Chapter 482: Two Liu, Gao Jie, It's Cloudy

The onslaught of Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, was just a three-plate axe, and the whole army rushed forward and fought fiercely, forcing the Shun army troops led by Er Liu on the opposite side to retreat, but that's all.

After Guoyi's generals Liu Tichun and Liu Fangliang stabilized their positions, Gao Jie's troops made no progress, and when facing the Ming army, even if the Shun army suffered a short defeat, it would be very resilient, not to mention this area near Jiaxian, as long as the official road was solid, Gao Jie had no other way to go.

The order given to Er Liu by King Chuang is also to dig a deep ditch and block it, and in the face of Gao Jie, they can have more than enough strength to fight, but in such a situation, if it is delayed for a few days, I am afraid that the supervisor Hou Sui and the remaining three general soldiers will lead the troops back together and jointly attack the direction of Jiaxian.

At that time, the main force of the army could not bypass, the Ming army attacked with absolute superiority, and the second Liu Ke may not be able to resist, the reason why the fortifications were built and the long trenches and deep ditches were dug were also in order to delay and delay time after this situation occurred.

On the front, King Chuang's army did this fortification to trap, while on Er Liu's side, it was to defend and drag the opponent's movements.

The trench was getting longer and longer, and Gao Jie still led the soldiers and horses to assault, but every time he was fighting, he was firmly blocked by the troops led by Liu Fangliang.

After the trench was dug to a certain scale, Gao Jie's troops unsurprisingly deserted, in fact, at this time, there were already scattered soldiers from the side of the Governor Hou Sui running over, although these routs were all caught by Gao Jie, and they were killed on the charge of escaping from the battle, but the embarrassing situation over there was spread.

At present, there is no room for advance or retreat, and seeing that the other party's fortifications are becoming more and more complete, the next thing will definitely be a big defeat or rout.

All the Ming generals were able to surrender, but Gao Jie knew that he could not surrender and was captured by King Chuang. It must have been cut off with a thousand cuts, and now it has been forced to this point, although it can't fight to the death, it can only be reluctantly difficult.

Gao Jie put all the men and livestock in the army in front of the battle, whether it was people or livestock, they were all carrying earth and rocks and trees, and the back formation was the army of the headquarters.

With the mentality of Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, who is greedy for money and afraid of death, this time he also led his own soldiers and directly subordinate troops in the middle of the formation. Before leaving, he said viciously:

"The thieves dug a ditch to trap us, what happened to the Zuoping thief in Zhuxian Town, everyone also knows, when we are hungry and have no strength, and the thieves come over, everything will be over at that time. ”

In Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses were trapped in Li Zicheng's trenches, and they waited until they were the weakest. Attacking with all his might, the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses that the Ming army had managed to gather were completely dispersed.

More critically, the killing was particularly heavy, first because the soldiers lacked food and grass, and on the day of the war. Zuo Liangyu's troops fell into the deep ditch, and the men and horses were crushed to death in layers, which was not counted, and most of the camp poured out of the nest and slashed with all their might. At that time, it was impossible for the Ming soldiers to surrender.

In the chaos of hundreds of thousands of people, one side broke and fled, and the other side pursued, even if it was kneeling and surrendering, the rise of the pursuit, seeing someone in front of him, directly cut it with a knife.

And the cavalry was pursuing, and there was no one in front of them. Directly trample on the horse, and no one cares if he tramples to death or not.

Seeing the current situation, it is a copy of Zhuxian Town that day, in the narrow terrain of Jiaxian and Xiangcheng, the Ming army is trapped here, and the deep ditches and fortifications are gradually complete, and most of the soldiers and horses of the Shun army are gathered here, what will happen next. It's very worrying.

After Gao Jie finished speaking. Seeing the commotion and chaos below, you know that you have achieved the intended effect. He stood on a high place and said loudly:

"Now it's a big disaster, if we don't fight, we will be starved to death here, go to the side of Shenwu Mountain, the thieves will follow behind to cover up, we will die most of us, now our method is to fill the ditch, kill the past, and rush out a way for ourselves. ”

His subordinates are all from the places of bandit and rogue origins, and they are all singleton characters, hearing Gao Jie say this, they all drew their knives and shouted, the atmosphere suddenly rose, Gao Jie shouted while the iron was hot:

"Let's go out of this place, the brothers owe the salary, Lao Gao will send you double copies, let's go to Jiaxian, go to Ruzhou, Yiyang, and when we go back to Shaanxi, what state capital and county we go, Lao Gao doesn't care about you, you can do whatever you want!!"

After saying this, the whole audience yelled, the salary has been owed for a long time, and everyone has no hope, this time they said that they would give double shares.

What city did you go to, Lao Gao doesn't care about your promises, it is even more generous, which is equivalent to allowing them to let go of the robbery, no longer restraining a little, the morale and combat power of the soldiers who were stabbed by the Ming army, that is, this washing the city is the most effective, and now Gao Jie's side is silver, and he takes it out indulgently, which really makes people's blood boil.

Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Yansui, gritted his teeth and glanced at the soldiers around him, and more than a dozen people took some wooden boxes from the horses and split them with knives, which were full of white flowers and silver ingots, and Gao Jie shouted again:

"Brothers, this money has been prepared for you, rush out, and we will !! it."

The emotions of the people below were instigated by him a little crazy, and Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, took advantage of the situation to order the dispatch, and the above benefits had nothing to do with the people's husband Ding Zhuang.

But these people want to rush to the front, to fill the trench, the soldiers of the Shun army on the opposite side are also in strict formation, how can you let you fill in the burial casually, the one who walks in the front is to send them to death, but Gao Jie is ruthless to them, from the time of the drum march, those who take a step back are immediately beheaded.

The so-called people are all ordinary people looted from Jiaxian and Ruzhou, and some of them are local landlords and squires from Henan and their militias.

Gao Jie, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, came from Shaanxi, and the troops directly under him were also from Shaanxi, so naturally there would be no politeness and mercy to these "righteous people" who had temporarily gathered in Henan.

In fact, after the supervisor Hou Sui and the four general soldiers were besieged by the Shun army, the attitude towards these landlord militias changed from the beginning of the enthusiasm to coldness, when the Shun army was in Henan, these landlords and squires hated the people and horses under the command of King Chuang, and looked forward to the royal division of the court every day.

As a result, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court arrived. Unexpectedly, it ended up like this, everyone was cold, the chill was good, the key to the problem was to become the slave and cannon fodder of the officers and soldiers.

As soon as Gao Jie's front was launched, the people and Ding Zhuang had a nervous breakdown, crying and refusing to move forward, but Gao Jie's disposition was also ruthless, and he directly ordered his soldiers to fight and kill. Carrying people's heads with long poles to show the crowd in the array, bloodily threatening and urging the soldiers behind.

Even if these "people" are no longer willing and helpless to move forward, they slowly walk towards the deep ditch and fortifications, Gao Jie's miscellaneous side can also piece together more than 40,000 people, and the second Liu soldiers and horses on the opposite side are only 15,000 at best, which is why Gao Jie is so confident.

Gao Jie rode on a horse, with a large sword in his hand, surrounded by his own soldiers and guards. Apparently separated from most of the men and horses, a general approached with a slap on his horse, and whispered in Gao Jie's ear:

"Marshal, the eyeliner on Mr. He's side has sent a message, saying that they are going to Dengfeng on the line of Shenwu Mountain. Then go to Shanxi over there in Shaanzhou. ”

Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Yansui, did not move, nodded slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Keep an eye on it, don't make a noise, it's a blessing that our own brothers can run out when the time comes. If it spreads out in a mess, everyone will die here together. ”

This general was also recruited by the official army from King Chuang's side with Gao Jie back then, and he was considered Gao Jie's body, so he naturally understood, agreed in a low voice, and then turned his horse and left.

When I got up early in the morning, I watched the banners in Gao Jie's camp unfurl and the troops moved into formation. The soldiers and horses of the Shun army on the other side of the ditch naturally understood that the mobilization on the opposite side should also be dealt with here.

Liu Fang raised his troops and horses, began to arrange, and prepared for a defensive battle, at present, the powerful terrain is on the side of the Shun army, and the supply and retreat are complete. But Gao Jie's side is in a mess. There is a lack of provisions, and Er Liu naturally has a bottom in his heart here. I don't think it's a difficult battle.

But when Gao Jie's army began to move, the soldiers on the lookout on the side of the Shun army were surprised to find that the other party actually pounced out with the whole army, with a decisive battle posture.

Erliu thought that the garrison was complete, but in fact, he was also a little arrogant and lost the opportunity, but the army of Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, was already rushing over.

When the men approached the ditch, they began to throw down the earth and stones, and the cattle carried on their backs the loose soil that had been prepared long ago, and they poured baskets of earth into the ditch without stopping, and soon they were full.

This side is filling in the earth, and the soldiers of the Shun army naturally cannot let it go, and the archers are all pushed to the front, regardless of pulling their bows and shooting.

The distance of the trench can't jump over, but it is a completely effective range for the bow and arrow, as long as it is a shot can, you don't even need to aim, and the people who were shot immediately fell from the edge of the trench to the ditch screaming, this death and injury will not hinder Gao Jie's entry into the city at all, one person dies, and the remaining person will follow to make up for it, and the knife and axe of the overseer team behind the back will be beckoned.

The archers and firearms soldiers under Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, also rushed forward, shooting at the edge of the trench towards the opposite side, and the trench that was nearly two hundred paces away was filled in little by little.

Baskets of earth and stones, corpses of people and livestock, and even carts and so on were thrown into the ditch, and the ditch became shallower and shallower, and the pile of trenches became less and less of an obstacle.

Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, was completely ruthless this time, and after the two sides held each other across this ditch for a while, Gao Jie set up more than a dozen artillery pieces in the army.

Although it took a lot of time to erect the artillery, it was still very short compared to filling the trenches, and after the artillery was erected, regardless of it, there was no aim, but it was a flat fire bombardment on the opposite side, and suddenly there were nearly fifty paces of front, and the Shun army could not organize a team to block the attack.

Without the obstacle from the other side, the speed of filling the gully is much faster, Liu Tichun was still quite relaxed, thinking that the other party's attack was just a cliché, just a show, who would have thought that it was such a big move, and he couldn't deal with it for a while, and he was forced to be pressed over.

After the artillery of the Ming army was erected. Knowing that it couldn't be hindered, Liu Fangliang simply retreated most of the men and horses guarding the trench for a while, and lined up at a distance of 200 steps from the trench, although it left room for Gao Jie and them, but also left room for himself to deal with.

After the trench was filled in to the extent that it could be passed on foot, the Ming army brigade that was ready to move had already swarmed out, in their opinion. This side of the trench is a desperate situation, a place of death, as long as you can cross the past, you may be able to have a way to live, you can escape.

But after these scattered and noisy Ming troops rushed through the trenches, they were faced with the Shun army that was waiting for them, and they were pressed back by the other party just after the battle.

Forming a formation, the army slowly advanced, beating those Ming soldiers in a semi-crazy state to the ground. After a little contact, he shrank back, Liu Fangliang fought quite well, he refused to advance, and always left a part of the space between himself and the Shun army. With this space, the soldiers want to be more elite and the Shun army can calmly fight the panicked and chaotic Ming soldiers who are rushing over.

However, in this battle of gambling for his life, Gao Jie did stabilize, and rushed over in a chaotic manner, all of which were the soldiers and horses and the landlords' militias. His troops and horses were still urging the people to fill the trench, and if they didn't fill the trench completely, they wouldn't rush across the ditch to fight.

When the scattered soldiers and horses in front were about to collapse, Gao Jie's side also completed the work of filling in the trenches, and the army began to slowly push through the trenches.

Despite the slaughter of military horses and the use of large livestock to carry earth to fill the trenches, Gao Jie retained more than 2,000 cavalry, which was the decisive force he used at this time.

The army crossed the ditch. After stabilizing the formation a little, Gao Jie moved this cavalry, and Erliu's soldiers and horses were hurriedly arranged, repelled several attacks of the Ming army, and relaxed a little.

The stragglers before looked at the commotion. Combat effectiveness is average. It is easy to form a formation and fight back, that is, with five points of strength. When this group of cavalry of the Ming army rushed over, it should have been mentioned that it was very strong to deal with it, but it could not reach such a state in a short time.

Can't fight, can only retreat, more than 2,000 cavalry gathered a little, the attack power is considerable, in a hurry only to retreat to stabilize the position, the two sides are just more than a hundred steps away, after the cavalry rushed, Gao Jiedi's headquarters army is also over the ditch, step by step pressed over, which is equivalent to a layer of impact superimposed.

Under such circumstances, Guo Yi's generals Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun wanted the troops not to collapse, so they could only retreat, the cavalry attacked, and the infantry attacked, and the Shun army had no choice but to retreat.

The Ming army, which had been nesting for nearly ten days, had achieved this rare victory, and its arrogance was high, and it was necessary to take advantage of this victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle.

But although the momentum is great, the Shun army only retreated, but there was no rout, it was a steady retreat, and there was no opportunity for the other party to be called.

Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun said:

"Let's not be in a hurry, when General Tian leads the troops over, we have a complete advantage over Gao Jie, let them go further, anyway, they still have no food supplies, as long as we can keep the right side to block, then Gao Jie will always be a dead end, the greater the strength expended, the less strength can be used in the future." ”

They thought about it and understood that the Shun army fought quite calmly, although it was a retreat, but the generals at all levels restrained the soldiers below, did not rush or impatient, and never broke up in chaos.

And Gao Jie's soldiers and horses showed courage for a while, but the foundation was still the grass platform team, and they were discouraged, so they didn't have so strong courage and momentum.

The Shun army was so unhurried and impatient to retreat and fight, Gao Jie, the general soldier of Yansui, could only contain the soldiers and horses, and could not enter again, because of the breakthrough through the trench, after the initial bravery, the troops found that they were not in a desperate situation, and the momentum was suddenly discharged, and some soldiers fled directly towards the empty place.

In desperation, Gao Jie could only gather his troops and horses and camp on the spot, such a breakthrough battle, if he didn't grasp the proportions, his troops might not collapse, it was really a strange talk.

The Shun army led by Er Liu retreated for nearly a mile, and many of the supplies in the camp were not taken away in time, and they were all obtained by Gao Jie's department.

These grains, grasses and reserves are at most three days' worth of food, and they are spread over Gao Jie's tens of thousands of soldiers, which is almost more than a day's worth of grain.

But these things can be regarded as giving Gao Jie a chance to breathe, but there is no big damage to the Shun army, the grain and grass of the Shun army are transferred from Ruzhou and Baofeng, so there is no need to worry about the problem of what grain and grass supplies cannot keep up.

Back to the camp. Stabilizing their positions, Liu Tichun and Liu Fangliang began to send envoys, one side went to Ruzhou to urge the follow-up grain and grass supply, and the other side went out of Ruzhou to Henan Mansion to see when the army of the general Tian Jianxiu could arrive. With nearly 30,000 backbone members of the Shun army, the grasp is greater.

After Gao Jie's side re-established the camp, he arranged troops separately and kept an eye on the moves of the Shun army, and could not let them dig trenches to build a long fence.

A few hours after the battle, Bai Guangen, He Renlong, as well as the envoys and deputies of Hou Sui and Xu Dingguo all came, and the Ming army was trapped by the Shun army in the front and on the left and right flanks. Several sorties tried to destroy the fortifications and break forward, but they were all beaten back by the elite of the Shun army.

At present, the grain in the army can only be eaten by officers above the sum of the army, and the soldiers below are either hungry or can only be eaten by killing cattle and horses. If you eat it all at once, you will get sick if you are not used to it at all, and cattle and horses have other uses, even if they are slaughtered. How much can everyone eat.

Zhu Xianzhen's defeat, of course, they also knew that now that this thing was going to happen to them again, of course they were very anxious, but there was nothing to be done about the current situation.

I heard that there has been progress on Gao Jie's side, and there is a possibility of opening up the situation, and everyone wants to transfer the troops in this direction, so that they can stand out from this side. Going to Shanxi, without having to deal with Qi Guogong, is naturally a better choice. However, everyone also understands in their hearts that this retreat is completely surrounded by the Shun army, and it is dangerous.

But there is hope here, which is much better than despair in other places, and of course, the most important purpose for each side to come. They all want to come here to share some food and go back.

It is rare for Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Yansui, to have such a high-spirited moment. But this kind of moment of happiness in the midst of suffering made Gao Jie's brain quite clear. If you want to break through from this direction together, you can't, but if you share the grain, it's absolutely impossible, and this thing is the lifeblood right now.

As for the few generals over there, if they want to break through from here together, they have to continue to look at the wind, if the army turns to turn back, not to mention this hasty transfer, if they are covered up by the Shun army, it will be a big collapse.

After a day of fierce fighting, the two sides camped and confronted each other, although Gao Jie wanted to urge the soldiers and horses to attack again at night, but looking at the lazy and weak appearance of the various departments, he reluctantly gave up this plan.

In the Shun military camp opposite, from the main general to the soldiers below, they were all calm and abnormal, but Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun did not sleep too early, but arranged them in the military tent.

Liu Tichun has a lot of time when he is by the side of King Chuang, and his seniority and status are higher than Liu Fangliang, and he is also the main interception this time, after inspecting the camp, Liu Tichun returned to the military tent and said with a smile:

"Wait for Lao Tian to come over, let's worry less, he will lead the fight, Gao Jie, this calf can really toss, it turns out that it is Ou in Shaanxi, and I can't see what he has to do, I didn't expect to work so hard, it became a trouble!!"

Liu Fangliang took a few sips of water from a large bowl of coarse porcelain, and said:

"It's not been a few days, King Chuang's side is already almost arranged, and when it is launched before and after, these people are just meat on the chopping board!"

While he was talking, there was noise outside the camp tent, and two people who looked relaxed stood up suddenly, and now at this moment, the day is retreating again, and the other party's actions at night can easily cause a big collapse, but then there are pro-soldiers outside the camp shouting:

"General Liu, there is a messenger on the side of Ruzhou, but it is a long way to go from Huoshan and Dongshan, the villains feel that something is wrong, the messenger cries and shouts to rush in to see the two generals, the villains block the inquiry, and disturb the general's ......"

Ruzhou came to Jiaxian, there are official roads to walk very convenient, but if you take the Huoshan and Dongshan areas and then come here, it is equivalent to trekking west in the mountains and then turning east, the messengers to and from the place are all important, requiring a time limit, why there is a short road not to take but to take a long road, the land is indeed doubtful.

"But a few messengers, tens of thousands of horses here, you are afraid of a ball, put it in, put it in!!"