Gaoyi County is under the jurisdiction of Zhaozhou. It was also the first county town that Gao Jie captured a few days ago after following Chang Yu's westward march in Zhaozhou. At that time, there were less than a hundred thieves in the city. If his army came to attack, he would kill him in an instant.
After being captured, it was again occupied by the bandit army. The people in the city were frightened and anxious. Fortunately, Li Zicheng only settled down and did not massacre and loot the city. Of course, this small town had already been plundered on his way north and there was no more money left.
Li Zicheng had already received the report when he was in Baoding. When the officers and soldiers marched west from Dezhou to Zhaozhou, they had divided their troops into two groups. One went north to block him and the other went south to take the opportunity to regain the lost territory. It is said that there were tens of thousands of troops.
In other words, there were still obstacles ahead. Li Zicheng asked the people in the city what they had seen a few days ago. The people only said that there were indeed many officers and soldiers who broke through the city and then fled. As for how many people and horses, it was really hard to count. Anyway, there were a lot of them.
This made the thieves' leaders feel a sinking feeling. The secret way home was difficult and dangerous. No wonder the officers and soldiers suddenly stopped chasing him so closely, and Li Yan pretended to be a favor.
The bandits came to report that several small towns within a hundred miles ahead had been recaptured by officers and soldiers, but no soldiers were left behind. According to reliable information, the officers and soldiers may be in the area of Shunde Prefecture at this time.
Fifty miles south of Gaoyi is Baixiang, dozens of miles south of Baixiang is Yao County (today's Longyao County), one of the seven counties under the jurisdiction of Shunde Prefecture, and a hundred miles to the south is Shunde Prefecture's capital city (today's Xingtai City)
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"There is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. Just after jumping out of one circle, he fell into another trap. That castrated dog is so scheming." Li Zicheng looked at the simple map on the table and couldn't help but sigh. He and Chang Yu were defeated miserably in the battle in Taiyuan and left.
He was slightly dissatisfied, and now he had a bloody head-on collision in Baoding City. Although he still hated it, he also had some admiration for it. Especially the current situation made him have to admire Chang Yu's foresight and plan to wait for him early.
What kind of bullshit is taking advantage of the trend to regain lost ground!
At that time, his army was massing in Baoding City, and could march north to the imperial capital at any time. At such a critical moment, when officers and soldiers were already in short supply and it was the most critical time to employ men, the dog eunuch threw tens of thousands of troops south to recover the lost territory? Only a genius can believe it.
, it was clear that he had set up a defensive line there early to wait for him. He was determined to retreat and was determined to stop him.
The dog eunuch played a huge game of chess, and the layout was so grand that it was unmatched! Li Zicheng looked up to the sky and sighed, and all his generals suddenly realized and cursed Chang Yu for being cunning and treacherous.
"We are leaving and others are staying. What do you think we should do?" Li Zicheng looked around at the generals under his command.
How to break out of the encirclement is a matter of life and death. Many of the thieves in the account were reckless and ignorant, and they clamored for a long time without a good plan. In the end, Gu Junen came up with a plan: go south at a high speed, pass through Baixiang, enter Yao County, Shunde Prefecture, and immediately divide the troops into two groups. The old camp will protect the heavy supplies.
They took the east route and went south through the east side of Ren County, while the other group of troops took the west route and pretended to attack Shunde Prefecture, attracting the main force of officers and soldiers and covering the southward retreat of the old camp. To put it bluntly, it was the same method used in Qizhou.
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance also agreed that this move was feasible. Li Zicheng finally made the decision. Since the troops around him were too thin, he ordered Liu Fangliang and Luo Hu from the rear to lead more than 10,000 troops to rush to the front of the old camp to open a road. Gu Kecheng, Zhang Nai, Wu Ruyi,
Wang Genzi and Liu Guochang's troops came to the rear and must hold back the pursuers behind them.
As for the road ahead, it is left to Ma Bao, Luo Hu and Liu Fangliang, three hard-charging characters.
Li Zicheng secretly tricked Chen Cang into tossing and turning. Previously, he divided his troops in Qizhou and bypassed the Zhending Mansion to deceive the young eunuchs into easily breaking through the defense line. Now he is using the same trick again. Is it really still useful?
Li Zicheng never expected that the one who stood in his way this time was the cuckold Gao Jie, his former confidant. Gao Jie had a guilty conscience. After surrendering to the court, he was ordered to suppress bandits. Whenever he encountered an intruder, he would be tempted if he was too powerful.
He would run away immediately, and if the opponent was weak, he would do it to death.
Gao Jie followed Chang Yu westward from Dezhou. He first defeated Jizhou and then assisted Zhaozhou. He was ordered to go south to regain the lost territory. Starting from Gaoyi, the army was invincible. He had more than 10,000 troops under his command, while the southern cities were mostly occupied by small groups of thieves.
The capital is only a few hundred and a thousand, so there is no way it can stop his army.
Within a few days, he captured six or seven small towns within a hundred miles. The army continued to advance southward and entered Shunde Prefecture. When Chen Bing was about to fight under the city, the prefect surrendered to the rebels.
Zhu Yihuai suddenly saw officers and soldiers besieging the city. He thought that the intruders were defeated and it was a big deal, so he opened the city and surrendered.
Gao Jie was ruthless. After entering the city, he tied up Zhu Yihuai and threw him into prison. Then he displayed the heads of nearly a thousand thieves in the city at the city gate. For a while, the people in the city were panicked. On the contrary, the rich gentry who were brutally tortured clapped their hands and applauded.
After arriving at Shunde Prefecture, Gao Jie divided his troops non-stop to recapture the surrounding counties, and within a few days the entire Shunde Prefecture returned to the imperial court.
The army of intruders was all on the northern front, and there were very few troops left in the occupied territory. Gao Jie effortlessly recovered several cities in one mansion. He was overjoyed and wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue them. All his subordinates responded.
However, when he was about to send troops southward, he received an order from Chang Yu: the bandits will be unable to escape in the near future. Set up a defensive line to stop them. If the thieves pass through, they will be held accountable.
At this time, Gao Jie realized that there is no such thing as a good thing in the world. The situation in Baoding City was so critical before, but when he was hiring people, the young eunuch kindly asked him to go south to do such a good thing to regain the lost territory with almost no effort and gain fame and reputation.
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It turned out that he was a hidden chess piece, and the little eunuch had already put himself here to wait for his number one mortal enemy, who was at odds with him and would fight to the death.
Although Gao Jie went south to regain the lost territory, he had been paying attention to the war situation in the north. Almost every day, detective horses sent the latest information, but most of them were about the battle at Hutuo River in Zhending Prefecture. In the previous two battles, Huang Degong and Li Guojun defeated the rebel army. To be honest, he was
Very jealous.
But now it was finally his turn to block the blade. Li Zicheng was fighting with him to the death, and now he was blocking his way of escape. You can imagine how heated the scene would be once the two met.
Gao Jie was not afraid of Li Zicheng, he just felt guilty for doing something wrong. He was not timid at all. He thought that if the intruder was stopped, he would jump over the wall and bite him like crazy. However, he was chased all the way from Baoding by the eunuch.
The horse was tired, not to mention the morale was low. Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, the intruder was so weak that Gao Jie's urine would naturally kill him, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I will settle my grudges with him here."
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The generals under his command were also in a fierce mood, and they all made bold statements to capture Li Zicheng. Seeing that the morale was so high, Gao Jie began to set up a defensive line. He wanted to make the intruders hit his head and bleed in Shunde Prefecture.
The best defense line is close to mountains and rivers, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, after Gao Jie surveyed the terrain, he discovered that although Shunde Prefecture is adjacent to the vast Taihang Mountains to the west, the territory is pretty flat. Except for the two rivers in the south of the city, one is the Li River and the other is the Li River.
All the branches and rivers along the river flow through this place from the northeast of Ren County. On the other hand, there are no big rivers in the north of Fucheng, let alone mountains. There are only two hills on the boundary of Yao County (now Longyao County) in the northernmost part of the city. To be precise, they are
It's a hilly place with no danger to defend.
In this case, Gao Jie set up a strong position and fought hard. After some discussion with his generals, Gao Jie decided to sit back and wait for work, gathered the army to rest around Fucheng, and ordered his general Liu Cheng to lead 3,000 troops to garrison Ren County.
Ren County is a small town forty miles northeast of Fucheng. If the rebel army goes south, it will bear the brunt of passing through Ren County, so Gao Jie used it as an outpost to send troops here to welcome the distant visitors.
After some arrangements, it was reported early in the morning that the bandit army was found in Gaoyi. Gao Jie was shocked and slightly nervous: "Is there any news about the governor?"
The spy shook his head. At this time, the bandit army was in the middle. Their reconnaissance range was greatly restricted, and they had to take detours to contact friendly forces. This trip was time-consuming.
The supervisor just sent the order the day before yesterday, and today the robbers arrived in Gaoyi. The pace is not slow. Gao Jie thought deeply. It seems that Li Zicheng was beaten badly in Baoding Mansion, so he ran away like this. If so, what is there to fear?
The mad dog bites people in a hurry, so we need to be careful, so we ordered detectives everywhere to keep an eye on every move of the bandits.
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