Before Cao Shixiong's rebellion, there were hundreds of prisoners in state prisons, most of whom were criminals. After Cao Shixiong's rebellion, these prisoners were directly transferred to the army to supplement the shortage of troops, and Wang Gaoxing and other state and county prisoners were sent to the army. Officials, military officers from the Xiang army, and the rebellious people captured in the city were all imprisoned in state prisons, totaling more than 300 people.
In addition, there were thousands of prisoners of the Xiang army who were punished by Cao Shixiong to do hard labor. They all went with the army to Langu, and were driven to dig trenches, build camps, and make equipment when preparing to storm Guangwu and other cities. .
Zhong Jitang quickly rescued more than 300 prisoners and escorted them to the state government office.
Yuan Lei led his troops to clear out Zhouya Qianya. By this time, the campaign was complete.
After the rebellion, the officials who were appointed by Cao Shixiong to take over the prefecture government offices and the servants who served as government officials at this time were basically from the Han people of Shuozhou who were affiliated to the south of Cao Shixiong. It was impossible for Xu Huai to deal with these people. They were merciless and did not give up resistance immediately. They were basically killed on the spot. Therefore, after cleaning up the front office, in addition to more than 30 prisoners, Yuan Lei led his soldiers and horses to sweep all the way and killed nearly three people. Hundreds of people.
At this time, there was no time to clean up these corpses, so they were basically carried to the corner of the yard and piled up.
Wang Gaoxing and Qian Zerui summoned the released officials from Cao to Qianya to discuss the evacuation. More than twenty corpses were piled in the southwest corner of Qianya's courtyard, and blood was constantly seeping out of the pile.
After experiencing many disasters, Wang Gaoxing and others still couldn't help but feel their scalps tightening when they saw this scene.
Wang Gaoxing and Qian Zerui, as ministers who have served in the local area for many years, even if they do not have lofty vision and true knowledge, and have not made many dazzling achievements in the local area, they are not incompetent people with high ambitions and low abilities, and they still have many practical abilities. .
Most of the people rescued from the state prison were their colleagues or subordinates. They simply comforted everyone and immediately arranged for help.
The largest group of captured persons rescued from state prisons were the military officials of Xiangjun Township, including state and county government officials and county sword and archer heads, including flag leaders, team commanders and other section-level military attachés, as well as generals and commanders. Including, a total of 120 people laid down their weapons and were captured after the state government was captured.
Wang Gaoxing, Qian Zerui and Xu Huai discussed it, and these people were directly organized into a team of soldiers and horses by Yao Kui, the deputy commander of the Xiang Army. Xu Huai once again massacred the state government. Only two soldiers were killed in the state government. Hundreds of people, and the attack launched by Cao Shili's son Cao Cheng from Jiaxiang was defeated by them in five waves. More than 200 soldiers were defeated in the narrow place between Jiaxiang and the back garden. There was only wealth in weapons and armor, but no shortage.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Xiang army is poor, but the military officers of the Xiang army are basically all martial artists.
Of course, these military officials were like frightened birds at this time, and they were used to being domineering. Even if their personal strength was not weak, each of them was tall and thick, but they no longer had the tenacity and bravery of warriors to die calmly. It is impossible to expect them to fight a tough battle at this juncture.
However, organizing them and driving them to fight favorable battles and maintain order, as well as sending them out to hunt down and suppress the rebel generals' families, can still play some role, and share some auxiliary military operations for the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain. Task.
The remaining people were divided into several teams, led by various Cao division chiefs and officials.
They must hurry up before dark, find all the small relatives in the city who have been scattered, complete the preparations for evacuating Kelan City, and mobilize more people to escape from Kelan City immediately from the West City; at the same time, they must try their best to find the rebels.
The goods looted in the city for several days were taken away. This should be carried out in conjunction with the arrest and suppression of the rebel generals and their families.
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Under the protection of several soldiers, Meng Jian fled to the Northeast Camp in embarrassment. When he saw Cao Cheng holding a sharp knife, he stabbed a fleeing soldier in the chest.
Cao Cheng's face, which had not completely shed his childishness, was ferocious and twisted at this moment. He grabbed the shoulder of the escaped soldier with his left hand, not letting him fall down, and completely ignoring the blood flowing in the body of the escaped soldier who had already swallowed his breath.
Overflowed from the edge of the knife, dyeing his arms and armor red, and his blood-red eyes roared fiercely to the left and right:
"Kill all those who run away from the battle - I don't need any of this kind of trash in the Cao family!"
Meng Jian saw fear on the faces of the generals on both sides. In the open field, there were all wounded soldiers groaning in pain.
At this time, he didn't know how many generals had been killed on the spot by the attacking enemy. It was definitely not too few when he thought about it. For the defenders with a total of only 1,000 people, the casualties could be said to be the limit.
However, looking at Cao Xuanwen, Cao Xuanwu, and Cao Xuanying hanging from the flagpole in the distance, they were still struggling at this time. There were many generals present, but no one dared to step forward to persuade Cao Chengcheng to stop there.
Meng Jian was also filled with bitterness and couldn't help but think: Who would dare to advise Cao Shixiong at this time and not chop him alive in anger when Cao Shixiong came back with reinforcements?
"Mr. Meng, it's really impossible to fight like this. You have to make up your mind. That thief Xu Huai is too vicious. He just used the three young masters to hang there as bait. In such a narrow alley, every wave of our attacks will cause casualties.
Tens of people may not be able to hurt even one of them. If the fight continues like this, the remaining hundreds of soldiers and horses will fight to the death. We will not regret dying, but who will protect Master Cao Cheng and you, Master Meng?" A military general walked up to
Meng Jian whispered beside him.
"Where are the old lady, ladies, and the young master? No one has been rescued?" Meng Jian asked in panic.
"The old lady was shot dead on the spot by Xu Huai's dog thief, and the second general's wife was also shot for Xu Huai - Cheng Gongzi went crazy for revenge. Several other ladies, as well as the young lady, the infant young man
Young Master, all fell into their hands!" the general said with tears in his eyes.
As the saying goes, the master humiliates his ministers to death. If the casualties were not too tragic, or if the opponent's vicious plan was not too obvious, he would not have the face to say these words to Meng Jian.
"How could it be like this?" Meng Jian stamped his feet anxiously and asked, "The west city gate was attacked by surprise. No matter what happened, the old lady and the others could be withdrawn into the military camp in time to protect them. How could they all fall into the enemy's hands? The eldest young master is by his side.
Those people are all shit eaters!"
"I heard from people who escaped that the eldest son thought that the number of enemies to attack was limited, so he refused to withdraw. He never thought that those who came into the city with Xu Huai were all the best of the Tongbai Mountain soldiers - not to mention Xu Huai, who could compete with the two
General, there were three or four strong men who were matched by General Meng. The eldest son led his troops to intercept them. After not being able to resist for a single round, they were attacked by the enemy and rushed straight into the back house from the west courtyard. They got ahead of us and intercepted the old lady and the others.
live,"
Seeing that Meng Jian was still hesitating, the general said in a low voice,
"The last general has just sent General Meng and Lord Meng's family and children to the military camp. There are not many enemies to attack, and we don't dare to expend them. We still have a chance to defend the military camp, but if we use all the manpower to fight,
Empty……"
Meng Jian felt his heart ache. He regretted escaping so early to join us. He thought to himself, who said these warriors were reckless and heartless? These bastards were obviously afraid of fighting, but they wanted to put him into a pit of fire!
However, now that he is here, he cannot escape and can only face this cruel reality.
During the first northern expedition against Yan, he did not go to Datong with the army, but he also learned many details about the situation before and after the battle of Datong from other people's accounts.
Regardless of whether Xu Huaishu Wang Zhen and Wang Fan and his son had ulterior motives, the calculations and combat effectiveness of the people in Tongbai Mountain were fully demonstrated in Datong City. Otherwise, why would they have taken over the situation when the remnants of the Khitan clan had an absolute advantage?
Bring the remaining soldiers out of Datong?
As for Cao Shixiong, Cao Shixiong led his troops into Lan Valley and received clear information from the Chihu people. Xu Huai's troops were blocked by Nayan Molihu's superior cavalry in Jingong Mountain, and Shuozhou soldiers and horses all withdrew to the west mountain.
, who would have thought that Xu Huai had already left Jingong Mountain and led 300 cavalry to attack Kelan directly?
They were in Yangkou, but the Ningwu garrison was unaware of them.
Meng Jian could certainly imagine at this time that this enemy cavalry must have used the blizzard of the past two days as a cover to sneak south. However, it was able to sneak far away before such bad weather, and it could still show such a powerful force after entering Kelan City.
Combat power itself is the embodiment of the strength of the elite in hundreds of battles.
The elites of the Qing Shun Army were exhausted in Datong City, and the few old soldiers and experienced military officials left were dispersed to lead new soldiers. Most of the more than a thousand soldiers left behind to guard Kelan were from the Han people in Shuozhou.
The newly recruited Ding Zhuang.
There is no question about the loyalty of these troops, and they have been training for a year, but compared with the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain, their combat effectiveness is still far behind. Moreover, they are still trapped in this alley that can be said to be extremely unfavorable, and they want to take back the state government.
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Meng Jian no longer wanted to face this cruel reality, and he also knew that if he did not stop him and spit out this highly poisonous fishhook, when all the last few hundred soldiers were killed, they would probably all die before reinforcements arrived.
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"Mr. Cheng is seriously injured. Why don't you take Mr. Cheng down to bandage the wound?" Meng Jian gritted his teeth and ordered.
"Yes, Master Meng!" After hearing Meng Jian's words, the military general immediately ordered to the military officer beside him, "Master Meng asked Mr. Cheng to take him down to bandage his wounds. If Mr. Cheng finds anything wrong, your dog's head will be chopped off and fed to the dogs!
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"Meng Jian, you thief, what do you want to do! My uncle, my father will skin you when he comes back!" Cao Cheng held a sharp knife and yelled at Meng Jian, but he didn't prevent a military official from behind.
He hugged him, and two more people grabbed his arms, took the knife away, and dragged him to the military camp behind.
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"They finally woke up and stopped biting these three baits!"
Looking from the garden to the alley, there were no obstacles. After Wang Xian general Meng Jian appeared, he could clearly see the situation where Cao Cheng, the son of Cao Shili, was dragged down. He shook his head regretfully, but the blood in his chest was still warm.
It was boiling, and he asked Xu Huai to fight,
"The opponent is already timid, we should be able to completely defeat the opponent!"
"..." Xu Huai shook his head, stopped the generals from charging into the alley, and said, "That's enough, tell the soldiers to seize the time to rest. After withdrawing from Kelan, the journey will not be smooth!"
Their casualties were not heavy, but they had been fighting continuously for too long. Before the raid on Kelan, they had to march at night in the wind and snow, which also consumed a lot of physical strength. As their physical strength was further squeezed, Bai Zhan, who had rich combat experience,
Old pawns are making more and more mistakes, and it will be difficult to control the increase in casualties.
And if they want to counterattack, the previous advantages and disadvantages of both sides on the terrain will also be reversed.
Even if Xu Huai is confident at this time, he can forcefully attack the enemy camp and wipe out all the remaining enemies who have killed Han Xin, but the problem is that he now has to exchange these precious elites around him for five, or even one for one.
If seven or eight were to be exchanged, he would feel heartbroken and it would not be worth it at all.
As a commander in chief, in addition to daring to fight, you should also know when enough is enough.
