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Chapter 253 Retreat

After a bloody storm, there was quite a commotion among the thieves' men.

They all came to Changsha with their cronies, but now that they are dead, their subordinates are not of the same mind as Liu Jinpeng, and trouble breaks out immediately.

There were shouts of death everywhere in Changsha.

Some set fires, some killed, and some robbed.

The thieves and cronies seemed to have a premonition of their own end, and began to completely unleash their evil side.

"I will take people to the south of the city, and Ahe will go to the north of the city. Manqing, you stay in the middle and sit in the middle. Anyone who dares to break into the camp will be killed without mercy!" Liu Jinpeng, wearing armor and holding a steel knife, said to his sister.

Liu Manqing nodded with a serious expression: "Second brother, just go, I'm here!"

Liu Jinpeng and Liu He acted separately, each bringing a thousand elite soldiers to clear the area.

In fact, Liu Jinpeng had ambushed his troops at the city gate before, but now the killing only happened inside the city, and these traitors could no longer escape Changsha City.

"Put down your weapons! Surrender and avoid death!"

Liu Jinpeng continued to compress the living space of this rebel soldier.

At the same time, he loudly said words of persuasion to surrender.

Even if these traitors surrender, they cannot be used again. After all, they are not Yixin.

But they are good laborers, and it is a good choice to break them up and put them below for farming.

"You bastard Liu Jinpeng! You killed the donkey and killed my leader! I will fight with you!"

After all, the rebel soldiers had some sense of loyalty, and no one surrendered at the beginning.

They stayed in the private stronghold and ignored Liu Jinpeng's persuasion to surrender.

"General, what should we do?"

Liu He and Liu Jinpeng had already reunited, and most of the rioting bandits had been driven into an area.

"Scream one last time! If they don't come out and surrender, set fire to me!" Liu Jinpeng said fiercely.

After shouting again, the thieves still had no portraits, and they clamored for Liu Jinpeng to be buried with the thieves.

"Stubborn! Set fire!" Liu Jinpeng couldn't bear it.

The generals immediately began to surround and set fire to the place.

The weather was dry and the fire was very fierce, and it burned quickly.

"You son of a bitch Liu Jinpeng! I will fight with you!" The thieves rushed out with weapons in hand.

Of course Liu Jinpeng would not be polite and commanded the new army to fire arrows.

Just shoot and kill as many as you rush out.

The battle to catch the turtle in the urn raged all afternoon, and as dusk approached, there was no more movement in the fire scene.

Either they were burned to death or shot to death.

Half of them surrendered. They knelt at the door of the fire place without saying a word. Although their faces were a little unconvinced, their bodies were very honest.

"Tie them all up and lock them up for a few days!" Liu Jinpeng frowned as he looked at the hundreds of elephant soldiers.

"Liu Jinpeng! You must die a good death! Betray your brothers! Kill your own people!" There are indeed one or two toughest among the surrendered soldiers.

"Pfft!" Liu Jinpeng slashed down and killed the man himself.

After this, there was no more shouting or cursing among the surrendering troops.

After another night of clearing, the remaining rebels in the city were finally cleared.

The city gates were opened as usual early the next morning, but not many people came out of the city.

The people in the city were frightened by yesterday's war and hid in their homes and did not dare to go out.

Nowadays, those who dare to go out are brave.

Of course, this also includes the spies sent by Song Mao, Wang Ran and others.

The spies were also locked up in the city yesterday. Although they couldn't get out, they also found out what happened in the city.

As soon as the city gates opened in the morning, the spies immediately left the city and rushed back to report the news.

Liu Jinpeng used strong means to eliminate unstable factors among his men.

Although more than a thousand elite troops were lost.

But almost all the remaining troops were directly under Liu Jinpeng.

The troops left behind by the traitors at the headquarters did not face many obstacles in receiving them.

The leader is dead, and the ones they brought with them are all the core thieves.

These people will die, and not many of the remaining people will stand up and oppose Liu Jinpeng.

The brother and sister Liu Jinpeng and Liu He acted separately and headed to the military camp of the bandit leaders.

The compilation work lasted three full days.

Finally, all the troops under his command were appeased.

Liu Jinpeng also took this opportunity to sort out the total number of soldiers and horses under his command, which was 36,000.

The mess Miao Ji left behind was finally cleaned up.

These people have far surpassed the defenders of Shaozhou and Hengzhou. If they focus their attack on one place, it will be difficult for Shao and Hengzhou to defend.

On the third day of the Changsha Rebellion, Song Mao learned the news of the spies' report.

"You must notify Jiangzhou immediately!"

Song Mao made a decisive decision and immediately sent the spies on a fast horse to Jiangzhou.

At the same time, he began to mobilize his troops and made contact with the garrisons in Shaoheng and Hengzhou.

Song Mao wanted to take advantage of the chaos among the rebels and try to seize one or two passes.

But the troops had just been prepared, and news came from Tanzhou that the Liu brothers and sisters had already assembled the troops!

"It's only been three days! Are you moving so fast?" Song Mao frowned and muttered to himself.

Liu Jinpeng is the nominal supreme leader of the bandits.

After taking care of the disobedient thieves, as long as Liu Jinpeng stands up, the remaining people will certainly not object.

Without the opportunity to fight, Song Mao could only stop temporarily and wait for instructions from Jiangzhou.

The troops and horses on the Tanzhou border were mobilized, but Song Mao was unknown on the other side.

There are also Yuezhou and Ezhou in the north.

Xue Jing and Lin Yong have concentrated all the main forces of the four major camps in Yuezhou to the border of Tanzhou.

Wang Ran was also ready for battle, and thousands of soldiers and horses were gathered in Tongcheng, Puqi and other places.

These troop mobilizations also aroused Liu Jinpeng's attention.

"Second brother, it should have been that day when we eliminated the rebellion and mobilized many people that they became nervous." Liu Manqing said to Liu Jinpeng after listening to reports from all parties.

"Yeah. That's probably true. But during this period, there are many scouts moving around in Shaohengzhou in the south and Yuezhou and Ezhou in the north. It seems that they will use troops against us sooner or later." Liu Jinpeng frowned and stared. He said while looking at the map on the table.

"Then what should we do?" Liu Manqing is inferior to Liu Jinpeng in terms of strategy. She can fight, but she doesn't know how to grasp the strategic direction.

"Now there are two ways to go. The first is to defend, and the second is to attack."

"If we insist on holding on, our 30,000 troops will go to Tanzhou to divide the area. The few people who can stay in the three castles are not many. If they invade in a large scale, I am afraid they will be divided and surrounded."

"But if we attack... then go south to Shaoheng and Hengzhou. Their strength should not be as strong as the Jiangzhou soldiers in Yuezhou and Ezhou."

After the Battle of Tonggu, Liu Jinpeng's understanding of Jiangzhou soldiers improved a lot.

Therefore, without absolute certainty, he did not want to take the initiative to provoke Jiangzhou soldiers.

"What if the battle fails..." Liu Manqing said worriedly.

"Our strength is no worse than that of the official army, so we will not necessarily be defeated. Moreover, if we really lose the battle, we will not have no way out!" Liu Jinpeng's eyes drifted to the west side of the map.

"Qianzhong Road?" Liu Manqing frowned.

The forces in Qianzhong Road are very chaotic, and almost all the chieftains there are in charge.

Even when there are no natural disasters, Daqian's direct management of Qianzhong Road is limited to a few large cities.

Slightly more marginal areas rely on regulatory policies.

Liu Manqing didn't want to go to Qianzhong Road.

"Sister, the prefect of Chenzhou in Central Guizhou Province has formed an alliance with me. If the war is unfavorable, we will retreat to Chenzhou first." Liu Jinpeng said in a low voice.

"An alliance? When did it happen? How could it be an alliance with the government and the army?" Liu Manqing said in disbelief.

"Shhh! It needs to be kept secret at this time. If the news is leaked, this escape route will be difficult." Liu Jinpeng raised his index finger and whispered.

"The prefect of Chenzhou actually..."

It turns out that the prefect of Chenzhou is also a self-reliant person.

The previous year, Chenzhou was in complete chaos.

After the death of the prefect and the garrison, several chieftains claimed their control over Chenzhou.

Then a war broke out between the chieftains.

The winner in the end was Jiu'an, the current prefect of Luxi, the chieftain.

Before the natural disaster, Jiu'an did not obey the control of Daqian very much and even rebelled twice.

Although they all ended in failure, this person never gave up his idea of ​​separatism.

After the natural disaster, the Luxi people living outside the city suffered very little loss, and they immediately thought of leaving Daqian.

Jiu'an led the tribe into Yuanling and killed all the officials in Daqian.

Then Xuancheng proclaimed himself the prefect of Chenzhou, and at the same time called himself King of Luxi.

Some time ago, Liu Jinpeng was planning for a future, originally he wanted to run Tanzhou.

But he had also heard about the Jiangnan Alliance, and knowing that it would be difficult to compete with the alliance, Liu Jinpeng thought of the Qianzhong Road in the west.

After sending people to Qianzhong Road to inquire, Chenzhou has become the treasure of Chieftain Jiu'an.

This was how Liu Jinpeng came into contact with Jiu An.

Jiu An had just defeated an old enemy chieftain, and his own losses were considerable. It was a time when his troops were empty.

Even if he were asked to guard Yuanling, Chenxi, Shupu and other county towns, he would not have the power.

But I don't want to give up these places to my old enemy.

The chieftain who was against him was also a big tribe, and the two tribes had been fighting for thousands of years without a winner.

This time Jiu'an captured Chenzhou just to gain a first-mover advantage.

So as soon as Liu Jinpeng's people arrived, Jiu An started to think about it.

If Liu Jinpeng can help him hold down one or two cities, then he can deal with the hostile chieftain with all his strength.

For Jiu An, outsiders like Liu Jinpeng would not be able to gain a foothold on the Middle Guizhou Road without his support.

This place is full of mountain people, and it is difficult for the Han people to communicate with them.

So Jiu An is not afraid that Liu Jinpeng will give him a dove to occupy the magpie's nest.

As a result, the two hit it off and secretly formed an alliance.

Of course, this matter is also kept secret by Jiu An.

He wanted Liu Jinpeng to make a surprise attack and help him deal with his rival chieftain.

Liu Jinpeng did not want his retreat to be leaked to the Jiangnan Renaissance Alliance.

So I didn’t tell Liu Manqing about this until now.

"Manqing. Going to the Central Guizhou Road is also the last retreat. If we hold Tanzhou or capture Shaoheng Prefecture, we will naturally not have to retreat to the Central Guizhou Road."

"Second brother, shall we still divide the land?" Liu Manqing thought about the land again.

Now that we have plans to retreat, it becomes a question whether we should continue to operate in other states.

"Divide! Divide the land we took back this time! This can restore some of the people's support." Liu Jinpeng said with certainty.

"Okay! I'll do it right away!" Liu Manqing nodded.


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