After receiving the order, Liu Juntao immediately led the army south into Fuzhou Prefecture and temporarily stayed in Yongfu County, Fuzhou Prefecture for three days in order to allow the soldiers of each battalion to rest and recuperate.

Three days later, Liu Juntao led the army from Yongfu County, went south through Dehua County, Quanzhou Prefecture, and directly killed Quanzhou Fucheng.

At this time, Deng Maoba, who was active in the areas of Quanzhou Mansion, Tingzhou Mansion, and Zhangzhou Mansion, also learned the news that the official army had won a success, and received the news sent by Deng Maoqi, ordering him to immediately gather his troops and horses and be ready to go north to support at any time.

So, Deng Maoba transferred back the thieves and horses who invaded Guangdong and Jiangxi, and then divided the 200,000 army into two groups: one of 100,000 soldiers and horses continued to be stationed in Tingzhou Mansion as a backup for Deng Maoqi and others in the north; A force of 100,000 soldiers and horses assembled in Quanzhou Mansion, preparing to start a fierce battle with Liu Juntao's army heading south.

And Deng Maoba also personally rushed to the capital of Quanzhou and deployed the 100,000 army.

At this time, Dehua County had been lost, and all the hundreds of thieves in the city were exterminated, so Deng Maoba could only establish a defense line in Yongchun County in the south, and mobilized 30,000 troops to garrison Yongchun County; After that, 20,000 troops were deployed in Hui'an County and Nan'an County in the north of Quanzhou Fucheng to support each other and serve as a barrier to Quanzhou Fucheng; The remaining 30,000 thieves and soldiers were all stationed in Quanzhou Mansion with Deng Maoba.

Just when Deng Maoba had deployed an army of 100,000 thieves, Liu Juntao had already led an army of 25,000 to arrive at the city of Yongchun County.

The 30,000 thieves in the city had just arrived here, and before they had time to strengthen the city defenses and collect grain and grass, they were overwhelmed by the 25,000 officers and soldiers!

Seeing that the soldiers of each battalion had already launched a large array, the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guard mainly attacked the north, the rear battalion mainly attacked the east, the Yanzhou Mansion main barracks attacked the south, the odd battalion mainly attacked the west, and the iron cavalry battalion led by Zhou Zongsheng was active on the outside line, ready to intercept the reinforcements of the thieves at any time.

After making the deployment, Liu Juntao looked at the thieves and soldiers who were already in chaos at the head of the city, and couldn't help but shake his head, and said to Bai Yuxing and Tao Jixin who were on standby beside him: "Originally, I thought that the thieves were so rampant, and it must be a good combat power, but now it seems that I am wrong, it is completely caused by the large number of thieves, and the lack of officers and soldiers in various places and low combat effectiveness!" ”

Bai Yuxing also said: "General, no matter how many thieves like this are, it is not enough to worry, it seems that if we go back this time, we will definitely be able to make a great contribution!" ”

Liu Juntao was a little stunned in his heart, after all, fighting against such a thief, except for allowing his soldiers to gain some experience, there was no sense of accomplishment.

"It's better to go north to kill the Tartars, no matter how many of these thieves kill, it's boring!"

After Liu Juntao sighed in his heart, he saw that the battalions had been prepared, so he ordered all battalions to start a siege battle at the same time.

"An hour! Take Yongchun County! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Fire!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Thunder!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Sun Xu and others ordered to attack, and the battalions of birds and thunderers suppressed the thieves and soldiers at the head of the city, and at the same time sent mine-throwers to blow up the city gates.

Most of the 30,000 thieves stationed in Yongchun County were coerced villagers, as well as wanderers and ruffians from all over the country, who had not undergone any training at all, and there were no long-range troops such as archers and firecrackers in the army.

At this time, in the face of the onslaught of Liu Juntao's army, he could only be beaten passively, and there was no power to fight back at all.

The four city gates of Yongchun County have all been blown open by the mine-throwers of each battalion, and the city defense of the county town has collapsed!

Moreover, until this battle, not a single soldier under Liu Juntao's command has been killed, and the defense of Yongchun County has been destroyed.

"Into town! There is not a single thief left in the city! ”

Liu Juntao gave an order, and under the cover of the long knife hand, the soldiers of each battalion rushed into the city one after another, and slaughtered the thieves and soldiers who had collapsed and fled in the city.

This time, Liu Juntao does not intend to contain prisoners, and he will not accept prisoners on his own way, although there will be villagers who are coerced among the thieves and soldiers, but one day from the thief, for life as a thief!

No matter how honest the villagers are, as long as they have tasted the pleasure of being a thief and enjoyed the madness of looting and killing people for nothing, they will never return to their previous state!

Moreover, now Liu Juntao does not have many troops under his command, and the surrounding government is also short of manpower, so there is no way to guard the large number of thieves and prisoners, so they can only kill them!

At this time, Liu Juntao also had an epiphany, and understood why Bai Qi wanted to kill 400,000 Zhao army prisoners back then, and when the troops and supplies could not keep up, killing all the prisoners was the best solution.

However, there are exceptions.

If the enemy army is a soldier and horse under Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Juntao is naturally willing to surrender, and that kind of soldier and horse is no longer a thief, but a soldier!

But these enemy troops in front of him are all thieves who poison the place and kill the people, Liu Juntao has no mercy in his heart, he can only kill them cleanly!

An hour later, the 30,000 thieves in the city were all wiped out, and after Liu Juntao led all the soldiers and horses into the city, he seized the time to rectify the security in the city, clean up the battlefield, and organize all the gentry in the city to temporarily defend the city.

Two days later, Liu Juntao led his troops to continue southward and attacked Nan'an County, and began to besiege the city on the same day.

The leader of the thieves, Deng Maoba, was furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the 20,000 thieves in Hui'an County to immediately go to support, wanting to defeat Liu Juntao's officers and troops in one fell swoop, and take advantage of the situation to recover Yongchun County in the north.

It didn't take long for the 20,000 thieves in Hui'an County to rush to the east of Nan'an County, only to see that the 20,000 officers and soldiers were still storming the city, and the 20,000 thieves and thieves took advantage of the situation to kill them.

And the 20,000 thieves stationed in the city have been pressed and beaten by Liu Juntao's subordinates, and they are all holding back the anger in their hearts.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao laughed and said to Bai Yuxing: "Today, we can go into the city to rest!" ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao ordered the soldiers and horses of each battalion to move closer to him, and then the main barracks of Yanzhou Mansion, the Qibing Barracks, and the front and rear battalions of the Yushan Town Guards each formed a large phalanx, and the four phalanxes were like four cities close together, supporting and covering each other, and the 40,000 thieves and soldiers and horses who were killed before and after fought together.

In an instant, the sound of killing outside Nan'an County shook the sky, the fire guns rang out in unison, and the explosion of earth-shaking thunder was endless!

Although the 40,000 thieves and horses were numerous, and they were still flanked in front and back, after all, their combat power was low and their equipment was insufficient.

Less than half an hour after the start of the war, the thieves who rushed out of Nan'an County couldn't hold on, and the remaining more than 10,000 thieves suddenly collapsed and fled towards Nan'an County all over the mountains.

Immediately afterwards, the army of thieves who came to support also couldn't hold on, and began to break up under the onslaught of the front and rear battalions of the Yushan Town Guards.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao immediately ordered the soldiers of the front and rear battalions of the Yushan Town Guards to chase and kill the thieves and reinforcements, and he and Sun Xu together led the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks to chase and kill the thieves in Nan'an County.

"Take the gates! Take the gates! ”

Meng Fanchen roared, commanded his soldiers to kill the thieves near the city gate, and occupied the east gate of Nan'an County in one fell swoop, and the follow-up soldiers of each battalion poured into Nan'an County like a tide.

Half an hour later, Nan'an County was conquered, and 20,000 thieves were wiped out.

At the same time, Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu also led their troops to kill and disperse the reinforcements of the thieves, except for more than 3,000 routs who fled, more than 10,000 thieves were all killed.

At the same time, Zhou Zongsheng also took advantage of the opportunity for the thieves in Hui'an County to go out of the city to support Nan'an County, and took advantage of the situation to attack the county seat of Hui'an.

At this point, all the defense lines of Quanzhou Mansion have collapsed, and only 30,000 thieves led by Deng Maoba are left in the entire Quanzhou Mansion.

Two days later, Liu Juntao ordered a large army to surround the capital city of Quanzhou.

At this moment, Liu Juntao received the news sent by General Dai Jingkui that the official army of the Western Front won another great victory, severely hitting the main force of the Seventh Division of the thief Deng Mao!

Liu Juntao was in a good mood and said secretly: "This battle is going well, it seems that it won't be long before it ends!" ”