488 was unexpectedly surprised, and the burning pass went north

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Soon, Zhao Zilong selected two hundred soldiers, and they replaced them with a batch of tattered armor that was taken off the dead cavalry of the intruder.

"General, I'm going." Zhao Zilong also changed into a set of armor of a thief general and said to Li Zixiao.

In fact, most of the armor of these thieves and soldiers was from the Ming army.

"Zilong, be careful." Li Zixiao admonished.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao took two hundred white dragon soldiers, disguised as injured and separated thief cavalry, and went to the front of Dagu Pass under the cover of night.

Li Zixiao, on the other hand, led a large army, behind a hill three miles away, waiting for a signal from Zhao Zilong.

Time passed minute by minute, and after a stick of incense, Zhao Zilong's signal had not yet been transmitted in front of Dagu Pass, so that Han Tong, who had been ready to lead the cavalry to kill him at any time, was a little anxious.

"General, Zilong won't have an accident!" Han Tong said worriedly.

"Don't worry, wait, believe Zilong." Li Zixiao was actually very anxious in his heart, but he still made himself very calm.

"General, look, it's a torch, Zilong is signaling."

Not long after, Huo Gang suddenly shouted loudly.

Sure enough, Li Zixiao, Han Tong and others looked in the direction of Dagu Pass and found that there was a fire on the city at this time, which was the signal they had agreed with Zhao Zilong.

"Han Tong, it's your turn."

Li Zixiao's face showed joy, and he said to Han Tong that he knew that Zhao Zilong had succeeded.

"Yes, General."

Han Tong responded excitedly, then turned to the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion, who had been waiting for a long time, and shouted loudly: "The whole battalion listens to the order, the target is Dagu Pass, kill me!" ”

Thundered!

More than 2,000 cavalry soldiers of the Feiyu Battalion turned into a roar, and with the help of the faint moonlight, rushed to Dagu Pass, while Li Zixiao led the large army to set off later.

The distance of three miles, for the cavalry galloping at high speed, will arrive quickly.

"Kill!"

Jingle Bell!

When Han Tong led the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion to the bottom of Dagu Pass, he saw that Zhao Zilong had already led people to kill the wall, and a silver spear was impenetrable by his dance, and no one could get close to him.

At the same time, the city wall of Dagu Pass has long been opened, and dozens of white dragon soldiers are guarding the city gate hole, fighting with a group of thieves to ensure that the city gate is not closed.

And Han Tongdang led the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion and rushed in, slashing with his swords, and a group of thieves fell along the way.

And with Han Tong leading the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion into the Dagu Pass, this battle is basically the overall situation, relying on the three thousand thieves in the pass, there is no hope of turning the tables at all.

Not to mention, Zhao Zilong has already opened the city gate, and the white dragon army has driven straight in.

The three thousand thieves guarding the pass alone were a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, and they were not at all the opponents of the white dragon soldiers who were like tigers and wolves.

And by the time Li Zixiao also led a large army to Dagu Pass, the battle in the pass had basically been over.

Except for a part of the thieves who fled, a small number of the thieves were killed, and the vast majority of the thieves chose to surrender very honestly after they were killed.

Groups of captives were disarmed by the White Dragon Army and held in solitary confinement, and many White Dragon soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield.

After Li Zixiao arrived, he saw that Huo Gang was directing his soldiers to clean up the battlefield, so he asked, "What about Han Tong and Zilong?" ”

Huo Gang clasped his fists and saluted: "General, General Han and Zilong led people to chase after the escaped thieves.

Didn't the general explain before the military that he couldn't let go of a single soldier in the pass, and ensured that the news of our occupation of Dagu Pass would not be leaked. ”

"Well, let the soldiers rest in the pass tonight, they are also tired after a day's journey." Li Zixiao instructed.

"Yes, the subordinates will arrange it."

An hour later, Han Tong and Zhao Zilong returned and reported to Li Zixiao that all the escaped thieves were killed, and no one was spared.

This also means that at this time, the surrounding bandit troops did not know that Dagu Pass, the main route for the Yan Division to go south, had fallen into the hands of the White Dragon Army.

Just when Li Zixiao took Han Tong and the others, he did not go to support Qi Wei, but went around in a big circle and calculated Dagu Pass.

Qi Wei, who was dozens of miles away in the Wushi Mountain, had a bad afternoon this afternoon.

At this time, the army of thieves surrounded under the Wushi Mountain had increased to more than 40,000 people, plus Liu Tichun's nearly 10,000 cavalry.

This also means that Li Zicheng used 50,000 horses in order to set Qi Wei up this time, which is really a big deal!

Even, when Qi Wei saw the sea of people gathered at the foot of the mountain, he said self-deprecatingly: "The thief really looks up to Lao Tzu, making such a big battle."

In this case, then Lao Tzu will have a good time with you this time, and I hope Xu Wei will not come too early. ”

Qi Wei didn't know that Li Zixiao was here in person, but in his heart at this time, he didn't want Xu Wei to come to his rescue immediately.

Because, at this time, the Wushi Mountain where he is located is a trap, and if Xu Wei comes to rescue him, most likely Xu Wei will have to take it himself.

It would be fine if there were enough troops in Ruzhou City, but Qi Wei knew very well how many men and horses he had.

With the strength of their 'Western Expedition' legion, it was simply difficult to rescue them from the encirclement of the 50,000 intruders.

Qi Wei believes that if you want to break through, you want to drag down the enemy.

Now, Qi Wei has made up his mind that he will lead his troops like a nail, firmly nailed to the Wushi Mountain, and fight a positional offensive and defensive battle with the army of thieves.

He wants to make full use of the White Dragon Army's hot firearms, which are good at fortifications and defensive operations, to turn the Wushi Mountain into a stone that will break the teeth of the army of thieves.

As long as the army of thieves can't attack them for a long time, their morale will inevitably be damaged, and when Xu Wei arrives, they will have a chance to rescue them and break through.

Of course, there is a precondition that they have to hold on first.

In the afternoon, Song Xiance ordered his army to carry out two waves of tentative attacks on Wushi Mountain.

Qi Wei was well prepared, and the white dragon soldiers who were hiding in the trenches used the muskets in his hands to give those fierce thieves a blow to the head.

The bravery of the thieves and soldiers, in front of the muzzle of the black hole of the White Dragon Army, is simply a joke.

So, in the afternoon, Song Xiance fought a very depressed battle, and the thieves he sent were killed by the bullets that came without even seeing the face of the enemy.

After three waves of tentative attacks, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, Song Xiance decisively ordered the attack to be stopped.

At the same time, as the sky went dark, Song Xiance did not give any more orders and launched an attack on the Wushi Mountain, anyway, Qi Wei was already a turtle in the urn, so there was no need to be too anxious.

Moreover, after Liu Tichun's cavalry was defeated, Liu Tichun also led the remnants of the cavalry and found Song Xiance's side, which aroused Song Xiance's vigilance even more.

This also made Song Xiance mistakenly think that it was Xu Wei of Ruzhou City who brought people to rescue Qi Wei.

Song Xiance did not blame Liu Tichun for his defeat, but secretly rejoiced in his heart, he thought that in this way, he might be able to lure Xu Wei over and then catch them all.

He ordered a large army to besiege the mountain and then set up camp at the bottom of the mountain.

Song Xiance led an army of 50,000 thieves and besieged Qi Wei in the first day of the Wushi Mountain, and it passed.

On the Otani Pass, the banner of the thief was still hanging, and all of them had actually become soldiers of the White Dragon Army.

Li Zixiao ordered the whole army to rest overnight at Dagu Pass.

Unexpectedly, when it was just dawn the next day, there was a large grain convoy that slowly walked towards Dagu Pass, and was discovered by the scouts released by the White Dragon Army.

"Han Tong, what's the situation?" Li Zixiao was also disturbed, walked up to the city wall, and asked Han Tong.

"General, the scout I sent out last night reported this morning, saying that there is a grain convoy coming towards us at this time.

I estimate that most of them were thieves who transported food from Yanshi to the side of Wushi Mountain, after all, the 50,000 thieves besieging Qi Wei in Song Xiance's hands also needed to eat. ”

Han Tong said, his eyes flashed with a cold light, but there was a slight smile on his face.

"Haha!"

After Li Zixiao heard this, he first laughed, and then shouted: "Okay, it's really effortless, we have just taken Dagu Pass, and the enemy has sent us a grain team."

There's nothing to say, since we're here, then let's not be polite, let the soldiers prepare and eat this grain transportation team.

I want to see if Song Xiance can last a few days after they run out of food. ”

"The subordinates thought the same as the general, how could they not eat the meat sent to the door. After we intercept this grain transport team, we will go to Yanshi again and burn the granary left by Li Zicheng there. ”

Li Zixiao was smiling at this time, but his eyes were cold, his eyes looked towards Guanbei, and he could vaguely see a group of small black dots on the official road in the distance.

"Han Tong, you go down and make arrangements." Li Zixiao said to Han Tong.

As for what to do next, Han Tong doesn't need Li Zixiao's orders, and he understands it.

"What do you guys do?"

After a stick of incense, this cart of more than 20 carts, pulling carts of grain, came to the gate of the big valley, and a white dragon sergeant on the city wall pretending to be a thief shouted to the grain convoy to the west.

"Nonsense, are there eyes that can't be seen? We are sending grain and grass to General Song on the front line, and now you quickly open the city gate and let us pass. ”

The general under the pass of the thief stood up at this time and shouted loudly at the white dragon sergeant who was so pretending to be closed.

"Open the door."

The thief general of the grain transportation team saw the white dragon soldiers on the city gate and honestly opened the door for them, and became more and more angry.

As a result, when their grain transport team entered Dagu Pass, they were directly stunned when they faced a white dragon sergeant with a flintlock pistol in their hand and aiming at them.

Then, there is no then.

This team was responsible for the army of Song Xiance in front of them, and the thieves and horses who transported grain and grass became Li Zixiao's prisoners, and there were no casualties on both sides.

"General, do you really want to burn this grain and grass?" At this time, Han Tong asked Li Zixiao with a painful face.

Because, Li Zixiao didn't plan to continue to stay in Daguguan at all, and this morning's grain transportation team was completely unexpected.

At this time, Li Zixiao captured the entire grain transporter, but Li Zixiao couldn't take away this cart of grain at all.

At most, he asked his soldiers to supplement a little from this batch of grain and grass, plus the rations they had brought with them, enough for them to eat for a month.

There were as many as thousands of stones of grain left, and Li Zixiao was also very distressed, and directly ordered all of them to be burned.

Since you can't use it yourself, destroy it, but you must not leave it to the enemy.

"Burn it. Not only will the grain and grass be burned, but even this Dagu Pass will be burned. Li Zixiao's face was grim and said resolutely.

Han Tong saw Li Zixiao's resolute attitude, so he didn't say anything anymore, he actually knew that they couldn't take away these grains, and they couldn't keep them, so they could only burn them.

Whew!

Soon, a raging fire broke out in the Otani Pass, and the entire pass, including the grain, was burned by the fire.

"General, what about those thieves and prisoners? Do you want to ......?"

Han Tong asked Li Zixiao, and at the same time, there was a ruthless look in his eyes, and he made a movement to wipe his neck.

You must know that after Li Zixiao captured Dagu Pass and captured this morning's thief grain transport team, there were more than 3,200 thieves and prisoners in his hands.

These more than 3,200 people are not ordinary homeless people, but trained thieves who follow Li Zicheng, and according to Han Tong's opinion, they cannot be let go casually.

Let these prisoners go, with the virtue of these thieves and prisoners, if they want to survive, the best way out is still to be Li Zicheng's subordinate.

Because, these thieves who have been trained and tasted the sweetness of being thieves are probably unlikely to go back to farm work.

It's just that killing more than 3,200 captives at one time, Li Zixiao is still a little unbearable, and it is not his woman's kindness, because he feels completely unnecessary.

Li Zixiao can use other methods to replace this method of killing, as long as he ensures that these captives are released and will not return to the thieves to continue to be thieves.

Immediately, Li Zixiao shook his head at Han Tong and said, "They are all Han people, kill them all, there is no need for this, but of course they can't be allowed to continue to go back to be thieves."

It's better to change the way, I think these thieves will each pick off a tendon in exchange for a way for them to live, they are actually hard-working people. ”

"Yes, the general is still thoughtful, the general is merciful, and these thieves are lucky to meet the general."

Han Tong responded, and his eyes became more and more admiring for Li Zixiao.

Subsequently, Han Tong ordered that each of these thief captives be cut off a tendon, and told them that if they were told, it would be a punishment for them to be thieves.

Next, if they are worried that they will not be able to support themselves without being thieves, then they can go to Ruzhou City.

There, even if they lose a hand, they can still find a suitable job and provide for their families.

After dealing with the affairs of Dagu Pass, Li Zixiao immediately led more than 6,000 White Dragon soldiers and soldiers to the north again.

At this time, Song Xiance, who surrounded Qi Wei in the south and was besieging Qi Wei, would never have thought that his grain transportation team would not be able to wait.