At the time of the battle, the auxiliaries of the Jiaozhou battalion had already pulled up several iron chains between the south and north banks of the whirlpool, and the top of the chains were wooden planks, but the bottom were small wooden boats, and the filled land was gradually submerged by the rising river.

Instead, the auxiliaries dug shallow pits in the padded earth, so that the improvised pontoon bridge could be placed on them, and the boats were nailed together with planks and connected to each other by iron cables.

The filled land was soon washed away, but the pontoon bridge had already been built, and after Li Meng gave the order, he flashed to the side with his own soldiers.

The cavalry and horse team on the north side of the slope top had been waiting for a long time, and Chen Liu, Zhang Jiang, and Tang Er all rode to the front of their own horse team.

The horse team led by Tang Er has 4,000 horsemen, and Chen Liu and Zhang Jiang each have more than 1,000 cavalry in their hands, Tang Er waved his hand to the side, and shouted: "Blow the military whistle, forward", the trumpeter dressed in fancy clothes around him raised the brass trumpet, and the short and sharp marching horn sounded instantly, Tang Er first drew out the war knife, put it on his shoulder, clamped his legs, urged the horses, took the trumpeter and the standard-bearer, and rushed out of the queue first.

The area at the top of the slope is not very large, and when each cavalry passes by, you can see their own commander standing on the side like a military parade, and the morale of each cavalry is even higher. Li Meng took off his helmet, raised it high, and waved it slowly. With the wave of the helmet, the cavalry team burst into bursts of cheers.

As more and more troops passed through, the cheers in the cavalry became more and more violent, and suddenly one person shouted: "Wan Sheng!! This suddenly brought an unstoppable sound, like a tide, suddenly burst out, and the entire battlefield was shocked by this sound.

The second wave of attacks by the combined forces of Li and Luo on the opposite side had just been repulsed, and the herald cavalry at the top of the slope had already run towards the opposite bank, and the soldiers and horses of the displaced people had been retreating. The brigade was retreating, and the cavalry that had just turned back was also retreating, almost four hundred paces away.

Spear formations on both sides of the front began to turn. Twenty-four squares. Separated from the middle to the left and right, on the side of the battlefield in the selected area, the open space on both sides began to be somewhat obstructed and undulating, and could not be separated too widely. Seeing that the officers and soldiers behind them began to separate, the generals of the Li and Luo coalition troops were all shocked.

What did this tactic of suddenly giving up the Chinese army mean, and some generals immediately had the idea of turning around and fighting again, but in an instant, a rapid trumpet sounded, followed by horses' hooves trampling the earth. There was a slight vibration. Then, there was the cheer that seemed to shake the sky, and the dust and smoke rose, and the joy thundered, and this little thought of luck quickly disappeared without a trace.

In the passage where the infantry team was separated, a large number of cavalry rushed out, and the Jiaozhou battalion paid attention to the array, even if it was a cavalry, three hundred cavalry as a team. Divided into five columns. Each column of sixty horses spread out in order in front of the infantry formation. This time it didn't take much to wait until the formation was set.

Tang Er's direct team, lined up on the left wing of the large array, the array was just lined up, Tang Er leaned over, stood up from the saddle, he raised his helmet, this helmet is decorated with a large number of bird feathers, and even bought from the south Peacock Feathers, Tang Er didn't know that this Peacock Flower Feather was an accessory for later Tartar officials, Tang Er was in mid-air, waved his helmet, waved it three times in a row, the cavalry team on the right side, the second one played a deafening cheer, the cheers just now, It doesn't seem to have consumed a little of their strength, and in their cheers, the momentum of the rogue on the other side seems to be getting weaker and weaker, and the courage in this battle has been proved to be victorious. Yaowu was over, Tang Er didn't say much, he waved his hand directly, and the trumpeter blew the trumpet, and an unprecedented cheer that shook everyone's hearts burst out in an instant, and the entire cavalry unit, at the same moment, burst out of their strongest notes.

The army moved.

With his own direct cavalry team, Tang Eryi rushed out first, thousands of horsemen lined up in a neat horizontal line, following together, for a while, it looked like a moving mountain, unconfrontable, unstoppable, and as if the sky was falling apart, and the smoke and dust were billowing out.

The foot soldiers behind them were cheering loudly at the top of their voices, the impact of the cavalry in this battle should be the last decisive means, everyone knew that they had won, Wang San was in the team, and he was also cheering loudly with everyone, shouting so loudly that his voice was already hoarse, shouting and shouting, tears flowed uncontrollably.

As the cavalry was running, it continued to unfold, and one by one the teams were pulled to the first line, and the huge frontal formation pressed towards the rear of the intruding army.

Tang Er and his direct team were the front, and their movements were the orders of the cavalry behind, even Chen Liu and Zhang Jiang, who were higher in status than him, had to obey.

The cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion all put sabers on their shoulders, controlled their horses with one hand, and held their spears diagonally, but this pursuit, because they did not need to charge face-to-face, so those who could replace sabers and other chopping weapons had been replaced, and the lancers were at the end of the team. Rushing in the center of the first row, is the iron cavalry, they are riding the preferred tall horses, more than four feet four inches of good horses, good people, horses are better, these warriors who control the giant beasts, are carefully selected tall men in the Shandong army, their towering figures are like heavenly soldiers and generals, the bright iron armor reflects the sun's rays, wearing cloaks, there is a contempt for everything, people are like dragons, horses are like tigers, but so.

At the forefront of the cavalry, it is Tang Er, although he is not very old, he is already the commander of the horse army of the Jiaozhou battalion, directly under the marshal, and has his considerable status, Tang Er always warns himself that he must not make a mistake and must obey the orders of the marshal.

Chasing after the horse, the front is already a little panicked and chaotic homeless, behind nearly 7,000 cavalry, he is the commander of these cavalry, at such an age, but with such a great majesty, even if it was Huo Biyao back then, it is just like that, as the so-called, the big husband should be like this! It makes people want to spread their mounts, run and rush, and have a good time.

But Tang Er firmly controlled his mount, and although the army of displaced people in front of him was retreating, the formation had not dispersed, and he rushed forward rashly. It doesn't have to be effective.

The array of cavalry, the running and movement of people and horses, are far more powerful than the same number. and even several times the number of local infantry charges.

This earth-shattering momentum. The surging oppression, in the face of all this, the enemy often does not dare to touch hard, and will break and flee and turn around to dodge.

As soon as the enemy is no longer able to maintain their formation, they scatter and flee. Then they are not the opponents of the condescending and striking cavalry, and it is very simple to swing the sword at the back of the enemy.

A well-formed and disciplined infantry corps was able to withstand the onslaught of cavalry. In Tang Er's heart. The infantry team that can resist the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion can only be attacked by the Jiaozhou battalion.

Even if the cavalry team is in control, the progress of the four-legged line is much faster than that of the two-legged, and the front team that has become the rear team in the camp, seeing the cavalry coming unhurriedly behind them, is dry throat, tight in heart, and the pace is unconsciously speeding up.

As for those on horseback among the homeless people, they had already run to the front. Those who started the war were listed as rear teams. Now it's a retreat to the front team, while rejoicing in their luck. On one side is to walk briskly.

The troops of the displaced people also knew that they could not mess up, and the main cadres of their ranks were also border soldiers and old brothers who had fought in battles, but when they saw that their leaders had run to the front, they had no confidence in their hearts.

With the training of the displaced troops, it is very difficult to walk in unison, and the cavalry behind them is constantly approaching, how can it be possible to retreat in a strict and orderly manner.

The back wanted to run to the front, the front wanted to run faster, and when someone appeared, whether it was Li Zicheng or Luo Rucai, their real henchmen and elites had already run away, the whole team suddenly couldn't be maintained, as if it was an avalanche.

At first it was a small corner, then it fell off quickly, and finally it collapsed as a whole, when the cavalry team of the Jiaozhou battalion chased more than 100 steps unhurriedly, the Li and Luo coalition forces in front couldn't tell which team was which team, and everyone was running wildly.

Oppressing with momentum, now it is almost oppressing the other party, Tang Ergao, who was running in the front, raised the saber in his hand, and the horse team directly under him all raised the weapons in their hands at the same time.

The movements of so many cavalrymen are equivalent to giving an order to the surrounding horse teams very eye-catching, Tang Er waved the saber in his hand forward, and the horse team behind him also tilted their weapons forward in unison, and the movements of so many people were uniform.

As the horses begin to grow, everyone puts their bodies on the back of the horse as much as possible, so that the horses can run faster...... The cavalry on both wings is the light cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion, the local army's own horse team, they are also the cavalry of thousands of tempers, they are dressed in black, wearing a canopy, holding the light saber tightly, and their legs are slightly forced, now, it is their best battlefield, the enemy is in front of them, waiting for them to use their skills and courage to harvest.

The sudden increase in officers and soldiers and cavalry made the displaced soldiers who were already fleeing in a panic even more panicked, but now in such a situation, there are people in all directions, even if they want to spread out to both sides, there is no place to run away, this place is the battlefield chosen by the Jiaozhou battalion, and it is also the best slaughterhouse.

When attacking and retreating, the front that the troops can spread will not be too large, the two sides are not flat, the troops are like water, the troops are like water, if the surrounding is completely flat and there is no obstacle, then the water will flow unscrupulously, and the soldiers and horses will run everywhere.

But if there are hills, thorns, and bushes around, even if the soldiers on the edge want to escape, their degree will be affected, and their degree will be slowed down, but the soldiers who are still on the flat terrain inside will run fast, and they will immediately become crowded and chaotic.

The reason why the outcasts are outcasts is because they are unorganized and undisciplined, maybe they will have a bloody courage when they rush into battle, but when they retreat, they are also headless flies.

As for the organized and disciplined soldiers of the Li and Luo coalition forces, they were either placed behind the battle, or they were already running in front.

In a sense, it is similar to when Liu Bei was pursued by Cao Cao, the group of civilians who "voluntarily" followed him, and in the end, Cao Jun did not completely catch up with Liu Bei for the sake of these coerced civilians.

These people placed behind by the Li and Luo coalition forces are this kind of existence, they can be used as cannon fodder when charging into battle, and they can be used as obstacles when retreating.

Only this time, the price paid by the Li and Luo coalition forces was really greater. In order to fight the officers and soldiers, these soldiers called in as many displaced people as possible who had combat experience, and these people were the source of the backbone of the displaced army. Lost away. It is very damaging to the potential development of the future site.

The displaced people who had already run for a while were tired and panicked, and the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion had always been in control, and suddenly they caught up directly.

It's already chaotic and homeless. If they were to attack the spear phalanx and fire gun front of the Jiaozhou battalion, they would also rush forward with blood, but now everyone wants to run, to the middle of the team. Let those behind you fight against the pursuing cavalry.

Guts. In the era of cold weapons and even in the age of hot weapons, the decisive factor of a battle is still the courage of the soldiers, and now, the courage of these homeless soldiers has disappeared, and they have changed from crazy tigers and wolves to pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

When the cavalry rushed into the chaotic crowd, many of the homeless people with weapons in their hands did not even turn around, and the first swords of many of the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion were even slashed.

The horses rushed in a hurry, and the crowd did not have time to dodge. A lot of people just get hit by horses. This kind of impact makes the already chaotic team even more difficult to clean up. No one thought about turning back and resisting with weapons, they were all desperately drilling forward.

If there are people who stop them, they push and do not move, and they can no longer care about the friendship of this common tribulation, and they take their weapons and slash down on their companions in front of them, and many people do not care about anything in order to survive.

There was nowhere to run on either side, it was completely blocked, whether it was left or right, it was crowded and abnormal, with companions in front of him and cavalry of the officers and soldiers behind him.

Originally, I heard that those officers and soldiers only drove people and would not kill people, as long as they ran faster, they would be fine, but today these officers and soldiers are very different from the legend, and the swords in their hands are not merciless.

The saber in the soup was stretched forward, and if an enemy appeared within the reach of his armspan, he adjusted the direction of the waist knife so that the blade could be wiped on the opponent's neck.

He didn't need to exert much effort on his own, because the horse's strength and the combined momentum of the horses were enough to inflict fatal damage on the enemy, and he only needed to control the horses.

But this ideal action of cavalry combat could not last long, and the horse team of the Jiaozhou battalion even had some confusion, because the displaced soldiers in front were too dense, and when they were pushed behind by the cavalry charge of the official army, they were immediately crowded, and the space vacated by the displaced people who were cut down and scattered could not keep up with the advance of the cavalry.

The vacant place was immediately filled with cavalry behind, and the cavalry in the front row just raised their arms and slashed desperately, and a group fell in front, and the cavalry could only take a step forward.

These homeless people who were cut down by the cavalry screamed and fought back to death, but because of the crowding and chaos, they couldn't escape quickly, and similarly, the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion were also blocked by these homeless people, and they couldn't go forward to pursue at all.

Those who can run have already run away, and the core of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's team is also the one who rode horses, and they have long been gone, and those foot soldiers, old foundations and cores, except for the first team and the second team who dare to charge to the death, have long been transferred to the back.

At this time, it is also a joy with both feet, running far, with the current situation of chaos in Henan, it doesn't matter if the displaced people run away, as long as Li Zicheng's team is still there, the pole can be retracted.

The cavalrymen who rushed to the front quickly stopped their horses, because their sabers were a little curled, and their hands were already sore, so they could only let their comrades in the back row come forward.

Everyone's horses and front of them were stained red with blood, the uniforms and cloaks of the iron cavalry had been splashed with stars, and the black clothes of the local army cavalry were hard to see red, but on closer inspection, it seemed to have turned purple and black, not pure black. Even so, these displaced people are still crowded there, not because they don't want to run, but because they can't run.

Now people whose brains are a little faster can think of why the Jiaozhou battalion chose the battlefield here, the terrain here is indeed extremely flat, and a large army of tens of thousands of people can be deployed.

However, in the flat area on the north and south banks of the whirlpool, it is only for the tens of thousands of troops to deploy, and there is no problem for the two sides to attack in formation, but there are ravines and hills, low trees and shrubs on both sides, and the terrain is relatively complicated, so if you want to escape to both sides. In the midst of panic, there will be crowding and chaos.

The battle of the great army was originally a face. But because of the choice of the battlefield. The two sides can only contact the line, and with the same length of the front, it is natural that the soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhou camp have the upper hand.

"Marshal, the twenty-four battalions on the south bank. A total of 421 people were killed in the battle, 300 were seriously wounded, and the thieves were killed, and each battalion made a rough tap, a total of about 7,000. ”

A pro-soldier said respectfully. Wang Hai exclaimed in surprise behind him. Li Meng turned around, and Wang Hai said with some embarrassment:

"Dashuai, I didn't expect our brothers to be so killed and injured!"

This is completely different from what Li Meng thought, he also thought that Wang Hai was surprised to kill so many enemies, but he didn't expect that he was surprised that his army had killed so many people, and how many people had died, for a while Li Meng couldn't cry or laugh, I don't know when his own generals actually had such arrogance. Li Meng smiled and asked:

"Xiaohai, if you use firearms alone. How many thieves do you think we can defeat? ”

Wang Hai was about to answer out loud. After thinking about it, he reacted, and said with some sarcasm:

"That is, the first wave of charge. This time, the thieves used their family to rush first, and they would not rush forward like cannon fodder all the time, I am afraid that after the first round of firecrackers, these people should have stopped the momentum and consumed against us. ”

Li Meng asked with a smile again:

"How many people can you kill?"

Wang Hai had already estimated this, and after a little pondering, he said:

"There are almost more than a thousand thieves who have been defeated, and the rest of them are afraid that they will not be able to reach them."

"Killed 420 people, wounded 300 people, killed more than 7,000 elite backbones of the enemy, this battle is worth fighting, Xiaohai, for the general, of course, you must be considerate of the subordinate soldiers, but when you are about to fight, everything should be based on the overall situation, victory, victory in the Jiaozhou camp, is the most important thing you have to consider."

This is said seriously, it is already with a little lesson, Wang Hai listened awe-inspiringly, Li Meng nodded, there will be many big wars in the future, blindly relying on firearms, the enemy will not kill and kill the upward collision, only hand-to-hand combat, the other party will feel that he also has a chance to win.

However, in such a battle, in the face of the local formation, training and equipment of the Jiaozhou battalion, the Jiaozhou camp is still the most victorious, of course, such a battle will inevitably have greater casualties than long-distance battles, and similarly, the cost will increase, and the gains and victories will also increase.

Firearms warfare injures the opponent's fur in field combat, while hand-to-hand combat can kill the opponent's vitality, at least, in this era.

Even until the mid-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, bayonet charges and hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield were still important means of victory, when firearms were already well developed, let alone now.

Jiaozhou battalion has a very good tradition, the generals love the soldiers very much, the so-called love for soldiers is nothing more than that, but this kind of love has a kind of hand-to-hand combat, the direction of the death war, doting on their children is equivalent to harming him, this kind of excessive reliance on firearms and unwilling to go to hand-to-hand combat mentality, isn't it the Ming army in the face of the enemy indiscriminately set firearms, the enemy rushed to the whole army to rout, at least there are signs.

Soldiers are human beings, but for generals, they are tools and swords in the hands of generals, and they are for them to achieve victory.

This truth is indeed cold-blooded and cruel, but on the battlefield, there is no warmth at all, because this is a war, a war of life and death.

After Li Meng said this, Wang Hai and the surrounding soldiers were all thoughtful, they were future reserve officers, and they would have to face the problems Li Meng said sooner or later.

Of course, the words are also to the point, and they can't be said too deeply, Li Meng turned his head and asked a pro-soldier who had been bowing his head and not making a sound:

"How many have you counted?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then looked up and said:

"Four thousand six hundred and ten."

Li Meng picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the front line that was already a little farther away, the cavalry already had enough space to run vertically and horizontally, and these homeless people who stayed behind also successfully realized the fate of intercepting the pursuit of the official army, and the real main force and the people who ran fast had already run out of this "narrow and long" area.

If the cavalry pursues again, there will be results, but it is already of little significance.

It is true that there are enough killings, Li Meng squinted his eyes and saw that in front of him, except for the smoke and dust, the battlefield was almost quiet, and there was only the neighing sound of wounded horses. Taking a deep breath, the smell of gunsmoke and blood was mixed together, and I didn't know what innate factors existed. Li Mengxian himself likes this taste very much.

Maybe you don't like war. Putting down the clairvoyant mirror, Li Meng raised his voice and ordered:

"Pass my general order, the horse team will collect the troops, and return to the German gentry to carry the corpses. The battlefield was cleaned, and the foot soldiers camped on the south bank to recuperate on the spot, and were on strict alert. ”

As soon as he said that he gave the order, several personal soldiers immediately stepped forward after hearing Li Meng's order. Each of these heralds is responsible for one direction. Under the communication and coordination with each other, they rode horses to the destination of the herald.

Li Meng said to himself:

"I also killed for almost two hours, and this lesson should be enough." On the top of this slope, in a place not suitable for horses to stop, dozens of local tyrants and squires from all over the country of Guide Mansion did not care about their dignity, so they stood on the stones, or found a place to stay, and watched the battle on the south bank.

From the beginning to Li Meng's order to collect the troops, almost all the locals were dumbfounded. There were people standing on stones. There are those whose legs slide limply underneath, and those who collapse there just by looking at them.

It was a war that they had not anticipated. Li Chuang and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are indeed fierce, and with such an attack, not to mention their own stockades, even the county seat where they live may not be able to block such a siege of soldiers and horses.

But the combat power of the Shandong soldiers and horses is even more incredible, the phalanx is like a city, moving forward step by step, and the cavalry is like a dragon, rampaging on the battlefield, this is an army beyond their imagination.

The local tyrants and squires in these prefectures and counties in the north and east of Henan, some of them are thinking of Kaifeng City, and some of them are also hooking up with the leaders of the Li and Luo coalition armies.

All the gentry and landlords who came to this battlefield and saw this battle were glad that they had come to the right place, such a commander, such an army, if they didn't follow, it was really a bad brain, and the future was limitless!

The thrilling battle on the south bank gradually calmed down, and before the landlords and tyrants had recovered from the shock, they heard a soldier come and beckon them to clean up the battlefield. As soon as I heard this, everyone was overjoyed, cleaning the battlefield, the corpses and horses on the battlefield were more or less some oil and water that could be fished, this Shandong soldiers and horses were really interesting.

There was that anxious, stumbling from the rocks to the bottom of the mountain, ready to gather his own men and horses, who thought that after only a few steps, he saw his companions, and climbed to the front of Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, and knelt down directly in front of the horse, bumped a few heads and knocked on the ground, and said gratefully:

"Congratulations to the marshal for this big victory, knighthood and marquis, just around the corner, this big war, the villain didn't do anything, but the marshal has such a merciful reward, the villain is really frightened and grateful, if it is useful to the villain's place in the future, the villain and the villain's whole family, willing to smear their livers and brains, do cattle and horses, and break their bones."

The one who ran more than a dozen steps, looking back at the actions of his companions, couldn't help but curse himself in his heart for being confused, thinking to himself what the property of those dead people on the battlefield was, and if he could have a good relationship with this handsome, he would be rich and glorious for a lifetime or even several lifetimes in the future. But this kind of thing is in order.

After a while, in front of Li Meng's horse, he was already kneeling in front of Li Meng's horse, and the words were surging, and these local tyrant landlords really had read a few books, and this sycophant rhetoric was also lost.

Although Li Mengzai was full of smiles on the horse, he was indeed a little irritable in his heart, and the people and families armed by the landlords on the north side of the slope were staring at this side tremblingly, thinking that his master had done something to offend the handsome, and he wanted to kowtow like this.

"Fellow villagers, today there is a big battle with the thieves, more than 2,000 killed, it is really a big victory, if there is no help from the villagers, how can there be such a great victory, I will definitely repay your hard work to the saint, and reward it together."

"Cut more than two thousand", not counting the cavalry, even the spear array is more than dead, and the one who knelt behind couldn't help but raise his head and said:

"Dashuai, it's not just that, I think I can get tens of thousands of ...... to kill the enemy today"

"Oh?"

Li Meng looked over with a smile on the horse, and Li Meng's smile was unusually kind. But the reckless Hao Qiang felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart, his arms were weak, and the whole person almost fell to the ground. Hurriedly said without a word:

"The villain is dazzled. The villain was dazzled, and only then did he raise his head and take a closer look, that is, more than two thousand, that is, more than two thousand. ”

Kneeling here, these landlords and tyrants are all confused in their hearts. I thought that even if Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong were not killed by a thief, they still had to cut down some civilians' level merits, why was this handsome man unwilling to repay more credit?

There is that scheming one, sighing secretly there, this Shandong military general really knows how to hide. At that time, the superintendent Lu Xiangsheng reported a great victory. It is only more than 1,100 cuts, that is still the joint force of the general army of several provinces, and today the general army of Shandong will kill the soldiers and horses of one province so darkly, if you say it, wouldn't it be too appalling.

"More than two thousand levels, you also have merit, but this will be the military attache of Shandong, even if you want to protect the meritorious people in Henan, there are only two quotas."

As soon as I said that. The landlords and squires below who were courteously kowtowing were suddenly deflated. What are you doing here with your own food and grass? Don't you just want to desperately earn a rich and rich, but there is no chance to do it desperately, how can this rich and noble official body be so little, I heard that Jia Dashan and his two younger brothers are all following the escort of grain and grass, how can they compare with the other party on their side, needless to say, these two quotas will fall on the Jia family.

Although the leader of the landlord's armed forces below lowered his head, there were also a few reckless people who couldn't hide things, and he couldn't help but look up, and the look fell on Li Meng's eyes, so he naturally understood it, he laughed secretly, and continued:

"Although there are two official positions in Henan, but the general is under the command of the general, the position of the thousand general is still there, although Jia Garrison is the garrison of Zhecheng, but it is a subordinate of my Shandong General Army, he is here in the Defu place, and he is also a little weak, you village elders, you are willing to help!"

Everyone was stunned at first, and then they didn't know who took the lead, and they kowtowed, shouting in a loud voice:

"Thank you for your grace, thank you for your grace."

Shandong is a peaceful place, and this Guide Mansion is much stronger than most of the prefectures and counties in Henan at the moment, although it is difficult to leave the hometown, it is possible to go to a good place to be an official, who does not want to do such a good thing, and everyone also wants to understand, since this Li Dashuai can enter the Guide Mansion, who knows if he can enter his own home in the future!

And looking at Li Dashuai, he is not the kind of bullying and arrogant person, and the landlords who have come with him in the past few days have seen the style of the Jiaozhou battalion, with sufficient supplies and strict military discipline. He never went to the vicinity to plunder, and he also restrained his subordinates from doing bad things, because a little mistake had cut off the heads of dozens of people.

Although this style of work is frightening, it is also reassuring, at least they will not be annexed or annexed, and everyone will act according to the rules.

After saying the words thoroughly at the top of this slope, Li Meng led the pro-military camp to the south bank of the whirlpool, and the landlords and squires stood up from the ground, each with a happy face, the purpose of coming here was achieved, in this chaotic world, there was finally a force that agreed to take in such a small role as himself, and this force was quite reassuring.

Before they could think about it, there were already pro-soldiers who came to urge, asking them to quickly lead people to clean up the corpses, although it was already after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the weather inside the day was quite hot, and if the corpses that died in battle were not buried and burned as soon as possible, I am afraid that there would be an epidemic soon.

With such an urging, these people happily went to greet their subordinates, there was still a small fortune on the battlefield, but it was too late to go, but they couldn't get it.

Li Meng led his troops to the south bank, and the infantry team had already begun to rest in place, and those teams that did not participate in the battle either stepped forward to guard or put the finishing touches on it.

The corpses of the Jiaozhou battalion's own soldiers were cleaned up by their own comrades-in-arms, and this death and injury was really nothing compared to the deaths and injuries of the homeless soldiers in front of them.

In this contrast, the sadness of the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion is not so strong, and in the training of the Jiaozhou battalion, a belief is instilled at every moment, as a soldier, you may die on the battlefield at any time, die in battle, but you die for Li Dashuai, in order to protect your own family, in order to protect your hard-won life. It's glorious.

Those soldiers, who were already quite tired, saw Li Meng coming on horseback, and they all stood up with strong spirits. Li Meng hurriedly waved his hand and pressed down. Spoken:

"The battle is hard, you don't have to be formal, you can sit down and rest."

The soldiers were all moved when they saw their commander's performance like this. Although Li Meng was not allowed, they still stood up with their left fists and chests, and gave a military salute on the battlefield.

Li Meng rode a horse and watched a while, but now there was someone crying in front of him, and he couldn't help but stop the horse. The battalion on the side saw Li Meng stop. I thought that the cry made my handsome man unhappy, so he hurriedly stepped forward and blamed himself and said:

"Marshal, the subordinate officials are not strict in discipline, so that the soldiers below are out of shape on the battlefield, let's talk about him!"

Li Meng stopped him and asked the howling soldier why, presumably his comrades were killed, but the entire army was quite restrained. Why is this man so grieved?

That Qian always knows the specific situation. said in a low voice, "It's the two brothers of the Wang family, and they are from the Tuntian household......

Li Meng sighed. Turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked to the place where the corpse was parked, a spearman knelt on the ground, looked at a corpse in front of him and cried, Li Meng already knew the situation of this soldier called Wang San, counting military merits, this younger brother can already retire from the army and go home, and become a proud citizen with land.

Walking to the front, the Qian Zong was just about to say hello, Li Meng shook his hand, went to Wang Sandi's side and bent down, patted Wang San's shoulder, Wang San looked back, wanted to turn over and kowtow, Li Meng held it with one hand, sighed, and said:

"When the army returns to Shandong, you can be discharged, do you have any plans? Can Ben Shuai help you ....... Lingshan Commercial Bank? Port? Diced salt? Where would you like to go? ”

These places are the most willing places for veterans of the Jiaozhou battalion to go after they are discharged, with good income, and there are also opportunities to serve as local and small officials in the grange.

Wang San looked at his brother's corpse blankly, wiped a handful of tears with his hands, raised his head firmly, and said to Li Meng:

"Da Shuai, the little one doesn't want to go back, the little one just wants to fight with the big handsome and kill all the thieves......"

On the night of the day when Tian Jianxiu and Hao Shaoqi drove the displaced people to fill in the river, Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo and his righteous son Li Shuangxi led 3,000 light horsemen from the camp overnight, claiming to Luo Rucai's department that they were in a hurry to return to Nanyang's Dazhai, but in fact they entered Juyangwei from the upper reaches of the whirlpool.

At the junction of the Huiji River and Zhecheng County, it is the manor of Jia Dashan's Jia family in Zhecheng, and it is also the granary of the Jiaozhou camp.

The Jia family's manor was heavily guarded, and almost all the forces that the Jia family could use were mobilized, and Zhuang Ding of the Grange had two battalions of regular troops in the Jiaozhou battalion.

Such a strict battle was not something that their three thousand light horsemen could eat, and they did not dare to delay, and went directly to the official roads and waterways of Guide City and Zhecheng County.

This is the only way to transport grain and grass from the Yellow River to Jia's manor, which is the so-called grain route, but the boats by water are helpless.

6 There were chariots and horses transporting grain on the road, but as soon as their cavalry approached, these chariots and horses formed a circle from afar, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion escorting grain and grass took spears and firearms to get on the cart, and took the chariot as the city, and fought according to the city, which was the hinterland of Guide Province, as long as it was not broken at the beginning, reinforcements would come immediately.

Li Shuangxi and Li Guo's light cavalry were helpless at all, but they were in danger of being gathered and annihilated, and the next day Li Guo came to the outside of Jia's manor with a white flag, saying that there was an urgent letter to send to Li Dashuai, the general soldier of Shandong.

The left-behind officers who received the letter did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent the letter to the battlefield on a fast horse, the content of the letter was very simple, Li Zicheng said that this time he came to betray the alliance, it was completely Luo Rucai's bewitchment, and the camp would soon be evacuated, and he hoped that General Li's men would be merciful, but this time Li Meng did not believe it.

After slashing and killing, they were let go, but there was no pursuit, and it was already considered merciless.

In September of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, broke the combined army of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai in the northwest of Zhecheng, Guide Prefecture, Henan, and cut nearly 50,000 troops.

However, in the official records, Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, fought with the thieves for five days, and could not kill more than 2,000 people, and the enemy retreated slightly.