That night, a brief battle took place in a grove a mile south of Phoenix. This battle is not tragic, the process is very fast, and it can even be described as boring, because Bai Yuzhu's subordinates are really bad, and the dozens of officials brought by the county commander are even worse, this rotten army is even worse, under the surprise attack of five hundred elite soldiers of Zhu Yuanzhang's army and two hundred horse thieves of Xue Hongqi's department, it only took less than one pillar of incense to completely collapse.

Since the city is not far from here, the garrison in the city also heard the sound of shouting and killing from a mile away, and the more than 2,000 soldiers who remained in the city hurriedly got up and rushed out of the city with a bang, only to find that the county commander had been in a different place, and the white jade pillar had also fallen into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang. They didn't dare to act rashly, so they had to casually line up a chaotic formation, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's army from afar, and watched Zhu Yuanzhang put a simple knife on Bai Yuzhu's neck.

Countless torches were lit in the darkness, and the two armies that were also from Shaanxi *xi, you look at me, I look at you, each other's eyes were full of indescribable and inexplicable emotions.

"We are the rebels of Baishui Zhu Ba and Yulin Xue Hongqi Division!" Wang Er shouted loudly: "They are all brothers from Shaanxi * West, we didn't want to fight with you!" But you surrendered to join the officers and soldiers, and in turn dealt with our Shaanxi brothers, do you want to be shameless? ”

His majestic voice echoed in the dark night, floating over the two armies, and many of the soldiers in the White Jade Pillar Army bowed their heads in shame.

"The one who shouted was the second big brother of the White Water King......"

There were also people in Bai Yuzhu's army who knew Wang Er, and after he called out Wang Er's name, he shouted: "Second Brother Wang...... We don't want to surrender, but at that time, Brother Wang Jiayin died, the dragons were leaderless, and the thirty-sixth battalion was in chaos, although Brother Zijinliang stood up to top the beam, but King Chuang, Lao Huihui, Cao Ying, the eight kings of Xiying, Ge Liyan, and Lamplight, these big brothers all disagreed, and each brought a righteous army to disperse in all directions. ”

"yes, we don't want to deal with fellow ...... either"

"Alas, it was the death of Brother Wang Jiayin that caused this situation......"

The soldiers of Bai Yuzhu shouted for a while, but most of them still had antipathy in their hearts. It's no wonder that after they surrendered to the imperial court and were co-opted, they were not treated very well, and the officers and soldiers and people everywhere still looked at them as if they were looking at thieves, and everyone was wary of them.

If it weren't for the white jade pillar pressing on it, they would have risen again long ago.

"If you really have a heart of repentance...... Zhu Yuanzhang came over and said loudly: "Then what are you still doing in front of us in a military formation?" Let's go...... We just want to enter the Taihang Mountain, we don't want to fight with you, you get out of the way, let us go to the Taihang Mountain. ”

"This ...... But Brother Bai Yuzhu is still in your hands......" These soldiers talked about brotherly love to Bai Yuzhu, and they couldn't bear to betray: "Eighth Brother Zhu, you let go of Big Brother Bai Yuzhu, let's withdraw immediately......"

Hearing their words, Xue Hongqi was unhappy, she snorted coldly, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Eighth Brother Zhu, what nonsense are you talking about with these guys?" A rabble of rabble, now they have no walls to defend, we can easily defeat them with a casual rush. ”

"No...... Don't rush ......" Zhu Yuanzhang said softly: "Try not to fight the battle that you can, try not to shed blood, even if they are a rabble that can be easily defeated, we can't waste our own troops on them indiscriminately." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang carried the white jade pillar in his hand and said in a low voice: "Although you surrendered to the imperial court, I still believe that you are a man, and your words count." I let you go, you withdraw the army, and then lead the army to the west and withdraw thirty miles, give us the way, promise or not? Don't hesitate, a good man, make a decision! ”

Bai Yuzhu really didn't hesitate, he didn't dare to hesitate, he sighed lightly: "I promise!" ”

"Okay, then you go!" Zhu Yuanzhang put away the Pu knife, pushed him, and pushed him out of the formation.

"Huh? Really put? Xue Hongqi next to him was startled: "What if this guy returns to the army and immediately repents or stops us?" ”

"It's not that easy." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Even if he can regret it, his brothers may not agree, after all, they are all from the same vein of the righteous army, and there is something like righteousness in the rivers and lakes after all." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is right, if Bai Yuzhu really repents, he will lose his prestige among his own soldiers, the truth in this is very subtle, only people who understand the rivers and lakes will understand the details.

Fortunately, Bai Yuzhu didn't dare to go back, he returned to the soldiers, looked depressed, turned around and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Since Eighth Brother Zhu raised his noble hand and let me go, I can't be a good person, so I will go thirty miles to the west, and I will never dare to turn back half a step." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Look at you as a trustworthy man, let me tell you a little bit of news that I have recently inquired about, I think everyone in the Biguan Mansion will hide this news from you, and I dare not tell you, I only found out about intercepting the Tang Bao of the imperial court in the post road a few days ago." ”

"I want to hear about it!" Bai Yuzhu said respectfully.

"In June this year, I broke through Puzhou City, I want to know the news, but you must not know the current movement of the 36th Battalion." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"What Brother Zhu said is that the imperial court will never tell me about the 36th battalion, and I don't dare to inquire about it, for fear of committing a taboo." Bai Yuzhu's face was full of bitterness, as the right man of the original 36th Battalion, it was indeed inconvenient for him to ask the people in the court about the current news of the 36th Battalion, if he asked, he was afraid that people would be afraid. In fact, he really wanted to know what happened to the 36th Battalion now, since Wang Jiayin's death, he was in a big mess, thinking that the 36th Battalion had come to a catastrophe, so he voted for officers and soldiers, but deep down, he still hoped that the 36th Battalion was alive and well now.

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "After I broke through Puzhou in June, the 36th battalion also achieved very beautiful results, in July this year, the 36th battalion of Zijinliang, Chuangwang, Chuang General (Li Zicheng), Xiying Eight Kings (Zhang Xianzhong), Lao Huihui, over the mountain harrier and others attacked Daning County at night, and it only took a few hours to take Daning, and then marched to Xizhou, and in August, captured Xizhou, becoming the second rebel army to capture the state city. ”

"Huh? The thirty-sixth battalion also captured the state city? The expression on Bai Yuzhu's face didn't know whether it was joy or sadness, the joy was that the brothers in the past were still alive and well, and they already had the strength to capture the state city, and the sad thing was that he actually surrendered to the imperial court, which was really a loss of face for the thirty-six battalions.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "After Zijinliang and others took Xizhou, they stayed in the state city for three days, and then went out of the city to fight in Qinshui, Yangcheng, Gaoping, Lingchuan, Lu'an, Shouyang, Changzhi and other places. ”

"Huh? Coming here? Baizhuzhu's face was full of surprise.

The two were talking about this, and suddenly a fast horse flew on the post road in the distance, it seemed that it was a post horse from Jincheng in the east, Jincheng is now stationed in Wang Pu, the general soldier of northern Henan, who belongs to the pass where he joined forces with Phoenix City to intercept Zhu Yuanzhang's army into Taihang Mountain.

The knight on the horse soon noticed that the torches were a mile south of the city, and there was an army here, and he flew to report that it was Bai Yuzhu, and when he saw that the army was outside the city, he guessed that Bai Yuzhu was also there, so Pegasus ran over to this side, and shouted as he ran: "General Bai, urgent military situation, urgent military situation......

When he got closer, the knight saw that the scene was a little strange, but he didn't have time to think about it, and when he got to Bai Yuzhu's side, he rolled the saddle and fell off his horse, and said loudly: "Emergency military situation, Jincheng Wang Pu General Soldier hopes that you can immediately send troops to rescue Jincheng......"

What the? You want me to save him? What the hell do I want him to save me? Bai Yuzhu was shocked in his heart, and asked, "What happened?" ”

The knight's face was embarrassed, but he was obviously in a hurry, and he didn't care who the person in front of him was, so he hurriedly said: "The generals in the thirty-six battalions, the eight kings of the Xiying, and the old Hui Hui are leading tens of thousands of troops to besiege Jincheng...... Please send troops to the rescue. ”

"What?" Bai Yuzhu was startled, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was not far away, heard the news, and his brows flicked slightly, he didn't expect Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to come so quickly...... It has already attacked Jincheng, tens of thousands of troops, it seems that Jincheng is not guaranteed, I knew that I didn't need to use a trick to deal with Bai Yuzhu, wait here for a few days, and the road to Taihang Mountain will not be attacked.

The messenger hurriedly said, "General Bai, what is your situation here?" Why is it outside the city in the middle of the night, who is on the other side? When asked this, his face suddenly changed slightly: "Could it be...... On the opposite side is Baishui Zhuba, Yulin Xue Hongqi? ”

"Congratulations, you guessed it!" Xu Renjie grinned.

"This ......" the messenger was taken aback.

Before he could react, Bai Yuzhu suddenly pulled out the Pu knife from the waist of the soldier next to him, "fluttered", and chopped the messenger's neck with a single knife, and the blood flew and stained Bai Yuzhu's head and face.

He said loudly: "Damn, it turns out that the 36th Battalion has become so powerful, it's ridiculous that I was too timid at the beginning, because of the death of Wang Jiayin's eldest brother, I was scared to serve the officers and soldiers...... I was wrong......"

"It's not too late to repent!" Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the east and said, "You still have time to help them attack Jincheng." ”

"Alas, now, where do I still have the face to see the brothers of the 36th Battalion in the past......" Bai Yuzhu said discouragedly: "I'll go south to Henan, the world is so big, there is always a place for my Bai Yuzhu." ”

"Well, then we don't go the same way, I'm going to Taihang Mountain," Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"The green mountains do not change, and the green water flows forever...... Brother Zhu, there will be a period later! Bai Yuzhu took his people and headed south in the starry night.

(To be continued)