rest on the spot!" ”
When his guards heard this, they thought they had misheard, and hurriedly confirmed: "My lord, there are many vehicles in the river, and they haven't crossed the river yet!" ”
"Just give the order, rest on the spot, and don't move!" When Hou Sui heard this, he repeated, and even emphasized the word "on the spot"!
The guards confirmed that it was correct, and although they thought the order was strange, they still carried it out.
As soon as this military order was taken, the rebel baggage battalion remained mostly on the south bank and a small part on the north bank. If those who don't know suddenly look at it, they will think that this baggage battalion has just begun to cross the river.
When Hou Sui saw it, he was still satisfied, so he turned his head and looked around.
At first glance, he turned his head to look at a place in the upper reaches of the Dasha River behind him, and then turned his head to look at Xinlecheng, which is about three miles away from the lower reaches of the Dasha River.
At the head of the city, the banner of the imperial court fluttered. On the west side of the city, that is, in his direction, there is an infantry army of 1,000 people stationed, which is to prevent Xinlecheng from going out of the city to make trouble.
"If you lay down this new music city first, then the chances of winning will be even greater!" Hou Sui looked at Xinle City and couldn't help but think in his heart, "It's just a pity that there are a lot of people in the city, so it can be seen that the city is ready to fight, and it can be captured in a short time!" ”
Thinking of this, Hou Sui couldn't help but immediately think of this newly emerged enemy Xingguo Gong.
Half of the taxes were reduced, and the remaining half was left in the local area to strengthen the city's defenses, and even the magistrates were allowed to collect money and food from the whole city if necessary.
"It's unbelievable that such a national policy can be passed by the DPRK and China!" Although it was not the first time Hou Sui had thought about this, once he thought about it, he was still very surprised in his heart.
He knows those people in the court very well.
Not to mention the unthinkable decree that the first tax should not be collected from the state treasury, and the fact that the second article allowed the magistrates to collect money and food when necessary, he believed that there might be people in the court who would have made such a suggestion when they were forced to do so. However, such an offer is absolutely impossible. The reason is very simple, those princes from the north in the court will definitely oppose it.
Thinking of this, Hou Sui couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of the power of Xingguo Gong.
Cutting off people's money is like killing someone's parents, and this hatred is incompatible. Not to mention, it may be that money and food are taken from the pockets of the northern princes. However, this Xingguo Gong was still able to suppress these people.
Hou Sui thought about it, and frowned. After this decree was issued, it became clear that it was difficult to capture the castle. For example, in the new music city in front of you, just because there are so many strong people in the city, you can deduce how difficult it will be to build a new music.
He was thinking about this, when suddenly, one of his guards reminded him loudly: "My lord, there is movement! ”
Hearing this voice, Hou Sui also felt that the earth seemed to be faintly shaking.
So, he hurried to the north. Sure enough, in the distance, a figure was moving.
Although he couldn't see it clearly, Hou Sui immediately understood that this was Zuo Liangyu's return.
Thinking so, he immediately glanced at a place in the upper reaches of the Dasha River behind him, and then immediately ordered: "Pass the order, without a military order, whoever dares to move will be killed!" ”
The rebel soldiers on the side of the baggage battalion, of course, were also a little panicked when they saw the movement in the north, and many of them thought about quickly withdrawing their vehicles to the south bank. But as soon as they moved, the military order arrived. This made them wonder a little, didn't they have to ensure the safety of their baggage first?
It didn't take long for the movement in the north to get closer and closer to this side, and it could already be seen with the naked eye that the cavalry troops under Zuo Liangyu's department were fleeing, and far behind them, it was obvious that the officials and troops of the imperial court were pursuing.
Seeing this clearly, the rebel soldiers on the south bank are fine, but the rebel soldiers on the north bank are panicking. However, when the leader saw that his subordinates were panicked, he immediately shouted: "Don't panic, this is the commander's trick, wait for my military order to move again!" ”
"Fraud?" Hearing his words, his subordinates all looked puzzled, was it really just a deception, not a real defeat?
Zuo Liangyu has not fled once or twice, and in the face of the imperial army, it will be a fraud?
They were a little unconvinced, listening to the rumbling hooves of horses, which seemed to be rolling from the sky, and their legs and stomachs were shaking a little.
Just as they were about to hold on, their leader drew his waist knife and stabbed it through the sack above the vehicle, and at the same time drew the knife, brought out countless grains and sprinkled them on the ground.
They're a little dumbfounded, what is this for?
Almost at the same time, they heard their leader shouting, "Quick, scatter it all for me, scatter more, and then you can withdraw!" ”
As soon as they heard this, many people immediately understood, this is to show the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, right?
They didn't think much about it, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like the sound of chasing their lives, and they didn't care so much, and they began to carry out the military orders indiscriminately, and then they couldn't wait to abandon their baggage and return to the south bank of the Dasha River.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu also fled to the bank of the Dasha River, and after seeing the situation of the baggage camp, he looked up at the "Hou" flag on the opposite side, and finally turned his head to look back.
I saw that a few miles away from them, the cavalry of the imperial court was chasing after them, with the "Yuan" banner and the "Zhang" banner, and the strength was about 6,000.
From Zuo Liangyu's eyes, it can be seen at once that the cavalry of Xiao Yuanying and the cavalry of Jingying are competing with each other, competing to pursue his side.
"Hehe, let you be arrogant first!" Zuo Liangyu sneered, did not stop at all, drove the horse into the Dasha River, wading across the river.
His cavalry troop numbered about 3,000 men, and as soon as they rushed into the Dasha River, they immediately rushed away from the baggage battalion, and there were men and horses splashing the river everywhere. At first glance, it's called a mess.
On the south bank of the Dasha River, vehicles loaded with things turned around and prepared to flee south. However, because there were too many vehicles, there was no orderly escape, but it became a mess of you blocking me and I blocking you.
Seeing this scene, the thousands of rebel foot soldiers outside Xinle City immediately retreated to the baggage camp, as if they wanted to help the baggage battalion flee south quickly.
If you want to talk about the kung fu of escaping, Zuo Liangyu is definitely the fastest. The large army on the north bank fled to the south bank first. Seeing Hou Sui hurriedly coming over, he hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”
"Everything is going according to plan, as long as the officers and soldiers dare to cross the river, they will be defeated!" Hou Sui listened and immediately replied confidently.
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately turned his head to look at the other side of the river. Seeing that in the rolling dust, the pursuit of the imperial court cavalry was getting closer and closer. And most of his cavalry were still fluttering in the river. In this regard, he did not panic at all, just stared at the movement of the imperial cavalry.
The cavalry of the Beijing camp and the cavalry of the small Yuan camp almost rushed to the river, and saw that some of the rebels under Zuo Liangyu had crossed to the south bank, and most of them were still fluttering in the river, so they reined in their horses and shot arrows.
"Big brother, it's grain, these cars are full of grain!"
Yuan Shizhong was staring at the other side when he suddenly heard his men shouting at him.
Needless to say, this is the baggage battalion of the rebels under Zuo Liangyu, and he must not have expected the main force in front to be defeated so quickly, so the baggage battalion happened to be stuck on the Dasha River. As long as they rush over, they can not only kill the main force of Zuo Liangyu's department, but also leave their baggage, so that they can severely damage Zuo Liangyu's department, which is a great achievement!
Thinking of this, Yuan Shizhong was the first to jump into the river, pointed his spear forward, and shouted: "Kill!" ”
When his cavalry saw this, they jumped into the river after him in pursuit.
On the side of Jingying, Zhang Luofu did not hesitate when he saw this, and immediately drove his horse across the river, and at the same time shouted: "Kill!" ”
Zuo Liangyu's side, seeing that the part of the cavalry where the "Yuan" flag was located, even rushed into the river and began to follow and pursue. And the Jingying side could see that after a little hesitation, after seeing the cavalry of Xiao Yuanying's army start to cross the river in pursuit, they all drove their horses down the river.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, the court officials and soldiers took the bait!
After a while, after the official cavalry has crossed halfway, the ambush will be killed, and then he will return to kill back, and the overall situation will be decided.
Thinking so, he deliberately led the cavalry that had already crossed the river to rampage, and collided with the baggage battalion, which seemed to be more chaotic and more reassuring to the court cavalry who had crossed the river.
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