The time is approaching, and the afterglow is full.

From the junction of Shuangliu County and Pengshan County to the confluence of the two rivers inside and outside the Minjiang River, in an area that stretches for 15 miles from north to south and 5 or 6 miles wide from east to west, a huge war between officials and bandits has come to an end.

The Tusi cavalry of the Fubiao Dong Bu Division, which finally attacked, was like an iron broom, along the main road to the south, and scraped the main road and the areas on both sides fiercely. They left the city early in the morning, broke through the camp of the rebellious people, and traveled dozens of miles one after another, and they were already sleepy and tired. Fortunately, he found the prince in time, and Zhu Pingjin sympathized with their hard work and gave them more than an hour to rest and feed the horses. As soon as the spirited men and horses were released, they unstoppably rushed for more than ten miles, and were forced to stop when they reached the Minjiang ferry.

Zhu Pingjian, Qian and Li, in order to make Fubiao Chong kill faster and more fiercely, so as not to be tripped up by their favorite things, made a special promise to them: All the heads captured today will belong to Fubiao!

Escorting the two masters out of the city to find the son, Fubiao has already received a reward. Now that he has been successfully escorted back, there is still a sum. The bandit's head is the least valuable compared to the Tartar and the rogue, but it can't stand much.

Under Zhang Guangzu's strict orders, the bandits ran to the battlefield hungry and dying. In order to avoid the galloping cavalry, he turned back as if he was dead. One by one, they were foaming at the mouth and rolling their eyes. Many of the bandits couldn't run, just knelt on the ground and stupidly watched the big blade take their heads off, but there was no response. The slashers are so cheerful, the heads are there, just urge the horse to wave their hands, and the reward will be in hand.

The Tianquan Tusi cavalry led by Gao Rongxuan did not participate in the clearance. After they surrendered under Chen Huaigui and Chen Huaijin, they were ordered to go west to find and attack Chen Huainian. Zhu Pingjin concluded that it was unlikely that Chen Huainian would make a detour to return to Niujiaozhai.

The most likely course of action for him was to flee all the way northwest, find a boat to cross the Minjiang River at the boundary of Xinjin County, and then continue westward into the Longmen Mountains to the west. In order for the family to survive, the fourth Chen Huaijin even took the initiative to express his willingness to participate in the action and strive to persuade Chen Huainian to surrender.

Zhu Pingjin personally led the first, second, and third companies to follow behind Fubiao. The broad front had advanced to the triangular angle of the confluence of the two rivers.

Because the expected stubborn resistance did not appear at all, in order to increase the width of the battle line and catch more fish, the four-row horizontal formation of the three companies was changed to a sparse clearing formation with two rows of staggered clearance. The width of the battle line of three companies was thus lengthened to more than a mile. Moving forward from the bottom of the triangle, the area will become narrower and narrower. Once the two flanks of the battle line touch the banks of the river on both sides, all the bandits who escaped in time will be completely trapped.

When the main force was marching toward the battlefield, the three companies and one platoon led by He Youyi took a boat down the Neijiang River, seized Jiangkou Town and other ferries in Pengshan County, captured or destroyed all the boats encountered along the way, and completely cut off the possibility of the bandits crossing the river and returning to Pengshan County to defend it.

He Youyi also has an important mission. That is, to take over the main force of the caravan to occupy Pengshan County.

The geographical location and agricultural conditions of Pengshan County all determined that Pengshan County was the biggest trophy of Zhu Pingjin's battle. He Youyi has a very heavy task, as the supervisor of the Tusi battalion, he has completed the affairs of Pengshan County, and he has to catch up with Gao Rongxuan non-stop and jointly command the Tusi cavalry to clean up Chen Huainian.

Fubiao garrison Dong Bu Gyatso rushed from a distance, and the armor leaves on his body were shaken by the bumps on the horse's back. He ran to Song Zhenzong's horse, took off a head from the saddle without saying a word, and threw it in front of Song Zhenzong with a snap. The flesh and blood of the head were blurred, rolling in the dust on the ground, and becoming even more filthy.

"Brother Gyatso, what do you mean by that?" Song Zhenzong asked loudly.

"No merit is not rewarded!" Gyatso said in a difficult Chengdu official dialect: "I also understand the exquisiteness of your Han people." This is the head of the bandit leader Zhang Guangzu, and it should belong to General Song! ”

"Since this head was cut off by the Gyatso brothers, of course it belongs to the Gyatso brothers." Song Zhenzong insisted that he would not accept it, "The prince has already made a will, and all the heads will be under the Fu Standard." Besides, the military exploits of our caravans have never been judged by the number of heads. You just gave it to me, and I didn't use it, but wasted a big credit in vain! ”

Gyatso seemed to have a point in listening to what Song Zhenzong said, and he seemed to be sorry for the battlefield commander. He wanted to pick at his head, and he put on an iron helmet on his head. He had to wipe his eyes with his sleeve and wipe off the sweat that had covered his eyes.

Zhu Pingjin came over with a horse, and Gyatso jumped off the horse to salute. Zhu Pingjin asked what was the argument just now, and Song Zhenzong hurriedly explained the reason. Zhu Pingjin smiled and jumped off the horse. He lightly kicked Zhang Guangzu's head with his toes, but the head was still dishonest, and rolled into the dry ditch under the field. The surrounding generals all laughed, and Zhu Pingjin turned his head to Li Sixian and said, "Please come over to the two gentlemen of Duke Liao." The great gift that this prince gave to Duke Liao is ready! ”

As night fell, the first and second companies of the caravan escorted into Pengshan County one after another. The second company went down by boat and entered the east gate; A series of crossings of the Min River by land, into the north gate.

There are still scattered rioters in the county, who are so immersed in the thrill of robbery and rape that they have no idea of the great battle taking place in the north. As soon as the two companies entered the city, they immediately maneuvered along the city wall as they did during the Battle of Yazhou, occupied four city gates, and then closed the gates, beat dogs, and encircled and suppressed them.

Shu Guoping and Liu Hongting were in charge of the clean-up of Pengshan County, and both of them participated in the Battle of Yazhou and the recovery of Renshou County respectively, and were very experienced in rebuilding order after the war. Shu Guoping is also the overseer of the caravan, which is just right for him to suppress the greed of the soldiers. He Youyi led a platoon of the third company to assist the Tusi cavalry in clearing the attack, and after completion, he would return to Zhu Pingjian's side. Zhu Pingjin led the third and sixth companies to take the 8,000 prisoners of this battle and drove towards Shuangliu County. Gao Antai and Fubiao will take Zhang Guangzu's head and jointly escort the two masters back to the provincial capital.

The water of the Minjiang River is flowing down. She took the countless corpses left behind in this battle, poured them into the Yangtze River, and merged into the sea. At the same time, she will send a clear message to the tens of millions of people along the coast in another tragic way:

In that far southwestern frontier, chaos continues!