The Sui army won this battle extremely easily. Huang Mingyuan had not fought such a simple battle for a long time.
For Huang Mingyuan, the biggest effort in this battle was not to defeat the enemy, but to gather the scattered bandits and defeat them after defeating the Gao Shida bandits. Once these bandits spread out across the villages, they would probably be more terrifying than the demons in hell.
In the end, the Sui army spent a lot of effort to capture all the prisoners. In this battle, the Sui army beheaded more than 2,000 people and captured more than 30,000 bandits. They encountered almost no large-scale resistance.
Treating these Han troops, even though they are all bandits, cannot be treated like the Hu people, just throwing them to work in mines and construction sites and leaving them to fend for themselves.
"Most of these people are refugees who have been coerced, and they are just filling up the numbers. In essence, they are not even bandits."
Huang Mingyuan ordered people to identify his tribes, and ordinary people were all brought back to work on state-owned farms, or placed on light construction sites. As for bandits and robbers, they must undergo labor reform together with the captured Hu people.
As for the rebel leaders, big and small, except for some who had a good reputation and actively surrendered, the rest were all executed. For these big thieves, they have basically lost their respect for life and the government. Ten or eight of them can form a rebel team, which is extremely harmful. Therefore, I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.
Just when Huang Mingyuan defeated Gao Shida's troops, Huang Mingyuan ordered General Hu Lu to lead three thousand troops in Zhou Dynasty and Dou Jiande's general Dong Kangmai to disguise themselves as Dou Jiande's troops and attack Rao'an City.
The news of Dou Jiande's betrayal has not yet spread, so Huang Mingyuan must take advantage of it.
Dong Kangmai and his men returned to the city of Rao'an, and they falsely claimed that "Dou Jiande was injured in the counterattack, and everyone was ordered by Duke Donghai to send Dou Jiande back to the city for treatment."
The defenders at the top of the city couldn't see clearly Dou Jiande's appearance in the darkness, but could vaguely see a man of Dou Jiande's size lying on a cart.
Although they didn¡¯t see each other¡¯s faces clearly, everyone knew that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida went north to attack the Sui army, and everyone also knew Dou Jiande¡¯s confidant general Dong Kangmai, so they didn¡¯t think anything else.
So the guard ordered people to open the city gate.
Dong Kangmai asked people to escort the cart into the city. When they arrived at the city gate, Dong Kangmai had people use cars to block the city gate so that it could not be closed. At this time, Hu Lujin and Zhou Sui led three thousand elites to attack from a distance.
The defenders in the city were only waiting for Gao Shida's victory, and had no defense at all. In addition, in order to win this battle, Gao Shida concentrated all his troops to raid the Sui army camp. The entire Rao'an city was full of old, weak, sick and disabled, and the number of fighting soldiers was only a few hundred. Therefore, there was no resistance and he was attacked by the Sui army. Down.
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As a chess piece of the Gao family, Gao Shida is slightly better than ordinary bandits, but he is also limited and is not as famous as the official army.
At the same time, Huang Mingyuan not only targeted Rao'an, but also targeted Leling and Wudi (now Yujiadian Village, Qingyun County, Shandong Province) counties near Rao'an City.
The three cities are very close to each other and rely on each other in the shape of a pin.
In fact, Huang Mingyuan did not need to be so anxious. As long as Gao Shida was defeated, the Gao family would obediently surrender to Huang Mingyuan with three cities.
But Huang Mingyuan didn¡¯t want to use Sancheng to bargain with the Gao family.
The person responsible for the raid on Leling was Zhang Jian, whose troops consisted of a thousand Zuowuwei soldiers and two thousand Huaiyi Army soldiers, and the guide was Dou Jiande's brother-in-law Cao Dan.
The Cao family is a small family in Leling County, and Cao Dan is relatively more familiar with the situation in Leling County.
At this time, there were only about two thousand defenders in Leling County, commanded by General Gao Yaxian.
Gao Shida didn¡¯t know whether he could stop the Sui army, so he had already made preparations to run away in advance. Therefore, he ordered Gao Yaxian to concentrate his troops and supplies, collect vehicles and horses, and prepare to leave Leling.
Gao Yaxian followed Gao Shida's order, worked conscientiously and meticulously, and made all preparations. The only thing he failed to do was the defense of Leling City.
In fact, no one thought about facing the Sui army in Leling City. Once Rao'an was defeated in the first battle, Gao Shida's tribe would be defeated like a mountain and it would be too late to leave. How could they bother to defend the city.
So Zhang Jian came to the city and saw that there was almost no defense in the city.
So Zhang Jian ordered people to disguise themselves as Dou Jiande's soldiers, commanded by Cao Dan, and enter the city from the remote west gate.
The garrison in the city was all mobilized and handled by Gao Yaxian. The garrison at the west gate was no more than a hundred people, and they were all scattered lazily under the city wall to bask in the sun, which was very uncomfortable.
When Cao Dan arrived at the city, the defenders inspected the seals and let Cao Dan into the city.
EverybodyKnowing that Cao Dan was Dou Jiande's brother-in-law, and knowing Dou Jiande's position in the army, no one dared to embarrass Cao Dan.
So Cao Dan entered the city and started killing people violently, leaving everyone in panic.
Cao Dan led not many people, but they were all the elite of the Eagle Attack Army, and they were best at fighting in narrow spaces like city gates. So everyone killed more than ten people in a row and occupied the city gate.
Although Zhang Jian only had a few hundred cavalry, when he heard that Cao Dan had captured the city gate, he immediately galloped over.
So the Sui army entered the city.
Gao Yaxian, who was guarding the city, was anxiously waiting for Gao Shida's reply in the north. He was shocked when he heard that the Sui army entered the city from the west gate, and immediately led his people to the west gate to defend against the enemy.
"It's just that the Sui army has broken the city defense and its military strength is superior to Gao Yaxian. How can Gao Yaxian reach it?"
Gao Yaxian was beaten so hard that he retreated and retreated to the county government office, relying on the county government compound to resist.
Zhang Jian knew that he did not have many troops at hand, and Leling was Gao Shida's hometown. Many families in the city had good relations with Gao Shida. If Gao Yaxian opens his arsenal and arms the people in the city and the private soldiers of each family, the outcome of this battle is still unknown. After hearing that Cao Dan said that he had a good relationship with Gao Yaxian, he ordered Cao Dan to come forward and persuade him to surrender.
Gao Yaxian retreated to the county government office, still doubtful and puzzled as to how the Sui army entered the city.
At this time, Cao Dan rode to the county government office and called Gao Yaxian to come out and answer.
Seeing Cao Dan, the elegant and wise man suddenly realized that it was Cao Dan who let the Sui army enter the city, but why did Cao Dan do this? Could it be that Dou Jiande also rebelled?
Cao Danai said loudly: "General Gao, I am Cao Dan. Today, Duke Donghai is defeated and captured. My brother-in-law Dou Jiande has also surrendered to Duke Wei. Duke Wei's army of 100,000 is coming to Leling. Please take pity on this general." People in the city, please surrender, Sui will promise not to harm the general or anyone else."
In order to make Gao Yaxian believe it, he also took out Gao Shida's military talisman. This was given by Gao Shida to Dou Jiande, which greatly benefited the Sui army.
Gao Yaxian saw the military talisman and believed it. Although his surname is Gao, he has a good relationship with Dou Jiande. Moreover, he did not have the confidence to fight to the death with the Sui army. Gao Shida was captured, and he had no one to be loyal to. After much thought, Gao Yaxian finally ordered to open the county government gate and surrender to the Sui army.
Leling City then descended. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com