Chapter 168: Marching North, Yang Guanglie of Yulin

After hearing the gunshots coming from the south of Zhenyuan Pass, Lin Danhan immediately looked towards the south of the city in horror.

Immediately afterwards, they saw hundreds of gray figures, lined up in neat lines, holding rifles in their hands, rushing towards the army quickly.

Every few steps, countless gunshots would be fired, and swarms of Tumut soldiers fell down.

"escape!"

"Run away!"

In fact, the morale of the Tatar Tumote army had been low due to heavy losses.

If they hadn't seen Wang Erniu and the others dying, they might have collapsed long ago.

At this moment, the sudden emergence of new members of the People's Salvation Army was the straw that broke the camel's back.

The entire Tumote army collapsed in an instant. Before Lin Danhan could give the order, they were already retreating in chaos, running towards the northwest to escape for their lives.

They were pushed and trampled along the way, and an unknown number of people died.

Seeing this scene, Lin Danhan couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, God's will is like this, it is not the work of human beings.

Then, he immediately led his soldiers and fled westward without looking back.

He is at the farthest rear. When it comes to escaping, who is more convenient than him?

However, even though he was desperately trying to escape, he still repeatedly told the soldiers around him to take good care of the captured rifles and not to throw away or damage any of them.

On the other side, after the Tumote army retreated like a tide, Wang Erniu and others collapsed weakly on the ground, leaning on the city wall, watching from a damaged wall stack, the Salvation Army chasing and killing them below. The army of Tumut.

This pursuit lasted for a full hour, killing more than 5,000 Tumote's army. The number of prairie cavalry who could actually escape was less than 3,000.

Although Lin Danhan was a little heartbroken about this, he was a little excited when he thought about the rifle he had captured. As long as they also had rifles, wouldn't they be allowed to roam freely on the grassland?

But from the beginning to the end, he only thought about crossing the grassland, but he never thought about retaliating and attacking the People's Salvation Army, or even thinking about attacking the Ming Dynasty.

Because in his opinion, there is actually no difference between the Ming Dynasty and the National Salvation Army. They are both Han people anyway.

When the time comes, if the People's Salvation Army wins, it will be another Central Plains empire after the Ming Dynasty. If he attacks the Ming Dynasty, who knows if the People's Salvation Army will use this as an excuse to attack them?

As for this attack, it was just a spontaneous act by some small tribes and had nothing to do with his Tatar Tumote tribe.

He even helped the National Salvation Army wipe out those tribes, so he obtained some rifles.

Regarding the Salvation Army, he felt that it was not impossible to just surrender and pay tribute. Maybe he could get more rewards?

Anyway, that’s what Lin Dan Khan thinks. As for what the Dynasty and the People’s Salvation Army think, he doesn’t know.

But judging from his understanding of the Han Empire in the Central Plains, they should be able to accept them if they take the initiative to become vassals and pay tribute.

Thinking of everything that happened after that, Lin Danhan couldn't help but feel happy and felt that he was really a genius.

On the other side, after some rest and a slight recovery of physical strength, Wang Erniu led the remaining five people and the 1,000 people's salvation troops who arrived to collect the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle.

Looking at the corpses of a hundred soldiers lined up in front of him, Wang Erniu's face was filled with sadness and his heart was filled with guilt.

Logically speaking, as the commander-in-chief of the Suppressing Guards, Wang Erniu must have seen many Salvation Army soldiers die in battle, even if they were powerful. He shouldn't be so sad.

In fact, he did see many Salvation Army soldiers die in battle.

However, it is not as much as imagined.

After all, whether it was the beginning or now, the main strategy of the People's Salvation Army is to attack from a distance, and only engage in close combat as a last resort.

In this battle mode, when the enemy's bows, arrows, and muskets have a lower range than the Salvation Army, it will be difficult for the Salvation Army to cause casualties.

But this time, it may be casualties that have never occurred in more than a dozen or even dozens of battles, large and small.

The most important thing is that the hundreds of soldiers who died in this battle were caused by Wang Erniu's command errors.

It was all because of him, because he was too proud and arrogant, which led to the soldiers dying on the battlefield and being separated from their wives, children and families.

Although it seems that all the Salvation Army soldiers who died in battle can go to heaven and become heavenly soldiers and generals.

However, that is not without any drawbacks.

Let me just say one thing: not everyone can accept that he is separated from his wife, children and parents, and has almost no chance of seeing each other again.

Moreover, it is said that God has become an immortal, a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general.

But, has anyone really seen it?

So, how come Wang Erniu doesn't feel guilty?

Taking a deep breath, Wang Erniu thought silently, brothers, have a good journey. This time, I, Wang Erniu, am sorry for you. When I complete my mission as leader, I will come to accompany you.

"Qing Lin, please!"

"This is a subordinate's duty."

Staff officer He Qinglin shook his head and took a few steps forward to stand in front of the soldier's body.

He stretched out his hand and pressed down slowly, and the iron-blooded evil energy from above exploded and quickly gathered towards him. With the operation of his magical power, it covered the remains of the soldiers.

The next moment, an extremely cold air burst out, instantly freezing the bodies of the soldiers.

With his current power in the Qi refining realm, coupled with the iron-blooded evil energy that he draws, it is equivalent to a very powerful magical realm, enough to ensure that he will not be transformed for three months.

After such a long time, their strategic goal this time has been almost completed.

At that time, they can return to build the Martyrs' Shrine.

When he led the army to attack again, Wang Erniu was much more cautious. He would send five or six hundred people to attack the city, even if it was obvious that dozens or hundreds of people could capture the city.

And with five or six hundred people from the People's Salvation Army attacking the city, it was almost a one-shot victory, and it was not slower than the previous attack by dozens of people.

More than half a month later, the entire Ningxia Five Guards were occupied by the People's Salvation Army.

The reason why it took so long was not to attack the city, but to rush on the road and arrange for subsequent officials to manage, which took longer.

On the other side, the dynasty at that time was leading the army to attack Xi'an Prefecture. After receiving the news, he couldn't help but be silent.

Today's People's Salvation Army has opened a gap with ordinary armies. In addition, it is invincible and invincible, so it is inevitable that pride will grow.

However, you can be proud, but you can't be arrogant.

It seems that the work of the army's ideological instructors is still a long way to go.

But then, Wang Chao put it aside and began to march towards Xi'an again.

In addition to Wang Erniu and the army led by Wang Chao, there were also Chen Ying and Wu Ping, who led a group of people from Gongchang Prefecture to attack Hanzhong and guard against attacks from Sichuan.

Well, it would be more appropriate to say that they were attacking rather than receiving.

The entire Shaanxi Provincial Administration Office had been infiltrated by members of the agricultural society and the Shadow Guards.

Every time Wang Chao and his men arrived at a place, either the local chief had been captured, or the city gate had been secretly opened just after the attack.

If it were not for the need for stable arrangements for follow-up governance, Wang Chao and his men would have been able to capture the entire Shaanxi in a few days.

In comparison, the Ningxia Guard attacked by Wang Erniu and the Yulin Guard in the east were border areas, and most of the places were guarded by border troops, and Hong Chengchou had not withdrawn his troops.

Therefore, the infiltration there was not ideal, and that was where the real war needed to be carried out.

Originally, this was nothing, with the strength of the Salvation Army, it was enough to easily occupy them.

However, because of his pride and carelessness, Wang Erniu almost died in Zhenyuan Pass.

In February of the third year of Chongzhen, the Salvation Army completely occupied Xi'an Prefecture, Hanzhong Prefecture, and Ningxia Five Guards, and began to march north to Yan'an Prefecture, heading straight to Yulin Guard.

After the Yulin Guards received the news, they were immediately terrified. Many soldiers had already fled secretly before the war started.

Some even fled to the territory of the Salvation Army.

Well, I heard that the soldiers captured by the Salvation Army were all forced to do hard labor.

On the contrary, refugees who took the initiative to flee to the leaders of the Salvation Army would work under the arrangement of the Salvation Army and receive a certain amount of wages.

If they are willing to move westward and go to places such as Guazhou Shazhou occupied by the Salvation Army, they will also get their own land.

In comparison, they are naturally willing to take the initiative to flee to the territory of the Salvation Army and live as refugees.

Once the weapons are thrown away and the armor and robes are taken off, who knows that they have been soldiers?

At this time, the guerrilla general Yang Guanglie, the commander of Yulin Guard, stood on the top of the city and looked into the distance, feeling very confused.

He didn't know whether the emperor had received his letter for help.

Although he was loyal, his soldiers were already panic-stricken and had no fighting spirit. Even if he had great ability, what could he do?

"Is this God's will? Father, if it were you, what would you do?"

Thinking of his father, Yang Guanglie's eyes suddenly became cold and firm. How could he retreat again and again for the family feud and national hatred?

At this moment, a personal soldier came quickly.

"General, someone gave me a letter and asked me to pass it to you personally."

"Oh, a letter for me? Who is it?"

Yang Guanglie asked curiously while taking the letter.

"The one who sent the letter was a clerk of Ji's Trading Company."

"Ji's?"

Yang Guanglie muttered to himself, and a hint of enlightenment came to his mind, and then a sneer appeared on his face.

"Oh, let me see what they have to say."

When Yang Guanglie opened the envelope and saw the contents for the first time, his face suddenly changed.

"My son Guanglie wrote this to me."

Yang Guanglie was Yang Jiamo's biological son. He was supposed to be the guerrilla general of Guyuan Town, but perhaps because of Wang Chao, the butterfly.

Yang Guanglie did not take the position of the guerrilla general of Guyuan Town, but became the guerrilla general of Yulinwei.

And that letter was naturally handed over to Chen Mo by Yang Jiamo.

After he was relieved at the beginning, he told Chen Mo about his life experience and wrote this letter.

He hoped that when the Salvation Army attacked Yulinwei, it would be handed over to Yang Guanglie.

When Chen Mo first heard about Yang Jiamo's life experience, he was really shocked and almost jumped up.

But soon, he calmed down again.

With the magical powers controlled by the government, it is basically impossible for a spy to escape supervision.

So, how could Yang Jiamo's identity be completely hidden from the government?

Now, since the government did not arrest him, it means that the government does not care about his identity. As long as he does not violate the law, he will not be punished.

In this case, why should he make a fuss?

In fact, with the government's magical power, it can indeed discover Yang Jiamo's ulterior motives, but it cannot discover his specific identity. It only knows that he came from the north and has some hostility towards the Salvation Army.

However, there are many people who are hostile to the Salvation Army.

Ask the captives, how many of them are not hostile to the People's Salvation Army?

As long as they do not break the law and do not pass on important information, they will not be detained immediately.

Of course, necessary surveillance is still there.

The development of the shadow has penetrated into all levels and fields, at least within the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

With the latest sensor compass built by the Weapon Manufacturing Department, which can sense the breath of power and the general mental state, there is little in the entire territory of the People's Salvation Army that can escape their supervision.

What's more, there are city gods and land gods in various places. With both spiritual and material levels, no one can escape their supervision.