As Liu Chengyun and the honor guard of the Marshal's Mansion settled in Zhuanglang Acropolis, the atmosphere in the valley became more solemn.
More than 7,000 Mongolian cavalry led by Xie Erhu and Ahai Daiqing also took advantage of their powerful surprise attack.
They first bypassed the difficult-to-conquer Songshan Fort, rushed north and south in the Songshan area, and broke through Dajingying City and Abaling Fort on the edge of Songshan Mountain on the edge of the desert, almost dividing Gansu and Shaanxi into two.
Then he returned to the south and planned to lay siege to Baoding Fort at Songshan Xinbian on the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou. However, all the fortresses on the north and south sides changed hands. The fifty defenders of Baoding Fort were isolated and helpless and had no intention of fighting. Only then did Luo Ru take a moment.
Marching north, Baoding Fort surrendered immediately.
Chai Shihua, who led the General Biao Battalion, led his army to gallop day and night. On the road, Tang Qi had a fight with Xie Erhu's Mongolian cavalry running wild all over the ground. Knowing that the situation in the south had changed, Liu Chengzong led his army to Zhuanglang Acropolis and quickly sent Tang Qi to attack.
He rode to Gulang Gorge to report the military situation, and then continued south to support.
Later, the General Military Base Battalion and Basang's Xifan Brigade faced each other in the river valley, and two small-scale conflicts broke out. However, in the end, they failed to form a military confrontation. After staring at each other for a day, Chai Shihua chose to retreat five miles.
It's not that he's scared, it's that Ding Shaoyin is hopeless.
The Liangzhou chariot camp was surrounded in the middle, and the Fan soldiers built human-high barrier walls with civil structures on the north, east, and west sides of the chariot camp. The trench on the south side had also been dug out, and they could not get out.
Barrier walls and trenches are easy to break through. He does have a chance to briefly defeat the enemy soldiers and pull Ding Shaoyin out when he rushes over, but there is also a chance that he will get trapped in them.
The most important thing is that the man can pull out, but the car cannot. The car camp has no cannons and has no decent confrontation ability in the field. After much consideration, Chai Shihua only sent people to briefly clash three times and shoot a few letters at the barrier wall.
, tell Ding Shaoyin that there are reinforcements behind him, and ask them to wait for reinforcements.
At least there is water and food inside to wait for the change.
What Chai Shihua was afraid of was not the Xifan camp in Basang, but the Mongolian cavalry in the Songshan Mountains to the east. In several small-scale conflicts, his army failed to take advantage of the Mongolian cavalry.
If you hadn’t experienced this personally, even if you told Chai Shihua, he wouldn’t believe it.
For people of their generation, no matter which of the nine border towns' armies there are, if the same size of troops fight in the wild ten times, the frontier army should win ten times. There is no other possibility.
If the Beibei wanted to win, they could barely retreat before the frontier support troops arrived with three times the force. With more than five times the force, it would be possible to defeat and annihilate the frontier army if the organization structure was better.
As for the reason, here are infantry and cavalry artillerymen wearing cloth-covered iron armor, and opposite are herdsmen wearing robes and shooting stone and bone arrows. Although they are indeed armies, the level of equipment is a thousand years behind, and they are indeed not glorious.
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But this time it was different. Chai Shihua's Tangqi reported the characteristics of the Luqi. They were facing a group of rich second-generation Mongolians.
Several teams have almost the same armor coverage. Except for a few who wear ancestral iron-inlaid leather armor, at least 50% of the soldiers wear chain mail, four-mirror armor or even cloth-covered iron armor. At most one of the ten arrows brought back is a stone or bone cluster.
The rest are all brand new forged arrow clusters, as well as specially equipped armor-breaking plum needle arrows and murderous beryllium arrows.
They even saw cavalrymen carrying iron pots on their backs and uniformed cavalrymen with both men and horses.
Although the Mongolians on horseback were still thin and small, in Chai Shihua's view, there was no doubt that the Ming Dynasty's decades-long economic containment of the pirates had been successful, and the vicious Xihai Mongols were re-armed by Liu Chengzong.<
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Facing the letter that Chai Shihua sent into the wall, what could Ding Shaoyin say?
He didn't blame Chai Shihua at all, and was a little grateful in his heart. From the moment he saw the guard of honor belonging to the former Ningxia military commander rising above the city of Zhuang Lang, Ding Shaoyin knew that it would be difficult for him to run away.
Everyone knows that in the Marshal's Mansion, the guard of honor for the chief military officer is Liu Chengzong's guard of honor.
Liu Chengzong's appearance at Zhuanglang Acropolis showed that the main force was stationed in Ganzhou. Hong Chengchou, the trilateral governor of Yongchang, made a strategic misjudgment. The Marshal's Office did not intend to cross the mountains from the beginning, but gathered the main force to attack Lanzhou.
The river blocks the army from Gansu direction.
Others were trying their best to fight against the rabbit, but they were still gathering strength. Now that armies were gathering on both sides of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, Ding Shaoyin could only admit that he was unlucky, thinking that they were the price of the governor's misjudgment.
Fortunately, they are a car camp, and the opponent's chosen tactic is siege, so they don't have to worry about being quickly annihilated.
It's a good thing that Chai Shihua didn't come in. Without the chariot, Chai Shihua could run away, but he couldn't.
As for war, especially this kind of war between the Ming army and the Ming army, I can do what you know, and I can do what you have.
In Ding Shaoyin's view, no conspiracy or tricks will be of use in the upcoming battle. The only way is to draw out a majestic battle, and then use the right to combine with the strange... The strange soldiers of both sides meet, the strange soldiers become regular soldiers, and then use the right to combine with the strange. p>
In the end, whoever has more people on the local battlefield will be able to win the local victory with more enemies and fewer enemies. With multiple local victories, he will be able to win the final victory with more enemies and fewer enemies on the big battlefield.
However, at this time, Hong Chengchou, who was in Gulang Gorge, seemed not to have seen the urgent military situation on the front line, holding on to the elite soldiers and generals in his hands and refusing to let go.
Originally, Hong Chengchou wanted to transfer Yang Yanchang, but he couldn't... Who doesn't know about the famous Shaanxi general Yan'an God of War? Do you, Hong Chengchou, want to command him? Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, and the governor of Shaanxi who practiced state affairs, all wanted to train Yang Yanchang's model army
Pull to your own defense.
In the end, Chen Qiyu won, and Anding and Huining counties were designated as Yang Yanchang's defense areas.
After all, due to the mobilization of Li Zicheng and others, Lian Guoshi had already entered Xi'an Mansion at this time, mainly to guard against the hundreds of thousands of bandits on Shangluo Road; Hong Chengchou was in Gansu to guard against the attack of the Marshal's Mansion.
Chen Qiyu was in the worst position. He was defending the southwestern part of Shaanxi. To the southeast was a group of Shaanxi thieves led by Li Zicheng, to the south was Gao Yingxiang, the king of the invaders who had entered Hanzhong Fushan District, and to the northwest was Lanzhou occupied by Liu Chengzong. Any one of them could attack him. When Liu Chengzong's guard of honor entered Zhuang Langwei, Hong Chengchou was not too nervous, but Chen Qiyu was really frightened.
Chen Qiyu thought to himself, I invited Yang Yanchang to deal with Liu Chengzong. Wouldn't it cost my life to transfer him away? Who dares to steal someone from me? Don't blame me for falling out!
Hong Chengchou didn't fight him either. He had three elite soldiers, Cao Wenzhao, Bai Guangen, and Yang Jiamo, and he was waiting for a decisive battle to cripple Liu Chengzong.
Faced with Chai Shihua's request for help, Hong Chengchou was extremely relaxed and sent someone to reply to Chai Shihua. The letter categorically insisted that Zhuang Langwei was a bait.
For the exposed flanks of the Zhuanglang River Valley, he adopted the strategy of transferring a guerrilla general, two generals, and a commander from the Jinglu Guards and the Ningxia Zhongwei, and ordered them to lead their troops to Songshan to suppress the Mongolian cavalry running around.
, and help the river valley after winning.
The order given to Chai Shihua was to vigorously recruit troops from Mayashan and go into the war boldly. The main force of the Marshal's Mansion was not in Zhuang Lang.
Chai Shihua was so angry at the reply that the governors of the three sides only gave the conclusion but did not explain the reasoning process. This was obviously a risk for them, but there was no other way. He could only issue a recruitment order to the Magashan tribes and establish it on the spot.
The Western Fan army joins the expedition.
Even when Yang Jiamo heard about Hong Chengchou's transfer order, he went from Ganzhou to Gulang Gorge to ask him what the basis was for such speculation.
Hong Chengchou was very dissatisfied with this and said: "Hong knows that Liangzhou Wei is the hometown of the commander-in-chief, and General Chai is also the elite commander of the commander-in-chief, but he still asks Commander Yang to stick to Ganzhou and not to mess up the position. The little whirlwind will definitely not be in the village.
Lang, there is another person directing the war in Lanzhou."
The little whirlwind in his mouth is Liu Chengzong.
Because he had a good relationship with He Renlong and knew Liu Shishi very well, he knew very well the background of Liu Shishi's servant Ding Xuanfeng.
"Who does the military think is directing the war in Lanzhou?"
Hong Chengchou shook his head: "I don't know either, but it's definitely not him. That little whirlwind has never relied heavily on the Mongolian Fanyi Ding when sending troops to fight. If the Han army is not there, Liu Chengzong will not be here."
Of course, this is just one of his many speculations.
The most important basis for judgment is very simple and crude. If Liu Chengzong was in Lanzhou or even Zhuang Langwei, Chai Shihua and Ding Shaoyin would have died long ago.
The rogue bandits are not official troops, they do not need to control the territory, and there is no concept that those who abandon the territory will be punished. Therefore, they will not gradually increase their troops in the war, but will only attack them repeatedly.
Suddenly the dust started to rise, and thousands of cavalry and troops roared in. Most of the carriage camps would not even have time to deploy before they would be annihilated. Even if they surrounded the point for reinforcements, Chai Shihua's reinforcements would be besieged and annihilated halfway.
Now that both of them are still alive and kicking, Liu Chengzong must not be in Zhuang Langwei.
It's just that you can't tell others about this. It's too hurtful.
He said to Yang Jiamo: "Shuai Yang, please return to Ganzhou. I estimate that it won't be long before the little whirlwind comes out of the mountains."
Yang Jiamo was naturally doubtful about this, but what Hong Chengchou said did make sense. The Han troops from the Marshal's Mansion have not appeared in the Zhuanglang Valley until now. Just a guard of honor may not mean anything.
However, while they were talking, deserters running back from Songshan confirmed the appearance of the Marshal's Han Army in Songshan. It was an army attacking north from Lanzhou. Because of its general's name, Cao Cao, it was said to be called Cao Ying. Hong Chengchou was very unfamiliar with this nickname. He turned to look at Bai Guangen. Bai Guangen said: "In the military, I know him from a humble position. He was a small leader who joined Liu Chengzong in his early years. He has little ability and wears very fancy clothes."
Hong Chengchou asked: "Very cunning?"
Bai Guangen shook his head like a rattle: "I dare to fight hard, but the earliest big leaders in Yan'an Prefecture are not famous. They all joined forces with the Liu family. No one can surpass Liu Chengzong's reputation, and none has done so until now." p>
Hong Chengchou asked again: "Is that King Chuang, General Chuang, not as famous as Liu Chengzong now?"
Bai Guangen shook his head. He didn't know how to explain this to Hong Chengchou. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Even in the current war, General Chuang Wang Chuang's team has fought back and forth with the army. Maybe it is not weaker than Liu Chengzong, but
It’s different.”
"Liu Chengzong defeated the official army, and many of them surrendered, but few escaped; other bandits defeated the official army, and many of them escaped, but few surrendered."
In fact, in Bai Guangen's mind, the relationship between Liu Chengzong and the government and the army was completely different before Liu Chengzong left and after he left.
This is not entirely due to Liu Chengzong, but also because the guest army entered Shaanxi and Shanxi. The original morality of soldiers and thieves each being his own master ended, leaving only vendetta and numbness.
Hong Chengchou was actually quite curious about this: "There are many deserters among the bandits. How can he recruit and surrender the army?"
"In the military, when dealing with those who were unwilling to surrender, Liu Chengzong always surrendered to those who were willing to surrender, and paid travel expenses to those who were unwilling to surrender. He was very broad-minded...For this reason, the local army rarely fought to the death against him."<
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"Others are different." Bai Guangen shook his head and said: "The official army will defeat the bandits and kill them all. The bandits will also kill them on the spot in kind. They have killed them back and forth several times. In the past two years, they have stopped killing prisoners."<
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"Don't kill the prisoners?"
Hong Chengchou raised his eyebrows: "What should we do? Also pay for travel expenses?"
Bai Guangen was very happy. What kind of travel expenses should I pay? He realized that he was laughing a little too wildly, so he quickly restrained his smile and said: "Usually they chop off the hands and let people go, and there are also people who chop off the fingers."
Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao looked at each other speechlessly, Quan took it as a joke.
It can only be heard as a joke. Bai Guangen knew this well. The rebellion war in Shaanxi was originally just for stuttering. The soldiers and thieves had different paths. There is a lower limit.
The instigators of the increased intensity were the two outsiders in the room who were addicted to killing.
And he himself is a traitor, so it doesn't matter to the three of them whether to chop off his hands or not. The best destination for the three of them is not to fall into the hands of others. If they lose the battle and are surrounded, they should kill themselves quickly, otherwise they will be sure.
Being slaughtered, you are not qualified to have your hands chopped off.
But neither of them had anything to say about it.
Everyone thought that the Shaanxi Bandits were a war that could be suppressed quickly. It was only because of the wrong recruitment strategy that the scale of the war expanded.
Who would have thought that instead of good weather coming, droughts and floods would become more and more severe over time?
To develop into the current situation, no one can recruit anyone.
Hong Chengchou was not embarrassed at all. He raised his hand and dismissed the topic. Anyway, the three of them were grasshoppers on a rope, and no one could escape. He said: "It is urgent. There are two things you need to do, General Cao."
Go to Songshan."
Cao Wenzhao immediately entered the state and clasped his fists to accept the order: "Yes!"
What Hong Chengchou was most satisfied with was Cao Wenzhao's tense state of obeying orders. The corners of his eyes could not help but curl up as he said: "After arriving at Songshan, we will assist the Jinglu Guards and the reinforcements from Ningxia to ensure the safety of Songshan Road and our soldiers, food and pay."
Both the army and the reinforcements must come from that way."
"Yes!"
After Cao Wen's edict was answered, Hong Chengchou looked at Bai Guangen again and said, "General Bai is going to Ganzhou to investigate something."
Bai Guangen also stood up to answer the order and asked: "Why do you want to humble yourself in the military?"
Hong Chengchou sighed, shook his head and said: "Someone told me that things are being lost in Ganzhou Acropolis recently."
Bai Guangen's childishness suddenly shrank: "What is missing from the Acropolis of Ganzhou?"
Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "Take my flag and go to the forts in Ganzhou to inspect the weapons, stomachs, guns, war horses, donkeys, mules and even camels and other equipment of the battalion to see what is going on."
"It would be okay if a poor military household stole something."
Hong Chengchou emphasized: "If there is Liu thief inside, we must trace it out!"