Chapter 182 The Great Western Army goes to battle (2)
Just after Sun Kewang captured Pu'an Prefecture, Yang Weizhi came to Pu'an Prefecture with the imperial edict from the Yongli court to meet Sun Kewang.
Although the Yongli court finally granted Sun Kewang the title of Yizi King this time, it was granted the title of King of Yi, not the King of Qin that Sun Kewang wanted. Now Sun Kewang has already used King Qin's ceremonial decree in Yunnan; of course, it is only King of Yi and King of Qin.
It's a little better, anyway, they are all one-word kings, and things like ritual orders can be changed in the future.
But the Yongli court also named Liu Wenxiu the King of Shu and Ai Nengqi the King of Jin. This made Sun Kewang very unhappy, because the main purpose of Sun Kewang's request for the title was to overpower Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi in the title.
, the result is like this
Later, the status of the three of them was still equal. Moreover, they had gone to great lengths to obtain a royal title and had greatly lost their dignity. However, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi had effortlessly obtained the royal title, which was even more disappointing.
Sun Kewang was very angry.
Moreover, the Yongli court only moved to Anlong and not to Yunnan. Now it is controlled by Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi. Sun Kewang also feels like he is trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain. It just so happens that among Yang Weizhi's entourage, there is Sun Kewang
old part of the past
, secretly told Sun Kewang that it was Yang Weizhi's idea for the Yongli court to settle in Anlong. Sun Kewang suddenly became furious and immediately ordered Yang Weizhi to be executed. Then he ordered Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan to lead 15,000 troops to attack Xibao.
manage.
The current distribution of the Chinese Army in Guizhou is that the Sixteenth Army is stationed in the area bordering the northwest of Guizhou, the Four Prefectures, and Yunnan to prevent Wu Sangui from Sichuan from fleeing to Guizhou or Yunnan, and the Second Army is stationed in the south of Guizhou.
The Twelfth Army was stationed in Guiyang Prefecture. At this time, the surrender of troops in Guizhou was almost dealt with, and Luo Yuanbin also received the report and knew that the Daxi Army had finally sent troops, so Luo Yuanbin immediately mobilized troops to prepare to fight the Daxi Army.
Xibaosi is a thousand-household place under the jurisdiction of Pu'an Guards. It is the only way from Guizhou to the official road in northern Sichuan. It is also on the edge of the range where the Chinese Army is stationed in Guizhou. The Chinese Army left a regiment to garrison at this time.
Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan led their troops to the Xibao Division, because before sending troops, they also inquired and found that there were only more than 3,000 Chinese troops stationed in the Xibao Division. Although the Xibao Division was also guarded by a city wall, the city wall
extremely
It was simple and crude. Most of the areas were only over a foot high and could be climbed up with bare hands. Therefore, the two of them were confident and believed that they had a chance to win this battle. This was the first battle after the Great Western Army came out of Yunnan.
Everything must be done well.
But as soon as the battle began, the situation was far beyond their expectations. The Chinese army dispersed its troops on the city wall and fired entirely with muskets. The Daxi army was beaten to death and wounded numerous times before it even got close to the city wall. The first attack
In this way, they were repelled by the Chinese army.
Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan glanced at each other. They seemed to have some impressions of such a scene, and some old events were slowly recalled in their minds.
In fact, the Daxi Army had fought against the Chinese Army several times before, and that was at the beginning of the 16th year of Chongzhen, 1643.
At that time, Shang Yi had just emerged, and the Chinese Army was still in the founding stage. It was still called the Shang Army, and it had not yet occupied Zhejiang Province, only Mulinguan Pass in Shandong Province.
Shang Yi was ordered by the Ming Dynasty to go to Huguang from the south of Shandong to quell Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion. The two sides fought several times in Huguang, but at that time the Chinese army used muskets as its main weapon. Although most of them still used matchlocks at that time, Zhang Xianzhong's tactics of using linear formations to attack his opponents from a distance with dense firepower also caused him a lot of hardships. As a result, he was beaten by the Chinese army and fled from Hubei to Hunan. An army of more than 100,000 people was beaten to less than 10,000 people. , and finally hid in the mountains, but the Chinese army did not stop. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty mobilized the Chinese army to attack Li Zicheng, so Zhang Xianzhong managed to escape. It was at that time that Li Dingguo surrendered to Shang Yi and completely changed himself. fate.
Although of course there are not many Daxi Army soldiers left who have fought with the Chinese Army, Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan had already followed Zhang Xianzhong at that time, so they followed the Chinese Army throughout the several battles. It’s just that Seven or eight years passed in a flash, and a lot of things happened in the meantime, and the two gradually forgot about it. Of course, in these years, Li Dingguo accompanied the Chinese army to conquer the east and west, and his reputation rose. Almost everyone in the world knew his name. Daxi Although the army was in remote Yunnan, I had vaguely heard about it, but because we had no contact with each other, we didn't pay much attention to it.
But now that the two sides are fighting again, the memories of that time have been brought out again. Both of them remember that the muskets of the Chinese Army were very sharp at that time. They fired row after row, and the firepower was dense and continuous. The soldiers of the Great Western Army It was almost impossible to rush to the front of the Chinese army, so it left a very deep impression on both of them. But now it seems that the firepower of the Chinese army is even worse than it was then. It seems that this time the opponent, Not easy to deal with.
Although the Great Western Army at this time was much stronger than Zhang Xianzhong's, it was still an army with purely cold weapons. Facing a post-modern army like the Chinese Army, it was certainly no match. As a result, the Great Western Army continued to attack the Xibao Division. Three attacks were launched, but they were all repelled by the Chinese army with fierce firepower, without even touching the city wall. The loss of men and horses exceeded 1,500 people.
The two of them were also at a loss, not knowing whether to continue the attack or retreat. But at this moment, a cavalry unit came from one side of the battlefield. It turned out that a cavalry unit was sent by the cavalry division of the 12th Army. The regiment increased aid to the West Fort Division.
Although there are only more than 2,700 people in a cavalry regiment, cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry. In addition, the cavalry of the Chinese Army are also equipped with muskets. Therefore, even if the infantry sets up a square defense, it is useless. It can serve as a target for the Chinese army.
Therefore, before the cavalry of the Chinese Army could rush to the Daxi Army, they fired a burst of musketry and knocked down a row of soldiers of the Daxi Army. When the soldiers of the Daxi Army attacked the West Fort Division just now, they were greatly attacked by the muskets of the Chinese Army. They suffered a lot and were afraid, but when they saw that the Chinese cavalry was equipped with muskets and dared to continue fighting, they immediately fled. Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli could not hold back. Of course, they also knew that this The battle was definitely unwinnable, so he was defeated and led his army to flee the battlefield.
At this time, the Chinese army in the West Fort Division also came to attack the city. After a while of pursuit, the Chinese army won a complete victory and annihilated nearly 4,000 Daxi Army soldiers and captured another 1,000 She people. This was also the result of the Chinese army. Since joining the imperial family, this was the first battle in which more people were killed than captured.
Then the Chinese army returned to Xibao Division to garrison. The next day Luo Yuanbin led the army to arrive. After the Chinese army joined forces, they immediately marched to Pu'an Prefecture and took the initiative to fight the Daxi Army.
After Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli were defeated, they returned to Pu'an Prefecture and reported to Sun Kewang the situation of the battle with the Chinese army. They also emphasized that the Chinese army's firearms were better than those of the past.
Sun Kewang also experienced the battle that year personally, and was deeply impressed by the intensive firepower of the Chinese army. Of course, any army that had fought with the Chinese army would not be unimpressed. Therefore, Sun Kewang was very impressed by the Chinese army's intensive firepower. There is no doubt in what the two men said. Moreover, before sending troops, Sun Kewang and others also conducted some investigations on the Chinese Army and knew some of the tactical characteristics of the Chinese Army. In addition, they also knew that Li Dingguo was indeed working in the Chinese Army, and it was said that Li Dingguo was indeed working in the Chinese Army. He was doing quite well. He was the commander of a military region, which was roughly equivalent to the general and general of the Ming Dynasty. However, the brothers had been apart for too long, and this time they attacked Sichuan and Tsingtao, Li Dingguo was not leading the team, so Sun Kewang and others He also ignored the fact that Li Dingguo was a hostile force.
The Dayou Army is an army with pure cold weapons. It only has a very small number of artillery and muskets, but they are basically decorations and are rarely used on the battlefield. However, the current Daxi Army also has a trump card, which is This time, the Daxi Army dared to send troops from Yunnan to fight the Chinese Army. Sun Kewang also believed that with this trump card, the Daxi Army had hope of defeating the Chinese Army. However, he could only rely on his own troops to fight against the Chinese Army. Sun Kewang obviously didn't know how to fight, so he immediately sent people to Anlong and asked Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi to lead their troops to Pu'an Prefecture immediately to join forces with him to fight the Chinese army. Although at this time Sun Kewang was against Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi both had some opinions, but after all, they were facing a formidable enemy, so the personal grudges between brothers were put aside.
Originally, according to the plan, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi should occupy the Annan Guard and form a corner with Pu'an Prefecture, but now they have to concentrate their forces to fight the Chinese army. Therefore, Sun Kewang also believes that there is no need for Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi to go there. The Annan Guards are stationed there, and they should come as soon as possible to join forces with them.
Sun Kewang had objections to Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, but Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi had no idea, because in their opinion, they did not ask Zhu Youlang for the title, it was Zhu Youlang who took the initiative to make him king. , and also sealed Sun Kewang at the same time. Everyone was on an equal footing, no one was superior to the other, and Yinhua didn't think much about it. After receiving Sun Kewang's letter, the two of them immediately bid farewell to the Yongli court and led their troops to Pu'an. state.
At this moment, Luo Yuanbin also led the Second and Twelfth Army to station in Annan Guard. The distance between the two sides was less than a hundred miles.
Sun Kewang immediately ordered, and the three of them led the army to attack and rushed to the Xinxing Station between Pu'an Prefecture and Annanwei.
Xingxing Station is only more than 40 miles away from Annan Guard, and the Daxi Army actually came up on its own initiative. This was the first time since the Chinese Army entered Guizhou that they encountered an opponent who dared to challenge themselves. Therefore, the entire army Everyone is very excited, hoping that the Great Western Army will not disappoint themselves and can have a good fight this time.
When the enemy came to the door, the Chinese army certainly could not show weakness. Luo Yuanbin also ordered the entire army to attack and stationed at Shashajiao, twenty miles west of Annanwei. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.