Half an hour later, all the battalions of the new army and the garrison were reorganized, and all the fallen soldiers were buried on the spot. The military governor would record the names of the fallen soldiers and the specific places where they were buried, and wait until after the war to send people Come and move the grave.
The injured soldiers were all placed on the large number of captured carriages. As for the large amount of property originally on the carriages, they had been unloaded by the soldiers of each battalion, and Liu Yan had ordered them all to be abandoned.
As for the more than 42,000 prisoners, all of them had been tied up at this time and returned to Xinle County with the army.
Before the army left, Liu Yan suddenly had a plan in mind, so he called Miao Shao and said: "Immediately select some captains, brigade commanders, headquarters commanders, sentry commanders, flag commanders and other officers from among the prisoners, and then pretend to surrender. Let them search for those broken soldiers."
Miao Shao was stunned for a moment, then said with a wicked smile: "Do you always want those captured rogue officers to spread the news?"
Liu Yan said in surprise: "It seems that you have guessed, this is what I think. I hope Li Zicheng's troops will know about this great victory as soon as possible, so that we can mobilize the bandit battalions to march from the north to the south, and we can search for it." Fighter plane.”
Miao Shao said: "I'm afraid those bandit officers may not be able to find the main force of the bandits, and they may just run away."
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Then you can't control much. It's up to people to make things happen."
"yes."
After Miao Shao saluted, he went to make arrangements. Then the battalions of the new army and the garrison army began to march north. In the afternoon of that day, the army entered Xinle County, and more than 40,000 prisoners were all placed in the school grounds in the city. At this time, in Xinle County The number of bandit prisoners has reached 115,000. Miao Shao
, Xu Ming, Chen Xun, Wang Yue and other battalion commanders were all nervous. With so many prisoners gathered in the city, not only were there huge hidden dangers, but they also consumed a huge amount of food and fodder for the army.
So after everyone settled the soldiers in each battalion and sent out almost all Ye Bushou to cover up the traces of the army, they rushed to the county government office and expressed their worries.
Liu Yan looked at everyone, and then sneered and said: "I have also thought of this. Most of these prisoners are old bandits. They are already accustomed to a life of robbery and killing. Let them go there honestly. Farming is already difficult.”
"In addition, our army is now using mobile warfare to mobilize various units of the bandit army. It is impossible to march with a large number of prisoners. We can only use this bloody method to deal with the prisoners!"
Everyone's hearts trembled when they heard this. It was obvious that no one had such a decisive mind as Liu Yan.
Shen Tuo asked: "Mr. Ge, if this is the case, will there be anyone who wants to kill him?"
Everyone was silent. No need to ask, there must be some, because many of the prisoners were dead soldiers, and some were even strong women, but could it be done without killing them?
the answer is negative!
Liu Yan was under great pressure at this time. After thinking for a while, he said to Wang Yue: "Immediately take people to the school where the prisoners are detained, and then try to select strong women from among them, just use the excuse of lewdness. As for the men among the prisoners, we don’t have the time or conditions to screen them now, so we can only do this!”
Everyone sighed, their faces looking ugly.
After Wang Yue accepted the order, he asked: "Mr. Ge, why did you let me go on this errand?"
Liu Yan is serious
He said: "When it comes to finding female captives for sexual pleasure, you are the best place to go."
An hour later, Wang Yue brought out more than two thousand strong women from the school grounds in the city. These strong women thought that they were about to be humiliated, and they were all crying. However, Wang Yue led his troops and took them to a deserted house in the city for resettlement.
Wang Yue left hundreds of soldiers from the rear camp to guard him, and then returned to the county government to resume his duties.
Liu Yan immediately ordered Miao Shao to lead his troops to the school field in the city, and take the prisoners in the school field in batches of 5,000 to the Wengcheng at the north gate of Xinle County for disposal.
Miao Shao, with a frosty face, led thousands of soldiers from the guard camp there. Not long after, the sound of blunderbuss sounded in the Wengcheng at the north gate, and the five thousand prisoners were quickly slaughtered.
Then came the second, third, and fourth batches. A large number of corpses were transported directly from Wengcheng to the outside of the city for burial. The prisoners in the school finally realized that something was wrong and began to become restless. Later, they began to attack the new troops guarding the camp. Soldiers.
When Miao Shao, who led his troops to escort the fifth batch, heard the news, he immediately stopped and ordered the main force of the Guards Battalion to be mobilized and directly surrounded the school grounds. The remaining tens of thousands of prisoners began to attack the defense line of the New Army Guards Battalion. But he was quickly beaten back by Bird Cannon and Thunder Thunder.
Miao Shao said coldly at this time: "In this case, it will save us the time and order the whole battalion to deal with it on the spot!"
boom!
Then Miao Shao even contacted the New Army Artillery Battalion, mobilized dozens of Tiger Guns, and blasted the school grounds. In just one hour, tens of thousands of prisoners were slaughtered in the school grounds.
At this time, Liu Yan also received the report. When he rushed to the school grounds, the fighting was over. He was walking on foot.
Among the mountains of corpses, Liu Yan was in great pain, and his eyes turned red involuntarily.
"I hope this troubled times will end soon!"
The blood under his feet has flooded his feet. Liu Yan can feel it at this moment. When Zhuge Liang burned the vine armor soldiers, he lamented that his life was shortened by ten years. Although such killings were unavoidable, the depression and burden in his heart were really heavy. !
"Li Zicheng!"
Liu Yan gritted his teeth and said, "I will chop you up sooner or later!"
The next day, the corpses of prisoners in Xinle County had not yet been transported, and the blood in the school field in the city had not yet completely condensed. All the camps sent back various messages one after another without collecting them all night.
Especially Ye Bushou, who was sent to Xingtang County, Quyang County, Lingshou County and other places a few days ago to investigate the news. At this time, he also rode back and brought important information to Liu Yan. Liu Yan immediately ordered to summon Each camp owner will discuss matters at the county government office.
"The camps did not send back any messages at night, and everyone saw it."
Liu Yan said with excitement: "Now all the bandit battalions are converging towards Xingtang County, and the soldiers and horses from the front camp of the bandits have appeared in Xingtang County. It is estimated that they have arrived in Xingtang County now. Li Guo's troops have been The bandits must have known about the total annihilation."
"In addition, a large number of bandit scouts have begun to dispatch. It seems that they are looking for traces of our army. Let us all share our suggestions for the next step."
Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo all believed that they should move eastward to Dingzhou and jump to the outside, so that the army would have more choices.
Wang Bo and Zhang Yi believed that they should continue to stay in the Xinle County area. The army should not take too many actions before determining the next target.
, so as not to expose their whereabouts.
Wang Yue, Qian Qian, and Tian Zhenbei didn't have any opinions, so Liu Yan followed his orders.
At this moment, Liu Yan suddenly saw one of the many pieces of information recording the movements of the Rogue Firearms Camp.
"oh?"
Liu Yan then said to everyone: "Li Dingguo's firearms camp is still in Quyang County?"
Miao Shao immediately said: "What about the soldiers and horses of the front camp of the bandits? Have they returned to Xintang County to aid?"
Xu Ming on the side said: "According to the news from Ye Bu, the soldiers from the front camp of the bandits should have already headed to Xintang County!"
Everyone's eyes lit up, Liu Yan said with a smile: "In that case, let's go north, raid Quyang County, and eat Li Dingguo's firearms camp!"
But Chen Xun looked at the map and said: "Mr. Ge, Xinle County where we are located, Quyang County where the Liuthi Firearms Camp is located, and Xingtang County are basically on the three vertices of a triangle, starting from Xingtang County. The distance from the county to Quyang County is basically the same as the distance from us to Quyang County, so this is difficult to handle!"
Miao Shao also frowned and said: "Yes, if there is a connection between the former camp of the bandits and the firearms camp, then the time we have to eat the firearms camp of the bandits is very limited, and we might be eaten by the firearms camp of the bandits. Attack from inside and outside the front camp!"
Liu Yan also stared at the map and thought for a moment, then pointed to the Shahe River in the map and said to everyone: "No! There is a Shahe River between Xingtang County and Quyang County. This battle is based on the sixth battalion of the garrison in Shahe River. Mobile defense to the north, while the remaining New Army battalions raided Quyang County."
The Rogue Firearms Battalion did not have as many troops as the rear and right camps. According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Department and each battalion at night, Li
The Dingguo Firearms Battalion has only tens of thousands of troops, but is equipped with hundreds of artillery pieces.
Therefore, Liu Yan led nearly 100,000 troops from each battalion of the New Army to launch a surprise attack, and victory was almost guaranteed.
After everyone had discussed and made preparations, in the afternoon, Liu Yan led the soldiers of each battalion to set off from the north gate of Xinle County and march rapidly towards Quyang County.
When the army arrived in Quyang County, Deputy General Tian Zhenbei led the sixth battalion of the garrison to break away from the main army and rush towards the north bank of Shahe River, responsible for blocking the front camp soldiers and horses who might appear.
Liu Yan rode his horse and looked at the mighty and fast-moving battalions of the New Army, and said loudly: "The soldiers of each battalion must speed up. They must approach Quyang County before nightfall today!"
At this time, Miao Shao rode up and said loudly to Liu Yan: "Mr. Ge, Ye Bu Suu has returned. A small group of bandit scouts have been found in Quyang County. They have all been killed by Ye Bu Su. There are no Get away alive!"
"good!"
Liu Yan said: "We will definitely reach Quyang County tonight. After the new army battalions arrive, they will immediately launch an attack. Without giving Li Dingguo any time to react, he will directly eat his troops with superior force!"
"yes!"
At the same time, Liu Yan secretly said in his heart: "I hope this battle can save Li Dingguo's life. After all, this person can also bear the title of national hero in history. If he died in my hands, I would feel the burden in my heart." I’m afraid it will be much heavier!”
In the blink of an eye, it was dusk, at the foot of Quyang County.
Li Dingguo stood in front of the military formation wearing armor, and Ai Nengqi stood beside him and said: "General, we will break the city before nightfall today.
"
"Um!"
"General, is there something going on in Xingtang County? Li Guo has more than 200,000 elite men in his hands. What could happen?"
Li Dingguo sighed and said: "I think they were probably bitten by Liu Yan's army, and the rear camp probably suffered heavy losses. Otherwise, Li Laiheng would not have led all the troops of the front camp to rush over."
Ai Nengqi was horrified when he heard this, shook his head and sighed: "This Liu Yan is really haunting!"
Li Dingguo admired and said: "I think Liu Yan is the first-class talent today. If it weren't for our different positions, I would really like to make friends with him. If the foster father or King Chuang could have Liu Yan, How great it would be to have such a talent as Yan!"
