Beiyang new warlord

Another sound, puff!

The blood made the snow under the wall red.

On the other side, under the watchtower that caused many casualties just now, several officers and soldiers angrily took torches and lit it down. Even the wet wood crackled under the licking fire, but this time, a sound The timid voice sounded from the arrow tower.

"Don't! Spare me!"

Tremblingly, he got out from under the subordinate who was covered in bullet holes, and the archery general just bowed humbly.

"Several officials! The younger one is King Chuang, no, Li Yangchun, the king of the Four Heavens under the command of the thief, the younger one is still useful! If you bring the younger one to your Shangguan, you will definitely be rewarded!"

They looked at each other differently, and an officer pulled out a rope from the dead horse and threw it on the top of the arrow tower.

It has been nine days since leaving Yanshi, and this time the army was sent out by surprise. Yuan Chonghuan first broke through the Chuangjun camp opposite Yanshi, defeated the Chuangjun Qingche Duwei Xie Junyou, and then went south to attack Dengfeng, and went west to break Ruzhou , Connecting Luo, Ru, Deng, and Lu counties into a line, four battles and four victories.

Today's battle was to march towards Jiaxian, but on the way, they found this tent army in the northeast of the army. Yuan Chonghuan gave up the goal of Jiaxian, and the whole army pressed forward, defeating the [-] or so invaders in one fell swoop.

"Hahahaha, brother Yuan is really Xu Da's rebirth and Chen Qingzhi's death! With brother Yuan here, why worry about the situation! Brother, I really regret that I went to the emperor earlier and used my brother, how did I fall into the current situation! Haha !"

Wu Zhen was a little bit happy from ear to ear. When Yuan Chonghuan came back, he was already in the army to greet him with a big smile, and bowed heavily to him.

If he wins this battle, it will be no problem to return to the court to squeeze that old man Chen Yan out, and he will be the chief assistant of the cabinet himself!

"Old man Ge is absurd!"

But there was no trace of joy on Yuan Chonghuan's face, he only returned the salute indifferently, and once again hurriedly paced to the kraft paper marching map, with his brows furrowed, he dotted a red mark heavily on the map.

Unlike Wu Wei, who doesn't know much about military affairs and is blindly optimistic, Yuan Chonghuan has already felt the pressure and traveled more than 400 miles in Yanshi. The last two battles were encountered suddenly during the march, and they were both in the northeast direction. This means that Li Zicheng Also aware of the importance of the Dengfeng area in Yanshi, he sent troops to move behind him.

No matter how powerful the troops were, they couldn't withstand the two-sided attack. In the Changping battle between Qin and Zhao, only 40 Qin soldiers blocked Zhao Jun's old path, and [-] Zhao troops were captured in one battle. Once Li Zicheng blocked his back, His [-] Qin army may not last longer than Zhao Kuo's Zhao army.

And until now, the official army does not actually have a clear strategic goal.

Kaifeng has been washed away by the flood, so there is not much strategic value. It is said that Li Zicheng's army is hoarding Xuchang, and it will take hundreds of kilometers to march from Ruzhou to Xuchang. It would be a disaster, and the long supply line would be a noose around his neck.

Going deep alone is still too risky!

Just when Yuan Chonghuan was worried, there was a loud notification sound outside the cold tent.

"Huamachi Counselor Liu Gui begs to see you!"

"Enter!"

His face was still stained with hoarfrost, and this descendant of the salt worker entered the tent fiercely, and immediately waved his hand behind him: "Bring it in."

A big and strong beard with five flowers and big bundles was pulled in immediately. This guy was really spineless, and when he went up, he knelt down heavily on the ground and kept knocking his head on the ground.

"Excuse me, the official! The little one was confused for a moment, and the lard covered his heart. Now the little one has come to his senses and is willing to help the official defeat the Chuang army. I beg the official to spare the little life!"

"The thieves and the bandits, what's the use of keeping you?"

Before he could finish begging for mercy, Gao Jie, the general soldier of Shaanxi, drew out his knife with a bang, and was about to slash at him.

This guy Gao Jie can be regarded as tough. He was also from Li Zicheng's Chuangjun back then, but he secretly hooked up with Li Zicheng's concubine Xingshi and defected to the army. Li Zicheng hated him, the cuckold old king, to the bone. Gao Jie was also afraid and hated.

But before he could chop off the knife, Yuan Chonghuan had already reached out his hand to stop him.

"Wait a minute!"

"Teacher! Don't listen to the noise of this stupid thieves. These thieves are capricious and dishonest. It's useless to keep them. It's better to kill them!"

Gao Jie’s words are quite reasonable. After all, the most memorable thing for the Ming army is the Chaxiang Gorge! Originally, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai and other No. 30 world-famous big thieves were all blocked In it, Emperor Chongzhen was complimented a few times, and when he was confused, he ordered Zhaoan. After leaving this dead place, tens of thousands of refugee troops killed the escorted officers and soldiers, and once again, they entered the sea.

There is no regular meeting with Gao Jie, Yuan Chonghuan asked in a low voice with a gloomy face.

"What's your name, and what position do you hold in the robbery? This time, Li Chuangming, you went north, and what did you order?"

Knowing that whether he can live or not depends on a word from the senior official, this Li Yangchun kowtowed in a hurry.

"Back to the army, Li Yangchun, the captain of the small civilian army, was ordered by the king of Chuang, no, the thief, to send each other's family members to Tang County, and then go to Dengfeng to cut off the army's grain road. Anyway, it was the intruder who forced it!"

"family!"

The meaning of these two words made Yuan Chonghuan's eyes shine. He took a quick step forward and asked in a gloomy voice.

"Who are the family members?"

Chapter 544. Millions

The Tang County of Li Zicheng’s family is not Tang County in Baoding Prefecture, Hebei Province, but belongs to Nanyang Prefecture. It is called Tanghe County in later generations. It is about 400 miles away from Ruzhou. In history, Sun Chuanting also captured Li Yangchun, so he sent cavalry to attack. After a day and a night, tens of thousands of family members of these invaders were massacred.

This time, these people fell into Yuan Chonghuan's hands again.

Shouts of terror filled the entire county, and there were open flames everywhere. The officers and soldiers who attacked and killed the guards of the intruders held firecrackers, bows and arrows on the city wall and looked down fiercely. shouted and cursed.

"Go home quickly, find a place to wear it, you are not allowed to go to the street, and those who disobey will be beheaded, you lowly rebels!"

Standing at the top of the wall, Liu Guiai was full of excitement, and shouted in surprise: "Master Supervisor! It seems that Li Yangchun is quite honest! What he said is right, he was really caught!"

But Yuan Chonghuan kept looking into the city, and didn't speak for a while, until a dozen cavalry hurriedly gathered from all directions, knelt on one knee and shook their heads to report one by one, Yuan Chonghuan had a hard time shook his head.

"It's hit!"

"What? Could it be that the intruders ambushed the elite soldiers? Or did he raid the camp of that old bastard Wu Sheng! Superintendent, let's kill all these rebels as soon as possible, and then return to the division?"

Cold sweat broke out on his brow, Liu Guiai hurriedly clasped his fists to ask for instructions, but Yuan Chonghuan just stared at him.

"Don't be rude to Mr. Wu Ge!"

But after scolding, Yuan Chonghuan sighed and shook his head: "The trick is not in the ambush, these family members are Li Chuang's ambush, his old battalion is not here, there are only refugees from all walks of life he recruited after he entered Henan The family members of the family, he was sent here on purpose, let us kill!"

"Have you ever heard that the mourning soldiers will win? Originally, when the officers and soldiers entered Henan, the sudden attack made Li Chuang's subordinates a little flustered. Let's kill these family members and pass them out. Those people in the southern part of Henan will definitely hate us to the bone. Then it will be Master of Vengeance, fight to the death with our army!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help showing a strong worry on his face.

"This man's poisonous heart not only lightened his own logistical burden, but also condensed the morale of the army, but almost [-] lives were lost, so he just threw it away! He simply regards human life as nothing!"

"These thieves!"

It was also a sentence of swearing with the same hatred, but soon Liu Guiai's face showed embarrassment and unwillingness, and he asked in astonishment as he looked down at the trembling family members of the refugees.

"Master, what about these thieves? Just let them go?"

"Of course you can't let it go! After a while, you will take people to count, hold these captives, and march towards Nanyang Mansion! Then quickly send a letter to Mr. Wu Yanwu, asking him to supervise the main force to come to Nanyang Mansion. Since Li Zicheng has made a move, I will The governor went on, just using these family members as bait! Mobilize Li Zicheng's army to attack!"

The simple-minded Huamachi salt worker's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he bowed suddenly and said: "The prostitute is hooked, the supervisor is a good planner, so let's do it?"

Nodding silently, watching him leave excitedly, Yuan Chonghuan still couldn't help showing a gloom on his face.