Chapter 5: The Storm I
Storm (Part 1)
Historically, Le'an City has always been a small and unknown county. This is a hilly area between Jiabashui, Baotang and Jishui, the mountains are not steep enough, the rivers are not deep and wide enough, and the land is not fertile enough, so no hero or hero can look at it. But in recent days, the small county has become the focus of attention overnight, and countless pairs of eyes have stared at this place in the south and north of the Yangtze River.
People can't help but pay attention to this small place, in the small county town with a radius of less than five miles, there are now more than 20,000 Mongolian troops and the remnants of the Tanma Red Army, among which there are more than a dozen Tartar leaders with a light level of more than 10,000 households. There were more soldiers and horses on the outskirts of the county, the garrison troops who rushed from Fujian to participate in the war, the new attached troops who hurriedly "revolted" in various places, and the civilian armed forces in various places who were ragged and fighting but were very high-spirited, and nearly 200,000 generals surrounded Le'an.
"Hehe, there are times when the Tartars are so frightened that they shrink in the city and wait for death!" Wanhu Wuzhong, the commander of the Jianchang Army, who had just revolted, pointed at the city wall less than five feet high in the distance with a horsewhip, and said with a smile. He has been dealing with the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion for more than five years, but this time, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion sent him to do things without giving him any benefits. Only this time, he felt as happy as drinking ice water. The scenery, even when he followed the Mongolian army behind the Song army and fled, it was not as beautiful as it is now. At that time, when the people around him saw him, they fled. And now, the fathers and elders of ten miles and eight towns have made all the only grain into cakes and sent them to the army, and Wu Zhong wants to pay but no one is willing to accept it.
"Don't be big, Da Chun has used some tricks! The Mongols, the Mongols are not so easy to deal with after all! Kong Wei, another general of the new annexed army, who was coerced by his subordinates to revolt, stammered. He still can't believe what is happening in front of him is true. In a dream, he was pulled out of the bed by his subordinates, raised the banner of anti-Yuan Xing and Song Dynasty, and dreamed of watching the usual powerful and powerful transport envoys and warehouse envoys being pushed into the streets by the people, smashed into meat sauce with stones, and then dreaming of being surrounded by several generals under his command to attack Le'an, and dreaming of watching the usually fierce and vicious Mongolian army being beaten by the disheveled civilian army and not daring to come out.
When no one was around, Kong Wei had bitten his finger a few times, and each time that heartfelt feeling told him that what had happened in the past few days was real. But in the blink of an eye, he wanted to bite his finger again. The Mongols, tens of thousands of Mongols, were defeated like this? Since the beginning of Jiading, the Song people have only been chased by the Mongols to flee for their lives, when did the fortune reversed, and the Yuan people were chased by the Song people to flee in all directions?
"Da Chun made a plan, he also made a ball plan, and the Yuan army within a radius of 200 miles was cleaned up by the broken army!" Zhang Zhi, another general of the newly annexed army who had just revolted, scolded with a smile, patted Kong Wei's slightly thin shoulder, and comforted with a smile: "Master, don't worry about it. I heard that half of the Tartar reinforcements were dragged by Chen Hangyan in Lianghuai, and half were in Jinghu, and they couldn't fly even if they had their wings. As for Lu Shikui's kid, when he heard that General Zou was coming, he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to take a picture, and ran directly to Chizhou. At this time, even if Dachun can sprinkle beans into a soldier, no one will provide him with beans, what are you worried about! ”
"I, I mean cautious, cautious! Who, who is afraid! Kong Wei was pierced by someone, his pale face instantly turned as red as coals, he opened his straight hand, and said, "Bing, Bing is cautious." We, we can bring all our native brothers. ”
Kong Wei inadvertently said the words "local brothers" very seriously. Since the rebellion of Dayuan has been created, it is difficult to reverse it. Today, these brothers whom he usually looked down on are his family. One more, and the confidence to invite merit and receive rewards in the future will be enough. Even if the Broken Army can't succeed in the future, there are some brothers under his hands, and the bargaining chips for surrendering to the Northern Yuan are heavier. If you accidentally put it together during the siege, you'll have nothing left.
"Yes, my native brothers. The fathers and villagers are all looking at us, if more than 200,000 people let the Tartars go again, there is no need for Prime Minister Wen to blame, and the saliva of the people will have to drown everyone to death! Zhang Zhi pointed to the tents with a horsewhip and said loudly.
The surrounding heights and lows are all the camp tents of the Song army. Shirtless young men carried shovels and dug one trench after another to hinder the cavalry's charge. Between the trenches and the trenches, there were wooden stakes nailed into rudimentary deer stalks, and the pointed tips pointed like blades into the gloomy sky. If someone can stand in the air and look down, they will find that this place has turned into a huge spider web, and Le'an City has completely turned into a fly on the sticky spider web, no matter how hard they try, they can't escape.
"Yes, let's fight hard, don't think too much, our Han family is back. When Da Chun ordered the confiscation of folk iron tools, someone told me that one day the Mongols ran out of gas, and we Han people smashed them back to their hometowns with a brick each. Now it has been fulfilled! Wu Zhong responded with pride.
So far, he hasn't figured out what kind of person his old butler and old military advisor Su Can is. But some of the things Su Can has said over the years, and some of the things he has helped him do, are vivid. He didn't want to delve into this matter, no matter what, he could regain the feeling of being a general because of this seemingly confused old man. If it weren't for him, maybe there would be more than 10,000 brothers in Jianchangjun trapped in the city today.
Now, the captives are going to regain the lost territory, and there are not enough soldiers and horses. In addition to a musket regiment under the command of the marshal Zou Xun, the besieging Yuan army had to rely on the new annex army and various people's armies that had just revolted. If you can seize this opportunity to show yourself...... a picture appeared in front of Wu Zhong's eyes, and his future self will definitely not change into the uniform of the garrison army and train for others in the rear. He will be wearing a thin ring of chain mail from the Broken Army, and a few golden flowers will sparkle on his shoulders.
"Report, General, Governor Zou asked if the Jianchang Independent Brigade is ready, and is there any certainty of blocking Dachun!" A signal soldier rode his horse and asked loudly at Wu Zhong with a jerky military salute.
"Please rest assured that from here to Baotangshui, I have set up three lines of defense. Not a single fly wants to burst through due north! Wu Zhong was upright, and clumsily pressed his fist on his chest to return the salute. The Signal Corps and he had just been in the uprising for a few days, and this kind of unyielding etiquette between the upper and lower ranks made them feel very different, but they tried their best to imitate the every move of the Broken Army with curiosity.
The signal corps saluted Wu Zhong again and rode away. Wu Zhong, who made a promise, didn't dare to talk nonsense with Kong Wei and the others anymore, and rode his horse, going back and forth to check his blocking area.
Compared with the soldiers under Wu Zhong's command, the attack power of the Yuan army, which has become a remnant, is still very strong. A few days ago, when he led the Jianchang army and Zhang Zhi to take the lead outside Le'an City and blocked the escape route of the Yuan army, he was almost defeated by Dachun.
That incident happened five days ago, when Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhi, who were eager to make meritorious contributions, took their own horses to the outside of Le'an City, and converged together to cut off the road from Le'an to Chongren. According to the minds of the two, they bluffed for a day, and when the vanguard of the Broken Army arrived, they could pick up a great achievement. As a result, before the soldiers could establish the camp completely, two Mongol troops of 1,000 men rushed up. The new annexed army, which was used to being bullied by the Mongolian warriors, could not resist the impact of the other party at all, and the Mongolian army broke through four lines of defense one after another.
At the very moment when the whole army collapsed, tens of thousands of civilian troops were killed. Those soldiers had no armor, and the weapons in their hands were varied, and some even carried wooden sticks that had just been peeled, but one by one they were not afraid of death, and they were beaten indiscriminately around the Mongolian cavalry. In an instant, the Mongol warriors were drowned in a sea of people.
The two Mongol thousand-man detachments were completely annihilated, and the two rebellious new annexes suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhi were so worried that their hair turned white, and they had the intention to withdraw, but they were afraid that they would not be able to explain to the Broken Army in the future. continued to block the way, but he didn't know if his soldiers were still up to the battle. Fortunately, Da Chun was also stunned by the sudden beating, and he couldn't figure out how many soldiers and horses Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhidi had brought, and he couldn't figure out how many civilian troops there were nearby. In the battle with Wu Zhong and others, Da Chun was not afraid, if he sacrificed himself, after paying a certain price, the Mongol army and the Tanma Red Army would definitely be able to break out of Wu Zhong's team. But after breaking through Wuzhong's defense line, whether the Mongol army and the Tanma Red army would encounter the Broken Army, and how much strength they would have to fight with the Broken Army, Dachun was not sure.
It's no wonder that Da Chun was dizzy at a critical moment, according to the routine of the Mongol army's war, those new annexes and bandits and bandits who tried to fish in troubled waters have always been used as consumables. When they are consumed, the main force of Dayuan will rush into the battlefield. Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhi did not hesitate to block the intersection at the intersection, and it was strange that there was no strong army behind them!
Da Chun, who did not want to suffer greater losses, retreated to Le'an City, and after discussing with Li Liang, Yuan Jizu and others, he was ready to rest in the city for a day, and then change the road the next day. As a result, the next morning, like weeds after the rain, I don't know how many civilian armed forces popped up in the four fields.
Groups and teams, under various banners, set up camp around Le'an City. They didn't have the strength to attack the city, but they used ditches and deer barrages to block Le'an's access to the outside world. And farther away, there are fathers and villagers from all over the country, carrying kitchen knives shared by five families, as well as hoes and ploughsticks.
"The Tartar is defeated, killing a Tartar can get ten silver dollars, and capturing a Tartar alive and selling it to Shaowu Mine is at least fourteen silver dollars!" I don't know who spread this rumor among the people, but there are really businessmen who pat their chests and vouch for this offer. Whether it is for the hatred of the country and the family, or for the good days in the future, the people will beat the water dogs.
After Zou Xun, the deputy commander of the Broken Army, led his troops to arrive, he immediately adjusted his deployment according to the actual situation on the battlefield. He left the musketeers and some artillery by his side to assist the people's army in besieging the city, and the other bidders were sent out to assist Lin Qi, Ximen Biao and others in recovering the lost territory, and arranged a cordon in the mountainous area north of Jiangnan West Road to prevent the Northern Yuan from sending surprise troops to attack. In response to the Yuan army trapped in the city of Le'an, Zou Xun strictly ordered all civilian armed forces not to attack the city in a hurry. The people of Le'an City have already escaped, and Zou Xun wants Dachun to taste the taste of being trapped in a lonely city.
The sky was getting dark, and smoke rose from the camps. With the smoke of cooking, the cheerful mountain songs of the people's soldiers resounded in the field. Zou Wei, the governor of Liangjiang, wore a dark red cloak and patrolled the camp, and the surrounding scene was very familiar, like when he led his troops and Wen Tianxiang to besiege Ganzhou.
As the governor of Liangjiang, Zou Wei has not forgotten the fiasco at Jiangnan West Road, and the 100,000 people's army did not have the strength to fight with the Northern Yuan at all, and it collapsed in an instant. The soldiers did not dare to fight, especially in the face of the Mongol warriors, except for the Jianghuai soldiers under the command of General Gong Xin, almost no one could raise their swords in front of the Mongols.
That humiliating sight is never to be hoped for. Many pre-war and impassioned people were chased and killed from behind by Mongol warriors on the way to escape. There were also many famous people who laid down their weapons and knelt on the side of the road waiting for the Mongols to come forward and cut them.
In the past few years, with the development of the Broken Army, Zou Wei gradually summed up the reasons for the defeat that year. The fact that the generals led by Wen Tianxiang did not understand military affairs was one reason, and the main reason was that the Song people, from officials to ordinary people, lacked the courage to fight. In the face of the surging Yuan army, people would rather commit suicide by jumping into the sea than have the courage to raise their knives and fight to the death.
That is the soul of a nation dead, after hundreds of years of heavy literature and light military cowardice. After hundreds of years of efforts by the strong and the weak, Huaxia has lost its soul. A soulless nation, no matter how good the weapon is, no matter how rich the life is, is powerless to fight in the face of foreign enemies.
Zou Wei hopes that he can help Wen Tianxiang rebuild the soul of the Chinese nation. When this nation is confronted with a strong enemy, they will choose to resist rather than be captured. If this can be done, even if the Northern Yuan Dynasty kills Jiangnan with the army of the country in the next moment, it will not be able to gain a foothold in Jiangnan. On the contrary, if everything depends on the Broken Army and relies on others to save it, once the Broken Army is defeated in a small way, the civilian armed forces that will only take advantage of the fire and loot will collapse again.
Therefore, Zou Wei sent the Broken Army to the periphery of the battlefield, and placed the civilian armed forces and the new annexed army of the uprising outside the city of Le'an. He hoped that all the people who participated in the battle today, no matter what purpose they came for, would be able to realize that the so-called invincible Tartar is also a head and two legs. They get dizzy when they are hungry, fall down when they are injured, and beg for mercy on their knees when they fail. Only in this way will the people of Liangjiang not give up hope for victory in the future when the war situation is unfavorable.
Zou Xun transferred the troops of Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhi, who had relatively strong combat effectiveness, to the north of Dachun, where they were most likely to break through, and put all the musketeers of the Broken Army in this position. The southeast was handed over to the Fourth Brigade of the garrison army and several other civilian armies that had arrived from Fujian, while the west was defended by Wang Xian, the leader of the cottage who had robbed Yuan Jizu and Li Liang who had robbed Yuan Jizu and Li Liang pretending to be the Broken Army. For the sake of safety, Zou Xun aimed all the artillery that could be transported at the four gates of Le'an City, and instructed the artillerymen to bombard it directly as long as someone tried to probe, without waiting for anyone's order.
After making careful arrangements, Zou Xun wrote a letter of persuasion to Dachun, Yuan Jizu and Li Liang. Dozens of copies were copied by the staff officers of the army, and a group of cavalry was sent into the city with bows and arrows.
In his letter to Da Chun, Zou Xun counted the political successes and failures of the Northern Yuan Dynasty over the years, as well as the sins committed by Da Chun after leading his troops south. Zou Xun asked Da Chun, when the robbers robbed all the people around the cottage, how could they maintain their survival? Like a robber, the Northern Yuan did not engage in any production when they rose from the desert, and relied on robbery to meet all needs for decades. In the case that the robbery went smoothly and there was dirt to be separated, of course, the strength was made in one place. When the robbery does not go well, I am afraid that it is inevitable that the nest will be unevenly divided into spoils. Therefore, Zou Xun persuaded Dachun to lead the defenders to lay down their arms as soon as possible. The Metropolitan Governor's Office had always been merciful to the enemies who laid down their arms, and after the court had tried their crimes, the culprit who took the lead in poisoning the drinking water like Da Chun would certainly have to pay for his crimes with death. But those soldiers who followed Dachun to kill and set fires were saved and released after a few years of hard labor, or their families could redeem their homeland with horses, cattle and sheep.
In a letter to Yuan Jizu and Li Liang, Zou Wei wrote: "The general is a member of the Great Xia royal family, and in the past, he was forced by the military to stoop to the enemy. Now the general trend has reversed, and the fortune has been extinct. The general was trapped in the lonely city with a remnant army, smelled embattled, felt that the country hated the family feud, and stroked the strings to ascend the throne, wouldn't he be scared! In the past, the Metropolitan Governor swore in public that he was willing to be brothers with all nationalities in the world, sharing glory and disgrace, and sharing blessings and misfortunes. The general was not a Mongolian nobleman, and even if he was lucky enough to flee north, he was just a homeless slave. In the past, the general led 100,000 troops, and he was still in the third class, and his wife and children were unable to protect them. Now the subordinates are in mourning, how can they stand on their own. If you don't turn back early, even if you don't do it for yourself, why let tens of thousands of party men be lonely souls in another country? If you can repent and realize what happened yesterday, and behead the enemy, you will get out of the way and send the general back to the north. At the foot of Helan Mountain, the summer grass is fat, and the hero can't drink horses. On the shore of Yinsha Lake, the eyes are vast, and it is the hometown of the rise of Haojie......"
"Uncle Feng thinks Dachun, Yuan, and Li will listen to you?" The old general, Wu Xizao, ran forward lightly and asked suspiciously.
He could see from the text that it took Zou Wei a lot of thought to write these letters. Da Chun, Yuan Jizu, and Li Liang all don't know Chinese, and it is really a bit embarrassing to ask the famous Zou Wei to write such a half-literate and half-white thing.
"I don't expect them to listen to me, I just hope that the contents of these three letters will spread in the city, and it will be enough!" Zou Xun looked at the lonely city in the night and said with a sneer.
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