Chapter Ninety-One: Lightly Take the Qingyuan and Break the King Withdraws His Troops

Li Jing was busy searching for the defenders of the Dashun Army who were hiding around the various granaries, and found that the door of the granary was open, and Li Jing was shocked. However, Li Jing's mind quickly turned, thinking that there were their own people on the watchtowers on both sides of the gate, and if the soldiers of the Dashun Army came to support, they would not not open fire. Now that the door has taken the initiative to open, it is likely that Liu Yun's people have come to support. So Li Jing also put her mind at ease.

Sure enough, Li Jing guessed correctly, after Liu Yun's troops were rapidly deployed in the city, they quickly controlled the situation, Li Zicheng's Dashun army was surrounded in several camps, and there was no way to fight back, Liu Yun learned the location of the grain depot through the captives, and immediately sent people to support Li Jing. Liu Yun knew that Li Jing and they would definitely be here at the grain depot.

Li Jing's soldiers, who were guarding the watchtower of the gate, saw that their own people were coming to support, and immediately went downstairs to open the gate.

After Liu Yun's brigade came over, it didn't take long for the soldiers of the Dashun Army in the grain depot to clean up.

The encirclement and suppression battles of the camps in Jiaocheng are also going on intensely.

When Liu Yun's team approached the camp, a dense rain of arrows immediately shot from the camp. Liu Yun immediately brought in a mortar to open the gate of the camp and fired a burst of heavy machine gun fire. When Liu Yun organized the attack again, an unexpected scene appeared. The soldiers in these camps surrendered one after another.

In Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, the soldiers guarding these guards are basically second-rate soldiers. The first-class army of those attacking Yaogang has not been able to defeat the Yaogang people, and they have long known it. This time, in the face of the powerful firepower of the Yaogang people, they knew very well that stubborn resistance would inevitably be a dead end, so they raised their hands and surrendered one after another.

Before noon, the entire battle in Jiaocheng was over.

There were not many soldiers of the Dashun army killed in this battle, that is, more than 2,000 people, and more than 15,000 people surrendered. What Liu Yun didn't expect was that there were as many as 450,000 stones of various grains in the grain depot in Jiaocheng.

The Jiaocheng county order appointed by Li Zicheng was also captured alive, and Liu Yun asked him to hand over the officials sent by the Yaogang people, and this county order was also very cooperative in order to survive. According to the suggestion of the officials sent by Yaogang, Liu Yun agreed to hand over the county order to them, and the new official wanted to keep the county order, because the new official did not know the situation here and needed him to cooperate with the work. Of course, Liu Yun has no problem, and the arrested county magistrate still has to be grateful to the new officials.

When Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He entered the city, when they heard Liu Yun say that so much grain had been seized, the two looked at each other, and Ouyang He said: "Li Zicheng has to leave if he doesn't leave, we have already cut off food for them." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I thought that Li Zicheng had fought for so many years, and he would definitely have a good military advisor. It seems that we think a little too highly of him. ”

Ouyang He said: "If Li Zicheng doesn't become the emperor, maybe it will be better." Now he is no longer the King Li Chuang of the past. Now Li Zicheng has been blinded by fame and fortune. If King Li Chuang had done his work for us, he would have returned to Shaanxi a long time ago. We shouldn't be so much troubled. ”

The battle on the side of Qingyuan (Qingxu) also started almost at the same time as the Jiaocheng side. However, it seemed that the Fourth Division needed to go through some training, and when they attacked the city, they encountered fierce resistance.

It was the first time for the Fourth Division to carry out a mission independently, and he also knew that Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He did not send anyone to follow him, and they also wanted to train him, so the commander of the Fourth Division wanted to perform well.

Early in the morning, after the fourth division had eaten the war meal, the scouts who were in charge of reconnaissance and monitoring the county town of Qingyuan (Qingxu) last night reported that there was no movement last night, and the commander of the fourth division decided to attack the city as planned, but before the siege, the commander of the fourth division asked the city to shoot a letter of persuasion with bows and arrows, but the city did not respond.

Ouyang He's request to the fourth division was to surround Qingxu with three missing one, surround the east, west and north gates, and let go of the south gate. What Ouyang He means is not to kill many more people, because Li Zicheng has no shortage of soldiers, and our purpose is to occupy Qingyuan (Qingxu). When the net is open, the defenders are easily shaken.

The tactics adopted by the 4th Division were to surround three sides and attack one side. The east and west gates are surrounded but not beaten, and only the north gate is hit.

The commander of the fourth division thought that as soon as he fired the cannon and hit it a little harder, the defenders would definitely abandon and escape, but what he didn't expect was that the defenders would rather die than retreat.

The 4th Division first concentrated all the mortars and 10 heavy machine guns at the North Gate. After the mortar gave an order, the shells were thrown on the north gate tower of the city gate, and the soldiers on the city gate tower were blown into the sky, and the wooden building of the city gate tower also caught fire. The heavy machine guns of the 4th Division fired concentrated on the ropes on the suspension bridge, and after the ropes on the suspension bridge were broken, the suspension bridge fell with a clatter. Several soldiers rushed to the city gate with ** bags, and just when the commander of the fourth division was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that many people came out of the city gate tower with thick smoke billowing out, and threw the big stone down the city. Two soldiers who delivered ** bags couldn't dodge and were knocked down, and the rest of the soldiers hurriedly retreated.

This scene happened in front of the division commander of the Fourth Division, and he was so angry that he wanted to slap his face, if he was not careless, such a situation would not have occurred if he suppressed the city gate tower with a machine gun.

This time, he ordered heavy machine gun fire to suppress the city gate building, and sent out several soldiers to rush under the city gate under the cover of heavy machine guns. The soldiers piled up the ** bag under the city gate, pulled the ***, and quickly ran back.

With a "boom", a puff of smoke rolled out of the hole in the city gate, followed by fragments of wood from the city gate. The gates of the city were bombed. The heavy machine guns of the 4th Division continued to press the top of the gate tower. Below, the soldiers rushed into the city with rifles. There was no shortage of brave soldiers in the Dashun army, and when he saw the soldiers of the Yaogang People's Army entering the city, he rushed over with guns and sticks. But these brave soldiers were beaten without suspense and fell to the ground full of holes. The soldiers of the Dashun Army in the distance realized that the situation was not right, so they scattered and fled. The soldiers of the 4th Division who entered the city first occupied the city gate tower and the city wall. Then the large army marched into the city, and then divided the troops to occupy the east and west city gates, lowered the drawbridge, and let the kiln soldiers outside the two city gates enter the city. The generals of the Dashun army defending the city saw that the city was broken and committed suicide themselves. Most of the soldiers fled through the south gate, and the Yaogang People's Army did not pursue them.

After cleaning up the battlefield, more than 2,000 people were taken prisoner. Although there was no fierce fighting, more than 1,000 soldiers of the Dashun army were killed. It is a pity that the county commander appointed by Dashun fled with the soldiers of the Dashun army.

After Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He heard the report, they felt that there were some mistakes in the arrangement. It's right not to care how many Dashun troops are killed, and they shouldn't let their officials go, because if they run away, everything in the county town we take over will have to start from scratch, and it will take some time, so it's better to keep them like Jiaocheng.

However, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were still very satisfied with the results of this day. His subordinates are very good at fighting, and they are all very good at fighting.

According to the plan, Fan Chengkun also came to the vicinity of Qingyuan (Qingxu) with the fleet.

Before Fan Chengkun came over, he had another task, that is, when passing by Taiyuan, he must give Li Zicheng a little noise.

Fan Chengkun: They calculated the time and set off. After preliminary reconnaissance, Fan Chengkun and the others had long learned that in order to deal with the fleet of the Yaogang people, the Dashun army had scattered artillery positions near Taiyuan. These positions have long been marked on Fan Chengkun's map. This time, Fan Chengkun personally led four steam ships to take the lead, they went down the river, quickly came to the front of the artillery position of the Dashun army, suddenly stopped the ship, and immediately measured the distance with a rangefinder, when the Dashun army was still in a panic, Li Wei personally commanded the mortars on the four ships to fire at the same time, destroying the artillery of the Dashun army. Then the four warships continued to go down the river, came to the city of Taiyuan, and beat the gate tower of Taiyuan City into a sea of fire. At this time, Fan Chengkun's brigade of ships drove through the city of Taiyuan. Fan Chengkun and theirs also followed the fleet down the river.

A series of actions of the kiln gang people made Li Zicheng and his civil servants and military generals dizzy, and they didn't know what the kiln gang people were going to do.

First of all, the Yaogang people suddenly sent troops to occupy Yangqu County, and this news made Li Zicheng feel that the Yaogang people were about to start attacking. Li Zicheng was very worried about the defense capability of his army, because the firepower of the Yaogang people was too strong.

The military advisor Song Xiance didn't speak, he knew that he couldn't judge what the kiln people were going to do now? But what the kiln people have to do must have been thought about a long time ago, and they just do what they need to do when they need to do it. But although he is the military advisor of the Dashun Army, he can't keep up with his opponents at all. There's no way to tell what your opponent wants to do. And the opponent is very aware of the weakness of the Dashun army, as long as the kiln gang people make a move, the target will definitely be their own fatal weakness. This made Song Xiance very painful.

Prime Minister Niu Jinxing also knew that if the Yaogang people really attacked, the Dashun army would definitely not be able to hold Taiyuan. However, the Dashun army has hundreds of thousands of troops around Taiyuan, and if the Yaogang people leave their own preset positions, the Dashun army will not be able to deal with them, and there will be no chance in the future. There is no point in withdrawing to feed so many troops. It's better to be here, take advantage of the large number of people and the tall Taiyuan city wall, and fight with the kiln people.

Prime Minister Niu Jinxing's words can't be said to Li Zicheng in front of the ministers in the big tent. For this matter, Niu Jinxing and Li Zicheng discussed it alone for a long time. Li Zicheng made up his mind to fight a decisive battle with the Yaogang people under this Taiyuan city.

However, after the Yaogang people occupied Yangqu County, they did not start attacking immediately, and after Li Zicheng got the information, he ordered the Yaogang people to strengthen the fortifications and wait for them if they did not come. The whole Dashun army mobilized to build and strengthen the fortifications, and they all wanted to do the final decisive battle with the Yaogang people. They were also very anxious about the stalemate of the war.

Just when the Dashun army was busy reinforcing the fortifications, the defenders of Qingxu sent people across the Fen River to deliver an urgent message, saying that a large number of Yaogang troops had been found, and the city gate had been closed by Qingxu.

Niu Jinxing said: "Impossible, how could a large number of Yaogang troops suddenly run to Qingxu? It must be that the Yaogang people are about to start attacking, and they send out small forces to harass them. I want to contain our power. ”

Military advisor Song Xiance didn't think so, he said: "We can't be careless. If the Yaogang people really sent out a large number of troops, their target would definitely not be Qingxu, but Jiaocheng, which was our grain and grass base. ”

Speaking of this, Song Xiance's heart was cold, and he clapped his hands and said, "Oops! Your Majesty, we were fooled. The occupation of Yangqu by the Yaogang people is fake, but the grain and grass that sneak attacked our back road is true. Their army must have quietly crossed the Fen River, reached the west bank of the Fen River, and took our city directly. ”

Li Zicheng was also taken aback when he heard Song Xiance's words. Asked: "Strategist, why do you say that?" We are not yet sure that the army of Yaogang people has really arrived in Qingxu. Even when you arrive in Qingxu, it's still far from Jiaocheng. ”

Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, there are masters in Yaogang!" If they come out, they must have chosen a good place to cross the Ciyao River, and it is easy to choose a place to cross the river during the dry season. They were there suddenly, and if we had organized our men and horses to cross the Fen River to support, it would be too late. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "Military advisor! We don't have to scare ourselves. We just got the news from Qingxu. It is also necessary to verify the reliability of the message. The people below often exaggerate the situation, and when something happens, they shirk responsibility. ”

Li Zicheng also believed Niu Jinxing's words, he said: "How many people are there in Yaogang, and they dare to send a large team of people to run behind us to rob our grain and grass, so they are not afraid that we will attack Yaogang?" I'll look into this tomorrow. ”

At dawn the next day, the water army of Yaogang came over.

As soon as he received the news that the warships from Yaogang had opened fire on their artillery positions, Li Zicheng was relieved. Because of what Song Xiance said yesterday, Li Zicheng was inevitably a little worried. Today, the Yaogang warship came over to open fire, indicating that their target is still Taiyuan.

However, after the Yaogang people destroyed several artillery positions outside Taiyuan, they turned the west gate tower of Taiyuan into a sea of fire to cover the fleet down the river. This made Li Zicheng panic. Now that something is really wrong in Jiaocheng, he doesn't dare to send people across the river to reinforce him. Because the warships of the Yaogang people are here.

It was not until the afternoon that the person who sent someone to cross the river to inquire came back and said that Qingxu had been lost, and a part of the Yaogang army had crossed the Ciyao River.

Li Zicheng understands that there is more luck in Jiaocheng. It seems that the judgment of the military advisor was correct.

Niu Jinxing also came down at this time and said: "Your Majesty, since the people of the kiln gang dare to come out and cut off our grain and grass, we will beat them to the kiln." I don't think there will be many people in the kiln at this time. It must be an empty city plan to play. ”

Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, since we dealt with the people of Yaogang, they have never fought a battle that they are not sure of. I think that since they dare to send troops like this, everything is arranged. My fear is that when they cut off our food, they will cut off my retreat. They have a fleet to follow, and we can't stop them from crossing the Fen River at any time. They have a reason to do it, and we can't. Our only retreat was to go straight south. If we don't leave, we'll be too late. The emperor should think twice! ”

Niu Jinxing said: "I don't believe that the tens of thousands of people in their kilns can swallow hundreds of thousands of us." ”

Song Xiance said: "Prime Minister, now is not the time to be angry, think about it, the soldiers of the Yaogang people are holding rifles in their hands, can one person be able to top ten of us." If they could, they would be quite numerous. ”

Song Xiance wanted to settle accounts like this, and Li Zicheng understood that he had no chance of winning anyway, so he still listened to the military advisor, otherwise he would not be able to leave.

Li Zicheng, who had made up his mind, stomped his feet and said, "Withdraw!" Immediately retreat south. After saying that, he turned around and left.

At this time, Song Xiance knew that retreating was also full of risks, and it was uncertain whether he could withdraw all the men and horses. Song Xiance's first step was to use the method of secret evacuation, ordering several elite teams to carry out special tasks, and set off immediately during the day. The secret order given to them was to go to Yuncheng as quickly as possible and stand by.

Li Zicheng's old battalion personnel secretly went out of the city at night, followed by 10,000 cavalry and Li Zicheng's personal guards.

Except for Li Zicheng's guards, no one in the other teams knew that Li Zicheng had left Taiyuan. This time, Song Xiance arranged it in a very orderly manner, and after getting the information, he didn't have a chance to send the information out. The troops who remained in Taiyuan City were still desperately repairing the fortifications, and at dawn, Song Xiance also came forward to check the construction of the fortifications. It wasn't until the evening of the next day that Song Xiance took people and retreated after arranging the retreat order.

On the night of Li Zicheng's retreat, Chen Yufeng received a report from Tanma that a large group of Dashun troops had left too far and gone south. Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He looked at each other and smiled, and Ouyang He said, "Mr. Chen, let's get some wine to drink today." The commander of the fourth division bought some good vinegar and sent it over. How about we get some good wine? ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Okay! We didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief after Zhimu made this plan to drive away the tiger and drive the wolf. To this day, I think it's done. For the rest, we'll just play the finale. ”

Ouyang He said: "Liu Chenghuang has already sent a fast horse to deliver the letter, and they will arrive soon." I think the following things will be studied by Liu Yun and them! ”

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He didn't expect that Li Zicheng's retreat would be very resolute. I left Taiyuan this evening.

With hundreds of thousands of people in the Dashun army, retreating is not an easy task. Song Xiance's principle of retreat was to withdraw the elite army as much as possible, and because there was no food and grass replenishment on the way, they were all lightly armed troops first. Even so, the retreating team pulled out dozens of miles away.

After Liu Chenghuang arrived, Chen Yufeng ordered them to rest for a day, and then led a team to wait for an opportunity to cross the Wenyu River and take Fenyang.

Along the way, Liu Chenghuang was given two divisions and five cavalry regiments.

After leaving a regiment to guard the grain and grass in Jiaocheng, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He took Qin Peng and them to Fan Chengkun's command ship, and moved the command center to Fan Chengkun's command ship. Liu Yun led a large group of men and horses down the west bank of the Fen River, and a part of the infantry came to the barge towed by the steamer. This time the fleet brought forty specialized barges. Part of it was loaded in the supply ammunition, and part was left out to transport infantry soldiers. Ouyang He's plan was to prepare to intercept the retreating ranks of the Great Shun Army when they dragged on a little longer.

This interception site was chosen in Huoshan.

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The Song and Yuan armies went to war in Japan. The Mongols annexed Western Europe and moved on to Africa. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".