There is a saying that a mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. How can there be two commanders along the way? I could pretend not to know before, but an iron decree directly made all contradictions explicit. In the past, many things had to be hidden, but now
Jiangnan, each separated, the differences became clearer.
Chen Qiyu is not a fool. The imperial edict was issued and it was clear that Chen Qiyu was to lead the troops to fight against the bandits. Yang Sichang could stay behind and reap the benefits. It’s not that Chen Qiyu is unpatriotic, but he has his own helplessness. Wang Ziyong can now
He is still entrenched in Shaanxi. If he wastes his troops here, what will he do in Shaanxi? If something big happens in Shaanxi again, what he will lose is not his hat but his head.
The imperial court's current attitude towards him, Chen Qiyu, is like a mirror in my mind. Because he is too close to the Shanxi Northern Party, the imperial court has been trying to find reasons to remove Chen Qiyu.
Tie Mo will definitely attack the important areas of officialdom and salt, and will drive Zhang Xianzhong's forces back to Muzhou as soon as possible. It's just a matter of which day and how.
Chen Qiyu stood still, and Yang Sichang would not rashly send troops to provoke Gao Yu. There was no movement from Wukang and Deqing, which was a bit head-scratching. Yang Sichang originally thought that Chen Qiyu would be in a hurry to attack Chang'an Town to get some points for completion, but he did not expect this old fox to be so stable.
If you keep your mind under control, you won't be brewing any conspiracy and plan to attack Chang'an Town, right?
Tie Mo naturally guessed all Fang Fei's plans to alienate each other, and he was also happy to see the growing discord between Yang Sichang and Chen Qiyu.
Afraid that Chen Qiyu would succeed in the sneak attack, Tie Mo frowned and wrote a letter immediately. Chang Minyue stood behind her, looking at the content and covering her mouth in amusement, "Superintendent, you are such a bad person!"
A few hours later, Yang Sichang's letter was delivered to Chen Qiyu. When he saw the letter, Chen Qiyu's face became colorful, and he opened his mouth to curse, but he held back. Yang Sichang, this guy,
He actually ordered him to send troops south to attack Gao Yu in the name of the cabinet. I really thought that Chen Qiyu was a fool. After reading the letter, let alone Chen Qiyu who had no intention to attack Gao Yu, even if he had the intention to attack, he would have no intention. Now Chen Qiyu's idea is very simple
, he doesn’t do anything the court wants. It sounds a bit childish, but it’s very relieving, isn’t it?
"The man surnamed Yang is really uneasy and well-intentioned. He asked us to attack Gao Yu so that he can reap the benefits of being a fisherman. It's a good idea!" After Chen Qiyu said this, Hong Chengchou nodded. Hong Chengchou couldn't see through Fang Fei's plan. It's really no wonder that Hong Chengchou,
Because no one is perfect, Hong Chengchou had a plan, but the situation was still too small. The current situation forced Hong Chengchou to think about how to protect himself first. In this way, he fell into Fang Fei's trap without realizing it.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, Xin Guozhong once again attacked Changhua County where Si Dongfang was stationed. This time Xin Guozhong did not come empty-handed. When he came, he not only brought swords, guns and sticks, but also some rare items. Some soldiers in the front row were carrying a dead fish. When they arrived at the city gate, they
Shaking the dead fish in his hand, he soon started gouging out his eyes. Even though he had picked out the fish's eyes alive, the soldiers expected to swallow them, and they even shouted loudly, "Dead fish eyes, what a turtle, dead fish eyes, what a turtle."
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Maybe many people will become very strange, but looking at Si Dongfang's expression, you can tell that this is weird. It turns out that Xin Guozhong couldn't get Si Dongfang out of the city after all the hard work, so he had no choice but to visit Si Dongfang's hometown and asked some old people
, it really allowed Xin Guozhong to get something useful.
Si Dongfang was weak when he was a child and had a pair of dead fish eyes, so his friends in the village nicknamed him "Fish Eye Son". From then on, the four words "fish eye son" became Si Dongfang's life.
His biggest hatred was that anyone who dared to shout this to him would definitely rush up and fight him. Over time, people in the village no longer dared to tease him about this matter. Later, Si Dongfang followed Zhang Xianzhong in revolt, but Zhang Xianzhong's three adopted sons retreated.
Later, his status became higher and higher, and no one knew Si Dongfang's nickname, so no one scolded him like this anymore. Now, Xin Guozhong not only scolded him, but also asked people to bring so many dead fish.
Everyone in this world will get angry. It depends on whether you can find something that the other party cares about. Obviously, Xin Guozhong missed the target and Si Dongfang was completely angry. He picked up the sword and pointed at the soldiers and horses, let go of the city gate and rushed out.
As the horse moved forward, Si Dongfang yelled at Xin Guozhong, "Xin Guozhong, grandpa will chop off your dog's head today."
"Haha, you son of a bitch is finally willing to come out of his bastard shell. If you want to kill Mr. Xin, just dream!"
With great strength and strong fire, the momentum is quite scary.
Xin Guozhong had fought many battles in the southern and northern campaigns, and as soon as his mind wandered, he slashed the leg of Si Dongfang's sitting horse with a knife. Thanks to Si Dongfang's skill, he actually turned over and stood on the ground. Si Dongfang lost his horse and was killed by Xin Guozhong
At this time, Si Dongfang had not noticed that Cao Hui, Xin Guozhong's deputy general, had gone around to the north of Changhua County.
Si Dongfang and Xin Guozhong fought fiercely in the south of the city. Nearly 20,000 troops from both sides fought together. Almost everyone's attention was attracted. Cao Hui led a raid on the north wall. As a result, he climbed directly to the top of the city in a sneak attack.
When news of the fall of the northern city wall came, Si Dongfang realized that he had been tricked by Xin Guozhong.
Si Dongfang's response was timely. Since he could no longer fight, he decisively retreated to the city. Isn't it the North City Wall? With his own troops, it was not difficult to drive out the officers and soldiers pouring into the city. Xin Guozhong finally succeeded. Where?
They were willing to give up Changhua County and the south city gate was closed, so they went around to the north to meet up with Cao Hui. They thought they could capture Changhua County in one fell swoop, but who would have thought that Si Dongfang's troops would actually have so many soldiers and horses, and the two sides fought fiercely.
, and there was a stalemate.
For Xin Guozhong, Changhua County must be captured, but now that the troops on hand are not enough to form an advantage over Si Dongfang, he can only ask for reinforcements, so Xin Guozhong wrote a letter and sent it to Ningguo County, Yizhou, hoping that Yang Sichang
He was able to order Chen Qiyu to capture Chang'an Town and rush to the aid of Changhua County. Yang Sichang naturally did not want to share the credit with Chen Qiyu, but the situation forced him to give in a little. Yang Sichang gave Chen Qiyu the order even if he was unwilling to do so.
, but half a day later, Chen Qiyu wrote back saying that Gao Yu's army had gathered in Chang'an Town, and the military situation was unclear, so he did not dare to send troops rashly.
Xin Guozhong fought fiercely for a day in Changhua County, but failed to capture the North City of Changhua. The next day, reinforcements did not arrive. Instead, reinforcements from Si Dongfang arrived first. Wang Yin came out from Nanxi Town and went directly behind Xin Guozhong, attacking from both sides.
In order to avoid the annihilation of his entire army, Xin Guozhong had no choice but to decisively abandon the defense of the northern city wall and fled towards Ningguo County in embarrassment until he returned to the border of Yizhou. After counting the number of people, he lost more than 4,000 soldiers and horses.
Xin Guozhong's defeat was equivalent to Yang Sichang's defeat, so at this time Yang Sichang's face looked as if his parents had died. Yang Sichang did not have the heart to blame Xin Guozhong. In the past month, this Hebei man had spent all his efforts to win credit for Yang Sichang.
Scheming, this time we had a chance to seize Changhua County, but Wang Yin ruined the good thing. It's all Chen Qiyu's fault. If he was willing to send reinforcements, how could this situation still happen? It's true that Gao Yu stopped Chang'an Town
, but it is not necessary to go through Chang'an Town to go to Changhua County. In a military defeat, someone must bear the responsibility, and Yang Sichang naturally threw the blame on Chen Qiyu.
Yang Sichang was bent on convicting Chen Qiyu, but Chen Qiyu would naturally not admit it. The two sides were arguing with each other, and no one mentioned the matter of another attack on Hezhou. At this time, Tie Mo was discussing the salt farm elsewhere.
Thirteen, just when everyone thought that the Northern Shanxi Army would continue to rest and recuperate and sleep with the entire Guangzhou Salt Farm, the new guerrilla general Shi Song led 5,000 troops across Hezhou Bay and stormed Huzhou Mountain that day.
Yin County. Since Shi Song originally started his career in Huzhou and had disciples all over Huzhou, Shanyin County quickly fell under internal and external attacks. Yan Yong, who was stationed in Huzhou City, was an old subordinate of Shi Song. Waiting for Shi Song
As soon as Song led his troops to arrive, he went out of the city to greet him personally. After Shi Song captured Shanyin and Huzhou, he didn't stay too much. On September 14th, Orger was ordered to transfer troops to Huzhou, while Shi Song sent troops to capture Shaoxing, and then he sent troops to capture Shaoxing.
The army is in the southeast, pointing directly in the direction of Ningluo Mountain.
At this point, Zhang Xianzhong and others figured out what the Northern Shanxi Army wanted to do, which was to use Huzhou as a springboard to directly attack Muzhou.
Liyang is too important to Zhang Xianzhong, because it is Zhang Xianzhong's last stronghold. Once Liyang falls, Zhang Xianzhong's last retreat will be cut off. After hearing that Shi Song sent troops to Ningluo Mountain to threaten Liyang, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to
After discussing with everyone, he dispatched Deng Chengming to lead more than 10,000 troops to urgently reinforce Liyang City.
Fifteen, Shi Song occupied Ningluo Mountain, but instead of going west, he turned north. Now everyone was confused by Shi Song. Shi Song went south for a while and north for a while. What did he want to do?
Well? This doubt did not last long, because at night, Shang Kexi personally led an army from Jiahe and suddenly appeared in the southeast of Gaochun County. Late at night, one of Fang Jiushan's leaders, Lian Ming, opened the city gate and led the northern Shanxi army to advance.
City, just like this, the Northern Shan Dynasty army easily invaded Gaochun County.
Just after midnight, Fang Jiushan was still asleep. He was suddenly awakened by a strange noise. He put on his clothes and went out to ask. He almost fainted. The Northern Shanxi Army actually entered the city. How did they get in? How did they fly in?
Fang Jiushan knew the importance of Gaochun County. Now that General Deng Chengming has returned to Liyang, if Gaochun County is lost too quickly, Yanguan Town will not be protected. So Fang Jiushan put on his clothes and organized troops to resist with a knife.
, just as he left the house, he saw a fierce general rushing towards him with a Fangtian painted halberd. Fang Jiushan raised his sword to block it, but he never expected that he could not block it, but the sword bounced back with a huge force and hit him.
He was knocked unconscious for a moment on his forehead, and then he groaned in pain, and his life was taken away by Fang Tian's painted halberd.
Shang Kexi raided Gaochun County at a fast and ruthless speed. First, Shi Senming beheaded Fang Jiushan. Gaochun County was leaderless. In just one hour, the small Gaochun County was completely occupied by the Northern Shanxi Army. The Northern Shanxi Army rested for several days, and suddenly the army
Naturally, they would not gather just for Gaochun County. Shang Kexi did not stop, so Guan Ping headed for Yanguan Town in the south. Shang Kexi arrived three miles north of Yanguan Town and successfully fired the arrow. The south side had been preparing for a long time.
Orger also led Zhou Dingshan to fight out from Yanmen Town, and at one time 20,000 troops surrounded Yanguan Town.
The Northern Shanxi Army moved too quickly. By the time the news reached Hezhou, the Northern Shanxi Army had already formed an encirclement on Salt Lake Town. It was impossible to build a city wall in this area, as it was open on all sides, so they defended Salt Lake Town.
There must be a head-on confrontation with large armies.
Deng Chengming was away, and those in charge of Salt Lake Town were Deng Chengming's general Huang Ai and Li Zhengshan's younger brother Li Zhengguang. Although Li Zhengguang was not as brave as his brother Li Zhengshan, he liked to use his brains in fighting. It was not the best idea for him to just fight head-on with the Northern Shanxi Army, so he immediately led the army.
The men and horses retreated to the salt field east of Salt Lake Town.
The salt field in Salt Lake Town is not a large salt field, but is composed of small salt fields. The salt fields are either blocked by rivers or blocked by high slopes, which is not suitable for large army operations. Orger led the troops to pursue them all the way and directly followed up the salt field.
, but as soon as they crossed the river, they were attacked head-on by Li Zhengguang. The thieves scattered and beat the soldiers crossing the river, and then ran away after taking advantage.
After all, Orger is a Mongolian. The wars he has seen are all large-scale grassland campaigns. After all, he is not familiar with small-scale fights in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, facing this situation, the best way is to divide into several groups.
The hundred-man team moved forward in coordination with each other. The usual street fighting method of twenty people per team or ten people per team was simply not feasible. After a while, Orger was beaten violently by Li Zhengguang's stalking method, but fortunately, he still
Fortunately, he arrived in time, otherwise the Mongolian general would have gone into battle himself to hunt down those annoying flies.
Shang Kexi did not rush to send troops into the salt field like Orger, but instead called Guo Shiguang, "General Guo, what is the terrain of the salt field? How can we eliminate this remnant army as soon as possible?"
Guo Shiguang was originally from Hezhou, and later he followed Shi Song and was active in the Hezhou Bay area, so he knew the situation in Salt Lake Town well.
After listening to Shang Kexi's inquiry, he cupped his hands and said, "Back to General Shang, the east side of Salt Lake Town stretches for ten miles, with sixty-eight salt fields, large and small, mostly bounded by hills and rivers, which are not conducive to the march of the army. The general thought that Li Zhengguang and Huang were to be surrounded and annihilated.
Ai Suobu, you should not be in a hurry and send a general directly to the vicinity of Jinniu Mountain. The army will spread out in formation and advance slowly, constantly squeezing the enemy's space from the east and west directions, forcing them to come out and fight our army decisively."
Shang Kexi nodded secretly after hearing this. He was indeed a local snake in Hezhou Bay. After thinking about it, Shang Kexi called Zhou Dingshan over and gave instructions, telling him to ignore the salt fields along the way and go directly to the south of Gaochun County to the direction of Jinniu Mountain.
With Guo Shiguang's guidance, the situation became much better when the fight resumed. The Northern Shanxi Army was no longer in a hurry to pursue, but formed large groups of soldiers and horses, marching toward the east of the salt field in a carpet-like manner. As the soldiers of the Northern Shanxi Army gathered in
Together, although each team only has three to four hundred people, the teams are not far apart and can be reinforced at any time.
Some thieves still harassed people in the same way as before. As a result, when there were few people who came, they were killed directly. When more people came, multiple teams of the Northern Shanxi Army cooperated to encircle them. Under such a fight, the casualties of Li Zhengguang's troops continued to increase.