Wang Zhihan, commander of the Sichuan East Road Guerrilla Bureau, is the main general of this route. This time during Song Liangzuo's three-pronged encirclement and suppression, Wang Zhihan's route had the most abundant troops, with more than 11,000 men. The main force came from the Pingyue Guards in the east of Guiyang. Xinglong
Wei and Zhenyuanwei.
There is a saying that the strength of the three guards in the eastern part of Guiyang is relatively strong among the guards. The reason is not complicated. It is mainly because the surrounding chieftains are very strong. If the three guards are too weak, they will not be able to control the situation.
To the north and east of these three prefectures are Shiqian Prefecture, Tongren Prefecture, Sizhou Prefecture, and Sinan Prefecture. These four prefectures are all controlled by the local magistrates. The situation is not much different from that of Cen, Huang and other great chieftains when Gao pragmatically lived in Guangxi in his early years.
many differences;
The southern part is the so-called "Miao hinterland", which is basically in a "three no matter" state. Back then, Liu Xian, Liu Wei and his son went there to annihilate the Jiu Si Barbarians and Zhangdu Barbarians. However, due to the extremely low development level in that area, it was difficult to pacify them.
After that, the imperial court did not establish prefectures or counties, and just left it like that.
Needless to say, the northern part is the Yang family chieftain in Bozhou, a family of chieftains for seven hundred years, which was stomped by the great earthquake in the southwest; the western part is Guiyang Prefecture, the core area of the imperial court in Guizhou, and the area where the three guards focus on guarding.
However, there seems to be some problems with Wang Zhihan's route of dispatching troops, because his route is the southern route, and Loushanguan is actually not far north of Bozhou. It stands to reason that it would be easier for him to directly attack Bozhou than to go eastward to Loushanguan.
Be closer.
Why did Wang Zhihan not know how to fight for the distant place? That's not true.
Bozhou is actually Zunyi in later generations. If you are familiar with the instructor's magic operation of crossing the Chishui River four times, and carefully compare the terrain on the satellite map, you will find that the area south of Bozhou was extremely difficult to travel even during the Republic of China, and this area
In the current Wanli Dynasty, let alone a decent road, there is no way to find it. If you want to cross the border with a large army, unless you bring a large number of engineers to open roads when encountering mountains and build bridges when encountering water, you should give up this idea as soon as possible.
The detour to the east is different. Although the road is a little farther, there is a "7"-shaped mountain valley that leads north and then west into the northern part of Bozhou, near Tongzi County in later generations (this is also a two-way repeated crossing of Chishui River).
Wang Zhihan chose this route and soon went south from here to seize the extremely critical Loushan Pass.
Loushanguan became famous in later generations mainly because of the teacher's "Recalling Qin'e·Loushanguan", "The road to Xiongguan is really like iron, but now I step over it from the beginning." And it was precisely because he commanded Loushan that he wrote this immortal work at that time.
The Battle of Guan was the first major victory since the Long March. Of course, this is not to talk about poetry, but just to express the importance of Loushanguan to Bozhou (Zunyi).
Wang Zhihan's capture of Loushanguan was a hundred times easier than that of the Red Army, but this was not because of their combat effectiveness, but because the Miao soldiers at Loushanguan "had no intention of fighting". They gave up after a symbolic resistance and fled directly.
Wang Zhihan was overjoyed and said to his generals: "Loushang Pass is located on the strategic road between Sichuan and Guizhou. It blocks Bashu to the north and strangles Guizhou and Guangxi to the south. It is a natural and dangerous place for military strategists. This time our army marched secretly and the enemy was caught off guard.
Loushanguan has been easily acquired by me. If we occupy this place, half of Bozhou will be in our hands.
Guo Shenrong (Guo Cheng)'s troops arrived a little late. Our army might as well take a rest for the night and go out to the north of Hailongtun before tomorrow to see how good Yang's army is. If Yang's army is still powerful, wait for Guo Shenrong to join forces to attack; if Yang was frightened when he heard the news, so our army will be defeated. By then Bozhou will be in peace soon." All the generals congratulated, and some even believed that this battle would be the first victory, all thanks to Wang Zhihan's clever calculation.
However, just when Wang Zhihan was setting up camp and deploying further operations, he suddenly heard that there was a surrender outside. Wang Zhihan was extremely surprised. How could Bozhou know about our secret march? He immediately ordered the people to be taken in for interrogation.
The person who came was a lean man with dark skin and sharp eyes. When he saw Wang Zhihan, he kowtowed and said: "Commander, please forgive me. My name is Mu Zhao. He belongs to the subordinates of Yang Yinglong, the governor of Bozhou. He was originally ordered to help guard Loushan Pass." .Seeing the officers and soldiers coming quietly, they didn't dare to fight, so they retreated for a while, and then came here to surrender."
When Wang Zhihan heard this, he was furious and shouted: "Bold barbarian! Don't deceive me. How could you know that our heavenly troops are marching secretly? And if you don't guard the natural danger of Loushan Pass, you have clearly set up an ambush and then pretended to surrender to me. Lure me into a trap. Humph, you have such a small skill, but you still dare to deceive me? Why don't you resort to real tricks!"
Mu Zhao immediately cried out for injustice, kowtowing and shouting: "Commander Rong Bing, Commander Rong Bing, the Miao people of Bozhou often walk in the mountains and fields, as if walking on flat ground, so it is difficult for the officers and soldiers to notice. Commander, Yang Yinglong is cruel by nature, I The five divisions and seven surnames of Bozhou were all struggling to survive under his harsh rule.
Among the seven surnames, four of them, Linghu, Cheng, Lou, Liang, Zhao and Wei, were extremely dissatisfied with them. Unfortunately, they were alone and could not compare with the Yang family. Now that the Japanese soldiers have arrived, the people of Bozhou have changed their minds. , everyone wants to help the heavenly soldiers to suppress the thieves, but also for our own sake, just to overthrow the Yang family... Commander, my father also died at the hands of Yang Yinglong, so I heard that the army was coming and was not willing to fight. Today I came here specially to surrender and ask the commander-in-chief to give the villain a chance to surrender!"
Yang Yinglong's rule was brutal. Of course Wang Zhihan knew this very well, but war is not a child's play, how can we be credulous? Therefore, Wang Zhihan's mind changed and he asked again: "You want to make this general believe it with just a few words. Don't you treat national affairs as child's play?" ?I would like to ask you, how many troops did you surrender? Why did you abandon the pass first and then come to surrender? What evidence do you have for me to trust you?"
Mu Zhao replied: "There were three hundred soldiers guarding Loushan Pass. They were already alienated from Yang Yinglong. How could the officers and soldiers resist when they came? So they abandoned the pass and left. But the villain thought that the crime of abandoning the pass was Yang's fault. It would be difficult to survive. It would be better to surrender to the imperial court and get a chance for revenge. Therefore, I persuaded all the Miao soldiers to follow me and surrender to the commander-in-chief.
However, the villain has another piece of news that he must tell the commander-in-chief. Thirty miles behind Baishi Tun, Yang Yinglong has 3,000 troops stationed there. They are all his confidants. They will come to support if there is a war at Loushan Pass. As for whether we are sincere in surrendering, You will know as soon as the commander-in-chief leads the heavenly soldiers. If the commander-in-chief does not believe it, I would rather cut off one of my fingers to prove my innocence."
When Wang Zhihan heard his last sentence, he was shocked, not that he wanted to cut off his own finger, but how to cut it off - could his subordinates be so negligent that they didn't even search the person before bringing him in? Therefore, Wang Zhihan was shocked. Tightly, he subconsciously held the handle of the waist knife and stared at Mu Zhao.
However, Mu Zhao didn't look at Wang Zhihan at all. He raised his left hand, clasped all four fingers, and stretched out only one little finger. Without hesitation, he put it into his mouth and bit it hard!
The bite made a "clicking" sound and blood spattered, but Mu Zhao opened his mouth like a normal person and spit out the whole little finger. The little finger fell to the ground and was still bleeding. He even jumped slightly and was shocked.
Wang Zhihan's scalp felt numb and he shook subconsciously.
Only then did Mu Zhao gasp. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain. He covered the wound with his right hand, but blood still continued to pour out. Wang Zhihan also reacted quickly and quickly called someone to bandage Mu Zhao to stop the bleeding.
While Mu Zhao allowed the army doctors to do what he was doing, he was still out of breath, but he continued to persuade him: "Commander, when the heavenly soldiers come to attack, not only the villain should be aware of it, but Yang Yinglong will also know about it later. It is a very important matter.
Please make a decision as soon as possible, Commander-in-Chief."
When Wang Zhihan saw him acting like this, he no longer doubted his presence. He responded solemnly and ordered the doctor to take him down and take good care of him.
After Mu Zhao was taken down, Wang Zhihan planned to secretly accept the surrender of Mu Zhao's troops according to Mu Zhao's words, rely on Xiongguan to resist the enemy troops, and order Mu Zhao to return to deliver the message. Someone among his subordinates advised: "Shen Rong is going to believe it."
Mu Zhao, although I don’t know whether the mark is true or false, I still have to be on guard against the cruel trick, so please be careful with it."
Wang Zhihan also believed that this statement was reasonable, so as a precaution, he sent someone to contact Guo Cheng's headquarters on the North Road and suggested that he speed up the march and join forces immediately.
Mu Zhao was of course faking the surrender, so at the same time Yang Yinglong had already led his troops to prepare for the danger. Mu Zhao sent a message and found out that the Ming army had believed the fake surrender, and Wang Zhihan wanted to ask Guo Cheng to join forces.
Yang Yinglong and Sun Shitai discussed and decided to divide one of their troops to seize the Loushanguan Pass secretly, so as to form a pincer attack with their own headquarters and close the door to beat the dog. They also ordered people to secretly set up fire points at Baishikou and wait for the opportunity.
Two days later, Guo Cheng, who urgently accelerated his march, finally led his troops to join Wang Zhihan. The Ming army rested for a while in Baishikou and prepared to go to the location of Mu Zhao's tribe to accept the surrender.
Wang Zhihan praised Guo Chengdao: "Guo Shenrong made numerous meritorious deeds during the pacification of the Kuaibai Rebellion and was brave and good at fighting. This time he came to annihilate the Bozhou chieftains, but he was really overqualified and overqualified. I just wanted a quick victory, so I had no choice but to ask Shenrong to help."
This is of course flattery. Guo Cheng did participate in pacifying the Kuaibai Rebellion, but he went north as part of the Sichuan Army. In fact, he never encountered the main force of the rebel army. He only regained some areas that had originally surrendered to Kuaibai. However,
In officialdom, this has been the case since ancient times. Unless there is a serious conflict of interest, it is always the person carrying the person in the sedan chair. It is better to have one more friend than one more enemy.
It stands to reason that Wang Zhihan is a staff general, and Guo Cheng is also a staff general. Wang Zhihan defined himself as the main general when he first came up and asked the other party to "help out". This seems a bit excessive. But the matter is not that complicated. Since both parties are of the same level, then
Compared with seniority and military strength.
However, the qualifications of these two men are also very different, and they can only be compared with military strength - Wang Zhihan's troops are twice as many as Guo Cheng's troops, so there is no need to say who is in charge.
Guo Cheng knew that he could not compete with Wang Zhihan for this general, so he thanked him and said: "Wang Shenrong's words are serious. When I put down the rebellion in Ningxia, the little contribution I made is really insignificant. I have joined the army in this battle because I have needs, so I will do whatever I want."
So the two sides totaled up and thought that they had joined forces. The total of the two armies was 167,000. Although the Bozhou Army has always been known as brave, after all, its equipment was backward and it was not its own opponent. Therefore, no matter what the situation ahead was, it was necessary to try it first.
It will be easier to explain after giving it a try.
The Ming army therefore began to march, marching along the mountain valleys from north to south. Not far away, suddenly smoke rose in front of and behind Baishikou, and shouts of killing began to ring around the mountain. Wang Zhihan ordered people to look at it, but the Bozhou army blocked it with fire.
On both sides of the mountain, the fire was so fierce that the Ming army was not allowed to enter or exit. Then thousands of arrows were fired from both sides of the mountain. The Ming army panicked and had no way to escape.
The terrain south of Loushan Pass was like this, so the Ming army actually formed a long snake formation, and it was too dense, resulting in many casualties.
Wang Zhihan knew that he had been tricked and asked Guo Cheng urgently if there was any way to deal with it. Guo Cheng was unwilling to show weakness to Bozhou and ordered the entire army to risk their lives and survive. He personally rode his horse forward, followed closely by a large group of Ming troops.
Upon seeing this, Wang Zhihan also led his troops to follow up. The Ming army then ignored the rear, let alone attempted to retreat, and began to rush forward with all its strength. At this time, the fire was raging in front, and the Ming army in the front group was instantly injured if it touched it, and the rest did not dare to advance lightly.
Seeing that his morale was dampened and arrows rained constantly on both sides, Guo Cheng thought that the commander of the army, Yu Zhengbing, would find it difficult to go to the mountains to fight the Bozhou native soldiers, so he called on the entire army to follow him, and he took the lead in breaking through the wall of fire. Seeing this, Wang Zhihan also boosted morale again,
Although the Ming army was frightened, they were inspired and broke through one after another.
In order to break through the wall of fire, although the Ming army was temporarily inspired to fear life and death, after all, they were unprepared for protection under the critical situation and forced the conflict with their flesh and blood. It is conceivable that the heavy losses suffered.
The Bozhou Army led by Yang Yinglong had already been prepared. Seeing Wang Zhihan, Guo Cheng led his troops to rush out and immediately issued an order to fight. The Bozhou Army was similar to the Cen and Huang families. They had always been brave and good at fighting, especially in the mountains and forests, and even compared with the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers.
Almost the same. However, the Ming army clashed with each other, and the number of people who rushed out of Baishikou was less than 8,000, and many people suffered burns. It was difficult to confront the Bozhou army at least in a short period of time.
Yang Yinglong was watching the battle on the mountainside. Seeing this, he sneered and immediately attacked in person to capture Guo Cheng. Guo Chengcheng fought bloody battles in the valleys, intending to kill the Bozhou army facing him, but unexpectedly, Yang Yinglong, who was personally leading his elite troops, rushed down from the mountain.
Only a few breaths of time passed before the two horses crossed each other. Guo Chengcai noticed that a cavalry, which was very rare among chieftains, rushed towards him. The leader was none other than Yang Yinglong himself, known as the "Banzhou Yang Tianwang".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Guo Cheng quickly pulled the reins of his horse to face the enemy head-on, but at this time he had no time to speed up. Yang Yinglong relied on the horse's momentum, and his sword was extremely powerful. Guo Chengju
The swords were fighting against each other, but they could not withstand the huge force brought by the charge of hundreds of kilograms of war horses. He was injured and fell off the horse. Yang Yinglong quickly turned the horse's head, turned around and relied on his riding skills to fight with Guo Cheng.
Drinking hatred and dying in battle.
The Ming army was increasingly unable to sustain itself under the attacks of the Bozhou Army. Fortunately, the sky changed at this time, and a spring rain began to fall, and the flames at Baishikou gradually subsided. Yang Yinglong was furious but had no choice but to do anything.
Knowing that without these advantages, once the Ming army had a chance to regain its strength and defend the valley as a regular soldier, it would be difficult for the Bozhou Army to regain the advantage, so he led the Bozhou Army into Baishikou without hesitation.
Although the Ming army benefited from the spring rain that extinguished the flames and no longer had to be disrupted by the fire, their survival consciousness gained the upper hand because of the emergence of a way out. In fear, they fled one after another and forgot to resist in formation.
Wang Zhihan originally wanted to clean up his formation, but he was not Qi Jiguang after all. He tried hard and found that it was of no avail. He sighed and had to retreat with the army. However, the retreat did not go smoothly. Before running far, he saw that Loushanguan had been recaptured by Yang Yinglong.
At this time, the Ming army was unable to advance or retreat, and the battle was hard and difficult to defeat. Wang Zhihan himself was also hit by two arrows, one of which almost hit his throat. At this time, the Ming army also knew that there was no way to escape, and the mourning force was suddenly established. Wang Zhihan knew this
Seeing this as a turning point and a chance of life, he immediately ordered to stand guard south of Loushan Pass and form a formation to wait.
The Bozhou Army did not expect this Ming army to be so powerful. They attacked three times and were repulsed. Yang Yinglong became angry and was about to attack and kill them personally.
However, Sun Shitai knew that the bravery of the mourning soldiers was by no means easy to defeat, so he said that nearly half of the Ming army had been lost in this battle, and the remaining people were only temporarily brave, but in fact almost all of them were injured. Even if they escaped now, they would not be alive for a year.
It wouldn't take half a year to recover. Considering that the Ming army still has a lot of troops that can be deployed in the follow-up, the Bozhou army needs to maintain its strength and cannot fight anymore. It is better to let them go back first. Bozhou will also have enough time to calmly arrange the follow-up.
Yang Yinglong's anger gradually subsided, and he felt that what the military advisor said was reasonable, so he sent an order pretending to maintain the offensive, but it allowed a loophole to leak out in the direction of Loushanguan. Wang Zhihan soon discovered that the defenders of Loushanguan did not have enough troops and their fighting spirit was not strong. He did not care about the reason, and soon
Quickly mobilize the last strength to attack Loushanguan, and finally re-enter.
Due to heavy losses and no more reinforcements in the rear, Wang Zhihan did not dare to hold on to Loushanguan and evacuated all the way north, actually evacuating directly to the outskirts of Chongqing. When the battle report reached Chengdu, Song Liangzuo's limbs became cold and he was speechless for a long time. Wait
When he came back to his senses, he shivered, and quickly called his close servants, and wrote two personal letters and ordered them to be sent to the north day and night.
Of these two letters, one was sent to Zhou Yong, the Minister of War in the capital, and the other was sent to the Mongolian Yuan Jing Lue Gao Shijing who was far away in Daning.
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