Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 3 Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 3: Sweeping away the chaos and making meritorious contributions

Section 8 Overnight Attack (II)

In Zhao Zhenren's desperate shouts, the thieves array changed their formations in an unusually chaotic manner, and the four phalanxes in the front row that were already incomplete were still in front of the main army of the Hanwei battalion, while the four relatively intact phalanxes in the back row were changing into the front team in the back row, aiming their sharp spears at the dark night behind them.

However, how can the formation of tens of thousands of troops be changed if it is said to change? Even elite soldiers such as the Hanwei Battalion need a certain amount of time to change formations, tens of thousands of horses spread out, just walking from one end to the other is probably a few miles away, and it is impossible to complete the formation change in a short period of time; What's more, the army of thieves is changing formations in the dark with poor vision, and there are tens of thousands of elite officers and soldiers in front of them, so it is almost impossible to succeed in changing formations in a short period of time.

Zhao Zhenren listened to the sound of iron hooves getting closer and closer, and looked at his subordinates who were still coaxing to change formations, beads of sweat kept flowing down, his face became unusually pale, and his back was already soaked with sweat. But Zhao Zhenren's heart is very clear: even if the situation is urgent, he can no longer urge his subordinates, because now everyone's mind is already tight, and if he urges again, it is difficult to guarantee that these tens of thousands of troops will not become a flock of frightened birds!

Finally, a fiery red Great Bright Sun and Moon Jintao Battle Banner appeared in Zhao Zhenren's sight, and then countless elite heavy iron horses rushed out of the night, roaring like a hellish killing god and rushing towards the chaotic rogue array.

Zhao Zhenren looked at the torrent of iron horses in front of him, and suddenly felt dizzy, his body couldn't help shaking, and he almost fell to the ground. I saw that thousands of iron horsemen turned into a huge iron cone, and smashed straight down at the army of thieves who were still changing formations. And the tens of thousands of thieves who were still changing formations saw the inevitable defeat situation of a strong enemy in front and an iron cavalry behind, and they could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts, and suddenly broke out into a scream, and they dispersed in a hurry on the spot.

Zhao Zhenren looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart suddenly turned to ashes, as if his soul had been drained of his soul, and he stood in place without saying a word, letting his subordinates around him flee in a hurry, and there was no reaction at all.

After a long time, Liu Yunwei had already led the army into the rogue array, and in the face of the army of rogues who collapsed before the battle, Liu Yunwei was ecstatic in his heart: "Good! That's great! After this battle, the matter of Henan will be completely over! ”

"Kill the soldiers! Exterminate the thieves and defend the country! Come on! Liu Yunwei shouted excitedly, and the iron cavalry soldiers behind him were also excited, scrambling to slaughter the rogue soldiers who fled in panic. The entire Iron Cavalry Array was like a huge scythe, mercilessly harvesting the lives of an endless stream of rogues and soldiers.

Liu Yunwei was galloping on horseback, wantonly slaughtering the thief soldiers along the way, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a general flag standing in front of him, with a big "Zhao" character written on it. Liu Yunwei suddenly cheered and shouted: "The whole army is assaulted!" Soldiers, follow me to slay the enemy generals! ”

Thousands of iron cavalry soldiers also let out an earth-shattering roar, and followed Liu Yunwei and rushed straight to the "Zhao" character flag. Under the full sprint of the war horse, the seemingly distant distance was approaching in an instant, Liu Yunwei rushed to the front of the general banner first, only to see a middle-aged man standing under the general banner in a daze, as if he was a walking corpse, unaware of everything that happened around him.

Liu Yunwei stepped forward, the armor-piercing steel spear in his hand sprinted forward violently, and directly stabbed Zhao Zhenren's chest, the spear came out of his chest and picked up his whole person, and then with Liu Yunwei's arm slammed, Zhao Zhenren fell heavily to the ground, the whole person was already dead and could not die anymore, and the blood donation dyed all the surrounding land bright red.

"The thief is dead! The head of the thief is dead! The remnant surrender and avoid death! Liu Yunwei shouted loudly, and the surrounding iron cavalry soldiers also shouted loudly.

At the same time, Lu Ying saw that the iron cavalry army was killed, and he also took the opportunity to lead the thousands of soldiers of the Hanwei battalion to launch a general attack, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Hanwei battalion had already broken through the four phalanxes in the front row of the thieves, and were driving tens of thousands of thieves to rush to Liu Yunwei's side. I saw that after Lu Ying raised his hand and shot an arrow to kill a small leader of the thieves, he suddenly heard the shouts of "surrender and not kill" sounded in front of him, and immediately ordered the soldiers of all departments to immediately order the thieves to surrender.

As a result, the entire battlefield resounded with the shouts of "surrender or kill", one after another.

And the army of tens of thousands of thieves first fought against the main army of the Hanwei battalion for most of the night, and everyone was already exhausted; Later, it was raided by thousands of elite iron cavalry, which led to chaos in the whole army, and even the leader Zhao Zhenren was killed on the spot; It can be said that these tens of thousands of thieves have no way to enter the heavens and the earth, and in the face of the shouting orders of the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion to "surrender and not kill", as long as the people who are conscious choose to surrender on the spot. And those diehards who swore to die were hacked to death by the surrounding Hanwei battalion soldiers, and they were slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

After a long time, the eastern sky was already glowing white, and a new day was about to begin. The battlefield, which had been fighting for a long time, finally fell silent, and under the first rays of morning light, the scene of the entire battlefield was presented in front of the eyes of all the survivors, shaking everyone's hearts.

I saw that the battlefield within a radius of several miles had already been stained scarlet with blood, and tens of thousands of corpses fell to the ground in a staggered manner. The remaining thief soldiers were under the supervision of the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion, and slowly walked towards the Bandit Camp in Mushu Town, while the main army of the Hanwei Battalion had already arrived there and was resting.

The camp of thieves in Mushu Town, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Yunwei washed his face with a basin of water, completely washed away the fatigue of a night of traveling, and then said with a smile to Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wang Dangdang, Huang Fuming, Gao Hongguang, and Zhao Kaishan: "Haha, our Hanwei Battalion has gathered and annihilated an army of 250,000 thieves this time, and completely flattened the Henan Thieves Rebellion, this is a shocking feat, and now the name of our Hanwei Battalion is going to spread all over the world!" ”

Zhao Kaishan also laughed and said, "Haha, I just don't know what reward the court will give us this time." Do you think the court will give the eldest brother a general soldier? ”

Lu Ying said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's impossible for the eldest brother to be promoted to the chief soldier, after all, the country has been established for hundreds of years, and I haven't heard of the chief soldier in his twenties." However, it should not be a big problem for the eldest brother to be promoted to a garrison or a general. ”

The rest of the people were also talking nonsense, and just when everyone was talking, one of them was outside the tent and said: "General Qiyu, Mr. Wen Qian sent someone to report that he had rushed to Yiyang and joined the headquarters with the reserve battalion and baggage. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be relieved now." The order was sent down, and the army rested here for a day, and the whole army rushed to Yiyang early tomorrow morning. ”

After the herald went down to give the order, Lu Ying asked, "Big brother, how do we write the good news of this battle?" ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said, "Write it truthfully!" ”

"What about the Henan Political Envoy here? Do you need to be informed? ”

Liu Yunwei snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Those big men didn't help at all, they only knew how to ask for help and ask for help, why should I give them the merits of the soldiers who fought bloodily? ”

Wu Xing also persuaded: "Big brother, let's think about it again, even if it is to exchange some small merits for some grain and grass, after all, we are a guest army transiting, and it is not appropriate to have a stalemate with the local government." ”

"I don't need to!" Liu Yunwei waved his hand and said, "Now that Henan has just experienced a big war and is already a tired place, how many benefits can it give us?" These credits are all earned by the soldiers with their lives, and I will not give up a penny! Lu Ying, you will write a good report immediately, and send it directly to the military department today to report the victory. ”

Seeing this, the people said no more, and they were all immersed in the joy of victory. Lu Ying drafted a good report on the spot, and after handing it to Liu Yunwei for review, he sent a team to Beijing without receiving it at night.

In the early morning of the next day, the army of the Hanwei battalion escorted more than 20,000 thieves and prisoners to Yiyang City. The news of the victory of the Hanwei camp also spread, and it was soon known by the political envoy of Henan, and many of the officials of Henan Province were excited, so they wanted to send someone to get in touch with Liu Yunwei to discuss the distribution of military achievements; Unexpectedly, everyone heard the news that Liu Yunwei had already gone to the military department alone to report the victory. The officials of the Henan Political Envoy Department were all furious when they found out, and the governor of Henan even wrote to the cabinet to impeach Liu Yunwei for being impatient and disrespectful.

However, the impeachment was immediately rejected by Fang Congzhe, and he also reprimanded the political envoy of Henan. After all, at the juncture of Hanwei Battalion's great merit, Fang Congzhe didn't want to be angry for some shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Of course, that's all for later.

After a day's march, Liu Yunwei led the army to Yiyang City, and the 40,000 troops of the Hanwei battalion successfully joined the army. At this time, there were already 180,000 thieves and prisoners gathered under Yiyang City, and the officials in Yiyang City felt tremendous pressure.

And Liu Yunwei didn't have time to pay attention to the careful thinking of those civilian officials, at this time Liu Yunwei was discussing with the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army how to capture the grain and grass camp arranged by the thieves in Luhun Mountain.

At this moment, a night did not collect the report in a hurry, and said: "General Qiyu, the remnants of the thieves in Luhun Mountain have been camped, and they have surrendered to the local guards in Henan, and now all the grain and grass of the thieves have been seized by the Henan Political Envoy!" ”

Liu Yunwei couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Wen Poyu! Immediately lead the Changshui Department to attack, stop the guards for me, and kill those who dare to resist! ”