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Chapter 921 Encirclement and Annihilation

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    More than 6,000 Ming troops surrounded Wu Huawen's Bubazi phalanx from three directions. Wu Huawen's only retreat was Guifangya, and he continued to move towards Guifangya.

    Commander Cao, Yan Yunyi and Dongfang Jing took command, and the three of them were puzzled by Wu Huawen's actions.

    On Guifang Cliff, the two monks and more than ten Bubazi elites left behind by Wu Huawen to guard the retreat have disappeared. They had long been swept away by the Taoist monks responsible for "cutting off the rear". The illusory array arranged by Zen Master Zhishen has been wiped out.  After being broken by Yan Yunyi, several iron ropes were also lifted out and thrown on the ground, ready to be taken back to the military camp after the war.

    This is an absolute death place, and there is no possibility of escape. The Buzi people have their backs against the Baihe River and face the Ming army. Everyone has a look of determination on their faces.  That kind of seeing death as home, that kind of sacrificing one's life for righteousness, that kind of awe-inspiring righteousness

    Zhao Ran couldn't help but murmured: "This expression is very familiar"

    Pei Zhongze said: "I have long heard that Wu Huawen is good at running the army and that his subordinates have to fight to the death. I have seen it today."

    Commander Cao frowned, stepped out of the crowd, and shouted: "Where is Wu Huawen?"

    The person on the other side ignored him, suddenly shouted, and dozens of rain arrows shot out, and the encirclement and annihilation battle on Guifang Cliff began.

    ??The side of Guifangya facing the river is naturally dangerous, but the side facing Hongyuan is a gentle slope, and it is open all around, so there is no geographical advantage at all.

    Surrounding the remnants of Bubazi's army are the Songfan Guards, the first-class main force of the Ming army, and they will not let the other side take advantage.  The Ming army fought very smartly and did not fight head-on with the opponent. They set up a large wall of heavy shields in front and fired crossbows from behind. The monks took action to offset the opponent's Dharma. The army moved forward step by step under the orders of the officers.  Squeeze forward like a moving steel fortress, this is to push the opponent off the cliff.

    Not long after, the Bubazi in the rear of the enemy formation began to fall off the cliff one after another, and the sounds of miserable screams came one after another.

    There was another loud roar from the enemy formation, and the formation immediately dispersed, rushing towards the shield wall in front of the Ming army. The Ming army's shield wall pierced with spears and spears, and strung the rushing Bubazi on long poles.  Bu Bazi in the rear didn't care and still moved forward risking his life.

    Zhao Ran looked at the Xixia soldiers who were still waving their swords and guns after falling to the ground, at the elite Bubazi who were strung on long poles and still roaring, and at the bleeding soldiers who were still casting Dharma.  The monk felt that there was a suffocating breath in his heart, which was really uncomfortable.

    He really wanted to shout, Wu Huawen, are you going to let your soldiers die in vain?  Why haven't you surrendered yet?

    The shouts of killing gradually subsided, and the remaining dozens of Bubazi and monks supported each other and retreated step by step. Zhao Ran saw the Xixia general who had shown his face to answer him before. Although his face was covered with blood, he  The faces can still be distinguished.

    This is not Wu Huawen!

    Many people in the Ming army had seen Wu Huawen, and they shouted out at the same time: "Not the one with the surname Wu!"

    The man wore armor with Wu Hua pattern and a helmet with Wu Hua pattern. He looked at Zhao Ran with a smile, looked at Commander Cao, looked at Dongfang Jing, and looked up to the sky and said: "Commander, take revenge on the generals!  "

    Dozens of people turned back and jumped off the towering Guifang Cliff together, and got caught up in the torrent of flying waves.

    Commander Cao ordered people to search the corpses on Guifang Cliff to identify their faces. At the same time, he sent out all the sergeants on horseback, together with the 200 people who were loyal to him, and searched for traces of Wu Huawen.

    Zhao Ran summoned Lingyan, and without bothering to cover it up, he rode the wild goose soaring into the sky, looking around, recalling carefully while looking around.

    Now that I think about it carefully, Wu Huawen only had one chance to escape, which was to use a Buddhist magic weapon to change his clothes and armor in the red mist. At that time, he was also blocked by the red mist in the sky and couldn't see clearly what was happening below.  By the time they reached the place where the battlefield could be seen, Wu Huawen might have slipped away.

    Thinking about it again, Zhao Ran couldn't help but curse himself for being careless.  He knew both Monk Zhishen and Monk Guangcheng, but when he followed them all the way, he didn't notice that these two people were missing!

    The army searched the boundary of Hongyuan for three days, but found no trace of Wu Huawen, so they had to withdraw their troops and return to the camp.

    At the celebration banquet hosted by Hongyuan Guards, Dongfang Jing patted Zhao Ran on the shoulder: "Zhiran has been in a bad mood these past two days. Are you still angry about not catching Wu Huawen?"

    Zhao Ran shook his head and said: "Brother Jing, I blame myself. I was sitting on Lingyan's back and kept staring at the battlefield, but I lost sight of the person"

    Dongfang Jing comforted: "I can't blame you. Who would have thought that he would leave all eight hundred elite men behind just to survive? Who would have thought that in order to create an opportunity for him to escape, his eight hundred elite subordinates would  Are you willing to go to hell? Go to hell, and no one retreats.??, tsk tsk tsk, that¡¯s amazing!  "

    Zhao Ran sighed: "This trick of letting the golden cicada escape from its shell is really amazing. He is really cruel. If it were me, I would never be able to do it."

    Dongfang Jing was silent for a moment, then raised his glass and said, "I don't think so much anymore, come on, let's drink!"

    In a great battle, the elite 800 Buzi in the left wing of Baima were completely annihilated. This was another great victory for Songfan Guards since the Battle of Baima Mountain. The news of victory reached Mount Lu and was passed directly to the capital.

    How to record the merits and how to reward them in the future will be reported by the Western Sichuan Governor's Mansion and Tianhe Palace.  Although in the originally agreed upon military strategy, Baimayuan only formed a militia group to serve as bait to defend the city, and the heavy combat tasks were placed on the shoulders of the main Ming army forces such as Hongyuan garrison, Xiaoshan Qianhusuo, and Chishui Qianhusuo, but in reality  During the battle, the Hongyuan Militia took on 70% of the combat burden, so Zhao Ran naturally had to actively fight for these men.

    First, through negotiation with Xia Ji, the Hongyuan Militia was retained and upgraded to a standing army of the Song vassal, which was supplied by the Governor's Palace at half pay, while Baimayuan raised half of the pay itself.  Zhao Ran recommended Yuan Hao to take up the position of sixth-grade regimental trainer. For Yuan Hao, it was equivalent to a promotion.

    Secondly, there was a group of tough bandits from Junshan Bandit Village who performed well in the battle to defend the city. Zhao Ran reported all of them to Xia Ji and appointed them as the general banner and small banner of the militia. Especially Zhang Wu, Jiang Zhuzi, Iron Leg Long San and others, not only  The conferment of the general banner military post and the direct conferment of Taoist certificates can be regarded as the first of its kind for serious Taoist priests to hold military posts.

    As for the official positions of Qianhu, Baihu, etc., they negotiated with Commander Cao and Ning Shouyu to appoint those training officers. The leader, Zhang Baihu, was promoted to Qianhu, the rest of the general banners were promoted to hundred households, and the small banners were promoted to the general banner.  .

    In the current ranking of the armies of the Governor-General's Office in Western Sichuan, the Hongyuan Militia can only be ranked in the third rank, occupying the last position.  Zhao Ran kept these officers so that the Hongyuan Militia could move toward regularization. Zhao Ran's request for this group of officers was to make the Hongyuan Militia be on par with the Songfan Guards.  Of course, there is a long road ahead, and this will not be achieved overnight.

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