Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Seven Swears to Defend Princess Jin
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the broken flags of the Shun army were blown by the strong wind and rolled up and down, as if their sleeves were floating in the air. The air made people feel miserable and cold.
The faint neighing of war horses, the clash of swords and halberds, and the roar of guns can be heard from the front. Many flesh and blood bodies are desperately killing in the front. Most of them, even if they are not relatives and friends, are brothers and sisters for many years. In the past,
For many years, they followed Luo Rucai, Luo Yanqing, and Yang Chengzu and traveled all over the world. Today, they don't know who they should follow.
Luo Yanqing wore thick iron armor, completely covering up her graceful figure even though she was several months pregnant. However, Luo Yanqing did not wear a helmet, her bun was slightly spread out, and her long hair was fluttering in the west wind, which also made her look beautiful.
The familiar faces of Cao Ying's soldiers were displayed in front of everyone on the battlefield.
"Yang Chengzu plotted to kill the King of Nanyang and raised an army to rebel. The crime must not be pardoned. Dashun only killed Yang Chengzu. The one who presented his head was granted the title of Marquis and was given ten thousand gold. The rest followed the crowd and lent me Cao Ying's old troops. They were just bewitched by the Yang thief, and
There is no sin to speak of. It is now time to repent and rise up in the face of battle!"
At the ancient fortress of Yitai near Chang'an City, the war was still going on. The two armies each occupied Lutai and faced each other tit for tat between Gaoling. Zhao Yingyuan led a group of strong men with loud voices and repeated Luo Yanqing's words loudly in front of the formation.
But soon, the rebels under Lutai were more powerful than the Dashun army, and Yang Chengzu himself was also in the formation. He was very embarrassed by Luo Yanqing's sudden attack, and hurriedly led a light cavalry back to Chang'an from Yanzhou to mobilize the defenders.
The army went out of the city to meet the enemy.
Luo Yanqing led Ma Jinzhong and Zhao Yingyuan out of Tongguan with light troops. With lightning speed, before the rebels could realize that Tongguan had been recaptured by the Shun army, they launched Cao Ying's Luo Yanqing's banner to defeat Huayin.
Huazhou and Weinan were approaching Lintong City, shocking Guanzhong with the force of breaking bamboo.
At that time, Yang Chengzu was still leading troops to besiege Yan'an. In Chang'an, only Governor Ji Gui led two tribesmen, Gao Ruli and Wu Dading, to defend. Although Luo Yanqing only had a few thousand troops, under her fierce advance and indomitable momentum, she surrendered.
People think that the Shun army must be very strong, otherwise how could they dare to attack so boldly?
Although Ji Gui had fought with Luo Rucai for many years, he was proficient in conspiracy and planning, but not good at commanding troops and commanding on the spot. Faced with Luo Yanqing's aggressive invasion of Guanzhong, Ji Gui did not dare to send troops to meet the enemy, so he could only order
Gao Ruli and Wu Dading retreated to the front line of Lishan, waiting for Yang Chengzu to rescue him from Yan'an south.
The rebels were already unstable. Now they were not only fiercely counterattacked by the Dashun Army, but also persuaded by Luo Yanqing, the eldest lady of Cao Ying, to surrender. Chang'an was shaken for a while, and officers from Cao Ying in the city fled out of the city and fled into the Shun Army camp.
Ji Gui put strict vigilance on this, closed the city gate of Chang'an Security Department, and controlled the entire city's citizens with a Baojia system, but he could not stop the popular trend of Cao's soldiers.
Gao Ruli and Wu Dading were both surrendered generals in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, Wu Dading was originally a subordinate of Xie Zikuai Tuoyangkun, a peasant army marshal in the early years of Chongzhen. After he was surrendered by Sun Chuanting, he secretly transferred Xie Zikuai Tuoyangkun to
Assassination, with this skill, he rose through the ranks in the Ming army.
Both of them were just coerced by Yang Chengzu and forced to follow Cao Bing to cause rebellion. Now that Luo Yanqing is attacking fiercely, it seems that Yang Chengzu is sequestering himself in seclusion and his plan to separate the northwest is about to go bankrupt. Of course, they have other thoughts.
Faced with such a situation, Ji Gui was completely at his wits' end. He didn't know how to lead troops, and he was extremely anxious and frightened in Chang'an City every day, fearing that Cao's soldiers would rebel again, or that Luo Yanqing's light troops would enter the city.
Under high anxiety, Ji Gui became moody and behaved strangely. He had not eaten for several days, stayed up all night, and stayed up all night. His spirit became more and more fragile, and his unreasonable suspicion of the people around him reached an incredible level.
Ji Gui would immediately order a soldier to be executed just because he said something wrong or behaved inappropriately, or even if his expression or breathing dissatisfied him. Moreover, Ji Gui had been in Cao Ying for so many years and had no merit in fighting in front of the formation, but he was praised.
Luo Rucai's special preferential treatment was naturally resented by many of Cao Ying's generals. Now that he had the power for a while, and in a manic state, he actually took the opportunity to open up old scores, trace the past events of those Cao Ying generals, and find excuses one after another to kill Luo Rucai
They tortured and killed.
People in Chang'an City are panicked, and Gao Ruli and Wu Dading on the front line may rebel at any time. Ji Gui murmurs to himself from morning to night, as if talking to a ghost, his eyes are dull, and the maid on the side even hears it vaguely
Ji Gui was saying the words "The thief of Cao will be punished first and later".
If Yang Chengzu hadn't led his army back to southern Shaanxi in time, perhaps Luo Yanqing's thousands of light troops would have been able to recapture Chang'an.
After Yang Chengzu returned to Chang'an, he immediately rushed to Lutai with his trusted soldiers and horses to set up camp. As soon as he arrived at the battlefield, he rode his war horse and patrolled back and forth in the formation with his own flag raised. When the rebel soldiers saw that Yang Chengzu had arrived, they
Only then did I feel relieved and my morale improved.
After Yang Chengzu took over the troops from Gao Ruli and Wu Dading, he used Lutai and Gaoling as battlefields, set up formations along the mountains, lined up densely packed forts, and marched forward in a circuitous way along both sides of the Wei River, slowly outflanking Luo Yanqing's troops.
Horse's wings.
After all, Ma Jinzhong was also a powerful commander in the peasant army. He had fought with Chuang Xiancao and defeated Zhang Xianzhong with Zuo Liangyu. He had rich battlefield experience. He immediately saw Yang Chengzu's military tactics and said worriedly:
"Madam, Cao's soldiers are outflanking me from both sides. They have a great advantage in strength. Once attacked, we only have thousands of light troops. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on and there will be a danger of the entire army being annihilated."
Luo Yanqing looked at the top of the ridge in the distance from Lintong. On the pass, he could still vaguely see the remains of a section of the earthen city wall. It was said to be the remnants of the battle between Guanzhong warlords Li Siqi and Zhang Liangbi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
The rebels standing on the ridge were heavily guarded. On both sides of the surging Wei River, there were rebel flags as dense as dense forests surging forward. The wind and clouds dispersed, and Luo Yanqing felt the stabbing pain in her lower abdomen again. She thought to herself:
Guanzhong could not be lost because of Cao Ying, she thought that she had the responsibility to protect Chang'an for Li Laiheng no matter what.
Luo Yanqing was tortured by a sense of responsibility and guilt. No one noticed that there was light sweat on her forehead and back of her hands.
The front line of Lishan Mountain is steep, the soil is barren, and the trees are not lush. The movements and intentions of the rebels are very obvious, but the strength of the Dashun Army is very limited, and Luo Yanqing did not have a good way to counterattack the enemy for a while.
She bit her lip lightly, knowing that the only way was to order a retreat. If she continued to retreat like this, for the sake of safety, she might have to retreat to Tongguan in one go to stabilize her position.
"No... I won't! Ma Jinzhong ordered the entire army to form a formation, replace it with strong bows and crossbows, arrange guns and cannons, and take out all the baggage to build fortifications to hold the line.
The morale of the rebels is unstable. As long as this thief Yang Chengzu cannot defeat us in one go, changes will inevitably occur within the rebels over time!"
Ma Jinzhong saw that Luo Yanqing had to fight to the end with Yang Chengzu who had an absolute military advantage at this time, and he was completely shocked by her thoughts and determination.
Hun Shiwan, who was considered to have some reputation and prestige among the rebel tycoons, could only say with shame:
"Damn it, the Princess of Jin is here. I am a hundred thousand and dare to take a step back. I am afraid that I will have to go back to Suizhou to see Zuo Liangyu. Madam, don't worry, I will stick to it until I die. Don't think about the rebels before I die.
Half a step beyond my sword circle."
The sky is like a clear blue sea, and the white clouds are like white sails on the sea. A high-pitched battle sound rang out from the Shunjun formation. Luo Yanqing personally raised the horn and blew it hard:
Woo——————
The soldiers slapped their shields with their swords and shouted in unison:
"Swear to defend Princess Jin to the death!"
The shouts of Dashun's soldiers were like a wave of waves crashing into the rebel enemy formation. When Yang Chengzu heard the harsh voice, especially when he heard the word "Jin Princess," the flames in his eyes grew stronger and stronger, and he almost wanted to raise his hand.
Li pinched the waist knife to pieces and cursed with hatred:
"Luo Yanqing, Luo Yanqing, you are willing to be Li Laiheng's plaything and lackey, but how can you be so shameless and lewd!?"