Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 375 Small Report

When Yang Menglong returned to the battlefield, the battle was over, and the corpses of the rebels were all over the battlefield.In this campaign, the main force of the rebel army suffered a devastating blow. The 9000 elites brought by Kong Youde and Li Jiuzheng were almost wiped out, more than 3000 corpses were left behind, and more than [-] people were captured. Even the rebel commander Li Jiuzheng became a river. A prisoner of the Luo Xin Army.Since the Denglai Rebellion, the rebel army has been in Denglai for nearly a year, and finally suffered a devastating blow. The soldiers of the Ming army held blood-smeared knives and axes, and searched for the dead in groups. I kept things for myself, and when I saw a complete corpse, I cut off the head with a knife, and continued to look for it, watching them talking and laughing, and accidentally thought they were going to the market!

Seeing Yang Menglong's return, all the Ming soldiers looked in awe.Soldiers only admire the strong. The terrifying combat power displayed by the new Heluo army on the battlefield made the Ming army dumbfounded. Facing Yang Menglong who commanded this iron-blooded force, he naturally did not dare to show any disrespect. Even the eyes grew on the top of the head. The Guan Ningjun who saw Yang Menglong took the initiative to step aside, not daring to make trouble.Yang Menglong didn't bother to talk to them, and went straight back to the camp.At this time, the Heluo New Army, Tianxiong Army, and Zhejiang Army had all cleaned up the battlefield and had regrouped. Seeing Yang Menglong's majestic return, all the soldiers cheered loudly.

Qi Hu and Xue Siming came up to meet him, and asked in unison: "My lord, how is it?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's not bad, a big fish was caught. By the way, how about the casualties of our army?"

Qi Hu said: "More than 120 people were killed in battle, 330 or eight people were injured, which is a 200% loss, which is not bad. The Tianxiong Army killed more than [-] people, and many were injured. Wu Shen beat the Zhejiang army the worst. Thousands of dead and wounded, all of them shattered."

Yang Menglong said: "That is to say, we defeated the enemy at a cost of over two thousand casualties?"

Qi Hu said: "Yes. However, our army, Tianxiong army, and Zhejiang army have beheaded nearly [-] people and captured more than [-] people. It is considered a brilliant victory."

Yang Menglong said: "Six to one, not bad..."

Just as he was talking, Cao Jun ran over with a generation of Lancers full of anger, and yelled from a long distance: "My lord, you judge me, Guan Ningjun is too bullying!"

Yang Menglong was confused: "What's wrong?"

Cao Jun took a breath and said: "I was ordered by my lord to pursue Kong Youde, and I was still [-] steps away from him, and I was about to catch him. At this moment, Guan Ning's army rushed over and blocked us. Between us and the rebels, they obstructed us so much that Kong Youde escaped by swimming! The subordinates went to them to argue, and they actually said that if they can’t get it, no one else can get it! My lord Tell me, aren't they too bullying!"

Yang Menglong frowned and asked, "Who is commanding the Guanning cavalry?"

Cao Jun said: "Who else can it be? Of course it's Zongbing Wu's precious son, Wu Sangui, Young General Wu!"

Yang Menglong yelled: "Fuck it, I'm being bullied! Come on, let's settle the score with them!" Throwing down his horse, pulling out his saber, he turned his horse and was about to charge towards the direction of Guan Ning's army. His murderous look didn't look like he was going to settle accounts with others, but rather he wanted to kill people——then again, this bastard often confuses "settlement" and "knocking people"...

The Lancers were also furious, and they drew out their sabers one after another, cursing and going to settle accounts with Guan Ningjun, and let those arrogant guys know that the horn is made of iron!Qi Hu hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, don't be impulsive!"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "They are all riding on my head, can I not be impulsive!?"

Qi Hu said: "The Wu family is powerful and well-connected in the court. The military supervisor and governor Zhu are all partial to Wu Sangui. If you clash with him rashly, you will definitely not get cheap!"

Xue Siming said: "The top priority is to regain Dengzhou and win the first victory in countering the rebellion. Why should we fight with those villains over such a trivial matter?"

As soon as Dengzhou was mentioned, Yang Menglong's mind calmed down.He did not forget that more than ten counties in the two prefectures of Denglei are still in the hands of the rebels, and there are still tens of thousands of rebels guarding Dengzhou. What's more terrible is that there are a large number of advanced artillery and technical personnel from Europe in the city. If these deadly things go to Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty will be in great trouble.Thinking of this, he reluctantly swallowed the anger, put the saber back into its sheath, and said angrily, "Go, go back to the tent of the Chinese army, let's discuss how to take Dengzhou!"

Qi Hu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.He was really afraid that Yang Menglong would be overwhelmed by anger and clash with Wu Sangui.When he was young, he had been serving at the border, and he had dealt with the generals of Liaoxi a lot. He really knew how powerful these warlords were.Their fighting skills can only be regarded as mediocre, but their ability to pull their own backs can only be described as "supernatural". If Yang Menglong really breaks out with the upstart Wu Sangui, the general of western Liaoning, he will definitely not get any benefits. , even though he once stabbed Huang Taiji's horse to death on the Dalinghe battlefield, captured Huang Taiji's golden helmet, and was hailed as the champion of Ming Dynasty by Chongzhen!Yang Menglong's foundation is still too shallow, and he can't compete with the behemoth of Liaoxi general, so it's better to bear with it in some small things.

Yang Menglong was planning to swallow this bad breath, but Wu Sangui didn't intend to stop there.He led people to search back and forth along the river bank, but failed to find Kong Youde after searching for two full hours. Knowing that the guy must have escaped, he said angrily: "If it wasn't for the obstruction of the Heluo New Army, Kong Youde's item would have been taken down a long time ago." The head is up!" Leading the troops back to the camp of the Chinese army, throwing the whip to the followers, they went straight to the tent of the Chinese army.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Gao Qiqian was full of joy, chatting and laughing happily with a group of civil and military officials.This dead eunuch was very proud. He had been in Denglai for nine months, and the Denglai rebels, who had repeatedly defeated the imperial army, let him wipe out the entire army in one battle. What an outstanding military exploit!With such military exploits, are you afraid that the emperor will not be happy with his face and rely on him as the Great Wall?Just when he was happy, Wu Sangui walked in angrily, knelt down on one knee, and called, "Father, please be the master of the child!"

Gao Qiqian was taken aback, and quickly asked: "Uncle Chang, what's the matter? What happened?"

Wu Sangui said aggrievedly: "I report to my adoptive father, my boy respectfully obeyed my foster father's general order, and pursued the traitor Kong Youde to the death, and he was about to capture him. Who knew that the new Heluo army would obstruct him, and even drew their swords at the boy, making him The boy has no time to look after him, but Kong Youde escaped! Adoptive father, they are collaborating with the enemy, I ask the adoptive father to be the master for the child, arrest those overthrowing army leaders, and follow the military law!"

Gao Qiqian was taken aback: "How dare the Heluo new army take control of the enemy?"

Zhu Dadian, who was counting the results of the battle, raised his head and said, "It is absolutely impossible! Looking at the performance of the counter-insurgency armies, the Heluo New Army is the most valiant in fighting, killing and wounding the most rebels, killing and injuring over ten thousand rebels. The army can be said to be in the same situation as fire and water, how could they manipulate the enemy!"

Wu Sangui said: "They prevented their subordinates from pursuing Kong Youde, so that Kong Youde escaped from death, is it always true? Just for this one, they can also be punished for the crime of colluding with the enemy!"

Zhu Dadian said: "Perhaps some officers of the Heluo New Army are young and vigorous, eager to make contributions, and blindly strive for merit, so that Kong Youde can run away. This old man thinks it is inappropriate to conclude that the Heluo New Army is going against the enemy!"

Gao Qiqian thought of Yang Meng's outstanding military exploits on the battlefield in western Liaoning and won the trust of Chongzhen, and felt a sudden change in his heart.Although he was annoyed that Yang Menglong's army didn't give him face, the new army of Heluo was different from ordinary troops, and even Huang Taiji was chased by those lunatics, in case he listened to and believed and got angry Yang Menglong...Thinking of the Lancers of the Heluo New Army attacking as fast as thunder and lightning, sharp as a blade piercing bamboo, he shuddered. This bastard has the most powerful and powerful army in the Ming Dynasty. How can anyone mess with it? Affordable?Considering that the battle was not over yet, and he still had to rely on Yang Menglong when Dengzhou was recovered, Gao Qiqian gave up the idea of ​​taking a breath for his adopted son and making trouble for Yang Menglong, and instead comforted Wu Sangui with gentle words, telling him not to make trouble for his adopted son. He took this little thing to heart and said that he would definitely give Yang Menglong a good beating and vent his anger on his behalf.Wu Sangui heard the implication of the dead eunuch, of course he was upset, but considering that there were only a thousand Guanning iron cavalry around him, he was a bit weak, so he had no choice but to swallow the bad breath, and the matter would be settled like this .

It's not right to say nothing, at least this proud young man has firmly remembered the Heluo New Army, Cao Jun, the rebellious general, and whenever he has a chance in the future, he will still fight against him. Looking for Cao Jun's trouble.

In this way, the seeds of discord between the Guan Ning Army of the Wu Department and the Heluo New Army were planted.

That night, the Ming army received news that the rebels surrounding Laizhou City had begun to retreat!It seems that the battle of Shahe had already broken the backbone of the rebel army. They no longer had the courage to compete with the officers and soldiers in the wild. In the thick city walls, save your life first and then think about other things.The Laizhou garrison did not respond to this. They still closed the city gate tightly and could not hold on. Let alone chasing the rebels, they refused to open the gate even when officers and soldiers passed by.There is no way, the Laizhou defenders have already scared the rebels, for fear that this retreat is another conspiracy of the rebels.The officers and soldiers repeatedly revealed their identities to them, but they didn't believe them. Finally, Gao Qiqian sent a personal eunuch there, and the defenders believed that the officers and soldiers had really defeated the rebels and they were saved.It’s not new to cheat the gates of the city by tricks. In order to cheat the gates, the protagonist spent a lot of money. That’s right, this must be a special envoy sent by the Ming army. Open the gate, we are saved!

Now that the siege of Laizhou has been resolved, half of the task entrusted by the emperor has been completed. Next, the Ming army should think about how to recover the dozens of cities occupied by the rebels, including Pingdu, Huangxian, Laiyang, and Dengzhou...

(End of this chapter)