Chapter 323: Who to Hit First?

Any rhetoric seems so pale in the face of the ironclad fact that Chen Xie personally led his troops south. How can there be a feudal town that leaves the territory to work for the monarch? Rummaging through the history books, you can't find one. After Chen Qiyu was taken down, the cabinet was already very embarrassed, and Zhu Youzhen mentioned the reward for Chen Xie in the first battle of Haizhou, which was naked and naked dissatisfaction with the cabinet.

Wen Tiren actually hinted many times that as long as Chen Xie took refuge in him, it would be easy to say anything. The problem is that Motai in Jingshi has a strict mouth all the time. Several times he asked the butler to invite him, but Motel refused. Wen Tiren wanted to clean up Motai, but the problem was that this goods had a close relationship with Cao Huachun, and Wen Tiren, who relied on the emperor's trust to sit in the position of first assistant, did not dare to act rashly. I had to make a fuss about Sun Yuanhua, one could hit Donglin, and the other could get involved in Dengzhou.

Simply playing politics, ten Chen Xie together, can't play Wen Tiren. The problem is that Chen Xie is taking the route of brute force, no matter how powerful your political skills are, Lao Tzu will deal with it in a way. Fight, win!

At this time, if Wenchen is not looking for Chen Xie again, then he is not comfortable finding it.

Chaoxian won without a fight, and after the thieves entered the city, Zhang Xianzhong, who had not had time to catch his breath, and the old man returned and woke up in the middle of the night. The wolf rolled into the gate and cried out when he saw them: "The big thing is not good, the Dengzhou camp is coming." ”

Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Huihui's faces changed, and they stood up together and exclaimed: "Come so fast? ”

Guo Tianxing took a bowl of tea and drank it cleanly. He wiped his mouth and said, "Cavalry, all cavalry." The green of the water, the red flag embroidered with a black flying eagle. I heard that it was Chen Xie, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, who personally led the team. In the middle of the night, he touched the edge of the camp and set it on fire with a rocket. The raindrops are generally overwhelming, and the burning is called a fast. Before I could gather my brothers, the Dengzhou cavalry began to charge. They are not like Cao Wenzhao, nor are they like Guan Ningjun. There are no big guys in their hands, but everyone has crossbows and short guns. Long knives. Just meet the heap of people. Put the crossbow bolts first, it seems to rain, and it will collapse in one rush. Awesome, it's amazing. ”

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Lao Huihui. The legs of this thing are trembling. Stammered, "Run." Dengzhou Greenskins are all evil ghosts from hell. Zhang Xianzhong looked at this product in surprise, it is said that it is also an old pole, how can he be scared like this. It seems that he was beaten stupid in Yunyang. I don't know where the strength comes from. Lao Hui stood up and said, "You can do whatever you like, I have to go." To go to inaction, I will take the first step. ”

Zhang Xianzhong saw that this would definitely not work, and said loudly: "It's better to go together, pass the order, go now, and go to Wuwei." How many people do you have under you? ”

Guo Tianxing cried with a sad face: "Where are there still people, it's all over, it's all over." The Dengzhou soldiers were all cavalry, and they chased too fast. They were all scattered. Zhang Xianzhong immediately put away his smile and said: "Since this is the case, you should stay and gather some of the brothers who have been scattered, otherwise you will run away like this, and there will be no way to live." ”

Guo Tianxing just wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but when he saw Zhang Xianzhong's hideous look, Lao Hui was eager to try, and immediately closed his mouth. Under the pretext of going out to rectify the defeated army, he said goodbye to the stars. Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Sun Kewang, and Sun Kewang immediately followed.

"I'm scared, can I still hold the Dengzhou camp?" The old man asked incomprehensibly, Zhang Xianzhong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If there is a person who can speak, so many people will not be in chaos immediately." The Dengzhou battalion is here, even if it flees without a fight, so many chaotic people can drag on for a while. Lao Hui understood and nodded vigorously. I didn't expect Tianxing to be able to withstand the Dengzhou camp and use his reputation to stabilize the exiles who were coerced, so that the main force could not escape.

Zhang Xian is loyal and cunning, which is a different type than Li Zicheng. This product is not a good person, and it is very difficult to deal with Li Zicheng. This is also the main reason why after Fengyang, the two are one north and one south. thought that going north would be chased and killed by Hong Chengchou, so he chose to go south, who knew that a more ferocious ghost would come, chasing his ass and beating him.

Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Huihui ran away overnight, and Guo Tianxing, who stayed in Chao County, was tormented in panic, he knew what he was left to do, and the result of running with him was inevitably killed by Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Huihui. I waited all night in anxiety, and unexpectedly did not wait for the arrival of the Dengzhou battalion. After gathering thousands of defeated soldiers and having a little capital in his hands, Guo Tianxing decided not to wait, let these defeated soldiers eat a full meal, and immediately went south.

As soon as the meal was finished, the horses arranged outside the city came, and the red flag of the Dengzhou camp was already twenty miles away. Guo Tianxing ran south without hesitation, leaving behind tens of thousands of displaced people.

The Dengzhou camp, which was murderous, was not close to Chao County, and the displaced people fled in all directions. The Dengzhou battalion marched into Chaoxian County and regained the lost territory. After resting for a day in Chao County, I received a message from Su Haochen. The main force of this expedition was two battalions of the A-shaped battalion and one battalion-shaped B-shaped battalion. Led by Su Haochen, Zhang Biao is the forward, has arrived in Xuzhou, and was refused to enter the city by Xuzhou, Hong Chengchou sent someone to send an order, let the Dengzhou battalion come under his command, Su Haochen asked Chen Xie what to do next.

Chen Xie asked the messenger to bring a letter to Su Haochen, asking him to turn around and go to Henan to return to Germany and chase Gao Yingxiang. As for Hong Chengchou's order, whether it can be heard or not, the key is to make a decision based on the actual situation.

Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Huihui decided to divide the troops, Lao Hui went to Wuwei, and Zhang Xianzhong went straight to Lujiang.

Chen Xie, who was resting in Chao County, unexpectedly received an order from Zhang Guowei, the governor of Nanjing, asking Chen Xie to listen to his dispatch and move closer to the Taiping Mansion to prevent thieves from crossing the Yangtze River. Chen Xie, who received this order, really couldn't laugh or cry. Considering the business in Nanjing, he still wrote back to Zhang Guowei very seriously, saying that the Yangtze River was dangerous and the thieves could not overcome, and there was no need to worry about the thieves crossing the river. On the contrary, we should be careful of the thieves going southwest along the river, and then let the lake wide.

Chen Xie didn't expect the Dengzhou battalion to send troops, and it became a sweet tooth. Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand to ask for it, and Zhang Guowei also wanted it. The problem is that when Chen Xie sent out his troops, it was actually an order from Zhu Youzhen. Thinking about it, Chen Xie's handwriting was folded. The situation since the dispatch of the troops was reported, and it was emphasized that the main force of the thieves was mainly cavalry, and they fought on the move. The officers and men were mostly infantry, and it was difficult for them to make a difference in the pursuit. Therefore, it should be mainly blocked, first control the thieves in an area, and then slowly divide and attack together, encroaching on the thieves' activity area and forcing the thieves to fight a decisive battle. The compromises mentioned the orders of Hong Chengchou and Zhang Guowei, and Chen Xie said, "The Dengzhou battalion marches and fights, and has its own strategy." Wenchen is incompetent, and he does not dare to obey the king's orders. Shocked to hear that the eight kings of the giant Kou destroyed the capital, so he led the army to pursue, and did not destroy or return. ”

The meaning of this recital is very clear, and at the same time, it points out that only listen to the emperor's orders. Regarding Zhang Guowei's construction, Chen Xie also added it to the compromise, saying that this was his judgment on the form. As for the rogues in the Central Plains, because the information is not smooth, they dare not talk nonsense.

After finishing all this, the scouts sent by Chen Xie came back and brought back the news that Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Hui had divided their troops. Chen Xie held a meeting to discuss which one to fight first. In fact, Chen Xie can decide this matter himself, and the meeting is to train young people.

At the meeting, all the cavalry captains put forward their own views, some advocated attacking Zhang Xianzhong first, and some advocated fighting the old man first. When the two sides couldn't hold each other, Chen Xie smiled and said to everyone: "Let's fight the old man first, so as not to worry about Governor Zhang crossing the river." Lao Huihui was scared of being beaten by the Dengzhou camp in Yunyang, and it was easier to fight. After killing the old man and returning home, it will be much easier to chase Zhang Xianzhong again. After all, there are a lot of rogues, so we will pick the soft ones first. ”

There is another reason, Chen Xie did not explain it to everyone. I just didn't think about immediately catching up and killing the rogue, Chen Xie's mind was to chase the back of the rogue's ass and beat it, and let the rogue sweep all the way in front. Zhang Xianzhong is like a locust, specializing in fighting big gentry households, grabbing money and grain, and when he has grabbed enough, he will catch up and grab it back. Finally, as long as Chen Xie follows closely, it will be difficult for Zhang Xianzhong to coerce the homeless people on the road, and he will not take hundreds of thousands of homeless people all the way to eat like in history. Without a large base of displaced people, Zhang Xianzhong's team could only fight less and less, and its strength was constantly weakened.

As for those big gentry, Chen Xie wished they were dead.

After deliberately staying in Chao County for a day, the troops were rested and replenished with food and grass. Chen Xie led his troops to continue south, and no one could find fault with this move at all. Lao Hui had just laid down Wuwei, and he was happy for a night, and the next morning he heard that the Dengzhou camp was thirty miles away, so he was frightened and immediately ran along the road to the west. There's no time to coerce the people, it's just that the big families in the city are basically not good. Lao Huihui has about 5,000 cavalry under his command, which is his main force, and there are more than 10,000 foot soldiers as supplements. Everything else was left behind, and with the gold and silver that had been robbed, he fled to the Lujiang River in the west in a hurry.

Chen Xie led his troops to Wuwei, but this time he did not enter the city, but chased after the old man back. Relying on the horse, I caught up with the main force of the old return halfway. When Lao Hui saw the banner of the Dengzhou battalion, he was frightened, leaving more than 10,000 foot soldiers to block the attack.

The rogue who was left to block the attack, about 10,000 years old, and the general who led the troops was the leader of Yunyang who picked up a small life, and when he saw the banner of the Dengzhou battalion, he forcibly commanded not to go down to the battle to meet him. Chen Xie opened his position, still rushing to be the first.

The thieves were extremely poorly equipped, and the six thousand cavalry were just a rain of crossbow arrows, and the thieves' formation was in chaos. Chen Xie rushed into the enemy formation, the short guns were like raindrops, and the thieves could not hold on, so they scattered and fled. Chen Xie led the army to chase for twenty miles, and only stopped the pursuit when it was dark, and cleaned the battlefield for overnight rest.

Zhang Xianzhong rushed to attack the Lujiang River, and the officers and soldiers were defeated without decent resistance. Thieves plundered and celebrated their victory. Zhang Xianzhong rested for the night, and as soon as he got up, he heard that Lao Hui had been defeated, and fled outside Lujiang City, where he was stopped by his subordinate Li Dingguo and not allowed to enter the city. (To be continued......)