The battle of Lishui was just a heavy blow to the vitality of the Twist Army Gong Deshu, but it was not completely annihilated, in order to let the Twist Army know their strength, don't come to fight the idea of Hubei, and not to give the monk the prince a cheap choice, the Lishui War has just ended, regardless of the rain is still continuous, Wu Chaoyue immediately divided the army into two, one team handed over to Zhao Liewen and Cao Yanzhong led the cleaning of the battlefield and escorted the baggage, one team was personally led by himself to cross the river to pursue, and the Duolong A army also left the wounded soldiers in the rear team, He led more than 600 horsemen to accompany Wu Chaoyue to launch a pursuit. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, the Twist Army, which suffered heavy losses in the elite infantry cavalry, had already run away, and the main force of the White Banner of the Twist Army, which was greatly injured, did not even have time to collect the remnants of the west bank of Lishui, and immediately gave up the camp composed of countless dilapidated tents, and fled quickly to the Pingshi Town (now Pingshi Town) due east.

It was also at this time that Wu Chaoyue really realized that it was not easy for the monk to squeeze the forced twist army to the border of Hubei, and it was a mixed infantry and cavalry, and in the case of being dragged down by a large number of miscellaneous soldiers, the speed of the twist army could be roughly equal to that of Wu Chaoyue's army after strict training - of course, this had a lot to do with the muddy roads slowing down the cavalry and the twisting army being more familiar with the terrain.

It doesn't matter if the Twist Army escapes quickly, the terrain due east is placed there, and it is not so easy for the Twist Army to flow into Runing Mansion; It doesn't matter if the army goes south, Duxing'a has already been tightly defended in Zaoyang and Zhenbei River, and Gong Deshu can't break through before, this will Gong Deshu dare to fight the idea of running into the hinterland of Hubei again, that is really looking for death; Even if Gong Deshu was able to escape into Runing Mansion with the remnants, it didn't matter to Wu Chaoyue. The only thing that Wu Chaoyue can't admit is that he can't let the monk and the prince pick this big bargain in vain and get the credit for the remnants of the white flag of the whole annihilation army!

Because of this, Wu Chaoyue of course selectively forgot to inform the monk of the battle situation in Lishui, delayed the interception time of the monk and the prince as much as possible, and took Wu Jun to chase after him. However, during the pursuit, Wu Chaoyue also always had a question, that is, he didn't understand why Gong Deshu didn't immediately abandon the huge number of miscellaneous soldiers, and only fled with elite infantry with faster speed?

In view of this question, Wu Chaoyue specially sent someone to catch some miscellaneous soldiers who had fallen behind the Twist Army to interrogate the reason, but the answer given by these miscellaneous soldiers made Wu Chaoyue even more confused - Gong Deshu actually publicly threatened to bring all the Twist soldiers to Yining to eat big households to live a good life, and also said that the main force of the Black Flag of the Twist Army was rushing to Tongbai to meet them, so the Twist Army was going to break through by Tongbai this time.

Extremely suspicious, Wu Chaoyue immediately suspected that this was Gong Deshusheng's trick to attack the west, because among the three roads for the Twist Army to flee east to Yining, the road in Tongbai County was the most narrow and steep, and the Qing army and Xiangyong in Tongbai County only needed to hold the dangerous roads in the Huaiyuan area, and no matter how bad the combat effectiveness was, they could block the Twist Army for a while, and then the Wu Army would rush back, and they would be able to wrap the Twist Army with dumplings immediately! Taking Tongbai Road to the east is a life of nine deaths, and it is the best and correct choice to take Maoji Road or Tongshan Road in Miyang.

gave birth to this suspicion, while pursuing the remnants of the Twist Army with all his might, Wu Chaoyue of course calculated the idea of dividing troops to intercept the Twist Army's northward road from Pingshi, and organized the cavalry separately early on, ready to intersperse and detour at any time to cut off the enemy's northward escape route.

Under the full escape, the speed of the Twist Army was even faster, and in the evening they had already arrived at the town of Pingshi, which had long been razed to the ground by the war, and rested temporarily in the ruins. After the Wu army scouts reported the news to Wu Chaoyue, Wu Chaoyue did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the two armies of Nie Shicheng and Duolong'a to immediately go north and intercept them in the area of Gaodian Chenzhuang, which the Twist army must pass through to flee north. And when he set off, Wu Chaoyue also specially instructed Nie Shicheng, Duolonga and others: "If nothing else, it is time for Seng Lingqin to receive the news and send troops, and you may encounter his army on the battlefield." ”

"Remember me!" Wu Chaoyue suddenly raised his voice and said viciously: "If people don't offend me, I won't offend people!" You don't have to take the initiative to provoke the soldiers under the command of Seng Lingqin, but if they provoke you to bully you, I will be rewarded twice as much immediately! It doesn't matter if you take someone's life, I'll take care of it for you! ”

Duolonga and Nie Shicheng are typical military personalities, and after listening to Wu Chaoyue's order, of course they looked at each other, and they couldn't believe that this order came from Wu Chaoyue, who had always been gentle and humble, and then Nie Shicheng asked cautiously: "Lord Futai, ...... do this, okay?" ”

"It's not good to do this, but you want to see your soldiers being bullied by others?!" Wu Chaoyue asked sharply and said, "Haven't you heard of the grievances between me and Monk Greenqin?" What kind of birdman virtue is Monk Grinqin, haven't you heard of it? If you let him take a foot, he will dare to go in! For this kind of person who kicks his nose and face, there is only a tooth for a tooth and a violent counter to violence! ”

It was rare to see Wu Chaoyue's attitude so serious and fierce, Nie Shicheng and Duo Longa gave up their orders, but Wu Chaoyue was still not at ease, and admonished: "Remember, if you dare to bully you, you will fight back!" I'm responsible for what's going on! ”

After sending the cavalry to the northern front in advance, and then pursuing it with the infantry within ten miles of Pingshi Town, Wu Chaoyue finally understood how cunning Gong Deshu was, and the real reason why he insisted on fleeing with the miscellaneous soldiers - discovering that the Wu army was approaching, Gong Deshu actually divided his army into two, one team went north to flee for their lives, and the other team strode into the mountain road leading to Tongbai County! And in the dark night, the field of vision was narrow, and the Wu army scouts couldn't find out which direction Gong Deshu's elite main force had taken.

In addition to admiring the enemy's cleverness, Wu Chaoyue was also forced to face a choice that was either right or wrong, choosing the right object of pursuit, there was a great hope of taking Gong Deshu's head and gaining full credit, and if the choice was wrong, Gong Deshu might take the opportunity to escape.

There is no way to continue to divide the troops, Wu Chaoyue has only two infantry battalions left in his hands, one of which is still an inexperienced recruit, and the mountain road leading to Tongbai is too narrow and rugged, and he may be ambushed by the enemy if he is not careful, and at the same time, only one battalion is destined to have little effect in pursuit.

Wu Chaoyue also once thought of the whole army to enter the Tongbai Mountain Road, but considering that the strength of the cavalry of the self-army was not enough to annihilate the remnants of Gong Deshu, it was likely to give the monk a big bargain, and Wu Chaoyue was angry. So after thinking about it again, Wu Chaoyue stomped his feet and gritted his teeth, and still shouted: "Chase north!" I don't believe that on a rainy night with black lights and blind fire, Gong Deshu dared to lead the cavalry into the mountain road! ”

In terms of reputation, it was a pursuit battle, but in fact it was purely a massacre, and the soldiers of the Wu army who pursued in great pursuit did not encounter any resistance at all in the battle, that is, all the miscellaneous soldiers of the Twist Army who were caught up either scattered and fled for their lives or surrendered on their knees, and the soldiers of the Wu army hardly even had to fire their guns, and could solve the problem directly with bayonets. During this period, Wu Chaoyue naturally had to scratch his tongue and ask for a confession, but what made Wu Chaoyue very relieved was that several captives confessed that Gong Deshu was going north to break through and was at the forefront of the team.

Glad that he had made the right choice, Wu Chaoyue and the Wu infantry were of course chasing all the way with confidence, and they didn't even bother to catch the prisoners in order to gain time, but after chasing, Wu Chaoyue suddenly found that the situation was wrong - he never saw the shadow of the cavalry of the Twisted Army, not to mention, there was not even fresh horse manure and horse hoof prints on the road.

An ominous premonition enveloped Wu Chaoyue's heart, and then the fatal blow soon appeared - on the north side of the road, a large number of cavalry with dense torches galloped from north to south, cutting down the defeated soldiers of the Twist Army in front of them one after another like chopping melons and vegetables, and gunshots continued to sound during the period, it was obvious that it was the Qing cavalry led by Nie Shicheng and Duolong'a!

Knowing that he might have been fooled, he ordered the army to stop advancing and reorganize with a gloomy face, and after waiting for a while, Nie Shicheng and Duolong'a, who were covered with rain and sweat, ran in front of Wu Chaoyue together, and then Monk Greenqin, who was also covered with water, also rode his horse and rushed over, and also grabbed his head in front of Nie Shicheng and others and asked, "What about the bandit cavalry?" What about Gong Deshu's thief? Didn't it mean that there were still some twisted bandit cavalry who fled, why couldn't they see any of them? ”

Too lazy to pay attention to Monk Lingqin, who rushed faster than anyone else when grabbing credit, Wu Chaoyue pretended not to see him, and just smiled bitterly at Nie Shicheng and Duolonga, who were also full of questions: "Fighting geese all day long, today I was pecked by the geese, and I was hit by Gong Deshu's plan to attack the west, this time it was my mistake." ”

After smiling bitterly, Wu Chaoyue told Nie Shicheng and Duo Longa about what he had planned, and then explained: "I don't think the Twist Bandit Cavalry should enter the Tongbai Mountain Road in the dark night, and it is the best choice to go north and flee east by the road on the side of Miyang, so I came here and also fell on Gong Deshu's big dang." ”

Nie Shicheng and Duo Longa were disappointed, but the monk on the side, Greenqin, laughed proudly, and laughed wildly: "I can't imagine that the famous Wu surpasses Lord Wu today?" Lord Wu, you haven't even read the military book and don't even know the sentence "knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, right?" Haven't you heard that Gong Deshu's thief head is born with a strange ability to see things at night? ”

"Night vision?" Wu surpassed a flute, and finally understood the real reason why Gong Deshu dared to enter the mountain in the dark. Then Wu Chaoyue didn't hesitate, and immediately threw out the new plan he had just thought of, and instructed Nie Shicheng and Duolong'a: "Gongting, auditorium, don't be too hard, immediately take the Maoji Road to detour back to cut off the way for the bandits to flee east, and I will go back to Tongbai Mountain Road to chase after it, and strive to block the bandits in the mountain road!" ”

"Qingqi, take the cavalry and go with this king, go to Maoji to block the bandits! Give Kong Guangshun an order, telling him to take the infantry to Tongbai Road, and he must catch up with the bandits! ”

Before Duolong'a and Nie Shicheng hugged their fists and sang a promise, Seng Lingqin had already yelled and rode his horse away, and couldn't wait to take the cavalry back to Maoji Town to grab the merit. Wu Chaoyue had long known about this virtue of the monk and prince, and he didn't care much about it, but just instructed Duolonga and Nie Shicheng to be careful, and then immediately divided the army with them again, and led the infantry back to Tongbai Road to pursue the real main force of the Twist army.

Knowing Gong Deshu's night vision ability with almost special functions, after withdrawing to Pingshi Town, Wu Chaoyue certainly did not dare to enter the mountain road rashly in the dark night, and chose to let the soldiers of the Self-Army who had not closed their eyes for more than a day and a night rest in the shelter from the rain, preparing to wait for the sky to be completely bright before entering the mountain. And then the monk Glingqin general Kong Guangshun rested in Tang County for a few days, and his physical strength was sufficient, and he did not hesitate to rush into the Tongbai Mountain Road with torches and infantry to grab merit, but Wu Chaoyue did not do the slightest obstruction - it was not under his own control, and he could not stop it.

I was tired enough, and it was almost dawn the next day when I closed my eyes, and what made Wu Chaoyue relieved was that the Nanyang area, which had been raining for several days, was finally sunny after the rain, and the sun was shining and cloudless, which was a rare sunny weather. Fortunately, God finally opened his eyes once, Wu Chaoyue did not hesitate any longer, and led the soldiers of the Wu army who had eaten a dry meal in a hurry to immediately enter the Tongbai Mountain Road, and at the same time went to order Xinye, so that Zhao Liewen and Cao Yanzhong and others moved to Pingshi Town to wait for orders.

After being expected by Wu Chaoyue, after going deep into the middle of the mountain road, the soldiers of the Wu army really ran into the defeated soldiers of Kong Guangshun's army who were ambushed and scattered by the Twist army, and asked Kong Guangshun who refused to give up after being killed by the Twist army's ambush, and hurriedly sorted out the soldiers and horses and immediately launched a pursuit, Wu Chaoyue sneered again and again. As expected, when the soldiers of the Wu army pursued to the narrow part of the road east of Huaiyuan Town, they really caught up with the main force of Kong Guangshun's army, which was struggling to clear the road blocked by wood and stones, and it was almost finished.

After working hard to clear the road, Kong Guangshun's army, who had worked hard, really rushed to the front unceremoniously, and Wu Chaoyue did not compete with him, but he walked out of the mountain road and entered the open terrain, but Wu Chaoyue led the army to run wildly even more unceremoniously, and it didn't take much time for Kong Guangshun's army to leave behind - the training intensity of the Wu army's officers and soldiers running with heavy loads, and the double-speared green battalion soldiers under Kong Guangshun's command were more than eight streets.

No matter how fast the chase is, it is useless, when they rushed to the foot of Tongbai City, the defenders of the place where the Twist Army was defeated immediately cried and told Wu Chaoyue a bad news with a sad face, saying that the Twist Army had been gone for more than an hour, and said that although they also sent troops to block the mountain road last night, the Twist Army had no choice but to attack fiercely in order to escape, and it rained again and firearms were useless, so it didn't last long before the Twist Army was killed. Then looking at the smooth road in the east, and then looking at the exhausted infantry under his command, Wu Chaoyue shook his head with a wry smile, and reluctantly ordered Wu Dadao: "Pass the order, let the brothers find a suitable place to rest on the spot, there is no need to chase, and you can't catch up." ”

When he sat down to rest in disappointment, Monk Lingqin, Nie Shicheng, Duolonga and others rushed to Tongbai City with cavalry almost at the same time, and they didn't need to ask about the situation, just seeing the Wu soldiers who were sleeping with their heads crooked, and Wu Chaoyue's wry smile, Nie Shicheng and Duolonga already knew that the general trend had gone, and they even saved the effort of asking about the situation.

Nie Shicheng and Duolonga were silent, but Monk Greenqin yelled arrogantly, "Wu Futai, what are you doing to eat?" The chasing bandits can't even tell which way the main force of the twisting bandits will go? This time, Gong Deshu, the head of the bandits, escaped from justice, and you are responsible! You're the number one culprit! The number one culprit! ”

Not bothering to pay attention to the arrogant shouting of Monk Lingqin, Wu Chaoyue just asked Nie Shicheng and Duolonga why their cavalry came later than his own infantry? Nie Shicheng replied truthfully: "Lord Futai, the ground is muddy, and we are not familiar with the road, so there is no way to increase the speed to the fastest, there are ......, and there are ......." ”

"What else?" Wu Chaoyue asked casually.

At present, Nie Shicheng, who is still very honest and humble, did not dare to say anything, but Duolong'a next to him was straightforward and quick-mouthed, and blurted out: "And because the monk prince does not allow us to rush in front of him!" Originally, we had caught up with the cavalry of the monk and the prince who set off first, and were about to rush to the front to pursue, but the monk sent someone to stop us, saying that we would disrupt his queue and not allow us to overtake his cavalry, and deliberately blocked our way and did not give us a chance to rush ahead. ”

Wu Chaoyue immediately sneered and went to see Monk Greenqin, who had a red face, and then immediately pointed at Duolong A and roared: "Dog minion, what are you?" How dare you slander this king and deliberately prevent you from coming forward? With your riding skills, do you also have the ability to get ahead of the king's Mongolian iron horse? ”

"Lord Wang, the last general will not dare to slander you." Duolonga replied humbly and arrogantly: "But last night, you did deliberately stop our cavalry, otherwise, in the area of Potou Mountain, the cavalry of the last general and General Nie would have already surpassed you!" ”

"Fart!" The monk scolded angrily, pointed at Duolonga's nose and roared: "Duolonga, you are a little winged leader, a tiger slave with a white flag, and you dare to talk to this king like this? What are you? ”

"Lord Wang, it is true that you are the king of Zasakdoro County, and it is true that the last general is also a tiger fighter, but the facts are the facts, last night, you did ......."

Duolong'a's answer was interrupted by Wu Chaoyue's wave of his hand, and Wu Chaoyue asked suspiciously, "Auditorium, what is a tiger fighter?" You're not full? ”

"Just because he is worthy to be a man?" The monk said contemptuously: "The Huerlat clan's tiger-fighting minions, Yongzheng only carried the flag into the Zhengbai flag in ten years, and even Shanhaiguan was not allowed to pass, only worthy of the northeast border. If it weren't for the rampant long-haired ones this time, just such a dog slave would also be qualified to enter the customs ......? ”

Before the monk could finish his words, Wu Chaoyue, who was so tired that he had been sitting on the ground, had already stood up, took Duolonga's hand and said sincerely: "Auditorium, don't worry, although you are not a Manchurian, you are my brother!" I will never let you be bullied! The monk deliberately stopped your cavalry from coming forward for the sake of greed this time, I will definitely go to the court and ask the court to give you justice! ”

"Thank you, Wu Futai." Duolonga thanked Wu Chaoyue in confusion, and said in his heart: "What's wrong with Wu Futai?" How did it suddenly become better for me? ”

Seeing Wu Chaoyue and Duolong's embarrassed appearance, the monk Greenqin, who felt that he had been humiliated, of course walked away angrily, and under the resentment of each other, the Hubei soldiers and the soldiers under the command of the monk and the prince of the monk naturally quickly clashed, and there was a fatality that night...... (To be continued.) )