Both Tong Yangliang and Zhu Yiyuan chose similar tactics, except that Tong Yangliang temporarily used 600 men to detour and attack Gegoudian, while Zhu Yiyuan had already planned to use ten times the force to detour to the rear.
What's interesting is that because Tong Yangliang transferred two Niu Lu, his surroundings were empty, allowing the rebel cavalry to successfully succeed and capture him, the chief soldier.
Those Qing troops who were still attacking Gegou Store were having a lot of fun.
Tan Deyu gave the decisive order, and everyone immediately launched a fierce attack... Don't worry about anything. Wherever there are many Tatars, they will kill them. Wherever the Tatars resist fiercely, they will attack wherever they are. In short, not a single Tatar will be spared.
They came shaking the heaven and the earth, causing chaos in the rear of the Qing army.
Zhu Yiyuan of Gegoudian noticed it immediately, including Wang Jun. The King of the Nine Mountains wiped his face and shouted excitedly, "Brothers, follow me and fight out!"
In an instant, all the rebels' morale doubled, and they rushed out regardless of their fatigue.
On the other side, Fu Manhan and others in the camp also saw the opportunity and came out.
The three Ming armies attacked decisively and defeated the Qing army in one fell swoop.
However, relying on the bravery of the Qing army, they were able to temporarily maintain their anxious state and did not collapse. Some Qing generals even thought that the rebels had gone crazy when they saw this. You relied on the camp to hold on and could only cope with it. Now they are out.
, aren’t you looking for death?
But soon these people couldn't be happy anymore. The rebels captured Tong Yangliang, and the cavalry galloped on, shouting loudly.
The flag representing the commander-in-chief also fell.
Seeing being beheaded by the rebels, the Qing soldiers could no longer bear it, so the rout began.
They abandoned their weapons and fled in haste.
On the rebel side, they pursued desperately. Not only the regular army, but also civilian men, young men, and even cooks went up with kitchen knives.
Zhu Yiyuan was still supervising the troops. When he turned around, Gu Yanwu disappeared.
Now he was very anxious. This man was his literary genius, and he was a scholar. If something happened to him, it would be troublesome.
Zhu Yiyuan hurriedly ordered a search. After waiting for more than an hour, Gu Yanwu was panting and his legs were soaked. It was not even the first month of the year and his face was purple from the cold.
However, he was in a very good mood. When he saw Zhu Yiyuan, he shouted loudly: "Qian Shi, I chased across the Yishui River, killed two Tatars, captured five people, seized seven pairs of armor, and three hard bows... all of them are good."
Something!”
Zhu Yiyuan couldn't laugh or cry. No matter how good the thing is, it's not as valuable as you!
"Hurry up and warm yourself up. Getting sick from the cold is no joke."
While Gu Yanwu agreed, he continued to say: "I always thought the Tatars were so powerful in the past, but they were defeated like mountains. How about the elite Han army? I led a few civilians to chase them, but they abandoned their armor and were in a panic.
Even though they were escaping, I, a scholar, still killed several of them. It was a pleasure, it was such a pleasure! The strong men ate Hun meat when they were hungry, and laughed and talked about drinking Hun blood when they were thirsty! Hahaha!"
This guy was so passionate that he couldn't help himself.
Zhu Yiyuan was equally happy, even better... Although this was not the first battle of the rebels, it was the Qing army that really paid attention to them. The two sides fought with real swords and guns, and the numbers were about the same, the rebels won a great victory.
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The significance contained in this cannot be overstated.
If you can defeat six to seven thousand Qing soldiers, you can defeat tens of thousands or tens of thousands of people... Although the road ahead is still far away, there is always hope.
Victory is the best solution to the problem. At least among the rebels, the fear of clearing will disappear a lot.
Being able to view the enemy correctly, neither overestimating nor despising it, is the first step towards victory.
It is no exaggeration to say that the benefits brought by this battle are endless.
Soon, battle reports from all parties came together... After a rough count, a total of more than 2,500 Qing troops were killed and more than 3,000 were captured.
Of the men and horses brought by Tong Yangliang, less than a thousand escaped, and there were militiamen blocking the way, so even fewer were able to escape, which was almost equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army.
At the same time, the rebels captured 3,000 war horses, almost all of which were good horses.
This made Gu Yanwu even more excited, and he would be more confident to stage the fire horse formation next time.
After Tan Deyu heard about it, he quickly took the war horse away so that you wouldn't cause any trouble.
I also want to expand the cavalry!
In addition to horses, a total of three to four thousand armors of all kinds were seized, as well as several thousand hard bows. The rest of the swords, tents, grain, silver, gongs, drums, flags... were simply too numerous to count.
The wrinkles on Tan Deyu's face bloomed with joy, "Qian Shi, you are worthy of the Han army flag, Ma Degong, Liu Zhiqian, even their trusted servants can't all wear armor, but Tong Yangliang's subordinates, as many as half of them wear armor
!It’s really incredible.”
Obviously, if Ma Degong had Tong Yang's equipment, even if he was raided by the rebels, he would definitely not fail. It is very likely that Zhu Yiyuan would have ended early.
"The Tatars attach great importance to armaments, and they entered the customs smoothly. The good things they captured are countless, and the equipment under their command is better, which is nothing. But after this battle, we must improve our armaments for the next battle.
It will only become more cruel."
Tan Deyu nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, if you can win once, you can win a second time, a third time... the Tatars have nothing to fear."
As Zhu Yiyuan expected, military morale was greatly boosted.
At this time, Wang Jun, Fu Manhan, and all the generals came one after another to report the victory to Zhu Yiyuan.
Everyone has gained a lot, but behind everyone, there is a stretcher carrying a big man, it is Chao Yuguang.
"Qian Shi, Brother Chao rescued the camp and fought hard all night to hold off the Tatars... He, he was hit by five arrows, two of which were on the vital points. In addition, there were wounds on the thighs, chest and abdomen... Since noon yesterday
, had a fever all over his body, and at dusk, he passed out. The military doctor gave him medicine, but it didn't get better. I'm afraid..."
Wang Jun could no longer speak. Zhu Yiyuan came over in a hurry and leaned over to check.
This man had been following Wang Jun for many years and always fought for the lead in every battle. Injuries were commonplace. No one thought that Chao Yuguang, who was as tall as an iron tower, would fall in this crucial battle.
"Qian Shi, win, have you won?" Chao Yuguang said in a weak voice.
"We won, a great victory!" Zhu Yiyuan immediately replied: "Take good care of your injuries, and I'll ask you to charge into battle next time."
Chao Yuguang was startled, with a wry smile on his face, "Qian Shi, you told me that the war is to eradicate corrupt officials, to drive away the Tatars, and... to make the people live a better life. But, but I
I can’t think so much, I just want to be famous and be a great hero. But my surname is Chao, so some people call me Chao Tianwang, but Brother Wang wouldn’t let me do that in the past.”
Wang Jun glared, "You call me eldest brother, but you still want to be a king, and you want to climb on top of me?" Although he gritted his teeth, tears flowed down his face.
"Yuguang, brother Chao, you can take good care of your injuries. You can call him whatever you want. I won't stop you." Wang Jun held on to the stretcher and burst into tears.
When he cried, everyone else also cried sadly.
Chao Yuguang looked at the big guy, and then his eyes fell on Zhu Yiyuan, "Qian Shi, tell me, am I a hero?"
"Forget it, why don't you count it!" Zhu Yiyuan shouted loudly, "Mr. Ning Ren!"
Gu Yanwu came over in a hurry and said, "What are you doing?"
"You are quite famous in Shilin. You have a big pen and no one can match it. I want you to write an article for King Chao Tian. Write an epic article that is more famous than the tombstone of the five people. Can you do it?"
"Yes!" Gu Yanwu immediately replied: "The heroic feats of King Chao Tian are thousands of times better than those of those five people. I can write this article."
When Chao Yuguang heard this, he had a smile on his face, but the next second, his whole body twitched again, the originally bandaged wound burst, blood oozed out, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he was in unbearable pain.
Zhu Yiyuan didn't care anymore and hurriedly leaned in his ear and said, "King Chao Tianwang, I will build a Tianwang temple here for you. When he regains the capital, I will build a big stone tablet outside the Forbidden City to engrave this battle.
Up there, I want everyone to know your name, no Liangshan hero is even as good as you!"
Hearing this, the painful Chao Yuguang showed a smile, "That's more...thank you."
After saying this, Chao Yu tilted his bald head and left...
Zhu Yiyuan was filled with grief. One of his warriors was gone. He gritted his teeth and said, "Bring Tong Yangliang here and immediately dig out his head and heart to pay homage to King Chao Tian!"
