Wanli 1592

Chapter 21
Zhao Huyong was unstoppable, and he rushed out at the head of the soldiers, which greatly inspired the morale of the Ming army.

The gunners and blunderbuss retreated to reload ammunition and waited for orders. The five hundred Ming army sword shield spearmen and one hundred Ming army cavalry shouted to meet the rebels and captives. Charged into the enemy's formation and slaughtered all directions, there was hardly a single enemy under the sword. Wherever he went, the bandits were frightened and cut off their horses. Occasionally, a few people rode their horses to fight for their lives. Duan, die with peace.

The Ming army became more and more courageous in the battle, and the physical strength accumulated for many days burst out in an instant, and his eyes were red. Zhao Hu stared at a Ma Jun who was soaked in blood but wearing a fur robe, thinking that this must be a captive general, so he slapped the horse away When the fur-robed horse army saw Zhao Hu coming, he pulled out his saber to meet him head-on. Zhao Hu went up and fought for four or five rounds. He was surprised to find that this guy was very powerful. He might be a big fish, so he came immediately. Excited, he cheered up and went up to fight him for more than [-] rounds, but he couldn't kill him.

Qiupao Majun was the Zhulitu who had escaped for his life. Seeing that almost all of his subordinates had been killed by artillery and bird guns, he only wanted to escape in a panic, but was blocked again. The more the battle became more urgent, he directly used the desperate Fang Zi and Zhao Hu fought dead, and for a moment Zhao Hu was in danger, he was shocked by force and actually took a step back, his body was thrown up to reveal a flaw, and he was caught by Zhuo Litu, who would kill Zhao Hu with a single blow.

A long spear appeared suddenly, held against the saber, and swung away Litu's machete again. Zhao Hu saw that it was Wang Hui who had come to help him, so he reacted and took the opportunity to howl and raised the machete Slanting is a chop...

　Xiao Ruxun ordered the generals around him to take the soldiers from the city down to fight. They should cooperate from inside and outside, and attack from both sides. The captives finally collapsed, and one after another knelt down to beg for surrender...

The rest of the battle didn't end until dawn the next day. Xiao Ruxun couldn't fight, so he shot and killed the enemy with his blunderbuss and crossbow arrows. He almost exhausted his energy. He could only stand still with the support of Yang Caiyun. Zhao Hu, Chen Xie, and Wang Hui were also many There were injuries, and few soldiers of the Ming army who could still stand were not injured, except for the more than 200 pistols who were forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

The 700 Ming troops under Xiao Ruxun were also severely injured. After the statistics report of the battle situation came out at noon, Xiao Ruxun found out with heartache that only 700 of the 200 soldiers were uninjured, [-] were slightly injured, and [-] were seriously injured. die in battle.

The loss of the rebel army was even more serious. According to the identification, the leader of the Taoist army, Zhuo Litu, was beheaded by Wang Hui and Zhao Hu. Yong was beheaded by Chen Xiezhen, and all 37 major rebel generals were killed except two who surrendered.

However, the actual strength of the rebel army was only a little over 6000. More than 1000 people were killed or died after returning to the camp. Only a little over 300 successfully surrendered and saved their lives. The army was unable to pursue, and more than 400 of the remaining surrendered, and all the rest died on the battlefield, and more than 800 horses were captured.

With a wave of Xiao Ruxun's hand, all the captives who surrendered were killed!Daming doesn't need these capricious thieves!

As a result, these captives who were tied up and disarmed became living targets for gunmen. They were shot to death by the murderous Ming army, and the thousand rebel soldiers who were not killed were scared out of their wits, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy. , What's more, incontinence of urine and feces, full of ugly appearances.

"Before you, Nian was a soldier of the Ming Dynasty. He was coerced into being a thief. The rebellion was not his intention. There is still an old mother at home. I will not kill you, but you have to use your own merits to pay off the crime! Today From now on, I will organize you into the army as the vanguard of our army. If you want to survive, you must fight until the rebellion subsides! I will not report the rebellion of you! But if there are any disobedient ones, kill them!"

Xiao Ruxun shouted the word "kill" in a murderous spirit, and Wang Hui immediately called out to the pistols to "raise the blunderbuss". The Ming army on the side, how dare these rebels have objections?Originally, they were coerced by their respective officers and they had no real position. They would follow whoever was their general. When they really wanted to rebel, they were discouraged and thought about going to the dark side. Unexpectedly, they survived the desperate situation now. There is still a glimmer of hope for survival.

"How dare you disobey the general's order!"

The more than 1000 rebels showed no signs of resistance, and all knelt down to express their obedience. Xiao Ruxun ordered Zhao Hu to personally command the forward of the rebel army.

So far, the offensive and defensive battle of Pinglu City, which lasted for half a month, ended with the victory of Ming Army Xiao Ruxun's troops.

Xiao Ruxun had 3000 men, of whom only [-] survived the war, and the rest were all killed in battle, and only [-] were left intact to fight. The rebel army had a strength of about [-], of which [-] were captives. , [-] escaped, and all the rest were killed. The rebels were [-]. Except for more than [-] people who surrendered and more than [-] who fled in a hurry, more than [-] rebels were all killed, and all those with intact heads were cut off. , piled up like a mountain, roughly counted, there are six thousand.

The surviving Ming army felt very lucky. It is necessary to know that the Ming army’s merits are recorded according to the first level. Usually, one or two hundred levels of border friction is a great victory, but this time they actually cut down six thousand levels, and nearly three thousand of them are serious. It's an astonishing feat, everyone is thinking about what kind of reward they can get!

Three generals, Zhao Hu, Wang Hui, and Chen Xie, were overjoyed. The three of them had their own merits. This time, they would definitely be promoted to rank and get rewards. They laughed out loud when they sat together, and the rest of the Ming army also suffered disasters. Fortunately for the rest of my life, after relaxing from the high-intensity war state, many people collapsed to the ground and fell asleep.

Looking at the rising sun, Xiao Ruxun sighed softly, and said to Yang Caiyun: "Caiyun, this is the first victory I won for my husband, and I will fight many more victories for my husband in the future. I will definitely give it to you!" Earn a command to come back!"

Yang Caiyun no longer dared to look at the battlefield like a sea of ​​blood, buried her head in Xiao Ruxun's arms, just nodded slightly, and said nothing.

After sending Yang Caiyun back home to settle down, Xiao Ruxun still needs to prepare for a series of things after the war, such as the compensation for the soldiers who died in the war, the settlement of their families, the cleaning of the battlefield, the writing and delivery of military newspapers, etc., and the most important thing , What to do next, whether to stay still or take the initiative to attack, all of which need to be done by Xiao Ruxun himself.

The victory is gratifying, but the price to be paid for the victory is really painful. More than 500 people were killed in the Ming army, and [-] families suddenly became lost families. There were other men, but after sorting it out, there were nearly [-] households out of [-] households that had no men left, only lonely women and young children.

Watching the scenes of crying and burning white paper, Xiao Ruxun suddenly felt that the victory he had won was so sad. Victory is certainly a victory, but these families have lost their happiness forever. Without the support of men, a family can still survive. Does it count as a home?And all Xiao Ruxun can do is to do his best to personally distribute more pensions to them, but these women are still crying while holding the money.

How can Xiao Ruxun treat this situation calmly?

Unable to bear to watch these women who lost their men cry, Xiao Ruxun turned and left the residential area. Wang Hui, who was following beside him, seemed to see Xiao Ruxun's sadness, and comforted him: "Since ancient times, there are no undead ? The general should not be too sentimental."

Xiao Ruxun recalled those comrades who died in the previous and present lives, and said sadly: "Once a general succeeds, his bones will be ruined. My fame, glory and wealth are all exchanged by these soldiers, but all I can do is to give them ten thousand dollars." How can orphans, widows, and old parents live without the support of a few liang of silver? It is not easy for widows with children to remarry. They are my subordinates, but I can't do more for their wives, children, and children... No wonder everyone in the world says that soldiers are ominous, a land of death and life!"

Wang Hui could only sigh deeply.

Outside the city, especially the Nancheng gate, the cleaning of the battlefield was also proceeding in an orderly manner. Xiao Ruxun ordered all the corpses of the rebels and horses to be burned with fire, so that they could not be left behind.

Xiao Ruxun spent the whole day running around the city, and did not return home until nightfall. After a hasty dinner, she plunged into the study again. Yang Caiyun was worried that her husband would not be able to support her body, so she stewed the old ginseng brought from home. He took the soup and went to the study to give it to Xiao Ruxun. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xiao Ruxun writing something at his desk.

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