stubborn thief

Chapter 183 Share the pressure
Du Wenhuan is in Yanchuan.

After receiving the transfer order from Hong Chengchou, governor of Yansui, he was very angry.

How could he be happy? Compared with Wang Jiayin, he was actually more willing to deal with Liu Chengzong.

Liu Chengzong was only a 'half side army' unit, but Wang Jiayin was a full side army unit.

It is not even clear who belongs to who on the border.

Du Wenhuan felt very strange, why did Li Zhao provoke him?

Well done, Wang Jiayin took people to Shanxi to rob, and when they got back, they paid tribute to the border forts in various places. After paying the tribute, they stayed in the mountains by themselves, eating and drinking.

The thief was safe and sound, the frontier fort generals were full, and the frontier soldiers went out to grab a trip and returned to the camp. It was clearly a happy industrial chain.

This autumn the captives re-entered the bandits and repelled the captives. Du Wenhuan was ready to quit on the grounds of his advanced age.

He has served the imperial court for a lifetime, and by this time the big problems that were undercurrents have surfaced. Even if Du Wenhuan crushed his flesh and bones and pasted them on the side wall, he couldn't solve so many problems for the imperial court.

Let's just go back to our hometown in Kunshan.

It's good now, there is Wang Jiayin in the north, and Liu Chengzong in the south, and each of them has as many troops as the general soldier.

It is true that the strength of the two men is not as large as that of the general army on paper, but the general army in the border town is to garrison the border, and there are only a few thousand people who can really adjust and run around.

Who can beat thousands of people?

Originally, he wanted to go with He Huchen and let the unlucky guy from Ningxia mess with Liu Shizi in the front, and he would block him in the back, so we can make peace first.

It's good now, I have to go up and deal with Wang Jiayin by myself.

Du Wenhuan didn't want to deal with it, so he marched northward very slowly, and left someone behind to watch. In case He Huchen beat Liu Chengzong out of Huanglong Mountain, he immediately dispatched his troops and turned back.

Unfortunately, after waiting for several days, Liu Chengzong did not come out.

For some reason, Du Wenhuan felt that He Huchen might have given something to Liu Shizi as well.

This situation is particularly annoying.

They already had everything they wanted, so they just strengthened the walls and cleared the fields to frame the entire Yan'an Mansion, and starve them to death.

It's not about calming you down.

What's more, this is no ordinary chaos.

News came from the north that Hong Chengchou sent his lieutenants Yin Tixin and Bai Yiqing to attack, but Wang Jiayin was not a fool who only knew how to defend to the death, he dared to fight in the field.

Although they didn't ask for cheap, they didn't suffer a big loss. There were winners and losers in the field battle, and they retreated to Fugu City.

The name Fugu sounds tough.

The county seat is located in the deep mountains in the easternmost part of Shaanxi, with Gushanchuan, a tributary of the Yellow River to the west, and the Yellow River to the south.

You don't suffer in field battles, and you don't have to be afraid of defending battles, not to mention that Wang Jiayin has just returned from Shanxi to steal money and food.

Du Wenhuan thought about it, this time he went, there was only one result, Wang Jiayin ate and drank every day in the city, and his people drank northwest wind by the Yellow River.

When the food ran out, Wang Jiayin couldn't resist it.

So after thinking about it, I can't go.

But there must be an excuse not to go. Even a veteran who has been fishing for seven or eight years like him can't think of a suitable reason to refuse to conquer Wang Jiayin.

Liu Shizi could still refuse, after all, he was not in the defense area of ​​the Yansui General Army, but this Wang Jiayin was making trouble in the east of Yansui Town, so Du Wenhuan couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

Taking advantage of the garrison in Yanchuan, Du Wenhuan thought hard and came up with two solutions.

First, Wang Jiayin took the initiative to run out of the Yansui town defense area.

Let him cross the river, cross the Yellow River and enter Shanxi, that is not the business of Yansui Town, and Hong Chengchou has nothing to do with it.

Second, it must be that Du Wenhuan was dragged by the matter at hand and couldn't go.

For example, Liu Shishi turned his head, or the gang of thieves who went to Shanxi came back.

But the latter idea is a temporary solution, not the root cause, not to mention that Liu Shizi is not much easier to deal with than Wang Jiayin, so it is the first one that is suitable.

In the end, Du Wenhuan thought of a trick, called Wang Zuohang, deliberately asked him to wait outside the tent, and talked with the general inside about the attack on Fugu County. When it came to attacking Fugu, he was not afraid of anything but Wang Jiayin Flee back to Shanxi.

Then he called Wang Zuohang in and explained a few words about the march, which made the guerrilla general Li Mingfu feel more relaxed.

Sure enough, Wang Zuogua fled with a dozen people overnight.

Du Wenhuan applauded with great joy, and that night, he sent Wang Zuo to thousands of troops and distributed them to his subordinates.

Slap, kill thousands of thieves for the court.

Theoretically speaking, the escaped Wang Zuogua would send the news to Wang Jiayin, and then Wang Jiayin would move to Shanxi, and the matter would be over like this.

But sometimes people want two things, one is good, but two, it may not be so good.

On the night when Du Wenhuan swallowed Wang Zuohang's subordinates, Yanshuiguan sent a message to Du Zongbing: "The thief who entered Shanxi is coming back!"

Just across the Yellow River.

According to the defenders of Yanshuiguan, from the direction of Yonghe County, Shanxi, tens of thousands of bandits have appeared in a mighty way in the past few days.

Fu Renxi, the guard guarding Yonghe Pass, couldn't resist, so he had to retreat to defend the pass, and sent someone to Yanshui Pass to tell them to be careful, there were more than tens of thousands of bandits.

What bad thoughts could Fu Renxi have?
He just wanted to scare away the defenders of Yanshui Pass, so that Gao Yingxiang and the Shiziying work post could go back to Shaanxi quickly and give Liu Shizi the help.

But at this moment, Du Wenhuan was by his side, and even with the courage of the 1 defenders of Yanshui Pass, he did not dare to run away.

This is a good time, and Du Wenhuan was recruited.

Gao Yingxiang's troops were all planning to cross the river, so Yanshuiguan took the risk of sending people into Yongheguan to explain to Fu Renxi that Du Wenhuan led his troops to Yanshuiguan.

Fu Renxi was so scared that he quickly contacted Gao Yingxiang: "Cross the river slowly, Yanshui Pass just sent someone to say that Du Zongbing from Yansui is in the pass, and there are thousands of soldiers."

Gao Yingxiang thought about it, and decided to lead the army across the river.

Fu Renxi was shocked: "Why, Chief Gao, you can't beat Du Wenhuan, he's about defense."

Gao Yingxiang stared at Fu Renxi for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "You said you are called a box of gold, and I don't know how the lion found you as a good helper. You just informed me and wrote it down. I will write it down later. I will pay you back again."

"Would this be a disadvantage to you? Since Mr. Du already knew that Gao was going to cross the river, Yanshuiguan sent someone to tell you that I would not cross the river. Wouldn't it be harming you?"

Fu Renxi was taken aback for a moment, and his affection for Gao Yingxiang increased greatly.

Then I heard Gao Yingxiang continue to say: "Take advantage of the darkness, I will take people across the river to have a look, and ask a box of gold brothers to help Gao."

"Well, please tell me, Chief High."

"Brother Yixiang Jin is a local by the Yellow River." Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but smile when talking about this local, and then said seriously: "How wide is the river from this bank to the other bank?"

Fu Renxi thought that Gao Yingxiang had some kind of request, and when he heard about it, he said with a relaxed smile: "Chief Gao has asked the right person about this matter. The pontoon bridge on this river is 180 steps long."

Gao Yingxiang nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, I already know that."

That night, Gao Yingxiang's brigade marched on the east and west banks of the Yellow River. On the east side, a five-foot earth platform with a length of more than a hundred steps was piled up, and on the west side, several scattered low hills were pushed out.

Fu Renxi, who was closed by Yonghe, couldn't understand.

But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, then Gao Yingxiang's troops marched in, and the large troops stayed on the east bank, and ordered Gao Yingen to lead more than two thousand strong soldiers under his command to cross the river.

The most elite Yi Ding soldiers in his hands stayed behind on the east of the short hill after crossing the river.

In the middle of the night, the defenders of Yonghe Pass came to report to Fu Renxi that Gao Yingxiang's men had pushed several cannons on the earth platform on the east bank.

This caused Fu Renxi to be very surprised, so he simply got up from the bed and went to the city to have a look.

He thought to himself, would these thieves still use cannons?
In Fu Renxi's mind, among the many leaders in Shaanxi, only Liu Chengzong could use cannons.

After all, the gang of strongmen in the Lion Camp are like wolves and tigers, and they did get two red cannons, which are more powerful than the officers and soldiers.

For the other leaders, Fu Renxi really never thought about using cannons.

Even if the defenders told him that Gao Yingxiang had brought a bunch of cannons to the river bank, he still laughed in his heart. Didn't the high leader just ask him how wide the Yellow River is?

He knew that Gao Yingxiang had built a long dike on the east bank, but he never thought about what Gao Yingxiang planned to do with that long dike.

Didn't even think about the cannon at all.

Light guns like Yongzhu and Huzuo couldn't hit people across the Yellow River, and even if Gao Yingxiang had a general gun in his hand, he wouldn't be able to dig a long embankment of hundreds of steps.

But when Fu Renxi stood on the gate and took a look, he was dumbfounded.

Quickly let someone open the door and run out.

Under the moonlight, on the half-person-high earth embankment, there were all two-wheeled artillery carts.

The wheels are large but narrow, made of iron, made by a rural blacksmith, the wooden gun mount in the middle is made by a craftsman, and the bronze cannon fixed on it is cast by Cheng I, a craftsman.

The soldiers standing under the embankment didn't light their torches. Gao Yingxiang stood on the embankment and looked towards the opposite bank. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

When Liu Chengzong sent people to Shanxi, the newly cast [-]-jin lion cannon had been cast and entered the final polishing stage.

A total of 47 cannons were cast in the two batches, but eleven of them were not cast and were re-melted into copper ingots. After Shicheng, I planned to join Liu Chengzong before continuing to cast.

The purpose of Liu Chengzong's letter was to remind Gao Yingxiang not to go back to Shaanxi blindly, so as not to run into the official army.

But Gao Yingxiang didn't think so. Master Gao thought that Liu Chengzong was asking for help, and he had to go back to Shaanxi to help him no matter what.

As soon as the batch of cannons were built, Wu Yangyang, a man and a horse, was mobilized and swept up from Pingyang Mansion, passing over Xizhou like migrating locusts, and heading straight for Yonghe County.

By the way, I also helped Liu Chengzong test the state of the two-wheeled gun cart on the road. The big iron wheels are very easy to use, and the weight of the gun is just right.

It happens that a donkey can run all over the ground, and a cannon team with four mules and five people can travel hundreds of miles a day on the official road.

In fact, Gao Yingxiang has long been eager to try.

Last month in Shanxi, before the cannons I promised to make for him were finished, Shicheng borrowed a few cannons to go to the Pingyang Guard Banner Army to practice.

To be honest, Gao Yingxiang felt that he was more than 8000 times better than last year.

In the end, before the cannons came into play, the strength of the troops alone scared the Pingyang Guards from going out. In the end, they only fired a few cannons when they were fighting Zhuangzi in the suburbs, which was not enjoyable at all.

When I heard that Du Wenhuan was on the opposite side today, it wasn't that Gao Yingxiang was overwhelmed. He really wanted to fire a volley with 36 cannons.

Even if you fight here once.

Gao Yingxiang's plan was very simple. Let Gao Yingen lead his troops to fight Yanshui Pass. He will definitely not be able to defeat them. If he wakes up the officers and soldiers, maybe they will chase them out when they get angry.

The mounds built on the opposite bank were learned by Shi Cheng and I when I saw the cannons used by the Zhongtong Yi Army in Sanyuan County, and they were indicators of the range.

As long as the officers and soldiers run past those indicators, the artillery can fire.

Seeing how excited he was, Shi Cheng was a little worried, and said, "Boss Gao, these cannons can only hit the river on the bank. Adjust the muzzle, and it won't be very powerful."

In the mountainous area of ​​Xiangning, Shicheng, I have tried the range of these two guns firing flat and upward.

The Little Lion Cannon shoots 170 paces flat and [-] paces upwards.

The big lion cannon shoots 190 paces flat and [-] paces upwards.

The shooting range is not too far, but the power is not bad. If you can shoot accurately at a distance of [-] steps, a tree trunk with a thick mouth of a bowl will break if you sweep it.

In the case of Sanzi, the ranges of the two types of guns are both ten steps away and within a hundred steps.

It's nothing more than the big lion cannon holding 160 scatter; the small lion cannon holds [-] scatter.

Although Shi Cheng and I did not participate in the battle, I ran around with the Lion Camp and saw a lot of artillery battles.

He didn't expect Gao Yingxiang's imaginary 36 artillery salvos to blast the enemy to pieces hundreds of steps away.

This is not realistic.

He agrees with and looks forward to Cao Yao's way of using artillery.

Incorporate this kind of light artillery into the infantry line, face to face with the enemy, and in a large square formation confrontation with a volley of bows, arrows and muskets within [-] steps and a width of [-] steps, a round of volleys will destroy the enemy's formation.

Shi Cheng, I think this is the home of the Little Lion Cannon.

In order to protect this advantage, when he ordered the gun wheel from the blacksmith, he specifically requested that three small handles be made on the side of the gun wheel to make it easier for infantry to push the gun.

I really hope to play the effect that Gao Yingxiang wants. I think Shicheng should use the big guy he cast in Sanyuan County.

A [-]-jin artifact can shoot a seven-jin iron ball four hundred paces away, piercing through seven or eight people with one shot, leaving a trail of blood wherever it hits.

The twenty doors are lined up in a row, and the headquarters can be beaten down to only a few people at a time.

But these gadgets are not that powerful nowadays, it is lucky to be able to hit three people.

Gao Yingxiang didn't care about these things, he just had itchy hands, stood on the embankment and waved his hands: "It's okay, at worst, just fire a cannon and run away."

He really thought so, anyway, if he could hold on to the pontoon bridge, he would not be able to go back to Shaanxi if he died.

But isn't the purpose of his coming here to help Liu Chengzong share the pressure? Since Du Wenhuan is here, dragging Du Wenhuan at Yanshui Pass can be considered as a relief for Liu Shizi.

Gao Yingen and Du Wenhuan didn't make him wait too long.

Du Wenhuan didn't want to make trouble with Wang Jiayin and Liu Chengzong, not because of cowardice, but because it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice.

To fight with those two guys, you must mobilize sufficient troops, otherwise you will have no food or pay, and fighting them is nothing but giving away your troops.

But Du Wenhuan just didn't want to touch those two people, and the others were nothing to be afraid of.

Gao Yingen's troops had just appeared not far to the east of Yanshui Pass, and Du Wenhuan's troops were sent out of the city.

Gao Yingen was so frightened that she ran to the shore.

One ran ahead, the other chased after, and ran to the bank of the Yellow River like two fire dragons with a torch.

Gao Yingxiang was happy, clapped his hands and said: "Mr. Shi, let them see our cannon!"

　good night!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)