Chapter 453: Carriage Gorge
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After entering Shaanxi, the entire peasant army seems to have relaxed, there are reasons why they have been traveling long distances before, and there are also reasons for returning home, although the place where they are can only be regarded as just arriving home, and it is near Xing'an in southeast Shaanxi, but they still feel that they have entered the house, and there is no need to worry about anything at all. At least the security is guaranteed.
But they all forgot that they were rampant in Shaanxi at the beginning, and they were kicked out of their homes by the officers and soldiers after the worst time, and now they are just a little more numerous, but the number of officers and soldiers has also increased, and after countless battles, they have become a lot stronger, in this case, they should not be careless at all, but now no one thinks about these at all, even the cautious Li Zicheng relaxed his nerves and began to recall the time when he was a postman. By the way, he looked forward to a bright future after becoming a general, and all in all he was in a very good mood, just like everyone in the peasant army, and in this relaxed and beautiful atmosphere, the officers and men began to attack them in a big way.
The attack was very sudden, so sudden that almost no one reacted, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade had already arrived, and when the officers and soldiers attacked, the peasant army was still immersed in the warmth of home, and did not make any decent reaction at all, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai reacted the fastest, and took their troops to resist for a while, barely buying some time for the brigade, but this time was obviously far from enough, because the number of officers and soldiers was also quite large, and there was no direct hook in, they were divided into three ways, The peasant army was attacked in a combined manner.
The effect of this method of warfare is very good. Even if Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai withstood the middle road, the other two roads also rushed to the designated place, and began to kill the other peasant troops who did not react at all, Cao Bianjiao saw that Chen Qiyu was very unfamiliar, so he held back his anger on the road, and this time he went out to be the vanguard, rushed into the enemy formation with the horse team, and crossed the horse and carried the gun directly to the camp of the Chaotian King and Xue Rengui.
The strength of these two in the entire peasant army of the thirteen was originally relatively weak, and although they were supplemented after returning to Shaanxi, they were not very familiar with it after all. After the officers and soldiers came in coldly, they immediately messed up, and then Cao Bianjiao rushed with the horse team, and quickly collapsed, and the two had to flee to the west with their relatives, and moved closer to Gao Yingxiang's brigade, but Cao Bianjiao was in hot pursuit, not giving them the slightest chance at all, and sticking to them several times in a row. killed no less than 2,000 rogues, almost knocking these two people stupid.
Fortunately, He Yilong arrived in time with the fifth battalion of Gezuo, although the leaders of each battalion were not satisfied. Liu Xiyao didn't even have time to rush over, but the 5th Battalion of Gezuo was also a very capable force, and after trying his best, he finally stopped Cao Bianjiao, but their efforts were almost useless. Cao Wenzhao's brigade had been chasing his nephew's forward horse team, and when they saw the appearance of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, they immediately waved their troops and rushed over. Zuo Liangyu also started to wrap around them from the other side, and He Yilong saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately led people to retreat, and also rushed towards Gao Yingxiang's brigade.
Zuo Liangyu rushed very fiercely, he knew that he didn't recruit everyone to see him now, he could only follow the pace of the governor, and then make a contribution in this general battle, and rise to the position of the chief military officer, and then go somewhere to be powerful, and then find a way to reconcile with the big guys in the future, if you really don't make a new circle, such as Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, etc., after all, you don't have to worry about having no friends.
But if he wants to do all this, he must play a role in this war, so he has worked very hard since the start of the war, Chen Qiyu also praised him a few times, but it was these few praises that made him even more isolated by most of the military leaders, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, Zuo Liangyu himself was also very distressed, so after the start of this operation, he rushed forward like a madman with soldiers and horses, instantly broke the peasant army in front of him, and rushed all the way towards Gao Yingxiang's brigade. Although there were more and more teams blocking the road in front of him, and it was almost impossible for him to reach his goal, it still inspired the entire team of officers and soldiers, and he was more brave and brave in his killing.
Cao Bianjiao was in the formation, and he had been staring at Zuo Liangyu, he felt very surprised, Zuo Man's ability was undoubted, so how strong was Song Qing, who could beat Zuo Man, strong? If the person who rushed into the battle was replaced by Song Qing, would Gao Yingxiang have already been taken down at this time? Although he knew that this imagination was not quite realistic, because Song Qing was not here, he still couldn't help but think about it in this direction after all, until he found that the Liukou brigade began to escape, so he gave up his conjecture and led the horse team to continue to rush forward.
The Liukou Brigade was defeated, and fled all the way to the west under the leadership of Gao Yingxiang, which is actually nothing to them, after all, they didn't take advantage of the previous encounters, this is not only the power of Chen Qiyu's department, but also the combat effectiveness of Lu Xiangsheng's civil and military heroes.
It's just that none of them thought this time, all the way to the west, actually entered the carriage gorge, a very miraculous place, if it is just this canyon, the key is that when they entered this canyon that can not be seen at a glance, it suddenly rained heavily in the sky, Gao Yingxiang originally planned to wait for the rain to stop before leaving, so he ordered the brigade to temporarily camp here, who knew that the heavy rain was endless, and it was born for two months, and they also missed the best opportunity to be blocked, and were blocked by officers and soldiers. There is little hope of survival.
This kind of battle situation, not only did the rogues not expect, even the officers and soldiers themselves did not expect, Chen Qiyu led the brigade to rush over, after confirming the truth and reliability of the news, he was immediately excited, if it were not for his Jinshi background, the imperial court, and the tall status of the governor of the five provinces, it is estimated that he would have to dance a dance in the camp to celebrate the victory, even if he didn't dance, his whole mental state was different, and he immediately sent someone to report the war to Beijing City, and at the same time asked people to stare at the carriage gorge, We must not let these rogues have a chance to break out.
In desperation, Gao Yingxiang had to adopt the strategy of his subordinate Gu Junen, and sent someone to Chen Qiyu to negotiate surrender, this move is very normal in the eyes of ordinary people, after all, the rogue has fallen into a desperate situation, and it is the most normal choice to surrender, and desperate resistance is the next policy, so Chen Qiyu also met with the messenger sent by the Liukou, and started the negotiation very solemnly, and promised all kinds of conditions, such as ensuring the safety of Gao Yingxiang and others, and arranging official positions, etc., all in all, promised heavy profits first, I'll talk about it later.
Now that the negotiations have been made, and Gao Yingxiang and others sent a lot of gold and silver again after the envoy returned, it seemed that they wanted to buy a better treatment for themselves, and the officers and soldiers finally relaxed, and the defense was still very tight at first, but later it began to gradually comb up, and the witty King Gao Chuang took advantage of this opportunity to quickly send troops to break through, chose the weakest opening, and took a large number of outlaws as the lead, and rushed out of the encirclement of the Ming army, and quickly rushed towards the direction of Guanzhong. The situation in the Carriage Gorge has also become a complete joke.
Chen Qiyu is stupid, completely stupid, he has already foreseen his fate, if he is not so anxious to report the victory, and the capital does not know the news, then he can still cover it up, after all, this responsibility belongs to everyone, even if the military leaders do not have a good relationship with him, it is estimated that no one will betray everyone if they are slightly injured in this kind of thing, at least it is not a problem to control their mouths, if they cover it up and down together, they should be able to hide the news, as if this kind of thing has never happened, Let's just continue to chase after Liukou in the direction of Guanzhong.
But now everything is over, the capital has already known about this matter, it is estimated that the mean and unkind emperor is celebrating with those civil and military ministers in the court, some of these ministers have a good relationship with him, but more are political enemies, if the bandits have a smooth journey, it is nothing, but there is such a big omission, it is estimated that there will be more impeachment of him than snowflakes, and his best result is estimated to be dismissed and investigated.
Thinking of this ending, Chen Qiyu's whole person collapsed, and the momentum of the Ming army camp also fell to the bottom all of a sudden, that is, Gao Yingxiang ran away with people.
Such a big thing, of course, everyone does not dare to hide it, especially in the case of Beijing City, which is tantamount to the crime of bullying the king, which is a responsibility that no one dares to bear, so all kinds of news began to start from the carriage gorge and spread rapidly in all directions, and Chen Qiyu basically lost all command, and no one took him seriously anymore among the military leaders, Zuo Liangyu was even more busy avoiding suspicion, for fear that he would be touched by the bad luck of the unlucky governor, and soon pulled out the camp. The first one left the Carriage Gorge.
A few days later, Song Qing, who received the battle report, also ordered people to pull out the camp and start to move in the direction of Xuzhou, and at the same time ordered Song Ying and others to take the newly recruited Henan Yiyong to also move closer to his brigade, ready to enter Xuzhou at any time, because he knew very well that as long as something happened to the carriage gorge, there was no need to continue to stay here to look for the Liukou, and it was a serious matter to prepare to deal with the next Huang Taiji's second entry into the Kou. (To be continued......)