Chapter 616: Opening the Passage
After a series of fierce battles, in fact, Lu Jiude also had palpitations. He didn't dare to rush into the army alone, so he could only watch the departure of Zhang and Luo's combined forces, and waited to join Liu Yuanbin and Xu Ming.
After the combined forces of Zhang and Luo got rid of Lu Jiude's troops, they first passed through Jingde, and then went straight to Huizhou. And this move staggered with the oncoming Zuo Liangyu.
So Zuo Liangyu hurriedly turned around and followed after the Zhang and Luo coalition forces. The two armies began to run around the Yellow Mountain. After some chasing, there were too many old and weak women and children in the Zhang and Luo coalition forces, and their speed could not match that of Zuo Liangyu. So Zhang Xianzhong re-enacted the golden cicada shelling, threw some of the cannon fodder behind him, and let them entangle Zuo Liangyu's department, while he and Luo Rucai led the elite away.
This time it went away, and the combined forces of Zhang and Luo returned to Qingyang, and Zuo Liangyu also followed again after eating those cannon fodder, so the two armies went around Huangshan.
At this time, although Zuo Liangyu only had 17,000 soldiers and horses, he was also one of the strongest soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, because his soldiers were all veterans of the battlefield and had rich combat experience, so the Ming court had made this army permanent in Huguang. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu's troops also have another characteristic, his troops are the most complex army in the Ming army.
In Zuo Liangyu's army, there were Liaodong soldiers, Xuanda soldiers, Henan soldiers, Huguang soldiers, and some peasant soldiers who defected to Cheng. It can also be seen that being able to pinch these troops from different sources into a whole shows Zuo Liangyu's command skills.
However, because the source is so complicated, Zuo Liangyu's troops can be said to be a guest army wherever they go, and they are completely unscrupulous when they are ruthless to the local people. Therefore, it has also become one of the most scourging officials and soldiers of the people.
In the original history, the crimes committed by Zuo Liangyubu are simply innumerable. However, his troops have also degenerated quite badly. When Li Zicheng broke through the city of Beijing and established the Southern Ming Dynasty, the troops under Zuo Liangyu's direct and indirect command had reached 200,000. But even the 200,000 rabble who are not even as good as bandits, their combat effectiveness should not be comparable to Zuo Liangyu's current troops and horses.
Let's not talk about Jiangnan, let's go back to Jiangbei!
After the crazy attack on the first day, Liu Guoneng didn't dare to use his old foundation to consume it anymore. So he pushed up the peasant army that had taken refuge in the Dabie Mountains. But no one is stupid, don't those leaders know how to preserve their strength? So their order to Liu Guoneng was to obey the yang and the yin.
And Liu Guoneng didn't dare to push too much. If you really force each other to death, even if you can suppress it, then you will soon have to eat a loose meal. Besides, the fierce battle on the first day could already be explained to the Runing army, and Liu Guoneng also wanted to maintain such a low-intensity battle in a vain attempt to get by.
But at this time. Jin Xiong, who went to Huanggang, came back, and he brought a sentence from Xue Yong to Liu Guoneng: "Fight hard!" ”
Before this expedition, Wu Shigong had explained to Xue Yong in detail, the most important of which was how to target Liu Guoneng. Wu Shigong said very clearly: if Liu Guoneng is disobedient. Then completely exterminate him, that is, Liu Guo can be obedient. He also has to boil his wild nature.
So after arriving in Huanggang. Xue Yong cherishes words like gold, and every time he sends a message to Liu Guoneng, there is no more than three words. Xue Yong just wanted to make Liu Guoneng feel that Ru Ningjun was very unhappy. It is also necessary to exert mental pressure on Liu Guoneng, that is, to completely squeeze out Liu Guoneng's servility.
Of course, Liu Guoneng felt the unhappiness of the Runing Army, but he has come to this day. He had no way back, so Liu Guoneng could only regroup, mobilize, draw lots, and resume the fierce offensive.
This made Huang Degong miserable. In desperation. He could only shrink his troops into the big camp, and the camp was hard to defend, looking forward to the early arrival of reinforcements every day.
That is, Huang Degong, this person is very loyal to the Ming Dynasty and his duties, so he tried his best to block Liu Guoneng and prevent him from ravaging Nanjing, Chuzhou and Yangzhou behind him. If it were replaced by other generals, they might have withdrawn their troops to Hanshan County a long time ago and opened a way for Liu Guorang, who would care about the monstrous floods outside.
So when Huang Degong was waiting for reinforcements from Nanjing City on the river, his troops were immediately jubilant. But before their cheers stopped, news came from the ship: "This support army will change direction and go to Jiangnan to rescue Lu Jiude's department." ”
The convoy of reinforcements passed through Hexian and headed straight for Dangtu. The reinforcements just left, so dashing, not only did they not leave a single cloud, but they didn't even wave their hands.
Watching the departure of the fleet, the crows were silent, the absolute crows were silent, and all the people were from great joy to great sorrow, and this blow was too heavy. Then came the collapse of the army, and Huang Degong's soldiers felt that they had been abandoned, so they were no longer willing to fight this hopeless battle.
Seeing that he couldn't suppress the troops, Huang Degong could only be good, he finally gave up the defensive line, retreated with the troops, and withdrew the whole army into Hanshan County.
At the same time, Liu Guoneng also saw the fleet of reinforcements from the Ming army on the river, and he immediately became tense and nervous. The official army in front of him is already difficult to deal with, and if there is another official army, how can it be obtained. His own troops can't retreat, so does Butcher Wu want to bury his troops here? So Liu Guoneng first contracted his troops, and sent an urgent letter to Huanggang for help, waiting for the landing of this official army.
But when Liu Guoneng also saw the departure of the official army, he suddenly went from great sorrow to great joy, and the chrysanthemums were loosened, and he almost went out of the foreign appearance and caused incontinence. So Liu Guoneng arranged for the troops to attack again.
Because there was no longer Huang Degong's interception, Liu Guoneng captured Hexian without much effort, breaking the defense line that Huang Degong had built with great difficulty.
What makes Liu Guoneng happy is that he finally opened the passage after a lot of hardships, and then he can go to peace. But this also made Liu Guoneng quite annoyed, because he didn't know what to do next.
Xue Yong's torture was also a little too ruthless, and he made Liu Guoneng lose his most basic judgment. is like a little daughter-in-law, every move has to be reported to Ru Ningjun.
And received Liu Guoneng's injunction that Xue Yong is hahadaxiao. He said to the left and right: "This time it's finally our turn to play. So after staying in place for more than 20 days, the Runing army finally entered this big melee.
Before leaving, Xue Yong also gave Liu Guoneng an order. This time the order was a little more detailed, with at least four words: "Free Move!" (To be continued......)