Chapter 374: Blind Spot Zhao'an Ruzhou Falls

The assassination of the spear does not require much action, the tip of the spear in and out of the human body is enough to make the enemy lose combat effectiveness, and the soldiers of Auman's team make this posture, if it is really placed on the battlefield, the killing is also effective.

The leading officer of the hundred-person squad looked at the other party pressing over, looking at the lime round head wrapped on the long wooden pole held high opposite, and broke out in a cold sweat, if it was on the battlefield, he would already be dead.

During the exercise, if the spear phalanx breaks up and does not form a formation, it will be regarded as a failure, and the hundred-man squad has already missed the opportunity to escape, and the current choice can only be a hard encounter.

Wang Hai also saw that this side was wrong, but the square formation of thousands of people could stride forward was already the limit of speed, and if it was to trot forward quickly, the whole team would collapse. He simply ignored the 100-man squad that was caught off guard, and suppressed the team to approach steadily.

While the Auman team was dealing with the squad, the team attacked the opponent's flank, which was the key to victory.

The formation had begun to form there, and the soldiers of the first and second columns of the hundred-man squad were marked with white marks of lime on their chests and throats, and there were already judging officers on the side who thought they were incapacitated.

This loss is a little depressing, obviously his side is shouting for assassination, but the other party is just rubbing over step by step, why is the effect of killing better.

In the engagement of the large phalanx, dozens of spears and hundreds of spears stabbed each other, and the victory and defeat were quickly divided, and the hundred-man squad soon retreated after being defeated and "seriously wounded" and withdrew from the battlefield.

And the casualties of the Auman phalanx were only ten, and the team led by Wang Hai over there was still fifty steps away from this side, and the people who were watching the battle on the earthen platform all stood up.

Everyone felt that the Jiaozhou battalion was quite a loss of face today, and the individual fighting was dominated by Auman. The collapse of the hundred-man squad is even more unpleasant, so I can only wait for Zhang Liang to see if I can get it back.

The rhythm of the marching drums was a little faster, and Wang Hai was trying to make the team move as fast as possible, and while the foreigner's team had not yet turned, he routed him from the flank.

After the defeat on Auman's side, the non-commissioned officers formed their formation, but did not turn to meet the enemy. Instead, he continued to walk in this direction in great strides.

The Haitian army over there had already begun to prepare for battle, and the pace slowed down slightly, but the unexpected reaction of the Auman team made the distance between the two sides even closer. If the first row of Wang Haifang's team is used as a horizontal line, then the Auman team is a diagonal line.

According to the speed of both sides, as long as the Auman team does not turn back, Wang Hai's team will not be able to catch up, and Auman will continue to give loud orders. The interpreter who followed aside, the voice of the shouting was a little hoarse, don't look at the troops marching with spears, and they were walking, but there was no special training. It's hard to keep up.

The Auman team kept changing direction in the process of diagonal travel, and now everyone understood that the target of the Auman team was the flank of Wang Haifang's team.

Attack the flanks, which is an eternal means in warfare. Because of the distance before, according to the pace of the two sides, the Auman phalanx will definitely reach the flank of Wang Haifang's team first.

Wang Hai shouted loudly, the rhythm of the drums began to change, and the team he led began to rotate to the left with the left flank as the central axis, so that his front faced the front, anyway, there were many people here. Facing the opposing flanks does not suffer.

The training of the Jiaozhou camp queue is extremely sophisticated, and the team does not seem to be scattered, and this experimental battalion is mostly veterans, and it is even better.

When Auman was striding forward, he observed that the square team on Wang Hai's side actually turned around, and the formation was kept very neat and not chaotic at all. He also underestimated the level of training of this team. But Wang Hai ordered the team to turn, and this was already the goal.

"Stand~~ Set!" "Turn right~~!!" "Walk forward in unison!"

With these two orders issued. The Auman team distanced themselves from Wang Hai's team again, but this time they headed towards the right flank of Wang Hai's team.

The square team turns much faster than the rectangular team, and the square team has the same attack power on all four sides, while the rectangular team has strong and weak sides.

The two squares are chasing each other as if they are playing a game on the school field, every turn and adjustment, the Auman team can use the square team to turn quickly, earn a little time and distance advantage, the fourth turn, the Auman team can already steadily attack the weak left wing of the Wang Hai team.

When the two armies were just about to fight, an order came from the direction of Tutai where Li Meng was, "The commander has decided, this battle is a draw between the two sides, and the leaders of both sides will go to the commander!" ”

Although it was a draw, the result of the victory and defeat was already clear, obviously Li Meng made this decision in order to take care of the face of his generals, Auman also knew that he was new to the city, if the limelight was too strong, it would not be a good thing, and he accepted this result calmly.

Of course, Wang Hai was uncomfortable, but the result of the battle was already like this, and he could only accept this fact. When Auman walked back to the wooden platform, Li Meng personally walked down the wooden platform to greet him, and this change in treatment has also shown that Auman's status in Li Meng's heart has been different.

"This is a layer of window paper, I didn't expect it before, but you pierced it!"

Li Meng smiled and said to Ou Man, the setting of the Jiaozhou battalion phalanx is rather strange, a thousand people and a modern regiment are about the same, but to maintain a certain number of firearms, the formation that eight hundred spearmen can list, that is, a twenty by forty formation, is wide to face the enemy.

Of course, in the previous battles encountered now, the Jiaozhou battalion has not suffered any losses because of this formation, because of the preset battlefield, the Jiaozhou battalion fights in their own chosen battlefield every time, and the terrain restrictions make the enemy can only face the front of the Jiaozhou battalion phalanx.

Moreover, with the training and strength of the Shandong soldiers, it is enough to defeat most of the enemy head-on, and in this case, the question of the advantages and disadvantages of the rectangular phalanx and the square phalanx is not so necessary to make people notice, and the Jiaozhou battalion thinks that this is correct.

However, for Li Meng, it is always good to let his own soldiers and horses fully exert their power. Auman's drill today showed many problems that he had not thought about before, and the victory in this combat exercise showed Auman's skills and abilities, and Li Meng was of course very happy.

Li Meng's phalanx system was almost created by himself, while Europe has used it for nearly two hundred years to learn from advanced military technology and let itself catch up.

Just when the victory and defeat were already clear, Li Meng couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"This foreigner is different from Dunglas. I don't want him to have too much contact with the soldiers below, but he is indeed a capable talent, what position should he be given? ”

He watched the battle on the stage, and the dilemma was how to place it, Yuan Wenhong hesitated and said:

"Dashuai, it's better to follow Mr. Gongsun's appointment. Just be a counselor. ”

This is very much in line with Li Meng's wishes, Sun Chuanting is a literary consultant, and this Ouman is also very suitable as a military adviser.

Seeing Li Meng coming down to greet him, or praising this foreigner Auman in person, Wang Hai was really angry in his heart. I couldn't help but speak:

"What's wrong with the formation of the rectangle, our soldiers and horses in Shandong have not lost any battles!"

Li Meng smiled silently, but turned his gaze to Ouman, expecting him to answer. Ouman knew that this was also part of the examination school, and immediately replied in his unskilled Chinese:

"Marshal, when I was interning in this barracks, someone once told me about the successive victories of our army, and by asking the interpreter and Mr. Priest, I knew that these victories were achieved on some relatively confined terrain, and we can always gain terrain advantages."

The information on all aspects of the experimental camp is much more complete than that of other places. Li Meng nodded, and Auman continued:

"However, I have heard that the large army around the city of Jinan is to guard against the enemy who may come to the north, and the vast land to the north is a plain, and on this plain terrain, the infantry phalanx may encounter the enemy on all sides, and will not obtain the preset terrain advantage, for this. There must be a quick-turning formation to be more suitable! “

The enemy to the north. Li Meng knew that the Manchu Tatars would definitely enter the customs and go south, and he knew this historical trend. Originally, in his superficial knowledge of history, he still thought that the Manchu Tartars entered the customs in a big way after a stone battle, who would have thought that when he came to this era, the Tartars have come in four times so far.

Although I can't remember the specific year, looking at the current overall situation in the world, this piece of stone battle is coming soon, but before that, the devil knows how many times the Manchu Qing will enter the customs.

At present, he has managed Shandong with great difficulty, but he can't be ruined by the Tartars, so Li Mengqin led the strongest old camp in Jinan, which is similar to the great tomorrow's son in Beijing.

Hearing Auman say about the northern plain, that is the North China Great Plain, on this plain, the cavalry can gallop vertically and horizontally, and in Shandong and the south, the kind of relying on the fortified city and terrain, the formation of the tactics may not be suitable for this great plain, the formation organized by Auman is indeed the most suitable.

This is what Li Meng is most concerned about, hearing what the other party said, Li Meng is also awe-inspiring, and he looks down on this foreigner.

As for the posture of the soldier holding the spear, his own assassination method is suitable for individual combat, and Auman's method is more suitable for large army combat, this change is not difficult, and the specific situation is analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

"Auman. Garris, you are very good, practice your Chinese as soon as possible, what you don't get in Europe, Ben Shuai can give you! ”

This promise was tantamount to giving him a certain glory and wealth, and in the envy of the people, Ouman knelt down and said gratefully but somewhat insistently:

"Marshal, my ideal is to play my part in an honorable and disciplined army, thank you for taking me in, I will repay you with my skills and life!"

"You don't have to worry about honor and discipline, part of the combat effectiveness of this commander's soldiers and horses comes from this discipline and honor, so it is natural to maintain it strictly."

Li Meng smiled and patted Ou Man's shoulder, but between the words was categorical affirmation, at this time, several cavalry rushed into the school field, stopped at a position thirty steps away from Li Meng, several people stumbled over, and the person caught in the middle was already out of breath. Abnormal exhaustion.

Seeing that the cuffs and neckline of this cavalry were black, Li Meng knew that this was the envoy of the Huaiyang army, and after running a few steps, the man shouted hoarsely in his voice:

"Dashuai, Dashuai, Nanzhili has an urgent report! There is an urgent report!! ”

Li Meng turned to Yuan Wenhong and said:

"Give this Auman an interpreter, if we want our own reliable people, Auman's treatment will be handled according to Ying Qianzong first!"

After saying this. Li Meng shouted Wang Hai and Tang Er walked out of the school field of the experimental camp together.

The movements of the Huaiyang Army and the Qingzhou Army in Nanzhili and the communication of the military newspaper information are contacted by fast horses every day, and the news from there will be known to Li Meng almost two days later.

Through the Lingshan Commercial Bank and the local wealthy gentry set up the Shandong-Nanzhili post station system, the cost is huge, but it is also worth it for the transmission of information. Ensure that information is delivered in as timely a manner as possible.

Since it was an urgent report, it was without further ado, so I found a house and walked in directly, and as soon as I entered the door, the cavalry who delivered the letter had a little weak legs and staggered a few steps. He took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Li Mengdi's own soldiers, and then was supported by the cavalry escorting him to rest.

There were six people left in the room, all of whom were Li Meng's cronies, and the soldier took the letter and looked at the cover. It was not directly handed over to Li Meng's hands.

Instead, he walked up to another clerical soldier on the side, and said in a low voice:

"Three years after the Apocalypse, Suzhou Plum Blossom Book Company's "Water Margin" ......"

The clerk-born soldier carried a large basket with all kinds of books, and when he heard the report of his companion, he hurriedly took out a book and a booklet from the basket, and the book, booklet, and letterhead were solemnly handed over to Yuan Wenhong beside Li Meng.

Yuan Wenhong, the chief bookkeeper, took these three things and sued him. went to the table and chair at the back to contact himself, Li Meng glanced at Wang Hai on the side, and saw that his face was not good-looking, so he jokingly said:

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Xiaohai, you are also a powerful general now, why are you still so uncontrollable."

Hearing Li Meng's words, Wang Hai had to laugh a few times, but it was almost the same. Li Meng said with a smile:

"Today's exercise. It's not that this Auman is stronger than you, but there are some things that the Jiaozhou battalion has not noticed. This is our blind spot, and your failure today is precisely because our blind spot has been found by this foreigner. ”

Li Meng's expression became cautious, raised his voice slightly, and said:

"Today's defeat is a good thing, if such a blind spot is placed on the battlefield and caught by the enemy, then it will be repaid, the soldiers below are killed and wounded, and the troops are defeated, it will be a disaster, Xiaohai, tonight, you and Master Yuan will immediately sort out a battle example and explanation, and then send it to the armies with an expedited fast horse."

Listening to Li Meng's seriousness, Wang Hai hurriedly stood up to receive the order, after hearing these words, his heart disappeared a lot, this kind of problem is always the sooner it is discovered, the better, but there is a dilemma in this place, the establishment of the Jiaozhou battalion is a battalion of 1,000 people, if it is a square local team, I am afraid that the establishment will also be changed, this is a huge project.

Before the words fell, Yuan Wenhong hurriedly ran over with a piece of paper, and handed it to Li Meng with a solemn expression.

Tang Er and Wang Hai on the side were a little worried when they saw this, as the core generals, they naturally knew what the Jiaozhou battalion was doing in Nanzhili, and when they saw Li Meng's expression, they thought there was something wrong.

Then Li Meng leaned back on the chair very boringly, handed back the letter paper in his hand to Yuan Wenhong, and said indifferently to the two cronies and generals in the room:

"The fifth battalion of the left has fallen."

Although there were only a few people in the room, after Wang Hai and Tang Er looked at each other, they still showed surprise on their faces, glanced at each other, stood up in unison and clasped their fists and said to Li Meng:

"Congratulations, big handsome, the success of the event is approaching."

Li Meng nodded, but he was not as excited as them, he planned for a long time, and he wanted to wait until the Ming officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo and Nanzhili were entangled with each other, and they would work together in several places to completely eat the Ming officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo and Nanzhili, and eat this heartland of Daming.

In this way, his Shandong land also has a large rear, the population and territory can be more than doubled, and the tax revenue will increase greatly, and the time will really be able to look at the world. Take it in stride.

You must know that half of the Ming Dynasty's tax land is from Nanzhili, and Jingshi and Shanxi need the food supply in the area of Nanzhili, and take Nanzhili, adjacent to Jiangxi and Zhejiang, such rich places have no danger to defend, and they can also go down in one drum. With the population and territory of these places, Li Meng's Jiaozhou battalion was invincible.

In order to achieve this goal, Li Meng planned a big layout. drove the tiger and devoured the wolf, and then the Jiaozhou battalion army watched behind, and the first battle determined the overall situation.

But all the preparations have been mobilized for so long, as an important protagonist in this layout, the fifth battalion of the left actually fell, as if a person was holding back enough strength to pick up the hammer and beat it, who thought that he would swing it down but found that the thing to be smashed on the ground was gone, smashed into the air, and all his strength was not used.

It's a feeling of emptiness. It's very uncomfortable, the goal that originally required a lot of effort is now suddenly readily available, and for Li Meng, there is a lack of that kind of strategy. The fun of achieving the fruits of victory step by step is indeed not interesting.

But for Wang Hai and Tang Er, this matter is indeed happy, since it has fallen. Then the Huaiyang Army and the Qingzhou Army can have fewer casualties and soldiers, spend less money on military salaries, and go all out to deal with the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili led by Lu Jiude.

Moreover, the surrender of the soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the Revolution has another advantage, that is, they can absorb a large number of available troops in the surrender.

Now, except for the Jiaozhou battalion, most of the rest of the Ming officers and soldiers are already rotten, and some of the combat effectiveness is almost incompatible with the Jiaozhou battalion. Shandong's young and strong and suitable sources of soldiers have almost reached a limit, and if they continue to recruit soldiers, I am afraid that production will be affected.

Those young and strong veterans of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, who have experience in military organizations and will not affect the production and labor force of Shandong, are all bachelors who have nothing to worry about, and they are the most suitable source of soldiers.

The expansion of the Jiaozhou battalion is imminent. The eyes of each of the generals involved were wide open. Preparing to expand their army, there is now the surrender of the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution. It is estimated that there are at least 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers to choose from, and as for the remaining old and weak, they can cultivate on a large number of abandoned fields in Fengyang Mansion, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

The source of soldiers and labor in the surrender of the army, for Li Meng, this was a post-war dividend, but now it is sent to the door, Li Meng in modern times, when he was a child, he once stole corn cobs, burned them and ate them by himself, and felt extremely sweet, but the taste of his own family was completely different.

At present, these bonuses did not make Li Meng feel any excitement, but after pondering for a while, he greeted Yuan Wenhong, who was standing behind, and said:

"Prepare a pen and paper record, General Chen Liu accepted the surrender of the fifth camp of the left of the revolution, but the armies of the two sides still maintained the status quo, did not contact, and still claimed that they were fighting. In addition, Ben Shuai only mentioned the names of Lao Huihui, the King of the Troubled Times, and the King of the Reincarnation on the letter, and the King of Zuo Jin and Ge Liyan, if they can't vote for the whole division, then they will definitely not be surrendered. ”

Yuan Wenhong moved his pen like flying, recording there, Li Meng stood up and walked a few steps, turned around and said:

"Even if the top and bottom of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Zuo have unified their opinions, and our side agrees to surrender, but everything in the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Zuo should be kept secret, stay in place, remember, this is the condition for our side to surrender, otherwise there will still be no fighting, Chen Liu, Ma Gang, before the commander's next military order arrives, still regard the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Left as the enemy, if there is any approach, they must be mercilessly attacked."

After Li Meng finished speaking, he nodded and said, "Seal it up", Yuan Wenhong hurriedly picked up the article, blew a few breaths and was about to seal the fire paint and send it out, but Li Meng immediately stopped, and said in a low voice:

"Don't be in a hurry on this day, send someone to Mr. Gongsun first, and discuss it after it is confirmed in the evening."

After receiving the order over there, Li Meng paused and began to give a second order:

"Immediately give orders to all armies, the five battalions stationed in Dongchang Mansion, and the two battalions stationed at the border with Yanzhou Mansion to be stationed in Guide Mansion, and the Yanzhou Army must prepare sufficient ships and be ready to go to Henan and Nanzhili along the Caoyun Canal at any time, transfer the Dengzhou Army into Qingzhou, and wait for the army to go south to supplement Jinan and Dongchang. In addition, the armed salt in all places, at this time, should be on full alert, suppress the locality, and ensure the stability of the ground in Shandong, these orders should be copied and sealed immediately, and issued as soon as possible, without delay! ”

Li Meng turned his head to look at Tang Er and Wang Hai on the side, both of whom were full of excitement. They all stood up, and Li Meng said with a smile:

"I've been idle for so long, I'm going to fight, go back and prepare your soldiers and horses, always listen to orders, and get ready to go!"

The two of them obeyed the order.

When I arrived at this school field, the sky was quite clear, and it was already dark clouds. The sky and the earth are black and oppressive, and the wind and rain are coming......

When Liu Liangzuo was under the command of King Chuang, he was also known as a fierce general, daring to rush and fight, but since he was recruited by the official army, people have become bad.

At the beginning of September, the general soldier Huang Degong suffered a setback in the front and fought for so long. Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing Town, also had to take turns to rest, and let Liu Liangzuo step forward to replace him.

Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo have a deep contradiction, and let Liu Liangzuo replace him, it is really full of reluctance, and it is not a civilian official who commands them this time. If it is a civilian official, he can not listen to orders, but the eunuch Lu Jiude is a shrewd person who does not enter the sand in his eyes, and he has troops in his hands.

The order was given. If he hadn't complied, Lu Jiude's Nanjing Forbidden Army would have been killed directly, and Hua Ma Liu was reluctant to return to reluctance, but still led the army forward.

Nearly sixty percent of his subordinates were men and horses who had surrendered together when they broke into the camp, but the lawlessness of burning, killing, looting and looting over the years had already exhausted their combat effectiveness and courage.

King Zuo Jin and King of Troubled Times have no calculations now, and they work together to move forward without retreating. Huang Degong was beaten by them and retreated, this Liu Liangzuo turned to this direction, the first battle was a big loss, and he was directly beaten back, and the choice of this battlefield was also very inappropriate, and there was still a long way to go back to the camp near Shouzhou.

As soon as Liu Liangzuo retreated like this, the hearts of the whole camp were cold, and everyone knew it. If you run like this. If the soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing of the Revolution chase after them like this, I am afraid that the entire army will collapse. At that time, Liu Liangzuo had the intention of turning around and surrendering, if the army collapsed, even if he ran back, he would have nothing.

It is better to surrender and protect the troops, and find an opportunity to look at the wind again, these days, there is glory and wealth with the army, and preserving strength is the first truth.

Who would have thought that after Liu Liangzuo ran a few miles with his troops, he found that the other party did not catch up, both sides are veterans who have fought for so many years, and when to pursue is still clearly judged, God knows why these two battalions of the fifth battalion of Gezuo are so strange.

This fight will know that it is not an opponent, so it is better to find a town to station, hold it for a few days, and then wait for the friendly troops in the back to come and rotate.

Once again, the officers and soldiers were forced back, and the team led by Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuojin, and Wei Xiaobei, the king of the troubled times, as the vanguard, finally breathed a sigh of relief and could rest for a few days.

The fifth battalion of the left is very united at this time, after all, it is the time of life and death, helping each other for help, at this time there is the appearance of the so-called one, Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuojin, listened to the casualty figures reported by the pro-soldiers below, and couldn't cry.

At this time, there was a report from the soldiers outside the military tent, saying that Wei Xiaobei, the king of the troubled times in the adjacent camp, came to invite, and a banquet was prepared there, and King Zuo Jin was invited to join him.

Wei Xiaobei is a local tyrant, and he has always been particular about food and clothing, and since the incident with the fifth battalion of Gezuo, this food and clothing are a little more luxurious than before.

The leaders of the rest of the battalions, no matter what their background, like to go to Wei Xiaobei's side, and today's status should be more extravagant than the people below in the past.

Hearing the invitation over there, Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuojin, immediately agreed without hesitation, the war is hard, I don't know if there is a tomorrow, and it is the right place to be happy in time.

According to the previous rules, a few words of explanation here, with dozens of escorts on horseback to pass, since the Huaiyang army has been fighting, the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili are like that, although the fifth battalion of the left is in a stalemate, but never feel too much pressure.

Go to the camp of the king of troubled times, Wei Xiaobei's side of the wine banquet female music has long been ready, politely greeted in, the two sides in the big tent to have a good wandering wreckage, and when the carnival is over, someone will serve side dishes and sweet wine, and the guest and host will slowly taste and chat, which is called sobering tea.

"Brother Liu, why are we at this point today!"

I don't know if it's because of the big wars, so that these people are a little disheartened, when they chat, they often say some memories and emotional words, Wei Xiaobei started talking, Liu Xiyao leaned on the edge of the tent, and took a sip of wine. Said slowly:

"At the beginning, I was trying to survive and eat, but now I want to get rich and ......"

Halfway through the words, Wei Xiaobei scolded over there:

"It's all making trouble together, his Li Chuang's life is so good, I heard that after sweeping Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion, he will be called the king system, and the gang of people who follow Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi are going to follow the development, damn. We're wandering here, and we can't even get past if we want to! ”

Liu Xiyao also sighed, and for a while the tent was relatively speechless, and after half a sound, Wei Xiaobei opened his mouth again:

"The younger brother thought, following King Chuang is a picture of his background, and he will achieve a positive result, and we will fight Liu Liangzuo today. He wasn't much better than us when he broke into the camp that day, but now he is also a chief military officer, and I think this can be regarded as a positive result. ”

After saying this, Liu Xiyao rolled up from the felt on the ground and stared at Wei Xiaobei not far away. Wei Xiaobei hugged a frightened woman in his arms, and continued leisurely:

"Since our brothers can't vote for the king, isn't it the same for the officers and soldiers, we are too anxious these days. A lot of things have not been figured out. ”

Liu Xiyao's weapon is within reach no matter when, even when he is in the carnival, Wei Xiaobei's words are already very clear, Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuojin, grabbed the big knife on the side, slowly stood up, stared at Wei Xiaobei on the opposite side and asked:

"Lao Liu, my whole family died in the hands of the government, it is incompatible, and I want Lao Liu to vote for the official dog. That's absolutely impossible, Wei Xiaobei, let's advise you not to be confused, Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan will not agree, don't look at the soldiers and horses on both sides are official dogs, it is more than enough to destroy you first. ”

Wei Xiaobei pushed away the woman on the side, sat there shirtless, and said with a smile:

"Brother Liu. Today I invite you. Lao Hui Hui over there, please Greeting, you still don't understand this. The younger brother knows that you don't want to recruit An, but after many years together, I always have to give you a way out, or I will follow the little brother to recruit An, or don't say anything. ”

"The third!! Third!! ”

Liu Xiyao shouted a few times at the top of his throat, but there was no echo outside the tent, Wei Xiaobei shook his head and said helplessly:

"Brother Liu, this is my big camp, what are you thinking? Come in and send Brother Liu on his way! ”

Before the words fell, more than a dozen big men had already walked into the tent, holding weapons and surrounding Liu Xiyao......

The Nanjing town guard eunuch Lu Jiude only learned the news almost three days later, Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuojin, was killed in the camp of the king of the troubled times.

There was a small mutiny between the forces of Ge Liyan and King Zuo Jin, but they were quickly suppressed, and the overall strength of the 5th battalion of Ge Zuo did not change much.

The eunuch Lu Jiude thought that the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing would be dispersed and would not be reorganized, but who would have thought that after the small-scale chaos, the 5th Battalion of the Left Movement would still be stationed in the same place, confronting the officers and soldiers.

Nothing has changed.

Ruzhou City, Runing Prefecture, is known as the third largest city in Henan after Kaifeng and Luoyang, after the defeat of Zhuxian Town, Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei are in the city, and Zuo Liangyu has long been with the remnants to Xiangyang, Huguang, although Yang Wenyue was deprived of his official position by the imperial court and waiting for impeachment, but after a long time, his Baoding soldiers and horses and Sichuan soldiers are still willing to follow him.

I originally wanted to take a breather and recover in Ruzhou City for a few days, and then try to find a way out, but I didn't expect the Li and Luo coalition forces to come so fast that they couldn't run away immediately.

Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded the city of Ruzhou, the various armies in the city in this desperate situation, had to divide the troops to guard one side, Yang Wenyue led the army to guard the west of the city, Hu Dawei led the Baoding soldiers to guard the east of the city, and the supervisor Kong Zhenhui led the Sichuan soldiers to guard the south of the city, and the remaining side was guarded by the township soldiers in the city.

The siege of Li and Luo's combined forces started in the early hours of the morning, and it was already dusk by now, and Yang Wenyue was staring blankly at the army of displaced people below on the city wall.

This army of displaced people is almost out of sight, artillery, ladders, oars, crashes and all kinds of heavy siege weapons are numerous, the city from time to time sounded screams, this does not know whether it was hit by the cannonballs under the city or because of something else, the officers and soldiers in the city are simple and abnormal, many of them are directly removed from the door board or something as a defensive fortification, firearms and crossbows are also fired slowly.

If you simply look at weapons and equipment, who are the officers and soldiers? I'm afraid who is a thief is really upside down.

"Lord Yang, go down and dodge, it's dangerous ...... here"

Behind Yang Wenyue, there were a few pro-soldiers who shouted nervously, and a pro-soldier leader was even anxious to reach out to help, as soon as his hand touched Yang Wenyue, he had been there in a daze Yang Wenyue suddenly became angry, turned around and slapped the pro-soldier leader fiercely, as if he was crazy, and yelled:

"Take shelter in the city. Will Ruzhou be able to hold it, what's the difference between dying early and dying late, get out, get out!! ”

After shouting, Yang Wenyue fell into decay again, and the person seemed to be ten years old, and slowed down his tone and said:

"When the city is broken, put on the clothes of the people. You can also escape with your life. ”

These pro-soldiers followed Yang Wenyue when they were in Sichuan, and when they heard their master talk like this, several people were already crying, "Master, let's go together......

Yang Wenyue laughed miserably and said in an astringent voice:

"Ran for so long. The old man died in Ruzhou today, which can be regarded as a martyrdom. ”

Before the words were finished, the city shouted, and the city was in a sensation. For a moment there was a mess, and I could only hear someone in the city crying loudly:

"The tiger general soldier was killed by artillery, and the tiger general soldier was killed by artillery."

Hu Dawei supervised the defense of the city on the city tower, but he was hit by the artillery set up under the city by the camp that broke into the city, and a huge iron ball smashed on, and he was immediately shattered.

The death of the general in the great war was the most demoralizing thing, and hundreds of thousands of displaced troops were originally besieging the city and attacking. The city is completely weak, the so-called defense, but to do their best to know the destiny of heaven, fight him, everyone knows that this city will definitely be broken, but it will be broken early and late.

Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Baoding, was killed by artillery, and the last trace of courage of the officers and soldiers of Ruzhou in the city and under the city was also gone, and he could barely withstand it. Now it's a complete abandonment.

The soldiers of the Li and Luo coalition began to climb up the city in large numbers along the ladder. Looking at all this, Yang Wenyue laughed out loud. Shaking his sleeves, Shi Shiran walked down from the city.

Walking down the city, the officers and soldiers, and the civilians were all in a mess, and everyone wanted to escape, but the entire Ruzhou City was surrounded by people, and where could they run, but they were just running around like headless flies.

Yang Wenyue was surrounded by several loyal soldiers, walking on the street very leisurely, this apocalyptic scene on the streets of Ruzhou, Yang Wenyue looked at all this with a rare leisurely mood, as if he was watching a big drama again, although he was also a character in the play, he was still a tragic character.

He was about to walk back to his residence, but he saw a dozen or so figures in luxurious costumes stumbling towards him in front of him, and one of them saw Yang Wenyue walking slowly, and immediately rushed over.

The leader of the popularity was in a hurry and said:

"Lord Yang, Chongwang Chitose asked the little one to invite the adult, and asked the adult to send troops to protect the prince Chitose and the palace."

There are also first-class vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty in Ruzhou City, the prince Chongwang, the Baoding soldiers and the Sichuan soldiers are short of salary, Yang Wenyue and the supervisor Kong Zhen will go to the Chongwang Mansion to ask the Chongwang to take out the silver to pay, but the Chongwang did not hesitate to refuse, saying that it was hard to accumulate money for so many years, how could it be spent on such meaningless rough things.

Speaking of this kind of thing, it is the commonality of the kings of the Ming Dynasty, asking for money and not dying, starting from King Fu, no one has learned a lesson.

This person who came over was the housekeeper of Chongwang's Mansion, looking at his angry appearance, Yang Wenyue was leisurely and said with a smile:

"King Chong is a descendant of the Zhu family, the world belongs to his family, now that the city is broken, King Chong also wants to come up with an example and die with the city!!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Wenyue laughed, regardless of the continued to walk towards the residence in the city, the shouts in the city became huge again, the displaced soldiers who climbed the city had already opened the city, and the displaced soldiers outside the city swarmed in, and the officers and soldiers in the city did not have the courage to resist at all, or rushed into the people's homes, or knelt down to surrender.

Yang Wenyue didn't pay attention to the great changes behind him, and walked unhurriedly, the homeless soldiers who entered the city had already noticed this strange person, and chased them over to this side, Yang Wenyue's personal guards had long been determined to live and die, glanced at each other, and rushed towards those homeless chasers, but the number of people was huge, how could they stop it.

"Ruzhou is over, this world is over, Daming is over!!"

Yang Wenyue didn't look back, muttering to himself, old tears were in his eyes, and the soldiers who broke into the camp had already run behind him......

September 25 of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the thieves attacked Ruzhou, the city was broken one day, the former governor of Baoding Yang Wenyue was killed by the insistence, the chief soldier of Baoding Hu Dawei and the prison army Kong Zhenhui were killed in battle, and the Chongwang Mansion died of self-immolation.

South of the Yellow River, the hinterland of the Central Plains, except for Kaifeng, there are no officers and soldiers.