Li Zhi saw Lu Xiangsheng's frustrated look, raised his hands and asked: "Why do the governors and supervisors separate their armies?"
Lu Xiangsheng lost his former energy, sighed, and said slowly: "Yang Sichang was determined to negotiate for peace, but he was afraid that the court would not be willing to negotiate for peace after my great victory and meritorious service. So he divided my troops so that I could not fight a decisive battle with Dongnu."
Li Zhi was stunned, secretly wondering why Yang Sichang was such a bastard? He didn't know what to say for a moment. Several other generals had been encouraged by Lu Xiangsheng a few days ago and were preparing to fight the Tatars to the death. At this time, Yang Sichang poured a basin of cold water on them.
I was also very disappointed. Everyone said a few words and then went back to camp.
Although Lu Xiangsheng encountered setbacks, he was unwilling to stay dormant and continued to lead the army to urge the battle. After another two days, Lu Xiangsheng let his 30,000 troops and horses rest for a while, then broke camp and drove south to chase the Qing army, which was divided into eight groups. Lu Xiangsheng believed that
Although the troops are divided, there are still 30,000 strong troops in the army. If they encounter one or two Qing armies, they can fight together.
However, after three days of walking south, even worse news came that the army had been cut off from food and grass.
Lu Xiangsheng summoned all the generals to the big tent to discuss this frustrating matter.
"Now that Yang Sichang is making things difficult, the supply of food and fodder for the army that was supposed to come from the capital has been interrupted for five days. What do you think we should do?"
Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's words, Li Zhi was secretly shocked. Lu Xiangsheng had offended Yang Sichang, and Yang Sichang was trying to kill Lu Xiangsheng! He divided his troops first, and then cut off food. First, Lu Xiangsheng, who was leading the battle, could not defeat the Qing army, and then he sent Lu Xiangsheng to death.
Forced to a dead end, if Lu Xiangsheng took 30,000 soldiers and horses without food and grass to fight against the Qing army, he would definitely die; if Lu Xiangsheng did not go to fight against the Qing army, he would be guilty of avoiding the enemy and fearing war.
Moreover, if Lu Xiangsheng is really afraid of the enemy and refuses to fight, then the responsibility for the Qing army's invasion this time will be placed on Lu Xiangsheng, who is the "governor of the world and the king of diligent troops".
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, raised his hands and asked, "Master Governor, how many days of food and grass do we still have in our army?"
Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "There are only five days of food and grass left."
Wang Pu thought for a while, said nothing, and retreated.
Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Hu Dawei snorted angrily and cursed: "Yang Sichang has made things difficult for us, why are we still fighting? Go back to Shanxi!"
Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, shook his head and said: "If we escape, I'm afraid we will be charged with fleeing before the battle!"
Hu Dawei said angrily: "What should we do? Are we, a group of living people, going to be played to death by Yang Sichang? Instead of starving to death, it is better to fight with the Qing army!"
Yang Guozhu's face was uncertain and he said nothing.
How could a few generals of an army fight against Yang Sichang, who had won the trust of the Emperor and was in charge of the Ministry of War? The generals in the camp were helpless and fell silent one by one. In the end, the entire camp was very quiet and there was no one.
say.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the top of the big tent and sighed.
It seems there is no other way out.
Lu Xiangsheng was despairing there when he heard a voice saying: "Master Governor, there will be a solution in the end!"
Lu Xiangsheng quickly followed the sound and saw that it was Li Zhi who was speaking.
The eyes of all the generals lit up and they all looked at Li Zhi who was speaking, wanting to hear what he could do.
Lu Xiangsheng's face lit up with joy and he said: "If General Longhu has any plans, please tell me!"
Li Zhi looked at the dozen generals who were staring at him, raised his hands and said: "The general tortured those Dongnu scouts and found out that the Dongnu concentrated the looted grain and grass in Gu'an County. There was a fort with 20,000 grain and grass.
There are only 5,000 soldiers guarding Yu Shi. How about our army kill them and rob them of the food and grass?"
When everyone heard this, they all took a breath. It would not be that easy to grab the food and fodder of the Qing army! The food and fodder of the Qing army must be hidden in the fortress that was captured and protected by the city wall. Five thousand Tatars occupied
Defensively, the Ming army would not be able to defeat the moon without a single one. These days, the Ming army does not even dare to fight in the wild with the Qing army, so how can it beat the Tatars defending the city?
If the Qing army returns to support when the siege of the city is exhausted, and the Tatars inside and outside the city attack from both inside and outside, it will be a complete defeat.
What's more, the army only has five days of food and grass left, and there is not enough time to attack the city.
After hearing Li Zhi's suggestion, everyone was a little disappointed and secretly thought that this was not a good strategy.
"General Longhu, I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat this fortified city of the Tatars in half a month!"
"I'm afraid that after a few days of attacking, the Tatars will come back to help, and we will be surrounded under the city!"
"Now my army only has five days of food and grass, how can it take down the fortified city guarded by five thousand Dongnu?"
Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, sighed, and felt that he would not be able to get the Qing army's food and grass within five days.
Seeing everyone's disappointment, Li Zhi raised his hands and said, "Li Zhi is willing to lead 10,000 people, and he will capture these grains and grass within five days!"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Li Zhi up and down.
Why is Li Zhi so confident? Doesn't he know how powerful the Dongnu soldiers are?
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Zhi in surprise and said: "There are five thousand defenders there. According to this, there is another day's journey. Can General Longhu break the Qing army's fortress in four days?"
Li Zhi said proudly: "Li Zhi is confident that he can break the Qing army's fortress!"
Lu Xiangsheng thought of the Hongyi cannons in Li Zhi's army, his face lit up, and he said: "If we can get more than 20,000 stones of food and grass, my army will not be short of food for three months. General Longhu will go, and I will march for you!"
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Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I don't want to bother the governor anymore. I will lead my troops there. If I succeed, the governor will come to Gu'an to join me!"
Li Zhi returned to Huben Division, led 10,000 soldiers and horses, bid farewell to the army, and headed for Gu'an County south of the capital.
Gu'an County has been captured by the Qing army, and the city has been looted by the Tatars. All people and animals have been taken away, and the scene is very bleak. The Tatars have sent 300 auxiliary soldiers to guard Gu'an County, and have no intention of holding on to the city. However,
Li Zhi did not attack Gu'an County, which had no food in stock. Instead, he found the fortress where the Qing army stored food based on the prisoners' confessions.
It was a fort with a circumference of two miles. The city wall was five or six meters high, and there was only one gate on the south side. There were various traps and pits outside the city, and there were 5,000 Qing troops guarding food in the city. When I saw Li Zhi
The soldiers and horses came over, and the Qing army guarding the food closed the city gate and stayed in the fort without coming out.
Li Zhi rode a horse and ran around the outside of the city wall. He felt that there were fewer traps in the south of the city to resist horses, so he decided to attack the fort from here.
Li Zhi's siege method was unique, something the Tatars of this era had never seen before!
Li Zhi first wanted to knock down the battlements on the city wall. These battlements can protect the Qing archers on the city wall. If they are not knocked down, Li Zhi's troops will be damaged. Li Zhi's 140 six-pound cannons have 300 guns outside the city.
They lined up in a row at Mi Chu and fired at the battlements on the city wall.
As soon as the cannon fired, the roar was endless and resounded for several miles. The scene of more than a hundred cannons blasting the city wall stunned the Qing troops on the city wall. These Tatars from the bitter cold land outside the wall had never seen such a situation.
How many red barbarian cannons?
With the roar of cannons, the battlements on the city wall turned into nothing.
Those battlements were very thin and could not withstand the bombardment of the cannons, and the cannons fell apart one after another. Li Zhi's artillery fired all morning, like pulling teeth, and hit the battlements on the south side, flattening all the battlements on the south side of the city wall. The Qing soldiers who defended the city.
When had the army seen such firepower? They wanted to hide behind the battlements to avoid the artillery, but they were often injured and killed by the gravel and debris ejected from the battlements.
There was no danger to defend the city wall, but the Tatars were reluctant to give up the city wall. How could they defend the city if they gave up the city wall? In the end, the Tatars left more than two hundred corpses on the city wall, and then reluctantly withdrew.
At last, there was no one on the city wall, except for the rolling stones and wood.
After destroying the battlements of the city wall, Li Zhi began to attack the city.
Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were all hand-held, so of course they couldn't rely on ladders to attack by force, which would not be able to show their advantage at all. Li Zhi asked his soldiers to go outside the city to cut trees and build 500 six-meter-high manholes.
The manhole rails are six meters wide and four meters long, with wheels at the bottom. They can be gradually pushed to the edge of the city wall. More than thirty soldiers can stand on each manhole rail. Standing on the manhole rails, you can shoot down the Qing troops on the city wall.
