Chapter 650 The First Battle with Jiangxia (Part 1)
Of course, Lei Wanchun also recruited young men in the city to assist in the logistics defense and formed a militia group, which was mainly responsible for carrying various items, carrying the wounded to the city, etc.
There are a total of five thousand people in the militia. They all wear simple military uniforms without armor. They wear ordinary cloth military uniforms with round hats on their heads. They are not equipped with long weapons, but each person is equipped with a pair of infantry bows. They also conduct bow and arrow training on a daily basis.
At any time, they can also form a large array of bows and arrows.
Now the clues actually pointed to the militia, which really surprised Lei Wanchun. If hundreds of enemy spies were hiding in the militia, it would be a very troublesome matter. The soldiers of the militia also participated in night patrols. It would be too easy to cooperate inside and outside.
Already.
Lei Wanchun pondered for a moment and asked: "Did anyone perform particularly well in bow and arrow training?"
Gan Yi nodded, "Many people are very good and very skilled."
"How many people can achieve eight out of ten arrows?" Lei Wanchun asked again.
Lei Wanchun's thinking was very clear. The spies sent by the other party must be elite, and the elite soldiers' archery skills must have passed the test.
"Reporting back to the general, there are about five or six hundred people!"
Lei Wanchun nodded, "Among these five or six hundred people, screen out those who do not have local household registration, and then invite that prostitute Wang Bao'er here. I want to ask her again."
Lieutenant General Gan Yi bowed and hurried away.
Half an hour later, a woman in her early twenties was brought to the government office. This woman was the prostitute Wang Baoer. She did not dare to put on makeup, so she came to the government office without makeup. She was slender but had good features.
Wang Baoer stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed, "My little girl, Wang Baoer, pays homage to the general!"
Lei Wanchun was born in a Taoist sect. When he was young, his master's daughter, his junior sister, had been following him for many years. They had a close affinity. Despite the master's objection, the two later secretly got married. However, the junior sister unfortunately died in childbirth, and neither mother nor son could be saved.
, Lei Wanchun's heart has calmed down since then, and he has never had a crush on a woman again.
The last time he assassinated Kang Chuyuan, the whole house was filled with spring scenery, but he was not moved at all.
Now summoning this young prostitute, he also had no idea.
"Miss Wang, please get up!"
"Thank you General!"
Wang Baoer stood up and did not dare to look up. Lei Wanchun asked gently: "You should know who I want to ask. I want to know, how old is that person and what does he look like? What's his accent?"
"The folk girl knows that the man is about thirty years old. He is very tall and strong. He probably doesn't have an accent from Ezhou, but rather resembles the accent from Tanzhou."
"Can you hear the accent?"
"The little lady has seen guests from all over the world!"
Lei Wanchun nodded, "Besides saying he wanted to do something big, what else did he say?"
"He said he will soon be the master of this city and he will redeem me!"
Wang Baoer sneered, "All the guests said they wanted to redeem me, just to make me serve harder!"
"You said he wore a military uniform the second time he came. Is it a militia uniform?" Lei Wanchun asked again.
"Exactly!"
"Does he have any characteristics, such as moles, birthmarks or scars on his face, hands, and neck?"
"have!"
Wang Baoer thought for a while and said: "There is a long scar on his forehead, it should be a knife scar."
Lei Wanchun said happily: "If I find a group of people and they pass by you one by one, can you recognize them?"
"Don't face each other, let me identify you quietly, that should be fine!"
"Then hide the identification!"
Lei Wanchun immediately promised: "If you can catch the spies for us, the military will redeem you and become a good person and give you a heavy reward!"
In the afternoon of that day, Gan Yi singled out the militia soldiers who were skilled in archery. There were more than 670 people in total, about 130 of whom were not registered in the local area. He checked them one by one and found that about 14 people had scars on their faces.
people.
Gan Yi asked the fourteen people to line up and pass in front of a carriage. Wang Baoer hid in the carriage to identify them. After a moment, she quietly said to the soldiers beside her: "That's the sixth person!"
The soldiers immediately brought out the sixth man. He was a tall man with a sinewy face and a pair of murderous eyes. Wang Baoer nodded heavily, "That's him. He looked for me twice and I recognized him at a glance."
Gan Yi immediately ordered this person to be brought for interrogation. His name was Luo Zhen, a native of Changsha County, Tan. His identity in Jiangxia was as a farmhand of Zhang Guangquan, a local tycoon. Of course, he firmly denied that he was a spy for King Yong.
Gan Yi immediately rushed to report the information to Lei Wanchun, "There is definitely something wrong with this man. He looks like a soldier at first glance, and his mouth is full of calluses. However, he said that he was a farmer and farmed for a living. He was a farmhand of the big family Zhang Guangquan. He found out in his humble position that he was a farmer.
Among the 130 soldiers without Jiangxia household registration, 70 were Zhang Guangquan's farmhands, but ironically, Zhang Guangquan denied it, saying that he had never had any farmhands and did not know them at all."
Lei Wanchun said coldly: "Arrest all seventy people and interrogate them severely. Someone will always confess. In addition, the whole city will be closed. Control Zhang Guangquan and don't let them escape!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Sure enough, some of the seventy people confessed one after another. They were all Ji Guangchen's men. Luo Zhen, who was arrested first, was their leader. There were three hundred people in total. They had all been hiding in Zhang Guangquan's house.
At this time, the city gates were closed, and Jianghan's army arrested all spies in the city. They arrested 230 people in the army, including many militia soldiers with average archery skills, and 67 more in Zhang Guangquan's boat shop.
Only three people escaped without being in the city. All 297 people were arrested, including Zhang Guangquan and his three sons who were colluding with the enemy. They were all arrested and their property was confiscated.
Wang Baoer, a prostitute who had made great achievements, was ransomed by the military and rewarded with a thousand dollars. Soon she married a small shipping businessman named Jiang. A year later, she gave birth to a son. Her family also owned more than thirty ships, specializing in
After transporting food for the Tang army, ten years later, her family owned 500 ships and became a famous shipping company in Jiangxia. This is something I will not mention later.
Ten days after the arrest of 300 internal soldiers, Ji Guangchen's 30,000 troops and Hun Weiming's 30,000 troops arrived in Jiangxia almost at the same time. Logistics and supplies were also shipped. King Yong's army set up two camps outside the East City and the South City.
In the large tent of the Southern Army Camp, the governor Ji Guangchen and the general Hun Weiming were discussing the military situation. Ji Guangchen was the leader and Hun Weiming was the deputy.
But in fact, the two of them had no affiliation. Ji Guangchen was a civil servant turned commander, while Hun Weiming was an out-and-out military general. Ji Guangchen was good at planning, and Hun Weiming was good at fighting on the spot. He was the right-hand man of King Yong Li Lin.
Mainly because Ji Guangchen once served as the governor of Ezhou and had always been in Jiangxia. He was very familiar with Jiangxia. King Yong Li Lin decided to attack Jiangxia with Ji Guangchen as the main force.
Ji Guangchen pointed to a makeshift model of Jiangxia City and said: "I have left three hundred elite soldiers in the city to help us break the city. However, according to the liaison soldiers outside the city, the internal intelligence officers in the city have not contacted them for ten days.
It is very likely that Jiang Hanjun found out."
"Ah! That would be such a pity."
Ji Guangchen sighed and said: "So we have to attack Jiangxia City forcefully, but the moat of Jiangxia City is too wide and a pontoon bridge must be built. I suggest attacking at night and using night cover to help reduce our siege losses!"
Hun Weiming agreed with the night siege. He nodded and said: "The soldiers have been trained for night fighting. I completely agree with the night siege!"
Floating bridges are easy to make. The soldiers cut down a large number of trees and simply tied them into double-layered rafts. Then they connected the rafts with iron chains and fixed them on both sides of the moat when attacking the city, forming pontoon bridges.
Ji Guangchen finally decided to attack Nancheng because the terrain outside Nancheng was flat and suitable for running at night, while the ground in Dongcheng was bumpy and it was easy to fall when running at night.
King Yong's army built a total of five pontoon bridges. At two o'clock, the gate of the south camp opened. Under the cover of night, 20,000 troops rushed out, divided into five streams and rushed towards the moat two miles away.
There were only two thousand defenders on duty at the top of the city, but they immediately noticed something unusual. An overwhelming number of people rushed towards the city wall. In desperation, the defenders sounded the alarm bell, "Dang! Dang! Dang!" The whole city's alarm bells rang.
Although Jiang Han's army fell asleep, they did not take off their armor. When they heard the alarm bell, the soldiers got up one after another, and groups of soldiers ran towards the city.