In the Guanzhong Basin on the west bank of the Jingshui River, the sound of galloping horse hooves is like a war drum resounding in the hearts of people.
"What, you haven't seen the leading cavalry of the Pingxia tribe leaving the Jingshui Valley since dawn?"
It was reported that the scouts in the north of Chiyang did not see Li Siqi's vanguard coming out of the Jingshui Valley until dawn. Wang Mao, who was sitting on horseback staring at the battlefield of Sanghe Bay, felt that time was clouding his mind.
Naturally, the speed of the large group of cavalry moving south was not as fast as expected, but the vanguard units such as scouts and outposts had the responsibility of exploring the road and detecting the enemy's situation, so they definitely needed to appear earlier and faster than the main force.
If Li Siqi's leading cavalry is not in the Jingshui River Valley after dawn, it will be impossible for the main force of the Pingxia Qiang cavalry to enter the east bank of Heiniutan for reinforcements within the scheduled time!
What on earth is Li Siqi doing?!
"I'm afraid there's some fraud here!"
Wang Cai reined in the reins, stopped the horse, frowned and said,
"Liang Jun on the other side seemed to have gathered a large number of troops overnight, but the offensive in the early morning was weak. It was not Cao Ba's martial arts style at all! Wang Xiaoxian's men were a bunch of softies, and most of them surrendered without a fight.
Liang Jun came from Tianshui East and didn't encounter any tough battles. There is no way he would be exhausted so quickly..."
"Hurry up and gather the two thousand cavalry and pull them out. Follow me to reinforce Heiniutan. You have to be fast." Wang Mao felt worse. He couldn't wait for Wang Qi to order all the cavalry, so he urgently led 300 cavalry and rushed towards the horse.
Reinforcements came from the east coast of Heiniutan, forty miles away.
The cavalry around Wang Mao were all excellent horses, but it was already the last minute when they arrived at Heiniutan.
He saw from a distance the east bank of Heiniutan, which was defended by only 2,000 cavalry. The simple defense line had been torn open several times by Liang cavalry, and his heart felt cold.
The large camp they were stationed behind the defense line was also suddenly attacked from both sides by small groups of Liangqi.
These Liang Army cavalry held torches high in broad daylight, bypassing the pursuers, setting tents on fire one after another, and constantly creating greater chaos behind the defense line.
In addition to Heiniutan, because this section of the riverbed is a whole piece of black rock, as if the black cow is lying underwater, forming a shallow beach more than 200 paces wide, which can be directly used by cavalry to pass, there are also Liang Jun in the upstream and downstream directions of Heiniutan.
Dozens of floating rafts built from logging were carrying Liang Jun Jianyong, who abandoned his horse and fought on foot, crossing the river to fight.
Heiniutan is still too narrow, and there are simple fortifications built by the Wu De Army in the past three or four days on the front. Behind the fortifications, hundreds of heavily armored infantrymen of the Wu De Army holding heavy shields, crossbows and spears guard the defense.
There are also light cavalry and armored cavalry of the Wu De army in formation.
It would be very difficult to cross the river directly from such a narrow channel as Heiniutan and gain a foothold on the east bank, and the casualties would be extremely heavy.
Build simple floating rafts and try to cross the river at more points on both sides of Heiniutan. This will make it easier to bypass the defense line established by the German army directly opposite Heiniutan. Then, you can give full play to the advantage of your troops and break through deeply to the east bank.
Although the Chengdu Army still had a small number of navy warships in the Moyu River, at nightfall yesterday, Wang Mao judged that Sanghe Bay would be the main attack direction of the Liang Army, and he transferred the small-scale navy force of more than a thousand to Moyu River.
The river mouth of the lower reaches of the Yu River was located, but Liang Jun did not expect that the real breakthrough point would be Heiniutan.
In addition to the 3,000 to 4,000 Liang troops who had already entered the battlefield, Wang Mao saw that the west bank was covered in darkness. At least there were 4,000 to 5,000 Liang troops waiting to cross the river.
This made his eyesight turn black.
Li Siqi's 3,000 Qiang cavalry had not yet arrived. At this time, Liang Jun's elite troops gathered at Heiniutan were three or four times their number. They were all trying desperately to cross the river. How could they fight this battle?
No matter how difficult it is, Wang Mao knows that he has no room to give up easily.
After being defeated here, Liang Jun marched eastward directly against the edge of Beishan Mountain and sealed the south entrance of the Jingshui River Valley. The Wude Army, together with the Wang family, and the Li family's 40,000 to 50,000 troops, were all trapped in the Jingshui River.
Between the Yuhe River and the Weishui River, they have become a turtle in a urn, and no one can escape.
"My sons, follow me!"
Although Wang Mao has stopped fighting in battles in the past few years, he knows that his two younger brothers are not economical lamps. Even though he was granted the title of crown prince, he did not dare to indulge in a luxurious life and forget about military and political matters.
He waved his halberd to inspire the morale of the generals behind him, pulled the reins, and was the first to gallop toward the battlefield.
Liang Jun did not build many simple floating rafts overnight, and the embankment on the east bank of the Moyu River was generally in good condition, which increased the difficulty for Liang Jun to cross the river. This made the number of attackers who crossed the river on both sides of Liang Jun extremely limited.
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Wang Mao ignored the attacks on Liang Jun from both wings and saw that Liang Jun's main river crossing was still the shallow water of Heiniutan. He thought that as long as they could suppress the main force of Liang Jun on the narrow river beach and be unable to fight, they would not be able to attack.
Let Liang Jun's superior troops and horses deploy calmly, and when Wang Kai and others arrive with follow-up reinforcements, they have not lost this battle yet.
Even if there is no one around him to hold him, Wang Mao will not directly enter the chaotic battlefield to fight.
After boosting his morale, he stopped at the edge of the battlefield, surrounded by dozens of cavalry, and watched the three hundred elite cavalry who came with him rush into the battlefield. As expected, Liang Jun's arrogance was knocked down a bit, and hundreds of soldiers were killed.
Liang Jun, who had crossed the river, was pressed under the remaining embankment, two to three hundred steps deep into the river beach.
However, before Wang Mao could feel relieved for long, Liang Jun sent two more groups of heavily armored infantry to cross the river on horseback, and then formed formations on both wings of the river beach. In the middle, another group of heavy armored cavalry slowly crossed the river.
Liang Jun rarely used heavy armored cavalry to charge into battle, but this does not mean that Liang Jun could not recruit two heavy armored cavalry when necessary.
Liang Jun's new round of pre-war formation was completed. More than a thousand troops, mainly heavy armored infantry, heavy armored cavalry, and light armored crossbow cavalry, moved from the narrow river beach to the maimed building built close to the river embankment.
The fortifications were attacked from above.
These Liang Jun soldiers came holding all kinds of weapons and weapons while shouting something loudly.
The battlefield was too noisy, and Wang Mao was relatively far away, so it was difficult to hear what Liang Jun was shouting.
"These Liang Army generals are shouting Li Yuanshou. Li Siqi has surrendered to Liang. Not only will he not rush over for reinforcements, he has also captured Yongshou County and blocked our northward retreat."
She Rong, the deputy general of the garrison on the east bank of Heiniutan, rushed over to report what Liang Jun was shouting.
"Nonsense! Li Yuanshou and Li Siqi will never surrender to Liang Jun!" Wang Mao shouted angrily.
Although he was quite panicked at this time, when it came to Li Yuanshou, he was the first to not believe that Li Siqi had surrendered to Liang Jun.
If that were the case, Liang Jun would not have fought so fiercely at Heiniutan, and Li Siqi could have taken advantage of their unpreparedness, attacked their retreat, and caught them off guard.
I don't know what happened. Perhaps it was more likely that Li Siqi was timid, but he never believed Li Yuanshou. Li Siqi had surrendered to Liang Jun.
"The generals below are more concerned about where Li Siqi's reinforcements are and when they will arrive?" She Rong asked.
They may not believe Li Yuanshou. Li Siqi and his son have surrendered to Liang Jun, but the soldiers below and even the middle and lower-level military attachés are more concerned about the arrival of reinforcements. Without reinforcements, they can only rely on their more than 2,000 troops to resist the waves of Liang Jun.
Attack, morale cannot last long.
Feng Xuan personally rushed to the west bank of Heiniutan last night to take charge, and mobilized all the elite troops. After early morning, he organized troops to seize the beach and cross the river. The fighting was not too fierce.
On the one hand, Feng Xuan needed to systematically destroy the fortifications built by the enemy on the remaining embankment on the east bank, otherwise the cavalry would be crowded by these fortifications and unable to move.
On the other hand, Feng Xuan was not sure when the Pingxia cavalry would come - Han Bao had no time to send people to cross the hundreds of miles of high mountains to the west of the Jingshui River Valley to inform him. Feng Xuan was worried that when the troops extended deep to the east coast,
The flanks will be exposed to the Qiang cavalry of the Pingxia tribe who can arrive at any time.
However, after seeing Wang Mao personally leading hundreds of cavalry in a hurry from the defense line on the east bank of Sanghe Bay to Heiniutan, not only had the enemy's simple defenses on the east bank been almost destroyed, but Feng Xuan could also confirm that
The Pingxia Qiang Cavalry led by Li Siqi was held back by Han Bao and others in the Jingshui River Valley.
At this moment, Feng Xuan directly sent twice as many troops into the river beach on the other side to increase the density and intensity of the attack.
I have to admit that the enemy's will is very tenacious and they have the advantage of the terrain. However, at this time, there are already enough raiding troops crossing the river from both sides to form cavalry, and they continuously make surprise attacks from the flanks and attack the back of the enemy's defense line.
, the enemy army soon became unable to hold on.
Without the enemy's interception, groups of cavalry rushed into the east bank of the Moyu River as if they had lost their spears.
Feng Xuan led a group of cavalry ahead of Lu Ze and headed toward the Jingshui Valley as quickly as possible.
Even though Han Bao's troops dragged the Pingxia cavalry into the Jingshui River Valley as scheduled, Han Bao's troops ran three hundred miles of mountain road with their feet for three days and four nights. The first batch of frontline soldiers who rushed to the battlefield were in inevitable condition.
It's extremely bad, but at this time, we still have to fight bravely with the enemy. If it weren't for the reinforcements to drive away the Pingxia tribe's Qiang cavalry, the casualties would be unimaginable.
In addition to Lu Ze leading a cavalry to the Jingshui Valley in the northeast, Feng Xuan also ordered Li Zhi to lead a cavalry infantry to follow closely, but without entering the Jingshui Valley, but to the north of Chiyang City
, chose a location to set up camp near the south entrance of the Jingshui River Valley, completely blocking the passage for the German army to escape north.
He personally led the remaining more than 3,000 cavalry and rushed downstream along the east bank of the Moyu River. He defeated or forced back the enemy's defensive troops on the east bank of the Moyu River, so that Cao Ba and Hou Mo who were still on the west bank could be defeated.
Two troops and one supply and auxiliary troops were able to successfully cross the Moyu River...
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Although the Chengde Army had more than 20,000 cavalry north of the Wei River and west of the Jing River, nearly half of its cavalry was gathered on the north bank of the Wei River opposite Xianyang City to resist the 40,000-plus elite Liang troops on the south bank from the west side of Xianyang City.
Organize boats to cross the Wei River.
Although all the boats in Yongzhou were inspected by Wang Yuankui, and the lower reaches of the Wei River and the rivers of the Ba River were blocked by shipwrecks, Li Zhigao still found some boats in Fengxiang and rushed them to Xianyang for the main force to cross the river.
Wang Yuankui's ultimate goal is to take his direct descendants and flee to Qingyuan and other places deep in the Weibei Plateau.
This determined that he could not deploy his slowly retreating infantry on the north bank of the Weishui River to delay the main force of the Liang Army on the southern front crossing the river. However, he deployed half of the cavalry as rear troops on the north bank of the Weishui River and on the east bank of the Moyu River.
After the defense line collapsed, he had no more mobile combat power in his hands, and there was no room to remedy the collapse of the entire situation.
When all the cavalry west of the Moyu River entered the east bank, Feng Xuan did not take the risk to directly attack the more than 10,000 enemy cavalry on the other side of Xianyang City.
At this time, there was no need to specifically open a passage to the north for the main force on the southern line to cross the Wei River. Feng Xuan directly led his troops to the north to assemble in Chiyang County at the south entrance of the Jingshui River Valley, forming a north-south pincer attack with the main force on the southern line.
, completely leaving the German army with no way to escape from the ground and no way to escape to the sky.
More than two thousand defenders of Chiyang immediately abandoned the city and fled to Liquan City, and then more Chengde soldiers and horses swarmed toward Liquan City.
Feng Xuan was also indifferent to this. He was waiting for the main force on the southern front to cross the Wei River step by step, and then they would advance towards Liquan City together.
Liquan City is extremely strong, but Liquan is on the west bank of Jingshui River, surrounded by flat rivers.
Wang Yuankui sank a large number of boats in the Weishui River, but there was no interference from the enemy. Feng Xuan believed that the naval warships were coming, and he and the auxiliary troops of the supply camp on both sides of the river towed the sunken ships away from the main channel.
It does not take much time to restore navigation to major rivers such as the Wei River and the Jing River.
When the time comes, he will join forces with Jing Zhen, Kong Xirong, Li Zhigao and other soldiers outside Liquan City. When Luoyang's newly built heavy war equipment will be continuously transported through the Wei River and Jinghe River, he will surely be able to open Liquan at a much lower cost.
The gate of the city.
Han Bao led his troops to rush for 300 miles into the Heifeng Valley in the southeast of Yongshou County. His feet were bruised by his combat boots. Then he led the vanguard and led his exhausted troops to lead the Pingxia cavalry into the Heifeng Valley and entangled them, waiting for him to be carried into the pool.
When Yangcheng received treatment, his legs were already a bloody mess.
After the follow-up troops rushed to Heifenggou for reinforcements, two hundred of the first batch of more than 300 forwards who entered Heifenggou were killed in battle, and the rest, including Han Bao, were all scarred; while Lu Ze led his troops to enter
In the Jingshui River Valley, Li Siqi led the Pingxia tribe and fled in shock. Two thousand soldiers and horses made a circuitous attack from Tongguancheng to the west. In total, more than 500 people died in the Black Wind Valley.
The assault troops and horses did not have heavy armor to protect themselves and were extremely exhausted. More than 500 people were killed in the battle. Only more than 200 enemy corpses were left on the Heifenggou battlefield. In terms of battle damage ratio, it was far higher than the enemy's.
, but as far as the entire interception operation is concerned, it is the first achievement.
In late April, 80,000 Dalian infantrymen and elite naval forces besieged more than 50,000 Wude soldiers and generals in Liquan City.
Liquan City is strong, but as a county seat under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, it is only 500 steps deep, and the surrounding wall is only more than 2,000 steps; it is far from comparable to Yongzhou City, whose wall is more than 20 miles long.
In such a large city, there are usually only six to seven hundred households living in the city.
At this time, Wang Yuankui and Wang Mao packed the company's soldiers and Wang family members, nearly 60,000 people from the official family, and 30,000 to 40,000 large livestock into it. The degree of crowding can be imagined.
Liquan City is too small. Even though war horses and other large livestock can be slaughtered in the city to satisfy hunger, there are no defensive weapons.
After blocking the four city gates, the soldiers and horses besieging the city directly pushed the cyclone cannon and other heavy weapons 200 steps in front of the city, and could even bombard any corner of the city without blind spots.
It is impossible to give Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son any favors at this time.
In addition to the exemption for mid-level and low-level military attachés and ordinary generals below the battalion command who surrendered, the surrender letter drafted by Jing Zhen himself included all senior generals of the German army, officials, Wang Yuankui, and Wang Mao and his son, all of whom must be captured or killed.
list of war criminals.
Jing Zhen even offered a thousand gold reward to Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son's heads.
Under the continuous attack of hundreds of cyclone cannons and siege crossbows, the defenders suffered casualties at every moment, and their morale soon completely collapsed. One after another, the defenders hung ropes and surrendered out of the city.
On the fourth day, deputy general She Rong of the garrison at the west gate of Liquan, together with his generals, captured the chief general Wang Lie, opened the west gate to welcome the besieging soldiers and horses into the city, and all the defenders along the way watched the wind and surrendered.
Even the guards who were listed as war criminals gave up resistance one after another.
However, Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son did not give their own heads to others in the end.
They rushed dozens of female relatives in the mansion to the backyard of the county government office and shot them with arrows. Then they piled firewood, poured kerosene on them and set them on fire. The father and son finally threw themselves into the sea of fire and committed suicide.
After Jing Zhen, Kong Xirong, Li Zhigao, Feng Xuan and Zhu Zhen entered the city, they rushed to the scene of the extinguished fire. The auxiliary soldiers of the supply camp only cleared out a pile of burned corpses beyond recognition from the yard.
"Separate the generals and guards around Wang Yuankui for interrogation to confirm that Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son killed their wives and concubines and then walked into the sea of fire and committed suicide..." The general who was responsible for cleaning up the mess after the war came over and reported to everyone.
Jing Zhen and Zhu Zhen had great hatred towards Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son, and they did not feel any regret at the death of Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son.
Li Zhigao, Kong Xirong, and Feng Xuan just rubbed their hands and sighed.
If Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son finally surrendered and were captured, at least they would not have to die, but for them, being imprisoned would not be much better than death.
And they once had a choice, but their greed and unwillingness ruined their last choice. They probably didn't want to live and be laughed at for the rest of their lives, right?
Of course, Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son shot and killed the female family members in the mansion before they died, and they were indeed cruel and hateful.
"For such a cruel person, the corpses of his father and son should be pulled to the top of the city, exposed for three days, and then abandoned in the wilderness. Liquan City should also find stonemasons to carve inscriptions about his cruelty to warn future generations; other
The corpse was dug up and buried in another grave." Jing Zhen and Li Zhigao were unable to say anything directly about the disposal of the corpses of Wang Yuankui, Wang Mao and his son, so Kong Xirong said directly.
Jing Zhen waved his hand and signaled the military commander in charge to follow Kong Xirong's words.
In addition to sending people to Luoyang immediately to report the victory, Jing Zhen also discussed with Li Zhigao and Kong Xirong, and then took 216 middle- and high-level prisoners of the German army and 156 Wang family members to Luoyang to offer prisoners.
As for how to deal with the other captured soldiers, as well as the subsequent war arrangements, the defense of the Guanzhong states, the appointment of prefecture and county officials, etc., we have to wait for Han Qian to pass the edict from Luoyang.
Of course, Luoyang had long predicted the recovery of Guanzhong before the middle of the year, and Han Qian had already sent an edict to consult Jing Zhen, Kong Xirong, Li Zhigao, Feng Xuan, Chai Jian, Zhu Zhen and others regarding the subsequent governance and defense arrangements in Guanzhong.
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Even though it was not announced publicly, at this time the important ministers and generals of the Liang Dynasty knew very well that Han Qian had regarded the reunification of the world as his own responsibility.
With the continuous expansion of the territory of Daliang, how to govern the local area in the future has become the focus of discussion and concern among the government and the generals.
In the early days of the previous dynasty, the country was modeled on the provincial governor system of the Western Han Dynasty, and the country was divided into fifteen tracts based on the mountainous terrain and convenient transportation. Supervisory officials were set up as needed to assist the central government in supervising the prefectures and counties. However, they only played a supervisory role and did not carry out the supervision of prefectures and counties.
Administrative divisions are formed in the true sense above the states and counties.
From the early to the middle to the late period, the Jieduzhi system that was originally used in border areas was widely used throughout the country. The political regions of the world were basically divided among the various Jieduzhi, so that at most there were more than forty vassal towns in the world, forming a situation of local vassal and town separatism.
Eventually, the previous dynasty was destroyed and the world was torn into pieces.
After the establishment of the Liang, Jin, Shu and Chu kingdoms, although on the basis of continuing the old system, they also put a lot of effort into implementing a new system that not only facilitated local governance, but also limited the local power from becoming stronger and dividing the power among ministers. However, the time was too hasty and they were not very successful.
There must be an example that can be used for reference, that is, after the vassal reduction war, in order to facilitate Yang Yuanpu to control and strengthen the power of the recovered Hunan states, Emperor Tianyou set up the Xingshu Province in Tanzhou to administer Tanlangyue, Ezhaohengxuchen, etc.
State, can be said to be a more successful example.
After Yang Yuanpu ascended the throne, the Hunan Shangshu Province continued to be retained, but there was no longer an Shangshu Order to control the military and administration. Instead, the Xuan comfort envoys, transfer envoys, and inspection envoys were in charge of the military administration, finance, and prison supervision of the Hunan states.
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This not only facilitates local governance, successfully suppresses the rise of local forces, but also prevents excessive concentration of military and political power in the hands of one person.
Han Qian is now willing to directly establish the first Yongzhou province of Daliang after regaining Guanzhong. The Zuo Neishi Mansion and the Council of Government have repeatedly discussed related issues for many days.
Four days later, Gao Shao, Xi Xunqiao, Han Chengmeng and other officials rushed to Liquan with Han Qian's edict, met with Jing Zhen, Li Zhigao, Kong Xirong and others, and formally announced the establishment of Yongzhou Province, with Yongzhou as the provincial capital.
In addition to Feng, Qi, Yong, and other prefectures and counties that were recovered before May this year, and the prefectural and county systems will be changed in the future, as well as the Weibei states that are about to be recovered, Hanzhong Prefecture, Jinzhou Prefecture, Shangluo Prefecture, and Huatong Prefecture will all be included.
Placed under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou Province.
Compared with the Hunan Province, the Yongzhou Province will have the economic envoys and the inspection envoys in charge of military and civilian affairs, as well as the administration and supervision of prisons and other matters. The first economic envoys and inspection envoys were Jing Zhen and Xi Xunqiao.
Specify a five-year term.
Han Chengmeng served as the first prefect of Yongzhou Prefecture, the capital.
Although there is an armament department under the Ministry of Economic Affairs to oversee local military affairs and reserve forces, the main active combat forces are still under the direct control of each camp army.
According to the needs of the war, a Longyou system will be established to the west of Longshan to govern Qinzhou, Chengzhou, Wuzhou, and Tianshui. Chaijian will be the Longyou system to establish an envoy and command the military capital of Longyou.
The three cavalry brigades of Zhao Ci, Hou Mo, and Zhou Tong were responsible for the defense from the west of Longshan and from the south to the north to attack the Qiang cavalry forces of the Pingxia tribe that occupied Yinxia and other places.
The Shangluo Marching Army and Liangzhou Army's Deng Tai, Zhang Song, Chai Xun and other units were organized into the Yongzhou Marching Army, with a total of 30,000 active infantry and cavalry soldiers in the Sixth Brigade.
Feng Xuan served as the deputy economic envoy of Yongzhou Province and the military governor of Yanlin prefectures in Qingyuan, and also led the Yongbei camp military capital. In addition to regaining the four Weibei prefectures such as Yanlin in Qingyuan, in fact, in mid-to-late May, Qingyuan
The original defenders of Yanlin and other Weibei states fled without a fight. Feng Xuan captured these four states without bloodshed and merged them into Yongzhou Province. The Yongbei camp army will also be responsible for attacking the Mongolian north courtyard from the west flank.
control the territory and carry out military strikes against it.
The relationship between Liang and Shu has not yet broken down, so they will not directly set up a marching army, but they will definitely need to station elite main forces to keep an eye on the border defenses between Liang and Shu.
Han Qian sent Zhu Zhen to serve as the envoy of Liangzhou Prefecture (Hanzhong) and led two brigades of infantry and cavalry to guard Liangzhou.