Chapter 280: Destroying the withered and decaying

Early the next morning, Wada led his troops to attack, the two sides fought together, the Tartar cavalry rode the war horses and swarmed in, hoping to rely on the war horses to sprint through the position, into the formation, under the command of Cao Xun and Yang Jingxin, the loyal and righteous army rose up to fight back, everyone in the captain, squadron leader, squad leader under the leadership, sang Man Jianghong, raised the weapons in his hands and rushed up to kill, to the middle of the day had to give up the first line of position, everyone was forced to retreat to the temporary construction of the second line of positions to continue to resist.

originally thought that after breaking through the first position, they could drive straight into the slaughter of the panicked group of loyal and righteous soldiers, but who knew that after a day and a half of fighting, the other party still had a position, and he was so angry that he screamed again and again when he saw this.

And at this time, Zierharang complained again and again, many years of conquest and battles made me feel as if there was a huge barbed wire fence is outflanking him, yesterday when Cao Xun's first town was attacked, the main force of the Loyal and Righteous Army was only more than 80 miles away from here, after a day and a half of marching, what should be rushed to the battlefield now, but now the news from the north that the main force of the Loyal and Righteous Army is only more than ten miles away from here.

What is even more surprising is that after Yang Xuan led the team to kill, he did not lead his troops to attack as expected, but let everyone eat and rest for a while, and then personally led the soldiers and horses of the three towns to kill them.

The other party pushed the two-wheeled vehicle and the knife cart, picked up the weapon in his hand and continued to seize the commanding heights in front, and crossed the cover to move forward, on the surface it seemed to be very slow, but in fact it was very effective, in less than half an hour, the other party had occupied a small hill two hundred meters away in front, and was now singing songs and shouting to kill and rush over.

Zilharang gritted his teeth, and on the one hand, he asked people to notify Wada and Shen Yongzhong to come to reinforcements, and on the other hand, he commanded two armored cavalry to kill him.

In the midst of this burst of gunfire, the loyal army quickly used two-wheeled vehicles to form a simple fortification, and when they saw the Tartar cavalry approaching, the gunners behind lit the fire rope, the musketeers knocked on the trigger, and the projectiles roared and killed the sky.

Due to the large number of firearms of the loyal army, coupled with the absolute superiority of the troops, only the first round of strikes, the horses that rushed in front were knocked over to the ground, and the sound of people and horses hitting the ground was clearly audible, and the war horses in front blocked the war horses behind, causing chaos in the formation.

The Tartar cavalry continued to arrive in the back, relying on the speed advantage to constantly impact the improvised position, but because the firepower was too fierce, coupled with the explosions of the Francophone cannon, the tiger squat cannon, and the earth-shattering thunder came and went, although 4 or 5 hundred cavalry rushed into the formation, but they were quickly surrounded by the superior loyal army, and finally only a few war horses that lost their owners ran back and forth without owners.

At the same time, the loyal and righteous army relied on the advantage of strength to present a fan-shaped counterattack, constantly seizing the advantageous terrain, constantly pushing the two-wheeled carts, knife carts to kill, and facing the Tartar cavalry from a distance, either shooting arrows, or holding the flintlock pistols in their hands round by round.

In the near distance, earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown overwhelmingly, and then groups of three or five formed various formations to kill the lone cavalry.

This tactic was crazy, but it was very effective against the cavalry, and in order to avoid being surrounded, Zilharang called for help from Wada on the one hand, and constantly sent troops to resist.

However, the loyal army was really strong, and Zilharang appeared to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and in the end, due to the small number of troops, Zilharang appeared in a situation where there were no soldiers to send.

Just when Zilharang was in despair, suddenly there was a burst of explosions from the south, and Zilharang looked around, and I don't know where out of nowhere came out of nowhere, four ships with a three-story height were approaching the red flag of Wada, and one shell after another rained down into Shen Yongzhong's position, and suddenly suffered such a blow, and the headquarters of Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xushun, ignited bursts of raging flames.

At this time, Cao Xun led his troops to take the opportunity to launch a charge, rushed into the town of the red flag, the two sides fought together, because the offensive was too fierce, it forced Wada to lead the cavalry to retreat again and again.

But this is not the most deadly, at this moment there was a rush of horses' hooves behind him, Zilharang looked around, a cavalry of more than 2,000 people came from behind, Zilharang was wondering who was leading the cavalry, only to see the other party ignited the cavalry and rushed into the formation, radiating to the panicked Barbarian Blue Flag, and suddenly suffered such a blow, the entire Barbarian Blue Flag was in chaos.

As soon as Zilharang saw that something was wrong, he tightened his horse and ran, and after Yang Xuan saw that the Tartars were in a state of collapse, he immediately jumped on his war horse and commanded the towns to cover up and kill.

By now, the Tartars found themselves once again surrounded by the Loyal Army, and everyone desperately fled for their lives.

Since then, the Tartars have been crushed for thousands of miles, and the Tartar troops, which were still majestic, now have only the share of escape.

The Tartars were defeated like a mountain, Shen Yongzhong could not escape, and the 20,000 traitor troops under his command were surrounded by Cao Xun Town, Li Laiheng Town, and Wang Xiang Town and were completely annihilated.

Shen Yongzhong, a traitor whose status is second only to Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, saw that the troops were surrounded, and in order to escape from the siege, he made up and fled, and complained in an inn more than 20 miles away from Changsha.

Seeing this big traitor fall into the people like this, Yang Xuan was quite excited, and said to the left and right with a smile: "Everyone, didn't there be five titles of duke and uncle in the past?"

Now the Ming Dynasty has abolished the two titles of baron and viscount, and only knighted high-ranking officials, in addition, we should also knight ordinary civilians, as long as the ordinary people who have made outstanding contributions, ordinary officials, can be awarded the corresponding honorary titles, and be admired by the people."

Immediately ordered Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi to draft the regulations for the management of viscounts and barons and announce them to the world.

The shopkeeper who took the lead in capturing Shen Yongzhong was named a second-class viscount, and a plaque was given by the palace for commendation.

In the past, those who captured Hauge, Luo Luohun, beheaded Nikan, captured Duoduo and other meritorious personnel were posthumously awarded the corresponding barons and viscounts.

Seeing that the Duke of Shun was captured, many generals asked Yang Xuan to peel the daylilies to warn future generations.

Yang Xuan pondered for a long time and said, "Shen Yongzhong's crime is extremely heinous, and any punishment is not excessive.

But this peeling of daylilies is really hurtful, so let's divide Shen Yongzhong's five horses, I hope everyone will take this as a lesson and stop becoming such a shameful traitor. ”

Jierharang and Wada led nearly 10,000 remnants of the defeated army to flee all the way south, and fled to Xiangyin when it was dark, and wanted to enter the city to rest and exchange food and grass, just walked to the city gate, suddenly heard the gongs and drums on the city wall, only to see a rain of arrows falling on the city, and looked at it, it turned out that the naval general He Dou led the troops to just capture Xiangyin.

Zierharang and Wada did not dare to delay, regardless of the lack of people and horses, and led the troops to continue to escape, but I don't know where the local people heard the news of the defeat of the Tartars by the loyal army, and some even set up roadblocks to guard the pass, so that the Tartars suffered a lot, and in the end they crossed the Yangtze River without entering, and actually ran to Liling, which was 300 miles away, and joined the soldiers and horses of the green battalion of Xu Yong's troops who had withdrawn from Changsha before stopping.

In early December, the Loyal and Righteous Army led their troops to occupy the city of Changsha, which was empty in defense, and immediately appointed Jiangding Town as the governor of HN, and Cao Xun as the governor of HN, leading the first town to guard HN.

Yan Yizu was appointed as the prefect of Changsha, and Wang Jiezhi was appointed as the prefect of Yuezhou......

Wang Jiezhi, the elder brother of Wang Fu, was extremely dissatisfied with the atmosphere of scholars competing for empty talk and high reputation at that time, and tasted the cloud of the husband: "This Han Ji is also a sign of misfortune. The article is mourned, and it will not be seen in ten years. "When the barbarian Qing invaded, he did not enter the ranks, and retreated to the mountains and forests to teach his disciples to study.

Seeing that his brother Wang Jiezhi was appointed as the prefect of Yuezhou Prefecture, Wang Fuzhi admonished Yang Xuan and hoped that Yang Xuan would take back his fate.

Yang Xuan patted Wang Fuzhi on the shoulder and said: "And Brother Nong, the Lone King appointed Brother Jie as the prefect of Changsha because of the farmer, the Lone King is really because Brother Jie pays attention to reality, this king not only employs people only on the basis of merit, but also on the basis of truth, only if he is honest and sincere to do things for the people, this king will be entrusted with important tasks."

Wait a few more years, and Brother Nong and Brother Zhong Qing will be released out and have more experience."

The various units took the opportunity to pursue, and Jin Tongwu occupied Hengyang in mid-December.