Chapter 482: Two Liu Gao Jie Tianyin

The fierce attack of Yansui General Gao Jie was just three axes. The entire army rushed forward and forced the Shun army troops led by Er Liu to retreat, but that was all.

After General Guoyi Liu Tichun and Liu Fangliang stabilized their positions, Gao Jie's troops made no progress. When facing the Ming army, even if the Shun army suffered a brief defeat, they would be very resilient. Moreover, as long as the official road is solid, Gao Jie has no other way to go.

The order from the King of Chuang gave Er Liu was also required to dig deep trenches and blockade. Facing Gao Jie, they could fight with plenty of energy, but if this situation was delayed for a few days, I was afraid that the supervisor Hou Xun and the remaining three generals would lead their troops back together to attack the direction of Jiaxian.

At that time, the main force of the rebel army could not bypass it. The Ming army attacked with absolute advantage, and the second Liu might not be able to withstand it. The reason why they built fortifications and dug long trenches was to have time to delay and delay after this situation occurred.

On the front, the army of King Chuang made this fortification to trap, while on Er Liu's side, it was to defend and drag the opponent's actions.

The trench was getting longer and longer, and Gao Jie still led his troops to assault, but every time he fought, he was firmly blocked by the troops led by Liu Fangliang.

After the trench was dug to a certain scale, deserters appeared in Gao Jie's troops as expected. In fact, at this time, there were already scattered soldiers from the governor Hou Xun who had already come over. Although these defeated soldiers were all captured by Gao Jie and killed and were shown to the public for escaping in the last battle, the embarrassment over there was spreading.

At present, there is no room for advance or retreat. As the other party’s fortifications become more and more complete, the next thing will definitely be a great defeat or a collapse.

All the Ming generals can surrender, but only Gao Jie knew that he could not surrender and was caught by the King of Rebellion. It must have been cut into pieces. Now that he has reached this point, even though he cannot fight to the death, he can only be reluctant to do so.

Gao Jie placed all the civilians and livestock in the army in front of the formation. Whether it was humans or livestock, they were covered with soil, stones and wood, and the back formation was dominated by the army troops from the headquarters.

With the mentality of being greedy for money and fearing death by General Gao Jie of Yansui, this time he also led his personal soldiers and his direct troops in the middle of the formation. He said viciously before leaving:

"Everyone knows what the end of the thief digging a trenches in Zuoping, Zhuxian Town. When we are so hungry that we have no strength and the thief kills us, everything will be over at that time."

In Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were trapped by Li Zicheng's trench and when they were at their weakest, they attacked with all their strength, and the more than 200,000 soldiers that the Ming army had finally gathered together completely disintegrated.

More importantly, the killing was particularly heavy. First, the soldiers lacked food and grass. On the day of the war, Zuo Liangyu's troops fell into deep ditches, and the troops were crushed and trampled to death. This was not counted. Most of the camp broke out in full swing and chopped and killed with all their might. At that time, the Ming soldiers at that time were impossible to surrender.

In a melee of hundreds of thousands of people, one side fled and the other side pursued. Even if they kneeled down and surrendered, the pursuit was rising. When they saw someone blocking him in front of them, they would just slash him with one knife.

There was also the cavalry chasing, and there was still no one in front of them. They just rode their horses and stepped on them. Who cares if they didn't step on them or not?

Seeing the current situation, it was a replica of Zhuxian Town that day. In the narrow terrain of Jiaxian County and Xiangcheng, the Ming army was trapped here, and the deep ditches and fortifications gradually became complete. Most of the troops and horses of the Shun Army and the local areas gathered here, so what was going to happen next is very worrying.

After Gao Jie finished speaking, he saw the commotion and chaos below and knew that he had achieved the predetermined effect. He stood at a high place and said loudly:

"Now, the disaster is coming. If we don't fight, we will be starved to death here. Go to the other side of Shenwu Mountain, and the thief follows behind us to kill us. Most of us will die. Now our method is to fill the ditch, kill us, and break out a way for ourselves."

His subordinates were all from bandits and bandits, and they were all bachelor characters. When Gao Jie said this, they all drew their swords and shouted, and the atmosphere suddenly became high. Gao Jie yelled while the iron was hot:

"When we go out here, my brothers owe you two pays. Lao Gao will send you double payments. Let's go to Jiaxian, Ruzhou, Yiyang, and when we go back to Shaanxi, we will go to any prefecture and county town. Lao Gao doesn't care about you, he will do whatever he wants!!"

After saying this, everyone in the audience started to yell. After owing Shengyin for a long time, everyone had no hope. This time they said they would give double payments.

What city did that place? Lao Gao ignored your promises and was even more generous. He allowed them to let go and no longer restrict them. The morale and combat power of the soldiers attacked by the Ming army was the most effective in washing the city. Now Gao Jie has silver and is taking it out indulgently, which really makes people excited.

General Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, gritted his teeth and gave a wink at the personal soldiers around him. More than a dozen people took down some wooden boxes from the horses and split them with knives. There were white silver ingots inside. Gao Jie shouted again:

"Brothers, you have prepared all this money for you. When you rush out, we will send it!!!"

The emotions of the people below were a little crazy by him. Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, took advantage of the situation and ordered the dispatch. The above benefits had nothing to do with Ding Zhuang, a civilian.

But they had to rush to the front and fill the trench. The Shun Army soldiers on the opposite side were also on high alert. How could you let you fill the land at will? The one who walked in the front was to die. However, Gao Jie took a ruthless move on them. From the time when he was marching drums, those who took a step back immediately were killed.

The so-called civilians were all ordinary people plundered from Jia County and Ruzhou, and some were landlords and gentry who came to join the country and their militia.

Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, came from Shaanxi, and his direct troops were also from Shaanxi. He naturally would not be polite or merciful to these "righteous people" who were temporarily gathered in Henan.

In fact, after the general Hou Xun and the fourth general were besieged by the Shun Army, their attitude towards these landlords and democratic groups changed from the initial enthusiasm to the coldness. When the Shun Army was in Henan, these landlords and gentry hated the men under the King of Chuang and looked forward to the royal army of the court every day.

As a result, the soldiers and horses from the court arrived. Unexpectedly, this ended up being like this. Everyone was cold, and the cold was pretty good. The key to the problem was that they became slaves and cannon fodder for officers and soldiers.

As soon as Gao Jie's front line was launched, the civilian and Ding Zhuang were mentally broken and cried and refused to move forward. However, Gao Jie's handling was also ruthless, and he directly ordered his soldiers to kill them as a formation. He used a long pole to carry the heads of the people in the array to show the public, threatening and urging the soldiers behind him.

Even if these "civilians" are unwilling to move forward helplessly, walking slowly towards the deep ditch and fortifications. Gao Jie can piece together more than 40,000 people, and the two Liu soldiers on the opposite side are at best 15,000, which is also the reason why Gao Jie is so confident.

Gao Jie was riding on the horse, holding a big knife in his hand, surrounded by his personal soldiers and guards. He was obviously separated from most of the people for a while. A general slapped the horse and came closer, and said in a low voice in Gao Jie's ear:

"Master General He's suspense came over and said that they were going to go to Dengfeng on the line of Shenwu Mountain. Then go to Shanxi from Shanzhou."

General Gao Jie of Yansui looked motionless and nodded slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Keep it tight and don't make a statement. It would be a blessing for our own brothers to run out at that time. If it is a mess, everyone will die here together."

The general was recruited by the government army from the King of Chuang, and was considered to be Gao Jie's body. He naturally understood this, and he agreed in a low voice, then left again with a horse.

When I woke up early in the morning, I watched the flags of Gaojie Camp besiege and the troops mobilized the formation. The Shun army soldiers on the other side naturally understood that the mobilization of the opposite side must also respond to it.

Liu Fang raised his troops and began to arrange them, preparing for defensive wars. At present, the powerful terrain is on the side of the Shun Army, and the supply and retreat routes are complete. But Gao Jie is in a mess. There is a lack of supply, so Er Liu naturally has a clear mind. He doesn't think it is a difficult battle.

But when Gao Jie's army began to move, the soldiers on the lookout platform on the Shun Army were surprised to find that the entire army had rushed out, looking like a decisive battle.

The second Liu thought that the defense was completely complete, but in fact he had a little arrogant mood and lost the opportunity. However, the army of Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, was already rushed over with great momentum.

When the civilians approached the trench, they began to throw large soil, stones and woods downwards. The livestock were carrying loose soil that had been prepared long ago, and their hands and feet kept pouring baskets of soil into the trench, and soon they were full.

It was filling the soil here, so naturally the soldiers of the Shun Army could not let it go. The archers were pushed to the front and shot regardless of the bow.

The distance between the trench cannot be leaped over, but it is a completely effective range for bows and arrows. As long as it is accumulating shot, it does not even need to aim. When the person who was shot in the ground immediately screamed and fell into the ditch. This casualty and injury would not hinder Gao Jie from entering the city at all. If one person dies, the remaining one must follow him. The sword and axe of the supervisory team behind him will be greeted.

The archers and firearm soldiers under the General Gao Jie of Yansui also rushed forward and shot towards the opposite side of the trench. The trench that was nearly 200 steps away was filled up little by little.

Corpants kept falling into the ditch, but after it fell into it, the ditch was filled with a little bit. Cracks of earth and rocks, corpses of people and livestock, and even large trucks were all thrown into the ditch. The ditch became shallower and shallower, and the piles of trenches became less and less obstacles.

The Yansui General Gao Jie was completely angry this time. After the two sides fought each other through this ditch for a while, Gao Jie set up more than a dozen cannons in the army.

Although it takes a lot of time to set up artillery, it is still very short compared to the landfill trenches. After the artillery is mounted, it is not careless and has no aim, just shooting and fifty steps towards the opposite side. There is a frontal approach of nearly fifty steps, and the Shun Army cannot organize a team to block the attack.

Without the obstacles from the opposite side, the speed of landfilling the gullies was much faster. Originally, Liu Tichun was quite relaxed and thought that the opponent's attack was just a cliché and just a gesture. Who would have thought that it would be such a big move that could not be dealt with for a while, and it was forced to come over.

After the Ming army's cannon was installed, he knew that it could not be blocked. The two Liu Yi planned to solve the problem that Liu Fangliang simply retreated most of the people guarding the trench and arranged arbitrage two hundred steps away from the trench. Although it left room for Gao Jie and the others, it also left room for himself to deal with it.

After the trench was landfilled to the point where it could be hiked, the Ming army brigade was ready to swarm out. In their opinion, the trench was a desperate situation and a dead place. As long as it could cross the past, there might be a way out and escape.

But after these scattered and noisy Ming troops rushed through the trench, they were facing the Shun army, who was ready for battle, and were suppressed by the other party as soon as they got involved.

The Shun Army formed a formation and slowly advanced, killing the semi-crazy Ming soldiers to dust. After a moment of contact, they shrank back. Liu Fangliang had quite a rule in fighting. He refused to advance and always left some space between himself and the Shun Army. With this space, the Shun Army, which had more elite soldiers, could calmly attack the panicked and chaotic Ming soldiers.

However, Gao Jie was indeed stable in this battle of life gambling, and rushed over in a mess. The troops and landlords and the democratic groups of his headquarters were still urging the civilians to fill the trench. If they did not completely fill the trench, they would not rashly fight across the trench.

When the scattered soldiers in front were about to collapse, Gao Jie also completed the work of filling the trench, and the army began to slowly push the trench.

Although he had to slaughter the army and use large livestock to transport soil to fill the trench, Gao Jie still retained more than 2,000 cavalry, which was the decisive force he used at this time.

The army crossed the ditch. After a little steady formation, Gao Jie moved the cavalry. The two Liu's troops were rushing to form a formation, repelling several attacks from the Ming army, and relaxing a little. Suddenly, a strict cavalry came over and was unable to deal with it.

The scattered soldiers and brave men looked noisy. The combat power was average. It was easy to repel the formation, which means five points of strength. When the Ming army's cavalry rushed over, they should have mentioned ten strength to deal with it, but this state could not be achieved in a short period of time.

If you can't fight, you can only retreat. More than 2,000 cavalry gathered a little, and the attack power was quite considerable. Only by retreating in a hurry could you stabilize your position. Both sides were only a distance of more than a hundred steps. After the cavalry rushed, Gao Jiedi's army also crossed the ditch and pressed over step by step, which was equivalent to layered attacks superimposed.

Under such circumstances, General Guoyi Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun could only retreat if they wanted the troops not to collapse, and the cavalry attacked and infantry attacked. The Shun army had no choice but to retreat.

The Ming army, which had been in the fortnight, rarely achieved this victory, and was full of ambition. They took advantage of this victory to pursue the victory and expand the results.

But despite its great momentum, the Shun Army only retreated without any defeat. It retreated steadily and did not give the other party any opportunity to call it.

Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun said:

"We don't have to worry. When General Tian leads his troops over, we will have a complete advantage over Gao Jie. So what if they can make them further? Anyway, they still have no food supplies. As long as we can keep blocking it in person, Gao Jie will always be dead. The more effort we spend, the less effort we can use in the future."

They thought it was clear that the Shun Army fought quite calmly. Although it was retreating, the generals and subordinates at all levels restrained the soldiers below, and were not impatient or impatient, and never chaotic and disintegrated.

Gao Jie's soldiers showed courage for a while, but his foundation was still the same as the straw troupe. When he was angry, he would not have such strong courage and motivation.

The Shun Army was so anxious and retreating while fighting. Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, could only hold back the troops and could not advance again. Because after breaking through the trench and being brave at the beginning, the troops found that they were not in desperate situations, and the momentum was suddenly discharged. Some soldiers fled directly to the void.

In desperation, Gao Jie could only gather his troops and camp on the spot. If he couldn't grasp the right position in such a breakthrough battle, his troops might collapse, which was really a strange story.

The Shun Army led by Er Liu retreated nearly one mile away. Many of the supplies in the camp were not taken away at all, and they were all taken by Gao Jie's army.

These grains and grass and reserves are at most three days of portions, and they are spread to Gao Jie's tens of thousands of soldiers, which is almost a little more grain per day.

But these things gave Gao Jie a chance to breathe, and there was no major damage to the Shunjun. The Shunjun's food and grass were transported from Ruzhou and Baofeng, so there was no need to worry about the problem of not being able to keep up with the food and grass supply.

Back to the camp. Stabilize his position, Liu Tichun and Liu Fangliang began to send envoys, one of whom went to Ruzhou to urge the subsequent supply of land, grain and grass, and the other went out of Ruzhou to go to Henan Prefecture to see when the army of general Tian Jianxiu could arrive. At present, the second Liu could at most block Gao Jie's retreat, but it was difficult to eat it. When Tian Jianxiu's army came, nearly 30,000 backbones of the Shun Army were sure of it.

After Gao Jie re-established the camp, he arranged his troops separately, staring at the actions of the Shun Army and could not let them dig trenches and build a long encirclement.

A few hours after the battle, Bai Guangen, He Renlong, Hou Xun and Xu Dingguo's envoys and deputys all came. On the front and left and right wings, the Ming army was trapped by the Shun army. Several attacks were attempted to destroy the fortifications, but they were beaten back by the elites of the Shun army.

At present, the food in the military can only be eaten and used by officers above the sum. The soldiers below are either hungry or can only kill cattle and horses. Don’t think that eating meat is a good treatment. If you eat every meal, people will be completely unacceptable to the body and will get sick. Moreover, cattle and horses have other uses, even if they are slaughtered. How much can each person eat?

Of course, they knew Zhu Xianzhen's great defeat. Now that they saw that this incident was going to happen to them again, they were of course extremely anxious, but the current situation was completely helpless.

I heard that Gao Jie had made progress and had the possibility of opening up the situation. Everyone wanted to transfer the troops to this direction and could stand out from here. Going to Shanxi without having to deal with Duke Qi is naturally a better choice. But everyone also understood in their hearts that this retreat was completely surrounded by the Shun Army, which was full of dangers.

But there is hope here, which is much better than despair in other places. Of course, the most important purpose of every person coming here is to come here to share some food.

Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, rarely had such a moment of high spirits. But this moment of joy in suffering made Gao Jie's mind clear. It is okay to break through this direction together, but if you want to share the food, it is absolutely impossible. Now this thing is the lifeblood.

As for the generals over there, if they want to break through here, they still have to continue to look at the scenery. If the army turns back, not to mention the hasty mobilization, if they are covered by the Shun Army, they will be a great collapse.

After a fierce battle for a day, the two sides set up camp to confront each other. Although Gao Jie wanted to urge the troops to attack again at night, looking at the lazy and weak appearance of each unit, he had no choice but to give up this plan.

The soldiers from the chief general to the lower soldiers in the Shun military camp opposite were extremely calm, but Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun did not sleep too early, but arranged them in the military tent.

Liu Tichun was often around the King of Chuang, and his qualifications were higher than Liu Fangliang. He was the main part of the interception this time. After checking the camp, Liu Tichun returned to the military tent and said with a smile:

"When Lao Tian comes, let's not worry about it. He comes to lead the fight. Gao Jie can really make trouble. It turns out that he is Ou in Shaanxi, and he can't tell what he has. He didn't expect that he will work so hard and become a problem!!"

Liu Fangliang took a large bowl of coarse porcelain and drank a few sips of water, and said:

"It's been a few days since I've been there, and the King of Chuang has already arranged the same place. When it is started before and after, these people are just meat on the chopping board!"

While talking, there was a lot of noise outside the camp. Two people who seemed very relaxed suddenly stood up. At this moment, they retreated during the day. What actions the other party did at night could easily cause a major collapse. However, there were personal soldiers outside shouting outside the camp:

"General Liu, there is a messenger in Ruzhou, but the one who walks is Huoshan and Dongshan is far away. The little people feel something is wrong. The messenger cried and wanted to rush in to see the two generals. The little people stopped the inquiry and disturbed the general..."

When Ruzhou comes to Jiaxian, it is very convenient to walk on the official road. However, if you walk along Huoshan and Dongshan, it is equivalent to trekking westward in the mountainous area and then turning eastward. The messengers from the land report are important matters and require a time limit. Why do you not walk on a short distance but go far? It is indeed questionable.
Chapter completed!