Somehow, when I saw this in my dream, I felt more scared than death. Could it be that after he died, he would go to hell and never be reincarnated again?
Zhang Xianzhong stood under the tree in a daze, with a slight chill on his face. He stretched out his hand to touch it, and a wry smile appeared on his face covered with vicissitudes of life. It was raining, and the raindrops were a bit big. The road ahead is long, and the autumn rain is continuous, which is a good thing.
, or a bad thing?
The rain in the early autumn of the sixth year of Chongzhen came very early and was very lingering. Regardless of whether others liked it or not, at least Cheng Yuan and Ding Luyan did not like it, because this autumn rain completely cut off the possibility of them moving forward. The terrain at Jijiaojian was dangerous.
, the road is already slippery, and it becomes even more slippery when it rains. To allow the soldiers to march at this time is to be irresponsible to the brothers.
Feeling the coolness on his face, Cheng Yuan pulled out his sword and looked at the rocks in front of him as if to vent his anger, "Damn, God doesn't have eyes, but it's raining so heavily at this time."
Ding Luyan was very calm. He had been working in Henan Prefecture for a long time and he knew a little about the situation in Kongtong Mountain. This Kongtong Mountain was lined with many hills and the terrain was extremely complex. Even if Zhang Xianzhong was a local snake here, he would not be able to cross Kongtong Mountain easily.
It's impossible to go up the mountain. He patted Cheng Yuan on the shoulder and said comfortingly, "General Cheng, don't be anxious. We can't go up the mountain with such heavy rain, and the bandits can't get down the mountain. With this damn weather, going down the mountain is even more difficult than going up.
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What Ding Luyan said was absolutely correct. The situation faced by Zhang Xianzhong was much more difficult than that of the officers and soldiers. Fortunately, it was not far from Jinxing Ridge. It rained heavily and arrived at Laojun Temple at the right time. However, with so many people on the mountain, there was only one person.
There is no room in the Laojun Temple, so most of the rebels are freezing outside. Although the Taoist priests in the Laojun Temple were driven out by Shangguan Yi, some buildings in the temple are still preserved. At that time, Du Fuchong also
I was puzzled, but later Shangguan Yicai said that he was afraid of offending the gods and did not dare to destroy the temple buildings.
It's ridiculous to say it, but it was Shangguan Yi's kindness that left behind the statue of Laojun. The aloof Taishang Laojun was stroking the dust with his hand and looking straight ahead with thick white eyebrows. Zhang Xianzhong, who once didn't even look at these gods, actually
He knelt down and kowtowed respectfully.
Du Fuchong was stunned. He had a very strange feeling. He felt that the murderous King Zhang had changed a little. He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
In the Laojun Temple, the autumn wind was raging and the autumn rain was gurgling. Every bandit soldier was crouched like a beggar waiting to die. In the dark night, the forest was like a huge mouth, exuding a sense of desolation.
This autumn rain lasted for a whole day and night, and by the tenth day of September, the entire Kongtong Mountain was covered in mud, and the already difficult road became almost impossible.
It is almost impossible to climb Kongtong Mountain from Jijiajiaojian. There are no roads and the traces are covered by rain. In front of him is a marching map. It is the detailed topography of Kongtong Mountain that Ding Luyan spent four years sketching. "General Cao Bing
The terrain at Jijiajiaojian is dangerous and extremely difficult to travel. Now that it is covered with heavy snow, going up the mountain from now on may cause many unnecessary casualties. From Jijiajiaojian to Kongtong Mountain, it is best to go west into the Jinxing Ridge territory and then head towards
South, the general thinks that the rebels are probably stationed in Jinxing Ridge at this moment, so our army can enter the south of Jinxing Ridge from Taiping Town. When the rebels withdraw, they will suddenly attack, and they will definitely be caught off guard. "
"Well, from Taiping Town to Jinxingling, how dangerous is it?"
"As long as you're careful, you should be fine!" Ding Luyan didn't have much research on mountain warfare, not to mention it was raining so heavily. Cao Wenzhao thought for a moment and said to the sand sculpture next to him, "Commander Sha, pull up your hand.
With men and horses replacing General Ding and General Cheng's men, your goal is to harass the rebels as much as possible without entanglement."
"Here!" Sha Diao took the order and left. Cheng Yuan was okay, but Ding Luyan's face was a little ugly. Originally, the task of chasing the bandits was his and Cheng Yuan's, but now it was assigned to Sha Diao. What does General Cao mean?
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Cao Wenzhao naturally had his own ideas when he ordered Sha Diao to go to Jinxingling. Although he had the upper hand at this time and had many soldiers and horses under his command, the only people who were really familiar with mountain and forest warfare were the more than two thousand people under Sha Diao. These two
In the early years, more than a thousand people were active in the grassland and green mountains, and later in Shaohua Mountain and Taihua Mountain. Tie Mo managed to train these people into a mountain combat force.
All this time, this troop rarely showed up, but this time it came in handy.
After leaving the tent, Ding Luyan complained to Cheng Yuan, "General Cheng, what did General Cao mean just now? He disliked us for being incompetent, so he actually handed the matter over to General Sha."
Ding Luyan didn't understand what was going on, but Cheng Yuan did. He smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Why should General Ding be angry? There is a reason why General Cao did what he did. You don't know something, Commander Sha has someone under his command."
This special force, known as the mountain special forces, was personally trained by our supervisor. What they are best at is groping in the deep mountains and old forests. In the early years, they also trained in the snow of Daliang Mountain. When they were sent there, they were able to make the best use of their resources.
That's right, I'm not looking down on General Ding, no, even Cheng was captured."
"Mountain Special Forces?" Ding Luyan is a somewhat arrogant person. What's so great about mountain special forces? He wants to see with his own eyes what these people are capable of.
At the beginning of the autumn rain, more than 2,000 people from the Sha Diao Division set out from Luanchuan County and arrived at Taiping Town in the northeast of Jinxing Ridge. They started climbing half an hour later. On this day, Liu Guoneng's troops also launched an attack on the remaining bandit forces in the west.
At the same time, Chen Yaofeng's troops surrendered to Dengzhou City, and the army gathered to move north, ready to support Cao Wenzhao.
Chen Yaofeng's action greatly exceeded the expectations of Dengzhou guard Xue Zan. Now Xue Zan was very frightened. If everything around him was lost, he didn't know what he would be doing guarding Dengzhou, guarding the south for the officers and soldiers.
Door, then it can no longer serve as a watchdog for officers and soldiers?
So, just an hour after Chen Yaofeng's army left, Xue Zan ordered all his troops and horses to pursue him. Unfortunately, when they arrived at Zhangcun Town, they were caught off guard by Chen Yaofeng who was ambushing him halfway. After a fierce battle, Xue Zan was seriously injured.
More than half of the thousands of soldiers and horses who led them out of the city were casualties. Xue Zan could only escape back to Dengzhou City, but what greeted him was not the soldiers at the top of the city, but Li Jiucheng.
The arrow flew and killed Xue Zan instantly.
At the same time, Liu Guoneng's soldiers and horses also fought with soldiers and horses from all over Henan towards the last stronghold of the rogue bandits, which was Baofeng City.
Outside Baofeng City, Liu Guoneng led his army to let go of the north and west gates, and only surrounded the south and east gates. This was Liu Guoneng's cleverness. Besieging the city on all sides seemed to be foolproof, but it was easy to arouse the ferocity of the thieves. Baofeng City was
Wang Qing's so-called royal capital has built Baofeng City with high walls and thick walls over the years. As for the guards in the city, there are still more than 10,000 people. There are more than 10,000 thieves and bandits relying on the city. If they really want to fight for their lives, then they can even capture it.
Baofeng, the loss will not be small. In this battle, Liu Guoneng only wanted Baofeng City, not effective killing. As for letting go of the west gate and north gate, it seemed to give two ways, but in fact the thieves could only
Escape north.
There is Xichuan City in the north, and Zhang Xianzhong's army may come later, but to the west, are we going to compete with the Northern Shanxi Army for dominance in Guanzhong? Just kidding, it's too late to hide, and you want to insert yourself into the hinterland of the Northern Shanxi Army, wouldn't you be a fool?
So there seemed to be two roads, but in fact only one was left for the traitors. Liu Guoneng thought very simply. Now that Dengzhou City had been captured by Chen Yaofeng, the traitors had lost the opportunity to enter Xiangfan south. If all the traitors were concentrated
When they reach Xichuan, they will be surrounded by a large army and they will surely annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's forces in one fell swoop.
Zhang Xianzhong has always valued Baofeng, because this is his hometown, so when he left, he not only left the general Bai Gui, but also the dog-headed military advisor Wu Tianyang to help Bai Gui. Wu Tianyang was from Dangyang, and his family was well off when he was young.
, his literary talent is first-rate. Among the rebels, apart from Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, he is undoubtedly the most proficient in military art. How should I put it? Zhang Xianzhong has good intentions, but his ability to see people is really not that good. Wu Tianyang
He is somewhat capable, but he also has many shortcomings. First of all, he talks and acts like a sissy, just like a eunuch, which is very annoying. Secondly, Wu Tianyang has an arrogant personality and seems to be looked down upon by everyone.
Since Zhang Xianzhong led the troops and left, there were no constraints, and Wu Tianyang began to dictate the affairs of Baofeng City. Sometimes he had to take charge of how the garrison at the top of the city took shifts. At first, Bai Gui could be more tolerant, which shows that
Wu Tianyang didn't know how to restrain himself, and as he became more and more unruly, he suddenly became a little angry. No, when he saw Wu Tianyang walking out of the government office, Bai Gui shook his beard and snorted angrily.
Bai Gui didn't give Wu Tianyang a good look, and Wu Tianyang's arrogant temper made him even less likely to give Bai Gui a good look. When he walked past, he still curled his lips and hummed in a non-yiny way, "Vulgar martial artist,
It’s not worth mentioning, with your legs separated, it’s like killing pigs and dogs on the street!”
Wu Tianyang's mouth was really too damaging. If he said anything else, Bai Gui would just pretend that he didn't hear it for the sake of the overall situation, but he just said something about killing pigs and dogs. Before Bai Gui joined the rebel army, he was a mutton pig in Bianyuan Town.
Jiang. Ever since he became the leader of the rebel army, what Bai Gui hated most was mentioning the past. Maybe Wu Tianyang just said it casually, but it just touched Bai Gui's pain point. Bai Gui roared and stamped his feet angrily.
He said, "You fake man, in such a hurry, are you going to be your good husband?"
Bai Gui grew up in the market. If it comes to reasoning and fighting, he is definitely not Wu Tianyang's opponent. But when it comes to hurting others, he can say ten sentences in a row without using a single curse word. Well, after hearing what Bai Gui said, there are several people next to him.
The soldier couldn't help covering his mouth and laughed twice. Wu Tianyang was so angry that his fair face turned gloomy. He raised his thin eyebrows and said loudly, "Who are you calling a fake man? You are the fake man.
Shameless stuff."
It's a good thing that Wu Tianyang didn't scold him. This scolding made more people laugh, because Wu Tianyang's voice was high-pitched and thin, just like a little girl's voice? Coupled with that fair and rosy face, she was simply a
Mr. Rabbit.
"You...you...wait..." Wu Tianyang blushed angrily and was speechless for a moment. Finally, he tossed his sleeves and walked away angrily.
After Wu Tian's Yang Qi ran away, Bai Gui also put away his smile and said to the men next to him, "Okay, stop laughing. Go to the top of the city to check. Don't let the officers and soldiers take advantage. If King Zhang comes from Kongtong Mountain,
To withdraw it, we still need to support it."
The leaders naturally responded and started to do things, but after a while, deputy general Hu Jun came back and said, "Brother Bai, the man named Wu is a sinister man, and he will be punished. You have caused him such a big mistake today, so you have to be careful later."
"Don't worry, although Wu Tianyang is not a very good person, he won't collude with the officers and soldiers to harm me, right?" Bai Gui has this problem. Sometimes he easily offends people, but he doesn't think the worst of them. Hu Jun blinked, he
I was speechless for a while, why is our leader Bai Gui so naive? If it was before, Wu Tianyang really had no intention of colluding with the imperial court, but now that Dengzhou City has been captured, and the king is blocked in the north with no news, Wu Tianyang is very active.
Some, what is impossible?
Hu Jun knew that Wu Tianyang was petty and deliberately reminded Bai Gui. He never thought that Bai Gui, a big boss and a thug, would not take it seriously. He had no choice but to hide it from Bai Gui and instruct his trusted brothers to keep an eye on Wu Tianyang. Baofeng City
It was not very peaceful here, but Liu Guoneng's side was very quiet. On September 11, Liu Guoneng's army besieged the city, but there was no movement at all. The next day, there was still no movement.
Now Bai Gui began to wonder, what did Liu Guoneng want to do? Did he lead the army here to blow the wind? Finally, on September 12, the officers and soldiers finally began to take action. Longbowmen and musketeers blocked the city.
At the beginning, soldiers escorted hundreds of strange objects to the outside of the city wall. They saw that the thing looked like a trebuchet, but it was much easier than a trebuchet. After looking at it for a long time, Bai Gui didn't understand what it was.
Liu Guoneng was a down-to-earth man and quickly answered the questions for the bandits on the city wall. It was indeed similar to a trebuchet, but it was lighter to make and had a lighter throwing weight. It couldn't throw stones, but it could still throw thunderbolts. These two days
Liu Guoneng didn't do nothing. He had people block the outside of the city wall and seal it tightly. He also sent people to cut down trees and build simple trebuchets. Although the quality of these trebuchets was not very good, they could still support this siege.
In the Baili Plain near Baofeng, where could the stones come from that Liu Guo could use, so Baigui had never been prepared for trebuchets to attack the city. In addition, the Northern Shanxi Army did not bring artillery during the long journey, so he did not think much about it, but he
I just forgot that it rained just now. After the rain, it is not suitable to attack the city. However, while this autumn rain brought inconvenience to the Northern Shanxi Army, it also brought the same benefit. Isn't there no stone? Just let people go.
Dredge and pile mud balls. Everyone can pile these mud balls, and it is easier and more convenient than stones. One person in the thousands of soldiers can make thousands of big mud balls, so if the rows of big mud balls are not pushed down, the formation
Before and after, Bai Gui was so frightened that his face turned green.
He truly deserves to be called Liu Guoneng, who fought in so many battles, but rarely fought against others with real swords and guns, either by plotting or by taking advantage of the right time and place.