The horses were not flustered on the battlefield, raised their heads and neighed, and rushed forward with a thud.

With the shooting of bows and arrows, the men and horses on both sides quickly rushed together.

The battle broke out at this moment.

And from the moment it broke out, it was a very fierce battle.

In fact, in many ancient wars, there was no such thing as a battle of wit. A lot of intrigues and schemes and the like exist only in the pen of the literati, or in fantasy.

The literati like the feeling of being in ashes between talking and laughing, and like to strategize and win thousands of miles away.

In fact, there is no such easy thing, and there is no such fantasy thing.

For both sides, war is a competition of numbers, willpower, and the quality of the army. Other than that, there are very few other things.

As for sneak attacks and counter-sneak attacks, infiltration and counter-infiltration, they do not play such a big role in large-scale corps operations.

Because in the midst of warfare in this era, you can't carry out a decapitation operation.

This war is the incisive embodiment of the cold weapon war, the two sides rushed together in an instant and began to fight each other without killing.

Although it can be described as very mysterious, and it is written with a sense of strategy, it is actually the strikers of both sides who cut down on the battlefield. As for the back, what kind of pressure does each have in place.

At this time, if one of the parties shows a decline, this side will suffer.

If An Bangyan's people show a declining trend, whether it is the left flank or the right flank or the middle lane, the Ming army will send people to add; The same is true for the Ming army.

Whoever has more men and horses, and who has more prepared men, will be able to win.

Sitting on the horse, Yuan Keli glanced at Li Biao beside him, and asked lightly, "Is the person who went out back?" ”

"My lord, I'm back." Zhang Yanfang nodded and said respectfully: "There is no enemy on the left and right flanks, and I also sent rangers out." As soon as they find traces of the enemy on the left and right flanks, they will immediately report back. ”

Yuan Keli nodded, knowing in his heart.

In fact, no matter what war is going on, as long as the war starts, people will definitely be sent to the left and right flanks to check, otherwise they will be ambushed; And if you want to fight the other party's ambush, it's not so easy.

It is very rare to look at the front and the back, and the left and the right, unless the general is a fool. Obviously, both sides are not so stupid, so this battle has become a battle of strength.

Seeing that the cavalry rushing forward in front seemed to have the posture of breaking up the opponent's formation, Yuan Keli hurriedly raised his mind.

It is unrealistic to pin your hopes on the fact that your two thousand cavalry will be able to completely overwhelm the opponent's formation.

This bit of cavalry, the number is too small, not to mention that it is still improvised patchwork.

Although the other party is also a rabble, they are both from the southwest and are very fierce. It is definitely not possible to win the battle with these two thousand cavalry alone, and Yuan Keli does not expect to rely on them alone, as long as these two thousand cavalry tear a gap in the enemy's battle formation.

Obviously, the two thousand cavalry had already done it, and Yuan Keli knew that the time was ripe, so he directly ordered: "Attack!" ”

The foot soldiers behind him quickly pressed on and rushed towards the battlefield. Although the team looks not so neat and a little sparse, it is still very imposing.

Looking at such a soldier, Yuan Keli was a little helpless, and turned his head to look at Li Biao.

Li Biao was full of embarrassment.

This is the man under him, but he can't help it, there are some things he doesn't understand, and some things he can't do if he understands them, so that's all he can do.

didn't say anything about Li Biao, and Yuan Keli could understand it somewhat. If all the people and horses are as fierce and fierce as Qi Yuangong brought, then things in the southwest will be easy to do, and you don't need to spend this effort, just push all the way over.

After the infantry arrived, a larger battle between the Ming army and An Bangyan began.

The two sides quickly strangled together, and the shouts of killing on the battlefield shook the sky, and the dust was boiling.

All of a sudden, the two sides were inseparable, with the same desire for life and hope for the future, throwing their blood on this land.

The head of the city of Bijie.

Zhang Cheng and Zhang Zhongmou looked at the scene in front of them, and after the two glanced at each other, they all saw the happiness in each other's eyes.

I was so lucky that I almost couldn't hold on to it just now!

Neither of them expected that reinforcements would come at this time, allowing them to escape their lives.

Turning his head to look at Zhang Zhongmou beside him, Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "It's really an endless road!" If it's a little later, I'm afraid it's really too late, and I'm really lucky! ”

Zhang Zhongmou also said with a smile: "I am indeed lucky enough, the most important thing is that I didn't leave last night." If I had listened to you last night and left Bijie City, I guess I would have been beheaded right now. ”

After hearing this, a touch of embarrassment flashed on Zhang Cheng's face, and at the same time, he said with some guilt: "What the adult said is right, I almost hurt the adult." ”

If the reinforcements did not arrive and Zhang Zhongmou ran away, it would be somewhat reasonable; But when the reinforcements arrived, he ran away, and he only lasted one day and ran away that night, and this situation would definitely be severely punished, and basically there was no other result.

"Alright, who would have thought that reinforcements would come so quickly." Zhang Zhongmou said with a smile: "It seems that something happened that we didn't know about. ”

"Why do you say that?" Zhang Cheng asked with a smile.

Now he was really happy, and he couldn't help but smile on his face, so when he spoke, his smile was very bright, even if the two of them were talking about a very serious matter.

Zhang Zhongmou said: "Look over there. ”

Looking in the direction pointed by Zhang Zhongmou, Zhang Chengcheng saw a group of people at the back of the team, judging from the direction where they were, it should be the location of the person in command.

They're coming this way too, apparently big shots.

"That's the governor Li, and the one who just led people into battle was the chief soldier Zhang Yanfang." Zhang Zhongmou said to Zhang Cheng: "Have you seen that person?" He was in the middle of the line, and Master Li could only accompany him. This shows that the official position of that person is higher than that of Master Li. ”

"On the ground of our Guizhou, who will have a higher status than Lord Li?"

"Not at all. Then there is only one possibility, it is a person sent by the imperial court, and the official position is definitely not low. The imperial court sent someone over, there must be something we don't know. ”

"So what do we do now?" Zhang Cheng asked hesitantly.

"What else can I do? Open the gates and go down to meet them. Zhang Zhongmou said, then turned around and walked down.

He is really in a good mood now, because this time he has not only saved his life, but also made meritorious service.

An Bangyan rebelled against Bijie City, which was besieged by the army, and he did not retreat until the reinforcements arrived.

What is it?

Willing to live and die with Bijie City and not surrender to the rebels, this is loyalty.

In the face of tens of thousands of troops, he only led such a small number of troops in the city to fight, and he held on, this is a plan.

is brave, resourceful, and loyal, and he naturally has made a contribution, and he can also be rewarded.

Under such circumstances, how could Zhang Zhongmou be unhappy?

He has been in this place for too long, and he has long wanted to be transferred, even if he goes back to Guiyang, it is better than here.

The fighting on the battlefield is fierce, but the situation is already clear. The Ming army has an overall advantage, and although there is no obvious advantage in numbers, it is much stronger than An Bangyan's people in terms of equipment and quality. Although the battle did not show a one-sided situation, it was almost decided.

"The gates of the city are opened." Yuan Keli said.

In fact, in this battle, Yuan Keli didn't take it to heart at all, nor did he take An Bangyan to heart.

In Yuan Keli's opinion, these people are the frogs at the bottom of the well who have never seen the world, and if they really send a large army to fight them, in fact, there will be some waste.

Whether it was the army of Huguang or the army of Nanjing, it would take a lot of time and money to draw and pull. He knew about the affairs of the imperial court that the rebellion could not wait, so it was a little too late in time. Don't think about this kind of thing about money, the court itself is now poor.

In fact, after His Majesty sent Qi Yuangong to himself and transferred the Tiger Roar Camp in the capital, Yuan Keli already understood His Majesty's thoughts. It is better to bring a group of men and horses from the capital than to mobilize local troops.

If he wants to put down the rebellion in the southwest, he can only solve it from the root of the southwest.

When he was in the capital, Yuan Keli understood, and at the same time he did not object. The reason is very simple, he doesn't look down on these people in the southwest, he jumps and jumps all day long, and he never jumps.

Even if it is reckless, what can it do?

What's more, these people in the southwest took advantage of the fact that Daming didn't have time to take care of them and make a small fuss. As a result, every time they make a small fuss, Daming doesn't care much, and they become more and more bold.

Ignoring them again and again, they feel that the Ming Dynasty is like that, dreaming of fighting north all day long, wanting to hit Huguang, Jiangnan, and Nanjing, but have they been to Jiangnan, Huguang, and Nanjing?

What do they know? Just sit in the well and watch the sky!

Yuan Keli didn't take them to heart.

This is exactly the case, look at this battlefield, Sichuan is only led by Guizhou's men and horses, and these rebels can't withstand it.

That's it, and what about rebellion?

Li Biao saw that Yuan Keli's mind was not on the battlefield at all, and he was still concerned that the city gate of Bijie was opened. There was some helplessness in his heart.

His own lord of the capital, you say he is arrogant, he is very cautious and cautious when arranging battles, every step is steady, step by step, absolutely not risky, and absolutely not greedy for merit.

But you say he's cautious, no. When facing An Bangyan, the arrogance displayed by his own lord is called arrogance. Now on the battlefield, the battle is going on there, and he doesn't even care about the situation on the battlefield anymore.

"Bijie City is not lost, that's good." Li Biao echoed with a smile.

Although I had a lot of thoughts in my heart, I didn't say it after all. Li Biao also knows that it's not good to say it.

At this time, someone had already come out of Bijie City.

Their speed was very fast, and they came straight to Yuan Keli and Li Biao.

The leader of the team was Zhang Zhongmou, and after he came to the two people, he said respectfully: "The deputy commissioner of the Guizhou Criminal Department has met the governor. ”

Zhang Cheng, who was behind him, also hurriedly took a step forward and said respectfully: "Commander Bijie has made Zhang Cheng see the adult. ”

Li Biao looked at the two people, nodded with a smile and said, "This is Lord Yuan Keli, the newly promoted governor of the southwest of the imperial court. This time, Lord Yuan anticipated the enemy's opportunity and concluded that An Bangyan would rebel, so he brought people to quell the rebellion. Thank you, Lord Yuan, if it weren't for Lord Yuan, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to stand here anymore. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Cheng glanced at each other.

The imperial court really sent a big official over, the governor of the southwest, this official position is not low!

The key thing is the ability of the governor of the southwest, who was able to guess that An Bangyan was going to rebel, and came over directly with a large army.

The most important thing is that he really guessed it!

Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Cheng hurriedly took a step forward and said respectfully: "Thank you Lord Dutang for saving your life!" ”

Yuan Keli glanced at Li Biao, a little helpless. Of course, he knew what Li Biao meant by doing this, this was to establish a good image for himself, and at the same time, he was also patting on the back.

Yuan Keli felt that there was no need for this thing at all. When I am older, my heart is like water, I have no desires, and some things are not so important.

After glancing at the two of them, Yuan Keli said to Zhang Cheng: "With so many rebels, it is not easy for you to hold on." Look at the wounds on your body, how about it, can you still fight? ”

After Zhang Cheng heard this, he immediately became excited, and hurriedly said: "Go back to your lordship, you can fight." ”

"Okay, bring the people you can fight, and I'll give you another 3,000 men. See that direction? That's where An Bangyan is, you take these people with you, don't care about anything, just rush to that position. He shouted, 'Capture Ahn Bangyan alive!' Go for it! ”

Yuan Keli smiled and waved his hand, signaling Zhang Cheng to find someone to fight quickly.

"Yes, sir." Zhang Cheng respectfully agreed, and hurriedly went to gather his manpower.

His heart was very excited, as if a flame was burning.

The reason is also very simple, this is an opportunity, an opportunity given to him by the dodo. In the past few days, he has been pressed and beaten, and many of his subordinates have died, Zhang Cheng is aggrieved in his heart.

When his life is saved, he thinks that it is naturally revenge, and this is a chance for Lord Dutang to give himself a chance to take revenge, and it is also an opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Now the situation on the battlefield is obvious, it is only a matter of time before Daming's side wins, and looking at this situation, it seems that An Bangyan can't hold out for too long. If you lead someone to rush over, An Bangyan is likely to collapse, and then his own credit will come.

This is the Lord of Todo rewarding himself. A fire burned in Zhang Cheng's heart, he wanted to avenge his dead brother, and he wanted to show Lord Dutang.

There were only more than 1,000 soldiers left in Bijie City, and most of them were wounded.

But after Zhang Cheng brought back the news, these people were not afraid, but like Zhang Cheng, they went out of the city with flames burning in their eyes and weapons in their hands.

After seeing this scene, Li Biao said with some hesitation: "Lord Dutang, these people are all injured, isn't it good to rush up to fight again?" If this is defeated, it will affect things. ”

Yuan Keli glanced at Li Biao and said with a smile: "They won't be defeated." They survived the defense of the city, and there was fire in their hearts. As long as this fire is burned now, this team will be a strong army in the future. It is alive, and it will be the main force for me to pacify Sichuan. ”

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