Chapter 156: Either You Die or I Die

In the temporary camp of Wild Boar Gorge, Tiemo is lying under the dead trees, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

In the late spring season, it should be lush and lush, and everything is recovering. But the Boar Gorge is overgrown with dead trees, with occasional patches of green grass, showing a hint of spring.

Prolonged drought makes it difficult for vegetation to grow. Hungry people were everywhere, and tree bark, wild grasses, and wild vegetables became good things to satisfy hunger. In the spring, a lot of wild grasses and wild vegetables have just grown, and they are dug up by the hungry people to satisfy their hunger. On the hills of Wild Boar Gorge, most of them are elm trees, all of which are bare, and their bark has long been dried up.

This is northern Shaanxi, where everything is silent and vicissitudes. Every grass and tree is trying its best to survive like a human. Plants and trees are ruthless, and people are even more ruthless.

Looking at the scene on the Wild Boar Gorge, Tiemo felt that the suppression of bandits was a joke, and if the disaster relief was not effective, how could the bandits be suppressed? Shaanxi's liukou is like a leek in a wetland, cut stubble after stubble.

He is not optimistic about the prospect of suppressing bandits, but he still admires Cao Wenzhao. During his two months in northern Shaanxi, Tiemo truly realized the gap between himself and these heroes in the late Ming Dynasty.

He occupied Zhangbei and dominated the Hanhai grassland, mostly relying on cognition far beyond this era and relying on the advantage of firearms. If you want to talk about the art of war and tactics, it is really not very good, most of the time, I am in a position to face others head-on.

But Cao Wenzhao is different, under the absolute disadvantage, relying on planning, he has played the momentum of thousands of troops. is obviously on the inferior side, but under the command of Cao Wenzhao, it seems to have become the side with the advantage of troops.

Suspicious soldiers, luring the enemy, attacking, besieging, and containing, every step was calculated by Cao Wenzhao. Tiemo sometimes thinks that if he is Wu Yangui, I am afraid it will be the same fate.

In terms of marching and fighting, commanding operations, Cao Wenzhao is obviously superior, compared with him, he is simply a newborn doll.

If you look down on the people of this era, you will definitely pay a heavy price.

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In Yan'an City, Wu Yangui squatted under the corridor, and a cold chill came from the steps. At this moment, he was in a dilemma, he had a bitterness in his heart, but he couldn't tell others.

He regretted it a little, he really should have listened to Wang Zuohang, took the supplies, and then gave up Yan'an Mansion to cross the Yellow River in the south. Go south into Hanzhong, enter the land of Bashu, and occupy a piece of territory.

It's a pity that he didn't listen to Wang Zuohang, because of this incident, Wang Zuohang left Ganquan City in a rage. If there is Wang Zuo hanging, Ganquan City will not be lost, and it will develop to the point in front of him.

The officers and men surrounded the Blue Dao Station near the Wild Boar Gorge without annihilating them, and their intention was very obvious, that is, they wanted to use the Blue Dao as bait to lure themselves into sending troops to a decisive battle outside the city. On the bright side, it seems that the other party is stupid to do this, and under the disadvantage, even if it is a decisive battle outside the city, what are the chances of the other party winning?

However, after so many things happened, Wu Yangui had long lost his previous contempt, and he felt that since the officers and soldiers dared to do this, they must have something to rely on, although he didn't know where the self-confidence of the officers and soldiers came from.

Knowing that the officers and men were premeditated, they could not help but save them. If the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were allowed to be exterminated by the officers and soldiers, what would the remaining brothers think of him Wu Yangui? Once the hearts of the people are scattered, the team will not be able to take it.

In his heart, Wu Yangui didn't want to enter the game, but he couldn't be inferior to the game. The officers and soldiers surrounded but did not annihilate, this move was really too ruthless, so that he Wu had no other choice.

If you save it, you will definitely be led by the nose by the officers and soldiers, and if you don't do it, you will lose your current foundation. If you don't save it, the hearts of the people who have finally gathered together will be scattered, and if your prestige is lost, will he be a fart?

After a long time, Wu Yangui stood up with difficulty. Sitting under the porch for so long is just to cheer himself up, as long as he copes with it properly and shows all his strength, what can the officers and soldiers do?

There is a serious shortage of officers and soldiers, and this is their fatal shortcoming.

Soon, a letter was quickly sent to Ansai City, and the letter fell smoothly into Li Yangchun's hands, and after seeing it, Li Yangchun smiled bitterly: "Brothers, Leader Wu ordered us to divide half of our troops and horses to go to the Wild Boar Gorge and join forces with Leader Wu's main force to attack the officers and soldiers there. ”

Yingshan Honghua Xiaorong tightened his brows, pinched his chin, and sighed softly, "Hey, Leader Wu is going to fight hard with the officers and soldiers, Leader Wu hasn't been forced to do this for a long time." ”

Li Yangchun nodded, and said with a helpless wry smile: "Leader Wu is also forced to have no choice, the Wild Boar Gorge is not too far from Yan'an City, if the officers and soldiers are allowed to exterminate Blue Dao and others, and do not send troops to rescue them, what will the brothers think?" ”

This is the red-eyed Rakshasa Yuan Ma dragging his injured arm, and snorted gloomily: "You can think whatever you want, it's better than being led by the nose by officers and soldiers, right?" ”

As soon as Yuan Ma said this, everyone else glared angrily, and there was a cold snort of annoyance in the room. Li Yangchun also frowned, do you think that everyone is the same as you Yuan Ma, who eats human flesh at every turn, and doesn't take human life seriously at all.

At this time, in the center of the row on the left sat a middle-aged man, this person had a blue robe, a wisp of beard, and a loyal and powerful appearance. He is Li Zicheng, who has just taken refuge in him, because he has hundreds of cronies under his command, coupled with his previous defection, Li Yangchun also attaches great importance to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng wanted to say something, but considering that he was a new refuge, he was a little hesitant. Li Yangchun happened to look at it and said with a smile: "Brother Li has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Since the king of heaven let him say it, the little brother will dare to say it. In fact, it seems that Leader Wu has no choice but to do this, but it is not useless. If this battle is successfully fought, we can defeat the officers and soldiers in one battle, and from then on, we can steadily occupy Yan'an Mansion. ”

"Now that the imperial treasury is empty, this time it is barely supported by letting the border army participate in the suppression of bandits. If the officers and men are defeated this time, it will be difficult to organize large-scale operations in the future. Moreover, when the younger brother was serving in Gansu, he had heard the kingdom talk about it, and now the imperial court was overwhelmed by the affairs of Liaodong, and the Jurchens of Liaodong could go south at any time. In the future, the imperial court will have no time to take care of us, so as long as we can defeat the officers and soldiers entrenched in the wild boar man, northern Shaanxi will have the final say in the future. ”

Li Zicheng's words are the first thing to say, which is reasonable. As soon as he thought that after the first battle, he might become the master of northern Shaanxi, and the faces of the various leaders also became ruddy.

People have ambitions, who doesn't want to fight for a wife? If Leader Wu becomes the lord of northern Shaanxi, he will definitely reward the meritorious heroes, and the brothers present here will also be able to become officials.

The decisive battle against Wild Boar Gorge is risky, but it is also an opportunity.

Li Yangchun looked at Li Zicheng, and his eyes showed unconcealed joy. I really like this Li Zicheng more and more, and the previous leaders were obviously worried in their hearts, but after his words, all of them were aroused to high morale.

The next day, Li Yangchun personally led most of the soldiers and horses to leave Ansai City, leaving Yuan Ma and others to garrison Ansai. In fact, Li Yangchun was not very worried about Ansai City, and now that the officers and soldiers were gathered in the area of Wild Boar Gorge, the officers and soldiers of Bailuo City in the north were already frightened, and they did not dare to trouble Ansai City at all. Therefore, for the time being, the safety of Ansai City is guaranteed.

This time, Li Yangchun directly brought out nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses from Ansai City, and this force of soldiers and horses was far more than half. With more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Ansai City, plus the main force under the command of Leader Wu, there are more than 70,000 people in total, so I don't believe that those officers and soldiers cannot be defeated.

The officers and soldiers entrenched in the Wild Boar Gorge seem to have 30,000, but in fact, there are only tens of thousands of people who can really fight, and the main force is still the elite soldiers of the three towns. As long as you concentrate your forces to defeat the elite soldiers of the three towns, this battle will be won.

20,000 people contain Liu Yingyu's old soldiers, 50,000 people concentrate on dealing with the elite soldiers of the three towns, almost five people fight one, if you can't take it, what qualifications do you have to rebel?

The area around the Wild Boar Gorge is mostly plain, unsheltered and unobstructed, and it is completely possible to give full play to the superiority of troops, but it is not believed that it is five times that of the enemy, and it is impossible to win.

In half a day, Wu Yangui and Li Yangchun joined forces, and more than 70,000 troops slaughtered towards the Wild Boar Gorge. Sitting on a war horse, the long procession runs from south to north, with no end in sight.

At this moment, Wu Yangui felt a strong sense of pride in his heart. I wanted to withdraw from Shanxi at the beginning, and when I first arrived in northern Shaanxi, there were less than 30,000 people under my command, but in more than half a year, the soldiers and horses under my command increased from 30,000 to 70,000, and finally swelled to more than 100,000, and the prestige even overshadowed Wang Jiayin in the south.

As long as the officers and soldiers of the Wild Boar Gorge can be defeated this time, he Wu will definitely have a higher prestige, and at that time, Wang Jiayin should also give up the position of the first leader of the rebel army.

Wu Yangui sent troops for half a day, and Cao Wenzhao finally issued a new order. The border army of the three towns began to assemble to the north, and Liu Yingyu's soldiers and horses began to carry out the final elimination of the blue knife and others in the encirclement, which also indicated that the end of the blue knife and others was coming.

Blue Dao and the others actually knew in their hearts that the day Leader Wu sent troops to rescue was the time when they died.

The fish has taken the bait, and the bait has lost its meaning of existence. But people have the instinct to survive, and under the threat of death, Blue Dao, Wu Zicai and Shi Hai led the remnants of the army to make a final effort.

It's a pity that the efforts were in vain, Liu Yingyu was mainly a crossbowman, and carried out several rounds of salvos, and then sent troops to melee combat, and in just one hour, he cleaned up the mess. In order to avoid future troubles, Liu Yingyu didn't ask for a single prisoner, and also ordered to mend the rebellious parties who did not die.

In the northwest of the Wild Boar Gorge, there is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and several leaders such as the Blue Knife of the Heavenly Pillar, Wu Zicai, the King of the Mixed World, and the Nine Insect Stone Hairpins are impressively listed.

A few crows landed on the branches, making oozing calls, and the spring breeze swept the land, and the bloody breath drifted into the distance. Heaven and earth are full of desolation and sorrow, as if there has never been light here.

It is also ironic to say that Wu Zicai and Shi Hai decided to give up Gao Changhe and pick up a life not long ago. But now, they died near the Wild Boar Gorge, and the Wabei King Gao Changhe was still alive and well in front of the captives.

The officers and soldiers annihilated the Blue Dao Department in one fell swoop, leaving no one behind, which dealt a blow to the peasant army, and also aroused the anger of Wu Yangui and others. At this time, it is even more impossible for Wu Yangui and the others to retreat.

The flames of revenge burned rapidly, filling the hearts of the entire peasant army, and in this way, the two sides finally collided on the plain more than thirty miles northwest of the Wild Boar Gorge.

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On April 29 of the second year of Chongzhen, it was sunny and windy.

The winds of the north ripped the earth and stirred the long dry hair. The black oppressive crowd, from east to west, from south to north, fills this world, looking from a high place, it seems like a sea with no end in sight.

In the face of so many people, even Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but have some palpitations in his heart. After a while, there was already a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, and it was the first time he had faced such a confrontation since he joined the army.

Commanding 30,000 people at once, and the opposite side was an army of 70,000, Cao Wenzhao suddenly felt a lot of pressure. The pressure is too much, but it becomes a little constrained.

However, in comparison, Tiemo is more calm. is accustomed to seeing the 10,000-horse charge on the grassland, and then seeing this kind of crowd attack, there is not so much pressure.

"General Cao, according to Tie, we don't need to leave any backhand this time, according to the posture of the chaotic party, if we don't do our best, it is estimated that we will not survive the night, and we will be crushed."

"Yes, Cao is still thinking that the chaotic party will fight steadily and deal with us."

Cao Wenzhao raised his hand and touched the cold sweat on his forehead, at this moment, he didn't know whether to praise Wu Yangui or laugh at Wu Yangui. Like Wu Yangui, he pressed the troops up in one go, which is simply brainless, and it is a taboo for soldiers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Wu Yangui does not understand the art of war at all.

But Wu Yangui's brainless behavior really hit the nail on the head of Cao Wenzhao. The greatest weakness of the officers and men is the lack of troops, and as long as the front is stretched and the battle line is lengthened, the peasant army is very likely to take advantage of a partial breakthrough to create an advantage in the overall situation.

Sometimes, when fighting a war, I am really afraid of people like Wu Yangui. Don't talk about any reason, come up and use all the chips, and have a desperate posture that if I don't knock you over, I'll die. This kind of brainless three-plate axe, resisted, the back is very easy to fight, but if you want to resist, it is not so easy.

The elite troops of the three towns are limited in strength and the scope of defense is limited, and once the peasant army breaks through from the two flanks and outflanks it in a roundabout way, it will be very bad.

Soon, under the orders of Wu Yangui, the peasant army launched a fierce attack. Wu Yangui doesn't really know anything about the art of war, at least he knows how to give full play to his military advantage. As soon as they came up, the peasant army stretched the front very long. From east to west, along the plain road, nearly five miles from east to west were battlefields, and along this narrow strip of land, the two sides launched repeated battles.

At this moment, the officers and men were passive, obviously lacking troops, but they did not follow the rhythm of the peasant army. If the battle line is not pulled apart and the peasant army is allowed to break through from the flank, the battle will be even more difficult to fight at that time.

From the time of the war to the unitary time, in more than an hour, Liu Yingyu's scalp was numb. Worried, he found Cao Wenzhao in a panic.

"General Cao, this battle can't be fought like this, it's only been fought for less than two hours, and there is no half reserve under the last general. Now the brothers are under a lot of pressure, and once they are bitten open by the chaotic party, they will not be able to send a single reinforcement. ”

Liu Yingyu is also a person who is used to seeing wind and waves, and he has fought with the Warat people before. In his more than ten years in the army, it is the first time to fight such a battle. As soon as the two sides came up, they didn't leave reserves, and they were not afraid of chaos in the party, and there were still a lot of troops squeezing forward in the back, but on their own side, it was really a pot without a grain of rice.