Win the Ding 1617

The sound of cannons in Tongxu County seems to have never stopped since the first sound. ⊥ Vertex Fiction, .

Zuo Liangyu led several important generals under his command to board a Gaofu and looked north.Under the cover of night, but seeing far and near, there are fires everywhere, and some fires extend far to the north, clearly more than ten miles away.It can be seen from the light of the fire that the camps of the rebels are layer upon layer, scattered all over the place.In the distance, there were signs of a large group of people holding torches and moving quickly towards the Tongxu battlefield.

"The three clans of Chuang Cao Xian joined forces, I'm afraid there are more soldiers and horses under their control." Zuo Liangyu looked at it for a while, feeling heavy in his heart, then turned around and looked south again.He found that although there were many fires in the south, they were not the campfires of the camp, but were constantly moving.Now it appears here, now there, the fire is sometimes very small, obviously dying, but a new fire suddenly appears.Zuo Liangyu knew that there was no enemy camp there, but some rangers patrolling the south. .

At present, the 10,000+ people of the Ming army in Tongxu County are stationed separately with the county town as the core.Although he was also restrained by Hou Xun, Ding Qirui was stationed in Tongxu County because he was the honorable governor and had few soldiers and horses under his command.Zuo Liangyu's group had the largest number of troops and the strongest combat effectiveness, so they were stationed in the north of Tongxu County, directly facing the hundreds of thousands of Chuang-Cao coalition forces that were pressing down along the official road leading to Kaifeng.

The entire position is tens of miles from east to west.But on the opposite side of the position he had just inspected, the lights were dim, and the voices of people were not loud.Obviously there are not many troops stationed.Next to his camp is the army of Yang Wenyue, governor of Baoding.Although there were not many soldiers in Baoding, they were transferred from the northeast of the county to the northwest of the county at dusk to set up a camp to connect with the left wing of Zuo Liangyu's army to prevent the rebel army from attacking Zuo Liangyu's troops with artillery fire.The position vacated by Yang Wenyue's troops in the northeast salient part of the county was handed over to Zuo Liangyu's troops to fill in the defense.

The entire battlefield situation.Zuo Liangyu was responsible for sixty-seven out of ten, and he was facing the main attacking force of the Chuangcao Allied Army with Banpodian as its camp.As far as the army is concerned, the two troops of Governor Ding and Governor Yang belong to soy sauce, and they have to rely on Zuo Liangyu's army for a living.In this way, Zuo Liangyu naturally suffered the most pressure, but it also made Zuo Liangyu despise the supervisor and the governor even more.

In combat over the years.Zuo Liangyu fought against Zhang Xianzhong many times, also fought against Luo Rucai several times, and also fought against the coalition formed by Zhang and Luo.Although Chongzhen was defeated in the summer of 12 years when he underestimated the enemy in western Hubei, he won almost every battle except this time, and he no longer paid attention to Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.He admitted that the Eight Great Kings were cunning and brave in using troops, but he saw through Zhang Xianzhong's major weakness in character, there was carelessness in his cunning, and he became proud when he had a small victory.There are more sloppy places.Therefore, he often organized a counterattack immediately after Zhang Xianzhong won the victory, and launched a fierce attack when he was smug, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong.He saw through Luo Ru's name as Cao Cao, and he had no ambitions, so he couldn't focus on the big picture when deploying troops, and only played tricks.I dare not fight tough battles.

Li Zicheng is the only one who is regarded as a strong enemy in his heart now.Although he has not actually contested with Li Zicheng, he is concerned about Li Zicheng's various actions in the past two years since he entered Henan.He has won the hearts of the people, his troops are clean, his discipline is strict, his soldiers are strong and his horses are strong, he is fully aware of it.Therefore, they often dare not directly compete with Li Zicheng and adopt an attitude of avoiding war.

This time, I follow the emperor's strict decree.He was bored from the bottom of his heart to join forces with Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue.Zhang Xianzhong had already been beaten and fled, but he wanted to take these two guys to beat Li Zicheng together!

However, when the troops of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai took over the battle, he had a keen sense of smell.Li Zicheng only placed [-] to [-] people in front of him, but on the two wings, there were a large number of troops.From the very beginning, the sound of cannons, the news sent back by sentry cavalry, and the urgent official documents sent by Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue all showed that Li Zicheng had targeted them both!

During the day today, Zuo Liangyu convened a meeting with his own trusted generals and staff in his tent.He mentioned Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue without any scruples, saying that they were both civil servants who did not understand military affairs, and they were defeated by Li Zicheng, especially Yang Wenyue, who left Fu Zonglong alone in the fire shop battle.Speaking of this, he said with a mocking tone: "Today's war is unusual. The bandit army is powerful and has many weapons. It is easy to wait for work and has a favorable location. We must be careful not to let others escape and leave us alone."

His generals and staff also ridiculed that Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue were both scholars and didn't know soldiers.Someone said that since the bandits stepped up dozens of cannons to attack Ding Qirui in the afternoon, rumors spread in Ding Dadu's barracks, saying that the officers and soldiers were surrounded by bandits and that Li Zicheng would come to attack tomorrow.He also said that the morale of the Dingbu and Yangbu barracks is already low and the morale of the army is unstable.

After returning from inspection and entering the big tent, Zuo Liangyu sat behind his desk and thought quietly.According to his habit, the lights in the tent were not lit, it was because he didn't want to let his subordinates know by showing too much expression on his face when he was thinking about the problem.

After a long time, his son, the 26-year-old lieutenant Zuo Menggeng, and several trusted and important generals were summoned by his side to enter the big tent and stood there waiting.

But he didn't say a word, just still quietly calculating the pros and cons carefully in the dark.

"After dawn tomorrow, stay in the camp and quietly withdraw the soldiers and horses to the south." In the darkness, Zuo Liangyu finally figured out the pros and cons, and he started to move.

"Father, how is this?"

"Li Zicheng is also the same as Luo Rucai, but he has a false name, after all, he is a bandit! He has less talents! He only knows how to eat persimmons and pick the soft ones! We plan to attack weak enemies first, and then attack our army. Good! This commander will give him this opportunity Make room for him and give him a good hit."

As the soldiers held up the lights, Zuo Liangyu's ferocious face appeared in front of everyone.According to his plan, the troops on the left quietly withdrew the main force, exposing Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue to the Chuang Cao family.

"Let the four of them fight it out! It's best to fight to the death with exhaustion. At that time, let's suddenly fight out, clean up the mess, and make great achievements for the court! Destroy the two thieves Cao in one fell swoop!"

Zuo Liangyu's new method is not without cruelty. His move is tantamount to sending two court officials and tens of thousands of Ming troops to Li Zicheng's muzzle as bait.When the two sides fought blood and blood, he came out to clean up the mess.Use the bones of tens of thousands of Ming troops to establish his immortality!

Such a vicious method was naturally applauded by his group of confidants and generals!

"It would be best if both Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue were killed by the thief, so that it would appear that the commander-in-chief is capable!"

"That's right! After beating Li Zicheng and Cao Cao, let's recruit the bandits, and tens of 10 people will be in their hands immediately! By that time, you can say whatever you want with the court?!"

"Father Commander, after this battle is over, no one can shake Father Commander's position. That Uncle Ning Yuan will hold back his hands and bow down!"

Facing the tide of flattery, Zuo Liangyu just waved his hands, "Meng Geng, don't forget that the armored and sharp soldiers equipped by our elite soldiers were bought from Uncle Ning Yuan with money. The distance between Shuai and Uncle Ning Yuan is more than a thousand!"

Hearing his modesty that he didn't know if it was true or not, the generals Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying entered the capital.Yu Ruo Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Hao Xiaozhong, Jin Shenghuan, Chang Deng, Xu Yong, Wu Xueli, Zhang Yingyuan, Xu Yuxian and others even offered free flattery.

"Okay, remember. Soldiers and horses are our capital. After this battle is over, our capital will be even greater. Even if the court knows, it can't do anything about us! It just so happens that Lord Hou has just been appointed as the supervisor. This commander will use this great victory to celebrate."

In the early morning of the next day, Zuo Liangyu's troops retreated quietly.The main force was retreated to the south of Tongxu County.Only a small number of soldiers and horses remained, and they set up false flags in the empty camps to cover up the fact that the troops had already withdrawn.

but. The actions of 10,000+ people, no matter how confidential they are, how can there be no signs?What's more, Zuoying is not a well-disciplined army?People yelling, shouting and cursing have already conveyed this situation to the nearby Peasant Army and various ministries of the Ming Army.

"Zuo Liangyu ran away?"

When the same news was sent to the generals of the opposing sides, the reactions they brought were completely different.

"Mobilize the cannons! Bring up all the cannons you just bought this time, and give me a hard blast! I must suppress Yang Wenyue's cannons!" Cao Cao shouted excitedly in his military tent.After a few days of contact, he has figured out the strength of the subordinates of Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, who is known as the elite firearms. As long as those dozens of large and small artillery are thrown into the battlefield, Yang Wenyue will undoubtedly be defeated.

"Zuo Kunshan escaped? Why is this general who suppressed the bandits just like Madman He?!" Ding Qirui sighed anxiously in the tent, at a loss for what to do.He had long been afraid that Zuo Liangyu would do something like this.That's exactly what happened today.He had no choice but to go to Yang Wenyue to discuss it, but someone reported it to him immediately, and Yang Ying also hurriedly withdrew.It turned out that Yang Wenyue had experience in burning a shop in Xiangcheng, and that time he almost failed to escape, thanks to the soldiers who forced him onto the horse and left Fu Zonglong behind, he saved his life.Now seeing Zuo Liangyu fleeing, he immediately gathered his troops and fled to the south regardless of the life or death of his supervisor Ding Qirui.Ding Qirui knew that Yang Wenyue had abandoned him and fled, so he hurried to the southeast under the protection of his personal soldiers and generals.Because he fled too quickly, he even lost the Shangfang sword given to him by the emperor.On the way to escape, he lost the supervisor's seal and the emperor's edict.

The commander-in-chief Hu Dawei was originally under the command of Yang Wenyue, and he wanted to protect Yang Wenyue and escape together, but Yang Wenyue escaped without saying hello to him, and then he heard that Qi Rui also escaped.Knowing that the situation was over, he led his men and horses to flee to the southeast.Prepare to flee to Qi County and other places before packing up the soldiers and horses.

Zuo Liangyu's small thought triggered a series of chain reactions.Nearly 20 Ming troops began to run wildly across the land of eastern Henan like an avalanche.

The 10,000+ people are divided into several groups: the largest group is Zuo Liangyu's Pingzei Town, the other is Yang Wenyue's group, Ding Qirui's group, and Hu Dawei's group.In the process of escaping, each branch is divided into several groups, competing with each other for the way.The soldiers wished that they had two more legs than others, or could grow a pair of wings.

The enemy changes and I change.Li Zicheng, who was stationed at Banpodian, immediately ordered that the battalions of Chuangcao's two camps should follow the previous arrangement, and pursue Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue, and Hu Dawei's ministries who were in a state of fleeing, and make sure no one slipped through the net!Make sure to wipe it all out!

At the same time, he ordered people to quickly pass orders to Luo Hu and Zhang Dingguo, who were in charge of monitoring Zuo Liangyu, to keep an eye on Zuo Liangyu, a tiger, and never underestimate the enemy.Nor should Zuo Liangyu, Yang Wenyue and others be allowed to join together, so that the rebel army's plan to encircle and wipe out these three weak enemies will fail.

"Marshal, why don't I take someone to help Xiao Luohu! Although this kid is brave in battle, I'm afraid he will be tricked by Lao Zuo!" Zhang Xianzhong, whose injury has improved, is also eager to try.

"It's okay! Luo Hu's Zhenshan camp also fought against the Tatars in Shandong, and the old Zuo will have nothing to do with him for a while. After we finish cleaning up these three lumps, it won't be too late to clean up Zuo Liangyu!"

Li Zicheng was very determined to order people to start chasing him.

However, the development of the battle situation surprised the experienced veterans on both sides. (Oh. It seems none of these people have glasses.)

On the entire battlefield, among the largest Ming army, Zuo Liangyu made a decisive decision and ordered the troops to simply throw off their steps and withdraw from the battlefield in large strides to the south. When Hu Dawei was almost wiped out, Zaixing suddenly joined the battle.

"At that time, the formation of the bandits was the most scattered, the discipline was the most chaotic, and the people's hearts were the most relaxed!"

Compared with Ding, Yang, and Hu's retreating formation that was almost defeated and herding sheep, Zuo Liangyu's troops can be regarded as well-organized.Although there are not many cavalry in Pingzei Town, less than 1 horses, they are all carefully collected and trained by Zuo Liangyu over the years. The thieves are considered elite.He deployed more than a thousand cavalry to cover the rear, and another three thousand cavalry were divided into two wings.Many rangers were also sent to patrol three or four miles away from the marching brigade.If the enemy is found, the whole battalion can immediately occupy the terrain.Line up to fight.There are another 3000 pace and cavalry elite soldiers as the middle army camp, advancing together with his most elite commander-in-chief battalion of [-] horses, if there is a crisis somewhere, they can respond at any time.

The sun slowly climbed overhead, after a nervous run.Zuo Liangyu's more than [-] people have already left Tongxu County far behind.The cavalry is not doing well, and the infantry is already looking sleepy.In normal times, you may not be able to maintain your spirit after running so far, but today is different. It is important for everyone to run for their lives, and you will be tired if you are tired.

The sound of shouting and killing came from the east far away.With the neighing of war horses, the people in Zuozhen began to admire the commander-in-chief's decisive decision. Otherwise, if Li Zicheng's army came, everyone would be chased and killed as well.

Zuo Liangyu was also quite proud, thinking that the group of rogues didn't know that he would escape so quickly, and never sent troops to block his way.

However, things are impermanent.After walking another mile or two, they found that on the flanks of the marching team, cavalry who broke into the camp began to catch up, and the number of them was about several thousand.Behind the cavalry was an infantry team of more than [-] men, billowing up smoke and dust on the great plain in spring.

Zuo Liangyu was startled, and immediately ordered the rear team to prepare for the battle.But the strange thing is that this rebel army did not approach the left army, and always kept a distance of two or three miles.Sometimes a small group of cavalry was sent to harass them, but they did not fight seriously, and retreated after a short contact with the left army.In this way, the left army walked in front, and they walked behind, as if to see them off.

The generals of the left battalion are generally rich in combat experience. Seeing this strange situation, they dare not relax at all.Some people also wondered: Why didn't Li Zicheng's army of about 2 men not chase after it?Although they are small in number, they have had a good rest these days and are full of energy. If they make a sudden charge, the Zuo army will suffer.Thinking of this, someone began to whisper immediately.

Zuo Liangyu knew that the generals were suspicious, so he immediately looked around and said, "What's so rare about this? Since ancient times, everyone knows that there are two sayings in wars, that is, 'The poor should not be chased, and the return to the teacher should not be suppressed. '. Now we have not lost the battle, but the whole army has withdrawn from the battlefield, united as one, and the army is well-organized. Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others do not want to fight tough battles with us, for fear of losing their troops. Why are they following behind? Didn't they want to take us along the road? Abandoned military resources and horses were snatched away, and we saw that we could take advantage of it. The important thing is that we ourselves are not negligent and do not give the enemy a bargain.” A general nearby said: “My lord, the only ones following us are A small group of bandits is holding him back, and I am afraid that his army will catch up later."

Zuo Liangyu pointed to the east with the tip of his whip and said: "I think he eats persimmons and picks up soft ones. Right now, his large army is focusing on destroying the two armies of Yang and Yang. They won't come after us with all their strength within two days. .These people are just spying on us! Don’t worry about it, just go!”

However, things backfired.Zuo Liangyu wanted to leave, but that group of people stuck close to him like maggots attached to their bones.The distance between the cavalry and Zuo Liangyu's army also increased from two or three miles to a few miles.The large group of infantry even stepped forward and ran on the plain, making the smoky and dusty plain even more noisy.

"Damn! Commander-in-law, this flow of thieves is so annoying! If you don't show them some color, I'm afraid we won't be able to go smoothly!" Zuo Menggeng, who was in the rear army's supervision, rushed to the scene with more than a hundred cavalry. Zuo Liangyu approached.

"Alright! Line up! Let's make a quick decision, eat up the [-] thieves, leave some souvenirs for Li Zicheng, and let's go to Wei's to rest!"

With an order, the more than one hundred thousand people in Pingzei Town gradually stopped in their tracks amidst the yelling of the herald, and the officers of various ministries began to slowly adjust their formation, changing the original formation facing south to facing east. West.

"It's easy for you to stop!"

Among the chasing team, several young generals held up their newly acquired binoculars and sneered at Zuo Liangyu's department not far away.

Behind these people, a huge banner of entering the camp was fluttering in the spring breeze. On the foot of the flag was embroidered a line of words, "Zhenshan Camp", in the huge white moonlight, a big Luo character.

"Brother Ning Yu, haven't you been asking me all the time, how did I fight the Tartars in Shandong? Did I go to Kaifeng in the First World War in Henan?" Luo Hu, the leader of the Zhenshan Battalion under the banner, wiped it carefully with a fine cotton cloth. Looking at the binoculars he just got, he asked Zhang Dingguo beside him with a smile.

"Why? What you say with this stupid mouth can be more fancy than that guy Wang Long, is it clearer?" Zhang Dingguo also smiled back and scolded Luo Hu.

"Brother Ning Yu, I always feel that I can't explain clearly. Why don't I show you a show."

"Huzi! Don't be foolish! You only have 10,000 people, but Zuo Liangyu has [-]+ people! The second eldest of the Li family entrusted you with an errand to favor Zuo Liangyu!"

In desperation, Zhang Dingguo's accent from northern Shaanxi came out of his mouth.Li Zicheng is the second, so, in the words of the Shaanxi Township Party, it is naturally the second largest of the Li family.

"Zhenshan camp? Li Zicheng's camp head or Cao Cao's?"

In Zuo Liangyu's formation, surrounded by many generals, he also used the binoculars in his hand to look at the [-]-strong team on the opposite side.

Under the handsome banner, a few faces that have not faded from their childishness jumped into his eyes.

"Hmph! Li Chuang is too arrogant! He sent a few kids to deal with us! Go up! Show them how powerful they are!"

The flag was waved, and Zuo Liangyu's troops began to mobilize. (To be continued..)