Chapter 66 Reinforcement of Machine Guns Kiln Gang Expansion Army

Li Jing could hear from the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side, and there were many people coming in front. But the river they were in was on both sides of a hillside, and there was no way to avoid it. Li Jing ordered: "The horse climbs the plow behind." Leave a few people to cover the machine guns, so that no one can take the back road. Others are ready for battle! ”

At this time, a machine gun shooter said: "Captain Li, just drive the horse to a high place, just let people hold the horse and not let the horse startle, our four heavy machine guns are not vegetarians, we will open meat here and destroy all the cavalry in front." ”

Li Jing was right when she heard it, the other party was a cavalry, and it was really difficult for them to rush over at once because of the large number of people. He instructed the coachman to drive the plough to a slightly higher place. At this time, the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side gradually approached. Li Jing said to the shooters: "During the day, we have artillery cooperation, and there are obstacles such as rejecting horses in front of the formation, so we can fight very easily. ”

Seeing the shadow of the cavalry rushing over, Li Jing's mind suddenly flashed, this place is not far from Lingshui Wharf, will the other side come to pick him up. If this is the case, don't be mistaken, he ordered: "Don't shoot without my orders!" ”

Li Jing quickly ran to a high place and shouted at the cavalry who were getting closer and closer: "Who is on the other side?" Don't go any further, go further and we'll shoot! ”

When the people on the opposite side heard a sudden movement in front of them, they reined in their horses and asked, "Is it Li Jing on the other side?" We are from Lingshui Wharf to meet you. ”

Li Jing was still a little uneasy, and asked, "Who are you leading the team?" ”

At this time, Fan Chengkun heard Li Jing's voice, and he shouted, "It's Li Jing and Captain Li, right?" I'm Fan Chengkun. ”

Li Jing also heard that it was Fan Chengkun's voice, he walked out with a smile and said, "It turns out that Commander Fan is here in person, if we don't ask a few more words, we will destroy our commander of the navy." ”

Fan Chengkun also came to the front and jumped off his horse, saying: "The command center called and said that you personally led people to break through Li Zicheng's company camp, sent us important equipment, and asked us to send someone out to answer it." How dare I slack off, so I brought someone with me. ”

At this time, the sky was already cloudy, and Fan Chengkun saw Li Jing's people coming out of the ambush site everywhere, and said, "Oops! If we hadn't passed the words, we would have been choked by you suddenly, this time. ”

Li Jing pointed to the machine gun on the plow behind the horse and said, "You didn't see those few things we sent, if they fired, you would really have to stay here." ”

"That's the treasure you sent at the risk of death?" Fan Chengkun asked.

Li Jing said: "Yes. I'll keep two of that for you. We're going to send the other two to the smelter. ”

Fan Chengkun said: "Okay, let's stop talking here." Let's go back to our docks. ”

Li Jing said: "No! I think so, this is not far from your place, you can bring these two machine guns back. I will also borrow your horses from you, and we will take apart the other two machine guns and put them on our horses, and our men will ride your horses around the south side of Xiurong City, and then go to the smelting field. ”

Fan Chengkun said: "The horses are fine, why are you in such a hurry." ”

Li Jing said: "When we passed through Li Zicheng's camp, we fought with them, and I was afraid that they would be alert, and when they reacted, it would be even more inconvenient for me to go to the smelter." ”

Fan Chengkun said: "Okay, just listen to you." ”

After Li Jing left the command center, Zhang Zhimu said: "The machine gun left in Yaogang, it is best not to be idle, and if you find that there is a Dashun army coming to reconnoiter and snoop, let the machine gunner fire a few shots." Let them know that we have machine guns. Machine guns are still here. ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry!" Before Li Zicheng came up with any tricks, he wouldn't have attacked our kiln on a large scale. It's only been two days, and they've been here with more than 100,000 dead and wounded, which they never expected. This time, I think they're hurting a bit. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "What I'm afraid of is that Li Zicheng can't just withdraw from the army. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "No. Li Zicheng is not the king of grass now, he is determined to be in the world. Even if Li Ziyuan himself doesn't want to take over the world, his prime minister and princes will not agree. They all want to get the world. Li Zicheng finally mobilized hundreds of thousands of people, and it was difficult to do it. ”

Ouyang He said: "Here, let's not relax. I think it's better to expand the troop earlier. Take advantage of the high morale. My idea was to withdraw the company guarding the fort and replace it with another company. This company was directly expanded into a regiment, and with this company as the core, this regiment was no different. They can hold a battery and fight independently, and the officers and soldiers have seen blood, and we can rest assured that such an army is put wherever it is placed. Besides, the company commander was a veteran of our old and trained by us. This guy is doing well, and we chose him to guard the fort, and we are also optimistic about him. This time he really stood the test. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Xiurong's regiment should also be withdrawn and reorganized properly." I think another infantry regiment and a reserve regiment will be sent up to replace them. ”

Ouyang He said: "There are nearly 20,000 officers and soldiers we have selected, including those from Tongguan. We expanded into three divisions, mainly with the infantry regiments that participated in the battle in front. The officers and soldiers who were singled out, Qin Peng and they had undergone strict training, but the training time for the newcomers was shorter. If you can't help it, you can divide them into various units and train them again. With the addition of Xiurong's division, we have four integrated divisions. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Those officers and soldiers who have retreated, let Yan Boju and Yang Jing pick people as soon as possible, and immediately organize an armed police force, and they will take over the city." ”

"You still don't know Yang Jing's human spirit. You haven't seen him all this time. He has been busy with his police force, and his 10,000 men have long been overtaken. However, what he told me last time was also right, 10,000 police officers to take over Shanxi is simply not enough, at least 30,000 people are needed. I think that after our people take over the city, we will have to build local yamen, and we can't rely entirely on our police. In this way, there are not enough people. Our people can only provide emergency support. Ouyang He said.

Chen Yufeng said: "I don't know how Zhimu and those literati are talking? We have to send people to take over the major cities directly. Military control will still be practiced for a considerable period of time. Only when we stabilize the situation in Shanxi can we consider our political reform. ”

Ouyang He said: "Let's talk about these things with Zhimu tomorrow." I'm going to get a good night's sleep today. ”

"Haha! It seems that our hardest time has passed. We didn't let the kiln suffer too much damage, so we basically played this risky move of Zhimu. Chen Yufeng said.

Li Zicheng slept a lot and didn't get up until three poles in the morning, which is rare for Li Zicheng. In fact, he had already woken up, lying on the couch, thinking about the difficult things in front of him. It's too hard. Before setting out from Xi'an, I never thought that the situation would become what it is today. He was a little shaken, and was ready to retreat to Shaanxi first. You can't beat the people of Yaogang here, but there are only so many people in Yaogang, and it is impossible for them to hit Shaanxi. However, it is difficult to say whether there is a chance to come back if you return to Shaanxi. In this way, it will really make the kiln people bigger. If you want to win the world, it will be even more impossible. However, through this period of fighting with the Yaogang people, it was found that they just couldn't fight, which means that they left their advantageous defensive positions and their superior firearms, and they still didn't dare to come out to fight a decisive battle with us.

When he came to the big tent, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing and military advisor Song Xiance were already waiting for him here.

Li Zicheng laughed and said, "Haha! It's been a long time since I've had such a good night's sleep, and it's so painful. ”

"Alas! That is, the emperor, you can fall asleep at this time. Niu Jinxing said flatteringly.

Song Xiance also said: "We don't have the emperor's ability, we can sleep peacefully." ”

Li Zicheng said: "Alas! Isn't it just a losing battle? It's nothing, there were only a dozen people left who were beaten in Shangluo Mountain, didn't he come over too? ”

Song Xiance said: "This morning, Yuan Zongdi came to report that last night there was a group of kiln gang people who broke out from the Xiaoling River. They killed more than two dozen people, the patrol rushed over, our cavalry chased them, they laid mines along the way, and our cavalry was killed and a dozen people were blown up, because it was dark they were not in pursuit. It is estimated that they went to the Lingshui Wharf. ”

Li Zicheng said: "What kind of letter did they send to Lingshui Wharf?" "How did Li Zicheng know that the telephones and telegrams at Lingshui Wharf and Yaogang were universal.

Song Xiance said: "My idea is that it doesn't matter whether they send the letter or not. I saw it through this. Although the kiln gang people have the advantage of firearms, they can kill our patrols, but they are still very afraid of our cavalry, if it is not too dark, our cavalry is afraid of their **, maybe in the field we can give full play to the advantages of cavalry, catch up with this kiln guard. ”

Li Zicheng said: "What does the military advisor mean that our cavalry still has an advantage in the field? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Song Xiance said.

"Let's talk about what we're going to do next! I thought about it for a while, if it doesn't work, let's go back to Shaanxi first. When we come up with a way to deal with the kiln workers, we'll come back. Li Zicheng said.

Niu Jinxing said: "Although we have lost a lot of troops in these battles with Yaogang, compared with our hundreds of thousands of troops, they have not hurt their vitality. Especially since most of the infantry losses yesterday were starving, and we only lost less than 30,000 cavalry. I discussed with the military advisor, why don't we adopt the method of besieging the kiln gang. At the same time, prepare elite soldiers to be on standby at any time, as long as the kiln gang people dare to fight, we will use cavalry in the field to drown them. ”

Li Zicheng said: "We are trapped in the kiln like Kaifeng? ”

Song Xiance said: "While we were trapped in the kiln, we sent troops to attack their smelting yard and Lingshui wharf. Now that the Fen River is still uncivilized, their warships will not play a big role, so we will concentrate our forces and take Lingshui Wharf in one fell swoop, and their warships will be ours. In addition, the smelting yard is the production base of the kiln gang people, if we can win the smelter, we will surround the kiln gang here, and the smelting yard will produce steel for us. ”

Li Zicheng said: "My thoughts are the same. Let's take these two places first, and if the kiln people feel that they are hurting, they will send troops to support, and then our cavalry will be effective. Who do you think is going to fight these two places? ”

Song Xiance said: "I think so. General Liu Zongmin continued to lead his troops to besiege Yaogang, let Gao Yichun lead his troops to the smelting field, and let Yuan Zongdi go to Lingshui Wharf. What do you think, Your Majesty? ”

"I think it's okay. Let them rest for another day, and tomorrow they will send troops to the smelting field and Lingshui Wharf. Li Zicheng said.

After dawn, Qiu Laodong's family knew that the Yaogang army was going to be expanded, and he said to Ouyang He: "My 5,000 salt gang disciples must be expanded for me." I have already told them in the past few days that they are all willing to join the people's army in Yaogang. Rest assured, these 5,000 people have been carefully selected by us. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Since the old club said so, let's not be polite." But the old club, we have divided all the Salt Gang disciples into each team, do you have any opinion? ”

Qiu Laodong was stunned for a moment and then said: "No opinion, we must not engage in an army within an army in the future." Let them all be assigned to the army. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, the old boss said well, in the future, we are not only not allowed to engage in the army of the army, but also not the party within the party." ”

The first to change the guard was the defenders on the battery, and the team that received the defense was under the protection of the musketeers, and the team was followed by a large number of camel caravans carrying supplies and ammunition. Because the road is full of obstacles, you can't drive.

The defenders of the fort had already received the order to change their guards, and they also packed up their bags early, cleaned the fort inside and out, and waited for the team to take over.

After the receiving team came to the fort, the officers gave a briefing on the defense situation, and the defenders of the fort also briefed the receiving team on the things to be paid attention to. Then both sides saluted, the defenders withdrew from the fort, and the officers and men who received the defense boarded the fort to take over. The detachments that withdrew from the battery, under the protection of the musketeers, returned to the kiln in formation.

What these officers and soldiers who returned to the kiln did not expect was that they were welcomed by the kiln gang people. On both sides of the road were the noise of gongs and drums, which made the soldiers particularly excited. The company commander led the soldiers to walk in front of the welcoming crowd in a neat procession, attracting countless envious and admiring glances.

In the barracks, they were cordially received by Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and other leaders.

Chen Yufeng announced to them the news that they would be expanded into a regiment with them as the backbone. This made the officers and soldiers of this company unexpected. In particular, the company commander of this company did not expect that he would jump from a company commander to a regiment commander at once. He felt a little dizzy after hearing this.

What followed, of course, was a feast to celebrate.

After the defenders on the fort changed their guards, the next day was the Xiurong defenders' change of guards.

In the morning, a regiment of infantry and a regiment of reservists were escorted by musketeers to Xiurong City, according to the agreement, the defenders opened the north gate, and after the team entered Xiurong City, the north gate was immediately closed.

The two sides of the change of guard made a careful handover. It turned out that the officers and soldiers defending the city were also going to drive out of the city, and they also handed over the barracks and so on. A whole day later, in the morning, Xiurong's north gate was opened, and the team of guards left the city.

But at this time, Xiurong's magistrate quit, because he saw that the team of Yaogang had left, and the officers and soldiers defending the city had also gone out of the city. But after Xiurong's north gate was closed, no one paid attention to him.

The magistrate of this incident was furious, and he found the new infantry commander. The regiment commander said: "Don't be angry, the officers and troops guarding the city in Xiurong are ready to mix with the civilian army in Yaogang. They went to the kiln to reorganize. ”

"What? They are officers and soldiers, how can they reorganize with you? Or have they surrendered to you kiln men? Zhixian was startled and said.

"Don't say it so ugly, what does it mean to surrender? We are comrades-in-arms who fight the enemy together, so there is nothing wrong with mixing it? By the way, when we came, Mr. Zhang said that you should take care of Xiurong's affairs, and we soldiers are not allowed to intervene in political affairs. The words of the head of the regiment made Xiurong Zhixian feel a chill in his heart. This shows that the kiln gang people are going to take over Xiurong. And the officers and soldiers surrendered to the kiln gang people right under their noses.

For a while, Xiurong Zhixian was a little dizzy and didn't know what to do. Could it be that from now on, he is an official appointed by the kiln gang people, and he is no longer an official of the Ming Dynasty's seven products? The depressed magistrate couldn't laugh or cry.

After Gao Yizheng and Yuan Zongdi rested for a day, they each took 60,000 horses to their respective goals.

This Gao Yigong is a well-known all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and he has a high prestige in Li Zicheng's team, but he is not close to Li Zicheng's brother-in-law's Mingfen, which is really killed on the battlefield.

Gao Yigong saw it with his own eyes on the battlefield, and when the Dashun army attacked Yaogang, it was almost like suicide. He knew that with the current situation of the Dashun army, the kiln gang could not be defeated at all. Because I haven't really fought with other kiln people yet. I hope this smelting field will not be like the defense of the kiln. However, according to the intelligence of the old battalion, the smelting field has also been prepared for a long time, and they have also arranged several lines of defense here. However, it is said that there are many mountains here, and there are even fewer roads to enter and exit the smelter, and large troops in other places cannot enter at all.

The information that Gao Yigong got was limited, and he didn't know how many people were defending there and what kind of weapons they had. These all gave Gao Yigong a headache, how to fight this battle. I just don't think about anything, let's talk about it when we get to the smelter.

Gao Yigong, who was riding on a horse, had not yet arrived at the smelting field, and the Tanma who was inquiring in front reported that "the people sent by the old battalion to monitor this place said that no one had entered or left here for a long time. But yesterday thirty or forty men went into the smelter. They seemed to be carrying something on horseback, but they couldn't see it. ”

Gao Yigong didn't hear a reason, and said: "Explore again!", and the horse took Gao Yigong's order: "Camp five miles before the smelter." ”

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Paragliding, rubber model airplanes, piano making, and building an air force. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".