Chapter 284 Blooming Everywhere

As the gap was opened, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi took the lead and rushed in. Shang Kexi took the lead, a big knife in his hand was like a death sickle, and there were almost no living people under the knife.

Man Gui and Tiemo have always been in the rear, holding a clairvoyant mirror to watch the situation on the battlefield. After a long time, Man Gui asked with some envy: "Who is that, it's a fierce general." ”

"This person's name is Shang Kexi" Tiemo looked at it for a while, and then knew who Man Gui was asking. Hearing Shang Kexi's name, Man Gui nodded his forehead and said in surprise: "He is the killer under Mao Wenlong?" Tsk, it is said that this old boy is a thorn, and the old brother can bring him under his command, which is really powerful. ”

"Where, where" Tie Mo smiled modestly, he didn't think there was anything to brag about. As soon as Mao Wenlong died, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and others were not welcomed in Liaodong, if this is the time, give them a chance, and they are not afraid that they will not sell their lives. As for whether Shang Kexi and the others will take refuge in the Tartars in the future, don't worry too much, as long as they are not stupid, they will not do such a thing. Of course, if the Tartars are really powerful and still stir up the Ming Dynasty to fall apart, at that time, whether Geng Zhongming and others betray or not will not have such a big impact.

Since you use these people, you have the confidence that you can control these people. Mao Wenlong can make these people swear allegiance to the death, why can't he do it? Enwei is equally important, treated fairly, and they will run to throw tartars if they are good?

For the generals of the Ming Dynasty, throwing Tartars is definitely a way to do nothing, and if you have a choice, even if you are a rogue, you can't vote for Tartars. Throwing into the tartar means that future generations will never recover, and they will never be able to turn over with infamy. To say that at this time, who could have predicted that the Tartars would occupy the Great Ming Flower and the Country, it would be a joke, unless it was a fairy. At least for now, the generals of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there is another way to go, will not choose to throw in the Tartars.

Take Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi as an example, at this time, it is estimated that they will not surrender even if they die in battle. Dying in battle can also ensure a good life for your children and grandchildren. Xuanfu is not Liaodong, and this will not crowd out these old Mao Wenlong's departments. Like in history, if Geng Zhongming's gang were killed, the whole family would not end well, and it would be a helpless choice to vote for Tartar.

Shang Kexi is a thorn, which Tiemo knows well. However, in Yunfu, there are a lot of thorns, and I don't care about one more.

Shang Kexi is really good at fighting, he is like a fierce beast, leading people on a rampage and fighting everywhere. The enemy soldiers in the city who were killed were frightened, and finally, Zhao Ronghe saw that the counterattack was hopeless, and decisively ordered to abandon Shenmu City, and the defeated troops began to withdraw in the direction of the river meander. Fortunately, Zhao Ronghe was not completely panicked, and he did not forget to send troops to the palace.

If no one stops them, the cavalry of Xuanfu and Datong Mansion will definitely kill. The peasant army of Shenmu City fled in droves, and Olge and Zhou Dingshan tried to pursue, but were blocked by Zhao Ronghe's deputy Ren Fei.

The terrain on the north side of Shenmu Castle is very special, with high undulating slopes on one side and soft sand on the other, and the only road in the middle can be used for cavalry to pass through on a large scale. If the cavalry wants to catch up, they must break through Ren Fei's defense. Zhou Dingshan was not greedy, so he was not in a hurry to chase after him, and settled down to eat Ren Fei's enemy army.

Zhou Dingshan pressed Chen Yaofeng behind, but left the opportunity for the main attack to Olge. The credit for killing Bai Hangu has been obtained, and the credit in front of him can not be robbed without grabbing. When marching and fighting, among colleagues, it is most taboo to eat alone. Zhou Dingshan can be young and firmly rank as the first general of Yunfu, which is inseparable from his maturity and wisdom.

Olge understood Zhou Dingshan's meaning very well in his heart, naturally he would not let go of this opportunity, others gave up the opportunity, if he still couldn't eat it, it would be too embarrassing.

In the southeast of Shenmu City, Lou Daji and Liu Guoneng bypassed the outer city, led their troops in pursuit, and when they chased to twenty miles, they encountered a large number of peasant troops to intercept them. This army was originally going to gallop to aid Changle Fort, but as soon as the news of Baihan Valley's defeat and killing came, Zhang Cunmeng's first reaction was to let the 5,000 soldiers and horses turn their heads to meet Zhao Ronghe.

Bai Hangu was defeated and killed, his troops were almost completely annihilated, and there was no threat to the north of Shenmu City, in this case, Zhang Cunmeng did not think that Zhao Ronghe could hold Shenmu City. Fortunately, Zhang Cunmeng sent troops to respond, otherwise Zhao Ronghe's troops fled all the way to Hequ, and they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Liu Guoneng and Lou Daji led their troops to pursue, but they failed to get benefits, so they could only give up temporarily. However, with the capture of Shenmu City, it is equivalent to having a bridgehead in the Hetao. The road to the north of Changle Fort has also been opened, and there is no need to worry about the peasant army gathering heavy troops to run desperately, if Wang Ziyong orders all the troops and horses to come over to encircle and suppress, it is a big deal to give up Shenmu City and retreat along Changle Fort to Juyanhai.

In the vast grassland, no matter how many peasant troops there are, Tiemo is not afraid. On the steppe, large-scale corps battles, and the peasant army was by no means an opponent. With a large number of cavalry and musketeers in their hands, coupled with artillery support, no matter how large the peasant army is, it is useless.

Next, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Datongfu were not idle, and began to attack the military towns of Ningxia to the west, because the peasant army stationed the main soldiers and horses in Shenmu and Hequ several fortified cities, but the three military towns of Ningxia, Gansu and Suide did not have many troops. Now that the defenders of Shenmu City have been defeated and retreated, the three military towns have immediately become rootless grass, and in order to protect themselves, they can only give up many places, retreat in the Ningxia military town, and rely on the city wall to resist the attack of officers and soldiers.

On April 11 of the third year of Chongzhen, the officers and soldiers bombarded the Ningxia military town, where could the ancient earthen city wall withstand the continuous bombardment, under this crushing attack, in less than a day, the officers and soldiers broke Ningxia Town, and more than half of the tens of thousands of peasant troops in the military town were killed and wounded, and the rest were surrendered. At this point, the western part of the Hetao has fallen into the hands of officers and soldiers.

As the officers and soldiers showed their strength near Shenmu, Chen Qiyu was not idle, and ordered Hong Chengchou, Liu Yingyu, and Cao Wenzhao to lead the troops to launch a counteroffensive. Chen Qiyu adopted the strategy of Hong Chengchou blooming everywhere, dividing the soldiers and horses into more than a dozen units, attacking in all directions, and retreating immediately once he encountered obstacles. If the peasant army is unable to deal with it, an attack with a small number of troops will immediately turn into a large army overwhelm.

Cao Wenzhao led his troops to be responsible for the cruise, and with Hong Chengchou behind, he launched a strong attack wherever there was an opportunity. In a few days, the king was angry. Unconsciously, Wang Ziyong found that his territory was full of smoke, especially the several fortified cities in the south, which seemed to be stormy, and there were letters asking for help everywhere, but for a while, he couldn't understand where the real main direction of attack of the officers and soldiers was.

It's not that Wang Ziyong doesn't understand the tricks of Cao Wenzhao and others, and Wang Ziyong often used this method in the past. Soldiers and horses attack everywhere, where there is an opportunity, they will fight, and if there is danger, they will run. Before, this method made the officers and soldiers ignore their heads, but they didn't expect that now it was his turn to have a headache. understands and understands, but there is no good way but to continue to be beaten passively. Of course, it is possible to assemble a large army to counterattack, and only one counteroffensive is needed, and the officers and soldiers in the south have to obediently retreat and continue to defend Xi'an.

However, there is no way to counterattack, the elite of the officers and troops in the north are making a lot of noise, if the troops and horses gather in the south and storm Xi'an. Cao Wenzhao and the others will definitely go back, but who knows if the officers and troops in the north will make trouble? You know, the person who led the troops is iron-ink, it's not good, the living king of Hades can take the opportunity to swallow the entire Yan'an Mansion.

Over the years, Wang Ziyong has traveled south and north, and has experienced a lot of battles, but if you want to say that it gives him a headache, Tiemo is definitely the first in line.

How did Wu Yangui, who was in the limelight at the beginning, finish? It's not that it was brought down by the living Hades. Wang used himself on Wu Yangui and learned a lot of lessons. At the beginning, Wu Yangui was defeated and killed, and the fundamental reason was that Wu Yangui was reluctant to go to one city and one place, and was beaten by officers and soldiers with his nose, and fell into the pit little by little, and he could never step behind

Wang Ziyong came up with a stupid way to order Zhang Yichuan, Yuan Ma, Zhang Dashou and others to give up a few cities close to Xi'an Mansion and shrink to Ganquan and Sanshui.

Not to mention, the clumsy method used by Wang himself really worked wonders, it seemed that he had abandoned a few cities, but concentrated his forces in a limited number of fortified cities, while still maintaining a neat defensive line. The troops in each city are sufficient, and the officers and men are not afraid of attacking wherever they are. The peasant army stubbornly defended the defense line and refused to fight, and for a while Hong Chengchou had no idea.

Ninghou Town, Hong Chengchou and the others all gathered together and looked at the map in front of them at a loss. Seeing that no one spoke, Cao Wenzhao got up and said: "Everyone, it can't go on like this, no matter what, we have to find a way to drag down some of the thieves, if we let the king use enough troops to attack Hetao, then the two reinforcements of Xuanfu and Datong Mansion will be dangerous." ”

Liu Yingyu felt a headache and said distressedly: "Mr. Cao, we all understand your worries, but you have also seen the current situation, the thief soldiers are determined not to entangle with us." ”

Hong Chengchou frowned, snorted, and suddenly reached out and patted the table, "Since it is useless to attack and harass, then we will attack one place, Hong doesn't believe it, we make a gesture to gnaw the next one, and Wang Ziyong still dares to transfer the soldiers and horses to the north?" ”

Cao Wenzhao raised his eyebrows and glanced at Hong Chengchou deeply, because Hong Chengchou's method coincided with what he wanted in his heart. So, he pursed his lips and smiled, and said lightly: "Lord Hong, if you choose a strong attack, Cao suggests that you fight a dozen Ganquan City." Cao didn't believe it, Wang Ziyong dared to give up the entire Yan'an Mansion for the sake of Hetao. ”

As soon as Cao Wenzhao's words came out, Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up, and he quickly clapped his hands and smiled: "Fighting Ganquan City, it's wonderful, haha, Cao Zongbing really deserves to use soldiers like a god." Hong also wanted to see if Wang Ziyong had the courage to give up Yan'an Mansion. ”

Ganquan City is known as the southern gateway of Yan'an Mansion, and most of Yan'an Mansion cannot be kept if Ganquan City is lost. At the beginning, Wu Yangui's army was defeated because Ganquan City was not saved, and this time it was just a repetition of the old trick. As long as Wang Ziyong wants Yan'an Mansion, he must concentrate more troops to guard Ganquan City, at least, Zhang Dashou's soldiers and horses don't want to move.

As long as Zhang Dashou's headquarters could not move, the officers and men in the north would be safe and worry-free. Relying on the strength in Zhang Cunmeng's hands, it is almost impossible to defeat the nearly 20,000 elite soldiers of Xuanfu and Datong Mansion. Cao Wenzhao was very confident in Tiemo, as long as this side could hold back Zhang Dashou's main force, Tiemo would definitely have a way to recapture the entire Hetao. Of course, Cao Wenzhao would not tell Hong Chengchou about the previously made plan to divide the spoils.

Although he has a good relationship with Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao will not cause trouble for himself. The matter of sharing the spoils is also purely helpless, since he became the chief soldier of Suide, he has not had a good life. Not to mention that the town of Suide was occupied by the peasant army, and he wanted to expand the army and recruit soldiers, but the imperial court had not allocated military salaries for half a year, and if he didn't think of a way, the people under his Cao Wenzhao should mutiny.

On April 16 of the third year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou and Liu Yingyu joined forces and suddenly launched a fierce attack on Ganquan City. For a while, Ganquan City was in a hurry, but fortunately, Yuan Ma's subordinates were a group of outlaws, and Zhang Yichuan, Wei Yang and others rescued in time to ensure that Ganquan City was worry-free. However, the posture shown by the officers and soldiers had no intention of attacking and feintting, as if they wanted to swallow Ganquan City in one gulp.

Yuan Ma had no choice but to ask Zhang Dashou for help, and then Zhang Dashou fell into a dilemma. At this time, it was not only Yuan Ma who was looking for Zhang Dashou for help, but Zhang Cunmeng of Hequ was also anxious to ask for reinforcements. Zhang Dashou had to guard Ansai City and Yan'an City, and the soldiers and horses that could be divided were limited, so he naturally couldn't take care of everything, so he could only choose one place to support. After thinking about it, he couldn't make up his mind, and then, Zhang Dashou threw this headache to Wang Ziyong.

Wang Ziyong scolded his mother in his heart, it seems that he doesn't need to think much about this problem, he must protect the Hetao first. However, once the forces are concentrated to deal with the living Yama King in the north, Ganquan City may be lost, and if Ganquan is lost, Yan'an Mansion will not be protected. Without Yan'an Mansion, the officers and soldiers would definitely attack Qingyang Mansion. Once Qingyang Mansion is breached, his Wang's life will be lost.

Of course, it was possible to retreat back to the northwest, but the king was reluctant to do so. If you lose the Hetao, as long as you occupy Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion, you will still have a lot to do. Keeping the Hetao, but facing the worry of life, is not cost-effective. Knowing that Baohetao was the best choice, Wang Ziyong still chose Baoganquan, and there was no need to take risks when he got to this point.

The next day, Wang Ziyong ordered Zhang Dashou to rush to the aid of Ganquan City to prevent the influx of officers and soldiers into Yan'an Mansion, and at the same time ordered Zhang Xianzhong of Mizhi City to give Zhang Cunmeng effective support.

Zhang Xianzhong was somewhat dissatisfied with Wang's own order. In the first battle of Zhenxiwei, the soldiers were lost, and so many materials were lost. Now most of the people in the army are scared by the living Hades, and they haven't rested yet, and they have to go to support Zhang Cunmeng.

Liu Wenxiu was very unhappy, and said coldly: "What does Leader Wang mean?" Before, we encountered difficulties, but we didn't send a single soldier without mud, and now the Hetao is in danger, think of us? ”

Zhang Xianzhong didn't want to send troops to Hequ, but he wouldn't be so short-sighted as Liu Wenxiu, "Shut up, although the order of the king leader is a bit unclean-up." However, it will not do us any good to sit back and watch the officers and soldiers occupy the Hetao. In this way, hopefully, tomorrow you will take seven thousand brothers to the meander, so that no matter what the result is, the king's chief will not be able to find our problems. ”

"Hmm!" Sun Kewang nodded heavily.

Early in the morning, Sun Kewang ordered his troops and horses to leave Mizhi, but as soon as he left Mizhi for less than fifty miles, he ran into Olge's cavalry. The two sides fought fiercely, and when the battle reached Shen, Sun Kewang led the remnants of the army to retreat to Mizhi.