The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44 Bloody Sunset (Two in One)

When Cao Bianjiao led the troops to break through the front line of the rogues, the rogues were already in chaos, and their morale also plummeted downwards.

But at this time, there is no chance of redemption, but before Gao Yingen recovers, the sound of cannons from the mountains on the right rear completely crushed the will of the rest of the rogues to fight.

Gao Yingen envoys are old and weak, and the team is in the middle. There are more than [-] people in this part, and they are extremely dense when they are marching.

The artillery of the Ming army is condescending, and it can hit a hundred shots without even aiming.

Every time a cannon is fired, it will be able to make a contribution, and blood mist will explode in the crowd.

The fear of death tortured everyone's nerves, and the fear of artillery made the morale of all the rogues drop to the bottom, even the old bandits who originally needed to maintain order were no exception.

The hungry people were fleeing, the troops were routing, and the horse army was also routing, but those fine cavalry were running faster.

There were countless people who trampled on each other and pushed and shoved the fugitives, causing even more casualties than those killed by the artillery of the Ming army.

Afterwards, Zuo Liangyu led his servants into the formation to cut him off at the waist, and a large number of banners appeared on the mountains on both sides.

The continuous sound of gunfire made all the thieves panic, and the whole battlefield has become a mess, chaotic.

The army was defeated like a mountain...

The defeat was set, and no matter how much they resisted, they could only block the traffic with their arms. Some thieves who tried to resist did not even set off waves.

Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Liangyu led the armored cavalry like two fire dragons with teeth and claws, and they easily tore through the array of thieves.

The thief's formation was torn apart by it, and it was scattered and fragmented.

Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Liangyu pursued and killed them all the way.

Those who fled in all directions panicked, and countless people knelt and surrendered.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The horns of the Chinese army sounded again, and with the waving of flags, military orders were passed down step by step.

Chen Wang raised the command flag in his hand and shouted.

"The whole company maintains the marching ranks, one round is ahead, four rounds are adjourned, and pursue along the way!"

When the military order was issued, although everyone was a little flustered and immersed in the previous fight, thanks to the relatively long training, they quickly restored order under the restraint of their generals.

The veterans make up the first round, while the second, third, and fourth rounds are composed of recruits.

Veterans mostly hold swords and shields, are well equipped with armor, and are old in battle. They carry less firearms, mostly bows and arrows, and are most suitable as the leader of the department.

Originally, there was a mixture of firearms such as three-eyed blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss, but after accepting You Si, Chen Wang distributed most of the messy firearms to Zuo Si, leaving only the three-eyed blunderbuss.

Chen Wang didn't ask him to replace all the bird guns. The Datong soldiers were used to using the three-eyed guns, and they were very proficient in using them.

Besides, there were no more bird guns for them to use, so Chen Wang asked him to keep the three-eyed guns, and even used some extra money for them to transfer some more.

It didn't take much time. When Chen Wang gave orders and reported the news, the crowd had already turned into a marching column, even faster than Zuo Si.

"Ugh——"

Various divisions and various ministries stepped onto the official road one after another, accompanied by the sound of horns that completed the assembly.

The golden drum sounded again in the middle army, Chen Wang did not neglect, and immediately gave the order to march, and led the cavalry behind him to move forward quickly.

It was only less than a mile away, and Chen Wang heard a rush of horseshoes behind him.

Chen Wang looked back and just saw Cao Wenzhao's fiery red banner, followed by hundreds of cavalry, passing the left and right divisions in the middle, and the left and right divisions of the left formation.

Chen Wang quickly reined in his horse and moved closer to the side. He knew that Cao Wenzhao was going to lead the remaining cavalry to meet Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Liangyu in order to expand the results of the battle.

All the affairs of the troops were handed over to Cao Dingjiao, who led the two battalions and ordered him to pack lightly and rush to meet them later.

Chasing all the way, there are corpses all over the road, and fleeing bandits along the mountains and fields.

Cao Dingjiao kept sending cavalry to drive away those who kneeled and surrendered, and gathered them up to take care of them.

These people have lost their courage, and their weapons have long been thrown away. Basically, two or three people can drive hundreds or even thousands of people.

It's like herdsmen herding sheep and horses on the grassland...

As it got deeper and deeper, the number of escaped bandits also began to increase.

Traveling lightly without luggage, even wearing armor, most of the soldiers were much faster than ordinary rogues.

It is said that they are bandits, but in fact, those horse soldiers and fine cavalry are considered to be real bandits.

Most of the rest were coerced civilians, or those who were forced to join the army because they couldn't survive. These people were hungry and hungry, and they rarely had enough to eat, so they didn't have the strength to escape.

When they rushed all the way to the outside of Tingkou Town with light clothes, all the Ming soldiers were already out of breath.

Chen Wang's eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression changed slightly. Although he was recalling the memory of his original body, he had seen countless tragedies, but looking at the scene in front of him, he still couldn't calm down.

After all, his heart is made of flesh and blood, not a heart of stone.

Tingkou Town is located at the confluence of two rivers, facing the water bank on the left and right, separated by the tributaries of the two rivers.

Shaanxi has experienced a severe drought year after year. The two rivers used to dry up, but this year the drought has eased a lot. Now the two rivers have gathered a lot of water again.

Outside the town of Tingkou, only a large number of cavalry of the Ming army were seen wandering around, and it was not clear whether they were subordinate to Cao Bianjiao or Zuo Liangyu's cavalry.

Wielding sabers, they knocked down a person from time to time, wandered around the crowd, and forced him into the river.

At this time, the banks of Liangshui were already full of refugees, and some people were squeezed into the water from time to time and struggled continuously.

The river was densely packed with human heads, and even the flow of water was slowed down...

The superior's military order was issued to garrison Tingkou Town on the spot, gather the prisoners, and clean up the battlefield.

In fact, there is nothing to clean on the battlefield. Where can the rogues have any eye-catching weapons and blades? Most of them are rags and useless.
Only a small part of the old bandits in the infantry, and the killed horse army had a lot of money, and some usable weapons and armor.

It didn't take long to clean up the battlefield. Apart from the soldiers of the two battalions, Binzhou had also recruited a lot of village braves to serve as auxiliary soldiers in the army.

It is said that the auxiliary soldiers are actually civilian husbands. After the war, they were naturally sent to the battlefield to clean up.

The auxiliary soldiers recruited in these cities are exactly the kind of treacherous people that Qi Jiguang said in his military book that he must never choose.

Even with the supervision of soldiers, there are still a lot of people stealing and cheating.

If such a person enters the barracks, it will only affect the atmosphere in the army. Chen Wang directly separated him from the recruits under his command to prevent them from being affected.

During the battle, the recruits in the three rounds did not have any troubles, only two bird gun soldiers couldn't help but want to release their guns ahead of time, but the veterans who supervised the battle cut their necks and ears.

These two people were all the casualties under Chen Wang's command in this battle.

However, when cleaning the battlefield, there were a few episodes.

When those recruits who had never seen the horrors of the battlefield went to clean up the messy pile of corpses, many of them vomited out.

The people who were killed by fire guns such as bird guns and three-eyed guns are okay, at least there is still a complete body, and the appearance of death is not terrible.

However, many of the people who were bombarded by Franji and Tiger Crouching were beaten to tatters, and even had a lot of lead embedded in them, making them look extremely infiltrating.

The most horrifying deaths were those bandits who were hit by the shells from the firing cannons. That part of the bandit's body had already been torn to pieces.

Also, the bandits killed by the cavalry led by Cao Bianjiao were also in terrible condition, and some of them were trampled to death by war horses.

Quite a few recruits vomited, they were terrified, and some of the weaker ones even cried on the spot, but due to military orders, they had to clean up the battlefield.

Chen Wang scanned the dilapidated battlefield and looked at the recruits who were cleaning the battlefield, feeling cold in his heart.

Witnessing the bloody brutality of the battlefield is just one step these new recruits have to go through.

Sweeping the battlefield can also exercise their spirit and willpower, and reduce their fear of the battlefield.

The result and experience of the first battle is actually a very good start.

Without many casualties, they gained experience on the battlefield, saw the cruelty of war, and saw the bloody battlefield.

In this era, only strict training and military discipline can ensure that an army has enough combat power, but it will also make its mental pressure extremely huge.

The bloody battlefield and the fear of death stimulate the soldiers' nerves all the time and sharpen their will.

It is precisely because of this that camp roars occurred in ancient armies. The biggest cause of camp screams is precisely because the spirit has been in a state of tension for a long time, and the tension cannot be relaxed.

Now Chen Wang doesn't have a good way to solve this problem, he can only try his best to restrain and provide certain positive guidance.

Now he is just a general, and there are thousands of generals, the central army, and the general soldiers above him. Only when he is in charge of the first battalion can he do certain things.

This battle was a big victory, Cao Bianjiao beheaded Gao Yingen, and the beheading level was 720.

Zuo Liangyu beheaded Level 890 and seized the banner of the King of Heaven, but did not kill King of Heaven.

There are no prisoners, and 14 Pingliang thieves were defeated.

But Chen Wang did not feel the joy of winning the battle, because the Ming army should not have won this battle...

In history, Cao Wenzhao was dead at that time, and the bandits from Pingliang Mansion marched eastward. After several defeats, most of the Ming army was defeated, and the city of Binzhou fell.

In the end, it was Cao Bianjiao who led the support of the remnant army in Qiutou Town, gathered the rout troops and stopped the defeat, which made it temporarily stop the trend of advancing eastward.

But now because he saved Cao Wenzhao, the Ming army no longer had only two to three thousand people in this battle, but increased to more than five thousand people.

Hong Chengchou authorized Cao Wenzhao to sit in Binzhou, and the Changping Army led by Zuo Liangyu was also left under the city of Binzhou.

If you only read your resume and record, many people's first impression of Cao Wenzhao is a fierce general.

Cao Wenzhao has led cavalry to fight against the enemy many times, and all of them have made great achievements in battle. He has fought dozens of battles, with fewer defeats and more victories.

And after all, in this world, there are indeed very few people who can "shoot left and right with a spear, and a horse entangles the crowd."

But in fact, Cao Wenzhao is quite aware of employing people and is good at strategy.

Although the current Gao Yingxiang has great momentum, he is not the leader of the camps.

There are only two leaders who have been in charge of the battalions all this time, one is Wang Jiayin, and the other is Zijin Liang Wang for his own use.

Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong Deng were all subordinates to Wang Jiayin.

Wang Jiayin used to be a frontier soldier, but later fled back home.

In the first year of Chongzhen, due to lack of food, he led an uprising in Fugu, defeated officers and soldiers in succession, and gained fame.

Even Wang Er, who initiated the first uprising in Baishui, led his troops to join him from Chengcheng. Later, Wang Er was defeated and punished, and Wang Jiayin led the army to move to the battle, winning consecutive battles.

So he proclaimed the king and set up officials, and the system was divided into separate regimes. The prototype of the 36th Battalion was established from that time.

Wang Jiayin even defeated the counter-insurgency officers and soldiers led by Hong Chengchou at that time, but in the end he was beheaded by Cao Wenzhao, and all his troops were defeated by Cao Wenzhao.

Afterwards, they invaded and suppressed Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, winning successive battles and making outstanding military achievements.

The imperial court made an exception and ordered all the generals in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces to be controlled by Cao Wenzhao.

And Cao Wenzhao also commanded him to defeat the rogue battalions in a row, and once suppressed the battalions and couldn't raise their heads.

Whether it is the direction of march or the timing of the battle, it is just right.

Cao Wenzhao is simply a template in dealing with people and dealing with things.

The generals of all the armies inside and outside the pass have a close relationship with him, and even civil servants have a close relationship with him.

Cao Wenzhao originally had old grievances with Hong Chengchou, and was suppressed by Hong Chengchou for his military exploits.

The patrol censor Wu Wei even wrote a letter to impeach Hong Chengchou because of his military exploits, and fought for Cao Wenzhao's merits.

After recovering, Cao Wenzhao rode directly to Lingbao to ask Hong Chengchou to show respect after receiving the edict.

Because of this, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao settled their suspicions, and even patted the back to see Cao Wenzhao off. Afterwards, he has always treated Cao Wenzhao as a confidant.

If Cao Wenzhao is a reckless man, then I am afraid that there are few people in this era who are not reckless.

The setting sun reflected the whole sky red, dyed the sunset red.

But no matter how bright red the sunset is, it is not as red as the blood-stained land underground.

Chen Wang led the horse and walked outside the town of Tingkou, which was full of corpses.

The breeze caused by the flapping of his little butterfly's wings has gradually grown bigger and is beginning to change the whole world.

In the distance, the blood-colored sunset slowly fell, and when the last ray of light disappeared, darkness completely enveloped the entire earth...

"History of Ming Dynasty Biography Volume 150 Six"

"The imperial edict entered the pass, and the edict went to Lingbao to pay a visit to Chengchou."

"Chengchou... said: 'This trip is also, the road is far away, the general is working very hard, I gather the soldiers from Guanzhong to wait for the general.

"...Russian deputy generals Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen died in the battle again. Wen Zhao heard about it, and cursed at him with angry eyes. I urgently ask Chengchou to do it."

"Cheng Chouxi said: 'None of the generals can destroy this thief. Gu Wu's army has been divided, and there is no one to respond to. The general will go, and I will turn Jingyang from Jingyang to Chunchun into stamina.'"

A brief summary of Cao Wenzhao's record.

Plan to kill Wang Jiayin. (Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Ziyong, etc. belonged to Wang Jiayin in their early years.)
Capture Du San, Yang Laochai, and Kui Dahu alive, and surrender Hao Lin'an.

Slash and roll the earth dragon, the king of chaos, the king of sweeping the floor, friends of the red army, lone wolf, light the lamp, etc.

After clearing Shaanxi and entering Shanxi, the imperial court ordered the generals in Shaanxi and Shanxi to accept Cao Wenzhao for restraint.

In Shanxi, he ordered troops to defeat the seven battalions commanded by Zijinliang, King Hunshi, Ji Guansuo, Eight Great Kings, Cao Cao, Chuang Tatian, and Xinga Harry, forcing him to flee Shanxi.

Chased and intercepted, defeated Zijinliang in a row, returned to Wuxiang, and chased Tianxing in Gaozeshan.

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