There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 183 The Collapse of Peng Qing

To the west of the Quyechuan River, there is the camp of Peng Qing's army.

A fast horse galloped over from the south, shouting as he ran: "Urgent news from Jiazhou, urgent news from Jiazhou!"

The camp sentry immediately put the sentry horse in.

In the handsome tent of the camp.

Peng Qing was convening a military meeting with the generals. Even Cai Jiawang, the Shaanxi vanguard commander who was slightly better after being beaten with a military stick, came limping.

"Sir, there is an urgent military situation in Jiazhou!" the guard at the door came in and reported.

"Quickly pass!" Peng Qing ordered.

The sentry horse came in and gave a hurried salute and reported: "Master Dusi, Jiazhou was attacked by the Zhenming Army and has been captured."

"What! Jiazhou fell?" Peng Qing stood up and asked.

"Yes!" the sentry horse confirmed.

Peng Qing sat down again dejectedly after hearing this.

"Sir, what should I do? What should I do? The family members of the last general's guard are all in Jiazhou. Changes may happen as soon as the news gets out." Chen Jinjie, a thousand households in Jiazhou, said in horror.

"How dare you lie about the military situation? Come here, drag me down and chop him down." Peng Qing came to his senses at this time and immediately chopped down the sentry horse.

"Sir, the little retribution is all true. It's unjust!" The sentry horse was dragged down unwillingly.

"No one is strictly allowed to spread news about the fall of Jiazhou. The morale of the military cannot be disturbed at this time. Let's discuss countermeasures immediately." Peng Qing said.

"Sir, Jiazhou is lost and the subsequent supplies of food and grass cannot be delivered. We cannot stand against Lin's Zhenming Army here for a long time. We must make up our minds early on whether to return to recapture Jiazhou or go north to join the Yan'an guards and horses. Attack the sacred tree with all your might?" Cao Xiong took the lead in asking for instructions.

"What's your opinion?" Peng Qing asked.

"The Zhenming Army bypassed us and attacked Jiazhou. It is estimated that there will not be too many people. If we are sure of returning to attack, it is better to take back Jiazhou City." Cai Jiawang made a suggestion at this time, regardless of his physical injury. He did not want to Hit the sacred tree again.

"I just don't know how many people the Zhenming Army sent to capture Jiazhou. Hey, I forgot to ask just now." Only then did Peng Qing remember that he had killed the sentry horse too early.

"Sir, let's send sentries to explore while we are preparing. There will definitely be defeated troops in Jiazhou, and we should be able to figure it out soon." Cao Xiong suggested.

"Okay, let's do this first. When everyone goes back, pack up your things and prepare to break camp." Peng Qing ordered.

At this time, the guard at the door came in with an arrow with leaflets tied on it and reported: "Sir, a lot of arrows like this were shot outside the camp just now, with leaflets on them."

Peng Qing took the arrow and opened the leaflet. There were several big words written on it: "Jiazhou has been occupied by our army. Your retreat has been cut off. Surrender immediately!"

"Ah! I'm so angry!" Peng Qing shouted angrily, and the sentry horse he just sent out was in vain. Soon the whole army would know that Jiazhou was lost.

"Jiazhou is lost, is it true?"

"Really, the sentry horse that came to report just now was cut down. I must want to hide it."

"There is no food and grass behind, and there is no way to retreat. What should we do? How about surrendering?"

……

Sure enough, there was a lot of discussion everywhere in the counter-rebellion army camp.

"You should return to camp immediately to stabilize and control the troops. The army will set off to retake Jiazhou early tomorrow morning!" Peng Qing could only make up his mind immediately.

"Yes!" Everyone could only accept the order and leave.

It was getting dark.

The southeast side of the camp is where the camp stores grain and grass.

Jiang Jiaming hid in the grain transportation team in Jiazhou yesterday. He entered the camp smoothly and was arranged to carry grain here.

Jiang Jiaming received help from Zhang Yingjie and was assigned as a small boss, so he still had a little autonomy.

This time he brought a small stone with him. This half-grown boy was very flexible and would not easily arouse others' suspicion, so it was easier to get in and out.

"Brother Jiang, I just took the opportunity to go out to deliver food and contacted Huangcheng outside the camp gate. He said that the Lord sent him to help us burn the food and fodder for the imperial army.

As long as we look for opportunities to light grain and grass and cause chaos in the military camp, they will rush in from outside the camp to meet us, and the Zhenming Army on the other side of the river will also cooperate with them to attack at night. "Little Stone said.

After Huang Cheng and other intelligence agents responded to Lin Feng's army's sneak attack on Jiazhou City, they were sent to cooperate in the task of burning Peng Qing's army's food and grass.

"Okay, let's not rush for now. We will light the food and grass at night when everyone is sleeping." Jiang Jiaming responded.

At midnight, the crescent moon was dark and it was very dark, which was a good time to commit crimes and cause destruction.

Jiang Jiaming and Xiao Shitou climbed up secretly, got out of the tent, went under the grain carriage, and took out the flint hidden inside and the fire starter made of gunpowder.

After all, Peng Qing's military camp was also a regular army of the imperial court. It was certain that fire was strictly prohibited in the area where grain and grass were important, so Jiang Jiaming had already hidden fire in the hollow side beams of the carriage when transporting grain.

Xiao Shitou was responsible for looking out for the wind. Jiang Jiaming carefully avoided the patrol post, quickly ran to the pile of grain and grass, and ignited an ignition can. In an instant, the pile of grain and grass burst into flames.

"There's a fire, there's a fire!" The patrol immediately discovered the fire in the grain pile and shouted.

Jiang Jiaming took advantage of the guard's attention and immediately ran to the next hay pile for feeding the horses and lit it. It burned violently without igniting a fire pot.

"Put out the fire, put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!"

The patrol team shouted several times, and the guards guarding the grain depot were awakened, pushing the water truck and preparing to put out the fire.

At this time, the fire on the grain pile had just started to burn. If they had passed it, it might have been extinguished soon. Jiang Jiaming did not hesitate, he immediately rushed out, killed the guard pushing the cart with a knife, and seized the water cart. Xiao Shitou also came over at this time, and slashed the water wheel connection with a knife, preparing to drain all the water.

"The enemy is here, come quickly!" The remaining two guards shouted and rushed forward.

Jiang Jiaming waved his knife and struggled to protect the small stone that was cutting the water hose.

"Pfft!" The water hose connected to the waterwheel was cut off, and water flowed out.

"Ah!" Jiang Jiaming was outnumbered at this time. The guard who rushed up slashed his left arm with a knife. He shouted in pain.

Jiang Jiaming immediately stretched out his right hand and raised the knife to block, but was kicked by another guard, and a small stone flew in front of him.

"when!"

Just when Jiang Jiaming and Xiao Shitou were about to be killed, Huang Cheng led a small team of Tingfeng Guard personnel who were outside to take advantage of the chaos and rushed in and blocked them with their swords.

"Jiang Jiaming, you are injured, take the small stone and leave immediately. I will stop them." Huang Cheng ordered.

"Let's stay together!"

"There's no use staying here if you're injured. The pebble is still small, so hurry up and leave." Huang Cheng urged.

"Okay, let's go then, be careful." Jiang Jiaming did not insist anymore, holding his injured and bleeding left hand, he quickly ran outside with the small stone.

At this time, other grain depot guards also gathered around. Huang Cheng led three Tingfeng Guards and retreated into the grain pile while fighting. They wanted to delay as much time as possible to prevent the guards from putting out the fire.

As time passed, the fire in the grain depot gradually grew larger, but more and more guards surrounded them, and Huang Cheng and others could no longer break out.

"Kill these people quickly and organize firefighting immediately!" shouted the grain and grass warden who had already arrived.

The other guards immediately stepped up their efforts to kill Huang Cheng and others. The three Tingfeng Guards were quickly injured and finally retreated to a large pile of grain and hay. There was no way to retreat.

"Brothers, we can't go out at night. It's me who has caused trouble for you." Huang Cheng said.

"Boss, for the sake of the Zhenming Army, and for what Mr. Lin said about breaking the old order and building a new Ming Dynasty, we will die without regrets." The other two people replied.

"Then let's be brothers again in the next life!"

More than a dozen grain depot guards from the Ming army surrounded him. Huang Cheng raised the torch in his hand and resolutely lit the explosives tied to his body. His eyes looked toward Fugu on the other side of the river, full of perseverance.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, Huang Cheng and others were blown away, and the entire pile of grain and grass was ignited. The fire could no longer be contained and burned uncontrollably.

"Huangcheng!" Jiang Jiaming, who had already run outside the camp, shouted with tears in his eyes while holding a small stone.

In the center of the camp, Peng Qing, who was in the commander's tent, was also awakened by the noise. He put on his armor and came out to see a raging fire burning in the southeast corner of the camp.

"Grain and grass!" Peng Qing was shocked!

"Sir, the food and grass have been burned and the whole camp is in chaos. We need to make plans early." Cao Xiong also arrived at this time.

On this day, Jiazhou was lost, news leaked, and food and grass were burned. Seeing the chaos everywhere and many people crying for their parents in the camp, Peng Qing felt like he was going to collapse. What else could he do?

But this wasn't the worst, something soon came that made him even more frustrated.

"Bang bang bang!"

In the northeast corner of the camp, when everyone's attention was drawn to the southwest to put out the grain fire, the sound of firecrackers sounded like fried beans. From the east of the camp, Song Jilie led a large number of Zhenming troops and rushed in.

Then the Zhenming Army's attack also sounded from the southeast. After occupying Jiazhou, Lin Feng sent Peng Xing of the Second Mobile Battalion to lead a team to wait for an opportunity to outflank.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Run!"

……

The whole camp of the counter-rebellion army was in complete chaos. Some of the officers and soldiers were still getting dressed in a hurry, and some wanted to organize a resistance in the northeast, but they were quickly dispersed by the defeated army who fled desperately.

"Sir, let's leave quickly. It's too late if we wait any longer." Cao Xiong saw that Peng Qing was stunned and hurriedly persuaded him.

"Let's go? Where else can we go?" Peng Qing asked with a dull expression.

"Sir, let's go north immediately to join the Yan'an Guard troops. There are more than 4,000 people over there. Please protect yourself first." Cao Xiong said.

"Call the guards immediately and leave quickly!" Peng Qing had also experienced strong winds and waves after all, and he immediately came to his senses.

The two of them ignored the others and rushed out of the camp with a group of dozens of personal guards and headed north.

Some of the other defeated troops followed and fled north, a few fled in all directions, and more chose to stay where they were and wait.

We have to surrender anyway, so why bother running around? It's easy to pull off your balls, sprain your feet, etc. in the dark.

When Peng Qing, Cao Xiong and his entourage arrived at the north end of Quye River after running for a day and prepared to join the Yan'an Guard officers and soldiers, something happened again that made him collapse even more.

After Wang Qin received the battle report that the main force of Peng Qing's army was defeated on the southern front, he immediately judged that the imperial army was unable to move north to attack the Shenmu defense line.

They joined Ma Mingjie's Shenmu garrison camp, gathered 1,500 soldiers and horses, and attacked the Yan'an Guard camp. Wang Qin's troops, especially the cavalry battalion, were very effective in combat. They attacked unreasonably and made Yuan Qin, the commander of the Yan'an Guard, run away with his head in his arms.

The Yan'an Guard soldiers had never seen such a brave fighting style, and they were quickly dispersed.

When Peng Qing and others arrived, they happened to encounter the defeated Yan'an Guard.

A group of people looked at each other, not knowing what to do. It was Cao Xiong who suggested going to Yulin City to rest and recuperate before organizing the defeated troops to head west.

　Breaking the imperial court's first siege.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)