Text Chapter 258 Battle Book 3
That night, looking at the thick stack of litigation documents that had been sorted out, Yu Zhilong sighed, before he was observing public opinion and public anger, and had been thinking about how to deal with it.
Bai Ri had already received a report from the messenger: the Yuan army did not respond to the challenge, but only rushed back to the messenger; Scouts everywhere probed the Yuan army and found that the camp was chaotic, and the fortress was being strengthened, and obstacles such as antlers were being set up. Another Yuan army is also in the north of the city two miles away from the side of the Yuan camp under a small village, into a corner, the banner is Meng Qing's righteous army.
"General, it seems that the Tartars want to hold on for the time being and wait and see the situation," Ji Xiancheng rushed to ask.
"The Tartar wants to hold on, but he can't do what he wants, and since these people are so angry, these blood debts will always fall on them to pay back." Yu Zhilong looked at the sky, it was almost midnight, and said to Ji Xiancheng: "Without further ado, order Hou Ying Tianming to bind all the Tartars, read all these accusations to them, and then press them to the Yuan army camp to be executed!" Ling and Ji Xiancheng, Mu Chun, and Ma Rulong went out of the city, and pressed their positions on the side, and if the Tartars came out of the camp, they slowly retreated two miles, and ordered Gou Fugui, Wu Sheng, and Pang Biao to lead all the cavalry to line up behind the city gate and stand by, ready to support at any time. β
According to Yu Zhilong's original idea, although these Tartar captives deserve their crimes, they may all be wronged, but at present, the crowd is raging, and if they do not conform to the will of the people, they are afraid that they will be greatly disappointed. In this case, you might as well take advantage of the situation and provoke the Yuan army.
If you don't want to go out of the camp for a decisive battle, I will provoke you to make a decision, otherwise everyone will see you, and hundreds of yuan captives will be executed, and no matter how high the morale of your army is, you will also suffer a big setback!
What's more, these captives are Mengse people, and their social status is much higher than that of the Han people today, let alone the southerners, when this matter spreads, the faces of the Yuan Court and the Yuan Army of Yidu Road are tantamount to being kicked a few times by their own hatred! It's not good to look at in the court.
However, there are too many lawsuits from the people, and it took an hour to record half of the cases, Xie Lin hastily browsed it, and said to Zhilong: Tightly these papers are enough to behead these hundreds of yuan captives.
On the second day, in front of the Yuan camp, Guo Fengrong's face did not change, and he read out Yu Zhilong's general order aloud, and finally announced the end in one breath, Guo Fengrong put the document on the ground, took a piece of bluestone and pressed it, got up and looked at the pale faces and guns of the Yuan army soldiers on the wall, smiled slightly, played the placket, and turned to go back.
"Save the suffering and save the suffering Guanyin Bodhisattva manifestation, the Zhenwu Emperor, the Taishang Laojun blessed, the Buddha of the West Heaven Bliss manifested, if Xiao Guozi can go back safely today, he will personally go to burn incense and worship in front of all the saints, and he will kowtow three hundred times!" Guo Fengrong turned around slowly, outsiders couldn't see it, he himself understood that his two legs had been trembling slightly, especially when he announced just now that the Jing'an Army was going to take all the hundreds of yuan prisoners and execute them before the army, even his voice changed slightly due to excitement and timidity, but many of the soldiers of the Yuan Army were shocked by this news, and few people noticed it.
Guo Fengrong was within the range of the Yuan army's arrows and crossbows, and as long as he gave an order, he could be shot into a hedgehog. When he received the order to go, Guo Feng Rongshang felt that he could do so under the attention of the crowd is quite heroic and chivalrous, since he was a child, he has been repeatedly ridiculed by others because of his white face and frailty, and there is always injustice in his heart, looking forward to one day being able to lift a three-foot sword, lead thousands of military horses, and follow the example of Han Xin under Han Gaozu, and make immortal achievements.
Therefore, when he heard that Yu Zhilong had this order, he was excited for a while and stood up to receive the order.
"Today, Guo is in the limelight, and he can be regarded as a person who does great things!"
Ma Rulong, Mu Chun, Luo Cheng, Qian Zheng and others were all impressed by it, but they didn't expect that there were such characters in this small county of Linqu. No one knew that at this time, Guo Fengrong was sincerely worshipping the gods and Buddhas of the road, because of walking, this calf trembling was not easy to be noticed.
Some people saw that his legs and feet were a little stiff, not like his usual appearance, but thought that his heart was agitated.
Gu Zhenhua Zhi also said before: "Marshal, this son is crazy, insulting the national body, and bad for our army, please shoot ten thousand arrows!" β
After hesitating slightly, he said: "But as soon as the word is passed on to the ear, the shooting will fall into the prestige of our army, and all departments will be strictly ordered to guard the camp, except for the vigilance, the restββ"
Jiang Bin and the others listened to him, and it seemed that the rest of the troops had returned to the camp and let the outside world go unchecked.
"Marshal, if you don't save it, I'm afraid that you will lose the heart of the battalion, and besides, if this matter is transmitted to the Beijing Division, it will inevitably be impeached, which is not good for me." Jiang Bin persuaded.
It's just that at this time, the morale of the army is low, and there is a lack of assault weapons, relying only on the infantry in the army to go out of the camp to engage in battle, the slightest negligence may develop into a decisive battle, and now in the first battle, I don't think there is a possibility of victory.
Meng Qing saw that a large army was dispatched in the city, so he personally led his subordinates into the Yuan camp to obey the order, he also hesitated first, stepped forward and said: "Ask for a small loss of a big one, and the wise man will not do it." Now endure the pain and break his arm, he should break the city for it one day, kill all the thieves, and pay tribute to the heroic soul of our army! The last general implored the commander to think twice. β
Last night he and Tian Hui fought with the Jing'an army, there were a lot of casualties, and now the soldiers in the headquarters are tired and lacking a lot of personnel, but as a righteous army, they have always been driven by the Yuan army of the imperial court, although Meng Qing hates Zhilong and others, but at this time he still does not want to rush out of the camp to fight.
Tian Hui had the same mind as him, and immediately seconded it.
After weighing it in Yu Boxian's heart, he stepped forward and whispered: "Tang Wuwei is the guard of the Beijing Division, and the death of this battle is already a vibration in the world, if he is allowed to kill his prisoners in front of the camp and does not save them, the internal attack of the Beijing Division will definitely surge, making it difficult for the prince and the marshal to deal with themselves." Why don't you send a group out of the camp to fight with thieves and snakes, and do your best to obey the destiny of heaven! β
also slowly bowed his head first, this Uncle Yu is worthy of being well versed in the way of being an official, much stronger than Gu Kai! So he ordered Gu Zhenhua to order several troops and horses from his headquarters, and after secretly giving the opportunity, Gu Zhenhua left with a big decision in his heart. also ordered Meng, Tian and other armies to go out of the camp as a team, or strictly guard the camp, and respond to Gu Zhenhua and others.
Li Zhenxiong acted unruly and lax in governing the army, which led to his own ruin, although he was unhappy at first, and he was somewhat worried about the future court questioning, but he still needed to act earlier on this side to stuff the mouths of others.
Later, a book was also repaired, which made people gallop quickly and explained the original situation today.
Yu Zhilong stood under the banner of the head of the city, and saw the flag in the Yuan camp beckoning, and the smoke and dust in the camp were flying, so that the rear army was on guard, Yu Shichang, Gou Fugui, and Pang Biao were already gearing up, and they were waiting for the Yuan army to come out of the camp.
"The hour has come, execute immediately!" The former commander of the army heard the sudden beating of the snare drum at the head of the city, so he went out of the column and announced loudly. Hundreds of pawns were divided into five batches, and were caught by the Jing'an sergeants who had been prepared for a long time and brought them to the front of the army, and the knife and axe hand followed the hundred households on the side to drink the order, and the knife fell, and dozens of heads fell to the ground suddenly, and the bloody scene was spectacular!
Thousands of soldiers in the rear army followed "Hehe! Lian Sheng, one after another, stabbed the shield with a knife, raised a gun to station, in order to boost the army's prestige.
The people in the city applauded and jumped when they heard this, and they couldn't wait to go up and eat their flesh! These sufferers were specially allowed by Yu Zhilong to go to the city wall today to watch the punishment.
After days of abuse, the separation of wives, and the suffering of family members, these people wept with joy when they finally got snow today.
In contrast, most of the hundreds of yuan prisoners were paralyzed in fright, and they were almost dragged to the front of the army by the Jing'an soldiers and soldiers for execution. At that time, they flaunted their might, in order to seek military merit and stimulate the pursuit of the people like killing foxes and rabbits.
The last Yuan prisoners who were killed saw that the door of the Yuan camp was wide open, and countless Yuan troops poured out, eager to survive, although they couldn't speak, their bodies were twisted badly, but it was a pity that the Yuan army in the camp came Shanshan, and the steel knife on the head was as eager as thunder, and it didn't take long for a column of Yuan prisoners to be beheaded in front of the army.
All units of the Jing'an Army were in full array, and they were calm in the face of the Yuan army that came out of the camp, and only waited for the superior commander to give the order. Unexpectedly, Ji Xiancheng ordered that after the execution was completed, all departments slowly retreated, leaving corpses in one place.
The Yuan army on the opposite side was pale, and he watched hundreds of Tang Wuwei being executed in batches, which was much more shocking than the execution of more than a dozen Yuan soldiers by the river that day.
Fortunately, the order was passed over first, and the various departments just moved forward slowly, without shooting arrows, and gradually moved forward to the place of execution, at this time, the loess had been burned red with blood, and the soldiers in the front line even felt the hot blood surging upward!
Gu Zhenhua saw that the Jing'an army had retreated four or five hundred paces, and no longer retreated, so he hurriedly ordered the rear team to contain the corpses, so that the headquarters would not move.
The ground is full of human heads, many faces are hideous, and there is a thirst for survival in the eyes of the deceased, and the horror of death makes people unbearable to look at it.
Gu Zhenhua rode on the war horse, forcibly enduring the feeling of nausea in his chest and abdomen, and in a trance, he only felt that the cries of countless dead people filled his ears, and the banner of Yang Dayuan seemed to fall fiercely in the battle formation.
At the head of Linqu City, thousands of wronged people clapped their hands and prayed to the sky, saying that today's revenge will be avenged, and if the souls of the deceased family members know, they can return with peace of mind underground. I wish General Fei a success, drive out the Tartars as soon as possible, and designate the Central Plains.
Yu Zhilong saw that the Yuan army was no longer moving forward on the city tower, and was not provoked, so Ji Xiancheng tried to force forward, but the Yuan army was very nervous, and the bows and arrows of the rear team came like rain, and the Jing'an army could not enter for a while.
After hundreds of corpses were quickly contained by the Yuan army of the front team into the Yuan camp, the Yuan army actually had the tendency to retreat, Ji Xiancheng urgently ordered to force forward, and Yu Zhilong in the city ordered Gou Fugui and others to go out of the city obliquely, trying to cut off the enemy's retreat, but the Yuan army contracted very quickly, and the wall was a bow and arrow, blocking the pursuit of the Jing'an army.
"How urgent the attack was that day, but today's retreat is like a lost dog!" Ji Xiancheng was so angry that he scolded and had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.
Yu Shichang and Gou Fugui looked at the clouds of guns and bows on the wall of Yuanying Village, and they also returned in a huff.
The Jing'an army had to go back to the camp and return to the city, and the Yuan army collected the corpses in the camp.
Yu Zhilong arranged for the soldiers who died in the city to mourn, and led the generals of each department to pay tribute to Liu Zhengfeng and other dead. While looking for fighters, thinking of completely defeating Yexian, he sent scouts south along the original route to inquire about Zhao Shi's battle situation.
After the two Japanese armies could not hold out, the Jing'an army had no choice but to do anything, Yu Zhilong ordered to try to attack Xiaozhai, trying to lure the advance soldiers and horses to rescue. Unexpectedly, Meng Qing's arrangement was old, all kinds of defense facilities and people and horses were mobilized in an orderly manner, Mu Chun, Mingxiong and others tried to attack four or five times, but they all returned with a feather, but they folded hundreds of soldiers, not only did the enemy not draw out, but this small village could not be obtained.
When the plan failed, Yu Zhilong ordered Ji Xiancheng to set up another camp next to him and monitor it day and night. Ordered Yu Shichang and Gou Fugui to lead thousands of cavalry troops to the north, sweeping all the way along the way and burning all the Yuan army's baggage. Pang Biao also led 200 men to follow.
Yu Shichang and the others even went out to Yidu City eight or nine miles, climbed the tall trees on the side of the road, and could see the tall city gate tower of Yidu.
Mai Nu and others were shocked, and urgently transferred the Yuan army inside and outside the city to encircle and suppress on all sides, but because the Yuan army was mostly a foot army, the speed of movement was slow, and after the four sides were closed, Yu Shichang and others had already found a gap and jumped out of the encirclement, and ran half a circle along the Pegasus of the city wall of Yidu City, shouting at the defenders who were surprised and discolored on the city wall, extremely ridiculed, and then rushed to kill a slow and lone Yuan army, and then turned back!
Zhuo Sicheng, Gu Kai, Tan Ziqi, Ji Zongzhou and others all went to the mansion of King Yi, and asked the slaves to temporarily withdraw from Linqu soldiers and horses to strengthen the city defense.
However, it was not easy to withdraw the army before the army, and most of the local Yuan troops in Yidu City had been transferred to Lilinqu, and the existing strength was more than enough to hold on, and the attack was insufficient. Mainu thought about it again and again, so he agreed, the Privy Council's military letter had not yet arrived, I don't know if there were reinforcements, Mainu specially ordered several rebel armies of Bin and Di to come quickly, in order to retreat first to protect their back roads, one of which was Meng Qing's new recruit rebel army.