In Yanghewei, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi, Ma Mingpei, the Qing Xuan Governor, was anxiously pacing in the governor's office. He suddenly stopped and asked the people around him: "Is there any military report from Anyang?"
"Report to Du Xian, Vice Generals Chen and Zhang reported in their military report that they are attacking Anyang. The city of Anyang is strong and cannot be defeated at the moment."
"These two idiots, Chen Yuan and Zhang Enda, have no main force in the Ming army in Anyang, but they have been unable to defeat them despite fighting for so long." Ma Mingpei, who had always been gentle, was so angry that he cursed the idiots, paused, and then said: "
If there is any military report coming from Anyang, report it to the governor as soon as possible."
"嗻!"
"Military report!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another military report came.
Ma Mingpei was very happy. Could it be Chen Yuan and Zhang Enda who captured Anyang? He asked: "But the military report from Anyang?"
"Reporting to Du Xian, Guihua City General E Shuo and Pingyang Commander-in-Chief Liu Wu urgently reported that Fan Youxian's troops of the Ming Army had entered Pingyang Prefecture, captured Jizhou, Xiangning, and Taiping, and were approaching Xiangling."
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Fan Youxian and Li Dingguo led 50,000 troops into Pingyang Mansion.
Along the way, we attacked cities and villages, captured three counties, and approached Xiangling. The reason why it went so smoothly was because Jizhou, Xiangning, and Taiping only had garrison camps and no soldiers. It was not until Xiangling that we encountered decent resistance.
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Xiangling was the location of the tomb of Duke Xiang of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period. Duke Xiang of Jin was gentle and well-educated, and he inherited the hegemony of Duke Wen of Jin.
The war disturbed the tomb of the wise king.
Following Fan Youxian's order, Peng Mingyang, Chen Bao, Yang Bingyin, and Yang Xianzhu attacked the city from all sides.
The Qing guerrilla Zhao Liangdong resisted desperately. He only had 3,000 men, but he had suppressed the rebels many times and fought in big battles. He was very elite. The east side of Xiangling was close to the Fen River, so the army could not deploy. The Ming army could only
Attack the south, north and west.
The small Xiangling delayed the Ming army for five days.
On the fifth day, the city was destroyed. Zhao Liangdong opened the east gate and took a small boat to cross the Fen River to escape.
"You traitor, you must die!"
With a loud shout, a small boat rowed up. Standing on the bow was a general with a face as black as coal. It was Li Zhanchun, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty.
He took out his bow and shot an arrow at Zhao Liangdong, but Zhao Liangdong dodged it.
"Shoot for me", Li Zhanchun was furious, and more than ten soldiers around him fired arrows. Zhao Liangdong was hit by several arrows and fell into the water and died.
More than a hundred Ming army boats cruised in Fenshui, cleaning up fish that had slipped through the net.
The first battle after entering the Jin Dynasty, the Battle of Xiangling, ended with the Ming army wiping out three thousand defenders.
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Then cross the Fen River and advance to the vicinity of Linfen, Pingyang Prefecture.
Linfen City is located at the intersection of Fen River and Lishui River. It has a herringbone terrain and is surrounded by water on three sides: east, west and north. Only Mingde Gate in the south, Wuding Gate in the east are suitable for attacking, Heyi Gate in the west, and Heyi Gate in the north.
Zhenshuomen, the army cannot be deployed.
In the city, General Dong E Eshuo of Guihua City and General Liu Wu discussed strategies to defend against the enemy.
"Mr. Liu Town, our troops are cavalry and are suitable for field battles; your troops are infantry and are suitable for defending the city. Why don't you defend the city while I lead the cavalry to camp in the wild and harass the Ming army? How about that?"
E Shuo was the old Taishan of Emperor Shunzhi, so Liu Wu dared not to obey, so he immediately agreed. Liu Wu led more than 17,000 infantry to defend the city, and E Shuo led 16,000 cavalry to station outside the city.
"General, Linfen is just ahead. Traces of Qing cavalry were found outside the city, and the sentinel reported to Pinglu General Fan Youxian.
Fan Youxian frowned when he heard this. He was a veteran and knew how difficult the cavalry was. They could harass the troops attacking the city and attack the attacker's grain roads. He chases you, and he is sure to chase you; you chase him.
, Two legs cannot run as well as four legs.
"General, when we attack the city tomorrow, we can divide the siege troops into two groups, one to attack the city and the other to guard against the enemy's cavalry," Li Dingguo suggested.
Fan Youxian thought for a while and praised it as a good thing.
The next day, Fan Youxian ordered Peng Mingyang's troops to attack Mingde Gate and Chen Bao's troops to cover it; Yang Bingyin's troops to attack Wuding Gate and Zhou Shimin's troops to cover it; and he ordered Li Zhanchun's troops to monitor Heyi Gate and Yang Xianzhu's troops to monitor Zhenshuo Gate.
With the roar of artillery and the billowing of smoke, the Battle of Linfen has begun.
Arrows rained down from the city, bullets and stones flew across the city; vehicles gathered below the city, and soldiers were like ants. The battle was in full swing.
On a hilltop outside the city, E Shuo observed with a telescope and found that the city could no longer support it, and he couldn't help but become anxious.
"Cavalry assault", he issued the general order.
"Da~da~da~"
The 3,000 cavalrymen of Bentar, the leader of the Garro Right Wing Banner, and Omubu, the leader of the Siziwang Banner, formed the first formation; the three leaders of the front, middle, and rear Urad banners were Tuba, Erban, and Bakbahai.
Thousands of cavalry form the second formation; Tumut's left-wing banner's 3,000 cavalry from Guluge form the third formation; Tumed's right-wing banner's 3,000 cavalry from Tobok form the fourth formation; E-Shuo's 3,000 pro
The soldiers formed the fifth formation, and five mad waves rushed towards Mingde Gate.
"Put your spear up! Archer, shoot!"
Chen Bao, the general of the Ming Dynasty who was covering the Mingde Gate, was overjoyed. He was a personal guard of Zhu Hengjia. He was good at wielding a big sword (mace) and had the courage to be unstoppable. This time he was ordered to cover Peng Mingyang's attack on the city. He thought it was impossible.
The battle can be fought. Unexpectedly, the Qing cavalry came. This is great. You have achieved military success!
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Arrows rained down, knocking down all the Qing cavalry.
Chen Bao's men were all veterans of hundreds of battles, and their gun formations were deployed very quickly. When the Qing army arrived, they faced a heavy forest of guns.
Gunbu, the pioneer of the Qing army and nephew of Prince Bentar of Darhan, was not afraid of tigers. He rushed to the front, swung his Mongolian scimitar and cut off the head of a spear in the front; "Bang", a spear in the back row
Stung like a poisonous snake, Gunbu lowered his head and dodged; "Bang bang", two guns from the third row stabbed; "Bang bang bang", three more guns came from the fourth row.
There were too many guns, and Gunbu couldn't dodge. He fell to the ground with several bloody holes in his body.
"My son!"
Bentar's younger brother, Benbashixi, was deeply saddened when he saw his son's tragic death, so he went to fight for his life.
Bentar quickly grabbed him and said, "The Ming army's formation is difficult to shake, so we must pass by."
Qing troops swept through the military formation one after another. E Shuo saw that Mingdemen had no chance to take advantage of it, so he ordered to move to Wudingmen.
Zhou Shimin, the general of the Ming Dynasty who was responsible for protecting Wudingmen, was the "Hero Zhou" who turned northern Shaanxi upside down.
"Array", Zhou Daxia shouted.
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His subordinates have been organized into combat soldiers, and their weapons and equipment are no worse than those of other Ming armies. However, they are the foundation of the rebel army after all, and their battle formation coordination is somewhat poor.
E Shuo was a veteran general who entered the pass from the dragon. He immediately commanded his troops to attack the weak points of the Ming army's formation.
Ben Bashixi rushed to the front, he wanted to avenge his son's murder.
Ming general Sun Chongya tried to stop him, but Ben Bashixi split him in two with an axe.
Bentar and Omubu took advantage of the situation and penetrated the Ming army's formation, then turned back and charged again. Tuba, Erban, Bakbahai, Guluge, and Tobok tribes rushed to the Ming army and smashed it into pieces.
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Zhou Shimin really couldn't resist, so he had to retreat. During the retreat, his deputy Zhu Yingkui was injured and fell off his horse, and was trampled to death by horse hoofs.
Yang Bingyin, the commander-in-chief who was attacking Wudingmen, saw that the situation was not good and immediately sounded the retreat trumpet.
"Ouch~ow~ow~"
The Mongolian soldiers roared in, and the Yang tribe was defeated.
E Shuo went around to Zhenshuo Gate in the north.
Outside Zhenshuo Gate, there are 2,000 Jiarong soldiers from the Ming Dynasty’s Sixth Division to recruit deputy envoy Yang Xianzhu. Sichuan Tianquan’s Sixth Division is a Sinicized Jiarong area. The recruitment envoy Gao and the deputy envoy Yang are both hereditary members of the Ming Dynasty.
Toast.
Although these Jiarong soldiers were few, they were fierce and brave. Instead of running away when they saw the cavalry, they rushed up and chopped off the horse's legs with a heavy sword.
"咴聿聿!"
General E Linqin of the Qing Dynasty was unprepared for a moment and had the horse's legs cut off and rolled down.
Before he could get up, a big foot stepped on him, and a Jiarong soldier with a beard on his face smiled ferociously and hit it with a hammer.
"Guruge, Tobok, you two are outflanking them from both sides," Eshuo issued a general order to Tumed's left-wing banner, which was commanded by Guluge, and whose right-wing banner was commanded by Tobok.
Two thousand Jiarong soldiers were surrounded by the Qing army. Although the entire army was wiped out, they also killed and wounded more than a thousand cavalry.
Es Shuo was very distressed. The exchange of cavalry for infantry was not a good deal.
Turning to Heyi Gate, Li Zhanchun's troops had withdrawn to the slope in the north of the city and were waiting in formation.
Seeing that the Ming army was in a tight formation, E Shuo was reluctant to waste his precious cavalry and ordered a retreat. They came and went like flying and disappeared like the wind.
What started as a siege was turned into a pot of porridge by the Qing cavalry.
Fan Youxian was extremely upset. He suddenly remembered Baoluo, the son of Omubu, the leader of the Tumut tribe who had been released a few days ago. He sent him to disrupt the naturalization area and shake the military morale of the Mongolian Tatars. I wonder what happened to this boy? p>