Chapter Twenty-Seven: Where the Sword Points
Henan Mansion was quite shocked by the news that Mianchi County was suddenly attacked and lost, and the prefect Feng Yijun was shocked when he heard it, the situation in Henan was very erosive, and disasters and insect disasters appeared again and again, plus the surrounding land was occupied by King Fu's Huangzhuang, and it was already a difficult livelihood for the people, especially Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, a group of people from Shaanxi who came from Shaanxi, and the people were rampant in Henan like stars.
Last year, Gao Yingxiang led his troops to go around Henan Mansion, and then Luo Rucai brought people to this area to take a turn, and finally this year these people were driven out of Henan by Lu Xiangsheng's army, originally thought that the situation in Henan should be calm for a while, but never thought that as soon as it was cold, the Xingtian army on the Shanxi side killed the Yellow River again and broke into the jurisdiction of Henan Mansion.
So he didn't dare to slack off, immediately dispatched troops, to quickly recover Mianchi County, to know that Henan is connected to Shaanxi, in addition to the southern Shangnan road, is Tongguan, and Mianchi County is an important passage connecting Henan and Tongguan, if you don't recover it quickly, then the consequences will be very serious.
So when Feng Yijun received the news, on the third day, he sent three thousand officers and troops from Henan Province to rush in the direction of Mianchi County, he only knew that the people who escaped from Mianchi County this time said that the strength of the Xingtian Army was only more than 1,000 people, and he thought that it should be enough to send three thousand officers and troops to recover the Mianchi, where did he know that this time the Xingtian Army crossed the Yellow River from Shanxi and entered Henan with a strength of six or seven thousand people.
When the official army left Henan Mansion and rushed all the way to Mianchi County, before they reached Mianchi County, they encountered the soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army, and they took over with the Xingtian Army in the place of twenty miles east of Mianchi County.
Chen stationed in the east of Mianchi County is Li Xuanzhu's three battalions, when Luo Li led a surprise attack to occupy the county seat of Mianchi, Li Xuanzhu's department was ordered to deploy in the east of Mianchi County, along with the Xin'an Yi (the old Xin'an County, the later Yima City) in the east of Mianchi County, also pulled down, within two days, but also swept three villages within ten miles around Xin'an Yi, the official road leading to Tongguan in Henan Province was completely cut off.
Therefore, when the officers and soldiers who did not know the situation hurried to Mianchi County, they inevitably encountered Li Xuanzhu's headquarters in the area of Xin'anyi, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
Because Li Xuanzhu was ordered to guard Xin'an Station, he had already sent the scout team in the direction of Xin'an County in advance, and found out the situation of the other party earlier than the official army, and heard that 3,000 officers and soldiers were killed, so he immediately ordered the soldiers and generals of the three battalions, leaving two sentry men and horses to garrison Xin'an Station, and he led the rest of the soldiers and horses out of Xin'an Station and arranged behind the mountain north of Xin'an Station.
The officers and soldiers did not know the situation, but after arriving at Xin'anyi, they found that Xin'anyi was also occupied by the thief army, so they immediately began to arrange to attack Xin'anyi.
The generals of the two outposts and three battalions who were in charge of garrisoning Xin'an Post were not vegetarians, and all 500 people were transferred to the wall, and the officers and soldiers who were besieging the city fought with firecrackers.
The official army led the team was a guerrilla surnamed Liu, and the first wave of men and horses sent to attack Xin'anyi had just gone up, and they were overturned by the dense platoon of guns of the thieves on the city wall.
What he didn't expect was that his attention was all on Xin'anyi, but he didn't guard the flanks, as soon as the cannon on his side fired, a series of cannons sounded on his north side, and more than a dozen projectiles fell in his army group with a roar, when even if a few blood alleys were opened in his army group, this Liu guerrilla was stunned, only to find that an elite thief army appeared in their right hand.
These thieves all had various feathers on their heads, and their bodies were covered with all kinds of armor, arranged in a strange phalanx, and they were pushing towards him.
Liu Guerrilla hurriedly turned his troops and horses to meet this thief army, but the thief army advanced like a wall, this kind of momentum was only seen in his life, and the officers and troops immediately fell into disarray, and when the thief army marched sixty or seventy steps in front of them, he stopped himself without waiting for them to release their arrows and guns.
With a series of bean-like bangs, the official army was suddenly knocked down, poor Liu Guerrilla originally wanted to lead the troops to recover Michi County, and made a great achievement, but in Xin'anyi was beaten down, the two armies fought each other, and they ended up with a big defeat, and fled back to Luoyang City with the remnants of the defeated generals without looking back.
For the current tactics of the Xingtian Army, the officers and troops in Henan are still in contact for the first time, the firepower of the Xingtian Army is so strong, they have only seen it in their lives, the two armies are fighting, the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army are divided into five rows, and the firepower is endless, and the officers and troops in addition to the bow and crossbow rockets, the firepower that can be used to suppress the Xingtian Army is basically not, although the limited artillery can pose a threat to the Xingtian Army, but as soon as the two armies fought, Li Xuanzhu led the troops to press up first, At all, the officers and soldiers were not given a chance to use artillery, so they used more than 10 rounds of guns to overturn more than 200 officers and troops, and the result was that the officers and soldiers could not enjoy such treatment, and the whole army was completely defeated when they landed.
In this battle, the two armies fought each other, to the defeat of the official army and fled, it only took about two quarters of an hour, even Li Xuanzhu himself did not expect that the official army would be defeated so quickly, when the official army broke and fled, he immediately ordered the pursuit, until the group of officers and soldiers were chased out of four or five miles, and then the soldiers and horses were stopped.
Poor Liu Guerrilla was almost frightened, and fled back to Luoyang with only a small number of routs.
At this time, the prefect Feng Yijun was a little scared, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Kaifeng Mansion to report the urgency, and immediately dispatched troops and horses again to station in Gushan in the west of Luoyang City, to prevent the Xingtian Army from attacking Luoyang City to the east.
You must know that the Fu King in Luoyang City, but the uncle of the current saint, once Luoyang makes a mistake, then he doesn't have to think about it, and he will definitely be cut off by the emperor.
After Xiao Tianjian learned the news of Li Xuanzhu's defeat of the official army all the way in Xin'anyi, he laughed and said to Luo Li and Liu Yaoben: "Now Luo Liqi attacked Mianchi County, and then Li Xuanzhu defeated the official army in Xin'anyi. ”
Liu Yaoben eagerly said to Xiao Tianjian: "General, the second and third battalions have already opened, when will we let the teaching battalion also show their faces?" ”
Xiao Tianjian glared at Liu Yaoben and scolded him: "What's the hurry? This time we went to Henan, and some of them were fighting! Your training camp has just been expanded, although the soldiers have received basic drill training, but they have not yet completed the joint training, don't look at your victory in Zezhou, you think you can go sideways under the sky! Compared to Luo Li and them, the combat effectiveness of your training battalion is still far behind!
I brought you here this time, I just want you to watch and practice, and when it's time to let you go into battle, it's indispensable to let you go into battle! Now your task is to accompany you to protect the baggage of the baggage battalion, and if there is any difference, your little head is not enough for me to cut off! ”
Liu Yao was a little deflated to receive the order, but he took off the iron helmet on his head and grabbed his head funny and said: "What the general said is not right, now look at my head, who is it a little smaller than who?" ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately burst into laughter......
"General, where are we going to fight next? Otherwise, just hit Luoyang City directly! King Fu's family wealth is more than ten thousand, if we can conquer Luoyang, we will completely solve both military funds and food! Luo Li walked to the front of an unfolded hand-drawn map of Henan and asked Xiao Tianjian while looking at it, his eyes flashing with eagerness.
Xiao Tianjian smiled, shook his head and said: "Your appetite is a little too big, although the strength of Henan's official army is not strong, but there are still more than 20,000 officers and troops around Luoyang, not to mention that Luoyang City is strong, with our current strength, if we want to fight Luoyang, we are not strong at the moment!" And as long as the defenders in the city can't hold out, we can only be blocked under Luoyang City! Immediately, the officers and soldiers from all walks of life in the Central Plains will flock to it, don't be too confident in yourself!
Luoyang must be unbeatable! The most important thing for us at the moment is to find a foothold in Henan first, and gain a firm foothold first, instead of clicking on Luoyang City! ”
Luo Li scratched his head and nodded: "What the general said is extremely true, it is too greedy for his humble position!" If it's not Luoyang, then where are we going to fight? ”
Before Xiao Tianjian sent his troops, he only said that he would lead them south, but the specific arrangements were not told to them, and now they have successfully entered Henan and laid the bridgehead of Mianchi County, where to go next has become a question in front of everyone.
Xiao Tianjian glanced at the generals under him, then walked to the front of the map, slapped his hand heavily on a place on the map and said to the generals: "Let's fight here next......