Chapter 220

Seven days have passed since the beheading of Wu Junxi. On that day, after Wei Ran beheaded Wu Junxi. Only a few of the thieves returned to bianzhou city. Most of them were annihilated and captured by the officers, but most of them fled in large numbers. Although the officers were strong, they were not able to pursue them.

Then he attacked bianzhou City, but there was no strong attack. Even Zhang Zhen, a eunuch with weak ability to unify the army, knew that attacking the city was the best. Therefore, Li Chengye's strategy was adopted to attack the heart.

Build more barracks outside the city and make a look like building siege equipment to prepare for a strong attack in a few days. In fact, it is a plan for suspicious soldiers, and half of the barracks are empty.

When Wu Junxi was defeated in the city, spies were arranged to infiltrate the defeated army, enter the city and spread rumors and incitement for days. On the one hand, they boasted that the strength of the official Army was unmatched. On the other hand, they spread rumors that more than half of the 100000 bandits outside the City who surrendered to the official Army were willing to help attack the city. On the other hand, they publicized the benevolence of the official Army and avoided killing those who surrender.

For a time, people in bianzhou were terrified. However, due to the pressure from the officials and troops outside the city, many thieves still stick to the city, but the morale of the army is already unstable.

After three days of fermenting, Li Chengye put forward a proposal to persuade the emissary to go into the city to surrender, saying that the officers and soldiers can accept surrender, will not attack the city within three days, and will defend ten miles away from the city. Those who surrender first will be given preferential treatment.

Naturally, many faction leaders of the thief army did not believe it, but did not kill the messenger. Instead, they closed the city and still adhered to it. However, this news has been publicized by spies in the city and has been fermented everywhere.

In addition, the officers and soldiers did move away from the camp and withdrew far away, which greatly reduced the pressure on the city. Without external pressure, the internal contradictions among the thief army will become prominent.

Especially after Wu Junxi's death, there were several mountains in his army and many rebels who later took refuge in each other. Some people wanted to take advantage of the withdrawal of the army and abandon the city. Some wanted to stick to the aid and seek Wang Xianzhi's support. Some wanted to surrender to the army, but they didn't dare to say it.

In addition, the dead soldiers of government and military spies secretly contact those who are willing to surrender, and then provoke the hearts of the thieves at the bottom. Three days later, a scuffle took place in the city. In the scuffle, the spy dead took people to open the city gate, and the Shence cavalry lurking in many fake camps rode in. Bianzhou city went down on the same day!

Most of the bandits in the city had to give up their weapons and surrender, while some of them abandoned the city and fled, but they were caught up by the Shence cavalry who had long been in ambush and killed all the way, leaving few survivors.

Since then, Li Chengye suggested killing many thieves, and then let the thieves identify each other's crimes, so that the original people in the city can testify, so as to divide the interior of the thieves and make it difficult for them to trust each other.

Then beheaded all those who committed serious crimes and built them into a Beijing Temple to deter many thieves in Henan road. Finally, invite the incorporated thieves to the imperial government bureaucrats for arrangement. They can be sent to the border areas to work hard, or open up wasteland and cultivate land to rectify production.

Zhang Zhen thought it was too much trouble, and thought that since he had gathered a crowd to rebel, he should kill all the people and make an example! This is simple and crude, but there are many future problems. If you really want to do so, it will indeed frighten people, but it will also strengthen the resistance of many rebels in Henan Province. At that time, no one is willing to surrender, and the difficulty of insurgency will increase tenfold.

Li Chengye and the civil and military officials who knew the consequences of the incident strongly opposed it. Zhang Zhen had relied on the imperial power and didn't want to pay attention to it at all. He just wanted to transfer these people to the suburbs of Xingyang and kill them again. At that time, he would activate the evil array outside the suburbs of Xingyang, so that Zhang Zhen could become an equal or even better than the four great masters today.

However, Princess Shouning's warning ended all his plans. Princess Shouning clearly stood on the side of Li Chengye, looked at the problem with a rational attitude, prohibited the wanton slaughter of surrendered thieves, and reserved the right to send a fast horse to Chang'an for impeachment at any time.

Princess Shouning represents the attitude of another part of the imperial power. Even Zhang Zhen dare not disobey wantonly, otherwise the military power can be recalled at any time. Although he was unwilling, he could only hold his nose and implement the plan put forward by Li Chengye.

However, in this way, his hatred for Li Chengye was more profound, and he secretly planned how to kill his father and son with the help of the war.

Outside the bianzhou City, the officers and soldiers defeated Wu Junxi's main force in one day and captured the bianzhou city in six days, directly disintegrating the 200000 thief forces and shaking the Central Plains. When the good news came to Chang'an, naturally, the dragon's heart was happy, the court was excited, and the emperor ordered a reward and encouragement.

The Gyeonggi side's confidence in the Zuo Shence army was greatly boosted. Those gentry who lost their ancestral heritage and fled to the eastern capital paid money and made efforts to help the officers and soldiers fight the rebellion. Even the gentry families in Gyeonggi province also cooperated with the grain production and improved the logistics of Zuo Shence.

The rest of the bandits in Henan Province were surprised three times a night. They didn't expect that the officers and soldiers were so sharp. 40000 people and horses easily broke through 200000 thieves, leaving them more worried about their own fate.

After the battle, Wei Yan made his first contribution to breaking the array, disturbing the enemy's front army and forcing the main force of the Chinese army to move to support. This directly led to the fact that when the Shence cavalry rushed back, the thief leader Wu Junxi could not directly command the rear army resistance and send the Chinese army to support a stable formation.

After that, when the thief army was swept up, Wei Ran made the merit of catching the thief and beheading, which directly led to the absence of the head of the thieves in bianzhou City, making the heart attack plan implemented smoothly.

Among the whole army, no one dares to question Wei Ran's war achievements. Even Zhang Zhen is just a few strange words of encouragement and irony. There should be no less awards.

Wei Ran was the commander of the military brigade before, and he usually unified the army for 100. The captain is above the brigade commander, and the military establishment under the command is regiment. One regiment governs two to three brigades. This is the military position of the basic combat unit in the army, which can only be held by the corresponding grade of military casual officer.

Due to the great contribution of Wei Yanli and the relationship between Li Chengye, coupled with Princess Shouning's request for merit in the record, the emperor personally promoted his martial official in the reward will: the captain of zhengqipin Zhiguo and the captain of yunqi.

It means that Wei Ran has officially entered the military system of the forbidden army. If he is released, he is at least a powerful school captain, but he can't serve as a general.

However, his story of breaking the battle first and beheading Wu Junxi was widely spread by someone intentionally or unintentionally. Wu Junxi was at least a leader in the green forest road and a famous expert in the Jianghu.

It's amazing to be cut down by an unknown pawn. This makes Wei Ran's name not only in the army, but also in the Jianghu. He has more friends and enemies.

At this time, the only one on the bandit side who can compete with the officials and army is naturally only Tianbu Junping General Wang Xianzhi, who also has more than 200000 troops and horses, and there are even multiple Jianghu forces in the middle.

Moreover, Wang Xianzhi came from a strong salt merchant. Many of his family had joined the army at the border and knew the method of training and unifying the army. There are tens of thousands of core headquarters under his command, all of whom are elite and dare to fight. Compared with Wu Junxi, the organizational and combat effectiveness of the army is naturally much stronger.

For example, hearing the news of bianzhou city at this time, Wang Xianzhi did not gather all 200000 troops and horses like Wu Junxi. This kind of large regiment concentration seems to have a large number of troops and strong strength. In fact, it is difficult to coordinate up and down, communicate left and right, and the organizational structure is very weak. It is very easy to break through the links between various departments in the army, resulting in the collapse of the whole army.

Wu Junxi is a typical example, and there are many such examples in history. For example, in the battle of Feishui, 80000 Beifu soldiers broke 800000 in the former Qin Dynasty. For example, Li Shimin's 3500 xuanjiajing rode to break Dou Jiande's 100000 Xia army.

Therefore, Wang Xianzhi personally led 70000 troops of his headquarters to Xuzhou to join forces with Pang xunqun and Kou and garrison Xuzhou City. The rest of the troops were divided into Yucheng, Puzhou, Puyang and Caozhou, and then allied with Feng Jiang of Bozhou.

To make a ring chain around bianzhou to block the way of the army eastward. The number of officers and troops is insufficient. As long as one unit is attacked, all the other units can advance westward, harass the logistical supplies of the officers and troops, then surround them in the encirclement circle, and gradually encircle and annihilate them with the advantage of military strength.

Wang Xianzhi's military action shows that he is the only thief with military strategic vision among the bandits in Henan Province, and he is also the most difficult enemy on this trip.