Volume IV Chapter 23 Thirty-six Battalions
In ancient times, Lu Xun burned the company camp for 700 miles, at that time the Shu Han army was only more than 700,000, and the scattered garrison could even camp for more than 700 miles, and Wang Jiayin had an army of nearly 150,000 people.
With such a large range, it will take an hour to walk around slowly, and it will take more time to fight and leave, so when Lu Xiangsheng led the army to completely occupy Wang Jiayin's camp, two or three hours had passed. At this time, the sky had already shown the dawn, and Lu Xiangsheng patrolled the enemy camp while beating horses, and ordered his personal guards to notify all the generals to come and report the battle situation.
One by one, the generals came to report, and there were more and more people behind Lu Xiangsheng, and when all the generals arrived, they never heard the news of Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask curiously: "What about the generals under Wang Jiayin, why haven't any of them been caught?" ”
When the adjutant general Zhang Hongye heard this, he arched his hand and said, "Why don't you go and ask those prisoners." ”
Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said, "Well, then it's hard for General Zhang." ”
Soon, Zhang Hongye ran back, and he said angrily: "Damn, this group of bad breeds, all ran away!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhang Hongye heard the words, he only remembered that he was talking to the Governor, and he was also dizzy just now, so he spoke a little rudely, he coughed a few times embarrassedly, and then he replied: "Your Excellency the Governor Qiqi, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang's gang all ran away, according to the confession of those prisoners, they fled to the west with their men and horses soon after the battle, but they were beaten back by our musketeers who were ambushed outside the camp, and then they rushed to the back of the camp, turned over the back of the mountain and ran!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng said with pity: "This gang of thieves is running very fast, forget it, since they have all run away, there is nothing to patrol in this big battalion, you all go and lead your subordinates to bury the pot and cook on the spot." ”
When the generals heard this, they all showed joy on their faces, this battle is over here, they have been busy all night, who doesn't want to go and have a hot meal and take a good rest.
Although Lu Xiangsheng was a little regretful, he didn't care too much, just run, he didn't think that he could catch them all, the main purpose of this battle was to break up Wang Jiayin's army. In his opinion, the only threat to him at this stage is Wang Jiayin's army of more than 100,000 people, and the other thieves are only 20,000 or 30,000 horses at most, and they can't compete with the 100,000 army under his command at all.
Will it really be the same as he thinks? This time, I'm afraid he's going to miscalculate.
Here, Lu Xiangsheng counted the battle situation, and Sun Yuanhua escorted the captured thieves to Liaodong and waited for the time being.
It is said that Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang and others fled back to Pingyang Mansion in embarrassment and divided the wealth left by Wang Jiayin in the old nest, and everyone sat down and began to discuss how to deal with Lu Xiangsheng.
In the end, Gao Yingxiang proposed to invite Luo Rucai, another big leader in the rebel army, to sum up the total and see if he had any way.
Why did Gao Yingxiang meet Luo Rucai? As mentioned above, the leaders of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty were basically from Wang Jiayin's subordinates, and the reason for this situation was because Wang Jiayin started earlier, captured a county seat, and also called Wang Kaifu, which led everyone to overthrow the posture of the court at that time, so all the leaders of the righteous army who had some ideas and some ability were all thrown under his command. Not to mention anything else, if Wang Jiayin really succeeds, they will at least be the founding heroes, and they will enjoy endless glory and wealth.
Now, although Wang Jiayin has been killed and the army gathered under his command has been dispersed, they are still the largest force in the rebel army. for the worst of them also had more than 10,000 men, and they were all battle-hardened veterans; The other rebels were basically a few thousand people, and their men were all peasants who had just put down their hoes, and their combat effectiveness could not be compared with theirs.
There are exceptions to this, like Luo Rucai is the biggest exception, he also has more than 10,000 people under him, and his combat effectiveness is not weak, and any one of them is not necessarily his opponent.
Of course, Gao Yingxiang didn't want to invite him because he didn't value the more than 10,000 people under him, their subordinates plus more than 50,000 horses under Wang Jiayin were defeated, and now with Luo Rucai's people, he couldn't do King Lu Yan, what he valued was Luo Rucai's wisdom.
Luo Rucai, nicknamed "Sai Cao Cao", is resourceful, and quite righteous, and has a good relationship with the rebels from all walks of life.
Luo Rucai was really righteous, and when he heard that Gao Yingxiang was looking for him for help, he came without hesitation; His resourcefulness is not blown, as soon as Gao Yingxiang told him about the situation, he immediately had a countermeasure.
In fact, this countermeasure is very simple, that is, to call on all the rebels of Binh Duong Province to unite to resist King Luyan. Someone is going to scold again at this time, this is the resourcefulness of fart, who can't think of such a simple countermeasure.
Of course, Luo Rucai's resourcefulness does not stop there, Gao Yingxiang and they also thought about calling on everyone to unite to resist King Lu Yan, but why should people listen to you, isn't it good to be at ease and free by yourself, they want to run over and listen to your command, are you sick?
Luo Rucai's resourcefulness is reflected in this method of calling, he knows that the leaders of these peasant armies are all goods who are not going to go, you are kind to beg them, they can pee on your face, and let them run over obediently, only to threaten them, so that they feel that they will die if they don't come again.
So the men he sent to inform the chiefs said this:
I will tell you a very unfortunate news, the court has sent a ruthless man to clean us up, this ruthless man is nicknamed "King Lu Yan", and he has an army of 100,000 under his command. If you don't believe it, you can inquire, Wang Jiayin, the king of Fugu, you know, his head has been taken by King Lu Yan as a night pot. If you don't want to die, come to Yicheng to deal with us against King Luyan, if you don't come, you will be cut down by King Luyan, don't blame us for not informing you.
Wang Jiayin's killing of such a big thing naturally spread very quickly in the rebel army, and the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life will know it after a little inquiry, this is okay, then Wang Jiayin has more than 100,000 men and horses, all of whom were killed by King Lu Yan, how could these small characters be pinched to death by someone with a finger!
As a result, the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life ran to Yicheng Huimeng, plus Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai, and finally assembled a total of 36 rebels, known as the 36th battalion.
These thirty-six battalions were more than 30,000 or 40,000 people, and as few as 5,000 or 6,000 people, a total of 2,780,000 people, and they were led by the King of Zijin Liang for their own use, and they were stationed near Yicheng, waiting for King Lu Yan to come, and they rushed up and did him!