Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 328

The first day of June in the 28th year of Wanli.

After convening civil and military officials to discuss military affairs in the Chongqing government, Huang Laifu made a final decision on the flat-broadcasting strategy of "attack on all sides and clean up gradually!"Fanglue decided to suppress the rebellion by the Ming army attacking from all directions and attacking from all directions, so as to achieve the goal of comprehensive encirclement, gradual compression, depletion of rebel resources, and finally quelling the rebellion.

At this time, under Huang Laifu's strict order, soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty gathered near Bozhou one after another. .

The deployment is set. On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Huang Laifu will hold a civil and military assembly outside the Chongqing Martial Arts Field.

For Huang Laifu, this swearing-in is very necessary.When Huang Laifu first arrived in the Southwest, facing many civil and military ministers, he didn't know their faces, let alone their hearts. He was afraid that some of them would be selfish and lose the group. Without much reverence and faith, the Ming people at this time still believed in the oath.

The altar swearing-in meeting on the sixth day of the lunar new year can be said to be of a grand scale, which made people's blood boil!According to the opinions of his staff, Huang Laifu set up gods such as heaven and earth, sun and moon, wind and cloud, thunderstorm, mountains and rivers, Sheji, sages, and sages in the Chongqing Martial Arts Field according to ancient rituals.At the swearing-in meeting, Huang Laifu pointed out that Yang Yinglong was rebellious and immoral, and that heaven and earth would not tolerate him. To punish Yang was the same crime as eliminating violence and reassuring the people, and revitalizing the teacher. Our army will surely win!

Huang Laifu's words lifted the morale of the army, and all the teachers and soldiers vowed to serve the Lord faithfully, to die and die for the country.Like anyone who is responsible for the country, he will be sent by both humans and gods!

In the next few days, Huang Laifu was in the midst of dispatching troops and horses and transporting food and salaries. On the twelfth day, the time to send troops had come, and Huang Laifu ordered the Ming troops from all provinces to fight.

The army was divided into eight groups to attack, of which four groups were divided into Sichuan: Liu Ting, the general soldier, led the army to enter from the direction of Qijiang.Ma Kongying, the commander-in-chief, broadcasts from the direction of Nanchuan. Under his command, there are generals Zhou Guozhu, Xuan Fu Ran Yulong and others, and Xu Zhongjia, who is in charge of Sichuan, supervises the army.

Wu Guang, the commander-in-chief, entered the broadcast from the direction of Hejiang, with guerrilla Xu Shiwei and others under his command, and Sichuan Counselor Liu Yixiang supervised the army.There is also deputy general Cao Xibin, who is also controlled by Wu Guang, and broadcasts from the direction of Yongning. Under his command, there are generals Wu Wenjie, chieftain of Shuixi She Shiji and others, and Shi Jingxian supervises the army.

Guizhou is divided into three groups: General Li Yingxiang, Tongtu Zhifu Longcheng, Zhizhou Cen Shaoxun and others broadcast from the direction of Wujiang, and Zhang Cunyi participated in the supervision of the army.The participating general Zhu Heling was controlled by Li Yingxiang, and the chieftain An Jiangchen and others entered from the direction of Shaxi.Chieftain Peng Yuanrui and others entered from Xinglong, and Yang Yinqiu, the inspector, supervised the army.

In Huguang, there is Pianqiao Road, which is divided into two wings.In history, Chen Lin, the chief soldier, was responsible for this, but at this time Chen Lin was in charge of Tsushima Island, so Chen Liangbi, the deputy chief soldier, commanded chieftain Peng Yangzheng and others to enter from Baini, and Hu Guifang, the deputy envoy, supervised the army.Chieftain Shan Yi and others were restrained by Chen Liangbi, entered from Longquan, and participated in Wei Yangmeng's supervision.In addition, Ma Jin, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, led a part of the army, thinking that he would assist Chen Liangbi and others.

Huang Laifu ordered the generals to arrive at Loushan and other passes for a period of time, and then ordered Guo Zizhang to return to Guiyang as the governor of Guizhou, and Zhida to return to Yuanjiang as the governor of Huguang, thinking that he would dispatch the military forces of the two provinces.He himself sits in Chongqing as the governor, holding Shangfang's sword, and presides over the overall crusade. The family camp around him, as well as most of the officers and soldiers brought from the two towns, are all around Chongqing, thinking that they will support the Eighth Route Army.

The use of literati to supervise the army was the result of fierce competition and compromise between Huang Laifu and the civil officials in the Southwest, and his arrangement was also based on the consideration of placing the elite in the direction of Qijiang and Pianqiao.Liu Ting was very famous among broadcasters, and letting him enter the broadcast from Qijiang could greatly influence the rebels in Bozhou.

In the direction of Huguang Pianqiao, Jiangwai has four tiles, and Jiangnei has seven tiles, both of which are occupied by the remnants of Wusi and the evil seedlings of Jiugu, so Huang Laifu sent Ma Jin to lead the army to fight here.

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The army was divided into eight groups, each with about 3 people, a total of more than 20 people, including three-tenths of the officers and soldiers, and seven-tenths of the chieftain soldiers. The [-] troops invaded all parts of Bozhou in a mighty manner. When the Bozhou rebels saw it, everyone was shocked: "This is a real heavenly soldier, which is different from the past!"

The army of the three provinces invaded Bozhou from several directions. Under Huang Laifu's strict reward and punishment measures, coupled with the guarantee of sufficient food and salaries, unlike before, the soldiers this time are all using their lives.

On June [-]th, Liu Ting, the General Soldier of Sichuan, first led the army through Baiduyi, entered Qijiang territory, and faced the Bozhou rebellion army in Qijiang.Qijiang enters Bozhou from Dongxi. The territory is steep and maoqing.

Liu Teng fought hard, and the first governor sent troops to attack Nanmu Mountain, and beheaded 65 of them. The rebels guarding Nanmu Mountain were afraid of death, so they ran for their lives, and Nanmu Village was recovered.Then Liu Teng moved his troops to Yangjiantai Village to set up camp. The warlord attacked hard and beheaded 26 more.A few days later, Liu Teng set up camp and went to Sandong Village. Mu Zhao and other rebels saw that Ming's army was strong and could not resist the enemy, so they fled back to Bozhou at night.Sandong and other villages were taken back into the hands of the Ming army.

Captured the important land of Qijiang, relieved the threat of the rebel army to Chongqing government, and also obtained the first strategic point to enter Bozhou.After the first battle was won, the news spread, and the Chongqing government was in a state of excitement. Huang Laifu ordered to reward Liu Ting and the soldiers who had made great contributions.A few days later, the victors got the silver rewards in their hands, which made the soldiers even more excited.

By the end of June, Liu Ting had already led the army to attack Tongxuan Post, not far from Jiupan, an important military town of the rebels, and news of the successes of the other armies came one after another. There are many walled cities.

On the second day of the seventh month, the Nanchuan army led by Ma Kongying, the commander-in-chief, and Xu Zhongjia, the supervising army, had conquered Sangmu Pass, another important pass in Bozhou, not far from Suiyang.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Li Yingxiang, the general soldier of Guizhou, conquered Wujiang Pass, and the next day, conquered Hehe Pass.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, in the direction of Huguang, Chen Liangbi, the deputy commander of Huguang, and Ma Jinji, the commander of Datong Town, defeated the four bad seedlings outside the river, and captured Tiandu and three hundred Luozhutun.

By this time, Huang Laifu's strategic thinking of "attacking from all sides and cleaning up gradually!" has gradually become a reality.

The Ming army was in full swing, and the Bozhou rebellious army was in chaos.In mid-July, Yang Yinglong hurriedly ordered his son Yang Chaodong to lead an army of tens of thousands to split up to meet the enemy.When Yang Chaodong was facing Liu Ting, Liu Ting personally entered the formation, and a large iron sword was spinning like flying on the horse, and his momentum was crazy.

The Bozhou rebellion army had heard of Liu Ting's prestige earlier, and seeing Liu Ting's unstoppable charge, they were all shocked and said: "Liu Dadao is here!" Suddenly collapsed, Yang Chaodong broke away and left, with only dozens of servants beside him.At this time, the rebellious army became even more timid, only dared to defend the city wall, and did not dare to go out of the city to fight again.

On July 29, Liu Ting captured Loushan Pass.Loushanguan is the front gate of Bozhou. The terrain is dangerous, with thousands of peaks piercing the sky, and only a line can pass through. Liu Ting led the army to climb vines through the middle road, destroy the fence and enter, and finally occupied Loushanguan.At this time, the Nanchuan and Yongning Sichuan armies had also arrived in front of Loushan Pass. The three armies joined forces, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

At this time, in the direction of the Guizhou Army, Chieftain An Jiangchen had captured Luomeng Pass and marched all the way to Dashuitian.The Huguang Army also broke the Green Snake Store.In the four directions of southeast, northwest, several armies have been attacking the core of Bozhou. Yang Yinglong saw that the Ming army was in a hurry, but he had no choice but to embrace and cry with his father and son. , hoping to ease the offensive of the Ming army.

At that time, some people thought that Yang Yinglong's surrender could be accepted in order to achieve the goal of defeating others without fighting. Huang Laifu just smiled coldly and said: "Don't accept surrender in a quick battle, the teacher can't grow old for a long time, and the thieves can't be trusted."

Behead envoys and burn books, but remain unmoved.

At the beginning of August, Bozhou government was recovered, and Yang Yinglong led his family and more than [-] remnants of the army to retreat to the final stronghold: Hailongtun.

On August [-]th, the Eighth Route Ming Army gathered under Hailongdun, and began to build a long siege, and attacked again and again. Yang Yinglong knew that the soldiers were at his neck, but he just stood by.

On August [-]th, concerned about the progress of the war, and because Hailongtun was the last battle of flat broadcasting, Huang Laifu personally led the Chinese army and his family's personal guards from Chongqing to Hailongtun. At this time, this place has become a tragic battlefield. , More than [-] Ming officers and soldiers surrounded a tunzi with a radius of less than ten miles, just fighting endlessly.

For the Ming Dynasty's anti-insurgency army, as long as Hai Longtun is wiped out, it means the end of the war. The officers and soldiers are all eager in their hearts, and Yang Yinglong is also doing the last madness.

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On August 21st, in the early morning, Hai Long went down.

The mountains in the distance were shrouded in mist, and a ray of the sun shot out, shining on Hai Longtun not far away, making it even more majestic and dangerous.

Huang Laifu stared there, motionless.Not far from him, dozens of yellow flags were hunting, and all the standing guards were full of armored confidantes and guards, all of them were motionless like nails, just standing upright by their knives, and their whole bodies were full of intensity. The killing spirit.

In addition, there are many civilian and military generals in iron helmets and armor, Huang Laifu's personal guards, Gu Dadao, Yang Xiaolu, Tian Dafu, Xu Xueshi and others, as well as the hemp that Huang Laifu brought from the two towns. Jin and others, the anti-rebellion generals from various provinces of Ming Dynasty, such as Liu Teng, Ma Kongying, Wu Guang, Li Yingxiang and others also stood beside them, a gathering of elites gathered together.

On both sides of Huang Laifu, Li Hualong, governor of Sichuan, Guo Zizhang, governor of Guizhou, and Zhi Dake, governor of Huguang, also stood in silence, looking at Hai Longtun in the distance with solemn expressions.Although everyone had heard about the danger of Hailongtun, they were still shocked after seeing it with their own eyes. No wonder the 20 officers and soldiers fought hard for several days in Hailongtun after they won every victory, but found nothing.

Looking at the danger in front of him, Huang Laifu also had a dignified expression. He knew that the battle of Bozhou Hailongtun in history was very difficult. After seeing it today, he felt the danger of Hailongtun even more.It is said in the history books that Hailongtun is a place where thieves rely on natural dangers, birds and apes, and those who cannot pass.For this evaluation, Huang Laifu felt that it was not too much.

The thousands of mountains and mountains in this area belong to the remaining branches of Dalou Mountain. The peaks stand tall and the canyons are deep. .Baishashui River Valley and Belt Rock Ditch surround Hailongtun and become a natural moat. Tunbao is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the weather is severe.

Not only that, but there are also nine passes, including Tongzhu pass, Tiezhu pass, Feilong pass, Feifeng pass, Chaotian pass, Wan'an pass and Xiguan pass, all of which are built with huge stones. , The tall parapets are connected one after another, winding and winding with the mountain, forming a triple strict defense system.Every level can be said to be controlled by one man, and no one can open it. It is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Shiji Hailongtun and Diaoyucheng were built in the same period, forming a deep defense system with the nearby "Loushan Pass" and "Dingshan City".At that time, Bozhou and Dali had lived together for 300 years, and Dali was finally destroyed by Yuan soldiers, but Yuan soldiers and Bozhou had confronted for more than [-] years, and they could not take it.Even Kublai Khan at the time knew that Bozhou was well defended, so he avoided Bozhou's attack on the Song Dynasty. This shows the strength of Bozhou's military defense.

Especially when Yang Yinglong was in power in the Wanli year, he mobilized tens of thousands of laborers and craftsmen. It took several years to expand the castle and palace on the basis of the Longyatun built by his ancestors, and built twelve gates before and after. Within the area of ​​square kilometers, there are solid walls and giant fortresses built on the mountains, all of which are built with thousands of catties of huge stones. It also increased Hai Longtun's difficulties and difficulties.

Yang Yinglong was violent and bloodthirsty by nature. Legend has it that during the years of reinforcement and expansion of Hailongtun, the city builders, peasants, and soldiers were strictly ordered to wear a pair of straw sandals every day. To throw off the cliff to feed the wolves.This kind of legend adds to the horror and mystery of Hai Longtun.

Building such a castle in such a terrain is really a huge project, but Huang Laifu has no intention of lamenting the huge manpower and material resources spent on building this castle. He only knows that this kind of castle built on the mountain is very easy to defend. Attacking, one's own forces cannot be deployed, and the Ming army's gun superiority is also difficult to exert. If you insist on attacking, you will only suffer heavy casualties.

In the war to aid Korea that year, the Ming army had suffered heavy casualties when attacking Wocheng, which was less than one-tenth of this risk. If they want to attack Hailongtun hard now, what price will they pay?Especially right now Yang Yinglong in the hoard has more than [-] defenders, he has natural dangers to rely on, hundreds of years of savings to rely on, and brave confidant soldiers to use, this hoard is difficult to attack.

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Staring at this huge military castle for a long time, Jiuguanxiong on the majestic mountains and giant ridges was faintly visible in the distance. Huang Laifu took a last look, without saying a word, and suddenly steered his horse back to the camp. Everyone hurriedly followed Huang Laifu. He remained silent, but his heart was full of emotion for the bloody and bloody hand-to-hand battle that was coming soon. It seemed that there was no other way except for a hard attack on such a dangerous terrain with tight defenses.Just in this way, how many Ming warriors will be buried here?
Around Hailongtun, the fortress guarded by Bozhou chieftain soldiers, there are also vast mountains, and there are very few plains or even hills. Therefore, the camps where 20 Ming troops are stationed are distributed in the surrounding mountains. in the flatlands of the valley.Looking up, all the plains and gentle mountains are full of continuous banners and camps.

In addition, on the various trails entering the camp, people carrying materials gathered like ants, and vehicles, horses and luggage from Chongqing Prefecture and other places were continuously transported into the camp. The materials needed by the 20 army are astonishing. If it were not for the flat broadcast bonds issued by Huang Laifu, it would be difficult to supply the needs of so many troops financially.

After entering Huang Laifu's huge tent, Huang Laifu just sat still and pondered, but how to capture Hai Longtun, the provincial officials had started a fierce debate.Of course, according to the official structure of the Ming Dynasty and the southwestern provinces, the high-ranking civil servants of the provinces are the only ones who can argue at the scene.

As Li Hualong's governor of Sichuan, Bozhou at this time was under his jurisdiction, and Liu Ting, who was brave and diligent in this battle, was his Sichuan general.The war went smoothly, and Li Hualong's heart became eager. Under Huang Laifu's order, his shogunate took out a huge map of Bozhou and hung it up. In particular, the topographic map of Hailongtun in it was more detailed. It was obviously Li Hualong. Did a lot of homework.

According to the picture, Li Hualong showed Huang Laifu and everyone present in detail: "The thief relied on Hailong to store natural insurance to resist the king's master. Hailong has stored this place for more than [-] years since Yang's Tang Dynasty entered the host state. Through his management from generation to generation, it can be said It is extremely difficult and dangerous, and there are even more passes. According to investigations, Hai Longtun has a total of nine dangerous passes, and each pass is built according to the danger, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack!"

Li Hualong pointed to the map and said: "The first pass of Hailongtun is Tongzhuguan. A pass! After Tongzhu pass is Tiezhu pass. The pass faces south to north and faces a valley. It is the north gate of climbing the mountain. There is a lookout post behind Tiezhu pass, which is called by local bandits. It is a resting platform, connecting the upper and lower gates, where the former bandits hoard men and horses and wait for the post inspection!"

"Tongzhuguan and Tiezhuguan are the first defenses of Hailongtun. After passing Xiematai, walk 33 stone steps and pass a mountain bend before entering Feihuguan! From Xiematai to Feihuguan, For the second defense of Hailongtun, the 33 stone steps are all built on the ridge, with bottomless ravines on one side and cliffs cut by knives and axes on the other, which is quite dangerous."

"Feihu Pass is the most dangerous place in Hailongtun. Thieves also call it Suspension Bridge Pass. The pass is built on a steep cliff, and the city gate is made of a huge stone moat halfway up the cliff. It is extremely difficult to attack. There is a rolling stone library for throwing rolling stones. In front of the city gate, there are dozens of stone steps paved with huge stones, which are called the heavenly ladder. It is absolutely impossible to climb one step at a time, but the thieves set up walking obstacles for their defense, so that my attacking soldiers cannot file up!"

"Behind the gate of Feihuguan, there is a huge urn dug on the rocky mountain. After our division attacked the pass, the bandits on the city could use it to stop our division's soldiers. Behind Feihuguan, there is a huge urn carved into the rock wall The dangerous passage on the top is called the Longhu Avenue by the thieves, with a total length of more than two hundred feet. It faces a cliff at the top and a valley at the bottom. , the thieves closed by the flying dragon can come to the rescue!"

Li Hualong looked solemn, and pointed to the pass on the map: "Compared with Feihu Pass, Feilong Pass is more steep. It guards the narrow passage on the mountain ridge, and faces the deep valley of the murderous ditch. It is clear at a glance when you climb up. It is the most important pass for thieves to rely on. "

In history, this Feilong Pass was also the place where the Ming army attacked and hoarded most violently. There was a big gap in Feilong Pass in later generations, which was blasted by the Ming army when it was attacking the pass.

In addition, the deep valley of the Killing Ditch next to Feilongguan is also a place that is frightening.Yang Yinglong's rule in Hailongtun was brutal. During the years of strengthening and expanding Hailongtun, he had stipulated that if someone could not wear out a pair of straw sandals in a day, he would be regarded as a lazy person and be pushed down the cliff of Killing Ditch to his death.Most of the corpses of Hailong hoarding soldiers who died in battle in history were thrown into the killing ditch. In addition to the local people killed by Yang Yinglong in the ditch for many years, the killing ditch was once full of bones.The Ming government built a Haichao Temple in Tunbei after the local government reformed the land, hoping to calm down the grievances in the Murder Valley.

In addition to Killing Ditch, there are embroidery buildings built by Yang Yinglong for his daughters in Feilongguan. These embroidery buildings are built beside high cliffs. If you don't have the guts, you may not dare to climb these embroidery buildings.

Li Hualong spoke loudly, but Huang Laifu remained silent, just looking at the map, the danger of Feilongguan also shocked him.

After Feilong Pass is Chaotian Pass, which was the place where Yang Yinglong greeted and sent off imperial envoys and frontier generals.Together with Feifengguan, it forms the most spectacular group of stone buildings in Hailongtun. Everywhere in the pass, it is built with huge stones. The single stone wall is nearly 15 meters high, which is extremely strong.

After leaving Chaotian Pass, it is Hai Longtun's inner city Feifeng Pass.This is a pass with an urn built with huge stones. It stands on the top of the bun, with a large scale and two gates.On the stone platform above the pass, there is a five-story very spectacular carved high-rise building. This is the flower building built by Yang Yinglong for his five wives, and it is also the command center when facing the enemy.

Hailong's nine passes are all dangerous, especially the third defense line of Feilong, Chaotian, and Feifeng. They are arranged in an orderly manner and form horns with each other. The idea of ​​three-dimensional depth and multiple defenses assumes that in order to conquer these three levels, it is not known how much blood will be shed.

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Li Hualong came together one by one, everyone in the commander's office looked dignified, this Hailongtun is so dangerous, there are many passes, it is extremely difficult to attack, except for Huang Laifu and others, all the officials will stay in Hailongtun for a few days, they all have a deep understanding.In fact, since the beginning of August, 20 Ming troops gathered at Hailongtun. Many days later, the army suffered a lot of casualties, but they did not even capture Tongzhu Pass, the first pass of Hailongtun. There are too many dangers to count, and it is unknown how much blood of Ming soldiers will be shed under this Hai Longdun.

Everyone's expression was ugly, they just looked at Huang Laifu who was at the top.

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