Liu Liangzuo ran away, but Long Thirteen didn't care.

His army immediately surrounded Hong Chengchou's three divisions, and then let the Fourth Brigade of Wu Dading, which had not been in battle, launch an attack on the remnants of Deng Xi's troops.

In less than half a day, Deng Xi's troops who were cowering in the camp were annihilated, and Deng Xi was also killed by the firecracker!

Together with Yang Yuchun and Zhang Yunpeng, who were killed outside the city, one of the most powerful Ming troops in Sichuan disappeared in Shanxi.

As a result, there were only three troops left on the entire battlefield, Yang Jiamo, He Renlong, and Li Bei under the jurisdiction of Hong Chengchou, adding up to 3,000 cavalry, and it was only a matter of time before the small strong brigade won the final victory.

However, since he successively won the three divisions of Zu Dabi, Deng Xi, and Liu Liangzuo, for Hong Chengchou, Long Thirteen only surrounded him tightly, and did not mean to attack immediately.

Dragon Thirteen Tents.

"Big Boss"

Li Xin's face was a little incredulous and excited, he naturally knew the combat power of the small strong brigade, but what he didn't expect was that he actually defeated several powerful Ming armies in a few days.

In fact, in his heart, according to the strong combat power of the small strong brigade, he can be the king and hegemon in Shanxi, and there is no need to go down to Henan again.

However, he also knew that Long Thirteen had other ideas, and his ideas were never wrong.

Therefore, he could only continue to play the role of a good staff officer and staff, and first sort out the results of the battles in the past few days and report to Long Thirteen.

"In the battle of Shuitoubao, the 2nd Brigade of our army, He Jinlong, and the 3rd Brigade Li Zhancai suffered minor damage, and they defeated the ancestor Dabi and defeated Hong Chengchou, according to the situation of prisoners and battlefield casualties."

"There are 2,000 horsemen in the ancestral tribe, and the most horsemen who finally fled back, and because the horses fled to death, at least half of the war horses were scrapped after they returned."

"And in Jicheng, although there is a horse farm there, but it was asked for a lot by the previous ancestor Kuanbu, and even if Zu Dabi got there, there were not many war horses to provide to him."

"However, in Shanxi, there are still a large number of horse farms in Lanzhou and Shuozhou, and if Zu Dabi can talk to the herdsmen of the imperial horse supervisor and Shanxi Town, he may also get a lot of horses."

"However, that will have to be done after the imperial court has commented on its merits and demerits, and this will not be possible in a few months."

"Coupled with the defeat of Zu Kuanbu, the so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry has lost its combat effectiveness with three thousand, that is, Jin Guofeng's two thousand cavalry who are still under Dengzhou City, but obviously he still has to keep an eye on Kong Youde and others, and it is impossible to send them to Shanxi again."

"There should be a few thousand horsemen in Datong Town, but because we still have to keep an eye on Jiannu, it is impossible to send them here."

"In the battle to annihilate Liu Liangzuo's troops, our army also suffered minor casualties, and Liu Liangzuo finally ran away with only a small number of cavalry."

"Deng Xi's 3,000 white pole soldiers were all wiped out, and the losses caused to our army were minimal."

"In these battles, our army captured nearly 700 cavalry, nearly 1,000 horses, armor and weapons, and nearly two infantry soldiers, you see......

"According to the old method, the Mongols in the cavalry will be left behind, and the Turen and Yi people in the infantry army will be left behind, and all of them will be included in our army, and the rest will still be the old way, picking out the officers above the post chief, and letting the rest of them be killed with weapons, and then all of them will be included in our army."

"In this way, you can ride more, two thousand foot troops."

Long 13 looked at Li Xin, and then at Wang Dingguo, who had recently succeeded Li Zhong as the leader of his personal guard.

"Then it will be mixed with the first brigade and the second brigade, and the new formation will be directly under the jurisdiction of the old battalion, Li Xin, it will be under your unified command, the cavalry will be commanded by Wang Dingguo, and the infantry army will be commanded by you personally."

Li Xin sighed with emotion, and said secretly: "The big boss is in his heart, in addition to completely handing over the affairs of the old camp to me, he has sent me a strong army!"

In fact, what Long 13 thought was, "After Li Xin has the men and horses to guard the old camp, my first brigade can be taken out to maneuver."

Li Xin continued: "The big boss, it is about to enter December, and the Yellow River has begun to freeze, but it will take at least a month to freeze completely, and this month, it is unlikely that the officers and troops will mobilize a large army to fight, so ......

Dragon Thirteen smiled, "Take you

What do you see?"

Li Xin said: "I completely agree with the strategy of the big boss to surround but not fight, and keep Hong Chengchou, Chen Xinjia, and Gao Qiqian, among them, there are not only senior officials, but also eunuchs and civil officials, which can be described as a trinity."

"In addition, several other people have also been defeated, so it is impossible for the imperial court to get the real news, if my guess is correct, Hong Chengchou and the three of them must be secretly praying that the Yellow River will freeze as soon as possible, and then I will hurry south."

"Since the imperial court can't get real news, when we wait for us to go south, Hong Chengchou and the three people, plus the rest of the defeated generals, can negotiate a report to fool the imperial court."

"This is because, according to the regulations of the imperial court, the ministers report directly to the cabinet and the military department, the eunuchs of the supervising army report directly to the celebrant supervisors, and the civil officials of the supervising army directly report to the Inspectorate.

"But it's impossible now, such a fiasco, putting it on anyone's head is a big crime to kill the head, and even loyal people can't help but be vain."

"As soon as our army goes south, Hong Chengchou and others will report that 'the thieves are very blazing, and they are cunning, and unfortunately they escaped, but our army will definitely suffer heavy losses after the big battle with them, and the officers and troops in Henan should be able to deal with it calmly, and our troops are also quite damaged, and they urgently need to rest and recuperate, and it is not appropriate to pursue them again."

"Then I covered it up, because the situation of the first few battles of my ministry had already been reported to the Ministry of War, the Cabinet and the Inner Court, and Hong Chengchou and others said that they couldn't see why."

"In the land of Henan, although the disaster situation is better than Shanxi and Shaanxi, it is also limited, and it is said that the Jianghuai area is also similar, and the only place that is not affected by the disaster is Hubei, so if I am the chief university scholar of the cabinet, I will suggest that the Nanjing Military Department is in command and take Hubei as the rear."

"Recruit the people of Nanzhili, Henan, and Huguang to encircle and suppress our department again, of course, at that time, because other rebel troops have also taken it one after another, naturally there is Lu Xiangsheng in the north and Nanzhili in the south."

"In Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, there are also a large number of native soldiers, and there are also elites among them, and they will naturally be transferred to Henan one after another."

"But that's at least after the beginning of spring next year."

"Hahaha", Long Thirteen couldn't help laughing, "Those who know me, Li Xin is also"

"By the way, what is the situation of the other rebel armies, but there is news?"

"There are some, but it's almost the same as before, the army of Zijin Liang and Bumud has been compressed by the official army to the mountainous area between Zhongtiao Mountain, Wangwu Mountain, and Jiaoshan Mountain, although the situation is embarrassing, but it is also close to the Yellow River, once the time is ripe, they will cross the river smoothly."

(Jiaoshan, Lishan north of Yuanqu County in later generations)

"That section of the Yellow River is full of lofty mountains and mountains, and it is not appropriate for the officials and troops to pursue and suppress them."

"King Chuang and other troops are still near Cao County, and the local Yuyuan thieves have become one, of course, there are also situations where they are fighting each other, they are also waiting for the opportunity to cross the river, that elm forest is hundreds of miles in circumference, and there are passages underground, the official army has been encircled and suppressed since the Wanli period, and it has never been extinguished, and it is even more so now."

"Now that the middle of winter has started again, the officers and soldiers are tired, and it is estimated that the two sides will face off for the time being."

"What about the Red Army friends?"

"Still wandering between Yichuan County and Hancheng County, it's still the same, once the Yellow River freezes, they will definitely cross the river from the Yumen Ferry near Hejin County, there were originally several rebels in this section, holding the danger and holding it, and the troops of the Red Army friends are not idle, it is said that they have all been annexed."

"What are the officers and soldiers in the vicinity of the Red Army friends?"

"The most important thing is two roads, one is the new Shaanxi commander-in-chief He Huchen, and the other is the Ningxia town commander-in-chief Zheng Jiadong, of course, in the past few days, the former Shaanxi commander-in-chief Wang Chengen who has been stationed near Jiezhou is also unscathed."

"However, after getting the news here, he has already left the camp overnight, and now he has returned to Puzhou."

Long 13 nodded, and secretly thought: "For Wang Chengen, retreating to Puzhou and guarding the horns with the Ming army in Tongguan and Huayin is the best choice."

"What about Henan?"

"Big boss, this

In the past few days, I have had a detailed conversation with the newly surrendered brothers Wang Ziqi and Wang Ziyu, and in the Yellow River boundary south of Zhongtiao Mountain, only Tongguan, Lingbao, and Shaanzhou have soldiers and horses.

"That Lingbao Qianhu is also nominally a guard house, but in fact it is a battalion that integrates the former Dongjiang Town and Quang Ninh defeated soldiers, and it was placed here by the imperial court."

"His thousand households are called Guo Tiancai, who is also from Sichuan Baipole soldiers, and was originally the family and small servant of Xiong Tingbi, the former governor of Liaodong, but now he has become a thousand households of Lingbao Thousand Households, in fact, his combat power is stronger than Shaanzhou Wei."

"On the mountains south of Shaanzhou and Lingbao, there has been a huge gang since three years ago, headed by Jin Shenghuan, a native of Shaanxi, who often travels back and forth between Yulin and Yuan'er Dusi to sell horses and private salt, and is strong for others."

"It originally started in Shaanxi, but after the failure, it rushed into Henan, and after the fire merged several local mountain bandits near Lushi County, it became the largest bandit in the mountains of western Henan.

"Therefore, the combat power is quite strong, roaring in the Lushi, Songxian, Xichuan, Shangluo area, by the way, it is said that this person is the former Changping deputy general Zuo Liangyu before the birth of the brother."

"And that Lingbao Qianzong Guo Tiancai is also quite capable, and he is the one who can compete with Jin Shenghuan right now."

"Since Guo Tiancai and his subordinates are not from the local guards, they are naturally squeezed out by the Tongguan Wei and Shaanzhou Wei, so if our troops cross the river from Maojin in Pinglu County, then Guo Tiancai will not be able to attack even if he wants to, not to mention that he only has a thousand people, even if he comes, what can he do?"

"Then there are the people of Luoyang, there are three guards here, plus the honor guard division of the Fuwang Mansion, and a battalion deputy general, the military strength is still quite considerable, in Ruzhou, south of Luoyang, there is a member of the sub-guard general, the general is called Chen Yongfu, but it is quite powerful."

"Further south is Nanyang Mansion, which only has Nanyang Guard, plus the honor guard of Tang Wangfu, there is nothing to worry about."