Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1651 Cut Yuan ([-]) Baishikou defeat

The guerrilla bureau on the Sichuan East Road is all commanded by Wang Zhihan, who is the main general of this road.In Song Liangzuo's three-way encirclement and suppression campaign, Wang Zhihan's army was the most abundant, with more than [-] troops. The main force came from the Pingyue Guard, Xinglong Guard, and Zhenyuan Guard in the east of Guiyang.

There is one thing to say, the strength of the three guards in the east of Guiyang is relatively strong in the Weisuo army. The reason is not complicated. The main reason is that the surrounding chieftains are very strong. If the three guards are too weak, they will not be able to control the scene.

The north and east of the three guards are Shiqian Mansion, Tongren Mansion, Sizhou Mansion, and Sinan Mansion. These four mansions are all managed by the local magistrates. more difference;
The southern part is the so-called "Hinterland of Miaojiang", which is basically in a state of "no matter what". Back then, Liu Xian, Liu Ting and his son went there to wipe out Jiusiman and Zhangduman. After that, the imperial court did not go to establish a prefecture or county, so it was left like that.

Needless to say, the north is the chieftain of the Yang family in Bozhou, a 700-year-old family of chieftains, who stomped a huge earthquake in the southwest; the west is Guiyang Prefecture, the core area of ​​the imperial court in Guizhou, and the area that the Sanwei Institute focuses on.

However, there seems to be some problems in terms of Wang Zhihan's route of dispatching troops, because his route is the south route, and Loushanguan is actually not far to the north of Bozhou. It stands to reason that it is better for him to attack Bozhou directly than to go east and detour to Loushanguan. Get closer.

Seek far away, why is this?Doesn't Wang Zhihan know about soldiers?Not really.

Bozhou is actually the Zunyi of the later generations. If you are familiar with the teacher's true god operation of Sidu Chishui, and carefully compare the terrain on the satellite map, you will find that the area in the south of Bozhou is extremely difficult to walk even in the Republic of China, and this area Not to mention that in the current Wanli Dynasty, there is no way to find a decent road.If you want to cross the border with a large army, unless you bring a large number of engineers to open roads when encountering mountains and build bridges when encountering water, you should give up this idea as soon as possible.

The detour to the east is different. Although the road is a bit farther, there is a "7"-shaped mountain valley that can enter the northern part of Bozhou and the vicinity of Tongzi County in later generations (this is also a double-crossing of Sidu Chishui). The important place to be contested), Wang Zhihan chose this road, and soon went directly south from here, and captured the extremely critical Loushan Pass.

Loushanguan is famous in later generations mainly because of the teacher's "Recalling Qin'e Loushanguan". The Guan battle was the first major victory since the Long March.Of course, this is not to talk about poetry, but to show the importance of Loushanguan to Bozhou (Zunyi).

It was a hundred times easier for Wang Zhihan to capture Loushan Pass than the Red Army, but it was not because of combat effectiveness, but because the Miao soldiers at Loushan Pass "had no intention of fighting", gave up after a symbolic resistance, and fled directly.

Wang Zhihan was overjoyed, and his subordinate generals said: "This Loushan Pass is located on the main road of Sichuan and Guizhou. It rejects Bashu in the north and chokes Guizhou and Guizhou in the south. Its throat is naturally dangerous. It is a place for military strategists. This time our army marched secretly, and the enemy was caught off guard. Loushanguan has been easily obtained by me. Occupying this place, Bozhou is half in my hands.

Guo Canrong's (Guo Cheng)'s troops came a little later, our army might as well take a rest overnight, and go out to the north of Hailongtun tomorrow to see the fineness of Yang's family.If Yang's army is still powerful, we will wait for Guo Canrong to join forces to attack it; if Yang's army is frightened, our army will destroy it by itself.At that time, Bozhou will be leveled in the near future. " All the generals and schools congratulated together, and some even believed that the first victory in this battle was due to Wang Zhihan's ingenious calculation.

However, when Wang Zhihan was camping and deploying further operations, he suddenly heard that there were surrenderers outside the newspaper. Wang Zhihan was extremely surprised. How could Bozhou know about our secret march?Immediately ordered the future to be brought in for interrogation.

The person who came was a thin man with dark skin and piercing eyes. When he saw Wang Zhihan, he kowtowed and said, "Forgive me, Commander. The villain's name is Mu Zhao. He belongs to Yang Yinglong, the propaganda envoy of Bozhou. He was originally ordered to help guard Loushan Pass." Seeing the officers and soldiers approaching quietly, they didn't dare to fight for the front, so they backed away first, and then came here to surrender."

Wang Zhihan was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Bold barbarian! Don't lie to me, my heavenly soldiers are marching in secret, how would you know? Besides, you don't guard the natural danger of Loushan Pass. You clearly set up an ambush and then feigned surrender to me. Lured me into the trap. Hmph, how dare you deceive me with such a small skill? You still haven't really tricked me!"

Mu Zhao immediately called out his grievances, kowtowing and shouting: "Commander Rong Bing, Commander Rong Bing, the Miao people of Bozhou often walk among the mountains and fields, as if walking on flat ground, it is difficult for the officers and soldiers to detect it. Commander, Yang Yinglong is cruel by nature, we The five divisions and seven surnames of Bozhou were all lingering under his tyrannical government.

Among the seven surnames, four surnames Linghu, Cheng, Lou, Liang, Zhao, and Wei are extremely dissatisfied with it, but it is a pity that they are alone and cannot be compared with the Yang family.Now that the Heavenly Soldiers have arrived, the people of Bozhou have changed their minds. Everyone wants to help the Heavenly Soldiers to suppress the thieves. It is also for my own sake. I only want to overthrow the Yang family... Marshal, my father also died at the hands of Yang Yinglong, so I heard that the officers and soldiers came forward I was not willing to fight back in the past, so I came here to surrender today, please give the villain a chance to serve! "

Yang Yinglong's rule was brutal, of course Wang Zhihan was well aware of this situation, but war is not a child's play, how can you trust it?Therefore, Wang Zhihan changed his mind, and then asked: "Just relying on your few words to convince the general, is it not a trifling matter to consider the country's major affairs? I will ask you, how many troops have you surrendered? Why did you abandon the pass first and then surrender? What proof do you have that the General can trust you?"

Mu Zhao replied: "There were originally three hundred guards in Loushan Pass, who were already alienated from Yang Yinglong. How could the officers and soldiers resist when they came? So they abandoned the pass and left. But the villain's crime of abandoning the pass lies with Yang. It will be difficult to survive, it is better to surrender to the court, but to get revenge, so I persuaded the Miao soldiers to surrender to the commander-in-chief with me.

However, the villain still has a piece of news that must be reported to the commander-in-chief, there are [-] Yang Yinglong soldiers stationed [-] miles behind Baishitun, all of them are his confidantes, and they will come to support if there is a war at Loushan Pass.As for whether we sincerely surrender, the commander-in-chief will know as soon as he leads the heavenly soldiers. If the commander-in-chief doesn't believe me, the villain is willing to cut off a finger to prove his innocence. "

When Wang Zhihan heard his last sentence, he was shocked, not because he wanted to cut off his own finger, but how to cut it off—could it be that his subordinates were so careless that they didn't search him before bringing him here?Therefore, Wang Zhihan's heart tightened, subconsciously held the handle of the waist knife, and stared at Mu Zhao.

However, Mu Zhao didn't look at Wang Zhihan at all, raised his left hand, clasped all four fingers, only stretched out a little finger, and without hesitation stretched it into his mouth and bit it hard!
There was a "click" sound from the bite, blood splashed, but Mu Zhao spat out like nothing had happened, and spat out the whole little finger.The little finger was still bleeding when it landed on the ground, and even jumped slightly, which made Wang Zhihan's scalp numb, and he shook subconsciously.

At this moment, Mu Zhao gasped, gritted his teeth to endure the severe pain, and covered the wound with his right hand, but the blood kept gushing out.Wang Zhihan also reacted quickly, and quickly called someone to help Mu Zhao bandage and stop the bleeding.

Mu Zhao was panting heavily while letting the officers and soldiers follow the doctor's actions, but he still kept persuading him, "Commander, the heavenly soldiers are coming to attack, not only the villain should be aware of it, Yang Yinglong will also know about it later, the matter is very important, I also ask the commander-in-chief to make a decision early."

Seeing his behavior like this, Wang Zhihan no longer doubted him at the moment, he responded solemnly, and ordered the doctor to take him down to take good care of him.

After Mu Zhao was taken down, Wang Zhihan planned to follow what Mu Zhao said, to secretly accept the surrender of Mu Zhao's troops, relying on Xiongguan to resist the enemy soldiers, and ordered Mu Zhao to return to pass the letter.Some of his subordinates persuaded: "Chan Rong intends to trust Mu Zhao. Although the bidder does not know whether it is true or not, he must guard against bitter tricks. Please be careful."

Wang Zhihan also thought this was justified, and just in case, he sent someone to contact Guo Cheng's troops on the North Road, suggesting that he speed up the march and join up immediately.

Of course Mu Zhao was falsely surrendering, so at the same time Yang Yinglong had already led his troops to stand on guard, and got a letter from Mu Zhao, knowing that the Ming army believed in the fraudulent surrender, and Wang Zhihan wanted to invite Guo Cheng to join his army.

After discussing with Sun Shitai, Yang Yinglong decided to split up a part of the army and take the opportunity to secretly seize Loushan Pass, so as to form a front and back attack with his own headquarters, closing the door and beating dogs.

Two days later, Guo Cheng, who hurriedly accelerated his march, finally led his troops to join Wang Zhihan. The Ming army took a rest in Baishikou, preparing to go to Mu Zhao's headquarters to accept surrender.

Wang Zhihan praised Guo Chengdao: "Guo Canrong made countless contributions during the pacification of the Qibai Rebellion. He was brave and good at fighting. This time he came to wipe out the Bozhou chieftains.

This is of course flattery. Guo Cheng did participate in the pacification of the Yibai Rebellion, but he went north as a part of the Sichuan Army. In fact, he did not encounter the main force of the rebellion army.But in officialdom, this has always been the case since ancient times. Unless there is a serious conflict of interest, people are always carried by people in sedan chairs. One more friend is better than one more enemy.

It stands to reason that Wang Zhihan is a general, and Guo Cheng is also a general. Wang Zhihan defined himself as the main general as soon as he came up, and said that he asked the opponent to "help". This seems a bit excessive.But things are not that complicated. Since both sides are at the same level, it is more about seniority and strength.

However, the qualifications of these two are also quite different, so it can only be compared with military strength-Wang Zhihan's army is twice that of Guo Cheng's, so there is no need to say who is in charge.

Guo Cheng knew that he could not compete with Wang Zhihan for the chief general, so he thanked him and said: "Wang Shenrong is serious. When the chaos in Ningxia was put down, the little contribution I made was really insignificant. Joining the army in this battle is necessary, and I will be at your disposal."

So the two sides made a total calculation, thinking that since the two armies have joined forces, the total of the two armies is [-]. Although the Bozhou Army has always been known as brave, after all, its equipment is backward, and it is not our opponent. It's a good idea to try it out.

The Ming army thus began to march, marching along the mountain valleys from north to south.Not far away, suddenly smoke rose from the front and back of Baishikou, and the sound of shouting and killing came from around the mountain. Wang Zhihan asked people to observe, but the Bozhou Army blocked the front and rear roads with fire. The fire was so fierce that the Ming army could not enter or leave. Thousands of arrows were fired from the side, and the Ming army panicked and had no way to escape.

The road to the south of Loushan Pass is such a terrain, so the Ming army actually became a long snake formation, and it was too dense, causing many casualties at once.

Wang Zhihan knew that he was in the middle of the game, and asked Guo Cheng urgently if there was a way to deal with it. Guo Cheng was not willing to show weakness to Bozhou, and ordered the whole army to be put to death and survive.

Seeing this, Wang Zhihan also led his troops to follow up, so the Ming army ignored their backs, let alone tried to retreat, and began to rush forward with all their strength.At this time, the fire ahead was raging, and the Ming army in the front team would be injured immediately, and the rest did not dare to advance lightly.

Seeing that the morale was frustrated and arrows rained constantly on both sides, Guo Cheng believed that the officers and soldiers were superior to Zhengbing, and it would be difficult for them to go to the mountains to fight against the Bozhou native soldiers, so he called on the whole army to follow closely, and he took the lead in breaking through the fire wall.Seeing this, Wang Zhihan once again boosted morale. Although the Ming army was terrified, they were also inspired and broke through one after another.

In order to break through the wall of fire, although the Ming army was temporarily encouraged to fear life and death, but after all, under the critical situation, they were unprepared for defense, and forced to fight with their flesh and blood. It is conceivable that the heavy losses will be suffered.

The Bozhou army led by Yang Yinglong had already been ready for battle. Seeing Wang Zhihan and Guo Cheng rush out with their troops, they immediately issued an order to fight.The Bozhou army is similar to the Cen and Huang families. They have always been brave and good at fighting, especially in the mountains and forests, and they are almost the same as the Guangxi wolf soldiers.However, the Ming army fought fiercely, and less than [-] people rushed out of Baishikou, and there were so many burns, at least in a short period of time, it would be difficult to confront the Bozhou army.

Yang Yinglong was watching the battle on the mountainside, seeing this situation, he sneered coldly, and immediately attacked Guo Cheng himself.Guo ChengCheng fought bloody in the valley, intending to kill the Bozhou army in front of him. Unexpectedly, he rushed down the mountain to personally lead the elite Yang Yinglong.

The two horses met only a few breaths away, and Guo Chengcai discovered that a cavalry, which is rarely seen among the chieftains, was charging forward, and the leader was Yang Yinglong himself who was known as the "King Yang of Bozhou".

Guo Cheng hastily pulled the rein of the horse to meet the enemy head-on, but it was too late for him to speed up.Yang Yinglong relied on his horse's power, his sword slashed with great power, Guo Cheng raised his sword to fight, how could he withstand the huge force brought by the hundreds of catties of horses charging, he was injured and fell off the horse.Yang Yinglong quickly turned his horse's head, turned back and relied on riding a stride, and fought with Guo Cheng several times, Guo Cheng died in battle.

The Ming army was also becoming more and more difficult to support under the attack of the Bozhou army. Fortunately, the sky changed at this time. A spring rain like sweet rain began to fall, and the flames of Baishikou gradually died down.Yang Yinglong was furious but helpless. He knew that without these advantages, once the Ming army had a chance to regain its momentum and defend the valley in the form of an upright soldier, it would be difficult for the Bozhou army to gain an advantage again, so he led the Bozhou army to rush in without hesitation. Baishikou,

Although the Ming army benefited from the spring rains that extinguished the flames and did not need to be burned to mess up their formations, they also gained the upper hand because of the emergence of a way out, and fled in panic, forgetting to form a resistance.

Wang Zhihan wanted to clean up the formation, but he was not Qi Jiguang after all, he tried hard and found it was useless, he had to retreat with the army after a long sigh.However, the retreat was not smooth, and before they ran far, they saw that Loushan Pass had already been taken back by Yang Yinglong.

At this time, the Ming army could not advance or retreat, and the battle was hard and difficult to defeat. Wang Zhihan himself was hit by two arrows, one of which almost hit his throat.At this time, the Ming army also knew that there was no way to escape, and the situation of mourning soldiers suddenly came into being. Wang Zhihan knew that this was a turning point and a lifeline, so he immediately ordered to defend to the south of Loushan Pass and wait in formation.

The Bozhou army did not expect this Ming army to have such momentum, and was repelled after three attacks.Yang Yinglong was furious and was about to attack and kill them himself.

However, Sun Shitai knew that the bravery of the mourning soldiers was by no means easy to defeat, so he said that the Ming army had lost nearly half of the battle, and the remaining people were only brave for a while, but almost all of them were injured. It can't be recovered for half a load.Considering that the Ming army still has a lot of troops that can be deployed in the future, the Bozhou army must maintain its strength and cannot fight now. It is better to let them go back first, and Bozhou also has enough time to calmly arrange the follow-up.

Yang Yinglong's anger gradually subsided, and he also felt that what the military adviser said was reasonable, so he sent an order to pretend to maintain the offensive, but let the direction of Loushan pass leak.Wang Zhihan soon discovered that the defenders of Loushan Pass were not strong enough and their fighting spirit was not strong. Regardless of the reason, he quickly mobilized the last force to attack Loushan Pass and finally re-entered.

Due to heavy losses and no more reinforcements in the rear, Wang Zhihan did not dare to stick to Loushan Pass, and retreated northward all the way, and actually retreated directly to the outskirts of Chongqing.When the battle report reached Chengdu, Song Liangzuo's limbs felt cold, and he was speechless for a while.When he came back to his senses, he shivered, and quickly called his confidant servant, wrote two letters in his own hand and ordered them to send them to the north day and night.

Of these two letters, one was sent to Zhou Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital, and the other was sent to the slightly more pragmatic Meng Yuanjing in Daning.
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