Since Ma Liying and Ma Zongbing took the lead in rushing to Loushanguan to join Liu Dadao, the other four northern soldiers and horses also accelerated their marching speed. At this time, Yang Yinglong's strategy was too conservative. There are few elite troops, so that they have little blocking effect on various Ming armies.
Therefore, on April 16th, a total of six armies from the North Road converged at Loushanguan, and the momentum was great for a while. After a short meeting and oath, Liu Dadao took Ye Xiaotian and Ma Qiancheng, who had already arrived at Loushanguan and had fully rested, as the left and right vanguards, and marched towards the center of Bozhou in a pincer shape. The other armies were the vanguards of these two groups Troops flank or rear flank.
They avoided the steep and difficult-to-reach mountainous area of Dalou. Ma Qiancheng marched all the way along the Hongjiang River and the Renjiang River, while Ye Xiaotian marched along the Le'an River. This way is the center line, obviously the main attack, and Ye Xiaotian is his flank, assisting and supporting.
On this day, Ye Xiaotian marched to the vicinity of Shijiazhai in Le'anli, when the scout horses in front suddenly reported that there seemed to be a Bozhou army moving in the direction of Meitan, Ye Xiaotian immediately ordered to slow down the marching speed, move forward on guard, and sent more scouts to understand the situation .
As the vanguard of the vanguard, Hua Yunfei led 3,000 soldiers to the front. He immediately approached Meitan carefully, trying to find this enemy army. You know, they are going all the way, and the final destination is Hailongtun. If there is a mobile enemy army outside to harass from time to time, it will have a very serious impact.
Ye Xiaotian's main force stationed on the spot, organized a second position, and at the same time sent someone to report to Liu Dadao who was slowly marching behind. At present, they are in the enemy-occupied area. Although the Ming army's momentum is strong, they still have to fight steadily.
Ye Xiaotian was setting up a camp on the spot and placing Juma, when suddenly a soldier and horse appeared in the slanting stab. This place is close to Hailongtun. In terms of familiarity with the geography, no one can compare to the native soldiers of Bozhou. The soldiers and horses who had shown their whereabouts before, after luring Hua Yunfei's troops away, went directly to Ye Xiaotian from the trail. In front of the Chinese army.
Ye Xiaotian turned pale with shock. The Ming army was defeated by Bozhou several times before, most of them took advantage of the terrain and geographical advantages to surprise them, and the result was such a disparity in victory and defeat. Is it possible that the old situation will repeat itself today? Ye Xiaotian immediately ordered people to abandon the half-built fortifications and hastily organized defenses.
But what surprised him was that the invading enemy did not take advantage of the chaotic attack in his army at this time. When they appeared suddenly, they stopped in place and put on a defensive posture.
Ye Xiaotian wondered in his heart, he didn't take advantage of my shaky footing to advance, but set up his position to try to fight a fair one-on-one, who is this? Could it be that Song Xianggong was reincarnated? This kindness is too... stupid!
At this time, the opponent has basically established a firm foothold, and the ranks of the camp are a little clear. Ye Xiaotian climbed up and looked far away, and saw a big flag with the character of Zhao picked out from the opponent's army. Ye Xiaotian put on the awning and was thinking about the generals surnamed Zhao on the Bozhou side, when he saw the opponent's camp opened, eight big men each picked up a white flag and walked towards him waving and waving.
"Huh? Is this for peace talks, or surrender?"
Ye Xiaotian was startled and surprised, and quickly told his subordinates not to shoot arrows, let them come over.
In fact, if the other party wants to negotiate with him, it is enough to fly a white flag, but the envoy on the other side is probably more afraid of death, for fear that the side here did not see clearly his purpose and took his life with random arrows, so he unexpectedly Eight white flags were raised.
Eight white flags fluttered in the wind, waving and waving like banners calling for souls, followed by three people. Ye Xiaotian saw that there were only eleven people coming from the other party, and it was impossible to break out of the camp, so he relaxed his guard, asked the sergeants to get out of the way, and led them to the central army to meet him.
The eight flag bearers were stopped when they arrived in Ye Xiaotian's army, they only checked the three people behind them, handed over their weapons, and then led to the central army.
Ye Xiaotian improvised a horse tie, and sat there imposingly, waiting imposingly for the envoy to visit him, without even looking at him. The three envoys approached and were still five or six zhang away, one of them shouted: "Brother Xiaotian, it's been a long time!"
"Yeah? Who is this calling me brother?"
Ye Xiaotian took a look, and stood up immediately.
Zhao Wenyuan!
And no matter how intriguing it was at the beginning, and no matter who wanted to harm who at the beginning. In any case, Zhao Wenyuan's flowery mother-in-law died in the closet of his bedroom, and Zhao Wenyuan's father was actually shot to death by the woman who died in the closet of his bedroom. So when Ye Xiaotian saw Zhao Wenyuan, he was really embarrassed to continue putting on airs.
Zhao Wenyuan rushed to Ye Xiaotian with strides, grabbed his hand, his expression was so excited that it was beyond words. The guards around Ye Xiaotian knew that they had already been searched and it was impossible for them to carry weapons, so they only stepped up their guard and did not stop them.
Zhao Wenyuan grabbed Ye Xiaotian's hand, shook it vigorously, and said excitedly: "Brother Mu Chen, I don't want to be a thief, but I'm in the thief's den, I can't help myself! I have been thinking about finding a way to get rid of the control of the thief leader Yang Yinglong, abandoning the dark and turning to the bright." , Unfortunately, there has been no chance. Until recently, I waited for the opportunity to leave. The younger brother was cruising around, waiting eagerly, and finally... "
Zhao Wenyuan choked out a sob: "It's finally time for you guys!"
Zhao Wenyuan came to surrender!
Ye Xiaotian understood Zhao Wenyuan's reason for coming halfway through hearing it. He couldn't help being overjoyed, but then felt deeply regretful: "Unfortunately, if this Zhao Wenyuan was more courageous, since he wanted to surrender his heart and pretended to be false, he would not leave Hailongtun, but only send people with him. I'll contact you, when the time comes, Hailongtun will be at your fingertips? It's a pity! It's a pity!"
It's a pity that Zhao Wenyuan is less ambitious than he thought. What Ye Xiaotian doesn't know is that Zhao Wenyuan has the opportunity to directly join the Ming army when he is fighting guerrillas outside these days. It's just that he was worried that he would be slaughtered by the generals of the Ming army.
You know, it's not a credit to just accept a surrendered general. If it is to kill the enemy general and wipe out his entire army, the credit will be great. It is really hard to guarantee that any black-hearted general of the Ming army will do such a thing. As for Ye Xiaotian, he had been friends with him before, and he knew Ye Xiaotian's character well, Ye Xiaotian couldn't do such a thing.
So these days he wandered around, swimming but not fighting, just waiting for Ye Xiaotian. Loushan Pass? He didn't dare to go to Loushan Pass, Ye Xiaotian was resting in Loushan Pass, there were three military camps in front of the mountain, he didn't want to take risks.
Zhao Wenyuan's courage is not very strong, since he inherited the family business and became the chieftain of the Zhao family, a beautiful concubine in a mansion, and a cloud of servants, he doesn't want to die even more.
Although Ye Xiaotian regretted that Zhao Wenyuan wasted a great opportunity to make meritorious service, but after thinking about it, as long as Zhao Wenyuan surrendered, as long as he publicized it, it would still be quite effective. This incident will hit the morale of the Bozhou defenders, and at the same time, it will strengthen the effect of his previous plan of alienation.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaotian also had a smile on his face, and said to Zhao Wenyuan: "General Wenyuan, you turned against the enemy before the battle, and you understand the righteousness, my heart is very relieved! Ye Mou immediately reported to General Liu to welcome you and celebrate!"