There were a small number of bandits in Weinan, and after the city was broken, they crossed Weishui and entered Fuping and Pucheng, and they brought the message of the cruelty and ferocity of the Jingshi army to the north of Weishui.

The 35,000 bandits in Weinan City were all wiped out in just one night of war, which made the bandits in Fuping and Pucheng panic, and some timid soldiers had already secretly fled back to Tongzhou.

When Yuan Chonghuan's Xianwu camp and Zu Dashou's Yaowu camp arrived in Fuping and Pucheng respectively, it was already dusk. Because it was getting late, and because the soldiers were running for a long distance, they did not attack the city that night, but camped fifteen miles outside the city.

In the early morning, Yuan Chonghuan personally took the Xianwu camp to the east gate of Fuping, and he was surprised to find that the east gate was wide open. Could it be that the bandits are going to go out of the city for a decisive battle?

"Queue up, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Yuan Chonghuan waited for a long time, but he didn't see any soldiers and horses out of the city, only the people came in and out.

What the hell is going on? Is it an empty city plan? Yuan Chonghuan couldn't believe it.

"Travel, send a pair of soldiers to see what's going on."

"Yes, General Yuan." Zhou You sent a team of twenty people to the city gate to investigate.

After a while, the team returned, and Lao Yuan shouted: "General Yuan, the bandits fled last night." ”

"Ran away?" Yuan Chonghuan still didn't believe it, "Have you found out clearly?" ”

"General Yuan, after finding out, we also went to the bandits' barracks, which was also empty."

"Damn, ran away so quietly? Traveling around, take your people, and go into town immediately. The rest wait, ready for battle. Yuan Chonghuan, who was born as a civil official, also scolded his mother.

"Yes, General Yuan." Zhou You took the cavalry guards and quickly entered the city through the east gate.

Half an hour later, Zhou You came back, "General Yuan, the bandits really ran away." ”

"Let's go, let's go into town." Yuan Chonghuan was very annoyed, he had known that the bandits were going to flee, and he should have launched an attack last night. "Send someone to contact General Zu immediately."

Zu Dashou was also the same as Yuan Chonghuan in Pucheng, he picked up an empty city in vain, and the bandits fled back to Tongzhou overnight.

Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou are from Liaodong, and have seen the scene of the Ming army fleeing in front of Jiannu many times, and today they saw the wind and fleeing again in Shaanxi, but this time the protagonist is not the Ming army, but the bandit army, their opponent.

After Zhu Youzhen's Chinese army arrived, he joined forces with Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou and set up camp twenty miles southeast of Tongzhou.

At this time, the twelve detectives sent by Zhou Wenqi to Shaanxi flew pigeons to send messages back. After Liu Lin sorted it out, he handed over the message to Zhu Youzhen.

"The bandit army in northern Shaanxi is blocked in Datong and it is difficult for them to advance eastward, and they are brewing new actions. However, they had no intention of heading south, and their goal was still east. ”

"There are more than 100,000 bandit troops in northern Shaanxi, and there are four in total, but the four are only alliances and have no affiliation."

"Wang Er personally sits in Tongzhou, and there are more than 40,000 bandits, but their grain and grass are not sufficient, especially the loss of the important town of Weinan, which has caused them to lose a lot of supplies."

Tongzhou is now an isolated city, Wang Erwo is in Tongzhou, and Zhu Youzhen can just solve the bandit army in southeast Shaanxi at one time. The bandit army in northern Shaanxi is too far away, and now there is no attempt to go south, and it is too late to support it when the time comes, besides, Zhu Youzhen has already set up a surprise army in Luochuan, between the north and south of Shaanxi, to stop the echo of the bandit soldiers from the north and south.

Zhu Youzhen raised the Chinese army to fight, and the generals of each battalion came to discuss the matter.

"Generals, Wang Er's departments, now there is only one city left in Tongzhou, how should we attack Tongzhou?" Zhu Youzhen estimated that in the first battle of Weinan, Wang Er would definitely get a report from the defeated soldiers. With the fiasco of Weinan, Wang Er may face up to the difference in combat effectiveness between the bandits and the Jingshi army.

If Wang Er can't hold out, he must consider attacking the city and fighting quickly, not giving Wang Er a chance to breathe, let alone allowing the bandit armies from the north and south to merge.

"Your Highness, with the combat power of my four martial arts battalions, even if you attack strongly, you can also take Tongzhou." Man Gui has long been eager to make meritorious contributions, and now Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou have made military exploits, and the three people from Liaodong are the only ones in his palace.

"General Man, a strong attack may be able to take Tongzhou, but the losses of our army will not be small. There are more bandits in the back, and the four martial arts battalions can't afford to be injured! Zhu Youzhen gave Man Gui a sincere smile, although he did not adopt Man Gui's opinion, but as a general, he must have the courage to fight a tough battle like Man Gui.

The two tigers of Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, both made military exploits, and Zhu Youzhen felt that he couldn't stand the wolf of Man Gui. But Man Gui led the cavalry, which was not suitable for attacking the city at all, and it was still not needed for the time being.

"Your Highness, my subordinates think that General Man's statement is worth considering." Yuan Chonghuan often had independent ideas, but he made several suggestions, but Zhu Youzhen did not take them, and Zhu Youzhen's strategy proved to be the most economical.

His confidence in himself was insufficient, but this time Man Gui also advocated a strong attack, and he just developed a step on the basis of Man Gui, "However, we don't need to capture Tongzhou." ”

"What does General Yuan mean?" Zhu Youzhen felt strange, if he didn't capture Tongzhou, why would he attack? Could it be like Weinan, another arrogant strategy? Wang Er is afraid that he won't dare to go out of the city even if he lends him the courage, can this strategy be used twice?

"Your Highness, Tongzhou is already an isolated city, and the grain and grass in the city are insufficient, and Wang Er must be a frightened bird now." Yuan Chonghuan stood up unhurriedly, "If we put on a posture of assault and give them a way to live, the bandits will inevitably abandon the city and flee." ”

"General Yuan's analysis is exactly what I want. However, in the battle of Tongzhou, it was necessary to completely annihilate the bandits like Weinan and prevent them from merging with the bandits in the north, which would make it more difficult to suppress the bandits in the future. Zhu Youzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan with appreciation, and he really deserved to be a famous general of the Ming Dynasty. With Yuan Chonghuan here, it seems that he can stay behind the scenes in the future.

Zhu Youzhen in the battle of Weinan, basically arbitrary, the purpose is to establish prestige in the four military battalions, especially to suppress the three generals of Liaodong, the battle of Weinan has established Zhu Youzhen's core position in the four military battalions, now he no longer needs to be arbitrary, only by gathering the wisdom of everyone, can the enthusiasm of the generals be mobilized, and they will not develop inertia in the future. "Generals, if Wang Er abandons the city, where will he flee?"

Zu Dashou got up and said: "Your Highness, our army is stationed in the southeast of Tongzhou, and there is no bandit backup in the southeast. Therefore, once Wang Er abandoned the city, he would go to the west gate or the north gate, and flee north from the direction of Huangling and Luochuan, in an attempt to join the bandits in the north. ”

The general's ability is not necessarily to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but to be able to anticipate the enemy and be the first, is the talent of the general, which is the goal that Zu Dashou has always pursued. He pointed on the marching map: "Huangling is blocked by high mountains and valleys to the north, which is not suitable for large armies to walk, so here, Wang Er must flee north from Luochuan." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the other officers: "Do you agree with General Zu's opinion?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and looked approvingly.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, then let's follow this plan." Zhu Youzhen was secretly happy, this Liaodong trio really didn't blow it, no wonder it was able to create a great victory for Ning Yuan. "From Luochuan to the north, is there a dangerous road on the road?"

"Your Highness, from Tongzhou to Luochuan, you must pass through Peng Town, the easternmost part of Huangling County, and there is only one main road suitable for the army to pass, and there are mountains on both sides." Zu Dashou is worthy of being a general, and he even knows the geography of a small town.

"What is the distance from Tongzhou to Pengzhen?" Zhu Youzhen faintly had an expectation.

"Back to Your Highness, about seventy miles." Zu Dashou had long studied maps.

"Seventy miles? That is, a day's march in a hurry. Zhu Youzhen muttered silently, "Well, that's easy to do." Tomorrow to attack the city, once the bandits abandon the city, Yang Du under the jurisdiction of Feng Chang troops into the city to maintain order in the city. The rest of the armies did not have to enter the city, but took Zu Dashou's Yaowu battalion as the guide, prepared enough dry food, and chased the bandits. ”

"Your Highness, with the speed of our army's march, we should be able to catch up with the bandits before noon." Zu Dashou was thinking about how to wreak havoc on this group of tofu bandits again.

"Be careful, don't chase too closely, just don't let the bandits rest. Remember, don't leave the bandits behind, you can't do it, you get captured on the spot. ”

"Your Highness, the last general is leading the cavalry, which is suitable for pursuing these tofu troops. Let the Admiral be the vanguard! Man Gui was a little frustrated, such a good opportunity, and without his share, following behind others, it was purely a long journey.

"You?" Zhu Youzhen pursed his lips and pulled it longer than Man Gui's mouth, "You have a murderous nature, and you often make the enemy cold, which is a good thing." But in this pursuit, I don't want to destroy them, but to capture them, or Zu Dashou is appropriate - you don't have to worry, there are still more than 100,000 bandits, and there is a time for you to make meritorious contributions. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Man Gui had to retreat in a huff.

Zhu Youzhen turned his face again and said to Zu Dashou: "General Zu, tomorrow to pursue the bandits, Ning Xianlong's cavalry guards don't need to participate, I have other arrangements." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Zu Dashou didn't know how Zhu Youzhen used Ning Xianlong, although he had participated in countless battles with Jiannu in Liaodong, and his experience was not rich, but he also admired Zhu Youzhen's vision very much, since Zhu Youzhen wanted to use Ning Xianlong, it must have his intentions.

"Generals, is it possible for us to lose tomorrow's battle?" Zhu Youzhen felt that the discussion just now was too optimistic, but he must not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

"Your Highness, in the first battle of Weinan, more than 30,000 bandits were completely annihilated, and now the morale of the bandits in Tongzhou is bound to be low, they will not go out of the city to meet the battle at all, they will only rely on the city wall to hold on, if the bandits go out of the city, they must be fleeing, therefore, our army will not fail." Yuan Chonghuan replied in a deep voice.

"So you know what the key to this battle is?"

The generals were all in a huff.

Zhu Youzhen chuckled, he also set up 100,000 ambush soldiers in Pengzhen, and no one knew. "There are two key points, first, take the city gate as soon as possible and expel the bandits from the city; As for the second one...... Zhu Youzhen looked at Zu Dashou, "Then it's up to General Zu, you must let the bandits enter Peng Town after dark, preferably just after dark." ”

At the end of the day, in addition to patrolling the night at the head of the city, the other bandits were asleep, and the four martial arts battalions began to attack the east city gate.

In order to show his determination to break the city, Zhu Youzhen used artillery for the first time.

He called the staff officer of the army: "Observe carefully, record how many flowering shells can blow up the city wall." ”

The loud roar scared the bandits in the city into hiding, not to mention the blossom bullets, they had never even seen solid bullets. Although the gunner's accuracy was not very good, the sound alone made the bandits in the city completely lose the will to resist, and before the city gate was blown open, the bandits defending the city began to rout.

Wang Er left his subordinates and took the lead in fleeing from the north gate.

At such a critical moment, the news of Wang Er's escape was like having wings, and it quickly spread in the city. The bandits all laid down their weapons and joined the fleeing torrent. This time they didn't look like they were in Weinan, and they weren't even in the mood to make a last profit, they just wanted to run for their lives.

The four martial arts battalions did not block the attack and allowed the bandits to flee. Only when Yang Du led Feng Chang's infantry guards into the city, and the other sergeants and other bandits in the city fled, they pursued from behind.

Zu Dashou chased at the front, unhurried along the way, the soldiers could gnaw on the horse when they were hungry, and they could drink saliva on the horse when they were thirsty. And the bandits except for Wang Er's main bandit leader Youma, the rest are all infantry, under the pursuit of Zu Dashou, the bandits are so tired that they are out of breath, they don't even have time to eat and drink, and even pee and are in the crotch of their pants.

There were constantly bandits who fell behind, lying on the ground and panting for breath, allowing the four military battalions to be captured.

When it was dark, the pursuers were next to the bandits, and they all crossed Pengzhen. Wang Eryi took the lead and rushed straight through the mouth of the gourd.

"Bang."

With a loud bang, Wang Er fell from his horse.

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