219 great victory

(Today's birthday of my old dream, thank you for the blessings of book friends, I am really moved, but unfortunately I don't have time to add more, wait for me to find time!) ）

"Big boss, have you thought about that? Do you really plan to choose to serve the imperial court? ”

Qian Guangyuan suddenly asked beside Li Zixiao.

"Yes."

Li Zixiao's eyes continued to look at the battlefield in front of him, and at this time, the overall situation on the battlefield had been decided, and the officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army were frantically chasing the retreating officers and soldiers, and responded softly.

Li Zixiao's plan to return to the imperial court is known to Qian Guangyuan so far, and no one else knows.

"I'm afraid that some of the generals in our cottage can't figure it out!" Qian Guangyuan said with a sigh.

Qian Guangyuan also supported Li Zixiao's plan, but he was worried that those rude men in the White Dragon Army did not see as far as him and Li Zixiao.

"Whoever can't figure it out, give me a hard thought, and when the time comes, whoever wants to leave me won't stop me."

Li Zixiao also thought about this, but he believed that the group of brothers under him would be obedient to his decision when the time came, even if they couldn't figure it out.

But as long as he Li Zixiao decides, even if they can't figure it out in the end, they will implement it later, this is discipline.

"The current imperial court is a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, and even Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have been driven into the deep mountains and old forests.

Don't look at our current scenery, we have a lot of people in our hands, but we still can't compete with the government, just this time more than 10,000 officers and soldiers come to suppress, we can hardly cope with it.

Once the government solves the problem of Li and Zhang and frees up elite soldiers and horses to deal with us, it will be difficult for us to hold on in this Central Plains.

Rather than being wiped out by the elite soldiers of the official army at that time, it is better to buy us at a good price when the strength of the government is empty and there is a sense of peace for us.

Although the words are a little ugly, but this is the reason, it just so happens that this time we captured this Lord Wu, and I still have a handle from him in my hand.

Maybe we can make a deal with this Lord Wu, as long as we change into official skins, we can continue to exist at that time.

As long as we hold on for a few more years and secretly accumulate strength, when the world suddenly changes, it will be the day when our White Dragon Army will sweep the world. ”

Li Zixiao rode on the horse, his eyes were deep, and he said softly, while Qian Guangyuan listened quietly on the side.

"The big boss is far-sighted, but of course how does the big one know that in a few years, the world will change greatly? Are we going to fight back then? ”

Although Qian Guangyuan expressed his support for Li Zixiao's desire to serve the imperial court, deep down he really hoped that the White Dragon Army could be transformed into an official army.

But at this time, Qian Guangyuan listened to Li Zixiao's tone, and it seemed that his surrender to the imperial court was just an expedient measure, just to buy a few years of buffer time for the White Dragon Army.

Even Li Zixiao expected that in a few years, the world would change greatly, and it seemed that he would rebel again.

"Hehe, the secret of heaven must not be leaked, you can just wait and see when the time comes, as for whether we will rebel or not, we will talk about it then.

If there is a direct rebellion at that time, which is in the greatest interest of our White Dragon Army, then I will not hesitate to raise the anti-flag again.

But if at that time, we have the title of the loyal and brave general of the Ming Dynasty, which is more suitable for the development of our White Dragon Army, then I will continue to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

The military advisor and I have been for a long time, so I should know a little bit about me. ”

Faced with Qian Guangyuan's doubts, Li Zixiao explained.

However, Li Zixiao did not tell him why he expected that the world would change greatly in a few years, he couldn't say that he had learned from history in the future, so he could only cover up the past.

"The big boss is also for the sake of our brothers in the White Dragon Army, no matter when, his subordinates are bound to follow the big boss and never give up."

"Yes, I believe in you."

"Big boss, if we win this time, the chips in our hands will be heavier, and we may be able to fight for more things."

At this time, Qian Guangyuan already knew all about Li Zixiao's planning.

"Yes, whether our plan to wash the white will succeed or not depends on the Lord Wu we 'invited' this time, let's go, let's go and meet this Commander Wu."

At this time, Li Zixiao kicked the horse's stomach and rushed in the direction of the official army.

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At this time, on the battlefield, Xu Wei rushed out of Qi Wei and Wu Laiyun's location with the elite soldiers of the defeated and retreating officers, hoping to save Wu Laiyun.

But their rescue was immediately pursued by the cavalry led by Luo Chao, as well as the infantry soldiers behind them, and the casualties were not small.

"Let's go, it's time for me, the big boss, to come forward, denying that it is not easy to let down the weapons if you want to make this elite officer army, and now that Lord Wu is also trembling."

When Li Zixiao saw that Xu Wei was still left, the remaining number of officers and soldiers was still about 1,000.

When he confronted Qi Wei, who held Wu Laiyun hostage, and did not leave, he knew that it was time for him to appear.

Otherwise, it will not be easy to completely solve this officer army and make them lay down their arms and surrender.

As for Lin Dafu in the rear, there were still thousands of miscellaneous soldiers and baggage soldiers, and at this time, seeing that Wu Laiyun was captured, Xu Wei led people to retreat.

These frightened officers and soldiers had already fled under the leadership of Lin Dafu.

The remaining Xu Wei and his men chose to stay and fight until the last moment, without planning to escape, and at this time they had been surrounded by Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu, Li Tianba, Luo Chao and others.

But instead of laying down their arms and surrendering, they regrouped into a circle and refused to stay there, not giving up their resistance.

Xu Wei knew that if there was no Wu Laiyun, even if he escaped back with the troops safely this time, the end would not be very good.

When the time comes, the coach will be captured, the encirclement and suppression will fail, and the losses will be heavy, and those officials will find a suitable scapegoat to bear this series of crimes

And he has no power and no power, and his official position is high enough, so he happens to be the best candidate for scapegoat, so he chose to lead people to fight until the last moment, and he didn't lead anyone to escape.

"Lord Wu, what did you say before, who captured whom!"

Li Zixiao rode to Wu Laiyun, who was tied hand and foot, and said with a smile.

"Hmph, the king is defeated, the official is convinced, there is nothing to say." Wu Laiyun was also in a depressed mood at this time, and said with a cold snort.

"Lord Wu, don't you let your officers and soldiers give up resistance, stop making indifferent resistance, and only increase casualties.

I can guarantee that after these officers and soldiers surrender, we will guarantee their safety, you say? Lord Wu. ”

Li Zixiao walked up to Wu Laiyun, looked at him and said.

"You talk counts?"

"Of course, I still have this integrity."

"Hey, surrender, surrender, anyway, there is no power to return to the sky, this time we are defeated, and we are still underestimating you, I didn't expect your strength to expand so fast."

After saying this, Wu Laiyun suddenly became a lot older.

"Lay down your arms and surrender immediately, otherwise we will be blamed for your kindness, and our White Dragon Army promises not to mistreat the prisoners." The White Dragon Army shouted loudly at Xu Wei's officers and soldiers.

As Wu Laiyun ordered all the officers and soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender, Xu Wei's subordinates were very reluctant to put down their weapons.

Only Qi Lin, who was still fighting alone on the other side, finally made the same decision as Xu Wei.

Li Zixiao did not continue to send people, followed the pursuit of Lin Dafu's defeated and fleeing enemy troops, but just sent people to occupy their camp and stopped.

After all, after the war, there are still many things for him to deal with.

Moreover, at this time, the White Dragon Army suffered a lot of casualties, and every soldier was very tired, and he really didn't have much energy to pursue the enemy.

Besides, this battle repelled the officers and soldiers, captured Wu Laiyun, Xu Wei, Qi Lin and other officers and generals, as well as more than 1,000 elite officers and soldiers.

They won this battle with great difficulty, and they have already made a lot of money, and they should be content.

All the surviving soldiers and auxiliaries dragged their tired bodies to help clean up the battlefield.

The bodies of the soldiers killed in this battle of the White Dragon Army were carried to a clean place and taken care of in a unified manner.

In addition, the wounded were sent to the military medical camp for rescue, and the battlefield cleaning should be started immediately.

After the defeat and escape of the official army, the various materials left behind were sorted together, handed over to the camp of the axle, loaded and transported back to the camp first, and then transported back to the White Snake Village for processing.

After dark, the generals of each team took a large number of officers and prisoners and happily returned to the camp south of Suishui.

At this time, the men had already prepared a meal for the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who had returned to the camp, waiting for them to come back and have a full meal.

And Li Zixiao led his subordinates to work until the second half of the night, and finally took stock of the battle damages, captures, etc.

Only then did everyone drag their tired bodies one by one, and one by one they came to Li Zixiao's big tent and sat down.

Some guards immediately brought the meal to them, and taking advantage of the opportunity to eat, Li Zixiao gathered his generals together for a post-war meeting.

These generals are only busy with their work, and the soldiers under them have finished eating, and they have not got any jobs.

At this time, as soon as I smelled the aroma of rice, I moved my index fingers one by one, and I didn't care about any manners, so I picked up the chopsticks one by one and chewed them.

According to Li Zixiao's instructions, the man made a big meal tonight, and used the captured dead horses to stew a big pot of horse meat for them.

At the same time, they were also served a basin of dough cakes and a pot of porridge, and Li Zixiao didn't care so much, and he and his generals ate a lot.

After a while, all the generals of the White Dragon Army swept all the food on the table like a storm.

Zhou Dazhu patted his stomach and smiled: "At this time, if you can drink another pot of wine, it will be refreshing." ”

After Li Zixiao wiped his hands, he asked people to clean up the table, and after removing the table, he smiled at the generals: "It's not yet time for us to drink wine and eat meat in a big bowl."

The big guy will eat alive first, and when we return to the cottage, we will have another feast, so that all the soldiers under him can have a good time and relax. ”

The generals were very happy when they heard this and agreed.

"Okay, everyone's worked hard today. It's time to get down to business.

During the day, under the bloody battle of all the officers and soldiers, our White Dragon Army was finally defeated, and this time it encircled and suppressed our officers and soldiers, and even captured the commander of our officers and soldiers this time, as well as several officers and generals.

Just now, the inventory of our casualties in this battle has been counted, so I'll talk about it at this moment.

Today's battle can be described as the most tragic battle since the establishment of our White Dragon Army, and our losses are very serious, with a total of 574 brothers killed and 871 wounded.

Among them, the infantry suffered the most serious casualties, with a total of nearly 900 casualties, the cavalry and scouts suffered more than 300 casualties, more than half of the casualties, and the auxiliary soldiers also suffered more than 200 casualties.

In this battle, our casualty ratio has accounted for more than 30% of the whole army, and we have never fought such a tragic battle.

All units of the army performed very well, especially the two cavalry teams, and they defeated the officers and cavalry as soon as possible and raided the rear of the officers and troops behind their backs, which was the key to our victory in this battle.

And what pleases me the most is the performance of the Axis Battalion.

In the face of the elite officers and soldiers in the rear of the surprise attack of the officers and soldiers, our auxiliaries were not afraid of death, entangled them to the death, and bought time for our victory.

Dong Zhuang personally put on armor to kill the enemy, but he was seriously injured, but fortunately there was no worry about his life.

This time, all the soldiers were good, and there was no cowardice or evasion.

All of our meritorious soldiers in this battle, when we return to the cottage, I will impartially reward the meritorious personnel in this battle.

With this battle, compared with our losses, our gains in this battle are also quite good, at least we have smashed the encirclement and suppression of the official army by 10,000 officers and soldiers.

At the same time, more than 1,200 people were captured, and the number of enemy soldiers killed was probably more than 1,500.

In particular, Wu Laiyun, the commander of the official army, was captured, and there were several guerrilla generals, thousands of generals, and even more generals, these are all not small officials.

As for the captured tent armor, needless to say, the number is huge, and it has not been counted yet.

In addition, more than 300 war horses were captured, including dozens of wounded horses, but they were quite good.

Then there is a batch of grain and mules and horses, the number is still counted, eight chariots, and five artillery pieces of various types, and it is not an exaggeration to describe this battle with a great victory.

It is estimated that this time the government side should know how powerful we are! ”

At this time, Li Zixiao picked up a list of the battle situation that had just been compiled in his hand and said to the generals.

This battle can indeed be called a great victory, but the heavy cost of casualties of the White Dragon Army is also unprecedented.

Fortunately, they won the battle in the end, even if it cost a lot, it was worth it, so everything was still going according to Li Zixiao's plan.

After hearing this, the generals also laughed heartily, because this battle was indeed wonderful.

The White Dragon Army can be said to have defeated this team of officers and troops who were more than twice their strength without any tricks.

This can almost be said to be extremely rare among the rebels of the Ming Dynasty at this time.

The other rebel armies did not fail to win battles, but many times they were defeated by more victories and fewer victories.

But they won more with less, and the victory of the White Dragon Army in this battle was enough to make them feel glorious for everyone under the White Dragon Army.