Contrary to Kaifeng, Yuan Zongdi is full of hope. Along the way, he kept urging his troops.
"Quick, quick, run!"
"Have you not eaten? Come on, run faster!"
"Leave the cannon to me. We're not going to attack the city. Come back and get it later!"
"I've lost all the irrelevant stuff. Damn it, but what about you, the one who takes the blame?"
"..."
Yuan Zong was anxious, and his men were naturally anxious as well, urging the thieves to run quickly.
When we arrived at the Yellow River, we turned around and looked at seven or eight long dragons, wading across the river in unison, with no head or tail visible.
There were bandits and fast horses who kept returning letters and reporting the latest battle situation on the front line to Yuan Zongdi.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Yuan Zongdi couldn't help but urge him when Kuai Ma said that the officers and soldiers were desperately trying to escape to the northeast.
Originally, the troops on the north bank of the Yellow River were sneak attacked by the official army. After suffering a lot of losses, they immediately pursued them. However, they unexpectedly encountered an ambush by the infantry. It can be said that the losses were quite heavy.
The same is true. Niu Wancai could only chase and engage in cavalry battles, but could not keep the army behind.
However, the good news is that Yuan Zongdi sent all the cavalry for reinforcements. The cavalry army is required to block the retreat route of the imperial army and give the main infantry a chance to catch up. At that time, the imperial army can be completely annihilated!
Under the urging of Yuan Zongdi and others, this bandit army really had to risk everything. Throw away everything that can be thrown away, carry weapons that cannot be thrown away, and run with all your might.
At this time, the advantage of having cavalry is reflected. If they were all cavalry, they would be highly mobile and there would be no need to fight so hard.
When Yuan Zongdi arrived at Chenqiao Town, he saw that all of his men were injured or dead, and there were open fires in the houses.
Obviously, after being raided by the imperial army, Niu Wancai had no time to put out the fire and arrange for his casualties, so he hurriedly pursued him.
When Yuan Zongdi arrived at Zhujiazhai again, he found that it was another battlefield with more casualties, including many war horses that had been hit by lead bullets or arrows. Those who survived were still wailing.
"Damn it, if we make them run away this time, my surname will not be Yuan!" Yuan Zongdi was furious and swore immediately.
At this time, another fast rider returned from the front line. When he saw the commander's flag, he ran to report to Yuan Zongdi.
It was said that more than 4,000 cavalry troops with new reinforcements had already detoured to the northward escape route of the imperial army. The group of officers and soldiers continued to rush north for about three miles and then stopped, with their backs to the Yellow River, trying to fight to the death.
Yuan Zong was overjoyed when he heard it for the first time. He couldn't wait for his infantry to start fighting. He asked his subordinates to take them with him, and he led the remaining cavalry to the battlefield.
About an hour later, I heard shouts of death and the sound of firearms from the front.
This is a plain area, formed by the impact of the Yellow River over many years, and the land is considered fertile. But these have nothing to do with the current war.
After Yuan Zongdi hurried for a while, he finally arrived at the battlefield.
When Niu Wancai saw Yuan Zongdi's flag moving, he immediately rushed over to greet him and said excitedly: "Brother, I finally caught this slippery big fish!"
Seeing that he was so happy, Yuan Zongdi couldn't help but lower his face and shouted: "See for yourself, how many men and horses have been lost? If the general knows about it later, I can't even handle it!"
The general is Li Zicheng. Chuang Wang and so on are outdated.
Upon hearing this, Niu Wancai came back to his senses and remembered that his men had indeed suffered heavy losses. He scratched his head, pointed to the battlefield in the distance and said: "Brother, it's okay, there are big fish everywhere, the general will definitely understand! "
At this point, seeing that Yuan Zongdi still wanted to reprimand him, he hurriedly said: "Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, Ma Ke, Li Fuming, and that Tang Tong are all famous. Back then, General Lian All afraid of them..."
"That's enough!" When Yuan Zong first heard that what he said became more and more outrageous, he shouted coldly and interrupted him: "If you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I will slap you?" The mobile phone will remember in one second " 』Provide you with wonderful novels to read
This general under his command is good at everything, but he is afraid of taking responsibility and cannot take responsibility. When I heard that I was going to reprimand him, I didn't even ask him to blame him, I just wanted to find an excuse!
Naturally, Yuan Zongdi didn't know that in the original history, after the Jian captives were put into the pass by Wu Sangui, the Dashun army was defeated again and again. After losing Hunan, Niu Wancai could not withstand the pressure, betrayed him, and defected to Jian. prisoner.
At this time, Niu Wancai did not dare to talk back anymore, so he could only point to the distance and said flatteringly: "Brother, I am not willing to eat tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. I will keep it for brother so that I can talk to the general later."
Yuan Zongdi couldn't say anything more to him. After all, he was his right-hand man, so he stopped talking and drove his horse closer to the battlefield.
Sure enough, on the bank of the Yellow River, a group of imperial officers and soldiers, under the banners of "Wu", "Bai", "Tang", "Ma" and "Li" respectively, used a small number of side cars as bunkers to hide behind, The formation is formed with the Yellow River as its back.
"Brother, these officers and soldiers are very powerful with their muskets and bows and arrows. I have tried several times, but I can't drive them into the river!" When Niu Wancai said this, he gritted his teeth. It was obvious that he was helpless about this turtle shell.
Yuan Zongdi ignored him and looked at the battlefield.
The more than 7,000 cavalry troops he could send out were all here, surrounding this official army tightly. But it is impossible to defeat it.
After watching for a while, Yuan Zongdi asked: "Have they tried to cross the river?"
It is the dry season of the Yellow River right now, and you can wade across it in many places. However, in the next July and August, the rainy season will arrive. At that time, it will not be easy to cross the river.
"I chased them all the way, so I gave them a chance to cross the river!" Upon hearing this, Niu Wancai quickly expressed his merit.
When Yuan Zong heard this for the first time, he glanced at him and said, "I said after they were surrounded here, did they try to cross the river?"
"Brother, I calculated that there was no way to cross the river here, so I asked the cavalry to block them here." After hearing this, Niu Wancai quickly replied, "After the cavalry reinforcements came up, they fled all the way north. They are really desperate. Well, from there to here, we have to rush at least three miles, and then we finally block them, and there is no way to escape!"
After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi looked back, then turned to stare at the imperial army, frowning and thinking.
This war was something neither side expected. On their side, they reacted quickly after being suddenly attacked and attacked the officers and soldiers, so that there was no food, grass, baggage or anything else. The only ration is probably what I carry with me, so I won't be able to last long.
The same goes for the imperial officers and soldiers on the opposite side. They certainly didn't expect that their side would react so quickly, so that they were blocked here and had no food, grass or baggage at all. Even if they want to hold on, they won't be able to hold on for long.
Therefore, they were afraid that they would break through at all costs before the main infantry force arrived. The cavalry army under his command has already suffered a lot of losses before, but he cannot afford to lose more.
With this in mind, Yuan Zongdi ordered Niu Wancai: "Send someone over to recruit them. No matter what the conditions are, agree first and stabilize them!"
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On the court's side, Wu Sangui and others also gathered together to watch the chasing bandits.
Among them, Tang Tong said in a relaxed tone: "We finally did not violate the military order of the Duke. The area in front is hilly, and the Yellow River over there is full of reeds. Is this right?"
"That's right, it's right here, otherwise why would we have to fight these three miles to get here!" After hearing this, Li Fuming immediately agreed.
When Wu Sangui heard them talking, he did not turn to look at them, but stared at the bandits and said: "According to the Duke's arrangement, the next step is to wait for the main force of the bandits' infantry to arrive, and then wait for work and annihilate them in one fell swoop. However, Before that, in order to stabilize these bandit cavalry, we must not let them have the intention to send out exploration horses to check the surrounding situation."
After hearing this, Bai Guangen immediately said with a smile: "That's not easy. We sent people over and said we wanted to surrender and discussed the terms with them. They have been chasing us for so long, and they saw that we wanted to surrender, so why should we investigate? Check your ass."
When Marco heard this, he immediately agreed: "This is a good idea, it saves the most effort!"
Several other people listened and agreed, so they decided to use this tactic to delay the attack.
As a result, what surprised them was that just as an envoy was sent here, the bandits also sent an envoy.
One is here to invite surrender, and the other is here to surrender. It seems like it's really a bastard versus a mung bean.
Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers began to raise prices all over the place, while the bandits did not even counter-offer.
So, the officers and soldiers changed their story again, saying that there must be something wrong with you being so generous;
As a result, Yuan Zongdi changed his mind again and started bargaining.
Just like that, both sides started negotiations without any sincerity.
About two hours later, the main forward force of the infantry on the bandits' side finally caught up. However, these rogue infantry were like hot, smoking dogs, sticking out their tongues, and almost fell down from exhaustion.
When Niu Wancai saw it, he spat at the officers and soldiers, then turned to Yuan Zongdi and said: "It's meaningless to talk like this. It's crazy if we can get a result from the talk! Anyway, the infantry is here. Let’s get started?”
Yuan Zongdi felt the same way himself. Just when he nodded and was about to speak, he suddenly froze.
The purpose of the perfunctory negotiations on my side was to wait until the main force of the infantry arrived. But what are the officials and soldiers of the imperial court trying to do?
He didn't believe that those five famous figures wouldn't notice such an insincere negotiation?
Thinking of this, Yuan Zongdi immediately felt that something was wrong!
At this moment, within his line of sight, he saw a horse running towards him in the distance. He was still shouting while running. Although he couldn't hear clearly, he seemed very anxious.
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