Tu Wenxiu, who went out to invite Boshu Ketu, achieved his wish, but Kuaibai's other plans had successes and failures, and it could not be said that everything went smoothly.
One of them is the capture of the fortresses in Hexi by Kuai Chengen and the Xu Dynasty.
Yi Cheng'en led his army to Ningxia Zhongwei first. Xiong Guochen, the general of Ningxia Zhongwei, saw that the thieves were so powerful and the dust and smoke covered the world. Xiong Guochen thought that he was outnumbered. Faced with this situation, there were only three ways to go: surrender, fight, and leave.
He usually does not have a close relationship with Kuai Bai, and both of them are generals. He is not Kuai Bai's subordinate in the past. It is really difficult to believe that he can gain Kuai Bai's trust in the future, so he refuses to join the bandits.
But if he wants to fight, he doesn't have much confidence. Especially when the military pay has been greatly reduced this year, the salary is not the patent of Ningxia Zhencheng. The situation of his central defender in Ningxia is almost exactly the same as that of Ningxia Zhencheng, except that Ningxia City is a large city in the northwest.
The troops are concentrated and the population is large, but the Ningxia Zhongwei is stationed in Zhenlu Fort, Yongkang Fort, Xuanhe Fort, Ning'an Fort and other forts. The troops are dispersed and it is difficult to gather to cause trouble. Moreover, it is not a powerful city, and the life pressure of the sergeants is relatively small. In the final analysis
Generally speaking, the situation is slightly better than the situation in Ningxia City, but not much better. There is actually a powder keg sitting under the butt.
Unwilling to surrender and afraid to fight, Xiong Guochen thought about it and finally abandoned the city and fled without authorization on the pretext of moving troops. When he left, the officers and soldiers of the Ningxia Central Guard were naturally at a loss and the people were panicked.
In the Zhenlu Fort where the Guard Commander was stationed, Zhou Zhe, a local official, saw this and was filled with indignation. He went up to the stage and shouted, calling on the gentry to donate their salary. The people guarded the gates and intercepted the deserters to cooperate with the guards.
Guicheng'en ordered Wang Hu to lead his troops to attack the city. Wang Hu gave the order and set up a high platform to rain arrows on the city while bombarding the city gate with artillery.
The siege ability is not strong).
At this time, the sound of killing outside the city was loud, and both sides of the city gate were in a stalemate. Han Fan, the guard at the west gate, was heartbroken. He thought to himself that even Xiong Canrong had escaped, so why should I risk my own life as a guard? So he opened the west gate and faced Wang Hu.
Please surrender.
Wang Hu was overjoyed when he saw this, and rushed into the west gate first. The rebels broke into the branch roads and killed them. The army and people in the city were in chaos, all gates were lost, and Zhou Zhe was captured.
After the city fell, Chi Cheng'en ordered Wang Hu's troops to rest and reorganize on the spot because the Ningxia Zhongwei was stationed in various forts, and taking one area would not count as a full victory, so he led his army to continue the march.
Wang Hu hated Zhou Zhe for gathering a crowd to fight, so he wanted to kill him to warn the soldiers and the people. The people who surrendered were shocked and urged Zhou Zhe to plead guilty to Wang Hu to save his life, so as to prevent the whole family from being killed.
When Zhou Zhe heard this, he was furious and wanted to hit his head against a pillar. He shouted angrily: "As a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, how can I bend my knees and ask for my life from a thief!"
When Wang Hu heard this, he became even more furious. The scribes who temporarily served as staff hurriedly grabbed Wang Hu and persuaded him: "Our literary style in Ningxia is not strong. Although Zhou Zhe only promoted people, he was a great Confucian in Ningxi. He had a resolute temperament and was highly popular among the people.
The killing is indeed ominous. If the general wants to win over the people and ensure stability in the city, he must appease their hearts. Only in this way will we avoid civil unrest when we leave the city to plunder the land."
After all, Wang Hu was also a person of this era, and he was well aware of the prestige of scholars in the countryside. After hesitating for a moment, he finally agreed and ordered Zhou Zhe to be placed under house arrest in his own house, and he was not allowed to move anywhere.
A few days later, Wang Hu summoned his troops and sent his troops out of the city to the north. He led fifty people to temporarily stay in Zhenlu Fort to guard. Zhou Zhe learned this, which facilitated his son Zhou Bang's planning: "Now the central defense is empty, and it is not enough to leave Wang Hu and others alone." Hundreds of people. Wang Hu is crude and unintelligent. All he needs to do is prepare enough food and wine to congratulate him, which will surely make him careless. You should quickly select a dozen like-minded people, pretend to be Confucian scholars, and hide their sharp swords, waiting for the opportunity to strike."
Zhou Bang still had doubts about this, and said to his father: "Father, although Wang Hu has a small number of guards, it is difficult to remove him from his left and right sides. Once the assassination is carried out, I am afraid that we will not be able to protect him."
Zhou Zhe said with a smile: "The rebels are rebelling against the party. What kind of loyalty do they have? But they are snobbish people who are ignorant and reckless. They wait until Wang Hu is killed first, then he scolds him, and then distributes the money. He can take advantage of it when he is not prepared. Don't worry, my son, just go and get ready."
After Zhou Bang completed the preparations, Zhou Zhe led a team to Wang Hu to congratulate him. Wang Hu had doubts for some unknown reason.
Zhou Zhe replied: "The army is strong and powerful, and the Zhenlu Fort has been owned by the general. Since the current situation is like this, we ordinary people should adapt to the situation. Today, all of us are local Confucian scholars who are well-read in poetry and books, and are well versed in civil affairs." The general affairs can help the general secure the entire central defense. In order to express our intention to surrender, the students have prepared their own food and wine, hoping to get drunk with the general before resting."
Wang Hu was overjoyed and thought to himself that he had experienced battles for a long time. How could he be afraid of this group of Confucian scholars? He immediately drove away the left and right people and drank heavily with everyone. When the wine was half drunk, Zhou Zhe signaled that everyone surrounded Wang Hu in the name of a toast, and then They flashed their daggers together and assassinated him.
At this time, Zhou Zhe also showed the difference between the literati in the northwest town and the literati in the south of the Yangtze River. He stepped forward in person and cut off Wang Hu's head without blinking, arousing a roar of applause. Then he led everyone to the door. He scolded the remaining rebels and offered them money to appease them, then ordered them to gather in the house and set fire to them. People ran around the city to tell each other, and the Zhenlu Fort was recovered.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Later, the main force of the bandit army came back. After Zhou Zhe suffered a big loss last time, he knew that the power in the city was not enough to resist, so he took his family and Wang Hu's head to Guyuan to warn Ningxia. Zhongwei was then owned by Kuai Bai and his son.
To the north of Ningxia Town, the rebel offensive was most difficult in the direction of Pinglu. Although Pinglu's military system was only "Pinglu Guards Qianhu Station", at this time, permanent staff generals were already stationed to guard it, which was called "Second Guard Ningxia North Road". General Pinglu City".
Tu Wenxiu, Yiyun led the army to Pinglu, and Pinglu general Xiao Ruxun went out of the city to fight. Pinglu is the most important main city in northern Ningbei, so it has complete military equipment and numerous firearms. Xiao Ruxun was born as a general, so naturally he Willing to surrender.
He responded with cavalry on both wings, dispatched muskets, guns and artillery, and archers suppressed Tu Wenxiu's central front line. Since Kuaibai did not give the rebels enough firearms, the battle was difficult due to insufficient firearms and scattered accuracy during movement. Xiao Ruxun once had the upper hand.
After several rounds of volleys were fired by the Pinglu defenders, the infantry moved forward in formation, and were flanked by one part of the infantry and cavalry on each wing. However, at this time, Xiao Ruxun's right wing made a mistake in moving, and they were hindering each other. Immediately seize the opportunity to seize the opportunity, lead the army on horseback and charge to the right wing. Since this Yiyun can be adopted as an adopted son by Kuaibai, he is naturally a brave and skilled man with strong martial arts skills. In addition, he leads the Kuai family soldiers. The attack was unstoppable, and Xiao Ruxun hurriedly ordered the front camp to return to defense, but Yiyun was still able to threaten Xiao Ruxun's formation several times.
As he was galloping, Yiyun cursed loudly: "The Xiao family of Yan'an are cowardless! No matter how many guards you have, they can only protect you for a while. As a military general, do you dare to go out into battle to fight me to the death? If you die at my hands, it counts."
Even if you lose, it will be an honor! If not, I will definitely raze this Pinglu Fort to the ground!"
Hearing this, Xiao Ruxun laughed several times and cursed back: "You are originally Hulu outside the Great Wall. When you came to Pinglu City today, you must have thought you had a perfect plan. You are such a reckless and foolish person. I would have
I am ashamed to do anything with him. The traitor Qi Yun, don't be so arrogant! I know that you are here to break through Pinglu as soon as possible and unite the rebels into one, but no matter what you do, you can't break through my Pinglu fort!
At that time, I want to see how you explain it to the dying man Kuaiba!"
Kuaiyun was furious when he heard this, clapped his horse forward, and led his troops to charge into the formation again. The rear troops of the Ming army under Xiao Ruxun formed a formation to defend, and the front camp arrived and attacked from the side. Kuaiyun could not advance lightly, and immediately made a roundabout move backwards.
Xiao Ruxun originally wanted to follow the change of formation, but suddenly realized that if he changed the formation and moved, the bandit soldiers would be close to the gate and separate the defenders inside and outside Pinglu Fort. So Xiao Ruxun encouraged the morale of the army and personally selected the elite of the army to fight out and force them to attack.
The first part of the retreating bandit army quickly ordered the army to turn around and once again positioned itself horizontally in front of Pinglu Fort.
Seeing that Xiao Ruxun was in the front position, Chiyun was eager to take command. He was distracted in front of the formation and secretly fired an arrow. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ruxun still avoided the vital point and only hit the thigh.
Although Xiao Ruxun was hit by an arrow and seemed to be harmless, the morale of the rebels increased. Upon seeing this, Xiao Ruxun knew that it would be unfavorable to fight again at this time, so he ordered to retreat slowly into the city.
After that, Xiao Ruxun could not leave and held on to the death. The Pinglu city was strong, the city was full of grain, and there was sufficient water. However, the city on this side was barren after all, and the treasury was especially short of money. In order to hold on for a long time and wait for help, Xiao Ruxun's wife Yang sold her jewelry,
They purchased food for the army and worked for the army every day. In addition, the Yang family also mobilized the women in the city, many of whom were the wives and children of the guards, to take care of them day and night and take care of the logistics. In order to protect the health of their families and to protect the city from collapse, the soldiers in the city suffered greatly.
Encouraged, everyone is willing to die to serve.
Every day when the enemy attacked the city, Xiao Ruxun would personally go to the city gate to supervise the battle. During the break, he would command the soldiers to maintain armaments and strengthen the city defense, sharing the joys and sorrows. Regardless of the lingering injury on his leg, he still insisted on patrolling the city defense four times a day.
, took care of the wounded soldiers, commanded the defense, inspired the troops, ate from the same pot and sang together with the defenders, so the fighting spirit in the army increased and the people respected him even more.
Because they could not attack for a long time, Tu Wenxiu and Kuaiyun were afraid of Kuaibai's punishment and thought hard about a good plan to break the city.
Tu Wenxiu said: "Pinglu deserves to be an important border defense area. It is well-defended and the soldiers dare to fight. Unlike other places where they are defeated at the first touch, our army's soldiers are not twice as many as the defenders. There have been many casualties in the continuous siege. In addition, with the addition of firearms
If it’s not enough, it’s difficult to break through Pinglu’s gate, what should I do?”
Kuai Yun said angrily: "Why don't we just throw everything in the towel? Tomorrow I will rush forward and I will defeat the enemy!"
Tu Wenxiu reproached Kuaiyun for being a reckless man and not knowing how to plan. Kuaiyun looked at him and said, "Then what's your clever plan?"
Tu Wenxiu was too lazy to get angry with him and thought to himself: "There is a saying in the art of war: if it is ten times, encircle it, if it is twice the number, attack it. If the enemy is defeated, the army will be increased. I heard that the other generals have occupied various parts of Ningxia one after another, and our army is the only one here.
I am deeply ashamed of being blocked everywhere! The only soldiers we can use now are Bosho Ketu's troops."
It turned out that Tu Wenxiu didn't have any clever ideas, but he just invited Boshuoketu to join him in the siege. So he ordered Yiyun to go to Boshuoketu and lead his troops to attack Pinglu, while Tu Wenxiu attacked the city from the side.
Chiyun had to order Pegasus to leave the camp.
Tu Wenxiu's intention to invite Boshu Ketu to help was later discovered by Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun was extremely brave and brave, and Boshu Ketu was young and vigorous. If he got help from Mongolia, he would be even more vicious than other rebel reinforcements.
Although the Pinglu were strong, they could not allow the two groups to merge. So one day later, Xiao Ruxun personally led the elite troops to set up an ambush at Nanguan at night, hoping to catch the turtle in the jar.
Boshuoketu set up his camp ten miles west of Nanguan. Caiyun led the Mongolian cavalry to roar in front of Nanguan. Xiao Ruxun led the troops to attack quickly. Caiyun was overjoyed to see Xiao Ruxun coming, so he ordered his troops to surround and shoot before advancing.
assault.
Although Boshu Ketu was young, he was a Mongolian Jinong and a lord of ten thousand households in Ordos. The Mongolian cavalry under his command was very powerful. Xiao Ruxun failed to make a surprise attack and was defeated by their combined forces, leading his troops to retreat to Nanguan.
In order to capture Xiao Ruxun alive, Yiyun ordered the main Mongolian force of more than 10,000 troops sent by Ordos to pursue him into the pass.
However, after all the main Mongolian forces entered the pass, the gate was suddenly closed tightly. Fires broke out on the rocks, volleys of fire cannons were fired, and flying arrows were fired. Xiao Ruxun also suddenly led his troops to fight back.
The Mongolian soldiers did not expect this. They were in chaos and fled in all directions. Under the darkness of the night, smoke and fire shrouded the horses, and the horses were frightened. Except for the soldiers who died in the battle, countless others trampled on each other. The rest of the Mongolian soldiers hurriedly reined in their horses and rushed straight to the gate without any intention.
Love war.
Kuaiyun couldn't stop drinking, and when he was distracted, Xiao Ruxun shot him off his horse with an arrow, and died in the chaos.
Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the door to be opened and closed, taking advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and went straight to Boshuoketu's camp. Boshuoketu was shocked when he heard the news, and gathered the remaining troops to retreat fifty miles to temporarily avoid Xiao Ruxun's troops. Xiao Ruxun took advantage of the situation and destroyed Boshuoketu.
At the same time, they also captured some enemy soldiers, cattle, sheep and livestock, and then pretended to be impressive and returned to the city in triumph.
When Tu Wenxiu saw this, he was naturally shocked. He retreated ten miles away and left his troops to continue stationing. He himself took his relatives back to Ningxia to pay homage to Kuai.
As for Guyuan, when they first heard that Ningxia's mobilization was abnormal, Gao Guangxian, although he had not expected such a huge change in Ningxia, immediately sent 500 cavalry to investigate the truth in two directions.
However, Kuaibai led 3,000 troops and set up an ambush on the Beishan Trail. Guyuan's cavalry was caught off guard and more than half of them were lost on the spot. Kuaibai immediately ordered the entire army to cover up and kill them. The other Guyuan soldiers reported a mutiny in Ningxia on the way and quickly detoured back to Guyuan, but were still beaten by Kuaibai.
Chase them down and kill them all with a massive attack.
Kuaibai took advantage of the victory and marched into Guyuan. He first feigned an attack and divided his troops to attack the counties eastward. The rebels relied on their strength, and all the counties they attacked offered their cities to surrender. However, Guyuan and Ningxia were both important towns in the Ming Dynasty. The walls were strong and the area under Guyuan Town was stationed.
There were a total of 60,000 soldiers. Although most of them were scattered in various places, there were still more than 10,000 elite troops stationed in the city who were jealous of Kuaibai.
Although Gao Guangxian had made consecutive mistakes in judgment before, in the face of this situation, he finally did not let Gao Pangshi continue to hold back, and personally supervised the battle and defended Guyuan. After two days of attacking, he felt that there was no chance to take advantage of it, and he was afraid that Ming troops from various places would come to help, so he had to lure
The troops returned to the north. But Gao Guangxian finally became wise and began to order the forcible mobilization of troops and no longer bothered with the issue of military pay. At the same time, he urgently reported the military situation to the Shu and apologized to the emperor at the same time.
Cai Cheng'en, Xu Chao led the various rebel armies, either by surprise or by force, or by patrolling and guarding the city. Because their troops were so powerful, they came and went like the wind, they were good at killing without restraint, and they were rampant and arrogant, so they were stationed in various places.
The army was either caught off guard, or it was difficult for them to fight due to the weak force of the situation. Moreover, Boshuoketu was so angry after suffering a loss that he really mobilized his main force to help, so that wherever the rebels went, they were invincible. Ningxia Forty-Nine
In the dangerous areas of the city and fortress, except for the common captives, all returned to worship.
At this time, Kuaibai had more than 60,000 troops and was proud of the frontier fortress. It was rumored that Kuaibai called himself "Prince Kuai" (imitating Dayan Khan's common name of "Little Prince" in the Ming Dynasty) and wanted to break the soil and become the king, which shocked the three sides.
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