Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 124
At this time, the sun finally broke through the heavy clouds, comforting the muddy land, announcing the arrival of summer.

Zhu Yixi was refreshed all over. After all, this battle was won, as expected.

Why do you say the war is settled?
In fact, it was because Chuang Qi's huge offensive was completely contained.

The cavalry is the main force, the essence, and the advantage of the intruders.

The offensive was contained, which meant that the cavalry lost their mobility, were outflanked, and besieged.

"Pass my military order, the left and right wings will outflank forward, and I will eat all this cavalry."

"The Chinese army moved forward, fired artillery, covered the front, aimed at the infantry on the opposite side, and did not allow them to support—"

"Li Jingwu, let me go forward with the cavalry battalion, go straight to the back road on the opposite side, attack the infantry from both sides, and coerce them to attack the cavalry."

"Dear the barracks, give me the camp directly, and capture Bai Wang alive."

Zhu Yixi's series of orders made his own troops move, and all the soldiers and horses at the bottom of the box were sent out.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the battlefield. The continuous gathering of soldiers and horses made the range of activities of the cavalry on the opposite side constantly shrink and crowded.

The cavalry battalion is like a sharp arrow, outflanking its infantry in a direct arc, forcing them to keep moving forward and attacking the sun.

The two wings outflanked, blocking the way for Chuangqi to retreat.

There are Qin troops on the left, right and front, but the rear is our own infantry, but they are rushing towards themselves, and they have to face the Ming cavalry. For a while, the situation is very bad.

In a short time, the cavalry who lost the space to turn around could only be slaughtered.

Bai Wang was in a bad mood. Why did the situation suddenly reverse when he had the upper hand?

"Rescue the cavalry for me!"

Bai Wang gritted his teeth and said: "The whole army is dispatched, and the cavalry must be rescued at all costs."

What the Chuang army depended on for survival was their strong mobility, and the cavalry was their guarantee and advantage. Without the cavalry, no matter how many infantry they had, they could only die.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help being furious, and hurriedly ordered.

All of a sudden, the banners were unfurled, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the muddy ground was full of fighting crowds.

One wants to save, the other wants to encircle and destroy, it's so lively when you come and go.

In this way, at this point, the initiative on the battlefield cannot be controlled by the commander, planning is useless, and the soldiers can only be left to fight.

On the high platform, Zhu Yixi's eyes flickered, watching with gusto.

The superiority of one's own troops was completely revealed. The constantly struggling cavalry seemed like loach in the mud. With the heat of the sun, the water continued to evaporate, and they could only toss desperately.

It's a pity that the soldiers under him are not composed of those refugees and military households, and repeated attacks will only make them more tightly bound.

From morning until noon.

About two hours of fighting, 80,000 people tossing, the battlefield has become a mess.

More than half of Chuangqi was killed and injured, and he was besieged by heavy armored infantry, so he had no choice but to surrender.

Its infantry was defeated countless times, without courage, and surrendered even faster.

Bai Wang huddled in the barracks, watching his side be surrounded, trapped to death, and surrendered.

And he himself was also trapped in the camp, unable to move.

"General soldier, big victory—" Li Jingwu, Chen Yongfu and others came back excitedly and congratulated.

"Clean up the battlefield!"

Zhu Yixi suppressed his excitement and shouted.

However, he was not idle at the moment, and handed over a letter to Xiangyang City, which had watched the play for a long time, eight words:

"If you don't surrender at this time, you will be slaughtered after the war."

Now, with all the reinforcements and insufficient defenders, Xiangyang City had no choice but to surrender.

So, in the afternoon, Zhu Yixi and others took control of Xiangyang City.

The gentry and elders, eating pots of pulp, were inexplicably excited: "I have trapped the thief for half a year, and finally welcome the king's teacher. The grassroots and others are overjoyed—"

Zhu Yixi sneered in his heart, the real loyal ministers have long since died, and now they are just surviving people.

But having said that, in this rotten era, thieves are still better than officers and soldiers, and they have no choice.

"The folks and elders greeted each other, and Zhu Yixi was flattered."

"Give me an order that anyone who violates the military order and bullies the common people will be killed."

After these words, everyone in Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief.

The officers and soldiers are really terrible.

After politely cooperating, Zhu Yixi went straight to Xiangyang Palace.

This place is where Li Zicheng plundered the entire Hubei area. A large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass are stored here.

There are twenty warehouses in total, including gold, silver, jewellery, armaments and weapons, copper ingots, iron ingots, and treasured grain and grass.

"Boom-"

The gate of the treasury was opened wide, and Zhu Yixi and others were dumbfounded.

The hills built of gold and silver are dizzying and extremely dazzling.

"One pile, two piles, three piles—"

Li Jizu counted and said in amazement, "How much is this?"

"The wealth of Huguang, Henan, hundreds of states and counties has been accumulated here, which is innumerable."

Chen Yongfu forcibly calmed down his turbulent mood, and said in a low voice.

"Millions of people's wealth has been collected, and many have been taken to Guanzhong. These are not too many."

Zhu Yixi felt that her blood pressure was a little high, and her legs were a little soft. It was too painful to put real money in front of her eyes.

Simply, he brought people out immediately, and didn't look at the other warehouses.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Calculate the casualties of the troops and the results of the battle. In addition, let me publicize it. Each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver."

"General, there are other rewards."

"Obey!" All the generals were overjoyed and hurriedly responded.

"That, Chief Soldier, do we have any?" Whedon and Prime Minister asked a little ashamedly.

"Of course they are treated equally!"

Zhu Yixi came over, patted the shoulders of the two, and said, "The feigning defeat is done well, and there will naturally be rewards."

Hui and Wang were overjoyed, this little Zongbing Zhu is really too bright.

Afterwards, the soldiers who came back slowly burst into cheers, praising Mr. Zhu for his generosity.

Zhu Yixi didn't take a break, went to the General Medical Office, expressed condolences to the wounded soldiers, and gained a wave of morale from the army.

A wounded soldier who has been healed is an elite soldier.

In the evening, Bai Wang took only [-] remnants of his soldiers, lingering on his last breath.

Zhu Yixi finally got an accurate battle damage harvest.

In this battle, a total of 50,000 people were invested, more than 1000 people were injured, and [-] people were killed. The casualties accounted for about [-]%.

In the proportion of casualties, Yunyang soldiers and horses accounted for [-]%.

As for the harvest, it is fruitful.

Beheaded 7000 people and captured 3000 people.

Among them, there were 400 cavalry and [-] infantry.

There are tens of thousands of armor, war horses, bows and arrows, etc.

After the captives are reformed, ten thousand soldiers will be added, and their strength will be greatly increased.

More importantly, after this war, Xiangyang started, and strategically cut off the connection between Huguang and Henan.

In terms of prestige, Xiangyang used to be Xiangjing where the intruders were, which greatly affected the reputation of intruders in the Huguang area, making Qin Jun and Zhu Yixi famous all over the world.

And the sphere of influence of the Qin army expanded from Hanzhong Mansion and Yunyang Mansion to Xiangyang Mansion and De'an Mansion.

With the four prefectures in hand, almost half the province's strength, controlling millions of people.

Once built, the potential is limitless.

"I, in the whole world, can be regarded as the first to show my talents."

Zhu Yixi said happily.

(End of this chapter)