As Li Yan retreated, the trend of the rogue bandits was irreversible. In the short distance from Guimapo to Lushi County, countless people died. Just look at the sharp-edged cavalry swords. Lushi County has blocked
The Northern Shan Army could no longer hold back. Under the impact of those defeated soldiers, the city gate of Lushi County was directly occupied by the Northern Shan Army, and fierce street fighting ensued.
Although the ensuing street fighting was brutal, it was only against rogue bandits. The result of stubborn resistance was eventual destruction. After a day of fighting, the last important town in the north of Yinchuan City was also declared to have fallen.
When the news reached Yinchuan City, Li Zicheng knew that the Henan Prefecture could not wait any longer. He also thought that Lushi County could not stop the Northern Shanxi Army, but he did not expect that Li Yan would be defeated so quickly. Similarly, Li Zicheng was not sure whether
What makes the King of Hell like this? The soldiers under his command are exhausted both physically and mentally, forcing them to fight continuously. Something must have happened, otherwise the King of Hell would not be so desperate.
In May of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the rogue bandits faced a disaster. The Fuling River defense line, which had been built with great pains, was swarmed by the Northern Shanxi Army and was completely breached. Gaomen Pass also fell. Facing the menacing Shanxi
The Northern Army and Li Zicheng did not send troops to rescue Gaomen Pass. As a result, rumors spread in Yinchuan City in a short period of time, and Li Zicheng's prestige was seriously questioned.
Didn't Li Zicheng want to take back Gaomenguan and even the entire Fuling River? The problem is that in the battle of Lushi County, more than half of the elite soldiers and horses of the rebel army were buried near Guimapo, and he went out to fight with the Northern Shanxi Army. Isn't this the old man who hanged himself because he thought his life was too long?
?People outside don't understand, and they have to bear the pressure of the Northern Shanxi Army attacking at any time. Li Zicheng's situation can be imagined. In just two days, the people under his command have become more worried. The most annoying thing is
Some people actually started to attach themselves to Zhang Xianzhong.
Now it feels like being besieged on all sides. Li Zicheng's situation is not too good, but Tie Mo will not wait any longer. News has come from Liaodong. It is estimated that Panshan City will become Huang Taiji's territory in a short time. Although Liaodong has ten
Wan Dajun, but the Ming Dynasty is too complicated, I'm really afraid of any accidents.
From a certain point of view, Huang Taiji and Tie Mo really have a kind of understanding. Both of them have the same idea, which is to quickly clear up matters in Liaodong before the other party reacts. Huang Taiji fights in the wild and his ambition to annex Panshan City continues.
As for Tie Mo, in order to return to the north as soon as possible, the day after taking Gaomen Pass, the army directly attacked Chongyang Town, the last barrier in the northeast of Yinchuan City, without rest.
There is a quiet river in the north of Chongyang Town, named Qushui River, also known as the River of Spring. At this time, a cavalryman walked slowly along the Qushui River. On horseback, one person held a telescope and looked at the scenery not far away.
Chongyang Town. Tie Mo observed for a while, put away his telescope, and called Geng Zhongming who was accompanying him over. Looking at Geng Zhongming in front of him, he asked with a smile, "General Geng, we will attack Chongyang Town this time."
I’ll give it to you, can you break Chongyang Town in one day?”
Geng Zhongming held his head high and said with great confidence, "Don't worry, Commander, Xu Mo will have 10,000 troops. Before the end of the day tomorrow, the general will definitely capture Chongyang Town and open the road to Yinchuan City!"
Tie Mo nodded lightly, and then handed over the task of siege to Geng Zhongming, which made Shang Ke happy. Cao Bianjiao and others were very dissatisfied. Geng Zhongming fought the battle of Mianchi City and led the troops to lead the battle of Lushi County, which can be said to be a credit.
It was so high, why did he let him focus on attacking Chongyang Town? Are you going to throw all the credit to Geng Zhongming? Sha Diao didn't say anything, his face was twisted, and his nose was snoring. Anyway, the governor was too biased towards Geng Zhongming.
After all, Shang Kexi is an old acquaintance of Geng Zhongming. He feels a little depressed in his heart, but he won't show it. However, Cao Bianjiao can't help it. This time he joins the army to attack the bandits, and he wants to show off. Cao Bianjiao is not stupid either.
, By now, he also knows that his uncle and Tie Mo are wearing the same trousers. In a certain way, his uncle's army also belongs to the Northern Shan Dynasty Army. Therefore, what Cao Bianjiao can do in the future is really not his uncle.
The final say was made by the Iron Governor, so Cao Bianjiao wanted to show his face. Not only for his uncle, but also for himself.
Nowadays, there are many famous people in the Northern Shanxi Army system. Thinking about Liu Guoneng, Geng Zhongming and others who were in the same batch with him at the time, who is not a leader and respected by others? Cao Bianjiao is the only one who has stayed in northern Shaanxi for a long time and has all the names.
It was almost unbearable to be overshadowed by Chen Yaofeng.
"Superintendent, General Geng is exhausted physically and mentally after several battles. Let's leave Chongyang Town to General Mo." After saying this, Cao Bianjiao glanced at Geng Zhongming provocatively. Geng Zhongming raised the corner of his mouth and laughed in his heart.
I have no intention of competing with Cao Bianjiao. How can I say that Cao Bianjiao is a young man and can still compete with him? Besides, now that Geng Zhongming is considered a general, he will not be able to climb very far no matter how meritorious he is. Hum, the supervisor said that on purpose.
Well, he just wanted to provoke these juniors. Didn't he see that Cao became a dragon like this? Chen Yaofeng had already stared at him, "Supervisor, General Cao and General Geng are too tired. Let's leave it to the junior general. The junior general is young and needs to run more errands."
fine."
Chen Yaofeng made a cross move and blackened Cao Bianjiao's face. Cao Bianjiao said to his heart, although I am young, I am more or less a veteran in the army. It is not easy to put on airs in front of Geng Zhongming and others. Why are you afraid of you, Chen Yaofeng? He glared at me.
He said angrily towards Chen Yaofeng, "Chen Yaofeng, what does Chongyang Town have to do with you? Mr. Cao is young and doesn't need you to do anything for him."
"Hey, General Cao, you are wrong to say that. Chen is not thinking about you. I heard that you were injured when you were fighting at Gaomen Pass yesterday..." Chen Yaofeng's temperament is not only for Hailan, but also for your own good.
Except for Zhu and Tie Mo, no one was convinced. When Cao Bianjiao got angry, he immediately started a tit-for-tat confrontation. After all, Shang Kexi was mature and prudent. After a while, he noticed something, and couldn't help but chuckle to himself. These two guys were still too young, but
Not to mention, if these two people are really allowed to attack Chongyang Town together, it is estimated that Chongyang Town will not be able to hold on for long.
As expected, Tie Mo feigned anger after a while and said, "Shut up, everyone, why are you arguing? I just want to attack Chongyang Town. That's not easy. I will give you ten thousand people, and each of you will receive five thousand. Let's fight together."
In Chongyang Town, whoever goes first into the city will get the first credit."
As soon as they heard that they could attack the city, they stopped arguing and ran to other places to reorganize their troops. Chongyang Town originally had more than 20,000 troops, but later changes occurred in Lu's County and reinforcements were needed.
More than 5,000 people were taken away, leaving Yinchuan City empty of troops. More than 8,000 people were taken away, so now there are less than 7,000 people in the entire city, and these more than 7,000 people are not even considered elite.
How can these people defend Chongyang Town alone? Tie Mo knows very well that it is only a matter of time before the town is captured, but he does not want to take too long. It is best to capture Chongyang Town as quickly as possible and get close to Yinchuan City.
The purpose of provoking Chen Yaofeng and Cao Bianjiao with a plan is to hope that these two people can think about it and break the city as quickly as possible and at the minimum cost. Since these two guys want to break the city, they will definitely rack their brains to express themselves and not fight this battle.
If you have to be pretty, that will definitely not count as a win.
Sure enough, as soon as they got the task, the two guys started to study. Cao Bianjiao was smart and quickly thought of a way. He found that the city gate in Chongyang Town was not thick, so he had people rush to build a city ramming car, intending to break it first.
Let's talk about the city gate. Cao Bianjiao is still very confident about breaking through the city gate. As long as he sprinkles black oil on the city gate, burns it, and then hits it with a city ramming car, he is sure to break it up and the bandits will be thin.
The iron gate could not withstand the impact of high temperatures. Cao Bianjiao had an idea, and Chen Yaofeng did not hesitate to make more concessions. He wanted to quickly occupy Chongyang Town. Today he had to win the city without any bloodshed.
Before noon that day, rumbling drums sounded from the east and west. The rogue soldiers who had been waiting in the city for a long time immediately became nervous, and some even trembled with their hands. There was no way, the Northern Shanxi Army had been fighting during this period.
They all had psychological shadows. From north to south, they fought more than a dozen battles, but failed to win a single one. Perhaps the most beautiful one was the bloody battle in Shannan Town at the beginning. However, although the Shannan Army was blocked that time, the Shannan Army was defeated.
Still, they were all annihilated by the officers and soldiers.
People in the city don't have much confidence in defending Chongyang Town. Neither Mianchi City nor Lushi County can stop the Northern Shanxi Army. How can they defend Chongyang Town with no danger to defend it? Many people feel that staying in the city means waiting to die.
, but General Li issued a death order and must defend Chongyang Town, otherwise military law will be imposed. The rebel army has its own set of military laws. Anyone who dares to disobey military law will not only be severely punished, but also his family will be implicated.
There was no choice but to wait. Now that the officers and soldiers were about to attack the city, everyone felt that the end was coming. The rumbling drums, like the majestic sound of horse hooves, shook the entire Chongyang town.
Cao Bianjiao was responsible for attacking the east gate. The drums were rumbling, but not many people were discharged. Only dozens of soldiers rushed towards the east gate with thick shields. Chongyang Town is not a military town, let alone the moat.
There were no fortifications, so he held his shield and rushed over unimpeded. The rogue soldiers on the city were helpless, and the arrows in their hands could not hurt the officers and soldiers hiding behind the shield. The soldiers of the Northern Shanxi Army came
When he went outside the city gate, he smashed some clay pots in his hand against the city gate. The tubes broke and a dark liquid immediately flowed out, accompanied by a pungent smell.
Sparks touched the black oil, and the entire iron door ignited into a thick fire. Some people went to open the door, but they screamed when they were burned by the high temperature. The hands of several peasant soldiers were directly burned.
When the big iron gate burned, Cao Bianjiao naturally would not let go of the opportunity and immediately organized an siege. However, most of the attackers were covering the city. The real trump card was the ramming car. There was a lot of noise in the east, but it was very quiet in the west.
Hearing the sound of golden drums but not hearing the roar of soldiers attacking the city, Cao Bianjiao was very puzzled. Chen Yaofeng couldn't be lazy and wanted to pick up what was ready. He couldn't let it go, so he sent someone to the west to quietly see what was going on.
Outside the West City Gate, Chen Yaofeng was eating a telescope and holding a straw in his mouth. He looked relaxed, as if he was striving for merit, "Hey, you guys have to work harder and beat the drums louder, but you haven't even eaten.
Well?"
Chen Yaofeng commanded fiercely, and the soldiers could only obey, but their eyes showed depression. Just beat the drum, but what's the point of just beating the drum and not working? This General Chen is quite capable.
Just asking people to beat the drums without sending any soldiers, are they planning to use the sound of the drums to scare the bandits into offering sacrifices to the city?
Naturally, Chen Yaofeng would not explain much. There was a reason for him to do this. The sound of drums could not only deter the bandits, but also enhance the atmosphere. The fighting was in full swing in the east, so Chen Yaofeng was not in a hurry, and just walked slowly,
It was not until nearly a quarter of an hour of fighting in the east that he saw a troop of troops coming from the west. In front of this troop was a group of civilians. Seeing these civilians, Chen Yaofeng smiled secretly. Only a fool would imitate Cao Bianjiao in attacking the city.
Well, now the rogue bandits in the city are obviously demoralized and have no fighting spirit. With just a little intimidation, these people will surrender the city, so a strong attack is definitely the next best option.
Walking up to the people, he asked the deputy general Cao Xiang next to him, "Are these people refugees from the Qushui River?"
"Don't worry, General Chen. I am absolutely following your instructions. All the family members of the bandits from the Qushui River who failed to go south!" Cao Xiang said excitedly, looking at the bandits like a wolf meeting a sheep.
Chen Yaofeng nodded, secretly proud of himself. He had already thought about it before attacking Chongyang Town. In order to control the young and strong soldiers under his command, the bandits always took a large number of family members with them when they fled. This time, Lu's County was lost too quickly.
, the army of the Northern Shan Dynasty quickly moved southward to the Fuling River, causing many family members of the peasant soldiers who stayed in the Qushui River to escape. Now that the family members of these bandits have been captured, are they still afraid that the bandit soldiers in the city will not submit?
He calmed down, his face turned cold, he raised his arm and pointed at the fearful and uneasy people, and said in a loud voice, "Tell you, my general, Chen Yaofeng, of the Northern Shanxi Army, was ordered to attack Chongyang Town? I believe you also know the intentions of our Northern Shanxi Army.
Awesome, now I give you a chance to go to the city to speak Chinese and call out the men in your family. As long as it can be done, your family will be safe. If I wait for my general to attack Chongyang Town and the city is broken, no one will be left alive."
Chen Yaofeng's words were sharp. Once they understood what he meant, the family members of the bandits immediately turned pale and trembled with fear.
Under continuous beatings, nearly 400 bandits and civilians walked toward Chongyang Town.
The sound of killings in the East City was loud, and the city gate was crumbling. Maybe the city gate would collapse in the next moment. Therefore, the rogue soldiers responsible for guarding the East City were waiting for the fierce battle at the city gate. In the West City, the rogue soldiers were even more uneasy.
, it was worrying enough to hear no one when the drum beat, but the visible ones were not so afraid of this person, but the invisible ones were frightened to death. The rogue soldiers all felt that the officers and soldiers had some conspiracy.
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In the end, I was really right. Someone came to attack the city, but it was not the Northern Shan army, but hundreds of family members. Seeing those people, many rogue soldiers knelt on the top of the city and started crying. Many people
My father, mother, and daughter-in-law are all in there.