Chapter 284 Flowers everywhere

As the gap was opened, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi took the lead in rushing in. Shang Kexi took the lead, and the big knife in his hand was like a sickle of the God of Death, with almost no living under the knife.

Man Gui and Tie Mo have been living behind, holding a thousand-mile mirror and watching the situation on the battlefield. After a long time, Man Gui asked with some envy: "Who is that? He is a powerful general."

"This person's name is Shang Kexi." Tie Mo looked for a while before he knew who Man Gui was asking. When he heard Shang Kexi's name, Man Gui nodded his forehead and said in surprise: "He is the killer under Mao Wenlong's command? Tsk tsk, it is said that this old guy is a thorn. It is indeed amazing that I can bring him under my command."

"Where is where?" Tie Mo smiled modestly. He didn't think there was anything worth bragging about. As soon as Mao Wenlong died, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming and others were not welcomed in Liaodong. If they were given a chance at this time, they would not be afraid that they would not work hard. As for whether Shang Kexi and others would surrender to the Tartars in the future, there was no need to worry too much. As long as they were not fools, they would not have done such a thing. Of course, if the Tartars were powerful, they would still cause the Ming Dynasty to fall apart. By that time, whether Geng Zhongming and others betrayed or not would have no such impact.

Since these people are used, they have the confidence to control them. Why can't Mao Wenlong make these people swear to be loyal to them? They should pay equal attention to kindness and power, and treat them fairly. Will they even go to the Tartars?

For the generals of the Ming Dynasty, beating the Tartars is definitely a desperate way. If you have a choice, even if you are a bandit, you cannot surrender to the Tartars. If you surrender to the Tartars, you will never surrender to the Tartars. If you surrender to the Tartars, you will never be able to win over with your reputation. If you say that at this time, who would have expected that the Tartars would occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty would be a joke, unless they were gods. At least for now, the generals of the Ming Dynasty would not choose to surrender to the Tartars if they had other ways to go.

Take Geng Zhongming Kexi as an example. At this time, they probably wouldn't even die in battle. Death in battle can also ensure that their descendants and their families have a good life. Xuanfu is not Liaodong, and these old subordinates of Mao Wenlong will not be excluded. As in history, if Geng Zhongming and his group of people were killed, the whole family would not have any good ending. If they defect to the Tartars, it would be a helpless choice.

Shang Kexi is a thorn, Tiemo knows this very well. However, in Yun Mansion, there are many thorns, and he doesn’t care about one more Shang Kexi.

Shang Kexi was really good at fighting. He was like a beast, rushing around with people and fighting everywhere. The enemy soldiers in the city were frightened by the killing. Finally, when Zhao Ronghe saw that there was no hope of counterattack, he decisively ordered the abandonment of Shenmu City, and the defeated soldiers began to retreat towards Hequ. Fortunately, Zhao Ronghe had not been completely panicked and did not forget to send troops to the rear of the palace.

If no one stopped him, the cavalry of Xuanfu and Datongfu would definitely start a massacre. The peasant army in Shenmu City fled in groups, and Orge and Zhou Dingshan intended to pursue him, but were blocked by Zhao Ronghe's deputy Ren Fei.

The terrain north of Shenmu City is very special. On one side is a rolling high slope and on the other side is a soft sandy land. Only the middle road can be passed by the cavalry on a large scale. If the cavalry wants to chase after him, they must break through Ren Fei's defense line. Zhou Dingshan is not greedy, so he simply does not rush to chase him. He settles down and eats Ren Fei's enemy.

Zhou Dingshan pressed Chen Yaofeng behind, but left the opportunity to attack the main attack to Orge. The credit for killing Baihan Valley has been obtained, and the credit in front of him will not be taken away. In marching and fighting, it is most taboo among his colleagues to eat alone. Zhou Dingshan is young and firmly ranked first in the Yunfu generals, which is inseparable from his maturity and wisdom.

Orge knew Zhou Dingshan's meaning very well, so he naturally would not miss this opportunity. If others give it up, it would be too embarrassing if he still couldn't eat it.

In the southeast of Shenmu City, Lou Daji, Liu Guoneng bypassed the outer city and led his troops to pursue it. After chasing twenty miles, he encountered a large number of peasant troops intercepted it. This army was originally to rush to help Changle Fort. As soon as the news of Bai Hangu's defeat and killing came, Zhang Cunmeng's first reaction was to let the five thousand soldiers turn to pick up Zhao Ronghe.

Bai Hangu was defeated and killed, his troops were almost wiped out, and there was no threat in the northern part of Shenmu City. In this case, Zhang Cunmeng did not think that Zhao Ronghe could defend Shenmu City. Fortunately, Zhang Cunmeng sent troops to support him, otherwise Zhao Ronghe's troops would have suffered heavy losses if Zhao Ronghe's troops fled to Hequ.

Liu Guoneng and Lou Daji led their troops to pursue him, but failed to get the benefits, so they had to give up for the time being. However, with the Shenmu City being taken down, it was equivalent to having a bridgehead in Hetao. The road to the north of Changle Fort has been opened, so there is no need to worry that the peasant army gathered heavily to fight to the death. If Wang Ziyong ordered the troops from all over the country to encircle and suppress, he would have to give up Shenmu City and retreat along Changle Fort to Juyanhai.

On the vast grassland, Tiemo is not afraid of the peasant army. On the grassland, when large-scale corps are fighting, the peasant army is by no means an opponent. With a large number of cavalry and musketeers in their hands, coupled with artillery fire support, no matter how many peasant soldiers are, it is useless.

Next, the soldiers of Xuanfu and Datongfu were not idle and began to attack Ningxia Army Town to the west. Since the peasant army stationed the main troops to Shenmu and several strong cities in Hequ, the three military towns in Ningxia, Gansu and Suide were not very strong. Now that the defenders of Shenmu City retreated, the three military towns immediately became rootless grass. In order to protect themselves, they had to give up many places and hurried in Ningxia Army Town, leaning against the city wall to resist the attack of the officers and soldiers.

On April 11, the third year of Chongzhen, officers and soldiers bombarded the Ningxia military town. The ancient earthen walls could not withstand the continuous bombardment. Under this crushing attack, in less than a day, officers and soldiers broke Ningxia Town. More than half of the tens of thousands of peasant soldiers in the military town were killed or injured, and the rest surrendered. At this point, the western part of Hetao had fallen into the hands of officers and soldiers.

As the officers and soldiers showed their strength near the Shenmu, Chen Qiyu was not idle either and ordered Hong Chengchou, Liu Yingyu, and Cao Wenzhao to lead his troops to launch a counterattack. Chen Qiyu adopted the strategy of Hong Chengchou blooming everywhere, divided the troops into more than a dozen strands, attacking everywhere, and retreated immediately once obstacles were encountered. If the peasant army could not respond, a small number of troops would immediately become an army's attack.

Cao Wenzhao led his troops to cruise. Following Hong Chengchou, he launched a strong attack on wherever he had the opportunity. In a few days, Wang Ziyong was so angry that he was angry. Unconsciously, Wang Ziyong found that wars were everywhere on his territory, especially the strong cities in the south, which seemed to be in storm and rain, and letters were everywhere for help, but for a moment, he couldn't understand where the officers and soldiers' real main attack direction was.

It was not that Wang Ziyong did not understand the tricks of Cao Wenzhao and others. Wang Ziyong used this method in the past. He attacked everywhere, attacked wherever he had the opportunity, and ran away whenever he was in danger. This method before made the officers and soldiers look at their heads and butts. Unexpectedly, it was his turn to be his headache. Although he understood, there was no good way, he could only continue to be beaten passively. Of course, he could gather a large army to counterattack. Only a counterattack was needed, and the officers and soldiers in the south had to retreat and continue to defend Xi'an Prefecture.

But there is no way to counterattack. The elite officials in the north are making a big fuss. If the troops gathered to the south and attacked Xi'an Prefecture, Cao Wenzhao and others would definitely retreat, but who knows whether the officials in the north will make trouble? You know, the person who led the troops is Tie Mo. Maybe, the Living King of Hell can take the opportunity to swallow the entire Yan'an Prefecture with his power.

In recent years, Wang Ziyong has experienced many situations, but Tie Mo is definitely the first to be the one who has a headache for him.

How did Wu Yangui, who was in the limelight at the beginning, ended up being ruined by the Living Hell King. Wang Ziyi learned a lot of lessons from Wu Yangui. When Wu Yangui was defeated and killed, the fundamental reason was that Wu Yangui was reluctant to leave every city and land, and was beaten by the officers and soldiers with their noses, and fell into the pit bit by bit. He must not step back.

Wang Ziyong came up with a stupid solution, and ordered Zhang Yichuan, Yuan Ma, Zhang Dashou and others to give up several cities near Xi'an Prefecture and shrink to Ganquan and Sanshui.

Not to mention, Wang Zi used his stupid method to achieve miraculous results. He seemed to have given up several cities, but concentrated his troops into a limited number of cities, and at the same time, he still maintained a neat line of defense. Each city had sufficient troops, and the officers and soldiers were not afraid of attacking anywhere. The peasant army defended the defense line and refused to go out to fight. For a moment, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to do anything.

Ninghou Town, Hong Chengchou and others all gathered together and looked at the map in front of them at a loss. Seeing that no one was talking, Cao Wenzhao stood up and said, "Everyone, this will not work. In any case, we must find a way to hold back some of the bandits. If Wang Ziyi frees up enough troops to attack Hetao, the two reinforcements from Xuanfu and Datongfu will be in danger."

Liu Yingyu felt a headache and said distressedly: "General Cao, we all understand your worries, but you have also seen the current situation. The bandits are determined not to get entangled with us."

Hong Chengchou had a deep brow and hummed with his nose. He suddenly reached out and patted the table, "Since the harassment is useless, then we will attack one place. Hong doesn't believe it. Let's act as a gesture to chew another place. Wang Ziyong dares to transfer his troops to the north?"

Cao Wenzhao raised his eyebrows and looked at Hong Chengchou deeply, because Hong Chengchou's method coincided with what he thought. So he pursed his lips and said lightly: "Master Hong, if you choose a place to attack, Cao suggests to attack Ganquan City. Cao does not believe it, Wang Ziyong dares to give up the entire Yan'an Prefecture for Hetao."

As soon as Cao Wenzhao said this, Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up, and he quickly clapped his hands and smiled: "It's so wonderful to attack Ganquan City, haha, General Cao is really worthy of using troops like a god. Hong also wants to see if Wang Ziyong has the courage to give up Yan'an Prefecture."

Ganquan City is known as the southern part of Yan'an Prefecture. When Ganquan City is lost, most of Yan'an Prefecture cannot be saved. Wu Yangui's defeat was because Ganquan City was not saved. This time it was just a re-use of the same trick. As long as Wang Ziyong wanted Yan'an Prefecture, he had to concentrate more troops to guard Ganquan City. At least, Zhang Dashou's troops would not be able to move.

As long as Zhang Dashou's troops were unable to move, the officers and soldiers in the north were safe and worry-free. With the strength of Zhang Cunmeng, it was almost impossible to defeat nearly 20,000 elite soldiers of Xuanfu and Datongfu. Cao Wenzhao was very confident in Tie Mo. As long as he could hold Zhang Dashou's main force here, Tie Mo would definitely have a way to retake the entire Hetao. Of course, Cao Wenzhao would not tell Hong Chengchou of the previously booked plan to divide the spoils.

Although he had a good relationship with Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao would not cause trouble for himself in his different ways. The matter of dividing the spoils was purely helpless. Since he became the General of Suide, he had not lived a good life. Not only did the Suide Army Town be occupied by the peasant army, but he wanted to expand the army and recruit soldiers, the court had not allocated military pay for half a year. If he didn't find a way, Cao Wenzhao's people should have mutiny.

On April 16, the third year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou and Liu Yingyu joined forces and suddenly launched a fierce attack on Ganquan City. For a moment, Ganquan City was in a panic, but fortunately, Yuan Ma was surrounded by a group of desperate people. In addition, Zhang Yichuan, Wei Yang and others rescued in time, so that Ganquan City was worry-free. However, the posture shown by the officers and soldiers did not mean to harass and feint attacks, as if they wanted to swallow Ganquan City in one bite.

Yuan Ma had to ask for help from Zhang Dashou, and Zhang Dashou was in a dilemma. At this time, not only Yuan Ma was looking for help from Zhang Dashou, but Zhang Cunmeng from Hequ was also anxious to ask for reinforcements. Zhang Dashou had to guard Ansai City and Yan'an City. The troops could be separated were limited, so he naturally could not take into account both sides and could only choose one place to support. After thinking about it, he couldn't make up his mind. Later, Zhang Dashou threw this headache problem to Wang Ziyong.

Wang Ziyong cursed in his heart. He didn't seem to have to think too much about this issue. He must protect Hetao first. However, once the troops are concentrated against the living Hell in the north, Ganquan City may be lost. Once Ganquan is lost, Yan'an Prefecture will be lost. Without Yan'an Prefecture, officers and soldiers will definitely attack Qingyang Prefecture. Once Qingyang Prefecture is broken, his life will be lost.

Of course, you can retreat back to the northwest, but Wang Ziyong is unwilling to do this. If you lose Hetao, as long as you occupy Yan'an Prefecture and Qingyang Prefecture, you still have great potential. If you keep Hetao, you will have to face life worries, which is not very cost-effective. Even though you know that Baohetao is the best choice, Wang Ziyong still chose Baoganquan. When he reaches his level, there is no need to take risks.

The next day, Wang Ziyong ordered Zhang Dashou to rush to Ganquan City to prevent officers and soldiers from pouring into Yan'an Prefecture, and at the same time ordered Zhang Xianzhong from Mizhi City to give Zhang Cunmeng effective support.

Zhang Xianzhong was somewhat dissatisfied with the orders used by the king. In the battle of Zhenxiwei, he suffered losses of soldiers and generals and lost so many supplies. Now most of the people in the army are afraid of the living king of Hell. Before he could get rest, he has to support Zhang Cunmeng again.

Liu Wenxiu was very unhappy and said coldly: "What does Leader Wang mean? We encountered difficulties before, but we didn't have any soldiers or soldiers. Now Hetao is in danger. I remember that we are here?"

Zhang Xianzhong didn't want to send troops to Hequ, but he would not be as short-sighted as Liu Wenxiu. "Shut up, although the order Wang Leader Wang didn't say it was clear. However, it would be of no benefit to us when we sit down and watch the officers and soldiers occupy Hetao. So, I hope that you will take seven thousand brothers to Hequ tomorrow. No matter what the result is, Leader Wang will not be able to find our problems."

"Yes!" Sun Kewang nodded heavily.
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