In early September of the 19th year of Chongzhen (1646), Chongzhen led 5,000 new troops, 3,000 cavalry and 800 barbarians to the new army camp five miles east of Pingyiwei. This time there were no more female soldiers in the camp.
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Li Xiangjun actually wanted to come to the front line to participate in the war, but Chongzhen did not agree.
Needless to say, Chongzhen still believed that fighting was a man's business.
There is no problem with women joining the army, but it is okay to go into battle to kill the enemy. This is not discrimination, but there is an irreparable physical gap between women and men.
Some people would say that shooting a gun does not require much physical strength.
The problem is that fighting is not just about shooting. After shooting, you have to charge and fight with bayonets. Women cannot compare with men in these things.
All in all, female soldiers can just stay behind to protect the supply lines.
After all, the Wang and Hu caravans were continuously transporting grain to Pu'an Prefecture along the official road in central Guizhou. Bandits, bandits and even some chieftains along the way were already eyeing this piece of fat.
Wang Pingshan and Hu Renzhi still overestimated the porter's capacity along the way.
This is because they have never transshipped such a large amount of goods before, so there were errors in the estimation, which led to delays in the grain transshipment.
So far, the first batch of 200,000 shi of military rations has been transferred to Pu'an Prefecture.
However, the subsequent 400,000 shi of military rations were still halfway there. The more than 1,000-mile official road from Tongguwei in eastern Guizhou to Pu'an Prefecture in western Guizhou was filled with porters pushing chicken carts and mules and horses carrying grain.
However, the imperial army has already arrived in Pu'an Prefecture and can no longer accompany the caravan to protect it.
Therefore, Chongzhen left the female barracks behind to protect the Wang and Hu caravans.
Of course, it is still not safe to protect the supply line with more than 5,000 female soldiers, so Chongzhen also left Qin Liangyu's 3,000 white-armed soldiers behind. The Shili Xuanfu Division had already shed too much blood for the Ming Dynasty, and Chongzhen really couldn't
I can't bear to let Shili Xuanfu Division have another batch of little widows.
Closer to home, when Chongzhen arrived with his rear army, he saw that 100,000 native soldiers from western Hunan and Hubei had already set up more than 30 camps along both sides of the official road in eastern Yunnan. Basically, there was a big camp for each chieftain, with clear distinctions.
At the very front, less than five miles away from the Pingyi Guards, was the new army's camp.
After Chongzhen arrived with more than 8,000 rear troops, he moved directly into the new army camp.
Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other dozens of leading soldiers came forward to pay tribute to Chongzhen.
"No need." Regarding the true direct descendants of the imperial party, Chongzhen seemed very casual.
"Youzhen and Jianheng, did the rebels take the initiative to leave the city and launch an attack on July 8th?"
"No." Xu Yingwei said, "The rebels of the Pingyi Guards have never been able to retreat. Even after the reinforcements arrived three days ago, they are still unable to retreat. They are just constantly reinforcing the city defense."
Chongzhen said: "Reinforcements are coming? How many reinforcements are coming?"
"At least ten thousand people." Yan Yingyuan said, "Maybe more."
Chongzhen pondered for a moment and then ordered Gao Qiqian: "Gao Banban, please inform Ran Sanniang and ask her to select a chieftain from Shi Nan's Xuanfu Division to immediately attack the Pingyi Guards. You can stay with this chieftain as a supervisor and go into battle.
Tell all the soldiers beforehand that if you capture the Pingyi Guards, each soldier will be rewarded with twelve taels of silver!"
"Old slave, take the order." Gao Qiqian rushed away excitedly.
It's really not easy. Our old man finally became the supervisor again.
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At this time in Pingyi City, Sha Dingzhou was also very confused.
"Mr. Tang." Sha Dingzhou asked Tang Jingbin, "It has been seven or eight days since the army arrived outside Pingyi City, but they haven't even made a tentative attack. What are they doing?"
Tang Jingbin said: "If my subordinates guessed correctly, they should be waiting for some kind of weapon."
"Waiting for some kind of weapon?" Sha Dingzhou's expression suddenly became serious after hearing this, "Hongyi cannon?"
"It should be." Tang Jingbin said, "Although the Hongyi cannon is extremely powerful, it is extremely heavy and heavy, and the official road in central Guizhou is rugged and difficult to navigate, so it cannot be transported quickly."
"We can't let the government troops transport the Hongyi cannon!" Sha Dingzhou was anxious.
"If we ask the army to transport the Hongyi cannon, we will definitely not be able to defend Pingyi City."
"Don't worry, the General Office." Tang Jianbin comforted, "The soldiers from the Xiwushidong Division, the Education Division, and the Gumusi Division have already crossed the mountains and ridges from Yizuo and will launch an attack on the official road in central Guizhou in the near future.
, so the official army’s Hongyi artillery will definitely not be able to reach Pingyi City, at least it will be absolutely impossible to transport it in a short period of time.”
After hearing this, Sha Dingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he has seen the lethality of Hongyi cannon.
There are more than a dozen Hongyi cannons on the top of Kunming City.
It's a pity that these Hongyi cannons are too bulky. Otherwise, he will definitely dismantle these dozen Hongyi cannons and transport them to Pingyi City. In this case, the certainty of defending Pingyi City will be greatly increased.
While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard the faint sound of horns.
Immediately, the general Li Rifang hurried in and reported: "General headquarters, the army is about to attack the city!"
"Have the officers and soldiers finally lost control?" Sha Dingzhou's face suddenly darkened, he stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."
In a short time, Sha Dingzhou, surrounded by Tang Jianjia, Li Rifang and others, came down to the east gate tower of Pingyi City. He saw a dark mass of Ming officers and soldiers, at least three thousand people, appearing outside the east gate.
"They are local soldiers!" Tang Jiabin, who was well-informed, pointed to the turbans of the officers and soldiers outside the city and said, "Judging from the style of their turbans, they should be the local soldiers of Rongmei Chieftain under Shinan Xuanfu Division in Western Hubei."
"It's actually a local soldier?" Sha Dingzhou's expression changed slightly.
Tang Jiabin also reacted quickly and whispered: "Is the headquarters planning to bribe the soldiers?"
"That's right." Sha Dingzhou said with a sinister smile, "Whether it's the Yongshun Xuanwei Division in western Hunan, the Baojing Xuanwei Division, or the Shinan Xuanfu Division in western Hubei, they traveled thousands of miles to Yunnan to fight us, but they
It's not because of how loyal they are to the Ming Dynasty, but entirely because of the money. As long as they want the money, it will be easy."
"Indeed." Tang Binbin said with a smile, "I'm afraid the most indispensable thing in Yunnan is money."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a pause, Tang Jiajin continued: "General Office, tonight my subordinates will send people to sneak into the chieftain camp to contact the chieftains, and try to win over all the chieftains to defect to the people outside the city.
The Ming army launched an internal and external attack."
Sha Dingzhou said flatly: "No matter how much money they ask for, I can agree to it."
"The General Office is truly an unparalleled hero." Tang Jingbin said flatteringly, "With a leader like this, our army will definitely win!"
While the two were talking, three thousand native soldiers had already carried dozens of bamboo ladders to the outside of the city. The rebels guarding the top of the city fired bird cannons, Rumi cannons, and bows and arrows.
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The rebel firepower poured in crazily, and Rongmei Tusi's soldiers fell one by one.
However, the Rongmei soldiers were indeed overbearing. Although the casualties were heavy, not a single one of them flinched. The soldiers in front fell down, and the soldiers behind picked up the bamboo ladder and continued to rush forward.
After suffering hundreds of casualties, the Rongmei soldiers finally rushed outside Pingyi City.
Immediately, more than a dozen bamboo ladders were set up. Before the bamboo ladders could reach the city wall, a dozen Rongmei soldiers were already climbing up with Miao knives in their mouths, and they were so high in two clicks.
However, the rebels at the top of the city showed no panic at all.
Some carried rolling logs and threw them down, some raised stones and smashed them down, and some used long wooden forks to fork the bamboo ladder and tried to overturn it with the ladder and the people. The same was true for the rebel musketeers and archers.
He continued to fire, constantly pouring lead, iron sand, arrows, etc. onto the heads of the Rongmei soldiers who were crowded under the city wall.
Although the Rongmei soldiers had wooden signs, people continued to fall.
After a stalemate for about two quarters of an hour, a bigger blow fell on the head of the Rongmei soldier. Spoonfuls of hot golden juice poured down from the top of the city, first pouring on the wooden sign, and then flowing along the wooden sign.
The cards were played on the soldiers. Most of the poor Rongmei soldiers only wore thin linen clothes. How could they withstand it now?
Suddenly, a continuous wailing sounded from under the city wall.
Seeing this, Chongzhen sighed softly and said: "Retract your troops, there is no need to test."
"Retract the troops, sound the trumpet and retract the troops!" Ran Sanniang, who was guarding Chongzhen, shouted eagerly.
At any time, the long and distant horn bugle sounded. Upon hearing this distant bull horn bugle, the Rongmei soldiers crowded under the city wall retreated like the ebbing tide.
However, of the three thousand soldiers who went out, only two thousand came back.
The remaining 1,000 American soldiers have been lying under Pingyi City forever.
This was war, and in less than half an hour, more than a thousand lives were lost.
Ran Sanniang was so distressed that her beautiful eyes were red and she was about to cry. Tian Xuan, the beautiful chieftain, was so angry that his face was livid. However, he was not angry with Ran Sanniang and the emperor, but with the Yunnan rebels.
"Old General Tian," Chongzhen said, "each of the Rongmei soldiers who died in the battle will receive fifty taels of pension!"
The money that should be spent must be spent. For example, the pension money for the fallen soldiers must not be spared. Otherwise, in the subsequent battles, the soldiers will not be able to work for the court.
"Old minister, I would like to kowtow to the Holy One for his kindness on behalf of the deceased soldiers." Tian Xuan hurriedly knelt on the ground to express his thanks.
"Old General, please rise." Chongzhen stepped forward and helped Tian Shu up with his own hands, and said, "Although Rongmei Chieftain lost nearly a thousand native soldiers, their sacrifice was not without cost. At least it let us know that the troops stationed in Pingyi
We are defending the elites of Ami Province and Mengzi, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for us to have such combat effectiveness."
"Old minister thinks so too." Tian Xuan nodded.
"Since the native soldiers of Ami Prefecture and Mengzi are in Pingyi Guards, it's easy." Chongzhen smiled and said, "It is my decree that from now on the entire army will strictly guard the camp and not go out to fight without permission."
"Ah? Strictly guard the camp and don't leave." Ran Sanniang, Tian Xuan and other chieftains looked at each other.
Only Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other Qin Wang scholars vaguely guessed Chongzhen's intention.
As soon as he returned to the camp, Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to ask: "Father, are you waiting for the Guangxi wolf soldiers?"
"You are the only one who is smart." Chongzhen laughed and said, "Yes, my father is waiting for the Guangxi wolf soldiers."
