Chapter 93 The battle of Yongchang and the great victory of Yue, and the meritorious service of the central guard

From Wuwei to Yongchang, if there is an urgent march, it will arrive in one day, and a normal march will only take two days. In order not to make the soldiers and horses too tired, Yang Yishan ordered a normal march and no need to be in a hurry. After a day's march, they could walk for 50 miles, and the soldiers and horses set up camp and buried the pot to make food.

It is certain that as soon as we arrive in Yongchang tomorrow, it will be a big battle, and the Liukou will definitely not give the officers and soldiers a chance to rest, so we must rest well today. We must not relax tonight, in case the enemy comes to steal the camp and rob the village.

Fortunately, the night was very calm, and after a night, no rogue came to sneak attack. Early the next morning, Yang Yishan sent a scout horse to check forward, and the army pulled out the camp and set up the village, so there was no need to march in a hurry. When the Tanma came back and reported to the Liukou camp, which was still nearly fifty miles away, Yang Yishan ordered the march. He ordered the former army Cao Wenzhao's department to camp on the spot after only 35 miles of marching, and then conduct a decisive battle the day after tomorrow.

This is also for the sake of safety, Yang Yishan's idea was undoubtedly given by the old man. After Cao Wenzhao received the order, he was very satisfied with Lord Yang's caution, and at first thought that Lord Yang was just a greedy and reckless coach, but now his impression has completely changed, and only in this way can he win step by step.

The former army marched thirty-five miles, camped on the spot, and camped in this place, and it was not easy for the Liukou to take advantage of the unstable position of our army and come to sneak attack. Because there was enough time to prepare the officers and troops for defense. Cao Wenzhao stabilized the camp, and when the soldiers and horses of Yang Yishan of the Chinese army arrived, and the Chinese army set up camp again, he would be much calmer.

This night, you have to be more careful, but the rogue seems to be above board, and has no intention of sneaking attack, the night was calm, and everyone rested well. Early the next morning, Yang Yishan lined up the probe horses again to investigate, and the probe horses came back to report it, and the Liukou lined up fifteen miles in front of them, waiting for our army.

Since he wanted to fight, Yang Yishan was not ambiguous, and immediately ordered, Cao Wenzhao led the front army to line up, marched forward, and personally led the Chinese army to line up, and then followed, and the old man Xiong Tingbi and a staff general led 3,000 men and horses to stay in the camp.

Before sending troops, Yang Yishan had to mobilize before the war, promising the officers and soldiers that if they won the battle, they would be rewarded. The morale of the soldiers was high and they moved forward bravely.

Cao Wenzhao led 5,000 men and horses in the front and marched forward, and his 5,000 men were all elite, and mainly cavalry, which was very powerful. There are very few cavalry-based troops in the Ming army, and some are also border troops, why did Cao Wenzhao's troops be dominated by cavalry? The answer is actually very simple, because Cao Wenzhao used to be a general under Sun Chengzong in Liaodong, and because of the rebellion in Shaanxi, he was specially transferred, and the cavalry he led was also brought from Liaodong, that is, the most elite Guanning iron cavalry at that time.

All the way forward, it didn't take long for Cao Wenzhao to see the enemy army on the opposite side. The rogues have already put on a posture, and it seems that the former army can have tens of thousands of people. Don't look at the number of rogues, but it is impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to move to the frontier in parallel, they can only have a front and a back.

As soon as the two sides met each other, Cao Wenzhao was unceremonious, and immediately ordered the whole army to charge. Don't look at the small number of people, but when facing the rogues, not only is he not afraid, but it can even be said that he doesn't take these rabble in his eyes at all.

Cao Wenzhao took the lead, and the Guanning iron cavalry behind him rushed forward bravely and rushed straight up. Among the rogues, the one who commanded the front army was Liu Guoneng, the nickname of the leader of the rogues, all of them were very loud, but there were really few people who were really capable, and most of them were brave and ruthless reckless. Liu Guoneng was defeated by Zuo Liangyu's men, but even so, he was never convinced, which can be regarded as one of the strengths of the rogue, and he couldn't be convinced.

Seeing Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses rushing over, Liu Guoneng also commanded the soldiers and horses to meet them. Cao Wenzhao's subordinates are mostly cavalry, and it is not easy for this cavalry to kill infantry.

Gao Yingxiang in the back saw that the front army was frustrated, and hurriedly commanded the rear army to reinforce forward, and the front side was wonderful, but even if the men and horses behind you were reinforced, they couldn't squeeze to the front, so they could only make a detour from both sides and rush forward. But at this time, at the left and right ends of the battlefield, there were soldiers and horses rushing not far away, and it was Zuo Liangyu and the troops of Wujia Province.

Seeing the officers and soldiers coming from both wings, the rogue who was roundabout from both sides hurriedly rushed up to meet them. The rogues were all from the common people, they had no training, and there were no rules for fighting, so they changed the direction of the march in a hurry, and they were chaotic all of a sudden. Originally, the rogues didn't have any quality, and there was no formation to speak of when they marched, so it was already chaotic, and this time it was even more chaotic.

Zuo Liangyu and the troops of Wujia Province, the vanguard are all cavalry, although there are not many, but there are more than 1,000 cavalry, usually the infantry against the cavalry, are to form a formation, but the Liukou will not form a formation, a plate of scattered sand, how to resist. As soon as they made contact, they were rushed by the cavalry.

Gao Yingxiang's troops, the main force still has some combat effectiveness, especially Li Zicheng's troops, which have stronger combat effectiveness. It's a pity that he has already sent Li Zicheng away, and the remaining main force is only half of it, after all, he is ready to retreat if the situation is not right. In front of the enemy, a small part of Gao Yingxiang's original troops, most of them were still the people who were coerced in Gansu, and some of the people did not even have swords and guns in their hands, but only took flat poles, burning sticks, or something, where could they afford the officers and soldiers.

Fighting a war is not something that can be won with more people, otherwise, what do you train to do on weekdays, and you don't have to fight when you get to the battlefield, just point out who has more people on both sides.

The two wings of the Liukou were scattered, and the front army was even more embarrassed by Cao Wenzhao's Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. Seeing that he couldn't resist it, he simply stopped fighting, but turned around and ran. This is the characteristic of the rogues, they can only fight with the wind, and once they encounter setbacks, they will immediately collapse and run away.

Cao Wenzhao ordered the pursuit, Zuo Liangyu and Wu Jiaxing immediately outflanked the pursuit from both sides, and seeing that the victory was in hand, Yang Yishan immediately ordered the Chinese army to attack and cover the killing.

There are still a lot of rogue people, but once the front is defeated, the back will panic, where can they still stand their ground, they just turn around and run.

The tide is over!

Gao Yingxiang has long been ready to run if he can't fight, this is not the first time he has escaped, he was often chased by officers and soldiers before, Gao Yingxiang took the main force and hurriedly retreated to the flank.

There are too many rogues, Gao Yingxiang is very cunning, he doesn't play the flag, he runs away with his head covered, and the officers and soldiers chasing after him know who is who. There are people running around, some crying and shouting for mercy, throwing down their weapons and running around, and even those running for their lives with their families.

Hundreds of thousands of rogues gathered in this area, high greeting to lead the battle, although not all, there are more than 200,000, in the case of constraints, it does not look particularly chaotic, but once defeated, there is no restraint, fleeing for their lives in all directions, and they can think of what kind of scene this is with their eyes closed.

After Li Zicheng held a meeting three days ago, he led 10,000 horses and horses to quietly detour. The main force when there was a stir in Shaanxi back then, there were less than 2,000 people, and the others were newly recruited Ding Zhuang. Fortunately, Li Zicheng has a very high status under Gao Yingxiang, so the selected people are good, and after opening the local munitions depot, the number of weapons allocated is second only to Gao Yingxiang's headquarters. Now at least half of his 10,000 have regular weapons.

Moreover, among Li Zicheng's team, there are several fierce people, such as his nephew Li Guo, fellow villager Liu Zongmin, and his wife and brother Gao Yigong. These three are all first-class heroes, Li Guo doesn't need to be introduced, they have always been with Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong were voted for Li Zicheng after Li Zicheng's uprising.

This time, Li Zicheng led the army to open the passage back to Shaanxi, and he wanted to count on the help of these three people. If they want to get to Zhongwei County, they must take the avenue normally, it is impossible, after all, there is Yang Yishan's army, and they can only go around the small roads and mountain roads, and it is the most remote. Generally, if you take such a path, you can walk fifty miles in one day at most, but Li Zicheng knew that the matter was urgent and could not be delayed, so he forcibly marched eighty miles a day. This way of moving makes the people under him tired, and some even slipped away.

However, Li Zicheng couldn't manage so much, and marched as usual, and after three days, there were less than 100 miles left from Zhongwei County. That night, Li Zicheng convened his generals for an emergency meeting. In fact, to put it bluntly, there were only four people who participated in the meeting, including Li Zicheng.

Zhongwei County is only a small county, there are not many defenders, and it is not difficult to capture it, but he is worried that if the county seat is captured, his whereabouts will inevitably be discovered. This is Yansui's territory, and I don't know if there will be soldiers and horses to chase and kill. But if you don't fight, you don't have much food on hand, and it will be difficult to hold on to Qingyang. From where they are now to their destination, Qingyang, there is still a distance of four hundred miles.

The four of them studied it, and decided to capture Zhongwei County, whether he came to reinforcements or not, it was a matter of soldiers and horses behind, don't be hungry, and it is the right way to successfully return to Shaanxi. In order to be able to capture Zhongwei County with the smallest sacrifice, Li Zicheng asked Gao Yigong to lead 200 people to infiltrate Zhongwei County in disguise.

This is the usual trick of the rogue, and it has been tried and tested, Gao Yigong was ordered, and set off with 200 people first, and arrived in Zhongwei County within two days. After mixing in, at night, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses arrived, Zhongwei County ordered to lead the city to inspect the city guards, the inspection department is normally a thousand people, but there are also empty quotas here, there are actually only five hundred people, not waiting for Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses to charge outside, Gao Yigong led people to grab the city gate from the inside.

As soon as the city gate opened, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses roared in, easily took down Zhongwei County, and Zhongwei County was beheaded.

Li Zicheng opened the official treasury, packed up the silver and weapons, took away most of the grain, and left a small part to distribute to the people. But this time, he didn't throw down Zhongwei County, and sent a small leader to guard the county seat with 500 people to meet Gao Yingxiang's army.

After capturing Zhongwei County, Li Zicheng led his army to continue marching in a southeasterly direction. It is 300 miles from here to Qingyang Mansion, and the road can be easier to walk, if you walk quickly, you can reach it within four days.

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