Lin'an, Zhejiang, the former capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, was ravaged by the peasant army at this time. After Deqing was captured, the situation became increasingly clear, and it was about to withdraw from Zhejiang. Some peasant army leaders began to wreak havoc
Searching for property and looting are difficult to stop once they start. Faced with this situation, the only thing Gao Yingxiang can do is to advance the retreat plan. The incident in Jiaxing Mansion has served as an endless reminder to Gao Yingxiang.
The looting will eventually make the local people rise up to resist.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the seemingly stable situation changed. Half of the Xuanfu army stationed in Deqing City detached their troops and headed west along the official road, aiming directly at Dusong Pass. At the same time, a
A small group of soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp suddenly appeared near Tianmu Mountain and attacked the sentries near Tianmu Mountain. Gao Yingxiang responded quickly. He was afraid that Tianmu Mountain would be occupied by the Beijing camp, so he ordered the army in the hidden direction to pay close attention to Tianmu Mountain and asked the leaders of various ministries.
Preparations for retreat must be made within two days.
In Yuhang, the leaders of Li Zicheng's subordinates gathered together, but at this time everyone's faces were solemn and the atmosphere was depressed. Li Yan rarely spoke, as if he had not recovered from the previous fiasco. Li Zicheng sat on a chair, leaning forward slightly
, bent his arms, put his elbows on his thighs, and supported his chin, "Everyone, the Living King of Hell has sent troops, and the target is Dusong Pass. What should we do next?"
The corner of Zheng Guosong's mouth couldn't help but twitch. According to his thoughts, Dusong Pass was optional, but he didn't dare to say it. In contrast, Lu Weiliang had less taboos. After thinking for a moment, he said quietly: "General,
My subordinates think that Dusong Pass is useless to us now. King Chuang is now ready to evacuate. It is estimated that the withdrawal order will be sent to us in the next two days. At this time, if we forcefully defend Dusong Pass, we will cause more casualties.
, it’s really meaningless.”
Li Zicheng raised his head slightly, narrowed his eyes, and sighed softly: "But if the Living Hell King takes Dusong Pass, our back will not be stable. With the sharpness of the cavalry under the Living Hell King, they can quickly penetrate Tianmu Mountain to the west.
Cut off our escape route."
Everyone's faces couldn't help but look a little ugly. Dusong Pass has become useless to the peasant army. With the retreat imminent, they naturally have no intention of attacking Hangzhou City. Since they don't want to attack Hangzhou, why do they need Dusong Pass? But Dusong Pass
The pass is very important to the officers and soldiers, especially to the living king of hell. If the living king of hell takes the Dusong Pass, he can send cavalry to attack Tianmu Mountain directly. In this case, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp under Xu Hongji are cooperating.
After a while, Tianmu Mountain will really be undefendable. If Tianmu Mountain falls, the officers and soldiers can attack Lin'an and Yuqian at any time. By then, the hundreds of thousands of peasant troops who have entered Zhejiang will be cut off.
This is the case. It seems that the useless Dusong Pass must be defended, at least until Lin'an's troops begin to retreat. But how many more casualties will there be in the forced defense of Dusong Pass and a fierce battle with the elite soldiers of the Living King of Hell?
?Mainly for the sake of others, it causes more casualties to oneself. No one wants to do this kind of thing. Everyone knows how difficult it is to deal with the living King of Hell. If it is not necessary, we really don’t want to fight with this person.
Naturally, everyone's thoughts could not be hidden from Li Zicheng. Seeing that everyone was speechless, he had no choice but to continue: "Withdraw the soldiers and horses from Qiantang and divide the troops into Dusong Pass. We will have to defend Dusong Pass for at least two days. If we abandon it,
Don’t say that Li is unwilling to guard Dusong Pass, and it will be difficult for us to deal with King Chuang. What will the brothers think of us then?"
Hearing this, Zheng Guosong, Xu Beichuan and others all lowered their heads. Although Li Zicheng's words were reasonable, they couldn't help but feel a little frightened when they thought of having a fierce battle with the Living King of Hell. Especially Xu Beichuan, who was captured from Tongling to Deqing.
The Living King of Hell chased her buttocks and beat her hard until her energy and energy were gone.
No one asked for a fight, and the scene was a little deserted. Li Zicheng could only smile bitterly in his heart. Li Yan was considered a newborn calf and was not afraid of tigers. After fighting against the Living Hell King, he was actually silent. The Living Hell King was really a scourge. Since the incident, almost everyone
There is always a disadvantage, but every time I encounter the Living King of Hell, I am bound to be unlucky. I don’t know if God has deliberately arranged it, but I have to face the Living King of Hell every time.
After all, Lu Weiliang had a good relationship with Li Zicheng. Seeing that the scene was deserted, he took the initiative to resolve the embarrassment, "General, it's better for my subordinates to go to Dusong Pass. However, my subordinates can only guard Dusong Pass for two days at most. After two days, he said
We must withdraw at all costs. Now that our troops have been defeated one after another and suffered heavy losses, we will never be able to fall into the quagmire of Dusong Pass."
Li Zicheng stood up and looked at Lu Weiliang with a hint of gratitude in his eyes, "Brother Lu, don't worry, you can make your own decisions regarding Dusong Pass. In short, don't lose too much. Everything can be done easily."
When encountering difficulties, Li Zicheng, like Lu Weiliang, first thinks of survival. This is also a helpless move. The internal situation of the peasant army is complicated. If it does not preserve its strength, it may be swallowed up by others in the blink of an eye. This is very realistic.
In the world, although Gao Yingxiang is his uncle, how many people can not be blinded by power?
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the peaceful Dusong Pass was once again in turmoil. Liu Guoneng and Li Yuanqing led 10,000 soldiers and horses, starting from the towns outside Dusong Pass and slowly advancing to the hills to the west. Liu Guoneng's advancement was very slow, but very fast.
Steady, because the formation was maintained very compact, there was no opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of it. At noon on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Liu Guoneng's troops arrived at Shizhai, the first key point in the east of Dusong Pass. The Shizhai was built on the highest point of the steep slope of the hills.
, can be said to be the east gate of Dusong Pass, and has always been a strategic defensive position of Dusong Pass. At this time, the people stationed in Shizhai were Gunlei Ren, with more than 5,000 defenders.
Speaking of which, Lei Ren and Tie Mo can be regarded as old acquaintances. Tie Mo was able to rise quickly because he climbed up on Lei Ren's shoulders. I think back in Yehu Ridge, Lei Ren wanted to have the wind.
When it rains, it rains, and the life is free and happy, but he didn't expect that he would fall into Tie Mo's hands. In the battle outside Yehu Ridge, Lei Ren had seen Tie Mo's bravery with his own eyes. This guy was a mad dog.
After joining Wang Jiayin, Lei Ren would be more cautious every time he met Tie Mo. Therefore, after several confrontations, his troops suffered the least casualties. All along, Lei Ren did not want to fight with the Living King of Hell, but this time
He couldn't escape this time. If he abandoned the defense of Shizhai, Lu Weiliang behind him would probably chop off his head immediately.
"What a bastard, what does Lu Weiliang'an mean? There are so many people, and I have to guard a place like Shizhai. If the war is like this, I have to guard Dusong Pass!" Lei Ren hid in the room alone and cursed.
Yes, he felt that Lu Weiliang did it on purpose. Wang Jiayin's old subordinates were not very popular under King Chuang. If he had not done too many outrageous things in the past, and if the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were not the people of the Living King of Hell, Lei Ren would have thought
Surrendered.
Just as he was sulking alone, a burst of gunfire rang out outside the Shizhai. Lei Ren couldn't help but shudder. He ran outside with a knife in his hand, and when he turned around, the hair on his back stood up.
There were many officers and soldiers on the high wall of the stockade, and the two sides were fighting fiercely. How could this happen? How could the officers and soldiers hit the wall so quickly? Did they fly up?
In fact, the Shizhai can only defend the wall. If the wall is lost, the Shizhai will almost be lost. Lei Ren couldn't think of a reason even if he tried hard, so Lieutenant General Qi Meilai hurriedly led a group of troops to attack
As he passed by, Lei Ren grabbed the other person and shouted loudly: "Why are you going?"
Qi Meilai hurriedly said: "Support the wall, Leader Lei, we have to kill the officers and soldiers quickly. If we delay any longer, the stone wall will be gone..."
"Look at how many officers and soldiers there are at the village gate. We can still capture it. Quickly...order the people in the village to evacuate to the mountain road to the west. Mother, if you don't leave, we all have to stay here.
...Shizhai can no longer be defended..."
Lei Ren doesn't have any great skills, but he has amazing observation skills and can make timely and accurate judgments on the battlefield situation. Because of this, he can mix well within the peasant army, which is in a bad situation. It is not a good idea to just give up this nickname.
It's all in vain. When it comes to escaping to survive, Lei Ren feels that he has never been inferior to others.
Since there were no more reinforcements to guard the wall, Shizhai was quickly captured by Liu Guoneng and Li Yuanqing. Walking into Shizhai and looking at the relatively intact Dazhai, Liu Guoneng was a little confused and said, "Let's take Shizhai now."
Did you take it down?"
Li Yuanqing was also a little bit unconscious. The attack went smoothly beyond imagination. Although the soldiers from the mountain camp cooperated and secretly attacked the wall of the village, it would have taken a lot of effort to capture the stone village if the thieves hadn't gone astray.
, "What the hell is going on? The Superintendent is really right...How did the Superintendent know that as soon as we attack the wall, the traitors will retreat without a fight..."
Liu Guoneng had a wry smile on his face. He had been with Tie Mo for a long time and knew the internal situation of the Peasant Army very well. After thinking about it for a while, he finally understood, "Hey, it's probably because of Lei Ren. Brother Li doesn't know.
This guy had a nickname and was famous for being able to survive. This guy was hanging around in Yehuling back then. I heard that he and others dominated Northern Shanxi in Yehuling, but he was later killed by the governor.
A, after that, this guy seemed to have a psychological shadow, and ran away when he saw the supervisor..."
"Is there such a thing? If that's the case, then how could Lu Weiliang let Lei Ren come to guard the stone village?" Li Yuanqing shook his head in confusion and rolled on the spot. He really lived up to his name. The speed of his escape was unparalleled in the world.
"Who knows what Lu Wei came to think about? Forget it, let's get ready. We have to continue fighting at Dusong Pass tomorrow!"
Liu Guoneng and Li Yuanqing were sharpening their knives and preparing for a decisive battle at Dusong Pass, but at this time, the Dusong Pass Dazhai was already in turmoil. When they heard that the Shizhai fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers in the blink of an eye, the leaders were so shocked that their eyes almost exploded.
Some even yelled, "Nai Qiu... What on earth is this bastard Lei Ren doing... After guarding the stone fort for less than half a day, he gave it to the officers and soldiers, why didn't he go?"
Die? If he comes back, I will..."
A strong man banged his knife on the ground, making a clanging sound. Before he could finish his words, a minion ran into the hall, "Report...Lei Tou led his troops back to the stronghold and has gone now."
Rest in your own camp..."
The corner of Lu Weiliang's mouth twitched and he didn't even bother to curse. This bastard came back so fast. He was just cursing here when he came back. Without a second word, Lu Weiliang led the leaders to Lei Ren's camp. When he saw it there, he immediately
I was speechless. I saw the soldiers in front of me talking and laughing. They were all neatly dressed and had red faces. They didn't look like they had just lost a battle.
It's strange. He had just abandoned the defense of Shizhai and suffered a defeat, so why did he still look relaxed? Lu Weiliang didn't say a word and went directly to the deputy general Qi Meilai. After carefully asking about the damage, everyone was even more speechless.
Shizhai fell and the troops fled, but only lost less than 400 people. It is really unimaginable how this battle was fought. Could it be that as soon as the officers and soldiers climbed onto the wall of the stronghold, Lei Ren took the people and ran back?
Finally, Lu Weiliang couldn't bear it any longer. After asking Lei Ren to be found, he asked angrily: "Leader Lei, should you give Mr. Lu a good explanation?"
Lei Ren sneered in his heart, but there was not much fear on his face. He still had nearly five thousand soldiers and horses under his command. He had soldiers in his hands, but he was afraid of a ball. Although Lei Ren was timid in fighting and loved to run for his life, he lived very clearly and always tried to find ways to strengthen himself.
With my own strength, I never force myself to do something that I can't do. Because of this, my strength can grow little by little. In short, as long as my fists are strong enough and I have enough troops in my hands, even if Li Zicheng wants to touch me,
It also needs to be considered.
"Leader Lu, the officers and soldiers made a sneak attack on Shizhai and suddenly appeared on the wall of the village. Many officers and soldiers gathered at the gate of the village. The situation is very unfavorable to me. Brother, I ordered the withdrawal of Shizhai. What's wrong?" Lei Ren squinted his eyes.
He didn't hide anything, he just said openly that he wanted to preserve his strength.
Lu Weiliang's head twitched. For some reason, he felt that there was a hint of sarcasm in Lei Ren's eyes just now. He was despised, but he was speechless. In fact, Lu Weiliang sent Lei Ren to Shizhai with the intention of weakening Lei Ren.
Ren means. Lei Ren first surrendered to Wu Yangui, but later Wu Yangui was defeated and killed, and then defected to Wang Jiayin. Lei Ren was wandering around, but he was in trouble. This guy was no one's confidant, he only thought about his
One third of an acre of land. This kind of person is a headache, so Lu Weiliang wants to weaken Lei Ren, and when the time is right, he can devour Lei Ren's soldiers and horses.
Although the idea was good, I didn't expect that Lei Ren was not stupid, and he ran away after guarding Shizhai for less than half a day.
A big man behind Lu Weiliang stood up and pointed at Lei Ren's nose, sneered and mocked: "Hey, do you really dare to open your teeth, don't you feel ashamed? After losing less than 400 people, they gave up Shizhai.
You still have the nerve to say that, if I were you, I would have killed you with a piece of tofu..."
"Oh... Big Eyes, look what you said? Can Mr. Lei wait until more than half of the damage is done before he can order a retreat? When did the lives of his brothers become so worthless? Isn't that right?
Even though you know the situation is unfavorable, you still have to fight hard?"
"You...you...use your strong words..."
Seeing the dispute between the two sides, Lu Weiliang felt a headache. He raised his hand and shouted: "That's enough, shut up. Phew, since you are back, let's take a good rest. It is estimated that the officers and soldiers will launch an attack on the pass soon."
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Lu Weiliang made a gesture, turned around with the people, took two steps, and then turned back to look at Lei Ren meaningfully.