Ma Zhongxi and Zhang Wei were escorted back to Beijing, charged with failing to suppress bandits and recruiting without permission.
It's okay to suppress thieves. Isn't it also disadvantageous for Lu Wan, the Minister of War, to suppress thieves? What's really dangerous is recruiting people without permission. Without saying hello to the court, what do you want to do by going to recruit people yourself?
While Wang Yuan was still on his way to Cangzhou, Lu Wan finally took action because reinforcements from deputy commander-in-chief Xu Tai and guerrilla general Que Yong arrived.
Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers chased down a group of thieves, killed hundreds of them, and immediately claimed credit for their victory.
Tianjin commander He Yong was ordered to intercept, but he did not dare to really block the tens of thousands of bandits. He only took the opportunity to attack one of them and captured and killed more than 270 people. It was also a victory.
At this time, the border troops, who had arrived late, suddenly accelerated their march, hoping to block the rebel rebels' escape route. This shows that the border troops were really awesome, and did not take the tens of thousands of rebel rebels seriously, and wanted to make dumplings and throw them away in one pot. .
Seeing that their retreat was blocked, the rebels began to act aggressively, stopped escaping, and suddenly dispersed to attack.
A group of rebels lured the main force of the Beijing camp led by Lu Wan to the direction of Zhuozhou. Liu Liuqin led fifty elite cavalry and commanded thousands of infantry, and broke through Dacheng County and approached Tongzhou. Qi Yanming led three hundred elite cavalry and commanded the infantry. Thousands of people surrounded Bazhou, then captured Xinyingli (Xindian) and headed straight for Gu'an.
Tongzhou is right next to Beijing, and stores countless grains. Gu'an is also very close to the capital, and is next to Beijing Daxing International Airport in later generations.
Although Zhu Houzhao had a tough tone at first, he was panicked at this time. Li Dongyang, a patient with anal fistula, could not sit still. He discussed countermeasures with Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu and others, and dispatched Lu Wan's Beijing camp to return to Gu'an immediately.
Lu Wan, the Minister of War, was really not stupid. When he was ordered to return for reinforcements, he ordered Xu Tai and Queyong to continue outflanking Yang Hu, ordered Zong Yun to attack Qi Yanming in Bazhou, and ordered Tongzhou to direct Lei Tong to attack Liu Liu at Bali Bridge.
At this point, the rebels were scattered and surrounded.
Liu Liu led his main force to besiege Bazhou again, but was defeated by Lu Wan himself. The rebels threw away the young men and took only the cavalry and old soldiers with them, and divided them into more than ten groups and fled towards the south.
Wang Yuan did not expect that the rebels would dare to attack the capital. He ran to Cangzhou to defeat them, and then led two hundred cavalry to attack north.
Jinghai County, southern suburbs.
"Report, the thieves are besieging Jinghai County, there are at least tens of thousands of people!" The Jinyi Guards sentry cavalry galloped to report.
Zhu Ying was overjoyed when he heard this: "Wang Yushi, kill the thief quickly!"
This eunuch must have learned his taste. With more than ten thousand rebels besieging the county town, and two hundred elite cavalry approaching, he could definitely replicate another great victory.
Not only Zhu Ying, Zhu Zhi, Zhu Cong, Zhu Xiang and Wu Liande were also eager to try.
"Go and take a look first." Wang Yuan said.
Everyone galloped toward Jinghai County on horseback. When they saw the actual battle situation clearly, they suddenly lost the desire to attack.
Zhu Zhi had been fighting in Shanxi for ten years. He only took a casual look and said: "Wang Yushi, this battle cannot be fought. The more than 10,000 people in front of us are all old thieves. Just look at them setting up camp and arranging their troops. They are not outside Renqiu County." Those thieves and bandits can't compete with us, we're afraid we'll meet the main force of the rebels."
Wu Liande also said: "I'm afraid there are two to three thousand cavalry in the rebel army!"
The eunuch Zhu Ying was instantly frightened and asked: "Then... no more fighting?"
Wang Yuan ordered: "Everyone dismount and gather strength, but don't take off your armor. If you have the chance, fight. If you don't, retreat. See if you can find an opportunity to attack at night."
They were very lucky and met the main force of the rebels.
Liu Liu, Liu Qi, Yang Hu, Qi Yanming, Zhao Hu and others scattered and fled from Bazhou, Tianjin and other places, and reunited in Jinghai County. The rebels stormed Jinghai, simply to capture the county and boost morale.
Robbery of money and food to replenish losses.
Of course, there is good news too.
There were only about 10,000 bandits out of the 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers left, but they were all cavalry and old thieves.
"The bandits are about to attack the city!" Wu Liande shouted.
Everyone watched nervously, and then cursed the county magistrate for his incompetence. In just one meal, Jinghai County was captured, and countless rebels rushed in to burn, kill, and loot.
County magistrates like Zhang Maolan are rare, otherwise there would be no room for the arrogance of rebels?
This Jinghai County is particularly nonsense.
Seeing the bandits approaching the city, Gaozuo Dianshi requested to lead the defense, but he encountered Wu Lei, the magistrate, who wanted to abandon the city and flee.
Dian Shi was furious and arrested the magistrate and beat him up, almost killing him on the spot. After venting his anger, Dian Shi felt that he had made the mistake of beating the Shangguan and thought that he could not hold the city.
So the showmanship came. Dian Shi led people to loot the warehouse, burn down the county government office, and open the city to welcome the thieves.
"Mount your horse! Kill the enemy!"
The moment they captured the county town, the formation of the bandits was in chaos, and countless bandits rushed into the city to rob.
Only the troops of Yang Hu and Zhao Hao were relatively restrained, but their restraint was limited. After all, the friendly forces were looting, so there was no need to worry about discipline. Let’s get the goods first. With such military morale, how could Yang Hu and Zhao Hao suppress them?
The two to three thousand thieves who were regarded as powerful enemies by Wang Yuan were running faster than anyone else at this moment. They galloped into the city on their horses and even waved their swords to drive away the pawns, hoping to get into the city first to drink soup.
"Guards, don't move, there are officers and soldiers coming to kill you!" the scholar Zhao Hao shouted loudly.
Yang Hu personally raised his sword and killed several people, and finally restrained his own guards, formed a formation and faced Wang Yuan who was coming to kill him. He shouted: "Pull the cavalry out of the city quickly!"
The leader of the thieves, Xing Huhu, laughed loudly: "There are only two to three hundred officers and soldiers. They are probably the sentries sent by Lu Wan. What are you afraid of him doing?"
Zhao Hao said anxiously: "There are no sentry cavalry wearing iron armor. These are the elite cavalry of the army. I am afraid that the main force of the army is coming to kill them!"
"Yes, the two hundred cavalry are not scary, but I am afraid that the main force of the government army is coming," Liu Hui, the leader of the thieves, realized, "quickly inform Brother Liu Liu, Brother Liu Qi and Brother Qi, and ask them to withdraw south immediately after grabbing the money and food.
Don’t stay in Jinghai County for one more day!”
"Where are Brother Liu Liu and Brother Liu Qi?" Yang Hu asked.
Xing Hu said with a smile: "They went to the city to steal money."
Zhao Hao was so angry that as the nominal leader of the bandit army, he actually robbed the property with the soldiers after breaking the city.
There is no shortage of tricks and strategies!
Zhao Xiucai was completely disappointed with Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and felt that Liu Hui and Yang Hu were the ones who could help him, or at least listen to his various suggestions.
More than 200 steps away from the rebel army, Wang Yuan saw that the enemy had mobilized spearmen to defend themselves, and the formation was very tight, which seemed a bit difficult to deal with.
Although Wang Yuan is sure to penetrate it, he will definitely suffer heavy losses. When there are no friendly troops nearby, even killing several thief leaders will be of no avail. As long as one thief leader survives, the main force of the anti-thief force will not collapse.
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The last great victory was thanks to Zhang Zhixian for defending the city!
In this case, there is no need to fight head-on.
Suddenly, Wang Yuan raised his hand to signal the entire army to stop charging, and stopped when they were more than a hundred steps away from the rebel spearmen.
Amidst the surprised eyes of the soldiers on both sides, Wang Yuan suddenly rode dozens of steps forward alone, waved his hand and shouted: "General, do you dare to come out and challenge us!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The thieves laughed, and the two hundred fine knights also felt confused.
Zhao Hao also couldn't help but laugh and complained: "This officer and army general is so funny, maybe he has watched too much "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"
Wang Yuan ignored the other party's laughter and sarcastically said: "You call yourself a hero in vain. You have a crowd of more than ten thousand, but you are afraid of my two hundred cavalry? I don't need two hundred men, so I ride alone to call the battle. Do you dare to challenge me?"
?If you dare not accept the challenge, you will have your balls cut off and you will go from the palace to the Forbidden City to work as an errand for the emperor!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
This time it was replaced by two hundred fine knights and they couldn't stop laughing.
Among the latest imperial reward lists, Xing Hu is also on the list. He is a subordinate of Yang Hu. He boasts amazing military power and a bad temper.
Hearing Wang Yuan mocking them as eggless eunuchs, Xing Huhu became furious, picked up his sword and said, "I'm going to capture and kill this person!"
Zhao Hao quickly dissuaded him: "No. We have the superior force, so why bother to challenge him? There are only 200 cavalry. We only need to hold our position and wait for our cavalry to leave the city, and then we can wipe them all out."
“It’s not that troublesome!”
Xing Hu rode his horse and rushed out, pointing his knife at Wang Yuan: "The enemy general will tell you his name. I, Xing Hu, will not kill unknown people!"
Well, this guy is also a die-hard fan of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Mr. Luo Guanzhong has done a lot of harm to others.
Wang Yuan planted his horse on the ground, pulled out the Dragon Bird Sword and said: "I am Wang Yuan, the new champion in the imperial examination. I serve as editor of the Hanlin Academy, and now I am the patrol censor! Why don't the thieves surrender early, so as not to waste my hands and feet."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was surprised.
Especially Zhao Hao, who had been studying for many years and had only been admitted as a scholar. To him, he could only look up to the number one scholar.
The new top scholar comes to fight alone, what the hell kind of plot is this?
Although Liu Liu and Liu Qi sent people to Beijing to inquire about the news, they only asked about the court's attitude towards them, but they really didn't pay attention to the flying general Wang Erlang in white. When Wang Yuan was the number one scholar, some of the bandits in front of him were in Shanxi and some in Henan.
, Shandong, who knew Wang Erlang’s majesty!
The thieves who were chased by Wang Yuan survived a little, but now they all went into the city to rob.
When he heard that Wang Yuan was the number one scholar, Xing Hu was even more contemptuous, and laughed and said: "Number one scholar, why don't you come and vote for us? Brother Liu Liu will make you prime minister. Isn't it better than being the number one scholar for the Dog Emperor?"
All the thieves laughed.
Zhao Hao shouted: "This man must be captured alive!"
"Zhao Xiucai, I will capture the number one scholar for you right away. Maybe you two can drink and compare poems to each other in the evening. Hahahahaha," Xing Huhahahahahahaha, Xing Huhaha, said with a loud laugh, "No. 1 scholar, number one scholar, don't be scared away!"
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Without saying a word, Wang Yuan spurred his horse and leaned forward to charge.
The two knights met and each drew his sword.
With a flash of the sword, Xing Huhu was cut off with his sword and arms, but Wang Yuan calmly reined in his horse and was not injured at all.
The knife was so fast that Xinghu didn't even react. After riding the horse for more than ten steps, he finally felt severe pain in his arm, but it was cut off at the elbow.
Xinghu was so frightened that he reluctantly ran away to the side. How could he still dare to fight Wang Yuan?
Wang Yuan sheathed his sword and did not bother to pursue him. He only took out his bow and arrow and shot the executioner tiger to death with one arrow.
The thieves were shocked and cursed angrily.
Yang Hu was furious and ordered: "The whole army goes out to avenge Lao Xing. Kill this champion for me."
"Don't mess up the formation!" Zhao Hao quickly stopped him.
Even old thieves can only form a static formation. Once they take the initiative to attack, the formation will be completely chaotic.
Yang Hu was very good at listening to advice. As soon as Zhao Hao reminded him, he immediately restrained the troops.
Wang Yuan was so angry that he glared at Zhao Xiucai, rode his horse over and cut off the head of Xinghuhu, then returned to his team and ordered: "Retreat, we won't get any advantage today."