After the victory of the rebel army in Xiangyouping, except for the soldiers and horses from the camp under Wang Guangen's command, they fled north to Yuan'an County and lost their traces. The other camp heads were cleaning up the battlefield in several counties near Xingshan, Zigui, and Yiling.
The remnants of the enemy were eliminated and very great results were achieved. The leader of the Chu army, Yang Shien, was killed in Xiangyouping, and the deputy commander Luo Anbang was chased by the troops of Prime Minister Hun Tianxing Hui Deng in Xingshan County, fell into the water and drowned. The remaining officers and troops
Except for Min Yiqi, Yin Xianmin, and Tan Yiju who died in Yiling, all the generals were captured and killed by the rebels near Zigui.
Luo Rucai then led the main force of the coalition forces. Taking advantage of the remaining power of the Xiangyouping victory, he successively conquered Yidu, Zhijiang, Changyang and other counties and counties, and the troops reached Jingmen Pass. Huguang Province was greatly shaken, and Yang Sichang ordered to station at the festival in addition to
In addition to putting the entire city of Xiangyang under martial law, they also hurriedly mobilized officers and soldiers from Pianyuan, northern Sichuan, Xing'an and other places to assist in the defense of Jingzhou Prefecture, so as to prevent the doorway to the west of Huguang from being opened, allowing the rebels to march straight in and attack Xiangyang City.
In addition to the nearly 1,000 prisoners captured by Li Laiheng in Yiling, the coalition forces captured about 2,000 more prisoners of war in the Xiangyouping area. A small number of these prisoners were captured by Hun Tianxing, Shi Wan, Xiao Qin Wang and other troops.
In addition to being massacred, most of them were incorporated into the rebel army at the request of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.
Luo Rucai also paid special attention to the formation of firearms troops. He repeatedly emphasized that gunmen and artillerymen should not be killed indiscriminately. For this reason, he had a fierce dispute with Huitengxiang Huitianxing, who massacred prisoners. When he led the main force of Cao Ying,
After arriving at Yiling, they were naturally jealous of the new batch of cannons Li Laiheng had captured.
In fact, Li Laiheng also knew that although the cannon was captured by him, the Little Tigers were only a small unit under the Chuangying camp. Even the entire Chuangying camp did not have the strength to compete with Luo Rucai for the time being. To a large extent, they still needed to be protected.
Developed in Cao Ying. So when Li Laiheng was waiting for the main force of the coalition forces in Yiling, he had already made plans to hand over all the cannons to Luo Rucai or Hui Deng.
But what Luo Rucai did was beyond Li Laiheng's expectation. This was the first time Li Laiheng saw the leader of the rebel army, who was more famous than Li Zicheng at this time. The scene of his trip was indeed huge, with a team of more than ten people on each side.
People's armored cavalry teams lined the roads, and when they entered the city, there were special civilians in front of them to sprinkle water on the roads, and behind them there were a group of musicians to act as drummers.
These musicians were all recruited by Luo Rucai from the homes of wealthy officials and gentry, and they were far from comparable to country agitators like Liu Tichun.
Luo Rucai's temperament was very different from Li Zicheng's. Li Zicheng was easy-going but revealed a bit of uprightness and seriousness, while Luo Rucai was free and uninhibited. As soon as he arrived in Yiling City, he asked Luo Danen and Luo Yanqing to tell him that he would personally commend Li Laiheng.
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Cao Cao acted very appropriately. He first asked Luo Dayen to talk to Li Zicheng about the matter, and after obtaining Li Zicheng's consent, he announced the matter at the governor's meeting in the Yamen of Zhoucheng.
On the one hand, this was to show Luo Rucai's authority as the leader of the rebel army at the meeting, and on the other hand, it would not make Li Zicheng feel too resentful or make him feel that Cao Ying was interfering in the internal affairs of Chuang Ying.
Because the army was still scattered around to clean up the battlefield, there were not many rebels in Yilingzhou City. Although more than ten days had passed, the city was still in a dilapidated and depressed state. Luo Rucai arrived first with several important generals and dozens of armored cavalry.
Everyone was waiting in the yamen, and Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu and others who later broke into the camp also arrived one after another, with Prime Minister Hui Deng arriving last.
Luo Rucai asked Luo Dain and Luo Yanqing to wait at the yamen gate to greet them, while he himself and many dignitaries from Cao's camp, including military advisor Ji, stood waiting outside the yamen gate.
Cao Ying's soldiers also built a cloth tent among several tall cypress trees in the Yamen compound to block the sun.
Yiling City was originally captured by Chuang Ying, but after Cao Ying's arrangement, Luo Rucai became a host-like character. This made Cao Ying's status in the coalition even more faintly higher than the others.
Luo Rucai chatted with Li Zicheng and Hui Deng for a while. Luo Daien came to report that the banquet had been set and invited everyone to come to the courtyard for the banquet. When the guests and hosts were all present, Luo Rucai smiled and nodded when he saw the general he knew.
Greeting with hands.
He first patted Li Laiheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Good young man, he looks like a half-baby, but he is so extraordinary! A tiger really has a kind son. I heard that you were in Yiling City, using five
A hundred men defeated Yang Sichang's 3,000 men. It is true that a hero emerges from a young age. Only then can he live up to the cultivation of Zicheng!"
These half-written words were all discussed by Ji and Luo Rucai in advance. At this time, he said it according to the script. Although he did not have his usual free and uninhibited temperament, it was still very suitable for such an occasion of a coalition meeting.
When Li Laiheng heard Luo Rucai's compliment, he pretended to be a little shy and replied: "I don't dare take it seriously. Thank you Commander Cao for the compliment."
Li Zicheng also smiled at Luo Rucai and said: "He is now in charge of the Little Tigers. When he was in Shanyang County, Shangzhou last year, he conquered the county seat in half a day. He has read a lot and is a rare talent."
Cao Cao glanced at Li Laiheng again and inspected him from head to toe before sitting back on the chair and praising him: "When I saw Li Laiheng, I thought of Zhang Dingguo's kid. The adopted son of the Eighth Kings is also very promising.
He is very calm and full of courage. When the Eight Kings and I raised the army again, Zhang Dingguo was the vanguard. However, Dingguo still lacks the ability to stand alone, so he is not as good as Laiheng in this regard."
"I heard a lot about you raising troops in Gucheng and Fangxian when I was still in Yunyang Mountain." Li Zicheng also sat down with Hui Deng, and he replied, "Although it is rare for a young man like Dingguo to be very calm.
Alert, brave and invincible. But being able to defeat Xiong Wencan ultimately depends on you being Cao Cao and being resourceful."
Here Li Laiheng was still slandering in his heart, Li Zicheng praised Luo Rucai and actually called him a "living Cao Cao"; over there, Prime Minister Hui Deng followed suit and said: "Zicheng is right, Xiying and Cao Ying can defeat Xiong Wencan, most likely
I still relied on your clever tricks as a 'living Cao Cao'."
Luo Rucai laughed loudly and said no repeatedly, "How can I be considered resourceful in front of you in charge? Only being like a little tiger can be called resourceful."
"Don't dare, don't dare, I'm just lucky." Li Laiheng secretly thought to himself, you big thieves are still imitating the officials to give me a push here, why don't you get to the point earlier and talk about how to reward me?
Other commanders from Cao Cao's Eighth Battalion below also interrupted at this time. Some said, "Shuai Luo is famous for his resourcefulness." Some said, "Everyone calls you Cao Cao because they admire your ability to use troops like a god."
Luo Rucai waved his hands again and again, and said with a modest look: "You say it's Cao Cao, but you're just a fool."
Everyone laughed together and praised Luo Rucai: "Cao Shuai is too modest, too modest."
Cao Cao then looked at everyone and smiled slightly, and finally stared at Li Laiheng and said: "To be honest, neither the Eight Kings nor I are fools when it comes to using troops, and we can also come up with some clever tricks. But compared to what the little tiger did this time in Yiling
Using troops is just some cleverness."
He waved his hand and asked Luo Dain to fetch a red lacquered wooden box wrapped in red satin, and brought it to Li Laiheng with both hands. Li Laiheng bowed to Luo Rucai and Luo Dain first, and then took the wooden box.
Cao Ying's military advisor Ji, who was standing behind Luo Rucai, suddenly took a step forward and shouted loudly to the commanders of each battalion: "Generals, leaders! Today's banquet is to congratulate the coalition forces on their great victory at Xiangyouping. From now on,
From now on, everyone must continue to unite and work hard to achieve great achievements; the second is to reward Li Laiheng who stood firm in Yiling. He used 500 soldiers to attack the retreat of the official army and annihilated 3000 enemies. It was a great victory.
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Ji then looked towards the left and right corridors and ordered: "Play music!"
The musicians in Cao Ying immediately started playing music, making the atmosphere in the courtyard not like a meeting of various big bandit leaders, but more like a formality.
Luo Rucai smiled softly at Li Laiheng and said: "Little tiger, inside the box is a silver seal I seized from Fang County. I specially found a silversmith in Xingshan County and carved a tiger head shape on it. I wonder if you like it.
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Li Laiheng lowered his head, wondering what Luo Rucai was doing. He glanced at Li Zicheng first, and when he saw Li Zicheng nodded slightly, he replied: "Shuai Cao specially commended him, so I am naturally very happy."
"The tiger head silver seal is only the next best thing." Luo Rucai smiled and looked very kind, "Little tiger, you won the battle in Yiling and played a great help in annihilating the main force of the government army in Xiangyouping.
Since I want to reward you, I don’t just come here for free. This time in Xiangyouping, we annihilated six thousand Chu soldiers and captured a large number of firearms. I have asked you, Uncle Luo, to carefully select a hundred fire guns and give them to you.