After the security army took control of the five counties around Yuncheng, it not only greatly increased the depth of Yuncheng's defense and ensured the safety of Yuncheng, but also had a huge side benefit in Ruicheng County, which occupied it, that is, it controlled Dayudu and Fenglingdu, two important ferries on the Yellow River. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ruicheng is the southernmost county in Shanxi Province, separated from Yuncheng by the Zhongtiao Mountain Range, which has always served as a barrier to the Central Plains. In the original plan, Zhang Chu expected to pay a great price to jump over Zhongtiao Mountain to occupy Ruicheng County, but he did not expect Wang Guobin to lobby that the magistrate of Ruicheng surrendered to Zhang Chu, and the security army occupied this strategic place without blood. Ruicheng is further south is the rolling Yellow River, through the Yellow River on the Dayu ferry can reach Lingbao County in Henan, facing the vast hinterland of the Central Plains. And the opposite side of Fenglingdu is the Tongguan of the ancient Xiongguan, Tongguan is the gateway of the whole Shaanxi, the wall of the pass is majestic, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the court has sent heavy troops to guard. The security forces only occupied the west side of Fenglingdu Mountain, and confronted the officials and troops across the river, and the traffic of the entire ferry was cut off.

For Dayu to cross Zhang Chu is a lot of effort, the soldiers of the security army made up and secretly received the ferry on the side of Ruicheng, and immediately sent a small team of people, on the other side of the river did not understand what happened in Ruicheng, crossed the Yellow River by boat, mixed into the ferry and easily disarmed the officers and soldiers guarding the ferry.

After the ferry was occupied, the security forces of the brigade crossed the Yellow River, and they not only occupied the ferry, but also advanced dozens of miles to the hinterland of Lingbao County, and then set up camp.

When the officials of Lingbao County received a report that some thieves had occupied Dayudu, they immediately reported it layer by layer, asking Shangguan to send troops to exterminate the thieves as soon as possible.

The news of the thieves' occupation of Dayudu soon spread throughout Henan, and the Henan officialdom scolded Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides. Why do you say it, because a while ago Hong Chengchou returned to rescue Taiyuan, the evil fire of defeating the security army was sprinkled on the bodies of other rebels, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels were beaten everywhere by him, some surrendered to the official army, and most of them fled to Henan. For a time, fires broke out in Henan, and the officers and soldiers were fighting fires everywhere, exhausted. Officials in Henan have already greeted Hong Chengchou's ancestors. scolded Hong Chengchou for beggar-thy-neighbor, unable to exterminate the thieves, and leading the disaster to the outside. A stream of thieves has not been exterminated, this is a more ruthless, not only crossed the Yellow River, but also occupied the ferry and did not go, how can this be done, the thieves have a ferry after they want to cross the river to cross the river, then how many thieves have to run from Shanxi. In the face of the huge threat, the officers and soldiers united, contributed money and efforts, and pieced together nearly 10,000 people to go straight to Dayu, they knew the habits of thieves, as long as the officers and soldiers approached, they would inevitably flee in panic, and it was best for the thieves to flee back to Shanxi.

Unexpectedly, this group of thieves seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and when they saw the arrival of the brigade of officers and soldiers, they did not flee but drove out of the camp and lined up in a neat queue, waiting for the attack of the officers and soldiers. As soon as the officers and soldiers seem to be here, they can't go back if they can't meet in person. I had to reorganize the ranks and line up the phalanx, no matter what, the number of officers and soldiers must be more than the thieves. The thieves on the opposite side of the official and military formations only watched stupidly there, and did not take the opportunity to harass them. The generals of the official army thought to themselves, this thief leader must have something wrong with his brain, what time has it been and he is still fighting in a dignified manner, this thief wants to wait for the officers and soldiers to set up a position and then fight again.

The officers and soldiers set up their positions, but the thieves still did not act, and tens of thousands of people basking in the sun were not a solution. The generals of the officers and soldiers waved the order flags, and the officers and troops advanced in an orderly manner. At this time, the thief showed his unkind side, and instead of meeting the troops, he used the artillery arranged on both sides of the formation to beat the officers and soldiers into a daze. Then the rhythmic small drums in the thief formation sounded, and the ranks of the thieves stepped forward to the beat of the drum, and the officers and generals hurriedly ordered to prepare to meet the enemy. The archers took arrows out of their pitchers, stuck them in the ground at their feet, put an arrow on the string, and raised their bows to shoot them as soon as the thieves approached.

The security army on the opposite side was about to enter the range of bows and arrows, the official archers pulled out their strong bows, but they did not expect the security army to come in a row of musketeers, they took the lead in shooting, as the smoke rose, the sound of gunfire reached the ears of the officers and soldiers at the same time, a large number of lead bullets were fired at the officers and soldiers, and the security forces took turns to shoot back and forth, the guns continued, and the bullets rained non-stop. The officers and soldiers in the front row were beaten, let alone attacked, and they didn't even have a chance to turn around and escape. The officers and soldiers in the back didn't understand what was going on, and they kept pushing forward under the urging of the generals, pushing and squeezing the officers and soldiers in the front row and constantly walking into the rain of bullets.

When the ranks of the officers and soldiers became thinner, the screams of the soldiers in the front row reminded the officers and soldiers to see the huge casualties of the officers and soldiers in front. Fearful shouts resounded throughout the entire formation, and a large number of officers and soldiers turned and began to flee. The officer couldn't hold it down, and he was coerced and fled backwards.

The officers and soldiers escaped more than ten miles before they got rid of the pursuit of the security army, and the generals who led the team worked hard to gather men and horses, and found that there were less than 2,000 people left, many officers and soldiers fled when they were defeated, and four or five thousand people were killed and captured by the security forces. Seeing that there was no hope of victory and that it was important to save their lives, the generals of the officers and troops retreated for dozens of miles with the remnants before stopping.

The security forces did not seem to be satisfied with this, and sent cavalry to chase after them. The muskets of the cavalry were equally sharp, and the sabers made of stainless steel were not vegetarians, leaving only one way for the officers and soldiers, to run as far as they could. After slashing and killing the officers and soldiers, the camp was in shambles, and the cavalry of the security army was satisfied with the troops and went back.

The news of the defeat of the officers and troops spread rapidly, and the officials in Henan were dumbfounded, because this battle had almost exhausted all the mobile forces of the officers and troops in Henan, and the other officers and troops could not organize a new contingent of thieves to guard against thieves in various places. Now there is only one way left, and the rich people in Lingbao County and the surrounding areas have fled to the county seat with gold and silver treasures. The city gates of the county towns were closed all day, and after a few days, the security army was not found to take advantage of the victory, and the people in the city were relieved.

It was not an option to keep the gates closed, and some of the wealthy men paid for some bold men to go in the direction of the ferry to inquire about the thieves, and soon the news came back, and the thieves neither attacked nor withdrew, but camped near the ferry, and were building a strangely shaped castle on the choke point leading to the ferry. The castle was surrounded by sentry posts, and idlers were not allowed to approach it, so the situation on the ferry was not clear.

The rich man reported these situations to the government, and the officials breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the thief has no intention of attacking again, and it is strange that the thief has been repaid, there is nothing to rob at the ferry, and what are you doing there without leaving, are you still waiting for everyone to send the silver?

But this is fine, everyone can have a few days of peaceful birthdays, so the city gates are opened, the people in the city can go out of the city again, and the people's lives are back to normal.

The people were living normally, but after a few days, the merchants found that their lives were no longer going on. (To be continued.) )