Chapter 202, Decisive Battle Guanzhong 8

Sun Chuanting stupidly put away the lock of hair and stuffed it into his arms. [Full text reading. Before I knew it, two lines of tears rolled down my face.

At this time, Geng Chong and a few others threw off the Qin army, and finally arrived, and when they saw Sun Chuanting standing on the ground, he was hit by an arrow in his horse, but he didn't see Sun Mengdie's figure, and he couldn't help but wonder, but fortunately, Sun Chuanting was fine, and he couldn't care so much, so he changed horses, and then kept him and chased Lu Xiangsheng's brigade.

This big battle was fought until it was getting late, and then it finally ended.

The entire battlefield stretched for more than ten miles, with corpses all over the field and blood staining the earth. Everywhere was the sound of dead horses breaking flags, broken knives and guns, and the dying cries of the seriously wounded.

The Qin army, under the leadership of Wang Jian Baiqi and Li Yan, chased out more than 20 miles, and saw that the soldiers were too tired to run, so they ordered to withdraw the troops. But Lu Xiang and Sun Chuanting couldn't hold their feet, and they ran fifty miles away, so they barely stood on their feet.

The two discussed, under the defeat at this time, the soldiers were discouraged, once the Qin army continued to kill tomorrow, it was bound to collapse, it was better to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army to rest, escape far away, leave the battlefield, and then reorganize the army and horses in the future and make a comeback.

So Lu Xiangsheng ordered all the horses to continue to retreat south, until they retreated to the Qingtong Pass, and then began to organize the men and horses, collect stragglers, in order to enter Xi'an again.

After standing on his heels, Lu Xiangsheng found Sun Chuanting and asked him in detail about what happened on the battlefield. Sun Chuanting told Bai Qi about his sudden killing, and Lu Xiangsheng was furious. Because according to Sun Xianzu's Tang newspaper, Bai Qi has been driven into the mountains like a tiger, and there are few people left, but how can he suddenly appear here, and according to Sun Chuanting, Bai Qi's men and horses are at least 4,000 people, and there are many cavalry.

Lu Xiangsheng wrote a letter when he was promoted, questioning Sun Xianzu, and at the same time submitting his defeat report to the court, explaining that the main reason for this defeat was that Sun Xianzu was unfavorable and let Bai Qi take advantage of the loophole.

The court immediately sent someone to investigate, but Lu Xiangsheng was right, Meng Ruhu and others only occupied three empty county towns, and the loss of Bai Qi's men and horses was very small, and the main force almost did not show up.

Chongzhen was furious at that time and ordered Sun Xianzu to be removed from his post as the chief soldier and sent to the frontier. Although fierce as a tiger is also guilty, it is not the main responsibility, let him be demoted and stay behind, and make meritorious contributions.

As for Lu Xiangsheng's side, Chongzhen didn't condemn much, because his Zu Kuan was valued by Chongzhen, and Zu Kuan's letter also explained the reason, mainly because he got up too suddenly, otherwise the official army would have won a big victory. Chongzhen issued an order and ordered Lu Xiangsheng to eliminate the thief leader within half a year. For these people's positions, there is no change.

After the holy decree came down to the bronze pass, Lu Xiangsheng was grateful, and immediately wrote a letter, showing his loyalty, and vowing to fight another decisive battle with the thief.

In fact, Chongzhen is not generous, mainly because there are not many good generals in the court, people like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are rare, you dismissed them and investigated them, who led the troops to suppress the thieves?

Although Chongzhen is a little stubborn, he is not a fool, he used slow fire to remove Wei Zhongxian, killed Yuan Chonghuan, and used rapid fire, and for this class of generals, he used tepid.

Don't mention Lu Xiangsheng's rectification of people, and then try to exalt. Let's talk about Hong Chengchou. He has been confronting Gao Yingxiang and others, and has fought a few battles, regardless of victory or defeat, the peasant army has more men and horses than his men, and pays attention to defense, after setting up a large camp, he also dug a ditch and set up a barrier, so that although his Zuo Liangyu Cao Wenzhao has elite cavalry, he is not strong.

The intentions of Gao Yingxiang and the others are also very clear, as long as they resist on their side, as long as Lu Xiangsheng is defeated, Hong Chengchou will definitely be defeated.

Hong Chengchou also thinks so, he feels that the focus on the battlefield is not on his side, but on the other side. So when the report of Lu Xiangsheng's defeat reached his ears, Hong Chengchou immediately felt bad.

Lu Xiangsheng was defeated and left, and the peasant army was the only one left, so the Qin army and Li Zicheng would definitely turn around and attack themselves with Gao Yingxiang, his men and horses had fought a few battles, and their morale had declined, while the Qin army and Li Zicheng had just won a big victory, and their morale was booming.

So Hong Chengchou made a plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, and that night, he sent light cavalry around the flank of the peasant army camp to carry out a feint. Most of these people carried rockets and drums, and they began to beat drums and trumpets not far from the camp, and fired arrows into the camp, and when the peasant army came out of the camp to meet the battle, they retreated far away and did not engage the peasant army.

Gao Yingxiang and the others knew that Hong Chengchou was scheming, and they did not dare to chase after him, and after driving the enemy out of the way, they ordered the troops to be withdrawn. As soon as they returned to the camp, the enemy reappeared, still beating trumpets and firing rockets, which made the peasant army very irritated all night.

At this time, Hong Chengchou led all the men and horses, pulled out the camp and set up the village, and quietly retreated.

By the time the peasant army understood, he had withdrawn more than 50 miles, and Gao Yingxiang and others couldn't catch up, so they had to stop.

Hong Chengchou retreated all the way to the north and retreated straight to the Meridian Ridge, and then set up camp. Then he went to court and told him about his situation.

The court didn't say anything about Hong Chengchou's defeat, after all, everyone understood that Lu Xiangsheng was defeated, Hong Chengchou was alone, and it was already the best result to be able to keep the people from being annihilated.

The defeat of the two official armies for hundreds of miles marked the end of this battle in Guanzhong.

This was a battle that ended in the complete victory of the righteous army, and it directly changed the pattern of the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the rebel army fought against the official army, and they fought on the move, fighting if they could, and running away if they felt that they couldn't fight. This time it was different, the two sides fought hard, and there was a bloody battle in Xi'an, and the officials and troops were all the main forces, including more than 5,000 Guanning iron cavalry. Coupled with Zuo Liangyu Hong Chengchou's men and horses, it can be said that he concentrated the strongest men and horses of the Ming army, but he was still defeated.

Although the official army was defeated, its strength did not suffer much loss, because Zu Kuan and Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry did not suffer many casualties, Lu Xiangsheng's men and horses were injured a lot, but they only injured some vitality, Sun Chuanting suffered the greatest loss, but his men and horses were originally small. The losses on Hong Chengchou's side are even more negligible.

Therefore, what the officers and troops really lose is momentum. There was no possibility of another attack in a short period of time. After this battle, the soldiers were also afraid of the Qin army, which was probably the biggest gain for the rebels.

And although the rebels won, the losses were not small.

Li Zicheng's men and horses suffered one-fifth casualties, about a few thousand, and the Qin army came with a total of 7,000 men and horses, plus Bai Qi's 4,000, a total of more than 10,000, but also two or three thousand casualties. The only consolation was that the Qin casualties in the Qin army were relatively small, and most of the deaths were newly recruited soldiers.

After defeating the official army, Wang Jian immediately sent a letter to the king of Qin, and the letter attributed the victory of this battle to Bai Qi, in fact, if Bai Qi could not get up, relying on the Qin army and Li Zicheng alone, he would definitely defeat Lu Xiangsheng's superior official army.

Bai Qi used to wait for work, and took unexpected measures to achieve the greatest success.

When the king of Qin received the letter, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered a reward for the soldiers of the whole army. At the same time, he also sent money, food and other things to Li Zicheng's department. This time, if there is no one and we work together, how can we defeat the official army.

Then the king of Qin replied, asking the Qin army to collect the troops and come back, rest well, and at the same time order the whole city to celebrate.

When the city of Xi'an was neutral, it was lively, every house hung lights, and the same was true on the streets, when the Qin army collected troops and returned to the city, the common people crowded into the streets to see. Everyone wanted to see the true face of this Bai Qi general.

In fact, at this time, the people of Xi'an had fully believed in the resurrection of Qin Shi Huang, and the people who were oppressed by the Ming Dynasty government and officials to the point of being unable to survive had a hope in their hearts at this time. They looked forward to the heavens sending down a true dragon son to spend the whole day down.

And who is more surprising than the resurrection of Qin Shi Huang?

Therefore, everyone saw King Qin during this time, saw Zhang Yi, Wang Qian, Fan Ju, these people are celebrities in history, more like legendary figures. At this time, they were standing in front of them alive, and this feeling was not something that everyone was fortunate enough to experience.

And Bai Qi is one of the more special among these people. Because he kills too much. The people of Guanzhong still know his nickname: Rentu.

Therefore, when Bai Qi entered the city, there was no cheering, no noise, and there was surprisingly silence. Because everyone saw that this Bai Qi general was not as fierce as they imagined.

He also looked like an ordinary person.

There is only one difference, that is, the shocking momentum on Bai Qi's body.

After Bai Qi and the others entered the city, King Qin personally stood at the corner of the street to greet them. This is the first time the two have met since the last time they were defeated by the official army, and although it has only been six months, it seems like ten years apart.

Bai Qi saw the King of Qin, hurriedly dismounted and bowed to the ground, the King of Qin helped him up, Bai Qi was very moved, because he had heard that the King of Qin did not believe Fan Ju's nonsense at all, and in his heart, he always thought that Bai Qi was loyal.

In the heart of the emperor, it is the rarest thing to be able to affirm the loyalty of a general.

A big battle can often create a new pattern.

Since the great victory of the rebel army, within a radius of four or five hundred miles centered on Xi'an, there has not been a single soldier of the official army, and it has completely become the world of the rebel army. After the battle, Bai Qi once again led his troops to fight back, defeated the fierce tiger department, and regained the three counties. At this point, the Qin army finally had its own territory, which was a vast area that stretched from Meixian County in the west, Huaxian County in the east, Shangluo in the south, and Baishui in the north. For the Qin people, they have restored half of their homeland.

However, everyone knows that the pattern of the world is still chaotic and unclear, the official and military forces are still too strong, and although the peasant army won a victory, it did not change the situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak, and the subsequent battles would be even more tragic.

The battle for the world has just begun.