Chapter 87: Striking the West
Yingshan is more than 300 miles away from Bazhou, there are many hills along the way, the road is rugged, and the distance is very difficult to walk. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yao Tiandong, Yuan Tao and others initially retreated in an orderly manner, but Yang Xuan sent chasing troops to the front from time to time to block them, seeing that the road ahead was likely to be cut off, and the heart of the local riot army was even more unstable, everyone did not dare to rest at all, and retreated to Bazhou quickly along the way.
Finally withdrew to Bazhou, Yao Tiandong had already torn his clothes and armor, his face was full of dirt, he changed his clothes, took a hot bath again, and slept beautifully all night, everyone was still frightened, and sent scouts to the south to find out the whereabouts of the loyal and righteous army.
Standing on the city tower, looking at the soldiers with yellow faces and thin muscles, who kept fleeing into the city, afraid that the loyal and righteous army would infiltrate, Yao Tiandong strictly investigated.
Seeing Yao Tiandong so panicked, Yuan Tao, the king of heaven, sighed and said: "The big boss, although we are defeated, but according to the strong city, it will definitely be even more difficult for Yang Xuan to break through the city." ”
Yao Tiandong sighed and said: "This time, I don't think Yang Xuan can forget it so easily, if he does, he won't chase all the way after regaining the grain and grass."
You also saw that the hatred of the pursuit, in front of the cottage sent a number of troops to intercept it, and drove everyone to the north like ducks. ”
Yuan Tao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Having said that, I feel that Yang Xuan doesn't want to kill them all." After going to Yingshan for more than 300 miles, Yang Xuan just kept outflanking at the junction of the two counties, and did not dare to go deep into Bazhou. ”
Yao Tiandong swallowed and sighed: "That's because we hid quickly, you didn't listen to the ones who ran behind, and they were often blocked." ”
Yuan Tao was silent, and muttered in his heart: "The soldiers have been in trouble, the looting of grain has failed, and all the departments have fallen into confusion, and many people do not follow orders as in the past.
Having said that, Yuan Tao couldn't say it clearly, in order to ensure that he had food to eat, Yuan Tao also asked his leaders to do the same, taking advantage of the chaos to loot a little money and grain.
After four or five days of fear, the south was calm, and many scouts were sent to investigate, and some claimed that the officers and soldiers were only pursuing for more than 100 miles, and then they did not know where to go.
Everyone was confused, did thousands of officers and soldiers disappear like this?
Several masters were drinking in the Zhizhou Yamen on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were muttering with their own thoughts, and some were secretly planning for their future.
Although he seems to be at ease on the surface, he can't fight, and he has five or six times more people than the other party, and he is actually chased like a duck, and he is frustrated one by one.
Slammed the wine glass on the table, Yao Tian, the big boss, said angrily: "Yuan Tao, you kid is scheming, tell me, where have Yang Xuan's thousands of men arrived?"
Yuan Tao stood up and arched his hand: "Big boss, I'm not the roundworm in Yang Xuan's stomach, how do you know?"
For the sake of today's plan, we have to defend our own territory, although the loyal and righteous army is heroic, but our territory is much larger than theirs, as long as we hold the territory, when the time comes, we will form an alliance with the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army or something, and it will be even more difficult for Yang Xuan to eat us. ”
Yao Tiandong sighed, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and a soldier ran in covered in blood, knelt down from a distance and said: "Big boss, the big thing is not good, the loyal army has captured Dazhou." ”
Everyone was shocked, and Yuan Tao rushed over to lift the soldier's shirt and asked repeatedly, but what can this little soldier know?
It turned out that Yang Xuan sent Liu Weiming to lead his troops into Dazhou City, and asked Guo Chonglie to lead his troops to respond, so he captured Dazhou two days ago.
It is said that Yang Xuan whispered a few times behind the ears of Liu Weiming, the king of the anti-king, and after Liu Weiming promised, he returned to the barracks.
looked at the listless crowd: "Lao Tzu knows that everyone has been angry for the past two days, surrendered to the loyal army, and Lao Tzu was also whipped."
But this is where adults are shrewd, think about it, how many unreasonable things we have done in the past, just thirty whips, everything in the past is revealed, Lao Tzu can be an upright person, let's talk about it, isn't it worth these thirty whips?"
When the people heard this, they said yes with no strength.
Liu Weiming glanced at everyone and said: "Just now the adults sent me to do a big ticket, and we can also raise our eyebrows and exhale once we have done it, so as not to suffer any more, is it the man who goes with Lao Tzu?"
When everyone heard this, they raised their hands to sign up, so gathered more than 100 people, everyone had a full meal, and then one by one dressed up and rushed to the direction of Dazhou in the northeast.
Dazhou is more than 200 miles away from Yingshan, more than 100 people opened the road in front, so it took four days of hard work, and finally rushed to the city of Dazhou, called to open the city gate, and entered the city.
Due to the fact that the local rioters did their best to loot the grain, the city of Dazhou was full of old, weak, sick and disabled, and the number of local rioters stationed in Dazhou was not large.
Liu Weiming entered the city with a big smile, more than 30 people stayed near the city gate under the pretext, and more than 20 scattered to various places in the city, while he led the rest of the mighty to the Zhizhou Yamen.
Ma Lang, the king of rebellion who returned the day before, rubbed his eyes, shook his head and said, "King of rebellion, you, why did you come back?" You guys, are you going well? ”
Patting the dust on his body, Liu Weiming sat down with a grin, and shouted: "Smoothly pass the ball, Yang Xuan has already taken precautions, although he looted two thousand loads of grain, but the other party covered up all the way, killing everyone on their backs, tens of thousands of horses, scattered in all directions." ”
Ma Lang, the king of heaven, was shocked, his hands trembled, and he was puzzled: "This, how is this possible?" In front of the king of the heavens Yuan Tao, Xingli Hu Jiusi, you will be against the king Liu Weiming in the front, the big boss and the king of Zhengshi and others in the back, large and small, there are fifteen or six thousand people, how can it be said that defeat will be defeated? ”
Liu Weiming glared at Ma Lang, the king of heaven, and said angrily: "Fifteen or six thousand, what about fifteen or six thousand?" Others don't know, don't we all understand that a group of rabble, how many people are really capable of fighting?
Due to the food shortage, those displaced people are sparse one by one, not to mention going into battle to kill the enemy, or shouting and cheering on the side.
The Loyal Army, on the other hand, was not only well-equipped and well-trained, but also had a high morale, and before we could turn in fire, they fired a salvo of bows and crossbows, so that we could not even lift our heads. Tell me, what else can be fought in such a battle? ”
Everyone sighed for a while, and Ma Lang, the king of heaven, shook his head and said: "Having said that, we can't go with Yang Xuan, it seems that in the future, only he will pass his, I will pass mine, Lao Tzu will not pay attention to his food, and he will not pay attention to Lao Tzu's territory." ”
Liu Weiming shook his head secretly, made a face to the brothers who followed, and shouted loudly to ask for dinner, and when the little minions came up to eat, they began to eat and drink.
Seeing Liu Weiming and the others eating so embarrassed, Ma Lang, the king of heaven, frowned, shook his head and said: "You will rebel against the king, you, you look like this, you are seen from below, aren't you being laughed at?" ”
Liu Weiming was furious, and said a few times: "Who, who dares to laugh at Lao Tzu?" Maran, you, your turtle son is guilty? ”
Ma Lang, the king of heaven, leaned back, shook his head and said, "I will rebel against the king, what is my sin in what you say?"
Liu Weiming grabbed the placket of Ma Lang, the king of heaven, with his left hand, pulled out the treasure knife with his right hand, and slashed it to the ground with a knife.
Everyone was shocked, some panicked, and some wanted to go over to persuade them, but at this time, Liu Weiming's subordinates escaped one by one and shouted loudly: "The king of heaven Ma Lang colluded with Yang Xuan, and the king of the great family ordered the king of my family to correct the law on the spot." ”
Ma Lang, who was staggering from left to right, was shocked and was about to distinguish, but who expected that Liu Weiming and the others would not give themselves a chance to explain at all, Liu Weiming in front slashed with a knife, and the soldiers in the back attacked secretly, stabbing him twice in a row, hacking him to death in the lobby.
And seeing Liu Weiming and others so indiscriminately killing Ma Lang, the king of heaven, Ma Lang's subordinates shouted loudly one by one, and some were even ready to besiege Liu Weiming and others.
Facing the generals who surrounded Ma Lang, Liu Weiming shouted loudly: "Ma Lang colluded with the Loyal and Righteous Army, and the big boss ordered me to kill him, do you want to rebel?" ”
A small leader cried out: "You are lying, Ma Lang is our family, how can it be possible to collude with the loyal army?"
Some cried and shouted: "Liu Weiming, you are too ruthless, you actually killed the King of Heaven."
Everyone shouted, but no one dared to rush over, and at this moment, suddenly someone outside shouted: "It's a big deal, the loyal army is coming." ”
Everyone was shocked, Liu Weiming took the opportunity to shout, Ma Lang colluded with the loyal army, and now he has been killed by himself, what he shouted is only the spy of the loyal and righteous army in the city, everyone is panicked, and now if he dares to escape, there is no doubt that he is a spy.
Although some people were quite puzzled, they saw that Liu Weiming's subordinates were everywhere near the Zhizhou Yamen, all of them were fierce and vicious, wielding bright and dazzling broadswords, daring to disobey, and they would not be forgiven.
Liu Weiming's name was already prestigious, and everyone did not dare to disobey it, and under his threat, they had to put down their weapons one by one and were trapped in the Zhizhou Yamen.
Guo Chonglie led a large army into the city, controlled the city gates, and then led by the soldiers, killed in.
Seeing that the loyal and righteous army was killed, everyone was in chaos, and Guo Chonglie took advantage of the chaos to control the main street and killed the Zhizhou Yamen.
Now everyone suddenly realized, but everything was in vain, Liu Weiming killed a few leaders who dared to resist, and then coerced these leaders to come to the camp.
The camp has been in chaos, and now Liu Weiming, who is sure to oppose the king, has taken refuge in the loyal army, and everyone does not dare to resist, so they have walked out of the camp under supervision, disarmed and surrendered.
After taking control of Dazhou City, the Loyal and Righteous Army quickly took control of the adjacent Dongxiang County.
Hearing this news, Yao Tiandong was extremely annoyed, and Yuan Tao was even more furious, and wanted to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to the rescue, but was intercepted by Yang Bingyi on the way, and after a fight, he returned defeated.
Yang Xuan took advantage of the chaos to occupy Daxian and Dongxiang counties in Dazhou, and the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted.