On the second day, the weather in Baihe County was fine and cloudless.
The war was over. In order to give the 70,000 rebels Liu Jicheng had taken away a breathing space, the Far East Army did not immediately pursue the rebels to Donglai County.
In fact, the troops who went to Donglai County were not the Tiger Battalion and Tornado Battalion led by Luo Shixin and Yuchi Jingde, nor Zhang Tiangang's special forces.
According to the plan, Guan Xiaotong and his 40,000-strong Hammer Battalion were already at the border of Fanyang County and Donglai County, ready to enter Donglai County in the name of hunting down the rebels. Du Ruhui and Liu Ziming had even assigned various officials needed to govern Donglai County.
All ready.
Now Luo Shixin and Yuchi Jingde have three main remaining tasks.
First, deal with the more than 60,000 prisoners captured last night. Regardless of whether these people were common people before, they are no longer good people. Everyone must have a life on their hands, and they must have done a lot of evil things. According to the king
According to Junlin's plan, these people will be sent to Snake Island for intensive training for three months, and then sent to the Annan Kingdom on the Goguryeo Peninsula to replace Li Xuanba's Bao Xiong Camp and Liu Yidong's Annan Camp stationed in Annan Kingdom.
Let them go and harm the Goguryeo people.
Secondly, the two men led the troops to coerce and monitor Lai Huer and lead his Boling army to withdraw from Shanggu County. It can be seen from the fact that Lai Huer did not dare to lead people out of the city last night. It is obvious that they are very guarded against Wang Junlin.
He was a die-hard loyalist of Yang Guang. How could Wang Junlin agree to such a person staying in Shanggu County and leading an army of 40,000?
The third task is also a long-term task. The Tornado Battalion and Tiger Battalion will be stationed in Shanggu County for a long time. Otherwise, there will be no actual control without the army stationed.
As for the gradual replacement or control of officials in Shanggu County in order to completely control Shanggu County, it will naturally be carried out gradually. It will not take long before the second Fanyang County and the third Fanyang County will appear.
Most of the planned plan has been completed, and there is no need for him to be in charge in the future. Wang Junlin is ready to return to Fanyang County to tease his precious son.
But while on the road, Shen Guoer sent him some news, which made him feel heavy again.
The first news is about Wagangzhai, Zhai Rang, Li Mihe
Xu Maogong took advantage of Wang Junlin's plans to plot Shanggu County and Donglai County, and decisively sent troops. In just half a month, he actually captured the entire Dongjun. This was certainly related to the fact that Wagang Village had been prepared for a long time, but it was also enough to show that Wagangzhai had already prepared.
The strength of Gangzhai cannot be underestimated.
Yang Guang sent Feng Ciming, a veteran who was no less famous than Lai Huer and even more qualified, to Dongjun to quell the rebellion. However, he was defeated miserably at the hands of Xu Maogong. He died on the battlefield, along with the 30,000 soldiers he brought with him and the 30,000 local county soldiers.
The entire army was wiped out.
According to the intelligence brought by Shen Guoer, General Feng Ciming should not have lost, or should not have lost so miserably and so quickly. Because Feng Ciming not only did not underestimate the enemy and rush forward, he could even be described as cautious.
His use of troops.
Feng Ciming obviously paid great attention to the rebels in Wagang Village and was very cautious from the beginning. Xu Maogong led the Wagang army to set traps several times, but Feng Ciming saw the flaws with his rich battlefield experience and avoided them.
After three consecutive battles, Feng Ciming was not at a disadvantage.
But the next battlefield was a little strange. Xu Maogong led the Wagang Army back to the mountain stronghold, hoping to lure Feng Ciming to pursue the enemy. However, Feng Ciming still adopted a very special method because he thought that he would be at a disadvantage fighting the rebels on unfamiliar terrain.
A sound tactic.
He used 30,000 government soldiers as the core and 30,000 county soldiers as his arms, relying on the five counties of Lingchang, Xucheng, Kuangcheng, Weicheng, and Baima to build a defense line, trying to trap the Wagang army to death through a long-term siege.
Among the mountains.
As a result, something went wrong with the officers and soldiers at this time. First, the officers and soldiers' food and grass were not delivered in time, which caused the officers and soldiers to mutiny because of the lack of food and grass. Feng Ciming spent half a day ruthlessly taking action, killing hundreds of people before the chaos was settled.
But taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Maogong led the Wagang Army to suddenly sneak past the air raids between the officers and soldiers of Lingchang and Baima, cross the Yellow River with a group of civilian boats that appeared from nowhere, break into Jijun directly, and then threaten Liyangcang.
After receiving the urgent letter from Jijun, Feng Ciming was shocked and had to abandon the siege plan and led his soldiers across the river to pursue him. As a result, the 30,000 soldiers he led were surrounded by 80,000 rebels as soon as they arrived near Tongshan.
Even though they were surrounded, the elite of the Wagang army
Rui only had 30,000 men, and most of them were still rogue bandits, somewhat similar to Wang Xuba's men before. Feng Ciming could still break through if he focused on it.
But the problem is that the food and fodder for the officers and soldiers have never been transported. Without the food and fodder, the army has lost its loyalty to the imperial court in recent years. Although the old general Feng Ciming is highly respected, it is very troublesome to suppress him. In addition, the strange thing is that the imperial court actually
No reinforcements were sent.
Even in this situation with no food, grass, or reinforcements, Feng Ciming led the army to persist for three days and three nights. Finally, the entire army was wiped out and Feng Ciming was captured alive.
Zhai Rang demanded ransom from the court for the life of General Feng, but no one in the court paid attention. Zhai Rang became so angry that he killed Feng Ciming and abandoned his body in the wilderness to feed wolves. Immediately, the Wagang army turned around and entered Xingyang and captured Xingyang County.
After sweeping through most of it, they returned to their old nest in Dongjun.
"Xu Maogong is worthy of being a figure in the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, second only to the military god Li Jing in terms of using troops to fight." Wang Junlin has always regretted not taking these two fierce men, Li Jing and Xu Maogong, under his command.
Feng Ciming has a close relationship with Yu Juluo, who is now sent to the south of the Yangtze River by Yang Guang. Wang Junlin once met this old general Feng at Yu Juluo's house. Although it was many years ago, he had a certain impression, and
The impression is pretty good.
He remembered that this old general was one of those loyal elders who had nothing to do with the world and was known as a humble gentleman. Unexpectedly, the final outcome was so tragic. According to Shen Guoer, Yang Guang and those in the Luoyang court were also defeated because of the defeat of General Feng.
, preparing to punish General Feng’s three sons who served in the army as well.
"Send a message to Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang Feiying, asking them to find a way to rescue General Feng's three sons, and then secretly send them to Fanyang County." Wang Junlin actually had no friendship with Feng Ciming, so he took action to save the three sons.
Son, on the one hand, it was because of the relationship between Yu Juluo and Feng Ciming, and on the other hand, he really didn't care about the faces of Yang Guang and the people in the court.
An old general who had served the Sui Dynasty all his life, made many military exploits and died in battle, had his descendants treated like this just because he was not from a wealthy family. The court was indeed hopeless.