Afraid, naturally not afraid. Facing tens of thousands of Qing cavalry outside the pass, Chang Yu dared to charge hard with five hundred men. Thousands of thieves were considered a requirement. He must do it, but he couldn't do it in Rongcheng.
Most of the people in the city fled, leaving only a few hundred people. Chang Yu was afraid of harming these poor people, so he decided to stay away from Rongcheng and lead this bandit army elsewhere to kill them.
Go to Xiongzhou.
Xiongzhou is a small town fifty miles southeast of Rongcheng, which is later known as Xiongan New Area.
After a simple deployment, Wuzhong and Tu Yuan led their troops out from the north gate of the city, and the cavalry dispersed so that there would be less traces. Chang Yu alone led the Gongzi battalion from the south gate and marched slowly eastward from the south gate.
Zhang Hong was one of Liu Fangliang's confidants. Historically, after Liu Fangliang captured Baoding City, he handed it over to him to guard. At this time, he was ordered to lead a thousand cavalry to hunt down the young eunuch's men.
However, the little eunuch came and went like the wind, and it was not easy to track him down in the early morning when there were few people. Zhang Hong only had one clue, which was that the Ming army was heading north, so he led his troops to pursue him.
Until mid-noon, the search was twenty miles north of Baoding, and a large number of hoofprints were found at the meeting point of Chang Yu and Tu Yuan, going straight to the northeast.
Could it be that he went to Rongcheng?
Zhang Hong speculated that this Ming army had a place to stay, that is, a logistics base, and Rongcheng was most likely their home base, so he led his troops to pursue them, and at the same time divided his troops into two hundred to search in the direction of Xushui.
Five miles away from the city, a scout came to report that the enemy was about to flee. Zhang Hong was shocked and ordered to rush to the front of Rongcheng. He saw a group of about two to three hundred people a few miles east of the city. It seemed that he had also discovered
He caught the pursuers and began to flee wildly, beating his horse.
Chase! Zhang Hong ordered his men to give chase. He was also confused in his heart. This Ming army of only two to three hundred people had the guts to touch the walls of Baoding City. Where did they have the confidence? Is he really that little eunuch? Is that little eunuch really like them?
Is it as strong as you say?
"Boss, why did the officers and soldiers abandon the city and flee?" One of his subordinates was puzzled.
Zhang Hong glanced behind him: "There is no danger to defend the Stone City. If it is surrounded, it will be a dead end. It is extraordinary that the gelding can decisively abandon the city in such a short period of time." After a pause, he sneered:
"It's just that there's no way he can escape. I'll kill him."
"Lord Governor, the bandit army really took the bait and came after them without even entering the city." Chen Suole galloped while riding his horse and looked back to see that the bandit army was pursuing closely several miles behind.
Chang Yu glanced back and snorted coldly: "Chase, chase, I will definitely defeat him."
"There are no less than a thousand thieves, but we are only three hundred. In normal times, we would not be afraid. But after traveling for days and not sleeping after the attack last night, we are already exhausted. I'm afraid..." Chen Wangting's expression was solemn.
, a little worried.
Chang Yu laughed loudly: "I'll just run away."
Chen Wangting was startled and before he could react, Jiang Fa beside him whispered in his ear, and then his eyes lit up: "It turns out that the governor wants... I just said it, why did they leave separately?"
After chasing half a stick of incense, they ran for nearly twenty miles. Both sides were exhausted. When they saw that the opponent was slowing down within three miles, Zhang Hong was overjoyed. Just when he was about to hurry up and catch up, he suddenly saw the Ming army in front suddenly stopped.
He got down, turned his horse's head, and formed a horizontal formation.
"Boss, these dog officers and soldiers know they can't escape and want to kill the fish and break the net." The leader of his subordinates raised his eyebrows. Zhang Hong sneered: "The fish must die, but it's not that easy to break the net." He narrowed his eyes and saw the Ming army in the distance.
The formation was set up on a slope, so it occupies a slight advantage.
However, the advantage of this small slope was almost negligible. Zhang Hong did not believe that his nearly a thousand men could not defeat the opponent's two to three hundred, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to rein in their horses and rest for a while, recharging their energy and using a shock wave to capture this Ming army.
The two parties were facing each other a mile apart, both taking the opportunity to accumulate strength.
"King Chuang was defeated in Taiyuan. It is said that he was defeated at the hands of a young eunuch and many of his generals suffered losses at his hands. The young eunuch may be among the officers and soldiers in front of him. At this time, he was only two or three hundred
A person can be as powerful as he is powerful. This is our chance. As long as we capture him, Cihou (Liu Fangliang) will become more famous in the army, and we can also follow his reputation..." Zhang Hong was encouraging.
morale.
While he was talking, he suddenly saw the opponent's camp running out of the distance and stopping 200 steps away. Zhang Hong was startled, and one of his generals asked: "Boss, are they going to surrender?"
Zhang Hong immediately sent a relative to follow him over, and returned after a while: "Boss, the other party said he wanted to talk to you. He calls himself the Admiral of the East Factory."
Hahaha, Zhang Hong laughed, and thought to himself that this damn admiral must be the little eunuch. He must have been running away all the way because he was tired and out of ideas. Do you want to make peace?
Of course it would be best if he could defeat the enemy without a fight. Zhang Hong was exhausted from sending troops to pursue his subordinates early in the morning. He made up his mind and went forward to meet him, but was advised by his subordinates to be careful of fraud.
What kind of deceit can be used? What kind of tricks can the opponent use when he is alone and 200 steps away from the people behind him? Zhang Hong can't see through it, but for the sake of caution, he still brings two strong bodyguards, and the three of them move forward quickly.
In front of the man and horse.
Zhang Hong, who was five meters away from him, looked at the other person carefully and took a breath of air. Although he was young, he was brave and upright. He was clad in heavy armor and his murderous aura was making people shudder.
"You are that Dongchang guy, it's a pity that you look so dignified." Zhang Hong said with a half-smile but not a smile, "Why don't you just run away? Keep running!"
Chang Yu was very calm: "I can't run anymore." He was telling the truth. The wind and frost all the way from the capital to Dingxing County were already exhausted. After a short rest, he attacked Baoding City at night and ran all the way. The people and horses here were already extremely exhausted.
.
Zhang Hong raised his head and laughed: "So, are you going to surrender? Forget it, if you tie yourself in front of my horse, I will spare your life, otherwise..." He said with a sinister face: "No one will be spared!"
"Really?" Chang Yu raised the corner of his mouth: "This man has a very strong tone. Li Zicheng would not dare to boast so much in front of my supervisor. Do you think you can do it?"
Zhang Hong looked behind him and narrowed his eyes. Only then did he see clearly that the Ming army was all heavily armored cavalry! The cavalry is already the strongest team in this era. Those with heavy armor are almost invincible. Their impact is brutal and they can resist
The fighting ability is unparalleled, and it will be difficult to attack without multiple troops.
"Here you are not here to surrender, but to provoke?" Zhang Hong snorted coldly: "I don't believe you still have the strength to fight after running away for so long!"
"You're right. I really don't have the strength to fight. I'm not here to provoke, but I'm not here to surrender, but to persuade you to surrender." Chang Yu's smile made people's hair stand on end.
Zhang Hong thought he was hallucinating: "What did you say? Persuade you to surrender? He said he was persuading you to surrender, hahaha." The two guards beside him also suppressed laughter.
"It's not too late to laugh when you look behind you." Chang Yu looked relaxed.
"I don't need to look to know that there are eight hundred brothers behind me. It's easy to kill you and three hundred soft-legged shrimps! The heavy armored soldiers are amazing. If they can't kill you, they won't kill you!" Zhang Hong scolded angrily.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I want you to look far behind you!" Chang Yu looked regretful: "If you don't look, you won't be able to see it!"
Fart! Zhang Hong was furious, and just about to curse, he was pulled by a guard beside him, so he couldn't help but turn his head and take a look, and suddenly felt like falling into an ice cave, three or four miles away, directly to the west and behind
, two groups of troops from the north are slowly surrounding them...
"How dare you, you eunuch, plot against me?" Zhang Hong was shocked. Only then did he realize that he had fallen into a trap. The Ming army in front of him was just a bait to lead him eastward. In fact, he had already ambushed his troops behind him.
"Soldiers never tire of deceit." Chang Yu sneered again and again: "Three hundred heavy armored cavalry and four hundred elite cavalry, can you with eight hundred men stop them? I advise you to surrender!"
Zhang Hong's expression changed. He looked back and saw the two Ming armies approaching, and his subordinates panicked...
"Boss, let's take him first." The guard reminded Zhang Hong with a low voice. "Capture the thief, capture the king, and capture this admiral of Dongchang. His subordinates did not dare to move, so they gritted their teeth and decided to take action."
There are rumors that this little eunuch is brave, I want to see if it is true or not.
"Wait a minute." Seeing that he was about to take action, Chang Yu shouted sharply: "I'll give you a way out, but if you don't want it, then look at this." He raised his clenched right fist.
Zhang Hong looked confused and stared at Chang Yu's fist. He didn't know what the little eunuch meant by letting him see his fist.
But when a sharp arrow came through the air and passed through his right eye, maybe he should know what Chang Yu meant!
The distance of two hundred steps is the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, but it is also within Kuang Ren's killing range. Chang Yu raises his hand, which is the signal!
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