It turned out that after Zhu Yijun learned that Zhu Yiluo and others were going north, he accepted Qi Jiguang's request and let some of the soldiers and horses of the Suihu army be led by Liu Wei and immediately went north to chase Zhu Yiluo.

And because Zhu Yiluo's team already had Jinyi guard's eyeliner, the Son of Heaven's pro-army also chased after this rebel army.

And now, the official army that beat Zhu Yiluo to tears is the Son of Heaven's pro-military guard.

At this time.

Not only did Zhu Yiluo cry so much, but the officials and gentry who rebelled with him and became his ministers were also afraid.

Therefore, it didn't take long for these people to follow Zhu Yiluo and choose to kneel, and because of this, they were captured by the Son of Heaven's army and became prisoners.

As the saying goes, the Ming army is not satisfied with the salary, and the full salary is invincible.

The Son of Heaven dared to sacrifice his life to serve the country, all because Zhu Yijun regarded them as human beings.

Once the Han soldiers are regarded as people, they will not only work very hard to quell the internal rebellion, but also reproduce the scene of the Han Dynasty as a Wuhu in the past.

After all.

The Ming Dynasty was an empire with a more advanced level of civilization and science and technology, as long as it did not regard the Han soldiers as human beings because of the internal and external defenses, the Han soldiers could actually crush the Hu Lu by virtue of their technological superiority.

For example, in the area of Helan Mountain at this time.

A Ming army led by Tong Yiyuan and Ji Jin encountered more than 8,000 cavalry from Huoluo Chibu who was withdrawing from Ningxia Town, and more than 20,000 infantry led by Bibai's adopted son, Bi Hongda, and the two sides fought fiercely in this area.

Huoluo Chibu has often committed Daming in these years, and owes a lot of blood debt to Daming.

For example, in the seventeenth year of Wanli, Huoluo Chibu plundered the Qutan Temple of Daming Ledu.

Then, in June of the eighteenth year of Wanli, Huoluochi and other troops entered Taozhou and killed 3,000 Ming border troops including Li Lianfang, the deputy commander-in-chief.

In July of the same year, Huoluo Chibu went deep into Hezhou, causing the guerrilla Li Fang to die in battle and plundering the border people.

Now, this Huoluo Chibu also participated in the rebellion of Ningxia's deputy commander-in-chief, and even took the initiative to be the vanguard, and together with Bibai's adopted son Bi Hongda, he first came to Helan Mountain to settle in Pingqiang Fort, and prepared for the main force of Bibai and Cao Zideng's rebels to coerce the Ningxia Han people to evacuate Ningxia.

However, what Huo Luochi and Bi Hongda did not expect was that there was already a Ming army led by Tong Yiyuan and Ji Jin in Pingqiang Fort in Helan Mountain.

So the two sides started a fierce battle.

The well-trained and fearless infantry of the Ming army used hook and sickle spears to directly cut the legs of the cavalry when they swept the formation, and at the same time used spears and firearms to harass them in the back, causing a large number of the cavalry to fall to the ground and spit blood.

Tong Yiyuan's cavalry rushed directly to the infantry of Bihongda, and after approaching the infantry of Bibai, they suddenly dismounted and advanced with guns and spears, and in the sound of drums, they were not afraid of the bullets fired by their infantry, and they also used firearms to defeat the opponent's firearms camp with firearms, and then poked them with spears, so that the entire infantry of Bihongda was directly defeated.

In the end, most of Huoluochi and Bihong were almost wiped out, and Huoluochi himself was captured alive, and Bihongda fled back to Ningxia Town with more than 1,000 remnants.

In short, since the Han soldiers were regarded as people by the imperial court, these Hulu were not opponents of the Ming army at all.

And Bibai himself didn't expect that the Ming army would prepare soldiers and horses as early as Helan Mountain.

In fact.

In the past, some officials impeached Ma Gui's army for stagnation and suspicion of secret rebellion, and Zhu Yijun said that no matter whether Ma Gui had such a thing or not, the imperial court could not care, and could rely on the Ming Dynasty's current strong national strength and improved ability to surrender troops and send an additional army to recover Hetao, Qi Jiguang's Privy Council let Tong Yiyuan and Ji Jin lead a Ming army directly to Helan Mountain to wait for work.

Because Qi Jiguang knew that the location of Helan Mountain was important, instead of worrying about whether Ma Gui would secretly rebel against the captives, it was better to lock the retreat of the rebels in Ningxia Town first, which could be regarded as the embodiment of the combat idea of "you fight yours, I will fight mine".

Therefore, at this time, there was a large number of Ming troops in the area of Helan Mountain to defeat Huoluochi and other rebels, and the corpses of Hu people were also covered here, and the blood flowed like a river.

Ningxia Town.

Although it is spring, the snow is still frequent.

At this time, in the Yiming Hall here, the charcoal fire was about to burn out, and the house began to be cold, but no one dared to say a word, and the servants below did not dare to add charcoal.

After Bibai learned that the soldiers and horses on his side to Helan Mountain had been defeated and that Helan Mountain already had an elite Ming army, he also panicked, and opened his mouth in this Ming Hall first, and looked at Cao Zideng and said:

"In that case, our retreat is broken."

"I know!"

Cao Zideng replied angrily.

"What do you know!"

"The retreat of Helan Mountain was cut off, the Pingyu was recovered by Magui, and Li Rusong's army captured Song Castle, Heng Castle, and Leifu Fort, and our retreat to the south, west, and east was also cut off, and we can only sit in the lonely city now."

"But seeing that the food and grass are getting shorter and shorter, how can we still sit on guard?"

Bi Bai didn't say angrily.

Cao Zideng said in a deep voice after hearing this: "Then tie all the Han people to the chariot, and then push the chariot to flee north, now the imperial court pays attention to the new rites, talks about the friendship of compatriots, has the ability, the Ming army in the north really dares to attack these Han people, and rebel against the new rites advocated by their emperor Zhu Yijun, and kill their own compatriots, otherwise, they should let us go!" ”

"That's a good idea."

Bi Bai said a word, and then gave his son Bi Chengen a look.

Bi Chengen understood, and then he walked silently towards Cao Zideng's back, and suddenly pulled out his knife and gave Cao Zideng a knife directly.

Poof!

Cao Zideng's body shook violently, and then when he looked back, he saw that Bi Chengen had appeared behind him, and after he turned back in pain, he saw that a blade had appeared in his abdomen.

For a while, Cao Zideng couldn't help but be shocked, and looked at Bibai: "Why is this?" ”

"Do you need to ask why?"

"In a word!"

"Lao Tzu can't trust you Han officials and soldiers!"

"What's more, Li Rusong has repeatedly sent letters to the city to recruit you, maybe at this time, you will kill our generals and soldiers, and beg for your life, and you are not willing to go with us to the outside of the fortress."

"Rather than this, it is better for me to strike first, so that whether I flee or surrender, I can put the sin on you people first."

As he spoke, he clenched his fist at Cao Zideng: "Offended, my friend." ”

"You!"

Cao Zideng wanted to say something, but then he didn't say anything, just closed his eyes helplessly, and then said: "I really shouldn't have partnered with you to do that for King Qing, it's really retribution!" ”

After Cao Zideng said this, his body shook again.

Because Bi Chengen gave him another knife, and also twisted the knife.

Cao Zideng's face suddenly turned grim in pain.

Cao Zideng then fell to the ground, and it didn't take long for him to swallow his breath.

Then, Bi Chengen pulled out his knife and asked Bi Bai, "Father, what should we do now?" ”

Bi Bai sank his face and instructed Bi Chengen: "You take Tu Wenxiu and cut down all the Han generals and Han soldiers who rebelled with him under Cao Zi's standard!" ”

"Yes!"

Half a day later, Bi Chengen came back to the mansion covered in blood, and said to Bi Bai: "Father, the Han officials and Han soldiers were all deceived and killed by us with Cao Zideng's governor's seal. ”

Seeing that Bi Chengen was covered in blood, he didn't change his clothes first, so he asked, "What happened?" ”

Bi Chengen nodded: "Father is right, according to our people came back to report, Li Rusong, Ma Gui, Tong Yiyuan, Xie Gui, Dong Yikui's soldiers and horses have all arrived outside the city, and it is impossible for us to flee north again!" ”

"What?!"

"So fast?"

After hearing this, he immediately stood up, his face pale and solemn.

Bi Chengen replied: "Yes, their marching speed is terrible! ”

"After hearing this, my son also went to the city to take a look, and then saw that there were many people who were requisitioned by the official army, and almost a soldier had more than a dozen people and an ox cart following.

As Bi Chengen said, because a large number of civilians assisted the army in the battle, the counterinsurgency officers and soldiers could march day and night.

After all, in this way, if the soldiers do not need to carry a lot of weight during the march, the injured can be taken care of by the people and lie directly on the ox cart to rest, and when they are tired and resting, the people can immediately provide water and food, and there are even people who are responsible for decocting the medicine, once anyone is infected with the cold, they can immediately take medicine to ward off the cold.

"This Zhu Yijun is really willing to pay for it! Not to mention that the soldiers and horses sent several teams, and even the people followed with so much, did he have too much money to spend, or did he really not plan to leave some savings for his children and grandchildren? ”

Bibai said in a trembling voice.

"What my father said is that with so many people, the forced expropriation will definitely not be able to be levied, and you have to give enough money, and he Zhu Yijun should have made a lot of money this time."

Bi Chengen echoed.

"Since there is no way to escape again, then hang the heads of Cao Zideng and Tu Wenxiu, these Han officials, outside the city and ask for surrender, let's just say that this rebellion was planned by Cao Zideng, and we are forced to be helpless."

Bibai commanded at this time, and then fell on the chair, looked out of the window with blank eyes, and said in his belly: "I knew it would be like this.,You should honestly accept the sinicization.。 ”

Boom!

Boom!

"What's going on, where did the cannon sound come from?"

At this moment, Bibein heard a thunderous sound outside, so he stood up again and asked.

After a while, Tu Wenxiu ran in and said, "General, the Ming army is attacking the city, and they have concentrated hundreds of heavy artillery to bombard the city. ”

"Hundreds?"

Babby was shocked when he heard this, and asked again, "How can they bring so many cannons?!" ”

"They brought it by the big river, and our sentry came back to report that the river was full of cannonboats, and each boat had three shifts of men pulling it in shifts."

"I heard that it was the Duke of Jiguo who issued an order to fight the majesty of the Son of Heaven's personal expedition, so he decided to cover Ningxia Town with firepower and not use the blood of officers and soldiers to stain the red city wall."

Tu Wenxiu replied at this time.

(End of chapter)