Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 3 Tiger Ben's Bloody War Quells Rebellion

Section 13 Occupation and Advance of Troops

Three miles west of Hexiguan.

Lu Ying led 5,000 iron cavalry soldiers to gallop all the way, and it took less than half an hour to rush to the vicinity of Hexi Pass, in order to ensure the concealment of the iron cavalry army when marching, all the rebels encountered along the way were ordered by Lu Ying to be killed on the spot, leaving no one alive. And the people in the Hexiguan area have long since run away because of the war, so that the main force of the rebels was defeated and destroyed, and Hao Chongming and An Bangyan died one after another, and the 10,000 rebels who stayed in Hexiguan did not know it at all.

A moment later, the five thousand iron cavalry of the Hanwei Army approached the city, and the remnants of the rebels in Xiguan suddenly seemed to be the end of the world, and the army's heart collapsed in an instant. Many rebel soldiers shouted that they wanted to abandon the city and flee, and many advocated surrendering to the Hanwei army.

Lu Ying looked at the chaos in the city, and his heart suddenly settled, and said to Jiang Wentian beside him: "It seems that this is the end of Xiguan!" ”

Jiang Wentian was also very happy and said: "General, it seems that this counterinsurgency war is coming to an end, are we going back to Tongzhou soon?" ”

"Well, I guess so."

Lu Ying looked up and found that it was not early, so he handed over the head of Yu Chongming to Jiang Wentian and asked him to come forward and call the door.

Jiang Wentian took the first-class horse and stepped forward, came to a place fifty steps away from the city wall, and shouted: "Listen to the rebels in the pass! The thieves leaders Yu Chongming and An Bangyan have been ambushed, and tens of thousands of rebels have been exterminated by heavenly soldiers! Now that the imperial army is coming to the city, you will immediately open the city and surrender, otherwise the chickens and dogs will not be left when the army attacks the city, don't say that it is unpredictable! ”

After speaking, Jiang Wentian raised the head of Yu Chongming high, and ran back and forth outside the city a few laps on the horse.

The rebels at the head of the city took a closer look, and found that it was indeed the head of luxury Chongming, and immediately blew up the nest, and tens of thousands of rebels poured down from the city in an instant, and tens of thousands of rebels were immediately divided into two factions, one advocated immediate surrender, and the other advocated abandoning the city and fleeing.

At this moment, the city gate of Hexi Pass was suddenly opened by the rebels inside, and some rebel soldiers ran out of the city gate and shouted loudly, calling the Hanwei army outside the city to kill the iron cavalry into the city, and the tens of thousands of rebels in the city actually killed each other.

Jiang Wentian was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly rode back to Lu Ying's side, and said loudly: "General, let's hurry up and kill it!" ”

Lu Ying didn't rush to give an order, but pondered for a while, and then said loudly: "Jiang Wentian! Immediately lead a thousand iron cavalry soldiers to occupy the city gate and capture the city wall, and the rest of the army will still stay in place! ”

Jiang Wentian was a little puzzled for a while, so he was stunned and did not immediately lead the army to attack.

Seeing this, Lu Ying directly whipped Jiang Wentian's war horse, and immediately whipped the war horse and rushed out. Jiang Wentian hurriedly reined in his war horse and asked, "General, what do you mean by this?" ”

Lu Ying said angrily: "Now there are tens of thousands of rebels fighting in the pass, what are we going to do now?" Is it messy and messy? First occupy the city gate and capture the city wall, then we can at least attack and retreat. After the rebels kill themselves for a while, let's rush in and clean up the mess!" ”

"Haha, General, you are too cunning!"

After hearing this, Jiang Wentian immediately led the army to rush up, and the rebel soldiers along the way were rushed to the ground, and after a while, a thousand iron cavalry soldiers were killed on the city, and all the rebel soldiers on the city wall were driven down, and more than 100 iron cavalry soldiers were left at the city gate to guard firmly.

At this time, tens of thousands of rebels in the pass were horrified to find that the iron cavalry of the Hanwei army had controlled the city gate, so they were even more resentful of the other party for ruining the situation.

After Lu Ying received Jiang Wentian's report on the battle situation, he couldn't help but sneer and said, "Hmph! These rebels are still killing each other in such a situation, even if they are given ten or a hundred years, they will not be able to achieve a big climate! ”

An hour later, Lu Ying led the remaining 4,000 iron cavalry troops to rush into the pass, and a single charge strangled the remaining thousands of rebel soldiers in the pass. Only a few hundred rebel soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape from the pass, and it was not long before they were wiped out by the defenders of the surrounding city.

"Someone! Immediately report to the general town: Hexi Pass has been taken by our army, and the main army can enter Yilong City east at any time! ”

At the same time, Liu Yunwei had already led the main army to clean up the battlefield, and captured more than 5,000 rebel prisoners.

After Liu Yunwei received the good news from Lu Ying, he immediately ordered the army to march east and go to Hexi Pass to rest and recuperate. At the same time, Liu Yunwei also sent three teams to give orders to Li Tianhao, Wu Xing, Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang. Ordered Wu Xing and Li Tianhao to immediately lead a large army to Hexiguan to assemble, and ordered Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang to destroy the 10,000 rebels stationed north of the Jialing River at all costs, and then fire the army north to Hexiguan.

That night, Liu Yunwei led the main army to Hexi Pass. Due to the fact that all the soldiers and horses of the Hanwei Army could not be stationed in Hexi Pass City, in addition to the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion, the Tiger Ben Battalion and the iron cavalry of each battalion all relied on Guancheng to camp and rest. The more than 4,000 rebel prisoners who came with the army were also divided into two groups and imprisoned in the Tiger Camp and the Iron Cavalry Camp.

After settling the soldiers of the army, Liu Yunwei immediately sent dozens of people to the east to investigate and listen to the movements of the rebels in the area of Yilongcheng. As long as the 10,000 rebels stationed in Yilong City are wiped out in a short period of time, the counterinsurgency will be successfully concluded.

"It's finally coming to an end. After the war, I will definitely return to Chengdu to visit my mother as soon as possible. ”

Two days later, Li Tianhao led the soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion to Hexi Pass, and in the evening of the same day, Wu Xing also led the soldiers of the trapped camp to Hexi Pass, accompanied by the army's grain and grass and nearly 20,000 rebel prisoners.

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard the news, and specially set up a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army to entertain the generals who had come so hard.

During the banquet, Liu Yunwei excitedly said to Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Li Tianhao, Zhao Kaishan, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun: "Everyone, in this battle with Xiguan, the soldiers of our battalions fought bloodily, gathered and annihilated nearly 50,000 rebels in the first battle, and even beheaded the rebel thieves Chongming and An Bangyan. It can be said that this counterinsurgency war has basically come to an end, as long as the 10,000 rebels in Yilong City and the city are gathered and annihilated, our Hanwei army can report to the imperial court and go north as soon as possible! ”

Everyone was very excited when they heard this, and they were eager to try it. Zhao Kaishan and Li Tianhao jumped up even more, shouting loudly to act as the vanguard of the army and kill Yilong City.

Liu Yunwei saw that the morale of the crowd was high, and he was about to deploy the next battle plan to attack Yilong City, but at this moment, Guo Yi suddenly rushed into the big tent and said, "Something happened to the town!" ”

Liu Yunwei couldn't help frowning and asked, "Speak slowly, what's wrong?" ”

Guo Yi said with an unkind face: "The Yulin Battalion has sent an urgent report, the grain transportation team of the imperial court has been attacked by the rebels, and thousands of stones of grain and grass have been burned by the rebels!" After hearing the news, Huangfu, the guerrilla general of the Yulin battalion, led his army to attack the enemy, and encountered an ambush of rebels in the area of Dajian Mountain, and the army suffered many casualties, and now it has retreated to the city of Sword Pavilion to defend it. ”

Zhou Tianyi hurriedly asked: "In other words, now the army's grain and grass are broken?" ”

Guo Yi nodded, and did not speak with a gloomy face.

Liu Yunwei was not overly alarmed, and asked after a moment of silence: "Do you know which rebel did it?" ”

Guo Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know, General Huangfu just said that the rebels are strong, at least tens of thousands of horses." ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei put a sneer on his face and said, "It seems that Yilongcheng doesn't need to fight much. I just don't know, who is this rebel general who is leading the army? Such a brave and resourceful general, why didn't Yu Chongming reuse it before? ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and Lu Ying exclaimed: "Big brother is saying that the rebels who cut off our grain route are the 10,000 rebels stationed in Yilong City?" ”

"It should be." Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said, "However, I think it shouldn't be all the troops, and the rebel defenders should only lead a part of the elite to attack Sword Pavilion City for thousands of miles." Otherwise, from Yilong City to Sword Pavilion City, hundreds or thousands of miles of lofty mountains and mountains, it is impossible for 10,000 rebels to arrive in a short time. ”

Zhou Tianyi frowned and said, "I don't know if the general town has thought about it, when did this rebel general attack Sword Pavilion City?" ”

Liu Yunwei raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "Governor Zhou is saying that before we marched into Hexi Pass, this rebel general had already begun to attack the Sword Pavilion Grain Road?" Does the rebel general have such an eye? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yunwei continued his words and said: "No! The rebel general must have known that the rebels were doomed to defeat, so he had already rushed to Sword Pavilion City before the decisive battle with Xiguan began, otherwise it would have been absolutely too late in time! ”

Everyone was afraid for a while when they heard this, this battle was fortunately won, otherwise once the battle was defeated, the rear grain route of the army would be cut off, and that would be the end of the entire army!

"Herald! Early tomorrow morning, Zhao Kaishan led the soldiers of the Huben battalion to continue eastward into Yilong City, and immediately went south to the Jialing River after exterminating the rebels in the city, supporting the soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion and the Zhichong Battalion; Li Tianhao led the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion to escort more than 20,000 rebel prisoners to the city of Boryeong Mansion for custody, and cut off the thumbs of all the rebels before leaving! After handing over the prisoners, the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion immediately went north to Jiange City. I personally led the pacesetter battalion, the trapping camp and the iron cavalry army of Lu Ying's department to the north to Sword Pavilion City! ”