The camp of the Zhejia army is on the east bank, and the camp of the seed army is on the west bank.

Hearing that the Seed Army had been raided and suffered heavy losses, it was a bargain and even a little gratifying, because there was an excuse to withdraw the troops.

The two are not the same, and the Zhe clan belongs to the real warlords.

They have been running the Fugu generation since the fifth generation, and the Great Song Dynasty court has always let the Zhe family stand on the front line in order to guard against foreign races. The Zhe family not only consolidates their territory from generation to generation, but also marries their daughters and marries other generals, such as She Lao Taijun in "Yang Jiajiang", which should actually be called "Zhe Lao Taijun".

If you have land, you have ambitions, and after you can ask for gold in history, you even want to compete for the position of the puppet Qi emperor.

Zhe Keqiu crossed the river in a small boat and pretended to visit the military camp of the breeder. Seeing that everyone here was in danger, he sighed and said, "The soldiers are so afraid, where can they still fight?" Escaped a lot last night, right? ”

The planter said: "There is only one way to escape, most of them will flee to the grain depot further north, and I have sent someone to recall the defeated soldiers." ”

He was speechless, and he felt incomprehensible about the foolishness of the planters.

The family has been like this for generations, the children of the family have died in battle one after another, and dozens of people have been bloodstained on the battlefield for more than 100 years, and now there are few men in the family.

After discussing how to deal with it, I could ask for a boat back to the east coast.

Not long after, a rebel army came by boat and shot books at the military camps on both sides of the strait.

After reading it, he said to his younger brother Zhe Kecun: "It's not a persuasion letter, you can see it yourself." ”

Zhe Kecun took it and read it: "This is a disaster, if the court learns about it, my family will be jealous." ”

"As long as Fuzhou is still in the hands of the Zhe family, the Zhe family has military power, so what can the court do if they are afraid?" Zhe Keqiu sneered.

Zhen Kecun said: "This is clearly a discordant plan!" ”

Zhe Keqiu shook his head: "It's not that simple, the surname Zhu has a deep intention, and he is already preparing to seize the world." ”

The content of the letter shot by Zhu Ming is very simple, first to express his respect for the Zhe family, and to count the great exploits of the ancestors of the Zhe family. Then he said that the war was over, and he planned to negotiate peace with the imperial court, and when the time came, he would ask the emperor for marriage, and Zhu Ming planned to marry the daughter of the Zhe family.

The first is discord, the content of the letter spreads, and there will definitely be rumors of collusion with thieves.

The second is to appease, so as to express goodwill to the Zhe family, so that the Zhejia army can give up resistance and flee for their lives early.

The third is to win over, hoping that the Zhe family will bet on both sides and send the daughter of the Zhe family to be the future princess of the new dynasty.

The fourth is the layout, marrying the daughter of the general of the Western Army, they will be a family in the future, and they will no longer worry about the threat of Shaanxi. Once there is a change in the north, these generals can also take advantage of the situation to take refuge in Zhu Ming.

I have already been moved, Zhu Thief is very powerful, and it is a foregone conclusion that he will be able to occupy Sichuan, and he may be able to be the emperor in the future.

He married his granddaughter, as long as the thief was not destroyed, the court would not dare to take the family.

The bigger the Zhu thief makes trouble, the more the court will have to appease the Zhe family!

On the side of the planter's road, he also received a letter from Zhu Ming.

"This Zhu thief is simply full of wisdom." Although the seed master Dao was angry, he was so angry that he had no temper, but began to praise Zhu Ming's resourcefulness.

Chong Hao said: "The Zhu thief shot hundreds of letters, and the literate officers also read some of them. Now some people have spread it in the army, saying that our family wants to marry their daughter to Zhu Thief. What do you say about two families, so you don't have to fight desperately anymore. ”

The seed master lamented: "I'm afraid that it will reach the ears of the imperial court, and it will be even more solid to believe in the rumors that the breeders colluded with thieves." ”

The Zhe family has a fixed territory, of course, they are not afraid of the imperial court.

The family does not have such a deep foundation, although it has been pressing the family from the position, but the court can clean them up casually.

The content of the letter spread, coupled with the fact that he was defeated in a row, and the cultivators and the cultivators should not think of leading the army in the future.

On the south bank of the Shahe River, the rebel army gathered more and more, clearly staring at the seed army, while the Folded Army only defended from the plank road.

The seed master Dao gave Zhe Keqiu an order, so that the Zhejia army would come over in half and jointly hold the camp on the north bank of the Shahe River.

Zhe Keqiu sent someone to reply: "The east bank must also hold on to the low morale and unstable morale of the Zhejia army, and it is difficult to divide troops to the west bank to support friendly forces." The thief soldiers and sailors are powerful, and if the Zhejia army crosses the river to support, they are afraid that they will be defeated by the thieves in the river. ”

It's purely an excuse, if you're afraid of the rebels, you can quietly cross the river upstream.

Such a reply made the breeder Dao furious: "You can ask this person, don't listen to military orders, wolf ambition!" ”

It is a matter of seeking the heart of early withdrawal of troops, and only wants to preserve strength.

The letter that Zhu Ming shot out strengthened his plan, and even made Zhe Keqiu give birth to a fantasy.

At this point, the western army in front of him was finally divided, and the Zhejia army, which had more troops, no longer entered the battle, and only the Tujia army, which had suffered a large loss of troops, still wanted to hold on.

Zhu Ming stood on the bank of the river, observed the movement of the enemy army with a telescope, and saw only sporadic small boats coming and going.

He also sent a few warships to patrol the upper reaches of the river every day, and the army showed no sign of crossing the river.

"Planting and folding two generals, the separation has been successful." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Shi Yuangong patted his ass and said: "The general's clever plan, I can't think of the trick of asking to marry the general's daughter." ”

Zhang Bo suddenly said: "The more I think about it, the more ridiculous I feel, we are anti-thieves." After winning the battle, he was neither ready to be the emperor nor a minister, but also had to negotiate peace with the imperial court, and asked to marry a princess and a general's daughter. Can this court agree? ”

Zhu Ming said: "Then the faint monarch will agree." Even if I help my father ask to marry a concubine, Zhao Ji will obediently send his favorite concubine. The premise is that you will lead the troops to kill Tongguan! ”

It's a pity that the Liu Guifei that Zhu Guoxiang likes died of illness two years ago.

A total of six pig iron cast cannons weighing more than 2,000 catties were successively transported to the south bank of the Shahe River by ship.

Artillery positions were laid out, and the artillery was lined up.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Six guns, not firing in a salvo, but in rotation, trying to ensure continuous shelling, the target is the western army camp in the distance.

Thirty Tiger squat cannons are also being fired in rotation, targeting the nearby Western Army fortifications.

In front of the artillery position, an earthen wall was also erected, and only the gap of the cannon barrel was exposed, so as to prevent the Western army from returning fire with bed crossbows.

The damage caused is actually not large, because it is all blind shooting.

But the pressure on the Western Army was too great, and the shells of the six artillery pieces fell directly into the Western Army camp, and from time to time the lottery hit two or three people.

Due to the topography, the Planter Road could not be retreated, because there was a lack of places to camp. At this time, if you want to retreat, you have to retreat more than ten miles and let the mouth of the Shahe River out in vain.

Moreover, when retreating, being pursued by the rebels, it is easy for the whole army to collapse!

Intermittent shelling for half a day, and when the barrel is hot, take a break.

The family army had a restless life in their own camps, and they all sat or lay down on the hillside, and they didn't even dare to stand casually in the camp.

The planter ordered the people to dig a trench and wanted the soldiers to hide in the trench.

However, there are many stones on the shore, and it is extremely difficult to dig a trench, which is much more difficult than the earthen wall of Zhu Ming's artillery position.

"Withdraw the troops tonight, I don't care about the king's life." The seed master Dao finally let go, it doesn't matter if he is dismissed, it doesn't matter if the children of the seed family are suppressed, this remnant of the Western army must be brought back.

If you work together to kill the thief, the Seed Master Dao may still insist.

But the Zhe family army is clearly watching the play, how can the master still have any chance of winning?

After a whole day of shelling, Zhu Ming felt that the morale of the enemy army had almost dropped, and he also ordered: "The whole army rests and attacks at night." ”

After nightfall, the Plantation Army began to retreat in an orderly manner, without even saying hello to Zhe Keqiu in advance.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The plantation army only withdrew more than 1,000 people, and suddenly the sound of artillery resumed.

The planters who gathered together to wait for the evacuation were suddenly hit by a shell in the pile, and in the darkness, I don't know how many people were killed and injured by the shell's bullet.

The cries kept coming, and the soldiers dispersed in panic.

At this time, he did not flee because there was nowhere to escape, and the passage ahead was very narrow, and it was all blocked by the evacuated troops.

Tiger squat artillery was also fired towards the north bank of the Shahe River, which was to cover the crossing of the river by the rebels.

When the rebels were on the south bank of the Sand River further upstream, ready to cross the river, they immediately beat the drum to deliver the message.

The Tiger Squat artillery all stopped firing, and the rebels floated down from the upper reaches of the Shahe River in small boats, and another group of rebels sailed up from Baoshui in large boats, targeting the riverbank positions of the Seed Army that had just been shelled.

And the six cannons are still firing at the plantation barracks in the distance.

"Knock knock!"

The dull sound of the drum was like a talisman, and the seed army responsible for defending the river bank had just suffered several rounds of tiger squat artillery attacks, and now faced the rebels who crossed the river and landed on the bank, and they were directly frightened and all collapsed and fled.

The Seed Family Army was originally retreating in an orderly manner and was in a certain amount of confusion caused by the shelling, but the Seed Master Dao could barely be contained.

But the righteous army crossed the river to chase the rout, and the main force of the seed army finally collapsed.

Some people squeezed desperately into the narrow passages, and some lost their minds and climbed the cliffs. There are also those who remember that the rebels did not kill their prisoners, threw away their weapons and lay in the corner waiting to surrender.

Even the soldiers who were in charge of burning the grain and grass threw away their torches and fled. The clever ones stayed next to the grain and grass, wanting to dedicate the grain and grass to the rebels to invite merit.

The father and son of the seed family were also blocked, and there was no way to escape at all.

Many soldiers of the family pushed each other on the narrow passage, and the sound of falling water was constantly heard, and the soldiers fell into the water like dumplings.

"You go to the front to restrain discipline, let the soldiers line up and retreat, and I will lead the troops to break the rear!" The seed master said to his son and nephews.

At this time, they didn't care about nonsense, and the sons and nephews of the family listened to the order and brought their own soldiers to carry it out.

The camp of the seed army has become a mess, and the generals can only barely restrain their own soldiers, and they cannot command ordinary soldiers at all.

The shelling finally stopped completely, but soon the rebels came again.

After the seed master road was broken with the pro-soldiers, a photo was rushed, and it was collapsed before even the battle, and the pro-soldiers quickly fled with the seed master road.

One after another of the family army surrendered on its knees, and the effect of Zhu Ming not killing the prisoners was reflected, and these family troops surrendered without any worries. I just want to surrender quickly and be released back to my hometown in Shaanxi by General Zhu as soon as possible.

"Run, don't burn the grain and grass, take as much as you can, and leave the rest to the righteous army as a personal favor!"

Zhe Keqiu heard the movement on the other side of the river, and knew that the plantation army was definitely finished, so he immediately ordered the whole army to slip away, and even deliberately left grain and grass for the rebels.

(End of chapter)