Twenty thousand people sounded like a lot, but not a lot. Many familiar battles in history started with 100,000 people. Twenty thousand people were nothing in front of a battle of that size, but looking at 20,000 people intuitively was another matter.

Although Kong Youde had more than 10,000 people under him, he did not all gather together. Even this time, when he was fighting south, he had only six or seven thousand people in Dengzhou's oath to fight, but now there are more than 20,000 people outside the city. Kong Youde was standing on the south city tower and was deeply shocked by this scene.

He could even feel the whole earth trembling slightly, countless flags fluttering in the wind, and the smoke and dust rising soared into the sky, covering the sky and the sun.

Kong Youde can understand why Li Zicheng attacked the city of Beijing without much resistance when he was approaching Beijing.

This army of more than 20,000 people is so spectacular. If there are hundreds of thousands or even millions, even if most of them are farmers without combat effectiveness, in the face of such a scene, if there are no generals with strong willpower and an army with high combat effectiveness, most of them will have the end of escape. At that time, there were only some Beijing camps in Beijing, which were useless at all.

While Kong Youde was feeling emotion, there were several people sitting in Wu Anbang's central army tent, discussing the matter.

"Today, my subordinates led their troops to the outside of Qishan City. After being unable to persuade them to surrender, they sent people to cut down trees in order to prepare for the attack. But those salt owls were timid and fled at the battle. The cavalry of their subordinates fought alone, and their strength gradually became less supportive. Our troops lost 275 cavalry and killed 168 enemies. Because the enemy won, the corpse was dragged back by them! The above situation is the process of this battle!"

Liu Yuanhang took the lead in explaining the situation of this battle.

Of course, his report is not entirely true. This is a problem that every military general has. It is common for a big defeat to say that it is a small defeat, and a small defeat to say that it is a small victory, but it is still far behind the civil servants. The civil servants' Spring and Autumn style can even make a complete big defeat into a big victory, and they express their shame.

Wu Anbang naturally did not believe Liu Yuanhang's statement, but the situation was probably not much different. Liu Yuanhang's number of troops was here, and the losses were not very large. He only had more than 200 people, so there was no need for him to hold him accountable.

As for how many gains he had, he didn't care. What he cared about was how to eliminate the main force of the rebels.

In fact, Wu Anbang was very unhappy about the dispatch of troops this time. If it were not for his necessity, he would not have led his army north to fight against the rebels.

In order to avoid Zhang Keda, he led his army to leave Dengzhou and take over Ninghai. His life should not be too comfortable and comfortable. He is completely a local emperor and does not need to fight. He just needs to enjoy a stable life with peace of mind.

As for killing enemies and making achievements? He said he was not interested. He is now the general and the peak of military generals. Even if he climbed up, he would at most add the title of governor. The second rank of the official has become the first rank, and it is impossible to add the Duke and Marquis. In fact, there is not much change, so there is no need to spend that much effort.

On the other hand, he was worried about the strength of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng. When he was still in Dengzhou, he had great conflicts with Zhang Ke, and the same was true for his soldiers. There were countless fights during this period, and basically all the soldiers under his command were hung and beaten when they were slightly victorious.

Although Zhang Keda was very upset, Zhang Keda had better ability to lead troops than him, so he still had to admit that.

However, Zhang Keda's army was defeated by Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng. It was not a conspiracy or mechanism, but was defeated in a decisive battle outside Dengzhou City, which shows how powerful the rebels should be.

At the end of January, the two new governors urged him to send troops to quell the rebellion. Fortunately, they also knew that it was not easy to quell the rebellion, so they gave him two months of preparation time and asked him to send troops before April. Only at the end of March did he reluctantly lead his army north.

Another thing is that Geng Zhongming and Li Jiucheng led the main force to move westward. Kong Youde's side must not be an elite soldier, so he was not so worried.

This time Kong Youde led his army south. Although he captured Fushan City, according to Xie Yong, it was entirely the magistrate of Fushan, Zhang Pucheng, who was afraid of death and surrendered. Moreover, Xie Yong had entangled a large number of rebel forces in the Baidongshan area and killed nearly 2,000 rebels. This completely dispelled his concerns and led his army to the north.

After listening to Li Yuanhang's report, Wu Anbang had not spoken yet, but another general under his command spoke first, "General Liu Shen, I still remember that you promised that you would be the vanguard of the army and would definitely be unstoppable all the way for the army to clear all obstacles along the way, and go straight to the city of Fushan. Why was it blocked by such a mere Thousand Houses City? And I also suffered a small defeat? Could it be that you are old and can't carry the knife?"

Faced with the ridicule, Liu Yuanhang was unable to bear it and directly counterattacked, "Su Rui, why are you making a stinking fart here? Do you want me to make the way out? Let you fight this Qishan City?"

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"Okay, okay, stop arguing. Now we are discussing the battle, we are not going to let you quarrel!" Wu Anbang came out to be a friend and calmed down the dispute between the two.

Like Liu Yuanhang, Su Rui was both a general, but Su Rui was Wu Anbang's confidant and was promoted by him. He has always been incompatible with Liu Yuanhang, but his strength is not as good as Liu Yuanhang. It is rare to see Liu Yuanhang be defeated and he couldn't help but come out to mock him.

As a result, Liu Yuanhang choked him so much that he couldn't speak with him. Although he couldn't get along with Liu Yuanhang, he could still see his ability to lead troops. Even he suffered a loss at the hands of the rebels. If he led his army to attack the city, the loss would probably not happen to be just Wu Anbang came out to adjust, so he wouldn't say much.

"Mr. Wu, my subordinates have also detected a situation. The rebel general Kong Youde is in this Qishan City!"

As soon as Liu Yuanhang said this, the others were shocked. This Qishan City was just a small city with a height of two meters and a maximum of two thousand troops. Although Fushan City is a county town, its defense ability is not comparable to that of a thousand households.

If it is true as Liu Yuanhang said, then this combat operation will be successful, and the rebel leaders will be killed, and the remaining rebels will naturally flee in scattered areas.

However, the excitement passed, and everyone couldn't help but ponder. This is unreasonable. Why don't you stay in Fushan City? Why do you run to Qishan City? Are you here to give away the heads?

In short, as long as Kong Youde has no brain problems, he should not risk coming to this Qishan City. It is unreasonable no matter how you look at it.

"General Liu Chan, where did you come from? Has it been verified?" Wu Anbang has always been a cautious person, and this time is no exception.

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