To a certain extent, the rebels are all organizations that are organized by people who can't survive because of the oppression of the external environment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Some of them may have actively participated in the uprising, or they may have followed passively, but in general, they were all trying to survive.

However, due to the purging of the officials and troops, they could not stand anywhere, so they could only be reduced to rogues, wandering around to fight, such as the decisive battle of more than 100,000 people in Suide Anding County, which rarely happened in Shaanxi.

It's a pity that the word Liukou is destined to their combat effectiveness is not very strong, since ancient times, the rebel army that has no fixed territory generally ends badly, they do not have enough time and money to train soldiers and accumulate excellent equipment, in terms of combat effectiveness, and bandits and robbers are almost the same.

So not to mention any tenacity.

In the unfavorable situation of the war, most of the rebels in the late Ming Dynasty would first choose to save their lives first, so the situation of defeat like a mountain of defeat naturally appeared.

If they all had the determination to fight to the death, in essence, the battle would not necessarily be lost, but history has no ifs, and a group of peasants being forcibly gathered still cannot change their peasant identity and cowardice.

Under the butcher's knife of the official army, everyone looks so helpless and pitiful, but whoever lets the troubled times come, they are just a group of poor people struggling to survive.

"Mother~"

The children who were a few years old, ignoring everything on the battlefield, ran and cried, just to find their mothers, but the next moment, the rebel brigade that ran for their lives did not hesitate to knock everything in front of them to the ground, and then ran over quickly.

"Child, my child~ Where are you?!"

The mother, who did not have the slightest concern for her own safety, desperately looked for her baby on the battlefield, but the cavalry of the official army did not have the slightest mercy, a cavalryman raised his sword and fell, and a splash of blood pierced the sky, and everything was about to end.

"Defeated, defeated!"

The battlefield was full of such shouts, the defeat of the rebels seemed inevitable, everywhere there were people fleeing in panic, and no one wanted to stop their steps in such an environment, because then they were destined to lose their lives.

Ordinary rebel soldiers did not dare to stop, because their heads, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers, were silver.

The soldiers of the old battalion of the rebel army did not dare to stop, because their hands were more or less stained with the blood of the officers and soldiers, and even if they surrendered, they could not escape the fate of beheading.

The leader of the rebel army, not to mention, who took the initiative to be recruited and had to be poisoned, pitted, and booby-trapped, how could they be at ease.

"Big boss, withdraw, there's no chance." Some of the leaders can still gather some cronies around them, and at this moment they gathered to Shen Yikui's side, struggled to pull up his war horse, and began to flee aimlessly to the west, the army is over, and everyone knows that there is no power to return to the sky at this moment.

The most elite old battalion soldiers, horses, and cavalry are all caught in the battle with the officers and soldiers, and how much they can come back depends on the destiny of heaven, and it is important to save their lives at the moment.

The various divisions of the rebel army with more than 60,000 people in the south watched the changes on the main battlefield blankly at the moment, and they began to collapse one after another, but they were okay, at least there was no cavalry of the imperial court officers behind them, and at least they could maintain the retreat of the formation.

The 2,000 officers and infantry only sent some to monitor them, and the rest also turned north and began to chase and kill the collapsed army of the gods.

The governor of Shaanxi Province was overjoyed when he received the news of the complete victory, and ordered the patrol standard battalion, which strictly guarded the confrontation between the Chinese army and the Shenyi Kuibei line, with more than 20,000 people, to immediately dispatch to cooperate with the two official armies on the left and right of the Chinese army, and began to attack the large array of the righteous army.

The rebels were being chased everywhere, and in Anding County, Zhang Mengjin had a black face, listened to the scout's report, and ordered the soldiers and horses that had been arranged long ago to start burning the county seat, and then opened the city gates on three sides except for the south gate, and began to break through.

The army of hundreds of thousands of rescuers in the south failed, and he was trapped in the lonely city, and if he did not retreat, the only end would be to be surrounded by the officers and regiments who came with the power of a great victory, and then the city was slaughtered.

"Kill!"

The thief army who went out of the west gate and was about to return to the security guard ran into Zhang Fuzhen and Ai Wannian's two soldiers and horses, and they were broken in an instant, and they didn't dare to fight at all.

"Lord Commander, the old thief has gone west."

Zhang Ju, who was the first to start the attack, saw Cao Wenzhao rushing left and right in the chaos of the army, ran to the front and greeted him, pointing to the west and shouting wildly.

"Kill!"

Cao Wenzhao raised the bloodstained hammer and shouted, so the cavalry, which had been killing for half a day, chased the fleeing team of the righteous army to the west without stopping.

In this battle, it is no exaggeration to say that the righteous army gathered from all over Shaanxi was completely defeated, and when the freed officers and troops continued to attack for several months, they could completely sweep away the civilian chaos, which was a great merit, and no one wanted to be left behind in this feast of military achievements.

Whether it was Yang Qi or Wang Chengen, or even Lian Guoshi further north, Jiang Yiyang or Ai Wannian, Zhang Fuzhen, with the help of the power of the great victory, began to frantically hunt down the remnants of the rebel army.

If it continues to develop like this, I am afraid that the imperial court should have a headache after the big victory, and the officials and soldiers have made it clear that they will be chased and killed, and the heads of these tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, once reported, the imperial court does not know whether to cry or laugh.

Soon, though, they won't be able to laugh, because on the eastern horizon, dark shadows are coming one after another......

"The marshal, the main soldiers and horses have just crossed the border between the two provinces, and the commander is the temporary military control with the fast horse and whip, and the right to arbitrariness is exercised."

Li Mao couldn't sit still, it was just dawn, Li Jing sent someone to investigate the news, and by the way, he issued an arbitrary military order, and the scout team that set off one after another at dawn intercepted and killed the officers and troops wandering in the east at night, bringing the news that the main force of the officers and troops was leaving the camp one after another.

He knew that the most critical moment had come, that is, to continue to stay where he was, and sit back and watch the officers and soldiers fight to the death with the rebels first, or immediately raise troops to march west, and take advantage of the decisive battle between the officers and the rebels to sneak attack.

There were pros and cons to both options, and it was really hard for him to decide.

Immediately marching westward, his troops were small, and although the training was completed, all kinds of new equipment were not included in the ranks, and there were only less than 7,000 troops, if he rashly joined the battlefield and scared away the main force of the officers and soldiers or was attacked by the officers and soldiers, this kind of consequence was not something he could bear.

However, if you sit idly by, although you can wait for the main forces of the various departments led by Li Jing, there will be more than 20,000 people at that time, and they will not be weaker than the official army in terms of troops, but if the official army wins too early, or the victory is too simple, then the beggar army will inevitably fight to the death with the official army.

Regardless of whether it is victory or defeat, it will inevitably hurt the muscles and bones, and it is easy to expose the identity of the beggar army, once the court is angry, the consequences are also obvious.

After thinking about it, Li Mao's eyes were red in a hurry, and in the end, it was Zhou Shengzhi, the temporary commander of the cavalry brigade, who forcibly admonished him, and Chen Da, Li Bojian, Liao Shengzhi and others from the lower battalion strongly asked for battle, and finally made him make up his mind.

"The soldiers are stable, and the officers and troops are broken!"

Since the area of Anding, where the rivers were dense and there were some spacious places, since Li Mao had made up his mind, he threw away all his burdens and went into battle lightly, except for the baggage transport of soldiers and horses, the main force of the remaining three battalions and one additional subordinate were all 5,000 regular soldiers, and more than 1,200 cavalry, all of them lined up in a line, and marched westward for more than ten miles with a forced march.

Then he took a break in secrecy and kept sending people to the battlefield to find out the information.

"Marshal, the horse team of the rebels has been dispatched."

There was the scout who was running to bring the news from the front, and Li Mao was in the temporary Chinese army, and his clenched hands never let go.

"Dashuai, let's do it?!" Li Bojian couldn't help it for a long time, secretly thinking that the cavalry had been dispatched, and they must have been fighting to the death, not moving at the moment, when will they move? !

"The Fourth Brigade, with the prospect of the whole army, has a stable army, breaks the main force of the official army, and has a heavy responsibility, don't hesitate, if the official army wins, then advance with the whole division, even if the fourth brigade is exhausted, it is necessary to drag the main force of the official army and create conditions for the main force of the begging army to occupy Shaanxi!"

This letter from Li Jing to him suddenly sounded in his mind, Li Mao finally raised his head, slammed the table hard, and shouted angrily, "Zhou Shengzhi, where is it?!" ”

The subordinate generals have been waiting for him to give the command, and at this moment Zhou Shengzhi strode forward and said in a deep voice, "Please show the commander!" ”

Li Mao took a token and handed it over directly, "You led more than 1,200 cavalry members to lead the army, and went straight to the back of the officers and soldiers, no matter what the battle formation was, just cover up the past, and never let the officers and soldiers line up!" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Shengzhi said loudly, took the military order, and then walked out quickly, directly ordered the personal guards, and went to his own station.

"Chen Da!" Looking at the red-eyed three people below, Li Mao still chose his classmates, this first infantry army, should still let him go.

Chen Da crossed the envious Li Bojian and Liao Shengzhi and went out directly, "The last will be!" ”

"You lead 1,500 men and horses in your headquarters, closely follow the cavalry of General Zhou Zhou, and be sure to cover its smooth charge, where any officers and soldiers dare to form a formation, you will rush and kill wherever they are!"

"Yes!"

"Li Bojian!"

"In!"

"You lead 1,500 men and horses from your headquarters to the battlefield from the left, intercept and kill the officers and troops, and don't let the left-wing officers and troops converge with the main force!"

"Yes!"

"Liao Shengzhi!"

"In!"

"You led 1,500 men and horses from your headquarters to the battlefield from the right, rushed straight to the main formation of the official army, disrupted its formation, even if the whole army fought out, you must bite it to the death, and the officers and soldiers are not allowed to escape!"

"Yes!"

"The army will set off immediately, the sword is stable, and there is no victory and no return!"

"Kill!"

The banner of the beggar army that stretched for several miles suddenly burst out, with an overwhelming momentum, and rushed straight to the decisive battlefield, and the officers and soldiers who escaped by luck did not accept it at night, looking at this army that pounced on the back of the officers and soldiers in shock, and the mouth opened wide for a long time and could not close, and even the mind of going back to report the news was gone, it was too close, too close! (To be continued.) )