Chapter 406

For Liu Bu's practice, Li Dingguo admired them very much, expressed sincere gratitude to Liu Bu and said that he would work hard for him from now on.

Liu Bu is the enemy of Zhang Xianzhong because of his different origins, but he doesn't hate Zhang Xianzhong. On the contrary, he still has considerable admiration for the other party and believes that the other party is a hero.

He can't bear to see a generation of heroes die so miserably. Although he can't control or control Zhang Xianzhong's fate, he can't be executed late because of Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong's life and death has nothing to do with him, but if it's because of Liu Bu's death, he must intervene. Zhang Xianzhong can die or die for various reasons, But he can't be punished by thousands of dollars because of Liu bu. Liu Bu's doing this is actually very risky. If others know, he will be overwhelmed, but if he doesn't do it himself, it's difficult to feel at ease.

In later generations, Zhang Xianzhong was a controversial man. He rebelled and killed countless people, which was guilty. But later, he resolutely resisted the Qing Dynasty and led his Western army to resist the Qing Dynasty. His Western army was the main force of the Qing Dynasty all his life, which is worthy of respect.

In contrast, where the Qing soldiers went, so many scholar bureaucrats and famous officials scrambled to surrender. Under the banner of anti thief, they refused to surrender and looked angrily at the Qing Dynasty, which extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades and showed the integrity of the Han people.

The persistence of the Daxi army in resisting the Qing Dynasty is also related to Zhang Xianzhong's death. Now Liu Bu has risked to kill Zhang Xianzhong and won the respect of the Daxi military department in his army.

You should know that Liu Buhe is completely different from other officers and soldiers. They met roving bandits. It was extremely cruel. All those who surrendered were executed by them.

This is because the military merit of Daming's army is calculated according to the head. There is no head. No matter how many military merits you report in the battlefield report, no one believes you. You must take the head to testify. Therefore, these generals will not hesitate to cut off their heads. Only when they cut off their heads can they go to the military headquarters to report their military merits and receive rewards.

This means that they are at odds with the rogue bandits, like fire and water. On the contrary, Liu Bu can have relative freedom in this regard, that is, he doesn't care about the reward given to him by the imperial court, and he won't cut his head for reward.

Cao Wenzhao, a big fellow of Shanxi Province, went to Liaodong area where the war was the most tense at that time as a soldier long ago. In the past ten years, from being a small soldier to coming back to suppress the roving aggressors, he followed Xiong Tingbi, who was called "Xiong Manzi" by Nurhachi, sun Chengzong, the founder of guanning defense line, the most important defense line in Liaodong area, and Yuan chenghuan, the miserably dead Jiliao governor, Over the past ten years, Cao Wenzhao has changed from a small soldier to a big man.

On that day, Cao Wenzhao was ordered to attack and hunt down the rogue bandits. Hong Chengchou was stationed in Fengyang, while Cao Wenzhao and Zu Kuan left Ruzhou. Because the rogue bandits had gone all the way to Guanzhong and fled all the way to Sichuan, they decided to go back and eradicate the rogue bandits' nest first, so they ordered the generals to guard the key points and issued a letter calling Cao Wenzhao to enter the pass. Cao Wenzhao led the cavalry to kill Lingbao.

Hong Chengchou believed that the vagrants were in Shangzhou and Luonan. If they heard that the Ming army had passed, they would flee to Hanzhong first. At that time, the army would fall behind the vagrants when they entered Hanzhong from Tongguan.

So he ordered Cao Wenzhao to take the mountain road from Wen township to Shangzhou and Luonan, and go straight to the stronghold of the itinerant bandits. Then he rushed to Hanzhong from Shanyang, Zhen'an, Xunyang and other places to stop them from escaping. He said to him, "this March, the road is tortuous and the journey is long. The general is very hard. I gathered the troops in Guanzhong to wait for the general."

Then he patted him on the back to see him off. Cao Wenzhao went without saying a word. On May 5, the Wenzhao arrived in Shangzhou. The roving army was powerful, thirty miles away from the city, and the lights of the military camp were everywhere in the mountains. The number of people was frightening.

But Cao Wenzhao and others were not afraid. They thought that the other party was just a local chicken and a dog. In the middle of the night, they led their nephew to join the general Cao Bianjiao, the garrison officer Cao dingjiao, and Du Si Bai Guangen. They defeated the wandering bandits in one fell swoop and chased them for tens of miles. The bodies were buried for tens of miles, and blood flowed into a river. The wandering bandits came out to meet them with 1000 cavalry soldiers against the dangerous terrain. Cao Bianjiao shouted loudly and rushed into the enemy array, All the troops moved forward together, and the exile army was defeated and fled again.

This war made Cao Wenzhao famous all over the world. Its glory was not under the war of Anqing. Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao bravely won the three armies. When the roving bandits heard of general Cao and general Cao, they were very afraid.

Before long, the wandering bandits led by Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng continued to flee to the West and led the army to attack Fengxiang and advance to Fuyang and Longzhou. Cao Wenzhao rushed to the front line from Hanzhong. The troops of the wandering bandits all rushed to Jingning, Tai'an, Qingshui and Qinzhou, with nearly 200000 troops again. This is the case with the wandering bandits. They fought on the move, had no fixed place, and could easily assemble hundreds of thousands of troops, Like tenacious weeds, the wild fire can't burn out, and the spring wind blows again, and it can easily start a prairie fire.

Hong Chengchou chased the army, because Cao Wenzhao's troops, together with those of Zhang quanchang and Zhang Waijia, were only 6000. Compared with the wandering bandits, there was a big gap. He asked the imperial court for emergency and didn't get any instructions.

In June, the Ming army met the peasant army in luanmachuan, and a fierce war broke out. Liu Honglie, the forward Chinese army, was captured. Soon, vice generals AI Wannian and Liu Guozhen died again. The situation was quite bad, but Cao Wenshao was really a cruel man. Cao Wenzhao immediately rushed to Chengchou to ask for entry after hearing that the army had been defeated.

Hong Chengchou said happily, "it's not you, general Cao. No one can destroy this bandit. But my troops have been assigned, and I can't send a team to meet you. After the general set out, I led the army from Jingyang to Chunhua as your support."

Of course, Hong Chengchou was most concerned about how to get a large amount of money and food for the needs of the army. He was interested in working hard with the rogue bandits. That's why he suddenly sent troops to Yangzhou. After his failure, he fled back in embarrassment and made contributions to wipe out the rogue bandits wholeheartedly, so as to protect his life.

Cao Wenzhao led 3000 people to march from ningzhou and met the bandits in qiutou town of Zhenning. His nephew Cao Bianjiao took the lead in climbing the city wall, beheading 500 people and chasing the enemy for 30 Li. Cao Wenzhao led the infantry to chase after him.

With thousands of people, Cao Wenzhao dared to attack the large array of more than 100000 people of the other party. The two sides fought within tens of miles. The wolf teeth staggered. You have me and I have you. They twisted into a group and fought repeatedly.

Tens of thousands of cavalry under the ambush of the rogue soldiers suddenly came out and surrounded them. The arrows were as dense as the thorns of a hedgehog. The rogue didn't know it was Cao Wenzhao's army. After being captured, a small soldier was afraid and anxious, and shouted, "general, come and save me!"

The rebels among the roving bandits knew Cao Wenzhao, gave instructions to the leader Gao Yingxiang and said, "this is general Cao."

Gao Yingxiang was overjoyed and immediately ordered him to tighten the siege and never let him escape.

Cao Wenzhao jumped left and right, killed dozens of rogue bandits, fought for several miles, and finally lost his strength. The horse was injured by an arrow, so he pulled out his knife and killed himself, and all the guards around him died.

When Hong Chengchou heard the news, he beat his chest and wept bitterly. Emperor Zhu Youjian also grieved for him. He honored him as the crown prince's protector and Zuo Dudu, gave him a memorial ceremony, let his descendants inherit the official position of commanding affairs, and ordered a priest to set up a temple for him and offer sacrifices every spring and autumn. Cao Wenzhao's loyalty and bravery are incomparable in the world. He is known as the first good general in the contemporary world.

Cao Wenzhao is famous for his bravery in the Ming army. You should know that the Ming army has been corrupted. It has always been an officer who is greedy for life and afraid of death. The soldiers are cowardly and have no combat ability at all.

Like Cao Wenzhao, there are very few and rare generals who take the lead in a war. He will make the imperial court look at him differently.

Most of the generals of the Ming Dynasty are like Liu bu. They simply can't rush into battle. If they want to fight, they just let their hands do it. They absolutely won't do it themselves. The imperial court will give Cao Wenzhao a different look and praise, hoping to inspire other generals and let them learn from him.

Every time Cao Wenzhao fought a war, he killed all the prisoners who surrendered. This behavior also attracted the appreciation of the imperial court and the wrath of the roving bandits. Therefore, the roving bandits would try their best to concentrate the main force and destroy him at all costs.

Only by killing him can we set an example to others and let other Ming troops know how powerful they are. They dare not learn from this one any more. The only way to learn from him is to die. This is called setting an example to others.

Their policy was very successful, because Cao Wenzhao, a general who was desperate to pursue and kill the exiled bandits, was one of the few imperial court generals who threatened the exiled bandits. Cao Wenzhao's death dealt a great blow to the Ming army. Once he died, no one dared to take the lead, The fierce and fearless went to hunt down the rogue bandits.

The roving bandits also use facts to prove to the officers and soldiers that we are a group of wolves, not a sheep. You can chase me, but it doesn't mean you can chase me at will. If I'm unhappy, a return shot can kill you.

Under such a situation, the generals of the Ming army no longer dare to divide their troops and go deep alone to pursue and kill the rogue bandits. They can only fight with large armies. They dare to fight a decisive battle with the rogue bandits only when they concentrate superior forces. However, the reason why the rogue bandit is called a rogue bandit is that he is highly mobile and runs away immediately when he sees that the wind is wrong. Your small army, go deep alone, It is possible to catch up with them. If a large army came overwhelming, he would have fled long ago.

They fled after hearing the wind, which does not mean that they failed. They also preserved their strength and had extremely strong combat ability. If the officers and soldiers dare to go deep alone without scruples, they can come back and eat each other at one stroke, which makes the officers and soldiers dare not destroy them too quickly. As a result, they will fight and flee, and the roving bandits will run everywhere, The officers and soldiers pursued and killed everywhere.

In this situation, their officers and soldiers are very afraid. Let's say nothing else. For example, Zu Kuan, another fierce general in the army, did not dare to learn Cao Wenzhao's tactics after he heard that Cao Wenzhao was destroyed, defeated and dead. Instead, he hid and did not dare to pursue and kill the exiled bandits. It can be said that they concentrated their main force and destroyed one of the other's troops, It was a success.