On June 28, the eighth year of Chongzhen, Suluo Village.

Today's Cao Wenzhao has been fighting a bloody battle for most of the day, he fought against the peasant rebel army six times, each time he was the first soldier, in the encirclement of the superior peasant rebel army, he organized the effective resistance of the Ming army, and fought and retreated to preserve most of the Ming army in an organized manner, showing his personal martial courage and superb command art.

But such a battle also has a price, and Cao Wenzhao has already suffered several injuries. Although the stomach is not seriously injured because of the stomach, if you don't leave this dangerous place, then this Ming army will be more than lucky.

But at this moment, there was a burst of drums around, and countless flags suddenly appeared all over the mountains, and the peasant rebel army ambushed here rushed towards Cao Wenzhao's Ming army.

After the elimination of the Awannian Army, the peasant rebels were greatly demoralized. Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng led their troops west to Ningzhou, and joined forces with Guo Tianxing, Scorpion Block, and King of Troubled Times, who were active in the Qingyang area, preparing to take advantage of the revenge psychology of the Ming army to fight another ambush battle.

Later, they learned that the Ming army sent an old enemy of the peasant rebel army, Cao Wenzhao, the general soldier of the reinforcement army, so these leaders carefully planned an ambush to encircle and annihilate Cao Wenzhao.

At this time, because the countryside of Shaanxi was controlled by the peasant rebel army, Cao Wenzhao's Ming army became blind and deaf, so that the peasant rebel army could boldly mobilize its troops, and could set up ambushes at several key points, and it was not at all detected by the spies of Cao Wenzhao's troops. Under such circumstances, Cao Wen's edict crashed headlong into the encirclement.

On June 27, Cao Wenzhao's nephew Cao Bianjiao led the sharp division to fight in the vanguard, and Cao Wenzhao led the infantry to the rear of the palace to reach Hutou Xianzi, where the peasant rebel army ambushed and cut the Ming army into two sections. Divide the troops to besiege and kill.

Cao Wen's edict, which was besieged, didn't know that he was in a plan. Because in the battles with the peasant rebel army for so many years, it was not once or twice that the peasant rebel army, which was superior in numbers, set up an ambush for the Ming army, but every time it was fought, it was because of the disparity in combat effectiveness that the encircled Ming army not only broke out of the encirclement, but also killed the peasant rebel army in turn. Therefore, Cao Wenzhao thinks that this ambush is the same.

Sure enough, Cao Wenzhao's nephew Cao Bianjiao took the lead as the vanguard and killed more than 500 peasant rebels. The peasant rebels feigned defeat and retreated to the wooded areas to the east.

As long as you have read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or other readers who describe ancient wars. We all know that there is a military proverb - do not enter the forest. But at this time, Cao Wen's edict was already dizzy, and they still followed the defeated peasant rebels into the forest area.

How could Cao Wen's edict not pursue? According to the routine formed by years of fighting, it should be the peasant rebel army that threw down a large number of wealthy women to shackle the pursuit of Cao Wenzhao's troops, and let these soldiers have a long stream?

But this time the peasant rebels did not play their cards according to common sense. Cao Wen's edict pursued it for more than 30 miles. Arrive at Diaoling Pass. Seeing that the Ming army entered the ambush circle, the peasant rebel army fought on all sides. Fought with Cao Wenzhao in the head of the river.

Due to the long pursuit, Cao Wenzhao's troops were scattered. It was difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, and suddenly lost its combat effectiveness, suffered heavy casualties, and the mountains and fields were violently corpsed, and the blood flowed like a river, staining the village.

On the next day, June 28th. The peasant rebel army was spearheaded by the king of troubled times, Li Zicheng was in the center, and Guo Tianxing followed and surrounded the Ming army again. The decisive battle with Cao Wen's edict was bound to completely destroy this Ming army.

And Cao Wenzhao chased left and right, and fought and retreated. At this time, the peasant rebel army deliberately opened a hole to lure the enemy westward, because the peasant rebel army did not just arrange an ambush.

When Cao Wen's edict army marched to Suoluo Village, the peasant rebel army ambushed the most elite old battalion of 10,000 cavalry here, and they surrounded it in all directions, and the battle suddenly reached a white-hot point.

"Handsome! Mr. Wang Qian has opened a road there! Seeing that the Ming army in front broke the encirclement, Cao Wenzhao's personal captain immediately shouted.

"Let's go!" Cao Wenzhao carried a bloody riding spear in his hand, and without hesitation, he pulled his horse and fled in the direction of Wang Qianzong. At this time, time is extremely precious, and life and death are also in that moment.

didn't run a few steps, Cao Wenzhao suddenly heard a shout from the right: "General, save me!" Cao Wenzhao looked over at a glance, only to see a few Ming soldiers surrounded by peasant rebel regiments, and the person who shouted was still following his veterans, and now he was being pressed to the ground by several peasant rebels.

Cao Wenzhao hesitated for a moment, and immediately turned his horse's head and headed in the direction of the Ming soldiers. Seeing his commander like this, the guards around him also stepped forward bravely, and after a few charges, they killed the surrounding peasant rebels and rescued those Ming troops.

Cao Wenzhao didn't talk nonsense, and greeted: "Keep up!" Then the rescued Ming soldiers either jumped on empty horses, or rode with other soldiers, and then went to the gap in the encirclement.

However, Cao Wenzhao's actions immediately attracted the attention of the leader of the peasant army commanding the battle, and at this time, another pawn in the peasant rebel army who had defected from the Ming army pointed at Cao Wenzhao and shouted: "This is Cao Zongbing." ”

"Surround him!" "Catch him!" "Don't let Butcher Cao run away!" ”……

The peasant army leader who did not need to command the order at all, and the officers and men of the peasant army, who had a deep blood feud with Cao Wenzhao, were immediately overjoyed, and the siege was even more urgent.

So Cao Wenzhao fell into a heavy siege again, he was tired of running for his life, killed dozens of peasant soldiers, turned to fight for several miles, was seriously injured in more than ten places, passed through the red mud city of Baozigou in Yancun, ran to Jijia Mountain, saw that there were no generals inside, no reinforcements outside, and surrounded by dense peasant army soldiers. Cao Wenzhao knew that he was hopeless to break through.

Cao Wenzhao smiled bitterly. This goose all day long, and he was really blinded by the geese's peck. Cao Wenzhao is also a ruthless man, he did not hesitate to pull out his waist knife and pull out the knife to kill himself.

"Handsome! Follow ......" The captain of the personal soldiers in front of him hadn't noticed Cao Wenzhao's actions yet, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw a stream of blood spurting out of Cao Wenzhao's neck, and immediately shouted in a daze: "No——! The hand couldn't help but grab Cao Wenzhao's knife, but the distance was too far, and it was just empty.

Seeing Cao Wenzhao's body fall heavily under the horse, the battlefield seemed to pause. The captain of the pro-soldier also immediately pulled out his waist knife and killed himself. The remaining dozen or so Ming soldiers shouted and rushed into the peasant army, and finally the whole army was annihilated.

In this battle, the peasant army led by Li Zicheng inflicted heavy losses on the Ming army, Cao Wenzhao's troops lost most of their troops, and more than 20 guerrilla generals and generals were killed. In particular, Cao Wenzhao, the number one famous general of the Ming army who was known for his good fighting, was defeated in this battle, which made the Ming army depressed, and the peasant army cheered and was very happy.

However, because in the second half of the battle, the attention of the peasant army was focused on Cao Wenzhao, so Cao Bianjiao gathered more than 1,000 remnants and broke out of the encirclement of the peasant army, so that the peasant army did not do its full job.

Since the peasant army in Shaanxi rebelled, they were most afraid of two Ming generals: Cao Wenzhao, Cao Butcher, and He Renlong, a madman. Of course, now Wu Shigong and Wu Butcher are also following suit.

Especially Cao Wenzhao, he took the lead in every battle, and cared for and rewarded the soldiers, so he was very loved by the soldiers, and his troops were also very combative.

Take a look at Cao Wenzhao's exploits! Cao Wenzhao successively defeated Wang Jiayin, the leader of the peasant army guarding the Hequ, and successively killed more than a dozen peasant army leaders such as Dian Dengzi, Li Laochai, Ke Tianfei, and Liu Daojiang. The peasant soldiers who were exterminated were even more numerous. As a result, the peasant army often changed color when they heard it, and often fled from the wind, saying that "there is a Cao in the army, and the thief is afraid when he hears it." ”

But Cao Wenzhao's attitude towards the people is completely different, and even the imperial court can't stand it, that is, the Ministry of War has impeached Cao Wenzhao. At that time, there was such a folk proverb in Shaanxi: "Rather be robbed by thieves than teach Cao Bing to block." The thieves robbed limitedly, and the Cao soldiers did endless harm. Thieves robbed the people's property, and Cao soldiers killed the people's lives".

I really don't know if there are more peasant troops exterminated by Cao Wenzhao, or if there are more people who were forced to rebel by him. However, because Cao Wenzhao was frantically hostile to the peasant army, the DPRK and China still indulged Cao Wenzhao's cruelty to the people.

In fact, Cao Wenzhao is a typical military attache in the late Ming Dynasty, with all the advantages and disadvantages of the military attache in the late Ming Dynasty. However, compared with other military attachés who are afraid of war and cowardly and preserve their strength, Cao Wenzhao's performance is actually quite "excellent". But this kind of "excellent" is really speechless!

When Cao Wenzhao was dying, I don't know if he remembered that back then, when the peasant army had just rebelled, he was trying to make a long stream for his own power and wealth? You must know that the sheep in his eyes has become a jackal! I really don't know if Cao Wenzhao will regret it!

After the peasant army killed Cao Wenzhao, the great enemy, the cheers and joys resounded in the sky. However, after obtaining Cao Wenzhao's body, Li Zicheng showed great respect for this important opponent, did not insult the corpse and returned it to the Ming army. After that, his nephew Cao Bianjiao built a tomb and a monument in Cao Wenzhao's own place.

At this time, we can see that compared with the Ming Dynasty's court excavating Li Zicheng's ancestral tomb, Li Zicheng at this time has already shown his atmosphere.

After Hong Chengchou learned of Cao Wenzhao's death, he looked up to the sky and wept and regretted it. Emperor Chongzhen was also very sad and ordered the construction of an ancestral hall to worship, so that Cao Wenzhao enjoyed all the glory.

The combat effectiveness of the peasant army this time actually shows that the battle between the peasant army and the Ming court has begun to enter a stage of stalemate, and the suppression of bandits by the imperial court will also become a long process. However, Emperor Chongzhen and the important ministers of the court still couldn't distinguish the situation, they still thought that this defeat was an accident, and still set a time limit and ordered Hong Chengchou to exterminate the peasant army within a limited time. (To be continued......)