Jiuyuan City was a rammed-earth city in the Tang Dynasty. It has been around for 700 years now. The city walls are in dilapidated condition and have collapsed in many places. But in general, the main part of the city wall is still there.
The city is close to the bank of the Yellow River. This section of the Yellow River can be navigated by sheepskin rafts or ships with a draft of less than two meters.
Yang Fan had previously considered using the Yellow River water to transport military supplies. Yang Fan had a shallow-draft watercraft that could be navigable with steam engines and propellers. In this way, supplies could be transported by water from Hebei. Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, the Yellow River has thawed, and conditions for navigation have been met.
However, there were several difficulties that prompted Yang Fan to give up this idea. One was that Hukou Waterfall was not navigable. Supplies needed to be unloaded in advance and then transported to the upper reaches of the waterfall by camel, and then changed to a small boat. It would be too difficult for a small boat to go upstream without power. A large boat would
It is blocked by the waterfall and cannot go up.
In addition, the Ordos did not solve the problem, and Yang Fan did not dare to let the supplies go through the Yellow River. That would be transporting them under the noses of the Ordos. The Mongols were extremely short of supplies. With so much military supplies and food, they had to lose it like a bloody mosquito.
Reason pounces directly upon you.
Because this city is a Tang city, its area is not small. The total area is four square kilometers, the city wall is sixteen miles in circumference, and there are four city gates.
At this time, all the buildings except the earthen walls had collapsed. Only the bare earthen walls stood on the desolate bank of the Yellow River.
At present, the height of the remaining wall ranges from five to six meters. The moat has no water and is just a trench with a depth of more than three meters and a width of more than seven meters. Because the Yellow River has become a suspended river, no one dares to dig a dyke to release water into the moat.
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After Daza and others retreated here, the gaps in the city wall were blocked. This ruined city now looks a bit better.
Yang Fan did not plan to eliminate Daza here. Yang Fan's plan was that after the army captured this place, he would start to renovate the city wall and stand firm here. Daza would retreat to Linhe to gather reinforcements from various Mongolian forces.
Linhe is a piece of grassland with the best coat. It can provide forage for the Mongols. With these conditions, the Mongols will gather there. The last thing Yang Fan wants is for the Mongols to scatter all over the sky, fighting guerrillas, mobile warfare, and attacking everywhere.
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Therefore, Daza must be kept. As long as he is still there, the Mongols will gather around him.
When the army arrived here, it was noon. The army set up camp first, had a meal and rested. After traveling a long distance, they could not start fighting immediately, so they had to rest for two days. When they got here, the battle was over. Yang Fan was no longer in a hurry.
After taking this city, the two sides are expected to be in a stalemate for a period of time, and Mongolians from all walks of life will converge on Linhe.
The Mongols hid vigilantly behind the remaining battlements and adobe walls piled up from history, aiming their bows and arrows at the Ming army. They had been frightened to death in the battle at Guihua City, and at this time they did not have enough troops to dare to take the initiative to attack.
On the third day, the rested army lined up and began to prepare to attack the city. This time it was not the Beijing camp, but the 40,000 regiments that Yan Yingyuan had trained during this period of time. That is, those Shanxi soldiers who were escorted here by Yang Fan
And the civilian husband of Nanzhili.
Yan Yingyuan is indeed very resourceful. He is also very decisive and resolute. These people are not good people. Except for the felons brought up in the prison, they are gangsters. Some of them are the landlords' armed forces of the local gentry. Although they bully men and dominate women in the local area
, they do all kinds of evil, but they are all strong men, and their physiques are not bad.
Yan Yingyuan first took away the officials from various counties who brought them here, and then captured these thorny and rogue leaders, and then mixed them together.
In the past twenty days, countless heads had been chopped off before these desperadoes were restrained. Fortunately, Yang Fan sent Zhang Geda to calm Yan Yingyuan, otherwise he would not have been able to restrain him.
Zhang Geda is gone, so there is no need to talk nonsense. The order given to him by the master is to make these bastards obedient. The master did not say what means to use. Naturally, he will use whatever he knows how to do.
Zhang Geda led 3,600 servants and more than 10,000 Beijing troops from three regiments, and directly surrounded them. Then they all went out to drill the whole team. In view of the fun they had during this period, even Yan Yingyuan was shot and wounded.
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Zhang Geda directly led a group of servants to conduct a search. Anyone who found concealed firearms was immediately captured and chopped up in public. The blood flowed like a river for a while. Everyone trembled for a while.
But this is not over yet. After disarming, Zhang Gedao announced the implementation of the eleventh search and kill order. That is, each gang will randomly pick out a person and behead him. Regardless of fault, whoever is killed will be unlucky. As for who to kill, it will be decided by drawing lots.
It's fate, no one should complain.
Zhang Geda's cold gaze swept over, and the unlucky people who were drawn below were dragged out crying for their fathers and mothers, and their heads were beheaded in rows. Zhang Geda was not interested in knowing what crimes these people had committed. All he did was make them afraid.
.But then again, these thugs raised by local powerful people have nothing good to offer.
You won't be wronged if you catch anyone and chop them up. In the late Ming Dynasty, the armed landlords preyed on the local people, seized land, and robbed people of their wives and daughters. They did all kinds of evil.
This ferocious man with a Liaodong accent completely scared the shit out of them. They were ferocious, and this guy was even more ferocious. He was totally unreasonable and would kill you if he didn't like you.
Looking at the pile of human heads on the ground, Zhang Jida stood on the podium and delivered a lecture. He imitated the way the master spoke and said loudly: "Listen to me, you bastards. From now on, whatever Yan Yingyuan says will be whatever he says."
You can do whatever you are told. If anyone dares to disobey, these people will be punished. Those who obey will be rewarded, and those who disobey will be knifed. Do you understand?"
The shouts from below were like a tsunami. They just wanted to send this plague god away as soon as possible. They couldn't stand Yan Yingyuan's control before, but now compared with Zhang Geda, Yan Yingyuan treated them better than his own mother and I. The most he could do was fight against the army.
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People are like this. When they encounter an evil star, their souls are thrown out of their body. Now they are replaced by a gentler one, and they immediately become obedient and obedient. Yan Yingyuan's training work has begun.
One thing that is good about Yang Fan is that he does not discriminate against these people, and they eat the same food as the army. As long as you are obedient, the benefits will be yours. If you are disobedient, I am sorry, and I will release Zhang Geda to communicate with you.
At this time, twelve militia groups, each consisting of 3,600 people, formed a square formation and were slowly moving forward. The front row held shields made of tamarisk, angustifolia, and euphratica from the Gobi Desert. Behind them were spearmen.
, and then they were equipped with weapons they brought themselves, as well as captured Mongolian scimitars and other weapons.
Chen Daquan got close to Gao Qiqi and whispered: "Who are these people? Why don't they look like the Jingying camp? Even the clothes are all different. The leather armor and broken iron armor on the outside are clearly from those
Picked from dead Mongolians."
Gao Qiqian was the Admiral of the Royal Horse Supervisor. The Royal Horse Supervisor was in charge of the military. His position was high enough and he knew some inside information. At this moment, his eyelids jumped.
