Chapter 82: Exterminating the Mob

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In the roar of summer thunder, a heavy rain washed the entire capital clean. In Zhao Zhe's imperial garden, the tender green willow leaves seem to be hung with a few tears, and the color is extremely clean. Among the various wings of the Imperial Garden, Zhao Zhe chose Yang's surname Zhai as a summer leisure and office space.

The world's major events have also become a gathering place. In particular, the war reports of the two places are flying like snowflakes. After three months of strategic deployment, the number of 500,000 local guards has already been like a big net, blockading Henan and Shandong provinces. and caused a huge marching momentum, confusing the enemy with a false strategy. If you want to say hundreds of people, if you want to create the momentum of tens of thousands of troops, it is inevitably difficult and easy to understand. However, with an army of up to 500,000 troops, the battle line along the way is nearly 1,000 miles away. As long as you put a little care, even the gods are difficult to see.

This is a huge net, which is gradually compressing and constricting from outside the two provinces. Such a huge and orderly step by step. put on a posture of seeking battle head-on, where did the mob grass cowards who had just lost their hoes not long dare to fight head-on. And all kinds of information, as well as the urgent secret folds found on the bodies of several general officials who were inadvertently captured. The imperial court tried to use 1.5 million local guards, in cooperation with the remnants of Henan and Shandong, to flank them and wipe them out.

A large number of troops near the Jingshi were transferred to Liaodong to deal with the Houjin barbarians, who were said to be about to fight in the Jingshi.

Some of the leaders of the mob also knew that if they stayed in Henan and Shandong, they would not leave. Sooner or later, it will be wiped out by the huge local guards who are constantly coming. The only way to do this is to attack the Beijing division with empty combat power, and only by breaking through the capital can there be a real way to survive. It is impossible for the imperial court to allow them to occupy a place in the hinterland of the Central Plains and slowly operate and gain a firm foothold.

For some people who have mixed into the position of mob leaders, most of them feel that this is a great opportunity, an opportunity to quickly overthrow the Great Zhao Dynasty. Later, the pursuing troops and the situation forced them, the large army of the mob began to quickly assemble and advance in the direction of the Beijing Division.

However, at this time, the regular officers and soldiers of Henan and Shandong, who had retreated one after another, were reorganizing and assembling on the cross-provincial border. And put on a posture that even death could not allow the mob to break through the defensive line. And this posture also just confirms the secret information that the mob leader inadvertently obtained. Within the mob, there is more and more certainty that the Jingshi is empty. One by one, they became fanatical. What is Kyoshi and its vicinity? It's a rich place, and it's a rich place to grab it. I also heard that the women near Jingshi also have a lot of fine skin and tender meat because of their superior life, and the water is pink.

Killing, wealth, women, and even growing ambition. There is also the pressure of the encirclement of the guards that is gradually closing. As a result, the mob launched a fierce assault on the cross-provincial border defenses. At this time, they also found that the remnants of the local guards in the two places who had been pressed and beaten by them showed unexpected ferocity and tenacity. And they, although they are local guards, are also semi-professional soldiers, and their overall quality is always better than that of a mob who has just dropped their hoes, or even long-term malnutrition, and the good and the bad are uneven.

I don't know when, the remnants of the intercepted troops in Shandong and Henan have more logistical supplies, and many bows, crossbows and arrows have been replenished. Coupled with the resistance line set up in advance in the dangerous places, for a while, it was also well guarded. Often one person can exchange the lives of a mob,

The killing is going on. The army of mobs, which had not been able to attack for seven or eight days, began to be impetuous and irritable. Because the guards behind him, who are said to be as high as 1.5 million, are approaching step by step. If they can't break through the defense line composed of these hundreds of thousands of remnants of the defeated army, everyone will be a turtle in an urn.

The number of mob troops has reached more than 1.2 million, and 100,000 have been killed in just a few days. And the grain and grass that was stolen were squandered without restraint, so that now the grain and grass are also in short supply. If they can't break through the defense line as soon as possible and rush into a vast and wealthy world, they will only be greeted with a dead end.

The mobs, who fought against the water, began an all-conquering sea offensive. More than a million people can deal with more than 100,000 people, and they can be leveled by stepping on them. Sure enough, the remnants of the guards who hastily set up a defensive line, after resisting for a day, finally couldn't bear the surging crowd. After the defeat of 20,000 people, the remaining 60,000 people who were alive retreated to the Beijing division in disarray.

In less than half a day, a terrible mob broke through the defensive line, and the 20,000 people were almost wiped out. Another big war for the mob has been won, and their self-confidence has been inflated like never before. The first is to pursue the remnants of the fleeing army, and the second is to finally rush into the range of the Beijing Division, as long as it is less than a thousand miles away, it is the capital.

In the end, the mob of about one million people was left, and they began to run long distances to pursue the 60,000 deserters, and by the way, they wanted to find a city to loot. It was a spectacular scene. However, after chasing for more than an hour, a big river was seen. And they are on the beach of a huge river bay, numbering as many as a million people, with little marching discipline and too strict organization. By the time it was time to stop, a third of the people had already crowded into the large stretch of the river's beachhead.

The two wings of the river slowly appeared. The armor was shining, and the number was densely packed with 200,000 infantry troops. With the momentum of a distant flanking attack, step by step, slowly pressing towards the mob army. At this time, the mob army, all kinds of shortcomings were revealed one by one, unorganized and undisciplined, stragglers, poor psychological quality, and so on.

More than a dozen ships carrying several red-coated cannons slowly approached. Boom, boom, deafening cannon roar, as if to shatter people's hearts. The mob, which had been fighting for several days, and on the last day had been a stormy and hastened march, was thrown into confusion by the earth-shattering roar of the cannons.

Some desperately squeezed into the river, others tried to retreat, and many more, under the command of some mob officers, rushed in both directions.

These hundreds of thousands of troops are the most elite troops of the Great Zhao Empire. Every guard is the elite king of the governor's mansion, baby pimple. There is no need for them to do drudgery like farming. Just give them the best equipment, the most intense training.

If these troops are no longer combative, then the Great Zhao Empire will really collapse. In an orderly manner, with a sound of command, strong crossbow arrows poured down on the mob. The vast majority of the mob was only possessed by a cloth coat, and only a few wore stolen armor and weapons. These cloth clothes, where can they resist excellent strong crossbows and strong bows.

At this time, the mob could not effectively command the impact. The scattered charging tide could not rush through this short distance of less than a hundred paces. The ship's cannons roared incessantly, deafening to the ears. Several hideous and terrifying cavalry legions silently appeared on the flanks of the chaotic mob army. Especially the more than 20,000 cavalry tiger cavalry army, Zheng Liang heavy armor. Even the vital parts of the horses were draped in armor, as if they were an army from hell.

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