readx; The poor boy had just run down the embankment when he was killed by an arrow from the rebel officer who was overseeing the battle, and the rest were horrified. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The officer said fiercely, "Don't listen to their nonsense!" If there is someone who dares to join the enemy, this kid will end! You guys... Syllable! ”

Before he finished speaking, this guy's head suddenly burst open, and Bai Huahua's brains splashed everywhere. It turned out that the snipers in the official position had already aimed at this side, and when they saw him wounding someone, they immediately shot him and killed him. The soldiers in charge of shouting immediately shouted, "See? Who wants to save your life, and who wants your life? ”

Ants are still greedy for life, let alone people. Originally, these recruits were coerced in, and they didn't want to fight at all. After a day of fierce fighting yesterday, I witnessed the huge casualties of thousands of people on the rebel side, and the official army was almost unscathed, who would want to die in vain here? Therefore, under the repeated shouts of the officials and soldiers, many people wavered.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Liangzuo immediately ordered the soldiers of the standard battalion to go up the embankment, wanting to drive these recruits back. However, the snipers on the side of the official army had long been on standby, specializing in those who scare others with knives, and killed more than a dozen in a short time. Taking advantage of the fact that these rebel stalwarts did not dare to come forward for a while, the soldiers who shouted shouted in unison: "Don't run now, wait when!" ”

Finally, someone made a heart and shouted: "Folks, if you stay here, you will die sooner or later, and if you escape, you will die at most, and you will die horizontally and vertically, why do you let these turtle grandchildren bully us?" Kind of run with me! ”

As long as there is one who takes the lead, the psychological defense line of these recruits will completely collapse immediately, and hundreds of people will throw their weapons in an instant, and they will run towards the official army with their lives. Liu Liangzuo was furious and forced his men to fire their bows and arrows at the group of deserters. And the officers and soldiers were also unceremonious, and all the birdmen in the forward position immediately fired at the embankment to cover the escape of the recruits, and the three Yuan Rong cannons behind also roared again.

After paying for dozens of lives, more than 300 deserters finally fled to the positions of the officers and soldiers. Meng Gong immediately ordered them to be escorted back to the north bank of the Yellow River, where a prisoner-of-war camp-like facility had been set up, and the men were divided into small groups, and then they were given dry rations and a full meal per head to dispel their doubts.

Zhu Youzhen, accompanied by Lu Xiangsheng and others, personally received these prisoners, and the rumor that the emperor was dead was completely dispelled. After Lu Xiangsheng asked how to deal with these people, Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and said: "First, you can't kill them. These people are not habitual bandits, but they have been coerced in, and there is no time for evil. If they were killed, no one would dare to surrender to the officers and soldiers again.

"Second, it can't be used. Unlike thieves, we cannot accept surrender casually. First of all, they are nominally sinful people, and not punishing them is not enough to correct the law of the country; Secondly, their military literacy is close to zero, and we do not rely on crowd tactics, and using them to fight the rebels will make a mistake. ”

"But if these people are detained and interrogated and convicted one by one, first, they will not be able to spare manpower and material resources at the moment, and second, they will be demoted more and more in the future..."

"It's really hard to do, but it has to be done." Zhu Youzhen said, "In this way, I will immediately make a decree and send a group of newly promoted officials from the Beijing Division." Let them first register the soldiers one by one, verify their identities, and then send them to the provinces of Beizhili in phases and batches. Aren't there a lot of construction sites there that are in dire need of manpower? Let them work there first. When the rebellion is put down, they will either be sent back to their places of origin, or they may be recruited as regular workers, depending on the circumstances. It's just that now that there is a shortage of food, it is necessary to have some evenness, and all localities should find their own ways to overcome the difficulties. ”

"The minister thought that he could draw some loyal and honest people from it, and shouted to the rebels in front of the battle." Lu Xiangsheng suggested, "The thief army is often a father, son, brother, relatives and friends who join the army together, and one has a great impact on everyone else anyway." ”

Zhu Youzhen said happily: "Brother Gaojian, this is called the demonstration effect, you almost forgot if you don't say it!" ”

The next day was spent in a period of non-stop fighting, and the officers and soldiers kept persuading the rebels to surrender. Although the intensity of the battle was much less than on the first day, the results were even more brilliant: nearly 2,000 rebels surrendered. Especially at night, Liu Liangzuo couldn't restrain himself at all, and the recruits fled in pieces, and finally he had to withdraw all the recruits under the embankment and replace them with his own standard camp. As for the huge casualties caused by this, they have to be regarded as invisible.

From the mouth of the soldier, Zhu Youzhen also learned that the rebels on the opposite side were indeed the main force of Hong Chengchou's Hong soldiers, with a strength of about 40,000. Among them, there are about 20,000 elite soldiers, and the rest are temporary recruits. Of course, in two days, the rebels surrendered even to the death, and they had already lost more than 3,000 men.

At the military meeting in the evening, everyone agreed that more pressure should be put on the rebels on the frontal battlefield, so that Hong Chengchou had to transfer troops nearby, especially Luoyang, so as to facilitate the success of Li Dingguo's sneak attack.

So from the early morning of the third day, the cavalry troops, which had been hidden in the snow for two days, finally went out. Hao Yongzhong, the cavalry general, led 3,000 light horsemen to rush up the embankment, but they did not attack directly on the opposite bank, but moved eastward along the embankment. The width of this section of the Yellow River is not static, so more than ten miles to the east, there is a place that is only about one mile wide, and Hao Yongzhong made a gesture of forcibly crossing the Yellow River here. The people brought in a large amount of earthwork and began to pave a dirt road about three feet wide from the north bank to the south bank. If all of them are paved, the cavalry can gallop through.

Liu Liangzuo was shocked when he heard the report, he had been a thief, but he knew how powerful Hao Yongzhong was. On the one hand, he flew to report to Hong Chengchou, and on the other hand, he immediately sent 5,000 rebels to confront Hao Yongzhong. The 5,000 rebels didn't have any good tricks, but they kept firing their bows and arrows to prevent the people from continuing to pave the way. In fact, how did Liu Liangzuo know that the amount of earthwork carried by the people was not enough to spread to the other side, and such a big fanfare was just to attract the attention of the rebels.

On the frontal position, Meng Gong increased the number of attacking warriors from 500 to 1,000 in each group, and also made a strong offensive posture, sending a part of the bird's hand to press the south bank. Liu Liangzuo refused to let the official army occupy the embankment no matter what, so he had to send more rebels to defend it, and as a result, hundreds of casualties were paid in the morning.

Looking at the rebels on the other side of the river, who kept going up the embankment, being killed and wounded, carrying them down, and coming up again, Zhu Youzhen on the lookout was mixed with mixed feelings. Happily, his idea of insisting on building an army with firearms was correct, and the rebels were defeated in the positional battle, but the officers and soldiers had almost no casualties; The worry is that Hong Chengchou is cunning and cunning, will he see through his intentions and not transfer troops from Luoyang? His beloved general Li Dingguo has not been heard from for many days, where is he now, and can he fight this crucial battle?