Chapter 350: The Year-End War (16)

On the tower of Xingguo Temple, Jiang Chengren roared angrily. &1t;/p>

Mother's x, it's a failure! &1t;/p>

He climbed high and looked far away and saw very clearly that the real reason for the failure was not the interception of the fireboat, but the sudden appearance of the royal soldiers, especially the whirlwind sudden counterattack of the Tusi cavalry. &1t;/p>

Jiang Chengren calmed down under the persuasion of his surroundings. Now that the royal soldiers have occupied the camp on the left bank of the Xixi River and the pontoon bridge connecting the two banks, the royal soldiers can quickly gather their forces and attack Guang'an City again. &1t;/p>

Kill 3,000 enemies, and lose 800 yourself. In today's battle, there were at least 3,000 people killed and seriously wounded on their own side, of which about 1,000 were the elder brothers of the righteous army, and the rest were Guang'an parishioners who were not strong in battle. If the official army attacked the city again, the people of Guang'an would be unable to use it anymore, and only 4,000 righteous troops would be used to defend the city. Besides, there is not much food left in the city...... &1t;/p>

Jiang Chengren thought in his heart and walked down the spiral staircase of the pagoda. As soon as he got out of the tower gate, he immediately ordered Jiang Wan to invite the Bai brothers and the leaders of the rebels from all walks of life to the state government to discuss matters. The topic of discussion was when and how to withdraw from Gwangan City. &1t;/p>

After Jiang Chengren finished his order, he immediately returned to the city. On the way, he received an urgent report from his minions: &1t;/p>

On the Qujiang River outside the wharf of the East Gate of Guang'an, dozens of official and military ships appeared. &1t;/p>

…… &1t;/p>

The officers and troops were defeated in the south of Guang'an, the general Zhao Ronggui was seriously wounded and unconscious, Sun Yifeng was killed in battle, Li Chengmei was missing, and less than 2,003 of the 5,000 people who attacked came back, and most of the wounded were taken with them. &1t;/p>

Most of these injuries are minor or minor, and there are few serious injuries. The reason is simple, most of the seriously injured have been abandoned on the slope in front of the Heungguk Temple or on the road where the officials and soldiers fled. Now the main battlefield is still controlled by the local tyrants, and although the Protector Army has the advantage of cavalry, it does not dare to approach the vicinity of Xingguo Temple. In this bitterly cold weather, the vast majority of the seriously injured have no hope of survival. &1t;/p>

For the remnants of the Zhao Department, the General Staff and the Directorate of the Ministry of Commerce quickly formulated a digestion plan. The name of the plan is "three batches," that is, a batch of medical treatments, a batch of renovations, and a batch of reclamation. &1t;/p>

First, a batch was sent to the hospital. About 1,000 lightly and seriously injured people were transported by the pontoon bridge to the vacated Qiujia grain ship, and then down the Qujiang River to Hezhou. Wang Han, the eldest apprentice of Luo Shenyi, has led the Sichuan Rongjun General Hospital to open a field hospital in Hezhou. Shizi was not at ease with the wounded soldiers of the Zhao battalion who were evacuated, and was worried that these soldiers and bandits would do something that people were angry about, so he ordered Dong Kezhi's Hezhou regiment to strictly guard these disarmed wounded soldiers. &1t;/p>

The second is to transform a batch. Transformation is synonymous with education, screening, transformation and reorganization. The group of slender men in the Hezhou regimental training are being combined with Tan Sigui's fourth battalion because they arrived in Luodu with the Protector Army, so the fourth battalion is now in charge of four newly formed companies in addition to four formed companies, and the strength is very strong. With the support of the navy, the 4th Battalion could simultaneously undertake the dual tasks of defending the southern front and supervising the rectification. &1t;/p>

The plan of the three headquarters was to first let the minor wounds of the Zhao battalion be bandaged on the spot, and then go to Luodu with the rest of the remaining troops for repair, and the fourth battalion would reform them, and those soldiers who voluntarily stayed behind and obeyed the military discipline of the Protector Army would be scattered and grouped into various units of the Protector Army, and officers at all levels would be handed over to Song Zhensi for intensive training. &1t;/p>

Again, it's a batch of reclamation. The best way to resettle the wounded, the elderly, the weak, and the officers and soldiers who are unwilling to remain in the army who are unable to return to the battlefield is to disperse the cantonments on the spot. &1t;/p>

This time, the local rioters went south out of Bashan, Guang'an in Shunqing Prefecture and Hezhou in Chongqing Prefecture, and the population loss was extremely great. Li Chongwen reported in Huaikou Town that Miantong General Village was also short of people. Zhu Pingjin had already admitted in his heart that his wife's judgment of the current situation of Sichuan's population was more accurate, so he took the initiative to put down his shelf and asked Luo Yuhong to formulate a plan, not only to greatly increase the population of Shudi, but also to make the distribution of the agricultural population more uniform and reasonable. &1t;/p>

…… &1t;/p>

After the fierce battle, the former battlefield was empty, the jackdaw crowed, and the scene was extremely bleak. On the hillside in front of Xingguo Temple, the corpses are densely packed all over the ground. Zhu Pingjin led the guards to inspect the battlefield, and the ubiquitous cruelty made Zhu Pingjin's mood particularly low. &1t;/p>

He looked north of Ma and sighed: "Wang Ziyu's sentence 'a few people who came to fight in ancient times' is true!" Seeing that Zhu Pingjin was in a sad mood, Liao Daheng guessed that the prince had some guilt, so he immediately stepped forward and persuaded: &1t;/p>

"The son of the world is in his prime, and it is the time to work hard. At this time, I am sad and inevitably lose my ambition. Now I am boiling in the Ming Sea, and the clouds are surrounding. Without conquest and killing, how can there be peace and prosperity? &1t;/p>

Thinking of the son of the world, Yazhou advocates volunteers, quells civil unrest, Chengdu Yazhou is a government and a state, and it is happy to have the appearance of a prosperous era; Seven counties in Tongchuan and three counties in Luzhou, reclaiming barren fields, gladly having the beginning of the country; Now in the four prefectures of Baoning, Shunqing, Chongqing, and Kuizhou, only the local tyrants are worried. If it can be exterminated as soon as possible, then the land of the whole Sichuan will be the foundation of my Ming Dynasty. &1t;/p>

Heaven descends on the son, and the son must not abandon it! ”&1t;/p>

Signs of Liao tycoon's move closer to the organization are becoming more and more obvious. Zhu Pingjin estimated that the time for him to surrender to his subordinates was not far off. But everything in front of him made Zhu Pingjin not optimistic. If you kill from Sichuan to the Northeast like this, I don't know how many more people will die! &1t;/p>

"It's true, if you kill too much, this world is afraid of hurting Tianhe." Zhu Pingjin replied gloomily, "Does Duke Liao have a way to reduce the number of deaths and injuries among the people?" ”&1t;/p>

"Teass Keya!" Liao Daheng's face sank suddenly, "But now that he is appeased, he will inevitably fall into the mistakes of Yang He, Chen Qiyu, and Xiong Wencan!" ”&1t;/p>

Zhu Pingjin said: "Defeat it first, and then soothe it, but also?" ”&1t;/p>

Liao Daheng eased his face and said, "You can try it!" ”&1t;/p>

As soon as the two discussed, a faint moan came into Zhu Pingjin's ears. He turned his head to look, but he didn't see any dead bodies moving around him. Just as Zhu Pingjin was about to give up, under his horse's hooves, a bloodstained hand was raised straight. &1t;/p>

…… &1t;/p>

On the afternoon of the 25th day of the lunar month, the local tyrant leader of Guang'an City shook the sky and convened the leaders of all walks of life in the state government. There is only one theme, and that is how to withdraw troops as soon as possible. &1t;/p>

In the middle of the night of the same day, a fast horse rushed into the Chinese army set up in Sanhepu by the Protector Army, and brought an accurate news to the prince Zhu Pingjin: The Guang'an local tyrant shook the sky and engulfed tens of thousands of Guang'an people, and will be from the north gate of Guang'an to Dunqu County before dawn tomorrow morning. Bai Wuchang's department left Xiuping Mountain to spread the banner to confuse the royal soldiers, and broke off the rear for the brigade. &1t;/p>

After Zhu Pingjin, who had just fallen asleep, received the news, he only ordered the news to be passed on to the gentlemen and the two regiment leaders, Song Zhenzong and He Zengshan, but he continued to fall asleep soundly. It wasn't until the 26th that he got up, hastily washed and ate, and went out of camp with Liao Daheng, the governor of Sichuan, who was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and headed north. &1t;/p>

In Sichuan during the Xiaoice period, the temperature was much lower than in Zhu Pingjian's previous life. &1t;/p>

From Sanhepu to the upstream ferry of Xixi River, the distance is not long, about ten miles, no need to speed up the horse, it is only two quarters of an hour's journey. &1t;/p>

Along the way, the snow flew like catkins. War horses raise their hooves, muddy and slippery roads splash with mud stars. In addition to wearing a full set of winter gear, Zhu Pingjin also tied a scarlet coat over his cotton robe. Rao is like this, he is also so cold that his hands and feet are cold, and his mouth is blue. &1t;/p>

When he arrived at the Xixi River ferry, Zhu Pingjin saw that a simple bamboo bridge had been erected next to the ferry. The infantry cavalry crossed the river from the bamboo bridge, which was very fast. &1t;/p>

The bamboo bridge is the masterpiece of Wei Gan, the commander of the baggage battalion. Because he did not take on combat missions, he changed careers and took up the work of a sapper. First, in the middle of the river, dozens of large bamboos are inserted as bridge pillars, and then bamboo rows are bundled as the bridge deck, and finally fixed with ropes. &1t;/p>

Although the bamboo raft is not wide, it is swaying when it walks up, but it is safe for people and horses to pass. The pack horses of the artillery company and the vehicles of the baggage company were too heavy to take the bamboo bridge, so they had to cross the river by boat at the ferry. Fortunately, the water dries up in winter, and the ferry here is only 20 zhang wide. The boat does not use oars, but only uses ropes to pull across the river, shuttling back and forth, extremely fast. &1t;/p>

Zhu Pingjin got off the horse, let the eunuch Zhang Wei take him, and walked over the bamboo bridge by himself. On the high ground on the other side of the bridge is the position of the regimental headquarters of the 3rd Regiment. Song Zhenzong saw the prince coming, and hurriedly went down the mountain to greet him. &1t;/p>

Zhu Pingjin did not hear the sound of the cannon, so he asked Song Zhenzong where the enemy was now. Song Zhenzong laughed loudly, and reported that the enemy had left Guang'an City an hour ago, but the enemy wanted to flee for his life, but he was reluctant to capture the treasure population. Everyone is pushing carts, carrying baskets, and wrapping parcels, where can they be fast in such bad weather? &1t;/p>

For a whole hour, the enemy's forward only crossed the Wangniangtan (Note 1) on the Qujiang River, seven or eight miles away from the sniper line scheduled by the 5th Battalion of Tianquan Tusi and the 1st Company of Huojiao, and two miles from the flank ambush point of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion of Dong Bu. &1t;/p>

Zhu Pingjin was not as optimistic as Song Zhenzong, so he asked: "Will the local thugs smell something and flee back to the city with their belongings and people?" ”&1t;/p>

"Don't worry, once they go out of the city, they won't be able to go back. Three companies of the first battalion had ambushed the hills on the edge of the city. As soon as Gao Qingxi and Gyatso moved, they would show up and seize the city. As long as the north gate is stuck, the local tyrant has great ability, and it is difficult to be slammed from all sides! ”&1t;/p>

"In that case, Benfu and Shizi are just watching the battle?" Liao Daheng stepped on the dead branches on the ground and walked over, crunching loudly. Although the sky was full of ice and snow, it could not hide the red light on his face. &1t;/p>

Song Zhenzong hesitated for a moment, then replied with a smile: "Exactly." The last general invited Shizi and Liao Fu to sit and watch the ......"&1t;/p>

Zhu Pingjin interrupted Song Zhenzong: "The two Tusi battalions are both veterans of grabbing burdens. Is military discipline reaffirmed? ”&1t;/p>

Song Zhenzong knew the strength of Shizi's questioning. He took away his smile and said loudly: "The last general has already told the officers at all levels of the two Tusi battalions to their faces, and those who pick up property on the battlefield will be killed!" The regiment has dispatched a guard platoon to enforce the law on the battlefield! ”&1t;/p>

Zhu Pingjin said with a straight face: "General Song will go to pass the order again, saying that this prince and Liao Fu are coming to supervise the army in person!" ”&1t;/p>

…… &1t;/p>

When Jiang Chengren heard a report from his subordinates yesterday that the warships of the official army were attacking the east gate, he immediately had a premonition that the situation was not good. &1t;/p>

Could it be that the royal soldiers want to surround their men and horses in Guang'an City, gather and annihilate them? &1t;/p>

The sixth sense formed by years of fighting reminded him that the thirty-six plans must be withdrawn from Guang'an City as soon as possible and return to the old nest of Bashan! &1t;/p>

But no matter how much he urged, his men and other leaders were unwilling to throw away the hard-earned loot, and ran back to Quxian empty-handed. &1t;/p>

The generals under Liu Weiming, who forced the rebel king, even confronted him in person: If it weren't for the sake of finding something to eat, he would have come to be a fucking thug and do these murderous and unreasonable things! If you don't take away the grain and silver, it's better to ask Shu Shizi for a trick now! &1t;/p>

Things got so bad that they almost got out of the way. Fortunately, the white brothers came forward to play a round. Only then did the local thugs in Guang'an City unify their opinions and decided to retreat north early this morning. For this reason, the White Brothers not only offered to break off the rear of the army, but also gave up the right to distribute the battlefield capture. &1t;/p>

However, the large population and abundant booty still seriously slowed down the northward retreat of the local rioters. The limitations of the terrain made the progress of the Soil Rioters even slower. &1t;/p>

To the north of Guang'an City, it is sandwiched between the Qujiang River and the Xixi River, forming a long and narrow corridor several miles wide. At the north entrance, this corridor is not an open shallow plain, but several terraces descending from west to east (Note 2). &1t;/p>

Thousands of local rioters and tens of thousands of people poured out of the north gate in the morning, and immediately formed a congestion on the narrow bluestone road outside the city. No matter how Jiang Chengren conceived of the noble gods, it still took an hour for the damned team to all leave the city. By the time the team walked out of Wangniangtan and entered the open area, it was nearly noon. &1t;/p>

At this time, someone reported that Jiang Chengren said that dozens of official and military warships in the Qujiang River were moving north after them. &1t;/p>

Hearing this disturbing news, Jiang Chengren finally made a ruthless decision, threw down the team, and fled north first. He instructed Jiang Wan to take the brigade to the rear hall and go to the front to explore the road first. Then he took the lead and rushed north along the official road with more than ten cavalry. &1t;/p>

But he acted too late. &1t;/p>

When the Protector soldiers finally found Jiang Chengren's body under a dead horse, he now had more than a dozen bullet holes left by the firecrackers. &1t;/p>

Just yesterday, Jiang Chengren was still laughing at Zhao Ronggui, who was hungry for profit, for committing suicide. But he didn't expect that his vain ambition would kill him today. &1t;/p>

Note 1: Near the current Sijiu Hydropower Station. &1t;/p>

Note 2: Near the memorial hall of the former residence of the current chief designer. &1t;/p>

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