Jianzhou City is not only defended by soldiers, but also has a lot of food!
The military rations from Jianmen Pass must first be transported to Jianzhou City, and then civilians are organized to transport them.
Let's put it this way, as long as the guard's mind is fine, he won't be afraid even if Jianmen Pass is bypassed.
The enemy who rushes around will be stuck between Jianzhou and Jianmen. There is only one road to go there, and there are no villages along the way. You can't even go to the countryside to grab food. If you drag it for a month, you will become a starving soldier.
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Moreover, troops can also be sent from Jianzhou and Jianmen to attack the enemy from the north and south.
Li Jinyi led a thousand elite soldiers, carrying only a few days of dry food, to speed up and lead the way.
To the north of Cuiyunlang, there is a depression sandwiched between the mountains, with an area of only 0.1 square kilometers. It is usually a sleeping place for caravans, but now it has become a small station for transporting grain, and a stockade has been built on the northern mountains.
, be prepared for a sneak attack by rebels coming to Su Xiaodao.
While Li Jinyi was still at the foot of the mountain, he was discovered by soldiers in the village, and billowing smoke quickly ignited.
"Soldiers are so valuable and so quick that they don't care about their lives. The whole army abandoned their armor and followed me to attack them!" Li Jinyi raised his gun and shouted.
A thousand elite soldiers took off their rattan armor and began to accelerate forward. Affected by the terrain, they formed a long winding snake formation and went up the mountain.
There were only 300 officers and soldiers defending the stronghold. Seeing Li Jinyi rushing up desperately, the officers abandoned the stronghold and ran away. Anyway, the smoke had been ignited, and the mountain here was not steep, so it was better to retreat to the dangerous Cuiyun Corridor and defend again.
Again, there is no need to fight against bandits for a few military pay!
Li Jinyi captured the stronghold without losing any troops, but continued to pursue: "Don't stop, rush all the way to Cuiyun Corridor!"
Thousands of elite soldiers were desperately chasing and fighting from Hanzhong to Jianzhou. They were all winning and no longer regarded the officers and soldiers as human beings. Just now, some people were afraid when they abandoned their armor and attacked the mountains, but when they saw the officers and soldiers escaping, they were all excited and their morale was high.
Bursting.
But the officers and soldiers were so frightened that they couldn't understand why they pursued the bandits after they broke through the stronghold.
One chased and the other fled close to the depression at the foot of the mountain.
Hundreds of stones of grain have been piled up at the small grain transportation station. There are about a hundred grain guards and soldiers guarding it, and there are five to six hundred grain transporters taking a rest.
When they saw the smoke in the mountains ahead, they became panicked. They didn't know how many rebels were coming, and they didn't know whether Jianmen Pass had been breached.
"Run away!"
The three hundred defeated soldiers in the village scrambled and fled down the mountain, and some fell and fell to pieces on the way.
"run!"
The grain transporters were the first to react and fled in a swarm to Cuiyun Corridor.
Immediately afterwards, the officers and soldiers guarding the grain began to flee.
Li Jinyi led his troops and rushed to the small grain transportation station. He didn't bother to look at the grain and continued to pursue the broken troops ahead.
There is also a cottage built halfway up the mountain to the north of Cuiyunlang.
The garrison defenders had no idea what was going on. As soon as they lit the smoke to convey the news, they saw nearly a thousand defeated soldiers fleeing in confusion. As a result, the officers of the cottage also fled with their soldiers in confusion.
As expected of the Sichuan officers and soldiers who were defeated steadily by the barbarians...
Li Jinyi rushed up to Cuiyun Corridor in one breath, but he couldn't catch up anymore. He was so tired that he put his hands on his knees, bent his waist and gasped for air.
The soldiers under his command were also lying on the ground in twos and threes.
After resting for a while, Li Jinyi divided his troops to defend Cuiyun Gallery, and sent the remaining soldiers back to get rattan armor, and at the same time received hundreds of stones of food in the depression.
Without waiting for Shi Yuangong and Deng Chun to lead the main force, Li Jinyi rested for a day, assigned dozens of people to guard the food, and then led the troops to continue advancing.
After passing Cuiyun Corridor, there is a small town four or five miles ahead, which was later named Hanyang Town.
The place prospered due to the Shu Road trade, and there were many inns, and the guest rooms were mainly Datongpu. Now it has become a grain transportation station, but when Li Jinyi arrived, the grain had been evacuated, and even the residents of the town were in large numbers.
escape.
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But it is said that the officers and soldiers, civilians and people who escaped from Cuiyunlang area spread all kinds of news along the way.
Some people say that the bandits came from Su Xiaodao to kill.
Some people say that the bandits have already broken through Jianmen Pass.
Some people said that the defenders at Jianmen Pass had surrendered and took the initiative to release the traitors.
As for the number of rebels, there are three thousand, five thousand, ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand, fifty thousand...all kinds of messy opinions.
The actual distance from Hanyang Town to Jianzhou City is nearly 30 miles, and there are several military strongholds along the way. There are not many officers and soldiers stationed there who mainly focus on delaying the enemy and delivering messages. They all lit up the smoke and abandoned the strongholds to escape. They thought they would hide in Jianzhou
The city is considered safe.
More and more soldiers and civilians fled back to Jianzhou City, and panic quickly spread in the city.
Huang Gai, the transportation envoy of Chengdu Prefecture and the transportation envoy of Sichuan, personally led troops to garrison Jianzhou. As for Jianmen Pass, Gao Jingshan was responsible for the defense, and Huang Deyu, the prefect of Lizhou, was also there.
The Bashu region was still recruiting troops and food, but Huang Gai couldn't wait any longer, so he headed north with the soldiers he had already recruited. He stationed 3,500 men at Jianmen Pass, and led 5,000 troops to set up a stronghold to guard Jianzhou.
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"Zhi Envoy, the sword gate has been lost, so it is better to retreat to Lutou Pass (Mianzhu Pass)."
The speaker was Lu Shizhao, the commander of the Sichuan Forbidden Army.
Sichuan not only had the Forbidden Army, but there were also a large number of them, reaching more than 20,000 at its peak.
Of course, these are all numbers on paper.
Decades ago, the imperial court carried out a clean-up, reorganization and dismantling, and there were only about 10,000 Void Forbidden Forces left in Sichuan.
Huang Gai said angrily: "Who told you that Jianmen has been lost?"
Lu Shizhao replied: "Many of the defeated soldiers who fled back said so. Moreover, Gao Jingshan, the commander-in-chief of Jianmen, has an old relationship with the Zhu family father and son, so he might have led his troops to join the bandits."
"No, the high deputy is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. He will definitely not be a thief." Huang Gai shook his head repeatedly, but he was actually a little worried in his heart.
However, Lu Shizhao said: "Knowing people but not knowing their hearts, the bandits have already occupied Lizhou. If they go to Jianmen Pass again, they will separatize Bashu and Hanzhong. If Gao Jingshan surrenders with Jianmen Pass, the bandits will be reused and appointed as chiefs."
It's possible to fake the appearance. He is just a deputy envoy, but he doesn't want to be the prime minister?"
"Don't say that again. I, the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, can't compare with thieves and bandits?" Huang Gai scolded sternly, "You should go back to defend the city. Don't let the thieves and bandits come in!"
Lu Shizhao left angrily, muttering something in his mouth.
But the more Huang Gai thought about it, the more frightened he became. What if Gao Jingshan really turned the switch and surrendered?
Gao Jingshan had friendship with the Zhu family and his son, so he was not suitable to lead troops to defend Jianmen Pass. However, there were so many officials in Sichuan, none of them dared to go to Jianmen Pass. Even Huang Gai himself did not dare, so he could only send the most courageous Gao Jingshan to Jianmen Pass.
Push up.
Huang Gai began to wonder, should he defend or retreat?
If Jianmen is lost, there is no point in defending Jianzhou. It is better to retreat to Lutou Pass.
But what if Jianmen is still there, doesn't it mean that he abandoned his friendly troops and ran away?
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Jianzhou City was built at the intersection of two rivers, facing the river on one side and backed by mountains on three sides, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
To the northwest of the city, two mountains stand across the river, and Huang Gai each built a fortress. The mountains and rivers are steep and connected with the city, forming a three-dimensional defense system.
If they can't win by surprise, the 5,000 rebels, let alone capture the city, will all be accounted for here if they're not careful.
But when Li Jinyi's thousand vanguards arrived, nothing was done. The officers and soldiers on the hilltop in the north actually abandoned the stronghold and fled, scrambling to cross the river and escape to the prefecture city.
Li Jinyi was dumbfounded. He had never seen anyone so afraid of death!
He took advantage of the situation to seize the mountain fortress and then waited for the main force to arrive.
Two days later, Shi Yuangong and Deng Chun arrived with their troops. Fortunately, they captured several hundred stones of grain along the way, otherwise their military rations would have been almost exhausted.
Moreover, the defeated soldiers did not have time to take away the food from this military stronghold...
When there is sufficient food, there is no need to attack elsewhere immediately. You can play with the officers and soldiers in Jianzhou.
"There are a large number of officers and soldiers in Jianzhou, and they cannot be captured easily." Li Jinyi said.
Deng Chun had been here before, and of course he knew that it was easy to defend but difficult to attack: "You can try a feint attack. Most of our soldiers have rattan armor. They pretend to be defeated and jump into the river. The rattan armor can float. The officers and soldiers must think that our army has been defeated.
We may go out of the city to pursue them. Let the soldiers without rattan armor go to the lower reaches to cross the river in advance to ambush them and catch the pursuing officers and soldiers off guard! If we really can't defeat them, go to the west and capture Yinping County."
Two months ago, Deng Chun would never have dared to use this strategy, because feigning defeat would most likely turn into a rout.
However, the rebels who have won consecutive battles not only have high morale, but also have a sense of psychological superiority in front of the officers and soldiers. As long as each soldier is made clear in advance, it is very likely to succeed by pretending to be defeated and luring the enemy.
Li Jinyi suddenly said: "I led the troops all the way here, and all the officers and soldiers along the way fled. Even the military stronghold in front of us was captured without even a single soldier."
Shi Yuangong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he shook his feather fan and said: "The morale of the officers and soldiers is so low, it can be a scare. Many flags are planted in the military stronghold in the mountains, and grass-roots men wear armor as soldiers, so that the civilians can be seen in the stronghold every day.
Beating drums and making noise during the day, the soldiers would go down the mountain and leave at night, and then swagger back into the mountain during the day!"
Deng Chun and Li Jinyi were filled with admiration after hearing this, and they all praised: "Mr. Shi is really smart for being able to come up with such a clever plan!"
The premise of the intimidation strategy is that the morale of the officers and soldiers is not high and they have long been frightened out of fear.
On that day, they played drums in the army camp as a show. The officers and soldiers of Jianzhou on the other side of the river thought that the rebels were going to cross the river to attack, so they were frightened and quickly dispatched troops to defend.
However, the rebel soldiers and civilians were planting grass in the stronghold, and the soldiers went to sleep one after another.
When it got dark, four thousand soldiers went down the mountain in the dark, leaving one thousand soldiers and civilians to defend the village.
After walking for a few miles, the rebel soldiers stopped to rest after passing a mountain col. In the middle of the morning, they swaggered back. Under the watchful eyes of the officers and soldiers on the other side of the river, they returned to the military camp on the mountain in order.
For several days in a row, sometimes I came back in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and sometimes in the evening.
The defenders in Jianzhou City became more and more frightened because the bandits on the mountain opposite had "increased" their troops to 20,000 to 30,000 people!
Lu Shizhao, the commander of the imperial army, was frightened and ran to Huang Gai to plead: "Envoy, please withdraw your troops quickly. Jianmen must be gone. Gaojingshan has surrendered to the bandits!"
Huang Gai stood at the top of the city, staring blankly at the mountains on the other side.
He was already suspicious, but now Lu Shizhao was encouraging him again. Huang Gai was basically sure that the Jianmen defenders had surrendered.
"Withdraw the troops and retreat to Lutou Pass (Mianzhu Pass)!" Huang Gai finally made a decision.
Shi Yuangong's unreliable trick was so damn successful that it was so outrageous that he opened the door to outrageousness - it was so outrageous!
Gao Jingshan and Huang Deyu were still holding on at Jianmen Pass, how could they have thought that the coach from behind had fled?