Chapter 122 Confused Victory

Everything happened was really too sudden. After Xiao Tianjian learned that Gao Jian had killed the officers and soldiers who had gone out of the city, he killed them towards Yuezhou City. However, he heard that there was chaos in the city from afar, and then a scouts rushed to report that a large number of officers and soldiers were fleeing from the south of the city. This time Even Xiao Tianjian was confused. What kind of play is the official and army singing? How can there be such a war? After being defeated for a while, the whole army was defeated, and even the city was not wanted, and it was about to escape from the city? He had fought for so many years and had never fought such a battle, so he immediately sent a scout to explore again. At the same time, he scattered all the cavalry at hand and passed around the city. Once he found that the officers and soldiers were really going to escape, they would then cover up.

Li Xin was also stinged for a while. After thinking about it, he laughed and said to Xiao Tianjian, "Congratulations, Lord He Xi, Yuezhou City has returned to the Lord!"

Xiao Tianjian took a look at Li Xin and asked, "What's the point?"

"It is reported to the lord. It is expected that the officers and soldiers in the city have different minds. Some people must want to withdraw their troops from Changsha, but some people advocate that they should defend the city. Under their different opinions, some people led the troops to escape. As a result, the left-behind officers and soldiers also collapsed. This time, the master can take it without any effort. It's Yuezhou City! It's not too late. The lord should send troops to chase him as soon as possible! If we move faster, it is estimated that this group of officers and soldiers can be blocked in Yuezhou. As long as these officers and soldiers are solved, in this case, we might as well let go of the battle of Wuchang first, and it is not impossible to take Changsha first!" Li Xin was very active and immediately saw the opportunity in the chaos.

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian turned his mind a few times, and immediately figured it out. He did not dare to delay. He immediately ordered the battalions and generals to immediately start chasing the officers and soldiers with all their strength, in order to block the officers and soldiers in the area of Yuezhou and annihilate them on the spot. In addition, he sent Gao Jianji to lead the troops to seize the south gate of the city. If it can reach To this end, they can not only take Yuezhou lightly, but may even take Changsha as Li Xin said!

The victory of Xing Tianjun in this battle can be said to be inexplicable, and the defeat of the officers and army is also inexplicable. No one can tell the specific reason, but it must have something to do with Li Qiande's lead to withdraw from Yuezhou. The whole officer and army is so unorganized, scrambling to escape from Yuezhou City. After leaving the city, the If they couldn't find the soldiers, the soldiers couldn't find the generals, so they were completely messed up together. Then Xing Tianjun appeared around them like a divine soldier falling from the sky, shouting and roaring and rushing towards them. The sound of the chimony was practiced into a piece, and there was almost no rest. People kept being knocked to the ground, so it aggravated the chaos of the officers and soldiers. The soldiers are like headless flies, running around outside Yuezhou City, but there seem to be people and horses of the Xingtian Army everywhere, constantly blocking their way and attacking them head-on.

So many officers and soldiers quickly choose to surrender in order to survive. They are soldiers to eat, not to work hard, and the rate money is not paid or defaulted from time to time, or they are greedy by the officers. Now the battle is like this. Whoever pays back to the court is a bastard!

So a large number of officers and soldiers had no choice but to surrender, and at this time, there was a roar of the Xingtian army on all sides: "Surrender and don't kill!"

So more officers and soldiers reacted and didn't want to escape anymore. They lost the guys and simply sat on the ground, waiting for the Xing Tianjun to receive them. Some people even sat on the ground and shouted at some officers and soldiers who were running: "I said, brothers, don't run away. Who are you eating food with? Eat food! I heard that Xing Tianjun is living a better life than us, and he never owes food and wages! Don't run away, sit down and wait with your brother! At worst, they will go home to farm. The good men of Xing Tianjun have said for a long time that if they don't want to be soldiers, they will farm..."

At this time, more officers and soldiers figured it out, so they sat down and waited for Xing Tianjun to collect them and arrange new jobs for them.

In the battle of Yuezhou, the officers and soldiers fled, and the Xingtian army was not much better. They chased the defeated army. In order to chase the defeated officers and soldiers, the departments first chased separately in the battalion, and then scattered and chased in the company as a unit. Later, they simply continued to chase in teams, and finally even ten or eight people. He dispersed everywhere to capture the prisoners, and even two or three soldiers of the Xingtian Army appeared, who could capture hundreds of prisoners in one breath and escort them back to Yuezhou City.

Even the soldiers of the water camp heard the news and quickly sent the fast ships and local Dongting Lake thieves to chase them on the waterway, blocking the defeated soldiers trying to cross the river everywhere on the water. In the end of the battlefield chaos, even Xiao Tianjian could not control it. He didn't even know where his subordinates had chased, so he had no choice but to send scouts. Find their men, reorganize them, and order them to escort the prisoners back to Yuezhou City as soon as possible.

Gao Jian led his troops to seize the south gate of Yuezhou City, but when he went to the west gate of Yuezhou City, he saw that the west gate was opened by the officers and soldiers, and a large number of officers and soldiers swarmed out, so Gao Jian didn't have time to go up to seize the south gate. He simply rushed directly to the west gate. After much fighting, Gao Jian led his troops to seize the west gate, and the city was fleeing. As soon as the officers and soldiers saw that the west gate was blocked, they all ran towards the south gate. Gao Jian sent troops into the city to chase and kill. The chaos inside and outside the city was a mess.

After Xiao Tianjian completely controlled Yuezhou City, it was already the evening of the next day. A large number of Xingtian's military troops also began to escort their captured prisoners back to the outside of Yuezhou City one after another, and circled the prisoners in a place surrounded by water on three sides outside the city. It was not until the morning of the third day that all the people were They all returned to the city of Yuezhou.

Xiao Tianjian's face is very dark. He has never fought such a battle. He originally asked his men to chase the enemy and didn't let them chase so far. However, according to the last man who came back, they actually chased them out nearly a hundred miles a day and two nights. In short, as long as there were officers and soldiers in front of them, they did not stop until they were caught. After these officers and soldiers, they couldn't see anyone in front of them, so they turned around and returned.

Listening to the words of the generals, Xiao Tianjian felt very ridiculous. This battle was also too ridiculous. Such an important Yuezhou would be defeated in this way, and there were not many casualties on both sides. Xing Tianjun could hardly be said to have any serious casualties, but there were dozens of people who twisted their legs. On the side of the officers and soldiers Not many people died. At most, hundreds of people were killed. The rest basically knelt down and surrendered directly. Taking a look at the captured prisoners alone, there were 7,000 or 8,000 people, including the defenders of Yuezhou and many reinforcements from Changsha. Although it is not clear how many people escaped back to Changsha, at least from the prisoners. In terms of the number, most of the more than 7,000 horses brought by Li Qiande in Changsha were basically lost in Yuezhou.

On the third night, someone informed Xiao Tianjian that a big man was found among the prisoners, but Yuan's governor Li Qiande and the supervisor Xu Hui actually wore a small soldier's clothes and were also in the captives. Finally, they were identified by the prisoners. Now they have been alone. He brought it out and saw that he was in prison in the city.

In addition, after Gao Jian entered the city, Huang Ming, the governor of Yuezhou, chose to throw himself into the river and killed himself. In this way, the main generals and officials in Yuezhou, except for Kong Xigui, did not know where to run, were basically captured and killed by the Xing Tianjun.

The people around Yuezhou heard that Xing Tianjun had captured Yuezhou City and also flocked to join the army. Xiao Tianjian immediately opened a warehouse in Yuezhou to release the army, and at the same time recruited thousands of people. In addition, the original lake thieves who defected to them, the two armies of land and water have increased their strength.

And most of the thousands of officers and soldiers also expressed their willingness to follow Xing Tianjun, so after Xiao Tianjian hit Yueyang, his strength instantly increased more than double.

"Lord! Don't hesitate! At present, it is the best time to capture Changsha! Li Qiande, the governor of Biyuan, was captured, and most of the Changsha garrison was annihilated here. At present, the troops in Changsha City are very empty. Although it is good to take Wuchang first to take Huguang, at present, General Luo and General Liu have led their troops to attack Wuchang. Even if the master delays the attack on Wuchang, it is worth it! Please don't hesitate! Soldiers are so fast that Changsha can't be ready! Send troops as soon as possible!" Li said confidently to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian lowered his head and thought for a moment. Although he has a lot of troops now, his main force is less than 10,000. Most of them are newly recruited soldiers and recruits on the spot. These people's combat effectiveness is very weak. It is a little not to his taste to take such soldiers and horses to fight. He has been sticking on the road of elite soldiers for a long time. Line, but after going south to Huguang this time, because the boundary of the army was so large, he had to expand his troops, which greatly reduced the quality of the generals in the army, and Changsha was also a strong city. He was a little hesitant to take such soldiers to fight Changsha.

But after listening to Li Xin's words, he still made up his mind and nodded and said, "Your staff has a good opinion, but this is an excellent opportunity. It's really a pity to give up. It's important to go to Wuchang, but it's not bad to beat Changsha first!" Just follow your opinion.

If it just goes on like this, I'm afraid the new army won't have time to practice!"

Li Xin said, "It is not unreasonable for the lord to worry, but although the training of new recruits is important, the officers and soldiers are not very strong at present. At present, we have several barracks as the core main force, and then take the new army as a supplement to train while walking on the road. Although the new army's combat strength is not high, there will be no problem. After fighting Changsha, it's not too late to go to the Hanyang area and step up the training of the new army. After all, with so many new troops, the logistics department can't provide enough self-fire to equip the new army in a short period of time, so I think it's better to fight Changsha first!"

Xiao Tianjian's plan was slightly disrupted, but thinking about such an important city as Changsha, once it is taken by hand, it will play an extremely important role in capturing the whole Huguang in the future. Xiao Tianjian finally made up his mind to go south and go straight to Changsha.

(Today, I would like to thank the intoxicating, the white cloud gap, the dream watch, the dead heart is still the reward of several brothers!)