Chunjiang Plumbing Duck Prophet, no one knows how the battle will turn out, but the nineteen coffin shops in Lanzhou City are open every day, and business is booming.
The common people, who have elderly people at home, rush to order coffins. There is no such shop in this village. It will be difficult to buy coffins when the army and the Western invaders have a big battle.
As the saying goes, people have many mouths, and Lanzhou City has the most people, and Lanzhou City has the most mouths.
The Shaanxi governor of the imperial court discussed with the border commanders of the five towns about fighting for several days, and the whole Acropolis was rumored to have received a reply from Gansu Marshal Yang Jiamo.
Marshal Yang said in the letter that even if Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Xingshan's troops were infected with smallpox, the five towns in Guanzhong and Gansu Town would have to be fought by them.
Yang Jiamo also wanted to come to Lanzhou to fight, but the tigers and rabbits of the Han tribe were watching covetously outside the border wall, and tens of thousands of Mongolians were so hungry that their eyes glowed green.
The Ganzhou frontier army had just fought with them in the north. They lost more than 30 lives and recovered more than 400 heads. Even the poorest banner army complained about this battle and captured more shabby coats than he did.
The tattered coats of the Ma Banner Army are still tattered.
Yang Jiamo was born as a hereditary Liangzhou guard and served in four towns. He had been competing with the Mongolian soldiers for half his life. He had never seen the Northern Tartars destroy the border wall and form an infantry formation to come in and rob the fort.
Moreover, they only focused on robbing livestock and rice and flour, and did not take away the corpses of the company... They were so hungry that they even ate the horses. This fierceness made Yang Jiamo dare not mobilize any more troops.
The reason why we discussed the war and defense for several days was because although Lian Guoshi had set the general policy of rushing troops to attack Hehuang, the commanders of the towns could not reach a consensus on the specific combat ideas.
The root lies in He Huchen.
Among the five frontier commanders, Lintao commander Wang Chengen, Guyuan commander Yang Qi, Gansu deputy commander Wang Xingshan, Ningxia commander He Huchen, and Yulin deputy commander You Shilu, only He Huchen and Liu Shizi had fought head-on.
People value his advice, but he is seen as very unreliable.
Because his suggestion was to let these tens of thousands of people squat in Lanzhou. Liu Chengzong would not cross the river, and they would not cross the river. They would squat until the end of summer, rush into Hehuang, destroy as much of the fields as they could, and then come back and squat.
Wang Chengen, the commander-in-chief of Lintao whose old mother was deeply trapped in enemy territory, became anxious when he heard this: "Commander He, could it be that he frightened the Liu thieves and still defended until the end of summer? How about I and others submit a letter to the court to build a border wall in Lanzhou?"
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He Huchen's face was not a slap in the face, but He Huchen's face was black at that time. He could not turn red, but turned into the black and purple color of pig liver. He slapped the table and cursed: "Fucking fart, Liu Shizi's men are all my Ningxia."
Bing, I wonder if he can fight?"
Wang Chengen was already ready to quarrel with He Huchen, but when he heard this, he opened his mouth and said nothing.
On the other hand, Guyuan Marshal Yang Qi, who was smoking a celadon pipe, had a bright face. He was a native of Lanzhou. Tobacco was grown here many years ago. He also had the habit of smoking pipes. He tilted his mouth and said angrily: "There are also my soldiers.
, when King Qin came back, this bastard kidnapped all the soldiers for me."
After that, Yang Qi slapped his pipe on the table, clasped his fists at everyone and said, "Fight as you wish. Guyuan soldiers will not go anywhere until the armor and horses assigned to me by the imperial court arrive in Lanzhou."
Yang Qi especially wanted to ride alone to Hehuang to fight Liu Chengzong one-on-one. He was the one who hated Liu Shishi to the core.
No one named Yang in the world has ever provoked Liu Chengzong. Originally, the Guyuan army mutinied once and lost many elite soldiers. Later, he went to King Qin and transferred some of them. Some of them died in the battle, and some of them ran away in Shanxi, thinking that they could return.
Guyuan replenished his troops, but he did not expect that a bare Guyuan was waiting for him.
The food is gone, the soldiers are gone, and the horses are gone.
He had no soldiers to use, and the imperial court ordered him to go around to suppress bandits and quell the chaos. What could he do? He recruited a bunch of hungry bandits from Liupan Mountain, scrawled equipment, and went to suppress the bandits under the imperial edict.
The problem is that his soldiers are hungry people and thieves. What about the thieves?
The thieves are frontier soldiers who have left the army.
In the first battle of the new Guyuan Army, 400 officers were stared at by six thieves for a quarter of an hour, and eight people were shot to death. Yang Qi led 800 of his men to support them, and launched an attack on them with a force of 1,200.
He pursued him, but six thieves turned around and charged him, forcibly defeating him.
This difficult battle was won only by Yang Qi's clapping of horses and swords, shooting two people to death and hacking two people to death.
Commander-in-Chief, I was like a teenager, charging forward and retreating behind, suddenly it seemed like I was back twenty years ago.
He was too embarrassed to tell others what kind of life he had spent this year. It was all about suppressing thieves and quelling chaos. The whole adventure of Yang Qi.
The last few people looked at You Shilu who lowered his head and said nothing.
You Shilu had been guarding northern Xinjiang for more than thirty years. He fought hundreds of bloody battles with the Mongols and was covered in scars. The frequency of battles in these years was extremely high. The peasant army was particularly good at mobile warfare. After sleeping in the open air, he had already become sick from overwork. Last year, he was injured by an arrow during the battle to suppress the bandits in Shanxi. He had just recovered from his injury. During the war, his eldest son, You Renlong, who took the lead in climbing the city, died of sores on his feet from an arrow, which also gave him a serious mental blow.
This fierce general who once beat a fool to death with an iron whip outside the border wall is now skinny and scorched when he was ill, and he indulged in love and sex, and has long lost the heroic spirit of the past.
Even when he entered the hall to discuss matters, You Shilu did not wear armor. He only took his nephew You Yangkun to sit in the middle of the hall sickly. When he saw everyone looking at him, he said: "Liu Chengzong is a soldier of Yansui.
Sui’s soldiers are all good soldiers."
Wang Chengen couldn't help it anymore.
"Your Majesty the Governor!"
He sighed heavily through his mouth and nose with a sullen face, and clasped his fists to practice state affairs: "In my humble position, please transfer Zhao Shifan, chieftain of Didao, He Yongji, chieftain of Hezhou, Ma Guoji, chieftain of Minzhou, and Hou Chengqing, chieftain of Taozhou, to lead Hezhou to command.
Han Wanbu, Minzhou commander Zhao Yingchen, Minzhou local official Hou Xikui, Sheng Fan Hongji, Taozhou chieftain Yang Chaodong, Taozhou Zan Fan Zan Chengfu and others came to help."
Lian Guoshi frowned and said: "The commanders of the five towns have gathered their troops here, and I have two standard battalions. Isn't the strength enough?"
"The general is a soldier's courage. Please take a closer look at the commanders in charge."
Wang Chengen stood up, looked around at the generals, and named them one by one: "Huchen, who is huddled in the city, Marshal Yang, the leader of the peasants and soldiers, You Shilu, who is suffering from old age and illness, and Wang Xingshan, the smallpox poisoner in the Hebei garrison, how, what, win!"<
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For a moment, He Huchen slapped the table and stood up. Yang Qi also pointed at Wang Chengen and yelled. You Shilu looked down at his waist, stood up and asked his nephew to go to the door to get the sword. There was a chaos in the hall.
You Shilu was furious. Wang Chengen said it as if he was shamelessly willing to come. If the leaders of the Forbidden City hadn't approved the resignation letter, he would have returned to Yulin to live in peace and happiness, and dragging his sick body to fight in an unlucky place like yours? p>
Last year in Liaozhou, Shanxi, Li Zicheng captured the city of Liaozhou, hoping to use it as a place to rest and recuperate, and to establish a plan to pacify the people.
The officers and soldiers fought the battle beautifully. Just six days after announcing the plan to calm the people, You Shilu led his troops to drive Li Zicheng away. However, he himself was seriously injured and his son died.
The rebel forces in Shaanxi are already very strong, and You Shilu doesn't want to provoke Liu Chengzong, who is more powerful than Li Zicheng.
Yang Qi was even angrier than You Shilu. You Shilu was in poor health and had trouble getting on his horse. Yang Qi was in good health, but what others faced was lack of pay. He was in lack of pay and food.
Horse, no armor, no soldiers.
I just saved a Guyuan army for Lao Zhu’s family, and now I’m here to be scolded by you!
In fact, there is no personal relationship between the two marshals. They have fought side by side many times. However, this time Wang Chengen's mother was trapped in enemy territory, and he was very anxious.
If the army is sent out one day late, the old mother will be discovered by the rebels, and she may be killed.
Lian Guo Shi hurriedly tried to appease the commanders, and finally got the three of them to calm down. He Huchen held his fists again and taunted: "Commander Wang, you keep saying you don't want to fight a Salhu. Let me tell you, sending troops will be a Salhu."
Before Wang Chengen could speak, Lian Guoshi frowned and said: "He Shuai, how can you say this?"
"The Huangshui River Valley is much narrower than Liaodong, and he has to rush in to attack the nest and demand a successful battle. Whether the army in the valley can be dispersed is a question. How can you encircle it? How can you succeed in a battle without encircling it?"
"The division of troops is even more of a joke. Chieftain Lu of Yongdeng Liancheng in the northwest has asked for help several times and has already fought with Liu Chengzu, the rebel general in Xining. Wang Xingshan's Gansu border army came from that way. Who dares to take that road except the Gansu army?"
"For the remaining four towns, the troops can only be divided into two groups. If Liu Chengzong gathers heavy troops in the river valley..."
He Huchen asked questions one after another, and finally couldn't talk anymore. The more he talked, the more he felt that the outcome of this battle would be either Saarhu or Huanglongshan.
"Gather a heavy army and fight him!"
Wang Cheng'en said: "Is it possible that I and the border troops can't defeat the rebels like him?"
He Huchen sniffed. What a coincidence. He thought the same way three years ago. Later, Liu Shizi's armed force was named the Ningxia Frontier Army.
In fact, when the five towns in Guanzhong are gathered here, many people have discovered problems. The biggest problem for the imperial frontier troops now is no longer the lack of food and wages caused by the drought.
But under the influence of mutiny and rogue bandits, the troops changed.
Their commanders and senior generals have not changed, the mid-level generals have slightly changed, and the low-level generals and soldiers have all changed.
The most vulnerable areas to fight at the moment are definitely Gansu and Lintao. Otherwise, why would Wang Chengen be so tough? It's just because there haven't been many mutinies and bandits here. He will have troops there and will not be affected.
Needless to say, Yang Qi, the title of leader of the peasant soldiers is very appropriate; You Shilu's Yulin soldiers have almost been replaced, but there are many people in the border guard station, and with a little training, they will become a brave and capable army.
He Huchen was not much better. Although he reorganized his troops after the defeat and was still able to beat Hu Duntu violently, he always felt that this new Ningxia army was formed too hastily and was not as powerful as the previous one.
In the Huanglong Mountain camp, the scene of the injured soldier with a broken leg, leaning on a crutch, and jumping to defect to the Liu thief left a deep impression on him.
His son He Zan's psychological shadow has not yet healed, and he has become a staunch anti-war activist. He always feels that the officers and soldiers fighting for the imperial court to suppress thieves is an unjust war.
He Huchen really didn't want to lose again, otherwise he felt that one day, the Qinghai Marshal's Office would annotate his life with the big gilded characters on the letter of appointment.
He Huchen, chief military training officer of the Qinghai Marshal's Foreign Affairs Commission in Ningxia and other departments.
He Huchen retreated into the city, not as a coward without considering anything, but after considering all possibilities and thinking that defending the Yellow River in Lanzhou was the most appropriate approach.
Although the idea of destroying farmland is very vicious, in He Huchen's view, this is the only way to completely annihilate Liu Chengzong. Otherwise, they have little chance of winning against Liu Chengzong who has extremely high execution ability with five towns like them.
The only option is to drag and destroy the Hehuang grain, defend the south bank of the Yellow River, and force Liu Chengzong to invade Gansu. Gansu cannot produce grain. At that time, Liu Chengzong will either go against the grain or suppress his generals and cause civil strife. Then the trouble will be solved.
But this is just like knowing that destroying food is wrong, but still thinking in this direction; sometimes people know what to do, but it is meaningless.
Hehuang cannot afford it, and Lanzhou cannot afford it.
Liu Shishi can arbitrarily integrate manpower in Hehuang according to his own ideas, collect fields and register households, but they can't. They have no way to take away the annexed fields, and they can't rob those who have a lot of food.
The most important thing is that practicing national affairs cannot be delayed.
Because Yang He was coming, it was Yang He's political achievement that Liu Shizi accepted the imperial edict. It was by recruiting Liu Chengzong, the strongest man in Shaanxi at the time, that Yang He entered the Ministry of Rites.
Now that Yang He is coming, Lian Guo Shi believes that he will definitely avoid labeling Liu Shishi as a rebel, and may even come to persuade him to make peace. Lian Guo Shi cannot wait until he comes, he must send troops.
It was Yang He's credit for persuading peace, and Shaanxi's responsibility for losing Hehuang. Lian Guoshi clearly understood this in his heart.
He was convicted of meritorious service by the imperial court when he put down the rebellion last year. He was able to escape the culpability only by leading the army back and forth to put down the rebellion.
If it happens again, I am afraid that Lord Chongzhen will directly ask Emperor Taizu to take him away.
If he didn't want to be taken away when practicing state affairs, he had to find a way to get Emperor Taizu to take Liu Chengzong away.
In the end, the Lanzhou heavy army adopted Wang Chengen's tactics, practiced state affairs and urged the Lanzhou guards to prepare some weapons and horses for the Guyuan army, and then promulgated the expedition regulations.
A unit of Wang Xingshan of Gansu was transferred to Yongdeng to support the chieftain of Liancheng Lu.
In order to congratulate Huchen, You Shilu, and Yang Qi, the three armies, together with Taozhou local soldiers, opened westward from the front of the river mouth.
With Wang Chengen's most powerful force, he transferred the chieftains of He Prefecture and headed west from the south bank of the Yellow River. He waited for an opportunity to cross the Yellow River north from Jishiguan, Saxi Station, Guidesuo and other places, and attacked Xining from the rear. Nianbo cut off Liu Chengzong's retreat.
Attack the abdomen and back.
Lian Guo Shi personally led his lieutenants Zhang Quanchang and Zhao Dayin to march with the main army to Hehuang, and led the Lanzhou Guard Banner Army to plan the supplies and strive to win the battle.
By March 12th, the five towns in Guanzhong, which had been prepared for a long time, slaughtered sheep and pigs and swore to go out to fight. They crossed the Yellow River in a mighty manner, spreading lime and sulfur for ten miles, and set foot on the land of Hehuang.
He Huchen rode his horse westward surrounded by sergeants. He took a deep breath and looked around at the Ningxia Army's marching line in the winding valley. He was a little relieved. It seemed that the soldiers were quite relaxed.
But what he didn't know was that in this new Ningxia frontier army, which was formed from 300 Huanglong Mountain survivors, the veterans took special care of the new recruits.
"Go quickly, don't be afraid. Fight when you have to fight. If you really can't fight, surrender. If you don't have time to surrender, throw down your weapons. Let me tell you, Mr. Liu Er never kills prisoners and pays them travel expenses!"