The opportunity for the Xingyang thieves really came, because after the officers and soldiers sent the Sanqu rabble to Xingyang City, there was no more. They didn't even set up camp and wanted to attack the city with these horses, which was completely contemptuous of the thieves who defended the city!

Seeing that the thieves on the city wall frowned, could it be that these are the officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress themselves and others, and the imperial court temporarily arrested some ruffians, beggars and homeless people from the street?

The leaders of the thieves who were watching the battle on the city wall immediately divided into two factions, one side thought that if these officers and soldiers had just arrived and had not had time to set up camp, they would lead their troops out and scatter them, and they would have a peaceful life, and they would be able to capture some prisoners and seize a lot of weapons and armor.

Some people also think that no matter what tricks the officers and soldiers play, as long as we stick to the city, we will not be afraid, anyway, the food in the city treasury is enough to last for a period of time, and there is no need to go out of the city to take risks.

Those who insisted on going out of the city to fight said that if they kept holding on, they would have to wait for more and more officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress them in the future. It is better to take the opportunity to attack the officers and soldiers, capture some equipment, boost your morale, and you can also take the opportunity to negotiate conditions with the imperial court.

This discussion lasted for nearly two hours, and finally the opinion of going out of the city to fight prevailed, but they did not all go to battle, 5,000 men and horses, 4,000 were sent, and in order not to be transferred too far from the city by the officers and soldiers, they began to line up two hundred paces outside the city gate.

To the relief of the thieves, when they saw the thieves attacking, those officers and soldiers had no intention of coming forward to attack, and even began to retreat directly with the team. It turned out that these officers and soldiers were really a rabble, and some people even wondered if these were the officers and soldiers who were united by the disaster victims* near Luoyang.

All the thieves who went out of the city were trying to rub their eyes, as if they had a false feeling that they were the officers and soldiers who were waiting for the battle, and the thieves on the opposite side were trying to run away when they saw that the situation was not good.

Once people's mentality is reversed, the previous inferiority complex now becomes pride! Feeling that defeating the officers and soldiers in front of them was just a gesture, everyone seemed to have seen the scene of thousands of officers and soldiers kneeling outside the city and begging for mercy.

Soon the officers and soldiers gave them the answer, and after two hundred steps back, they began to assemble, and then there seemed to be officers and soldiers arriving one after another, but this did not make the thieves panic, they felt that the morale of this army was low, even if they were equal in number, they could not help themselves.

Then they saw the ranks of officers and soldiers split in the middle, and several officers and soldiers on horseback appeared, followed by dozens of retinues, then more than a hundred, then more than three hundred.

By the time the thieves sensed that something was wrong, three hundred cavalrymen, led by Han Meng and Du Peng, had already begun to attack the four thousand thieves who had not yet fully unfolded.

This time, Du Peng fully respected his uncle and his old man, and let him take the lead, followed by a hundred selected lancers. Han * Meng is also a very sassy person, unlike Xu Huang and Zhao Yun who led people to cut in the Baibo army, this thief with cavalry came to an Arabic numeral 8 in the 4,000-person thief array, completely messing up the real thief team.

Thieves are thieves, they are fighting with the wind and relying on a large number of people, so they are only a demonstration to the officers and soldiers, where have they seen the cavalry charge directly, most people see the war horse rushing at high speed and completely forget to dodge and be directly picked up by the spearmen or trampled down by the war horse. One, two, a dozen, or twenty, there were more and more thieves howling on the ground, and the organic thieves saw the route of the cavalry's advance and went to the places that the cavalry could not cover, causing more confusion in the ranks, and the cavalry charging faster and faster.

Everywhere Han Meng went, it was basically emptied within two or three zhang of the surroundings, and then the cavalry spread out with him as the center of the circle, like a harvester harvesting wheat fields.

These 300 cavalry have seen several times more thieves in Hedong than in front of them, but they attacked four baggage teams overnight and captured five or six thousand heroic troops, and they were also murderous in the face of the thief soldiers like fish belly, especially the two hundred people who came with Liu Ming, they were personally received by Wei Su before leaving, and they came to Henan for Wei Xuan.

Although Han * Meng is very brave, but he has rarely seen such a scene before, and he has the heart to forgive these thieves, but seeing that the cavalry behind him is more ruthless than the other, he doesn't want to fall into the prestige of the gun king, so he led people to rampage in the cavalry, and finally under Du Peng's reminder, the reality of the thief appeared on the side of the city wall, showing off his might to the defenders on the city wall, seeing that they didn't dare to come down, he continued to turn around and rush the sand, and so on several times, the four thousand thieves who went out of the city had no formation at all.

Wei Xuan didn't charge with the cavalry, Wang Qiang didn't go, now he is still in charge of scouting, Wei Xuan asked with a smile: "How do these thieves compare with the Baibo army under Anyi City that day?" ”

Wang Qiang shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not as good, there were 10,000 people in Guo Tai that day, and there are only four or five thousand thieves today, and they fell into the son's clever plan, and they were born with a contemptuous heart, and they were suddenly hit, and it is estimated that half of them can escape from the battlefield." ”

Wei Xuan said with a smile: "If you let half of the thieves flee today, then the county soldiers of Henan Yin can go and eat,"

His voice was very loud, and several Sima and Junhou were riding horses to watch Han Meng and the others break into battle, and their faces turned red when they heard this.

Han * Meng is not the king of guns, a spear flies up and down, and it is no slower than Xu Huang's big axe that day. Soon, after completing a twist penetration, Han * Meng and Du Peng led people to disperse the place where the most thieves were gathered, and then stood between the drawbridge and the thief phalanx.

Wei Xuan saw the signal and said to the three Simas: "It's up to you, you can kill or capture, anyway, destroy as many enemies as possible." If they are allowed to escape, it is very likely that they will enter the city through several other gates and continue to resist. ”

The three Simas were frightened by Liu Ming and almost bombed the camp before, and then they were snatched by Han * for the vanguard position, and they were holding their breath in their hearts, and they just listened to Wei Xuan's deliberate stimulation, and immediately copied the three breads after receiving the order, obviously not planning to let the thieves get away with one person.

If you want to say how powerful these county soldiers are, Wei Xuan doesn't believe it, but he can't stand the equipment of the people, and the thieves were easily lured out before, and the cavalry charge was already in chaos, and the three thousand of them went up just to take care of the vegetables, the prisoners, and the broilers.

The defenders of the city wanted to take their companions into the city, but they knew that once the gates were opened, the narrow gates would be filled with 300 cavalry. It would be impossible to close the gates again.

So a thousand thieves watched from the city wall as three thousand soldiers pounced on them, and drove their scattered companions to the cavalry for them to destroy.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and soon nearly half of the bandits who left the city chose to surrender. Because if they don't surrender, they will die, they rose up to rebel in order to survive, and they didn't want to die so quickly, especially when they saw that those cavalrymen were covered in flesh and blood, and they were clearly their companions.

Han * Meng ignored the matter of capturing prisoners, and these things were naturally done by the county soldiers.

He led people to the side of the drawbridge, pointed his spear at the thieves on the city wall and shouted: "Hebei Han * fierce here, quickly open the door and surrender, otherwise break through the city gate and kill a chicken and dog." ”

Han * Meng is an old Jianghu, plus the three hundred cavalry of the Wei family have really fought with the Baibo Army many times, and the murderous aura on his face is matched with the majestic war horse under his crotch, Mo said that he just watched the four thousand companions being shocked to pieces, even if the four thousand people stood neatly on the city wall, they would be terrified.

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So after a period of discussion, the defenders in Xingyang City actually chose to surrender.

Seeing the city gate open, Aunt Han * Meng rushed into the city first, quickly controlled the city gate, and then left the three hundred cavalry alone at the west gate of Xingyang. Du Peng was experienced, and quickly led people to check all parts of the city, especially the treasury. Of course, he didn't forget to arrange for people to mobilize the wealthy families in the city to rise up and maintain order in the city.

When He Miao was walking behind with his baggage, the news came that Wei Xuan led his troops to arrive at Xingyang City on the fourth day, and then conquered Xingyang.

He Miao suddenly felt bored when she heard it, why did she just take it like this? He thought about whether to send good news to the imperial court in a day or two, otherwise it would make people think that this would be too easy, this Wei Jiahu is really not human!

Although He Miao felt bored, it was better to recover Xingyang in one day than to be unable to attack it for a long time, so he also urged his men to speed up the march, and he needed to be present as the main general to take over Xingyang.

However, the information sent by the next few Simas made He Miao a little unhappy, because Wei Xuan did not allow 3,000 county soldiers to enter the city, even Sima and the military marquis, he said that only Henan Yin was allowed to come, or the newly appointed county magistrates of the imperial court were allowed to come to contact.

He Miao wanted to say that you 3,000 people eat, but then he remembered that there were 300 cavalry around Wei Jiahu, and if he was afraid of it, he would really not be an opponent.

There is also good news, this attack on Xingyang, a total of 14,500 thieves were killed, more than 3,000 prisoners were captured, three cavalry casualties, and more than 200 county soldiers were killed or wounded. 50 million in money and 200,000 stone in grain were seized. All five roads are a big win in that respect!

He Miao thought about it and wrote a good report to the imperial court, but the data turned into more than 5,000 thieves killed, more than 3,000 prisoners, more than 50 cavalry casualties, more than 1,000 infantry casualties, 20 million seized money, 50,000 stone of grain, and then I need to be compensated, I am afraid that there will be no money left. He Miao knew that what the imperial court needed was Xingyang in the hands of the imperial court, and as for the war dividends, people who didn't know how to do it naturally wouldn't care.

He Miao's heart was actually a little trembling when he wrote the good news, because he heard that the thieves in Hedong had occupied five or six cities and coerced more than 100,000 people, so what was the war bonus that Wei Xuan received? No wonder the 300 cavalry were so well equipped, it was all about money.

Wei Xuan didn't have time to play word games with He Miaowan, and waited for He Miao's arrival in Xingyang City. Two days later, He Miao finally arrived late, and when he entered the city, he saw that Wei Xuan had sealed the treasury, and praised Wei Xuan again and again for doing a good job, saying that he would take out part of the capture to reward the meritorious soldiers and compensate the families of the fallen soldiers.