The reason why Shen Shikui and other Ming troops were easily captured by the rebels when they were stationed in Yiyang City was because Shen Shikui was too incompetent, and the rebels were numerous, Shen Shikui had already been affected by the Ming army that fled from Yuezhou and other places, and fled with his subordinates after two days. Bayi Middle School [ ?.

Mo Li and the generals rode to a hillside outside the west gate of Yiyang City, looked at the situation in Yiyang City from a distance, and discussed how to march into the army.

Mo Li looked at the flat field outside Yiyang City and said: "The terrain in this area is flat and broad, which is very conducive to our cavalry field charge, but we have to find a way to lure the rebels out of the city, what do you think?" ”

Luo Dashan said: "General, ah no, Lord Dutai, the last general thinks that it is enough to bombard these miscellaneous pieces directly with cannons, and he doesn't believe that he can't be bombarded in Yiyang City!" ”

"That's right! Bombard him with artillery fire for a while, and then the general will take the lead! Kill these rebels without a single piece of armor! Ba Laodao also said.

Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao shook his head and said: "Didn't you hear what the adults said, the terrain here is flat, suitable for our cavalry to fight, the way to use the army, is to fully swing their own advantages, attack the enemy's shortcomings, now our advantage is the cavalry, but there is no chance to wave, if you use the cavalry to attack the city, it will become the length of attacking the enemy with your own shortcomings." ”

Mo Li said approvingly: "Yes, Xiao Cao is right, the rebels are coerced by many people to fill the army, there are hundreds of thousands of horses at every turn, we have few troops, it is unwise to consume troops with them, and there is not much artillery gunpowder, we are running for a long distance, the pressure on the supply of logistics and ammunition is not small, if the artillery ammunition is exhausted in Yiyang, what will happen to Changsha in the future?" There are also Yuezhou, Wuchang, etc., and there will be many battles that will be difficult to fight in the future. ”

Luo Dashan, Ba Laodao and others lowered their heads when they heard this, and their faces were scornful.

Yang Shouli suddenly said: "My lord, do you remember the scene when I was going to compete with my lord at the end of Laixi's time? Why don't we do it again? ”

Mo Li suddenly had a flash of inspiration and praised: "Not bad, Lao Yang, you reminded me!" As soon as our army is surrounded, the rebels will definitely send someone for help! Good! Good! Let's just do it......"

After listening to Mo Li's method, all the generals nodded yes one after another, and they all agreed with Mo Li's strategy.

At that moment, Mo Li commanded the new Liao army to begin to attack the city.

Ma Jinzhong, Ba Laodao, Zhou Yuji, and Li Guo each led 3,000 men and horses to attack Yiyang City from four directions, besieging the entire Yiyang City.

Among them, the south gate was led by 3,000 subordinates led by Ma Jinzhong as the main attack, and before starting to charge, dozens of Western cannons were placed in front of the formation, and they bombarded the south gate fiercely.

The rebels at the head of the city also came to fight back, and for a time the artillery fire was continuous, and the sound was suppressed.

After the shelling, Ma Jinzhong led his subordinates to set up a ladder and rushed towards the city wall.

The rebel Xiao Lianhao personally climbed to the top of the city and commanded his subordinates to desperately resist the attack of the new Liao army, and did not panic.

Due to the large number of rebels and the abundance of supplies, the rebels were not too worried about holding Yiyang, so they threw the rolling wood and other defensive equipment to prevent the new Liao army from landing the city.

After attacking for a while, seeing that it was difficult to break through, Mo Li ordered the soldiers to be withdrawn, and only surrounded Yiyang City on all sides to prevent the rebels from escaping.

For two days in a row, the New Liao Army surrounded Yiyang City, just doing enough every day, and did not attack the city with all its might.

When Xiao Lianhao and the other rebels saw it, they all said that the new Liao army was also in vain, and they were not as timid as those Ming troops when they started fighting.

The rebels didn't notice it at all, and more than half of the new Liao army quietly left the camp the next night, touching the direction of Ningxiang.

In the early morning of the third day, the sky was not very bright, and most of the soldiers of the New Liao Army were still asleep, when suddenly, only an earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing came from the south.

Mo Li received the report and ran out of the big tent to take a look, only to see that on the hillside to the south, a team of thousands of people had been killed, wearing the same clothes as the rebels, and they were all sorted.

Mo Li then commanded his subordinates to fight with this "rebel army", and the killing sound shook the sky.

The "rebel army" numbered about 20,000 people, and the new Liao army seemed to be a little unable to resist the enemy and kept retreating.

Mo Li commanded his subordinates to retreat while fighting, killed for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Brothers, the rebel reinforcements are coming, withdraw quickly!" ”

"Withdraw! Evacuate! Officers at all levels of his subordinates also ordered loudly. As a result, thousands of New Liao troops outside the Nancheng Gate hurriedly retreated in the direction of Taojiang under the command of Moli and Ma Jinzhong.

The "rebels" under the city shouted: "Kill! The big guy kills the official dog! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill the official dog! ”

"Kill the official dog!"

The rebels at the head of the city couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw this scene, Xiao Lianhao saw this, and hurriedly ordered: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here!" Fast! Go out with Ben and kill the official dog! ”

Tao Dawu on the side said a little worriedly: "General Xiao, the last general feels that something is wrong, the last general has fought with these officers and soldiers, they should not be defeated so quickly, could it be a trap?" ”

Xiao Lianhao's eyes widened, and he sneered: "Dawu, are you frightened by that official army?" Don't you see so many reinforcements coming in? No matter how powerful his new Liao army is, if he wants to divide his troops to surround Yiyang City, he can't stop us and the reinforcements from attacking inside and out! ”

As he spoke, Xiao Lianhao stepped on the war horse, turned around and threw down a sentence: "If you don't have the guts, stay and watch the house!" ”

The southern gate of Yiyang City was opened, and groups of rebels rushed out of Yiyang City under the command of Xiao Lianhao and rushed towards the New Liao Army, which was constantly retreating.

"Kill!" Tens of thousands of rebels poured out of Yiyang City like a tide, and there were only four or five thousand people at the south gate of the New Liao Army, which seemed to be overwhelmed and began to flee in a panic.

"Hahaha...... Kill all these official dogs! Xiao Lianhao laughed proudly and ordered his subordinates to chase after the New Liao Army.

Xiao Lianhao had just led his troops to a hillside ten miles away, when suddenly, thousands of cavalry rushed out of the woods on both sides and outflanked the rebel rear from both sides.

Xiao Lianhao was slightly taken aback, but he was not flustered, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare for the battle.

At this moment, the New Liao Army, which had been running in a panic in front, suddenly stopped running, stopped and turned around, screaming and rushing towards the rebels who were chasing after them.

This is nothing, what surprised Xiao Lianhao even more was that the "reinforcements" that had been chasing the officers and soldiers from the direction of Ningxiang suddenly turned around at this time, and together with those officers and soldiers, they rushed towards him.

"Not good!" Xiao Lianhao's heart sank violently, and he immediately understood that this was a trap of the official army, and hurriedly ordered to turn around and return to the city.

But it was too late.

Two cavalry, one led by Cao Bianjiao and the other led by Zhou Yuji, plunged straight towards the rebels from the left and right flanks. This area is a plain area on the shore of Dongting Lake, which is very conducive to cavalry charge, and after a while, the two cavalry will kill the rebel rear and cut off the rebel's return route.

Cao Bianjiao and Zhou Yuji each led 3,000 cavalry to rush all the way over, the rebels had almost no cavalry, most of them were foot soldiers, and many of them were young and strong people, without much training, where there was any combat effectiveness at all, and after a while, they were rushed and killed by the cavalry of the New Liao Army, and the ghosts cried wolf.

Mo Li, Guan Feng, Du Geng, He Zhendong, Ma Jinzhong and others commanded their subordinates to counterattack from the front, and attacked Xiao Lianhao's rebels twice, and it was the cold-blooded army Black Flag Guard who made the rebels frightened at the front.

It turned out that the "rebel army" that came from the direction of Ningxiang was played by the new Liao army of Ba Laodao and Huideng Xiang who secretly drove out last night.

Xiao Lianhao and other rebels didn't know that they were actually pretended to be by the New Liao Army, and thought they were their own reinforcements, but Ba Laodao, Hui Dengxiang and other troops suddenly turned around and killed back, and those rebels were not psychologically prepared at all, and many people were killed by the New Liao Army in a daze.

The situation reversed abruptly, the rebels were taken by surprise, and most of the troops were rabble, and there were not a few truly well-trained soldiers, and the new Liao army was soon defeated.

As soon as Xiao Lianhao sensed that something was wrong, he immediately ordered to withdraw to the city, and his reaction was not unpleasant. But he was fast, and the cavalry of the New Liao Army was faster than him, and it didn't take long to cut off the rebels' way back, and then rushed back from behind the rebels' formation to kill.

The fierce cavalry, the ruthless and bloody Black Flag Guards, and the grenades that burst from time to time caused huge casualties and panic to Xiao Lianhao's rebels. The battle lasted less than an hour, and more than half of the tens of thousands of rebels were killed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Lianhao hurriedly led two thousand soldiers to fight their way out of a bloody road and fled in the direction of Ningxiang and Changsha.

Near the South City Gate, after the New Liao Army began to counterattack the rebels, Li Guo led 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to quietly approach the city gate, broke into the South City Gate with lightning speed, rushed into Yiyang City, and fought with the remaining rebels.

Tao Dawu and other rebel generals who stayed in Yiyang City did not have time to close the city gate, and Li Guo's cavalry was too fast, so he rushed into the city in a blink of an eye at the moment when the city gate was about to close, hacked to death the rebels guarding the city gate, and controlled the south city gate.

With the arrival of 2,000 infantry, Li Guo firmly controlled the southern city gate, and led his troops to fight with Tao Dawu and other rebels who rushed to hear the news.

Tao Dawu was originally a defeated general under Cao Bianjiao, and was frightened by the new Liao army in Taojiang, and at this time he saw the new Liao army rushing into the city, and he was even more panicked, and at this time, most of the rebels in the city followed Xiao Lianhao out of the city to pursue the official army, and there were not many people left, most of them were young and strong in the city, where was the opponent of the new Liao army?

Those young men saw that the official army rushed into the city, and it was menacing, they were originally coerced by the rebels to participate in the defense of the city, and they did not have any sense of belonging and identity to the rebels, and it was strange that what the rebels did could make people agree.

So, under the loud shouting orders of Li Guo and others, hundreds of young men began to put down their weapons and surrender on their knees.

Seeing this, Tao Dawu wanted to seize the door and escape, but was intercepted by Li Guo and his troops......