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Chapter 233 The Real Purpose
"Throw ten thousand enemies, throw them all down! Throw them all, there is no need to save!" Accompanied by a roar of a tiger, more than a dozen bright red command flags frantically waved and played out the flags, and immediately after that, countless Ming soldiers with bright flags The soldiers showed their figures from behind the arrow stomping, and threw ten thousand enemies in wooden frames one by one off the city wall, and ruthlessly threw them into the dense crowd of thieves and soldiers. A huge sea of ​​flames formed below.

Thousands of enemies covered with waterproof and fireproof black asphalt kept spinning, and with whistling sounds, they sprayed orange flames for more than ten feet, spraying scorching flames in all directions like a spinning top, intertwining The jet of flames engulfed and covered the blood-stained land under the city wall, forming a sea of ​​flames and smoke. Countless rogue soldiers screamed and cried in the sea, rolling and struggling in the sea of ​​flames. , the smell of barbecued meat and burnt hair filled the air, making me want to vomit.The rogue soldiers who were still densely crowded under the city of Kelan just now also screamed and cried as the tide receded and retreated to the sea of ​​flames to temporarily avoid the momentum. They lost the reinforcements of the rear army, and the rogue soldiers clung to the ladder like ants one by one. He completely lost his courage to attack, and was either knocked down by the wolf-like soldiers of the Ming army, or bravely jumped off the ladder, rushed out of the sea of ​​flames with his face scorching, and fled to join his companions outside the sea of ​​flames. The bloody siege battle that lasted for a day and a night also temporarily fell into a brief calm.

"How is it possible? How is it possible that there are so many ten thousand enemies in Kelan City?" Wang Jiayin, who was a frontier soldier, looked ashen when he saw the raging fire wall made up of ten thousand enemy flames that almost surrounded Kelan City from east to west, from north to three sides. He couldn't help but exclaimed loudly: "In a border fort of the Great Wall controlled by the government, there are only fifty or sixty thousand enemies stored at most. How can there be so many in Kelan City? Just now, at least more than 1000 people have been thrown down." !"

"What's so strange about this? When Officer Zhang Gou withdrew his army, all the food, grass and supplies were thrown in Kelan City. It's not surprising that there are tens of thousands of enemies in the city."Never thought that Wang Jiayin would immediately shout: "Idiot, the enemy of ten thousand people is a defensive weapon, and Zhang Gouguan enters Shaanxi to attack us as an offensive. What are you doing with so many defensive weapons?"

"Stop talking, let's go." At this time, Fan Wencheng finally spoke, and said with a livid face: "If you trust Fan, you should withdraw immediately! Let's go now, maybe you can leave something behind."

"Why?" All the thieves present screamed.Before the words were finished, horns blared from Kelan City, like thunder, and two large flags suddenly appeared on the top of Kelan City. Seeing those two flags, all the thieves, who were already exhausted, suddenly turned pale. There is a feeling of being out of your wits——Among the two flags, one is the general flag of the Slaughter Army with red letters on a white background, and the other is the vermillion military flag of the Ming Dynasty. Pay and pay!There is another large white character: Zhang!Under the two banners, a rather handsome young man was dressed in a boa robe, a jade belt around his waist, a black gauze official hat with two wings on his head, and a Shangfang sword in his hand. Listen, Zhang Haogu, the governor of Xuanda of the Ming Dynasty, is here, you are smart, get off your horse and accept the surrender, and Rao Er will not die!"

Four or five miles away, Wang Jiayin and other thieves would certainly not be able to hear Young Master Zhang's arrogant declaration, but these thieves can be regarded as people who have seen the world. One could guess that this young man was the notorious God of Plague, Mad Dog Young Master Zhang.So almost instantly, all the thieves yelled crazily, "Guan Zhang! It's Guan Zhang! You've been fooled, and Guan Zhang is in Kelan City!"

With a wave of the command flag, the main force of the rebels spared no expense to attack Kelan City, which could not be shaken for a day and a night. The four gates were wide open, and the four generals each led a cavalry, and rushed out of the city full of energy. The general at the west gate shouted "Wu Liuqi is here, the thieves get off their horses and die!" The general who came out of the city at the west gate of the main battlefield looked immature, he was still a half-grown child, and his voice was quite sharp, "Wu Sangui is here, the thieves, you die! " Zhao Shilun, who walked out of the city by the north gate, did not sign up for himself, but waved his knife and shouted: "Ji cavalry team, follow me!" The south of Lan City is surrounded by a river, so the number of rebels and soldiers is the least. It is precisely because of this that Ma Dengyun couldn't wait to shout when he left the city: "Brothers, don't let anyone go! Let me kill you!"

"Dong dong dong dong dong!" More than 200 cowhide drums were beating crazily. Amidst the earth-shattering sound of war drums, the four Ming armies, like four dragons going out to sea, and four rushing steel torrents, rushed towards the densely packed city. In the blink of an eye, the rebel soldiers in front of the four cavalry were torn into pieces by the torrent and turned into meat paste!Although there are many rogue soldiers who are exhausted after a day and night siege, no organized army dares to step forward to stop them. The first reaction of every rogue soldier is to throw down the ladder and hold his head Running as fast as he could, in a panic, countless thieves and soldiers rushed and trampled each other, knocked countless companions to the ground, and then trampled to death. Cries and desperate cries immediately echoed on the battlefield.

"Run, it's Officer Zhang, it's Officer Zhang's soldier!"

"Officer Zhang is here! Oh my god, help me!"

"Here we come, Zhang Gouguan's soldiers are here! We are finished! Run, someone will give me a hand—!"

Although almost all of them are illiterate, but only relying on word of mouth, Master Zhang has a great reputation for killing countless people. None of the thieves and soldiers present had never heard of it, and none of them feared this despicable dog officer from the bottom of their hearts. , The cold-blooded murderer, the reincarnation of millions of slaves and Tatars who slaughtered Bai Qi!So when they saw their own defeated army sprinting down like a tidal wave, and heard the news of the appearance of Young Master Zhang, who even his own leader was afraid of, the first reaction of every rogue soldier was-run!The faster you run, the better. The farther away you are from the legendary Zhang Gouguan who eats human flesh and drinks human blood, the safer. The front team rushes into the squadron. Keep calm in this situation, and none of the rogue soldiers dared to dream of taking the head of Zhang Gouguan, who is said to be worth tens of thousands of gold. Every rogue has only one thought left in his mind, run!
It wasn't that there were no thieves who wanted to save the situation. At least Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang organized their own teams to fight, in an attempt to stop the charge of Xuanda's army and buy time for the reorganization of the team for a decisive battle.But Young Master Zhang's strategy of exhausting the enemy was very successful. The soldiers of Gao Yingxiang's and Zhang Xianzhong's troops, who were relatively the strongest among the rebels, were exhausted and their morale collapsed. Even if they rushed forward, they were slaughtered by the slave army just by meeting them Scattered, then cut from it.The slave-slaying saber made of the best steel was shining brightly in the morning sun, rising and falling one after another, bringing up waves of bright red blood, and one after another the rebel soldiers also screamed and fell down like cutting wheat; Sweeping across the grassland, the steeds were chosen one out of ten miles. The hooves of the horses were ironed. Each hoof would bring up a wave of dark red blood. Countless rebel soldiers died under their hooves and were trampled into muddy flesh.In less than three sticks of incense time since leaving the city to launch a countercharge, the army of [-] rebels had completely collapsed.

"Kill!" After Wu Sangui, who was lucky in the lottery, rushed out of the west gate, his target was always pointing at the main position of the rebels behind the main battlefield. The flag gate of the formation where the bandit head was located, wherever he went, blood spattered, people turned their backs, and the gang of bandits, as dense as a colony of ants, was invincible.Wu Sangui, who was always at the forefront, roared like thunder and swung his sword like mad, "Wang Jiayin, a thief, die, die!" The wolf knight soldiers behind saw that the master was so fierce, and their morale was greatly boosted. Ma Jiashoe, with his fast charging speed, immediately became the leader of the four sects.

"Block it, let me stop it!" Wang Jiayin is also an old military officer. He knows that once he orders a retreat under such circumstances, the army will definitely be rushed into chaos by the wolf-like slaughtering slave army. More.So Wang Jiayin yelled from the beginning to the end, commanding his own army to meet the enemy and stop the enemy's charge. It's a pity that the exhausted thieves team had already been frightened by the sudden appearance of Young Master Zhang. The team was able to delay the charge of the wolf cavalry, even half a stick of incense, but escaped faster and farther, allowing the wolf cavalry to charge closer and closer to the thieves' main formation.

Seeing this situation, most of the thieves who are used to being unable to fight and run don't even bother to say hello. He led a small number of cavalry to join the defeated Li Zicheng's troops, then turned around and ran south, returning to Xing County under his control to join other subordinates.Soon, only Wang Jiayin, the leader of the bandit, was left in the formation, roaring, "King Sweeper, your army hasn't eaten, and Zhang Gouguan's cavalry is at least a hundred steps away from them, why did they run away? Tianzhu, in Shenmu City, your army is the one that gets the most (the most trash that the Xuanxuan army doesn’t want, it’s up to you now! Hit the Tianzhu! Hit the Tianzhu... Forget it, the whole army retreats! Run away! "

On July [-]th of the eighth year of the Great Ming Dynasty, Zhang Haogu, the governor of Xuanda, personally led an army of [-] and [-] rebels in a decisive battle in Kelan. After the collapse, Xuanda's army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them, chasing and killing more than [-] miles, killing the rest of the [-] enemies, and the corpses of the thieves were scattered all over the field, and the canals were full of blood.

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"Immediately send out the order to let the slave-slaughter army go back to the city to rest, replenish dry food and ammunition and prepare to stand again, and let Madengyun's cavalry tail monitor the movements of the thieves, and I will send him his supplies in a while." Victory, but Young Master Zhang still did not dare to take it lightly. While adjusting the team, he shouted: "Where is Sun Chuanting's army? Have you arrived at the scheduled battlefield?"

"I just received a letter from Feige from Sun Futai. His [-] troops from Shanxi Town have arrived at the scheduled battlefield early this morning. They have blocked the eastward route of the families of the rebels and drove them back. On the bank of the Yellow River." Shi Kefa replied quickly.Young Master Zhang was a little relieved, and ordered: "Give Man Gui another order to make his army ready. Once the defeated soldiers of the rebels are driven to the predetermined place by us, we will immediately send reinforcements. Everyone else, prepare food, grass and supplies. After the slave-slaughter army came back to replenish their supplies and ammunition, they immediately set out to pursue. He Renlong, the task of cleaning the battlefield is entrusted to you! Also, I sent out scouts to monitor the movement of the Shaanxi-Gansu army, and keep in touch with me at any time."

When it was getting dark, after a short rest, the slaughtering slave army replenished their supplies and ammunition, and immediately led out of the city again under the personal leadership of Young Master Zhang, chasing to the west where the main force of the rebels retreated.After a night of marching, the slaughtering slave army caught up with the defeated rebels seventy miles west of Kelan City, and Sun Chuanting's army heading south from Shanxi Town had already fought against the defeated rebels. Fighting to the south, Madengyun's army attacked from west to east, and cooperated with it in a pincer attack. The bandit army was dying and struggling.Young Master Zhang didn't join the battle in a hurry, but let the horses rest for a while, and then ordered Wu Liuqi and Zhao Lilun's army to detour to the north, and joined forces with Sun Chuanting to attack the north of the rebel army.After several rounds of gunfire, the bandit army collapsed again, and the defeated soldiers were forced to move south.While commanding the slave slaughter army to pursue calmly, Young Master Zhang ordered Sun Chuanting's infantry and chariots to advance westward to drive the family members, old and weak women and children who had fled to the banks of the Yellow River back to Shaanxi to prevent them from fleeing to the east of Shanxi to wreak havoc.

The pursuit battle commanded by Young Master Zhang himself is very distinctive. It is obvious that the cavalry has the advantage of maneuvering, but Young Master Zhang never lets the army rush into the rebels and kill them. He just sent Zhao Shulun's Ji cavalry team to detour to the east of the rebels. Ten miles away, he went south side by side with the main force of the rebels. The main force led by Young Master Zhang bit the back of the main force of the rebels, keeping a distance of about ten miles.Only when the main force of the rebels stopped going south and tried to fight again, did Young Master Zhang order the army to attack, break up the reorganized team of the rebels, and force them to flee south; or when the rebels tried to turn around and go east Only then did Zhao Lunlun's army rush up to stop them. At the same time, Young Master Zhang also launched a fierce attack, beating the thieves to flee south. ——To be precise, the slave slaughter army is like an officer who escorts the prisoner. As long as the prisoner does not stop or run eastward, the officer will never do anything. Once the prisoner intends to rest or go east, the officer's whip will fell down.

"Zhang Xiantai, what the hell are you doing?" Not to mention the thief who was driven south by Young Master Zhang, even Shi Kefa, who insisted on going with the army, was confused by Young Master Zhang's tactics and couldn't help it. Asked: "Zhang Xiantai, the rebels are not the opponents of the Tunu army at all. They can't beat us, and they can't run away from us. Why don't you let the Tunu army catch up and fight directly? According to the students, we catch up and fight us. A big victory is definitely not a problem."

"It's easy to win big battles, but what about our own losses? The south is already in ruins and desolate. Where can we go to replenish our ammunition? Where can we go to replenish our food? Don't you forget to kill a thousand enemies and hurt yourself?" Eight hundred reasons?" Young Master Zhang explained gloomyly and sullenly: "The Tianxiong Squad of the Slave Slaughter Army is in Xuanfu, and now there are only three teams left. The total number of recruits and veterans is only 9000, and 3000 of them have to be rotated. Resting and escorting food and supplies, that is to say, I have only 4 troops that can really go to the battlefield. Using [-] troops to fight against the remaining [-] rebels, even if we can win, it is impossible to wipe them all out, and our soldiers The casualties are bound to be not small. You are not ignorant of the situation of the slave-slaughter army. It is impossible to count how much money and effort it takes to train a qualified soldier, so even if one soldier of the slave-slaughter army is exchanged for ten rebels Soldier, I am also absolutely reluctant. So I have no choice but to beat slowly and eat bit by bit."

"Then why did you fight so fiercely when you conquered the grassland?" Shi Kefa asked puzzled.Young Master Zhang smiled wryly, and replied: "Because at that time, I had [-] to [-] Tatar cavalry as cannon fodder, and I didn't feel sorry for how many of them died. Now what cannon fodder army do we have there? Go forward and consume one of them." , the soldiers of the slave-slaughter army lost one life. If the loss in this pursuit is too great, what else do I have to go to Xuanfu to deal with Lin Dan?"

Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang sighed, and said quietly: "War seems simple, but in fact, the knowledge inside it is more complicated than anything else. Apart from the two most basic foundations of weapons and equipment and soldier training, there are also the morale of the army and the fighting spirit of the soldiers." conditions, terrain, climate, roads, water sources, logistical supplies, cooperation of friendly forces, and the will of the enemy, etc., can all determine the outcome of the battlefield. If you think less about it, it may lead to the failure of all previous efforts and the defeat of the army. Everyone said that I He is the Great Ming God of War, invincible and invincible, but who knows, in fact, the more I fight, the more cautious I become, the more I fight, the more shocked I am because of the shortcomings of my previous tactics, the luck of victory, the more battles I experience, the more I feel. Don’t dare to be careless, because the knowledge of war is endless.”

"Zhang Xiantai's advice is very good. The students are taught, and the more students learn from you, the more they discover their ignorance, and the more they realize that they used to sit on the ground." Shi Kefa was stunned by Young Master Zhang, and couldn't help but lower his voice. Seriously said: "I hope Zhang Xiantai can keep the students by your side, learn a lot from you, ask for advice."

On July [-]th, after three days of pursuit, the exhausted main force of the rebels fled to the city of Xing County, Taiyuan, Shanxi, where Gao Yingxiang was entrenched. It was natural to ask Gao Yingxiang to enter the city for shelter, but the city of Xing County was too small to accommodate them. There are not so many troops, and there is not so much food and grass to provide supplies for Wang Jiayin's department. Gao Yingxiang also refused Wang Jiayin's request as a matter of course.After the scouts of the Slaughter Army discovered that the defeated army failed to enter the city, Young Master Zhang rolled his eyes and ordered decisively: "Order the whole army to station and rest on the spot, and make time and space for Gao Yingxiang and Wang Jiayin to bite the dog!"

"Dog eats dog? Zhang Xiantai, do you think the rebels will fight among themselves?" Shi Kefa asked in surprise.Young Master Zhang smiled slightly, and replied: "The thieves' food and grass have been cut off long ago, and the old and weak women and children were driven back to Shaanxi by Sun Chuanting. They didn't have to eat human flesh if they wanted to. Gao Yingxiang was entrenched in Xing County, more or less We have farmed some fields, and now that the autumn harvest is just over, there is at least a little food in the city, will Wang Jiayin and those gangsters who are starving to death still be unmoved?"

Young Master Zhang's crow's mouth has always been right on his word. After Gao Yingxiang ruthlessly rejected Wang Jiayin and other defeated troops who were about to starve to death, they found that the slave slaughter army had stopped their pursuit. They were so hungry that they attacked Xing County. Rise up to fight back, and fight with the allied forces of the rebels under the circumstance that the slave slaughter army looked down on them.As a result, after a night of bloody battle, the rogue coalition forces with a large number of people finally broke through the city gate and entered the city to rob food.But after the rebel coalition army entered the city, before they had time to be happy, Master Zhang's slave slaughter army followed, and they didn't even need to attack the city. Abandoning the city and fleeing with the hard-won food, he was continued to flee to the south by the slave army.

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Let’s not talk about Young Master Zhang personally chasing and killing the rebel coalition forces. Let’s just say that the main force of the Shaanxi-Gansu army led by Sun Chengzong rushed to Fugu and Shenmu for defense day and night. After six days and six nights of forced marching, Sun Chengzong’s army finally arrived at Shenmu County , but those who greeted Sun Chengzong were Hong Chengchou's army who had been out of food for two days, and 10,000+ old and weak women and children who were yellow and emaciated.Hong Chengchou explained with a wry smile: "These are hungry people from Shaanxi traveling with the rebels. Zhang Haogu sent Sun Chuanting to cut off their connection with the main force of the rebels, and drove most of them across the Yellow River. Only a small number of young women were killed. Stay with Xuanda—Sun Chuanting said that these are the hungry people in Shaanxi, and Xuanda is too poor to support them, so he can only take care of a small part for us, and we in Shaanxi will handle the rest.”

"What about the main force of the rebellion?" Sun Chengzong suddenly had a bad premonition.Hong Chengchou replied with a wry smile: "Running to the south of Shanxi, Zhang Haogu is personally leading his slave-slaying army to hunt him down."

"What?" Sun Chengzong swayed his body and almost fainted. After a long while, he shouted: "You've been fooled! That little cunning Zhang Haogu, he retreated the battle line and tricked the thieves into crossing the river to wipe them out. The main force goes north to deploy defenses!"

"Zhang Haogu lied to us?" Hong Chengchou didn't wake up for a moment.Sun Chengzong roared: "That little cunning Zhang Haogu drove the main force of the rebels to the south, and Mangui sent troops from Taiyuan to meet them. When they arrived in Linxian County, the two Xuanda armies joined forces and fought together. If we are not wiped out, the only way is to cross the Yellow River and return to Shaanxi! Our main force was tricked by this little trickster to Shenmu again, and the rear is so empty, how can we still have the strength to stop the thieves from crossing the river? Even if we go back now, it is too late, the thieves have already charged After entering the hinterland of Shaanxi, we don’t know how much time and effort it will take if we want to rush back to Xuanda!”

"Also!" The more Sun Chengzong said, the more angry he became, and the white beard almost stood up, "There is also Gao Yingxiang, the rebellious thief who is entrenched in Xing County, and brother Yiyuan, the rebellious god who is entrenched in Lin County. Shanxi has taken root, but this time it will definitely be involved in the war. In all likelihood, not only Wang Jiayin and the [-]-odd thieves will be driven back to Shaanxi by the cunning, but also the thieves like Gao Yingxiang and Shen Yiyuan. Then run back to Shaanxi!"

After being dumbfounded for a long time, Hong Chengchou jumped up and shouted: "Well, you are such a cunning old man, you have been messing around with Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time, your real purpose is to drive all the thieves back to our Shaanxi! !"

"Lu Shanji, if the old man doesn't listen to your tricks, Zhang Haogu will succeed so easily." Sun Chengzong was so regretful that his intestines were green, he sighed: "If the old man doesn't listen to your bewitching Come to steal this chicken, how can you lose such a big handful of rice?!"

(End of this chapter)