Traveler Major League

Chapter 247 Capturing Hong Chengchou alive (Part )

At the same time as the Battle of Huating, Tongguan to the east of Xi'an was in danger under the threat of the First Army of the People's Army. Hong Chengchou, who had seen that the situation was not right a few days ago, quickly led his army eastward and escaped the Battle of Xi'an. Aftermath.

The new Trilateral Governor Zheng Chongjian fled, and all his elite troops were lost. The bustling land of Guanzhong, which was about to successfully suppress the rebellion, suddenly turned into a playground for the people's army to attack at will.

Hong Chengchou was so anxious that his mouth was blistering, but what could he do? The miscellaneous soldiers under his command couldn't even defeat the original people's army, let alone the hundreds of thousands of new troops this time.

The troops under his command went all the way east from Xinfeng and Lingkou, passing through Weinan and Huayin, until they retreated to Tongguan. There was no way to retreat. The forwards of the First Army of the People's Army also followed with their front and rear feet, and they were unstoppable all the way. , no more than a few days behind Hong Chengchou, and almost as close as the Grand View Pavilion in the west of Tongguan.

The main body of Tongguanguan City was built in a deep mountain ravine, which provided a natural barrier for the city, and it straddled the main road in the narrow valley between the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River.

The south city wall can rely on the mountains to resist attacks from the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains. The north city wall can protect the navy's attacks from the direction of the Yellow River and control the riverside roads.

In terms of military defense layout, this kind of site selection can be described as "building a gate near a mountain and building a city by a river." Coupled with the assistance of numerous city gates, towers and water gates, it greatly meets the needs of military defense.

However, the biggest problem was the lack of troops. Due to the dereliction of military affairs in the Ming Dynasty, Tongguan, which had been stationed for a long time and had military camps around it, also had very few soldiers capable of fighting.

As the Ming army's war in Guanzhong took a turn for the worse, Hong Chengchou organized rural soldiers in Tongguan and sent urgent messages to the capital for help. Once Tongguan fell, the consequences would be disastrous!

What Hong Chengchou didn't know was that the troops approaching Tongguan were only a part of the First Army with less than one division. Another division had already marched south to Shangluo. During this period, other troops under the First Army were dispersed into battalions. The units captured the city and consolidated the place. In addition, the Second Army, which was cooperating with the operation, had moved north to capture Yan'an and was heading to Yulin, Ningxia, Ganzhou and other places. The Third Army had also moved south to attack Hanzhong.

And Hong Chengchou's good days are almost over, because the order for a general offensive has been issued. Although Yang Zeming and others knew Hong Chengchou's name, they did not take him seriously at all.

Taking the "Huaiyuan" at the west gate of Tongguan as the main target, within a range of three miles south of the Yellow River, the First Division launched an attack at six o'clock in the morning. For Yang Zeming, the disadvantage of terrain can be made up for by various technical means, including starting from Xi'an. The airship was transferred.

The first division's battle goal is to capture Tongguan, then move east to capture Sanmenxia and Lingbao, and then join the other division that captured Wuguan in Shangluo, and march from Mianchi County and Luoning County in parallel to Luoyang in two directions from north to south.

Hong Chengchou and Wu Guofu looked at each other in Tongguan City. As soon as the roar of cannons sounded, they got up and met in the Yamen's custody room.

As the explosion got closer, the faces of the two became paler. During this period, Hong Chengchou's talents were fully utilized, which made Wu Guofu more admired, but Hong Chengchou himself felt more and more incompetent.

Although he was proficient in military affairs and had clever tricks, and even the rough-and-tumble rural soldiers were trained by him to be as good as their arms and fingers, and their cooperation could match that of the Ming army's standard battalion, but he was not an immortal and could not transform enough soldiers and weapons.

The entire Ming army in the city fell into panic, but only Hong Chengchou and Wu Guofu remained calm.

"The last general is approaching the age of knowing his destiny this year. He is too old to continue to serve the imperial court." Wu Guofu is indeed old. In addition, he has been running around on the battlefield all year round. Although he has not run out of fuel, he still My body is no longer what it used to be.

"This place in Tongguan has beautiful mountains and clear waters. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Just let me die here."

"I am lucky to be buried here."

Hong Chengchou and Wu Guofu cooperated tacitly during this period, and they complemented each other in both literature and military affairs. Especially, Wu Guofu was mainly responsible for Hong Chengchou and got along very well. They escaped all the way here and it was finally almost over. There was a solemn and solemn atmosphere in the room. Faced with the destined outcome, Wu Guofu was not afraid at all.

"Yanyan (Hong Chengchou's word), you go, we can't hold it anymore." Wu Guofu handed a memorial to Hong Chengchou, which was also a memorial he dedicated to Chongzhen. It detailed the events since the war with the People's Army. A lot of experience, as a veteran who has been on the battlefield all his life, his vision is still much more vicious than Hong Chengchou.

"Go, go!"

Seeing that Hong Chengchou was still hesitant, Wu Guofu directly pushed Hong Chengchou out, helped him onto the horse himself, said "take care", and then led his soldiers to the top of the city without looking back.

Hong Chengchou looked at Wu Guofu's retreating figure, then clasped his fists on horseback and said, "Take care."

This act of escaping made Hong Chengchou extremely tormented at this moment. It was the first extremely difficult thing he had ever done in his life. When Wu Guofu took out the memorial in the room just now, he sat down on his seat and couldn't get up. , but what he was thinking about was that he was not afraid of death, but he was still young and could not die yet. He wanted to return to the court to organize forces to quell the chaos again.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou could only shake his head and led his trusted men to the east gate while it was still dark.

Li Lin, wearing a camouflage uniform and holding an 81-bar assault rifle, was sitting on a crooked tree. He was staring at the official road next to Beizhai Village in the east of Tongguan with a thousand-yuan far-infrared telescope bought from Yiwu on Taobao and whispered into the intercom. Said: "A group of cavalry came out, nearly a hundred cavalry."

The words were full of pride. In this low-light mode, the gray-white cavalry group was very obvious in the dim light of dawn. Ever since it was known that the leader of the Tongguan guard was Hong Chengchou, the Third World Visitors group was in a state of shock, mainly because This old boy is so famous. After a collective application, the First Army Command specially sent airships to airlift several arrest teams to the road behind Tongguan.

You must know that as these treasures with the most advanced equipment, they are all preparing to raid and capture important figures in the future. As the commander, Li Lin seems to be victorious this time and will be the lucky one to catch this big fish with his own hands. Son.

"Wait until the official passes by and then detonate the directional mines. The machine gunners should hit the target accurately. Don't hit that big fish. If it turns out to be Hong Chengchou, we will be exposed!"

"Machine gun crew received."

"Sniper team received."

"The engineering team received it."

"The arrest team received it."

A quarter of their group are veterans of the Third World, and the rest are elites from the original Ming Dynasty army who have been trained to use modern weapons for a long time. Although each ambush site only has a reinforced platoon of about forty people, The combat effectiveness is incredibly high, especially this kind of night special operations. With the blessing of night vision equipment, it is not at the same level as the Ming army.

Li Lin muttered: "100 meters... 80 meters... 40 meters... 10 meters ready... detonation!"

(End of this chapter)