The Stubborn Thief Chapter 482 Liu Chengyun’s Judgment
In fact, Chengyun was so panicked that his legs were shaking.
He has never experienced a major rout, nor has he experienced a rout when his two brothers were not around. At this time, the entire army had no backbone. Instead, because of his bloodline, he was taller among the dwarfs and was forced to become the backbone. p>
It just so happens that his family knows their own affairs. At this time, Liu Chengzu and Liu Chengzong can carry this big beam to reorganize the team and stabilize the front. Among the three brothers, he is the only one who cannot do it.
It is not difficult for him to gather the defeated troops and stabilize the front, but where should he stabilize the front? Chengyun doesn't know.
The most damning thing is that there is no one around him who can make decisions. Basang and Xie Erhu are the two weakest brigade marshals in the Marshal's Mansion. All the generals of the two Tunmu brigades are tied together, and their ideas are not as good as those of the field camp.
General.
But Chengyun can't blame them. He knows very well that Basang and Xie Erhu have maintained a super level performance in this battle that lasted for nearly four months. It is true that our strength is limited and we are third-rate players. We are super level.
His performance is second-rate.
The only way we can survive this long is to work together to overcome all difficulties. It would be rude to have higher expectations.
Since Xie Erhu's troops retreated outside the city and Bai Guangen attacked Zhuanglang Wei City fiercely, Cheng Yun's brain was numb. Basang and Ah Liu came forward to suggest a breakout, and Mimi Huhu agreed to follow him and ran out.
It wasn't until people arrived at Xi Datong Hebao that Cheng Yun's mind became a little clearer and he began to think about what he could do. While sending people to look for Xie Erhu, Weasi and Ahai Daiqing from Hehuangdong Pass, he summoned Basang and Ah Liu.
, asking why you came here.
Fortunately, Basang and Ah Liu were not running around. They were frightened by the fighting power of Cao Wenzhao's cavalry. They discussed breaking out from the first day Bai Guangen attacked the city. After two days of discussion and repeated arguments, they came up with this idea.
How to run to the Liancheng Mountains to defend the West Datong River Fort.
The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. If they stay in the city, they will die for a hundred lives. If they run south to fight with the Ming army and run into Cao Wenzhao, they will die for a thousand lives. The only choice is to run to the mountainous area to the west.
The Fan soldiers were not flexible enough to form large formations in the plains, but they were able to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses when they traveled through mountains and rivers as if they were walking on flat ground and fought with the Ming army in the mountains and forests.
Chengyun understood this and asked: "Liancheng, can you hold it for three months?"
Basang and Ah Liu looked at each other, not knowing.
Basang led the soldiers to fight several bad battles with the chieftain in Kangning Mansion, but they were all fast forward and fast retreat, and no battle lasted more than ten days.
Ah Liu was quite experienced, having fought hundreds of battles with She Chongming when he was young, but even with his experience in defending the city, he was not confident, and the city captured by She Chongming was eventually lost.
Now Chengyun asked them to estimate how long they can defend by relying on the Liancheng Mountain area. How could they know?
The two of them didn't talk, but Cheng Yun probably knew what was going on. He was wondering if this could go on like this. I may not trust your strength, but you must not doubt yourself!
The self-confidence of a general has been wiped out. Isn’t this going to end sooner or later?
Therefore, he encouraged: "Although Zhuang Langhe is defeated, the two generals should not be discouraged. We are just a partial division on the battlefield. The more troops they waste on us and the longer they spend, the easier it will be on my brother's side. Isn't this the truth?
?As long as my brother wins, we will lose a hundred times and win in the end!"
In fact, Chengyun himself didn't know what he was saying. Anyone in northern Shaanxi who dares to behead someone or sell someone is stupid and bold. If you pick anyone at random, they will be reliable.
He is different from others. He is timid. Deep down in his heart, he never thinks that he is a reliable person. He just forces himself to be reliable at critical moments.
Fortunately, Liu Chengzong's prestige was as solid as Mount Tai in Basang's heart. When Chengyun brought up his second brother's name, Basang was no longer afraid and nodded: "Yes, even if we die to the last man, we will not ruin the commander-in-chief's affairs."
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Ah Liu and Basang had nothing in common. Hearing this, he frowned and said: "If you want to die, you can die. I haven't raced with Liu Guoneng yet, so I can't die. Third General, leave the defense of Liancheng Mountain to us."
After that, Ah Liu glanced at Basang. No matter what, it is always a good thing to have friendly troops who don't take his own life seriously. He said: "General Ba will not let the Ming army enter Hehuang from here before he dies." Ah Liu immediately led the Yongning Battalion officers to set up defenses in the mountains, dig trenches and lay traps; Basang called on the Xifan Battalion to fight to the death and issued military orders that those who died without merit would not be spared and reincarnation was prohibited.
Liu Chengyun's mission is even more important. He must ensure that Hehuang can survive until the day Liu Chengzong wins.
The first place he wanted to go was Dongguan Town in the Five Towns of Hehuang. There were five enemy towers built by Liu Chengzong by taking out bricks from Xigu City. They were also the direction in which Xie Erhu's Mongolian brigade fled.
On the road, Cheng Yun’s mind was filled with all the things he should do. He had to first stabilize people’s hearts and then stabilize his defense.
The situation in Hehuang is unprecedentedly chaotic. Compared with the Xifan Brigade, whose military morale is still stable, Chengyun is more worried that the Mongolian brigade's military discipline will deteriorate after the defeat, and that the defeated army will attack the five towns in Hehuang.
Therefore, before they arrived at Dongguan Town, they had already sent two of their victorious followers to the five towns with orders. First, they summoned the township soldiers. Second, they sent orders to the township officials to mobilize the people to recruit troops. Third, they... broke the news of the defeat on the front line.
Inform Liu Xiangyu and ask his second uncle to prepare in Xincheng and Xining areas.
The news of the collapse of the front line was too dangerous for them. People's hearts were agitated. At best, they looted and hoarded, killed people and bought goods. At worst, the powerful chieftains rose up in rebellion. If a careless battle did not result, the civil strife would end first.
After winning and returning, he rushed to the five towns, and then he received a message from Xie Erhu... It was not for him, but for Mr. Liu of Xincheng.
What he was most worried about did not happen. Although Xie Erhu was defeated neatly, he did not flee without hesitation. He led his army to a rout. It looked scary, but this was also the ancestral strategy of the Mongolian army to advance when it was favorable and retreat when it was unfavorable.
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The Mongolian soldiers were accustomed to being defeated. After being defeated, they would reorganize and retreat normally. During the normal retreat, Xie Erhu temporarily transferred Dalhan from the army to form a forward force with 133 cavalry.
, all of them are masters who can shoot a hundred-jin war bow.
However, Cao Wenzhao's army first lost touch with its infantry and cavalry as the pursuit deepened, and then the cavalry group changed into a small group. However, while they were camping and eating, they were suddenly attacked by the Mongolian soldiers who had restored the organization of Xie Erhu.
The light cavalry charged headlong and swallowed up the 200-horse team with more strikes and fewer blows.
In addition, Ahai Daiqing was also sent to maneuver in the opposite direction from Hexi to overwhelm 800 infantrymen.
Xie Erhu said in his heart that his grandfather could not do anything else. He followed the commander back and forth from Xining to Qamdo. He was accustomed to traveling thousands of miles. Running dozens of miles here was nothing!
After several small-scale counterattacks, Cao Wenzhao's dispersed cavalry were beaten to death, and they steadily gathered in the camp for defense. The follow-up infantry also moved tremblingly, and the marching speed was significantly reduced.
However, despite the argument, Xie Erhu still had a clear understanding of the strength of the enemy and ourselves. He could not assemble his troops for a head-on confrontation and could not defeat him. He had no choice but to surrender, but Zhuanglang Guard City had to be saved. After all, he did not know that Basang had run out with Chengyun. As soon as he saw that Cao Wenzhao had been held back, he turned around and asked Lanzhou to move reinforcements. In his mind, the only field camp that could compete with the Ming army was the Marshal's Army field camp, so he had to call out Wang Wenxiu.
Therefore, Xie Erhu wrote to Mr. Liu, telling Mr. Liu not to worry. Although the front line was defeated, I was thinking of a way to follow Wang Brigadier to turn defeat into victory and rescue Liu Chengyun.
This letter made Chengyun feel quite warm in his heart, but he quickly wrote to Xie Erhu and Wang Wenxiu, saying that he had come out, Zhuanglang was no longer wanted in the city, and Wang Brigade must not abandon Lanzhou.
Liu Chengyun has his own judgment on the battle situation.
He estimated that his brother should have entered Jiayuguan by now, otherwise the Ming army would not suddenly change tactics. But to fight from Jiayuguan, even if there is no fighting all the way, just marching will take more than a month. Counting the fighting, even if the march is rapid, it will be short.
March, as long as a year and a half, is inevitable.
In his letter to Wang Wenxiu, he mentioned that what the Marshal's Mansion needs now is not the victory or defeat of one city or one place overnight. It is impossible to reverse the defeat and regain the lost ground. What is important is to form a long-term relationship with the Ming army in the Hehuang Valley.
A stalemate.
At this point, abandoning Lanzhou and retaking Zhuang Langwei would be harmful to the overall situation. Wang Wenxiu must ensure that Lanzhou is in the hands of the Marshal's Mansion in order to better protect Hehuang.
This letter was sent to Wang Wenxiu who was stationed in Lanzhou, and the overall situation of Hehuang's defense was stabilized by Liu Chengyun.
When the Ming army entered the Liancheng Mountains from the north, it was defended by Basang's Xifan Musket Battalion; when it attacked Dongguan Town, it had Xie Erhu and Mongolian soldiers on the one hand. Even if it lost, there was still Wang Wenxiu who was blocked by the Yellow River and could cut off its retreat. p>
Wang Wenxiu received the letter in Lanzhou, but he did not sit back and relax.
Although he personally led a field battalion, with three nearly full battalions of Luo Rucai, Li Wanqing, and Yang Chengzu, and the Lintao Brigade composed of the old Ming army under the command of three surrendered generals Shi Xiang, Li Zude, and Zhang Yunqi, it had a strong force, but
With the fall of Zhuang Langwei, we have to face the Ming army from the east and west, so we don't dare to be careless.
To the south of the Yellow River, he sent Li Wanqing to build camps and fortresses in Dongchuan, Xigu and other places; he sent Luo Rucai to levy all the ships on both sides of the Yellow River to Henan; and he sent Yang Chengzu to lead his army across the river to build camps in Shajingyi and other places north of the Yellow River.
Set up a stronghold and send Tangqi through the mountains to the Zhuanglang River Basin to ascertain the enemy's situation.
The intelligence came and went in two days. Wang Wenxiu in Lanzhou City had a little understanding of the battle situation, and he couldn't help sighing that the fighter opportunity was fleeting.
In fact, he was more optimistic about Xie Erhu's original idea. If Basang defended Zhuang Langwei more resolutely and Cao Wenzhao was completely pulled away from the battlefield by Xie Erhu, he could take the opportunity to eat up Cao Wenzhao's entire battalion.
But now that Basang has abandoned the city and broken out of the siege, and the reinforcements from the three battalions behind Cao Wenzhao are converging, he will risk the Lintao Brigade's rebellion by sending troops again, and there is little chance of annihilating the enemy.
At this point, Wang Wenxiu fully accepted Chengyun's three-way defense idea and made one suggestion: Ask Liu Chengyun to recruit troops in the five towns of Hehuang and recruit a large number of troops.
Wang Wenxiu's words were sent to Dongguan Town. Cheng Yun held the letter and read it several times before he realized that these sentences were two suggestions.
He didn't even know whether the recruitment later was really necessary, or whether Brigade Commander Wang was looking for his face and just made an excuse.
To put it bluntly, Liu Chengyun, don’t be on the front line of the battlefield.
The Marshal's Army is different from the Ming Army, but the people's hearts are the same. Where the vassal state is, the Ming Army generals will not dare to run unless they don't want to go through it. The same goes for the Marshal's Army generals. The place where Liu Chengyun is is surrounded, who dares
No help?
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This in itself is not a problem, but Liu Chengzong dragged all the elite field regiments from the Marshal's Army headquarters to Gansu, leaving behind only second-rate or even third-rate regiments that are good at maneuvering and fighting, and they tied their feet and refused to let them go. How to fight like this?
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Liu Chengyun thought that since Xie Erhu had gathered his troops and arrived in Dongguan Town, he would go to Hehuang Five Towns to recruit troops and escort grain and weapons to the front line, which was still his job.
But just the night before he was about to leave Dongguan Town, he received an unexpected letter.
The person who wrote the letter was from the Shaanxi Township Party. He said that he was doing something now and had two battalions of elite soldiers and horses. He was tired from fighting outside and wanted to borrow a place from the Marshal's Mansion to rest for a year and let him buy and sell clothes freely.
Provide him with food and grass, make bows, knives and arrows, and help him cast six heavy cannons.
In exchange, he is willing to offer thousands of taels of gold and relieve the siege of Lanzhou for the Marshal's Mansion. Regardless of whether it is Yang Yanchang, He Renlong or Zhang Yingchang, he will practice state affairs and fight whoever he chooses.
The signature is Zhang Xianzhong, the Eight Great Kings of Xiying.
To be honest, Chengyun was quite confused at first when I read this letter.
He didn't know who Zhang Xianzhong was. Even if someone talked about the Yan'an Prefecture police officer, it was very likely that Zhang Xianzhong had seen him, but he had not seen Zhang Xianzhong.
Ren Quan'er has informed the Marshal's Mansion about the gathering of Shaanxi bandits in Longxi. Mr. Liu is worried in Xincheng and hopes that these people will go elsewhere. However, Liu Chengyun has been in Zhuanglangwei recently and can't take care of those coming from the southeast.
Leaders from all walks of life.
Leaders from all walks of life chose to come to Longxi in unison, and everyone knew their intentions. They wanted to cooperate with the Marshal's Mansion to attack and defend each other. The joint operation would have a higher chance of survival. They were all well-intentioned.
But in Mr. Liu's opinion, regardless of his intentions, it's a bad thing if he comes over... This is not because he is small-minded.
Liu Chengzong occupied such a large territory in the northwest, but he did not dare to raise 100,000 soldiers and horses; the four Oirat tribes occupied the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but they did not have 100,000 soldiers; the three brothers Huo Luochi conquered Uzang, but still did not have 100,000 soldiers
Horse.
In terms of territory alone, Dunta Urus, which is nominally led by Khitan Khan Liu Chengzong, is larger than the eighteen provinces of Han Dynasty, with only about 200,000 soldiers and horses from all walks of life.
But now Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and He Yilong alone have eighteen battalions of soldiers. Counting other leaders and family members, the number exceeds 100,000 troops.
These are all people who need to eat food instead of producing, and a large part of them are soldiers who need to eat good food. What will the regiment eat in the not fertile land in the western section of Qinling Mountains?
Bark grass roots are not enough to eat.
Not only Liu Xiangyu saw this problem, but Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng also saw it. That's why the situation now seems a bit embarrassing. They are clearly facing a hundred miles away, but no one opened their mouths to join forces, surrender or ask for help.
, people are waiting for Liu Chengzong to come back.
However, Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to find Liu Chengyun. The reason was very simple - Zhang Xianzhong was out of food.