Chapter Eighty-Three: The Great Broken Leaf Liuzong

Ye Liuzong is very clear about the ability of his subordinates, his subordinates, a year ago, were miners, farmers, craftsmen, and all kinds of identities, but there are not many soldiers.

Even if there are some fugitive soldiers from the guards, the combat effectiveness of the southern guards may not be able to maintain even normal training. These deserters also had little experience.

Their fighting ability was all taught by Ye Liuzong one hand and one foot.

Thanks to the first time the army came, although there were battles everywhere and there were defeats, there was no major defeat. Only then did he develop a sharp spirit.

But this sharp spirit, when it is really facing the elite of the Ming Dynasty. What will it be like, will they really be able to withstand this test of flesh and blood?

Ye Liuzong had no bottom in his heart.

But when Guo Deng saw that Ye Liuzong's department was like this, he felt a little admiration in his heart.

To tell the truth, what has the Ming Dynasty relied on to fight the world since the founding of the country? Not cavalry, but foot soldiers. Whether it is to beat Chen Youliang or Zhang Shicheng.

Even if it was the battle of Poyang Lake, it was just a matter of letting the foot soldiers get on the boat to fight, could it be that the Ming Dynasty really had more than 200,000 sailors at that time?

Until the defeat of the Mobei War, the Ming Dynasty has always fought the world with foot soldiers. The cavalry was merely concentrated for assault.

There are not many cavalry with real elite cavalry, that is, what Zhu Yuanzhang said: "fighting with iron guns". After the decisive battle in Mobei, the cavalry was vigorously developed.

Now the cavalry has gradually weakened its combat effectiveness due to horses and other reasons, but the combat effectiveness of the elite infantry has not weakened much.

If it is a battle in formation, the Ming infantry is actually not afraid of anyone, just afraid of the brains above.

Therefore, it has only been more than half a year since Ye Liuzong started his army, and this soldier and horse are well trained and can resist the first wave of attacks.

Guo Deng's eyes glanced at him and said secretly: "But that's the end of it." ”

Individual skills, even the skills of fighting in formation, Ye Liuzong trained well. But these are just one of the factors that determine victory or defeat.

When everything is not very different, one of the most important factors is revealed, so to speak, the will, so to speak, or the ability to withstand casualties.

I'm sorry for Ye Liuzong's department, although it's good, but the Jingying soldiers and horses are stronger.

There are many veterans among them, who have followed Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition and have seen a lot of various wars. When facing the death of the two soldiers, you can continue to fight without blushing or beating your heart, as if someone else died.

But Ye Liuzong's men and horses were not good.

At the beginning, I was able to persevere, but after a long time, even if I could bear it psychologically, many people caused physiological reactions.

On the battlefield, one point away is death.

Their slightest discomfort immediately turned the tide of the battle around.

Ye Liuzong saw that his phalanxes retreated like an avalanche, rushing to the rear phalanx, and for a while there was confusion. The infantry of the Ming army drove straight in, obviously Ye Liuzong had more men and horses, but at this moment he had a feeling of being besieged.

He sent the reserves as well, but it didn't work at all.

He only realized one thing at this moment, that is, he did not defeat many battles, and before the formation, he did not think about how to collect the defeated soldiers, and there was not much passage left for the defeated soldiers.

Now that the army is defeated, it is out of control all of a sudden.

The art of war is a very practical course. What is there only when I was beaten up did I know that I was thinking about one thing less.

"Big brother, it's no good." Ye Xiba fled with hundreds of people, covered in blood, and said, "Don't leave quickly for the eldest brother." ”

Ye Liuzong saw that Ye Xiba also retreated, and sighed, knowing that the situation was irretrievable.

It's just that now it's not so easy to leave.

Guo Deng waited for so long and planned for so long, not to fight a rout, but to capture Ye Liuzong in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Guo Deng gave an order, and the three thousand iron horsemen who had been holding for a long time rushed out.

In the face of the already chaotic Yeliu Sect, even though there are tens of thousands of people, they are all scum in front of the formed cavalry. As soon as the cavalry came out, it was almost like a sheep herding them, and they drove them down.

When tens of thousands of people lose their organization and flee together, this is the real defeat. Ye Liuzong took Ye Xiba with him, but he could only gather a few thousand men and horses and flee westward.

It's just that among all the unorganized soldiers, these thousands of soldiers still retain the organization, which looks particularly unsightly.

Guo Deng called Yang Xin over and said, "These people must be where the leaf thieves are, do General Yang dare to make this contribution." ”

Yang Xin immediately said, "Please give the general an order." ”

The reason why Guo Deng used Yang Xin was because he beat out all the more than 10,000 people in his hands, except for the more than 100 guards around him, there were no other people.

Although it seems that the fight is very easy, the 30,000 people in Ye Liuzong's department are still quite combative.

At this moment, the only thing he can use is Yang Xin's five hundred cavalry, not to mention that Yang Xin is the person next to the emperor, and sometimes he has to carry a sedan chair.

The bones were all broken, and Yang Xin was asked to eat the meat. How Yang Xin refused.

So Yang Xin took five hundred horsemen and rushed towards Ye Liuzong's headquarters. Everywhere they passed, the routs fled one after another, and no one dared to strike a reflexive blow at all.

Seeing this, Ye Xiba said to Ye Liuzong: "Big brother, you go first, I'll block it." ”

Ye Liuzong's heart was shocked, and he said, "Old eight." ”

Ye Xiba is the brother of Ye Liuzong, and there are not many children of the Ye family who were brought out to fight the world back then. At this moment, Ye Xi is folded here

, how can he bear it.

Although the two are not brothers, they have supported each other for many years, and they are not much different from brothers.

Ye Xiba said: "Big brother, when I was at home, I knew that you could achieve great things. Even if I die here today, my life will not be in vain, if you can succeed, I will be posthumously crowned as a prince in the future, if I can't succeed, the history books should also have the name of my big Kou Ye Xiba. ”

"I am willing to die for my eldest brother, as long as my eldest brother remembers, I must be posthumously crowned a prince."

In this way, what else can Ye Liuzong say. He also knew that no one could leave at this moment, so he said, "Okay, I remember." ”

He did not flee to the northwest, but led the people across the Nanpu River and walked south.

In the face of Yang Xin's 500 cavalry, Ye Xiba also made a final resistance, but the infantry formation was not strict, and facing the cavalry was just a massacre.

Just when Ye Liuzong came to the south bank of Nanpu River, he looked back and saw that Ye Xiba had been drowned in the billowing smoke and dust raised by the cavalry.

Ye Liuzong's eyes were full of tears, and he hated it in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't stay here for a long time. Although he still has some soldiers and horses left in the northwest direction, let Chen Gongshan take charge.

But at this moment, fleeing there, there is no life or death, so you can only go south first, and then converge.

It's just that at this moment, Ye Liuzong is a little confused about whether he can make a comeback, but no matter whether he can make a comeback, there is absolutely no possibility of peace between him and the court, it is nothing more than death.

Ye Liuzong led the remnants of the defeated army into the mountain.

After Yang Xin cleaned up the battlefield, he realized that this person who had been shouting on the battlefield: "I am Ye Liuzong" was not Ye Liuzong. And Ye Liuzong's number one general, Ye Xiba.

He was inevitably disappointed in his heart, after all, Ye Xiba's head and Ye Liuzong's head were not the same price when it came to rewarding meritorious deeds.

Guo Deng only comforted a few words, and immediately sent an order to go down, clean up the battlefield, send troops to recover the county occupied by the thieves, and then send people to report the victory to the Wei State Official.

This big battle is a real victory. Then he urged the Fujian side to pay for food, and the soldiers fought such a big battle, and they must always be rewarded.

Otherwise, who will still work for the imperial court.

And the sooner these rewards are given, the better.

The treasury of Jianning Mansion has long been empty, so it is natural to step up the transfer from Yanping Fuzhou, but at this moment, there is not much money and food in the hands of Jiao Hong, the governor of Fujian.

This war started in Fujian, in which the recruitment of soldiers and war pensions were all large expenditures, plus Xie Huai, this guy was insatiable, and the treasury was empty.

Because of these things of money and food, Jiao Hong was worried. But there is no way around it. Even if he asked the imperial court for appropriation, he would not be able to get it for a while.

Jiao Hong also learned from Guo Zhong and put his mind on the customs.