Yang Chengzu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Old Sun, don't make me happy." I'm just the royal palace, if they come to attack the mansion, I have the responsibility to guard the mansion, everyone uses knives, this is no problem. They ran away, and I led the troops to chase them out, and I guess I will be impeached to death. Isn't there an official army, Liu Gui, Feng Lisong are all there, and the Shunde army is 30,000, and they can't eat a Shi Jinliang? ”

"Humph! If the official army is really useful, why let Shi Jinliang escape. The old man didn't have the heart to listen to their shameless words there, which were obviously asking for sin, but actually asking for merit. With so many officers and soldiers, they can't be wiped out in one fell swoop against a group of homeless people, compared to Brother Shi's defeat of tens of thousands of thieves with more than 500 tired soldiers, this is the difference between the abyss. ”

After the defeat of the former Tianwei battalion, as Yang Chengzu analyzed, although many important items including Yinxin were lost, the troops themselves were not destroyed and their vitality was still there. Liu Gui did not dare to withdraw to Xiangyang, which was no different from sending him to death, but after containing the troops, he directly withdrew to the homes of the gentry who relied on the mansion and dock fort to fight against the chaotic Qingxiang troops.

These gentry and magnates had a strong local appeal, and with their prior preparations, they mobilized a large number of children of tenant clans to fight. The Four Eagles led their troops to storm and did not make any breakthroughs. The left and right just broke a few houses and seized some property, but in the general direction, it did not play a decisive role, but it became a stalemate. After the Tianwei battalion withdrew into these mansions, the combat effectiveness of the troops, with the officers and troops as the backbone and the tenants as the subordinates, was greatly improved, and the stalemate with the rebel army was formed, and they were even able to gain the upper hand in some local battles.

Therefore, in the end of the Anlu War, the people brought out by the Four Eagles not only could not withdraw to provide support for Shi Jinliang, but on the contrary, they had to find Anlu City to urge reinforcements. Sun Jiao was a man who led the troops, and under his command, he did fight some outstanding victories, and seven or eight of the four eagles were ambushed by him and successfully beheaded. In the end, with the cooperation of Feng Lisong's army, these Qingxiang rebels were completely defeated.

However, these brilliant victories could not hide the fact that the officers and troops were unusable, and they were besieging and killing Shi Jinliang's combat effectiveness. The cooperation between the official army and the Shunde army was not only not tacit, but on the contrary, they dragged each other back, and finally let Shi Jinliang seize the opportunity and successfully kill him.

Fortunately, Shi Jinliang's men and horses hurt too many people in Anlu, especially with these gentry and heroes, and the clan forces have tightly bitten his breakthrough troops and did not let Shi get out of the siege. Those Shunde troops have just rebelled, and they are also in urgent need of meritorious atonement, but they can be used as cannon fodder, and now the battle outside the city is always continuing, and the stone department belongs to fighting and leaving, but it is still under control.

"There are 30,000 Shunde troops, and they can't eat the chaotic army of Anlu? This Feng Lisong is too weak, right? ”

"Thirty thousand? If he really had 30,000 horses, he wouldn't have accepted Zhao'an. These rebellious ministers and thieves have a great ability to brag about their grandeur, and all his soldiers and horses together now do not exceed 5,000 people, which is still the result of wanton arrest after arriving in Huguang. When Wang Dengyun's whole army entered Huguang, there were only more than 4,000 people. Later, Ding was arrested in Huguang, and the whole army was less than 10,000. The officers and soldiers were simply frightened by their number of soldiers, otherwise they would have been evenly drawn. ”

Everyone understands the truth that soldiers are not tired of deceit, but the officers and soldiers generally falsely claim to have two or three times the strength of the troops, and they never thought that someone would dare to pretend to be ten times the strength of the troops, and with 5,000 actual soldiers against the formation of ten battalions, they would enter Huguang, but on the contrary, the rebellious army was very proud for a while.

King Ning's attitude towards the troops is that the title is very generous, and he will not hesitate to reward him, and the general can be thrown out at will. However, the actual food and ordnance were very dead, and because Wang Dengyun was attacking the relatively wealthy Huguang, King Ning refused to allocate food and salary to him at all, and let him raise his own money on the spot.

And this team is also regarded as going to make a fortune within King Ning, and people who have the means are desperately trying to install their cronies in the team, and the result is that there are spokesmen of several factions in this team, and Wang Dengyun can't control the troops.

Feng Lisong is the one who is at a disadvantage in this kind of internal struggle, plus his backer has a problem on King Ning's side, and he has been beheaded, and even wants to implicate him, so he took the initiative to take people to surrender. Most of these less than 5,000 men and horses were captured Ding, and their combat effectiveness was not much better than Shi Jinliang's, no matter how brave they were, they couldn't stop Shi Jinliang's men and horses.

"Your concerns are clear to the old man, but if you don't come forward, I'm afraid that Shi Jinliang will still be able to escape." Sun Jiao stood in the courtyard, and saw that someone was busy repairing the gate of the mansion, and someone was dragging the dead body to treat the wounded, and nodded: "With a lonely city like this, this is already a famous general's means." The old man believes that as long as you are willing to make a move, you will definitely be able to deal with Shi Jinliang. ”

"Old man, I'm afraid that if I didn't deal with him, someone would deal with me."

"You can rest assured, there is an old man and a few people from other families who are in charge for you, and I guarantee that no one will be able to deal with you." In this battle, these heroes of Anlu suffered a lot of losses, and several side branch girls were taken captive by the rebel army, and the two were considered to have solved the mortal enemy. These people have already offered a reward to buy Shi Jinliang's head, as long as someone is willing to kill, they must support it.

These people are powerful people in the true sense of Anlu, and to a certain extent, they are also influencing Anlu's decision-making. "We also know a few people in Wuchang, say some words, save a few people, it's not as complicated as you think, just let it go and bring the head back. The old man is old, and these soldiers and horses cannot be used, otherwise, I would like to try it myself. ”

"Shi Jinliang is alive, it is not a good thing for any of us, and the younger generation also understands what you mean. I can do this, but the aftermath will have to be done. ”

"It's all on the old man."

In the evening, Yang Chengzu didn't even say anything, so he left Anlu with a team of entourage Pegasus and went straight to the direction of Hongshan outside the city. After Shi Jinliang's troops successfully broke through at the city gate, they tossed all the way and retreated in the direction of Hongshan to break through, trying to escape into the mountains and forests. But the clan forces had fought to the death, and they had toiled to bite him, and his troops had never been able to escape the pursuit.

These big clans knew that Yang Chengzu defeated Shi Jinliang's main force with more than 500 people, and treated him as a god-like figure, and a few henchmen acted as long-term followers to inform him in advance, and there were people along the road who led the way for him, and some people came over with water for Yang Chengzu to enjoy.

A Sun family's nurse ran over from a distance, knelt down and said:

"Yizheng, the stone thief has been chased to Chaotian Peak by our people, and everyone surrounds him to ensure that he can't escape. Take us and cut off his head. ”