Chapter 497: Cicada, Mantis, Yellow Bird

Ruyang, Ru Ning Prefecture City, is still a distance from Xiangcheng, and it is not on the main transportation route of the Shunjun. After all, the connection between Huguang and Henan is Nanyang Prefecture.

What made Li Zicheng feel shocked and angry was that the Shandong soldiers finally moved. According to common sense of military strategy, it is definitely not necessary that the Southern Zhili invaded Runing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion was so quiet.

In fact, Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, had already thought that the Shandong soldiers and horses in Kaifeng had already taken action, but he did not realize that the military was dangerous and he should be extremely cautious. He was fighting and dying with the Ming army, but he did not expect that there would be a great enemy behind him and did not make corresponding arrangements. What would his situation be like?

Song Xiance, who was beside him, responded quickly. After the two officers who came from Runing came, he immediately ordered the nearby personal guards to name all the officers and soldiers who could hear this and not move around on their own.

This is naturally the meaning of the King of Chuang. This news must be strictly blocked. If it spreads, the entire team will probably have a downward morale. If the Ming army bites it back then everything will collapse.

In this battle, Niu Jinxing and his son, he naturally had to follow him. Now Niu Jinxing is already the first civil servant of Dashun. A literati in Huguang wrote an article called "Xiao He of Shun". When the army went on a war, he and Gao Yigong and Li Guo guarded the rear and raised supplies.

Niu Qi followed the army, and was the record room of the old camp, and the counselor of the army was confidential. Now he was watching the formation beside the King of Chuang.

Dashun was first established, and military achievements were the most important in various places. Niu Jinxing's status had been determined. Niu Fu followed him and made a move to make a military contribution, so he would also like to jump in the system in the future.

However, his father and son had some private matters that could not be disclosed to the public. When they heard the cry of the two generals, the Shunjun people were either panicked or angry. Only Niu Qi lowered his head. When he raised his head, he was already indifferent and sad, but at this time he was already a little panicked, and who could still care about him?

"I will lead the old camp to follow you. Li Laiheng, you will lead your headquarters to set up camps and camps. Don't act rashly. Shuangxi, and send a team of cavalry to He Jin's side. There must be a definite news!!"

The King of Rebellion Li Zicheng gave a few more instructions and ordered the military academy around him to mobilize troops and move forward. Li Laiheng and Li Shuangxi each arranged the operations of the headquarters.

Niu Qi, Song Xiance and others also knew some archery and horse skills, but the army did not let them fight, such as the strategist and the clerks charge into battle. The two and some documents and accounting offices were protected in the middle of the camp. Song Xiance looked righteous, but his expression changed at this time, and he didn't know what to say.

On the contrary, Niu Fu, who was in his early twenties, looked at his heart with his mouth and nose, and sat quietly in his place, not knowing what he was thinking.

Shaanxi General He Renlong, Shanxi General Xu Dingguo, Yulin General Bai Guangen, and Yulin General Bai Guangen, took the chariot of the commander Hou Xun, and followed a large number of elite cavalry to flee to Gao Jie's camp in a panic.

Before the war started, the soldiers brigades of two generals from Shanxi and Shaanxi were used. In addition to some of the chariot camps led by the commander Hou Xun were later driven to the front to fill the trench, most of the new soldiers who had become soldiers for less than half a year stayed in the camp, and it was not that they were not required to be cannon fodder.

Instead, these people were the most hungry group in the siege for several days. All their things were plundered by the soldiers of each army, and they could only wait for death on empty stomachs there.

Just before this day, there were many people who died of eating dirt and eating death. The remaining group of people were in the camp, and they were only left to wait for death in one breath.

But the Ming army camp was in the center of the official road with a large cart that day. This time the third general led his personal guards to flee, and the camp happened to be blocking the road.

Escape is important, no one cares about anything. If someone stops him on the road, he will cut him over and stomp over him. Poor these soldiers in the chariot camp, when things come to an end, they can't even escape, and they can only wait to die there.

The Third General's army trampled on the past without mercy. Next were the Ming infantrymen who had not yet been surrounded by the Shun Army and Horse Team. They also knew that they would die sooner or later.

But if the Shun Army did not leave prisoners and did not surrender, the battle would always leave a few surrender soldiers. I hope I could last until that moment. Besides, there were many ways to go through this barracks, and I hope I could escape in the chaos.

These officers and soldiers did not have any sympathy for their companions in the car camp, but they were running and had no strength to kill.

Then there were the cavalry of the Shun Army. At that time, there were no class brothers, and the poor did not fight against the poor. Originally, this time, the King of Chuang Li Zicheng discussed with his subordinates, and he also planned to surrender a group of Ming troops, which should be his main force. The supervisor Hou Xun was also a famous scholar in the world, and could also decorate the storefront for Dashun.

But the general Niu Chenghu raided Tang County and slaughtered all the women, children, and young people in the city. They were all the families of the generals of the Shun Army. In this way, both sides completely broke the face.

Since the preparations for the war, Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, never mentioned the saying "not killing surrendered soldiers". As soon as he entered the battlefield, the middle and lower officers of the Shun Army and Cavalry team had red eyes.

If someone does not take action to kill, they will be scolded loudly by the leader, thinking that they are lazy and hiding traitors. Moreover, the Shun Army has been besieging the Ming army for so many days, and the soldiers from the top to bottom are full of anger. When they start fighting, they will naturally let go of the killing.

Starting from the trench, the soil of normal color can no longer be seen. The ground is either purple or red, and the flesh and blood have been completely applied here.

The soldiers of the Ming army cried and begged for advice, and the soldiers of the Shun army shouted loudly. The heaven and earth were like hell on earth. In it, there was only tyranny except despair.

This is a real disaster. Shaanxi and Henan were provinces that started to cause chaos in refugees since the early years of Chongzhen. The officers and soldiers and the refugee army fought each other and rolled around like a tug-of-war.

A large number of young and strong laborers were either voluntarily or forced to participate in this war. When they joined the army and fought, the fields naturally had no one to cultivate. In this situation, even if the year improves, if there is a slight disturbance, the people will be in trouble, and then more people will go to the army.

If one person dies, one farmer will be missing in the fields, one more soldier will be added, and one more robber who relies on plunder and make a living.

This is an extremely vicious cycle. Year after year, the place has become sparsely populated and increasingly dilapidated. In this Xiangcheng Battle, the Ming army almost plundered all the remaining young and strong laborers in Shaanxi. After entering Henan, they recruited male gangs everywhere to fight with the army.

The situation of the Shun Army is slightly better and limited. Such a large-scale mobilization of troops naturally requires the assistance of most civilians and men. As a result, it can be expected that in the next thirty years, Shaanxi, Henan, and even the affected Shanxi and Huguang will not recover their vitality.

After this, there will definitely be a longer period of suffering that will be imposed on Guanzhong and the people of the Central Plains, but on the battlefield now, no one will think that there will be anything more like Shura hell than it is now.

The horses of the Shun Army were chasing calmly, but wherever they passed, blood flowed into a river. The horses of the Ming Army were running in a hurry, and the same was true wherever they passed. If it were outsiders, it was simply a massacre between the two armies.

There were many things that the Ming army had fought each other. Although Gao Jie went to the north to guard the retreat, he did not dare to relax in the direction of his friendly troops. There were not many camps, trenches, and rejected Maluzhai.

Since the war started, Gao Jie's army knew that the road to the south was occupied by the other people. If he wanted to have a way out, he could only break through from the north, so there was no way to facilitate the entry and exit of the army in the south. Anyway, this was the rear, so it was filled at the critical moment, so it would not delay anything.

Who would have thought that this move is really a bit of a mistake now. There is a tug-of-war between the two sides of the trench, and here it is fighting desperately against the "Shunjun" camp.

By the time He Renlong and the generals fled here, Gao Jie was already slanderous and surrendered to the Jiaozhou Camp Ma Army Commander Tang Er.

There is still a distance between the south of Jia County and the north of Xiangcheng. It is still a long way to escape and run away. It takes a lot of time to get here.

There is no saying that those who are chasing and running for life are just trying hard to urge the horse to run wildly. But the distance is constant. When the sun sets, the generals can see the edge of Gaojie's camp. However, Gaojie's camp is also noisy and chaotic.

A few people who heard this sound were frightened and thought, could it be that the bandits were launched everywhere, and General Gao's camp was also in trouble.

Being far away, He Renlong and others ordered their soldiers to shout in unison:

"Master Gao, General Gao, we are subordinates of Hou Xun, the former commander of the army. Let us go in and avoid the thieves together."

Then I just shouted:

"It's your own people, start the camp quickly!!!"

You can also see the flags dancing in the camp of Gao Jie's army. People shouted and horses neighed, but the camp was not opened. Suddenly, a continuous loud noise suppressed all the restlessness.

With the afterglow of the sky, we could see the sound of the sound of the earth flying around the ground before Gao Jie's camp. It was actually a warning. Seeing this, the sound of the cannon was clearly to prevent him from getting closer to the camp. The meaning was that the shells would not have eyes. In this case, even if they were eager to escape, the Ming soldiers would slow down their speed involuntarily.

The Shun Army brigade, which was chasing the back team, also encountered a team that was in a mess, and was led by personal soldiers to the constant horses of General Quan Liu Zongmin. The horsepower of the team was about to collapse and could not keep up with the team's actions. However, Liu Zongmin saw that they still slowed down and asked in surprise:
Chapter completed!