On August 22 of the third year of Chongzhen, the prince entered Datong with the army, and three days later, the thieves besieged Ulzhou, when the integrity officer Xiao Yi, personally led the army and the people to fight to the death for two days and nights, the thieves were defeated, and the prince died. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The officers and soldiers fought bloodily, the army and the people were at peace, and the great victory was transmitted to the Beijing division, shaking far and near.

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August 24, Datong Town.

At that time, Han Shimeng, who was the chief military officer of Datong Town, was still mobilizing troops and horses, and the military order had been issued, but with little effect, and the number of garrisons, generals, and guerrillas from various places was very scarce.

After half a month of mobilization, there are only a few thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, plus the battalion soldiers under his command, there can barely be more than 10,000 people, but these people are still not enough compared with the tens of thousands of horses of the thieves, and the officers and soldiers have no chance of winning unless they are several times the number of thieves, and their own numbers are not as good as the thieves, how can they win?

Slowly, he no longer thinks about stopping the thieves, half a month has passed, presumably Ulzhou City should have fallen at this time, too, there are only a few thousand people in Ulzhou, but there are tens of thousands of thieves, and then the court will blame it, and a reprimand is probably inevitable, and he will be depressed all day long.

In addition to Han Shimeng, Futai Cai Jiahe is even more depressed, the court is at most a few reprimands for Han Shimeng, Han Shimeng has a heavy army, and the court will not deal with it excessively, but it is difficult for him to say.

Ulzhou is an important town in western Beijing, this place has fallen, as the governor of Datong, how can he escape? Besides, Emperor Chongzhen is known to be suspicious, he has only been on the throne for three years, and he has killed Wenchen one after another, and Futai and governors from all over the country say that they will be replaced, but for the generals who can not move, at most they will be guilty of meritorious service, and he will start to think about a way out for himself.

Although Han Shimeng no longer wanted to engage in battle, as the chief military officer, he couldn't do nothing, so he led his regular barracks to camp near an official road.

This official road is called Shihoi Ridge by the locals, as long as he firmly controls this official road, he can make the thieves not enter, and it is easy to talk about it when the time comes.

When he got Xiao Yi's victory, Han Shimeng's heart couldn't suppress his surprise, and he suddenly stood up from his seat: "Really, this Xiao Yi, a small city leader, with thousands of people, actually defeated Wang Zishun's 20,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

After getting up, he still looked at the good news, and another exclamation came out: "Mother, Prince Shundu he was killed?!" ”

He twisted his boxy and sturdy figure, his huge head kept shaking his head, his eyes were full of disbelief, this time the person who came was a person he had never met, it was Xiao Yi's personal soldier Wang Dashan.

At this time, Wang Dashan saw the expressions of Han Shimeng and those so-called guerrilla generals, and the guards and garrisons of various divisions, and his heart was full of pride.

His thunderous voice sounded: "If the military gate doesn't believe it, you can go to Ulzhou to find out the truth in person, and the adults are dealing with post-war matters these days." ”

Han Shimeng was about to nod, but after a pause, he thought about it, and said eagerly: "Okay!" Ben will go to Ulju! ”

He gave a few orders, and Li Jie, an officer in the camp, summoned a few pacesetters to pass on the order, and the group immediately rose up and went straight to Ulzhou, where Xiao Yi was.

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received the news that the chief soldier was coming in person, which surprised Xiao Yi, and hurriedly arranged for manpower and a cadre of officers to meet him outside the city.

What came in front of them was the temporary mobilization of thousands of Datong town officials and troops, they came all the way, the banners were moving, and there was a lot of chaos, and the momentum was quite sufficient.

It's just that most of the people inside are wearing the tattered mandarin duck battle robes, which have not been washed for I don't know how many years, and there are many rusty standard spears and sabers in their hands.

Looking closely, except for Han Shimeng's mighty general banner, there is no big difference from those thieves who fought before.

Han Shimeng greeted Xiao Yi after seeing him, and he didn't even listen to Xiao Yi's introduction to the generals in the city, so he hurriedly led people into the state city, he wanted to see Wang Zishun's head and Xiao Yi's victory.

Xiao Yi led a group of senior generals of Datong Town into the city, and as soon as they entered the south gate, everyone smelled a bloody breath, and the blood stains all over the ground were not wiped clean even after a few days had passed.

The sergeants in the Yong'an Army, as well as those who assisted in guarding the people, were busy using lime to make the heads of these old thieves and the heads of the homeless people with lime nitrate.

After the victory that day, except for those who fled in all directions, all the rest threw down their swords, guns, and sticks and surrendered on the spot.

And those old thieves Xiao also categorically did not let go, and in a few days, the forts in the entire Ulzhou territory captured a total of more than 100 heads of the fleeing old thieves, and thousands of displaced people.

Those generals and guerrillas everywhere whispered, Han Shimeng took a few steps forward, grabbed a few heads with his big hands and watched them in person, and then he laughed.

He has been in the army for more than ten years, and he can take a closer look at whether these heads are real thieves or murderous ones, and then grab a few, and similarly, they are all old thief heads.

Han Shimeng has seen a lot over the years, he smelled the breath of the rest of the bloody battle all the way here, and when he arrived in Ulzhou City, he could see at a glance that this place had just experienced a big war, and the originally clear moat had become turbid at this time, turning into a river of blood.

For a long time, his body seemed to tremble slightly, as if he had seen the bloody battle that had happened here before, and seeing the expression of the chief soldier, Xiao Yi and Huang Yang and Shi Lu couldn't help but feel proud.

Han Shimeng threw the head of the old thief in his hand, and laughed: "Okay, good you Xiao Yi!" ”

"Ben General has heard of your reputation on the East Road in Zhencheng, if it is really worthy of the reputation, brave and invincible, this battle can defeat the thieves and robbers, and win so much, the emperor must be overjoyed after hearing it!"

Xiao Yi chuckled lightly, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The victory in this battle is not unrelated to the military gate leading the army to support and commanding Ruoding. ”

Han Shimeng looked at Xiao Yi, how to look at it, how pleasing to the eye, this Xiao Yi is brave and brave, not to mention every great achievement, he is also very knowledgeable and can be a man.

Although this great achievement was obtained by Xiao Yiyi, everyone present saw it, but Han Shimeng was the chief military officer of Datong Town, and he could also share a large part of this batch of military merits.

Wang Dingluo, the general behind Han Shimeng, shouted: "Lord Xiao, this time I will definitely drink three hundred cups with you, and the celebration banquet, our military master has covered it!" ”

Han Shimeng was noncommittal, and actually stepped forward to take Xiao Yi's hand, pulled him to the Integrity Mansion and said, "Lord Xiao, can you mention a thing or two about the situation of this thief killing this time?" Also, the head of the king thief, this military gate should also be seen! ”

Guo Daliang, a guerrilla general behind him, shouted: "Yes, I'll have to take a look, what does this king thief who has been plagued for many years look like?" ”

Xiao Yi also laughed: "People look like dogs, people look like dogs!" ”

The generals laughed loudly, and followed Xiao Yi into the mansion, although everyone was much higher than Xiao Yi, but no one put up an official in front of Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi has made great achievements this time, and his promotion is inevitable, in the near future, Han Shimeng's affection for Xiao Yi is clear to fools, and he has the posture of being cultivated as a cronie, plus Xiao Yi is young and promising and has made great contributions repeatedly, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future, who wants to be an enemy of such a person? It's too late to make friends.

Along the way, Xiao Yi roughly described the situation of the battle, and heard that Xiao Yi's sergeants went out of the city at night to fight several times the number of thieves who were many times their own, not only blocking the charge of the old thief horse team, but also killing more than half of the enemy.

Everyone listened to it with red faces and applauded loudly, until the Yong'an Army finally surrounded it on all sides, and their expressions were a little moved. Only Zhao Sanjie, the general of the East Road, said in a mysterious way: "There are such fierce generals under the command of Lord Xiao, everyone is fighting to the death, quickly recruit everyone to take a look!" ”

Han Shimeng was only focused on this great victory, and after listening to Zhao Sanjie's words, he immediately nodded.

After everyone saw Wang Zishun's head, in front of the Integrity Mansion, Xiao Yi recruited five people, Shi Lu, Shi Gang, Huang Yang, Wang Dayong, and Liu Tong, who were also old brothers who had been coming with him from Da'ankou.

Han Shimeng looked at the five people in front of them, and they all nodded again and again, praising and praising them endlessly.

The five of them were all in high spirits, straightened their waists, and stood in a neat row.

What kind of people are these people in front of him, the youngest is also the title of garrison, and the leader is Han Shimeng, the chief soldier of Datong, and many guerrilla generals and sub-guard generals, these people are the objects of high admiration on weekdays, and now they are soft-spoken to themselves and praise them repeatedly.

The five of them were all enthusiastic, especially Liu Tong, who was meticulous on his face, but he was actually shouting in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that he Liu Tong could have today, and several people felt that they were happy to follow Xiao Yi to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!

The soldiers of the Yong'an Army standing around were also standing upright, all of them were excited, and they felt deeply honored.

Han Shimeng laughed happily a few times, and said: "Xiao Yi, this batch of heads will be sent to the Jingshi immediately, you can rest assured, this military gate guarantees, no one dares to swallow your military merit heads!" ”

Xiao Yi said softly: "Everything is in accordance with the orders of the military gate." ”

Han Shimeng instructed the entourage sergeants to carry many of the heads into the carriage, and then he personally carried Xiao Yi out of the city under the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of the city.

Finally, he patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder and said, "I'll go to report victory!" ”

Xiao Yi nodded, and then, the generals got on their horses one by one and ran towards Datong Town. (To be continued.) )