Chapter 107: Under the Siege
The sudden appearance of 5,000 soldiers in Guiran Yang City made the scorching rebels directly give up their plans to attack.
The attack ended that afternoon, which made the civil and military officials defending the city really breathe a sigh of relief.
For Wang Yan's plan, everyone had no bottom in their hearts at the beginning, if the rebels were unmoved and insisted on attacking, only one round of strong attacks, the defenders composed of these strong men would leak out.
After all, if there is an expert or not, I am afraid that as soon as I make a move, the soldiers who can't pull the bow and shoot arrows will be recognized by An Bangyan in the battle formation at a glance.
But fortunately, the timing of Wang Yan's choice of Zhuang Ding to appear was very good, when both the offensive and defensive sides collapsed, everyone's attention was on the number of new forces, and no one paid attention to the truth or falsehood.
But I just don't know how long it will be hidden, the rebels are exhausted today, if they rest for a few days, the rebels will definitely attack the city, and then I don't know if these paper-based soldiers can stand up to the problem.
Zhang Wulang was also pulled to the top of the city today, because after the siege of the city six years ago, Zhang Wulang performed much better than others, so he was put on a military uniform.
At the beginning of the summer, Zhu Youzhen's holy decree on preventing the recurrence of the Lu'an Rebellion arrived in Guiyang, followed by a batch of brand-new armor and weapons allocated by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry.
As the governor of Guizhou, Wang Yan naturally intercepted most of these weapons and armor, and was ready to use these weapons and armor to buy the hearts of the army.
But before all of them were distributed, the Lu'an Rebellion broke out again, and these armor and weapons piled up in the warehouse became a hot potato.
In order to avoid the court from being convicted in the future, Wang Yan wanted to burn all these eyesores, but after all, Shi Yongan, the inspector of the imperial history, was still there, and it would be useless to burn it.
I didn't think about it, but this time the defense of the city will help a lot.
The deliberately selected sturdy men are paired with these new armor and weapons, and at a glance, the soldiers are bright and bright, and they really look like that for a while.
After the rebels retreated, Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the Taishi chair on the tower of the city gate.
"The governor's plan is no less than that of Zhuge Wuhou Fuqin's retreat from Zhongda."
Shi Yongan's pale face just now finally had a trace of blood, and he also had the heart to joke while being calm.
"Mude (Shi Yongan's cousin), don't make fun of the foolish brother, you didn't see the nervousness just now."
Wang Yan didn't ease up from the nervousness just now, and he didn't care about joking with Shi Yongan for a while.
"Lord Governor Mo Qian, this plan is wonderful, it does not lose to Zhuge Wuhou, Wenchang admires it."
As he spoke, Lu Qin bowed deeply, looking at his expression, not like a coy gesture.
Seeing that the rebels had retreated and did not organize any more attacks, Wang Yan's expression finally calmed down a lot.
"This plan can be successful, it is not my work alone, Wenchang and Mude are in command of the battle, and the morale of the rebels will be exhausted, and the rebels will show fatigue, and they have no intention of attacking the city for a long time, and the foolish brother's plan is just the last move to overwhelm the rebels."
Wang Yan, who had regained his composure, had his mind spinning quickly, and immediately thought of asking Laluqin and Shi Yongan to go into the water, so as to erase the things that he had been holding on to his armor before.
Wang Yan divided the work, how could Shi Yongan and Lu Qin not know his thoughts, and immediately understood haha.
The three of them agreed on the matter.
"Alas! Unexpectedly, the official army still had a partial division, which deceived us so miserably, first couldn't hide it, lured us to attack the city, and after killing and wounding many warriors in the army, and then suddenly showed the hole cards, and the morale of our army was completely defeated. ”
In the big tent of the Chinese army, only An Bangyan and Hao Chongming were left at this time, and in the face of the siege battle, An Bangyan regretted it.
As for the authenticity of the identity of the official and military who suddenly appeared, until now, An Bangyan has no doubts.
"King Liang don't blame himself too much, the siege of the city is the battle of the bottom, Guiyang City is a high general, and there is only a chance of winning by a strong attack, and it is best to go down with a drum, but it is normal to besiege the city and die in a trap, fortunately, it has only been two days of siege, and there is not much damage, and we also have a partial division, if you succeed, you can easily break Guiyang."
For the sudden blow of the official, Yu Chongming was also depressed, but he had a lot of experience of failure than An Bangyan, and he was naturally much broad-minded.
Moreover, the plan of the spies to sacrifice the city was also handled by him, and even the spies who entered the city were also his old subordinates, if he could rely on this strategy to take Guiyang City, then his influence in the Shuixi clan would also increase a lot.
For the small abacus of extravagant Chongming, An Bangyan will not be able to see through it, but whether he can capture Guiyang is related to the future of the rebels, as long as he can get down Guiyang, as for whose credit it is, An Bangyan can't care about it at this time.
In the following days, the rebel attack really stopped, and although cavalry was sent to harass and humiliate from time to time, the serious siege was gone.
His own people know their own affairs, and Wang Yan and others are willing to insult the rebels under the city, but they can't get in anyway, so they can scold two sentences.
However, Lu Qin was a little uneasy, and there were many officers and soldiers but they could not hold on, and it was estimated that the rebels would see the flaws after a long time.
So, Lu Qin came up with a plan, made a full set of plays, and prepared to lead 2,000 soldiers to attack at night, so that more than 10,000 people and horses of the official army could be seated.
However, this suggestion was unanimously vetoed by Wang Yan and Shi Yongan, and although this plan was wonderful, the consequences of failure were unbearable for the officials and soldiers.
Once defeated, the rebels took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and the remaining 1,000 soldiers and the 5,000 strong men who pretended to be would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the rebels. If you can hide it for a few days, you will miss a flaw if you lie rashly.
Lu Qin thought about it, and gave up the strategy of night attack, so like Wang Yan and Shi Yongan, he pinned all his hopes on the army rescued by the imperial court.
But on the day the rebels retreated, the new army that rescued Guiyang heard bad news.
The scouts in front reported that Zunyi in front of Tongzi had been occupied by the rebels.
Zunyi is more than 300 miles away from Guiyang, and after Zunyi, the new army can arrive in Guiyang in five days.
In order to maintain the secrecy of the march and the suddenness of the attack, the new army naturally could not appear under the fallen city of Zunyi.
Although Lu Xiangsheng was very sure about capturing Zunyi, in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, the plan of the official army to encircle and suppress the main force of the rebels under Guiyang City could be successfully implemented, and he could only make a detour to Zunyi.
But since the rebels have captured Zunyi, the important places along the line between Zunyi and Guiyang must also be guarded by rebels.
The official road between Zunyi and Guiyang is naturally impossible to go, and taking other paths, it will take a lot of time, as for whether he can reach Guiyang in time before Guiyang falls, Lu Xiangsheng's heart is becoming more and more bottomless.
"Tengjiao, send someone to Zunyi to catch a few rebels, remember to live."
Since there are rebels in Zunyi City, Lu Xiangsheng doesn't want to guess anymore, Guiyang City is broken or not, catch a rebel and ask.
That night, Lu Xiangsheng and several brigade headquarters staff officers and local guides were reformulating the route of the march, and Dong Siwei, the commander of the scout company, brought good news.
Guiyang City is not broken!