Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 2 The soldiers are divided into two routes

Section 9: Fighting the Fragrance Sect Again (6)

I heard a piercing scream: "The official army has broken the camp!" ”

In an instant, the fear that penetrated into the bone marrow spread among the Wenxiang Sect rebels like a plague, and countless Wenxiang Sect soldiers screamed and fled, even those companions who still had a trace of fighting spirit were swept away; Others simply threw away their weapons and trembled and fell to their knees in surrender, ready to resign themselves to fate.

At this time, Xu Chao also stood in place like a fool, his eyes were full of incredulity, and he couldn't help roaring in his heart: "How long has it been!" In such a short time, an army of 50,000 was defeated? Even if it is 50,000 pigs, it is impossible for the officers and soldiers to catch them in such a short time, right? A bunch of rubbish! ”

However, the facts are the facts, Xu Chao didn't believe it, the soldiers of the Wenxiang Sect around them scattered and fled, and no one paid attention to the official's orders at all, and many soldiers ran past Xu Chao's side, not looking at Xu Chao at all, only caring about their own lives. At this moment, Xu Chao was very frightened to see a group of Hanwei soldiers rushing into the depths of the camp, wantonly slaughtering their subordinates in the camp.

"Fight back! Don't run! I am the sect leader, you all have to listen to my orders, give me a formation to kill the enemy, and all fight back! ”

Xu Chao shouted hoarsely, but no one stopped running for his life, and no one paid attention to Xu Chao's seemingly crazy shouts. Even Xu Chao's personal guards fled a lot, and only a dozen or so people were still guarding the side in fear, looking around in horror, for fear that those fierce Hanwei soldiers would kill them from somewhere and kill them with one sword.

At the same time, the officers and men of the four infantry battalions under the jurisdiction of the Yulin Battalion and the Yingyang Battalion had all entered the Wenxiang Sect camp, while Huang Fuming and Gao Hongguang were the officers and men of the Bird Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, and the Baggage Battalion under their respective commands to surround the entire Wenxiang Sect battalion and prevent them from escaping the rebels.

In the night, the raging fire burned in the camp of the Wenxiang Sect, and the desperate shouts filled the camp, mixed with the roars of the soldiers of the Hanwei Army, and the entire battlefield seemed out of place compared with the silent night around it, revealing a bloody breath, which made people shudder.

Liang Hu of the A battalion of the Yingyang battalion, Liang Bao of the B battalion, Liu Jinhui of the first battalion of the Yulin battalion, and Lan Yuan, the garrison of the second battalion, all excitedly led the army into the Wenxiang Sect camp. Where can those soldiers of the Smelling Fragrance Sect who have already collapsed be able to resist? Seeing these four killing gods rushing to the front, they all screamed and fled, not daring to resist at all, for fear that they would run slowly and be killed by a knife.

"Haha! That's what wars are called! Joyfully! ”

Liu Jinhui was wielding a knife to kill people, and at the same time he shouted excitedly, and the clothes and armor on his body could no longer see the original color, all of them were bright red bloodstains, which was very eye-catching. And the dozens of guards behind Liu Jinhui were the same, all of them seemed to have crawled out of the sea of blood. At this time, everyone was already red-eyed, and it didn't take long to kill all the soldiers of the Smelling Fragrance Sect within twenty steps of each other.

Not only Liu Jinhui was able to fight hard, but Liang Hu, Liang Bao, and Lan Yuan also fought bloodily, and they all led their troops to break into the center of the Wenxiang Sect camp. At this moment, Xu Chao's sharp shout came into everyone's ears, Liu Jinhui and the others suddenly came to their senses when they heard it, and everyone looked around with their eyes shining, hurriedly looking for Xu Chao's location in the chaotic crowd, like a group of tigers looking for prey.

It didn't take long for Liu Jinhui and Lan Yuan to discover Xu Chao who was screaming at the same time. Without the slightest hesitation, the two immediately led their respective guards to rush towards Xu Chao from the front and back. The brothers Liang Hu and Liang Bao also discovered Xu Chao's location later, and followed Liu Jinhui and Lan Yuan to lead their troops to kill them.

For a time, four tiger generals and more than 200 elite guards surrounded Xu Chaohe, and the soldiers of the Wenxiang Sect along the way were in the way, and they were killed and scattered by the wolf-like soldiers of the Hanwei Army. At this time, Xu Chao also found the tiger generals and soldiers who were close at hand, and suddenly changed color in shock, and his originally red cheeks suddenly became extremely pale, and he shouted in a lost voice: "Someone!" Stop them for the Master! Someone! ”

But no one dared to step forward, and even the only dozen or so remaining guards around Xu Chao dispersed in a hurry, leaving Xu Chao and fleeing for their lives. In the face of the tiger generals and soldiers who had rushed to him, Xu Chao no longer had the composure he used to have, instead of a helpless expression that wanted to cry without tears, and the whole person immediately sat down on the ground, crying loudly: "I surrender!" Don't kill me! I still ......"

Before Xu Chao finished speaking, Liu Jinhui rushed to the front first, and then raised the knife in his hand, stabbed Xu Chao head, and a warm blood suddenly sprayed Liu Jinhui's head and face. Lan Yuan, Liang Hu, and Liang Bao, who arrived later, were immediately deflated when they saw this situation, and then turned around angrily and rushed back into the battlefield, venting all their anger on those soldiers who smelled the fragrance sect.

The bloody killing lasted until the early morning of the next day, Gao Hongguang looked at the Wenxiang Sect camp that gradually subsided with a tired face, and said to the artillery battalion garrison around him and the baggage battalion garrison Yan Shouli: "It seems that the war is coming to an end, the matter in Shandong is basically over, there are only some aftermath matters left, and I don't know how the superintendent is going." ”

Yan Shouli said with a smile: "General rest assured, the pacesetter battalion under the command of the Inspector is the strongest combat force in the whole army, those Haikou may be relatively strong at sea, but on land, they will never be the opponent of the Inspector!" There's no need to worry about the Overseer. ”

Qi Sheng said yearningly: "After the superintendent also returns with victory, we will go north to Liaodong, that is the real war, that is the place where we want to make contributions, I really can't wait!" ”

Gao Hongguang and Yan Shouli both laughed when they heard this, and they both looked impatient.

After that, Gao Hongguang smiled slightly, and said secretly in his heart: "As for the superintendent, it is not difficult to win against Zheng Zhilong, the difficult thing is whether the superintendent can get the money and food he wants, it is related to whether the food and salary required by the army to go north to Liaodong is sufficient!" ”

While he was talking, Gao Hongguang suddenly saw the battle flag of the Great Bright Sun and Moon Jintao raised in the camp of the Wenxiang Sect, so he said with a smile: "It's over!" Come! Order the officers and men of each battalion to hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and the army will march into Yanzhou City before noon to rest! ”

Half a day later, Gao Hongguang and Huang Fuming led the Yingyang Battalion and the Yulin Battalion to march nearly 50,000 troops into Yanzhou City, and the Yanzhou prefect and the newly appointed city guard commander led the civil and military officials in the city to welcome the counterinsurgency army into the city outside the north gate, and congratulated Gao Hongguang and Huang Fuming on leading the army to quell the Wenxiangjiao rebellion.

Gao Hongguang also accepted everyone's congratulations on behalf of the Jiliao Governor's Office, and then proposed that the army needed to be provided by the city guards to provide the food and grass needed by the army, and the army needed to rest in Yanzhou City for a few days, and wait until the imperial court had further instructions before allocating, during which the materials needed by the army would depend on the Yanzhou government.

Looking at the smiling Gao Hongguang and the polite Huang Fuming, the prefect of Yanzhou and the commander of the city guard were very embarrassed, and both of them secretly said in their hearts: "This is going to be ruined!" ”

That night, after Gao Hongguang and Huangfu Ming settled the soldiers of the army, they began to discuss the matter of reporting the victory.

Gao Hongguang said: "Although we annihilated the 100,000 army of the Wenxiang Sect in this battle, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no remnants of the Wenxiang Sect in Shandong, so I think we should wait for a few days before we report the victory, and first send troops to investigate all parts of Shandong, so as not to resurgence of the Wenxiang Sect after our army is withdrawn, then we will be overwhelmed." ”

Huang Fuming nodded and said: "General Gao's words are extremely true, just like what the Inspector said, this Smelling Incense Sect is a plague that spreads among the people, as long as we don't completely clean it up, there will be a resurgence one day." Now that the Liaodong War is about to start, we can no longer be restrained by goods like the Wenxiang Sect, so we must cut the grass and eradicate the roots! ”

Gao Hongguang announced in public: The Yingyang battalion and the Yulin battalion were divided into pieces, and in addition to the two baggage battalions and two artillery battalions, the remaining four infantry battalions, two bird battalions, and two cavalry battalions were all based on the unit, and each Qianzong led a group of soldiers to attack and strictly investigate the remnants of the Wenxiang Sect in the whole of Shandong.

When everyone heard this, they immediately clenched their fists and took orders, and they didn't care about resting and mobilized troops and horses overnight. Early the next morning, more than 30,000 soldiers from the Yingyang Battalion and the Yulin Battalion were divided into more than 70 teams and marched out of Yanzhou City, heading for cities in Shandong. In the following half a month, the whole of Shandong set off a wave of investigation of the Wenxiang Sect, hundreds of Wenxiang Sect backbones who fled to various parts of Shandong were arrested by the officers and soldiers of the Hanwei Army, and thousands of people who believed in the Wenxiang Sect were supervised by the local government.

On the 17th day, Gao Hongguang and Huangfu saw that the Qing investigation was almost complete, so they ordered all the hundreds of remnants of the Wenxiang Sect who had been captured to be escorted to Yanzhou City, and all those remnants of the Wenxiang Sect were beheaded on the spot in front of thousands of people outside the north gate. After that, Gao Hongguang ordered the soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion and the Yulin Battalion to immediately return to Yanzhou City to assemble and stand by, and at the same time sent Ye Bushu to report to Liu Yunwei and the Jiliao Governor's Mansion: The rebels of the Shandong Wenxiang Sect were exterminated, and the Wenxiang Sect was uprooted and completely wiped out!