On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Du Fuchong's general Shangguan Wen led 20,000 rebels to attack Longxing County in Ruzhou. Shangguanwen did not attack Ruzhou City, but attacked Longxing County under the jurisdiction of Ruzhou. It is really unexpected that Henan Prefecture's troops are now
Some of them were trapped in the south of the Yangtze River to attack Zhang Xianzhong. The total number of troops left near Luoyang was only more than 20,000. Sun Chuanting was unable to urgently deploy reinforcements because he did not have many troops. Ding Luyan was near Yanshi County, and neither of them could
They dispatched troops in time. There were only about a hundred village warriors in Longxing County, plus less than a hundred government officials. After resisting for an hour, the county town was overrun by bandits. After Shangguan Wen entered the city, he set off his troops to loot and robbed everything in the city.
This time Shangguanwen did not kill anyone, but arrested all the people in Hecheng. No one knew what Shangguanwen wanted to do, or what Wang Qing was planning. If Shangguanwen attacked Longxing County, it was unexpected.
, what’s even more surprising is yet to come.
After taking Longxing County, I thought that Shangguan Wenhui would be ordered to go north to attack Ruzhou. For this reason, Sun Chuanting also made arrangements. He ordered his general Cen Wenyuan to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Ruzhou City. What surprised people was that
Not only did Shangguan Wen not go north, he also sent troops to the south and captured Lushan County and Ye County in just one day. After capturing these two counties, he still looted them, and then tied up some people and imprisoned them.
In Luoyang City, Sun Chuanting and Ding Luyan were thinking so hard that they were completely confused by Shangguan Wen. What did the traitors want to do? In the past, it was common for traitors to rob county towns, and arresting young people was not uncommon.
, but when will the traitor soldiers detain the common people? Marching with a large number of ordinary people is simply adding baggage to oneself, so all the time, any traitor soldier will not carry too much burden when marching and fighting, but this time is an exception, the traitor soldier
Not only did they march with the people, but they also arrested many people in the towns they passed along the way, as if they were afraid there wouldn't be enough.
Li Zicheng was so hungry that he wanted to eat human flesh. How could it be possible? He had heard of bandits eating human flesh, but they were all delicate little ladies. When had meat and vegetables not been tabooed and eaten by all men, women, old and young? And so many people were too many.
If you eat a little bit and eat it all, it would be strange if you don’t burst to death.
Shangguan Wen was doing evil in Ruzhou, and Liu Fangdi, Liu Zongmin and others were also wreaking havoc in Yingchang Mansion and Tangzhou. For two days in a row, the Huaixi bandit soldiers did not move north in large numbers, but were tormenting in the south of Henan Mansion.
One day later, Du Fu rushed out of Funiu Mountain and stormed Yiyang. Since Du Fu had opened a hole under the east wall of Yiyang when he occupied Yiyang, a group of Huaixi thieves quietly sneaked in through the dog hole and waited until Yiyang's defense forces
When Pan Yunlin realized that something was wrong, the bandits had already attacked the east city gate from both inside and outside. On the same day, the city of Yiyang was defeated. Pan Yue, the new guard of Yiyang, was killed in battle. Five thousand defenders were killed and more than 3,000 were injured. The rest all fled back to Luoyang.
Du Fuchong reoccupied Yiyang, and Li Zicheng also led more than 30,000 people to follow. Now Li Zicheng was really proud of himself and had a horse's hoof disease.
Li Zicheng arrived in Yiyang, and Hailanzhu's army had just arrived in Guozhou. In fact, with the marching speed of the Northern Shanxi Army, it would take two days to get there from Hangu Pass to Luoyang, but Hailanzhu was gone the whole time.
Four days. From a certain point of view, Hai Lanzhu seemed to be conniving with Li Zicheng to attack Luoyang. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Hai Lanzhu arrived in Mianchi County to the west of Luoyang.
On this day, Li Zicheng personally led the army, with Liu Fangdi and Liu Zongmin as generals, and besieged Ruzhou City. In order to protect Ruzhou, before the 20,000 troops from Tokyo arrived, Sun Chuanting ordered Ding Luyan to lead more than 10,000 troops.
Rushing to the rescue of Ruzhou urgently. It can be said that Sun Chuanting's deployment is not a big problem. Ding Luyan led his troops all the way south and soon arrived at Linru Town in the north of Ruzhou. Just when Ding Luyan was about to get in touch with the Ruzhou garrison
, the thieves who had been attacking Ruzhou for more than half a day were like cats that smelled fishy smell. They abandoned Ruzhou and ran towards Linru Town.
Linru Town was too close to Ruzhou, and Ding Luyan never expected that the rebel soldiers would abandon Ruzhou and instead use all their strength to attack the reinforcements. Linru Town had no protection, and Ding Luyan did not have many people.
They have the advantage, they are coming in a hurry, and the soldiers are tired, so the best way to deal with it at the moment is to withdraw from Linru Town and temporarily avoid the front line. Doing so will inevitably cause suffering for the people of Linru Town, but sometimes on the battlefield, it is necessary to
What you give up must be given up.
But at this time, Ding Luyan made a big mistake. He hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't let go of these poor townspeople. In the south of Linru Town, Ding Luyan's tens of thousands of troops fought against Li Zicheng's 40,000 troops. The two sides fought.
When they got up, Ding Luyan's soldiers and horses were entangled.
A fierce battle was going on in Linru Town. A soldier suddenly came out of Ruyang, sneaked around Linru Town, and appeared at the gate of Yingyang City at the end of the day. At this time, Yingyang's troops were empty, and how could they withstand the fierce attack of the thieves?
?It only took an hour for Li Zicheng's general Wei He to capture Yingyang. News of Yingyang's fall soon spread to Linru Town. After hearing the news, Ding Luyan, who had taken a break for a while, turned pale with shock.
At this time, Ding Luyan already knew what the rebels were thinking. He stormed Ruzhou in order to force Luoyang to send reinforcements. After the reinforcements were entangled, he raided Yingyang and blocked the way for the reinforcements to retreat north. Now the situation is that Yingyang
Yang was occupied and could not return to the north. There were a large number of bandit soldiers in front and could not reach Ruzhou. They were attacked from both sides and were in danger. If the current situation was not the worst, then what happened next made Ding Luyan feel desperate.
Maybe the bandits deliberately spread the news of Yingyang's fall to Ruzhou. Han Zilin, the garrison of Ruzhou, was afraid that the army in Linru Town would be attacked from both sides and be wiped out by the bandits, so he ordered 4,000 capable soldiers in Ruzhou to attack behind the bandits.
. As a result, Han Zilin was ambushed at Luomapo, ten miles north of Ruzhou City, not even half an hour after leaving the city. After two hours of fierce fighting, Han Zilin died in battle, and more than half of the more than 4,000 Ruzhou soldiers were killed or injured, while the rest fled in all directions.
Without Han Zilin garrisoned, Ruzhou would have no ability to fight against the rebels. At the beginning of the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Liu Zongmin led an army of 10,000 and returned to Ruzhou. This time, Ruzhou only lasted for a quarter of an hour before being captured by the rebels.
.Han Zilin died in the battle and Ruzhou fell. Ding Luyan knew that it was meaningless to stay in Linru Town any longer. Maybe if he stayed for a little longer, he would be swallowed up by the troops of Yingyang and Ruzhou without even leaving any bones.
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Now there are only two ways to go in front of Ding Luyan. Either go eastward into Yingchang Mansion and join the Tokyo reinforcements. However, this road will pass through Yingchang Mansion and will be severely blocked by the bandit soldiers. Or go to Yingchang Mansion and join the reinforcements from Tokyo.
West, but this direction faces a tight blockade by Du Fuchong of Yiyang, which seems to be much more dangerous than retreating to Yingchang Mansion.
It didn't take long for Ding Luyan to make a decision. He wanted to withdraw to the west. It seemed that the west was very dangerous, but there were bandit soldiers stationed in Yiyang. As long as he passed Yiyang, he could go to Yongning and Xiong'er Mountain.
I heard that the Iron Governor ordered Mrs. Hai to lead troops to rush for reinforcements and is now stationed near Mianchi. With the combat quality of the Northern Shanxi Army, they will definitely send troops to cross Xiong'er Mountain and occupy Yongning and Fuchang. Therefore, heading west seems dangerous, but in fact it is
More likely to survive.
On the night of the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ding Luyan led more than 3,000 remaining soldiers to extinguish the torches, placed dummies outside Linru Town to confuse the rebels, and finally withdrew from Linru Town without any danger.
Li Zicheng did feel it was a pity that Ding Luyan escaped. However, since he had already obtained Yingyang and Ruzhou, it didn't matter if Ding Luyan left. Moreover, Du Fuchong was stationed in the west, so it was still unclear whether Ding Luyan could escape.
Woolen cloth.
On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, when everyone thought that Li Zicheng would send his troops north to directly besiege Luoyang City, Li Zicheng asked Liu Fang to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Dengfeng eastward. In one day, Dengfeng, which was empty of troops, was captured.
On the same day, Shangguan Wen set out from Dengfeng to attack Yong'an County in the east of Luoyang. Yong'an County is sandwiched between Luoyang and Zhengzhou. Kaifeng's troops and horses are bound to pass through Yong'an County if they want to rush to Luoyang. If Yong'an falls and Kaifeng's troops and horses are blocked,
But it would take more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to face nearly 80,000 thieves in a strong attack.
It’s not that Sun Chuanting didn’t know the importance of Yong’an County, but his military strength was really stretched, so he failed to deploy heavy troops in Yong’an County in advance, and the rebel soldiers just caught this fatal loophole. In the past, Li Zicheng’s Huaixi rebel soldiers rarely went around like this to capture cities and territories.
What a twist, this confrontation, all the military maneuvers, Li Zicheng seemed to be a different person.
Yong'an County cannot be lost. If Yong'an is lost, Luoyang will be in danger without the support of Kaifeng soldiers and horses. Should we rely on the Northern Shanxi Army? If Luoyang is given to the Northern Shanxi Army, the imperial court will not give it a good look. The troops at hand are insufficient, but still
More than 5,000 soldiers and horses were squeezed out to reinforce Yong'an County. If these 5,000 soldiers and horses could reach Yong'an County, they would surely solve Yong'an's urgent needs. They are waiting for the reinforcements from Kaifeng and Zhengzhou to arrive, right?
Unfortunately, Bai Song, the military envoy to Chengxuan of Luoyang, had just arrived in Yanshi County when he heard the news of the fall of Yong'an County. Yong'an fell too quickly. There were nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses stationed there, and Shangguan Wen and Liu Zongmin only had two dollars to spare.
With tens of thousands of people, how could it fall so quickly and not even be able to hold on for three hours? It turns out that as soon as Shangguan Wen arrived in Yong'an County, Yong'an Commander-in-Chief Fan Hui surrendered to the traitors and let go of the south gate of Yong'an. The traitors swarmed in.
Without the city to rely on, the Yong'an garrison was no match for the rebels. Except for a few hundred remaining soldiers who fled towards Zhengzhou, the rest were trapped and killed in the city by the rebels.
In just three days, Li Zicheng ordered Du Fuchong to attack Yiyang. On the pretext of attacking Ruzhou, he mobilized Luoyang to dispatch ordinary soldiers and horses from Xijing to rush to assist Ruzhou. Then, while the reinforcements were not stable, he turned around and attacked Linru Town. He was entangled with the reinforcements in Linru Town.
The fight was a false move, and Weibi attacked Yingyang secretly, but the Linru Town army was attacked from both sides. While killing the Linru Town army, they did not forget to spread the news of Yingyang's fall to Ruzhou, which attracted Han Zilin to lead troops to rescue Ding.
Lu Yan set up an ambush halfway, not only killed Han Zilin, but also swallowed Ruzhou City in one breath.
Things have reached this point, which is already shocking, but instead of attacking Luoyang, they attack Dengfeng and Yong'an County all the way, blocking the way for soldiers and horses from Tokyo and Zhengzhou to rush to help. Each of these incidents is really a plan.
The plan, false and true, makes it difficult for people to guard against it.
If Luoyang's troops and horses have any shortcomings, the only shortcoming is the lack of troops. Li Zicheng's deployment of troops took full advantage of this shortcoming. Linru Town defeated nearly 10,000 Xijing soldiers and horses, leaving Luoyang with only more than 10,000 troops.
Occupying Yingyang, Ruzhou, Dengfeng, and Yong'an, the connection between Luoyang and Tokyo was blocked. Reinforcements could not come. When they came, they were hit head-on by Yong'an and Ruzhou. As a result, the seemingly indestructible Luoyang City of Xijing was unexpectedly
It has become an isolated city. How can it defend the ancient capital of Luoyang, which is being violently attacked, by relying only on the more than ten thousand Xijing soldiers and horses with low morale? Of course, there is still the Northern Shan Army, but Sun Chuanting does not seem to want the Northern Shan Army to enter Luoyang.
Woolen cloth.
Ruzhou suddenly changed and Yong'an County fell. It can be said that this series of events was completely unexpected. Even Hai Lanzhu doubted that if Tie Mo personally commanded it, could it be so perfect? Starting from Ruzhou, one link after another
It was not until Yong'an County was captured that people discovered that Li Zicheng had unknowingly turned the entire west and south of Luoyang into his own territory, and Luoyang had become an isolated city. As long as there were no external forces, it was only a matter of time before Li Zicheng captured Luoyang.
On the day when Yong'an County fell, Tie Mo also came to Mianchi. At this time, Wang Zuoguan, Hai Lanzhu, and Hei Yunlong appeared. Wang Zuoguan usually looked relaxed, as if nothing in the world could be hidden from him, but this time
Once, Mr. Wang also frowned so hard that he just had to carve the word "sorrow" on his forehead.
"Superintendent, it seems that Li Zicheng must have someone who wants to help. Otherwise, with the minds of Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, they would never have been able to come up with this series of ingenious strategies! This Li Zicheng has always cherished his life, and I heard a few days ago that he intended to
Xiangfan's thoughts of breaking into Bashu to avoid the imperial court turned around so fast, and it was probably because there was something in Luoyang city that tempted Li Zicheng."
Although Luoyang is an ancient capital in the past, today's Luoyang is far less prosperous than it was in the Tang Dynasty. What is there in Luoyang that is worthy of Li Zicheng's painstaking efforts?
"Mr. Wang, would you please go to Luoyang to persuade Sun Chuanting?" Tie Mo gave Wang Zuoguan a bad look, which made Wang Zuoguan feel very upset. Going to Luoyang? This is really not a good job.
It's easy. Although there is no danger in going to Luoyang at this time, Sun Chuanting would not dare to do anything to him, Wang Zuoguan, no matter how much he had objections to the Northern Shanxi Army. But he had to persuade Sun Chuanting to let go of the city gate and let the Northern Shanxi Army
It is a bit difficult for the army to enter the city.
Now in Sun Chuanting's eyes, the Northern Jin Army was just like the Huaixi rebels, a scourge. Especially the Iron Governor, who never forgot to rectify the officialdom wherever he went, and used the emperor's secret orders to rectify various places, not only the imperial court
Even Sun Chuanting was afraid of having a headache, because Sun Chuanting knew clearly that once the Iron Governor reorganized Luoyang, he, Sun Chuanting, would be the first to suffer.
Looking at the half-smiling expression of the Iron Superintendent, Wang Zuogao shrugged and said with a wry smile, "It's okay for me to go down there, but the Superintendent has no hope. Sun Chuanting is very stubborn and won't let go easily!"
"Haha, Mr. Wang is being humble. You have the talent of ghosts and gods. I'm sorry Sun Chuanting can't stand your mouth." Inspector Tie's words were very humorous. Even though Wang Zuogao was so shameless, he couldn't stand it.
Yes, the Superintendent's words are so thought-provoking that I can't resist them. Two grown men are talking back to each other. It makes me feel sick just thinking about it.