Chapter 669 Defeat
This kind of war cannot be fought. In the king's body without support, there are a group of bandits. The illusion of preparing for war cannot cover up their weakness. When facing the regular army, their morale disintegration.
If they rely on their numerical advantage, they may be able to exert their abilities. However, when facing the siege of tens of thousands of regular troops of the Ming army, their weaknesses emerged.
At least the officers and soldiers cooperated tacitly, and their weapons were relatively advanced. There was also sufficient food and supplies, and the soldiers obeyed the orders and unified command.
After the bandits were defeated, they became a mess of sand. The king's body was furious and stood at the top of the city with a long sword in his hand: "Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on!"
He shouted and held back, but he hid in a position where the shells could not even be hit and hid. This scene looked like a timid traitor who was afraid of death.
At the critical moment of life and death, who will tell you about your bravery, and your subordinates are not polite: "General Wang, I really can't stand it!"
"Boom, boom..." The explosions were endless, and the bandits on the city wall were scattered and trampled on each other and ran. They really couldn't stand it. The Ming army officers and soldiers under the city wall began to climb the city wall.
The braver he was at that time, the scattered he was at this time. Wang Tizhong also knew that he had no way to turn things around in the face of the attack of tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city.
"Retreat, retreat from the south gate!"
With the order of retreating in the king's body, the entire Qi County was immediately in chaos. Run, if you can't beat it, run away. It is the true nature of a bandit.
When he knew that he could not defend Qi County, the bandits took out their own secret skills and ran away.
They are familiar with the matter of escaping. Once they start to collapse, they throw away the city and no longer care about it.
The southern city gate was the weakness of the Ming army. The city gate was wide open, and the bandits threw down the city and fled in a panic. The originally small city gate was even more crowded.
The Hu Ben Army was dispatched, and Zhan Yunpeng's army and the Eastern Palace Guard were already waiting in the south city, pursuing the fleeing bandits. The bandits ran away and messed up the establishment, and the defeated army was defeated. The Hu Ben Army pursued the establishment, and the army was dispersed.
Fortunately, the mobility of the cavalry can be combined at any time. Along the way, they chased the remains of the king's body and just killed them.
During the great victory in Qi County, Zhu Cixuan's troops finally entered the city. However, when they entered Qi County, Zhu Cixuan was shocked.
Nine out of ten rooms in the entire Qi County county were dilapidated. The population of such a large county was less than one-tenth of the previous one. Needless to think about it, we also know what these suffering people have experienced.
Bandits, burning, killing and looting bandits all the way, brought heavy disasters to innocent people wherever they went. Killing, robbery, burning, and rape almost became the labels of bandits.
What is the King of Chuang who comes and doesn’t pay grain, what is the one who kills cattle and sheep to prepare wine and slurry? What does plums eat without taking grain? How does his army survive? I don’t know if killing cattle and sheep is illegal. If you kill cattle and sheep to prepare wine and slurry, will the bandits let you go?
The bandits needed to survive and could only burn, kill and loot. That was when Li Zicheng grew strong enough and the military pay and food he robbed was enough to replenish the army, he would comply with the will of the people and not pay food.
Li Zicheng has not yet grown to the point where he does not pay food, so he still relies on robbing.
Faced with this hell-like and empty city, the Ming army officers and soldiers were silent. Meng Fanchao followed Zhu Cixuan tightly, and Sun Wangcai remained silent. The generals of each battalion were furious and wished that they could tear these bandits to pieces.
Zhu Cilang looked at all this coldly, and finally gave a military order that ran through his life in suppressing the enemy: "From today, without the instruction of this palace, the court will no longer accept the invitation of any bandits, any band!"
Yes, these bandits should not be forgiven. The heinous crimes they committed should not be eliminated because of their revenge.
The Eastern Palace Guards were recruited by the reason why they had no great evil. Moreover, at that time, Yuan Xiaoxiao and others were forced to helplessly, and Zhu Cilang was moved by his emotions and reason.
However, Li Zicheng's troops no longer need to recruit people. Judging from the sins they committed, death is a big deal.
Unless Zhu Cixuan agrees, they will not accept the inviting of any bandits in the future. They must pay the price of bleeding for this.
They quickly paid the price they deserved, and Wang Tizhong fled in a panic and gave up Qi County. In Huaiqing Prefecture, Huang Sanli's Xiaoyong Camp was originally only responsible for the task of blocking Wang Deren's troops.
Unexpectedly, after Huang Sanli brought the soldiers of Xiaoyong Camp into Huaiqing Mansion, he advanced all the way and directly entered Huaiqing Mansion.
Most of the bandits in Huaiqing Prefecture were Bai Wang's subordinates. They had no intention of fighting once Bai Wang died. It was revealed that the army had fought, but they collapsed without fighting.
Helplessly, Wang Deren had to abandon the city and flee. He chose the same path as in the king's body and threw away the huge Huaiqing Mansion, and it was difficult to escape.
Originally, Zhu Cilang's intention was to capture Qi County first and occupy Weihui Mansion. After occupying Weihui Mansion, he would attack Huaiqing Mansion in turn.
Unexpectedly, the Huaiqing Mansion was easily defeated by Huang Sanli, which was also a surprise.
Wang Tizhong took the remnants to flee south and went to Kaifeng Prefecture to meet Li Zicheng. Wang Deren took the remnants to escape, so he also went to Kaifeng Prefecture to meet Li Zicheng.
Then, the two guys met on the road that could not escape.
Turning over a valley, the king's body ordered his subordinates to stop. Because, they heard the sound of rapid marching footsteps on the other side of the valley.
Wang Tizhong was shocked and thought that the officers and soldiers were catching up. When the other party turned the valley and the two sides were facing each other, they were stunned.
Isn’t this Wang Deren?
Wang Deren turned the valley and suddenly saw a unit in front of him. He was startled first. Then he looked closely and saw that this was not the king's body.
Brothers and brothers, after meeting each other, did not greet each other, did not hug each other enthusiastically, nor did they come forward to ask each other. Because the other party understood that the territory they were stationed in had been lost.
The king's body was filled with anger and wanted to come forward to ask why the other party was reluctant to save him. But when he saw Wang Deren's embarrassed look, he knew that they had also been attacked by officers and soldiers.
Wang Deren's men gathered together, and they were all loyalists in the king's body. Now, several people have their own scheming.
One of them said, "What should I do? The king's body was defeated. How can we explain it when we meet the King of Chuang?"
No one knew how Li Zicheng would deal with them when the defeated generals went outside Kaifeng City. Wang Deren was silent for a while and whispered to his brothers around him: "Listen to me, if you want to survive, we will kill the king's body. When we get to the King of Chuang, it will be a great achievement."
The soldiers around them were all shocked. After a brief panic, they actually nodded together: "Yes, if you kill the king's body, we can only survive if we return to the king's place."
Chapter completed!