In fact, it is not accidental that it can be won so easily. After all, although the number of one side is small, it is an elite army that has been on the battlefield for a long time, and the other side is a rabble that has not experienced a battle.

The annihilation of Mei Baohua's 8,000 army relied on fire attack, and the two sides did not really meet each other in a short manner, and the White Lotus Sect bandits did not gain enough experience in fighting, but instead fueled their arrogance, thinking that the official army was nothing more than that, so it was inevitable to suffer a major defeat.

So although the Praetorian Guard only had a hundred people, it was enough to defeat thousands of bandits!

Historically, the battles between the officers and the rebellious peasant armies were like this in the early days, and the battles were one-sided.

For example, in another time and space, when Li Zicheng and other peasant armies in northern Shaanxi first rebelled, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of peasant troops were often chased by thousands of Ming troops, and this is the truth. It was only later that due to the lack of food and salary, the soldiers of the Ming army continued to flee and joined the peasant army one after another, which gradually improved the combat effectiveness of the peasant army. It was not until more than ten years later, after experiencing numerous defeats and accumulating a lot of combat experience, that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant armies had the ability to fight head-on with the official army.

And now, this White Lotus Sect bandit army has just rebelled, and it has no combat experience at all, and it can't even be called an army, so it is understandable that it was defeated.

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After being shocked, Chen Zilong immediately ordered a pursuit, and the five thousand townsmen each carried their spears and began to chase, and at first they ran and pursued according to the formation, but it didn't take long for the queue to disperse, and there was no longer a formation to speak of, if they hadn't all changed into military uniforms, it was estimated that they were no different from the White Lotus Sect bandits.

In the past, seeing countless White Lotus Sect bandits killed, and thinking of the 8,000 army of Governor Mei Baohua who was completely annihilated by them, the hearts of the villagers were full of fear. And now that the White Lotus Sect bandits were defeated by a hundred Praetorian Guards, fleeing all over the mountains, the fear in the hearts of the villagers suddenly disappeared, and they carried spears one by one, screaming and chasing and beating fiercely, once they caught up, they were shot on the back of the bandits.

And the morale of the White Lotus Sect bandit army has completely collapsed, and they have completely lost the confidence to resist, even if they are caught up, they dare not resist, or desperately flee, or throw away their weapons and kneel to surrender.

The villagers chased and killed, but Shan Xiangming and the 100 Praetorian Guards did not chase them, because they were no longer needed on the battlefield at this time.

"With 100 soldiers to break through thousands of bandits, the bravery of a single battalion officer is no less than that of the famous generals of ancient times!" Chen Zilong walked up to Shan Xiangming and praised him sincerely.

"Don't be praised by Mr., the other party is just a rabble." One Xiang Ming said humbly.

"Although it is a rabble, there are thousands of them, and a single battalion officer can be said to be one against a hundred." Chen Zilong sighed. Just before the battle, he was still full of worries, worried that he was not the opponent of the White Lotus Sect, but he didn't expect to win such a big victory in the blink of an eye, and he was shocked by the strength of the Praetorian Guard. And this is only a hundred Praetorian Guards, and there are as many as 10,000 such Praetorian Guards in Zhenjiang!

"It's not that Mr. has the courage of 5,000 townships to back, so I dare to fight the bandits." One Xiangming smiled.

"The bandit army has been defeated, and it is likely to flee to Wujiang to defend the city, I don't know if the single battalion officer and his subordinates can still fight?" Chen Zilong said. finally said his plan, that is, to take the opportunity to recover Wujiang County.

Only after the recovery of Wujiang can this battle be completely over, and as for some of the bandits who escaped, they will be slowly captured in the future. is that the villagers are all scrambling to arrest the fleeing bandits, and there are only 100 people in the establishment of Shan Xiangming, Chen Zilong can only pin his hopes on Shan Xiangming.

"Mr. Chen, don't worry, I'm leading the troops to set off, and I will definitely be able to take Wujiang County before dark." One Xiangming looked at the sky and reassured.

Today has only traveled twenty or thirty miles, and the battle time is only a moment, and these hundred Praetorian Guards still have strength. And now that the White Lotus Sect's army has just been defeated, the bandits left behind in Wujiang County have not yet received the news of the defeat, and it is a good time to attack the city.

"It's hard work for a single battalion officer." Chen Zilong was overjoyed.

Shan Xiangming quickly hurried with a hundred Praetorian Guards, this place is less than thirty miles away from Wujiang County, but it is still early, at least two hours before dark, there is enough time to rush to Wujiang County.

Because small troops are not the same as large troops, there is no food baggage, there are not so many materials for marching. A hundred Janissaries carried only weapons, and nothing else, so they could be described as marching lightly. Even if you can't take Wujiang County in time, with the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River and the dense population, it is not difficult for a small team of 100 people to get food, and there is no need to worry about going hungry.

The team marched quickly along the avenue, and could see that the four fields were full of fleeing bandits, as well as the village warriors chasing the bandits. As long as these White Lotus Sect bandits don't get in the way, Yi Xiangming didn't pay attention to them, and just rushed straight to Wujiang County.

Surrounded by several hardcore bandits, Zhuge Sanhe fled quickly, looking at his subordinates who were crushed for thousands of miles around him, listening to the deafening sound of Xiangyong chasing and killing behind him, he only felt that all thoughts were lost.

Just now, he was still dreaming of defeating Xiang Yong and taking advantage of the situation to attack Suzhou to grab a special robbery, but in a blink of an eye, it was a failure, and the dream came to naught.

Until now, Zhuge Sanhe didn't know why his army was defeated all of a sudden?

There were only a hundred soldiers on the other side, only a few dozen muskets, and they only suffered dozens of casualties. As long as everyone rushes forward, they can tear the hundred and ten people to pieces with their hands. Even if the officer and army have grenades, the distance between the two sides is less than twenty steps, and they can be killed in the blink of an eye.

However, it is useless to regret it now. Zhuge Sanhe only hoped to rush back to Wujiang County quickly. He didn't want to defend the city, but to take away the money temporarily stored in Wujiang. In this way, even if the rebellion fails, you can still be a rich man if you flee to other places incognito.

"Sect Master, Sect Master!" Suddenly, a shout sounded, Zhuge Sanhe turned his head to look, but saw the dragon rushing over.

"You're so fucking fast, Winged Tiger?" Zhuge Sanhe said with a disgusted face. If this guy had been more heroic, maybe the outcome of the battle would have been completely different!

"The winged tiger was shot to death by the official gun, if I hadn't escaped quickly, I wouldn't have seen you, the sect leader." Turning Jianglong said with a sad face.

"Let's go, let's go back to Wujiang County first." Now, Zhuge Sanhe can't care about investigating the reasons for the defeat, and he has no time to investigate the crime of cowardice in this guy, so he will wait until he returns to Wujiang County.

Running away quickly, from time to time the bandits who fled took the initiative to come closer, and soon three or four hundred people gathered around him, and Zhuge Sanhe barely had some confidence.

"Sect Master, the officers and soldiers are catching up!" Suddenly, one of his subordinates pointed behind him and exclaimed.

Zhuge Sanhe hurriedly looked back, and sure enough, he saw a small army of officers and soldiers chasing along the avenue.

"Turning over the river dragon, I'll give you half of the men, you block them!" Zhuge Sanhe hurriedly ordered.

Turning Jianglong glanced back, and suddenly his soul was scattered, wasn't it the elite official army that was chasing and killing? Thousands of armies have been defeated by this official army, where does he dare to stop the other party!

"Sect Master, we can't beat it, let's run away." Turning Jianglong shouted, and without waiting for Zhuge Sanhe to speak, he ran away. And he did not dare to go any further along the avenue, but ran into the wilderness. He was clever and knew that the other side had cavalry, and cavalry could not run fast in the rugged wilderness.

"Bastard!" Looking at the back of the dragon who turned over the river, Zhuge Sanhe scolded angrily, and ran away. But he didn't flee to the wilderness, but still followed the avenue, and he still had the idea of escaping back to Wujiang.

"Stomp and step", a sound of horses' hooves sounded, Zhuge Sanhe looked back, and saw several cavalry galloping over, only to be frightened.

"Stop them!" Zhuge Sanhe ordered urgently, but who still listened to him at this time, the bandits fled on their own. may have thought that he was in the way, but a bandit also pushed him and pushed him down on the road at once.

Zhuge Sanhe scolded angrily, struggled to get up, and ran out of the road with a rolling belt. However, it was too late, a horse ran past him quickly, and the cavalry on the horse waved the saber with his hand, and the saber crossed Zhuge Sanhe's back, driven by the extreme speed of the war horse, the saber easily cut through Zhuge Sanhe's cotton clothes, and pulled out a hole more than a foot long in his back.

Zhuge Sanhe felt a cold back, and then felt a large amount of blood rolling out of his back, and the strength of his body disappeared with the blood flowing, and he lay on the ground with a "poof", and no longer had the strength to stand up.

Ten cavalrymen quickly cleared the official road and drove the fleeing bandits into the wilderness, and Yi Xiangming led the infantry along the road quickly, ignoring the fleeing bandits. I didn't have time to capture the prisoners, and I didn't have time to cut off any heads, and besides, the Praetorian Guard system didn't judge merit according to the heads.

At dusk, one hundred Praetorian Guard soldiers finally arrived in Wujiang County, and at this time, the White Lotus Sect bandits who stayed in Wujiang County did not know that the front had been defeated, and the one-way Ming march was too fast, and the rout army had no time to rush back.

There are about 500 bandits left behind in Wujiang by the White Lotus Sect, and if the city is defended, it will still be difficult for the 100 soldiers of Shan Xiangming to attack the city.

But a bandit is a bandit, a rabble, not an army at all. Zhuge Sanhe was better when he was there, and he was able to restrain them, so that they didn't dare to plunder too much. As soon as Zhuge Sanhe left with the main force, the five hundred bandits were exposed in their true form and began to rape and plunder in the city.

In the past, because of the conflict with the gentry, Zhuge Sanhe did not touch the gentry of Wujiang City, but only attacked the civilians and plundered the ordinary merchants in the city.

But where are these gentry who have money? For the gentry of the high-ranking families in the city, the leaders of the White Lotus Sect all coveted it. As soon as Zhuge Sanhe led the troops away, the hall master who stayed behind immediately sent someone to the door to extort money and women from the gentry.

Some gentry were worried that the bandits would come indiscriminately, so they took the initiative to send some silver and property. There are also gentry who rely on their relationship with the Shen family, thinking that this White Lotus Sect is the dog raised by the gentry of Wuzhong, and they do not take the bandits in their eyes, and they are represented by Shen Tao. Shen Tao is Shen Heng's uncle and brother, and he is very clear about Zhuge Sanhe's details, and he is naturally not afraid of the White Lotus Sect bandits.

But Wu Tao forgot that Zhuge Sanhe was Zhuge Sanhe, but the other leaders of the White Lotus Sect did not know the details, and they had nothing to do with the Shen family in Wuzhong, so they naturally did not buy Shen Tao.

Seeing that Shen Tao didn't know each other, the owner of the White Lotus Church who stayed behind suddenly became angry, hacked Shen Tao to death with a knife, rushed into Shen Tao's mansion with his subordinates, and began to loot and commit adultery.

Once it started, it could no longer be contained, and the other White Lotus Sect bandits could not take care of defending the city, and they rushed towards the homes of the gentry one after another.

Seeing that the bandits of the White Lotus Sect did not talk about martial virtues, the gentry naturally did not want to be arrested, and they led their domestic slaves to resist. The entire county town of Wujiang was in a mess.

When Yi Xiangming arrived in Wujiang County, he saw this kind of situation. The closed gates of the city were opened by the fleeing people, and the sound of killing, shouting, crying, and screaming came from all kinds of voices in the city.

Seeing this, Fang Xiang clearly ignored the fatigue of the march, and immediately led his men into the city.

In view of the bandits scattered into the city, Yi Xiangming divided his soldiers into three teams, each with 30 people, including 20 firecrackers and 10 sword and shield soldiers, and cleared the bandits along the streets from house to house. The county seat of Wujiang is not large, with only two main streets, one vertical and one horizontal.

Ten cavalrymen, on the other hand, marched along the street in groups, and when they encountered bandits, they would fly horses and ram them, so as not to give the bandits a chance to assemble.

"Bang ......"

There was a sound of firearms, and most of the bandits who rushed out of the courtyard were shot, and the sword and shield soldiers rushed into the house and began to surround the remaining bandits, and soon emptied a courtyard. The bandits looted everywhere and scattered too much to resist.

However, in the Shen family's mansion, he encountered some trouble. Shen Tao is in charge of the business of Wujiang County for the Wu family, and is the richest man in Wujiang County, with the largest mansion and hundreds of slaves in the family. Therefore, the most robbers robbed in his house, and there were hundreds of them.

Hearing the sound of firecrackers coming from outside, the bandits inside knew that it was not good. Although the White Lotus Sect bandits also have firearms, no one knows how to use them and no one wants to use them, so the sound of such dense firecrackers can only be the official army coming.

Regardless of the looting, the hall master rushed out with his people, and as soon as he rushed into the street, more than ten cavalry galloped along the street, so frightened that the bandits shrank back one after another, and no one dared to collide with the cavalry with flesh and blood.

"Close the door and go to the wall!" The leader shouted, directing his men to defend.

As soon as the courtyard gate was closed, Yi Xiangming led a group of soldiers to kill and blocked the courtyard gate.

"Bang Bang Bang"

A round of fire rang out, and two bandits were shot, and the other bandits did not dare to peek out of the wall again.

"The White Lotus Sect bandit army has been defeated by the official army, your sect leader has been killed, and now the official army has attacked Wujiang City, you still haven't opened the door to surrender!" One Xiang Ming shouted inside.

"Hall Master, what should I do?" The bandits were frightened and looked at the hall master.

"He lied to us, there are no official troops in Suzhou at all, some are just some village warriors, the sect leader has an army of 8,000, how can he be defeated so quickly?" The hall master gritted his teeth and said.

Having committed heinous crimes in the city, and knowing that even if he surrendered, he would not survive, the leader decided to put up a stubborn resistance.

"Your Majesty personally led 10,000 Praetorian Guards to attack Suzhou, and the main force was annihilated. Now that the Praetorian Guards have entered Wujiang City, if they resist stubbornly, they will all be killed! One Xiangming continued to shout.

"Don't listen to him, he liars!" The hall master brandished a steel knife and shouted.

However, his bandits refused to listen to him anymore. The fact that the official army can appear in Wujiang City means that the sect leader's army has really been defeated, so it's a fart!

So the bandits came down from the wall one after another, ready to surrender.

When the hall master was about to curse angrily, he was thrown down from behind by two bandits, tied up with ropes, and dedicated him to the officers and soldiers, maybe he could also make meritorious service and be exempted.

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