Without the help of the boatmen, the 200 Western Army was immediately blinded, and the five grain ships could not advance or retreat on the river.

When Jia Hui wanted to lead his men to resist to the death, the Ming army did not contact them at all, but drove small boats to surround the grain boat, and the archers on the ships shot arrows desperately.

There were only more than 20 archers in the 200 Western Army, how could they compete with the Ming army? When the last archer was shot down in the middle of the river, the rest of the Western army threw down their weapons and knelt on the boat in surrender.

"Lord Yan Bo won a great victory, all the two hundred thieves were arrested, none of them were spared, and five grain boats were captured, carrying 1,000 loads of rice, two oxen, ten sheep, 20 horses of silk, and 50 jars of fine wine."

Wang Cheng, the general commander of the battle, happily got off the grain ship and came to the shore and reported to Yan Yingyuan.

The first battle was a great victory, annihilating 200 thief troops and capturing 1,000 quintals of grain, which made all the Ming soldiers very excited. With this batch of materials, it is enough for these thousand brothers to eat for two or three months.

Yan Yingyuan nodded in approval, but the first sentence asked, "How are the brothers killed or wounded?" ”

"Five wounded and two dead, all casualties under the thieves' archers." Wang Cheng said a little sadly.

"The wounded were treated by the army doctors, and the brothers who died were buried on the spot, remembering their names and surnames, and taking money and food from the seized materials to show mercy to their families. The standard of bereavement for each fallen brother is set at one hundred taels of silver! Yan Yingyuan said in a deep voice.

One hundred taels of silver! Wang Cheng and everyone suddenly pouted, one hundred taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to live for four or five years, which can be described as a heavy reward!

"Each brother, reward a load of grain, a tael of silver, and double the wounded!" Yan Yingyuan's next words made all the soldiers cheer.

Risking his life to follow him into battle, Yan Yingyuan naturally would not treat these soldiers badly, and appeased them with generous rewards and motivate them to fight, so that he could be wholeheartedly supported.

More than 20 sailors of the fleet came up from the river, and looked at the officers and soldiers of the court who they had scolded with trepidation, not knowing what kind of punishment they would receive. The ships they relied on for their survival had already been taken over by the officers and soldiers, and they did not dare to escape at all.

"You are helping the thief army to transport food, which is really aiding and abusing, but the official does not want to be deeply responsible for the sake of last resort. Now there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, as long as you are willing to do one thing for your own officials, not only will you not be held accountable for your faults, but no one will give you a load of food as a reward. ”

Yan Yingyuan said in a deep voice to the boatmen.

"I want to serve my lord!" The boat boss was overjoyed, and he couldn't even think of a load of grain!

Yan Yingyuan ordered to repair on the spot overnight, and the next morning the whole army drove to Jishui, he wanted to seize Jishui County!

According to the confession of the surrendered thief army, there are now less than 500 defenders in Jishui County, and Yan Yingyuan believes that as long as the plan is right, there is not much problem in taking Jishui County.

Fighting on the river, it is not easy to escape. The river is deep and urgent, unless the water is excellent, it is difficult to escape by jumping, surrounded by more than a dozen ships and a large number of Ming troops, under the pressure of bows and arrows, the thief army had to surrender obediently.

Of the two hundred thieves, more than 50 people were killed, and the rest all surrendered, including the commander Jia Hui.

Yan Yingyuan ordered all the weapons of the thief army to be confiscated and tied up with ropes. All the officers above the small flag were screened and pushed to the riverside to be slashed and killed, so that the remaining ordinary thieves were like chaff, and many of them peed their pants.

Kill the officer, and the rest of the hundred and ten prisoners will no longer be able to shake up any storms. It's not that Yan Yingyuan is thirsty for killing, he doesn't want to make any mistakes at a critical time. The remaining one hundred and ten captives will continue to be screened, and among them, Yan Yingyuan, who is honest and obedient and has not committed many crimes, will be incorporated into the army for his own use.

Early the next morning, the fleet turned around and sailed back, and the whole fleet was still the same few grain ships, the grain loaded was gone, but the number of people on it was about the same as when they came.

The difference is that except for the captain of the boat, most of the boatmen were replaced by the Ming army, who was familiar with the nature of the water, and the chief Li Quan took fifty brothers and changed them into the clothes of the thief army and the boatman.

The fleet traveled towards Jishui County, and it was all rowing up the river, but it was much more time-consuming than when it came. It was not until sunset in the afternoon that the fleet returned to Jishui County, and when it entered the city through the Water Gate, it was stopped by the thieves guarding the gate.

"How did you come back so quickly? What about Jia Duwei? The officer in charge of guarding the water gate looked at the fleet in surprise and asked.

"Hey, what can we do, yesterday afternoon, when the fleet arrived at Linjiang Mansion, it was stopped by the army, saying that the food and materials would be transported to Nanchang, that is, Jia Duwei was also ordered to follow the army, I heard that it seems that Nanchang is tight, and the emperor wants to mobilize all the troops to launch a full-scale attack on the official army, no, against the Ming army. We didn't know what to do, so after they collected the food, they brought the fleet back. The boat boss said with a grin.

When the officer was about to ask, a man wearing a lieutenant's uniform came out of the cabin and scolded at the officer: "You fucking rambling fart, Lao Tzu was ordered by General Ningnan to give an order to Jishui Zhi County, and he was still in a hurry to go to the county office, hurry up and open the water gate." ”

Feng Shuangli, the general of Ningnan, is the general of the Western Army, leading the army to garrison Linjiang Mansion, and the officer naturally knows it, and now he sees the messenger of Feng Shuangli's order, and he is the messenger of the rank of lieutenant, he dares to slack off again, and the military position of the other lieutenant is two levels higher than him.

The water gate opened, and the fleet of fish penetrated into Jishui County. The last ship suddenly stopped under the water gate for some reason, and just as the officer was about to reprimand him, the lieutenant walked up to the city with more than twenty men and sneered at him.

"You?" When the officer guarding the gate was about to ask a question, a spearman sprang out from behind the lieutenant and said that it was a shot at the lieutenant.

The spear pierced through the chest and came out of the back, and the officer guarding the gate stared blankly at the spear inserted in his body, and when he raised his hand to point, he hung down weakly.

"Kill!" Li Quan took off the uniform of the thief army captain on his body, and ordered in a deep voice at his hands. More than 20 Ming troops armed with knives and guns rushed towards the stunned thief army at the head of the city.

Behind the hillside not far from the city gate, a large group of men and horses suddenly flashed, and quickly rushed towards Jishui County.

Although there were 500 thieves, only more than 100 people were actually guarding the city, but they had to guard two city gates and a water gate, and there was only one captain officer with more than 20 soldiers at the water gate. However, Li Quan had more than 50 soldiers pretending to be boatmen and thieves, and it was easy to capture the water gate.

Yan Yingyuan commanded a large group of men and horses to quickly enter Jishui County from the Water Gate, and launched a full-scale attack on the unprepared thief army.

On that day, Yan Yingyuan defeated Jishui County, which was garrisoned by 500 thieves with 1,000 soldiers, and began his glorious life. ()

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