"Damn, the charge keeps firing. What about you, what are you doing standing there stupidly? Zhao Ran whipped the soldiers around him with a whip, urging them to complete the charge of the cannon as soon as possible. The officers and soldiers outside the camp didn't know what was crazy, and they didn't accept it as they did before. On the contrary, after receiving the blow, he mustered up his morale and continued to rush forward to kill.

"Zhao Guan team, the soldiers at the gate are crowded together, and they can't close the camp gate, and the big boss wants you to hurry over and close the gate." A subordinate came to report the chaos at the gate.

Hearing that the camp gate has not been closed yet, Zhao Ran was so angry that he scolded his mother. beckoned his subordinates and came to the gate of the camp in chaos. At this time, the cries and invincing were remembered inside and outside the camp gate.

"Fuck you, get out of the way, didn't you see the officers and soldiers behind you."

"Woo woo, for the sake of fellow villagers, hurry up and open the door, I will definitely remember your great kindness in the future."

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, I haven't gone in yet."

"Push hard, close the camp gate quickly, the officers and soldiers are coming." ……

When Zhao Ran came to the gate of the camp, he saw a mess. He directly pushed away a thief who was desperately squeezing in, and said loudly: "Close the door quickly, the officers and soldiers outside the camp have been killed." You melon skin, if you want to live, re-array outside the camp to meet the enemy. Brothers, brothers outside the camp, the bows and crossbows in the stockade will be responsible for supporting, and the officers and soldiers who catch up will retreat after a few more firearms. As for you Li Da in charge, come out quickly and reorganize the people. ”

But among the thieves outside the camp, no one would listen to Zhao Ran's words, and they just wanted to return to the camp as soon as possible to save their lives. Zhao Ran saw the officers and soldiers getting closer and closer, and looked at the gate that had not been closed for a long time, and felt very angry at the thieves who had not restored order outside the camp.

Zhao Ran was ruthless in his heart, and directly drew his knife and slashed at several thieves who rushed to the camp, and a thief who reached out and pushed was directly cut off a hand.

"Brothers, these people in the camp are crazy. In order to save his own life, he actually cut down his own people, and we slaughtered them all and rushed into the camp. Led by one of the routs, the other routs outside the camp gate echoed one after another, and shot their comrades in the camp with the knives in their hands.

When Zhao Ran was desperately closing the door, the arm binding on his hand was also stabbed. And the other soldiers who closed the door around him were also attacked by the soldiers outside the door. In a fit of rage, the two sides began to attack each other, causing the thieves to collapse their defenses.

Later, in the chaos, the gates of the old camp of thieves were opened by their own soldiers. The officers and soldiers who arrived quickly, under the leadership of Cao Bianjiao and others, successfully captured the enemy's camp gate in one go.

Zhao Ran saw that the camp gate was occupied, and hurriedly organized people to fight again. But the thieves, who were already frightened, could not organize any decent offensive at all. The morale of the officers and troops launched attacks one after another, and the robbers who resisted continued to retreat and completely lost their fighting spirit.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Zhao Ran hurriedly beckoned the soldiers around him and began to retreat. While keenly avoiding the search of Cao Bianjiao and other official generals, he was looking for his own big boss Du San. Fortunately, Zhao Ran was picked up by the big boss Du San and withdrew from the old camp through the path.

Although there may be some slackness in the management in peacetime, Du San's battlefield reaction is very fast. Previously, when he saw Cao Bianjiao shouting and marching, Du San ordered the men and horses of the old battalion to organize the retreat through the hidden path.

By the time the official army captured the camp gate, Du San and another thief leader who called himself General Yang had already withdrawn most of the men and horses in the old camp. Seeing that his subordinate Zhao Ran was still evading the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, Du San personally led the team to defeat a chasing officer army and successfully covered Zhao Ran's men and horses from the battlefield.

"Big boss, our old battalion can't just be lost to the officers and soldiers. There are still a lot of baggage we have saved, and we should contact the men and horses of the other two battalions to work together to defeat the officers and soldiers and recapture the cottage. "Zhao Ran suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle. He didn't want to admit defeat, so he began to encourage the big boss to contact friendly forces and start fighting back.

"It's no fun, our old battalion has been attacked, but the men and horses of the other two battalions have not moved. Most of them were bitten by the officers and troops in the southwest, and we can find a chance to regain the lost belongings in the future, and it is important to keep our capital now. Yang Laochai had already placed the men and horses in the small river ditch over there. Let's flee quickly, and then regroup and fight with the officers and soldiers. Du San was naturally not moved by Zhao Ran's words, but chose to retreat and regroup.

The big boss made a decision, and Zhao Ran naturally didn't dare to say more. They led the remnants of their soldiers and quickly rushed to Xiaohegou, and Du San and Yang Zongbing also began to gather their fleeing troops. It was only that the officers and soldiers who found that most of the thieves had fled did not give up the pursuit.

The injured Zhang Zhaoen discovered the traces of the thieves, and led his men and some people in Gansu Town to fight the thieves stationed in Xiaohegou again. Zhang Zhaoen, whose head was still bleeding, seemed to be stimulated by his own injuries, and behaved more fiercely in this battle.

Zhang Zhaoen used his own saber to kill seven thieves who stood in his way. Among them was the head of a thief, whose head was split in two from the eye, shocking everyone on both sides of the battlefield.

The other officers and soldiers who heard about the incident afterwards could not believe it. Even if someone put out the bloody two-petaled brain melon, others can't believe that this thing is true.

And the topic character Zhang Zhaoen fainted directly when he saw his eighth uncle. According to later statistics, Zhang Zhaoen killed a total of eleven thieves in this day's battle. The enemy left him with one flying stone, two gunshot wounds, five knife wounds, and three feathered arrows.

In addition, the armor on his body and the war horse he sat on had countless traces of various attacks. Zhang Mengguang even found a lead that almost penetrated in the heart of his nephew's armor.

And Zhang Zhaoen is just a typical example of this battle, and the officers and soldiers participating in the battle in other border towns have suffered a lot of casualties. But after the bloody battle, their morale has risen to a higher level.

In particular, the 2,000 recruits in Lintao Town led by Cao Wenzhao braved the arrows of thieves in the battle again, and they were unstoppable. Presumably, after today's battle, they will continue to shine with the light of the soldiers of Lintao Town in the days to come. Finally, in the entire battle on March 11 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao, Yang Jiamo and others led more than 4,000 elite soldiers gathered from various towns. (Note 1)

After a long and tired march, they first routed the rogue cavalry outside the column. After that, he successfully captured the old camp of the thieves with the guns and arrows of the thieves. In the following pursuit battle, he once again defeated the thieves who tried to regroup, and beheaded a total of 413 levels. (Note 2)

The thieves who tried to rescue the two places in the southwest were also dragged by Wang Zhenqi and others in Guyuan Province, and with the joint efforts of Wang Xingshan and other officers and soldiers, the combat officers and soldiers in the southwest were beheaded by 326 ranks.

In the battle of the West Trench in a narrow sense, the officers and soldiers beheaded a total of more than 700 ranks. It's just that the battle of the West Trench in a broad sense did not end there, and the fierce general Cao Wenzhao led his tired officers and soldiers to choose to continue the pursuit.

After careful investigation, the officers and soldiers once again discovered the traces of the thieves' escape. Cao Wenzhao, Yang Jiamo and others ignored fatigue and led their elite soldiers to chase and kill.

On the 12th, the thieves pursued to the pine tree beams, and the equally tired thieves returned to fight to the death again with the advance pursued by the official army, leaving behind fifty-five elite horsemen of the brave palace, and the remnants of the thieves fled to the Yin (fourth tone) and the mountain, and re-erected a strong fortress.

Cao Wenzhao and the others, who were chasing and killing again, were worried that the enemy would set up an ambush under the ravine, and at the same time, the officers and soldiers really couldn't bear the fatigue of the past few days. Therefore, after discussing with Yang Jiamo, Yu Shibo and others, Cao Wenzhao chose to retain his physical strength and stay still, camp across the ravine, and continue to confront the fleeing thieves.

The same tenacious thief, ignoring his own exhaustion, set up an ambush in the shadows. After seeing that the officers and soldiers had no intention of continuing the pursuit, they had no choice but to go back to the top of the mountain to rest and recharge for the subsequent battle.

The top of the mountain where the thieves were stationed this time could only be reached by two steep sheep farm trails. With the vigilance this time, Du San and the others will never be defeated by the official army as easily as before.

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Zhao Wankui dragged his tired body and came to the side of Zhang Mengjin, the big boss, and said: "Big brother, our brothers in Yansui Town have been settled, and the Shunjiang brothers who are out on reconnaissance will also come back soon." Now that there are soldiers guarding Lintao Town, you should take advantage of this time to rest for a while. ”

Zhang Mengjin rubbed his red eyes, shook his head at Zhao Wankui, and replied: "I really can't sleep, Huzi was seriously injured in the fight yesterday, and I'm worried that he won't be able to survive." ”

In the battle on the 11th, the most eye-catching performance was definitely the guerrilla Cao Bianjiao in Lintao Town. Although Zhang Mengjin and others in Yansui Town also fought bravely, they were not so brilliant when the officials and troops as a whole worked hard. Only Zhang Zhaoen's crazy fight made other officers and soldiers look sideways.

But Zhang Zhaoen also paid the price for this, and he fainted with multiple wounds. Although after temporary rescue, Zhang Zhaoen still could not get out of danger. Because Zhang Mengjin and others still had to follow the large army to continue the pursuit, Zhang Zhaoen was currently left in Xihao for further treatment.

The military doctor of Yansui Town who participated in this battle was the apprentice of the miracle doctor at the top of Artemisia. According to Cai Xiaozi's statement before, although this person looks young, his learning skills are by no means vain, and he is especially good at the treatment of external injuries such as knives and arrows. For example, the treatment of wound sutures with mulberry white leather threads has been experienced by this military doctor in dozens of cases.

Although I remember the thief sound of Cai Xiaozi's chest, he looked at the military doctor who was not a few years older than his own three elders. Zhang Mengjin was still quite suspicious in his heart, but the miracle doctor at the top of Artemisia was unwilling to enter the fort, and Zhang Mengjin was helpless. Now that Zhang Zhaoen is seriously injured, Zhang Mengjin, as a cousin, will inevitably beat the drums in his heart.

"Big brother, please rest assured, the military doctor's skills are not bad. Meng Cheng also once said that that person's skills are also excellent. And life and death have a fate, and wealth is in the sky. I think Huzi's life is very hard, not a short-lived face, Huzi will definitely survive this catastrophe. Zhao Wankui said that he had a guarantee for the medical skills of the military doctor, and on the other hand, he mentioned the face that the brothers usually don't pay much attention to, and tried to comfort Zhang Mengjin, the big boss.

Since Zhang Mengjin and Cai Zhongming agreed on the marriage of the two families, Zhang Mengcheng, as a goodwill representative of Jindingshan, went to Artemisia Peak from time to time to strengthen the relationship between the two families. Zhang Mengcheng, who went to the top of Artemisia, was most interested in many matters, not to ask Cai Xiaozi for knife skills, but to ask the miracle doctor of Artemisia to deal with various injuries.

From time to time, Zhang Mengcheng will also put forward some insights from later generations, so the miracle doctor and his apprentice at the top of Artemisia are also quite interested in Zhang Mengcheng's whimsy. The disinfection of some wounds has also been improved into the treatment of daily surgeries.

Zhang Mengcheng gets along well with the other party, and he also has a better understanding of the technology of the medical staff at Artemisia Peak, and Zhang Mengjin, as the eldest brother, has also heard of it. Therefore, Zhao Wankui said that after his third brother had been certified, he finally relieved himself.

At this time, Fan Shunjiang walked over, but there was an excitement between his eyebrows, which was also tired. Fan Shunjiang approached Zhang Mengjin's side and quietly told the big boss and the three masters a plan. After Zhang Mengjin and Zhao Wankui listened to the plan, they both nodded in agreement.

Cao Wenzhao, Yang Jiamo and other officers did not know about the secret conversation of Zhang Mengjin and others at this time, and the big leaders of the thieves who set up camp across the ditch also knew nothing about it. But no matter what the plan is that Zhang Mengjin and others are talking about, what everyone knows now is that the battle of the West Trench has not yet ended.

PS: Note 1: In Wu Fu's "Chai An Shuji" volume 10, "The border cobs conspired to be solidified, and the officers and soldiers were meritorious". There is a record of "2,000 recruits from Lintao today, that is, Gansu, Ningxia and other towns, and less than 4,000".

Therefore, in the famous Battle of the West Trench in history, the soldiers of Lintao Town led by Cao Wenzhao were indeed recruit troops. In this chapter, it is said that there are more than 4,000 people, which is due to the participation of Zhang Mengjin and his gang in the war, which increased the total number.

Note 2: Again, the source of the same as above, Cao Wenzhao and others, who attacked back, first beheaded 277 levels in the west trench on the 11th, and then chased 74 levels. Because of the intervention of the Zhang family, the results of this book have been expanded.