Chapter 296: The Tiger Drives the Sheep and the Mystery Allusion

This side of the ferry is a wooden wharf, and the rest of the place is a low slope into the water, and many of the people who live outside the city near the river take water by the Yellow River, and they go down here to carry water.

More than ten steps away from the river bank, the river is not too deep, Chen Liujing is bare-chested, only wearing a pair of cloth pants, holding a spear in his hand, he grew up on the beach since he was a child, and he has been splashing in the water for many years, and the water is really good, and he soon arrived at the shore.

At present, the water on the bank of the river is full of burning boats, jumping down from which boats are like dumplings, and the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army of the Jiaozhou battalion have taken off their armor and all superfluous things, and they have no hesitation to go into the water with their weapons.

There are floating burning materials everywhere on the river, plus those boats that are burning with raging fires, this area is extremely hot, and the soldiers who jumped into the water were burned by the flames if they were not careful, but the Yanzhou army still had red eyes one by one, and desperately swam towards the river.

Several rounds of firecracker bombardment, as well as small cannon fire on several boats, were not without effect, and although the rogues were all crowded by the river, they only appeared when they got closer, and most of the homeless people and rebels were still one step or two away from the river.

After all, it was the distance, and Chen Liuzi was lucky, and he arrived at a place where he could stand in a few clicks, and the weapons thrown by the homeless soldiers on the shore did not hurt him.

Seeing Chen Liu, whose eyes were red and his upper body bare, rushed up from the river waving a spear, many people subconsciously retreated, but those who did not retreat did not react.

As a general with a leading army, Chen Liu is now like a madman, completely ignoring the rules and regulations of the drill and training, his eyes are just staring at the homeless people and thieves in front of him, and the first few homeless people reacted, waving the weapons in their hands and killing Chen Liuzi.

Chen Liu also doesn't pay attention to the flat end of his hands, and he has one foot in front of him. Directly with one arm, he stabbed the spear in his hand straight out, the person in front was still holding a big knife in his hand, the spear in Chen Liu's hand was castrated like electricity, and it stabbed directly into his chest with a "plop" sound, and the chaotic soldiers didn't even have time to scream. The spear was still withdrawn, and the pressure in his chest suddenly found a hole.

A stream of blood spurted out, and the man let out a scream and fell straight to the ground, hearing the scream. The rest of the people who were a little afraid of the fierce Chen Liu suddenly slowed down, Chen Liu's spear was already in the hands of both hands at this time, and he took it back half a foot, and he drank loudly, piercing it between the chest and abdomen of the person on the side, and the two of them screamed and fell down as soon as they saw each other.

Most of the weapons used by these rogues were waist knives and wood knives, and a few locals carried sharpened wooden sticks, and many of them did not even have this. Even if this kind of weapon is on the swing, the length of the weapon is far inferior to that of a spear, and it is unfamiliar to swing and slash. It's no match for a well-trained stab.

Two people had already fallen in front of him, the number of homeless people and rebels was far away, Chen Liu went ashore and assassinated two, but there were still three people who approached him, and at this distance, Chen Liu's attack method was to whip with a spear, and the waist knife had been thrown on the boat.

But at this time, the other soldiers of the Yanzhou army also rushed ashore, and the three soldiers who were close to the ground were struck by axes and guns before they could rush to the front. Screaming and falling.

Far away shouting and throwing arrows and approaching the desperate hand-to-hand combat, this is a completely different concept, many of the homeless people who are so crazy on the shore are the so-called coercion, fighting Taiping Boxing, strong momentum, such a role can still be completed, and many people have zero actual combat experience.

The killing of officers and soldiers on the shore has already made many people's mood change from high to a little weak, waiting for the screams to sound. And most of them are the deaths and injuries of their own people, which is a little timid.

However, Chen Liu was anxious and furious at this time, feeling that time was too tight, he had just landed ashore, and he didn't care about the formation and cooperation, looking at the few corpses that had fallen in front of him, he flashed out of the air. With a wave of the spear in his hand. Straight to the front.

His guards and subordinates were also helpless, seeing that their landlord would charge. Although they all helplessly felt that their own master would be too reckless, seeing such a situation, everyone felt that their blood was surging, and they all rushed forward regardless of it.

The well-trained soldiers of the Yanzhou Army all rushed forward frantically, but they couldn't support the rebels in Chen Liu's direction and retreated to the rear.

On the edge of the Yellow River outside Kaifeng City, it was already a pot of porridge, and there were also Song Dagang's soldiers who wanted to resist, but they were too weak among so many retreating and chaotic people, and they were staggered by the people around them, and they couldn't even guarantee the stability of their bodies, let alone fight.

This scene is very incomprehensible, the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army just occupied the line on the shore next to the water, and quickly advanced this line in the direction of Kaifeng City by relying on a desperate charge, one step, five steps, ten steps, and one hundred steps.

The more the front was compressed, the clearer and easier it was for the soldiers to land on the shore, and the soldiers on the ships used iron-clad pennies and spears to knock over and extinguish the fire in the water, and then the ships docked, and a large number of soldiers followed.

Rushing to the front are Chen Liu and his personal soldiers, as well as his direct troops, these people are all veterans, and this fearless spirit has also affected those recruits who are still a little nervous, making them also enthusiastic and go ashore to fight!

The so-called general's heart and the character and deeds of the generals who lead the troops can easily affect the army he leads and form the unique temperament and characteristics of the army he leads.

Chen Liu's attitude of charging desperately and not fearing life and death also directly affected the Yanzhou army, and every soldier of the Yanzhou army, whether it was a veteran who followed Chen Liu in front of him or a recruit who followed behind, all everyone had to do was to rush forward and kill more enemies.

However, the recruits who followed Deng 6 ashore in the follow-up were not like the veterans in front of them who gathered in a bunch, and rushed directly into the opponent's team to slash and kill, and the front rush was already for them to open up the space for Deng 6, and these recruits formed a formation under the constraints of the officers and slowly moved forward.

The soldiers around Chen Liu formed a group centered on him, rolling forward to kill, although there was no brigade tactics. The combat cooperation of three or five people is always done, and the people who face them are untrained homeless soldiers, but they are not trained at all.

At the beginning, there were still soldiers who rushed up to resist, but all the homeless and rebellious soldiers who rushed to resist were killed by Chen Liu and his men.

In battle, it is important to be brave. But the skill of fighting is the capital to save his life, and now he can't resist it, scaring away the brave homeless people and rebels who retreat all the way.

The scene in the field was very interesting, several small groups of officers and soldiers who were completely inferior in numbers pursued and killed far more enemies than them on the battlefield. And these enemies were chased and fled in confusion, and they were completely chaotic.

There were cries and scolding everywhere, and the entire battlefield was stirred up by Chen Liuhe's own soldiers.

The gate of Kaifeng has not been opened for a long time, because there are always a large number of thieves outside the city, and it is a general who organizes the defense of the city on the city wall, when Chen Yongfu went to Nanyang Mansion, he thought that there was no need for too many troops to defend it, who would have thought that when the matter came, the officers and soldiers who could gather together were less than 150 people.

The leader who assisted the general guarding the city, one was the head of the guards of the Zhou Palace. One is the head of the guard team of the governor's yamen, these people don't know what the defense of the big city is, the reason why they can support it these days is because the king of Zhou has taken out a large amount of gold and silver rewards, and the second is that the thieves who want to attack the city below are too useless.

But no matter how useless the thief soldiers are, there are tens of thousands of people, and before going to the city every day, these generals who are responsible for defending the city have to say goodbye to their families, thinking that this is gone forever.

Look down from the city walls. There are so many people in the black press, clamoring to kill and attack the city, although there is no real harm, but it is indeed very scary to watch.

But today's sudden situation made them even more shocked, a large number of thieves flocked to the river, and then on the high tower of the city wall, someone saw a huge fleet of boats on the Yellow River, it must be reinforcements, this news made everyone ecstatic.

But next. The thieves crowded the crossings of the Yellow River and the places where they could land, and poured cold water on the heads of the people in the city, and then saw the boats on the river blazing, which made the defenders of the city even more discouraged.

Just when they were about to give up hope, there was a sudden chaos on the battlefield, and the shouts of killing were higher and higher, and there were a large number of houses and courtyards under Kaifeng City. Although "Song Jiang" Song Dagang demolished a batch because of the siege. But this area under Kaifeng City is still like a village and township.

It didn't take long for the people of the city to see inside the streets of the village and town beneath the city. Countless people rushed in, and only then did the people in the city see clearly the officers and soldiers following behind.

Chen Liuchong killed too fiercely, the spear in his hand was already broken, so he simply picked up a big knife on the ground, this big knife is not as efficient as a spear and an axe gun, but no one can compare to the feeling of slashing, Chen Liu's bare upper body is full of blood, and the whole person is dyed red, as if he is a bloody person.

At this time, Chen Liu was already a fierce god on this battlefield, and he rushed there, and the homeless people and thieves over there were scattered and fled.

Several times he rushed too fast, almost rushed into the opponent's brigade alone, and to the last time, the personal guards around him really didn't dare to let go, and several people hugged Chen Liu, who was already about to kill Chen Liu.

A large number of men and horses on the ship had already finished lining up by the river, the musketeers were already in position, and the artillery was beginning to be dragged by mules and horses.

Chen Liu, who calmed down, knew that he had won this battle, and all that was left was to pursue, from beginning to end, the well-known "Song Jiang" thieves on the ground in Henan had never been able to organize a slightly decent counterattack, and the army of more than 10,000 people was completely collapsed by the fierce attack of the Jiaozhou battalion.

The infantry squad began to enter the battlefield to the rhythm of drums, and the battle was already over after the musketeers on the periphery of the spear phalanx fired the first round of muskets at the back of the thieves.

The thieves who began to flee in some formations and directions were completely confused, everyone fled in all directions like headless flies, and stampedes and cannibalism began to appear.

Originally, the personal guards of the Yanzhou army were worried that Chen Liu, who was red-eyed, would continue to pursue, in such a chaotic situation, the troops of the Yanzhou army were easy to follow the chaos, but with certainty, Chen Liu was not so eager, such a situation, only need to let the infantry slowly press over. It doesn't matter if you kill the enemy or not, if you maintain this pressure, the thieves themselves will completely collapse.

Looking at the chaos below, it seemed that there was a sudden explosion, and everyone in the city, from the officers to the people, was stunned and frightened.

That one was always the first to react. Looking at the chaos below, he muttered to himself in the city:

"This is not to arrange border soldiers to come to the rescue, what a great grace from the imperial court!"

In his mind, killing the following like this with such ferocity, there are only nine goblins in the world. But then the boss dragged a person next to him and shouted viciously:

"Go and tell the other gates, no matter what the people below say or do, no one should open the door."

The person he grabbed was the official of Kaifeng Mansion, but he was a little ignorant when he heard this, and said intermittently:

"Aren't there reinforcements down there?"

The Henan Governor Yamen Protector also reacted, and shouted:

"You can't let them enter the city, and if you let this army into the city, I'm afraid it will be worse than those thieves entering the city. Don't you know what the soldiers led by Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier of Nanyang, look like? ”

After finishing speaking, the escort leader also shouted with the people around him, and everyone shuddered when they thought of all kinds of rumors about Zuo Liangyu, and hurriedly went to other city gates to report.

After the infantry of the Yanzhou army of the Jiaozhou battalion pressed the area of a large number of civilian houses, they stopped, and Chen Liu had already been included in the array, and he arrived here. The road began to narrow and complicated, and it was obviously not appropriate for the brigade to enter, and the orders of the first level spread, and the soldiers began to form a squad of fifty men, and the spearmen and musketeers were mixed, and under the leadership of the officers, they entered the area to clear out the remnants of the enemy.

What exactly is going on on the city wall, it is not clear here, and there are no remnants of enemies. Once dispersed, the displaced people and rebels have no combat effectiveness, and are just walking corpses to be slaughtered.

As soon as the soldiers of the Yanzhou army formed into a small group and entered the residential area under the city, there was a sudden agitation on the side of a large mansion on the east side, and hundreds of horsemen rushed out.

These hundreds of cavalry are definitely not the horse team of the Jiaozhou battalion, but the Yanzhou army can't take care of it, the distance between the two sides is too far, and there are a large number of thieves in the middle to stop it.

Speaking of which. The outcasts and thieves are so chaotic. It was also an obstacle to the hundreds of cavalry that suddenly rushed out, and those people shouted in surprise: the big boss and the dragon head. I know that these hundreds of cavalry are probably the core troops of "Song Jiang" Song Dagang, and each horse is a bulging bag.

There are so many people below who have no horses to ride, but among these hundreds of cavalry, there are hundreds of horses with pockets, and these hundreds of cavalrymen are not soft at all for their own people who surround them, I don't know who started first, and immediately the people with long knives and axes slashed down fiercely.

"Pass the order, restrain the teams not to move, not to pursue, and clear the remnants of the enemy near the city gate."

Chen Liu didn't know where he found a clean cloth, wiped the blood stains on his body, and while coldly talking to the herald beside him, he looked at the cavalry who were attacking outward not far away, and sighed with some regret.

"Don't care, if anyone is in the way, it will be directly greeted by a knife and axe, take these things, and go to the Jiangnan Taiping Realm to enjoy happiness!!"

Song Dagang shouted at the top of his voice on the horse, the following homeless people and rebels who called him "dragon head" and "big boss" were worthless in his eyes, but they were just cannon fodder that could be collected at any time in the Henan territory.

What he is most distressed about now is the gold and silver treasures that have not yet had time to sort out and take away, and the two beautiful women have not been taken away, which really makes people's hearts bleed.

Take a closer look at Song Dagang's hundreds of cavalry, in addition to those pack horses with packages, there are even two horses with a woman struggling on their backs, although Song Dagang has also been an officer and soldier, but this style is still like those full bandits back then.

The chaotic crowds and thieves outside naturally couldn't withstand the sudden rush of their own people, and everyone could only run to both sides to avoid this inexplicable killing.

These hundreds of cavalry actually went away like this, although Chen Liu's Yanzhou army oppressed far enough forward, but left openings on both sides, there are more than a million displaced people in Henan, but as long as these displaced people are scattered sand, they will never become a threat. You can't kill it.

Give them enough deterrence to let these people disperse from under Kaifeng City, this is enough, as for the group of cavalry that escaped, naturally someone will take care of it.

Song Dagang can also be regarded as vigilant, on the way out. But he knew that many of the officers and soldiers who came to suppress the thieves outside had Shandong accents, and this news made him really distracted, and he didn't dare to go to the vicinity to collect the defeated soldiers, and he didn't even dare to stay near Kaifeng for too long.

Flee all the way to the south. Going north and west are all dilapidated places, and only by rushing to the south and entering the Nanzhili or Jiangxi Taiping boundary, then it will be safe.

Frightened, Song Dagang galloped all the way, and didn't think about things like horsepower at all, he had been running for three hours, and more than a dozen horses were foaming at the mouth and dying halfway through, which was the degree of slowdown.

Seeing that, he arrived at the boundary of the new city in the south of Kaifeng City, and Wang Hai led more than 1,200 cavalry to wait at the intersection here.

While the soldier in charge of the early warning went to report there. Wang Hai was lying on the ground, with a grass stalk in his mouth, listening to the report of his subordinates, his heart was extremely excited, he turned over and jumped up from the ground, and said in a loud voice:

"Hurry up and hang up that sign, it's rare for us adults to have such a good interest!!"

The other party came up to the river to rescue Kaifeng City and ran out of the surroundings of Kaifeng City. It should be safe, Song Dagang and his subordinates were also relieved, and they didn't run for long, but they saw a pole erected on the side of the road, and a sign was hung on the pole with three big characters written on it.

However, what is the origin of this Song Dagang, he doesn't know the words on it, looking at the pole standing abruptly on the side of the road, he feels that something is wrong in his heart. But they were still confused, and the horse team was still slow, so they simply turned around and shouted:

"Brethren, who knows the words?"

Among his hundreds of personal cavalrymen, some of them had gone to private school for a few days, but they knew very little about words, and they pondered there for a while. I didn't dare to whisper uncertainly:

"Boss. There are too many strokes in the front of the word, and I don't know the small ones. The last two words should be the sons of children and grandchildren and the puddles of water! ”

Song Dagang was still confused, spat at the ground, and scolded:

"I don't know who is doing this kind of mystery"

As he was talking, he heard the sounds on both sides of the road, and was about to react, but he saw a large number of cloth-clothed soldiers still appearing on both sides, holding knives, guns and firearms in their hands.

Seeing these soldiers dressed up, Song Dagang was terrified, the appearance of these soldiers finally confirmed the ominous prediction in his heart, what he was most afraid of, it was really what he came, Shandong Jiaozhou Battalion, how to chase and kill here.

"Song Jiang! This is where you are buried!! ”

Wang Hai shouted at the top of his voice not far away, his shouting was actually an order, the firearms of the soldiers on both sides had already been loaded with ammunition, and the order was given, and there was a loud roar, that Song Dagang was dressed up, and the order just now showed that he was the leader.

Dozens of firecrackers were almost aimed at this person to greet him, the official road is not wide, even the standard firecrackers of the Jiaozhou battalion can be accurate, Song Da was just about to open his mouth, no one could hear what he was talking about, and he was immediately beaten to the point of bursting with blood mist, and fell straight from the horse.

The rest of these people have no will to resist, most of them came out of Shandong, naturally they knew the strength of the Jiaozhou battalion, and when they saw that the leader was killed, they immediately lost their fighting spirit, but fortunately, at this time, someone shouted:

"Dismount and kneel and don't kill!"

The horses couldn't run, the spears and firearms on both sides were pressing up, and there were cavalry interceptors in front and behind.

Wang Hai rubbed his hands excitedly there, and said to his subordinates with a smile:

"It's really a good luck this time, hurry up and send someone to tell the Lord who is guarding the east side of the intersection that Song Jiang has been beaten!!"

One of his own soldiers agreed, and led several cavalry to gallop east.

By the way, the three words written on the sign are "Tateerwa", Li Meng has read the book Water Margin, and clearly remembers that the name of the last place is "Song Gongming God Gathering Li'erwa Huizong Emperor sleepwalking in Liangshanbo", this "Tate'erwa" and the nickname of the thief leader Song Dagang "Song Jiang" are just the crime, and Tate'erwa is the place where Song Jiang's soul returns.

It's rare to see Li Meng making such a joke. This is also a rare allusion to Li Meng in this era, defeating the "Song Jiang" bandits, Li Meng didn't feel any difficulty, what is more difficult is to catch or kill the bandits, which is not very important. It is simply the way to judge the two places.

and Wang Hai divided half of their troops to wait for the rabbit, Chen Liu should be able to kill the best in the battle array, if this person escapes, it depends on who can intercept it, and make an agreement with Wang Hai. Whoever saw this Song Dagang coming, he hung out a sign of "Tatewa", but unfortunately although this Song Dagang called himself "Song Jiang", he couldn't even recognize the three words of this Tatewa, Li Meng's joke can be said to be flattering to the blind.

In the morning, we arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, and when it was almost dark, the rogues around the edge of Kaifeng City were almost all cleared, of course, after desperately crossing the river. There was no battle worth talking about, and the Yanzhou army led by Chen Liu almost patrolled around Kaifeng City in a marching posture.

Looking at the thieves who were scattered and fleeing, the people on the city wall and the officials of Kaifeng City were all frightened, almost everyone from childhood to adulthood had never seen such fierce soldiers.

What is the tradition of the Ming Dynasty now, the more soldiers who can fight the war, the more ruthless they are to the people, and some people have eloquently defended that if the soldiers are not as good as tigers and wolves. How can you fight fiercely against the enemy, according to this sentence, it seems that if you abide by the military rules in your duty, you will definitely not fight.

Chen Yongfu, the deputy general of the town guard in Kaifeng City, and his son are considered to be good at managing troops in Henan, but the requirements of military discipline are also strict, and as a result, the people of Henan generally believe that Deputy General Chen is not as good as Zuo Liangyu's general soldiers.

Think about the rumors that Zuo Liangyu harmed the people, and then look at the combat effectiveness of this army at the moment, the big and small officials in Kaifeng City. The soldiers and the people are firm in their belief that they must not let this army under the city enter the city.

According to Li Meng's requirements for training, try not to show off his reputation, Chen Liuben did not plan to let the Yanzhou army enter the city, but it was one thing for him not to enter the city, that was after he politely refused, he looked high-spirited. Now the thieves under the city have been cleared. The other party is still like a great enemy.

Chen Liu felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he still ordered his men to camp in a residential area outside the city. Now it is not the lack of opening the city gates that gives him a headache, but the rebels who surrendered.

If you can't fight, you will surrender, these rogues see that the general trend has gone, and there is nothing to continue fighting*, those who can't run away have knelt down and surrendered, in the chaos, it is inevitable that they will be killed by mistake, but the homeless people don't seem to care much about death.

After the purge, when it was counted, there were tens of thousands of people who surrendered, and as a result, the Yanzhou army, which had won a big victory, still needed to guard these prisoners with all their heart, which was a bit of a crying and laughing taste.

Chen Liu's work has always been direct, and he didn't even arrange the guards for these prisoners, but the battalion was ready for battle, except for the five hundred troops on duty at night, the rest of the people were all resting.

In fact, the captives did not make any changes, the madness of the Yanzhou army crossing the river and storming them completely frightened them, and the name of Chen's madman can now also scare people.

In the evening, the unsupervised prisoners began to disperse in groups, but there were also some "righteous" people who took the initiative to stand up, saying that everyone in Henan would die anyway, it was better to go to other places to ask for food, these "righteous" people were actually strangers, but there were so many people, who would recognize everyone.

And the homeless people are hesitant, some people take the lead, naturally many people follow, since the road ahead is confused, it is better to go to a place with a glimmer of hope.

Early the next morning, Li Meng took Song Dagang's rank to Kaifeng City, Chen Liu set up a big tent in the avenue in front of the city gate, no one paid attention to the soldiers who defended the city at all, Wang Hai had arranged his subordinates, urged those prisoners who had not escaped, cut off the corpses on the battlefield and then piled them up and set them on fire. As for those levels, they are cast outside the city to form a Jingguan, deterring Xiaoxiao, I don't know how effective this is, but the soldiers guarding the city in Kaifeng City were so frightened that they were paralyzed on the head of the city, and there were many people.

"You're such a madman!"

In the military tent, Li Meng pointed to Chen Liu on the opposite side and said with a laugh

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