Text Volume 3 The Road to Empire_Chapter 766 Overseas Turmoil
When the rebel army from the southeast suddenly raised the banner of the Zheng clan after entering the battlefield, the situation on the entire battlefield suddenly changed. The rebel army, which had just mustered up the courage of the Wild Sand Literature Network, finally collapsed completely, and the soldiers of the rear team of the rebel army directly dropped the weapons and banners in their hands, turned around and fled in the north and northwest directions, refusing to continue to obey the orders of the superiors.
When the illusion of invincibility of the rebel army was punctured, the entire rebel army suddenly became a mass of scattered sand, trying to use its companions to delay the enemy's movements, so as to buy time for themselves to flee the battlefield.
Ruan Phu Binh, who was standing on the hill, suddenly saw that the soldiers of the rebel army, who were mainly dressed in variegated and white clothes, were rushing towards the fields behind them like the tide of the ebb tide, without even making waves. The Zheng army in black clothes was scattered into arrows, like an army of ants chasing towards the tail of the rebels, and the wave of rebels who were swallowed by the black turbidity wave left only a lying corpse on the wilderness after this turbidity wave, and the green vegetation on the ground was gradually dyed red.
In this black wave raging everywhere, only a dozen or so rebel groups are still resisting. Dressed in variegated and white clothes, they were like reefs emerging from the sea, being hit again and again by the soldiers of the Zheng army in black clothes until they were shattered by these black waves. His brother is also under the siege of these Zheng soldiers at the moment, struggling to support in a certain circle of rebels.
The sharp turn of the battle finally made Ruan Fuping unable to support it, and he only shouted half a shout, "Second brother...", and then fell backwards in anger. Seeing this situation, the guards on Ruan Phu Binh's side finally stopped caring about anything, stepped forward and lifted the general and turned to flee to the north.
On the southeastern edge of the battlefield, Chen Guangyou and Huang Faren, the leaders of the two volunteer armies, were accompanying the representatives of the Zheng family, carefully observing the changes on the battlefield, and a group of cavalry was nervously defending the periphery, for fear that a short-sighted rebel army would rush here.
Seeing that the rebels on their side changed their flags and joined the battlefield, those rebels finally began to turn around and flee, Zheng Jun, the representative of the Zheng family, said proudly when he saw this: "This generation of villagers also wants to turn the sky upside down, and they don't see if there is green smoke on their ancestral graves, and if they go against my Zheng family, this should be the end." ”
After Zheng Jun finished speaking, he looked left and right, so he squinted his eyes and said to Chen Guangyou and Huang Faren, the two leaders of the volunteer army on the side: "You two finally know something, you didn't go all the way with these mud legs, and you still chose the right path at a critical moment." Otherwise, among the thieves who are fleeing for their lives, who knows that there will be no waiting? The two generals should not forget when they enjoy the wealth in the future, if it weren't for my Zheng family accepting you, there would be no difference between you and them. ”
Huang Faren hurriedly nodded and replied: "Exactly, exactly, without the magnanimity of Lord Zheng and the persuasion of the envoys of the Celestial Empire, stupid people like us would really be buried for these thieves today." In the future, the last general will inevitably take Lord Zheng as the leader, and will never dare to disobey..."
When Huang Faren slapped the horse wildly at this representative who was said to be a member of the Zheng clan, Chen Guangyou next to him was not very comfortable listening to it, if it weren't for the fact that there was a Ming envoy who said something, Chen Guangyou really didn't mean to defect. Although he and Hoang Fa Ren were both leaders of the rebel army from small landlords, he still admired the Ruan brothers quite a lot. Being able to set off an uprising among the people of most of the country in just one month, and repelling the Zheng clan's crusading army, is not something that can be evaluated by a thief leader.
Moreover, originally he and Huang Faren defected to Ruan Fuping, they were just small leaders of hundreds of people, but they still had the strong support of Ruan Fuping to become the chief general of the more than 10,000 righteous army in one step.
However, Ruan Fuping still got big after all, and only wanted to achieve the same achievements as Taizu Li Li, and refused to make any compromises with the Ming people, and did not accept any agreement reached between the Zheng family and the Ming people before, and finally offended the Ming people.
Although the Vietnamese people regarded the monarch and ministers who dared to refuse the Ming people as heroes, how many people in the history of Vietnam were able to frustrate the orders of the Celestial Empire in the north without summoning the other party to retaliate? Ruan Phu Binh didn't even enter the Thang Long Mansion, so he began to want to be on an equal footing with the Ming people and make them withdraw from all vested interests, which made Chen Quang You, who had read a few books, extremely anxious about this.
And the subsequent development of events was really guessed by him, the Ming people first played the rebel army once in the name of mediation, winning nearly half a month, so as to transport the army back to the south for the Zheng clan and strengthen the defense of Thang Long Mansion.
Later, when they arrived at Thang Long Mansion and began to attack the city, Thang Long Mansion, which was supposed to be panicked, suddenly became as solid as a rock. After losing a lot of soldiers and horses, the Ming people in the city began to run to contact them, trying to convince them to do so. At first, he and Huang Faren came into contact with the Ming people in a false attitude, trying to find out what the real situation in the city was.
But after the Ming proved that the siege was impossible to succeed in, and revealed that Xuanguang, Gaoping, and Zheng's armies to the north had begun to besiege Shanxi, he and Huang Faren finally had to think about their future. The two realized that if the rebels continued to delay in Thang Long Mansion, then once the coalition army that had cleaned up Shanxi went south, they would be able to smash the encirclement of the rebels with the Zheng army inside and outside Thang Long Mansion, and then they would become prisoners if they surrendered again.
And if they told Nguyen Phu Binh the news and asked the rebels to evacuate from Thang Long Province, they would not be able to explain the source of the news to Nguyen Phu Binh, and they would not be able to think of where else the rebels would go. Without food in Thang Long Province, the more than 70,000 rebels could only disperse and eat. With the low combat power of the righteous army, once the troops are divided, they will inevitably be divided and destroyed by the Zheng army, which is a dead end.
In the end, under the guarantee of Akito, the two finally decided to turn back. The biggest reason for the defeat of the rebel army in this war was obviously not the strength of the Zheng army. If there was no Ming people to come forward, how could the Xuanguang Wu clan and the Gaoping Mo clan join forces with the Zheng army in the north to attack Shanxi, the base of the righteous army? If it weren't for the help of the Ming people, how could the Zheng clan be able to transfer the southern army to Huilong in time? If these two conditions were not met, the rebels would not have been on the verge of defeat, and they would not have chosen to betray them.
Now that Zheng Jun had just gained an advantage on the battlefield, the representatives of the Zheng clan began to beat him and Huang Faren, which really made him a little unconvinced. Perhaps it was because he couldn't hear Chen Guangyou's compliments that made Zheng Jun dissatisfied, the representative of the Zheng clan suddenly interrupted Huang Faren's words with malicious intentions, and said to Chen Guangyou, who was silent: "General Chen didn't say a word, could it be that he still has a crush on the leader of the Ruan clan?" ”
Huang Faren hurriedly glanced at Chen Guangyou, who had a good relationship, hoping that this friend would give in to Zheng Jun and not offend the villain at this time, after all, they had already jumped ship. Chen Guangyou was annoyed in his heart, he just didn't want to reply to Zheng Jun's words, and the atmosphere became awkward for a while.
At this time, someone suddenly said leisurely: "The Ruan brothers are not useless, at least they have a trace of benevolence after they raise troops to distribute food to the poor and the lonely elderly, and they are not a poor and vicious person." It's just that I don't know the time. ”
"Bold, who is exculpating the bandit leader..."Zheng Jun turned his head angrily, and found that it was Chen Shangjiu, the Ming envoy who had just come over, his face suddenly became very exciting, and it took a long time before he said: "Chen Envoy is kind-hearted, and even such a rampant bandit leader can be tolerant, and he is indeed a man of the kingdom." ”
Seeing Chen Shangjiu come out to interrupt, Huang Faren suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at this time, he and Chen Guang had grasshoppers on a rope, if Zheng crossed the river and demolished the bridge, he could only rely on Chen Guangyou, so he never wanted the other party to be caught by Zheng and dispose of it.
Huang Faren gently pulled Chen Guangyou, and asked him and himself to step forward to return the salute to Chen Shangjiu, and after Chen Guangyou, who was full of disgruntle, finished saluting the Ming envoy, he hurriedly left here under the pretext of urging the front battle, and Huang Faren didn't stop him even if he wanted to.
Seeing Chen Guangyou leave full of resentment, Zheng Jun rolled his eyes, and turned to Chen Shangjiu and said: "A thief is a thief, even if he puts on an official uniform, he can't wash away that bit of gangsterism." Chen made this piece of kindness, but after all, he was thrown into the water. ”
Chen Shangjiu has been in business for many years, and no one has ever seen him, so how can he be provoked by Zheng Jun's words. He glanced at Huang Faren, who looked embarrassed but implied with anger on the side, and said with a smile: "If there is no general knowledge of the two generals Chen and Huang today, and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, this war will not continue for a while, and the casualties on both sides will be even more heavy at that time."
The two generals are meritorious ministers, why should Zheng Shencong ask for such a full blame? It's not good to hurt the hero's heart. Since I, Daming, have come forward to be this Chinese, I naturally have some understanding of the character of the two generals, and they are by no means the kind of people that Zheng Shencong thinks, so you can rest assured. ”
Zheng Jun's face froze, knowing that it was impossible to find fault with Chen and Huang now, so he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Your envoy is joking, when did the lower official doubt the character of the two generals. Hehe, now it looks like our army's victory is decided..."
As Zheng Jun diverted the topic, Chen Shangjiu no longer dwelled on this issue, and then changed the topic, and the original tense atmosphere suddenly eased. Huang Faren on the side saw this scene, and then realized that he may not have to hold Zheng's thighs in the future, this Daming's thighs seem to be thicker and better.