Chapter 319: Waiting for the Rabbit

After Zuo Liangyu defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Shu, he continued to pursue with victory, intending to capture Zhang Xianzhong alive and make a great contribution. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info didn't expect that Zhang Xianzhong actually sent someone to ask to see him at this time.

Zhang Xianzhong's purpose is very simple, it is nothing more than to let him let himself go.

As a general of the imperial court and a general of the Ping Thief, how could Zuo Liangyu agree to such a request?

However, when someone brought a gift to visit, he was not embarrassed to kill the person directly, only accepted the gift, and issued an eviction order, preparing to lead people to continue to pursue Zhang Xianzhong.

It's just that the person sent by Zhang Xianzhong has some skills, and he didn't leave according to his words, but said to him: "Why should General Zuo refuse people thousands of miles away? I have a word to tell you below, and I ask the general to let me finish. ”

"Say it, I'll listen."

Zuo Liangyu urged: "When I'm done, hurry up, don't miss my big thing." ”

I only heard the man say: "General Zuo knows that you will be valued by the imperial court, and there is Zhang Xianzhong in Gayin." If Zhang Xianzhong is captured alive by you, does General Zuo think that he can still have a good life? The general connived at his subordinates to plunder the people, and everywhere he went, the people's resentment was boiling, how could the court not know? ”

Zuo Liangyu was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed such a reason.

Once Zhang Xianzhong is arrested by himself, the civil unrest here will subside, and Hong Chengchou will defeat Li Xiuwen again, and the civil unrest will really be pacified.

When the time comes, it is difficult to guarantee that the imperial court will not settle accounts with itself.

If it doesn't work, I'd better let Zhang Xianzhong go, otherwise the next unlucky one will be me?

After thinking of this layer, Zuo Liangyu decided to raise Kou for self-respect, so he agreed to Zhang Xianzhong's request and let him go.

After sending the man away, he immediately sent someone back to report to the Yang Pavilion Department in Xiangyang, saying that he fell ill shortly after entering Shuzhong because of his unaccustomed water and soil, and now he was sick in bed and couldn't get up at all. Although he had the heart to serve the court and captured that Zhang Xianzhong, he was really unable to pursue it anymore.

In this way, Zhang Xianzhong was able to save his life, and the remnants of his defeated soldiers continued to fight in Shuzhong.

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When Sun Chuanting personally led people to the city gate, the city gate had already been broken by the Ming army.

The enemy army poured in in large numbers, and the two sides engaged in a scuffle inside the city gates.

At this time, the chief of the palace guard led 800 guards to come to reinforcements, which could be regarded as the Ming army that could resist a large number of attacks.

The attack on the city wall continued, and Sun Chuanting had no way to mobilize all his troops to guard the city gate, otherwise the city gate would be guarded, and the city wall would be climbed by the enemy again.

Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of the Ming army, took the lead and led people to rush into the city gate.

Seeing that victory was in sight, the soldiers of the Ming army charged bravely, and the original thoughts of cowardice had long been thrown out of the clouds.

However, at this moment, no one knew at all that a large number of enemy troops had appeared in their rear, numbering more than 10,000 people, and a counter-encirclement had been launched from outside the city.

Hong Chengchou was at the end of the whole army, and naturally discovered this situation first, but unfortunately it was too late.

The reinforcements sent back by Li Xiuwen arrived and made dumplings for the Ming army besieging the city. Xuanwu Weidu Si Lin Hu led more than 3,000 light cavalry to arrive first, and at this moment he had already joined the battle group and launched an attack on Hong Chengchou's rear.

Hong Chengchou was horrified in his heart, and hurriedly led his troops and horses to resist, so that the pressure at the city gate was immediately reduced a lot.

Sun Chuanting noticed this situation and realized that there should be something wrong outside the city. He asked a thousand households to lead people to guard the city gate, and he himself re-ascended to the viewing platform of the city tower.

Sure enough, he looked out from the viewing platform, and he could see the battle situation outside the city from a distance, and it was the reinforcements sent by Li Xiuwen who arrived. And in the distance, there was a dense crowd of infantry, numbering six or seven thousand.

Sun Chuanting secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, there were no accidents.

Otherwise, you will really become a sinner.

The reinforcements arrived in time, not only to hold Kaifeng City, but also to completely defeat Hong Chengchou's men, and the siege of Kaifeng could be solved. Sun Chuanting made a quick decision, ordered to turn defense into attack, and killed out of the city.

"Reinforcements have arrived, kill—"

In Kaifeng City, there was a shocking shout of killing.

This time, it was no longer the Ming army that had the upper hand, but the army in the city. Seeing this, Wang Tingchen immediately turned his horse back, broke through the layers of defense, and withdrew from the city.

There is no way, the enemy army is all dispatched, and he really can't get out if he stays in it alone.

Hong Chengchou panicked but did not panic, knowing that the general trend had gone at this time, he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Lin Hu had just arrived with the cavalry, and the infantry in the rear had not formed a camp at all, and finally let Hong Chengchou and several generals break through.

But it doesn't matter, only a few people broke out, as early as the siege, the Ming army suffered countless casualties, and there were many people who couldn't break through.

This time, Hong Chengchou was indeed defeated.

Hong Chengchou led more than 2,000 remnants of the defeated army and fled in panic in the direction of the Daimyo's Mansion. He didn't know that Li Xiuwen had now entered the Daimyo's Mansion.

Wei County, at the moment, is playing out an encounter.

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, and the two "long-legged generals" led the headquarters to walk in the rear. They claimed to have 10,000 soldiers, but in fact there were only half of them, less than 6,000.

As soon as they left Guangping Mansion and entered the territory of Wei County, they met He Renlong and Yang Zhen's men, and the number was no more than 8,000.

It stands to reason that the forces of the two sides are almost the same, and they can still fight head-on for a long time. Unbeknownst to him, less than half an hour after the battle, the two commanders ordered the withdrawal of troops.

He Renlong was reluctant to let them go easily, and with a roar, he led people to chase after him, and Yang Zhen hurriedly ordered the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to follow.

On the other side, Li Xiuwen led more than 8,000 people from the Shenji Battalion and encountered the front army of the Ming army in Puyang.

The soldiers under Li Xiuwen's command used the most advanced bird guns, while some soldiers of the Ming army were equipped with three-eyed guns, and the two sides exchanged fire, and before they entered the shooting distance of the three-eyed guns, the Ming army killed and wounded countless soldiers.

Isn't this a clear bully?

The two commanders of the Ming army felt that this war was really unfair, didn't they treat our people as targets to fight?

They are angry, and the consequences are severe.

Therefore, not long after the exchange of fire between the two sides, they decided to withdraw their troops and not fight Li Xiuwen.

I can't afford to provoke, I can afford to hide!

Seeing this, Li Xiuwen asked Li Dong to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to pursue the victory, while the soldiers of the other battalions set up camp on the spot and lit a fire to make food.

The people of the Shenji Battalion are not iron-clad, and they marched all the way down, even if they are elites, they can't bear it.

Li Xiuwen knew that as long as Sun Chuanting could hold out until Lin Hu led people back, Hong Chengchou would definitely be defeated by the enemy on his back.

If the other party withdraws from the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, it seems that there is no other good place to go except for the Daimyo Mansion.

Li Xiuwen asked He Renlong and Yang Zhen to march to Wei County to defend the periphery for themselves, while he waited here for the rabbit and waited for Hong Chengchou to throw himself into the net. (To be continued.) )