Chapter Forty-Seven: Taking Lingzhou to Fight Ningxia Zhongwei Li Kui attacked Xiao Guan

The Ming Dynasty set up Ningxia Town (Fu) in Ningxia (Tongxin County, Yanchi County and its northern cities, counties and districts along the Yellow River), with 7 Wei, namely Ningxia Wei (Helan County, Pingluo County), Ningxia Zuotunwei (Wuzhong Litong District, Lingwu City and the eastern part of Tongxin County), Ningxia Youtunwei (Yongning County and Qingtongxia City watershed east of the area), Ningxia Zhongtunwei and Ningxia Qianwei, Ningxia Zhongwei (Shapotou District, Zhongning County and Qingtongxia City watershed west of the area), Ningxia Houwei (Yanchi County and the eastern part of Tongxin County). There is a place under the guard, and the fort is in charge.

Lingzhou here near the Yellow River Heng Castle, is the starting point of the wall of the two sides, the back of the Guyuan side wall is called the inner side, Ningxia guard belongs to the head of the road. There are three sides of the Great Wall here.

It only took half a day for them to enter Lingzhou, but most of the defenders fled. The lieutenant who was guarding here, knowing that he could not prevent the attack of the kiln gang people, committed suicide with his sword, and also let his officers and soldiers scatter and flee. Ningde and the others spent a day cleaning up the remnants of the defenders on the Great Wall on the Erdao side. The management of the place was then handed over to the kiln officials and police who came with the team. The people in the city saw that the army in Yaogang was very disciplined, and they all came out to greet them. There are a large number of Hui people in this area. But the notice of the kiln gang people is very well promoted. Tell everyone that the people of Yaogang advocate the equality of all ethnic groups and respect the right of people of all ethnic groups to believe in any religion, but no one may force others to believe in any religion and not engage in criminal activities in the name of any religion.

Some bold people saw that although the clothes of the kiln people were very good at a glance, there were many differences, and asked them what was the difference?

The kiln gang people told them that those who wore camouflage uniforms were soldiers; Those who wore black were the police, the former servants; Those in civilian clothes are officials.

Ningde they did not expect that in these ethnic areas, they are more popular. It seems that Li Zicheng failed to do a good job in ethnic relations.

When Li Kui and the others attacked the Ningxia guard, Ningde and the others had already left Lingzhou and marched towards the Ningxia central guard.

Ningxia Zhongwei is a very important border pass. Li Zicheng also has heavy troops here, with thirteen castles, Rouyuan Fort, Zhenjing Fort, Zhenyu Fort, Shikong Temple Fort, Zaoyuan Fort, Changle Fort, Yongkang Fort, Xuanhe Fort, Ning'an Fort, Ning'an New Fort, Weiwu Fort, Gushuijing Fort, Kongyi Fort, etc.

Ningde sent a line of soldiers and horses to monitor the direction of Guyuan, and divided his troops into several ways to attack and solve these castles. The castle defenders here did not receive orders to retreat, and none surrendered without fighting. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the kiln gang had to solve these castles one by one. In the three-way army, Ningde and them fought more battles than Liu Yun and them. Ningde and they also encountered a problem, that is, not far from Ningxia Mansion, the tugboat could not move forward, and only two speedboats could go upstream. But the diesel fuel used by the speedboat had to be carried by the camels on the shore. Although it is very troublesome, there are two speedboats on the surface of the Yellow River, which is very convenient, especially the 12.7mm heavy machine gun installed on the speedboat, which is too powerful. As long as it is within its range, the average target will not escape the doom.

It took a lot of time for them to solve the area of Ningxia Zhongwei, but the strange thing is that there are a large number of soldiers and horses in Guyuan, but they have not moved at all.

Ningde and they solved the Ningxia Zhongwei, handed over the place to the officials and police who followed behind, and when they marched to Jinglu, Li Kui and their troops had already arrived at the city of Guyuan.

Li Kui and they solved the Ningxia defenders, and according to the plan, they should be responsible for playing to the fixed side. But Liu Yun and the others had already solved Dingbian before Li Kui, and Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses had already been waiting in the Dingbian camp. When Li Kui and the others contacted by telegram, Zhou Yuji's team over there telegraphed back and said, you don't have to fight to the east, we just need to fight to the west, and we will guard this place anyway.

In this way, as soon as Li Kui and Liu Yun contacted them, they marched towards Guyuan Prefecture from two directions at the same time. Li Kui: They left some troops to take care of the Ningxia guards, and waited for Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses.

Li Kui: The first hurdle they encountered was Xiao Guan. Xiaoguan is located on the Great Wall of Weizhou (Tongxin County). The inner Great Wall stretches from Weizhou (Tongxin County) to the west to Jingyuwei (Jingyuan County) for 600 li, and to Dingbianying (Dingbian County) for 300 miles to the east. This Xiao Pass is a newly built Xiao Pass, one of the four passes in Guanzhong, the north gate of Guanzhong. Guyuan is just south of the inner Great Wall. The current Xiao Pass is different from the Xiao Pass in the Qin and Han dynasties, which was in the southeast direction of Guyuan. However, the current Xiaoguan is not an independent pass, but a part of the Great Wall.

When he came to Xiaoguan, Li Kui would not have the feelings of those literati, nor would he recite those poems that have been passed down through the ages. Looking at the majestic and steep Xiongguan, Li Kui thought about how to get ahead of Liu Yun and them all the way as soon as possible and hit the city of Guyuan. However, Li Kui remembered that when he was in Yaogang, both Mr. Zhang and Ouyang He were very emotional, they said that this place has been the pass of the Han people to the Western Regions since ancient times, and it seems that it is better not to destroy it. But is there any other way to blow up the city gate without **? The Great Wall here is built tall and strong, and after looking around, I didn't find a breakthrough.

The subordinates all said: "Deputy commander, if it doesn't work, it's still the old way, blow up the city gate and the city gate building, and we have enough **." ”

"Mr. Zhang seems to like this Xiao Guan very much, I think if there is a way, try not to blow it up. Maybe Mr. Zhang will come over to see Xiao Guan one day, if I blow him up, don't you say I'm a loser? Let's take a look! Li Kui said, "However, our loudspeaker should not be idle, we should go and shout, and we should also shout." Let them know the benefits of working with us, so that no one will fight with us. ”

At this time, the special forces who went out to reconnoiter came back and asked to see Li Kui, and Li Kui hurriedly invited the special forces to come in.

The leader of the special forces squadron said to Li Kui: "Report to the deputy commander, we have found their weakness." ”

"What! Got a way? Li Kui took the special soldier's hand and said, "Say it quickly, what can you do?" ”

"Their Great Wall is really very good, it is difficult to find a place to climb it, and most importantly, they know that we are coming, and they will not give us a chance to climb up the city." said the captain of the special forces squadron.

"Alright, alright! Just say what's the solution, right? "Li Kui is an anxious man.

"We found that the Qingshui River crossed the Great Wall, and there were some small rivers that also crossed the Great Wall. Although they have a lot of measures on the water to prevent people from passing. But you can't let us go? The squadron leader hurriedly replied to Li Kui.

"Let's talk about the specifics." Li Kui couldn't wait.

"We brought twelve sets of diving equipment this time, so that we can get in from under the water for a squad of special forces." said the squadron leader.

Li Kui heard this slap and said, "This is fucking great!" Why didn't I think of that? ”

Combined with the situation after the investigation, after careful study, a plan to attack Xiao Guan came out.

There are more than 10,000 defenders here in Xiaoguan, and there are even more defenders along the inside. General Guo Yi, who was stationed here in Guyuan, had already received the news that the Yaogang people had occupied the castle on the edge of the Yellow River along the Yellow River, but they did not divide their troops to support, he understood that nearly 100,000 horses and horses here had come to reinforce him, and he might have been annihilated on the way before he got there. These days, he has gathered a lot of soldiers from the Dashun army who have returned from Guanzhong, and many of them have fled here without seeing the Yaogang people at all. But there are still people who have fought with the kiln people, and these people's descriptions of the kiln people can be described as terrifying. Talking to them, they trembled at the mention of the kiln workers.

At this time, General Guo Yi knew very well in his heart that Li Zicheng ran away before he had time to inform him, and it was only a matter of time before they lost here, but he was General Guo Yi of the Dashun Army, and he could never evacuate without the emperor's order. It seems that the best way is to rely on the dangerous position of Guyuan and concentrate troops to fight with the Yaogang people. Therefore, no matter how he called the police before, he didn't divide his troops to support, the number of defenders over there was already quite a lot, and a little more would not play a fundamental role in changing the situation. However, he did not give the order to retreat, he hoped that the army in front could rely on the favorable terrain and consume some of the strength of the Yaogang people, so as to reduce the burden of the decisive battle here.

In fact, beyond the border wall of this inner pass, Li Kui and the others chose a place to set up a ladder to attack the city, and they could also break it. Because this section of the Great Wall, starting from Jingyuwei on the side of the Yellow River to Xiaoguan and then to Dingbianying, is nearly 1,000 miles long, and there are not many people and horses assigned to such a long Great Wall. This is also the fundamental reason why the Great Wall did not completely solve the invasion of the northern iron cavalry.

However, the Yaogang army led by Li Kui did not even have the idea of building a ladder to attack the city.

During the day, the loudspeaker of the kiln gang shouted for a day, and the Dashun army defending the city was also suspicious. But people are like that, everyone wants to believe what is good for them. Although during the day, the soldiers pretended not to listen to the loudspeakers outside, but in fact they were listening with their ears pricked up. In particular, the soldiers saw that those who were officials were more energetic than they listened to when they played the sound of singing in the middle of the kiln people's shouting. Whether it is an officer or soldier, they have never heard such a voice before, the sound is simply so loud and scary, and they can still sing.

During the night the soldiers fell asleep hungry, but the kiln men began to move. The special forces helped the twelve people who were preparing to dive to carry the diving equipment to a tributary of the Qingshui River under the Great Wall.

This small river flowing from the Great Wall flows through a stone cave under the Great Wall as it passes through the Great Wall. It is a vaulted stone cave made of stone, with the entrance and exit below the water's surface. The bottom of the Great Wall is 25 meters wide, and the stone caves on both sides extend more than 5 meters, and several fences are made of wooden pillars in the stone caves. It is impossible for ordinary people to pass through this underwater stone cave of more than 30 meters from under the water.

But when the Great Wall was being built, how could they have imagined that now the people of Yaogang have diving equipment?

The special forces carried their diving equipment and quietly came to the bottom of the Great Wall, close to the city wall, because above the city wall, from time to time there were sentries and patrols passing by, and they did not dare to make a sound.

The special forces preparing to enter the water quietly wore diving suits. Wearing diving suits in the dark, although the special forces have already undergone I don't know how many times of training, they are still nervous and sweating. After the special forces checked their equipment, they all used gestures to indicate that they were ready. The squadron leader waved his hand to signal action. After the two of them entered the stone cave, they turned on the underwater flashlight under the water, and then swam forward against the current, fortunately, the water was not in a hurry, they advanced with their fins for a while, and encountered a wooden fence with thick arms to block the way. They immediately took out the saws they had prepared and began sawing the railings under the water. Sawing wood underwater is different from on land, because after putting on a wetsuit, the buoyancy of the person is neutral, and the feet cannot provide support, so they can only grasp one railing with one hand and the other railing. Underwater, trained divers breathe evenly, and the bubbles that come up are also even. But after a few saws, the bubbles they exhaled were just clumps of air, because it was very physically demanding to move underwater. The two of them sawed off one of the railings, and one person could pass through, but there were three fences in total, and it took a lot of effort for the two divers to saw the three fences. After finding out that there were no more fences in front of them, they returned to the entrance. The squadron leader was waiting outside in a hurry, so he quickly fished them up. When they came ashore, they collapsed to the ground, and they were exhausted. Diving is like this, it's okay not to get out of the water, but as soon as you get out of the water, you will feel that your body weighs a thousand pounds. But they told the squadron leader that all the obstacles were cleared.

The squadron leader had them dragged to the edge of the city wall to lie down and rest, knowing that they would be able to recover after a short rest. The remaining ten people quietly went down into the water again, the team leader took the lead, and the divers lined up one by one after drilling into the stone cave, turned on the flashlight and swam forward. They passed through three fences in a row, and now they knew in their hearts what kind of effort it took for the two of them to sawing the three fences underwater.

Just as they swam to the exit, they didn't expect a patrol to happen to be here. The team leader was the first to swim out of the cave, and as soon as he poked his head out of the water, he noticed a bright light in front of him. At this time, the patrolman also noticed the sound of water in the river, and followed the sound to look at it with the torch in his hand, and saw a flash of light, and then a black shadow dived into the water.

The flash is the reflection produced by the glass on the diving goggles, and the black shadow is the wetsuit on the diver's body. It turned out that as soon as the squad leader showed up, the patrol team heard the sound of the water, but fortunately he turned off the flashlight when he came out of the water.

The patrol came and shone a torch into the water, but found nothing usual. Another patrol said to the patrol who spotted his target, "You weren't a big fish you saw, were you?" ”

"Doesn't it seem like it, big fish can't shine?" The patrol himself was confused, "The shadow is like a big fish." ”

"Oops! When the big fish becomes fine, the eyes are reflective. Another said, "Let's go!" Don't waste time on the big fish. ”

Fang Cai's scene surprised the underwater special forces a lot. They retreated into the cave until the torches outside had been extinguished for a long time, and the team leader signaled everyone not to move, and he went against the current and left the exit for a long time before quietly showing his head, looking around to see if there was any situation, quietly going ashore, and taking off his diving suit. Run to the exit and use a flashlight to signal the underwater special forces to come out. After the special forces quietly went ashore one by one, they took off their bulky diving suits. Packed up the gear and hid it. Then take out the weapon and attach the *** to the pistol. They quietly leaned against the wall, found the side of the Great Wall, and climbed up the Great Wall. Since the Great Wall here is all protected from the north, it is difficult to climb the Great Wall from the north. However, in order to facilitate the garrison to enter the city, there are many side roads in the south.

The special forces climbed the Great Wall along the side road, crawled on the side road, and let a patrol team on the city go over and look, there was only one sentry on the enemy platform here. Quietly crawling over, a special agent took out the sentry. They quickly climbed the Great Wall together, flashed their flashlights twice to the outside of the Great Wall, tied the battlements of the Great Wall with ropes, and went down two ropes to the outside.

The leader of the special forces squadron was the first to come up along the rope. Then a squadron of special forces came up, they had just laid an ambush on this enemy platform, a ten-person patrol came over again, so many people hid on the enemy platform could not hide, the squadron leader commanded the special forces to directly destroy the ten-person patrol. Then put down a lot of rope ladders on the Great Wall, and a group of kiln infantry climbed along the rope ladders to the Great Wall. A battalion of infantry came up before dawn.

After the infantry of this battalion stepped onto the Great Wall, they sent a telegram to Li Kui by radio. Then the special forces pretended to be a patrol and walked along the Great Wall in the direction of Xiaoguan, and the sentry patrols encountered along the way were all killed by the special forces with the **** in their hands. In this way, at dawn they came to the city wall of Xiaoguan.

The soldiers standing guard at Xiao Pass noticed a group of people walking towards them and felt that something was wrong. Because the Xiao Pass defenders and the defenders on the side wall are not on the same team. Usually they rarely come and go, although the defense zone is next to each other, but they do not cross the line with each other. It's just dawn today, how did they get here?

A few soldiers standing guard on Xiao Guan's side shouted, "Hey, hey! Hold it! What are you doing here? Didn't you hear that you want to prevent the kiln gang spies from getting in? ”

The special forces heard them shouting, but they didn't stop, and they promised, "We didn't hear," and they had already come to the burners, "but we are the spies who have mixed in." ”

The sentries didn't understand the meaning of what they were saying, but before they could understand, the special forces' pistols "poofed" and ended their lives. They walked around the gate tower of Xiaoguan City and killed all the sentries. At this time, the infantry of that battalion also followed. But they found it a bit of a problem. Because the north gate of Xiao Pass is an urn city as soon as you enter, you still need to open the second gate to enter the city.

The special forces saw that it was already dawn, and the Dashun army could find out at any time that they had climbed the Great Wall. Without hesitation, the squadron leader immediately led people to disguise themselves as patrols and walked towards the city gate building of the second gate of the urn city.

But they didn't know that the team guarding here was not the same team as the team outside, and the color of their clothes was different. So the special forces came to the tower of the second gate, and the sentries there were startled, holding their guns and bows and shouting: "Stop! Where did you come from and how did you get here? ”

The special forces saw that they couldn't hold it anymore, and raised their hands to kill these sentries with a "poof". But just now their shouts alarmed the sentries at the other posts, and they were all focused here, and when they saw that the sentries had been killed, they knew that something was wrong and immediately called the police. Suddenly, the gong and whistle of "Dangdang" on the city wall sounded one after another.

The special forces didn't use pistols anymore, they directly took out automatic rifles, killed all the sentries on the nearby city wall, and quickly occupied the city gate building of Erdaomen. The infantry battalion commander over there, hearing the gunshots, knew that the secrecy was over, and sent a company to support the special forces. At this time, Ningde outside the city had already come to Xiaoguan Gate with the army, and the special forces went down to the city to open the city gate. Ningde and their men rushed into the urn city. When the kiln soldiers of the second gate saw the large group of men and horses entering the urn city, they immediately threw a large number of hands into the second gate, and then rushed down from the side road while strafing, covering each other and opening the second gate. In this way, the soldiers of the kiln gang continued to rush into the city.

Xiao Guan immediately started a battle between automatic rifles and broadswords and spears, and tens of thousands of people mixed together.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".