Chapter 73 Killing Liu Thief and Restoring Huanggang
More than an hour later, near noon, Liu Xiyao's troops arrived in Lanxi Town in pieces.
The army of 7,000 people, including more than 1,000 heavy troops, had been defeated one by one by the officers and soldiers.
Along the way, the troops were disheartened and lost hundreds of people while running. Finally, only five thousand people were left on the battlefield.
Then, they met the officers and soldiers in the town who were waiting for work.
Although the officers and soldiers had traveled a day and a night, after all, they were taking a boat instead of walking, so most of them maintained their physical strength quite well. In addition, they arrived early and took a quick rest, so their morale was high and energetic.
Liu Xiyao's scalp went numb when he saw the army arrayed in the town. There were at least 2,000 troops in plain sight. The rear troops were hiding in the town, and he didn't know how many more there were.
When his subordinates saw this, they were also a little frightened. One of them, Su Bian, advised:
"Your Majesty, the officers and soldiers only rely on the town to form a formation with their backs to the water, and the line is not wide. It is better for our army to go upstream of Xishui River, cross the river in a roundabout way, return to Huanggang first, and then consider the long term, leaving the green hills without worrying about having no firewood."
Liu Xiyao was quite knowledgeable about military matters, so he thought about it and said angrily:
"Wouldn't that give Shen Gouguan an opportunity to attack halfway across the river? If he saw our army taking a roundabout way to cross the river, and when some of them were already in the river, he suddenly pursued us and cut our army in half, wouldn't it be a disaster? !
What's more, our army's supply team has been destroyed, and all the food, grass and property that were previously looted have been snatched back by the dog officers. If the dog officers are not destroyed and the supplies are taken back, how can we maintain the army when we return! How dare you disturb the morale of our army!"
Liu Xiyao's nerves were also tense and sensitive to a certain extent. After hearing such remarks that were harmful to the three armies, he almost drew out his sword and executed the general who was talking nonsense.
Fortunately, his adopted son Liu Sanda was a strong man and had a good relationship with the general who said the wrong thing. He quickly intervened and persuaded him: "My father is so angry! Now is the time for the generals to use their lives. Why don't we let him take the blame and make meritorious service!" "
Liu Xiyao thought about it over and over before he could bear it.
The general who had saved his life looked at him with more and more resentment. So many people had already run away. Those who were willing to follow Liu Xiyao to this point were all loyal people. To be treated like this was really shocking. It's chilling.
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Out of distrust in his own morale, Liu Xiyao finally chose to attack the official army head-on, killing Shen Gouguan's troops before crossing the river safely.
"Soldiers, after wiping out the officers and soldiers, the supplies recaptured will be shared equally among everyone. I will never hide anything for personal gain! Everyone must fight to the death!" Liu Xiyao finally encouraged morale with a few words, then waved his hand and asked people to beat drums and charge.
In the military formation on the opposite side, Zuo Zixiong and Zhang Huangyan also asked the scolding players to shout in unison: "My family knows that you are kind! Anyone in Huangzhou who is coerced by Liu's thieves will not be held accountable as long as he changes sides in the battle!"
At the same time, dozens of large sand ships were lined up on the Yangtze River on the west side of the battlefield.
On the largest ship, Shen Shuren personally stood on the bow to supervise the battle, and asked the scolding players to hold paper tube loudspeakers and shout: "Liu thief! Shen Lin is here! You have hit me many times. Guess, today is the time for you to confer your head!"
Liu Xiyao was quite panicked and quickly suppressed his troops: "Don't believe that nonsense! Official Shen Gou is greedy and afraid of death. He can only talk about war on paper and will not supervise the battle in person! This time the officers and soldiers went deep alone, just in time to send the sheep into my tiger's mouth! "
As he said this, he was afraid that the night would be long and the dream would be too much, so he didn't even leave any reserve team behind, and just charged forward with the whole army.
Zuo Zixiong had been impatient for a long time. Seeing the enemy approaching, he finally had the opportunity to use Spanish square formation tactics openly.
"One hundred and twenty steps, fire!"
"Bang, bang, bang -" the first row of turtledove gunners fired in response, with smoke billowing from the gunfire. More than two hundred guns fired at least a thousand small round lead pellets.
At this point in the battle, Liu Xiyao's army had already lost seventy-eight percent of its heavily armored elite. The armor ratio of the remaining soldiers was very pitiful. They were sprayed by lead bullets from more than a hundred steps away. All those who were not hit immediately jumped and wailed.
Everlasting.
Shen Jiajun followed the training steps very steadily. Everyone took turns to fire forward and step back to reload. The 800 firearms were divided into three teams, which knocked the morale of Liu Xiyao's army, which was already on the verge of collapse, to the bottom.
With the last nearly a thousand Shaanxi and Henan bandit veterans being killed or wounded, more than half of them were killed and wounded, and the remaining Huangzhou local men who had been bandits for less than two years fled in disorder.
Liu Xiyao drew a knife in his hand, shouted wildly, and hacked and killed the deserters, but he was unable to stop the defeat. His eyes showed more and more despair.
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In the chaos, those generals who had been harshly criticized by Liu Xiyao were panicking about the defeat.
Occasionally, he glanced at Liu Sandao, who was passing by and trying to help his father to restrain the battle line. There was a hint of understanding and mutual understanding in their eyes.
"Young General, do it! Shen Gou...Master Shen promised that if you kill Liu Xiyao, you can be exempted from guilt and serve as a guard!"
"But I am my father's adopted son! Will Lord Shen fulfill his promise?"
"Even if you give me a small discount, you can still be exempted from guilt. I heard that the emperor has given an order. Anyone who kills Zhang Xianzhong will be granted the title of Duke, and those who kill Zhang Xianzhong will be granted the title of marquis. If you are in a desperate situation, you can at least be exempted from guilt! The attitudes of the imperial court should be similar!"
"That's it! It's a gamble!"
After Liu Sandao made up his mind, he took advantage of his identity so that Liu Xiyao would not be suspicious of him. He pretended to report the military situation, took a few soldiers with relatively high martial arts to protect him, and rode horses to catch up with Liu Xiyao.
Liu Xiyao was as frightened as a bird. He took a look and found out that it was his adopted son, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered: "My son will be separated from the queen as soon as possible!"
Liu Sandao's face turned livid, and he suddenly swung his long sword, and the sound of the sword was heard: "According to Lord Shen's order, kill the national traitor Liu Xiyao, and your previous sins will be pardoned!"
Liu Xiyao was caught off guard and was cut into half of his neck by a long knife. Blood gushed out like a fountain. His right hand twitched with his halberd finger pointing backwards, and he wanted to curse a few words, but no sound came out. He could only hear the hissing sound of violent contraction when the trachea was severed.
Several soldiers around Liu Xiyao were confused for a moment and tried to resist, but they were all killed by Liu Sandao's men due to internal strife. Both sides suffered casualties.
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"Liu Xiyao is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
After a chaotic trampling, the bandits, which had lost their backbone, completely collapsed. In the end, the official army organized and captured as many as 3,000 people, and the rest fled.
There were as many prisoners as there were officers and soldiers, which really made Zuo Zixiong a little scared. He quickly handed over all the weapons of the prisoners, tied one arm of each with a rope, and strung the prisoners together in groups of ten.
After doing all this, Shen Shuren's boat also came over from the Yangtze River, went ashore to accept the surrender, and suppressed the prisoners.
During the whole process, it was inevitable that there would be people who repeatedly refused to be restrained, fearing that they would be liquidated by the officers and soldiers and start making trouble again. Zuo Zixiong could only use thunderous means to kill the troublemakers on the spot. He killed more than a hundred people before being completely suppressed.
Stay in place and prevent it from spreading again and again.
"Immediately imprison all the prisoners and identify them separately. Separately imprison the old thieves who have followed Liu Xiyao for many years and moved to war for many years from the local people in Huangzhou who have been kidnapped!"
Chen Shuren gave a few words of advice, and Zuo Zixiong immediately went to do it. On the other side, Liu Sandao had already tied his hands and climbed up to Chen Shuren to ask for credit:
"Sir! You said that anyone who kills Liu Xiyao and comes to surrender will be exempted from guilt. The sin will be lost and he will return. I beg you to have mercy!"
Chen Shuren asked the guards on the left and right to stand in front of him, and then said in a serious manner: "I have said it before, but you are in a desperate situation and you still want an official position. Isn't it too late? Don't you think it's too late today?" Surrender, I am confident that I will kill you all!"
Liu Sandao rolled his eyes wildly, trying desperately to prove that he was still worthy of being used: "But... Thief Liu can't be beaten, and he can still escape. If the criminal hadn't taken action, I'm afraid it would have taken some time to hunt him down if I wanted to kill him.
The guilty general also knew that the bandits had left two to three thousand strong men in Huanggang to guard the city, and that the other three counties of Huangzhou that had fallen to the enemy also had guards. The guilty general had some friendship with the local guards and was willing to help you persuade him to surrender! If you don't surrender, , the general requested that the old department serve as the vanguard and help you recover the three counties!"
Chen Shuren couldn't help but feel a sense of contempt in his heart. I heard that this guy was Liu Xiyao's adopted son, and he seemed to be more willing to betray him than Lu Bu.
However, after calming down, Shen Shuren still suppressed the murderous intention in his heart. He knew that the traitors and rebel kings these days especially like to adopt adopted sons. If he could pardon the adopted son of a thief king who killed his father and came to surrender, it would be helpful for the future differentiation of other people. It is also beneficial for a stray thief to make other thief kings wary of their adopted son.
The worst he could do was not give Liu Sandao military power after he surrendered.
Chen Shuren took a deep breath and issued a high-profile pardon in front of all the generals: "In that case, I'll give you a chance. You came out of desperation, and your original official position promises cannot be counted, but your previous crimes can be completely forgiven. If you If you can lead your troops to persuade Huanggang County to surrender, I will grant you another rank of Qianzong."
Liu Sandao was overjoyed: "Thank you for your cultivation! Today, I will have the opportunity to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. I will definitely die for the imperial court and my lord in the future!"
After saying that, he jumped up and shouted to the subordinate officers who surrendered together: "Brothers! Lead the way for the officers and soldiers to recover Huanggang County! If the fourth boy dares not to surrender, I will chop him up with my own hands and set up a surrender for Mr. Shen." Name!"
The officers and soldiers did not hesitate, so they pursued the enemy. After crossing the Xishui River, they could not travel more than thirty miles, and arrived at Huanggang County in the evening of the same day.
Huanggang Shoujiang was another adopted son of Liu Xiyao. He ranked fourth and was smaller than Liu Sandao, with only more than 2,000 fish belly.
Seeing that his adoptive brother betrayed his adoptive father, he didn't even realize the situation and tried to resist. Unfortunately, the morale of the entire army had collapsed. Under the leadership of the returned bandits, a melee broke out between the two sides. After hundreds of people were killed and injured, the army completely collapsed and was captured by the army. Take advantage of the situation and take advantage.
Late that night, Shen Shuren had already entered the city in great glory and returned to the original Yamen of Huangzhou Prefecture to spend the night.
Zhang Huangyan also came to the Yamen of Huanggang County Magistrate under the protection of his own soldiers. It has been almost three months since he was appointed Magistrate of Huanggang County, and he officially took office today.
"Prefect Yan, this can be regarded as my revenge for you. Isn't it too much to sit in your position?"
In the magistrate's yamen, Shen Shuren sat for a while on the seat of his predecessor, the slain magistrate. He couldn't help but mutter a few words to himself in triumph, and then ordered his clerk to help him draft a victory document. Tomorrow Set off early in the morning to send him to Xiangyang to Mr. Yang Ge.
As for the memorial to the court, it would be better to be more formal and elegant. Shen Shuren ordered the scouts to go to Qizhou to ask Mr. Gu to come and let Gu Yanwu write the pen.
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