Chapter 233: Li Xin is promoted
In an instant, the army of thieves who had been entrenched outside Daizhou City for more than half a month collapsed, and Huang Sheng in the city looked at the rout under the city in a daze, how could this be possible, the thieves who had taken a lot of effort to withstand were defeated by the guy named Li Xin so easily. And not long ago, he still looked at the thousands of Ming troops outside the city with a compassionate gaze, who knew that it was only a few hours of hard work, and the advantage and disadvantage were reversed sharply.
Although Huang Sheng was deeply incredulous and unbelievable at this moment, they were finally saved, and after a short period of stunned, he finally woke up to the fact that the Battle of Daizhou was over, and it was because they persevered to the end and won the final victory. The nerves that had been tense for a long time suddenly relaxed, and the whole person was unstable on his feet, and he sat on the ground.
"Open the city, open the city quickly, welcome the three guards into the city!"
"Big brother can't!"
Huang Yu actually said something to prevent Huang Sheng from sending people to welcome the Three Guards into the city, and Huang Sheng was puzzled.
"Why?"
"How did the eldest brother forget that there were many deaths and injuries of the plague in the city, and in case, if these soldiers were infected with this disease, what would they use to fight?"
Listening, Huang Sheng laughed, how could his little sister have been so cautious, but what she said also makes sense, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, just wanted to nod in agreement, but his mind turned, and he said with a straight face:
"It's so inappropriate, people didn't even let the gate in for a bloody battle in Daizhou just now, how can we be so rude? No, you have to enter, you have to enter! ”
Huang Sheng has always been arbitrary, and the things he decided cannot be refuted and questioned, Huang Yu stomped her foot.
"The current affairs of the Great War should be in power, how can Brother Li be as calculating as a big brother......"
Speaking of this, she suddenly paused, she found some clues from Huang Sheng's slightly playful eyes, and she was also concerned about it, so she let him tease.
Looking at the three guards under the city, although the army of thieves was defeated, it was limited by the small number of people and the slow movement of the phalanx when it was horizontal and inconvenient to pursue, so it could only be able to defeat the thieves who were still resisting stubbornly, and if they wanted to further kill and injure the enemy on a large scale, they could only be handed over to Lu Jiu's cavalry to complete.
As a result, after several major battles, the cavalry, which used to be the main force in the battle, became more and more important in the Three Guards Army, and gradually became a second-line force to clean up the mess. Lu Jiu had approached Li Xin several times for this reason, but his arms couldn't twist his thighs, so he had to take the cavalry to do the errand of picking up the leaks.
With the speed advantage of the cavalry and horses, in the rout of the individual thieves, the repeated impacts, like a rake plowing the ground, only killed the fleeing enemy with the impact force.
With a number of 300 repeatedly, it was like entering a no-man's land, and the phalanx of the three guards took advantage of the situation to advance slowly, shooting all the thieves who could not escape. Some of the thieves, who had completely lost the will to resist, saw that the officers and soldiers were in full swing, so they threw down their weapons and fell to the ground, surrendering and begging for mercy.
Li Xin was in the middle of the phalanx, and the soldiers shouted, ordering the surrendered thieves to hide on both sides, not to block the way of the army, otherwise they would all be killed! As a result, I saw a large number of people flashing to both sides of the Three Guards army like the water surface split by a giant dragon.
"One-two-three-four, one-two-three-four......"
The soldiers of the Three Guards shouted loud slogans, marched in neat steps, and crushed forward like the top of Mount Tai, and anyone who dared to stand in the way would be ruthlessly crushed.
In the city, Huang Sheng couldn't help but sigh for a while, he thought that in the battle of defending the city in Daizhou, these temporary people recruited by his own organization were also remarkable, but compared with the Three Guards outside the city, they were simply like mud and not worth mentioning.
This kind of domineering and momentum that dares to be in the midst of thousands of enemy troops, he is the first time to understand it.
Before dark, the battle was completely over, and the army of more than 20,000 thieves collapsed, and the Three Guards killed 2,000 enemies and took 8,000 prisoners. Most of these captives were surrendered by cavalry after repeated assaults and then losing the will to resist in the face of phalanx attacks.
When Gao Shiming of the supervising army fights, he is generally protected by special personnel with auxiliary soldiers, and when he waits for major events, he will swagger out and guide the country. According to his intentions, the captives were to be executed, regardless of age. And whether it is the Three Guards or the leaders in Daizhou City, including Huang Sheng, they all more or less support this idea.
The reason is very simple, the Daizhou garrison and the Three Guards combined are not as large as these prisoners, and if you want to effectively control these people, you not only need a large number of manpower, but also have to come up with the already insufficient food to feed them. Especially in this situation where the main army of southern thieves does not know when it will be killed, it is even more unsettling to leave them. Therefore, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, captives are equivalent to meaningless burdens, and it is easy to get rid of them, and everyone is happy.
However, this was strongly opposed by Li Xin, who preferred to share the already small amount of military rations to help the defeated soldiers.
Within the Three Guards, with the frequent victories, Li Xin's prestige has risen day by day, and there has gradually been a tendency to keep his word, only Gao Shiming insisted on asking Li Xin to order the execution of these people by pulling the throat of the male duck.
Under Li Xin's strong opposition, Gao Shiming has even compromised and retreated.
"In that case, it's better to dismiss them on the spot than for us to pay for them and provide food!"
As a result, Li Xin still disagreed, "How is Gao Gong's intention to return these people to the thieves?" ”
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, General Li is telling our family, how can it work? Don't forget, our family is the overseer of the Three Guards! ”
In a hurry, Gao Shiming used his identity as a supervisor to pressure Li Xin, and the supervisor had the final veto power, and if he did not cooperate, according to the rules, Li Xin's decision would not be accepted. However, now is not the time of the Apocalypse, this is the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the world has been in turmoil for a long time, and the imperial court has gradually lost its binding force on local civil and military forces, especially those who are not bound by etiquette and religion, which is why Chongzhen frequently appoints eunuchs as the director of the first army, and even simply makes the eunuchs lead the army.
Li Xin's attitude softened, although Gao Shiming was greedy for life and afraid of death, and his personality was not forgiving, but the cooperation in the past few months was also pleasant, and with this person's understanding, the Three Guards could get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, he didn't plan to tear his face with him, argue with him, and offend people to death, so he had to explain them one by one.
"Gao Gong Mingjian, after the double catastrophe of plague and thieves, the population of Shanxi will be hit hard, although these people are thieves, but they are also for a bite to eat, after the pacification of Shanxi in the future, they can still be used as seeds of rejuvenation......"
Gao Shiming rolled his triangular eyes and sneered: "Li Xin, you are a martial artist who only needs to fight and kill people!" How is it? The errand of the local parents came ......"
This remark is not serious, and the implication is that you Li Xin have no idea. There is no way to continue, in short, Gao Shiming turned over and over with two words: "No!" ”
When the two of them froze on the spot, the gate of Daizhou City opened, and Huang Sheng's brothers and sisters, as well as Zhang Shi, went out of the city to greet them. Coincidentally, a horse team also came from the north, and the Ming banner was waving in the wind.
Gao Shiming's eyes were sharp, and after seeing it clearly, he lost his voice and said: "It's the Qincha of the imperial court!" Suddenly, he didn't care about fighting with Li Xin, and immediately ordered his entourage to come forward to greet him.
In this way, the big guy had to wait in place, and Huang Yu quietly came to Li Xin's side and gently poked him in the arm. Li Xin turned his head and saw her smiling playfully, and just wanted to say hello, but Huang Yu looked at Nunu in the distance......
It turned out that the horse team from the north galloped to the end, all of them were covered in dust, and it was obvious that they had been on the road for a long time.
"Which one is General Li Xin Li, the commander of the Three Guards?"
Before Li Xin could speak, a eunuch asked first.
"Li Xin is here!"
Everyone dodged away, and Li Xinli was highlighted on the spot. The eunuch seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, hurriedly stepped forward, and smiled like an old friend: "I can be regarded as having found it, our family has lost weight twice, long live the will to come down, congratulations to General Hexi." ”
Everyone was stunned, the people of the time were prejudiced against the eunuchs, and they all wanted to avoid it, and this guy congratulated him as soon as they met, is it a blessing or a curse?
"I don't know where the joy comes from?"
Li Xin asked lightly.
"Let's give the general a message, the emperor has a decree, and Li Xin will act as General Zhaowu to act as the general military affairs of Shanxi!"
Everyone present was taken aback, that is to say, once Li Xin received the order, all the soldiers and horses in Shanxi would be led by Li Xin, and the intervention of the Three Guards in the war in Shanxi would be justified!
Huang Yu frowned, why is she just acting? She could even imagine the dirty matter between the cabinet ministers and the emperor, the state affairs were so difficult, and those ministers who were on the corpse and ate the vegetarian meal could still be so ignorant.
The acting acting is just an errand for the temporary acting of the Shanxi General Army, but it is not a promotion in his own position. But in Gao Shiming's opinion, there is another understanding, the emperor definitely belongs to Li Xin, but the old guys in the cabinet stop it, as long as he sits firmly in the fight against the rebellion, let alone a general soldier of Shanxi Town, it is close to the general.
Of course, Gao Shiming was secretly proud in his heart, and whether Li Xin could be promoted smoothly was not a matter of his own masters. He thought that he had grasped the emperor's veins and suddenly became clear, so why should he make enemies with him in vain for the sake of irrelevant people.
In just an instant, Gao Shiming had already turned a few thoughts in his heart, and when he looked at Li Xin again, his face was already full of spring breeze, as if the unpleasantness just now had never happened.
In the end, Gao Shiming made a compromise on the issue of capture, and the army was stationed outside the city for security reasons, and only the messenger of the Qincha, and a few important figures such as Li Xin and Gao Shiming entered the city.
Just when the city was about to celebrate the victory, the scouts suddenly reported that the southern thief army suddenly moved, just because it was too far north and south, but it was impossible to judge where the final action target was, which made everyone's nerves tight!