As soon as he led his army past Yongchang Guard, Tangqi passed Rouyuan Station in front of him, and ran back in a panic, telling him that the fields had been burned, and all that was left in the fields were piles of ashes from burned straw.
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He thought badly that what Yang Jiamo failed to accomplish at Gaotai was accomplished by Hong Chengchou who guarded Liang Prefecture.
At this time, Liu Shishi was no longer in a hurry to march. When the Chinese army arrived at Tanshankou Fort, he simply sent an order to tell the battalions to stop marching, stationed in the surrounding fortresses, and inquired from the surrendered soldiers about the location of the iron mines and iron kilns, and the location of each battalion.
The generals came to Tanshankou Fort the next day to discuss matters.
Wang Ziyong didn't need to look for minerals. He just contacted the members of the Sanjie Society in the fortresses around Liangzhou Guard and asked what Liangzhou Guard had been doing during this time.
May 24th, early fall.
In the garrison of Tanshankou Fort, a group of marshal's generals with military backgrounds took off their armor and sat in the government office gnashing their teeth. They really hated Hong Chengchou.
Futian means that the summer season is here, and the yin energy is forced by the yang energy to hide underground. For people, it is better to lie down than to move.
In the Gansu area conquered by Liu Chengzong, Song Xian, the commander of Suzhou, Yin Ruyue, the magistrate of Gaotai, and Cao Yao of Ganzhou, all reported to the front line that the wheat harvest had begun, and the farmers worked day and night.
For the soldiers under Liu Chengzong, it was even more difficult at this time. Their armor could no longer be worn. They finally arrived near Liangzhou on Futian, only to find that the bastard Hong Chengchou had cut down all the trees... What a surprise.
The generals were so angry that they rushed to Tanshankou Fort in a hurry, but the military meeting could not be held normally because Wang Ziyong did not arrive. They waited for another two days before Wang Ziyong arrived late.
Wang Ziyong entered the yamen, his eyes swept over the faces of the generals, and finally settled on Liu Chengzong's face. He took out a pamphlet from his arms and presented it to Liu Chengzong: "Commander, Liangzhou... I'm afraid we can't defeat it.
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Liu Shishi was so hot that his forehead was sweating, and he was already irritable. After hearing Wang Ziyong's words, he felt an anger coming out of his heart. He suppressed a slow hum from his nose and opened the printed booklet.
, the more he looked at it, the more he frowned: "City Defense Regulations, where did you get this?"
"Liangzhou City."
As soon as Wang Ziyong finished speaking, Liu Chengzong raised his head in surprise and asked, "You went in?"
"No, Liangzhou has taken extremely strict precautions. It has been guarding the city since ten days ago. Once the city gate is closed, there will be no waiting. Not only outsiders can't get in, but the local people can't get in either."
Wang Ziyong looked at the booklet in Liu Chengzong's hand: "This is what the Sanjie congregation in the city gave to the man outside before closing the door. As a result, he couldn't go back."
As he spoke, he shook his head and said: "There are no more of us in the city."
The Three Tribulations Society suffered a devastating disaster in Liangzhou. When Hong Chengchou was preparing to defend the city, he issued an order to drive out all the servants, helpers, old and weak people who had come to the city within the past three years in order to prevent the White Lotus cultists from infiltrating.
This portrait, apart from the fact that they do not understand the teachings of the White Lotus Sect at all, very accurately frames all the Sanjie members.
Wang Ziyong was very angry at this order. Why did you drive out the White Lotus Sect? Why did you drive out all the Three Tribulations Society?
Liu Chengzong only read a few pages of the booklet, then he raised his head and pointed at the booklet and said happily to Wang Ziyong: "Brother, this is a great achievement."
Hong Chengchou's city defense manual is very comprehensive.
From the preparations for fortifying the city and clearing the field before defending the city, the deployment of personnel and materials, to the loan of rations for the rich and the poor when defending the city, the production and use of various instruments, the opening and closing of the city gates for defense on all sides and the selection and use of ghost soldiers at night, and even
It also includes the daily preparations for a city.
Liu Chengzong can predict that the ghost soldiers will have a great impact on him. Hong Chengchou requested in the book that the suspension bridges on all sides should not be closed, the inner gate should be tightly closed, and the urn gate should be opened and closed from time to time to disrupt the besieging army.
At the same time, 600 good soldiers were selected in the city, led by a general, who were required to dress up like Liu Chengzong's army, and each had a secret signal. They would leave the city at the third watch, slash the camp with knives, and at the same time fire cannons on the city to startle the entire siege camp and call them
Kill each other.
Liu Chengzong could predict that if he had not obtained this booklet, this ghost soldier would be particularly useful to his army... Because his surrender army was dressed almost the same as the Ming army, and the front line of the siege must be the Ganzhou camp, and the ghost soldiers would be
Just make a plan.
What's more, there are many details, such as lanterns hanging eight feet below the city to prevent the besieged army from attacking from behind; felt quilts should be hung on the battlements to shield the cannons and lead arrows, and provide cover for the defenders at night to attack.
When in the city, you can pull up the quilt and overturn the siege army, and guard against the iron hooks of the ladders... even Liu Shizi doesn't know these things.
He had nothing more to say about the manual, so he called the guards and handed it out: "You guys take a look, then burn oil to make ink, carve a board to seal it, remember to change the words that need to be changed, and call the marshal to guard the city book.
All officers in the army will be given one copy."
Those details are not something that a person who has never defended the city can come up with. They are all based on blood experience. He estimated that Hong Chengchou copied this booklet from somewhere else, and he was not polite at all in using it.
Burning fire oil to make ink is a specialty of the hometown of these old Shaanxi people. It is called Yanchuan Shiye. The founder is Shen Kuo, an official of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Because pine ink destroyed the mountains and forests, Shen Kuo learned about Yanzhou and found that the smoke from burning oil was dark and thick. The ink was fine and smooth, as black and bright as lacquer, which was better than pine smoke, and it would not damage the mountain environment. At that time, he predicted that Yanzhou would be Yanzhou.
Sichuan Shiye will definitely become popular in the world.
But this process was not widely used later because oil was not available everywhere. Not long after Shen Kuo's death, the Song Dynasty lost its oil production areas. What's more, even if it did, its cost was actually much higher than that of Songmo. p>
Petroleum is indeed inexhaustible and has many uses. In addition to kerosene, which is not used once in more than ten years, it can be used to make candles, lubricate axles, antiseptic items, and is used for medical treatment of scabies. It can also be used as a filter after heating.
Filter out the bitumen...but these things are highly replaceable.
Therefore, when oil is extracted and used, it should be done nearby. If you have it, use it. If you don’t have it, don’t force it. Just use something else.
The generals of the seven battalions looked at Liu Chengzong's expression, and all of them were silent in thought, guessing that this city would be difficult to defeat. Finally, the general of the Ganzhou battalion thought carefully and asked: "Commander, then we will not march.
Already?"
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Liu Chengzong was happy when he heard it.
Bee Tail Needle has been under a lot of pressure recently, because his Ganzhou battalion is the one who most hopes to attack the city, but along the way, all the acropolis and forts he wants to attack are his own, and he hopes to gain a lot from the battle.
I’m almost pissed off.
Liu Chengzong shook his head and said with a smile: "We must march. We have already come. Why, Governor Hong has strengthened the walls and cleared the country, so I won't go forward? Then why should I come to Gansu? But we must think carefully. That city has a grudge against us.
A siege is bound to be hard."
Since the Battle of Jingnan in the Ming Dynasty, for more than 200 years, Liangzhou has had the surname Yang. Three Yang family members with different ancestral origins have been serving as commanders back and forth, and they are as close as one family.
Yang Jiamo's death at the hands of Liu Shishi meant that almost the entire Liangzhou city had a grudge against him. The anger of the same enemy would make the Liangzhou defenders fight to the death... For the frontline generals, it was naturally enough to only consider attacking the city. p>
But Liu Chengzong couldn't think about it this way, because he had already guessed Hong Chengchou's strategic intentions.
"Hong Chengchou was a food supervisor and counselor. Although I have never dealt with him, he must be a governor of the three sides. I think his move was not just to stop me for a while with the strong walls of Liangzhou City, but also to drag the war into
Winter."
As Liu Chengzong spoke, he looked at the generals with a proud smile on his face, raised his hand and said: "It's all thanks to your hard work. He must have realized that defeating us with wild force is just a fool's errand."
The generals burst into laughter, laughing very happily, as if a great revenge had been avenged.
Because the people sitting in this government office, and a few more of them are the core of the entire Marshal's Mansion in the northwest, and these people were all Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.
Liu Chengzong, Yang Yao, He Huchen, Yang Qi, Zhang Tianlin, Gao Yingdeng, Wei Qian'er, Mo Yujing, Han Shipan, Feng Zhen, Ding Guodong, Bee Tail Needle Zhang Zhen, Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong... one of them counts, life's
For a certain period of time, they were all Ming troops.
Looking at a figure like the Governor of the Three Sides, who was forced to stand firm and clear the country and not dare to fight in the field, how could one not feel a sense of revenge for a great revenge?
After everyone had stopped laughing, Liu Chengzong looked solemn and appointed his guards to pull out the map of Gansu behind him. He turned to Wang Ziyong and asked: "How many soldiers and civilians are there in Liangzhou City?"
Wang Ziyong had just sat down and hurriedly stood up and said: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, there are more than 10,000 soldiers, more than 20,000 people, and the whole city is less than 40,000 people."
"Just a few people?"
Liu Chengzong asked involuntarily and frowned: "Where are the others?"
Gansu Town, also known as the Shaanxi Xingdu Commandery Division, was governed in Ganzhou. Liu Chengzong stayed in Ganzhou for fifteen days. Except for reorganizing three large camps, all his energy was focused on checking official documents.
The entire Shaanxi Province has a population of one million, and more than half of them are concentrated in Hehuang and Zhuanglang. To the north of Gulang, Suzhou and Ganzhou are not very populous, and Liangzhou is the most populous place.
, there are less than 30,000 people in the city, and 170,000 or 80,000 people outside the city.
This is already the result of hard work since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but it still has not been able to return to the population level of the Han Dynasty. The population is pitifully small. Gansu to the north of Gulang Gorge has less than 300,000 people. What is the concept?<
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Liu Chengzong's hometown, Yan'an Prefecture, is a harsh place on the Loess Plateau with thousands of ravines. Before the drought came, the population was only 590,000.
Now Wang Ziyong said that the population of Liangzhou in the city is less than 40,000, so some residents from outside the city must have moved into the city, so where are the hundreds of thousands left?
Hearing Liu Shishi's question, Wang Ziyong whispered: "Hong Chengchou has moved."
To be honest, everyone knows that Liu Chengzong has a good temper, but the generals here also know that Liu Chengzong will be furious when he hears the news.
Because they all came in together from outside Jiayuguan, they were very aware of Liu Chengzong's dissatisfaction with Gansu - there were too few people.
In Hehuang, Liu Chengzong felt that there were few people and few Han people, so he finally entered Gansu. People living in this place do not need to consider where they come from.
For more than 200 years, the Ming Dynasty made countless Chinese-style patches to Gansu and other provinces in the Yuan Dynasty. Now Liu Chengzong took advantage of him. He occupied the place and re-created the Yellow Book, and it was all Han Chinese.
But now you bastard has moved the person away... Liu Chengzong's face was ashen, and he couldn't help but lightly tap his hand on the table. He tried his best to suppress the incompetent rage in his heart, and after a while he asked: "Where did he move it?"
"Songshan, Zhuang Lang, Jinglu, Zhongwei."
Liu Chengzong didn't say anything. He stood up from his chair and turned to look at the map of Gansu hanging behind him.
By this time, Hong Chengchou's strategic purpose was already very clear in his eyes, not only to drag the war into winter, but also to deprive his army of food.
Liu Shishi suddenly realized that this was why Hong Chengchou was not in Shandan and Yongchang's second guard deployed the second line of defense. He deliberately gave Liu Chengzong more than 10,000 mouths.
His military rations were very limited. To conquer Gaotai Ganzhou, he relied on 60,000 shi from Suzhou. Even if he captured Ganzhou, the food and grass would only last until August. After August, he would have to rely on corn and Gaotai interplanted with wheat.
Rice in Ganzhou and other places... This was originally barely prepared for winter. Only by taking Liangzhou can we stably save some grain.
But now a problem has arisen. The land in Liangzhou was harvested by Hong Chengchou. The corn that was supposed to be interplanted until August and matured in August was burned by Hong Chengchou.
The path Hong Chengchou left for him was to fight to the death with the 40,000 people in the impregnable Liangzhou City. There were 40,000 people in the city, and the army he led was more than 30,000.
To the surprise of the generals in the yamen, Liu Chengzong stared at the map for a long time, suddenly shook his head with great satisfaction, and clicked his tongue twice with satisfaction.
When everyone was puzzled, Liu Chengzong turned around and said with a smile: "This guy named Hong is full of evil, but fortunately Liu is lucky."
In fact, he would be a little scared. If he hadn't paid great attention to building the army and completed the reorganization in Ganzhou, he would have had no choice but to follow Hong Chengchou's script and fight with Liangzhou City.
In Liangzhou City, which is hundreds of miles away with strong walls and clear fields, all their food, clothing, and siege weapons must be transported to Yongchang Guards first, and then transported to the front line from Yongchang. This kind of road consumption and pressure is too much for an army that has not been reorganized.
A slight setback can lead to a huge defeat.
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But now, the battalions under Liu Chengzong are fully organized, so even if they encounter setbacks, there will be no big problem. On the other hand, in Shandan, only a few military households in Yongchang are participating in the expedition, and they are still left to farm in the guards, so the pressure on food and grass will be less in the future.<
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However, food and grass are still a big problem. After all, the fields in Liangzhou have been destroyed, and there is a big gap with Liu Shizi's budget, not to mention that Liangzhou City is an insurmountable hurdle.
Based on the thoroughness of Hong Chengchou's plan, Liu Shizi estimated that the food supply in Liangzhou city was very limited. It was calculated based on the use of 40,000 people until next spring. Moreover, the soldiers were in charge and the people were in charge of the food that would not starve to death at all.
Not much.
Unless he kills all the people in Liangzhou city, it will still be difficult to make up for the shortfall in food rations if Liangzhou is captured.
"He wants me to fight with Liangzhou to death, but I will not comply with his wishes. Liangzhou will be surrounded but not attacked - all the generals will obey the order."
As Liu Chengzong spoke, he turned his head and took off his saber and pointed it at the map. The generals behind him stood up and responded, and then heard him say: "Ma Xiang's Tangqi, since receiving the order, have dispersed towards the Wuwei Oasis to detect the enemy... I guess there is no such thing in the oasis."
We still need to take a look at the enemy troops and the Zhenfan Guards in the north of Liangzhou, and persuade them to surrender if they can."
"Feng Yu's camp, after receiving the order, moved to the Gulang Guard Qianhu Station, captured the Gulang Gorge, and guarded the enemy forces in the direction of the Zhuanglang Valley. They should be hungrier than us this winter."
"Wei Qian'er's camp is stationed at Daheyi, the southeastern border wall of Liangzhou, occupying the border wall and supporting Feng Yu; Zhang Tianlin's camp is stationed at Fanwei, North Town, Liangzhou. If they surrender, they will surrender. If they don't surrender, Ganzhou, Su
The second battalion of the state attacked the city."
"If they surrender and Gao Ying ascends the main camp, the Gansu Second Battalion will besiege Liangzhou without attacking. We will attack them when they leave the city. If they do not leave the city, we will let them stay in the city. There are craftsmen teams in the three main camps.
First build the battlefield artillery field and make the clay molds. Other than that, there is nothing else to do but persuade them to surrender."
"Persuading people to surrender will probably have no effect, but God has good intentions, so we must advise the soldiers and civilians. The Marshal's Office has no ill intentions. From Shaanxi to Qinghai, and from Qinghai to Gansu, the people in the place where they pass will be safe.
He never takes pleasure in destroying fields and houses. In this disaster year, Hong Chengchou committed a heinous crime by destroying fields and houses. When the war is over, the Marshal's Office will rebuild Liangzhou."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ziyong and others: "As for the rest of us, those of you who are surrounding the city should do the farming together. Let Yongchang and Shandan take the seeds and plant corn and beans. Anyway, the farming season will be later.
It’s a bit too much, I guess the output won’t be good, it’s a bit of a calculation, especially for those of you who are besieging the city.”
Liu Chengzong emphatically pointed at the besieging troops: "On the premise of ensuring that the Liangzhou army is prevented from leaving the city, use all the surrounding farmland. It doesn't matter how much food you grow, but you must make the people in the city look good."
"Hong Chengchou wants to use politics to solve military problems, so we will use politics to solve him. Even if I can't conquer Liangzhou City, he will never want to return to Gansu again in his life!"
