Chapter 161: Cao Wenzhao
Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind to exterminate Wang Jiayin first, and when the ministers saw that the emperor had made a decision, they naturally seconded the voice.
Then there is the question of how to exterminate it and who to send to exterminate it.
The ministers carefully figured out Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, tried to fight for their own interests, and did not forget to crack down on dissidents.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty now has no soldiers available, and the choice has become smaller, and the Shanxi army mutinied because of the lack of food and salary when King Qin was in the previous year, and most of them fled, and many people also joined the thieves, and it was impossible to expect them to suppress the thieves. The soldiers of the other guards could not go to the battlefield at all, and the only army with combat effectiveness was the border army. Fortunately, Jin withdrew after entering the Kou, and the pressure on the border army was slightly reduced, and some of the border troops could be transferred to Shanxi to suppress the thieves.
On the question of who to send to Shanxi, the ministers carried forward an unprecedented spirit of humility. They all want to nominate people from the other camp to go. This was an errand with no oil and water and risking his life, and in the end, Cao Wenzhao, a staff general of the border army, was honorably selected.
Cao Wenzhao was chosen first because he had no backing and no background, and at the same time he could indeed fight.
Cao Wenzhao had never read, had no culture, had no contact with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and was just a small soldier before he got ahead. For more than ten years, he started as a small soldier, followed the military commanders of Liaodong step by step to fight in the east and west, and was promoted to a general by virtue of military merits. The year before last, he followed Sun Chengzong to Zunhua, where he fought bravely, repelled the Houjin Dabel Amin, and recovered the four cities of Guannei, which entered the vision of the Ming Dynasty bosses. From Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong to Yuan Chonghuan, he followed several Liaodong generals, and he was all used as the vanguard of the east and west, from Nurhachi, Huang Taiji to Amin, he has fought all. I don't have to say anything about my ability, so the question of this candidate is decided.
Sometimes I have to admire the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, who don't even have a brain when they send others to death. Transferring Cao Wenzhao to suppress thieves did not think about the comparison of enemy and enemy forces at all, and even the soldiers were not deployed to Cao Wenzhao. That means that you have to go if you are transferred, whether you can win or not, and how to win is not a matter of concern to the court bigwigs. Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao himself still had a thousand old subordinates, and under his leadership, they came to Shanxi together, so Cao Wenzhao did not become the commander of the light pole.
Cao Wenzhao showed his bravery, and without hesitation when he received the order, he rushed to the front line in Shanxi with more than 1,000 people, preparing to exterminate tens of thousands of thieves in Shanxi.
Cao Wenzhao is not brainless, he will not do such a thing as sending his subordinates to death, the reason why he dares to go is because he has confidence in his subordinates. More than 1,000 people belong to a special unit -- the Guanning Iron Cavalry.
Guanning Iron Cavalry is the most elite special forces of the Ming Dynasty, and the court has spent a lot of money on them, the number is not much, roughly around 6,000 people, half of which is in the hands of Zu Dashou, and what Cao Wenzhao brought back is only a small part of it.
After arriving in Shanxi, Cao Wenzhao conscientiously implemented Chongzhen's instructions, and the first target to be exterminated chose Wang Jiayin, and at this time, Wang Jiayin had more than 40,000 elites in his hands.
After Cao Wenzhao arrived in Shanxi, he was not completely isolated, and Hong Chengchou was his top boss according to the rules of the court.
After being repaired by Zhang Chu, Hong Chengchou's hatred for the thieves reached its peak, but Zhang Chu was too powerful, Hong Chengchou couldn't see the opportunity for revenge, and saw Cao Wenzhao leading troops to exterminate the thieves, Hong Chengchou immediately vigorously supported, and transferred two thousand soldiers and horses from his own men to Cao Wenzhao, which had done his best, and Cao Wenzhao took these three thousand people to Wang Jiayin.
Wang Jiayin fought the officers and troops in Shaanxi and Shanxi, but he was not in the mood to understand the affairs of the border army.
Hearing that a man named Cao Wenzhao was attacking him, and he only brought more than 3,000 people, Wang Jiayin decided to personally lead his troops to meet him.
In the past few years, Wang Jiayin has seen more officers and soldiers, and it is a fact that the combat effectiveness of the officers and troops is stronger than that of the righteous army, and it is the first time that such an arrogant officer and army general can attack tens of thousands of people with 3,000 people. Wang Jiayin decided to teach the officers and soldiers a lesson, so as to establish a higher prestige among the rebels.
He took all his elite troops, more than 40,000 people, to meet Cao Wenzhao. If your officers and soldiers can fight again, a dozen of us will not lose if we fight one. Wang Jiayin still knows the art of war, makes full use of the advantage of a large number of people, steps by step, and waits for Cao Wenzhao's arrival.
Although Cao Wenzhao was brave and treacherous, he was experienced in a hundred battles and knew the art of war, and after arriving at the place, he didn't do anything at all, and first sent troops to cut off Wang Jiayin's grain route.
Wang Jiayin panicked all of a sudden, more than 40,000 people had to hold on, there was no food, and they had to break through, and Cao Wenzhao couldn't rush out there.
It was truly a spectacle on the battlefield, with more than 3,000 officers and soldiers trapping more than 40,000 people. Wang Jiayin moved in that direction, and Cao Wenzhao used the mobility of the cavalry to kill them and beat them back. Running and fighting again, Wang Jiayin can't move an inch.
In this way, Wang Jiayin was trapped for two months and failed to break through, and when Wang Jiayin was so hungry that he was desperate, there was a loophole in Cao Wenzhao's encirclement, and Wang Jiayin found an opportunity to break out of the encirclement.
Wang Jiayin has a feeling that the sea is wide and the fish is jumping, and the sky is high and the birds are flying, as long as he is out of the encirclement and can move, there is nothing to be afraid of, and he can also live well by avoiding this fierce god in another place. Wang Jiayin has also been beaten by the official army many times before, and in the end, he has not all eased up, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger.
But this time he met Cao Wenzhao, even the loopholes that Wang Jiayin broke out of were left by Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao surrounded more than 40,000 people here and found that there were too many people, rushing in to kill is not a good way, no matter how strong your ability is, you will fall into the sea of people, which will cause huge losses to yourself, so he thought of a way, after starving Wang Jiayin half to death, let them out, and chased them all the way behind.
After Wang Jiayin escaped, he found that the situation was wrong, and from the day he escaped, Cao Wenzhao chased after him, chased him all the way, and then wiped out his soldiers and horses one by one as if cutting his tail. Five battles were fought in five days, and Cao Wenzhao won them. Wang Jiayin's angry mobilization team turned back to find Cao Wenzhao for a decisive battle, Cao Wenzhao turned around and ran, Wang Jiayin watched Cao Wenzhao's cavalry flee away, but couldn't catch up, and hated it so much. The returning soldiers are leaving, Cao Wenzhao is back again, find the opportunity to take a bite, and then escape.
Wang Jiayin's soldiers and horses are getting fewer and fewer, and Cao Wenzhao has no intention of giving up.
Wang Jiayin felt that he was a bison targeted by a hungry wolf, although his body was huge, he did not have sharp teeth and sharp teeth, and every time the enemy pounced, he would bite off a piece of his own meat, and he would fall to the ground sooner or later due to continuous blood loss, and become the enemy's food.
Since running down is not a way, Wang Jiayin decided not to run, stopped and gathered the team together, and confronted Cao Wenzhao, see what you can do to me.
It's a pity that he faced Cao Wenzhao, who was extremely brave on the battlefield and was also a treacherous person.
After the two sides confronted each other for a period of time, Cao Wenzhao used a method that no one thought of, and quickly killed Wang Jiayin and ended the battle. (To be continued.) )