The first large-scale frontal decisive battle of the direct line army, the effect is generally not bad. In the case of a huge disparity in strength and the enemy, and was surrounded by the enemy at one time, the Sui army lost less than 700 people. Captured more than 7,000 enemy heads and captured about 1,000 people. Although the results were not as brilliant as Chen Yingliang's opportunistic use of ambushes before, it proved that the team under his command has the ability to fight hard and the good attitude of not being afraid in the face of danger. However, Chen Yingliang was quite satisfied with this, and he also gained a lot of confidence to confront the enemy head-on.
Regardless of the fact that the Sui army in Qiaojun only captured more than 7,000 people, judging from the figures, it seems to be insignificant to the 120,000 Lu Mingyue bandit army. In fact, most of the bandit army is the main force of Lu Mingyue's bandit army, and Lu Mingyue's bandit army has 120,000 people on the surface, and there are only a few main soldiers who can really go to the battlefield to fight with the officers and soldiers. There are more than 10,000 people, and the rest, except for the auxiliary soldiers who can be used in the battle with the wind, are all mixed soldiers and civilians who do hard work and move military supplies. Even the weapons are hoes and bamboo guns. The effect can be imagined, so the Qiaojun Sui army's gains in this battle do not seem to be many, but in fact it has severely damaged the vitality of the bandit army and seriously injured the bandit army's muscles and bones.
There was also a heavy blow to the morale of the rebel army. The 50,000 army fought against the 8,000 Sui army in the field, but they were defeated. The morale of Lu Mingyue's rebel army was naturally severely affected. After receiving Chen Yingliang's letter from Feige, on the night after the war, Qiu Sheng, the guard of Teng County, led 800 elite soldiers to sneak out of the city and suddenly launched a surprise attack on the bandits who were demoralized. , more than 500 people were beheaded by Qiu Sheng's team, and a camp was burned down. When Lu Mingyue hurriedly sent troops back to help, the Sui army in Teng County had already fled back to the city and continued to hold on. The county magistrate Tao Guang's brother-in-law also fled back In the city, Lu Mingyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth and had to give up her plan to send soldiers from the rear to reinforce the front.
Successfully made the bandit army divided into two groups and dare not gather together, Chen Yingliang became more arrogant and domineering. The next day, he sent the captives to Lu Mingyue to send a letter to Lu Mingyue about fighting, and also gave Lu Mingyue a set of women's clothes. As Lu's sister-in-law, Lu Mingyue was so angry that Lu Mingyue was so angry that despite the persuasion and opposition of Lu Mingxing and Su Chang and other big and small thieves, she insisted on dispatching another 30,000 troops to fight Chen Yingliang, and once again gave Chen Yingliang a chance to train troops.
Of course, Chen Yingliang also paid a certain price for his malicious provocation. Although the scale of the second decisive battle was not as large as the first decisive battle, it was far more intense than the first battle. An angry Lu Mingyue came to the front line to command the army to fight. And once he personally led the army to attack Chen Yingliang's flag formation. He kept saying that he wanted Chen Yingliang's dog's head, and almost broke through the Kan Leng intercepting team guarding in front of Chen Yingliang's flag formation. In protecting the Sui army's flag formation, he didn't have the guts to personally lead the army to charge like Lu Mingyue.
Fortunately, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, Chen Yingliang, who only knew how to stab a knife in the back, finally seized an opportunity to defeat the enemy, and took advantage of the empty flanks of Lu Mingyue's bandits along the front line, ordering Cheng Yaojin Leading the white-robed cavalry to attack the bandit army's flanks, they succeeded, crushing the bandit army's flanks and attacking the central army. In the end, Cheng Yaojin personally cut down Lu Mingyue's commander-in-chief flag. Only then was he able to launch a counterattack, defeating Lu Mingyue's bandit army again, and even shot and wounded Lu Mingyue himself with an arrow in the pursuit.
At the same time, Teng County also made some moves. It was discovered that after Lu Mingyue sent troops to a decisive battle with the main force of the Sui Army, in order to share the pressure on the main force of the Sui Army, the defenders of Teng County went out of the city again to raid the besieging bandit army. Afterwards, he defeated the rebellion troops and almost destroyed another rebel camp. The rebel troops suffered from the enemy's front and back, and they were beaten very painfully.
The casualties of the Sui army in the second decisive battle reached more than a thousand people, but it also severely damaged the main force and morale of the bandit army. Chen Yingliang's confidence increased greatly, and he publicly uttered wild words that the third decisive battle would destroy Lu Mingyue's bandit army. Somewhat exhausted, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to let the army take a temporary rest to heal its injuries, and planned to launch a decisive battle to defeat the enemy after a few days of rest. However, it happened that on the morning of the second day after the end of the Second World War, there was a sudden news from the northern line that the Sui army of 10,000 Qi County led by Zhang Xutuo had already crossed Zoushan and was heading towards the Tengxian battlefield. While fighting, Zhang Xutuo also asked the messenger to tell Chen Yingliang, saying that Chen Yingliang was to let Chen Yingliang guard the camp at ease, and when the Sui army from Qi County arrived, they would attack Lu Mingyue from north to south.
"Why is Zhang Xutuo here?" Hearing the news that should have been good news, Chen Yingliang was not only not the slightest bit happy and excited. I didn't ask you for help, why did you come here to sabotage my decisive battle plan? I said a long time ago, I will fight this battle, I will fight, why don't you listen?"
"Ambassador Zhang is too good at picking the best deals!" All the generals under Chen Yingliang's command were also filled with anger, and said angrily: "We finally basically wiped out the main force of the bandit army and severely damaged the bandit army's combat strength. You can defeat the enemy in a single battle in a few days, and you don’t need his reinforcements at all, so he’s here to help, it’s just stealing merit.”
"That's right! It's just grabbing merit!" Ma Sanbao's face was full of grief and indignation, "I also said that in the third war, I would get a white robe for my brothers to wear. Now it's all right, there is no chance! This How can I explain to my brothers?"
All the generals of the Sui Army nodded their heads one after another, condemning Zhang Xutuo for coming here purely to steal military exploits maliciously, he is even more abominable than bandits, robbers and rebellious thieves! ——Also selectively forgot that in October last year, the Sui Army in Qiaojun used this shameless method to snatch Wang Shichong's credit away.
Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo is far more noble than Chen Yingliang, even Chen Yingliang himself admits this, so Chen Yingliang quickly shook his head and said: "Maliciously taking credit is not enough, Zhang Xutuo is not that kind of person, if I didn't expect If he is wrong, he should be worried that we will be unable to support us alone, so he took the initiative to send troops to help, and it is entirely out of good intentions. It's just, just... "
"It's just that he came so unluckily!" Speaking of this, Chen Yingliang couldn't bear it again, slapped the table and shouted: "I don't care if he came to grab credit, but it's too unfortunate for him to come! Our army was defeated again yesterday." Lu Mingyue's rebel army has severely damaged Lu Mingyue's main force, and our army is also very exhausted. If Lu Mingyue's rebels receive the news and abandon the camp and flee for their lives, how can we pursue them?!"
"Report!" Chen Yingliang's crow's mouth came into effect again. Before he could finish his roar, a scout rushed in from outside the tent and clapped his hands to Chen Yingliang's Jishou and played: "Report to Deputy Envoy, Lu Mingyue's bandit army suddenly lifted the siege of Teng County, The besieged bandit army all went south to join the main force. In addition, it was also found that there was an abnormal movement in the main camp of the bandit army, and a large number of bandit troops were packing up tents and vehicles, and there seemed to be signs of retreat!"
"It really is like this!" Chen Yingliang wailed, "Lu Mingyue is really going to run away, and even brought back the siege army who hadn't fought a vicious battle back to the rear. Our army is still very tired, how can we chase after it?"
"Can you confirm the retreat direction of the bandit army now?" Pengcheng veteran Yuan Lizhen asked.
The messenger scout shook his head, saying that it is still impossible to confirm the direction of Lu Mingyue's retreat. Yuan Lizhen frowned, and hurriedly turned to Chen Yingliang and said, "Deputy envoy, if Lu Mingyue's rebels flee in other directions, we are so great that we can give up with less credit." Pursue, but if Lu Mingyue flees to the east, then we can only chase to the end, the counties to the east of Pengcheng are all in our charge, if we just sit back and ignore it, it will only cause more trouble in the future."
Chen Yingliang nodded, and also knew that if Lu Mingyue was allowed to escape eastward and flee into Langya, Xiapi and Donghai, he would still have to be responsible for exterminating them in the end. In order to avoid major troubles in the future, Chen Yingliang could only quickly order: "Hurry up!" , Gather all the uninjured soldiers, form an army temporarily, and distribute dry food for five days to each. If Lu Mingyue runs west, we don’t need to pay attention to him, if Lu Mingyue runs east, we will chase him to the end.”
Urgently mobilized uninjured soldiers to gather more than 4,000 troops, and urgently prepared dry rations for the pursuit. All Chen Yingliang could do was pray that Lu Mingyue would never run eastward. Unfortunately, the Huaishui battle Chen Yingliang took advantage of too much. This time, the situation turned upside down, and the gods tried their best to deal with Chen Yingliang, who was devastated. The scouts soon reported that Lu Mingyue's team had indeed fled to the east. . Chen Yingliang had no choice but to quickly lead the more than 4,000 troops to launch a pursuit. Ma Sanbao and Niu Jinda accompanied Chen Yingliang on the expedition. The troops of Kan Leng and Cheng Yaojin, who contributed the most in the two wars, were injured due to excessive physical exertion. Many were left behind to guard the camp.
This was a very humiliating pursuit. Although none of the soldiers of the Sui army led by Chen Yingliang was injured, they had exhausted a lot of physical strength in the two decisive battles, and their combat effectiveness was affected to a certain extent. Most of the fresh troops who did not participate in the decisive battle were stronger than the Sui army in terms of physical strength. Therefore, although Chen Yingliang successfully caught up with the bandit army, he only drew a tie with the bandit army in the rear. After fighting for a long time, there was no winner. The guard of Teng County, Qiu Sheng, came to the battlefield with a thousand new troops for reinforcements, and this helped Chen Yingliang defeat the bandits in the rear. Northeast of Pengcheng.
The painful pursuit began. In order not to give Lu Mingyue the chance to rush into the three counties of Langya, Xiapi and Donghai to cause disaster, Chen Yingliang still had no choice but to bite the bullet and pursue risky pursuit even though his troops were far inferior to the enemy. The bandit army fled eastward day and night, competing with Chen Yingliang for speed, while constantly organizing the rear army to fight Chen Yingliang. They fought three battles with Chen Yingliang in one night, and they were defeated every time without being defeated. , did not give Chen Yingliang a chance to defeat his main force, and also severely consumed the insufficient physical strength of Chen Yingliang's team.
Finding that the soldiers were too exhausted, Ma Sanbao, Qiu Sheng and other generals expressed their worries in front of Chen Yingliang, worried that if they pursued this way, the victory might turn into defeat, so they cautiously advised Chen Yingliang to consider giving up the pursuit, but Chen Yingliang was in distress, explaining: : "We can't give up. We are tired, and Lu Mingyue is also tired. If we continue to chase after us and bite the tail of the main force of the bandit army, Lu Mingyue's bandit army will not dare to go eastward with confidence. Zhang Xutuo behind us will It's an opportunity to catch up with the main force of the rebel army. But if we give up the pursuit, Lu Mingyue's rebel army will definitely move eastward at a fast speed, and it will be difficult for Zhang Xutuo to catch up with them, and we will be in trouble in the future."
Just like that, Chen Yingliang led more than 5,000 troops to chase Lu Mingyue's bandit army, which was still nearly 100,000 in number, and chased them for more than 120 miles in one day. It turned out that hard work paid off, and in the afternoon of the second day, Chen Yingliang finally caught up with the main force of the bandit army at the foot of Baodu Mountain (now Baodu Gu), and saw Lu Mingyue's handsome flag.
Lu Mingyue's traces were found, but Lu Mingyue, who was kicked by Chen Yingliang and hacked for more than a hundred miles, also became angry at this moment. Regardless of the exhaustion of the army and the seriousness of the soldiers falling behind and fleeing, she suddenly ordered to turn around and fight Chen Yingliang fought to the death, and although the bandit army had a lot of stragglers and scattered situations during their escape, the emaciated camels were bigger than horses, and Lu Mingyue still had an army of more than 60,000, and they were still chasing the Sui army. An overwhelming advantage has been formed, and it is still unclear who will win.
This is definitely the most difficult battle in Chen Yingliang's life. Although the enemy on the opposite side is already exhausted, the soldiers of the Sui army beside Chen Yingliang are also exhausted. When he found that the bandit army, which was still very large, suddenly turned around and came to kill him, Chen Yingliang I also knew that the moment to decide the outcome was coming, so I hurriedly asked the army to temporarily stop and rest, seize the time to recover, and then gave a speech to boost morale, explaining that if Lu Mingyue could not be completely defeated in this battle, then once Lu Mingyue fled eastward to other counties , then the Sui army would have to pay more than ten times the price to be able to catch such an opportunity again, requiring the soldiers under their command to fight desperately, and no matter what, they must take Lu Mingyue's head.
Without drums to cheer, the brutal bloody battle started directly. Relying on ten times the strength of the official army, the main force of the bandit army directly surrounded Chen Yingliang again, but Chen Yingliang directed the army to directly attack Lu Mingyue's commander-in-chief position. The exhausted soldiers of the two armies took out With the last strength, he desperately brandished a knife and gun to kill the enemy and charge, the knife saw flesh, and the gun saw blood, even if Chen Yinglianggui was the commander of the first army and the deputy commander in chief of the twelve counties to suppress the bandits, he had to personally wield the horizontal knife in this battle Killing the enemy, charging with shouts and bloodstains on his face, he led the Sui army to march forward in the turbulent waves, step by step towards Lu Mingyue's commander-in-chief.
The slogans for capturing Chen Sangliang alive kept coming and going, and countless bandit soldiers whose companions and family members died tragically under the knife of the executioner Chen Yingliang were also madly rushing to kill Chen Yingliang's handsome flag. In the past few years, the rebel soldiers who died innocently under the sword of Chen Yingliang took revenge and rushed to the front, and finally succeeded in approaching Chen Yingliang's side. A soldier of Chen Yingliang died together.
Lu Mingyue, who was wounded by an arrow, kept yelling in the crowd to fight for a way out, encouraging the soldiers to go forward and behead Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang was also fighting hard in the bloody battlefield of life and death. His mind was blank, and all he could see was The bandit soldier dressed in messy clothes, all he wanted in his heart was to kill the enemy as much as possible, and he finally opened the shot to kill the enemy with his own hands, and his face and body were unknowingly covered with the blood of the enemy and himself. Wounded in the battle.
The battle situation was still at a stalemate, but the thunderous sound of horseshoes came suddenly, and then, amidst the ecstatic cheers of the soldiers of the Sui army, and the desperate screams of the rebel army, a large number of soldiers The cavalry of the Sui army first appeared in the field of vision of the two armies at war, followed by the infantry of the Sui army who came in stride, and Zhang Xutuo's banner of the commander-in-chief of the twelve counties suppressing bandits.
There is no suspense in the next battle. Seeing Zhang Xutuo's reinforcements arrive, before they have time to fight, the bandit army collapsed like a fortress made of sand. Countless bandit soldiers scattered and fled for their lives. He didn't even have the slightest intention of resisting, so he rode his horse and fled eastward for his life. There were only some soldiers and generals on horseback around him. The bandit infantry fled all over the mountains and plains. The food and grass brought here by the battlefield were also thrown on the battlefield for the soldiers of the Sui army to seize.
The encirclement circle of the Sui army in Qiao County collapsed almost in a blink of an eye, but after the encirclement was lifted, none of them including Chen Yingliang had the intention to pursue and kill them, and they all chose to rest in place. Panting heavily, like a fish out of water, or a dying fish.
The cavalry of Qijun passed by the Qiaojun team, and directly chased the bandit army fleeing east, and then the Qijun infantry rushed past. The horse stopped in front of Chen Yingliang, and the knight dismounted and walked in front of him. Chen Yingliang raised his head with difficulty. Sure enough, it was Zhang Xutuo's kind face with a gray beard that appeared in front of Chen Yingliang—this time, Chen Yingliang really wanted to punch this kind and smiling face.
"Fushi Chen, I must declare that I really didn't do it on purpose this time." Zhang Xutuo also knew that he had tricked Chen Yingliang too much this time, so he explained directly: "I really didn't know it would be such a coincidence, and I didn't arrive sooner." You didn’t come late, but you arrived the morning after you ended a big battle, which made you work hard.”
Chen Yingliang showed a wry smile on his blood-stained handsome face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ambassador, I am not working hard, but suffering. If you arrived one day earlier or one day later, I would not be so passive. When the time comes when I'm exhausted, when I'm exhausted, it's almost forcing me to do my best."
"This old man really didn't do it on purpose, it's all just a coincidence." Zhang Xutuo explained again, and personally helped Chen Yingliang get up, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we each have half of the credit and the spoils of war."
Chen Yingliang almost wanted to kill someone, and said in his heart that I was the one who fought all this battle, I will fight to the death, I will fight hard, you came here to pick up the cheap and even share the credit and spoils with me, such a shameless behavior, you are Learned from that mean and shameless guy
"Wang Shichong, the prime minister of Jiangdu County, can vent his anger now." A strange voice came, and he said viciously: "I heard that after the Huaishui War ended last time, Wang Shichong threw the table over because of someone. Pay it back."
"Mulan, don't talk nonsense." Zhang Xutuo hurriedly scolded, "Wang Shichong was unrighteous first, and Deputy Envoy Chen was too righteous to us. Hurry up and apologize to the Deputy Envoy."
Mulan, with a clean fair face, sang a promise, bowed her hands to Chen Yingliang to perfunctory, and then said with a smile: "Deputy envoy, no matter what, we have saved you this time, how can you thank us?"
"How to thank you, I haven't thought about it." Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth and said: "But how to thank you, I have already thought about it."
"Thank you?" Mulan hurriedly asked.
Chen Yingliang didn't answer, but just beckoned Mulan to come in front of him, then whispered into Mulan's ear, "I'll find you a good wife!"