"First attack the isolated enemy, then attack the concentrated enemy; first extract the peripheral strongholds, and then conquer the central city. In siege warfare, attack the heart first, then attack the city." - "History of the Ming Dynasty: Biography of Li Dingguo"
Peng Mingyang led the Eastern Route Army to attack Bazhou. After Baizhang Pass, he ordered Li Zhanchun to lead 3,000 troops to guard Baizhang Pass, and to lead 2,000 troops to Dahai to guard Bazhou. He also led 10,000 people to camp in the east of Dahuo Mountain, north of Baoning.
Cooperating with Fan Youxian, Li Dingguo surrounded and annihilated Baoning's Qing army.
It would be difficult for the 40,000 Ming army to devour the 26,000 Qing army around Langzhong.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Attack Chapter": "Attack the enemy five times, divide it twice", which means: if our military strength is five times the enemy's, we should take the initiative to attack the enemy; if our military strength is twice the enemy's, we should attack the enemy's
The troops were mobilized and dispersed in order to concentrate superior forces to destroy the enemy. Both Fan and Li were proficient in the art of war and tried every means to mobilize the Qing army to annihilate them. Unexpectedly, Li Guohan and Li Guoying were very cunning and huddled in various passes, only defending but not attacking.
Fan Youxian summoned Li Dingguo to discuss: "Hongyuan, what can we do if Li only defends but does not attack?"
Li Dingguo was not in a hurry at all, "Don't worry, General, our army has cut off the enemy's food route. It has been a long time, which is good for me but not good for the enemy."
"Having said that, there are many passes near Langzhong, and the enemy's activities are deep and wide, so it is difficult to annihilate them." Fan Youxian had a big appetite and wanted to annihilate the Baoning defenders.
In an instant, Li Dingguo's eyes lit up like stars. As long as the general mentioned the plan to annihilate the enemy, he became a martial arts star.
"The general and the junior general thought that they went together. What our army needs to do now is to reduce the enemy's depth. The junior general thought that we should attack the strongholds far away from Langzhong first, and then attack the closer ones. We should concentrate our superior forces and attack them bit by bit.
In addition, the purpose of compressing the enemy's forces should not be to annihilate the enemy. The garrison of each pass should be sent into Langzhong City to consume the enemy's food and grass."
"Good! Hongyuan, I have assigned you 15,000 elite soldiers, and I will leave the task of pulling out the pass to you."
"The last general takes command!"
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Li Dingguo led 15,000 elite troops and first attacked Tieshan Pass in the northwest of Langzhong. This pass is the farthest from Langzhong. In response to the imperial edict, General Hui from Chengdu of the Qing Dynasty led 2,500 troops to guard the pass.
The Ming army surrounded three towers, leaving the east gate for the Qing army to escape.
After three days of fighting, Hui Yingzhao couldn't stand it any longer, so he opened the east gate and fled.
"Commander, the Qing army has escaped, and the last general is asking for pursuit." Jin Tongwu, the general, asked for orders.
"No pursuit is allowed. Let them flee to Langzhong. The more they can escape, the better." Li Dingguo wiped his sword lightly.
"Commander, why is this?"
"Haha, the more enemies who escape into the city, the more food and grass will be consumed, and the faster our army can win." Li Dingguo smiled confidently.
The second, more distant stronghold was Cangxi County, which was constructed in accordance with the law, leaving three gates and one gate, allowing the Qing army to flee to Langzhong freely and safely.
Then, Li Dingguo and Peng Mingyang joined forces and attacked Dahuo Mountain. On the mountain, Zuo Xing, the commander-in-chief of Qing Long'an, led 5,000 Qing troops to guard the mountain. They were very stubborn and refused to retreat. They fought for five days without defeating them.
Li Dingguo nodded. This mountain is located on the road where the Tatars fled north, and it is a place where the Qing army must defend.
If it's not easy to fight, don't fight. Change the base to Liangshan Pass. This pass is located between Dahuo Mountain and Langzhong City. It is also a choke point for the Qing army to flee north. Li Guoying, the governor of Qing, Sichuan and Shaanxi, led 5,000 troops and personally guarded the pass. As soon as Li Dingguo looked at the "Li" flag on Liangshan Pass, he knew that this pass was difficult to attack. Sure enough, he tentatively attacked for two days and found nothing.
If it was difficult to fight, they bypassed it and went to the south of Langzhong, where they joined Fan Youxian and attacked Hexi Pass in the east of the Jialing River and Nanjing Pass in the south. They successfully forced Bai Yongfu, the general of Qing Yongning's general who was guarding the pass, into Langzhong City.<
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At this point, the Ming army successfully compressed more than 20,000 Qing troops into a narrow range of three points and one line between Langzhong City, Liangshanguan and Dahuo Mountain.
Then, they overhauled the fortifications, dug deep trenches, and built high barriers. According to General Fan, "our army's victory lies on these barriers."
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General Fan was a kind man. He listened to Li Dingguo's suggestion and deliberately built the northern fortifications very crudely, leading the Qing army to flee north to Baizhang Pass. He also sent the fierce general Yang Bingyin to lead an army of 7,000, and Li Zhanchun's 3,000 troops stationed at Baizhang Pass.
Rendezvous, set up an ambush, and ambush the Qing army.
Yang Bingyin's department was originally guarding the Heshuote Khanate in the Xingdusi area of Sichuan. After the death of Gushi Khan, the pressure on the Ming army's western front was greatly reduced, and Fan Youxian transferred him to Langzhong. Yang Zongbing was formerly the head of the Thirteenth House of Huang.
, a well-known big bandit who fights very fiercely.
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The siege of Langzhong began in September of the third year of Guangwu in the Ming Dynasty, and it was January of the fourth year of Guangwu in the blink of an eye.
For four months, the Ming army only defended but did not attack. Li Guohan and Li Guoying tried their best but could not break through the Ming army's camp.
The Qing army was in big trouble, and they were running out of food and grass. There were more than 20,000 people, and a whole city of civilians were taken away from them. The food and grass they needed was not a small amount.
Er Li had to restrict the soldiers' rations. All the soldiers complained and people were panicked.
Another month passed, and by February, the Qing army only had half a month of food left.
Li Guohan urgently came to Li Guoying to discuss, "Li Duxian, our army is running out of supplies. If we don't break out, we may be wiped out!"
"Uh-huh, there are Ming army barriers all around, how do we break through?"
"I have observed for a long time that the Ming army's fortress in the north is very crudely built, and they can break through from the north."
Li Guoying thought for a while and said: "I am willing to work with E Zhen to fight a bloody road."
The Qing army made all the remaining grain into dry food, clamped the horses and set off to the north at midnight (11 o'clock in the evening), from Langzhong to Liangshan Pass, then to Dahuo Mountain, and then stormed the Ming army's northern wall.
, quickly broke through, built bamboo rafts to cross the Songjiang River, a tributary of the Jialing River, and fled to Baizhang Pass.
When Fan Youxian and Li Dingguo heard that the Qing army had indeed fled to Baizhang Pass, they were overjoyed and led their troops to pursue them calmly.
Chasing to the Songjiang River, the Qing general Hui Yingzhao, who had left Er Li behind, wiped out all 2,000 men. Hui Yingzhao himself was trampled to a pulp by the army.
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In the mountainous area south of Baizhang Pass, Ming Dynasty General Yang Bingyin and his deputy Li Zhanchun were having a boring competition in archery. Each set up a target a hundred steps away to see who was the best archer.
The two of them led 10,000 troops and set up camp in the mountains to lay ambush for several months. The Qing troops waiting on the right did not come, and the Qing troops waiting on the right also did not come. They were extremely bored.
"Whoosh", Yang Bingyin hit the red heart with an arrow and laughed, "Vice General Li, it seems you are going to lose this time."
"Headquarters, wait a minute, let me shoot." Li Zhanchun flew an arrow and it also hit the red heart.
"Change the target and shoot again," Yang Bingyin shouted unwillingly.
"Report to the main town, Vice General Li, the Qing army is coming", the subordinates came to report.
"What? The Qing army is coming? Great! After waiting for several months, it is finally open!"
Yang Bingyin laughed loudly, and together with Li Zhanchun, they went to the mountains to direct the ambush.
"Well, after passing Baizhang Pass and crossing Daba Mountain, we are in Hanzhong. We have narrowly escaped death." Li Guoying looked lucky.
"This is a great blessing for the Emperor, and it has preserved some vitality for our Qing Dynasty," Li Guohan sighed.
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of trumpets and cannon fire, and Yang Bingyin and Li Zhanchun's troops came out of the mountains.
The Qing army was caught off guard and fell into chaos.
Yang Bingyin was very brave and armed with a big sword. He broke into the Qing army's formation and slashed left and right. He killed Bai Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of Qing Yongning, with just one move.
Zuo Xing, the commander-in-chief of Long'an of the Qing Dynasty, fought tooth and nail to break through, but failed to break out and was killed by an arrow.
"Quick, form your formation, follow me and fight out!" Li Guohan raised his sword and shouted. This man always takes the lead in battles and has great prestige in the army.
Seeing that Ezhen personally led the army to break out of the encirclement, the Qing army found its backbone and rushed forward with Li Guohan. Yang Bingyin and Li Zhanchun refused to retreat until the death.
After a fierce battle for half a day, Fan Youxian and Li Dingguo's army pursued them, overwhelming them.
The Qing army was so frightened that they scattered and retreated.
Li Guoying was beheaded by Wang Ziqi, the general of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Guohan bowed several times to the north and said, "Your Majesty, today is the time for slaves to show their loyalty." Unfortunately, he was a Han. After entering the flag, he shouted to slaves one after another, which was very smooth.
The Han army of the Xianglan Banner was firmly entrenched in the mountains, and Mullergen's guard Li Guohan got on his horse, and the few guards launched a decisive blow, killing dozens of people with his own hands.
"Bah! You are a dog Tartar who has forgotten his ancestors!"
A soldier in the Ming army cut off Li Guohan's head. Seeing so many people died tragically at the hands of this man, he was so angry that he chopped Li Guohan's body into pulp with a knife to relieve his hatred.
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Guanshan is blood-red, and Li Dingguo's heart is filled with ups and downs. He wrote the poem "Dianjiangchun·Baizhangguan":
