Chapter 134: Entering Suiyang
Liu Wenxiu asked about their identities and looked at the tragic situation after Yongcheng was looted. In a rage, he ordered that no hundreds of captured prisoners be kept and all of them were stabbed to death with spears.
As for Bao Jing, Liu Wenxiu even gave him a special feast. In front of all the people of Yongcheng, Liu Wenxiu castrated him with five horses and distributed him with his body.
The scene was so tragic that it was unprecedented.
Liu Wenxiu followed Zhou Xian across Suihe to take advantage of the situation to rob. However, when the murder of Bao Jing reached Boluo's ears, he was even more sure that Zhou Xian and Sun Kewang must have reached some agreement to jointly attack the Qing army.
Seeing Liu Kong and his army who were waiting for the opposite bank and could cross the river at any time, Boluo could no longer hold on, for fear that Zhou Xian would defeat the Qing army outside Suiyang and then send troops to cut off his way westward.
After thinking, Boluo took the initiative to give up Ding's family and retreated westward.
On the other hand, Zhou Xian led more than 3,000 cavalry to successfully land and followed him and rushed directly to Suiyang.
On the way, Zhou Xian's army met Qin Dapeng and Shen Bao who were fleeing. Chen Bao was killed, and Qin Dapeng was able to survive by kneeling down and begging for mercy.
Zhou Xian left Qin Dapeng's life, allowing him to lead the way forward and march faster.
As soon as Liu Liangzuo arrived in Suiyang to meet with his army, Zhou Xian came over.
There were originally more than 20,000 Qing troops outside Suiyang City, but because of the siege, the deployment of troops was very scattered. In addition, the defense was very relaxed, and Zhou Xian rushed, and many soldiers collapsed and fled.
There were also extraordinary knowledge in the Qing army. Seeing that the enemy was full of cavalry and not many, they defended on the spot and relied on the forts and trenches built for the siege of the city to resist. While sounding the horn, they summoned the soldiers outside the four cities to gather as many troops as possible.
But Zhou Xian did not give them too many opportunities. When he encountered strong resistance, he ordered to go around directly and specifically seek attacks from the weak areas of the Qing army.
Over and over again, constantly attacking the Qing army that was trying to get together.
Liu Liangzuo arrived first, and was still resisting, but it was wrong. He also noticed that Zhou Xian did not chase the escaped soldiers, but only attacked the Qing army that was still resisting, so he led his soldiers and ran away. When he ran away, he took away three or four thousand soldiers.
Liu Tiren saw the Qing army about to collapse at the head of Suiyang City. After several months of frustration, he was overjoyed and immediately led all his soldiers out of the city.
Zhou Xian's continued attack and Liu Tiren's new new force joined. The Qing army could no longer resist. Those who died, those who fled, and many surrendered, and more than 20,000 troops were wiped out.
When Boluo led his troops to Ningling County near Suiyang, he was about to meet the escaped Qing army and realized that the war outside Suiyang City had basically ended.
Faced with Zhou Xian's army, who also suffered a considerable loss, Boluo certainly knew that if he fought again at this time, he would definitely win with the strength of his hands.
But from the news from behind, most of the troops led by Liu Konghe had successfully crossed the Yellow River, and the pioneer was less than twenty miles away from him.
The most important thing is that except for the Boluo headquarters, most of the soldiers were frightened and had no intention of fighting.
Boluo could not and dared not continue to fight. He left some cavalry behind the hall, abandoned all the baggage, and bypassed Suiyang and evacuated towards Kao County.
But Zhou obviously didn't want him to leave so easily. He and Liu Tiren's cavalry would be together, constantly launching attacks from all directions, and delaying Boro's retreat in all ways.
Shortly afterwards, Zhao Qin led two battalions of infantry and cavalry to arrive urgently, attacking both sides. He had been on the road, and the tired and shocked Qing army was immediately in chaos.
Boro decisively abandoned the infantry, led the cavalry to seize the road and ran westward.
Just when his cavalry was pursuing, Zhou Xian ordered the chasing to stop, let all the cavalry return to Suiyang to rest, and let Zhao Qin stay and clear the remaining Qing army alone.
As soon as the army rushed back to Suiyang, Ye Chen, a general under Duoduo, led 5,000 cavalry to Suiyang under the guidance of Liu Liangzuo. But seeing that Zhou Xian was on the front of the city was ready, the army led by Liu Konghe was about to arrive, and there was no chance. Ye Chen robbed around Suiyang and led his troops to retreat to Qi County.
When Liu Konghe led his troops to arrive, nearly 30,000 troops were stationed outside the city. There was enough deterrence without doing anything.
At the entrance of Suiyang City, Zhou Xian and Liu Tiren had a detailed discussion.
After a day and night of hesitation, Liu Tiren finally agreed to hand over his soldiers and Suiyang City.
Liu Konghe led his troops to Suiyang, and Peng Shiqi, who had been waiting in Dingtao for a long time, also entered Guide Mansion. He was named by Zhou Xian and was transferred from Yanzhou Prefect Ping to Guide Mansion.
Along with it are nearly a hundred local officials of all sizes, three thousand township warriors, one thousand constables and yamen runners.
As soon as the war ended, there were scattered defeated Qing army everywhere, as well as refugees who were robbed everywhere due to the war. The army led by Liu Konghe had no time to take care of these matters, so they were responsible for the clearance.
At the same time, the 200,000 stones of grain obtained in accordance with the agreement with Nanming were also transported from Gaoyou to Dingjiadaokou, and all of this grain will be used to provide relief to the victims.
The army directly entered Suiyang, and the others entered local prefectures and counties in turn to stabilize local order.
Sun Kewang's order was passed to Liu Wenxiu, and Liu Wenxiu was satisfied and took a large bag and retreated back to Huainan.
Bao Jing worked hard to snatch it for more than a month, but the things he snatched eventually fell into Liu Wenxiu's hands.
In addition, the local gentry thanked him for defeating Bao Jing and saving the people from the fire and gaining a lot. Most importantly, he also left a good reputation.
But unlike before, Liu Wenxiu was not completely evacuated. He sent troops to control the ferry on the north bank of the Bian River controlled by Liu Liangzuo before, and threatened Suiyang at any time.
Liu Konghe was very concerned about this, but after he entered Suiyang, he had too many things to deal with, so he could only let it go temporarily.
Boluo led his troops back to Kaifeng, and walked into the tent with Baiyintu with trepidation. Seeing Duoduo, he knelt down and kowtowed, "Slave Boluo, Baiyintu, apologized to the prince."
Duoduo sat on the tiger-skin seat, looked at him without saying a word. He continued to slowly cut the roasted lamb on the table with the knife in his hand, and then filled it into his mouth one by one. It was not until about two quarters of an hour that Duoduo put down the knife in his hand and wiped his mouth casually. "How many people do you have?"
Boro lowered his head and said, "Less than three thousand cavalry, more than one thousand infantry."
Duoduo laughed and gritted his teeth and said, "It's really good. I didn't die in Suiyang. Boluo, how should I reward you!"
Chapter completed!