Before noon, the battle under the city of Bazhou had come to an end.

In less than three quarters of an hour, the first large-scale battle between the officers and troops who had invaded Bazhou and the local tyrants who counterattacked Bazhou came to an end.

The local tyrants were first shot by the bows and arrows and firearms of the official army, and then they were fiercely attacked by the spears and halberds of the official army, and the loose formation quickly collapsed, leaving behind a hundred and ten corpses and fleeing south along the bank of the Jialing River.

Lu Nianyu, a guerrilla general who had already been able to kill, waved his spear and excitedly beckoned the soldiers to press up, and on the other hand, he left the brigade and rushed into the rout with a few family members and horses. The thieves were so hard at them that they couldn't hold their ground, so they spread their feet and continued to run wildly, leaving more corpses on the ground. However, the flat land between the South Niche Mountain and the Ba River is like a funnel, and the further south it goes, the narrower it becomes, and eventually it will harvest a narrow mouth less than 10 zhang wide (Note 1). The hordes of thugs fled there, undoubtedly killing themselves.

Driving thousands of local tyrants into the river will undoubtedly become famous in the Sichuan army. Such a great opportunity is in front of him, where is Lu Nianyu willing to give up? He had already forgotten Wang Xiang's orders, and in an instant, he rushed out hundreds of steps with a prancing horse and a spear.

At this moment, a thug in front of him who was riding a mule and dressed in a woman's red dress caught his attention. Not only was that man fat, but he was also held hostage by several guards, and he was clearly a leader with no low status. Lu Nianyu's mind turned, and he was about to clamp the horse and step forward to take the head of the red-clothed thug.

But when he was less than ten feet away from the target, a rapid sound of gold sounded behind him.

Mingjin's withdrawal of troops is not only a signal, but also a military law.

"X!" The angry Lu Nianyu grabbed the reins of the horse and couldn't help but scold.

"Who are you scolding?" A cold voice beside him made Lu Nianyu, who was boiling with blood, suddenly sober up.

Isn't this the main general Wang Xiang?

Lu Nianyu had to hold a gun and salute. "General, the thieves have been defeated, why did Ming Jin withdraw his troops at this time?"

"Have you forgotten the general's order?" Wang Xiang hated and scolded: "Is it for the thieves to cut off my entire army for such a greedy merit?" ”

"The thieves fled far away and ...... to their own deaths"

"Far away!" Wang Xiang rudely interrupted Lu Nianyu's words, and his anger was fully revealed. He turned his horse's head, crossed his neck and glanced at Lu Nianyu with cold eyes: "This general has been in the army for nearly twenty years, and he has never seen a thief who hasn't held up for three quarters of an hour!" Fang fought and escaped, and deceived (Note 2)! If the local tyrant ambushes the troops in the South Niche Mountain, when our army crosses the mountain pass, the ambush soldiers are together, and the enemy on the side of our army is attacked, and it will become a fish and turtle in the river! If you don't believe it, open your eyes and see the movement on the South Shrine Mountain! ”

In the dense forest of the South Niche Mountain, the branches and shrubs are shaking, and it is clear that there is a large army sneaking quickly.

When Lu Nianyu saw it with his own eyes, he suddenly wet his back with cold sweat and muttered at a loss.

Wang Xiang did not continue to scold Lu Nianyu, but simply ordered: "Take the living one back and interrogate it." Those who die, the thugs will not collect the bodies for them. As long as you firmly hold Bazhou, none of the first level will fly! ”

Lu Nianyu learned a lesson that will last a lifetime. He avoided Wang Xiang's eyes and hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Hurry up!" Pack up and retreat into the city! Bring it back for trial, half-dead mending knife! Remember, search out all the money and everything you can eat! And the dead horse, but it's a good thing to beat the tooth sacrifice, don't leave it for the tyrant! ”

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The victory of the official army under the city of Bazhou was just an episode in the Battle of Bashan. The plight of the Protector Army and the official army in the Battle of Bashan was not alleviated by this victory. opposite

Due to the robbery of the Protector Army by Yuan Keyi, a local tyrant, the situation of the Protector Army and the official army began to be dangerous.

From the evening of the 25th of the first lunar month to the evening of the 27th, several defensive points on the offensive line on the right side of the official army: Xinzheng Dam, Changping Mountain, Tumenchang and Jincheng Walled City were repeatedly attacked by Yuan Keyi, the local tyrant.

On the evening of the 25th, Tumen Field was the first to be lost, and more than 100 people from the First Independent Squadron of the Yilong County Brigade and Zhu Laopa, who were guarding Tumen Field, were all missing, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

The Changpingshan Independent No. 2 Squadron, which was close to Tumenchang, had only more than 80 troops, and it had more than enough self-preservation and insufficient field battles, so it was unable to stop the movement of the local rioters in the direction of Xinzheng Dam and Beiyuan Temple, so they had to desperately set off fireworks to give an alarm to the rear.

Xu Shoucai, who returned to the New Deal Dam, repelled the local rioters that night. After dawn on the second day, he went out of the city with two platoons of the second company of the southern county brigade and the second company of the guard battalion to sweep up, not only relieved the siege of the outlying strongholds such as Dadong Mountain and Goldfish Mountain, but also began to move towards Changping Mountain, preparing to launch a counterattack against the local rioters and recapture the Tumen field.

However, Xu Shoucai's department was not far away when he was stopped by Jiang Lu, the deputy commander of the guard battalion who was chasing. Jiang Lu conveyed Zhu Pingjin's latest instructions: retreat to the Xinzheng Dam and ensure the absolute safety of the Xinzheng Dam. Wait for reinforcements to arrive before counterattacking. As for the Beiyuan Temple, two platoons of the 2nd Guard Company had already gone to reinforce it last night. A company and a half of defenders and a few hundred armed salt workers were enough to hold Cangtun.

Xu Shoucai received the order, so he had to order the dangerous Dadongshan stronghold to continue to strengthen according to the original plan, and the rest of the troops retreated to the city wall.

In order to protect themselves and make meritorious contributions, the gentry of Xinzheng Dam, under the leadership of the Li family and the Zhou family, drove the people of the whole city, including the elderly, women and even children, to the city. All the stones and bricks used to defend the city were transported to the city wall, and there were a large number of them every dozen steps. Stoves, iron pots, bamboo guns and other sharp weapons to defend the city are all over the upper city passages. In order to prevent the internal traitors from joining forces with the outside, all the old, weak, sick and disabled people who could not go to the city were forcibly taken to the City God Temple to live in a centralized manner.

In the middle of the night on the third watch of the same day, the general attack of the local rioters on the Xinzheng Dam began again in the form of a night attack. I don't know if it was intentional or an accident, the Dadongshan stronghold that lit the bonfire in advance last night and alerted it was completely silent this time, and the local rioter was only discovered by a yellow dog in the city when he touched the city. Seeing that their intentions were exposed, the local tyrants withdrew and did not forcibly attack the city. At dawn on the second day, the yellow flag on Goldfish Mountain outside the city waved, and more than 2,000 local rioters shouted violently and rushed towards the wall of Xinzheng Dam.

The walls of the new Zhengba are remnants of the ancient city. Although it has undergone years of repair, it is still inevitably revealing its true face. Except for the four gates, the city walls are not covered with bricks. The yellow-black rammed earth foundations and the ruined enemy platforms, as well as the grain bags and salt bags temporarily built on them, were all the fortifications on which the Protector Army relied to defend the city.

Fortunately, after the Protectors were stationed, a six-foot-wide trench was dug outside the city walls, which served as a moat to protect the city walls and as a canal to drain stagnant water inside and outside the city. Inside and outside the ditch, in addition to the deer barbs all over the place, thousands of sharpened bamboo sticks were also inserted.

During the daytime battle of the 27th, this dry trench became a nightmare for the tyrants.

The soldiers of the first and second platoons of the second company of the guard acted as musketeers, taking advantage of the height of the city walls to develop their firepower. When the thugs rushed to the edge of the trench, they had to slow down and pass through the deer bamboo formation. At this time, the Soil Riot just entered the best range of the firecracker. With a roar, dozens of thugs rolled and howled.

However, although the firecrackers were good, they were too slow to be released, and their number was limited, so they could not completely contain the onslaught of the local rioters. More effective defensive weapons are bows and arrows and spears, pikes and stones.

Bows and arrows are only soldiers

The gentry's family is only used in the courtyard, but the spear and dart and stone are thrown by everyone. Especially the bamboo spear with great penetrating power. As long as the thugs rushed through the trench and set up the ladder, dozens of bamboo spears with strips of cloth tied to their tails would soon fall from the sky, piercing the throbs in tattered robes and screaming.

So in the siege of the city that day, a heroic group that everyone praised unexpectedly emerged: the women's spear throwing team.

The captain of the women's gun throwing team is Zhou Shuying, the only daughter of the Zhou family. This trendy and spicy girl gathered more than 300 young and sturdy women in the city in one day to form an army of women. Most of the members of the Women's Army are the dependents of the Protector Army who have been withdrawn from the Jincheng Walled City, and they have experienced the cruel test of the siege and defense of the Jincheng Walled City, and they know what happened to the women after the city is broken, and their will to fight is much higher than that of the local residents of Xinzheng Dam.

At the ceremony of the formation of the women's army, a woman suggested that the captain Zhou Shuying that since he could not gain the upper hand over the stinky men in the local tyrants in terms of strength, it was better to use the throwing gun as a weapon and rely on the city wall to carry out long-range strikes. As the logistics base of the Protector Army in northern Sichuan, Xinzheng Dam stores hundreds of bundles of bamboo sent from all over the country to make spear shafts, and there is no problem in making tens of thousands of throwing guns in a short time.

Another woman suggested that the bamboo gun should be heavy in the front and light in the back, so that it would not be unstable when thrown.

The suggestion is good, but in a hurry, how can there be an iron gun head to aggravate the front? Other women said that it would be better to tie a few strips of cloth to their tails, like the feathers of an arrow's tail.

Zhou Shuying was the captain at the beginning and immediately adopted the experience of his compatriots from actual combat. The women went home and donated the rotten cloth in the sewing basket for free. The most generous donor was Miss Zhou herself, and more than a dozen pieces of clothing she didn't like to wear were immediately shattered in the name of war needs, and turned into a fixed strip tied to the butt of the throwing gun.

In addition to weapon innovation, the actual combat performance of the Women's Army on the battlefield is even more shocking to men.

Zhou Shuying imitated the establishment of the Protector Army, and organized more than 300 women into three small companies, one company and three rows, and a small company on each of the north, south, and east sides. In order to ensure the killing effect, Zhou Shuying ordered the women's team to follow the company platoon commander's orders to throw in a centralized manner.

This tactical arrangement formed such a battlefield situation: as long as the local rioters set up a bamboo ladder on a certain section of the trench, a few moments later, round after round of bamboo spears were thrown on the ground, at least thirty or forty in each round; Then came bows and arrows, firearms, stones and bricks, and finally the spears of the Red Protectors. Where had the tyrants seen such a terrible scene, and several attacks ended in vain, and finally had to stop the attack in the afternoon.

For Zhou Shuying, a heroic heroine, Xu Shoucai and Jiang Runa, the main generals guarding the Xinzheng Dam, admired her very much. They even forced a squad leader of the guard battalion to personally take charge of protecting Miss Zhou's safety and was also the captain of the women's team throwing gun transport team.

The guard squad leader commanded hundreds of old and weak women and children to move bamboo for the women's team in the city, and he was so aggrieved that he burst into tears. But the military order is difficult to disobey, and you have to do it if you are reluctant, this is the army.

On the afternoon of the 27th, the siege of the city was faced with a major strategic choice:

Is it to stay and make another effort in the evening? Or make a decision immediately and withdraw the troops.

Later developments on the battlefield proved that the Turbulrs had made a worse decision than the above two options:

Shilly-shally.

As for the reason, it is the internal quarrel of the local tyrants.

Note 1: The topographical features of this area remain unchanged today.

Note 2: "The party fights and escapes, and the deception is also!" ”。 This is the original words of Wang Xiang in historical materials.

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