Chapter 156 Either you die or I die

In the temporary camp of Wild Boar Gorge, Tiemo lies under the dead trees, enjoying a rare leisure time.

In the late spring season, it should be lush and lush, and everything is revived. However, the Wild Boar Gorge is full of dead trees, and occasionally a small piece of green grass shows a trace of spring.

Due to long-term drought, vegetation is difficult to grow. Hungry people are everywhere, and tree bark, wild grass and wild vegetables have become good things to satisfy hunger. In spring, many wild grasses and wild vegetables are just growing and they are poached by hungry people to satisfy hunger. Most of the elm trees are on the hills of the Wild Boar Gorge. These elms are all naked, and the bark has been dried up.

This is northern Shaanxi, where all things are gone and vicissitudes are vicissitudes. Every grass and tree are like humans who try their best to survive. The plants and trees are ruthless, and people are even more ruthless.

Looking at the scene on the Wild Boar Gorge, Tiemo felt that suppressing bandits was a joke. If disaster relief was not effective, how could he suppress bandits? The bandits in Shaanxi were like leeks in the wetlands, cutting one after another.

He was not optimistic about the prospects for the bandit suppression, but he still admired Cao Wenzhao. In two months in northern Shaanxi, Tie Mo truly realized the gap between himself and these heroes in the late Ming Dynasty.

I occupied Zhangbei and unified the Hanhai grasslands mostly rely on my understanding far beyond this era and the advantages of firearms to fight hard. When it comes to military tactics and tactics and strategic planning, it is really not very good. Most of the time, I set up a formation to fight against others head-on.

However, Cao Wenzhao was different. Under absolute disadvantage, he relied on planning to create a powerful force of thousands of troops. The side with obvious disadvantages, but under the command of Cao Wenzhao, it seemed to have become the side with superior military strength.

Cao Wenzhao calculated every step of the doubts, luring the enemy, attacking, siege and restraining. Tiemo sometimes thought that if he was Wu Yangui, he would probably have the same fate.

Regarding marching and fighting and commanding operations, Cao Wenzhao was obviously superior. Compared with him, he was a newborn baby.

People who underestimate this era will definitely pay a heavy price.

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In Yan'an City, Wu Yangui squatted under the corridor, and the coldness came from the steps. At this moment, he was in a dilemma, feeling pain in his heart, but he could not tell others.

He regretted it a little. He should have listened to Wang Zuo's robbery, took away the supplies, and then left Yan'an Prefecture to cross the Yellow River. He went south to Hanzhong, entered the land of Bashu, and occupied a piece of land.

Unfortunately, I didn't listen to Wang Zuo's gamble. Because of this, Wang Zuo's gamble left Ganquan City in anger. If Wang Zuo's gamble was there, Ganquan City would not have been lost, and it would have developed to the point in front of me.

The officers and soldiers surrounded the Blue Knife's troops near the Wild Boar Gorge without annihilation. The intention was very obvious, that was, to use the Blue Knife as bait to lure themselves to fight outside the city. On the surface, it seemed very stupid to do this. At a disadvantage, even if it was a decisive battle outside the city, how much chance of winning would the other party have?

But after so many things happened, Wu Yangui had long lost his previous contempt. He felt that since the officers and soldiers dared to do this, they would have to rely on something, although they didn't know where the officers and soldiers' confidence came from.

Even though they knew that the officers and soldiers had plans, they had to go and rescue them. If they were allowed to be wiped out by the officers and soldiers, what would the remaining brothers think of him? Once the hearts of the people disperse, the team would be unable to lead them.

In my heart, Wu Yangui didn't want to enter the game, but he couldn't be worse than the bureau. The officers and soldiers surrounded him but did not get rid of him. This move was really too ruthless, leaving him with no other choice.

If you save, you will definitely be led by the officers and soldiers, and you may lose your current foundation. If you don’t save it, the hearts of the people who have finally gathered together will dissipate. Once you lose your prestige, Mr. Wu is nothing?

After a long time, Wu Yangui stood up with difficulty. After sitting in the corridor for so long, he was just to encourage himself. As long as he dealt with it properly and showed all his strength, what can the officers and soldiers do?

The officers and soldiers have severely insufficient troops, which is their fatal flaw.

Soon, a letter was sent to Ansai City quickly, and the letter fell smoothly into Li Yangchun. After seeing it, Li Yangchun smiled bitterly and said, "Brothers, Leader Wu ordered us to divide half of the troops to go to Wild Boar Gorge and jointly attack the officers and soldiers there with Leader Wu's main force."

Yingshan Honghua Xiaorong frowned, pinched her chin, and sighed softly, "Hey, Leader Wu is fighting the officers and soldiers. Leader Wu hasn't been forced to this for a long time."

Li Yangchun nodded and smiled helplessly, "Captain Wu is forced to do nothing. Wild Boar Gorge is not too far from Yan'an City. If the officers and soldiers were allowed to wipe out Lan Dao and others and do not send troops to rescue him, what would the brothers think?"

This is the red-eyed Rakshasa Yuan Ma dragging his injured arm and snorted gloomy: "Think whatever you like, it's better than being led by the officers and soldiers?"

As soon as Yuan Ma said this, everyone else glared at him, and a cold snorted in the room. Li Yangchun also frowned. Do you think that everyone is like you Yuan Ma, who eats human flesh at any time and does not take human life seriously at all.

At this time, a middle-aged man sat in the middle of a row on the left. He was in a blue robe and a beard, with a loyal and powerful appearance. He was Li Zicheng who had just joined him. Because he had hundreds of confidants under his command, and his previous rebellion, Li Yangchun also valued Li Zicheng very much.

Li Zicheng wanted to say something, but considering that he was a new partner, he hesitated a little. Li Yangchun happened to see it and smiled and said, "Brother Li has something to say, but it's okay."

"Since the Heavenly King Rang said, then I'll be brave enough to say it. In fact, Leader Wu's actions seemed helpless, but it was not useless. If this battle was fought well, we could defeat the officers and soldiers in one battle, and from then on, we could steadily occupy Yan'an Prefecture."

"Now the imperial court's treasury is empty, and it is already barely supported to let the border army participate in the bandit suppression this time. If the officers and soldiers are defeated this time, it will be difficult to organize large-scale operations in the future. Moreover, when I was in Gansu, I heard the kingdom say that the court is now overwhelmed by the Liaodong incident, and the Liaodong Jurchens may go south at any time. The court has no time to take care of us in the future. Therefore, as long as we can defeat the officers and soldiers entrenched in the Wild Boar, the leader of Wu will be the final say in northern Shaanxi."

Li Zicheng said this very well and reasonable. When he thought of becoming the master of northern Shaanxi after a battle, the faces of each leader also became rosy.

If you are a person, you have ambitions. Who doesn’t want to win a wife and a son? If Leader Wu becomes the lord of northern Shaanxi, he will definitely reward the meritorious officials. Then the brothers present can also become officials.

The decisive battle against the Wild Boar Gorge is risky and also an opportunity.

Li Yangchun looked at Li Zicheng, and his eyes showed an unconcealed joy. He really liked Li Zicheng more and more. The leaders before were obviously worried, but after his words, all of them were aroused to make their morale high.

The next day, Li Yangchun personally led most of the troops to leave Ansai City, leaving Yuan Ma and others to station in Ansai. In fact, Li Yangchun was not very worried about Ansai City. Now that the officers and soldiers gathered in the area of ​​Wild Boar Gorge, the officers and soldiers in Bailuo City in the north were scared and did not dare to cause trouble for Ansai City. Therefore, the safety of Ansai City is temporarily guaranteed.

This time, Li Yangchun directly brought out nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses from Ansai City, which was far more than half. More than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Ansai City, plus the main force under Leader Wu, with more than 70,000 people, I don’t believe that I can’t defeat those officers and soldiers.

There are 30,000 officers and soldiers entrenched in Wild Boar Gorge, but in fact, only tens of thousands of people can really fight, and the main force is the elite soldiers of the three towns. As long as the troops are concentrated to defeat the elite soldiers of the three towns, they will definitely win this battle.

20,000 people restrained Liu Yingyu's master soldiers, 50,000 concentrated on dealing with the elite soldiers of the three towns, and almost five people fought one. If you still can't get it, what qualifications are there to rebel?

The area around Wild Boar Gorge is mostly plains without any cover and can fully utilize its advantage in military power. If you don’t believe that it is five times more important than the enemy, you can’t win.

In half a day, Wu Yangui and Li Yangchun joined forces, and more than 70,000 troops rushed to the Wild Boar Gorge. Sitting on the war horses, the long team went from south to north, and could not see the end at first sight.

At this moment, Wu Yangui felt a strong sense of pride in his heart. He thought that when he retreated from Shanxi and first arrived in northern Shaanxi, he had less than 30,000 people under his command, but in more than half a year, his troops from 30,000 to 70,000, and finally expanded to more than 100,000, and his reputation surpassed Wang Jiayin in the south.

As long as the officers and soldiers of Wild Boar Gorge can be defeated this time, Mr. Wu will definitely gain the reputation. By then, Wang Jiayin should give up the position of the first rebels.

After Wu Yangui sent troops for half a day, Cao Wenzhao finally issued a new order. The border troops in the three towns began to gather northward, while the troops and horses of Liu Yingyu began to carry out a final clearance of Lan Dao and others in the encirclement, which also indicates that the doomsday of Lan Dao and others is about to come.

Lan Dao and others actually understood in their hearts that the day when Leader Wu sent troops to rescue was the time for their death.

The fish has been hooked, and the bait will lose its meaning of existence. But people have the instinct to survive. Under the threat of death, Lan Dao, Wu Zicai and Shi Chai lead the remaining soldiers and make their final efforts.

Unfortunately, hard work was futile. Liu Yingyu mainly used crossbowmen and carried out several rounds of volleys. Then he sent troops to fight in close combat. In just one hour, he cleaned up the mess. In order to avoid future troubles, Liu Yingyu did not ask for a single prisoner and ordered the restoration party that did not die.

In the northwest of Wild Boar Gorge, there is a sea of ​​corpses and blood, the blue sword of the sky, the world's king Wu Zicai, and the nine insect stone hairpins are among the leaders.

A few crows fell on the branches and made creeping screams. The spring breeze swept across the earth and the bloody smell drifted into the distance. The world was filled with desolation and sorrow, as if there had never been light here.

It is also ironic that Wu Zicai and Shi Chai decisively gave up Gao Changhe not long ago and saved their lives. But now, they died near the Wild Boar Gorge, and the King of Wabei Gao Changhe was lucky enough to be in front of the prisoner.

The officers and soldiers wiped out the Blue Knife's troops in one fell swoop, leaving no one behind. This incident hit the peasant army and also aroused the anger of Wu Yangui and others. At this time, it was even more impossible for Wu Yangui and others to retreat.

The flames of revenge burned quickly, filling the hearts of the entire peasant army. In this way, the two sides finally collided on the plain more than 30 miles northwest of the Wild Boar Gorge.

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On April 29, the second year of Chongzhen, it was sunny and strong wind.

The strong wind in the north blew the earth and also blew the boring long hair. The black crowd filled the world from east to west, from south to north. Looking from high places, it seemed like a sea that could not be seen at the end.

Facing so many people, even Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but feel a little palpitations. Soon, a layer of cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead. This was the first time since he joined the army that he had faced such a confrontation.

He commanded 30,000 people at once, and there was a 70,000 army opposite. Cao Wenzhao suddenly felt very stressed. After a lot of pressure, he became a little restrained.

However, in comparison, Tie Mo was more calm. He was used to the charge of thousands of horses on the grassland, and when he saw this kind of offensive, he would not have such a lot of pressure.

"General Cao, according to Tie, we don't have to leave any trouble this time. According to the rioters' attitude, if we don't use all our strength, we will probably not be able to hold on to the evening and will be washed away."

"Yes, Cao is still thinking that the rebellion will take steady steps and deal with us."

Cao Wenzhao raised his hand and touched the cold sweat on his forehead. At this moment, he didn't know whether to praise Wu Yangui or laugh at Wu Yangui. It was simply brainless to push the troops up like Wu Yangui, and it was even more a taboo in military strategists. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Wu Yangui didn't understand the military strategy at all.

But, Wu Yangui's brainless behavior really hit Cao Wenzhao's key point. The biggest weakness of officers and soldiers is that they lack military strength. As long as they are stretched and the front line is lengthened, the peasant army will likely take advantage of local breakthroughs and create an advantage in the overall situation.

Sometimes, when fighting, I am really afraid of people like Wu Yangui. I don’t talk about any principles, and I will try my best to die if I don’t kill you. If I resist this kind of brainless three-pronged axe, it will be easy to fight later, but it is not that easy to resist.

The elite troops in the three towns have limited strength and limited defense range. Once the peasant army breaks through the two wings and surrounds up, it will be a big problem.

Soon, under Wu Yangui's order, the peasant army launched a fierce attack. Wu Yangui didn't really know the military strategy at all, at least he knew how to use his military strength advantages. As soon as he came up, the peasant army pulled the front line very long. From east to west, along the plain path, nearly five miles east and west, were battlefields. Along the narrow zone, the two sides started repeated battles.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers were passive. Although they were not strong enough, they did not follow the rhythm of the peasant army. They did not pull the front line and allowed the peasant army to break through the flanks. This battle would be even more difficult to fight at that time.

From the time of war to the hour of You, Liu Yingyu was numb after more than an hour. Worried, he found Cao Wenzhao in a panic.

"General Cao, this battle cannot be fought like this. It took less than two hours to fight, and the generals of the Mo have no reserve team under him. Now the brothers are under great pressure. Once the rebels are bitten by a hole, the generals of the Mo have no reinforcements."
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