Chapter Ninety-Eight: Li Jing Wins Silver and Moves Eastward

As soon as the morning dawned, Li Jing did not dare to delay, and went down the mountain to inform the people he had brought with him and the five hundred brothers from Taiyue Mountain, and the people who would come down from Lishan Mountain at the foot of Lishan. After the team was assembled, there were more than 3,400 people in total. Looking at the energetic brothers in the team, Li Jing was also full of confidence. They left Lishan and went directly south to Pinglu County, where they saw the Yellow River. Now Pinglu County is still occupied by Liu Fangliang's soldiers, but Li Jing can't take care of them. Once on the north bank of the Yellow River, they followed the Yellow River to the west. After walking for a day and a half, the scout who had the head came back and reported that it looked like smoke was flying in front of him, as if a group of people were coming.

Li Jing ran to a high place and looked through the binoculars, there was indeed smoke and dust billowing in front of him, he knew that this must be the cavalry of the brigade, and ordinary infantry would not wade such a big smoke and dust. Li Jing thought for a while, a place that she had just come over was suitable for setting up an ambush, and there was a mountain pass where it was very narrow, and the carriage could not pass after piling up stones.

After Li Jing returned to the team, he ordered everyone to retreat and return to the place where Fang had just passed.

When she came to the place selected by Li Jing, Li Jing asked everyone to take out the ** they brought, bury it on a cliff on the side of the road, pull the wires, and come to the ambush on the hillside. As soon as more than 3,000 people were buried in an ambush, a group of cavalry from the front came to fight the Dashun army. Li Jing didn't care about them, and behind them was a pair of carriages that did not end in a row, and there were many cavalry in between.

Li Jing nodded to her Demoman, and the Demoman activated. There was a loud "boom", the stones on the cliff were blown up and piled up on the road, some cavalry were smashed on the road by stones, and the ghosts who did not die cried wolf.

When the Dashun army saw that the stones were just blocking the road, they waited for a while, and when they saw that there was no other movement, they sent people to move the stones. A small leader was directing the soldiers to work with a gesture, and a gunshot rang out on the mountain, and the little leader shook his body and fell. The soldier next to him could see clearly that there was a hole in his head, and blood was gushing out.

The soldiers who carried the stones were lying on their stomachs and did not dare to move. After waiting for a while, the leaders behind the Dashun army organized a lot of firecrackers, and they "banged" to the mountain for a while. Li Jing on the mountain, they all lay on their stomachs and did not move. These soldiers of the Dashun Army began to move stones again. As a result, there were three more "pop" gunshots on the mountain, and three more soldiers were killed who were moving stones. Li Jing's sniper is in full swing.

At this time, the generals led by the Dashun army knew that they would not be able to pass here if they did not clear the ambushers on the mountain. But the slopes of the hill were too steep for their cavalry horses to climb at all. There was no way, and the cavalry had to dismount and climb up the mountain. When they finally climbed the hill, they didn't stand firm. Suddenly many guns appeared on the mountain. Of course, there are many muzzles of muskets. With the sound of "bang" gunshots, the soldiers who climbed up rolled down the hill with a bang. Some were shot, and those who weren't shot were so frightened that they rolled down. The generals who were commanding at the foot of the mountain were just about to scold their soldiers when a hole suddenly appeared in his head and he fell headlong.

At this time, the soldiers of the Dashun army were in a mess. They ran for their lives like lost dogs, and they couldn't get out of the river to cross the river, and they had to come out to carry out the mission, which was originally angry. At this time, he was blocked on the mountain road by the Yellow River, and he knew that when he returned to Fenglingdu at this time, it may have been occupied by the Yaogang people, and he really couldn't advance or retreat.

Seeing that the time was right, Li Jing commanded the soldiers in ambush on the mountain to stand up and rush down the mountain with their guns in hand.

Some of the brave soldiers of the Dashun Army still wanted to resist. As a result, he was unceremoniously shot and killed by the soldiers of Yaogang. Most of the cavalry of the Dashun army surrendered when they saw that there was no way. It's just that the cavalry of the Dashun Army, who stood in front and behind the palace, ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.

Li Jing didn't care how many people ran away, the entire fleet of horses was here. Li Jing asked about the chariot and knew that there were more than 200 carriages in it, all of which were gold, silver and jewelry, and the military pay brought by Li Zicheng from Xi'an.

There were more than 6,000 cavalry captives, and Li Jing turned around and escorted the convoy and the captives to a spacious place, surrounding the convoy into a camp. Li Jing's people all had experience in doing work for the captives, and they divided the captives into many squads and started to do the work. In the end, those who were willing to go were given some copper coins each, so that they would go east if they were willing to go east along the Yellow River, and go west if they were willing to go west. As a result, nearly 2,000 people were willing to leave, and Li Jing really turned out copper coins from the car and handed them out to let them go. There are more than 4,000 people who are willing to join the kiln team. Li Jing separated them and mixed them with her own people. But in this way, the biggest change for Li Jing is that each of their people has a horse to ride.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Jing sent out a sentry and announced that he would camp on the spot. Rest overnight and walk west along the Yellow River tomorrow.

After resting for the night, Li Jing and the others walked west for a short time, and they encountered a group of cavalry of the Dashun army again. The people on both sides met on a narrow road, and there was no way to avoid it. The two sides hedged against each other. These cavalry of the Dashun army were the cavalry that escorted the back of the convoy. When they walked back, they also sent a glimmer of hope, hoping that the kiln gang people had not yet called. However, when they were far away from Fenglingdu, they found that the Yaogang people had arranged a large encirclement and surrounded the Dashun army waiting to cross the Yellow River in Fenglingdu. These frustrated cavalrymen had no choice but to turn around and go back, but they didn't expect to meet Li Jing and them again. When the cavalry of the Dashun army saw that there was no way to escape, they decided to rush, thinking that they might be able to break through a way to survive.

Li Jing can't help it now, he knows that most of the soldiers he leads are not cavalry, at most they are infantry on horseback. But there was no time to think about other tactical issues. Li Jing shouted: "Cover each other in groups of three, and the muskets are shotgun." ”

Although many of the people brought by Li Jing had not received special cavalry training, they still knew the housekeeping skills of the Yaogang people, especially the tactics of cavalry in groups of three. In order to reduce losses, Li Jing let his special forces rush to the front, because they all held automatic rifles in their hands, and they were all strong in martial arts, but they didn't have rifles, and it was not a problem to use cold weapons to deal with the ordinary cavalry of the Dashun army.

After the two sides rushed together, the Dashun army found that they really couldn't fight. The kiln workers didn't hold knives at all, and they used firearms. It is the opponent's rifle, and if you can't be hit with a shot, people will shoot a string, and you must be beaten down. Even if someone barely rushed through the interception of the rifle cavalry, it was no better to encounter those musketeers of others. Those shotguns at close range, one by one, were basically knocked down even men and horses after one shot.

The cavalry of the Dashun army behind no longer dared to rush forward, and when they hesitated, Li Jing's cavalry rushed over. The Dashun army, which had already been frightened, was originally rushing up with gritted teeth with a rush of urgency, and as soon as this strength was discharged, there was no longer fighting spirit. When they saw Li Jing's men rushing up, they threw down their sabers and surrendered one after another.

This confrontation killed more than 800 cavalry of the Dashun army and captured more than 1,300 people.

There was no way, Li Jing had no choice but to camp on the spot again and start working as a prisoner. This time, more than 300 captives were released, and more than 1,000 joined Li Jing's team. After resting for the night, he went west and soon joined Chen Yufeng's team.

At this time, the brigade led by Chen Yufeng surrounded the banks of the Yellow River from the east and north, and the team led by Liu Chenghuang from the west, including the Dashun army and other hundreds of thousands of horses who were preparing to cross the river in Fenglingdu.

After Fan Chengkun and his navy entered the Yellow River from Hejin, they already knew when they approached Fenglingdu that Li Zi had become a ferry to cover the crossing of the river, and a large number of artillery pieces were arranged on the bank of the Yellow River and on the wall north of Tongguan, and they also knew the power of the Yaogang navy. But what they didn't know was that the warships of the Yaogang Navy were completely replaced with 120 heavy mortars, as well as several newly developed infantry guns.

Fan Chengkun and Li Wei were on the command boat, and as soon as they arrived at the big turn of the Yellow River, they saw a row of cannons on the bank of the Yellow River, almost one by one, with the muzzles of the guns facing the Yellow River. Fan Chengkun said to Li Wei with a smile: "Li Wei, it seems that Li Zicheng doesn't know that you, the king of cannons, are here, otherwise he would never dare to put a cannon at you like this." ”

Li Wei also smiled and said, "Okay, let's play with them." You turn the boat around and control the speed. I assign tasks and clean them up from west to east. Those cannon ports, I get annoyed when I look at them. ”

Li Zicheng's artillerymen had already heard the "boom" of the steamboat, and as soon as Fan Chengkun's fleet approached, their red-coated cannons, which had a relatively long range, opened fire first. These red-coated cannons are all round shells, and it is difficult to say the accuracy of the shot. However, it also hit Fan Chengkun and splashed around their fleet.

Fan Chengkun said to Li Wei: "Don't just watch them play, we should also exert our power." ”

"Don't worry, when our ships are in place, let's come together, solve it at once, don't leave trouble, the things at home will be shipped out immediately, and the worries of our merchant fleet will be solved this time." Li Wei looked at the south bank that was constantly emitting flames and said, after saying that, Li Wei came to the deck. He was to personally command several infantry guns here. It was fitting for the infantry gun to fire directly at targets on the south bank. Li Wei wants to find out the feeling himself.

After the various warships locked onto the target, Li Wei ordered the cannon to be fired.

For a time, there was a rumbling of artillery on the Yellow River, and when Li Zicheng's artillery began, they also fought hard to fire back.

Li Zicheng's old-fashioned artillery is really a limited threat to Fan Chengkun. Li Zicheng and their cannons, many of the ranges can't reach Fan Chengkun's fleet, but they can cheer by firing guns together, that is, making a lot of fun.

But Fan Chengkun and their heavy mortars are not a joke, as long as a shell falls near the gun position, any red-coated cannon can be blown up at once. Li Wei used a telescope to look at the bombardment effect of the heavy mortar, and if he found a gun position that had slipped through the net, he would personally direct the use of the direct-fire gun to aim and destroy it directly. In the end, Li Wei came to the conclusion that for visible targets, the probability of hitting with infantry guns is much higher than that of mortars.

After the artillery on the bank of the Yellow River west of Tongguan was almost cleaned up by Li Wei and them, Fan Chengkun and his fleet began to shoot at the city wall north of Tongguan. This time, all the heavy mortars on the ships concentrated their fire together and opened fire on the city walls. Not to mention that the cannon on the city wall was blown away, there were many gaps in the city wall that had been blown up.

There was no way, although Li Zicheng was unwilling to admit defeat, he also ordered the kiln gang people to shell it, and not to go up on the city wall.

After Li Wei and his men finished bombarding the northern city wall of Tongguan, when they were about to bombard the artillery on the river bank east of Tongguan, they found that there was no artillery on the river bank for a long time. Only a few built gun emplacements remained there. Fan Chengkun said to Li Wei: "The artillery position must also be destroyed, otherwise they will pull out the artillery again when we leave." ”

Li Wei gave another order and began the shelling. really let Fan Chengkun say, this round of shelling not only destroyed the artillery position, but also destroyed a lot of hidden artillery. It even caused an explosion of **. It turned out that the artillery in the east couldn't beat the artillery at the kiln at all. They pulled all the guns down and hid them, but the guns didn't leave. What they didn't expect was that the kiln people didn't fall for them. Another devastating bombardment began.

Li Zicheng, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, and Military Advisor Song Xiance were all in Tongguan, and they knew this time that the people of Yaogang were far more powerful than they thought. The artillery that he had gathered was cleaned up like mowing grass in less than half a day. What worries Li Zicheng is not the loss of these artillery, but the fact that there are still more than 100,000 soldiers who have not crossed the river at Fenglingdu.

What made Li Zicheng angry was that he had arranged for a general who was responsible for escorting the silver cart to cross the Yellow River himself but left the convoy on the north bank of the Yellow River. He ordered the general to be beheaded. However, according to Song Xiance, the silver convoy had already moved east to find an opportunity to cross the river, but a few days later, there was no news at all.

When Li Zicheng was circling around the house, someone came to report: "A letter was fired by the people of Yaogang with a cannonball." ”

When Li Zicheng heard the news, he stopped walking in circles, and Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing also stood up. Song Xiance took the letter in the past, looked at it and said, "Your Majesty, there is a door." ”

Li Zicheng took the letter from Song Xiance's hand and asked after reading it: "Can they keep their promises?" ”

Niu Jinxing took the letter from Li Zicheng and looked at it, and Song Xiance said: "In Huozhou, the people of Yaogang have released all the people who have laid down their weapons. I think what the kiln people said is also sincere. ”

It turned out that the letter from Yaogang said that now there is a continuous drought, and there are years of war, and the population has dropped sharply, and the Yaogang people's army can't bear to do too much killing. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers there in Fenglingdu were also raised by their parents, and the Yaogang people were ready to let them live, as long as they put down the weapons in their hands, the Dashun army could pick them up by boat. However, the time was within two days, and two days later, the Yaogang people blocked the Fenglingdu Wharf.

Niu Jinxing said: "Regardless of whether what the kiln people say is true or false, let's just try it." ”

The Yaogang people adopted the tactics of besieging but not attacking the Dashun army of Fenglingdu. There are more than 100,000 soldiers who have no food and grass gathered here, and they have long begun to kill horses and eat meat. Although the Yaogang People's Army did not attack, it took a psychological offensive. Letters were fired with bows and arrows to tell them that those who were willing to surrender would come and have something to eat. There are also various benefits and so on. In this way, a large number of soldiers of the Dashun Army came to surrender every day.

It is true that the ships sent by Li Zicheng and them were not intercepted by the Yaogang warships. When they were transporting troops at night, the warships at the kiln also gave them searchlights. This made Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, and Song Xiance very incomprehensible. The Yaogang people could have forced down these hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Dashun Army with a single charge, why didn't they do this.

In fact, how could they understand that Zhang Zhimu didn't want Li Zicheng's strength to be weakened too much, he still hoped that Li Zicheng would slow down and develop south and work for the people of Yaogang.

After Li Jing came back with a team of people and horses in the silver car, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He didn't expect it. They all thought that Li Zicheng would definitely transport the silver carts across the Yellow River first, but they didn't expect Li Jing to bring someone back to intercept them.

Ouyang He said to Li Jing: "Mr. Chen still understands you!" We arrived in Yuncheng, and there was no news from you. Mr. Chen said that Li Jing, this kid, must have seen something. Otherwise, it won't be faceless. really let Mr. Chen speak. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Give us the silver car, and we will send someone to transport it back to Yaogang as soon as possible." It just so happened that Yang Jing's transport team was going back tomorrow. Load your convoy onto their rubber-wheeled wagons and run fast. They don't need any of your 200 carts to pull 100 of them, and they are much more secure. ”

Li Jing said, "Then what are we going to do?" ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Mr. Ouyang will just give you a task. ”

Ouyang He came over and said, "Li Jing, if you take a day off, you can't rest." We will send you two divisions, and you will take the men you have brought, and fight east again along the Yellow River. All the way to Wuling at the entrance of the Qinshui River and the Yellow River. You have to cooperate with the cadres of our kiln gang to take over the places along the way. What I want to say in particular is that when you arrive in Sanmen Town, you will take over the Xinkaihe. We have organized a special team in the kiln gang to prepare to take over there. There you have to leave a company of infantry behind, and you have to have artillery stationed there. In the future, we will also send out a special tugboat to haul the passing ships back and forth. You should leave one battalion in Pinglu, one regiment each in Jiyuan and Qinyang, and you will take the rest of the troops to Wuling. Originally, this task was going to be handed over to Liu Yun. I was discussing this matter with Mr. Chen, and you came back just in time. We'll leave Liu Yun behind, and you'll complete this task. ”

Li Jing said: "Don't worry. This is a knife used to kill chickens. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Don't be careless. This road was fought by Liu Fangliang all the way, and now Liu Fangliang has not crossed the Yellow River to go back. If you meet him, it's going to be a big fight. However, I estimate that after Liu Fangliang learns about the battle situation here, he will also return to Henan soon. After you complete the task, let Wei Xiang and Lin Feng guard the Wuling, and I will send a ship to pick you up. Remember, we must cooperate with the cadres of our kiln gang to take over the place where we have taken down. ”

After Li Jing took over this task, she was so happy. He knew he was playing all the way on his own this time. He returned to his camp and talked to Wei Xiang, Lin Feng and the leaders of Lishan, and everyone was so happy that they didn't know what to say. This is a good thing they never dreamed of.

When the team of Yaogang was advancing, there was a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the large group of people and horses would be followed by a large group of steel spring carriages. Today's steel-reed carriages are all glass doors and windows, and rubber wheels. These were assigned to the kiln officials who took over the place. There were such wagons in every place, and there were policemen who were rationed to them.

The next day, Li Jing didn't dare to delay too much, said goodbye to Liu Yun, and set off with the team.

The communication corps of Yaogang is also very dedicated, and they have already connected the temporary telegraph line between Fenglingdu and Yaogang. Chen Yufeng and the others reported the progress here to Zhang Zhimu of the kiln gang.

Being able to communicate with the front line, Zhang Zhimu and Yan Boju were very happy. Although Zhang Zhimu and Yan Boju both said that they were not worried about the things ahead, they said that it was a lie if they didn't care about it.

The busiest person in Yaogang is still Lu Chengxiang, who has just returned. Not only did he have to manage the buying and selling of the kilns, but he also had to prepare food and seeds for the various places that needed support. Especially in those places that have been knocked down, the matter of restoring the branch needs to be distracted. Because many branches and houses have been destroyed by Li Zicheng's Dashun army, and some have even burned down, they all need to be rebuilt. Fortunately, Lu Chengxiang listened to Zhang Zhimu's suggestion, and now he also knows how to assign work to his various departments.

After Yan Xing came to Yaogang, Zhang Zhimu asked him to assist Lu Chengxiang in handling administrative matters in various places. In this way, Lu Chengxiang reduced a little pressure.

What makes Lu Chengxiang anxious now is that the goods at home are too much. And some of the things that are needed can't get in. For example, Lu Qi's hemp spinning machine has not been brought in, and the cotton that I thought was enough is almost gone, and some machines have stopped working. Fortunately, trade in the north has largely returned to normal.

This time, Lu Chengxiang and Yang Jing brought back 60,000 prisoners in batches, and more than 10,000 people were picked up from the smelting field. Li Yunhe was too picky, and he only picked more than 3,000 people first. In addition to being literate, as long as he was seventeen or eighteen years old, Liu Bensheng picked up a lot of masons and carpenters, as well as more than 2,000 people who knew a little bit of craftsmanship; Lu Bingyi: They still need 10,000 people to build the railway; Yangchang they need 5,000 people to erect wires; The Lingshui wharf was expanded, and the shipyard also needed people, and they picked up 10,000 people. There are more than 10,000 people left, and Zhang Zhimu, who is too young, let them go to school. Those who are too old are assigned to Xishan Baozi to reclaim some wasteland, and Huang Yukun has to go to some of their farms. In the end, there are some inconvenient legs and feet, and the health is not very good. Huang Yukun accepted it all and arranged for them to sweep the streets and do what they could. The rest of these people, when he heard that it was the wife of Zhang Zhimu, the owner of the kiln, who received them, he couldn't believe it. But they saw that when they were cleaning on the road, Huang Yukun nodded and greeted them every time he saw them, and they knew that they had fallen into a place like heaven. Not only are they well fed and clothed, but they also have the dignity of being human beings that they have never had before.

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