The cavalry gave full play to its strengths in the pursuit battle. Zhu Di was like a dog-skin plaster, sticking close to Li Jinglong's buttocks, chasing him all the way down from Baigou River, and constantly expanding the results. [] Along the way, the Ming army suffered more casualties than ever before.
There were more than 100,000 people, and one-third of Li Jinglong's 600,000 troops were lost just because of this battle.
The Yan army fought continuously and was equally exhausted. However, fighting at this time was no longer just a matter of physical strength. Zhu Di knew that the worst thing about him compared to the imperial court was the huge gap in strength. There was an advantage to be found at the moment. How could he let it go easily?
After chasing all the way down, all the cavalry were sent to the front. They just continued to chase and kill, and the infantry followed behind. Along the way, they searched for the armor, weapons, tents, and luggage and food that the Ming army had abandoned everywhere.
Li Jinglong was defeated back to Dezhou without stopping, and the news of the imperial court's defeat spread immediately. The first time the Ming army used 500,000 troops to defeat the Yan army of 50,000, and the second time the Ming army used 600,000 troops to defeat the Yan army of 10
Ten thousand, it was still a huge defeat; in the hearts of the soldiers and the people, the Yan army was already an invincible heavenly soldier and heavenly general. Since success or failure is judged by heroes, who would care about the embarrassing situation of Yan King Zhu Di on the bank of Baigou River, who almost wanted to die in battle?
The common people heard that the Yan army was marching south along the way and commanded the army to attack Dezhou. For a moment, the city of Dezhou was like boiling water. The people were afraid that the chaos would bring disaster to themselves. Those who were able to escape took their families and fled from Dezhou.
They each went to visit relatives and friends. For a time, refugees were arriving in droves, creating a chaotic scene.
"Ms. sir, the imperial court has been defeated. The 600,000-strong army, even 600,000 pigs, can defeat the Yan army. Why is it defeated? What should we do? Should we pack up and return to Yanggu County quickly?
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An impossibly handsome little girl with a green kerchief, white teeth and bright eyes, hurried into the tent and said to her man.
Her man had just put down the medicine box and fell down on the couch exhausted. When he heard the girl talking, he rested his arms on his head, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Feifei, why are you talking like a child? I was summoned to Texas.
Those who serve are registered with the government, so they can't just leave. Dezhou is a military city with high walls and thick walls, many soldiers and horses, and there are twelve consecutive cities outside. Field battles and city battles are two different things. No matter how powerful the Yan army is,
Maybe we can conquer it with one attack, but if we really can't defend it, it won't be difficult for us to leave again. Let me rest first. I have treated more than a hundred wounded soldiers today. Oops, I am exhausted..."
This couple was Ximen Qing and Nan Feifei. Ximen Qing was a man. Many soldiers in the Dezhou barracks suffered from frostbite and cold. Li Jinglong ordered all the doctors from all over Shandong Prefecture to be brought to Dezhou to treat the soldiers' illnesses.
Qing was also among those who answered the call. Originally, he could just take a medicine boy as an apprentice, but Nan Feifei was used to running around in the past, and now he suddenly started living the life of a housewife, which became boring after a long time.
When I heard that my husband was going on a trip, I was so excited that I insisted on following him.
So Ximen Qing asked his wife Xiaodong to guard the family business and fly to Texas with Nan Fei. He had been in Texas for almost a month, mainly diagnosing and treating colds, chilblains and other diseases. Today, he suddenly became a child with missing arms and legs.
There were many patients in the trauma department, and the spared medicines in the military camp were not enough for use. Ximen Qing was also a doctor who was unique in gynecology. He was so busy that he was very tired.
Nan Fei ran over, bent his knees, and sat on the couch. He clenched a pair of pink fists and beat his thighs. He pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "Huh! Wait until the Yan army reaches Dezhou."
The war is in turmoil, and if a charming woman like your daughter-in-law is snatched away to become the wife of Yazhai, wouldn’t you feel bad? You won’t be able to cry to death!”
Ximen Qing said weakly: "Pull you down, do you really believe what they say? The Yan army is not a bandit, which mountain are they going to rob..."
Nan Feifei choked, punched his leg hard, and said coquettishly: "Isn't it a bandit's behavior? You don't care, right? Come on, then let someone cuckold you, and you will be seventeen.
The eight tops are so green and so beautiful!”
Ximen Qing grumbled and didn't take her angry words seriously. Nan Feifei glanced at him and said angrily: "You are the only one who knows the rules. Let me tell you, I just met Mr. Zhang from Feicheng."
His little apprentice has already changed his clothes and run away, but you won't leave."
"Has someone escaped already?"
Ximen Qing was so energetic that he sat up and said, "It will be easier if someone takes the lead. Just let me rest and pack my things, and then we can sneak away in the evening."
As soon as Ximen Qing finished speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps outside, and a rough voice shouted loudly: "Spread out, spread out, and keep this area tight for me. There are all Langs living in this area, and there are so many soldiers."
Injured brothers, don't let them run away, keep them tight, from now on, no one is allowed to come in and out freely without our people to take them."
Ximen Qing and Nan Feifei fell in love with each other, Ximen Qing said politely: "Uh..., take out a set of my clothes, cut them up, put them on first, and then go to the stove to get some ashes to smear your face.
, let’s talk about pretending to be an ugly man..."
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Hejiazhuang.
The migrant workers who were serving were working in full swing. The supervisors and soldiers were running back and forth, shouting: "Hurry up, hurry up, dig trenches. I tell you, the Yan army looted and committed all kinds of evil. They like to chop people up. Chop them up."
Let's stew the meat in a big pot and eat it. If you don't work hard now, when Yan's army arrives, you will all be in bad luck."
"Pooh!"
Someone cursed in a low voice: "Six hundred thousand people can't defeat 100,000 people, and they still say it with a shy face, they are a bunch of trash who eat dry food."
Tang Yaoju paced, stood next to a supervisor, and whispered: "Luo Li, how are the arrangements here?"
The man also lowered his voice and said: "On my side, there are more than a hundred people connected, and there must be at least thousands of people on Shopkeeper Lin's side."
Tang Yaoju smiled slightly and said: "That's enough. Those who know the details in advance don't actually need that much. Chaos has arisen, Huang Tiandang is standing, Maitreya rules the world, we are rising up, it's time, you should be more vigilant here
, I’ll go over there.”
After saying that, Tang Yaoju walked around to another construction site.
Lin Yuqi and Tang Yaoju had no objection at first, but when the imperial court suppressed the White Lotus cultists, they also suffered a lot of losses. Now seeing the emperor's uncle and the emperor's nephew fight into a pot of porridge, Shandong Mansion began to be uneasy, and their mood became uneasy.
Changes have occurred, and ambitions have begun to grow. This is because they have a large base of believers, and once the "climate" is right, they can quickly turn into unstable factors. If they are just ordinary people, it is difficult to breed such ideas unless they are desperate.
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Their plan is quite cautious, and they plan to follow the example of Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others who were recruited as migrant workers to dig the Yellow River in the past and successfully rebelled. They will recruit migrant workers who came to Texas to serve as believers and use their original loyal believers as the backbone to attract more believers.
, and then coerce and develop some religious soldiers, thus raising the banner of rebellion.
If they can quickly gain a foothold, they will be able to stand out from the Southern and Northern armies and compete with them. This is something they think has great hope, because the biggest enemy of the imperial army is the King of Yan, and it is impossible to divide the army in large numbers.
Encircle and suppress them. Of course, if it fails, then lead the army to surrender to King Yan. King Yan is currently weak and will definitely welcome their surrender. Then they can take shelter under King Yan's wings and develop themselves secretly.
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The first day of the first lunar month is Maitreya Buddha's Christmas, which is originally the most meaningful. Unfortunately, the timing of this day is not suitable. They had not been drafted to serve in Texas at that time. They originally planned to start on the eighth day of April, the Christmas day of Sakyamuni Buddha, but
Because the King of Yan went south, Li Jinglong led an army to meet the enemy and took away their followers who had developed in the army. They wanted to open an armory and distribute weapons to them on the day of the uprising, so they had to postpone the uprising again.
However, now that the Yan army was victorious and headed straight towards Dezhou with great momentum, the Ming army was frightened by the new defeat. They felt that it was the right time, place and right people to start an uprising at this time, so they decided to lead the army on the day the Yan army invaded Dezhou.
Revolt and establish the White Lotus Rebel Army.
When it comes to heroes, who is the hero?
Xia Xun once said to Prince Ning’s concubine that a hero becomes a hero only when he has to do something that is impossible for ordinary people. To sum up with a familiar saying, it is actually "the times create heroes."
However, there are also those who believe that "heroes make the times", such as the White Lotus Sect, whose teachings are "joining the world": "We have so many disciples, but given the opportunity, why can't we be heroes who command Qiu and laugh proudly for a lifetime?
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Lin Yuqi, Tang Yaoju and others are thinking this way.
Xie Yufei's wind and cold have been cured.
The two set off from the farmhouse where they stayed and continued southbound, passing through Qingzhou along the way. Peng Ziqi secretly returned to Peng Mansion and met her father and brother. Fortunately, although she and Xia Xun were married, Zhu Yun was not satisfied with Xia Xun's marriage.
When she defected and was furious and wanted to kill him all over the house, she only knew that he had fled with his family, but she had not found her natal family.
The only person who knew the details of Xia Xun's wife Peng was the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Luo Kedi, but for some unknown reason, he did not tell the emperor about it. Maybe... it was because he didn't want to do something useless.
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After Peng Ziqi secretly met his father and brother, he declined their attempts to stay, and continued walking north with Xie Yufei. The route they took was Zhangqiu, Jinan, Yucheng and then to Dezhou. On this day, they arrived in Pingyuan County.
Xie Yufei felt sour and sweet about the past when she teased an ancient boat merchant from outside the Pass, but because she mistook Xia Xun for being a prostitute, she wanted to seduce and attack him, but was teased by Xia Xun instead.
When he casually talked to Peng Ziqi, he was laughed at by Peng Ziqi. The two girls were fighting and making fun, which seemed to dilute the feeling of longing, but also seemed to increase the feeling of longing. Who can say clearly with a wisp of love?
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However, they never expected that the man they had been dreaming about would be at the next stop on their journey: Texas.
And Li Jinglong and King Yan, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, are gathering there as if they are racing...
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