Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 5 The dragon wanders the sea and the thieves

Section 9 Promoting Surrender by War

Because there were too many prisoners surrendered in this battle, Liu Yunwei did not rush to march, but led the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion to stay in place for ten days, and used these ten days to reorganize the 350,000 thieves and soldiers, and after eliminating the old and weak soldiers, a total of 300,000 troops were surrendered.

As for the 770,000 displaced people, they have been taken over by the governor of Shaanxi and the state officials of various places in batches, and are ready to settle down in various parts of Shaanxi for reclamation; Of course, those Shaanxi governors and officials from all over the country did not forget that when they took away hundreds of thousands of displaced people, they asked for a lot of money and grain from Liu Yunwei for various reasons, but fortunately, Liu Yunwei carried a lot of money and grain with the army, otherwise it would really be unbearable.

In this regard, Liu Yunwei did not care too much, but was very generous, because Liu Yunwei was in a hurry and wanted to end the war in the northwest as soon as possible, so that he could move his army north and have a decisive battle with the Qing army.

In these ten days, Liu Yunwei connected to three urgent letters from Lu Ying, Yuan Mingxuan, and the imperial military department.

In the letter, Lu Ying explained the specific situation of the Battle of the Liao River: At present, the Qing army has gathered 200,000 troops to launch a fierce attack from several river sections, and there are also hundreds of thousands of troops deployed on the east bank.

"Now the weather in Liaodong is bitter cold, the Liaohe River has been completely frozen, the army and horses can walk, the Qing army from time to time to gather heavy troops to step on the ice and attack, although our army has long been tightly armed, but the coast of Liaodong is too long, the defense line is frequently broken through by the Qing army, fortunately, our army is strong, and the Qing army can be repelled several times......"

Yuan Mingxuan explained in the letter some information collected by the Investigation Division, which also made Liu Yunwei deeply worried.

"It is reported that this time the slave chieftain Taiji can be said to have come from the country, not only gathered all the troops of the Manchurian Eight Banners, but also gathered the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the newly established Eight Banners of Korea all gathered on the east bank of the Liao River, the total strength of the Qing army was at least 500,000 to 600,000, which has far exceeded our army in terms of strength. Moreover, Huang Taiji also brought the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion of the Han Army, which was built with a lot of money, to the east bank of the Liao River, which posed a great threat to our army! ”

The official document sent by the military department of the imperial court was even more clear, directly ordering Liu Yunwei to stop paying attention to the army of thieves in the northwest, withdraw the army as soon as possible after a big victory, and first do his best to deal with the Qing army from Liaodong.

"The rebellion of the thieves in the northwest is no longer a problem, so that the local defenders of Shaanxi can deal with it, and the Qing army in eastern Liaodong is the henchman of the national dynasty, and the broken army should be the leader as soon as possible, so as to gather all the troops of the Han Wei army, all the financial and material resources of the Ji Liao Governor's Office, and the Qing army will fight a decisive battle on both sides of the Liao River, hold the Liao River at any cost, defeat the Tartars, and then raise the prestige of the Han Wei army, and revitalize the prestige of our Ming Dynasty!"

These three urgent letters made Liu Yunwei feel like he was on pins and needles, and within a few days, he sent hundreds of people to the Muar Mountains in the north to inquire about the movements of the remnants of the thieves, and searched for news day and night, hoping to find the whereabouts of the remnants of the thieves as soon as possible.

At the same time, after careful consideration, Liu Yunwei replied to Lu Ying, Yuan Mingxuan and the imperial military department one by one.

Liu Yunwei told Lu Ying that he had annihilated the main army of the thieves and captured 300,000 thieves, and was now persuading the remnants of the thieves to surrender, as long as he facilitated the surrender of the remnants of the thieves, he could lead the army back to Liaodong, and at the same time he could bring back sufficient reinforcements, and then he could immediately launch a counterattack against the Qing army. But the premise is that Lu Ying must stick to the front line of the Liaohe River at any cost, and before he leads the army back to the division, he must not let the Qing army go further west!

In a letter to Yuan Mingxuan, Liu Yunwei ordered the Investigation Department to continue to pay attention to the movements of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and at the same time wrote down that he was persuading the remnants of the thieves to surrender, and asked Yuan Mingxuan to find a way to get in touch with Wang Chengen as soon as possible and win Wang Chengen's support in order to promote the reorganization of the thieves and surrender the army.

In the end, Liu Yunwei mentioned in his reply to the imperial court's military department that he wanted to reorganize the thieves and surrender the army, and that he was preparing to recruit the remnants of the thieves, and that Liu Yunwei could raise the money and food needed after the thieves surrendered, hoping that the imperial court could support him and concentrate all the forces that could be mobilized to fight to the death with the Qing army.

After sending these three letters, within a few days, Liu Yunwei received an urgent report that he would not receive it at night, and found traces of the remnants of the thieves in the Muar Mountains area; Moreover, in addition to Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Laiheng and other troops and horses, there are also Gao Yigong and Liu Wenxiu, who heard that Li Zicheng was defeated and died and abandoned the city from Pucheng and fled.

After hearing the news, Liu Yunwei decided that he couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered the whole army to escort 300,000 thieves to the north and garrison in the area of Muar Mountain. After careful consideration, Liu Yunwei decided to create a false impression for the remnants of the thieves, and threatened the remnants of the thieves with the posture of a large army pressing the border, so that Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Ai Nengqi, Gao Yigong and other thieves and generals felt panicked all day long.

Four days later, Liu Yunwei led the army to the foot of the Muar Mountain, and as soon as the army set up camp at the foot of the mountain, a large army rushed down from the Muar Mountain, and the leading soldiers were Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang.

It turned out that when the soldiers of the Hanwei Army's pacesetter battalion rushed over with 300,000 thieves, the thieves and generals on Muar Mountain had already known in advance, but they had disagreements on how to meet the enemy.

Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng advocated the immediate withdrawal of the army, in the case of Li Zicheng and others, the king of Chuang, and others died in battle, for the righteous army, preserving the strength is the first priority, the Hanwei army is very strong, and the only remaining soldiers and horses of the righteous army and the Hanwei army must not be used to fight hard!

Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang were the main ones to face the battle and give the Hanwei army a head-on blow. The two believed that there were now hundreds of thousands of rebels in the Hanwei army, and as long as the rebels could gain an advantage by surprise, the hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops would definitely defect, and then the rebels would be able to turn defeat and defeat the Hanwei army, and even take the opportunity to sweep the entire northwest, revive the momentum of the rebels, and avenge King Chuang.

And Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu were silent, no matter how fierce the quarrel was, both of them were sinking like water, not saying a word, as if they were not interested in the things in front of them, and they all stayed out of the matter.

In the end, Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang's main battle opinions still prevailed, and Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng couldn't convince the two, so they didn't say much, but supported the troops to defend them, and proposed to defend the back road for the two, refusing to send troops to help the war.

Seeing this situation, Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang were also helpless, so the two of them angrily gathered the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, commanded 50,000 troops to kill down the mountain, and killed the soldiers of the Hanwei Army Pacesetter Battalion who had not yet gained a stable foothold.

Liu Yunwei looked at the army of thieves all over the mountains, and immediately ordered the second battalion, the baggage battalion, and the artillery battalion to escort the thieves to retreat and camp for five miles, and let Li Yan retreat with the army to assist the battalions in maintaining the order of the thieves surrendering their troops.

After that, Liu Yunwei said to Li Dingguo, who had a solemn face beside him: "What? You have seen the attitude of the remnants of the thieves on the mountain, are you still ready to persuade them to surrender in such a situation? The Governor saw that they had no intention of surrendering. ”

"It's man-made, I'm going to give it a try!" Li Dingguo said with a firm gaze: "Supervisor, please see, the army on the mountain has not poured out, only Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang's department; The villain's two brothers-in-law: Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, as well as Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng, did not move, which may show that there are internal differences between them. ”

"It's good!" Liu Yunwei thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "After this governor defeats this army of thieves in front of you, you can go up the mountain, I hope your guess is right." ”

As soon as the words fell, Bao Desheng's angry roar came from the front of the army, and then the soldiers of the C Battalion and the powerful horizontal formation resounded with a roar.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

In the salvo of almost no gaps among the soldiers of the C Battalion, the army of Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang was struck by lightning, and the 50,000 troops suddenly crashed into a solid city wall after rushing down the hillside, like a wild buffalo that had gone mad, and their heads were bleeding and embarrassed.

At this time, Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang kept shouting in the formation, ordering the army of thieves to continue to attack, and the Hanwei army was in close contact, repelling the pacesetter battalion soldiers in front of them at any cost. But it backfired, under the fierce blows of more than 7,000 soldiers of the C Battalion, the 50,000 thieves army floated tens of thousands of corpses, but they were never able to approach within 50 steps of the C Battalion!

Seeing this, Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang were both shocked, the difference is: Gao Yigong always felt that as long as the soldiers of the army worked hard, they would definitely be able to rush to the front and fight close to the Hanwei army; But Liu Fangliang was reluctant to retreat, and had the idea of retreating to the mountain to defend it.

Liu Fangliang thought for a while, and was just about to persuade Gao Yigong to retire and go back, when he found that the fire array of the Han Wei army in front of him suddenly stopped. Both of them were overjoyed in their hearts, and subconsciously thought that it must be the gunpowder of the Hanwei army that had run out, so they shouted and commanded the soldiers of the army to rush forward, ready to defeat the Hanwei army in one go.

But it didn't take long for Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang to find that the soldiers of the army in front of them had fled one after another, and countless defeated soldiers swept away more rogue soldiers, causing the rout of the entire rogue army.

Gao Yigong was furious when he saw this, and killed more than a dozen deserters in a row, but he still couldn't stop the rout of the army. And Liu Fangliang shouted and retreated loudly on the side, which made Gao Yigong even more dissatisfied.

At this moment, thousands of soldiers of the Iron Man Army wearing heavy armor appeared in front of them, as well as more than 10,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army A Battalion, only to see a total of more than 20,000 soldiers as if they were strolling in leisure, driving the army of more than 30,000 thieves to flee backwards, killing and wounding carefully!

In the blink of an eye, the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army rushed to the vicinity of the thief army, Liu Fangliang saw this, and pulled Gao Yigong to turn around and run, but before the two of them ran far, they saw the rain of arrows falling from the sky, shooting Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang and hundreds of thieves around them into hedgehogs.