Reinforcements were sent to Xi'an, and Wei Xue fought hard in Ningxia City

In March of the twentieth year of Wanli, the imperial court heard the report of the rebellion in Ningxia, and ordered the crown prince Taibao Wei Xuezeng to hang the rank of governor of the military department and lead the suppression. Wei Xuezeng, a person from Jingyang, Shaanxi, has only one word, and the number is indeed hermitage, and he has seven out of sixty this year. Wei Xue was a scholar in Jiajing for 32 years, and since then his official fortune has been prosperous. In the household department, the inspectorate, and the ministry have many positions, and they are honest and honest. It was quite meritorious to go out to control the Liaodong Shiping Mutiny, the Imperial Mongolia, and the governance of Tuntian. In the eighteenth year of Wanli, the change of Lintao, the northwest chaos, Wei Xue had concurrently served as the right deputy capital of the Inspectorate with the secretary of the military department, and the military affairs of the four towns of the governor and Zheng Luo, the secretary of the government, made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, and the government and the opposition praised it. Now that the rebellion in the northwest has not been quelled, Zheng Luo is lacking in skills, and the smoke in Ningxia has risen again, so for the sake of safety, the imperial court has jointly asked Wei Xuezeng to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

Wei Xuezeng rushed to Xi'an Mansion to meet with Shen Sixiao, the governor of Shaanxi, Ye Mengxiong, the governor of the three sides, and Zheng Luo, the governor of the three sides. The three of them sat down separately, Wei Xuezeng and Ye Mengxiong were at odds with Zheng Luo, so he sat opposite Zheng Luo and Shen Sixiao on one side, and Shen Sixiao, the governor of Shaanxi, took the lead in saying: "Inspector Wei works day and night, which is really hard. Today, the rebels in Ningxia are very strong, although the northwest is not peaceful, but for the safety of Shaanxi, the province is ordered to help suppress it, and is willing to listen to the dispatch of the superintendent. ”

Wei Xue once said: "Ningxia worship, its harm is great, occupy Ningxia, form an alliance outside the pass, if the interval is connected with the northwest provinces, the Ming Dynasty is in danger." I want to promote Zhu Zhengse, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi, to the governor of Ningxia, Zhu Zhengse is capable and decisive, known as prestige, and is familiar with civil and military affairs, and can help me coordinate military supplies, formulate strategies, and appease the military and civilians of Ningxia; I heard that Dong Yikui, the deputy chief soldier of the assistant guard Taomin, can fight well and can be the chief military officer of Ningxia; Xiao Ruxun of Pingyu Fort adhered to the meritorious service, and previously set up an ambush to kill the general Biyun and force back Mongolia, but now he can be promoted to deputy chief soldier at an extraordinary time. Since the eighteenth year of Wanli, the rebellion in the northwest has not been quelled, so that today there is a belly and back to suffer from the enemy, Zheng Jingluo is all because of your kindness, the northwest tribe is barbaric and rude, cunning and profit, I and Ye Dutang have bitterly advised not to be benevolent to the thief, if you heard it earlier, how could it be like this? ”

Zheng Luo, Wei Xuezeng, and Ye Mengxiong were in discord due to different strategies when they suppressed the rebellion in the northwest, Zheng Luo drank tea with an expressionless face and said to Wei Xuezeng and Ye Mengxiong: "But Brother Guan, male Zhao, Qinghai is barbaric and chaotic, and if you want to destroy it, you must first cut off its heart, otherwise it will be a disaster for many years, and the tribulation of the Haikou will be peaceful." As the two said, the attack will not stop, and the blood will flow into rivers and corpses will be everywhere, which will intensify the revenge of the barbarians, which will last for several generations. The suppression was effective at the beginning, but the two of them jointly criticized the officials, and even compared me to Qin Hui, Jia Nidao and others who brought disaster to the country and the people. Tang Wu Ming'an, the leader of the Hui Department of Hetao, traded with each other to ask for rewards, and Wei Governor immediately decided to kill 450 of his troops and capture 20 people, and the son of Tang Wu Ming'an swore revenge, and the various departments came one after another, and the war in the northwest region was opened. It is only now, when I use both soothing and suppressing, and slowly trying to figure it out, that it gradually divides and disintegrates. The governor of Wei, Ningxia, put down the rebellion, it is better to discuss the deployment of Ningxia again, and he will go all out to help each other, and the affairs of the northwest will no longer have to worry about the Wei governor. ”

Although the trilateral governor Ye Mengxiong was also at odds with Zheng Luo, Ye Mengxiong also thought that this was not the time to re-mention the grievances in the northwest, so he said: "It is inconvenient to mention the old things here, and now the rebellion of the Haikou is gradually subsiding, Zheng Jingluo and I dare not relax for a moment, I have been ordered to patrol Shaanxi, Gansu, Guizhou, Gansu is towering, overlooking Guanzhong, if you want to protect Guanzhong, you must first consolidate Longyou, I have already prepared, as long as Zheng Yuxiu can continue to differentiate, wait for the opportunity, a battle can be determined, then the northwest thieves will be difficult to recover." In recent years, the army has been used repeatedly, the court has spent a lot of money, and the court has discussed a lot, and the saint will be in a dilemma. This time to quell the rebellion, how does Brother Guan want to deploy in Ningxia? ”

Wei Xuezeng said: "I have sent a horse to investigate whether the rebels will march into the Central Plains, stop the rebels from crossing south in the Yellow River, and gather heavy troops to recover the lost territory." In addition to the headquarters of Dong Yikui, the general soldier of Ningxia and Li Xu, the general soldier of Guyuan, Niu Bingzhong, the former general soldier of Ningxia, was also used. I have reported the dispatch of elite soldiers from Xuanfu and Datong Town, and sent Magui to lead troops to aid Ningxia in the starry night; At the same time, there is also the Zhejiang Provincial Imperial Shi Mei Guozhen as the supervising army; Liu Chengsi, the chief soldier of Sichuan, and Li Rusong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, will also lead reinforcements. He also asked Shen Sixiao, the governor of Shaanxi, to move to Xiamaguan as a sign of solidarity. Shen Sixiao took the order.

Regarding the movements of the rebels, Zheng Luo analyzed: "Although the rebels occupy Ningxia and claim to be 100,000, their soldiers are only 60,000 or 70,000 even if they unite with Mongolia. Therefore, the rebels should have no intention of going south to the Central Plains. But Bibai is brave and good at fighting, knows strategy, and should not rush in. ”

Ye Mengxiong said: "There are nearly 50 forts in Ningxia, and the Pingyu fort has not yet fallen, in terms of Ningxia's troops, all the defense will inevitably disperse the troops, which is not conducive to achieving a solid strategy. Zheng Luo also persuaded again: "Bibai used to serve under my account in the past, cunning and good at fighting, and you must not underestimate the enemy." ”

Wei Xuezeng heard this and decided to swear in the generals of the conference tomorrow, and made an appointment with Zheng Luo, Ye Mengxiong and Shen Sixiao to support each other, in addition to the military salary assistance issued by the imperial court, the supply of grain and grass, and the replenishment of ordnance, Zheng Luo and Shen Sixiao will do their best to prepare. Ye Mengxiong sent troops to guard the main road to prevent the Ningxia rebels from sneaking into Gansu.

At this time, in the city of Ningxia, Bibai heard that the imperial court ordered Wei Xuezeng to lead various reinforcements to suppress, and summoned Bi Chengen, Bi Chengzhong, Tu Wenxiu, Jiyun, Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxue and other generals, Bi Bai said: "Wei Xuezeng led the troops to come, according to the practice of the imperial court, in addition to the Shaanxi departments, I am afraid that Xuanfu, Datong, Sichuan soldiers, Miao soldiers, the Central Plains and Jiangsu and Zhejiang will all send troops to help. Wei Xue once held a high position and experienced battles, and now he commands the army and is in full swing. There are many fortresses in Ningxia, but it is not beneficial for us to divide our troops and defend them. But Wei Xue was dying old, not as good as in the past. The garrisons in various parts of Ningxia were withdrawn in batches, and as soon as the officers and troops arrived, they would resist first and then evacuate in an orderly manner, so as to nourish their arrogance and arrogance, so that after the retreat of the garrisons in Lingzhou, Xingwu and Weizhou, it was necessary to set up ambushes in the middle of the way to slow down their troops. Wait for all our troops to retreat into Ningxia, and then wait for a good opportunity to break Wei Xuezeng. ”

Liu Dongyang asked: "If all of them retreat into Ningxia, Wei Xuezeng will definitely besiege Ningxia to the point of impassability, how can there be a good chance to break it?" Bibai said with a smile: "Ningxia Town is vast, and the reinforcements are far and near, Wei Xuezeng's troops must be stationed on the surrounding arteries and fortresses, and attack the city one by one, and our army has Mongolian help outside, and can wait for the opportunity to attack all over the place, and its own time is available." When Wei Xuezeng began to march into the army, I personally led the Cangtou army and the set of troops to divide into two routes, relying on the strength to attack and harass the Ming army, slowing down its advance speed, and facilitating the withdrawal of our army in batches. In addition, Ningxia is close to the Yellow River, and the river irrigates the city in ancient and modern times, Wei Xuezeng may not use, according to my opinion, before the Ming army has not opened a dam to build a dam to divert water to flood the city, the first to build a dam outside the city of Ningxia can be high with the water level, and there will be no danger. The generals received the order, and then left Ningxia to give orders to the ministries.

On the same day, he wrote an article to spread the message to the soldiers and generals in various places: "Since the Ningxia Governor Dang Xinke withheld military salaries and abused the soldiers, the soldiers and civilians in Ningxia have suffered unspeakably, and the soldiers and civilians have suffered greatly from the exploitation of the cruel officials, with no food, no clothing, meager food, outdated ordnance, old and weak war horses, and tattered armor. The border town is an important place in the country, but the loyal and patriotic soldiers are like ascetic slaves, and in addition, there are unheard of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes! The officials of the feudal territory insisted on going their own way without being considerate, and finally provoked the anger of the people to mutiny, the sinners were punished, and Ningxia was peaceful. I didn't think that the court was unreasonable, I didn't think about the reason for the Ningxia mutiny, and I listened to the words of the traitorous villain. Now the elite soldiers of the two capitals and 13 provinces have come to the aid and suppression, and those who participated in the mutiny will not be tolerated for the crime of rebellion. Parents and brothers are also not spared, the court has no way to come here, and the soldiers who defend the country are like ants, and it is not a pity to die. The chief military officer of the Mandate of Heaven begged the soldiers and civilians of Ningxia to withdraw to Ningxia Town from now on to avoid being killed by the imperial court, and Bai will do his best to deal with the enemy and coexist with the soldiers and people of Ningxia! ”

On the other hand, Wei Xuezeng held a swearing-in meeting in Xi'an Mansion, and Wei Xuezeng said: "Worship the rebel thief, originally a general outside the border, and the court cherishes the talent and reuses it, and entrusts it with important tasks." However, he worshiped the ambition of the wolf, supported the army and respected himself, killed the good and risked the merits, secretly collaborated with the enemy chieftain, smuggled and trafficked, raped and adulterated women, deducted military salaries, raised private soldiers, formed a wide range of party members, and repeatedly violated national law. Now he tricked the soldiers into mutiny, holding Ningxia hostage with the intention of tearing the land and sealing the king. The sins of Bibai and his henchmen are unforgivable, the will of the imperial court, beheading the grace, and promising Hou Bo to live for a long time", there are those who can capture and sacrifice the thief, "and the world", "There is one who can capture and sacrifice the father and son, reward 20,000 taels of silver, and seal the dragon and tiger general; Capture Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao, Tu Wenxiu, etc., reward 10,000 taels of silver, and seal the command of the capital. This governor Wei Xuezeng personally led 100,000 soldiers into the heavens, and vowed to kill traitors and thieves to comfort the worries of the monarch and solve the difficulties of the people. The Governor will personally hold the sword of Shang Fang, and cut down those who come into battle without using their lives to enforce military law. The soldiers are fast, and all departments are open. ”

Then he ordered Li Yun, the chief officer of Guyuan, to lead the guerrilla general Wu Xian to lead 5,000 troops to the Lingzhou area, and sent the guerrilla general Zhao Wu to lead 2,000 troops to Mingsha Prefecture to prevent the rebels from crossing south along the Yellow River. He ordered Magui to lead his troops to the outside of the pass to recruit Litu and others, and ordered Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia, to lead 10,000 troops to respond after 10,000 pressures. It is necessary to break the enemy's momentum before the reinforcements from all walks of life are assembled.

Afterwards, Shen Sixiao, the governor of Shaanxi, said to Wei Xuezeng: "Governor Wei, the rebel army has 60,000 elite soldiers in Ningxia, and it is by no means a weak army. If the death penalty is announced, it will be fought to the death, can you ask for an order to appease the Bibai party henchmen and Ningxia officers and soldiers, which can be conducive to division and disintegration. ”

Wei Xuezeng deeply agreed after hearing this, and Shen Sixiao then said: "In addition, Yu Shi Mei Guozhen is the supervisor of the army, and there is a word that I hope the superintendent will listen to. According to my great Ming law, although civil officials control military generals, they also need to be deeply versed in the art of war and know how to control the art of soldiers. However, the official does not know anything about military affairs, and now in the court, there are many self-righteous people who do not know the affairs of the department, and some of the military affairs are indiscriminately played. What Fang Cai said was definitely not against Mei Guozhen's appointment as the superintendent, but only because of this concern. After Wei Xuezeng thought about it, he did not explicitly state Shen Sixiao's meaning, but in his heart, he never forgot Shen Sixiao's words. Determined to play according to Shen Sixiao's intentions.

The next day, the Ming army had completed the deployment of defenses in the area of the Yellow River, and Wei Xuezeng saw that the rebels really had no intention of going south, so he ordered Niu Bingzhong, Dong Yikui, Li Yun, Wu Xian, Zhao Wu and others to divide their troops to cross north to recover the lost territory. The rebels stationed in the fortresses in Ningxia immediately and orderly withdrew as soon as they saw the Ming army approaching, although the military strength of the officers and soldiers increased greatly, but the habits of the officers and soldiers were difficult to go, and the military pay was insufficient. There are forty-seven fortresses in Ningxia, and the Ming army can easily take each fortress at a time with no more than 600 people, and the enemy retreats and does not pursue, but enters the fortress to rest and wait. Because it did not encounter substantial resistance, the arrogance of the Ming army rose greatly, and it was divided into parts, and the troops were divided into hundreds of households to enter various fortresses, and because of pride, the enemy neglected to take precautions along the way, and the troops were slow and the formation was scattered. Bibai and the Mongolian soldiers of the set were divided into two roads, each leading 3,000 elite cavalry to plunder along the way, along the way the Ming army was caught off guard, morale collapsed, all were killed, and the Ming army could not hold out of the fortress. As a result, the overall advance of the Ming army was even slower.

Bi Chengen set up an ambush in Lingzhou to attack Li Yun, and Li Yun fled back to Lingzhou in shock. Bibai and Tu Wenxiu led the army to attack Zhao Wu in Yuquan, Zhao Wu fought and retreated, and almost the whole army was annihilated, but fortunately Li Yun led the light horse to rescue. Xu Chao set up an ambush in Xingwu to attack Niu Bingzhong, and Jiyun set up an ambush in Weizhou to attack Dong Yikui, Niu Bingzhong and Dong Yikui fought to the death and retreated. Therefore, the Ming armies from all walks of life were gathered in close proximity, the march was slow, and the recovery of Ningxia Zhubao was extremely slow.

In April of the twentieth year of Wanli, Li Yun, Niu Bingzhong, and Dong Yikui commanded the headquarters of soldiers and horses and some reinforcements, totaling 30,000, and arrived at the city of Ningxia. ”

Niu Bingzhong said: "The military order we received is to clear the periphery of Ningxia, so as to wait for the army to gradually form an encirclement, and now the goal has been achieved, there are many enemies to hold Ningxia, not to attack the city rashly, since the military food is insufficient, it is necessary to retreat to the surrounding fortresses to station and supply military supplies." ”

Dong Yikui disagreed, Dong Yikui said: "Although there are many enemies, it is not impossible to fight, our army does not seek to conquer but seeks a small victory, one is to test the combat strength of the rebels, and the other is to strengthen the army to avoid the villains from making noise, and the night attack will be successful." ”

Li Yun agreed: "The court's mouth is leisurely, the tongue is like a sword, and black and white are reversed, so the commander often replaces in battle, and there is indeed a battle before the food is exhausted and the troops are withdrawn." So the three of them made a plan, and that night, Niu Bingzhong led 10,000 troops, each with torches, to attract the attention of the rebels, and shelled the city as a cover. Li Yun and Dong Yikui each led 5,000 troops to attack the east and west gates, and the generals He Yingshi, Chen Lei, and Bai Luan, and Bi Chengzhong led Bi Hong, Bisai, Wang Wende, and Feng Jiwu each led 3,000 cavalry, and 500 infantry set up trains to meet the enemy.

Li Yun and Dong Yikui saw that the enemy cavalry was defeated and retreated, each with 500 birds and 50 tiger squat cannons to shoot, the enemy was frustrated, the horses were frightened, and the confusion was unbearable, and when the whole army wanted to retreat, the Ming army's light cavalry advanced in batches from both sides, the first batch of three-eyed guns shot into battle, and the second batch followed up with short soldiers, and both sides suffered casualties. A little rebel cavalry retreated into the city, blocking the city gate with a train formation, and the Ming army used artillery to fire a salvo first and then attacked with infantry cavalry, each capturing dozens of chariots, because the rebels in the city were difficult to attack due to strong firepower, so they withdrew with chariots.

The next day, the rebel generals Xu Chao and Tuwenxiu took King Qing to the city and ordered the Ming army to retreat according to the order of Bi Cheng'en. Bibai summoned the generals to lead the Yellow River to irrigate the city by the Ming army, and quickly built a dam to be prepared as the water level rises.

At this time, Wei Xue was stationed in the area of Huamachi, coordinating grain and grass and military supplies day and night, and mobilizing troops from Yansui, Zhuanglang, Lan, Jing, and Yulin, and moved to Lingzhou when reinforcements arrived. Soon after, Jiang Xianmo, the general soldier of Yansui, Zhang Jie, the general soldier of Ganzhou, and other troops had arrived, and although reinforcements from other provinces were still on the way, Wei Xuezeng had already moved to Lingzhou. Bibai heard that Wei Xue had moved to Lingzhou, and the Ming troops of Yansui and Yulin were dispatched, and it was expected that the city must be empty. He immediately sent someone to inform the wife of Huang Taiji, the son of the former Mongolian Altan Khan, and asked Shedafu, the son of Huang Taiji, to lead his troops to attack Jiu'anbian and Zhuangjing Fort to contain the Ming army's advance. Then he ordered Bi Chengen to lead Jiyun, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, and Bai Luan to lead 10,000 troops to secretly ambush in Yanhan Canal and wait for Wei Xuezeng and the grain transportation team.

That night, Wei Xuezeng's troops marched to Yanhan Canal, and the ambush troops of Wei Xuezeng suddenly surrounded Wei Xuezeng's troops, and Wei Xuezeng's troops were about 4,000 people. Bi Chengen ordered Bai Luan and Chen Lei to lead 2,000 troops to rob 200 grain trucks and return to Ningxia at night, and besieged Wei Xuezeng with 8,000 soldiers. Bi Chengen bravely skipped people, black armor and silver boots, fearful, and the horse slashing was unstoppable. The rebels relied on the strong, the Ming army was defeated, and more than half of it had been lost in a blink of an eye, and Wei Xuezeng was terrified and couldn't bear it. At this time, Li Yun, the general soldier of Guyuan, and Dong Yikui, the general soldier of Ningxia, led the reinforcements to kill, although Bi Chengen quietly went out of the city, but its many people and horses inevitably missed traces, according to the people's reports, Li Yun and Dong Yikui led troops to investigate, and when they found that they were going in the direction of Lingzhou, they were afraid that Wei Xuezeng was in danger and followed.

When Bi Chengen saw the rescue of the Ming army, he no longer fell in love with the war and led the troops back to the north. Wei Xuezeng was rescued and escorted by Li Yun and Dong Yikui and moved to Lingzhou to join the reinforcements. Wei Xue had been stationed in Lingzhou for nearly ten days to raise grain and grass, and suddenly heard that the governor Ye Mengxiong and Ma Guijun had arrived, and they were busy going out of the house to greet and welcome to the hall. ”

Ye Mengxiong replied: "The thieves of Gansu and Qinghai are no longer worried, the scattered sand soldiers will collapse in the future, the rebellion in the northwest has almost subsided, the progress has been slow since my brother entered the suppression, and Ningxia has lost the prestige of the country. In addition to the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, he has sent a letter to Zheng Luo asking him to consolidate the original army with 20,000 reinforcements, and together with the Ma Gui army, he has helped Wei Du to defeat one of the enemy before coming here. ”

In Wei Xuezeng's eyes, this Ye Mengxiong is the first, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he is awe-inspiring. He has always been indignant about state affairs, good at sarcasm, although he is displeased to hear it, it is difficult to shirk so he does not answer, turn his head to look at Ma Gui, this Ma Gui is the son of Ma Lu, a general of Datong, although he belongs to the Hui Department, he has also been a border general of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and his military achievements are impressive, Wanli was the general army of Ningxia for ten years, and was impeached and degraded to the frontier for 19 years, and now it is enabled, Wei Xue has fixed his eyes to see it, and sure enough, the tiger has a bear's waist, his eyes are like an eagle, his cheeks are bearded, and he is majestic.

Ma Gui replied: "Back to the superintendent, the last general was ordered by the superintendent to appease the three people in Hengcheng, and promised them heavy benefits, but they did not agree, and then Ye Dutang heard that the rebels had 30,000 gathered in Luoshan and did not know what to do, so he ordered the last general to select a thousand elite soldiers to raid and then turn to attack the north of the city, the rebels were caught off guard, and countless casualties retreated into Ningxia. ”

Wei Xuezeng nodded in praise, and saw that there was another general behind Ma Gui who didn't know who. Ma Gui introduced this person as his brother Ma Town, often with Ma Gui in the side of the birth and death, in addition to the martial arts is the most exquisite equestrian, known as "Fei Bener", for the first general of Datong Town. Ma Zhen immediately knelt and swore that he would make meritorious service and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty!

Wei Xue once said: "Okay, now I have a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses in my headquarters, 6,000 reinforcements from Yansui, Zhuanglang, Lan, Jing and Yulin, 3,000 troops from Liu Chenghei, 1,000 Miao soldiers from Sichuan, 50,000 troops from the garrison, and more than 100,000 troops from the two stations. You can attack the city again. ”

The next day, Dong Yikui, the general soldier of Ningxia, attacked the south of the city, Li Yun, the general soldier of Guyuan, attacked the west of the city, Liu Chengsi, the general soldier of Sichuan, Jiang Xianmo, the general soldier of Yansui, attacked the north of the city, Niu Bingzhong and Zhang Jie, the general soldier of Ganzhou, attacked the east of the city, and Ma Gui led the guerrillas to be responsible for the response. Wei Xuezeng and Ye Mengxiong were stationed in the camp, and Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia, led the troops to guard. Bibai to Liu Dongyang, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxue to guard the east gate, to Bi Chengzhong, Bi Hong, Wang Wende to guard the west gate, to Bi Chengen, He Yingshi, Chen Lei to guard the south gate, to Xu Chao, Bai Luan, Feng Jiwu to guard the north gate, the rebels to bomb thunder, crossbow arrows, fire guns and Furlong machine, general artillery and other cannons, Ningxia city wall is strong, although the Ming artillery is said to be well-armed for a time but it is difficult to shake the northern fortress, the batch of strong attack on the Ming army damage increased, at this time Bibai territory Wenxiu, Jiyun, Bisai from the north gate to fight, ready to go to collude with the Hetao departments, Bibai is brave and good at riding and shooting, killing thirty people in a row and pulling Jiang Xianmo off the horse with one blow, "Flying Bener" Ma Zhen took the opportunity to suddenly attack Bibai, Bibai was so thrilled that he couldn't dodge, so he had to barely block, Jiang Xianmo took advantage of the chaos to get off.

Ma Zhen continued to grapple with Bibai, and after a few rounds, Ma Zhen was defeated, turned away, and rushed to kill the rest of the rebels, and Bibai couldn't catch up and shouted and cursed. Seeing this, Ma Gui immediately stepped forward and exchanged dozens of rounds with Bibai, Liu Chengsi, Jiang Xianmo and Ma Gui drove them back to the city, and sent Ma Kongying, Ma Chengzhao and others to attack the reinforcements of Hetao, captured and killed 120 people, and they could not hold each other, and the various departments held each other for a long time before leaving.

The Ming army and Ma Gui failed to capture the city several times, Liu Dongyang held King Qing to a corner of the city and ordered the retreat to retreat but was almost shot by a bird, Liu Dongyang moved King Qing angrily, Princess Fang committed suicide, and the palace people and gold silk of Qingfu were looted. The Ming army attacked the city again to no avail, and Niu Bingzhong was wounded in the right leg in the battle, so the Ming army withdrew again.

At this time, Ye Mengxiong and Wei Xuezeng were discussing the strategy of breaking the enemy, and suddenly heard that a letter was sent by the imperial history of the superintendent Mei Guozhen, in which Mei Guozhen proposed to Wei Xuezeng to invite the water of the Yellow River to irrigate Ningxia, and Ye Mengxiong said that it was feasible. Wei Xue once said: "There are 300,000 teeth in the city, and the torrent is sweeping, and people and animals do not exist, so they cannot be done lightly." In addition to attacking and coercing, we should use forceful attacks and coercion to appease and promote the consciousness of the rebels. Ye Mengxiong insisted that the enemy could not be trusted, and when Mei Guozhen's reinforcements were assembled, flooding Ningxia would be the best strategy to break the enemy. Wei Xuezeng did not allow it, the two broke up unhappily, and the Ming army temporarily withdrew from Ningxia and stationed their respective garrisons.