Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 162 There is an extra city!It is a blessing?Is it a disaster?
After leaving the government office, Shao Kun and Pan Ding's expressions were extremely gloomy. Jiang Renxi, a scholar, didn't know the situation in the guard, so they could not know.

For more than a hundred years, the guard has never experienced a battle. It usually farms, and only when it needs to escort grain will it gather hundreds of people. The other guard soldiers may have never touched weapons a few times in their lives. There is no difference at all, they suddenly gather to fight, maybe the enemy has not seen them, and their men will run away.

"Brother Pan, what should we do?"

Shao Kun sighed, this is a terrible thing, if it is just to suppress the bandit den with tens of hundreds of people, then they will not be afraid, but Su Hao has more troops than them, how can we fight?
Pan Ding said angrily: "What else can I do, go crazy with Jiang Renxi!"

Hearing Pan Ding's words, Shao Kun sighed, saying that the first rank of officials crushed people to death, but now their two guard commanders of the third rank are crushed to death by Jiang Renxi, the magistrate of the fourth rank.

At this time, Pan Ding continued: "Also, let the soldiers under his command be stricter, and don't let other soldiers run away."

Hearing this, Shao Kun also nodded with a serious expression. Since the establishment of the guard, there have been no shortage of deserters. Because the two guards are related to the safety of water transportation, the imperial court has always paid more attention to it, so they can maintain [-]% of their strength. Other guards Now there may not even be [-]% of the people. Letting those soldiers who are used to doing farm work go to fight now may really cause a big rout.

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Linqingzhou Water Transport Wharf.

"Old Tang, our spies in Dongchang Mansion have come to report that the Dongchang Guard and Pingshan Guard are gathering, and they seem to want to go out of the city to fight us."

Hao Yi looked serious. Although he had an advantage in military strength, none of them came from a family of generals, and they had no experience in leading troops in battle. Although they had read some military books these days, they could do a little bit of it by cramming effect, no one knows.

decisive battle?

Although he had been prepared for a long time, Tang Xiangjin frowned at the thought of a decisive battle with the imperial army. Although the guard had already been corrupted, they were recruits who had never experienced war.

"Send troops immediately, take the waterway!"

After thinking for a while, Tang Xiangjin gritted his teeth and said, Linqingzhou is only a hundred miles away from Dongchang Mansion, and it will take a few hours to get there by water. However, there are still several gates on this waterway. If they are blocked, they will have to abandon the ship up.

"I'm going right now."

Liang Ping nodded. Although they were equal in status, this operation was led by Tang Xiangjin.

Soon, more than a hundred official ships assembled, and a large number of soldiers began to board the ships. Because of the short distance, the soldiers did not bring much dry food and set out on the road lightly.

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Naturally, Tang Xiangjin and others could not hide such a big movement. Two hours later, Jiang Renxi and others in Dongchang Mansion knew the news of Tang Xiangjin and others dispatching troops.

"Commander Pan, the rebels have already dispatched troops, where should we stop them?"

Jiang Renxi was wearing an official robe with a sword at his waist, giving him the air of a Confucian general.

"Prefect, I think we can stop the opponent near the junction of the Tuhai River and the Canal."

Pan Ding said solemnly: "Now the opponent has set off, and we want to stop it elsewhere, but there is no time. There is a gate on the Tuhai River. As long as the gate is closed, the opponent can only disembark and fight us."

"Then go."

Jiang Renxi said with a serious expression: "We must defeat these rebels and take back Linqing Prefecture."

Hearing this, Shao Kun and Pan Ding could only sigh to themselves. They have seen stupid people, but this is the first time they have seen such stupid people. There is almost no mountain and no water near the city. How stupid it is to insist on fighting the enemy outside the city, but they can only be stupid with Jiang Renxi.

Watching Pan Ding and the others go down to make arrangements, Jiang Renxi also sighed. He is indeed ignorant of military affairs, but that doesn't mean he is an idiot. How could he not know that the guards have long been abolished? All the soldiers are just fillings.

But he didn't have a choice, if the other party gave him a month or two, he could still recruit and train Xiangyong, but it was only a few days since he knew that the other party had captured Linqing Prefecture.

He has no time to recruit, and now the other party wants to transport the grain away by water. Although he can defend Dongchang mansion, he will be punished by the court if the grain is lost. After all, someone has to bear the crime of losing grain. Well, he is the magistrate of Dongchang Prefecture, Linqing Prefecture is the territory under his rule, and the rebels transported the grain from before his eyes. He will not bear the responsibility for this crime.

So he actually had only one choice, and that was to force Pan Ding and the other two to send troops to stop the rebels. If they won the battle, they would rise to the top.

Soon, a force of more than 5000 troops slowly moved towards the canal.

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On the other side, more than a hundred official ships slowly descended along the river. At the same time, teams of scouts galloped along the river, sending news back and forth, while pulling out a few guards at each gate.

"Old Tang, Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei have already left the city, and we are still more than [-] miles away. When will we land?"

Liang Ping came to Tang Xiangjin's side with a serious look on his face. In terms of combat experience, he did not lack, but in terms of going to the battlefield, he had followed Fang Haichuan on the battlefield once when Xu Hongru rebelled.

After thinking for a while, Tang Xiangjin said: "Advance another ten miles, then land and rest, and attack tomorrow morning."

The sun was setting now, and it was already night when they arrived in front of the opponent, and there was no time to set up camp. As for fighting at night, it was purely a fool's idea.

In the dark night, no one can see anyone at a distance of more than ten feet, and there is no way to fight. The troops in the rear don't know the situation of the troops in front, and there may even be situations where their own people beat their own people.

A little bit of turmoil can easily lead to the collapse of the whole army, because you don't know what's going on a hundred feet away, whether it's victory or defeat, and it's very likely that the army will collapse with a few screams!
After the official boat advanced for another half an hour, they docked one after another, and the soldiers on board began to disembark, and then camped on the spot.

As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of people, and there is no limit. If you look down from a high altitude, there are more than ten miles apart, and the two densely packed crowds are like ants, except that one of them is bigger.

In the early morning of the next day, after having breakfast in advance, the army slowly approached the Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei garrisons against the dawn.

At this time, the forward scouts of both sides have already started to fight, and those who can become scouts are absolutely elite. After all, war horses and armor are precious things, and horseback riding and archery also need long-term training. To send equipment to the enemy.

It's just that there are not many scouts on both sides. After fighting a few times, both sides left a few corpses, and then chose to retreat.

Two hours later, the two armies faced each other hundreds of feet apart. At this time, the soldiers of Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei had already lined up and were ready to fight.

"Commander Pan, why don't you make a surprise attack while the opponent's formation is not stable?"

Seeing the rebels who were adjusting their formation, Jiang Renxi frowned and said, this is the best opportunity, as long as they break the opponent's formation, victory is in sight.

"Prefect, although the opponent's formation is still being adjusted, it is not chaotic. At this time, rushing to the formation will not only fail to defeat the opponent, but also mess up our formation."

Pan Ding said calmly, but he was very helpless in his heart. He also knew that now is the best time to attack, but he dared not give orders. Except for the personal guards raised by them, the military officers, the rest of the guards were forced by them with knives. on the battlefield.

Now sticking to the position, those guard soldiers can still control it. If they really want to attack, it is estimated that many people will just run away, and there will be no need to fight at that time.

Tang Xiangjin was riding on a horse, looking at Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei in front of him who had no intention of attacking at all, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Although the formation of the team had been rectified three miles away, it was still a bit scattered after walking so far. He was still worried about Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei. Changwei and Pingshanwei would take the opportunity to attack, but they didn't expect that the opponent would not even move.

After the team was reorganized, Tang Xiangjin sent an order: "Liu Qi, Ge Baoshan, you lead people to attack the front, Hao Wu, you lead people to attack the left wing, and Tong Youcai lead troops to attack the right wing."

The troops led by Liu Qisi are 2000 elites trained by Su Hao after two years of training. In addition to those soldiers from the guards, each of them has more than [-] soldiers. In terms of military strength, they have enough advantages , can be crushed completely.

"The last general takes orders!"

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's order, Liu Qisi and the others clapped their hands together.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Soon, the war drums were beating, and Liu Qisi led his soldiers and horses to approach Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei.

Three hundred feet!
Two hundred feet!
Hundred feet!

Seeing the enemy getting closer, the soldiers on both sides tensed up, and the archers bent their bows and set arrows one after another.

At this time, an archer of Dongchangwei seemed to be too nervous, and when he let go of his hand, the arrow shot into the sky.

The next moment, other people were also affected, and they shot the arrows in their hands one after another. In an instant, hundreds of arrows formed a wave of arrow rain.

It's a pity that the best shooting range of a bow and arrow is fifty feet. If it exceeds fifty feet, its power will be greatly reduced. The arrow rain can only fall twenty or thirty feet in front of the five thousand troops led by Liu Qi and Ge Baoshan.

Fifty feet!
The archers on both sides began to show their power, and countless arrows rained down on the armies of both sides. However, under the protection of the shields, although there were some casualties, they did not confuse the formations of both sides!
Twenty feet!
At such a short distance, the effect of bows and arrows became more obvious, and the spearmen and sword-shieldmen clenched their weapons tightly.

At this time, the rumbling war drum sounded again, this is the drum sound of the whole army charging!

The next moment, the sword and shield hand rushed to the forefront, followed by the spearman, and the archer no longer cared about his physical strength. He shot one arrow after another, and the rain of arrows covered the sky, and the soldiers on both sides fell one by one .

ten feet!

Five feet!

At this moment, the armies of both sides collided like waves!
This kind of scene seems to be that two huge walls are constantly approaching and colliding together, making all kinds of loud noises.

In an instant, countless people fell down on the entire front, and screams rang out almost simultaneously on the entire front, blood sprayed in the air, staining the faces of the soldiers on both sides red.

The next moment, Hao Wu and Tong Youcai also led people into the battlefield from the left and right flanks. At this time, the advantage of having a large number of people began to appear. The soldiers of the two guards did not have much fighting spirit. The soldiers began to retreat back and forth.

Seeing this scene, Pan Ding turned his head to look at the soldiers and subordinate generals behind him: "All the lords follow me to kill the thieves!"

After saying that, Pan Ding rushed out first, and hundreds of guards followed him closely behind him, protecting him tightly.

Seeing this, Shao Kun and other military officers led people to kill them one after another, and Zheng Boxin, a thousand households of Jinyiwei in Dongchang Mansion, also quickly ordered his four hundred households of Jinyiwei to follow.

With the support of hundreds of soldiers from Pan Ding and others, the decline of the left and right wings stopped instantly, and there were faint signs of regaining the upper hand.

"Old Liang, you take people up and push them down!"

Seeing this, Tang Xiangjin hastily ordered that when the army fights, it is a small group of elites who really decide the outcome. Although the soldiers of Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei have long been abolished, the personal soldiers trained by Pan Ding and the others are not abolished. These personal soldiers were cultivated by Pan Ding and the others with a lot of hard work and a lot of money. They are all skilled in fist and foot.

Although most of them are not in the ranks, they are definitely much stronger than ordinary guard soldiers. With the army formation, a hundred people are enough to surround and kill any second-rate warrior. If these personal guards play an advantage, then other guard soldiers will also be mobilized. Set small victories into big victories.

"Yes!"

Liang Ping, Hao Yi, Yang Bao, Tian Ming, He Liu, Luo Yi, Wu Feng, Peng Guan, and Guo Hong agreed with each other, and then they led their own soldiers to the battlefield. Naturally, they would not To be a hero, go to the battlefield single-handedly. He has chosen his own soldiers a long time ago, and each has hundreds of soldiers under his command.

The nine people brought thousands of personal soldiers to press on, and the battle situation became even more tragic in an instant. Under the leadership of Liang Ping and other first-class warriors, thousands of personal soldiers rushed into the battlefield like arrows. It was difficult for Pan Ding and others to occupy The upper hand was suppressed in an instant, and the left and right wings suddenly turned into meat grinders, with stumps and broken arms flying around, and blood splattered everywhere.

He Liu held a knife in both hands, and wherever he passed, he was either killed or injured, until Zheng Boxin personally stopped He Liu.

But on the frontal battlefield at this time, all the elite soldiers and masters of Dongchangwei and Pingshanwei were entangled by He Liu and the others. Liu Qi and Ge Baoshan led their own soldiers to kill the Quartet. Continue to stop.

This kind of tragic hand-to-hand confrontation, if you take a step back, it will turn into a continuous back, and then turn into running away.

The next moment, some weak-minded soldiers began to collapse, squeezing away the comrades around them, and fled to the rear. Some took the lead, and the others also turned and fled.

"Go back and fight, the fugitive dies!"

Jiang Renxi hacked a deserter to death with a sword and roared loudly. Dozens of soldiers guarding Jiang Renxi also roared loudly and killed several deserters at the same time.

It's a pity that at this time Pan Ding and others' personal soldiers were already entangled, and Jiang Renxi's personal soldiers could not stop hundreds of deserters at all, and the entire frontal battlefield collapsed in an instant.

Even the frontal battlefield collapsed, and the left and right wings were even more unable to support. After a while, they also collapsed one after another. Only Pan Ding and other military officers with hundreds of soldiers were still struggling to support.

"Commander, go back to the city and stick to it."

A hundred households from Dongchangwei came to Pan Ding's side and said in panic.

"Back to the city?"

Pan Ding was full of bitterness. How could they go back to the city? They are surrounded now. Even if they could get out, how could they stick to the city? This time they went out of the city to meet the enemy, and they had already taken away most of the troops. Only a few hundred people remained in the city. Weak, besides, these rebels would just watch them return to the city.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has treated me well, today is the time to repay your favor, kill me!"

Pan Ding roared loudly, stabbing out with the spear in his hand, piercing through one of Liang Ping's personal soldiers.

Hearing this, Shao Kun also led people to kill him. Now the defeat is settled. If he dies for the country, the court will have to pay a lot of money to comfort his son. If you don't drop it, if you surrender, it will hurt your family even more.

It's a pity that no matter how brave Pan Ding and others' personal soldiers are, they can't stop the tide of enemies. In less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of personal soldiers were killed, and only a few of them chose to surrender. One life was left behind.

On the other side, Tang Xiangjin also brought soldiers and horses to chase down the broken soldiers and chased them to the Dongchang mansion. Although Tang Xiangjin didn't bring many siege equipment, there was no one in the mansion to guard the city at this time. Thousands of troops, in just half an hour, the gate of Fucheng was breached.

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government office.

Tang Xiangjin and the others gathered together, and everyone looked happy. The smoothness of this battle completely exceeded their expectations. Not only did they control the canal, but they even took down Dongchang Mansion.

"Old Liang, you are in charge of escorting Cao Liang back to Jinan Fucheng and announcing the good news to thousands of households, and we are responsible for cleaning up Fucheng."

Tang Xiangjin said with a solemn expression: "Also, I would like to ask Qianhu how to deal with this Dongchang Mansion?"

Although the city of Dongchang was conquered, it was not necessarily a good thing. One more city meant that more troops had to be allocated for defense. Now they were short of troops, and allocating troops would only make Jinan Prefecture have fewer troops.

"I'm going right now."

Hearing this, Liang Ping nodded and followed Su Hao to rebel. He naturally knew the weakness of himself and others. The imperial court could easily mobilize tens of thousands of 10,000+ troops, but they didn't have so many troops here.

(End of this chapter)