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Chapter 73 Kill Liu Thief and restore Huanggang

More than an hour later, near noon, Liu Xiyao's troops rushed to Lanxi Town in a scattered manner.

The 7000-man army already had more than 1000 heavy soldiers, and they had been defeated by the officers and soldiers first.

Along the way, the morale of the army was slackened, and hundreds of people were lost while running, and only five thousand remained when they arrived at the battlefield.

Then, they met the officers and soldiers who were waiting for work in the town.

Although the officers and soldiers had traveled for a day and a night, after all, they were by boat rather than on foot, and most of them maintained their physical strength fairly well.In addition, I arrived early and took another hour of rest, so my morale was high and my energy was high.

Seeing the officers and soldiers lining up in the town, Liu Xiyao's scalp tingled for a while.There are at least 2000 troops in the visible force alone, and the rear team is hiding in the town. I don't know how many more.

Seeing this, the generals under his command were also a little apprehensive, one of them named Su persuaded:
"Your Majesty, the officers and soldiers only rely on the town's backwaters to form an array, and the line is not wide. Why don't our troops take a detour to the upper reaches of the Xishui River, cross the river in a detour, return to Huanggang first, and then make a long-term plan, so that the green hills are left without worrying about no firewood."

Liu Xiyao was still a good soldier, after thinking for a while, he said angrily:

"Isn't that a chance for Shen Gouguan to attack halfway? If he sees our army crossing the river in a detour, and when some people are already in the river, he suddenly pursues and cuts off our army. Wouldn't it be a catastrophe? !
What's more, our army's supply team has been destroyed, and the food, grass and property looted before have been snatched back by the dog officer. If the dog officer takes back the supplies, how can we maintain the army when we go back!How dare you disturb my army's morale! "

Liu Xiyao was also nervous and sensitive to a certain extent. Hearing this kind of remarks that harmed the whole army, he almost drew out his saber and executed that nonsense general.

Fortunately, his adopted son, Liu Sandao, had a good relationship with the general who said the wrong thing, and quickly persuaded him: "Father, you can't be angry! Now is the time for the generals to use their lives, why don't you let him take the blame and make meritorious service!" "

After much deliberation, Liu Xiyao finally endured it.

The general who had recovered his life looked at him with more and more hatred.So many people have already run away, and those who are willing to go this far with Liu Xiyao are loyal people.To be treated like this is really chilling.

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Out of distrust of his own morale, Liu Xiyao finally chose to attack the officer's army head-on, destroying Officer Shen Gou's troops before crossing the river safely.

"Soldiers, after we wiped out the officers and soldiers, the recaptured materials will be shared equally among everyone. This king will never hide anything for himself! Everyone must fight to the death!" Liu Xiyao finally boosted morale with a few words, and waved his hands to make people charge with drums.

In the army formation on the opposite side, Zuo Zixiong and Zhang Huangyan also let the scolding soldiers shout in unison: "My family knows you, you are kind! All the people of Huangzhou who are coerced by the Liu thief, as long as they turn against each other, they will not be blamed!"

At the same time, dozens of large sand ships lined up on the Yangtze River on the west side of the battlefield.

On the tallest ship at the head, Shen Shuren personally stood on the bow to supervise the battle, and made the scolding players hold paper tube loudspeakers and shout: "Liu thief! Shen Lin is here! You have fallen into my trap many times, Today is the time for you to bestow the head!"

Liu Xiyao was a little flustered, and quickly suppressed the troops: "Everyone, don't believe that nonsense! Officer Shen Dog is greedy for life and afraid of death, he only talks on paper, and will not supervise the battle in person! This time the officers and soldiers went deep alone, just in time to send sheep into my tiger's mouth! "

As he said that, he was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he didn't even keep the reserve team, and the whole army rushed up directly.

Zuo Zixiong had been waiting impatiently for a long time. Seeing the enemy approaching, he finally had the opportunity to launch a wave of Spanish phalanx tactics.

"120 steps, fire!"

"Bang bang bang—" the first row of turtledove musketeers fired in response, smoke billowing, more than 200 guns fired at least a thousand round and small lead pellets.

At this point in the battle, Liu Xiyao's army's elite heavy armor had already lost seven or eight out of ten.The armor wearing rate of the remaining soldiers was very poor. When they were sprayed by lead bullets more than a hundred steps away, all those who were hit immediately jumped, and the sound of wailing was endless.

Shen Jiajun followed the training steps very steadily, and everyone took turns to step forward to fire and retreat to reload.The [-] firearms were divided into three teams, and the morale of Liu Xiyao's army, which was already on the verge of collapse, was knocked down to the bottom.

With more than half of the last nearly thousand Shanxi and Henan bandit veterans killed or injured, the remaining local strong men in Huangzhou who had been bandits for less than two years fled in disorder.

With a knife in his hand, Liu Xiyao yelled frantically and slashed and killed the deserters, but he couldn't stop the defeat. His eyes also showed more and more despair.

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In the chaos, those generals who were originally scolded by Liu Xiyao were panicking about their defeat all day long.

By chance, he glanced at Liu Sandao who was passing by trying to help his father restrain the front line, and the eyes of both sides showed a bit of understanding and mutual understanding.

"Major General, let's do it! Shen Gou...Master Shen promised that if you kill Liu Xiyao, you will be exonerated and serve as a guard!"

"But I am the adopted son of my father! Will Mr. Shen keep his promise?"

"Even if there is a little discount, at least you can be exonerated. I heard that the emperor and the elders have ordered that whoever kills Zhang Xianzhong will be made a duke, and whoever kills Zhang Xianzhong by a thief will be made a marquis. At least he can be exonerated if he is poor! The attitude of the court should be the same!"

"That's all! It's a bet!"

After Liu Sandao made up his mind, he took advantage of his identity to not be easily suspected by Liu Xiyao, pretended to report the military situation, brought a few guards with relatively high martial arts skills, and rode his horse to chase Liu Xiyao.

Liu Xiyao was like a frightened bird, he took a look and found that it was the adopted son, he was relieved, and quickly ordered: "My son, hurry up!"

Liu Sandao's face was ashen, and suddenly he swung his long knife, and the knife sounded: "By the order of Master Shen, kill Liu Xiyao, the national traitor, and your previous crimes will be pardoned!"

Liu Xiyao was caught off guard, and was chopped into half of his neck with a long knife, causing blood to flow like a fountain.His right hand twitched and pointed at Nizi, wanting to curse a few words, but he couldn't make a sound, only the hissing sound of violent contraction when the trachea was cut.

Several soldiers around Liu Xiyao were confused for a while and tried to resist, but they were all killed by Liu Sandao's internal strife, and both sides suffered casualties.

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"Liu Xiyao is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"

After some chaotic trampling, the bandits who had lost their backbone completely collapsed. In the end, as many as 3000 people were captured by the official army, and the rest also fled.

The number of prisoners was as many as the number of officers and soldiers, which really made Zuo Zixiong a little scared.Hastily handed over all the weapons of the captives, tied each arm with a rope, and strung the captives together in groups of ten.

After finishing all this, Shen Shuren's boat also approached from the Yangtze River, went ashore to accept the surrender, and suppressed the captives.

During the whole process, it was inevitable that there were those who repeatedly refused to be restrained, fearing that they would be liquidated by the government and the army, and they would make trouble again. Zuo Zixiong could only use thunderous means to kill the troublemakers on the spot, and killed more than a hundred people before and after. Live in a place, did not let repeated spread.

"Immediately lock up all the captives and identify them separately. Separate and detain the old thief who has followed Liu Xiyao for many years, and the people who have been coerced in Huangzhou!"

Shen Shuren dialed a few words, and Zuo Zixiong went to do it immediately.On the other side, Liu Sandao had bound his hands consciously, and climbed in front of Shen Shuren to ask for credit:

"My lord! You said that the one who killed Liu Xiyao and surrendered will be exonerated, and the sin will be lost. Please forgive me!"

Shen Shuren asked the left and right guards to stand in front of him, and then said in a businesslike manner: "I said this, but you are poor and want to be an officer. Isn't it too late? If you don't surrender today, This officer is also sure to kill you all!"

Liu Sandao's eyes rolled wildly, desperately proving that he is still worth being used: "But...Liu Thief can't be beaten, but he can still escape. If it is not a crime, he will be shot. If the Lord wants to kill him, I am afraid it will take some time to search and arrest.

The criminal general also knew that the bandits left two to three thousand strong men to guard the city in Huanggang, and the remaining three counties of Huangzhou that were occupied also had guards.The criminal general has a little friendship with the local guard, and is willing to help the adults persuade him to surrender!If you don't surrender, I will ask the old ministry to serve as the vanguard to help you recover the three counties! "

Shen Shuren couldn't help feeling contemptuous in his heart, this fellow was said to be Liu Xiyao's adoptive son, and he seemed to betray him more simply than Lu Bu.

But after calming down, Shen Shuren still suppressed the killing intent in his heart, he knew that these days the thieves and rebel kings especially like to adopt sons.If I can pardon a righteous son of a thief king who killed his father, it will also be beneficial to divide other thieves in the future and make other thief kings be wary of his adopted son.

The big deal is that after I accept the surrender, I just don't give Liu Sandao military power.

Shen Shuren took a deep breath, and in front of all the generals, pardoned in a high-profile manner: "In this case, I will give you a chance. You are poor and come down, and the original official promises cannot be counted, but the previous sins can be completely forgiven. If you can bring Let the people in the headquarters persuade Huanggang County to surrender, and I will give you another Qianzong."

Liu Sandao was overjoyed: "Thank you for your cultivation, my lord! Finally, I have the opportunity today to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and I will definitely die for the court and my lord in the future!"

After finishing speaking, he jumped up and yelled at the subordinate officers who surrendered together: "Brothers! Lead the officers and soldiers to recover Huanggang County! If the fourth brother dares not surrender, I will chop him up and give Mr. Shen a vote." title!"

The officers and soldiers were also unambiguous, so they followed the trend, and after crossing the Xishui River, they did not travel more than [-] miles, and arrived in Huanggang County that evening.

Huanggang Shoujiang is another adopted son of Liu Xiyao, ranking fourth, a little smaller than Liu Sandao, with only more than 2000 fish belly.

Seeing his righteous brother betraying his foster father, he didn't realize the situation clearly and tried to resist.It's a pity that the morale of the whole army has collapsed. Under the leadership of the return bandits, a scuffle broke out between the two sides. After hundreds of casualties, it completely collapsed and was taken advantage of by the officers and soldiers.

In the middle of the night that day, Shen Shuren had already entered the city, and returned to the original yamen of the prefect of Huangzhou to spend the night.

Under the protection of his own soldiers, Zhang Huangyan also came to the yamen of Huanggang magistrate.He, the magistrate of Huanggang County, has been appointed by the court for almost three months, and he officially took office today.

"Prefect Yan, I'm taking revenge for you. Is it not too much to sit in your position?"

In the magistrate's yamen, Shen Shuren sat for a while on the seat of the former magistrate who was killed. He couldn't help but mutter a few words to himself, and then he ordered the secretary to help him draft a victory report. Set off and send it to Xiangyang to Mr. Yang Ge.

As for the memorial to the imperial court, it is better to word it formally and elegantly. Shen Shuren ordered the scouts to go to Qizhou to invite Mr. Gu to come and ask Gu Yanwu to write.

(End of this chapter)