Cross the Danshui River to the southwest of Longju Village and Zhulin Pass, and then walk forward for a while from the south bank of the Danshui River. This is the battlefield where Li Zicheng and the troops of the Ming Army General Zheng Guodong fought.
The mountains where they fought have no names, but the valleys between these mountains extend forward to a place close to the south bank of Danshui, forming a relatively open valley. This valley actually has a name, which was used by the officers and soldiers.
The local guide called it Junlingchuan.
When Zheng Guodong's army completely collapsed, Ai Guobin's troops, who had been left on the river bank for the purpose of monopolizing military power, gradually became aware of the changes in the battle situation ahead.
Ai Guobin was originally dissatisfied with Zheng Guodong's arrangements. He stayed in a small temporary camp on the river bank and asked his staff and clerk to write quickly, preparing to slander Zheng Guodong in front of Governor Yang Sichang, Qin Governor Zheng Chongjian and others.
Ben. But before he finished writing his letter of complaint, he continued to find some deserters from the army who had fled back from the valley in front of Junling River.
These deserters were taken in by Ai Guobin, and he got shocking news from these people. Zheng Guodong, who had nearly a thousand soldiers and horses, and had a huge advantage in strength and equipment, was actually defeated by the rogue bandits!?
Ai Guobin couldn't believe it, but the increasing number of fleeing and defeated troops in front of him forced him to believe this reality. Ai Guobin was not a good general. He saw that Zheng Guodong had more troops than him and could not defeat the rogue bandits, so he immediately rose to cross the border.
He was thinking about escaping from Hebei Province. Moreover, he also thought to himself that Zheng Guodong was defeated in this battle because of his greed for merit and rash advance. As long as he added fuel and jealousy, he could naturally describe his escape north as a prudent use of troops. In this way, he could compare with Zheng Guodong who was rash and failed miserably. He said
Maybe he can take away Zheng Guodong's position as general.
At this time, he only wanted to escape back to Longju Village. Even after Ai Guobin wanted to cross the river, he simply burned the ferry and the boats to create a blockage for Zheng Guodong. The best thing was to let the bandits kill Zheng Guodong in Danshui.
It was better to go to the south bank, so that I could put all the blame and responsibility for the defeat on Zheng Guodong.
But when Ai Guobin was preparing to cross the river, more defeated soldiers fled from the direction of Junlingchuan in front. Only then did he know that Zheng Guodong's entire army had collapsed and was no longer fighting, and the bandits were closely pursuing him.
They will soon catch up behind them. If they cross the river at this time, it will be equivalent to exposing the rear to the bandits, creating an excellent opportunity for the bandits to attack halfway across the river.
In despair, Ai Guobin was extremely anxious. He repeatedly whipped the rural soldiers on the left and right to vent his anger. He didn't know what to do. He was helpless and could only mutter back and forth, "How can I run away now?" "How can I run away now?"
How to run" this sentence.
Li Siquan, the country hero who had been whipped by him, knelt on the ground and persuaded Ai Guobin: "Master Ai, Master Ai, you must not do it. You must not cross the river and evacuate to the north at this time!"
Li Siquan is from Mizhi. When Ai Guobin used methods to persecute the Mizhi Li family to the point of extermination and took away the local brave troops, Li Siquan made a lot of achievements. He was bribed by Ai Guobin with gold and silver, and he went to
The yamen came out to accuse the Li family of colluding with bandits, and played the most important role in helping Ai Guobin clean up the Li family. After that, Ai Guobin was accepted as a close confidant of the family. His persuasion had a great influence on Ai Guobin.
Sure enough, after seeing that Li Si tried his best to persuade him, Ai Guobin knew that it was really dangerous to cross the river at this time. However, he had no courage and no military strategy. He really couldn't think of a way to escape or defeat the enemy, so he had to catch Li Siquan in a hurry.
, asked: "Then tell me quickly, tell me if there is any way for us to escape. If we can run back to Longju Village this time, I will definitely promote you to an official position!"
"Master Ai, the Mizhi traitor Li Chonger who caused trouble for you at the beginning once taught the younger ones how to use troops." Li Siquan was originally one of Li Laiheng's relatives in Mizhi's hometown. He was rogue and idle, and Li Laiheng was in Mizhi.
When Zhi's hometown was running the Xiangyong, he was kindly recruited to help Li Siquan find a bowl of food. Unexpectedly, Li Siquan was bribed by Ai Guobin and betrayed the little tiger named Li Chonger at that time, which caused the loss of Li's family and the loss of his family.
Li Laiheng became a civilian husband.
Li Siquan was very familiar with the Mizhi Xiangyong armed force trained by Li Laiheng. He hurriedly offered advice to Ai Guobin and persuaded Ai Guobin that instead of escaping for his life, it would be better to take in Zheng Guodong's defeated troops at the ferry while using the powerful Mizhi troops in his hands.
Xiangyong armed them and deployed them to Junlingchuan in front. At the ferry crossing at the narrowest place in the valley, they backhandedly attacked the rogue bandits who were chasing after them in a hurry.
"The rogue bandits must have been arrogant and unprepared when they defeated General Zheng's soldiers. If I set up a large formation in a narrow valley and blocked the hillsides on both sides, I would be able to defeat the rogue bandits severely!"
"This..." Ai Guobin couldn't be convinced. Although he knew that the Mizhi Xiangyong armed forces under him were quite effective in fighting, he was not very reassured. He was deeply afraid that he would end up with the same miserable end as Zheng Guodong, so he hesitated.
However, due to Li Siquan's constant persuasion and the increasing number of defeated troops, Ai Guobin gradually felt that although the rogue bandits completely defeated Zheng Guodong's troops, they did not seem to have done many casualties. From this point of view, although the rogue bandits were powerful, their actual strength and
The combat effectiveness is probably not much stronger than that of the official army.
Therefore, Ai Guobin's confidence gradually recovered. He wiped the cold sweat that had just shed on his forehead and calmed down a little. He planned to follow Li Siquan's suggestion and let Li Siquan take the Mi Zhi Xiangyong to the front of Junlingchuan.
In the narrow valley, set up a large formation to defend against the enemy.
These Mizhi warriors have very simple weapons and equipment, each holding a long spear. They were originally trained by Li Laiheng who spent a lot of time in his hometown of Mizhi. They are very disciplined. After they fell into the hands of Dusi Ai Guobin, although their military discipline became
They were much scattered, but now they formed a square formation and slowly advanced to the vicinity of Junlingchuan. They still showed a very different momentum from other troops under Ai Guobin.
These village warriors marched forward in an orderly manner and formed a formation in the middle of the narrowest valley in front of the Junling River. The two wings of the formation extended to the slopes on both sides, thus making use of the slopes on both sides.
To protect the flanks of the formation, the rogues could only attack its front.
On the front of the formation were rows of spears, and these village warriors had no expressions. Among them, some of Li Laiheng's relatives originally served as officers, but after Ai Guobin cleverly seized this armed force, he naturally dealt with them all.
He dropped it and put his own people in to control the troops.
But they still retained an instinctive reaction formed by Li Laiheng's long-term training in the past. This instinctive reaction made them slowly raise countless spears at an angle, and the sharp spear points reflected a cold light.
"Stab to the right"
I don't know who shouted, and then shouts of "stab to the right" were heard continuously in the formation. This was also a command left by Li Laiheng when he was training Xiangyong in his hometown in Mizhi. It is said that
The reason is that by stabbing to the right, you can stab the left side of the enemy on the opposite side, and most people's left hand is not as flexible as their right hand, so it is difficult to deal with the enemy.
It's hard to say how much truth there is in this theory, but the discipline of Xiangyong's formation and the dense formation of spears like hedgehogs at this time did reflect a certain degree of combat effectiveness.
The officers and soldiers of the Chuang army who were driving Zheng Guodong's defeated army from the rear and chasing them north ran into the large formation deployed by Li Siquan.
The leader was Li Shuangxi. He was the most effective in chasing Zheng Guodong's defeated army. At this time, he was charging at the front on his war horse. Li Shuangxi was not mentally prepared for the counterattack of the officers and soldiers. He saw that Zheng Guodong's soldiers had been defeated like this.
Naturally, it was expected that the Ming army had already collapsed. How could he expect that there was still a force of Ai Guobin behind him, so he led a group of soldiers who broke into the camp and ran headlong into the spear formation.
Li Shuangxi himself reacted very quickly. He hurriedly reined in his horse and turned around. He was not stupid enough to ride a war horse and run into the dense forest-like spear formation. But there were many soldiers who were chasing the defeated soldiers.
, without any psychological preparation, rushed into Li Siquan's formation. Although they had extraordinary courage and extraordinary martial arts, at this time each of them had to face the intensive assassination of three or four spears, and it was impossible to resist.
Many people could not resist, and the officers and soldiers Xiangyong achieved many results with a series of assassinations. The soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground. Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu followed from behind, and they only saw
Li Shuangxi halted his horse in the middle of the valley. He saw some officers and soldiers forming a formation in the valley to resist. He mistakenly thought that this was a small number of broken soldiers who were forced by the general to form a formation to make a last stand.
Therefore, neither Liu Zongmin nor Tian Jianxiu made too many preparations. Liu Zongmin was even very proud and rode the old Ma Tuer Ye at the front, leading dozens of soldiers from the invading army to try to break through the official formation from the front.
He concluded in his heart that the morale of the officers and soldiers had collapsed long ago, so he thought that this makeshift formation could be broken up with a single charge, but he did not realize that this was a completely different enemy.
Before Li Shuangxi could remind Liu Zongmin, this group of intruders ran into the spear formation again and paid the same painful price.