In order to quell the anger of the indigenous soldiers, Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen finally decided to convene a small temporary public trial after consultation.
However, in order to avoid any mistakes that would affect the war situation, Guo Junzhen's suggestion was to leave hundreds of soldiers to guard the prisoners while other troops continued to march to pursue the remaining troops of Zuo Zhen.
Gao Yigong specially selected some soldiers who were older and more stable among the indigenous soldiers and asked them to stay to take care of the prisoners and organize a public trial. He told these soldiers that the public trial should focus its criticism on the generals and generals.
As for officers, there is no need to carry out excessive killings for ordinary officers and soldiers.
In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, Gao Yigong specially kept the steady deputy general Lu Yingbiao and asked him to arrange the matter. Based on the angry revenge mood of the soldiers in the army now, I am afraid that after a public trial,
There will definitely not be a few people who die.
Guo Junzhen was very dissatisfied with Gao Yigong's "prudentness and prudence": "This generation of officers and soldiers has killed and raped, so can surrendering be enough? If Zuo Liangyu surrenders in the future, Ding Qirui also surrenders, Sun Chuanting
If they also surrender, what should we do with the invading army? Do they still have to keep their official positions and lead their own troops? If this is the case, I'm afraid that Commander Liu and the many old brothers in the invading army will die with their eyes open!
"
Gao Yigong smiled bitterly and replied: "After all, the impact of killing and surrendering is not good. There are 30,000 soldiers in Zuozhen and 200,000 family members. Do we have to kill all these hundreds of thousands of people?"
Guo Junzhen hummed in a low voice and said no more.
Lu Yingbiao was left behind to guard the prisoners, while Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen led the rest of the troops to continue northward to intercept the remaining troops of the Zuo Army. At this time, except for Ma Jinzhong and Jin Shenghuan who still led the 10,000 people to guard the siege camp, the rest of Zuo Town
Various military units and structures have collapsed one after another.
Zuo Menggeng was captured alive by the soldiers of the Chu army, Li Guoying was assassinated by Wu Xueli, and Wu Xueli asked Guo Junzhen to kill him with a musket. In addition, Lu Ding and other generals of the Zuo army were dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu's recent methods of controlling his subordinates.
, after Zuo Liangyu's army fled in panic, he decisively surrendered to the Chuang army.
By the time the soldiers and horses led by Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen arrived at the battlefield near Yingzi Mountain, Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army, which was restrained by Zhang Pizhu's military standard, had already collapsed from the original 6,000 men in retreat.
There were less than three thousand people.
The sudden appearance of Gao and Guo, a new force of nearly 10,000 people, dealt a fatal blow to the psychology of the remaining Zuo Army. Zuo Liangyu saw on the horse that there were flags of invading troops on all sides, and looked around again, looking at those who were either fleeing or fleeing.
The dead servant general felt despair.
He has been in the army for so many years and even managed to survive Zhuxian Town, but he is going to die today at the hands of a little thief like Li Laiheng!
"I have been in the army for decades and have killed more than a million thieves with my own hands. Today, I unexpectedly fell into the siege of petty thieves. As a general of the imperial court, what else can I say except to kill myself to be a benevolent person and to die to express my gratitude!"
Zuo Liangyu made an impassioned speech and put the sword on his neck. However, his action of killing himself was very slow. Seeing this, Dong Yuan suddenly flew over and took the sword from Zuo Liangyu's hand with lightning speed.
He grabbed it and urged:
"The general owns the world with his whole body. If he sacrifices his life generously, he will surely live up to the grace of the Holy Emperor and the imperial court. But he will also put the world and the people there. There are still thousands of soldiers in Xiangyang, and Governor Ding also
With a crowd of 20,000, Qin Governor Sun Chuanting is said to have arrived in Xi'an, training troops in Zhengzhi Valley, and is about to leave the country. At a time when there is still a lot to be done in the world, the general must endure the humiliation for a while and avenge it another day. A man must be able to stretch and bend, and return the favor.
General, please wake up!"
Dong Yuan's persuasion fell on Zuo Liangyu's heart. He sighed several times before saying:
"What you said makes sense. There is still room for improvement in the affairs of the world. I want to leave this broken body and contribute to the imperial court... But now that the banners of the Chuang army are standing everywhere, we see that the whole army is about to be annihilated. How can we go back?
Xiangyang? Sir, the plan will be settled."
Dong Yuan knew that with Zuo Liangyu's character, how could he possibly engage in a drama of generous sacrifice and sacrifice for the country? Life in this world depends entirely on acting skills. While taking off his armor, he explained to Zuo Liangyu:
"The general changed his clothes and pretended to be a defeated soldier. Now there are the shocked soldiers of Zuozhen everywhere. It is impossible for the invading army to catch them all. After we put on makeup and escape among the soldiers, we might still have a chance to survive."
After all, Dong Yuan was a master of escape who managed to escape after the Tong family was wanted by the court, and joined Zuoying to continue his career promotion and fortune. Now planning for Zuo Liangyu, the two quickly made up their minds, and under the cover of several servants
He changed his clothes and managed to escape among the scattered soldiers.
The troops used by the Chuang Army to encircle and annihilate Zuo Liangyu's Six Thousand Chinese Army were not many. They only had Zhang Pizhu's pro-military standard and Miao Lichen, Lin Chengcheng, Gao Yigong, Guo Junzhen, etc. who had just arrived on the battlefield.
There are only three to four thousand people in total.
Although the morale of the Zuo army had collapsed, several more troops from the Chuang army arrived on the battlefield one after another. However, after Zuo Liangyu and Dong Yuan made up, they still managed to get in among the broken troops and escape from the hell of Yingzi Mountain.
This final blow to Zuozhen was ultimately due to insufficient troops, and the encirclement network leaked from all sides, allowing many defeated troops to escape. By the time Li Laiheng and Gu Kecheng arrived, the battlefield had become a mess, and Li Laiheng simply grabbed Zhang
Pi Fu asked:
"Have you killed Zuo Liangyu? Have you captured Zuo Liangyu?"
His face turned red and his voice was loud. Zhang Pizhu could only lower his head in embarrassment and replied:
"Zuo Liangyu may have escaped...or he may have died on the battlefield, and his body has not been found yet!"
Li Laiheng angrily drew his sword and cut off a branch, and urged sternly: "With such a great opportunity, we must not let Zuo Liangyu run away. Zhang Pili, you immediately take your military sign to the west to search for Zuo Liangyu. If you want to run away, you will definitely run away."
Run to Xiangyang and intercept him, life or death!"
After Zhang Pizhen responded, he quickly mounted his horse and led his troops in rapid pursuit westward. Afterwards, Gao Yigong, Guo Junzhen, Miao Lichen, and Lin Chengcheng arrived at the battlefield one after another and took charge of cleaning the battlefield.
Everyone rummaged through the pile of corpses for a long time, but could not find any trace of Zuo Liangyu. It was basically certain that General Zuo had slipped through the net again.
Li Laiheng was furious, and Guo Junzhen directly informed Li Laiheng about the indigenous soldiers' request to kill the prisoners, as well as all the causes and consequences of this incident.
Li Laiheng was so angry that he almost decided immediately to kill all the prisoners by sinking them into the river without leaving any prisoners. However, Gao Yigong and Lin Chengcheng both came to persuade him, and Li Laiheng listened to Gao Yigong's specific disposal methods.
He gradually calmed down and agreed with Gao Yigong's emergency measures.
He nodded and said to Gao Yigong: "Brother Yigong did the right thing this time. How to deal with the prisoners is the power of life and death of the Chuang Army and cannot be given to ordinary soldiers at will. It is okay to punish blood feuds, but it must be done before the Chuang Army.
Organized public trials. Otherwise, everyone will use blood feud as an excuse to kill wantonly, which will eventually lead to hidden dangers and seriously damage the discipline and combat effectiveness of the army."
Li Laiheng criticized Guo Junzhen's inappropriate stance in this matter a few more times. However, Guo Junzhen always regarded himself as Li Laiheng's absolute direct descendant and did not care about these minor criticisms. Instead, he joked about it.
road:
"Yigong and I are one who is a good person and the other a bad person."
Li Laiheng frowned slightly, but did not delve further into the matter. Although most of the Zuo army was defeated, Ma Jinzhong and Jin Shenghuan's 10,000 men were still stationed at the foot of Suizhou City, including the most powerful force in the Huguang area.
Naval force.
The remainder of this left army still poses a great threat to the invading army.
"Without further delay, since Yigong and Xiongli have also arrived, when our two armies and horses are fully reunited, there should be nearly 20,000 people. There are also thousands of defenders in the city. If we cooperate inside and outside, we will break the horses. Jin Camp
.”
Li Laiheng immediately decided not to wait for the army to rest and regroup, but immediately took advantage of the power of victory to sweep the entire army southward and attack the siege camp with He Jin and Bai Wang.
The prudent Gao Yigong believed: "It is easy to break through the siege camp, but we must be careful not to let the Zuozhen Navy escape."
Miao Lichen nodded immediately. He was defeated in Zaoyang and knew the importance of Zuojun Navy: "Zuozhen Navy had many warships, and they also searched and killed a group of Zaoyang civilian ships. After the battle of Yingzi Mountain, the Chuang Army
, the land army can already dominate the three Chu, but the water network in Huguang area is dense, and we have always been in trouble without the navy."
Lin Chengcheng was the only one among the generals who had rich experience in water warfare. He suggested: "I can lead the Lin camp to cut off the water channel. As long as we capture several ferries to the west of Suizhou, the Zuo Army Navy can only
There is nothing we can do.”
"Okay... everyone must be careful of Zuojun burning the ships out of madness, and try to save as many warships as possible."
Li Laiheng looked in the direction of Xiangyang and sighed: "If Zhang Pili lets Zuo Liangyu go this time, things will become troublesome again."