On Gangguan Mountain, Sha Diao won a small victory, but it was very unfavorable for the entire battle. Being exposed early made the original raid meaningless. At this time, the bandits must be on guard and defended to the death. At this time, they also raided the outer positions of Tongling, which was useless.
It is different from seeking death.
Liu Guoneng's army came in a hurry, but only caught up with the tail. He turned over and dismounted, and soon found the sand sculpture beside the official road. At this time, the sand sculpture was leaning against a dry tree, with uncertain eyes and a long knife in his hand.
The pestle was on the ground, and the blood had not yet dried up. Liu Guoneng walked over and patted the opponent's shoulder gently, "Commander Sha, the matter has come to this, it is useless to think about it. Since the sneak attack cannot succeed, then we will attack by force."
"Tongling City is heavily guarded, and Xu Beifeng is not an easy person. Breaking through Tongling's defense line is not easy!" Sha Diao is a proud man, and he would not have said such a thing if the situation had not been particularly difficult.
Liu Guoneng didn't know how difficult it was to attack by force. But sometimes, he would go to the mountains even though he knew there were tigers there. "Since the commander asked us to attack Tongling, we must have backup plans. We just need to launch a fierce attack on the outskirts of Tongling on time according to the plan."
.”
Liu Guoneng didn't know what the specific plan was, but long-term experience told him that the Iron Governor cherished the lives of soldiers and would never let his brothers waste their lives in Tongling City. Xu Zhixin was also at a loss to deal with the situation in front of her. According to the plan, the Nanjing Camp
The soldiers and horses will go south to Huizhou Prefecture in four days to cooperate with the Xuanfu soldiers and horses to threaten Yuqian County where the rogue bandits have gathered heavily. However, looking at the current situation, the plan may have to change. With the strength in the hands of Liu Guoneng and Sha Diao, they want four
It is almost impossible to capture Tongling in one day.
Feeling Xu Zhixin's hesitant gaze, Liu Guoneng felt dissatisfied in his heart. When it came to marching and fighting, he never felt that he was worse than Zhou Dingshan. This time he attacked Tongling City, but he had a good opportunity to prove himself. How could he be embarrassed? What's more, he had a good chance to prove himself.
With Xu Zhixin by his side, the outcome of the battle in Tongling will most likely affect the share of the spoils in the future. How can the elites of Yunfu be underestimated by others?
The next day, mist enveloped Tongling. The winter around Tongling seems to have always been like this. It was foggy before, and only when the sun shines brightly, the fog will completely dissipate. Pingchuan Town, Tongling, is peaceful at this time. In Pingchuan Town in the morning, the cold wind blows
, there are few pedestrians. Compared with Tongling City, which is facing a formidable enemy, Pingchuan Town seems to be much more relaxed. Pingchuan Town is located to the west of Tongling, and its geographical location is not important. It seems that no one is interested here, which leads to the situation in Pingchuan Town.
The peasant army relaxed its vigilance.
Speaking of which, the person guarding Pingchuan Town has some background. His name is Li Zijian, and he is said to be a tribesman of Li Zicheng. Because he is related to Li Zicheng, Xu Beichuan gave him a relatively easy job. Xu Beichuan did not want to offend Li Zicheng.
, so this Li Zijian cannot be used and cannot be reused, so it is better to throw it to Pingchuan Town and let him do whatever he wants.
Li Zijian is not a fool. He knows that he has no great ability. Coupled with his relationship with Li Zicheng, Xu Beichuan's arrangement is excusable. However, Li Zijian is a very sensible person. Since he came to Pingchuan Town, he has
Staying there honestly. But, it's impossible for him to do nothing. Anyway, the wars in Tongling and Nijianghe have little to do with him. He is just idle when he is idle. So, he is having fun almost every day. Gang Guan
The Battle of Shanyi had already made Tongling City tightly guarded, but just last night, Li Zijian found some dancing girls and had a good time.
At this time, the sun shrouded the entire town, but Li Zijian was in a daze and had just woken up. Maybe he was playing too crazy. When he sat up, he felt sleepy and exhausted. He yawned and then shrunk again.
Arrived under the covers.
At 3:30 p.m., a team of several hundred people spread out and quietly arrived at the outskirts of Pingchuan Town. Suddenly, someone yelled: "We will attack Pingchuan Town from the east and west sides, and we must capture Pingchuan as quickly as possible!"
"
There was a roar at the top of the city, and the fighting was fierce. Many people were stunned. The deputy general who was guarding the city ran to the mansion in a panic, shouting all the way: "Chief, it's not good, the officers and soldiers are attacking the city..."
Brothers can’t hold it any longer..."
Li Zijian was in a daze. When he heard the news of the siege, he stood up suddenly. He opened his eyes and was full of surprise. What on earth were the officers and soldiers doing? Didn't they send people to attack Datong? Why did they come to attack Pingchuan?
, after capturing Datong, and there are no obstacles south of Tongling, we can safely attack Tongling City. What benefits will the attack on Pingchuan bring to the officers and soldiers?
No matter how much Li Zijian couldn't figure it out, the siege actually happened. When he climbed to the top of the city, Li Zijian found that although the officers and soldiers were attacking the city, the number of troops invested was very small. In fact, Liu Guoneng did not intend to attack the city on a large scale, but Li Zijian was angry
Being suspicious by nature, he always naturally thinks too much. He can also think of things that do not exist before. He always feels that there must be a conspiracy here, so Li Zijian does not dare to neglect at all. The generals on the city wall keep shouting and commanding the troops.
Qu said, "Quickly, bring up all the rolling logs, thunder and stones. In a moment, the officers and soldiers will attack the city and smash it hard for me."
At this time, facing the strong attack by the officers and soldiers, Li Zijian was glad that he was defending Pingchuan Town. Although Pingchuan was a town, it was surrounded by city walls, which were higher than ordinary county walls. If Pingchuan was as open as other towns,
, then Mr. Li will have no choice but to run for his life now.
Under the city, Liu Guoneng stared at the city of Pingchuan, but kept shaking his head, "Li Zijian still doesn't pay enough attention. Zheng Tao, let your people rush with the ladder to increase the heat for Li Zijian, but when encountering resistance, return immediately."
withdraw."
Zheng Tao took the order and left, and soon more than a thousand people rushed to Pingchuan City on ladders. In order to make the scene grander, they deliberately prepared some extra drums. When the soldiers rushed, the drums rumbled, and at the same time, the soldiers
They also shouted loudly and really showed a murderous attitude. Li Zijian had to take it seriously. Almost all the peasant troops defending the city gathered at the top of the city. What made Li Zijian vomit blood was that the officers and soldiers ran to the city.
He just hit a few rolling logs and then retreated like flying. The speed of the withdrawal was several times faster than the speed of the advance.
Li Zijian was confused, and others were also confused, but soon they were no longer confused. Liu Guoneng, who was under the city, saw that there were enough soldiers and horses gathered at the top of the city, and directly issued an order. For a while, the crossbowmen and musketeers prepared
After that, as the first bullet hit the top of the city, Li Zijian finally understood what was going on. Many earthen jars flew up, accompanied by many rockets. The pungent smell filled the top of the city, and his eyes were filled with purple smoke.
.
This kind of earthen jar contains sulfur and other things. It was something developed by Dai Qimeng. It was originally used in artillery shells, but now it was used by Liu Guoneng to attack the city. There was a chaos at the top of the city. Li Zijian's troops tried to prevent the officers and soldiers from attacking the city.
Taking advantage of the chaos to attack the city, they were unable to retreat and had to suffer the smell of sulfur and fireworks. Suddenly there were cries of crying for father and mother.
Li Zijian kept yelling and cursing there. In fact, the strange-smelling smoke was not very lethal. The key was the panic it caused. The impact on morale was terrible.
When morale fails and the soldiers have doubts about their commander, how terrible the situation is. Every leading general is very afraid of this situation. In fact, Li Zijian also knows in his heart that he must do something. He must do something.
Re-establish his supreme prestige. Otherwise, if he continues to toss like this, Li Zijian will become a monkey being played with in the eyes of everyone.
Li Zijian's life was quite painful, but in comparison, Wang Ye, who was in Datong, was much more nourished.
Datong faces Pingchuan City to the east and west. However, Datong is surrounded by poor villages. It is located on broken mountains and has no waterways to connect it, and it has no role in connecting the north and the south. Therefore, it has always been ignored by others. In the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, it has also been neglected.
No one in charge has ever paid much attention to Datong. Even when the Japanese pirates caused trouble in Jiangnan, they didn't bother to come to Datong.
Absolutely no one wants to come to Datong, a remote and remote place. Therefore, in South Zhili, there is another saying called Jiangnan Penal Station. As long as you can get along, don't go to Datong. If you go to Datong, your life will be over. But that's it.
, but Wang Ye has been in Datong for many years, and he is still very happy. He doesn't seem to worry about his future at all. Wang Ye is a good person. Others don't like Datong, a poor place, but Wang Ye likes it.
This place was simply a place of alienation. No matter what he did, no one would care about him. So, when the bandits came, he suddenly transformed and became the spokesperson of the bandits in Datong.
Datong has always been peaceful and peaceful. Wang Yan, Li Zicheng, and Xu Beichuan were all fighting near Tongling, but no one was interested in Datong. It is useless to have such a poor and remote place. They would rather occupy a hilltop.
I don't want to ruin the city. No one came, and Wang Ye didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, so Datong has been quiet for several days, but today, something may happen.
After noon, the county magistrate Li Wan hurried into the county office. Seeing Wang Ye playing with the antiques in his hands, he said anxiously, "Master Magistrate, something happened. Someone just came to report that a group of soldiers and horses appeared in the east.
.”
Unexpectedly, Wang Ye didn't take it seriously after hearing this. He curled his lips and touched his delicate mustache, "Why are you panicking? It's not like there were no soldiers and horses. Just let the soldiers get ready. I guess it's some mountain."
The king’s men were passing by here.”
Seeing Wang Ye's attitude, Li Wan felt depressed for a while. Wang Zhixian's reaction was too slow, so he had to recount it again, "Master Zhixian, yesterday the soldiers of Xuanfu and General Xu's men fought at Gangguan Mountain.
, it seems that the imperial court intends to retake Tongling City, could it be that the Xuanfu sent troops here, we have to deal with it carefully."
Imperial soldiers and horses? Wang Zhiyi panicked, his hands trembled, and the exquisite porcelain turned into a pile of fragments. There are countless legends about the Xuanfu soldiers and horses these days. The legends alone are scary enough, let alone
Wang Ye also has military reports in his hands, and he knows these things in more detail. It can be said that the legend is not too much, and it is not exaggerated at all. I can imagine how powerful the Xuanfu soldiers and horses are, but today I heard that officers and soldiers are coming
Got a pass.
"How is this possible? With limited officers and soldiers, how can they attack Pingchuan and Datong at the same time? Are they not afraid of Tongling City's army hitting their back?" Wang Ye really couldn't figure it out. He was still wondering if the scouts had gotten the information wrong.
Half an hour later, Wang Ye stood at the top of the city wearing a military uniform. Looking at the majestic soldiers and horses under the city, the luck in his heart finally disappeared. They were really officers and soldiers, not some fake elite soldiers and horses. Look at them.
The tight formation and high fighting spirit indicate that this is an army of tigers and wolves. Damn it, although Wang Ye has three thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, he has no confidence at all, because these three thousand soldiers and horses are purely bluffing.
. It is said that there are three thousand soldiers and horses, most of them are ruffians and bandits who were recruited temporarily. How do you rely on these people to defend Datong?
"Send a message to Tongling quickly. The officers and soldiers are attacking Datong unexpectedly. Please ask General Xu to send reinforcements as soon as possible." Wang Ye gave the order without thinking. He never felt that he could hold Datong.
It's not that he never thought about surrendering. The moment he saw the Xuanfu army, his first reaction was to surrender. But when he thought that he had just surrendered the bandits, and in turn surrendered to the court, in the future, when the bandits left, the court would not let them go.
Over his.
Fortunately, Sha Diao marched all the way and was exhausted of men and horses. He did not rush to attack the city, but camped near the northeast of Datong to rest. Of course, Sha Diao was not careless and sent out scouts ten miles away. The officers and soldiers raided Datong without thinking about it.
You must win the Chase, but you are just using it to accomplish a certain purpose. If you can't accomplish it, you won't want to stay any longer.
The clouds of war are hanging over Datong City. Datong has not encountered war for many years. Even in the era when Japanese pirates were rampant, no one cared about Datong. Now that there is a war suddenly, many people are still in a daze.
When the news reached Tongling, Zeng Qian was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He knew that the officers and soldiers would attack Datong, but why did they attack Pingchuan?
In his heart, Xu Beichuan wanted to defend Tongling City. It could be said that except Tongling and Nijiang River, Xu Beichuan would not even blink his eyes to attack wherever the officers and soldiers wanted to attack. However, the officers and soldiers wanted to attack Pingchuan.
What the hell is going on? Datong is a poor place, and it's located more or less at the southern end of Tongling. But Pingchuan is a worthless place. Not even the bandits are interested. The officers and soldiers attacked Pingchuan just to find someone.
A place to stand?
Xu Beichuan, like Li Zijian, stared at a series of question marks on his head, but reinforcements had to be sent. The more he couldn't understand, the less careless he was, "Come here, hurry up and send an order to Du Jianwen, order him to quickly get 10,000 troops."
Rush to rescue Datong and be sure to arrive at Datong City before tomorrow's twilight hour."
Xu Beichuan's reaction was very quick. When tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left the city, the news quickly reached the ears of the sand sculpture. This confirmed one thing. Xu Beichuan also knew the importance of Datong, otherwise the small Datong
Why tens of thousands of reinforcements were needed? Sha Diao smiled, as long as Xu Beichuan's troops left the city, everything would be easy to handle. Then Liu Guoneng only did one thing, which was to order all troops to give up their rest, besiege Datong, and make siege measures.
situation, this will allow Tongling reinforcements to rush on their way faster. In addition, urgent military intelligence reports will fly to Pingchuan City. At about 3:00 pm at night, in the dead of night, drums suddenly rumble outside Pingchuan City, and torches shine, attracting everyone in the city.
After waking up with a start, even Li Zijian was not at ease. He climbed to the top of the city in person. He took a look at the situation and thought it was a trick he had used to tire out the troops, so he ordered all ministries to guard the city. No matter what the officers and soldiers did, as long as they did not
If you attack a city, you won't be able to defend it.