Chapter 445: Thousands of sails race without thieves
Seeing this, Yuan Ying knew that he could not convince Ye Chang and sneered: "Since Mr. Ye is stubborn, then let's see the truth on the battlefield."
After he finished speaking, he quickly retreated, fearing that Ye Chang would send troops to attack again. Ye Chang smiled and turned to the left and right: "Prepare for combat"
With his order, the five thousand soldiers began to move forward and did not even take a break. Yuan Ying was furious: "How dare you bully me, a village man?"
Even so, Yuan Ying did not dare to really move forward. He just shrank into the fence and the trench and ordered the bow and arrow to prepare. They seized the arsenals of several counties, and their equipment was not bad. At least thousands of bow and arrows could be collected. These bow and arrow holders rushed to the edge of the fence and trench and approached the officers and soldiers as close as possible.
However, when the officers and soldiers approached the range of the bow and arrow, they stopped.
"Brother Yuan Wu, what is the activity of the officers and soldiers?" Seeing this, a thief came to Yuan Ying and asked.
"No matter what cunning Ye Chang's plan is, as long as we stick to it, we don't have to worry about being trapped. He is short of troops. He can't change this matter no matter what." Yuan Ying snorted: "You go and urge them to attack Luokoucang City with all their strength, and don't delay any more."
Yuan Ying himself did not want to fight on both sides, but his subordinates had different ideas from him. After his defeat, his prestige decreased. He was nominally the Communist Party leader of this rebel army. In fact, the thief leader under him had his own subordinates, and he didn't have much to do. After hearing his urging, the thief leader laughed, but never said anything.
These thieves are all heroes in the countryside, and they regard their strength as the boss. In the past few days, everyone has suffered a lot of damage. Now they are hesitating whether to attack with all their strength regardless of casualties or think of other strategies.
"There is insufficient troops..." Yuan Ying murmured again, as if to give himself some kind of comfort.
But at this moment, he suddenly heard an uproar in the distance, and then his right wing team fell into chaos. Yuan Ying was shocked and stood up straight and looked over there.
But in the north, in the Yellow River, countless sails were descending along the river!" What's going on?" Yuan Ying was shocked and sweated down.
Instead of sticking to his opinion, he stayed outside Luokoucang City to fight on both sides, resisting Ye Chang while attacking Luokoucang City. One reason was that Luokoucang was the special location. This place is adjacent to Luokoucang Water in the south and the Yellow River in the north, and is a triangle area where the Luo River and the Yellow River converge. In his opinion, the number of officers and soldiers was insufficient, so he could only attack from the west. Therefore, when he laid out the trenches and fences, he also paid special attention to the west. As for the north and south sides, he thought that there was a natural danger on the water surface, and that the number of officers and soldiers was to die. But now, looking at those boats and the number of officers and soldiers was afraid that there would be no less than tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.
Ye Chang has transformed two thousand elite veterans into Luoyang City, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers here?
When Yuan Ying thought of this, his face turned pale. He dared not take any luck anymore and immediately looked around.
"What's going on? Why is this happening?" The thief leader next to him was also panicked.
"Things cannot be done, we must break through." Yuan Ying's thoughts were heard and whispered to his close confidants around him.
"Fifth Brother, isn't that the reason yet?" a confidant said anxiously.
"Don't be lucky anymore. Ye Chang used troops and was elusive. As expected, he had the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers. I was defeated here, not a war." Yuan Ying was so extremely regretful in his heart at this time. He lowered his voice: "There is still a chance to escape at this time. If the war is unfavorable and all the generals leave, how can we escape in the past few days. You have also seen that those people from Henan are arrogant and frivolous, and they take us seriously. What kind of loyalty should they tell them?"
The leaders of the families looked at each other, and when they thought that loyalty was someone else's life was his own, they immediately replied: "As long as the fifth brother told me."
"Walk……"
Yuan Ying gave the order that the ship had already begun to land on the dock, and a group of soldiers landed on the shore. Their ranks were strict. When the thieves saw that the other party was on the shore, some people tried to intercept them. They were immediately put on the shore and were shot down by the crossbows and bows and arrows. Even a few of them could injure these officers and soldiers. When more officers and soldiers came on the shore, they were quickly surrounded and killed. The thieves' right wing was almost about to collapse.
When the thief was in panic, he heard the sound of horns in the west again, and Ye Chang's headquarters finally started to move.
When Yuan Ying heard the sound of a trumpet, he felt frightened. The charge of the officers and soldiers in front of Luoyang City seemed to be still in front of him that day. He didn't care about making any more instructions and took the people to the south and walked away.
At this moment, he had only the gratitude in his heart that he had collected dozens of ships just in case and hid them in the Luo River. Although it was not enough for him to escape from his entire army, he and his confidants could escape.
When he fled, the bandit army lost command and became even more chaotic. Under Ye Chang's attack on both sides, the bandits did not dare to guard the fences and trenches, and fled backwards.
"The local chickens and dogs, the officers and soldiers lack training, and these rioters have never really seen the battle. They are still the level of the villagers fighting. How can they be invincible?" Ye Chang said contemptuously.
An Yuanguang next to him nodded: "Mr. Ye said... I only regretted that Mr. Cheng failed to be like Mr. Ye, which led to the Jiangnan thief army's success."
But a hint of shock in his heart: As Ye Chang said, he didn't spend much effort to eliminate these rioters, but why did he not immediately quell the civil unrest, which was still in its infancy after he was left behind in Luoyang, but instead pretended to recruit soldiers? He had soldiers in secret, and there was no need to recruit soldiers to waste time... Unless Ye Gong intends to indulge civil unrest?
This thought was just born, and An Yuanguang pinched it again. This kind of thought cannot be done, and he dare not have it.
Ye Chang smiled and looked at the two armies from the north and the west commanded by him, and rushed into the thieves. They were all shouting, "Kneel down and not kill them." Among the panicked thieves, many of them did kneel down and kneel down.
These are all young and strong laborers, and they are all guilty. In addition, the prisoners of war in Luoyang, 100,000 young and strong will not be a problem... With these 100,000 young and strong in Liaodong, the overall situation will be settled.
He turned his eyes to the south, where there were hundreds of thousands of young and strong people in Huainan, waiting for him to collect them.
Yuan Ying was mentally prepared for a crushing defeat, but was not mentally prepared for such a rapid and thorough defeat. When he escaped for more than half an hour and finally fled to the edge of the Luo River, he looked back at his back and found that except for more than 300 confidants and horse-ridden thief heads, his 100,000 army had disappeared.
"Yechang Villageman, I will kill you in the future and kill your entire clan." Only when he got here did he have the courage to curse Yechang.
The whine of the defeated dog was useless. He did not notice that among the confidants around him, several of them were already winking at each other.
"Boat, where is my boat?" After gasping, Yuan Ying asked along the river.
He left several people to guard the ship, but at this moment, there was no one around Luoshui. This made his heart hang up again and ordered everyone to find the ship quickly.
Everyone found more than ten small boats in the withered grass by the water, but these boats were too small, and each one could take more than ten people was the limit. Seeing this, Yuan Ying rushed up first and wanted to grab a boat and leave first, but several people around him rushed up at the same time and stopped him: "Where is Brother Yuan Wu?"
"Go on the boat and leave quickly. Brothers don't worry. Ye Chang said, "I will only kill the evil people. As long as I escape, he will not be difficult for you." Yuan Ying's heart suddenly jumped and then spoke.
"What Brother Yuan Wu said is reasonable. Ye Chang wanted to kill him to kill him. However, since the fifth brother is so loyal, why not give his brothers a wealth and honor?"
Yuan Ying's eyes suddenly condensed.
He had already put the knife on his neck: "Escape, we have been tired of running around, Brother Yuan Wu, I'm sorry, our brothers were used to conquer the world and enjoy wealth, but you have left your brothers behind repeatedly, only caring about escaping your own lives, and we can't blame us for leaving you behind."
"The boat and you are" Yuan Ying said with a pale face: "Brothers, why should I do this?"
"A brother is in a relationship, Brother Yuan Wu should follow the scriptures for his brothers." Then the human word.
Yuan Ying looked around and found that although more than ten confidants were preparing to come up to save him with swords, most of them were confused and had lost their minds. He smiled bitterly: "Okay, we brothers made friends with heroes, but we made friends with you scum... Then, you can take my first prize and offer Ye Chang to Ye."
"Fifth brother is joking. After all, we are brothers and really want to kill the fifth brother. How can we do it? Come on, tie it up and tie it tightly. The fifth brother is quite brave and everyone has seen it."
"Bah, it's just that living is more rewarding than dead." Yuan Ying spitted over and spitted it on the man's face. The man wiped it with his hand, then slashed his back on Yuan Ying's face with his backhand, making him furious.
"Leave some face to Brother Wu." Another person said.
"He will be escorted hundreds of miles into the cage to the capital, and what other face is he going to want," the man cursed: "Aye, I was originally a good family in the countryside, and was deceived by this guy. Now I have repented, so I naturally want to beat him up."
"Okay, okay" Yuan Ying laughed in anger, but before she could speak out the words of cursing, she was blocked.
Everyone escorted him back north. On the way, most of Yuan Ying's confidants fled, and in the end there were only more than 30 people left. When they walked halfway, they saw a team of people coming. The leader was handsome and handsome, with extraordinary appearance. Some people who followed Yuan Ying for a long time felt that this person looked familiar.
The visitor was Zhuo Shunfu.
He broke through the siege and rushed to Xiuwu that day. It took only fifteen days to recruit more than 20,000 people. These were miners and workers from neighboring counties such as Xiuwu and Wuzhi. As Ye Chang's nest, the industrial workshops and mining industries near Xiuwu were very developed, and the interests of the local wealthy households here were more closely tied to Ye Chang. Zhuo Shunfu played Ye Chang's sign, and they immediately mobilized their workers and their families.
For these new-style landlords, miners and factory owners, the rebellion can be quelled as soon as possible, and for workers, trade can be smoother, so that everyone can continue to work and make money. Therefore, these counties have very high enthusiasm for joining the army.
Compared with the rogue rangers in the city, one of the biggest characteristics of workers is that they have more hard-working and disciplined spirit. The workshops and mines near Xiuwu act according to the standards set by Ye Chang, so these workers usually use systems that are close to military discipline. As long as they come, they can act as soldiers.
Of course, there is no great combat power at this time, but their opponents are even more unbearable so-called rebels.
After Zhuo Shunfu recruited enough people, he originally wanted to return to Luoyang, but at this time Ye Chang had defeated Yuan Ying outside Luoyang City and ordered them to go to Wuzhi to recruit ships that were originally in Wuzhi Boathouse to cross the river and come to Luokou Cang City.
"Who is it?" Seeing these more than thirty people, Zhuo Shunfu shouted sternly.
"General, general, we are righteous men anyway. We have bound the thief leader Yuan Ying."
Everyone was yelling and pushing out Yuan Ying, who was tied up tightly. Zhuo Shunfu was stunned for a moment, and then recognized that this guy was the thief's head who was almost shot to death by himself in the north of Heyang Bridge. He was immediately overjoyed: "It turned out to be you."
He ordered the general to bring Yuan Ying over. The thieves who tied up Yuan Ying to offer were still a little reluctant. However, facing the swords of more than 200 people around Zhuo Shunfu, they had to hand over Yuan Ying. Yuan Ying glared at Zhuo Shunfu, and Zhuo Shunfu sent someone to take the rotten cloth that blocked his mouth and said with a smile: "Thief, do you know Zhuo Shunfu?"
At first, Yuan Ying did not recognize him, but when he heard this, he suddenly realized: "It turned out to be you... these soldiers who came suddenly were brought by you?"
"On the order of Mr. Ye, he went to recruit troops to help, which happened to be the battle today." Zhuo Shunfu smiled and put the horse spear in his hand on Yuan Ying's head: "It has always been a pity for Zhuo to fail to shoot you that day. If you can capture you alive today, it is considered to make up for this pity."
"General, this thief is bound by us. He is very cunning. He had hidden ships on the banks of Luoshui. If it weren't for villains, he would have fled again." The thieves who tied up Yuan Ying to offer finally couldn't help but say, looking one by one, as if they were afraid that Zhuo Shunfu would wipe out their merits.
Zhuo Shunfu looked a little disdainful, but what should these people do? Ye Chang made a decision and he would not act without permission. Therefore, he said: "I will report this matter to Mr. Ye, you can follow me."
When he took Yuan Ying to look for Ye Chang, Ye Chang had already arrived in Luokoucang City and had seen Yan Zhenqing with him. Yan Zhenqing looked at Ye Chang's expression and seemed to be disagreeing. Ye Chang laughed and said, "Mr. Yan, although he has not seen each other for some time, can't you recognize me anymore? Why do you look like this?"
"Where did these officers and soldiers come from?" Yan Zhenqing had a long friendship with him. Even though the relationship between them was a little weaker because of He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu's death later, they were different from ordinary people. Therefore, he was not polite and directly expressed his questions: "Can you really have the ability to sprinkle beans and become soldiers?"
"What is this?" Ye Chang smiled silently: "It's just a fellow villager recruited from my hometown. My hometown is a place of loyalty and righteousness. When I heard that the country was in trouble, I bravely joined the army... Mr. Yan has known me for many years. Don't you know that I am a vulgar person who only likes gold and silver, and where can I sprinkle beans into an army?"
Yan Zhenqing suddenly realized and laughed. At this moment, Zhuo Shunfu came to offer Yuan Ying. When Ye Chang heard this, he was also happy and smiled and said, "Okay, okay, the Central Plains are settled, so I can report to the court and march into Huainan."
Chapter completed!