When Yang Fan surrounded Dongsheng City without fighting, Jiuyuan City was already in raging war.
The time went back a month ago. Yang Fan led the main force to cross the Yellow River south. Only three regiments of regular troops were left in Jiuyuan City, which was the regular army of the Beijing Camp. The rest were civilians in Shanxi and South Zhili
The adapted regiment consists of ten regiments with a total of 36,000 people.
After the losses along the way and the conflict in Zhangjiakou, these are the only people left. They are organized into ten regiments.
The officers in the regiment training, starting from the main flag and upwards, are all students from the Jingwei martial arts school that Chongzhen entrusted to Yang Fan. These people were selected by Chongzhen from families with the status of a guard commander or above.
The guard posts of the Ming Dynasty were divided into the Jingwei, the pro-army force in the capital, and the various guards under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
There are 26 pro-military guards in the Jingwei. Among the Jingwei, there are those who are not pro-military and are not affiliated with the Fifth Army Governor's Office: Wugong Zhongwei, Wugong Left Guard, and Wugong Right Guard. These three guards are military craftsmen.
Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, there are 15 guards including Yongqing Left Guard, Yongqing Right Guard, Pengcheng Guard and Changling.
This time Chongzhen re-opened the Jingwei martial arts school, with the Jingwei as the main body and the local government as the supplement, and selected the children of senior officers and nobles to enroll. At the level of the Wei, there were commanders, who commanded colleagues and commanded general affairs. The children of these families,
Because military households are hereditary, only the eldest son can inherit the position. Other sons lack opportunities.
Jingwei Martial Arts is the way out. Therefore, other sons who are unwilling to accept Jingwei Martial Arts flock to Jingwei Martial Arts. This school can be a blessing and does not require the same level of examination and selection as the martial arts examinations.
After Yan Yingyuan became the general recruiter for regiment training, he assigned the students from the Jingwei Martial Arts School to become officers. Since arriving in Jiuyuan, Yan Yingyuan has been training with all his might.
That is to say, Yang Fan has enough camel teams, the Yellow River has begun to thaw, and navigation has resumed. Except for the Hukou Waterfall section, which requires a brief change of carriages, both the upper and lower sections can be navigated, ensuring sufficient food and supplies.
There are a lot of fish in the Yellow River. Fish are very expensive in this era because the fishing technology is not good. The fishing nets are poor and the fishing technology is average, so there are a lot of wild fish. The engineers brought by Yang Fan directly use trawl nets to catch fish and dry them into dried fish.
Or smoked fish.
At the same time, a lot of injured and dead livestock were captured. These dead cattle and horses were cut into pieces and made into bacon. Sufficient food and meat ensured the nutrition of the soldiers. Therefore, although the training was hard, the soldiers could still resist.
Liu Sansi is the commander in charge of city defense this time. After the army leaves, the entire Jiuyuan City is under his control. He is equivalent to the garrison commander. As for the regiment training of the ten regiments, they are regarded as guest troops. The materials and weapons accumulated by Jiuyuan
It's all distributed by him.
When Yang Fan left, he specifically told him that his task was to monitor the regiment and prevent them from defecting and surrendering to the Mongols. Anyone who collaborated with the enemy would be killed. Liu Sansi understood this and he was not a fool.
He is a son of a noble family. His ancestor is Liu Sheng. Liu Sheng was a powerful general in the Ming Dynasty, "Jingnan hero", and was conferred the title of Marquis of Anyuan. Liu Sheng was brave and good at fighting, especially good at commanding firearms troops. Zhu Di formed "
After the "Shenji Battalion", firecrackers and muskets were installed. Liu Sheng was the chief general and was responsible for commanding the "Shenji Battalion". This shows the trust he received.
Along the way, he had already noticed that these people from Shanxi and Southern Zhili were not good people. They had hidden firearms. They even had hoods, breastplates and other contraband. The sources were also very suspicious. Many of them were.
Criminals, gangsters, evil forces.
Behind these people are the Jin Party and the Donglin Party. They must be planning to plot against Yang Fan and Zhang Shize. After all, the defeat of the Beijing camp will be good for them.
It's a pity that those two were not good at fighting. They struck first and surrounded them with a large army. They searched them thoroughly, almost stripped them naked, rushed them into the new barracks, broke up the mixed group, and directly recruited them into the army.
That Yan Yingyuan was also a ruthless man. After a bloody suppression, he finally made these people with unknown origins submissive. The intensity of their training made me tremble with fear just looking at them.
They were fully equipped and ran for thirty miles. The first hundred people were rewarded with one tael of silver. The last hundred were rewarded with thirty whips. After five exercises a day, these people were so tired that they were dizzy. After returning to camp, they fell asleep like dead pigs.
I have no intention of causing trouble anymore.
At this time, Liu Sansi found Yan Yingyuan.
"General Yan, according to reliable information that has not been collected all night, the Mongolian army near the river was dispatched last night. The Seven Qinghai Troops of Tumut and the remnants of Tumut joined forces in one place, with a total of 50,000 cavalry. They were divided into two groups this morning. One way.
They tried to cross the Yellow River to support the Ordos people. But they were repulsed by our army camp in Henan, and more than 30 ships were sunk. Thirty thousand people on the other side surrounded Zhao Wangcheng."
Zhao Wangcheng was the residence of King Zhao of the Wanggu tribe during the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. It is located on the north bank of the Aibugai River in the northeast of Bailingmiao Town, Baotou, and is commonly known as "Arensimu". Zhao Wangcheng was the residence of the Tumut tribe in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
The summer residence of the leader Alatan Khan.
This is the only garrison outside Jiuyuan City. It is garrisoned by the 7th Regiment. It is at the corner with Jiuyuan. Because the city is small, only one regiment is stationed. The ancient city is rectangular in plane, about 1200 from east to west and 560 from north to south.
At that time, Nestorianism was prevalent in the Wanggu tribe, so there are many Nestorian temple ruins as well as Nestorian micro-cross-shaped relics and stone carvings here.
Yan Yingyuan understood that Zhaowang City was very important as it was the strategic depth of Jiuyuan City. It could greatly disperse the Mongolian forces, so there was no room for loss. As long as Zhaowang City was in the hands of the Ming army, it could threaten the Mongols who came to besiege and rescue them.
Way back.
Liu Sansi said: "Thirty thousand cavalry besieged an infantry regiment of more than 3,000 people. I'm worried that they won't be able to defend it. So I plan to send the regiment to train to fight and relieve the siege of King Zhao City. What does General Yan want?"
Now, Jiuyuan's troops are deployed here, and the three regiments of the Beijing Camp are unwilling to move. They must ensure that Jiuyuan is safe. If they want to move, they can only use regiment training. More than 30,000 infantrymen go to rescue King Zhao City.
Yan Yingyuan fell into thinking. He put so much effort into training these people because he planned to perform meritorious service on the battlefield. Obviously this was an opportunity. However, when infantry fights cavalry, it is still this kind of insufficiently trained infantry. The risk is very high.
"The City of King Zhao is more than a hundred miles away from us. We are infantry and have no chance of winning against the cavalry. If the regiment is defeated, the defenders of Jiuyuan will be shaken. However, if we don't save it, it will be difficult to defend the City of Zhao with too few troops.
." Yan Yingyuan said thoughtfully.
"And the water and food there can't support so many people. It's also difficult to supply supplies there, because it's surrounded by the Gobi Desert."
Liu Sansi said: "Of these Tumuts, most of them have been annihilated several times and rebuilt, and their morale and combat effectiveness are not good. They are just for your regiment to practice. There are only about 10,000 people from Qinghai left. My plan
Yes, you should fight appropriately, train your troops, and then withdraw. Let these soldiers see blood so that they can adapt to the upcoming battle to defend the city of Jiuyuan."
