Winning more with less, ten years of grievances suddenly felt elated. In addition, this battle also brought him to the highest level in his history. Gao Jie was in a state of excitement and could not calm down for a long time, just like the officers and soldiers who were resting.
However, he was a veteran on the battlefield after all, and Gao Jie knew that although Li Zicheng was embarrassed by this battle, he was not severely damaged. Although he was panic-stricken during his retreat, he was always well-organized and did not collapse.
Therefore, Gao Jie has reason to believe that when the intruders take a breather or reinforcements arrive, there will be a tough battle to be fought, and Li Zicheng will definitely not be able to swallow this breath.
Just wait until then... Hey, Gao Jie is thinking, he is not a good person, Chang Yu ordered him to intercept, the reason for working so hard is to take advantage of Li Zicheng's embarrassment to beat the drowned dog to settle his personal grudges, and secondly, it will be beneficial. Pictureable.
Now that the two goals have been achieved, if the intruder waits for the reinforcements to arrive and cross the border again, there is no need for him to fight head-on. He will just put on a show and retreat to the city after a while. Of course, it still depends on the situation. If the intruder's reinforcements arrive, At this time, the officers and soldiers on the northern front also caught up with him. He would not show mercy and would kill them.
At present, several groups of people from both sides of the enemy and ourselves are entangled within a hundred miles. The situation is changing rapidly. No one can control what will happen in the next second. Even the most inconspicuous variable can detonate the overall situation. Therefore, how to fight and how to deal with it at the moment depends on Four words, assess the situation.
Gao Jie thought so, and so did Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng made an accidental move. Gao Jie's blind cat encountered a dead mouse and asked him to choose an escape route. He took the lead in ambush. After a fierce battle, although the casualties of the men and horses were not large, the heavy loss of the baggage was nearly a hundred. The car made all the thieves' leaders feel distressed, but what was even more troublesome was the fact that their morale was at an all-time low.
Withdrawing from Baoding Prefecture, the bandit leaders said that their purpose was to achieve a strategic retreat, that is, they had plundered enough and it was time to go home to appease the bandit soldiers. However, the journey home was too difficult. As the pursuers continued, news of the defeat of each group came. , coupled with the fact that there were wolves in front and tigers behind, morale gradually became sluggish, and they had just suffered another defeat. The front was unable to pass, the way home became bleak, and there was an air of panic in the army.
Naturally, Li Zicheng could not allow this to happen, and personally mobilized the morale of the army, saying: "This defeat was due to carelessness. The front army was too scattered and the rear army was too far apart. Adjustments have been made at this time, and large reinforcements will soon arrive in the rear." We arrived, and it may not have been a defeat just now, it was just a strategic retreat to protect the baggage. Look, the officers and soldiers chased us for more than ten miles, but did they defeat us? No!"
"The officers and soldiers in front are not strong enough to defeat the rebels. After resting for a while, they can easily cross the border and leave when reinforcements arrive..." Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and other thieves took turns to go into battle, finally making the tired soldiers feel a little angry.
When they returned to the commander's tent, the leaders of the thieves had different expressions. Some frowned and said nothing, some sighed solemnly, or silently watched their actions. They all felt unprecedented pressure.
Li Zicheng's face was irony, and anyone seemed that he was trying to control his emotions. Everyone knew that it was very faceless when he was violent by the enemy, not to mention that the future of the entire rebel army was closed.
As they had said to their bandits before, they had indeed made adjustments. They sent orders to Li Guo, Liu Fangliang and others to come back quickly for reinforcements, and Zhang Nai would come back with some reinforcements. The previous deployment was still too careless. Too many troops were divided and the main defense was too weak. However, Gao Jie, a blind cat, took advantage of the loophole.
At the mouth of the Sancha River, the bandits camped here. Although they had been defeated before, Li Zicheng had figured out Gao Jie's strength, which was slightly inferior to his own. However, he had to concentrate on dividing his troops to protect the baggage, so the two of them were able to work together. Gao Jie You can stop him, but don't think about defeating yourself, let alone killing yourself. Similarly, you may be able to defeat Gao Jie, but you will never pass the test.
Therefore, he had to wait, and when the reinforcements arrived, he would definitely crush Gao Jie to death. Of course, Gao Jie thought so too. Now it depends on who of the two sides changes faster.
The two sides were resting and confronting each other more than ten miles apart. Before they knew it, it was already dusk. Li Zicheng was waiting for reinforcements, while Gao Jie was observing his actions. The scouting horses he sent returned one after another. The bandit army in Ren County was entangled by Liu Cheng. , fighting four times in one afternoon, with no hope of breaking the city, and unwilling to leave.
As for the Fucheng side, it was much funnier. The bandits marched all the way to the city and called for formation. Seeing that they had no siege equipment, the defenders in the city shouted insults. The bandits encircled the city angrily, and then suddenly transferred their troops to the east. They should have arrived soon. County.
Gao Jie couldn't help laughing. He was extremely excited when he thought about Li Zicheng being played around by him. His subordinates asked: "Then the reinforcements from the west route are now exhausted. Do you want to fight?"
After thinking for a while, Gao Jie objected. His target was Li Zicheng and he did not want to waste his energy elsewhere. Moreover, once he evacuated, Li Zicheng might take advantage of the situation and escape.
"But what will happen if we wait for reinforcements from the bandit army to arrive from the west? We may be defeated by two flanking attacks." Some of his subordinates were worried.
Gao Jie simply rolled his eyes: "What does it mean to be afraid of losing? You will definitely be defeated, but I can't beat you and you still can't run away." Everyone laughed loudly: "Besides, the rebel reinforcements have already been exhausted all the way. Whoever kills who?" It’s hard to say, and besides, I’m afraid that by the time they get to the edge of the field, the governor will lead his troops to fight over from the north..."
Dreams are beautiful, but I'm afraid Chang Yu will disappoint Gao Jie. What is he doing now?
There is a big river at the junction of Gaoyi, Zhaozhou and Yuanshi County. The river bank was originally the camp of the rebels. In the early morning, Liu Zeqing defeated the rebels and occupied their camp. After resting until noon, he sent troops to pursue them. At the same time, Li Yan's troops The men and horses followed closely and met up with Niu Yong and another group of men and horses from Li Chengdong's department, and headed south side by side.
The army of officers and soldiers who were resting in Luancheng also broke out of camp at noon. It was already evening when they arrived here without haste. Chang Yu ordered to rest on the spot. After the continuous battle, the soldiers under his command were at the end of their strength in terms of physical strength and energy. Now there was an interception in front of Li Zicheng. There was a pursuit, and it was a long way home. Chang Yu had plenty of time to play cat and mouse with him, so he was not in a hurry and let his troops take turns to rest and pursue the pursuit.
There were many wounded soldiers left by Liu Zeqing in the camp. Chang Yu personally came to comfort them one by one, ensuring that they would receive disability subsidies and pensions regardless of life or death. The soldiers were grateful.
After some consolation, it was already dusk. Chang Yu looked at the setting sun on the west mountain in trance. He heard cheers in the distance and turned around to look at Wuzhong. Qiao Sanxiu and a group of personal guards were competing with each other, and the onlookers were filled with excitement inside and outside.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head. As the saying goes, there is no one who is first in literature and the second in martial arts. There are several master-level masters around him who belong to different factions. They are competing overtly and covertly. There was nothing wrong during the break. Several of them taught the martial arts of Dongchang Fourth Battalion. , I don’t know why they were taught to do it, which attracted the officers and soldiers to watch and cheer.
"Lord Governor" Chang Yu was about to go to watch the excitement, but Kuang Ren next to him suddenly stopped him: "I have a proposal."
Chang Yu was startled and slightly confused. As his archery master, Kuang Ren was always silent. Hearing what he said, he was very curious.
"What proposal?"
"Choose an elite soldier from the army for the governor as personal bodyguards," Kuang Ren blurted out, but Chang Yu frowned: "The governor is among thousands of troops and has four battalions under his command, so what kind of personal bodyguards do I need?"
As the governor of Dongchang, Chang Yu has four battalions of soldiers and horses under his command. On weekdays, Dongchang and several personal attendants are responsible for security in Beijing. In the army, the four battalions are responsible for the security, plus Kuang Ren's more than fifty gods. Archers can sit back and relax.
However, this little governor is different from others. He always likes to go into battle to kill the enemy personally, and the four battalions under his command are often sent out to perform tasks. He only has a few personal attendants and Kuang Ren and others around him, which is not enough.
At first glance, it sounds like who dares to touch him among all the troops, but it turns out to be another story.
It means that the commander-in-chief of an army, like Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, etc., all have personal soldiers. What are personal soldiers? They are loyal and good at fighting. They follow wherever they go. They fight to the death to protect the general on the battlefield, but on weekdays they guard against their own people.
What's more, Chang Yu's identity, the big boss of Dongchang, is a eunuch. There are many people who want to touch him, so once the Fourth Battalion of Dongchang is away, Kuang Ren will feel particularly stressed! When he went to the battlefield, it was okay when there were four battalions on the side. But the pressure was even worse when he was not on the battlefield. He was afraid that something might happen accidentally, so he needed to form a bodyguard for Chang Yu that would stay with him for 12 hours.
After saying this, Chang Yu nodded slightly: "Forget it, I will leave this matter to you." Kuang Ren was overjoyed and left.
