Many times, it is human nature to belittle others to believe in themselves, and only want to believe what they see with their own eyes.

The civil and military officials of Taiping County were like this, so they paid a heavy price for their "experience" and contempt for the Taiping army. And now, the same thing is Luo Tianze's turn!

The fact that the Taiping Army was able to break through Wu'an is enough to say a lot about it. But all kinds of rumors that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, coupled with the natural contempt of the officials and soldiers for the thieves, coupled with the natural danger of the Bayan Mountains, made Luo Tianze also look down on Chen Wu. If the opponent is replaced by the troops infiltrated by the Kingdom of Oman, assuming that they can do it, then Luo Tianze will definitely not make all kinds of mistakes, will not believe the intelligence of Yuyang Mansion, and will not risk chasing and killing lightly.

However, it's too late to regret it!

Chen Wu took advantage of the performance outside the Yuyang Mansion to seduce the defenders of Daqing Pass to send troops. And now, the 3,000 people on the front formed a steel defense line, and after the hope of the Daqingguan defenders breaking through was dashed, the 1st and 3rd Wings of the Volunteer Battalion that came out of Dawangzhuang also collided with Wei Zizheng's 500 people under the command of Chen Wu, and officially completed the encirclement of the 2,600 Daqingguan defenders.

Once Wei Zizheng's 500 men were wiped out, Chen Wu's 2,000 volunteer battalion would be able to attack from behind the weak officers and troops and completely defeat them!

Wei Zizheng, who is well aware of his responsibilities, has no time to take care of the positive situation.

He put all his attention in front of him, hoping to buy Luo Tianze as much time as possible, even if it was actually in vain.

The 2,000 soldiers of the Brave Battalion could not be equipped with shields like Xu Shizhong's troops, who were waiting for work—and the Taiping army did not prepare as much. Therefore, in Wei Zizheng's infantry archers, at least more than 100 people were killed and wounded, and it can be said that the combat strength of one and a half brigades was lost before the battle began.

However, Chen Wuyu's army still had more than 1,800 people!

When the two sides rushed together, the threat of the archers was greatly reduced, and Chen Wu's troops, which were more than three times that of Wei Zizheng, began to take advantage of their might!

The average strength of the Volunteer Battalion is still much weaker than that of the Taiping Battalion. However, firstly, the morale of the officers and soldiers has been greatly shaken, and secondly, they have a threefold numerical advantage, and the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion fought with the officers and soldiers of Wei Zizheng, although there were many casualties, but they occupied the absolute initiative on the scene, and pressed the officers and soldiers back step by step.

Every time they take a step back, someone in the officers and soldiers will fall.

In the same way, every step forward, the volunteer battalion had to pay several sacrifices of human life. However, the volunteer battalion, which saw the hope of victory, became more and more courageous and was not frightened by the casualties in the slightest.

On the contrary, the retreating Daqingguan defenders became more and more desperate.

When the Wei Zizheng Division, which was in charge of resisting, suffered more than one and a half casualties, the morale of the defenders of Daqingguan began to collapse.

The front could not break through for a long time, and the Wei Zizheng Department behind the palace was defeated one after another, and it was only a matter of time before it was defeated, Luo Tianze couldn't help but let out a desperate lament. When the supreme commander of the whole army has such a feeling, it is conceivable what the field of this army will be. I don't know who threw the weapon first, broke away from the queue, fled from the official road into the wasteland on the side of the road, shamefully became a deserter, and the defenders of Daqingguan began to flee one after another.

Luo Tianze had the intention to send his guards to kill these deserters and make a final resistance, but the appearance of the Taiping Army's horse team completely dispelled his last thoughts.

More than 300 horses roared towards them, and several squads were divided from the brigade to hunt down the fleeing officers and soldiers.

In front of the war horses, none of these lone officers and soldiers could escape.

The remaining horse caravan, led by Yan Dongxing, rushed in along the two wings reads();. Even if this group of riders who have been formed for less than a few months is only the prototype of cavalry, the sound of thunderous horse hooves and the sabers wielded by the riders still dealt a fatal blow to the defenders of Daqing Pass.

The high-spirited riders, like sharp knives, plunged headlong into the weakest ribs of the officer and army array.

The officers and troops, which were already barely maintained, were completely on the verge of collapse.

Seeing the horse team approaching, the nearby officers and soldiers all fled in all directions, or simply surrendered on their knees.

Seeing this, the riders, who had already received Chen Wu's advice, did not cut down the surrendered officers and soldiers, but directly beat their horses and ran past them, and continued to drive away the fleeing officers and soldiers, allowing them to break up their own queues, like fierce hounds chasing a frightened herd of hares.

"Surrender or kill!"

"Surrender or kill!"

The Taiping troops in front and behind shouted loudly one after another.

It seems that voices from all directions have dispelled the fighting spirit of many officers and soldiers. More and more Daqingguan defenders chose to release their weapons and surrender on the spot.

Shocked by the sound of surrender, Luo Tianze froze stood in place, looking around blankly. In addition to the several brigades of officers and soldiers around him who were still fighting to the death, more than half of the officers and troops in the distance had already collapsed. The horses that rushed in from both wings, although their momentum had slowed down considerably, was still rapidly approaching their side. As far as the eye can see, there is chaos everywhere, panic and death, and the defeat of the officers and troops is decided!

Thinking about his ambition when he led the army out, and then compared his eyes......

Luo Tianze, who couldn't accept the gap, couldn't help but draw his sword and wanted to kill himself. But when the sword reached his neck, he was greedy for prosperity, and he was not willing to slash hard for a while. After such a hesitation, the soldiers next to him had noticed the abnormality, and quickly snatched the sword and stopped him.

Surrounded by these pro-soldiers, Luo Tianze was mixed in the chaos of the army, and began to flee along the same road to Daqing Pass.

Of course, there is no escaping this.

Luo Tianze, the brigade commander, is still very valuable, and Yan Dongxing has long been eyeing him in the midst of the chaotic army. Wielded a knife and slashed a few officers and soldiers who were blocking the road, and chased after them with their hands. When he passed by, he knocked Luo Tianze on the head with the back of the knife, and directly knocked him unconscious.

Big Fish in Hand!

With Luo Tianze also captured, the defenders of the entire Daqing Pass entered a complete rout. Although there are still many officers and soldiers who resist stubbornly, at best, they can only add some more deaths to the Taiping army and delay some time, which will not hinder the overall situation. Finally, when it was almost dark, the battlefield was completely silent.

Of the 2,600 officers and soldiers, more than 1,000 were killed and seriously wounded.

Among them, at least two or three hundred were chased and hacked to death by the Taiping army when they fled.

More than 500 officers and soldiers chose to surrender on the spot.

The remaining officers and soldiers scattered and fled after the defeat was assured, and most of them were eventually captured. The Taiping army focused on blocking the direction of Daqing Pass to ensure that no deserters could bring the news back. Perhaps a small number of officers and soldiers fled into the wilderness and were rushing to the side of Yuyang Mansion, but the small group of cavalry scattered would sooner or later capture them together.

In general, the results were brilliant, but the losses of the Taiping army were not small.

Even with the advantage of strength and waiting for work, the Taiping army still paid about the same casualties as the official army of Daqingguan - of course, this figure refers to the stage of frontal fighting, and the later officers and troops who broke and fled were not counted reads();.

"In other words, excluding the lightly wounded soldiers, our army suffered nearly seven hundred casualties in this battle!"

After getting the rough results, Chen Wu's face was a little unsightly. Anyone who learns that his well-trained army has suffered such losses will not be in a good mood. In particular, only one brigade of heavy infantry lost more than two percent.

Casualties are secondary, and damage to the armor of the heavy infantry is the biggest problem.

For a while, Chen Wu couldn't repair these heavy armors.

However, the result of this loss was actually what he expected. It is already very rare to be able to play a similar one-for-one ratio with the officers and soldiers in a head-to-head battle, even if there are such and such factors in it. What's more, Chen Wu also achieved the purpose of this battle by Shun.

After taking these 2,600 officers and soldiers without missing a single one, there was only one and a half wings left in the left-behind officers and troops in Daqing Pass. As long as Chen Wu tries to trick the opening and closing of the card gate, he will be able to seize this Xiongguan smoothly.

After that, Songjiang County really had the surname Chen!

After properly arranging the wounded soldiers and reorganizing the army that was also chaotic because of the pursuit, Chen Wu could finally breathe a sigh of relief. At this time, Yan Dong walked in and reported to him the news of Luo Tianze's capture.

"You mean, the other party once wanted to commit suicide, but hesitated but didn't succeed?"

Yan Dongxing's words greatly increased ****'s interest in Luo Tianze.

Yan Dongxing shrugged his shoulders and said, "I didn't see it with my own eyes, this is what others said, but it shouldn't be wrong." If he really wanted to commit suicide and martyrdom, how could he live until now? From the defeat to the time I caught up, there was time to die. ”

"Bring him to me."

Unable to deal with other matters, Chen Wu decided to summon the brigade commander immediately.

Regarding the matter of deceiving Daqing Pass, he originally wanted to casually recruit a certain captain and a few officers and soldiers. As long as there is a familiar face that can dispel the suspicion of the remaining defenders of Daqing Pass, you can open the door and enter the customs smoothly. But if a brigade commander can be recruited, then this matter is undoubtedly a certainty.

No matter how suspicious the officers and soldiers are, it is impossible to suspect that their superiors will lie.

Of course, if you want to recruit an officer at the level of a brigade commander, it will definitely not be easy. But the Taiping Army is not what it used to be, and Chen Wu feels that he may not have no chance.

Just for Luo Tianze's appearance, he has to try it as much as possible.

A moment later, Luo Tianze, who was tied up with a rope, was carried in by two personal soldiers.

Luo Tianze, who had a decadent face, looked up at Chen Wu, and seemed to know that he was the chief general of the Taiping Army, and there seemed to be hatred in his eyes that flashed away, and then his face was expressionless, and he made up his mind not to say a word.

Obviously, he regarded Chen Wu's summons as a kind of humiliation of the victor to the loser.

Chen Wu didn't speak immediately, looked at him for a moment, and then ordered his hand to untie him. There are guards, Luo Tianze was carefully searched again, and Chen Wu was not afraid that he would be unfavorable to him.

"What are you doing here? If you want to kill, don't play any tricks! ”

The rope was removed, and Luo Tianze was a little more stunned. moved his wrist that was strangled red, and stared at Chen Wu vigilantly.