Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 176

At noon that day, when the Guards fought fiercely with the Central Army of the Zuo Army under the city of Huaining, the troops under Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian also rushed out, rushing towards the other units of the Zuo Army like a burst of water.

Among them, Huang Degong's wife and brother Weng Zhiqi personally led an army of 15 troops from Jiujiang and Susong to attack Zhang Yuanliang's troops.

Li Shichun, Yuan Jixian's confidant general, personally led an army of [-] to the Daoxingcheng Department.

Although the Seventh Army of the Guards, which has been fighting the Zuo Army in the Jiangyou area for a long time, is mostly composed of traditional troops.

There are veterans led by Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian in the past, as well as rural soldiers recruited before, but these officers and soldiers also know that Zuo Liangyu's army is dying, so they are very motivated to kill the enemy one by one. The army marched all the way east, but they searched the money of the whole Huguang, and everyone wanted to make a fortune during this period.

Zhang Yuanliang's troops are considered to be the weaker troops in Zuo Liangyu, that is, the legendary grain harvesting troops. The entire military camp is chaotic and disorderly, and most of them are prostitutes. , instead of shouting and killing during training.

Weng Zhiqi personally led three thousand cavalry and rushed over.

It's like Zuo Liangyu has an iron cavalry who has fought with him for many years.

The three thousand iron cavalry led by Weng Zhiqi was also the basis for Huang Degong's attack on the world since he joined the army. Before that, he had made a surprise attack from the hundreds of thousands of left army troops and seized Susong.

These three thousand iron cavalry are all veteran cavalry, and their archery and horse skills are naturally proficient, and these left soldiers in front of them are not the elite left soldiers, so naturally they hacked and killed at will.

Some people were gathering to gamble, or they were queuing up to rape a commoner woman, or they were sitting on the ground and taking a nap. When the left army of Zhang Yuanliang saw Weng Zhiqi’s cavalry rushing towards them, they threw down their guns and firearms without even thinking about it, and walked back with their feet wide open. run.

Weng Zhiqi came first on horseback. The left soldiers in front of him were tired, hungry or depressed. They were like rapeseed poles in front of him. They were chopped off by Weng Zhiqi with a single knife. After landing on the ground, he hurriedly shot a volley of arrows and shot the running left army to the ground.

In this way, Weng Zhiqi led [-] cavalry to overwhelm Zhang Yuanliang's [-] army, and piles of left soldiers hurriedly dropped their swords and guns and ran around.

At this time, 15 officers and soldiers of the Seventh Army of the Guards also ran all over the mountains and plains.

Although these infantrymen do not have the strict formation requirements of the officers and soldiers of the Guards, the chief general Huang Degong can be considered to be able to manage the army well, and the officers and soldiers he trained can also perform basic military ethics. Instead of robbing women and ordnance, they first aimed at the heads of these left army officers and soldiers.

Zhang Yuanliang ran wildly on his horse, and shouted to his own soldiers: "Go and tell the commander-in-chief that our department was suddenly attacked by a large-scale army, and the leader was Weng Zhiqi! Quick, quick!"

After Zhang Yuanliang finished speaking, he frantically ran towards a hill. He couldn't organize his subordinates to resist now.

Li Shichun under Yuan Jixian's command also led [-] officers and soldiers from Jiangxi to rush towards the Daoxingcheng Department like a tide.

The combat power of Daoxingcheng was slightly stronger than that of Zhang Yuanliang, but Daoxingcheng suffered a lot under the city of Anqingfu.

Therefore, when Dao Xingcheng learned that tens of thousands of officers and troops were coming to attack, he even rushed towards Huaining City with [-] troops under his command, but these [-] troops thought it was a defeat, and it directly turned into a big defeat.

Some left soldiers were completely unable to pick up knives and guns to resist the imperial court army because of the hunger and cold, so they could only watch helplessly as the army came and beheaded them to the ground.

Most of the left soldiers even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg to surrender, but Zhu Youjian had already made an order that the left counter army would ignore the overall situation of the world and almost harm China in the most dangerous time, so except for the pre-war uprising, they will not be forgiven.

Therefore, these left soldiers who had plagued the people of Huguang for several years would be killed directly even if they surrendered.

Under the guard of his own soldiers, Dao Xing had no choice but to run all the way towards Huaining City, but was blocked by Li Shichun.

Dao Xingcheng and Li Shichun had worked together before, so when he saw Li Shichun, he immediately knelt down: "General Li, let brother live! Or let brother be your slave!"

Li Shichun sneered: "Your Majesty has an order, the left army is an army of rebels, and those who have not rebelled should be killed!"

As he said that, the bowstring in Li Shichun's hand loosened, and a heavy arrow hit Dao Xingcheng's collarbone, causing Dao Xingcheng to fall off his horse in pain.

"Take it!" For Dao Xingcheng, a general under Zuo Liangyu's command, Li Shichun naturally wanted to capture him alive, and when the time came, he would take him into Beijing and hand him over to His Majesty, which would be considered a great achievement.

The encirclement and annihilation of the Zuo army by the entire official army turned into a massacre. The officers and soldiers searched for the Zuo army everywhere. As long as they were still wearing helmets or armor, almost none of them would be let go.

Jin Shenghuan was out of the camp at this time, at this moment, among the various units of the left army, only he and Luo Dai's were relatively quiet.

However, since it was still daytime, Jin Shenghuan could not feel the intensity of the entire battle at this time, except for the ups and downs of shouts of killing in his ears.

His personal soldiers had already wrapped white cloth around his arms, and ordered to the soldiers under his command: "Send down the order, take out all the leftover food and meat, and let the brothers eat their fill at noon today!"

"General, if this happens, we will run out of food!"

"What are you afraid of? From today onwards, we will return to the imperial court and eat imperial food. Who the hell wants to drink porridge and eat wild vegetables every day!"

Jin Shenghuan left the tent as he spoke, and shouted to the officers and soldiers in front of him: "Soldiers and soldiers, from now on, we are no longer an army of rebels, from now on, we are still officers and soldiers eating the royal rations, and your majesty will Our will is that as long as we kill the Zuo Jun on the opposite side, and kill a crime that can redeem a life for ourselves, Governor Yuan has also stated that we can take the head to the Governor's Office to register at that time, and those who get a head from the Zuo Jun will be spared One, get two, and get a reward for the extra! Tell me, will we do it or not!"

"Dry!"

"Dry!"

The shouts one after another directly expressed the aspirations of the officers and soldiers of Jin Shenghuan's department. At this time, no one had the determination to continue to fight against the court.

And one can get forgiveness from the court by killing people.

All of them were naturally very excited. For them, being able to no longer be the court's sinners would let them relax physically and mentally. Even if they went back to farm in the future, they would not worry about being arrested by the court.

An hour later, Jin Shenghuan's tribe, who were full of food and drink, also swept towards Luo Dai's tribe with their hands wrapped in white cloth.

But at this time, the person from Zuo Liangyu's army who asked for help also rushed to Jin Shenghuan's place. Without saying a word, Jin Shenghuan chopped the person who asked for help into pieces.

Jin Yiwei, who was lurking beside Jin Shenghuan, was completely relieved when he chopped it off, after all, it meant that he had completely broken with Zuo Liangyu.

(End of this chapter)