Chapter Seventy-Two: Victory and Return
Speaking of Wan'an King is really unlucky, on the day the Yongning County was broken, he fled from the Wan'an Wangfu under the escort of several guards, and took advantage of the fact that the Xingtian Army had not yet controlled the whole city, and hid in an inconspicuous outer house where his subordinates specialized in raising concubines in the city, and after the Xingtian Army controlled the Yongning County, in order not to disturb the people too much, he was not searched for in the whole city, but he has been strictly checking the people who leave the city at various city gates, and has never left Zhu Cai a chance to escape from the county.
After being trapped in the city for so many days, Zhu Cai's subordinates finally seized the opportunity of Liu Yaoben leading his troops to the bank of the Luo River to block the official army from crossing the river, and the lack of troops in the city, at night with Zhu Cai and his two sons secretly dressed as refugees, touched the city wall in the north of the city, wanted to tie the rope, put them down the city wall and fled from Yongning County, but unfortunately, they were discovered by several night guards guarding the city wall, and immediately warned and recruited the generals of the Xingtian Army, and several guards were also very loyal, and they desperately resisted. But in the end, they were killed one by one, and Zhu Cai's father and son were arrested on the spot.
Originally, Zhu Cai didn't have a chance to escape from the city, but this guy and his two sons were pampered, they all ate very fat, and they were tired and only panting after walking a few steps, and finally climbed up the city wall, but looking at the city wall of the black hole, he didn't dare to wrap the rope around his waist and go down, and after a delay for a while, he was discovered, but he still couldn't run away, and finally became a prisoner of the Xingtian Army.
Listening to the huge cheers of the Xingtian Army on the north bank one after another, the expression on Wang Shaoyu's face was good-looking, seeing that this sneak attack had already been exposed, although the number of thieves on the other side was small, but the firearms were extremely sharp, and the pontoon bridge that was finally erected was burned down by the thief army, and it also lost more than 200 of the most elite soldiers under him.
But he was unwilling to retract his head like this, he knew that the number of left-behind thieves in Yongning County was very small, if he didn't take this opportunity to cross the Luohe River and seize the city, then once he waited for Zu Kuan to lead his troops over, then he wouldn't even be able to get Mao's credit this time, but if he didn't retreat, the thief army on the other side was blocked on the north bank, and he didn't leave him a chance to cross the river at all, and now although it was cold, it would take at least a few days to cross the ice before the river was frozen, could he wait?
Just when he was hesitating, there was an earth-shattering cheer on the other side, and a general ran to Wang Shaoyu with a panicked face, and whispered to Wang Shaoyu: "My lord! The thief army on the other side just now seemed to be shouting that Lord Zu's side was defeated! Now the soldiers below are panicking! Please also make a decision as soon as possible, if it doesn't work, let's return to Yiyang quickly! ”
Wang Shaoyu was taken aback after hearing this, and hurriedly climbed the river embankment and listened carefully with his ears pricked up, only to hear all kinds of cheers coming from the other side, and it seemed that someone was faintly shouting that the Guanning army had been defeated.
Hearing this, Wang Shaoyu was really a little panicked, he couldn't believe how could Zu Kuan be defeated? But when he was in Yiyang, he saw those Guanning iron cavalry under Zu Kuan's command, all of them can be said to be nostrils facing the sky, with the posture of an arrogant soldier, and in the past two years, they have crisscrossed the hinterland of the Central Plains, chasing and suppressing all kinds of mutant armies everywhere and never suffered a single defeat, how could they be defeated by this Xingtian army? Like last year, Zu Kuan only led more than 2,000 iron cavalry under his command to fight with Gao Yingxiang's tens of thousands of changing people's troops in Chuzhou, killing Gao Yingxiang's abandoned corpses for dozens of miles, and the corpses of the rebellious army that were killed were almost blocked by the river, and this Xingtian army heard that it was only about a few thousand people, and most of them were infantry troops, how could Zu Kuan be easily defeated in their hands?
No way! It's absolutely impossible! Wang Shaoyu shouted in his heart, shook his cloak and strode down the embankment, pointed to a personal soldier, and instructed him: "You quickly go and check to see if what the thief army shouted is true!" Master Zu couldn't have been defeated by this thief army so easily! It's a trick of the thief army, and they want to scare us from crossing the river! ”
This personal soldier immediately received the order, then turned over and galloped towards Yiyang, inquiring about the news of Zu Kuan's department along the way, and several generals came to Wang Shaoyu's side, looking at Wang Shaoyu with an uncertain expression, waiting for his orders.
Wang Shaoyu looked at the thief army on the other side, shook his head and said, "Let's camp for a day and rest today, and wait for the news!" ……”
After the discouraged officers and soldiers received the order, they immediately took action, and while driving the captured people, cutting wood and wood for them to build tents, they set up camp on the spot, buried pots and cooked food, and no longer thought about crossing the river today......
With a smile on his face, Xiao Tianjian slowly rode his horse into Yongning County, at this time the army returned to the division, and the soldiers and generals left behind in Yongning County were no longer afraid of the official army coming to attack the city.
Therefore, the refugees who moved into the city were invited out of the county seat again in advance and returned to the refugee point outside the city for resettlement, and the refugees also learned the news of the great victory of the Xingtian Army at this time, so they naturally obeyed the arrangement of the Xingtian Army, and went out of the city again one step in advance, returned to their shacks, and waited for the Xingtian Army to help them.
When they saw a heroic division singing and appeared on the official road in the east of the city, the soldiers who stayed behind immediately went out of the city to line up outside the city to welcome Xiao Tianjian's return to the division, and the people inside and outside the city also flocked to both sides of the official road, looking at this male soldier excitedly, when Xiao Tianjian led his troops to approach them, the refugees all cheered loudly, and everyone involuntarily knelt on the ground, bowed down, and kowtowed to the righteous army that saved their lives.
Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly on horseback to the refugees who bowed to him along the way, and a slight proud smile appeared on his face.
In such a troubled world, if you want to win the hearts of the people, you can't win the war, and the people only dare to attach themselves to them when they see that they are strong, otherwise, even if they follow them, they just want to eat together, and once they encounter the enemy, they will immediately scatter.
And now he has done this in Yongning County, first captured Yongning County in one fell swoop, and then frightened the Luoyang official army to not attack Yongning easily, and then defeated the Guanning Iron Cavalry under the command of Zu Kuan, so that it could not be defeated and fled back to Yiyang, such a record is enough to let the people of Henan know that the Xingtian Army under his command is by no means a wasted name, but an iron army that can really fight well, only in this way can he really gain a firm foothold here.
And these soldiers of the Xingtian Army followed behind Xiao Tianjian, with a neat queue, each with their heads held high with a face of arrogance, marching neatly to the beat of the drums, the spears erected high were closely arranged into a jungle, and the bloodstained armor told the tragedy of their battle, dozens of miles away, but the soldiers were not tired, like a wall of steel moving forward, the whole team exuded a kind of solemn atmosphere, and the glory after winning the battle was evident in them, Showing everyone the might of their battle-hardened army.
Feeling the sense of coercion coming from this mighty army, looking at these majestic soldiers of the Xingtian Army, the common people all felt at ease, and knelt down on the side of the road sincerely, some of the timid ones didn't even dare to raise their heads again, quietly waiting for this male army to decide their future fate.
This time Xiao Tianjian led the troops to triumph, even some small gentry in the city, were also shocked, after thinking twice, they also put down the shelf, followed the people out to welcome the return of the Xingtian Army, after seeing the Xingtian Army so full of Ma Teng's majesty, they all shook their heads and sighed, originally they thought that during this period of time, Henan under Lu Xiangsheng's single-minded rectification, has been able to settle down, but did not think that Lu Xiangsheng walked on the front foot, and there was such a terrible army of mutants on the back foot, is the world really going to change? Fortunately, this Xingtian army behaved differently from other mutant armies, although it was also unkind to the official gentry and nobles and some powerful families, but it did not harm their small rich families much, and the daily military discipline was also quite strict, and it did not affect their lives too much after the city was captured, but once they controlled this place, they immediately issued a list to calm the people and give porridge to the victims, but it was much better than the government to do this kind of thing, which made them gradually feel at ease.
Everyone has different thoughts, but there is one mind that is the same, that is, after seeing the military appearance of this Xingtian Army, they can't help but be amazed, marveling at the military appearance of this Xingtian Army, and the resistance is naturally much less.
Xiao Tianjian returned to Yongning County with full prestige, he was very satisfied with the results of this battle, the most sharp force of the Ming Dynasty in the legend, this time also defeated under the Xingtian Army, although the battle was very hard and fierce, but in the end he still led his generals to achieve the final victory, the more than 1,000 Guanning troops under the command of Zu Kuan were embarrassed, and finally fled back to Yiyang County, this battle to the infantry army against the strongest cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the Xingtian Army paid the price of less than 200 people, But it killed and injured the 500 troops of the Guanning army, and also captured more than 200 horses, not counting the Luoyang soldiers who acted with the Guanning army, as soon as the Guanning army was defeated, these Luoyang soldiers were immediately dispersed, more than 1,000 people were killed hundreds, and most of the remaining were captured under the pursuit of the cavalry of the Xingtian Army.
But for the Xingtian Army, the loss of this battle is not small, the biggest loss is the deputy commander of the second battalion Jiang Cheng, in this battle, in order to stabilize the left flank that was chaotic by the Guanning army, he was seriously injured in the desperate battle, not long after the war, he was seriously injured and died, becoming the highest-ranking officer of the Xingtian Army since the start of the army, which made Xiao Tianjian very sad, and at the same time made the second battalion feel sorry for him.
But since he embarked on this road, Xiao Tianjian also knew that it was impossible to be immortal, although Jiang Cheng died on the battlefield, he set an example in the Xingtian Army, and thoroughly embodied the slogan of the Xingtian Army's fierce ambition to be incisive, and I believe that from now on, this style will be carried forward in the Xingtian Army.
After this battle, the Xingtian Army was like a sharp blade that had been re-tempered in the flames, becoming more sharp and abnormal, almost making people dare not look directly, Xiao Tianjian also believed that in the future campaign, as long as this tenacious style can be maintained, then the Xingtian Army will not be afraid of anyone standing in the way.