Liang Yue's surprise attack changed the ownership of Xingtai Town and fundamentally changed the battle on the southern front.
What did Changping guerrilla Xu Datong do when the forward entered the city?
He is fighting.
Fifteen miles southeast of Xingtai Town, there is a small village with about a hundred households.
The little village looks nice from the outside. Located in a mountain col, the houses are very clean and look relatively affluent at first glance.
So Xu Datong pointed his sword.
"This is a den of thieves."
The generals under his command laughed.
They like thieves like this the most, and they can "annihilate" them effortlessly.
So Xu Datong sent a forward force of 300 people to take over Xingtai Town. He wanted to lead the main force to suppress the bandits first.
Liang Yue passed through Xingtai Town and saw the officers and soldiers fleeing. He was keenly aware that there was a problem with the formation of this group of officers and soldiers.
Not to be missed.
Liang Yue kept pace and led his men to pursue them bravely, without giving the officers and soldiers a chance to regroup.
At the same time, he also sent a message to Li Zicheng to inform him of the situation ahead.
Li Zicheng was still five miles away from Xingtai Town at this time. When he heard about the situation, he was overjoyed.
"What a good Liang Yue, we saw him right."
Li Zicheng was a natural general. He immediately threw away the infantry and took only light cavalry. He did not even enter Xingtai Town and went directly to pursue Liang Yue.
The small mountain village burst into flames, becoming the best symbol in the dark midnight.
The defeated officers and soldiers would not be able to find their way out and run back crying for their fathers and mothers.
But the God of Death was behind them. Before Xu Datong could figure out what was going on, Liang Yue ran headlong into the ranks of the officers and soldiers.
In the dark, I couldn't tell how many enemies there were.
The officers and soldiers had just burned, killed, and looted. The already heavy armor was filled with valuables, and the stomach was filled with wine and meat, and it was impossible to move at all.
When Liang Yue rushed him, the scene was chaotic.
Xu Datong was so overwhelmed that he couldn't care about anything, so he turned around and ran away.
He took off his armor while running, for fear that others would know that he was the general.
Just like that, Liang Yue, with only 800 men, chased and killed more than 2,000 officers and soldiers all over the mountains and plains.
Turning around the mountain col, Liang Yue's eyes turned red when he saw the villages burned to the ground and the people dying miserably everywhere.
"Kill all these beasts for me and take no prisoners."
The rebels were given orders, and their attacks became even more ruthless. Their bodies that were originally a little tired were now full of strength.
This group of Ming soldiers were unlucky. They couldn't run away, so they surrendered and were killed. In the darkness, I couldn't distinguish between east, west, north and south, and I didn't know where to run.
When Li Zicheng caught up, he saw only the corpses of officers and soldiers scattered all over the ground. The result of the battle was very brilliant.
Li Guo and others followed Li Zicheng, and when they saw Liang Yue covered in blood, they felt chills in their hearts for some unknown reason.
At the same time, in Fengshan to the north, Zuo Liangyu was furious when he saw the village being slaughtered.
This was originally the spot he chose to suppress bandits, but the damn bandits beat him to it.
Zuo Liangyu's fighting power exploded when he thought that so much property had fallen into the hands of bandits and that so many women had not enjoyed it.
"Come on, kill all these thieves!"
Under the command of Zuo Liangyu, the officers and soldiers of Hejian rushed forward ferociously.
Zhang Xianzhong had just slept with two women and was in sage mode. He was shocked when he heard loud killing sounds outside the camp.
When he ran out with his clothes on, he saw a fierce general wearing mountain armor had stepped in. Every time the knife goes down, a head will fly up.
Zhang Xianzhong was immediately frightened and couldn't find his car for a while, so he simply ran away.
As for the men being slaughtered...
If you die, you will die, and you can rally the team at any time.
Zuo Liangyu and Ma Tiao joint venture have never been so prosperous.
He chased tens of thousands of bandits fifty miles westward, beheading countless of them, like they were chasing ducks away.
These are all real bandits.
Xie Wenju, who escorted the military supplies, saw the battlefield and couldn't help but praise him.
"He is really a tiger general!"
Gao Yingxiang and Lu Xiangsheng received the battle report almost at the same time, and their blood pressure exploded together.
The winner has not yet been determined in the middle, and both wings are playing tricks.
Zhang Xianzhong lost the northern wing of the rebel army, and even he himself only managed to return more than 400 people. In other words, the northern wing is likely to be outflanked by the army.
Lu Xiangsheng is worried about the south wing.
After a day of fighting, both he and Gao Yingxiang discovered that no one could do anything to the other in the middle.
It just depends on which side of the two wings gets the victory first.
Now that we have achieved a result, then...
Doesn't that mean that no results have been achieved?
"Quickly dispatch 1,500 troops and horses to capture Wangcun. Even if you die, you can still defend Wangcun for me."
Lu Xiangsheng decided to take advantage of the victory achieved on the northern flank, so he must first prevent the rebels from bypassing the southern flank.
As a last resort, another 1,500 troops were detached from the Chinese army.
Don't seek to retreat the enemy, just hold the southern stronghold and buy time for the center and northern flank.
But just when he finished his deployment and waited for dawn before attacking, he received intelligence from the rebels.
"Report, the bandits have retreated."
Lu Xiangsheng was in trouble.
"Is it a scam?"
This was Lu Xiangsheng's first time fighting against the rebels, and he didn't know much about the habits of these bandits.
When Zhang Xianzhong came back and described the Ming army on the northern wing as terrifying, the rebel army's will to fight was greatly shaken.
For a long time, the rebels have always lost more than they won in battles with the official army, so they are very afraid of the combat effectiveness of the official army.
Unless necessary, they would not dare to fight a tough battle with the army.
This time it was also because Gao Yingxiang learned that Lu Xiangsheng was only preparing the Ming Dynasty troops, and his troops were patchwork, so he planned to give it a try.
If they win, not to mention threatening the capital, at least Jinan will be able to run wild.
As a result, Zhang Xianzhong, one of the three leaders, was defeated and the other leaders were frightened. Before Gao Yingxiang could make a decision, several people retreated with their teams.
At this time, Gao Yingxiang was unable to fight, so he quickly sent someone to deliver a message to Li Zicheng, and then retreated with his troops.
As everyone knows, after defeating Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu on the north wing was sending troops to search for loot.
The officers and soldiers of Hejian Mansion were scattered everywhere, completely unruly. If the rebels seize the opportunity and launch a surprise attack, Zuo Liangyu will have to annihilate his entire army.
Li Zicheng, who was rushing towards Wangzhuang, received a message from Gao Yingxiang, and his face turned dark.
"The vertical pillar is not enough and the plan is not enough."
Liang Yue ran back from the front.
"General Chuang, why don't you fight?"
Li Zicheng ordered someone to pour a bowl of wine for Liang Yue.
"The Eight Kings were defeated. King Chuang was afraid that the army would steal our retreat, so he sent an order to withdraw."
Liang Yue paused, but couldn't say anything except regret.
He is considered the number one figure under Li Zicheng, but among the entire rebel army, he is not even as good as an ant.
However, Liang Yue's regret only lasted for a while, and he immediately warned: "General Chuang, we can't survive in the capital. We have to cross the river quickly and go to Henan."
Li Zicheng didn't expect his thoughts to change so quickly.
"Why go to Henan?"
Liang Yue was still frightened.
"I heard that many places in Shanxi have been hit by the plague. I'm afraid it won't be a place where it will stay for a long time. Furthermore, it is said that Cao Wenzhao, the murderer, has crossed the river. By then, the army will come from northern Shanxi, Gyeonggi, and Shaanxi, and we can There is no way to survive.”
When he said this, Tian Jianxiu also said: "Last year, the Mengjinkou embankment burst. It is said that many people drowned, and many people in Henan have rebelled. This winter is even worse this year, and the heavy snow has killed many people. We As long as we go to Henan, it will definitely be easier to recruit troops."
Two generals in a row had the same idea, and Li Zicheng had to pay attention to it.
"Let's go back first and talk to my uncle carefully."
