Chapter 348: King Han's Doubts
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"My lord, now that the situation is unclear, you can't attack lightly, this matter is too weird, maybe it is a trap for the rebels."
The thousand households were taken aback when they heard this, they never thought that Jin Rong would make the order to attack in such a hurry, and one of the thousand households hurriedly bowed his hand to him and opened his mouth to dissuade him.
"Before leaving Qingzhou City, Lord Li once had an agreement with this official, and now that the rebels are attacked, it must be reinforcements sent by Lord Li, as long as we attack inside and outside, the rebels will be broken."
The rest of the thousand households also wanted to open their mouths to dissuade them, Jin Rong interrupted them with a wave of his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Now the closest reinforcement to us is Qingzhou City, the defenders of Qingzhou City are only more than 10,000 people, we must go out to help them, otherwise when the rebels come to their senses, it will be a bitter battle." ”
"Obey our orders, the whole army will attack and storm the enemy at the south and west gates." As he spoke, Jin Rong waved his hand at the rebel camp outside the city and said loudly.
"Order!" Thousands of households heard that Li Yuntian and Jin Rong had a plan in advance, so they no longer doubted it, and hurriedly left after bowing their hands to Jin Rong, and went to their respective teams to command.
Jin Rong stood on the tower of the city gate, looking at the rebel camp with a stern expression, he couldn't figure it out, Qingzhou City should now be surrounded by rebels from Dengzhou and Laizhou, how did Li Yuntian break through the siege, and still be able to get rid of the chasing soldiers to support him.
At this moment, Jin Rong would not have thought that the reason why Li Yuntian came when he was about to break through was because there were many accidental factors, in addition to the agreement between the two of them to hold the county seat of Donglin County for three days, the most important thing was the rout of the rebel army led by Chen Lang in Heihugou, and the current battle situation had undergone an unpredictable change.
The Ming army in the county seat of Donglin County was preparing to break out in the early morning when the order suddenly changed, and they were ordered to attack the rebels outside the city. [34515671 ruling the Ming Dynasty] 345 ruling the Ming Dynasty 348
With the issuance of Jin Rong's order, the Ming army in the city was quickly divided into two parts, each with more than 10,000 people, and they were killed from the south gate and the west gate respectively.
I have to say that Jin Rong is experienced, he did not let all his men and horses go to the south gate, but divided a part of his troops to contain the rebels at the west gate, so that he not only had an advantage in terms of troops, but also attracted the rebels at the north gate, thereby reducing the pressure on the Ming army at the south gate.
On the hill outside the south gate, Li Yuntian on horseback saw that the Ming army in the city had been killed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile of relief, so that the overall situation was decided.
The residents of Donglin County were awakened by the shouts outside the city one after another, and listened nervously to the movements outside the city, and many people had already begun to pack their bags and prepare to flee.
The battle outside the city is so fierce, the Ming army and the rebels will definitely be killed by then, and if the city is broken, those "chaotic" soldiers will definitely take the opportunity to harm the common people.
Under the attack of the Xiaowu army and the Ming army in the city, although the rebels outside the city carried out stubborn resistance, but the fierce battle only lasted about half an hour, and the rebels could no longer support it after dawn.
Naturally, the Ming army would not let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and pursued them in the back with all their strength, thinking of taking advantage of this to make a war exploit and kill those rebels who were holding their heads and running away, and the wolves were unbearable.
Soon after the battle outside the city ended, Jin Rong led his military attachés out of the city with an excited face, he had already received the exact news that it was Li Yuntian who came with the troops this time, so he went to meet him.
Due to a beautiful victory, Jin Rong's steps seemed very relaxed, and he walked quickly through the Ming army cleaning the battlefield, encountered many prisoners along the way, and was escorted by the Ming army to the designated area to gather in frustration.
When Jin Rong saw Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian was leaning on a big tree and napping, he hadn't rested much since Heihugou came back, he had been thinking about how to face the terrible situation in front of him, and now he could finally sleep peacefully.
Seeing that Li Yuntian was sleeping soundly, Jin Rong did not come forward to disturb him, he could see that Li Yuntian was tired, and he admired Li Yuntian very much in his heart, he never expected that Li Yuntian would be able to break through from Qingzhou City, which was surrounded by rebels, and throw off the pursuing soldiers and rush to rescue him in time.
However, soon, the look of admiration on Jin Rong's face turned into shock, because then he heard about the matter of Black Tiger Gou from Li Yuntian's guards, and he felt unbelievable and unbelievable.
Near noon, Li Yuntian, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by the guards, and at this time, the Ming army's post-war sweeping work was nearing completion, capturing prisoners and seizing countless military supplies.
Li Yuntian did not enter Donglin County, and after he asked people to distribute some of the excess military supplies to the people in the city, he ordered the whole army to return to Qingzhou City, so as not to let the king of Han get the news and bring his troops to come.
After counting the achievements, the Ming army successfully defeated the 30,000 rebels led by Yang Yong and captured more than 15,000 enemies at the cost of more than 4,000 casualties. [34515671 ruling the Ming Dynasty] 345 ruling the Ming Dynasty 348
After the battle in the county seat of Donglin County, the rebel army led by Yang Yong had collapsed, and only three or four thousand rebels fled with him, and the rest were either killed, captured or scattered.
For these 15,000 captives, Li Yuntian dismissed more than 4,000 of them, gave them travel expenses and food to return to their hometowns, and the rest of the young and middle-aged people were taken to Qingzhou City.
Due to the pressure of the Han King's siege, Li Yuntian now needs manpower to defend the city, and the reorganization of these prisoners will undoubtedly provide an additional guarantee.
Located in the middle of Jinan City and Qingzhou City, Baihe Town is an inconspicuous town located at the foot of a mountain.
However, at this moment, this slightly remote town of Baihe is crowded with people, war horses neighing, and the town is full of soldiers wearing rebel uniforms.
In the front yard living room of a large family in the town, the king of Han convened his senior military attachés to discuss the plan to encircle and suppress the 20,000 reinforcements from Jinan City.
As Li Yuntian had guessed before, the so-called Han Wang's so-called leading troops to Dezhou City was just a cover-up, and he divided his troops into two ways halfway through, leading 30,000 elites to sneak in Baihe Town, and more than 20,000 people went to Dezhou City on the other way.
According to the report of the spies in Jinan City, Xue Lu of Jinan City sent a force of more than 20,000 people to Qingzhou City two days ago to reinforce Li Yuntian in Qingzhou City.
This is exactly in the hands of the King of Han, as long as he destroys the 20,000 reinforcements from Jinan City, then he will be able to free up his hands to deal with Li Yuntian in Qingzhou City and Jin Rong in Donglin County.
And once Li Yuntian and Jin Rong are eliminated, Jinan City will become a lonely city with empty troops on the territory of Shandong, and it will be easy to capture it.
Jinan City is the barrier between Dongchang and Jining against the rebels, if Jinan City is breached, Dongchang and Jining will be unable to resist the rebels, and then it will also become the territory of the Han king.
Just like Qingzhou City, after Qingzhou City was controlled by Li Yuntian, the shape of Dengzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion was worrying, so that the King of Han couldn't help but mobilize troops to recapture it.
"Lord Wang, according to the report from the spies, the Jinan reinforcements did not leave the county seat of Xinshan County this morning, but strengthened the city defense, as if they wanted to defend." Just as King Han was methodically arranging the task, a personal guard hurriedly walked in, bowed his hand at him, and said in a loud voice.
"What?" King Han couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and his eyes showed a hint of surprise, looking very surprised.
Xinshan County is located at the junction of the Ming army and the rebel forces, controlled by the Ming army, and is eighty miles away from Baihe Town, where the Han King is located, and if there is no accident, the Han King will be able to lead his army to ambush the Ming army heading to Qingzhou City tomorrow morning.
The military attaches at the scene were also very surprised, and looked at each other in amazement, unable to understand why the Jinan reinforcements stayed in Xinshan County instead of going to Qingzhou City for reinforcements.
"Is he going to make a desperate bet and want to use 10,000 people to defend Qingzhou City?" For this anomaly, King Han's brows furrowed together, and he leaned over to look at the map spread out on the table.
Judging from the shape on the map, on the boundary of Qingzhou Mansion, except for the 20,000 horses of Jin Rong, the county seat of Donglin County, Li Yuntian, who was sitting in Qingzhou City, had no other reinforcements.
King Han didn't think that Li Yuntian would be so arrogant and wanted to defend Qingzhou City alone, even if the 10,000 horses under his command were powerful, how could they be able to defeat the rebels who were outnumbered?
"Come on, go to Qingzhou City to investigate and see if Chen Lang has surrounded Li Yuntian in the city!" For some reason, an ominous premonition surged into the heart of the King of Han, and after a deep groan, he shouted to the guard who came in to pay his respects.
The guards didn't dare to slack off, and left in a hurry after arching their hands at King Han.
Before the news of Qingzhou City came, the King of Han received bad news, and after nightfall, the messengers sent by Yang Yong rode into Baihe Town on horseback, and told him that the rebels led by him were attacked by Ming troops of unknown origin in the county seat of Donglin County, and fled in defeat.
"Unknown origin?" When King Han learned the news, he was stunned, and slowly spit out four words from his mouth for a long time, with an extremely bitter expression on his face.
The only Ming army in Qingzhou Mansion that could attack Yang Yong's rebels was the defenders of Qingzhou City, and it was obviously the Ming army of Qingzhou City who attacked Yang Yong, which also meant the failure of Chen Lang's siege.
Due to the short time and the inconvenience of communication, the King of Han did not know about the matter of Heihugou now, in his opinion, Chen Lang had already surrounded Qingzhou City two days ago, and he never imagined that Chen Lang would be ambushed by Li Yuntian in any case, which led to a big rout.
King Han couldn't imagine how Li Yuntian defeated Chen Lang, Chen Lang had three times the strength of Li Yuntian, even if most of them were forcibly recruited strong men, but even if it was 30,000 pigs, using his mouth arch could make Li Yuntian suffer heavy losses, so that Li Yuntian could no longer attack Yang Yong.
But the fact is that Li Yuntian not only had enough troops to attack Yang Yong at night, but also successfully defeated Yang Yong, which simply surprised him.
If Li Yuntian was a military general like Xue Lu and Jin Rong, the king of Han could still understand Li Yuntian's successive defeats of Chen Lan and Yang Yong, but Li Yuntian was a jinshi from the imperial examination, an out-and-out civil official, and he had no experience on the battlefield, how could he do this?
Not to mention anything else, how could the Ming army under Li Yuntian be easy to control?