Chapter 103: Great Victory (Fourth update, please vote for me!)
When Nong Zhigao's 5,000 Nong soldiers were completely defeated by the Song Army's cavalry, it meant that the victory or defeat was decided. ("")
We have to analyze how these 50,000 Nong troops came from. The backbone was naturally the 5,000 Nong soldiers when Nong Zhigao raised his army. Before this battle, there were basically no losses. The next level were those who defected.
A small tribe that came here, they were absorbed into the Nong tribe and became the reserve force of the Nong tribe soldiers. They also have a strong will to fight. There are about three thousand of them.
But only these 8,000 people are reliable. The rest, more than 12,000, are the Huang, Wei, and Zhou families, which are among the four major clans in Guangnan with the Nong surname. At the beginning of Nong Zhigao's uprising, they looked on with cold eyes. Later, they saw him
After sweeping across Guangdong and Guangdong, they came to surrender one after another. Although the leaders were all crowned kings, you can't expect these guys who follow the wind to live and die with you.
As for the remaining 20,000 or so, they were purely Han soldiers who were captured strong men. Nong Zhigao had no hope for them... he basically treated them as civilian servants.
Sure enough, seeing the danger of being surrounded and annihilated, the Han soldiers dropped their weapons and ran away. Their number accounted for half of the Nong army. Their escape immediately gave them the feeling of defeat.
Huang, Wei, and the leaders of the Zhou family looked at it and thought, "Let's not be stupid. It's better to conserve our strength and wait and see what the situation is." So they turned around and ran away with their clansmen.
Little did they know, they fell into Di Qing's plan again. The Art of War says, "Don't stop when you return to the enemy." You cannot underestimate people's desire for survival. If the enemy soldiers find that there is no way to survive, they will definitely fight for their lives.
What's more, he only has 30,000 troops in his hands. Wanting to swallow 50,000 Nong troops in one go is pure daydreaming!
But he knew very well that the various units of the Nong army that had been put together actually had their own thoughts. When the wind was favorable, they would naturally advance and retreat together. Once the situation turned bad, they would definitely fall apart and flee for their lives first. Therefore, he ordered the two wings to encircle, but also ordered them to let go.
The slow speed is to let those who are not directly affiliated with the Nong army clearly feel the danger of being surrounded, and also to give them enough space to escape. The Holy Temple
But Nong Zhigao's direct descendants were not so lucky. When Huang Wei's family withdrew from the battlefield on Wednesday, the encirclement was finally closed.
The art of war says, ten are to encircle, and five are to attack. Thirty thousand elite northwest troops surrounded seven thousand Nong soldiers and beat them wildly. The fighting spirit was lost, and the shields and spears that the Nong soldiers were proud of were completely unable to help.
They resisted the killings of the Song army. Now they only have one thought - to escape.
Fortunately, 30,000 people were still a little less, and most of them were in the north. The 10,000 Song troops in the south were not enough to stop the Nong people. After paying a heavy price, the Nong people broke out of the encirclement.
As soon as they broke out of the encirclement, the Nong people immediately threw away their shields and spears, took off their armor, packed lightly, and fled southward.
They heard that the Song Dynasty was a state of etiquette, and the emperor even ordered that enemies should be repelled until they were repulsed without pursuit. It should be safe to escape now...
But they forgot one thing, this time the commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty was a military general!
Before going into battle, Di Qing issued a death order. Once the Nong army retreated, all troops would immediately pursue them lightly. There was no limit on the pursuit distance. They would kill all the rebels even to the ends of the earth to avoid future troubles!
In this world, there is only a pursuit battle, which can ignore the number of people and the strength of the force. The defeated party can only be slaughtered by others.
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From near noon to sunset, the Song army pursued them for fifty miles at a stretch!
Before leaving the station, Di Qing ordered generals at all levels to repeatedly preach to the officers and soldiers that if the decision could not be decided in a battle, they would have to contend with Nong Zhigao for a year, or even several years.
Guangxi in this era was a barbaric land in the eyes of the Han people, and the miasma was very serious, with the possibility of death at any time. The latest chapter of the Holy Church, the Western officers and soldiers are all northerners, and if possible, they would not stay here for a day.
I have to admit that the spiritual power is strong. Under the control of the idea of "win the battle and go home for the New Year", the soldiers of the Song Army actually followed the tail of the defeated army and came to the gate of Yongzhou City!
What made them even more delighted was that the city gate hadn't even had time to close!
What else is there to say, brothers, come on! After a while of chopping melons and vegetables, the Song army took control of the North City Gate.
This is the final winner of the entire war. Because Yongzhou is the most important town in the southwest, with a high city and a vast pool - if the Nong army held the city and fought to the death like in the Beizhou Rebellion, the Song army could only bite the bullet and attack the city.
.Although it is not as exciting as conquering Kunlun Pass, it can still break your good teeth.
Di Qing had already made preparations to attack the city overnight. In fact, the 30,000 Western troops he led were just the front troops, followed by 20,000 Southern troops, responsible for transporting siege equipment and food, grass and baggage.
Those ladders, carriages and other things were useless in front of Kunlun Pass. Di Qing had already shouted that he was lucky. Unexpectedly, they were still useless under Yongzhou City. This made him want to ask God, am I
Your godson?
In fact, there is no other reason, it’s just that the homesick person can’t afford to be hurt...
Follow-up troops continued to attack, and the city was filled with sounds of killing and flames shooting into the sky.
Di Qing took Chen Ke to the city gate tower and overlooked the battle situation in the entire city. At this time, the gates on all sides were occupied by the Song army. They did not surround the three towers. They could only surrender to avoid death. Those who resisted would not be killed!
Di Qing had firmly grasped the great victory determined by one battle and the extraordinary feat of overcoming Guangdong and Guangxi. But Chen Ke looked at him in the light of the fire and saw that he still had a cold face, and even felt a little more disappointed...
What are you disappointed about? Is it because the opponent does not live up to his name? Or do you think it ends too quickly? Or maybe you are used to the big showdowns in the northwest battlefield and are really not interested in such quick and small scenes?
When Chen Ke raised this question, Di Qing just shook his head with a smile and did not answer. Instead, he smiled and said: "This time, Sanlang also made a great contribution to suppressing the rebellion." He paused and said, "Not talking about this time, nor about the sand table.
. Just saying that since the army entered Guangxi, it has not been harmed by the miasma, you have made a great contribution."
In ancient times, Guangxi had an unpleasant nickname, "miasma town". It was said that the miasma in this place was very serious. When outsiders came, they were easily attacked by the miasma poison, which could range from vomiting and diarrhea to coma and even death.
When Di Qing entered Guangxi to suppress bandits this time, what he was most worried about was not the Nong army, but the miasma. Once his subordinates suffered from miasma on a large scale, how could they fight this battle?
Hearing that Chen Xiliang had been poisoned by miasma and could recover without treatment and being locked up in prison, Di Qing was very interested and asked him about his experience. Chen Xiliang told him that since he learned that he was an official in Hengyang, Sanlang had repeatedly written in his letter
He was told to take coix seed every day. He said that after taking it for a long time, he could relieve himself from miasma. He also told him to chew betel nut regularly... He was told that betel nut is also known as 'miasma-cleansing pill'. If you take these two together, you will not be harmed by miasma poison.
. Even if you are like Chen Xiliang and deal with corpses all day long, your body can handle it.
Di Qing was overjoyed when he heard this. The barley and betel nut were not expensive, and they were both local products from the south. With a command, he gathered enough barley and betel nut. He asked his subordinates to drink barley porridge twice a day and chew betel nut.
Eight pills. Coupled with the miasma-avoiding prescription prescribed by the imperial physician, the Western Army was hardly affected by miasma in the month since they entered Guangxi.
"Although this contribution is inconspicuous, it is the key to victory." Di Qing said with a smile: "I will definitely tell the officials that they will not let you..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly looked stern and looked at the city and said no.
As soon as he spoke... I saw Nong Zhigao's pseudo-imperial palace suddenly burst into flames, and the entire wooden structure was submerged in the sea of fire in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this scene, Di Qing sighed helplessly: "This is troublesome..."
Marshal Di, who had been calm since the beginning of the war, was so disappointed because the result he did not want to see happened - Nong Zhigao seemed to have died.
In Di Qing's view, the most fearful thing at the end of the eradication of the rebellion is that the culprit will not be seen alive or dead. You don't know when he will appear again. Even if you can't stir up trouble, you will be disgusted enough; even if he is really dead.
, there will always be people who use his name to cause trouble and make you miserable.
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At dawn, the results of the battle in the city came out. Overnight, the Song army killed more than 5,300 people... In addition to the more than 3,000 people killed yesterday, Nong Zhigao's direct lineage was basically wiped out.
He threatened 7,200 civilians and released them back to their hometown; and in the palace, a corpse wearing a golden dragon robe was discovered...
This made the extremely exhausted Song Army cheer again... According to convention, this body must be that of Nong Zhigao, and the rebel leader must be killed in order to bring the Battle of Pingnan to a successful conclusion. Then
Everyone goes home to celebrate the New Year, those who serve as officials get promoted, those who serve as soldiers get rich, and you, the commander-in-chief, have become a national hero. What is there to hesitate about?
But Di Qing didn't do this. He looked at the burnt corpse and said calmly: "I can't see the face. Just by wearing a dragon robe, I can't confirm that he is Nong Zhigao."
In fact, Di Qing is a careful person in Beijing, how can he not know that doing more is worse than doing less? He just doesn't want to deceive the officials at all - uncertainty is uncertainty, and I will never take credit!
Fortunately, after the victory, his own prestige has exceeded that brought by his official position. Even if he said that Nong Zhigao was still alive, no one would dare to say anything.
In the next few days, Di Qing arranged the aftermath of the war in a step-by-step manner. The Western Army was already excited, so it was time to do some work, rebuild the burned house, and eliminate the evil spirits through labor... Otherwise, he would take them home like this, along the way.
The states and counties will definitely suffer.
As for the job of chasing down the remaining bandits, someone will do it for him...