In late April of the second year of Chongzhen, the weather was getting hotter and a storm was brewing in northern Shaanxi.
Wu Yangui could obviously retreat, but he couldn't let go of his family fortune, and was determined to fight the officers and soldiers in Ansai City. Wu Yangui refused to retreat, and the officers and soldiers had no reason to retreat. Mizhi, Qingjian, and Ganquan were preparing for the next battle.
Undercurrents in northern Shaanxi are surging. In contrast, the peasant army around Xi'an suddenly fell silent. Wang Jiayin and others are also waiting for the outcome of the battle in northern Shaanxi. The ownership of northern Shaanxi not only determines Wu Yangui's fate, but also affects Wang Jiayin.
The next step of the plan has far-reaching implications. If the officers and soldiers defeat Wu Yangui and capture northern Shaanxi, then it will be unrealistic to continue to attack Xi'an Prefecture.
On April 23, a large number of officers and soldiers gathered outside Ansai City. This group of officers and soldiers were mainly soldiers from Liu Yingyu's guard. Liu Yingyu led his troops to block the south side of Ansai City, directly cutting off Ansai City and Ansai City.
Contact with Yan'an City.
Ansai City and Yan'an City were too close, and it seemed that they were cutting off the connection between them. However, in fact, as long as both sides sent out an army each to attack from the north and the south, Liu Yingyu would only be passively beaten.
Although he was in a dangerous situation, Liu Yingyu didn't panic at all. He was here to act as a bait. As long as the other party dared to leave the city, it would mean an opportunity.
After all, it is a bad idea to forcefully attack the city. If the peasant army can be mobilized to fight, it will increase the chance of victory. Unfortunately, they have been stationed in the south of the city for two days, and there is no movement at all in Ansai City and Yan'an City. Obviously, Wu Yangui and Li Yangchun
The others saw through the intentions of the officers and soldiers and were not moved at all.
Cao Wenzhao was not discouraged. Seeing that his plan failed, he took another move. Two days later, Cao Bianjiao and Liu Guoneng, who were stationed in Ganquan City, led their troops to withdraw from Ganquan. Not a single soldier was left in the city. It can be said that Ganquan City was completed at this time.
An undefended city was built. At the same time, Li Wanqing, who was stationed at Yezhu Gorge, was also ordered to retreat towards Qingjian City.
This action of the officers and soldiers directly confused Wu Yangui. Doesn't this mean that the officers and soldiers gave up Ganquan City? What is the reason for this?
Indeed, Cao Wenzhao wanted to throw the fat piece of Ganquan to Wu Yangui. As long as Wu Yangui wants to eat this piece of fat, he must send troops to occupy and garrison Ganquan. As long as you send troops out of the city, there will definitely be a flaw. Cao Wen
The imperial edict was also a dangerous move. If Wu Yangui failed to seize the opportunity and allowed Wu Yangui to easily recapture Ganquan, the previous battle at Yezhu Gorge would have been in vain.
Is Wu Yangui excited? Of course he is. Ganquan and Ansai City are too important to Yan'an Prefecture. If Yan'an Prefecture is regarded as a person, then Ganquan and Ansai are the right-hand men. Someone cut off an arm before, and now I have the opportunity to use it
How could Wu Yangui not be moved by the connection again?
This piece of fat in Ganquan is full of fatal temptations. Wu Yangui also thought that there might be a conspiracy hidden here, but in the end desire defeated everything. He had already sent people to check, and there were no ambushes around. In this case, he did not trust the officers and soldiers.
They can also drop from the sky and intercept them on the way. Moreover, if they can retake Ganquan City, it will be worth paying some casualties.
Soon, Wu Yangui made a decision. With Chongtianzhu Landao as his general, Hunshi Wang Wu Zicai and Jiutiao Chong Shichai led 15,000 troops out of Yan'an and headed towards the undefended Ganquan.
The march was very fast along the way, but Lan Dao and others were cautious, fearing that an ambush would appear somewhere. But what surprised them was that they did not see any officers or soldiers until they were less than ten miles away from Ganquan City.
shadow.
At this time, they had passed the Wild Boar Gorge, and there was a wilderness all around. There was no way to hide an ambush. Looking at the Ganquan City in the distance, Lan Dao felt that his head was a little hard to turn, "What on earth are the officers and soldiers doing? They are really willing to kill Xin."
Give us the sweet spring city we worked so hard to build?"
Wu Zicai smiled bitterly and said: "How is this possible? This is Ganquan City, the gateway to the south of Yan'an Prefecture, and the officers and soldiers collectively have their heads filled with water?"
Yes, how is it possible? If the officers and soldiers do not have water in their heads, it means that the officers and soldiers must have a conspiracy elsewhere. Looking at the Ganquan City so close at hand, we only need to work harder to enter the city, Lan Dao
But he hesitated.
Just when Lan Dao was hesitant, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing, who had gathered in Qingjian City, suddenly led their troops out of the city and attacked Yan'an City in the west. At the same time, Liu Yingyu's troops and the main force of the frontier army in Mizhi City
They also began to approach Yan'an City. Suddenly, the situation in northern Shaanxi suddenly changed, and officers and soldiers pressed down on the border, as if they could swallow Yan'an City in one breath.
This time, the officers and soldiers did not make any false moves. After arriving at Yan'an City, Liu Yingyu's troops took the lead in launching a fierce attack on Yan'an City. With a large number of siege equipment and fire support from musketeers, Yan'an City suddenly became filled with smoke.
I don’t know whether Yan’an City can be captured, but the officers and soldiers really tried their best this time.
Wu Yangui was shocked and angry. Do the officers and soldiers really think that Yan'an City can be captured with the existing strength? The officers and soldiers were so arrogant that all the troops and horses pressed forward, leaving the rear defenseless. They were not afraid that Yan'an City had not yet been captured.
The rear was first stabbed in the butt by soldiers and horses from Ansai City?
How could the officers and soldiers have the confidence to successfully capture Yan'an City under the threat of Ansai City? No, the officers and soldiers must be feigning an attack. After suffering enough, the officers and soldiers will withdraw.
Unfortunately, things developed far beyond Wu Yangui's expectation. After half a day of siege, Cao Wenzhao personally arrived at the scene and commanded the soldiers and horses of Liaodong Town to begin a strong attack on the other side. The pressure on Yan'an City suddenly increased.
The officers and soldiers were like mad dogs, trying desperately to bite out a hole in the top of Yan'an City. The pressure on the Yan'an City defenders increased sharply, but Wu Yangui was still confident that he could hold on. As long as he persisted for one more day, Li Yangchun, who was stationed in Ansai City, would definitely send troops to help.
Yes, then the officers and soldiers will suffer.
Wu Yangui's idea was not wrong. Yan'an City was well defended and had sufficient troops. The officers and soldiers really couldn't attack it for a while. Li Yangchun of Ansai City was also watching, always ready to send troops to the rear of the officers and soldiers to attack.
But Wu Yangui ignored one thing, which was the troops of Lan Dao who had just been sent to take over Ganquan City. He ignored Lan Dao's ideas, which also caused the emergence of loopholes.
The officers and soldiers launched a fierce offensive against Yan'an City. The people inside the city felt that they could hold it, but the people outside the city did not think so. At least, the officers and soldiers' offensive was sharp. On the surface, it seemed that Yan'an City was in a precarious situation and could be taken down by the officers and soldiers at any time.
After getting the news, Lan Dao and others who had just entered Ganquan City were immediately panicked. Lan Dao, no, to be precise, most of the peasant army generals under Wu Yangui were from Yeluzi and did not have the military literacy of the entire Eight Classics. They did not even have basic skills.
How could one know whether Yan'an City was safe or unsafe even if they didn't understand the deployment of troops? At this time, Lan Dao and others had a reaction, that is, they had fallen into the trap of the officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers used Ganquan City as bait to induce Leader Wu to divide his troops. After the troops were divided, Yan'an City lost more than 10,000 troops, and its defensive strength was definitely much weaker. Wouldn't the opportunity for the officers and soldiers come?
Once Yan'an City is lost, what's the point of garrisoning Ganquan City and Ansai City? After urgent discussions, Lan Dao, Wu Zicai, Shi Chai and others made a difficult decision. They were still hot in Ganquan City.
, and anxiously returned to the original route with fifteen thousand soldiers and horses, hoping to kill the enemy with a carbine, give the officers and soldiers a head-on attack, and relieve the siege of Yan'an City.
In this way, Ganquan City soon became an undefended city again, but this time it was the peasant army who took the initiative to abandon Ganquan.
Lan Dao also wanted to send a message to Wu Yangui in advance, but the military situation was urgent and there was no time to delay. What's more, the officers and soldiers were all around the city and couldn't contact him even if he wanted to.
Lan Dao's troops came to Yezhu Gorge again, and it was already the morning of the second day of the siege. Early in the morning, the officers and soldiers launched a fierce attack on Yan'an City again. However, although this offensive was fierce, in less than a moment, the officers and soldiers were defeated.
It receded like a tide. What is even more puzzling is that the officers and soldiers not only gave up attacking the city, but even the soldiers and horses stationed outside the city began to retreat, and soon they disappeared.
Wu Yangui stood at the top of the city, looking at the scene in front of him, his head buzzing.
My head was about to explode, and I couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the officers and soldiers were selling in the gourds. It was wrong to say that they retreated after a defeat. Although the officers and soldiers attacked fiercely, the losses were not too great. Why was the army defeated? There was a threat from the rear.
?If Ansai City sends troops, the officers and soldiers will not withdraw so simply, right?
"Leader Wu, do we want to chase him out?"
"What are you chasing?" Wu Yangui frowned and said angrily, "What if the retreat of the officers and soldiers is fake and the ambush on the way is real?" What should we do?
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Twenty miles northwest of Yezhu Gorge, a small team transporting grain and grass was ambushed here by officers and soldiers not long ago. But this time, Lan Dao and others also suffered a violent ambush at the same place.
Lan Dao originally led his men to speed up to Yan'an City, but as soon as he arrived, he was stunned by bursts of gunfire before he could even take a breath. In one encounter, more than a hundred peasant soldiers fell.
The formation was also in disarray.
The constant gunfire and the tall shield wall have almost become the signature formation of Zhang Bei's frontier army.
Lan Dao gasped, stepped back, and then shouted at the top of his lungs, "How could we encounter the soldiers of the Living King of Hell here? Shouldn't they be attacking the city?"
Wu Zicai's face was ashen, and there was a trace of panic in his eyes. He held his forehead and said in a trembling voice, "It's over, we have been fooled. The real target of the officers and soldiers is not Yan'an City. They attacked Yan'an City just to force us back."
Wu Zicai figured it out, but by this time it was already too late. Since the officers and soldiers had gone to great lengths to carry out this dangerous move, they could not fail to consider it thoroughly. There was already Zhang Bei and the King of Hell waiting here, so there must be officers and soldiers in the rear outflanking him.
Sure enough, the two sides fought for only a quarter of an hour before bad news came again. A group of officers and soldiers came out of the Wild Boar Gorge and rushed straight to Ganquan City. At this time, Ganquan City had fallen into the hands of the officers and soldiers again. At the same time, the officers and soldiers marched along the north side of Ganquan City.
Go ahead and attack this battlefield.
Lan Dao's face turned pale. He knew that his army of tens of thousands of soldiers had been trapped by officers and soldiers.
Now the elite soldiers of the three towns plus Liu Yingyu's guard troops have reached more than 35,000 troops, which is twice as many as his own. It is completely sufficient for a north-south pincer attack.
When the officers and soldiers completed the encirclement of the peasant army led by Lan Dao, it was already sunset. Night gradually fell, and both sides ceased their activities. However, the temporary calm meant that the killings would be even more brutal the next day.
Lan Dao sat on a ball of straw mat, looking up at the stars in the sky, with a look of despair in his eyes.
Somehow, Lan Dao remembered a scene that happened in the past. At that time, Wang Zuogao advised Leader Wu not to defend Yan'an Prefecture, and not to let Yan'an Prefecture become a fetter for the peasant army. To defend Yan'an Prefecture would be a dead end, because the peasant army was not capable of it.
, no match for the officers and soldiers at all. Don’t look at the peasant army’s increasing prestige when they conquer cities and territories, but when it comes to fighting, they are no match for the elite officers and soldiers.
Unfortunately, at that time, not only Leader Wu could not listen, but also most of the peasant army generals, who all felt that Wang Zuogao was too alarmist.
Guarding several fortified cities in Yan'an, we have the advantage of military strength, and the brothers are united as one. Could it be that the officers and soldiers could turn into tigers and devour the brothers?
At that time, he once laughed at Wang Zuoguan for being timid.
Now, I laugh at my own ignorance.
During this period of time, especially what happened in the past two months, Lan Dao deeply realized how big the gap was with the elite officers and soldiers. Despite the large number of troops on his side, in front of the elite soldiers of the three towns, he was beaten into a panic and was helpless.
.If they confront each other in front of the formation, they will be defeated at every turn.
Take this time as an example. The officers and soldiers first used Ganquan City as bait to induce them to split up. Everyone was on guard against whether the officers and soldiers would ambush you on the way. In fact, the officers and soldiers did ambush you, but they did not ambush you on the way there.
, but ambush you on your way back.
Who could have expected that the officers and soldiers would dare to attack Yan'an City? If they had not expected this, they would not have expected that they would be forced to abandon Ganquan and rush to the aid of Yan'an City.
This series of actions of the officers and soldiers is like a chain, one link within another, if one link is missing, then the officers and soldiers are digging a hole to bury themselves. But the key point is that the officers and soldiers win.
"Brothers, after daybreak, our chances will be very few, so I decided to break out tonight and take as many as I can get out."
Lan Dao stared at Wu Zicai and others with a firm attitude. Wu Zicai and Shi Chai looked at each other, and then Wu Zicai hesitated and said: "Brother Lan, it's not impossible for us to break out at night, but do you think the officers and soldiers will give us a chance?"
"Then you have to try it!"
Lan Dao also knows that the chance is very slim, but if he doesn't give it a try, why should he sit still and wait for death?
At night, just after midnight, Lan Dao, Wu Zicai and others launched a breakout from the east and west directions. However, Cao Wenzhao had already responded. Cao Bianjiao and Zhou Dingshan formed an array to intercept them from the east and west directions, using muskets and bows.
Under the pressure of the crossbow, this hastily organized breakout quickly ended in failure.
The next day, Lan Dao, Wu Zicai and others waited for the end to come, but the officers and soldiers showed no sign of launching an attack.
Lan Dao couldn't figure it out. He had lost his troops, had no food or drink, and his morale had collapsed. The officers and soldiers only needed to charge, and his entire army would be annihilated. But at this time, the officers and soldiers became extremely merciful.
Wu Yangui was interested in Lan Dao, so he was certainly not an idiot. He quickly figured out the link. The officers and soldiers surrounded them but refused to attack. This was because they were used as bait to induce Yan'an City and Ansai City to send troops to rescue.
But it’s useless to see through it. The initiative lies with the officers and soldiers. If they don’t kill you, why don’t you take the initiative to stretch your neck and let others chop you?
It was the first time that Lan Dao encountered this situation. He wanted to die but couldn't. He wanted to be killed, but they were not in a hurry to kill you. This life was really difficult.
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