The Dongjiang rebels have entered a very strange state.
Militarily, they were retreating steadily.
Denglai was lost, Qingzhou was lost, successive battles were defeated, and Jinan was trapped.
But in terms of harvest, it is really enviable.
I'm afraid no one can clearly count how much wealth they plundered along the way.
To say that the Dongjiang rebels are a moving treasure trove of gold and silver, absolutely no one can refute it.
In addition, the military persecution of the New Army was not excessive, so everyone in Dongjiang Town was living a comfortable life.
Only Li Jiucheng.
After Li Yingyuan died, Li Jiucheng fell into a state of madness.
When Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others found him, he was like a wild beast.
"Hahaha, if I tell you to die, you have to die; if I tell you to live, you can live.
Li Jiuzheng was not wearing any clothes, running around with his butt naked, showing his ugly appearance. He held a machete in his hand and waved it around wantonly, with blood dripping from it.
The women in the room were equally clean, running around in fear, and screaming incessantly.
Suddenly a girl fell down and before she could get up, Li Jiucheng caught up with her from behind and cut off her ankle with a knife.
The girl twisted wildly, trying to escape from the clutches.
Li Jiuzheng struck again, this time cutting off her left arm.
Just at this time, Kong Youde and others came. Seeing this scene, everyone frowned.
Although they burned, killed and looted along the way and committed many outrageous acts, they still could not accept Li Jiuzheng's madness.
"Why are you still standing there? Drive them all out."
After Kong Youde spoke, the soldiers dared to rush in and pull away the living and dead women, leaving only the smell of blood in the room.
Li Jiucheng's eyes were blood red and he glared at Kong Youde and others.
"How dare you disturb this governor's happiness? Aren't you afraid of my military law?"
Everyone's faces flashed with anger, but they didn't get angry.
Although Li Jiucheng was the nominal leader of the rebels, in fact all the generals had their own power and did not have that much respect for Li Jiucheng.
Dongjiang Town has only one leader from beginning to end.
That is Mao Wenlong.
Except for Mao Wenlong, the remaining people stood on their own, but in fact they were not convinced by each other.
Only Kong Youde cared about the general situation.
"Zuo Menggeng is calling, and the forward has arrived in Zhangqiu."
Li Jiuguo's attention was indeed diverted.
"Is that traitor Zuo Mengeng here? Just in time, I'm about to challenge him for a fight to the death."
Everyone became more gloomy.
To this day, everyone has long concluded that Dongjiang Town is no match for the New Army.
Anyway, as long as you avoid the new army, you can capture the city, seize territory, and plunder food, grass and property, so there is no need to fight head-on with the new army.
Not to mention that this time the new army came from the west, north and east, totaling more than 40,000 troops.
"Look at your virtues, but you are still a man from Dongjiang? That day at Muling Pass, you were greedy for life and afraid of death. Do you still want to run away like dogs today?"
Everyone looked angry, not towards the new army, but towards Li Jiucheng.
Mao Chenglu said sadly: "What the governor said makes sense, we really can't retreat again and again. In my opinion, we should gather our troops and set up a formation in the Yushan area, and we will not be able to let Zuo Menggeng go."
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Chen Yongfu thought very quickly.
"Yes, this time we will follow the governor and have a good fight, so that Zuo Mengeng will not underestimate me up and down the Dongjiang River."
Li Jiucheng was overjoyed to receive the support of two generals one after another, and he found a robe and put it on.
"Come on, drums and drums, general, I will take the lead this time and attack the city first to boost morale."
Seeing Li Jiucheng leaving in a hurry, Kong Youde became very anxious.
"What's all this nonsense about?"
Seeing that he was going to chase Li Jiucheng, Mao Chenglu quickly stopped him.
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"Dushuai, don't you see? Our governor has gone crazy. If we let him run wild again, we will die without a burial place."
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Seeing everyone nodding, Kong Youde finally understood that these people were planning to abandon Li Jiucheng.
Geng Zhongming has no psychological burden.
"Let this lunatic hold Zuo Mengeng down, and let's take the opportunity to go south. I have found out clearly that the official road to Yanzhou is clear, and it is impossible for us to return to the sea."
It's hard to go against public opinion. Although Kong Youde thinks it's unreasonable to do this, it can only be like this until now.
At noon that day, Li Jiucheng, who was in a hurry, led his direct subordinates and horses east from Jinan and headed straight for Yushan.
Keeping an eye on him as he went far away, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others quickly packed up their troops and horses, hurried out of the city and went south along the official road.
Li Jiucheng was bent on seeking revenge on Zuo Mengeng, and kept urging his troops to move quickly on the road. As a result, the official road was filled with dust, and the Dongjiang army ran in a panic.
It didn't take long for the various ministries to become intermittent, and various heavy weapons fell behind.
He thought that the New Army had just captured Zhangqiu and must be resting and recuperating.
However, when we were still more than ten miles away from Yushan, something strange suddenly appeared on the opposite side.
Amidst the terrifying tremors of the earth, a cavalry force of several thousand people quickly came to the front.
The flat land did not give the Dongjiang Army a chance to organize its formation. When the cavalry approached, they quickly divided into two groups and passed by the two wings of the Dongjiang Army.
At the same time, arrows rained wildly at the heads of the panicked soldiers.
It turned out that the cavalry brigade did not participate in the battle against Zhangqiu.
Wang Siyi was bored, and after asking Zuo Mengeng for instructions, he simply led the cavalry brigade to go out, intending to investigate the situation in Jinan.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, the scouts reported that a troop of Dongjiang Army had actually walked over.
After learning that there were only more than 3,000 people in this group, and there were no cavalry or other reinforcements, Wang Siyi immediately made up his mind.
"Since the establishment of our cavalry brigade, we have been acting as assistants to the infantry. But in land battles, our cavalry are the kings. This time, we act alone to eat up this group of rebels and let them take a good look at who is the king of land battles.
king."
When she said this, the cavalry brigade was immediately aroused with fighting enthusiasm.
The chaotic march made it impossible for the Dongjiang soldiers to organize themselves into formation when they encountered a cavalry surprise attack, and they were immediately rushed to pieces.
Under the attack of two lines of cavalry, the infantry suffered heavy losses immediately.
Li Jiuzheng had been drained of alcohol and sex, and his awareness of the battlefield had also weakened.
In other words, he didn't want to live at all.
While others were running away in fear, he rushed forward, shouting wildly.
This suddenly made him appear among the rebels.
Wang Siyi, who was speeding, noticed him and immediately pointed his flag and went straight to kill him.
Wang Siyi's guards immediately followed, and hundreds of them rushed towards Li Jiucheng's personal formation.
"Captain, leave quickly!"
Seeing that all the cavalrymen were wearing iron armor, Li Jiuzheng's soldiers knew that they were in danger.
"Kill! Follow the command of the capital to kill! Anyone who escapes from the battle will be killed!"
Li Jiuzheng not only refused to retreat, but rushed forward frantically.
His soldiers' scalps were numb, but they did not dare to abandon the general, so they had no choice but to rush forward as hard as they could to protect him.
In Wang Siyi's eyes, he didn't care at all about the enemy's formation.
After rushing within a hundred steps, he picked up his strong bow, unloaded the arrow, and quickly locked onto Li Jiuzheng in the turbulence.
The arrow flew like a shooting star, happened to find a gap, and instantly reached Li Jiucheng's eyes.
Li Jiucheng instinctively sensed the danger and quickly turned his head, thinking he had escaped.
Unexpectedly, the arrow hit the edge of his helmet, and a force like a bull pushed him straight away from his horse.
Li Jiuzheng felt frightened when his ghost came out.
But now it was too late to run away.
After Wang Siyi finished shooting the arrow, he picked up two iron axes and crashed into the enemy's formation like a whirlwind.
In an instant, broken limbs and debris were flying all over the sky, and blood rained like a waterfall.
Li Jiucheng just stood up when a huge horse's hoof hit his head.
He barely managed to avoid it, but a strong wind blew behind his head. Then his whole body felt light, and the earth became farther and farther away.