The Zuobiao part of the Chuang Army was originally adapted from the most elite cavalry team except Li Zicheng's personal guards. Liu Rukui, as the favorite general of Liu Fangliang, the chief instructor of the Chuang camp, was also the deputy Zuobiao guard, so his martial arts skills were naturally the best.
Each team.
After Liu Rukui climbed the ladder to the wall, he did not use long weapons. Instead, he tied his hand with a sign in his left arm and held a sharp blade in his right hand. Under attack from both inside and outside, the already panic-stricken defenders did not react, so Liu Rukui ordered Liu Rukui to kill several people.
Although he is best at spearmanship, his martial arts skills are no less impressive. His martial arts path is different from that of Liu Zongmin and Li Shuangxi, who are heroic and valiant. Instead, like Liu Fangliang, he has superb skills and delicate swordsmanship.
After Liu Rukui cut off the necks of the defenders in front of him with his sword, he bullied himself in, grabbed a group of spearmen, and quickly cut off their hands at the wrist with several swords.
He saw that after killing five or six people in a row with his saber, the blade had been damaged by the impact of the armor. He kicked up the Yan Fei Dao used by the army and held it in his hand.
"Swordsman, come to the city for reinforcements!"
Liu Rukui led more than 20 famous swordsmen down the wall first and rushed into the city to support the internal soldiers. These internal soldiers who raised troops because of Li Hao's reputation in Yuzhou all wore their armor inside out, which was very obvious in the night.
When they raised their troops, they were unable to cause a sudden incident because they were discovered by the army and set fire to the enemy. Except for one city tower that was burned down by internal forces, the Yuzhou garrison responded quickly. Not only did they increase their vigilance to the situation outside the city, but they also mobilized
A lot of troops came to surround and kill the internal agents who were causing trouble in the city.
Fortunately, in addition to the villagers from Yuzhou, there are also many elite soldiers from the invading army who have sneaked into the city under the guise of selling goods in the past few days. These soldiers from the invading army are no better than Yuzhou villagers who lack fighting experience, and they are all Liu Rukui
And the talented people specially selected by Guo Junzhen.
Although they were not as powerful as the Yuzhou defenders, they still relied on their rich combat experience and relied on private houses and streets to form formations in the chaos. After Liu Rukui led the reinforcements to fight, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Compared with Yuzhou's rural soldiers, the defenders were already panic-stricken, and when they were attacked again, they were immediately defeated.
Li Hao, who was still in a daze outside the city, realized when he saw that the gate of Yuzhou City was opened by elite soldiers of the invading army who forcibly climbed up the city with ladders, and quickly ordered the soldiers to follow and kill them in.
By this time, the battle situation had been completely locked by Liu Rukui. The city was full of soldiers who were shouting "Invade the city and break the city without killing or looting" and "Suppress the troops and calm the people, free of food and tax". The morale was already very high.
The depressed Yuzhou garrison completely collapsed.
Except for a handful of servants who tried to break out and escape and were shot dead by gunmen who remained outside the city, most of the other defenders threw down their weapons and surrendered on the spot.
Liu Rukui and Li Hao then led troops to occupy important places in the city and took control of the government offices and granaries before breathing a sigh of relief. Li Hao also wanted his men to take a break, but Liu Rukui felt that Liu Guo, who was stationed in Ye County and Wuyang, could not
, Li Wanqing's two officers and soldiers may suddenly come to Yuzhou for reinforcements at any time.
Therefore, Liu Rukui insisted that there was no need to rest and regroup, leaving only a small number of troops to guard Yuzhou City. The other troops, all led by Liu Rukui himself, rushed to the Baodian area to reinforce Guojun Town.
Liu Rukui's vigorous and resolute approach of running long distances regardless of fatigue is indeed very Liu Fangliang's style. In later history, after the Chuang army defeated Sun Chuanting in Jiaxian County, Liu Fangliang galloped to pursue the attack for more than 400 miles in one day.
, it has become one of the fastest single-day marches in ancient China.
Li Hao, who was not familiar with the past battle history of Chuangying, could only be dumbfounded and exclaimed: "It is inhumane to not sleep without rest!"
Regardless of whether the Chuang Army's "rogue" combat experience in the past ten years had a positive or negative impact, at least in terms of forced marches, the Chuang Army's maneuvering speed was indeed the most astonishing among all the forces in the late Ming Dynasty.
However, by the time Liu Rukui ignored the danger and rushed to the vicinity of Baodian, Guo Junzhen had already defeated the army of Li Wanqing, and he even still had the energy to build fortifications in this area and clean up the battlefield.
The extremely tired Zuo Biao Chuangjun hugged their former comrades in Baodian. Although he could not help Guo Junzhen, Liu Rukui was still overjoyed to see the two Chuangjun blossoming, and he
After helping Guo Junzhen search and kill the defeated troops, he returned to Yuzhou City.
As the sky gradually turned to dawn, this night's fierce battle also initially proved that the invading army after returning from Shangluo Mountain could basically defeat the official army in a frontal positional battle without much disadvantage in terms of strength.
The faint morning light swept into Yuzhou City, because Liu Rukui defeated the will of the defenders so quickly. Therefore, except for one city tower being burned down, Yuzhou suffered almost no damage. Li Hao can breathe a sigh of relief. He can
I don’t want my hometown to be destroyed by war.
Li Hao was sent to inform Li Laiheng that Liu Fangliang, Zhu You who had won a great victory in Yuzhou, had also returned. Following him, he arrived at Yuzhou City with hundreds of troops in the front and many generals in the left.
Li Laiheng rode on a strong war horse and walked into Yuzhou City side by side with his Master Liu. The city gate was lined with curious citizens. Many of them knew Li Hao, so they were not like ordinary people.
Like the city, he was full of horror at the invading army, but looked at Li Laiheng with interest.
It has to be said that the faces of Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang also played a big role. They were the few generals in the army who did not have the faces of gangsters. Li Laiheng was very young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.
Not to mention Liu Fangliang, even though his eyes were weathered, he still looked very fair, and his standard handsome face was almost flawless.
The two generals at the head of the Chuang Army left a deep impression on the people of Yuzhou with their extraordinary demeanor and appearance. The legend of "Master Li" originally had the greatest influence near Nanyang Prefecture, and now people are more and more convinced of those absurd and exaggerated "
The rumors about Mr. Li are probably true.
An old official who was forced to retire from office because he built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period pointed to Li Laiheng who was passing by the city gate and sighed sadly: "This must be the son of the great Sima Li Jingbai! The Holy Spirit is a traitor.
To confuse people, depose the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, and use Donglin exclusively. This generation will definitely come for the Qing emperor! Cough cough, cough cough..."
A nephew next to the old man saw that he was too excited, so he reluctantly handed the old man tea and complained: "Uncle, it was in the early years of Chongzhen that the Holy Emperor dedicated Donglin. You are too old.
I can’t even remember that when Wen Tiren was a minister in the third year of Chongzhen, the Donglin Party members were not popular and almost collapsed early.”
The young man saw that his old man looked old and dim, so he did not talk to him in detail about the past three years of Chongzhen's reign, when Wen Tiren used the divination case to defeat Qian Qianyi, the leader of the new generation of Donglin.
However, he remembered that after his former assistant Xue Guoguan had his house confiscated for suggesting that the emperor borrow money from nobles, the emperor turned to Wen Tiren's old ally Zhou Yanru. Folk legend said that Zhou Yanru recruited Donglin leader Qian Qianyi and Fushe leader Zhang
Pu's money enabled a large number of Donglin Party members.
"The intruder... Mr. Li who broke into the army is really the son of Li Jingbai, the eunuch's Minister of War?"
The young people were dubious, but most of the people in Yuzhou were willing to believe it. Therefore, people found a reason to convince themselves why the military discipline of the Chuang army was much better than that of other thieves and the official army, and they could also convince themselves to accept the food and fodder issued by the Chuang army.
and supplies.
"The people of Yuzhou really welcome us! It reminds me of the time when the invaders fought back to Mizhi."
"Oh, Master Liu, what year did you bring Mizhi back?"
Liu Fangliang was riding on his horse, recalling and saying: "That was what happened after we defeated Yu Chongxiao, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, in the ninth year of Chongzhen."
Liu Fangliang held the reins and said: "After we kill Yu Chongxiao, we will seal the siege of Mizhi County. There are many enemies in the city who have invaded the army master's family. Some have framed the old master, and some have been spared by his family."
You bastard, King of Hell. The troops in the city were very thin at that time, so it was really easy to attack the city. But, what do you think our old master did?"
"Didn't you attack the city?"
"right!"
"The master wants the magistrate to send his enemies out of the city?"
"No, no. You probably wouldn't have thought that the headmaster said, 'Don't bear small grudges when it comes to great things.' He also said, 'If you attack the city, people will die no matter what. I'm sorry for the elders of Sangzi.'"
Liu Fangliang recalled the past events at that time and said with great interest: "We stayed outside the city for three days without any harm in the autumn to provide relief for the hungry and cold. We also invited some virtuous people from four villages to come to the banquet."
When he left, he immediately rode outside the city and called the magistrate to come to the city to speak. He placed two thousand taels of silver at the foot of the city and asked the magistrate to take one thousand taels to repair the Confucian Temple, provide aid to the poor scholars to study, and the other one thousand taels to help the poor in the city. He
He also said, 'If you embezzle a tael of silver, I will definitely skin you when I come back next time!' After giving the instructions in public, he led his troops and left."
Li Laiheng put his hand on his forehead and said with a smile: "We also have such high-spirited green years!"
"Hahaha!" Liu Fangliang laughed for a long time at Li Laiheng's words. He was handsome and handsome. He was obviously the most skilled general in the army after Liu Zongmin's sacrifice, but his smile made Li Laiheng feel effeminate.
"Let's go into the city, open the granaries, put out grain, and help the people, and then let Waoqi get the sticks and torture the gentry!"
Li Laiheng added: "It is to torture the local tyrants and evil gentry. We don't need to make too many enemies now. If the official reputation is good and the local people plead for mercy, it is okay to let the officials and gentry who are unwilling to torture or kill them be spared."
Liu Fangliang chuckled: "I thought your skills have become much more violent recently, how can you still be so kind to a woman?"
Li Laiheng smiled and replied: "If the gentry betrays me and the time is right, I will sweep them away and let them know my thunderous methods. But if it is not necessary, I do not want to make too many enemies, Master Liu. Who is ours?"
Who are our enemies and who are our friends? This is something we must know in the future! If we let the well-off gentry, the fallen literati, and the low-quality and honest officials become our friends, there will be more benefits than being enemies."