Seeing this situation, Yuan Ying knew that she couldn't convince Ye Chang, and sneered: "Since Ye Gong is obsessed, then let's see the truth on the battlefield."

After he finished speaking, he quickly retreated, for fear that Ye Chang would send troops to raid again, Ye Chang smiled and turned to look left and right: "Prepare for battle"

With his order, the five thousand soldiers began to move forward, and they did not even rest. Yuan Ying was furious: "The village man is a child, and he dares to bully me"

Having said that, Yuan Ying did not dare to really move forward, but after retracting into the fence and trench, he ordered the bow and arrow to be prepared. They seized the arsenals of several counties, and they were not badly equipped, and they could at least muster a few thousand bows and arrows, and these archers flocked to the edge of the fence and ditch, as close as possible to the officers and soldiers.

However, when the officers and soldiers approached the range of their bows and arrows, they stopped.

"Fifth Brother Yuan, what kind of business are you doing?" Seeing this, a thief leader approached Yuan Ying and asked

"No matter what Ye Chang's cunning plan is, as long as we stick to it, we don't have to worry about the plan, he is not strong enough, he can't change this matter no matter what" Yuan Ying snorted: "You go and urge them, go all out to attack Luokou Cangcheng, don't delay any longer"

Yuan Ying himself didn't want to fight on both sides, but his subordinates thought differently from him, after his defeat, his prestige decreased, nominally he was the co-leader of this rebel army, but in fact, the big and small thieves under him had their own subordinates, and there was not much he could do. Hearing his urging, the thief leader smiled, but did not squeak.

These thieves are all heroes in the countryside, and they regard the forces in their hands as the boss, and they have suffered a lot of damage in the past few days in attacking Luokoucang City, and now they are all hesitating, regardless of casualties, to attack with all their might, or to think of other strategies.

"Insufficient troops...... Yuan Ying muttered again, as if to give herself some kind of comfort.

But at this moment, an uproar was suddenly heard in the distance, and immediately after, his right-wing ranks fell into chaos. Yuan Ying was startled, straightened up on the horse, and looked over there.

But I saw the north, in the middle of the Yellow River, countless sails went down the river!" What's going on? Yuan Ying was shocked, and cold sweat trickled down.

He did not insist on his opinion, but stayed outside Luokoucang City to fight on both sides, resisting Ye Chang while attacking Luokoucang City, one reason is that Luokoucang is in a special location. This place is bordered by Luoshui in the south and the Yellow River in the north, and is used as a triangle where Luoshui and the Yellow River meet. In his opinion, the number of officers and men was insufficient, and he could only attack from the west by land, so when he laid out the trenches and fences, he also paid special attention to the west, and as for the north and south, he thought that there was a danger on the water, and if the number of officers and soldiers was insufficient, he would be sent to death. But now, looking at those boats, the number of officers and soldiers is only afraid of tens of thousands

Ye Chang conjured up two thousand elite veterans in Luoyang City, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers here?

As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Ying's face turned pale, where did he dare to be lucky again, and immediately looked around.

"It's ...... What's going on, and why is this happening? The thief next to him also panicked.

"We can't do anything, we have to break through" Yuan Ying's mind turned, and she whispered to her surrounding cronies.

"Fifth brother, that's not all, right?" A cronie said urgently.

"Don't be lucky, Ye Chang uses soldiers, out of nowhere, he really has the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers, I am defeated here, it is not the fault of the war" Yuan Ying really regretted it in his heart at this time, he lowered his voice even lower: "Take off at this time, there is still a chance, if you wait until the war is unfavorable and all the generals leave, how can we get out of the past few days, you have also seen that those people from Henan Province are arrogant and arrogant, where do you put us in your eyes, and what kind of righteousness do you talk to them"

The leaders of the families looked at each other, and when they thought that the righteousness was someone else's life was their own, they immediately responded: "Follow the instructions of the fifth brother"

"Go ......"

Yuan Yingcai gave the order, the ship over there has begun to land on the shore, a team of sergeants landed, they lined up strictly, then the thieves saw the other party ashore, and some people tried to intercept it, and they were immediately shot down by the crossbows and bows set up on the ship, and there were a few who could hurt these officers and soldiers, and when more officers and soldiers went ashore, they were quickly surrounded and killed. The right flank of the thief is almost at the touch of a button

When the thief was panicking, he heard the sound of the trumpet in the west, and Ye Chang's headquarters finally began to move

As soon as she heard the horn sound, Yuan Ying felt terrified, and the charge of the officers and soldiers in front of Luoyang City that day seemed to be still in front of her. He didn't care to give any more orders, and led the people south.

At this moment, he was only glad in his heart, just in case, he collected dozens of boats and hid them in the Luo River. Although it was not enough to ⊥ his entire army to escape, he and his cronies could escape.

As soon as he fled, the thief army lost its command, and it suddenly became even more chaotic, and under Ye Chang's attack on both sides, the thieves did not dare to guard the fence and ditch anymore, and fled backwards one after another.

"Native chickens and dogs, the lack of training of officers and soldiers, these chaotic people have never really seen a battle, or the level of the villagers in the war, how can they be invincible?" Ye Chang said contemptuously.

An Yuanguang next to him nodded: "Ye Gong said ...... I only hate that Cheng Gong failed to be like Ye Gong, causing the Jiangnan thief army to sit big"

There was a trace of doubt in his heart: as Ye Chang said, it didn't take much effort for him to eliminate these thieves, but why didn't he immediately put down the civil unrest that was still in the bud after he stayed in Luoyang, but pretended to recruit soldiers? He had soldiers available in the open and in the dark, and he didn't need to waste time by recruiting soldiers...... Unless, Ye Gong deliberately connived at civil unrest?

This idea was just born, and An Yuanguang pinched it again, this kind of thought, can't have, dare not have

Ye Chang smiled and looked at the two armies from the north and the west under his command, rushing into the thieves, they were all shouting "abandon their weapons and kneel down and don't kill", and among the panicked thieves, there were indeed many people who abandoned their weapons and knelt down.

These are all young and strong laborers, and they are all guilty, plus the capture of the battle of Luoyang, 100,000 young and strong is not a problem...... There are more 100,000 young people in Liaodong, and the overall situation is determined.

He set his eyes on the south, where, in the land of Huainan, there were still hundreds of thousands of young people, waiting for him to collect them.

Yuan Ying was mentally prepared for the fiasco, but she was not mentally prepared for the defeat so quickly and so completely. When he fled for more than half an hour, and finally fled to the edge of the Luo River, he looked behind him and found that except for more than 300 cronies and the leader of the thieves with horses, his army of 100,000 was gone.

"Ye Chang villager, I will kill you one day, and punish your whole clan" When he arrived here, he had the courage to scold Ye Chang.

The scream of the defeated dog was useless, and he didn't notice that several of his cronies were already looking at each other.

"Where's my ship?" After catching her breath, Yuan Ying asked along the river.

He left a few people to guard the boat, but there was no one on the side of the water. This made his heart hang again, and he ordered everyone to hurry to find the boat.

In the withered grass at the water's edge, everyone found more than ten small boats, but these boats were too small, and each boat could carry more than ten people. Seeing this, Yuan Ying rushed up first, and wanted to grab a boat and go first, but several people around him pounced on him at the same time and stopped him: "Where is Fifth Brother Yuan?" ”

"Get on the boat and leave, don't worry, brothers, Ye Chang said, only punish the evil, as long as I get out, he will not be difficult for you" Yuan Ying's heart jumped suddenly, and then spoke.

"What Fifth Brother Yuan said is reasonable, Ye Chang wants to kill Fifth Brother Yuan, but since Fifth Brother is so righteous, why not give his brothers a wealth and wealth?"

Yuan Ying's eyes suddenly froze.

The voice of the voice had already put the knife on his neck: "Flee and escape, we are tired of escaping, Fifth Brother Yuan, I'm sorry, our brothers were originally with you to fight the world and enjoy wealth, but you have repeatedly abandoned your brothers, only caring about your own life, and I can't complain that we have left you behind"

"The boat and you are the same" Yuan Ying said with a pale face: "Brother, why bother?" ”

"Brothers, Fifth Brother Yuan should be like a brother." That's humane.

Yuan Ying looked left and right and found that although there were more than ten cronies with swords ready to come up to save him, the vast majority of them were at a loss and had lost their minds. He smiled miserably: "Okay, our brothers have befriended heroes, but they have befriended you scum...... After that, you can take my first achievement and dedicate it to Ye Chang."

"Fifth brother said and laughed, after all, we are brothers, if we really want to kill the fifth brother, how can we do it? Come on, tie it up for the fifth brother, tie it tightly, the fifth brother is quite brave, and everyone has seen it. ”

"Phew, it's just that the living one gets more credit than the dead one" Yuan Ying spit out a mouthful of saliva and spit it on the man's face, the man wiped it with his hand, and then slapped the back of his backhand on Yuan Ying's face, whipping his skin and flesh.

"Save some face for the fifth brother." Another humane.

"He is about to be in a cage, escorted hundreds of miles to Jingshi, what kind of face do you need" The man scolded: "Aye, I was originally a good family in the countryside, and I was deceived and deceived by this guy, but now that I have repented, I naturally want to beat him."

"Okay, good" Yuan Ying laughed angrily, but before the scolding words could be spoken, she was gagged

Everyone escorted him back to the north, on the way most of Yuan Ying's cronies fled, and in the end there were only more than 30 people left, they walked halfway, but saw a team of people driving over, the leader was a young man and a martial artist, and his appearance was extraordinary. There are people who have followed Yuan Ying for a long time, so they feel that this person is a little familiar.

The person who came was Zhuo Shunfu.

He broke the siege and rushed to Xiuwu that day, and it only took 15 days to recruit more than 20,000 people - these are miners and workers from neighboring counties such as Xiuwu and Wuzhi, as Ye Chang's old nest, the industrial workshops and mining near Xiuwu are very developed, and the interests of local big families here are more closely tied to Ye Chang.

For these new landlords, mine owners, and factory owners, the early quelling of the rebellion would allow their trade routes to be reopened, and for the workers, trade would be re-unimpeded so that they could continue to work and make money. Therefore, the enthusiasm of these counties to join the army and support the army is very high.

One of the most important characteristics of the workers compared with the rogue rangers in the city is that they are more hard-working and disciplined. The workshops and mines near Xiuwu all act according to the standards set by Ye Chang, so these workers are usually restrained by a system close to military discipline, as long as they come and have a little training, they can serve as sergeants

Naturally, at this time, they didn't have much combat effectiveness, but their opponents were the more unbearable so-called rebels.

After Zhuo Shunfu recruited enough manpower, he originally wanted to return to Luoyang, but at this time, Ye Chang had already defeated Yuan Ying outside Luoyang City, ordered them to transfer to Wuzhi, and recruited the boats that were originally in Wuzhi Boat Workshop to cross the river on time and come to Luokou Cangcheng

"Who is it?" Seeing these more than 30 people, Zhuo Shunfu shouted loudly.

"General, general, we are righteous men anyway, we have tied up the thief Yuan Ying"

Everyone shouted and pushed out Yuan Ying, who was tightly tied. Zhuo Shunfu was stunned, and then recognized that this guy was the thief who was almost shot to death by himself in the north of Heyang Bridge, and was immediately overjoyed: "It turned out to be you"

He ordered the general to bring Yuan Ying over, and the thieves who bound Yuan Ying to offer were still a little reluctant, but in the face of the swords of more than 200 people around Zhuo Shunfu, they had to hand over Yuan Ying. Yuan Ying glared at Zhuo Shunfu angrily, Zhuo Shunfu asked people to take the rag cloth that blocked his mouth, and said with a smile: "Thief, do you know Zhuo Shunfu?" ”

Yuan Ying didn't recognize him at first, but when she heard this, she suddenly realized: "It turned out to be you...... You brought these soldiers who came suddenly? ”

"On that day, I was ordered by Ye Gong to recruit troops to help, just in time for today's battle." Zhuo Shunfu smiled and put the horse lance in his hand on Yuan Ying's head: "It has always been Zhuo's regret that I failed to shoot you that day, and I can capture you alive today, which can be regarded as making up for this regret."

"General, this thief is bound by us, he is very cunning, he has already hidden the boat on the bank of Luoshui, if it were not for the villain, he would have fled again." Those thieves who tied up Yuan Ying to offer finally couldn't help but say, looking at each other, as if they were afraid that Zhuo Shunfu would erase their credit.

Zhuo Shunfu looked a little disdainful, but how to deal with these people, Ye Chang has his own ideas, and he will not act without permission. Therefore, he said: "I will show Ye Gong this matter, you come with me"

When he took Yuan Ying to find Ye Chang, Ye Chang had already arrived in Luokou Cangcheng and met Yan Zhenqing. Yan Zhenqing looked at Ye Chang's expression, as if he didn't know him, Ye Chang smiled and said: "Yan Gong, although I haven't seen each other for a while, don't you recognize me, why do you look like this?" ”

"Where did these officers and soldiers come from?" Yan Zhenqing has been friends with him for many years, even if the relationship between the two was a little weaker because of the death of He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu, but it was also different from ordinary people, so he was not polite, and directly said the question in his heart: "Could it be that you really have the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers?" ”

"What kind of words are this" Ye Chang smiled dumbly: "It's just a villager recruited from my hometown, my hometown is a place of loyalty, I heard that the country was in trouble, and I joined the army bravely...... Yan Gong and I have known each other for many years, don't you know that I am a layman who only likes gold and silver, where can I scatter beans into an army?"

Yan Zhenqing suddenly laughed out loud. At this time, Zhuo Shunfu came to offer Yuan Ying, hearing this, Ye Chang was also happy, stroked his palm and smiled: "Okay, good, so that the Central Plains are settled, I can present the Ming court and march into Huainan."

"There is Ye Gong, and the thief is in the middle of nowhere," Yan Zhenqing said sincerely beside him.