Late Tang

The rolling thunder approached rumblingly, not in a hurry, but very heavy.

Getting closer!

Wang Xianzhi yelled, "The cavalry from Zhen [***], how could they appear behind us."

"Brother, we were fooled, Zhen [***] outflanked us. Hurry up and order the retreat, or it will be too late!" Shang Junchang's face was also pale, and he suddenly understood many things that he didn't understand at first.Zhen [***] is so famous that they are not afraid of them at all.They only sent so few soldiers to fight them, they just didn't want to scare them away.Li Jing is the most cunning hunter, or in other words, they are actually the most stupid prey. They were so easily lured by Li Jing step by step, and finally fell into this huge trap.The cavalry from Zhen[***] appeared from behind, so he was sure that more troops from Zhen[***] had circled behind them.

Li Jing is not afraid of them, this damn guy is going to kill them all!

"Retreat, retreat!" Wang Xianzhi felt dizzy, eyes darkened, and almost fell off the horse.Underestimate the enemy, careless.It should have been known a long time ago, since Li Jing was able to defeat Wang Jingwu, and then defeated the Shatuo army, how could he be able to fight head-on.It's ridiculous that he thought Li Jing was afraid of him, but it turned out that everything was just a trap.

As soon as the charging horn blew, the Cao army immediately blew the retreating horn, but the retreating horn fell silent after a few blows, and he was drowned in the rain of arrows.

The cavalry units of the Crane Control Army led by Li Juyi and the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army led by Lin Wu had already arrived. A total of [-] cavalry and ten battalions of fine cavalry galloped forward with their horse bows and crossbows in hand. To, hurricane rush, unstoppable.

Like his steed, the trumpeter is almost completely surrounded by sharp arrows, turning into a hedgehog.

The thunderous iron hooves hit the plain, splashing countless dust and mud.

Upstairs at the south gate of Yucheng, Zhou Dewei saw the reinforcements coming and rushed straight into the grass army, he couldn't help but clenched his fists with great excitement and waved fiercely into the air.

"Commander, reinforcements have arrived."

Li Jing smiled slightly: "The reinforcements have arrived, and it's time to collect them. Yang Wu, open the door and fight out!"

"Obey!" After receiving the order to go out of the city to pursue, Zhou Dewei hurriedly retreated excitedly and rushed to the gate of the city.The soldiers and horses under the city already knew the news of the arrival of the reinforcements. When they heard the order to attack, they shouted excitedly.

At this time, Liu Xun also immediately dispatched 1000 troops from the forward selection army, and followed them out of the east gate.

Standing on the top of the city gate, Li Jing knew that Wang Xianzhi had already been defeated. Although there were many bandits, they were supported by their momentum.Facing the pursuit of Zhen [***]'s fine cavalry, they didn't dare to turn around and fight.Wang Xianzhi fled immediately, and the grass thief's morale was completely lost.No matter how many grass thieves there are at this time, they are nothing but a mob.Once the team is dispersed, it will be more difficult to reunite.

He couldn't help laughing loudly at the moment, "It is better to chase the poor with the remaining courage, not to be famous and learn to be the overlord!"

"Zhao Jiang, let's go back to Songzhou!" Li Jing in a good mood shouted directly at Zhao Jiang. This victory has been won, and Li Jing is going to go back to Songzhou directly. Back to Dengzhou.

As soon as Li Jing returned to Songzhou, he immediately began to make preparations to return to Dengzhou.Li Zhen, Guo Chengan and others who stayed in Songzhou were very excited when they heard the good news that they had successfully surrounded the grass bandits and were bringing them.

Zhang Rui, the governor of Songzhou, heard the movement of the town [***] camp, and thought that Li Jing was defeated in Yucheng and was about to run away. He was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurried to the barracks.When I heard Li Jing say that Zhen [***] had successfully surrounded the grass bandits and was currently encircling the grass bandits, I couldn't believe it at first.After he had been in the camp for a long time, in the afternoon, Lin Wu sent someone to send back the battle report, the grass bandits had been completely defeated and were fleeing in all directions, and now the four groups of troops in Zhen [***] are gathering to wipe out the grass army.

"Tell the generals to resolutely destroy the recalcitrant thieves. For those who abandon their weapons and surrender, do not kill innocent people indiscriminately. As for the auxiliary troops who follow the thieves, take them back as prisoners. As for the thieves and the common people, don't hurt them. They brought them back to Songzhou. In addition, if the bandit army escapes Bianshui, they must not pursue them." After thinking for a while, Li Jing issued several military orders to order the soldiers to return to the battlefield.

In the afternoon, good news came back one after another, and each one became more exciting.

"Liu Hanhong, one of the top ten commanders of the grass bandits, was surrounded by our army, and has already abandoned his weapons and led his troops to surrender!"

"Master Lin led the cavalry of the Jiejun Army with silver spears to defeat the bandit army in Mengzhuze, beheading [-] people and taking more than [-] prisoners!"

"Li Jun led the crane cavalry to defeat the bandit army on the west bank of Bianshui, beheaded three thousand and captured more than five thousand!"

"Wang Jun led the Tielin Army to pursue the bandit army all the way to Dangshan County, beheaded [-], captured [-], and recovered Dangshan County!"

"Wang Junzhu led the Japanese army to defeat the bandit army on the bank of the Bianshui River, beheading three thousand and taking more than ten thousand prisoners!"

"Liu Jun led the vanguard army to chase down the grass bandits along the way, beheading more than a thousand and taking tens of thousands of prisoners!"

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The news came back one after another, and all the soldiers and horses made great gains.The number of reported beheadings alone is more than 4, plus nearly [-] prisoners.Before this bluffing news, Zhang Rui's face turned red with shock, and he couldn't believe it.

However, Li Jing understood that these numbers were actually quite watery.After all, there are only 3 to [-] bandits in total, and tens of thousands have been wiped out these days. How can there be so many people now.These figures of beheadings and captives were actually counted together with the bandits and the auxiliary troops, and possibly even the civilians who were attached to the bandits.But Li Jing didn't tell the truth, and it wasn't a false report. After all, those who follow the bandits with weapons, whether they are bandit soldiers or auxiliary soldiers, are grass bandits.

Since Li Jing issued an order not to pursue Bianshui, after dark, the battle was basically over, and the rest was to clean up the battlefield, search for the rout of the bandit army, and gather the refugees who were attached to the bandits and bring them back to Song Dynasty. state.

Such a great victory in the First World War, and the recovery of the lost Yucheng and Dangshan counties in Songzhou, the result quickly spread in Songcheng.I heard that Zhen [***] defeated the bandit army, beheaded more than 100 people, and captured [-] prisoners. The people in Song City put up lanterns and festoons, and burned firecrackers.Officials and rich merchants in the city, as well as people from all walks of life in the market, came to town [***] camp to reward and condolences, herding sheep, pigs and wine.During this period of time when the bandits arrived, everyone was worried. Now that the bandits were defeated, they finally let go of their worries.Previously, the governor asked everyone to donate money to the town [***] to send troops, and some people thought it was a waste of money.But now, everyone has initiated their own proposals and donated money one after another. Soon they have gathered [-] million yuan and sent it to the town [***] camp labor army.

From noon until dusk and sunset, the whole town [***] camp never stopped making noise.Countless people came, not only the eunuchs, wealthy businessmen and gentry, but also ordinary people, some just gave a few eggs, some gave two pairs of cloth shoes, a piece of chitou, dozens of pennies, a piece of money. Bacon, two fish.Although the things are not expensive, the gratitude is very deep.

To be loved so much by the common people, apart from the fact that this great victory relieved the worries of grass bandits coming, it also has a lot to do with the fact that Zhen [***] has never committed any crimes with Minqiu since he arrived in Songzhou.I usually see all kinds of soldiers like wolves and tigers, but now I suddenly meet such a benevolent and righteous army, and the common people all praise them.Especially this army was originally a soldier from another town, but after Songzhou recruited [-] Songzhou children, everyone's relationship with the town [***] inevitably became a little deeper.

The next morning, the Xuanfeng army returned to Songzhou first. When they went out, there were 2000 Songzhou children. When they came back, there were only [-] left.Countless people of Songzhou welcomed the soldiers back to the city outside the city, and Li Jing also personally brought the generals and officials of Songzhou to welcome them.

Some people were happy and some were worried. Sixty percent of the soldiers were killed or killed at one time. This army was almost disabled. Many relatives and parents of the children in the army came to welcome them, but found that their son had died in battle, and they could only get some relics and ashes of his son.But those families who saw the surviving son also wept with joy.And the other Songzhou people also lined the road to greet them, and kept stuffing eggs, cloth shoes, sachets and other things into the hands of these triumphant soldiers.

This kind of scene made Zhang Rui and other Songzhou officials very moved. Lian Huzhen[***] is worthy of the word "Zhen Guo", and he is really the teacher of the king.

After the vanguard army returned to the camp, Li Jing immediately gave them a three-day long holiday. Before the holiday, each soldier received a reward of [-] coins. The casualties are also given heavy pensions.Regardless of whether they were killed, wounded or triumphant, each of the selected forward soldiers received an extra reward of [-] guan. This money was sponsored by the big businessmen in Songzhou, and Li Jing was not asked to pay.However, the rewards and pensions issued by Li Jing are also quite thick.

While giving the selected front army a holiday, Li Jing also unfurled the banner of recruiting troops in front of the four city gates of Songzhou at the same time.The good performance of the forward selection army this time has changed Li Jing's idea of ​​only recruiting a group of Songzhou people as cannon fodder.Now this batch of auxiliary soldiers has become an army alone, and now Li Jing still plans to recruit the 3000 vacancies in Songzhou.As soon as the recruiting clan was established, there was an endless stream of applicants, and long queues formed directly at each recruitment point.Although Li Jing had already said that after the forwards returned to Dengzhou, they would be stationed in Liaodong, but their enthusiasm could not be stopped.Town [***] has high food and salaries, good treatment, generous pensions, and generous rewards. What's more rare is that this is a king's teacher with excellent beer.This army is different from many other armies that Songzhou people have seen, especially seeing that the soldiers who survived the selection of the front army not only received generous rewards and pensions, but also everyone was promoted at least one or two ranks. Level, even after some people directly mentioned the officer from the soldier, they were envious.

"Songzhou really deserves to be called the place that produces the most loyal and brave men. The Songzhou soldiers who are all selected as the front army, I believe this army will become stronger soon." Seeing the recruiting point, one by one enthusiastic Li Jing, a young man who signed up to join the army, smiled all over his face. (To be continued.)