After about half a stick of incense, Zhao Shanxiang saw that the rebel army was scattered in all directions. Many rebels had been disrupted. More and more team officers could not find soldiers. Moreover, these rebels were tired and tired.
Breathing quickly, he knew the opportunity had come.
He said to Xia Gui: "General, we can launch a full-scale counterattack. The key point is to attack Yang Miaozhen's troops. As long as she takes a step back, the rebel army will definitely be defeated."
"good."
Xia Gui shouted "Hello", ordered people to beat the drums, and ordered the whole army to fight back.
After giving the order, Xia Gui couldn't stand it any longer and rode towards Yang Miaozhen with his long spear in hand. Zhao Shanxiang wanted to call him to stop him, but in the end he didn't call out and let him go.
"The thief will take the witch with his life."
Xia Gui was far away, so he shouted angrily, his voice deafening, which only shocked Yang Miaozhen, who was still fighting.
Yang Miaozhen turned around following the sound and saw Xia Gui staring at her angrily and charging toward her with murderous intent.
Yang Miaozhen didn't dare to back down and hurriedly turned his horse's head to greet Xia Gui.
"锵" "锵" "锵"
The pear blossom spear and the long spear collided with each other, making a sharp and crisp sound. Yang Miaozhen's palms went numb. He secretly sighed at Xia Gui's great power and became even more cautious towards Xia Gui.
Xia Gui also felt that Yang Miaozhen was very good. Considering his own ability, when competing with others in front of the palace, there were very few people who could withstand his three moves.
The two men fought fiercely, and the battlefield situation also reversed. Under the comprehensive counterattack by Xia Gui's army, the rebels' advantage was no longer available, and the casualties increased sharply, which made the rebels even more disheartened.
Yang Miaozhen realized this and knew that he could not win today, so he took advantage of the wrong horse to escape during the battle with Xia Gui, and retreated into the city in embarrassment with his men.
"Ding, ding, ding,"
Xia Gui wanted to take advantage of the situation and follow him in, but the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops was heard from behind. Xia Gui had to turn around and go back, but there was a look on his face that he was still unsatisfied. He just wanted to fight Yang Miaozhen for another 300 rounds.
"Why did your Majesty pay the gold to withdraw the troops? If our army takes advantage of the situation to cover up the attack and enter the city, wouldn't it be possible to kill them all and regain Chuzhou?"
Returning to the formation, Xia Gui was puzzled and asked Zhao Shanxiang.
"Hehehe."
Zhao Shanxiang laughed a few times and said: "The general does not know, this Chuzhou is the nest of the rebels, and Yang Miaozhen is very cunning. If he sets up a backhand in the city, the general will be in trouble."
Now that our army has defeated her, her morale is unstable and her fighting spirit is weak. We only need to wait for General Peng Yibin to join her. At that time, even if she has ten Yang Miaozhen, she will only be defeated. In this case, why should the general take risks himself? "
Xia Gui felt it was reasonable, so he said no more, and then went to inspect the casualties of the soldiers.
In the following two days, Yang Miaozhen did not initiate any large-scale battles. He only sent out small groups of more than a thousand people for sneak attacks from time to time to keep the officers and soldiers on tenterhooks and disturb their mood.
However, not only Zhao Shanxiang didn't take these little tricks seriously, even Xia Gui also thought of a way to deal with them.
Xia Gui sent an order to all the officers and soldiers in the army, ordering them to mobilize only when they hear his military order. At other times, they should ignore it even if the sky falls. Those who are bold will eat when they need to and sleep when they need to.
In this way, Yang Miaozhen's plan failed.
Just three days after the first battle, Peng Yibin rushed back from Yancheng and was immediately ordered to garrison the east gate. Zhang Hui, who originally garrisoned the east gate, moved to the west gate and guarded it with Fan Chengjin.
Yang Miaozhen inspected the four walls of the city and saw that outside the three walls of the southeast and west, the officers and soldiers were allied together for more than ten miles, and their momentum was overwhelming. At this moment, Yang Miaozhen knew that the situation was over and the situation was irreversible.
For her, the only way out now was to break out of the encirclement and rush out with her troops, either to join Li Quan or to join the Jin Kingdom. If that didn't work, she would surrender to the Mongols. Anyway, staying in Chuzhou would be a dead end.
Having made up his mind, Yang Miaozhen ordered someone to summon a group of generals to discuss how to break out of the encirclement.
On the top of the city, Liu Qingfu was also very worried. He sighed, and he felt disgusted when he thought of Li Quan's delay in going to attack Taizhou and the mistakes he made in every step and every step.
Liu Qingfu thought of Yang Miaozhen again and thought to himself: "Yang Miaozhen is quite a person. If she had taken a fancy to me, she wouldn't be where she is today. It's a pity that she is so talented, but she is blind."
There was resentment in his heart, which made him unable to sit still and wait for death. He thought to himself: "It is better to surrender to the court. Anyway, I am not the culprit. I am not a gangster wherever I go and whoever I hang with. Is it possible that if Li Quan dies, he will follow?"
Just as he was thinking about it, Wang Yishen's confidant Chen Jin came. Chen Jin said that General Wang had invited him to discuss something.
Liu Qingfu followed Chen Jin to a house. As soon as he entered, he saw Wang Yishen, Yan Tong, Xing De, Guo Bing and other seven or eight people there.
They are all generals of the rebels in the city, and they are all old men who have followed Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen for many years. They have high prestige among the rebels.
Liu Qingfu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw them arriving so neatly, and then a premonition came to his mind.
Soon, his premonition came true!
I just heard Wang Yishen say first: "General Liu, we are all brothers who have eaten from the same pot. We won't hide anything we have to say. Now the general is dragged by Zhao Fan in Yangzhou and cannot move, and Zhao Shanxiang is in charge of Chuzhou.
, he is very sophisticated and difficult to deal with, we all know this, now brothers, looking at the situation, Chuzhou may not be able to defend it."
At this point, there is no need to say it, the meaning is very clear, they want to surrender to the imperial court.
Liu Qingfu was stunned for a moment, and then he was ecstatic. Isn't this just what he wanted?
However, Liu Qingfu was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was extremely serious. He scolded and said loudly: "The commander-in-chief treats us well, how can you say this?"
Wang Yishen retorted and said: "It is true that the commander-in-chief treats us well, but it is not that great. The gold and silver treasures in Chuzhou are piled up in mountains, but have you ever given us brothers a share?"
"Yes, the handsome man has a weird temperament. He can fall out of favor faster than turning over a book. How many brothers dare to talk nonsense in front of him? Speaking of seniority, we all rebelled together in our hometown in Shandong back then. The qualifications of the brothers are not as good as
He's bad."
Yan Tong stood up to refute Liu Qingfu, and what he said left Liu Qingfu speechless for a moment.
At this time Xing De also said: "General Liu, Peng Yibin is our old brother. As long as we sincerely surrender to the court, Peng Yibin will definitely speak for us. It will not be difficult to survive then, but if we still want to be rich, it will be a little difficult."
Xing De didn't say anything to death. The implication was that if he surrendered to the imperial court, he could fight for wealth and honor. As for how to fight for it, it would depend on everyone's performance now.
Obviously, before meeting Liu Qingfu, they had already reached a consensus and put together a plan, and now all they had to do was recruit Liu Qingfu to join the team.