The lights outside Lanzhou City are brightly lit, and the ditches, mountains and rivers that stretch for fourteen miles intermittently surround the huge city, making it impossible to enter or leave.
In just a few days, all the defenders in Lanzhou City understood the strategy of the Marshal's Mansion. They besieged Lanzhou City without attacking, and instead looted all directions to obtain food and grass.
On the evening of the fifth day of April, Zhu Ying, a member of the Qianhu family of Lanzhou Guards, led his sixty Ding banner troops out of the city because his family members were outside the city. Before he could reach the bridge, he was shot at by gunmen scattered across the bank and died on the spot.
Only three people and eight horses returned to the city.
He Renlong gritted his teeth at the sight of the city and said to You Shilu, whose face was livid: "Liao Town has a great wind-chasing spear. Liu Thief has Cao Yao, an old soldier from Saarhu under his command. He was once a member of the Beijing Army Firearms Battalion and specializes in this."
device."
You Shilu glanced at him while leaning on the battlement, his eyes hidden under the torchlight with hidden thoughts: "They are all General He's soldiers, they are treasures of every family."
He Renlong stared, you sick old man, please don't dirty me: "Commander, what virtue can you expect from a humble position? In the past, they were border soldiers of the imperial court, then they were deserters, and now they are rebels of the imperial court."<
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You Shilu glanced at He Renlong, who looked cowardly, and didn't listen to his nonsense at all. No one in Yansui Town knew that Liu Chengzong was sent out to find food by you.
He waved his hand and said: "I won't tell you this, but let the troops go. Why did you let out all the capable people?"
Facing such soul torture, He Renlong said nothing because You Shilu asked the wrong question.
He was very sure that among the teams released from Yuhe Fort, Liu Chengzu and Cao Yao were pretty good officers, while Liu Chengzong was different from others in his selection of forwards.
Those soldiers were indeed the most incompetent people in the fort, but they were still good soldiers, but they just didn't get the opportunity to receive complete military training.
He did his best to keep all the elite veterans with the court. Even though the court thought he had 600 people, he actually only had 300.
He also wants to keep all the soldiers under his command, but he is an officer, and an officer's primary mission is to win when troops are needed.
The military rations given by the imperial court were so little that six hundred men could not be fed. Although three hundred men were a little less, when they were full, they could work hard, and if they worked hard, they could win.
He tried his best to solve the problem of food rations for the soldiers, and those who went out were not restrained. As long as they had a knife in their hand, no one had to worry about food and clothing.
It's not that he let the capable people run away, but that the court simply couldn't keep the capable people.
If nothing else, just promotion, this so-called general sounds nice, but what is it actually? It almost blocks the promotion path of the people below.
When He Renlong looked at You Shilu, a bunch of grapes came to mind.
The man at the top of this bunch of grapes is called Zhang Chen, a famous general who was active in Longqing and around the town during the Wanli period. Anda Khan once wanted to use the Helan Mountain to attack Oara, but Zhang Chen was rude because he refused to let him pass.
An Da had a bad temper, and Zhang Chen had an even greater temper. He dug up the Chishui mouth of the Second Canal of Han and Tang Dynasties and made An Da give up his attack plan.
In the next three years in the border market, where Zhang Chen was guarding, the Mongols did not dare to make any noise.
Zhang Chen has three grandsons named Zhang Yingchang, Zhang Quanchang, and Zhang Dechang. Zhang Yingchang was promoted to Shanxi Commander-in-Chief this year as the deputy commander-in-chief of Yansui Zhending border; Zhang Dechang was appointed deputy commander-in-chief in Baoding; Zhang Quanchang was in Lanzhou City at this time, serving as the governor's standard camp.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
The father of these three people was Zhang Chenyin, the eldest son of Zhang Chen. He first served as the commander-in-chief of Yansui and later as the commander-in-chief of Guangning. He died in Fushun in the 46th year of Wanli.
At that time, there was a guerrilla general under Zhang Chengyin who was the commander-in-chief of Yulin. His name was You Shigong. He was dismissed because of Zhang Chengyin's death in battle, and was later activated by Yang Hao. Sarhu belonged to Li Rubai's tribe. He died in Shenyang in the year of Tianqi.<
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You Shigong's second brother You Shiwei was the commander-in-chief of Changping at this time, and his third brother was You Shilu in front of He Renlong.
The chief military officer of Yansui Town has been in the surnames of Wang, Jiang, You, Du, Zhao, Zhang, Bai and Hou for more than a hundred years, and only ten people can get one foreign surname.
Finally, if you have multiple foreign surnames, this foreign surname will bring out a large number of Guai people, making it more difficult for those who come after you to move up.
Of course, these people are all capable of fighting, but who among the military generals can’t fight?
In the awkward silence between the two, a commotion broke out in the east of the city at night, and it seemed that the cheers of the defenders could be heard in the distance.
You Shilu quickly sent someone to ask, and soon a soldier reported back, saying that Mr. Huang Qian was back.
Mr. Huang Qian, whose name is Huang Ming, is the general of the Hezhou camp. Yesterday evening, under the order of the governor to practice state affairs, he led his 500 train troops to break out from the east of the city where the bandits were besieging the city with fewer troops, to contact Lintao Gongchang's army.
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Lanzhou's terrain faces the Yellow River and has Wuquan Mountain at its back, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Liu Chengzong's siege army was forced to divide the siege into the east and west. There were more troops in the west and fewer troops in the east. However, a cavalry group bypassed Lanzhou City from the north bank of the Yellow River and headed east.
This situation was originally very beneficial to the defenders. As long as they took a little risk, they could create opportunities to severely damage the siege army in the east of the city, and then turn around to defend the west city.
However, the main disadvantage of Lanzhou City is that it has the Suwang vassal mansion. The huge scale of the city also makes it difficult to dispatch troops and generals, and there is no risk at all.
Therefore, even though there were not many besieging troops in the east of the city, the defenders were unable to maneuver and could only follow the defense and rely on foreign aid from the east.
Huang Ming's train armaments are powerful and very reliable. They are equipped with Quansheng war light vehicles improved by Liu Tianhe during the Jiajing period. The vehicle weighs 150 kilograms and has a three-foot-one-inch high single wheel and four legs. The front two
The legs are nailed with round iron rotating shafts and can be stowed away when traveling.
The vehicle is equipped with a small Wolf cannon with a charge of three liang and an ammunition weight of three liang; a swarm of bees; a three-eyed blunderbuss; a fire tube; four carbines, two large axes, a saber and a hook.
, also carried pickaxes, shields, antlers, iron ropes, military tent supplies and other items.
This group of people put the long board on the cart, rushed out with the cart in groups of five, and used the Banqiao to block the trench. Even the Dongcheng army, which was less powerful in besieging the siege, was unwilling to stop them.
The general in charge of the east city is Zhang Tianlin. Liu Chengzong gave him an order not to let King Su escape. The army only needs to prevent the large troops from interfering with Yang Yao's movement of food in the east.
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These five hundred people had cars, cannons and shields. Zhang Tianlin thought about it and looked carefully with a telescope. After confirming that they were all soldiers, he let them pass. He only sent cavalry to inform Yang Yao in the east of the news and asked him to
Be careful with this death squad.
Zhang Tianlin is also from the border army management team, and is very familiar with this kind of old-school chariot. The Buddha Wolf machine mounted on the vehicle is called No. 4. It weighs 30 pounds, is light and fast, and is like an iron bastard when setting up camp.
It's not impossible to insist on eating them, but there are no high-value targets in them, and the cost is too high, so it's unnecessary.
It's better to see what they want to do.
In the end, this train army did nothing. They wandered outside for a day and a night, and then came back. There were just a little more people. They gathered some wealthy squires who had been robbed of money and food by Yang Yao, and headed towards Lanzhou City with their heads covered.
Chong.
Zhang Tianlin wonders if this tortoise formation is traveling here?
No matter what, Mr. Qian Huang Ming is the hero of Lanzhou City, but he failed to bring good news to Lanzhou. Instead, he brought bad news that Jin County had been captured.
That night, Lian Guoshi had people prepare meals for the frightened rich gentry, and handed over the task of guarding the West City to You Shilu. He summoned the generals and elected an old man from among the gentry to report on the situation outside the city.
In the official office in the outer city of Lanzhou, the old man kept talking about his grievances, saying how much food and utensils were taken from his home by thieves, even down to a vase from the Jingtai period, which made the governor and generals drowsy.
Sleep.
He Renlong listened and burst into laughter.
They have all arrived in such a field. The peasants carrying money and grain from the Marshal's Mansion are crowded with each other in the west. The mule trains are traveling on the Yellow River from morning to night. More than a hundred wealthy families have been robbed in the countryside, and the money and grain transported to the river mouth exceeds one hundred thousand? Within a few days, a wealthy family near Lanzhou suffered a disaster. It is unknown how many tragedies occurred. As far as He Renlong knew, there were two good people from the countryside who cherished their money and spared their lives. They gathered their tenants and tenants to defend them with guns and guns, and finally made a fortune for themselves.
The family must be destroyed.
The sky is falling! Who cares about these three melons and two dates in your family?
Zhang Quanchang reprimanded the old man: "Old sir, just be content with your life. How is the enemy situation outside the city?"
When the enemy's situation was mentioned, the old man was more anxious than if he had been robbed of money: "Wuyangyang's cavalry rode up to the city wall, first attacked Qingshui Fort, and then Jinxian County. It's gone, everything is gone!"
"What nonsense!" Lian Guoshi glared and said angrily: "How can the war horse ride on the city wall and someone opens the city to surrender?"
The old man knew that this room was full of high-ranking officials, but he did not lie. He immediately panicked and wanted to defend himself, but Zhang Quanchang stopped him before he could say anything.
Zhang Quanchang didn't seem surprised to ride up the city wall, but was more annoyed. He calmed down a little and said to Lian Guoshi: "Sir, Qingshui Fort has not been able to allocate money for repairs in twelve years."
He Renlong, who was standing behind, sighed, he knew it.
He knew that it was about repairing the city wall. He was very familiar with this matter. While serving as the garrison of Yuhe Fort, his most important job was to ask Yulin Town for money to repair the city wall. From taking office to being promoted, the city wall of Yuhe Fort
Not even repaired.
This is because he sends troops to fill the gaps in the city wall with soil and wooden planks every year. If he doesn't fill it, Yuhe Fort will probably be like Qingshui Fort today, which can be climbed directly on horseback.
Thinking about Qingshui Fort, it is normal that the fortress walls are not taken seriously. Who would have thought that in Jincheng, we would encounter enemy attacks?
Lian Guoshi's face was full of disbelief and annoyance, but he couldn't say anything.
There is no doubt that this is his dereliction of duty. Since he took office, this governor has neither patrolled nor patrolled. He has focused his main energy on supervising the army and suppressing thieves, leading the armies of the five towns to fight back and forth from east to west in Liupan Mountain.
What's more, even if he doesn't supervise the army, he can't patrol. Today's Shaanxi Province can't even go two hundred miles out of Guanzhong without leading troops.
In fact, let alone practicing state affairs, it is hard to imagine that the Marshal's Mansion army attacked the city on horseback. Even Yang Yao did not expect that he would be able to ride on horseback to climb the city in this life.
Of course, the person who thinks all of this is most outrageous is Liu Chengzong.
At the same time that Lian Guoshi and others received the news in Lanzhou City, in the camp west of Lanzhou, Liu Chengzong was also summarizing the battle reports sent back by Yang Yao in order to draw the latest situation on the map.
Yang Yao made it very clear in the battle report that when Anning Fort was broken, Yang Yao led his army across the Yellow River from Dongjin, Lanzhou, and raided Jin County in two directions at Yingpan Mountain. On the way, he plundered the rich and rewarded the poor, sweeping through forty
From Yuying, go straight to Qingshui Horse Station in Jin County.
The Yuzhong Basin east of Lanzhou is very militarized. During the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing went to Hexi to build a fort and set up camp here. By the end of the Han Dynasty, it directly became Han Sui's base camp.
Since then, it has gone back and forth several times and changed hands, so that ancient abandoned earthen forts and military camps can be seen everywhere in the area. Most of the names of local settlements are named after a certain camp.
However, this militarization did not bring difficulties to Ma Camp.
Because in these settlements named after the battalions, the people living in them are all banner soldiers, military remnants, or common people who are related to the banner soldiers. Yang Yao was guided by these banner soldiers to rush over the mountains and ridges, and everything was familiar to him.
The roads are familiar and it feels like going home.
It wasn't until I arrived at Qingshui Station that I finally got a rejection.
When the postmaster of Qingshui Mayi saw him from a distance, he closed the city gate and ordered the postmen to get weapons to defend the city. There were not many postmen, but Yang Yao didn't have any siege equipment at hand, so he didn't want to attack the city. p>
But it was also here that Yang Chengzu, the commander-in-chief Qian Zong, reported that there seemed to be an opportunity to take advantage of Qingshui Fort, which was only one mile away from Yicheng.
Yang Yao went over and took a look and saw that there was a big gap in the wall of Qingshui Fort. The slope of the wall was so short that it was as tall as a person. You could jump up on it on horseback. He immediately ordered an attack on the city and drove horses, donkeys and mules to the bottom of the city.
The defenders didn't have much momentum in their defense. They thought that there were thieves in the Yuzhong Basin and Lanzhou City must have been captured, so they only fired two rounds of cannons, the first round was aimed at the sky, and the second round was aimed at the ground. They were frightened.
If Yang Yao doesn't leave, he will surrender.
There was nothing they could do if they didn't surrender. Originally, they had to climb onto the city on horseback. After they finished fighting in the sky, the sergeants driving the horses came down to the city, and after firing their cannons on the ground, they found that the enemy did not need to jump on horseback.
The city is here.
He just stepped on the horse corpse and rode on the horse.
Qingshui Fort surrendered, and the postmen of Qingshui Post quickly killed the officers and surrendered. Then some surrender troops volunteered to go to Jiangtiao City, followed closely by the defenders of Shizichuan Fort and Jiehe Pass who heard the news and fled. p>
As for Jin County, Jin County is a pretty good medium-sized city. It needs a moat and a high brick wall, but... it has no soldiers.
The city had thousands of battlements, but only a few dozen people were strong. It was a pity that there were three soldiers in the city. One of them ran around the city shouting when Yang Yao's cavalry was thinning the city, calling on the people to climb the city to resist the enemy. He was shot by an arrow and died. p>
There were also two brothers who came from Lintao, named Ding Guangyao and Ding Guangcai, who were also scholars. They dared to lead a few companions with whips, horses, spears and galloping, trying to clear a way out.
Liu Chengzong put down the battle report and shook his head. It's a pity that they are not traitors. This kind of courage and skill alone cannot fight against the army.
He sighed and wrote back to Yang Yao, telling Yang Yao that he needed to make it clear to the people that the Marshal's Mansion was not an enemy of the people and would not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Then he used his signature to pay tribute to the dead soldiers, and the people who defended the city set up monuments to record their biographies, and took some rice grains from the looted rich people's belongings to provide compensation, not to record their unnecessary sacrifices against themselves, but to commemorate their protection of their neighbors.
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No matter what happens, the world will always need heroes like this.
Of course, at the end of the letter, Liu Chengzong emphatically told Yang Yao that after the monument was built and people's hearts were almost healed, he immediately pacified Jin County. His brother Liu Chengzu had already set off from the South Road to Pinghe Prefecture, and they would finally meet in Didao. Move the food back as soon as possible, there are still two Khans in the west waiting for him to clean up.