After Wu Xueli assassinated Li Guoying, he took away the troops that gathered Li Guoying. He also wanted to imitate Zuo Liangyu and escape, but the direction Wu Xueli considered was not to escape westward back to Xiangyang. In his opinion, waiting until the army fled back
After Xiangyang, Zuo Liangyu, whose vitality was seriously damaged, was bound to take action on his defeated generals and seize their servants to restore the strength of Zuo Liangyu's headquarters.
Returning to Xiangyang now is simply asking for death. Wu Xueli is not the kind of loyal minister and filial son who sacrifices himself for others.
Wu Xueli’s plan is to escape to the southwest!
Escape to Chengtian Mansion.
Although the strategic locations covering Chengtian Prefecture, Jingshan and Jingling Counties, had been conquered by the Chuang Army before, judging from the situation during this period, the main force of the Chuang Army should have withdrawn from Chengtian Mansion to the Suizhou area.
Wu Xueli thought to himself that Chengtian Mansion must be in a vacuum at this time. After he led thousands of elite troops to seize Chengtian Mansion, he could not only rely on the savings of the local treasury to restore his strength, but he might also be able to separate one side and become the second Zuo Liang.
Jade.
The more he thought about it, the more beautiful it became. During his hasty escape, he showed a happy smile.
Unfortunately, happiness is always short-lived, but pain is long-lasting.
Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen, who had just crossed a huge mountain, bumped into Wu Xueli. Ye Bushou, who Guo Junzhen sent out to collect intelligence, had already learned about the Zuo Army from several refugees.
After hearing the news of the massive siege of Suizhou City, he was worried that he was late and almost missed the opportunity to fight with the Zuo Army.
Unexpectedly, Wu Xueli delivered it to his door.
Wu Xueli's unit is actually not weak in combat effectiveness, or should be said to be very strong. After all, it can fight out of the chaos and still maintain a stable formation. These more than a thousand elite soldiers can be regarded as Zuozhen's Ding Tuqili.
of elite tribesmen.
However, they suffered a new defeat and lost all courage. They fled in panic all the way. There was already a roar of wind and thunder, and every tree and tree was covered with soldiers. Not to mention the tens of thousands of people in the army of Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen, even if they just ran into a small force of the invading army, it was very likely that they would be defeated.
It collapsed immediately.
"Military merit brought to my doorstep!" Guo Junzhen was ecstatic, and immediately began to organize his troops, preparing to surround Wu Xueli and the remnants of the army and annihilate them. "It was also your unlucky fate. Unfortunately, I bumped into my head, so I had to borrow a military merit from you.
Wow!"
Wu Xueli was riding on his horse. Before he could draw his sword, his face was already pale and his hands were trembling. He saw groups of intruders pouring out from the valley in front of him. It was endless!
Without careful observation, Wu Xueli knew that the enemy was outnumbered and the disparity in strength was so great that it was impossible to fight. Moreover, although the left army servants had more cavalry, their horsepower was severely depleted. Guo Junzhen organized the infantry to outflank the speed at which
It was very fast. Wu Xueli knew that it would be difficult to break through the encirclement, so he simply jumped off the horse, covered his head and bowed.
"Master Chuang Wang! The leftist thieves are trying to kill the people. They are arrogant and arrogant. They burn human flesh for food every day in Xiangyang. They eat twenty kilograms of human flesh every day. They are so crazy and inhumane. I have been hiding my hatred for a long time, and today I finally found it.
The opportunity is to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and join the army of the king!"
Wu Xueli knelt very simply, but it was a pity that he met Guo Junzhen. If Gao Yigong was commanding the enemy in front at this time, with Gao Yigong's reasonable character, Wu Xueli's life might have been spared.
But who is Guo Junzhen? He is famous for his arrogance and arrogance in the camp. He failed to catch up with the big battle. Now there is an opportunity to gain military glory. Guo Junzhen didn't even listen.
When Wu Xueli expressed his surrender, he shot him to death with a self-generated fire blunderbuss in his hand.
Wu Xueli's body was still kneeling in front of the horse, but his head was broken like a rotten watermelon.
The remaining servants of the Zuo Army were neither surrendering nor fighting at this time. They were completely in chaos and did not know what to do. Until Gao Yigong led Feng Yangzhu and led two infantry soldiers to the mighty general.
The army rushed to the front line and shouted loudly to abandon their weapons and not to kill those who surrendered. Only then did the Zuozhen soldiers find what they should do and abandoned their weapons and surrendered one after another.
Only Guo Junzhen felt slightly disappointed: "Alas, I missed a great opportunity to train troops."
Gao Yigong felt helpless at Guo Junzhen's stubbornness: "Conquering the enemy's army without fighting is the best way in the art of war. How come you understand it today?"
Feng Yangzhu and Lu Yingbiao also nodded in agreement, and Guo Junzhen just shrugged and led his horse away.
After the surrendered Zuo army had all disarmed, Gao Yigong arranged for them to be sent back to Suizhou City in batches. Before the war, he had discussed with Li Laiheng that if Zuo Liangyu's main force could really be defeated in this battle of Suizhou,
How on earth will we deal with the surrendered soldiers in Zuozhen?
After all, everyone in the Zuo Army, not just the commanders Zuo Liangyu and Wu Xueli, whose hands were stained with blood, but even ordinary officers and soldiers, had all committed heinous crimes against the people of Henan and Huguang.
Li Laiheng did not give a clear plan on how to handle the matter in the end. He only said that at least a public trial would be held first and a result would be reached in accordance with public opinion.
The question that Gao Yigong is confused about is, needless to say, the public trial of Zuo Liangyu. But judging from the current situation, the surrendered officers and soldiers in Zuozhen will probably number in the thousands. Do these people really want to surrender one by one?
Take him to a public trial?
That's outrageous.
Guo Junzhen didn't care about this: "Send them back to Suizhou City in batches. Hey, once done, I see they will let the people eat them alive and tear them into pieces."
The servants in Zuozhen, Tuqi, all became prisoners of the invading army at this time. After taking off their clothes and armor, they were dejected. Apart from being stronger, their temperament was no different from ordinary refugees and refugees.
Among the team in Guojun Town, there was a sword player who was a villager in the Dabie Mountains. Although life in the Dabie Mountains was difficult, some terraced fields were cultivated in the mountains and valleys, and everyone formed a village to protect themselves and avoid the outside.
There is chaos among soldiers and bandits, but it can be considered peaceful.
However, Zuozhen had passed through the Dabie Mountains several times in the past to "suppress bandits". Every time he passed by, he would use the pretext of requisitioning grain, but in fact he used the method of "grain hunting" to burn, kill and loot everywhere.
Almost all of this sword player's family members died at the hands of Zuo Zhen, and it was definitely a blood feud. He suddenly found several familiar faces in the team captured by Jia Ding. Although those few people did not kill his family
The direct murderer, but he also plundered villages in the Dabie Mountains.
Not only the sword player, but also Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen's subordinates included many indigenous soldiers from De'an and Huangzhou Prefectures. Almost all of these Huguang natives suffered from Zuozhen's domineering burnings and looting.
If you really count carefully, most people can find a blood feud with the leftist officers and soldiers.
Under the leadership of the sword player, the local soldiers started making noises. The prestige of Lu Yingbiao and Feng Yangzhu was not high. At this time, they could not suppress the dissatisfaction of the army. The soldiers of the brigade directly surrounded the prisoners.
, swords and guns were drawn out, as if they wanted to kill all the prisoners on the spot.
Gao Yigong could understand the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, but firstly, he felt that the impact of killing and surrendering was not good, and secondly, he believed that Li Laiheng still needed to make a decision on how to deal with the prisoners, so naturally he strongly opposed the angry measures of the soldiers.
Guo Junzhen felt that if he could not comply with the morale of the army at this time, it would inevitably cause the native soldiers to feel alienated from the invading army and Li Laiheng.
Among the senior generals of the Chuang Army, there were few Huguang people, but most of the soldiers at the grassroots level were mainly Huguang people. Guo Junzhen's consideration was indeed a prudent view.