Hong Chengchou drove away Wang Ziyong, and the morale of the official army was greatly boosted, and he began to attack the rebel army in Shanxi except for the security army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Although the rebels are nominally an alliance, they are still not free from the situation of fighting on their own. And as the leader of the alliance, Wang Ziyong was beaten away first, and the rebels lost their backbone, and the rebels from all walks of life ran or surrendered, and all of them were wiped out by Hong Chengchou. Among them, Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong also fled to Henan like Wang Ziyong. Hong Chengchou's crackdown on thieves around Taiyuan won unanimous praise from the gentry. He himself was also complacent, and swept away the depression in his heart. In the officialdom, Hong Chengchou almost boasted that he was reborn as Sun Wu, and a new generation of war gods was born. Hong Chengchou felt a little fluttering. He looked around Shanxi to see who else could be the target of his next attack, and when he saw the territory of the security army, he thought it would be better to forget it. So Hong Chengchou stopped suppressing the thieves and started training in Taiyuan with peace of mind.

Zhang Chu repelled Hong Chengchou's attack in Yuncheng but did not have time to celebrate, this battle was the most difficult experience of the security army since its establishment, the firearms and bows and arrows of the official army caused huge casualties to the security army, in the ensuing hand-to-hand combat The casualties of the two sides were not much different, but the security army overwhelmed the opponent under the momentum, and the official army then collapsed and was chased and killed was the time when the official army suffered the most casualties.

The results of the battle were indeed very brilliant, at least half of the more than 100,000 officers and soldiers who came to attack Yuncheng remained, almost all the food and firearms where they were located became the trophies of the security army, and the cold weapons such as knives and guns were captured innumerable. Zhang Chu thought that if he sold it to other rebels, he would make a fortune again.

The battle also exposed the shortcomings of the security forces, and the shield wagons built by the officers and soldiers at the beginning and the firearms that were later used in the collection posed a great threat to the security forces. Although the muskets and artillery of the security army are very powerful, the officers and soldiers are not without the ability to restrain them, and these battles are all because the officers and soldiers are not familiar with firearms and do not attach importance to them, so that the security forces have achieved amazing results.

After driving Hong Chengchou's men away, Zhang Chu decided to let the security army stop and rest, the main purpose was to summarize the gains and losses of this battle. Group discussions in each squad and platoon have been carried out, and this has always been emphasized by Zhang Chu, and through discussions, the enthusiasm of the soldiers can be mobilized, and the habit of thinking with their brains can be cultivated, and some of the soldiers with flexible minds will come to the fore. If they are still very brave on the battlefield, these people will be promoted quickly, and most of the generals of the security army are promoted step by step from the lower ranks. Even if you go to a military school, only those who have excellent performance in the team have the opportunity to go to further education. Only by ensuring the upward channel at the bottom can a group be viable.

Soon a lot of good suggestions and opinions were gathered. Zhang Chu was very inspired after reading it, and decided to make corresponding improvements to the security army after consulting with the generals.

What we need to do now is to expand the territory of the security army in Yuncheng, although Yuncheng is strong, it must be a little unpleasant to be blocked by people in a lonely city.

The combat objectives of the security army were the five counties of Linyi, Xiaxian, Ruicheng, Pinglu and Yongji around Yuncheng, and if these five counties were taken and troops were stationed, they could form a horn with Yuncheng to support each other.

In order to fully grasp the surrounding situation and facilitate the attack on the surrounding counties, Zhang Chu personally led his troops to set off. On the one hand, he wants to live the addiction of war, and at the same time, he also understands the mountains and rivers around Yuncheng.

The security forces of the brigade drove out of Yuncheng, and their first target was Linyi County. Linyi County is located in the northwest of Yuncheng, is a small city on the plain, for the security army with a sufficient number of artillery, it is not difficult to capture such a small city.

The people in Linyi County have long been panicked, and the people in the city have already gotten the news that the official army was defeated in Yuncheng a few days ago, and it is said that the thieves were killed in Yuncheng, slaughtering more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, and the blood flowed outside Yuncheng City.

The magistrate of Linyi sat in the county office every day and sighed, regretting why he had to move up and down to serve in Linyi. Linyi's proximity to Yuncheng is very rich because of the existence of salt transportation, and it is a dream place for many officials. I didn't expect that what I thought was a blessed land has now become a dead place. Hong Chengchou was defeated with a large army. What will this thief do if he comes and plunder?

Afraid of something, early in the morning, the magistrate had just finished breakfast, and was thinking about how to survive the day, when he saw a servant running in in a panic and shouting: "Master! Master! Oh no, the thieves are coming to the county seat. ”

"Kill the gates." Zhixian panicked when he was established, but he still subconsciously ordered the city gate to be closed. An extra layer of gates is like an extra layer of security.

The county government immediately became more and more chaotic. The team leaders and officials didn't care about their eldest master at all, so they packed up their things and started to run away.

The family members of the county were even more crying, and the county looked up at the beams of the lobby, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the county should coexist with the county seat if it is its responsibility to defend the land.

Zhixian thought about the scene of himself floating in the wind on the beams of the house, and felt uncomfortable.

So he came to the outside of the hall and shouted to the officials who had not had time to run away: "Don't run away, immediately go out of the city with Master Ben." ”

"Your Excellency, are you crazy?" "Do you hate you and us for dying slowly?" When they all arrived at this step, there was no need for the officials to be polite to the magistrate.

"Master Ben is not crazy, you immediately go with me outside the city to welcome the rebels into the city." The magistrate was unmoved, and said loudly to the officials.

"High, really high." This big man is different, he thought of surrendering so quickly, and he said it so reasonably, as if he had already been a rebel. But it's also a good idea, and maybe it can save your life.

The magistrate hurried to the east gate of the county seat with the officials and greeted the direction from which the security army came. At this time, the gate of Linyi County was wide open, and under the leadership of the magistrate, a large group of businessmen, wealthy families and ordinary people knelt on both sides of the road to welcome the arrival of the security army, because they still knew something about the security army, it is said that the security army is still benevolent and righteous, and has not done anything to slaughter the city.

Zhang Chu led a large group of men and horses to menacing, and the whole army was ready for battle, but when he arrived in Linyi, he found that the city gate was wide open, and Zhang Chu thought to himself, who wants to put an empty city plan for me.

sent people to investigate, but it turned out that the magistrate had brought the people out of the city to offer the city.

Zhang Chu immediately sent people to occupy the city gate, control the streets in the city, and gather all the officials and officials in the city to take care of them.

In the end, Zhang Chucai led people to the east gate of Linyi City. The magistrate has been kneeling at the gate of the city for a long time, and his heart is becoming more and more impatient, watching the security army enter the city in a group but no one pays attention to them, they don't dare to get up, the physical pain is still secondary, mainly because they don't know what the security army will do with themselves. (To be continued.) )