When the main army of Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu arrived in Ruzhou, there was just a light snow in the sky, but the snow did not fall for a long time, and it soon dispersed, only the sky was still cloudy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This snow made the weather temperature lower a bit, and it had no impact on the travel of the Shunxiang Army and the forward battalion. The roads in the Northland are never muddy in winter, and even after a little frost and snow, the roads are stronger and easier to walk. Of course, in addition to the cold as a big enemy, the road surface will also be a little slippery, so you need to be careful when traveling.

Hearing that the main force of officers and soldiers had arrived, Qian Zuozheng, the governor of Ruzhou, was very happy, and took the squire out of the city for ten miles to greet him.

However, when they saw the coming rescuers, they were surprised to forget the cold. The iron hooves roared, and the black pressure was full of well-equipped cavalry, and I was afraid that there were thousands of people. Behind the cavalry, there were layers of heavy infantry. Behind the foot, there are also heavy chariots and horses that cannot be seen.

The ten Hongyi cannons accompanying the officers and soldiers were even more stunned by Qian Zuozheng and others. These cannons, even Kaifeng City and Luoyang City, there are only a few of them, and there are ten of these officers and soldiers? When Chen Yongfu smiled bitterly and said that these Hongyi Dagong were all owned by the Shun Township Army in Xuanfu Town, Qian Zuozheng glanced at Wang Dou in disbelief.

Wang Dou's army is no stranger to him, he has seen the Shunxiang Army's vanguard Gao Shi Yinren, those officers and soldiers riding horses, wearing iron helmets, wearing iron armor, and wearing large cloaks, Qian Zuozheng believes that they are the only elite he has seen in his life.

Qian Zuozheng, the name of the Shunxiang Army, seems to have heard of it, and it was publicized in the Di newspaper that year, and countless Dongnu were killed. I heard that Wang Dou, the chief general of the Shunxiang army, is now a general, and in Qian Zuozheng's understanding, these forwards must be the most elite part of the Shunxiang army.

When he saw it at this time, he realized that he was wrong, that Wang Dou was still six or seven times more elite. He is only a general, with nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he even has ten Hongyi big guns, which is really beyond Qian Zuozheng's imagination.

It wasn't until he saw Chen Yongfu's forward battalion that he found some familiar feelings of officers and soldiers, these officers and soldiers were naturally much more elite than his state soldiers, but unfortunately compared to the Shunxiang army, they were still too far behind. Qian Zuozheng shook his head secretly, the officers and soldiers in the interior of the Ming Dynasty just can't be compared with the elite of the Nine Sides.

However, when Wang Dou and others came, Qian Zuozheng was still very happy, tens of thousands of rogue people had besieged Ruzhou for more than half a month, and Qian Zuozheng felt that it was quite difficult to defend the city. Now that reinforcements have arrived, and there are more elite Shunxiang troops here, it will be more certain to repel the thieves.

The strictness of military discipline in the past two days by Gao Shiyin and others gave Qian Zuozheng a lot of confidence, and with Chen Yongfu here, Qian Zuozheng wanted to win over Wang Dou and kill the enemy with all his heart. Therefore, he went against the norm and warmly invited Wang Dou, Chen Yongfu and other national troops to enter the city.

In addition to asking Zhizhou to supply the army with food and grass, Wang Dou politely refused his invitation, which surprised Qian Zuozheng. However, under Chen Yongfu's hint, Wang Dou still agreed to Qian Zuozheng and others' request.

When the army came to the east gate of Ruzhou City, it can be seen that Ruzhou is a large state, and the city is very high and thick. According to Qian Zuozheng's introduction, the whole Ruzhou city is more than nine miles around, the city is two feet high and six feet, and the outer bricks are the inner soil.

On the east, south, and north sides of the city, there were moats, each one foot wide and two feet wide, and one foot and eight feet deep. However, only the east moat has water, and the north and south moats are dry moats. The west side of the city is naturally surrounded by a river, which the locals call the Xi'er River. The city had four gates, all of which were built with urns.

Traces of the once tragic battlefield can be seen here, the ground is covered with dry black blood, and the outside of the city is covered with the remains of burned houses. There is a Nanguan in the south of the city, which is the avenue from Nanyang to Luoyang, which was more prosperous in the past, but now it has been destroyed.

Everyone sighed, Wang Dou looked very carefully, to Qian Zuozheng, in fact, he also appreciated it in his heart, in history this person can attack and defend, when tens of thousands of peasant troops attacked the city, he has been holding on for more than a month, and finally because of the strong wind, the building was bombarded, and the city was broken Qian Zuozheng died.

When Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu entered the city, the Shunxiang army and the forward battalion camped to the west of the city.

Liukou has retreated to a place twenty miles west of the city, and the night does not collect to find out that the west of Ruzhou City is on the river, seven miles, and the area of Kazhuang is close to Rushui, and several local villages have been abandoned, and it is a good place to camp, and it is closer to the thief camp.

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In the past, the city of Ruzhou was quite prosperous, with 72 large and small streets, crisscrossing and crisscrossing. In particular, the middle street is three miles long and six zhang wide, and it is an important place to run through the whole city and connect the east and west gates. In the past, both sides were lined up, full of shops, and it was very lively, and the state of Ruzhou was located here. ,

But after the siege of the rogues, the city was full of depression, and the whole place was filled with panicked people. Seeing Wang Dou and the others coming in, they all whispered.

When the reinforcements arrived, Zhizhou Qian Zuozheng and others fabricated momentum, especially exaggerating the grand deed of Gao Shi Yinren to break more than 10,000 thieves with 1,000 people. The siege of the rogues for half a month, and the reinforcements were constantly repulsed, and the people of the state were already desperate, and at this time their eyes were full of hope again.

After the luncheon, Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu returned to their camp and received a promise from Qian Zuozheng to provide 5,000 stone of grain and grass. The local gentry even assured Wang Dou and others that as long as the officers and soldiers could repel the thieves, they were willing to invest 30,000 taels of silver to reward the army.

The cities of Henan Province fell one after another, and the tragic fate of the gentry in the inner middle was heard by the officials of the Ruzhou gentry, and if the city fell, they would have nothing, so they showed rare generosity at this time. Chen Yongfu generously addressed them, patting his chest and assuring that he and the army of General Dingguo would definitely defeat the thieves, and you don't have to worry, and they were unanimously praised by everyone.

During the banquet, Chen Yongfu was a little drunk, and only Wang Dou remained sober.

The battalions had been set up and divided into several locations, and Chen Yongfu's army was camped in the Shanghe area, as close to the city as possible. Wang Doushun Township Army was camped in Shilizhuang and Qilizhuang, located in the periphery. Wang Dou's Chinese army headquarters is located in a big mansion in Qilizhuang, and I don't know which local squire's brother is the housekeeper.

When Wang Dou returned to his headquarters, he heard Gao Shiyin's wild laughter, and after Wang Dou arrived in Ruzhou, he also led the soldiers of the Ren Department and the main army to join and set up camp, and arranged them in the area of Shilizhuang. At this time, beside Gao Shiyin, surrounded by Wen Fangliang, Li Guangheng, Wen Daxing, Zhao Xuan, Sun Sanjie and others, they listened to Gao Shiyin talk about the battle of the day.

I heard Wen Fangliang say enviously: "Old Gao, you have made a great contribution this time......

Xie Yike, who was beside Wang Dou, roared: "General Dingguo has arrived." ”

Immediately, everyone turned their heads, the iron armor clanged, and everyone solemnly saluted Wang Dou: "I've seen the general." ”

Wang Dou said: "All the generals, please get up. ”

Another clangling of a nail leaf.

Wang Dou walked to Gao Shiyin's side with a smile and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Gao, you played well." ”

Gao Shiyin is actually not much shorter than Wang Dou, a very burly man, plus he is wearing iron armor, his face is full of meat, and he looks fierce. In the past, with Han Zhong, and now Shen Shiqi, the commander of the New Army, was secretly called the three ugliness and three evils of the Shunxiang Army by others, of course, now Han Zhong is gone.

Gao Shiyin was praised by Wang Dou like this, and when he patted it, he immediately smiled with his eyebrows, and cracked his big mouth and laughed.

Then Wang Dou sat down, and Gao Shiyin sat respectfully under him, and reported the battle to Wang Dou as quietly as possible.

Wang Dou listened very carefully and said: "Meritorious soldiers, their merits must be checked carefully, and no one should be omitted, and no one should be neglected. ”

He said: "What about the casualties of the soldiers? ”

Gao Shiyin said: "Thirteen people were injured, and one of them was seriously injured. ”

Wang Dou said: "Wounded soldiers, let the doctors recuperate, and after the injury is healed, these soldiers are even more brave in our army." ”

Gao Shiyin said: "The general can rest assured, the last general will visit every day." ”

According to Gao Shiyin, in the battle of the day, although the rogues were all rabble, they were not opponents at all under the formation of the ironclad pikemen of the Renbu. However, after all, there were many of them, and the dense spears pierced them, and it was inevitable that some sergeants would be pierced, and although they were protected by iron armor, it was inevitable that some people would be injured.

In particular, a sergeant was seriously wounded by a spear pierced through a gap in his armor and stabbed into the chest.

According to the military discipline of the Shunxiang Army, the order of visiting wounded soldiers is that the officers should see each other every day, take a look at the total two days, and see the thousand soldiers every three days. However, Gao Shiyin led the soldiers quite carefully, and the wounded sergeants went to see them every day.

For those of them who have been battle-hardened, wounded soldiers are more precious, and after healing, these veterans will exude stronger fighting power.

Wang Dou said: "Okay! ”

He said, "The brothers haven't eaten yet, let's eat." ”

Everyone laughed, and before entering the city to wash the dust, Wang Dou said that he would come back to have a luncheon with the generals, so everyone was waiting for Wang Dou to come back for dinner. For them, every time they eat with Wang Dou, it is very worth cherishing. Because that atmosphere is nostalgic.

In the lobby, several long tables were put together, and then several large cauldrons were placed on them, and on top were boiling pieces of meat. Wang Dou sat on the top, and each of them sat on two sides, with a few flatbreads in front of each person, and a bowl of broth for each person, and ate flatbread with the broth, which was a pleasure in the cold weather. ,

Before the war, everyone could drink some wine, but of course they couldn't salute each other in a big bowl, they all took a sip, chatted while eating, and talked and laughed.

Wang Dou took a piece of meat and ate it slowly, and said to Sun Sanjie with a smile: "Brother Sun, the governor of Ruzhou promised to supply five thousand stones of grain and grass. If the thieves are repelled, the local squire is willing to invest 30,000 taels of silver to reward the army. ”

The generals cheered and screamed, for the Shunxiang army, they were not afraid of anything else, they were afraid that the supply of grain and grass would not be available, as long as there was grain and grass, the Shunxiang army was not afraid of any enemy.

Sun Sanjie hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks: "The last general will go and transport the grain and grass." ”

Wang Dou said: "Don't worry, let's talk about it after eating, they don't dare not give food." ”

Wang Dou suddenly found that it was not bad to be a guest soldier, there were fires everywhere in Henan, his own strong troops were in hand, all parties had a lot of requests for themselves, and no one dared not give them the aid price they offered. Cameo mercenaries are interesting.

Wen Fangliang, as the most handsome general of the Shunxiang Army, is not very elegant, he gulped on the flatbread, and said to Wang Dou: "General, the battle of Brother Gao proves that the rogues are vulnerable, their fighting style, we have also figured out the way, do you want to raise the army in a few days, give those rogues a hard blow, and relieve the siege of Ruzhou?" ”

Wang Dou said: "Don't worry. ”

He said with a smile: "Deputy General Chen is very envious of the achievements of our Shunxiang Army, and we can't rob all the credit and let the friendly army lose an inch." ”

He said: "When I came back at noon, Deputy General Chen told me that the thieves in Ruzhou hoped that his forward battalion would take the lead. When Deputy General Chen said this, as he wished, we just happened to see how the officers and troops in the hinterland fought, and then we could see clearly the tactics of the rogue. When the time comes, knock them out. ”

The crowd burst out laughing.