The battle in Xiaxiang County did not last long, and after being defeated by stubborn resistance outside the county government, the rebel army soon collapsed, and no longer had the ability to fight again with the whole army, and scattered and fled to the suburbs.

The Huainan army led by Liu Di fought with the elite of the chaotic army after killing the rebels on the periphery and frightening them away. Although the Huainan army was only 600 people, it was waiting for work at ease and taking the lead in taking the lead, while the chaotic army was first broken by the front line, and lost its unified dispatch and command on the battlefield.

However, the governance of Xiaxiang County is the open flat terrain of Siye, and the surrounding houses and the like have been demolished by the Huainan Army before, and there is no danger at all. Even if they are temporarily gathered, the change of formation is not as flexible as that of the Huainan Army. The Huainan Army is a combat unit of ten people, and whenever there is an enemy who finds resistance, at least a few squads around it will rush up, and they will not force them to be annihilated after a single pass, and once the opponent disintegrates and disperses, they will immediately divide their troops and kill other targets, leaving only one or two squads to continue to chase and kill, so as to avoid the regrouping of the chaotic army.

On the battlefield, in the chaotic fighting, no matter how strong individual force can play, the role can be minimal. In addition to the brave and brave soldiers of Huainan soldiers, they all took ten people as combat units, or advanced with arrows, or connected in rows, or encircled in the inside, facing all kinds of fighting environments, flexibly changing formations, and there seemed to be an invisible line between the soldiers to unite them tightly, and they were indestructible regardless of advance and retreat.

Chun Yu stood on a high platform, with a wide field of vision and a view of the entire battlefield, and soon found this pattern in the chaotic fighting, the battlefield was crowded, the soldiers ran left and right, and every time a sudden figure gathered into a pile, a bloody killing flower bloomed. Such a flower could not last more than a few breaths, and then bloomed in another position on the battlefield.

Soon the battlefield melted and contracted like snow under the scorching sun, leaving a messy and muddy land. And this whole process, in addition to being bloody, actually gives people a strange beauty.

When those stubborn enemies were also defeated, the Huainan army gathered in the center of the original enemy formation, after a fierce battle, the military appearance was not as neat as the beginning, there was no lack of chopping marks on the armor, and the top and bottom were covered with thick blood plasma.

At this time, most of the rebel army had already fled, and Chun Yu'an naturally could no longer watch from the wall. He led the county guards around the high platform into the battlefield, while ordering the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and on the other hand, he walked in front of Liu Di through the stumps and broken arms on the ground, and hesitated slightly: "General Liu, although the chaotic army is a big rout, it is afraid of invading the wild villagers, do you need to pursue it again?" ”

"The last general will lead the crowd to come just to help in the war, if the Ming Mansion is useful, just show it."

Liu Di scraped off the plasma stained on his chest with the back of the knife and replied.

After Chun Yu'an heard this, he couldn't help but feel even more ashamed. Although the Huainan Army was called the Auxiliary War, his county soldiers ended the war almost without entering the war, although the Huainan Army won with fewer blows, but he did not dare to despise the chaotic army, and he knew very well in his heart that if it were not for the Huainan Army to help, with the military strength in his hands, it would be really difficult to hold on to the surging momentum of the previous chaotic army.

Although Liu Di's attitude was still respectful, Chun Yu'an did not dare to slack off, and really regarded the Huainan Army as an ordinary pawn. And he didn't know what to do next, not only worried that the chaotic army would be angry and plunder the countryside after it retreated, but also afraid that there would still be reinforcements brewing a counterattack later, not to mention that there were traces of friends and foes in the northeast corner before the war, and he was extremely entangled for a while, and he didn't know what to do next.

"This battle was able to break the invading enemy and hold the county rule, thanks to the fierce battle of Huainan. I really am not a talent to lead the army, and how to deal with it still needs General Liu's advice. ”

The soldiers are dangerous, and Chun Yu'an is not lacking in self-knowledge, so he doesn't dare to make his own opinions, so he still decides to ask Liu Di's opinion.

Hearing Chun Yu'an say this, Liu Di immediately stopped being modest, in fact, even if Chun Yu'an ordered the pursuit, he would not obey the order. So he immediately ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, and the corpses scattered on the battlefield were all collected and stacked, and a bloody and hideous defense line was piled up on the periphery of the county administration. There are still many rebellious soldiers on the battlefield who are seriously injured and wailing, and they have all come forward to end their lives one by one, ending this life of compassion.

Seeing this scene, Chun Yu'an also felt sad from the bottom of his heart, he was not a brave and murderous person, and he couldn't treat human life like a mustard at all. A gentleman is to a beast, and when he sees his life, he can't bear to see his death; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh; It is a gentleman who cooks far away. He has been practicing benevolence for a long time, but the truth is not lacking in cruelty, in this troubled world, the so-called benevolence is not only unable to achieve benevolence, but even self-protection is weak.

All he could do was stay away from the killing field, and avoid it. Benevolence does not mean that the outside is pure, more often it is just a relative intolerable and self-deception. Therefore, a gentleman is different from a beast, not a hypocrisy, but even at the most critical moment, he still wants to try his best to maintain a bottom line, even if this bottom line is ridiculous, but it also means that there is still a persistence in human nature.

Although the fighting outside the jurisdiction of Xiaxiang County has ended, the riots have not stopped there. On this night, a large number of chaotic soldiers fled in the countryside, some simply fled to survive, some relapsed after realizing that they were out of danger, and turned to kill those villagers, some were captured successfully, and some were defeated by the county guards who had previously returned to the countryside.

At dawn, news began to come back from the county, and Chun Yu'an also learned that the rebel army had only organized an attack and had not arranged a follow-up, and even more than 200 township soldiers composed of Ding Zhuang found the landing site of the rebel army on the outskirts of Nozawa, and seized many bamboo rafts and wooden sampans and other tools. At the same time, the Xuzhou army defending Huaishang also rushed to the aid of the county, which completely solved the crisis of the prime minister.

When the county soldiers and Xuzhou reinforcements took over the defense, Liu Di's Huainan army was able to withdraw and was arranged to rest in the remaining houses in the county administration.

Chun Yu'an was not allowed to rest, in addition to cleaning the battlefield and counting the captures, he also had to communicate and report to all parties, and at the same time appease the villagers. More than 900 people were killed in this battle, but nearly two or three hundred of them were seriously wounded and killed, and only about 500 people actually died in the battle. Although it doesn't seem to be much, for the level of the army of the chaotic army, it is enough to shock them to a complete collapse. At the same time, the rebel army was a long-distance attack, and there were many people who ran out of physical strength and did not run far at all, and were directly captured in the surrounding area.

Coupled with the subsequent removal of the prisoners escorted by the townships, nearly 1,000 people were beheaded in this battle and more than 1,300 people were captured. When this battle report was sorted out, even Chun Yu'an, who witnessed the battle, couldn't help but smack his tongue. Since the rebels fled into the wilderness around Surabaya, except for a few large-scale encirclement and suppression, no regional war has been able to achieve such brilliant results!

Therefore, this result really made many Xuzhou army leaders, including Chun Yu'an, feel ashamed, they each have many thousands, less than thousands, and they themselves occupy the geographical advantage, in the process of encirclement and suppression for several years, it is not as good as the harvest of 600 people in the Huainan Military Region in a guest army battle!

Regarding this result, Chun Yu'an was not only amazed by the strong combat effectiveness of the Huainan Army, but also had a really complicated mood. Although he was not without a lack of cowardice, he was by no means a stupid person, and after a little rejoicing, he gradually realized some hidden meanings in this matter.

Why did the Huainan Army come to his aid? Why is it so timely? Did they really get permission from Gong Xi to fight across borders? If Duke Xi also knew the danger of his subordinates, why did he invite the Huainan army to come to the aid instead of transferring the Xuzhou army from elsewhere?

There are many questions, which make people dare not think about it, and also make Chun Yu'an feel a kind of helplessness when the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop. After taking office as prime minister, he seems to be involved in an even bigger turmoil......

In addition to these confusions, there is another point that makes Chun Yu'an feel a little disappointed. That is, whether he was captured or captured, he did not find the villager Wang Xue who had reported to him earlier to warn him. Although at the moment, he also understands that even if Wang Xue did not report to him, according to the timing of the arrival of the Huainan Army, he would most likely survive this danger. But after all, he confessed his feelings once, and he couldn't rescue this villager, which also made him feel sorry.

In the morning, Xu Ning landed on the Huaishui and arrived at the next minister, met with Chun Yu'an and offered a little condolences, and then directly asked why the Huainan Army came to help in such a timely manner? The implication is to ask Chun Yu'an if he has any connection with Huainan in private.

"Why did Huainan come to help, the lower officials really don't know. But this battle report probably makes Captain Xu feel something, right? ”

After Chun Yu'an smiled bitterly, Xuan even handed the battle report that he had sorted out earlier to Xu Ning. Previously, he had sent someone to transcribe two copies of the battle report, one to Huaiyin, where the current Duke of Xi was located, and the other to the Linhuai Taishou Mitong Office not far north of the garrison.

Xu Ning hurriedly glanced at the battle report after receiving it, at first his face was full of surprise, and then he sneered again. He had a feud with Liu Zhengben, so he was also quite disgusted with Mi Tong and other military leaders who had been defending around Surabaya for a long time. With such a battle report in front of him, he believes that the most embarrassing person is definitely Mi Tong and others, even if they are not wrong, they will definitely bear the infamy of inaction because of this.

The 600 soldiers of the Huainan Military Region killed and captured thousands of rebellious troops, and Mi Tong, as the main person in charge of the Linhuai Taishou and the extermination of the rebellious army, not only did not succeed for a long time, but also sat back and watched the rebellious army grow into trouble. In the past, there was no comparison and a little patience, but now such a battle report is in front of him, which is simply a shame for the entire Huainan army!

Xu Ning's status in the Xuzhou army was much higher than that of Chun Yu'an, and the personnel he came into contact with were naturally more comprehensive, so he gradually realized after a little silence. The matter of the next minister is not so simple, in addition to the repulsed rebels, there will definitely be others who will be implicated.

Not long after Xu Ning's arrival, the envoy of Linhuai Taishou Mi Tong also arrived at the next minister, summoned Chun Yu'an to see him quickly, and explained in detail the beginning and end of the battle.

After Chun Yu'an accepted the order, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he probably guessed who wanted to put him to death now. It was abnormal for Taishoufu to react so quickly, as if he had known early on that the rebel army was about to attack the prime minister. So when he goes, I'm afraid it will be a blessing and a curse.

"I am an official in the same county as the Ming Mansion, since the Mansion has a call, and I am also at the right time, I don't know if the Ming Mansion is willing to go together?"

Xu Ning said after a moment of silence, and only after Chun Yu'an agreed, did he say again: "The big war is decided, and all the ruins in the governance are waiting to be revitalized, and it is inconvenient for the soldiers to stay away from the county office." General Liu of Huainan came to help, so you might as well invite him to accompany him, or you can solve your doubts in more detail. ”