e-booksonline Chapter 540
Chapter 540
It was the day when the dragon flag of Dali was flying high above the city.
The capital cheered all over the city, and the people opened their doors to welcome the long-lost "freedom". Many people hung red cloaks and even took out firecrackers to set off.
At the same time, Doulao Liu's removal of the remnants of the Shun Army continued.
With the cooperation of Feiyuwei and the common people, the remnants of the Shun army who hadn't escaped from the city in time were searched out from all over the city.
The one with a cocoon on the tiger's mouth was just one knife, and the rest were all stuffed into the cell. There were as many as two thousand people.
Under Wei Yuanji's persuasion, Dou Lao Liu jointly issued the "Anmin Order" and "Curfew Order", sent soldiers to patrol the streets to maintain order, released the officials and civilians who were arrested by the Shun Army, and issued a "Conscript Order" the next day. make".
The so-called conscription is to recruit the young and strong in the city to strengthen the city defense.
Winning the capital is only half the battle, and holding the capital is the other half.
With the capital occupied, the Shun army will certainly not let it go.
If an army of more than 200,000 troops counterattacked, Dou Lao Liu's men and horses alone would not be enough.
In a night of bloody battle, more than 3,000 of Dou Lao Liu's men were killed, more than 2,000 were injured, and only half of them were still able to fight.
But it is just in line with that sentence: the people's heart is home to only Tao and righteousness.
As for the way and righteousness, it all depends on the counterparts.
When Emperor Dali was in power, the people complained a lot, but life could go on anyway.
As a result, as soon as the Shun army came, good guy, no one could control the torture, robbery, murder, and arson of the vertical army, and even organized large-scale land scraping.
Three words: no way out.
In the huge capital city, almost every household hangs up whites and every household wears mourning.
Especially officials and wealthy households, who are usually pampered and pampered, were tortured and served by the Shun army plus endless extortion and intimidation, and half of them died directly in prison. The remaining half were either crippled or frightened crazy. A few lucky ones recovered their lives, but they also returned to the pre-liberation overnight.
The hatred and fear of Shunjun in the whole city is simply out of the question.
Da Li is a bad guy at best, and Da Shun is a bunch of cannibalistic devils.
Therefore, as soon as the "draft order" came out, the people of the city responded enthusiastically.
On the first day alone, Dou Lao Liu recruited 20,000 young men, a considerable proportion of whom were disciples of Qingniu and former generals of Da Li, as well as servants and servants of many rich households.
Millions of souls in the huge capital are united as one, determined to prevent the Shun army from taking the city back.
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At the same time, the news of the recovery of the capital spread rapidly in all directions.
The capital is a place with a very special symbolic meaning.
The recovery of the capital by the frontier army gave a boost to the Dali army who were still resisting everywhere.
It also made the soldiers and the city that had originally invested in Dashun shake in their hearts, and the undercurrent turbulent.
The Shun army's donating was not limited to the capital city. The generals of the Shun army all over the country followed suit, and they also followed suit in various places to extract the marrow and plunder. Many places were plagued by foreign invasions, and there were even massacres in three places.
This made many places that surrendered regretful. They thought that surrender would avoid disaster, but in the end...
Also "Welcome the King Chuang, he will not pay the food when the King Chuang comes", yes, there is no need to pay the food, they will come to rob, not only rob, but also burn, kill and loot, and send troops to cause disaster.
Soon the first city anyway will appear
now.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Chang Minglang, the prefect of Zhending, joined forces with the guerrilla general Levixiong to drive out thousands of soldiers, recover the city of Zhending, and raised the flag to fight against it.
Responding to this call, Pingshan, Lingshou, Zhaozhou, and Luancheng responded one after another.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Hao Zhengye, the governor of water transportation, led 2,000 soldiers of water transportation. Anyway, with the cooperation of Zhong Maoyan, the Tongzhi of Cangzhou, he beheaded the Cangzhou defender of the Shun army and announced the recovery of Cangzhou.
On the 11th day of the first lunar month, Zhao Sen, the prefect of Shunde, joined forces with the landlord and township soldiers, beheaded 300 Shun soldiers, and announced that Shunde was going to be reckless. On the same day, Shahe, Nanping, and Julu responded one after another.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Su Jinghui, the commander-in-chief of Linqing, led 5,000 men under his command anyway, defeated 2,000 of the Shun army, recovered Linqing Mansion, and took advantage of the victory to attack Qinghe.
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Qinghe defender of the Shun army abandoned the city and fled, and Qinghe recovered.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wucheng, Pingyuan, and Fucheng are anyway.
The sixteenth day of the first lunar month...
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Time goes backwards.
In Jizhou, when Li Chuang received the news of the fall of the capital, he was astonished by thunderbolts. He grabbed the fleeing general by the collar and shouted: "It's even 50,000 pigs. They can't catch them all in three days and three nights. Good luck to you. 50,000 people guard the city, and the capital is lost in one night, what use do I need you for!"
After yelling, he was pushed out together with the bunch of fugitives kneeling on the ground, and they were all beheaded.
Song Xiance was shocked when he heard the news.
The Shun army was defeated too quickly in the capital, completely caught off guard.
Even if they can hold off for a day or two, the main force of the Shun army will return to aid, even if it is a partial return, there is still time.
The result was that 50,000 people lost such a large capital in one night.
Still lost by 10,000 people.
Prime Minister Li Yan also fell into the city and failed to escape.
"Your Majesty, return to the army immediately, we must take Li Jing back!" Song Xiance said hastily.
The demonstration effect of the capital is too strong, and the Shun army's control over various places and the demoted officials and generals is still too weak. Once the news spreads, rebellions will surely emerge.
"Report!" At this moment, a fast horse scout shouted a report, knelt down and said: "Report to Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!"
"There is no need to talk about the matter in the capital, get out!" Li Chuang was furious, and kicked the wine table in front of him over.
The scout was startled, and instinctively moved two steps back, but he didn't leave, but said with a frightened face: "Your Majesty, the military information does not come from the capital."
Li Chuang was taken aback, while Song Xiance was taken aback.
Then I listened to the scout saying: "The old general Cao Wenzhao led 20,000 cavalry to enter the pass from Xifeng Pass, and the vanguard has already arrived 30 miles away from our army. Another nephew Cao Bianjiao led 10,000 cavalry to enter the pass from Shanhai. One hundred and sixty miles away from our army."
After the scout finished speaking, Li Chuang could hear a needle drop in Li Chuang's tent.
The expressions of the counselors and generals all changed drastically.
Just as the capital here was captured, Cao Wenzhao's hateful fly appeared!
Not only did he appear, but his nephew Cao Bianjiao, who had bravely passed through the three armies, also entered the customs for an unprecedented time.
Thirty thousand cavalry!
Cao's general has spent all his capital.
Those 30,000 cavalry were all frontier soldiers, and they were by no means waiting for nothing. Cao's uncles and nephews were both outsiders.
Moreover, Cao's generals have great influence in Liaodong and the Nine Sides, and it is not ruled out that other generals on the Nine Sides will also be dispatched.
Four words: Something is wrong!
"Thief Nima, the cavalry will attack with me, and I will destroy them first."
After leaving Cao Wenzhao this way, then destroy Cao Bianjiao and send their uncles and nephews to the underworld for reunion. " Li Chuang was furious and ordered immediately.
The generals hurriedly issued orders.
Half an hour later, Li Chuang led a total of 40,000 cavalrymen of the Shun Army to attack Cao Wenzhao.
However, his calculations came to nothing.
Cao Wenzhao suffered a loss, so he never confronted him head-on.
In cavalry battles, if one side deliberately evades, the battle will be difficult to fight.
From noon to dark, Li Chuang didn't get a decent fight at all, but let Cao Wenzhao run around by the nose.
Not only did they not get any cheap money, but another cavalry was ambushed by Cao Wenzhao, an old Yin coin, and hundreds of people were killed or injured.
Overturned, the two sides fought again.
As a result, Cao Wenzhao still refused to accept the call, and 20,000 cavalry were on the great plain in front of the pass. You chased and retreated, you stopped and disturbed, and you retreated and chased.
The way of fighting is completely the same as that of the grassland Rong people. The Shun army is very uncomfortable in fighting. Although it is twice as strong as the enemy, it didn't take advantage of any advantages, and instead lost thousands of people.
Li Chuang roared angrily again and again, and finally caught Cao Wenzhao, but the two sides fought each other, without Liu Zongmin's help, the fight was only a tie.
On the third day, Li Chuang mobilized his infantry to surround him on all sides.
However, Cao Wenzhao had been prepared for a long time, and last night he secretly transferred the main force, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses as suspects.
The main force lay in ambush to the side, catching the infantrymen of the Shun army and slapping them hard.
Good guy, 20,000 Shun Army infantry were killed in scattered pieces, with corpses strewn all over the field.
If it weren't for the timely reinforcement of the Shunjun cavalry, the 20,000 infantry would have been wiped out.
Li Chuang, who was hurt by the beating, had to shrink his formation, step by step, squeezing Cao Wenzhao's movement space little by little.
However, at this moment, Cao Bianjiao and his army appeared on the south side of the Shun Army again.
Li Chuang was like a man on his back, so he could only temporarily switch from offense to defense.
Although his total strength is large, the number of cavalry is 40,000.
Cao's uncle and nephew cavalry surrounded by 30,000 cavalry, if you don't fight head-to-head with you, there is no way to fight this battle.
There are more than 200,000 infantry Wuyang Wuyang in a large area, but they can't play a big role with two legs and four hooves, so they must readjust their deployment.
After three days of stalemate, Li Chuang sorted out his ideas.
There is no point in continuing to entangle. In just seven or eight days, there have been successive rebellions in the south.
Without further ado, Li Chuang directly left Cao's uncle and nephew, and turned his troops to the capital.
This move really had an effect.
When Cao Wenzhao saw that the Shun army was turning to the capital, he really sent troops to attack in an attempt to hold back the Shun army.
Li Chuang concentrated his forces and repelled Cao Wenzhao, which was regarded as a round.
Cao Wenzhao suffered a loss, so he had to join forces with Cao Bianjiao, follow the Shun army far away, and continue to look for opportunities.
This made Li Chuang very uncomfortable, and his return to the army was very slow.
When he returned to the capital eight days later, the south was already in chaos, and the rebellion turned into a prairie fire.
Just when he was preparing for a decisive battle with the defenders of the capital and Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew.
Cao Wenzhao made a fuss, and Li Chuang was shocked.
Cao's uncle and nephew even gave up the capital, and the handsome army rushed southward, rushing to Bazhou in the south.
There is Shen Lian's battlefield!
Two old Yin coins join forces, and the 200,000 troops in Bazhou are in danger!