After the pressure in front of the spear team suddenly decreased, it also pushed forward like a wall, and together with the gun team that blocked the movement space from the rear, they squeezed the officers and soldiers to pieces. It was like two walls, slowly approaching, and the people in the middle
It is destined to be crushed to pieces.
But the performance of this group of officers and soldiers surprised Li Laiheng. In such a desperate situation, they were still resisting. Dozens of officers and soldiers with long pole weapons gathered back to back and resisted stubbornly, which added to Hao Yaoqi's strength.
They caused a lot of trouble. But after all, the overall situation was over, and the bravery of a few officers and soldiers was not conducive to the situation. After barely resisting for a while, they were finally completely killed by Hao Yaoqi.
Li Laiheng finally relaxed completely. He pushed himself up, stood up with all his strength, and ordered Hao Yaoqi to clean the battlefield, while he went to comfort the injured soldiers. Li Laiheng may not be able to compare with Li Zicheng in terms of hard work, but he cherishes the soldiers' business performance.
But it's much smarter.
The performance of the Little Tiger Team was quite good. The horses were sweating and the men were bleeding. Even Zhang Piqiu, who was like a half-year-old child, suffered four or five wounds. When he saw Li Laiheng coming to comfort the soldiers, he was even more excited and hurriedly
He ran to Li Laiheng to brag about his achievements in this battle.
"Okay, okay, very good, you all did a good job."
Li Laiheng smiled, touched Zhang Pikyu's head, and looked far to the north. In the drifting snow, he could already see a group of clear figures.
"Is it an official army? Or a rebel army?"
The soldiers of the Little Tiger Team hesitated for a moment, and everyone tightened their weapons. After experiencing a killing, everyone was a little exhausted. If they had to fight again at this time, I'm afraid the situation would be very unhappy. Fortunately,
Li Laiheng was lucky. The group of troops that rushed out of the snow and wind were not official soldiers, but the "Nine Dragons" Gu Kecheng and "Tiger Flame Spot" Xin Sizhong, whom he was already very familiar with.
"Little Tiger!"
Because of the heavy snow and foggy weather, visibility dropped sharply. Before the two friendly forces could identify each other clearly, they were on tenterhooks and even prepared for battle. When Liu Zongmin discovered that this was the Little Tiger Team, he couldn't help but gasp.
After taking a breath, Wang Guangen, the "Huaguansuo" standing with him, also wiped his sweat and felt relieved.
Li Laiheng sheathed his sword and stepped forward. He pointed at a group of captive officers and soldiers controlled by the Little Tiger Team and asked: "We intercepted a group of officers and soldiers on the road. They broke out from the Laoying Mountain Stronghold in Damuping."
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Wang Guangen looked hesitant, while Liu Zongmin explained: "The government troops stationed nearly a thousand soldiers and horses in the Damuping mountain stronghold, which was beyond our expectation. Although we led the team straight into the mountain stronghold from the small road, we still spent a lot of time.
After a lot of effort, the officers and soldiers were defeated."
Both generals Gu Kecheng and Xin Sizhong were injured in many places, especially Gu Kecheng. His right shoulder was slashed once and the wound was very deep. But Gu Kecheng didn't take it seriously and only tied the wound with a piece of fine cloth.
He said to Li Laiheng: "There are many soldiers in the army. They tried their best to break through. Fortunately, you, little tiger, intercepted them!"
Gan Bing...
Only then did Li Laiheng understand why after Liu Zongmin and Wang Guangen broke through the Damuping mountain stronghold, the official army could still maintain their organizational structure and break out. Ganbing was a powerful force in the Ming army. It was a Miao army recruited from chieftains in western Hunan, also known as Miao soldiers.
The Zhenhuang Army or the Zhengan Soldiers. Most of the Gan soldiers come from the same tribe. They have strong cohesion and are still wild. Their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
Wang Guangen, who was as smooth as a loach, suffered a lot of losses in this battle. Gan Bing rushed out from the defense line where Guanying was responsible for blocking, and even his third brother Wang Chang was injured. He looked very unhappy and said: "Gan Bing
They are elite soldiers that can only be mobilized by the Imperial Supervisor and the Governor of Huguang. Even a large wooden village is so difficult to defeat... I'm afraid Yilingzhou City will be even more troublesome!"
Guanying had already lost hundreds of soldiers when attacking Damuping, and Wang Guangen had long thought about retreating. According to his estimation, the city defenses of Yilingzhou City and Nanjinkou were much better than Damuping Village, and the garrison strength was
I'm afraid there will be many more elite soldiers stationed. Wang Guangen will never be willing to go head-on and waste his own capital for Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng!
"This..." Li Laiheng hesitated for a while, but decided to tell Liu Zongmin and Wang Guangen the even worse news, "Uncle Jixuan, Wang Zhangpan, Bai Wang and I captured a group of officers and soldiers in Miaoping. According to their wishes
Look, Min Yiqi and Yin Xianmin, two troops of about 2,000 Yuan soldiers, are on the south bank of the river and will arrive at Yilingzhou City in one day at the latest."
Liu Zongmin and Wang Guangen were shocked when they heard this. They looked at each other with panic expressions. They were both ruthless people who had seen strong winds and waves. Naturally, they knew what the news that two thousand Yuan soldiers were about to arrive at Yiling Prefecture City meant.
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The total strength of Chuangying and Guanying is only 1,500, and it is still damaged due to the failure to attack the Damuping mountain stronghold. Even ignoring the current strength of the troops stationed in Yilingzhou City and Nanjinkou, it is only 2,000 Yuan soldiers plus
The city defense of the state city and the rebel army of 1,500 people have no possibility of breaking the city!
"Are you serious?" Wang Guangen couldn't believe it. He wondered if he was the god of plague who broke into the camp. After joining them, nothing good happened. "Two thousand Yuan soldiers were stationed in the city! If this is really the case, I will
It seems that the situation is over, brother Jiexuan, if this is really the case, I think we should break up on the spot and find a way out before the army comes to suppress us!"
Liu Zongmin held Wang Guangen down and asked him to calm down, "Brother Shouyu, don't panic yet... Laiheng, how many garrison troops are there in Yilingzhou City now? Have you figured it out?"
Li Laiheng hesitated for a while and said: "Lao Bai and I didn't dare to approach the city rashly, so as not to disturb the enemy. But according to what the prisoner said, there should not be more than a thousand people."
Liu Zongmin put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth in the snow three or four times. Wang Guangen watched him walking back and forth, feeling even more anxious. He threw his saber to the ground and asked directly: "Brother,
Do you still want to attack Yiling?"
"Thousands of people, thousands of people... It's not that we don't have a chance!" Liu Zongmin swore to the sky, "Brother, if we don't defeat Yiling, Commander Cao and the others will be in danger! The garrison of less than a thousand people is scattered at Nanjinkou and
If we concentrate our troops and horses on the two strongholds in Yiling Prefecture City, it is entirely possible to capture Yiling before Yuan's troops cross the river!"
"You are kidding!" Wang Guangen objected, "You have also heard that the Yuan soldiers will arrive at Yiling in one day at the latest. Even if Yiling does not even have 500 troops, how can they conquer the city in one day!"
"Let's go, we must leave now to have a chance to escape the encirclement and suppression by the army!"
Wang Guangen was never willing to take advantage of Luo Rucai's fire. In his eyes, nothing was more important than his own capital. Now that the army's success was obvious, he would no longer throw money into a losing battle.
Liu Zongmin could not persuade Wang Guangen, but Li Laiheng knew what Wang Guangen valued, so he persuaded him: "Wang Zhangpan, where can we go now? To the west is the battlefield where Cao Cao and the official army of 6,000 Chu soldiers are fighting. Wait for us
In the past, the new officers and soldiers who went to reinforce Yangjiao Mountain may have relieved the siege. By then, Commander Cao has fled into the mountains. Are you going to the west to deal with six thousand officers and soldiers alone, or even seven thousand or eight thousand officers and soldiers after adding reinforcements?"
Li Laiheng pointed to the north and said: "North! To the north is Nanzhang County. The generals Zhu Hualong and Tan Wen are guarding there with two thousand soldiers. Can you rush over? As for the east, Jingzhou is to the east.
And Xiangyang, Yang Sichang and Fang Kong's army of governors are there, are you going to surrender to Guanying?"
"Among all directions, only the south has a glimmer of hope. There are only less than a thousand defenders in Yiling Prefecture City and Nanjinkou. We only need to capture the prefecture city before the Yuan soldiers arrive, and then rely on the city defense to fight against the two sides.
Qian Yuan's troops are in no danger in the short term! And if Yiling is lost, the officers and soldiers on the Yangjiao Mountain front line will immediately collapse, and Commander Cao and my commander can lead the troops south for reinforcements!"
Wang Guangen was not a short-sighted person, but he was worried about the cost of his troops, so he could not see it as clearly as Li Laiheng. After hearing Li Laiheng's analysis, Wang Guangen felt that if he fled to the west, north, or east, it would be possible to close the camp.
It would be better to fight in Yiling if we suffer greater losses!
"Wealth is found in danger, brother Shouyu, let's give it a try!"
Liu Zongmin persuaded again, and Wang Guangen closed his eyes and carefully thought about the interests of victory and defeat. After he quickly ran through the different possibilities in his mind, he remembered the evaluation of Li Laiheng by his general Li Shiying, "It is difficult to analyze the battle situation and penetrate deeply.
"And", it is indeed true! This "breast tiger", which is unknown to the Green Forest Jianghu, needs to be paid more attention to in the future.
"good."
Wang Guangen picked up the saber and said to Liu Zongmin: "Brother Jixuan, you are the elder. You saved my life in northern Shaanxi. This time I will bear the lives of a thousand people in Guanying on your shoulders, brother."
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"Hahaha, good, we two brothers can team up to fight together again." Liu Zongmin was relieved and laughed heartily, "Then let Yigong stay at Damuping Village... Laiheng, you lead the way, all our soldiers and horses
Let’s gather at Miao Ping first. Then we’ll rush straight to Yiling City without stopping!”
Go straight to Yiling!
Within one day, capture Yiling City before the Yuan soldiers arrive!