Blood from Daming

Chapter 473 Battle
The next day, Li Xiaoyong came to the hillside to observe the enemy's situation again in the early morning. The officers and soldiers of Yansui Town and Jiazhou had no intention of going out to fight. They were just walking and training in the camp peacefully. Li Xiaoyong estimated that the Ming army at the foot of the mountain should be waiting for follow-up reinforcements. , now Li Xiaoyong's head is getting bigger, because of Gao Guiying's stubbornness, he left two thousand Xue's troops in Liujiashan, a small place that is not conducive to cavalry operations.

But a few days ago, Li Xiaoyong received a secret letter from the young master from the Sixth Brother Xue of Datong Mansion. The secret letter asked the Xue family army of Datong to fully support Gao Guiying to gain a foothold in Shaanxi. Military operations in northern Shaanxi.

The young master's secret letter and Sixth Brother Xue's statement all prove that Gao Guiying's identity is extraordinary. This is the main reason why Li Xiaoyong has repeatedly accommodated Gao Guiying. The mother Yan Sanniang ghostwritten it. Out of her preference for women, Yan Sanniang made a decision that was very beneficial to Gao Guiying, but Yan Sanniang did not expect that her decision would cause a big oolong in later history.

After Ma Ming inspected Xue's army's three lines of defense, he also rushed up the hillside to meet Li Xiaoyong. Ma Ming saw Li Xiaoyong and said, "Brother Li, it seems that these Shaanxi officers and soldiers will not come out today."

Li Xiaoyong looked at the camp at the foot of the mountain and cut off the way for Xue's army to leave Liujiashan. He turned to Ma Ming and said, "Yes, the Shaanxi officers and soldiers have blocked our way. If we don't destroy their camp, we can't leave calmly."

Ma Ming said: "Brother Li, the Shaanxi Army may not be beaten, why don't you let my younger brother go to the camp of the Shaanxi Army."

Li Xiaoyong said: "Forget it, your cavalry are good at fighting in the field, and my firearms battalion is good at field warfare. Siege of cities and villages is not our specialty. If you do it reluctantly, you will only hurt soldiers. Let's wait and see."

Li Xiaoyong and Ma Ming disappeared behind the hillside. Yansui Governor Yue Hesheng and Yansui Town Counselor Chen Hongfan also went down the hillside to look at the camp. Yansui Governor Yue Hesheng said: "General Chen, the two leaders who left just now, He should be the leader of the Xue Family Army team."

General Chen Hongfan of Yansui Town said: "Lord Yue, the second general's guards are neat and tidy, and they are indeed worthy of being a strong army of the Ming Dynasty."

Governor of Yansui Yue Hesheng let out an "噷" and did not speak. The general Chen Hongfan said: "Master Yue, speaking of Xue Yun's great achievements, even a commander-in-chief has a low position. Now he is only a deputy general, and The Xue family's army, Xue Polu, made great achievements in destroying Liaoyang City, but the imperial court did not reward them for their meritorious service, and they could not strictly restrain the Xue family's army, so it seems that there will be troubles in neglecting the Xue family's army."

Yue Hesheng, governor of Yansui, said: "General Chen, this governor has already told General Cao Wenzhao, General Cao Wenzhao, the East Road Counselor of Yansui Town, that General Cao's troops will arrive at any time. At that time, we will kill Liujiashan and let these rebellious officials and thieves Knowing their shameful end."

General Chen Hongfan was overjoyed when he heard this: "If General Cao arrives, great things will happen."

When Xue Jiajun and the officers and soldiers of Yansui Town and Jiazhou confronted each other in Liujiashan, Cao Wenzhao, the general of the East Road of Yansui Town, asked for help from his friend Yansui Governor Yue Hesheng, and got Yue Hesheng's guarantee to settle the general army. After Wei Wei's promise, he personally led [-] officers and soldiers to Jiazhou to help in the battle.

At the same time, at midnight on the side wall of Hequ in Shanxi, a group of 5000 Mongolian cavalry joined 7000 disguised Ming army officers and soldiers. At dawn, more than [-] Mongolian cavalry walked around the city from Hequ City. The soldiers and civilians in Hequ City were silent, but this The Mongolian cavalry did not stay in Hequ, but went all the way south. The soldiers and civilians in Hequ broke out in cold sweat.

As soon as more than 7000 Mongolian cavalry arrived in Fugu County, they changed their position in Hequ, Shanxi Province, and killed all the towns in Fugu County that could be robbed. However, if you are careful, you will find that these Mongolian iron cavalry only target the government and big households, and the inexhaustible food and property are scattered on the roads, allowing the common people to pick them up.

The next day, the Mongolian cavalry headed for Shenmu County. The entire county of Fugu County was shocked overnight. When the Mongolian army left, the magistrate of Fugu County went out of the city for a circle. In just one month, Fugu County was hit twice in a row, and the economy of the whole Fugu County regressed for several years. When the turnaround was about the same, the magistrate of Fugu County discovered that the most severely injured gentry and big households were from The official came closer, which made Fugu county magistrate look at Shenmu county and sigh, the June debt is really repaid quickly.

The Mongolian iron cavalry copied the atrocities of Fugu County in Shenmu County, and even became more brutal. They retaliated wildly against the hometown and relatives of the local militia that participated in the siege of Gao Guiying. At one time, they made a gesture of attacking Shenmu County, but in the end they just tossed It disappeared from Shenmu County in two days, but the government of Shenmu County, which was already frightened, dared to open the city gate for the people to enter and exit after two days.

On the second day after General Cao Wenzhao arrived at Liujiashan on the East Road of Yansui Town, the Shaanxi Ming army began to attack Liujiashan. Chen Hongfan's troops were dispatched first. In the front, Zhang Xianzhong's face was already scarred, but his left hand didn't work well after taking the pellets, and he still felt like he couldn't exert his strength at all, but he still had more than enough to command his men to fight.

After Chen Hongfan received Cao Wenzhao's promise to be the main force to break through, he invested a thousand officers and soldiers at a time to conduct a tentative attack. However, despite the shouts of bows and arrows from the officers and soldiers of Yansui Town, the Xue family army in Liujiashan stood still, just waiting for Chen Hongfan's thousand officers and soldiers to charge. When they were within fifty steps of Xue's army's first-line position, a cloud of smoke rose from the position.

Then there was a bang, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang

Many of Chen Hongfan's men fell down the mountain like rolling stones, but the mountain was very face-saving. They only fired a volley of guns and stopped shooting. Just like this, the Shanxi Ming Army was completely bankrupt. When a thousand officers and soldiers returned, more than 100 people were killed or injured. , and didn't even see the shadow of the enemy on the mountain, Chen Hongfan was so distressed that tears flowed out.

Cao Wenzhao, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, looked puzzled and asked, "Master Yue, this doesn't seem to be the horse bandit you mentioned."

Governor of Yansui Yue Hesheng said hesitantly: "General Cao, this is the governor who knows that these horse bandits have firearms."

Cao Wenzhao said hesitantly: "Lord Yue, Lord Chen, is there any loophole in your information?"

Chen Hongfan had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "These horse bandits may be the rest of the army that escaped after the annexation of Datong last year."

Cao Wenzhao said: "That's it, Mr. Yue, this bandit soldier is quite strong, see if you can use it."

Governor of Yansui Yue Hesheng said: "General Cao, these thieves are predatory. It is absolutely impossible to appease them first. In the worst case, we must suppress them first and then appease them."

Before Cao Wenzhao said anything, his nephew Cao Bianjiao pulled his uncle to give a speech. Cao Wenzhao and his nephew Cao Bianjiao reluctantly took a few steps away from Yue Hesheng and Chen Hongfan. Cao Bianjiao said: "Uncle, we can't fight this foolish battle. .”

Cao Wenzhao asked: "Jiao'er, why is this?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "Uncle, my nephew heard about a round of horse bandit firearms and fired nearly a thousand rounds. With such combat power, it is difficult for Xue's army to have two. It is unlikely that they are ordinary fugitives. If we attack rashly, the casualties of officers and soldiers will be reduced." It must be very big, don’t say that you won’t get credit for coming out privately this time, maybe you will be punished by the court.”

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and asked, "Jiao'er, how do you know that the horse bandits have nearly a thousand fire orders?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "Uncle, my nephew worked with Deputy Commander Xue Yun in the capital. In the past two years, Xue Yun has made great achievements in battle, and the weight of success is the fire system, grenades, and explosives. The four shots fired just now are actually Four rows and one round, so it can be concluded that it is a thousand fires. Such a team must be Xue Yun's direct descendants and will never betray. Then we are surrounded by Xue Yun's Datong Army. There must be some secrets in it, uncle We cannot be someone else's scapegoat."

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and brought his nephew Cao Bianjiao to Yue Hesheng and Chen Hongfan. Cao Wenzhao said to the two: "You should tell the truth, or the general will let go."

Governor Yue Hesheng was helpless, and briefly explained the situation that Gao Guiying and the horse bandits might be Xue Jiajun. Only now did Cao Wenzhao know that he was deceived by his friend Yue Hesheng, but they all came, and Cao Wenzhao is also now. There is a dilemma, you Xue Yun can disregard the court of the country for a woman, but I, Cao Wenzhao, want to do the opposite.

Cao Wenzhao became angry, and wanted to teach Xue Jiajun a good lesson. After seeing Cao Wenzhao knew the truth, Yue Hesheng and Chen Hongfan not only didn't get angry, but deliberately fought with Xue Jiajun. The two were overjoyed, and immediately praised Cao Wenzhao for a while, and used Cao Wenzhao's language to fight Xue Jiajun desperately.

Regardless of Cao Bianjiao's dissuasion, Cao Wenzhao insisted on destroying the Xue family army on Liujiashan, so Cao Wenzhao, Yue Hesheng, and Chen Hongfan discussed and decided to send more than 1000 guards from Maozhi County of Jiazhou and Guo Jingsong, the garrison inspector. The soldiers of the militia marched to the front. Maozhi County of Jiazhou and Guo Jingsong, the garrison inspector, were forced to smile when they received the order, regretting why they kept asking for reinforcements, but now the rescuers have become their own ghosts.

Guo Jingsong, the magistrate of Mao County in Jiazhou, and the garrison inspector Guo Jingsong had no choice but to coax and deceive more than 1000 militiamen from the guards to Liujiashan. Fortunately, many of the militiamen had blood feuds with horse bandits. The desire was very strong, and this drove the whole team forward. It didn't take long for the more than 1000 people to rush to the middle of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)