Chapter 401: The Storm Rises (2)
The warm spring sun is rising, melting the mist between the hills. The surrounding scenery is clearly presented to the eyes of both friends and enemies as the morning mist gradually dissipates.
A long bamboo spear stretched out from the mouth of the hexagonal arrowhead, and more than a dozen round heads hung from the iron spear head. As soon as the mountain breeze blew, the string of hideous human heads shook gently.
The rioters immediately noticed the movement on the hexagonal block, and there was a commotion in the calm resting scene. When the heads were strung together, there were already soldiers crying. Those heads were either their fathers and brothers, or their people or villages.
In order to make his image taller and bigger in the minds of his subordinates, Shi Yongxiao, who is short in stature, has turned the rice bags piled up in the middle of the terrace into his own special platform for command.
"It works well!" He followed Zhu Pingjian's example and shouted, "But it's not enough! Then hang out the things we brought with us! ”
A small string of objects was picked out by the giggling soldiers with bamboo guns, and happily shook left and right on the wall.
"Your brothers will only be attendants for my family in the next life!" Zhou Biao hedged against the local thugs who came to check the situation and shouted, "This string of chickens, the Shu Wangfu will help you collect it first." Every few days, it dries and pickles, and when you eat it, you slice it, just like eating sausages! ”
To insult a man, you must first insult his mother; To demean a man is to say that he can't do it.
Without a head, the underworld can still be a headless ghost; Without chickens, you can only be a eunuch for Lord Yama when you go underground.
The tyrants were so angry that their eyes were blood-red, and they really didn't want to drink and eat grass in this barren mountain and wilderness, so they quickly regrouped and prepared for a truly ferocious attack on the hexagonal towers.
Shi Yongxiao watched a large number of sassalwood and ladders appear in the team of the soil rioters, and finally laughed. The hexagonal tower is specially designed by the prince and Miss Luo for the sassal wood and the ladder to hit the door and climb the city. As many local tyrants come, they will die.
"Defend the wall and frustrate the enemy's spirit; The enemy is cold, and the soldiers attack! After shouting this language that the soldiers couldn't understand, the excited Shi Yongxiao shouted to his deputy, "Zhou Biao!" You take a squad to guard the first and second floors, and when the enemy is exhausted and frightened, you immediately rush out and kill! But it's not allowed to rush away, the old rules, Mingjin withdraws the troops! ”
"Okay!"
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Bajiang is a pity for the willows, and the willows are green and invade the river.
Good to the Jinluan Palace, move the yin into the window.
This is a poem written by Li Shangyin when he traveled from Jiannan to Bazhou, called "Bajiang Willow". The poem depicts the tranquility and beauty of Bazhou. It's just a pity that the current Bazhou City is the center of the storm, even if it hides in a temporary calm, it will not escape the storm after all.
Bazhou City is located on the south bank of the Ba River, its city shape is forced by the topography, the belly of the east city is large, the head of the west city is small, such as a pipa lying horizontally in the east and west, so it is also called the pipa city. Bazhou City is located in the depths of Bashan, surrounded by deep hills. The north and east sides of the city burst into the Ba River. The south of the city is a shrine mountain, the ancient name is turned into a mountain, and there was an ancient nanmu forest on the mountain.
The South Niche Mountain is connected to the small plain of the city and is the frontal barrier of Bazhou City. The state, county, and county government of the past dynasties are all opposite to this mountain.
In the third year of Tiansheng in the Northern Song Dynasty, Bazhou City was rebuilt from an earth city to a stone city. The city wall is wrapped in stone, two feet high, four miles around, the east, south, west, north four gates are built with city towers.
The original "Nine Wells and Eighteen Streets" in the city, the government office, the academy, the ancestral temple and the dwellings are stacked on top of each other. It is only hated that when Zhang Xianzhong evacuated Bazhou in the first month of last year, he set a fire in Bazhou City and burned most of the buildings in the city. Then the local rioters occupied Bazhou for more than half a year, demolishing houses and cooking
and destroyed a lot of good houses. Therefore, when Wang Xiang led his troops into Bazhou City, although there were no more residents in the city, the 2,000 people under his subordinates could not all live in houses with full roofs.
At the head of Bazhou City, a middle-aged general with medium height and dark skin led a large group of soldiers to check the situation outside the city. When he saw the distance between Jinbang Mountain (Note 1) and the city in the south of the city, he secretly frowned.
This middle-aged general is the chief general of the Bazhou official army - Wang Xiang, the general of the regular barracks.
Wang Xiang, like Zhang Zuokai, is a native of Qijiang, Sichuan, and was just a small soldier guarding the pass at the beginning. After the Extravagant Rebellion, Wang Xiang has emerged in the Sichuan army, and together with Yang Zhan, he has become a relatively outstanding member of the new generation of generals in the Sichuan army. But compared with Yang Zhan, Wang Xiang seems to be not on the same level in all aspects.
For example, the family background, Yang Zhan's family is rich, and Wang Xiang's family is extremely poor; For example, Yang Zhan is handsome and tall, and Wang Xiang looks like a dick; For example, with a diploma, Yang Zhan's serious martial arts tanhua, Wang Xiangmeng did not graduate; For example, Shangguan appreciated, Yang Zhan was deeply respected by Liao Daheng and Sichuan officialdom and northern Sichuan generals, while Wang Xiang was a southern Sichuan military general who started from scratch.
Therefore, when the Bazhou strategy began, Wang Xiang was bent on finding a way to seize the lead in this operation - to occupy Bazhou. For this reason, he did not hesitate to stoop to become the general of Gan Liangchen, the general of the northern Sichuan army, and finally won the role of the vanguard of the whole army for himself. When the offensive began, Wang Xiang set out from Baizhang Pass, and then transferred to the Enyang River Valley, forming a campaign situation in which the three armies of Wang Xiang, Zhang Zuokai, and Jia Deng would attack Enyang.
However, this time, there was a major misjudgment of Wang Xiang's offensive intentions. When the local rioters set up a position along the river valley to snipe, as they did against Zhang Zuokai and Jia Denglian, Wang Xiang suddenly left the Enyang River Valley, an offensive road and supply channel, and in a day and night, he quickly maneuvered more than 50 miles eastward and appeared under the city of Bazhou.
At that time, there was only an unknown Raider and 300 subordinates in Bazhou City, where could they stop the fierce attack of more than 2,000 officials and soldiers? After half a day of hasty resistance, Bazhou immediately changed hands. The king and his remnants braved the bitter cold to wade across the Ba River and fled to the north bank of the Ba River. At this time, Wang Xiang's desire to compete for the first merit was finally achieved.
However, things are always divided into two sides, and good things are no exception.
Wang Xiang abandoned the supply line and captured Bazhou, and lost the subsequent supplies. Although Wang Xiang and his men did their best to carry food, with a few sporadic seizures in the city, they could only hold out for a month at most.
If the reinforcements do not arrive in a month, Wang Xiang and his subordinates will only have to eat horses, people and mud. But fortunately, Wang Xiang's capture of Bazhou was not without gains:
A large number of artillery pieces were found in the city of Bazhou, and there were more than 100 guns. Judging from the inscriptions on the cannons, these cannons were left by the original Bazhou garrison. There was also a lot of gunpowder and cannons in the city, which was enough to provide strong firepower for holding the city.
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"General, the last general thinks that the attack route of the Soil Tyrants should be chosen near the junction of the southern and eastern cities. The terrain is open, and it is more than a mile wide from the South Niche Mountain to the bank of the Ba River, so it is not a problem to place a team of 510,000 people. We had only 2,500 men, and our soldiers were just over 1,000. This is to be fought in the field outside the city, and it is not easy! It was Lu Nianyu, a guerrilla general beside Wang Xiang, who spoke.
According to the imperial court system, guerrilla generals generally led a battalion of their own, which was called the guerrilla battalion. For example, Wang Chaoyang's battalion is a guerrilla battalion. However, because the Chongzhen Dynasty fought for many years, there were few battalion heads and many generals, so some generals had no soldiers to bring, and became the so-called "Zanhua General" or the deputy general of the main general. Some literati joined the army, received military merits, and also became "Praise Painting Generals". This Lu Nianyu is serious
's generals. His role in the army was Wang Xiang's lieutenant general.
"No matter how difficult it is, you can't be trapped in the city!" Wang Xiang said with a gloomy face, "We must fight a battle outside the city!" The most dangerous place is not there, though, but here! Jinbang Mountain! ”
The mountain wind blows through the city, and the sun is about to set.
Wang Xiang led the people along the southern city wall in the direction of the eastern city, talking to the soldiers defending the city along the way. Wang Xiang's plain style treats the generals seriously and coldly, but the ordinary soldiers are easy-going and enthusiastic, so the soldiers are willing to talk to him. After a cup of tea, a soldier at the head of the city hurriedly ran towards Wang Xiang in the afterglow of the setting sun. As soon as he approached, the soldier hurriedly reported to Wang Xiang that a large number of local thugs had been found in the open space at the eastern foot of the South Niche Mountain and on the bank of the river, as if they were camping.
"Tomorrow's three watches will make dinner, and the whole army will go to war after dinner!" Wang Xiang didn't seem to see the smug color on Lu Nianyu's face, and ordered concisely.
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In the twilight, Zhu Pingjin half-lay in a circle chair under the flower tree, enjoying the massage of the little eunuch. Liao Daheng has just been discharged from the hospital, and he brought out several of Zhu Pingjin's wills. Two large charcoal stoves bake everything in the yard warmly.
Since Liao Daheng opened the knot in his heart, he suddenly had a second spring, and the whole person was different. The fast-paced pace and the steady official step feel completely different.
Liao Daheng rejected the luxurious courtyard prepared for him by Boryeong officials, and instead found an ordinary small courtyard next to Zhu Pingjin's courtyard. And Zhu Pingjin's staff team also lives nearby, so everyone's work and accommodation are together, and the work efficiency is extremely high. Often, when an up-to-date report arrives, the General Staff will soon be able to come up with the most appropriate response plan.
Qian Weihan looked at his Dong Weng in a daze, and the whirlwind blew into the line of the son, and after a while, he blew out with a smile on his face, and when he saw him saying hello, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: Since his Dong Weng has already found a Dong Weng, should he also change Dong Weng?
Zhu Pingjin is also wondering whether he should reorganize the command?
Everything in China, either from top to bottom or from bottom to top. Low cost from top to bottom, small movement; From the bottom to the top, the cost is high, the movement is large, and it will bleed if it is not done well. The unification of military orders and government orders in Sichuan is the next step that must be carried out after the control of the main prefectures and counties in Sichuan, and this unification is premised on the integration between the royal officials and the officials of the imperial court in Sichuan, just like the integration of Zheng Anmin and other former royal officials after the Imperial Conference.
Integration is a difficult problem. It's easy to put two things together, but it's much harder to knead two people and two ideas together. When will the opportunity arise? Zhu Pingjin thought about it, and unconsciously moved his hands and feet.
Integration is a difficult problem, but it is not the biggest problem at present. At present, the biggest problem is to deal with the sudden force of the local rioters.
Storm Center!
Let the wind blow, Lao Tzu is the center of the storm forever!
Note 1: Bazhou Zhiyun: There is a South Niche Mountain in the south of the city, the ancient name is turned into a mountain, and in the south of the state, there was an ancient Nanmu forest on the mountain. North rock name Jinbang Mountain, Danti Mountain, Shucase Mountain; There are ancient Buddha shrines of Sui and Tang cliffs in Dongyan; Behind the shrine there is Kofukuji Temple. The South Niche Mountain is connected with the small plain of the urban area, which is the frontal barrier of Bazhou City, and the state, county, and county government of the past dynasties are opposite to this mountain. NICHE (KAN), BUDDHIST CAVE; South Niche Mountain, that is, the south niche slope today.
Xiangmu visually inspected at the scene, and the distance between Song Mingcheng and Jinbang Mountain in Bazhou was definitely not two miles. There are two miles, perhaps the Qing city rebuilt in the early years of Shunzhi.
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