Chapter 596 Who is directing? (Please vote for me!)
Anyway, after Lin Taipu wandered around Shaanxi for more than a month, he finally settled down temporarily in Qingyang.
The reason he made public was that as the first deputy leader of the current literary world, he wanted to remember Li Mengyang, the former leader of the literary world.
As long as you open the traffic map of northwest Daming, you can see that Qingyang is the only way from the hinterland of Shaanxi Province to Ningxia Town.
The only official road from Guanzhong Plain to Ningxia Town passes through Qingyang and then enters Ningxia Town. The official road from Yan'an Prefecture in the east to Ningxia Town also passes through Qingyang.
So Lin Taipu's two hundred servants and one thousand pacesetters finally got a complete rest. Of course, they still had to maintain light training. Lin Taipu did not allow his men to be too slack.
In addition, taking advantage of his position as a logistics supervisor, Lin Taipu allocated a large number of fine horses, soldiers, armor, and equipment to his own battalion, and the excess equipment was given to his servants.
Mainly from the military supplies shipped to Ningxia Town, they were withheld along the way.
There was even enough energy left to organize a camp of 500 civilians in Qingyang. The people selected were unemployed military surplus from the guard station, and they were given 20 taels of housing allowance in advance when they entered the camp.
Anyway, the military funds that have been withheld cannot be used up, and the expenses are all the court's money. Having 500 more people under your command will give you a sense of security.
As a result, Lin Taipu's direct combat strength increased to 1,700 people, and they were well-equipped with one person and two horses, high morale, and rich experience in various battles.
If he were not afraid of being misunderstood and wanted to rebel, Mrs. Lin would have wished to expand his army by several thousand more.
The supervisory system of the Ming Dynasty was very developed, and cross-monitoring was everywhere. Immediately, the governors and inspectors of Shaanxi and the governors of Ningxia Town filed petitions to impeach Lin Tailai for wantonly deducting military resources and training troops without authorization.
Lin Tailai backhandedly impeached him. Ningxia Zhenkui worshiped his father and his son and asked for a large number of replacements of weak troops and horses, and to accumulate food, grass and equipment. There must be something different!
The inspector general of Ningxia Town said that Kuai Bai and his son were talented generals, but Lin Tailai framed Kuai Bai and his son because of a personal grudge.
Lin Tailai backtracked and impeached him again, and Kuaibai and his son frequently contacted the old ministry in private, plotting something evil!
In this way, we had a back and forth verbal battle for nearly a month.
The court's attitude was still mainly to be peaceful. At the same time, it did not think that Kuai Bai would really rebel. It just asked Lin Tailai to stop causing trouble.
In mid-February, looking at the instructions sent to him by the imperial court, Lin Taipu couldn't help but sigh and said:
"The spring cold leaves the bones cold, and the commander-in-chief is worried about the frost on his temples.
Don't hesitate to surrender to jackals and tigers for the rest of your life. The collective strategy should be to control dogs and sheep.
Human affairs are as uncertain as chess, and your kindness will never be forgotten at every meal.
Both shoulders seem to be of great weight, and the sword is expected to be given to Shang Fang."
General Datonglou next to him didn't quite understand after hearing this, but he just felt that Mrs. Lin might not be in a good mood.
Lin Tailai turned around and asked, "Do you understand my poem?"
General Da Shen shook his head sincerely, "I don't understand."
Lin Tailai said angrily: "In order to increase the spread of my creative ideas in frontiers with a slightly lower cultural level, I have made my creative ideas as simple as possible. How can you still not understand?"
General Da Shen did not want to discuss poetry with Lin Tailai, so he only asked: "What did the court say to Lin Junmen?"
Lin Tailai said dissatisfied: "The imperial court severely reprimanded me and ordered me not to follow the same example!"
Da Shenjiang: "."
If you don't set an example next time, it will be over. What else are you dissatisfied with, Mrs. Lin?
If it were anyone else who dared to do such nonsense, they would have been dismissed from office and sent home, or they would have been sent to the police on the spot!
Maybe, this is called prestige?
Lin Tailai put down the court's instructions and seemed to be in a low mood, "It's pitiful that I am passionate and want to eliminate traitors for the country, but no one can understand it, and instead I am reprimanded. It's really embarrassing!
The early spring in the frontier is still a bit cold, so the magnolias in my hometown must have bloomed, right?"
General Da Shen was a little surprised and responded: "I didn't expect that Lin Junmen would be so sentimental at times. Is this homesickness?"
Lin Tailai explained: "You don't understand. The dredging project for the lower reaches of the Wusong River, which was led by me and cost three to four hundred thousand taels of silver, should have been completed last autumn and winter.
Next, we need to vigorously promote port construction, smuggling, sea trade, hall layout and other work.
It's a pity that I can't distract myself now, thinking about the work that's waiting for me, and I feel anxious."
Hearing the number "three to four hundred thousand taels", General Da Shen was already confused and could not understand Taipu Lin's anxious mood at all.
He just said casually in a daze: "Then Lin Junmen will ask for leave and go back."
Lin Tailai said painfully: "But if he doesn't rebel, I won't be able to leave. I can only waste my time here!"
At this time, spies sent to Ningxia Town suddenly came to report that Kuai Bai and his son were causing trouble and surrounded the governor's headquarters and the general military mansion!
"It's finally here!" Lin Tailai immediately ordered General Da Shen: "The whole army is ready! Move out at any time!"
Although Dayun had always heard Lin Tailai say that Kuai Bai was rebellious, he still felt incredible when he saw that Kuai Bai was really rebellious.
"How dare you, Kuaibai?" Da Shenjiang couldn't understand.
Lin Tailai briefly explained a few words: "First, Kuai Bai is arrogant and inexplicably despises our Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. I don't know why he thought that the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers would not be able to defeat him.
Second, Kuaibai relied on having foreign aid, and he could lead several northern tribesmen to join forces to join the invaders.
Third, many generals in Ningxia Town are old subordinates of Kuaibei."
In the middle of February of the 19th year of Wanli in this time and space, when Kuai worshiped his father and his son, his generals started a rebellion, killed the governor and general officers, and occupied the town of Ningxia.
Immediately, the rebels launched a massive attack and occupied the Forty-seventh Fort in Hexi, Ningxia Town! The whole of Shaanxi was immediately shocked!
Logically speaking, Governor Zheng Luo should be responsible for leading the various ministries to exterminate the rebels, but Governor Zheng was pinned down in the direction of Gansu on the West Sea at this time and could not leave.
Therefore, the imperial court urgently appointed Ye Mengxiong, the governor of Shaanxi Province, as the Governor-General of Photography, and gave him the Shangfang Sword, with full authority to exterminate the Kuaibai rebels.
At the same time, Lin Tailai, Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple in Shaanxi Province, counselor of military affairs and in charge of food and wages, was appointed as supervisor of the army.
Without waiting for Governor Ye Mengxiong to arrive, Supervisor Lin ordered the battalion to take the lead in setting off!
General Da Shen asked: "The rebels have occupied the west of the river. The next step will be to cross the south of the river and invade the land east of the river. Lingzhou is the strategic point of the east of the river and must not be missed."
Should we go directly to Lingzhou, or should we first join the officers and soldiers of nearby Guyuan Town?"
Lin Tailai replied: "The rebels are so powerful, how can we, 1,700 people, have the strength to stop the enemy head-on?
Don’t confront the rebels head-on for the time being. The first step is to go around to the northernmost end of Ningxia Town, which is the rear of the rebels, to harass them.”
The Hexi area of Ningxia Town occupied by the rebels is a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River.
It is long from north to south, about three to four hundred miles; narrow from east to west, about one hundred miles on average.
Generally speaking, the war area was not too big, and it was mainly fought around 200 miles around the town of Ningxia, which was very convenient for mobile cavalry support.
The rebels are currently on the offensive, generally attacking from south to north.
"Going to the rear of the rebels to harass?" Although Dayun understood Lin Junmen's strategic intentions, there were still technical difficulties.
"How do we get through the forts occupied by the rebels and reach the north, which is the rebel rear?"
Lin Tailai pointed to a point on the map, "Exit the side wall from Huamachi and go around the outside of the side wall!
Don't you like to rush outside the border wall? How dare I, Lin Tailai!"
Dayun couldn't help but advise: "It is still very dangerous to march outside the border wall. If you run into hostile cavalry, problems may arise if you rush into battle.
Junmen, you have a lot of money and precious body, why should you take such a risk?"
Lin Tailai replied: "Don't worry! Even if I am captured by the cavalry, there will be no big problem.
Since leaving Xi'an, I have been recuperating my energy to cope with this risk!"
After making the march plan, the entire battalion of 1,700 people set off immediately and rushed from Qingyang to Huamachi. After a short rest and replenishment, they set off again!
From Huamachi, we crossed the border wall and drove 200 miles north to reach the northernmost tip of Ningxia Town.
For a cavalryman with two horses, two hundred miles is not too far.
After setting up a temporary camp, Lin Tailai sent out scouts to inquire about the surrounding situation.
Half a day later, a scout came to report, "Pinglu Fort at the northern end of the town has not fallen! Thousands of rebels are still attacking Pinglu Fort!"
Lin Taipu opened his eyes wide and shouted in surprise: "There is actually a lonely city in Hexi! We came at the right time!"
Da Shenjiang: "."
Lin Junmen, can your acting skills be more exaggerated?
Did you already know that Pinglu Fort was still holding on, so you would rather risk driving 200 miles from the border wall to the north?
But how did Lin Junmen know that Pinglu Fort was still holding on even though it was hundreds of miles away?
Historically, in the initial stage of the Wanli Dynasty's Battle of Ningxia, when the rebels launched a full-scale offensive, all the forty-seven forts in Hexi were lost, but Pinglu Fort remained strong.
Pinglu Fort guard Xiao Ruxun and his wife Yang dispersed their property and refused to surrender.
The rebel general Tu Wenxiu has been attacking the city, and at the same time, Kuaibai's adopted son Kuaiyun guided the Beilu troops to reach Pinglu Fort.
Under this situation, guard Xiao Ruxun miraculously set up an ambush to defeat Zhuli Tu's tribe, killed Yiyun, and then repelled Tu Wenxiu.
So Lin Tailai's troops marched hundreds of miles just to speed up the victory process.
"Eat and drink enough first! When the rebels attack the city, rush in and kill them from behind!"
Later, Lin Taipu commanded 1,700 cavalry to attack the rebels from behind under the wall of Pinglu Fort.
With the help of the inside and outside defenders, the rebels were defeated on the spot and the rebel general Tu Wenxiu was beheaded.
Three days later, Lin Taipu cooperated with Xiao Ruxun, the defender of Hepinglu Fort, to ambush the Litu tribe of captives and defeat them. They killed Kuaibai's adopted son Kuaiyun and captured no one but no livestock.
General Da Shen was so mesmerized, how could it be so easy to follow Lin Tailai and achieve great victory? Is fighting so easy?
After the victory at Pinglu Fort, Lin Tailai led his troops to leave in a hurry, detouring outside the border wall again and returning to Huamachi.
Here, Supervisor Lin met Governor Ye Mengxiong.
At this time, the army transferred from other towns by the imperial court had not yet arrived, and Governor Ye was still hesitating between attacking and defending, undecided.
Supervisor Lin strongly advocated using existing troops to immediately start a counterattack.
After all, the sooner the war ends, the less damage and losses will be caused.
Supervisor Lin advised Governor Ye: "The rebels seem to be very powerful at the moment, but in fact their offensive has reached its end!
The most powerful men under Kuai Bai and his son are actually only a few thousand private soldiers.
Although the rebels occupied the Forty-seventh Fort in Hexi, they actually did not have that many reliable troops to guard it.
Many defenders just happened suddenly and were caught off guard and found it difficult to resist.
Moreover, they still had a sense of luck in their hearts, thinking that if they were treated as a mutiny and appeased, then they would be fine.
Therefore, the people on the rebel side are not submissive, and as soon as the army arrives, everyone will rebel again."
One advantage of Governor Ye is that he listens to advice better than Governor Zheng.
So Governor Ye personally took charge of the crucial Huamachi, and ordered the supervisor Lin Tailai and Guyuan Town's deputy general Li Yu to station in Lingzhou, Hedong.
In addition, he ordered guerrilla general Zhao Wu to lead a partial division to contain the rebels in the southwest and prevent the rebels from continuing southward.
After the rebels captured Hexi, they rested for a while and then attacked Hedong. Lingzhou City was the first to bear the brunt.
Kuaibai's dream is to imitate Li Yuanhao's old story in Xixia, so he must establish territory in Hedong.
In mid-March, outside Lingzhou City, Lin Tailai and Li Yu defeated the rebels led by Kuai Chengen and achieved a great victory in Lingzhou.
Da Shen who participated in the war will be intoxicated again. Can a great victory be the same as eating and drinking?
Lin Tailai and Li Yan then led their troops to advance and counterattack to Hexi.
After the headwind situation appeared, the rebel coach Kuai Bai could not sit still in Ningxia Town and personally led his army to attack Yuquan City occupied by Zhao Wu.
Thinking of defeating the weaker southwestern division Zhao Wu first, and then going back to fight Lin Tailai and Li Yu.
However, Zhao Wu also held on in Yuquan City, leaving Kuai Bai in a dilemma.
At the end of March, Lin Tailai and Li Yan led their troops to Yuquan in time, and defeated the rebels in a flanking attack.
After the great victory in Yuquan, Kuai Bai fled back to Ningxia Town and could not escape.
Da Shen will be mesmerized. From Xining to Gansu and then to Ningxia, what is the experience of five major victories in half a year?
No wonder Taipu Lin said when he was in Xining that if he was promoted based on military merit, he would not be promoted even to the chief assistant!
But Lin Tailai could finally breathe a sigh of relief. After running around for hundreds of miles for a month, he finally achieved all the great victories in the early stage.
No, it successfully accelerated the victory process and reduced the trauma of war.
From then on, the rebels completely lost their offensive capabilities, and the government troops easily recaptured the Forty-seven Forts in Hexi except Ningxia Town.
At this point, the first phase of the Wanli Ningxia War has basically ended, nearly a month earlier than the original history. This is Lin Tailai's contribution.
Ningxia Zhencheng, also known as Yinchuan in later generations, is a majestic city in the northwest today with tall and solid walls.
Although the Kuaibai rebels lost their offensive capabilities, they huddled up and were able to muster 20,000 troops to defend, and there were also cavalry wandering outside to support them.
With the existing officers and soldiers participating in the war, they really do not have the ability to attack Ningxia City, not even to besiege it.
If you don't have several times the strength of the defenders, don't even think about attacking the city.
Moreover, the war has started too fast, and now the government and army are almost unable to provide food and grass.
Therefore, for the time being, we can only wait for the troops from other towns mobilized by the imperial court to come to support us before we can proceed to the next stage of the siege battle.
It is reported that the imperial court has appointed Ma Gui to lead the Datong Town troops, Li Rusong to lead the Xuanfu Town troops, and Dong Yikui to lead the Yansui Town troops to Ningxia for support.
At this time, Governor Ye could finally feel relieved.
At least the situation was brought back as quickly as possible, and I have lived up to the great trust of the imperial court. I believe His Majesty the Emperor will be very pleased!
While resting and preparing for the war, Governor Ye compiled the first phase battle report and sent it to the court.
The great victory at Pinglubao on the northern line, Lin Tailai, Xiao Ruxun and Dayun;
The great victory in Lingzhou on the southeastern line, Lin Tailai, Li Yu and Dayun;
The great victory of Yuquan on the southwest line, Lin Tailai and Li Yu, Zhao Wu and Dayun.
After reading the battle report, the emperor and courtiers slowly raised a question mark in their hearts.
Who is commanding the battle in Ningxia? Why is Lin Tailai everywhere?
Is Governor Ye Mengxiong’s task just to write battle reports?