"Thank you for your great righteousness, sir! Please accept my respects as a general!" Zuo Liangyu made a show of preparing to salute Yu Zilian.
"Don't be too polite!" Yu Zilian hurriedly said, "In times of national calamity, it's time for us to support each other. General Zuo led the rebel army here, and also made a special contribution to today's great victory. This is the first contribution.
also!"
When the Ruzhou army fell into a state of madness as Yu Zilian entered the battle, He Yaoqi's army immediately became chaotic. Seeing that the situation was not good, He Yaoqi quickly retreated his troops, but in the end he only gathered more than 4,000 peasant troops and fled.
go back.
As for the Ruzhou Army, you cannot estimate its strength from the surface. After the addition of faith, the Ruzhou Army will often perform at an extreme level, so it cannot be judged from common sense. Of course, after eating
He Yaoqi was not the first to suffer such a loss. It was just that He Yaoqi was not greedy enough and wanted to fight, so he was defeated and suffered a bigger loss.
In fact, it is very simple to bring the Ruzhou Army back to its original form. You only need to defeat the Ruzhou Army once. But until now, no peasant army has done this.
Gao Yingxiang and the others were shocked when they saw the remnants of He Yaoqi's troops returning. They knew that the Ming army that came to the rescue was strong, but they did not expect it to be so strong. The Ming army actually defeated He Yaoqi's troops in such a short period of time.
And only so many people escaped.
It was unrealistic to besiege Zuo Liangyu at this time. So Gao Yingxiang and the others immediately withdrew their troops and headed southwest. In this battle, Gao Yingxiang and the others originally thought that they had the ability to compete with the Ming army, but they failed.
Zuo Liangyu and Yu Zilian were hit one after another, so Gao Yingxiang and the others were awakened. So they resumed their wandering nature, avoiding the main force of the Ming army and attacking the weak areas of the Ming army's defense.
But Gao Yingxiang's retreat did not go very smoothly. After defeating He Yaoqi, without any rest, Yu Zilian led the Ruzhou Army and swooped over. However, the desperate style of the Ruzhou Army did also make the peasants
The army has a headache.
Zuo Liangyu, who was huddled in the town, also discovered the changes in the besieging peasant army. He also organized troops to join in the counterattack, and finally left part of the peasant army's baggage and the cannon fodder of the peasant army besieging the town. Therefore,
, with the coordinated fighting of these two Ming armies, the Ming army won this great victory in Minxiang.
Of course, Zuo Liangyu was very grateful to the Ruzhou Army who desperately came to help. Yu Zilian also had a humble attitude and did not take any credit, so he immediately gained Zuo Liangyu's great favor. At the banquet after the two met, they
They all talked about their common enemy-Wu Shigong, and the two people who shared the same hatred immediately became brothers.
However, despite the great victory in Minxiang, Zuo Liangyu's tribe and Ruzhou Army suffered heavy losses. Zuo Liangyu's tribe suffered more than 5,000 casualties, while the Ruzhou Army suffered losses of nearly 3,000.
Therefore, the two Ming armies were unable to fight anymore, so they both began to rest and recuperate on the spot. Seeing that the Ruzhou army incorporated the prisoners into its own army, Zuo Liangyu, who was eager to restore his strength, also did the same. So in terms of numbers, Zuo Liangyu
They soon regained their strength. Zuo Liangyu's troops reached 13,000 people, and the Ruzhou Army reached 15,000 people. As for the old, weak, women and children, Yu Zilian will also arrange for people to send them to
Ruzhou went to resettle.
But after all, such an expansion has great hidden dangers. Therefore, these two Ming armies did not dare to follow Gao Yingxiang and others in pursuit, and they had to digest all the captured soldiers for the time being.
Gao Yingxiang and other three peasant armies, who had suffered losses one after another, were also eager to regain their strength. Seeing that Zuo Liangyu and the Ruzhou Army were not pursuing them, and there were no other Ming armies nearby, they let go.
stand up.
The peasant army first fired a false shot at Luoyang, scaring Wang Shaoyu's troops in Luoyang City so that they did not dare to leave the city and take advantage of the situation. Then they successively captured Guangzhou and Huoqiu. In these two places, they obtained a large amount of supplies. After the personnel were replenished, these three armies
The peasant army also recovered its strength. Then, Gao Yingxiang and other peasant troops began to move south, also thinking of entering Huguang through Nanyang Prefecture.
From this battle in Henan, we can actually see a strange phenomenon. Hong Chengchou's main force in Shaanxi was simply watching from the sidelines. If Hong Chengchou sent part of the main force of the Ming army to follow the peasant army into Henan, they would join the attack on the peasant army.
During the encirclement and suppression, the situation of the war may have changed immediately.
Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Hong Chengchou. Our protagonist, Wu Shigong, didn't his Runing army still stand still? This can only be said that the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty fought independently, and the style of conserving strength was too common.
ah!
When the peasant army moved south, the first thing they encountered were Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, two angry birds. When they met the vanguard of the peasant army, they immediately rushed forward to fight. Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng vented their anger in this battle.
He suppressed the anger in his chest and wiped out the thousand-strong vanguard of the peasant army like chopping melons and vegetables. He also won a great victory.
This great victory brought the peasant army to a halt. Gao Yingxiang and the others were a little confused: Why did another Ming army with astonishing combat effectiveness appear in front?
But when they woke up, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng immediately felt a wave of fear. They did not dare to block the path of the peasant army, so they immediately turned back and fled, fearing that the main force of the peasant army would pursue them. These two angry
The little bird is now about to sing to the peasant army: "I am a little bird!"
After seeing that the enemy situation in front was lifted, Gao Yingxiang and the others realized that it was just a false alarm, so they gathered their troops and continued to move towards Nanyang Mansion.
Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng reported the movements of the peasant army to the Runing Army while fleeing. The Zhou Xun Department in Ye County immediately made preparations. On November 29, Zhou Xun led the Runing Army.
More than 6,800 soldiers went to join Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng's troops.
At this time, Wu Shigong was heading towards Ye County with a commercial gilding group.
Because they were all operating in their own territory, Wu Shigong only led his own soldiers to escort the commercial gilding group this time. The children of the Guide government officials and gentry who had the opportunity to participate in this winter camp were also very excited, and they were laughing and joking all day long.
He has no intention of going to the battlefield at all.
For this reason, Wu Shigong could only let his own soldiers train the children of officials and gentry man-to-man, and how to make them learn a few tricks to save their lives and escape!
"Brother Chang Jing! Have you made all arrangements in Ye County?" Old God Zhao Ming asked on the ground.
"You're good! You've become a hands-off shopkeeper!" Wu Shigong became furious when he saw Zhao Ming, but when he saw Zhao Ming still smiling and stroking his beard, practicing the iron face magic, Wu Shigong became discouraged.
"Everything has been arranged. We will go to Longyan Town first, then gather the troops there and go out to suppress the bandits for three days, and then return immediately to return those little ancestors to Huide safely."
Originally, Wu Shigong's arrangement was to let the children of the officials and gentry go sightseeing, but those enthusiastic young people gave up and insisted on seeing the scenes of war.
In desperation, Wu Shigong planned to go to Longyan Town first, and then take an infantry regiment based in Longyan Town to visit the Nanyang Iron Mine.
The people who are now entrenched in the Nanyang Iron Mine are former miners who have become bandits. Because the mountainous terrain is complex and the number of bandits is not large, the Runing Army has not been able to take care of it yet. But this time it can
Go to the foot of the mountain to find a few unlucky people to open meat, and find some military merit for the sons of the officials and gentry.
"Brother! Do you think these two pieces of paper can really make money?" Zhao Ming was most concerned about his investment in Runing at this time.
After arriving in Runing, the children of the officials and gentry could have fun, while the stewards of the family devoted themselves to business activities. Anyway, a series of business cooperation agreements were reached. People like Zhao Ming who had a good relationship with Wu Shigong,
Under the guidance of Wu Shigong, I went to the stock exchange to purchase some newly issued stocks.
However, Zhao Ming and the others had no idea about a new thing like stocks. After all, their free money had turned into a few pieces of tissue paper. Therefore, Zhao Ming had asked Wu Shigong many times along the way.
"This business firm and its workshops are good and bad. Of course, the stock will go up and down. How can there be a good thing about making a profit without losing money? The worst result is that the company that issued the stock goes bankrupt, and then the stock in your hand is just a waste of paper.
I'm nervous. But you're afraid of the risk. You can deposit your money in our Sihai Bank. You can earn interest there and it's safe. I don't need to look at your bitter face anymore." Wu Shigong was bored by Zhao Ming, so he
Zhao Ming was stimulated in his words.
However, he saw Zhao Ming's facial features crowded together, and his face was red and white, and he was afraid that the little old man would be too deeply stimulated by him, so Wu Shigong then sighed: "Oh! I always know the details of your stocks.
You know it! Let me tell you everything. I won’t talk about it in the long run. There will be no problem in five years."
"Let me tell you again, what is the price of the first batch of stocks issued in the first half of the year now? They have doubled. Don't you know that I am giving you money?"
"Really?" Zhao Ming immediately came to life with his eyes widened.
"Of course it's true. If we in the Runing Army weren't so tight on money, would it be your turn to buy this time? So be it! The stocks you bought belong to me, and the money I borrowed from you.
How about I give you two cents every year?"
"Why?" Zhao Ming suddenly said with dignity, "Do you think I can't bear the risk?"
At this moment, several messenger horses galloped to the front of the team. Tao Xin took the urgent letters and delivered them to Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong opened them and looked at them, and his face became gloomy.
For any developments in the peasant army, the Runing Army had corresponding plans, so the emergency report sent this time was to inform Wu Shigong. However, Wu Shigong saw a familiar name in this emergency report-Li Zicheng
.
"Are you taking this opportunity to kill Li Zicheng, a big enemy?"
"Should we change our actions?"
"Then how should we change the actions of the Runing Army?"
…
For a moment, Wu Shigong couldn't calm down at all. So he loudly ordered: "Stop the entire army! Set up camp on the spot!"
