Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 391 0386 [Long-legged Gao Taiwei]

After repeated discussions, the three guards of Mei County decided to take a risk to find out the truth first.

Now there are more than [-] Western troops in the city, and more than [-] young and strong from Mei County are temporarily recruited.When bandits attack the city, the old and the weak, women and children will also help transport supplies, and all Xiangfang will organize and train Baojia troops.

In addition, the hundreds of rout soldiers stopped by them camped alone on the north bank of the Weihe River, and Zhu Ming's army fled as soon as they arrived.

Zhong Zhong pointed to the map and said: "There must be bandits stationed at Xiegu Pass. It is the main grain and grass station of the bandits. Most of the generals and officers of the Zhong family army are also detained in Xiegu Pass. From Xiegu Pass to Mei County, every Every two or three miles, a beacon tower is set up on the west bank of the inclined water..."

The so-called beacon towers are all alarm towers by the river.

There are no regular soldiers stationed, only a small number of civilians are deployed across the river.If the officers and soldiers came to rob the food transport team, the civilian husbands would immediately light the beacon fire, and then they would run away, and they would not care about the rest of the rescue work.

The teacher said: "The thieves set up camps, and the south side has to meet the grain transportation team. If there is an empty camp, it must not be on the south side. It will not be on the east side, because the east side is facing the city of Mei County. Its camp is on the north by the Wei River and on the west. Slanting water, most of the empty camps are in these two directions."

The camp is the military camp in the shape of "Hui". The big camp covers the middle camp, and the middle camp covers the small camp. There are several floors from the inside to the outside, and each floor has fortifications.

If the fortification is a wooden fence, it is called a camp.

If the fortification is a low earth wall, it is called a fort.

It is impossible for the defenders of Mei County to venture out of the city for a decisive battle. If only one army is sent to fight, it is impossible to find out whether the rebel army is real or not.

Then you can only send a small group of troops to make a surprise attack, and it is best to kill them at night.

Listening to the teacher's analysis, Liu Kai felt more and more deceitful: "The layout of the bandit camp is so easy to understand, why did the bandits deliberately put Yang County Magistrate back to report? Isn't it good to keep concealing it? We must let us know in advance The thieves divide the troops."

Liu Xi said: "Even if the west and north sides of the bandit camp are empty, there must be an ambush tonight. The Zhu bandits intend to lure us to attack!"

"Very likely." The planter nodded.

Zhu Ming's troops were indeed empty, but the defenders didn't have many soldiers, and they didn't dare to pull them all out of the city to fight.

The current situation is that four thousand rebels are stationed at Luogu Pass, blocking Liu Yanqing's army.

One thousand rebels and four thousand civilians were stationed at Xiegu Pass, guarding the grain and grass and the generals of the planting army, and at the same time responsible for transporting grain to Zhu Ming.

Zhang Tong led [-] rebels and [-] civilian husbands, and had already occupied Guo County.

Zhu Ming led more than 6000 volunteers (3000 of them were recruits who had only been training for half a year), and more than [-] civilians, camped at the confluence of the Wei River and the Xie River.

The total strength of the rebel army originally consisted of 3 people, but the surprise attack on Dasan Pass was ambushed, and now there are more than 8000 people left.The frontline civilians are in their early [-]s, and there are more civilians transporting grain on Baoxie Road.

"The thieves are shooting books into the city!"

The three of them hadn't decided when they would send troops to test the truth, and immediately looked out of the city when they heard the news.

But I saw more than a dozen rebel crossbowmen, holding the captured god arm bows, shooting outside the moat and leaving.

The teacher Zhong said: "Don't open and read the letters of thieves and bandits. If you find them, burn them immediately."

"I'm afraid it's not easy to search." Liu Xi said.

The divine arm bow had an extremely long range, and the arrow carried the letter and landed directly in the residential area of ​​the city.

You don't need to think to know what is written, it's nothing more than that the rebels don't kill indiscriminately, General Zhu loves the people, Guo County and Luogu Pass have been captured by the rebels, etc.

After the people picked it up, literate people would definitely take it apart and read it, and panic and war weariness quickly spread in the city.

The teacher Zhong said: "Order all the workshops to protect the armor, and it is strictly forbidden for the people to go out. Even if they go out to buy things, they must ask the head of the Baojia for instructions. Who dares to hide and spread the letters of bandits privately, and it is a crime to communicate with bandits!"

Where can it be banned?

In the afternoon of that day, the news of the fall of Guo County and Luogu Pass spread in some streets and alleys, and even reached the ears of the defenders.

This kind of information is the fastest to spread!

The three guards didn't care too much, and rewarded five hundred strong men, who carried small boats around the upper reaches of the Wei River during the day, and went down the river at night to attack the northwest side of the rebel camp.

The analysis in the plantation division is quite correct, it is indeed an empty battalion.

Liu Kai's guess was right, there was indeed an ambush there, and they were trying to lure the Western Army to fight.

The five hundred warriors had just landed when they were discovered by a sentry. The sharp whistle broke the tranquility of the night, and the rebels who had been in ambush for a long time immediately killed them.

Five hundred strong men were defeated and returned, only a hundred or so fled back.

The next day, Ju Ming pretended not to be bothered.

Using the seized grain transport ship, swaggeringly transported grain from Xieguguan, entered the Weishui River through Xie River, and transported it to Zhang Tong's army in Guo County.

(Xieguguan has the largest official shipyard in the Northwest, which has been in decline. Last year, a large number of craftsmen were mobilized to build ships, mainly for the purpose of transporting grain from Guanzhong. Ju Ming occupied Xieguguan, and by the way occupied the shipyard, and seized many already built ships. or ships nearing completion.)
Looking at those grain ships, any fool would know that the main force of the rebel army is in Guo County.

The only doubt is how many thieves are left in front of them?
"Da da da da..."

Several fast horses came from the west, they were messengers sent by Yao Gu's army.

In order to send the military information, he came far away from Guo County, and sent several people to deliver the message at the same time.

After reading the information, Liu Xi handed it to the teacher and said: "Yao Gu's army has rushed back to Dasan Pass in the starry night, and Baoji City is also in the hands of the Western Army, but it was blocked by the bandits in Guo County and could not come to rescue Mei County. In Guo County Or in Baoji, there may be a big battle between Yao Gu and the main force of the bandits."

The plan made by Zhu Ming and Zhang Tong is not to confront Yao Gu head-on.

The established strategy is as follows: take Guoxian County as quickly as possible, and if Baoji's defenses are empty, take Baoji immediately.If Baoji is tightly defended, defend Guo County to stop Yao Gu's army and prevent him from coming to join the Western Army of Mei County.At the same time, the main force of the rebel army does not need to get together in Guo County, but can divide the troops to do other things.

For example, a surprise attack on Fengxiang Mansion!

For example, kill a carbine and send a group of elites to travel back to Mei County day and night.

Zhang Tong did both of these things at the same time, dividing 2 troops to attack Fengxiang Mansion, and [-] troops returning to aid Zhu Ming's camp.As for Zhang Ting himself, with nine thousand rebels and several thousand civilians, he occupied the city to defend against Yao Gu's [-]-odd army.

The real shortage of troops is actually the Western Army.

More than 3 people were stuck in Luogu Pass, and more than 2 people were stuck in Guo County.Although the total strength of the various battlefields is more than twice that of the rebel army, it is difficult to play a sufficient role.

……

Fengxiang Mansion is less than forty miles away from Guoxian County, and it is as flat as a river.

Taking advantage of the fact that Yao Gu's army was still in Dasan Pass and had not yet returned to Baoji, the Six Thousand Rebels set off at night and headed straight for Fengxiang during the starry night.

Without heavy armor, he galloped forty miles a night!

The generals in charge of leading the troops are all little-known little people.

One is Zhong Mai, a prodigal son from Xixiang County, and his family runs a food shop.He once followed Zhu Ming to fight Heifengzhai, and helped Zhang Guangdao and Bai Sheng recruit immigrants to Daming Village. His home has almost become the immigrant registration point in Xixiang County.

One is Fangtian, and his family fled in the mountains of Daming Village.

Every time they marched a certain distance at night, six thousand soldiers would stop.Those who run fast can rest for a while, and those who run slowly can catch up with the big troops.

During the rest period, Zhong Mai and Fang Tian will personally boost morale: "As long as you arrive at Fengxiang Mansion, regardless of victory or defeat, each will be rewarded with one acre of land. If you take down the prefecture, each will be rewarded with an additional acre of land. Officers at all levels will be rewarded with an additional acre of land. Those who have made great achievements will be rewarded! If they die in battle, they will be rewarded to their families!"

Do the Zhu family have so many fields to reward?
Yes, Jingxi South Road is full of barren fields!
One after another, the rebels recited this passage repeatedly, not only telling their comrades around them, but also giving themselves hope and strength.

After resting for a few minutes, he seemed to regain his strength, and continued jogging with the bamboo ladder on his shoulders.

While running, he was still thinking silently in his heart: "When you arrive at Fengxiang's one-acre field, lay down Fengxiang's one-acre field, and you will still have the field after you have made great achievements!"

Ever since the rebels captured Guo County, Gao Qiu, father and son, recruited young and strong men to defend the city in Fengxiang Mansion, and demolished houses to make city defense equipment.

There are officers and soldiers in the east of Guo County, and officers and soldiers in the west. Gao Qiu is not very worried that the rebels will really kill them.

The whole city is under martial law, and the city gates are not opened during the day.

All the money that Gao Lian and Li Xun had obtained had been transported away, and they could run away at any time.

At dawn, the young man in charge of guarding the city was taking a nap.

Gao Qiu also had some personal soldiers, and the eunuch Li Xun also had dozens of imperial guards to protect him.

In order to show his determination to defend the city, Gao Qiu even moved to live on top of the city tower, and pretended to eat the same food as the young and strong defenders.

The bridge over the moat has been demolished, and the rebels rushed here, carrying bamboo ladders to swim across the river.

The sound of water splashing from time to time did not disturb the young and strong defenders.

Everyone thinks that there is a large army on the front line, and it is impossible for the bandits to kill them if they form a flanking attack from east to west.How could a young man recruited temporarily be so vigilant?
The south wall of Fengxiangfu City was climbed up by flying ladders one after another, while another group of rebels went around to the east wall.

The city wall is quite high, but the flying ladder is a bit shorter.

Zhong Mai Heng Dao bit his mouth, grabbed the top of the wall with both hands, and climbed up on the shoulders of the soldiers.

Turning over and rolling into the city wall, he made some noise and immediately woke up the two young men who were dozing off.

"kill!"

Before the two young men stood up, Zhong Mai roared and swung his saber.

The soldiers who were still climbing the ladder also shouted.

In an instant, the young and strong defenders of the city wall woke up, and subconsciously fled to the horse road leading to the city.

There are two thousand soldiers around Gao Lian, and they are the forbidden troops he brought from Tokyo.The kind that has a full set of infantry armor!

It was too tiring to sleep wearing a stepman armor, so I took it off and put it beside me at the moment.

In the darkness, there were shouts of killing and shouts of fleeing for their lives everywhere.

How unclear is Gao Lian's game skills? It was all fabricated by "Water Margin".Anyway, his calligraphy level is very high and he has practiced gun sticks for a long time. He was still very good at calligraphy when he was young.

"Leader, let's go!"

The soldiers didn't care about the infantry, so they dragged Gao Qi and retreated into the city.

Gao Qiu was also frightened out of his wits, and even forgot that he had two sons, and fled to the north where there was no shout of killing under the escort of his own soldiers.

Two thousand heavy-armored guards, they just slipped away, not even infantry armor.

Gao Qiu came out from the north gate, without stopping for a moment, after running far away, he turned southeast and went straight to Qishan County.

Gao Taiwei and the Forbidden Army's personal soldiers were not good at fighting, but they fled faster than the surprise attack of the rebel army.They arrived at Qishan at noon, and then took a boat to pass Fufeng, Wugong (this city is not in the place of later generations), and Yuyu, and went straight to Chang'an!

When boarding the ship at Qishan, he did not forget to send someone to send news to Mei County, so that Zhong Shizhong, Liu Xi, and Liu Kai could continue to stick to it. Gao Qiu claimed that he was going to Guanzhong to recruit soldiers.

(End of this chapter)