Win the Ding 1617

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In August, the autumn tiger's remaining prestige has not retreated.From the top of the head, the sun still casts its excessive light and heat on the land in western Henan.

The land that had been dry for a long time was exposed to the scorching sun and became looser and looser.Every time the people and horses move around, there will be a large cloud of dust.With the thunderous footsteps and the sound of carriages and horses, the smoke and dust of the official road in the distance seemed to cover the sky, accompanied by the rising smoke and dust, the black crowd of carriages and horses went along the official roads from Tongguan to Lingbao and Lushi come.

In the front row of the team, there are hundreds of cavalry, five cavalry in a row, ten steps in front and back, three to five steps in left and right, and 25 steps between each team.The knights on horseback all wore iron pointed helmets with eight-petal caps, and armor inlaid with iron cotton or iron armor.Either carry a hard bow on the back, or hang a long knife or spear on the saddle.Everyone's iron helmets and red tassels, as well as bright red cloaks and cloaks fluttered with the horses, and each person's armor was painted with red paint, creating a dazzling fiery red color.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shen Zhou once said "Yongzhi Frontier Army Works Hard": "When you join the army, don't follow the mouth of the army. You carry 45 catties of war equipment. The helmet and brain bag are heavy, and the head is covered with five theories. Only the armor is 88, and the waist knife Guduo [-]. Twenty-five bows and arrows and their uniforms, eighty-sufficient clothes, [-] catties of armor alone, dry food, water bottles, clothes, etc. These cavalry are all built by Sun Chuanting, and naturally all kinds of equipment are also references The soldiers and horses from the nine sides came. However, the army marched long distances and it was summer, so the military discipline should not be too strict.

From Tongguan to Lingbao, the mountain road is rugged and winding, which is in the area of ​​Xiaoqinling and Xiaoshan.In terms of road conditions at this time, although there is an official post road from Tongguan to Luoyang for hundreds of miles from Tongguan to Baofeng, it has been in disrepair for many years, and the official road is not good if it is eroded by wind and rain.Over time, the official road is full of ruts with a height difference of one or two feet, and the horse-drawn carriage runs on it, swaying from side to side as if dancing.Even war horses must be careful.Don't step into a rut and break a horse's leg.

The terrain around Lingbao is called "seven mountains, two plains and one sub-river" by the locals.The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, and the altitude gradually increases from north to south.The height difference between north and south is 2105.8 meters.Bounded by the Hongnongjian River, the Xiaoqinling Mountains in the southwest enter Shaanxi from east to west, and the mountains are tall and steep.Laoyachanao, the main peak, is the highest point in Henan Province; Xiaoshan in the southeast has gentle ups and downs.

There are more than 9000 small and large hills in the Xiaoqinling and Xiaoshan Mountains.There are more than [-] ditches, big and small, and there are six plains and six valleys in Lingbao from west to east.From west to east, the six plains are: Baoliyuan, Guocunyuan, Chengcunyuan, Loudiyuan, Jiaocunyuan and Tielingyuan; from west to east, the six valleys are: Xiyu, Wenyu, Zaoxiangyu, Tibetan Mayu, Dahuyu and Fenghuangyu.

Even so, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they left Tongguan and arrived in Lingbao territory.After all, it is from the deep ditch to the hilly area, leaving Lingbao, that is, to Songxian County, Baofeng and other places, and even the hilly area in the west of Henan, where the mountains and rivers do not have much ups and downs.Compared with the rugged and narrow mountains in Lingbao, the road is much easier to walk.This team of the Ming army carried a large number of carriages, mules and horses, each of which was covered with tall luggage with reed mats. Naturally, the requirements for the roads were very high.

Compared with those horse-drawn carts and mule carts, the supply team composed of peasants used horn carts, rooster carts, and board carts to transport supplies, tents, etc., and they all relied on manpower to walk, but they did not have such high requirements for roads.However, the manpower consumption is extremely high, so the speed cannot be increased.

Every time I walk more than ten miles, I have to choose a shady place.To drink water for the horses, the riders can drink water and eat some dry food, and take off their armor to relax a little bit.The mules and horses pulling the vehicles can also take a rest in place, drink water and recover their strength.

Outside Yuling Town.A small river meanders through, the river bed is very wide, but the water flow is gentle. This is a tributary of the Haoyang River, but it flows from south to north, and will soon merge into the main stream.Then it flows directly into the Yellow River together with the Badi River, Hongnongjian River, Shahe River, Yangping River, Zaoxiang River, and Shuangqiao River.

Not far to the north along this small river, on a small hill about three to five miles away from the official road, there is a mountain temple that has been decayed and is about to collapse. The statues of the gods in the temple are mottled and scattered. original color.

In this temple and on the surrounding highlands, a small group of old battalion break-in camps are cautiously lurking at this time, and they are now known as the sentries of the Shuaifu's pro-army.They were condescending, and with the help of trees and grass taller than half a person, they looked up the official road. With the help of binoculars in their hands, they could see the movements of the Ming army on the official road and by the small river, every move they made.

"Boss, the brigade of Ming thieves has passed by in the past two days, that is to say, this team of thieves came here today. However, the Russians also sent out about the same, and I am afraid that there will be no more brigades of officers and soldiers. That's right! This team is all for transporting grain, grass, and supplies. If it wasn't for the guards, they probably wouldn't have arrived here after a two-day journey. It's time to go back and report to the general!"

"Let's go! Go back and report to the general, we have been aggrieved for so long! It's time to go out and do some activities!"

"First cut off Deaf Sun's food supply!"

Tens of miles away from Lingbao County, at the foot of the majestic Qinling Mountains, the gurgling Zaoxiang River flows in front of the village.The Bodhisattva Hall, a small village named after a temple, is hidden here.

Since ancient times, there have been many mountain names, water names, ditch names and cave names related to Zhenwu's Taoism and Liu Xiu's refuge. In addition to the natural scenery of green mountains and green waters, lush primitive vegetation, luxuriant forests and strange stones, surrounding Zhenwu's Taoism and Liu Xiu A series of beautiful and touching stories and legends have been derived from taking refuge.Especially after the Tang Dynasty, Hanshan became a sacred place where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism merged. Good men and women, eminent monks and hermits came here admiringly. There are seven temples, eight nunneries and nine Taoist temples, and the bamboo forest for forty miles does not see the sky".

It's a pity that years of famine and war have made this place sparsely populated and the incense is decadent.Let me ask, people are precarious, and even if they don’t have enough food and clothing, how can they have the ability to burn incense and make offerings to Bodhisattvas?

Now this temple has gone through many years, and there are many ancient and famous trees in the courtyard, in front of the house and behind the house, all of which are luxuriant and full of vitality.This temple and its vicinity are where Li Zicheng's battalion is located, and there are elite cavalry from the old battalion coming and going.

From the Bodhisattva Hall to the north, the entire Hanshan area, under the shadow of the bamboo forest, there are shacks and tents everywhere, layer by row, and the area is demarcated according to the organizational system of each battalion.Distinguished by flags.At this time, Chuangying and Caoying already had the appearance of a strong army.

"Grand Marshal, all our sentinels have sent the same information. Sun Deaf's 10,000+ people have already left Tongguan. What is in front of us now is his baggage team. Can you order the battalions to go out of the mountain? , fasten your pockets?!"

Liu Tichun, who was in charge of the outposts and hidden stakes, reported the latest military situation to Li Zicheng.

However, Li Zicheng's attention has not yet completely shifted from the documents in his hand to how to cut off Sun Chuanting's supply and rear food roads.

The letter in his hand was written by Wu Xing.Report to him the situation of summer grain collection in various prefectures in Henan.

According to the money and grain collection system formulated by Chuangying and Caoying.The land originally belonging to the princes, county kings and their descendants in Henan, all the way up to the Fengguo Lieutenant, was confiscated and handed over to the farmers who cultivated the land to continue farming.They are regarded as the farmers of Chuangying and Caoying, and according to the method of farming passed down by Cao Cao, the two parties share the harvest [-]-[-].On the surface, the burden on the peasants is very heavy, but these peasants who garrison the fields only hand in the grain harvested in kind, and do not pay money.At the same time, because of their farming status, they have already paid more food.Therefore, all kinds of labor have nothing to do with them.All in all, it's still a good deal.

In addition, all kinds of self-cultivating farmers and tenants of landlords follow the three-seven-five rent system set up by Wu Xing, which stipulates that the money and grain paid by tenants are [-]% of the harvest, and they are uniformly collected as one bucket.The land rent collected by the landlord shall not exceed [-]%.This is the core part of the [-] rent system.

Although Luoyang Mansion is now a battlefield, all states and counties are preparing for battle, and several cities have been captured by Sun Chuanting.However, the summer grain collection in the entire Luoyang area was completed smoothly.

"At present, all the grain and grass are put into storage. And Mr. Li ordered all the prefectures and counties in Henan Province to issue notices to tell the people that the Ming bandits came out of Tongguan this time to take back the fields in everyone's hands and redistribute the rent money and food. It will be collected according to the standard of previous years.”

Therefore, Li Mo easily mobilized tens of thousands of civilians in various counties and counties of Luoyang to carry grain and grass with the army.Baggage, transportation of wounded, ready to provide assistance for the army to fight.

"Generalissimo, King Chuang?" Li Guo, Li Zicheng's nephew, reminded him in a low voice when he saw his uncle wandering about.

"By the way, take a look at Mr. Wu's letter. The summer rations from all parts of Henan have already been put into storage. We don't have to worry about military rations anymore!"

It seems that there is not much grain collected for one bucket per acre of land, and there are no high-yield crops at this time. Intercropping and intercropping are all high-tech means.However, the large area of ​​arable land in various parts of Henan cannot be supported.This land is known as China's staple food kitchen!What's more, there is food provided by the lands of so many clans such as King Fu and King Lu?Enough to support Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's hundreds of thousands of troops!

"oh oh!"

Li Guo also stared at the little stars, no food and no soldiers, especially in this famine year.It can be said that as much food as you have in your hands, you will have as many soldiers and horses.

"This letter is not allowed to be circulated outside! Especially," Li Zicheng pointed to the outside of the hall.On an old tree at the gate of the hall, Luo Rucai's "Cao" flag is tied to a branch slightly lower than Li Zicheng's "Chuang" flag.

Li Guo naturally understood what Li Zicheng meant, he folded the letter and put it in his arms. "King Chuang, a letter from our businessman in Shandong has arrived. A large number of food, grass and military equipment will arrive in a few days. Do you want to ask Luo Shuai's nephew to work hard? He just finished fighting Zuo Liangyu a few days ago and is now in Xiangyang. Let’s take a rest. Then go north by the Han River and go to the border of Henan to meet him?”

This is a strategy that the uncle and nephew had already discussed.As soon as the matter of Sun Chuanting has a clue, we must immediately deal with Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Ge Liyan and others.However, the fighting power of Wang Long's Feilong Battalion frightened the old battalion, and Li Zicheng would be very reluctant to call Luo Hu's Zhenshan Battalion to go head-to-head.Therefore, I had no choice but to make this bad move and tune the tiger away from the mountain.

"Alright, I will explain this matter to the general in a while, and ask him to give Wang Long the order!"

"It won't take a while! Our old Cao will give the order now!"

With a haha, Luo Rucai walked in from outside the hall with a smile on his face. It seemed that he had also learned the information about Sun Chuanting's entire army being shortlisted.

"Let's not fight head-on with Lao Sun. First cut off his food road, and then startle his herd like hunting, and let his army know that the back road is cut off, and the whole army will be panicked. Then, we Just," Li Zicheng pointed on the map.He told the generals of Chuangcao's family about his tactical arrangements.They are all familiar with the topography of Lingbao and Tongguan, and they have entered and exited here several times, if they are not familiar with it.How many times have I died!

"There is no way to survive, surrounded by three and one missing. Let them flee in the direction of Tongguan! Let the hills and ravines of Lingbao help us kill at least 1 old grandsons! Deplete the strength and morale of his army! Let's just chase after them and attack from the side." ! Also give the Generalissimo and the brothers who broke into the camp a bad breath! Take revenge on Tongguan Nanyuan back then!"

Luo Rucai's words immediately inspired the morale of the generals who entered the camp to rise, and the generals of the two families were gearing up to mobilize their cavalry and rush out.Intercept this grain transport team, and then cut off Sun Chuanting's connection with Tongguan!

After a short discussion, Li Guo and Cao Ying General Yang Chengzu led [-] elite cavalry and [-] to [-] infantry. supplies and loot.

During this period of time, the soldiers and horses of Chuangcao's family have been ambushing in the deep mountains, escaping the heat under the shade of bamboo trees, training soldiers and resting horses. Right now, both their physical strength and morale have reached a peak.

Eight thousand cavalry each set out from their own camps.They assembled at the designated location along the mountain road and waited for Li Guo's order.

In the distance, the smoke and dust rising from the vehicles of the brigade can be vaguely seen, but Li Guo ordered the whole army to get off their horses and rest, and wait for those bright thieves to smash their heads into our knife-edges!

Li Guo ordered people to climb to the top of the tall tree to watch the Ming army.The remaining parts were scattered among the woods to rest and wait.

The soldiers who broke into the camp didn't make a sound at all, they were very solemn.Li Guo walked around the camp and noticed that the soldiers were all waiting to fight, and they were full of energy.Morale was high, and to his satisfaction, none of his subordinates dared to talk casually, even whispered.So he often heard the chirping of birds in the trees, the rustling of the leaves when the breeze came, and the slight sound of war horses grazing.He walked under a big tree, where there were more soldiers sitting, but no one made a sound.Instead, there was a woodpecker, grasping on a thick tree trunk, supporting its body with its tail, pecking at the wood rhythmically, making a sound like beating a snare drum.A soldier is looking up at a woodpecker, admiring its feathers.Li Guo felt happy when he saw this peaceful scene.He said to one of the generals who followed him: "Training soldiers should be trained like this. Orders and prohibitions are all in accordance with the will of the general. Only in this way can we be as quiet as a virgin and move as if we are a rabbit." Then he walked to the Caoying soldiers to rest The place, but did not go deep inside, for fear of alarming everyone.He only passed by the side, but he saw some people playing leaf games, some whispering jokes, some talking about women, and small group laughter from time to time.Yang Chengzu saw him from afar and greeted him.He smiled, nodded and did not go over.

A scout who was watching from the tree slid down from the tree and whispered nervously to Li Guo: "General, it seems that something is wrong. The cavalry vanguard of the Ming bandits suddenly stopped. Maybe they noticed us. The ambush!"

Li Guo secretly called out bad!The large group of cavalry is hiding in the woods, no matter how concealed it is, there will be clues!Birds and beasts fleeing far away will tell others silently that there is danger here!

"Call to stand in line! Get out of the forest!"

With a sound of standing in line, the cavalrymen of the two families took off their reins and slowly walked out of the woods. Looking at the cavalry that appeared silently in front of them, the cavalry that seemed to never end, clearly The cavalry of the army guard and grain transport team became a little silent and timid!

There was a little confusion, and more than a hundred famous scholars lined up and shouted in unison: "Brothers who broke into the camp, our Shaanxi folks will not beat Shaanxi folks! Our general master has something to discuss with your general master!"

"Don't get me wrong! Don't shoot arrows!"

Under a hastily made white flag, more than a dozen servants escorted the generals who escorted the food and grass to the place between the two armies. "The villager who broke into the camp opposite is here? Please come out, a certain family has something to say!"

To Li Guo's surprise, the general in front of him came to negotiate business with him!

Knowing that the general who broke into the camp in front of him was Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Guoshi, nicknamed a tiger, the general laughed like a flower.

"General Li, we are all folks from northern Shaanxi, so we might as well be clear about what we say. I am escorting half a month's food and grass for the more than 1 army of Governor Sun, as well as [-] barrels of Nanban gunpowder, and [-] shi of lead. Life-saving kits for [-] people. They were all transported from Hedong to Guanzhong a few days ago. I will sell these things to you for a price, and you will give me money, and open a hole for me to go back to Xi’an. I will send these materials Hand it over to your army intact, what do you think?"

"Joke!" Yang Chengzu rode up from behind. "I'm going to kill you with real swords and guns, and these food, grass and supplies are also my father's! Why should I give you money to let you survive?!"

"This should be General Yang from Cao Ying, right?" The participating general was rather courageous, looked at the recognition flag behind Yang Chengzu, and sneered twice: "General Yang, you know, the rabbit If I am in a hurry, I will bite. If I don't make some preparations, how can I come here to discuss business with you two? You might as well use the clairvoyance in your hand to see that the soldiers in my camp are urging the civilians to carry the gunpowder and vegetable oil to the grain and grass. In front of the car. As long as you disagree, we will break up. You might as well try, even if you kill us all, you will lose a lot of brothers, and you won’t get so much food and grass. , weigh yourself!"

Sure enough, with the help of the binoculars in his hand, Yang Chengzu could see clearly with a livid face. With hundreds of carts, the soldiers of the Ming army were urging the peasants to carry the heavy gunpowder barrels and vegetable oil barrels, which were piled up in a mess near the grain and grass carts. Their intention is very clear, once the conditions cannot be negotiated, they will set fire to the materials.Relying on the cover of the fire, they either escaped or fought against the rebels.

The scene in front of them immediately put Li Guo and Yang Chengzu in a dilemma.Hit, definitely no problem.It is simply too easy to wipe out this team of only a thousand people with the combat power of [-] elite cavalry and [-] to [-] infantry.However, once a fight broke out, not only would the food, grass, and supplies not reach his own hands, but they would become accomplices in killing and wounding the rebel brothers.

"Okay! Since we are all from northern Shaanxi, let's do this business!" Li Guo's expression changed from cloudy to sunny in an instant.Dang even summoned the military commander and ordered him to go to the old camp to fetch the silver taels, "Add [-]% to the market price!"

"Okay! It really is a tiger! Talking and doing things are fun! In this way, General Li, these folk husbands will also be left to you, and I will take my brother away!"

The general attendant carefully collected the cash withdrawal voucher issued by the secretary of the old battalion with the secret mark, and prepared to go to several Shanxi merchants' shops to withdraw money after returning to Xi'an mansion.Touching the hard mulberry paper in his hand, he had a pleasant smile on his face, and couldn't help but thank Li Guo for his generosity.

"Go back and tell the brothers in each battalion that we will charge [-]% of the market price for food, grass, gunpowder, lead bullets and the like! If you want to change some pocket money, just come to us!"

Li Guo was just like an old friend, reluctantly seeing off the general's team as they headed west. (~^~)