Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 3 Tiger Ben's Bloody War Quells Rebellion

Section 14 Pacification (1)

In the second year of the Apocalypse (the seventh year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), at the beginning of August, Sword Pavilion City.

Liu Yunwei stood on the north wall of Jiange City and looked at the vast Dajian Mountain in the distance, only to see that the mountains were surrounded by green trees, the entire mountain range stretched for hundreds of miles, and there were countless mountains and valleys in it, which could be described as an excellent place to hide soldiers. Seeing this, Liu Yunwei's pair of sword eyebrows couldn't help frowning together, and they were engraved on his face like a ravine.

Huang Fuming stood aside with a guilty face, and Liu Jinhui, Lan Yuan, and Li Mingzhi under his command were also gloomy.

Since the date of its establishment, the Yulin Battalion has not been on the battlefield, before the Hanwei Army went to Liaodong did not bring the Yulin Battalion, even this southwest counterinsurgency is to let the Yulin Battalion soldiers serve as the auxiliary task of ensuring the back road and the grain road, which makes the whole battalion soldiers hold their breath in their hearts, and they all want to seize an opportunity to prove themselves. In particular, the rest of the war battalions have swept through the rebels and made great contributions, and the main battle battalions such as the Longxiang Iron Cavalry, the Flying Feather Battalion, and the Trap Camp have even become famous all over the world, while the Yulin Battalion is still obscure, and it is really an outlier in the world-famous Hanwei Army. Among the officers and men of the Hanwei Army, there was even a saying that the Yulin Battalion was a large baggage battalion, which made Huang Fuming and other Yulin Battalion generals feel angry.

When this counterinsurgency war came to an end, they finally encountered a rebel army that attacked the grain road, and the Yulin battalion went up to Huangfu Ming and down to the ordinary soldiers, all of them were extremely excited, and they all wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, so as not to let the rest of the war battalions underestimate the name of the Yulin battalion. Who knows, Huangfu Ming led the soldiers of the 8,000 Yulin Battalion to the expedition with great fighting spirit, but he ended up with a halberd in Dajian Mountain, and was ambushed by the rebels with similar strength, and more than 2,000 soldiers were broken in vain.

On the side, Lu Ying and Wu Xing whispered to Huang Fuming to ask about the fierce battle between the two armies, and after Huang Fuming explained in detail, the two of them all gave a thumbs up to the leader of the rebel army. When the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court had the advantage, the leader of the rebel army did not flee to the mountains and fall into the grass, nor did he immediately surrender to save his life, but attacked hundreds of miles away and cut off the grain route of the counterinsurgency army, and also ate 2,000 soldiers of the Yulin Battalion, which was really brave and strategic!

"Now that you can't detect the movements of that rebel army at night, it's going to be difficult." Liu Yunwei frowned and said: "In this case, there should be two possibilities: one is that the rebel army has fled and gone to wreak havoc elsewhere; There is also a possibility that the rebel army is still hidden in the Great Sword Mountain, ready to wait for an opportunity to further deplete our army's strength, and even try to seize the fighter plane to rebel in one fell swoop. ”

Lu Ying pondered for a moment and asked, "Big brother, do you think that possibility is more likely?" ”

"The second one, of course!"

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "If that rebel leader fights here and runs away immediately, then wouldn't this hundreds of miles be too worthless?" ”

At this time, Huang Fuming, Liu Jinhui, Lan Yuan, and Li Mingzhi stepped forward and bowed together, and said in unison: "We are not in a good position to go to war, so that the army's food routes are cut off and the troops are lost, please punish the commander!" ”

Liu Yunwei shook his head and said, "Victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, and General Huangfu and you don't have to take it to heart. However, this defeat must be done in accordance with the military discipline of the Hanwei Army. Governor Hu! ”

Hu Kun next to him stepped forward and said loudly: "According to the military law of the Hanwei Army, the leading general is not good for the battle, and he should lead the army for ten sticks and be fined for one year!" ”

Liu Yunwei smiled faintly when he heard this, pointed to Huang Fuming and the others and said: "Now is the time to quell the rebellion, so your military sticks will be written down for the time being, and each of you will be fined for one year." If you make a battle merit next, then fold it into a military stick, otherwise you will wait to eat the board. ”

Huang Fuming and others hurriedly thanked him when they heard this.

Liu Yunwei looked back at Dajian Mountain in the distance, and then led everyone down the city wall.

Lu Ying and Wu Xing glanced at each other, and both of them were a little anxious in their eyes, after all, the grain and grass of the army could not be supplied in time, and the grain and grass transported by the imperial court would not be rushed in if the safety could not be guaranteed. If time goes on, there is no guarantee that there will be no variables in this counterinsurgency war.

After everyone returned to the mansion, Lu Ying said: "Big brother, we must find a way as soon as possible, we can't drag it out endlessly like this, this is the heart of the rebel leader!" ”

"Don't worry, the army won't be able to run out of food for a while, haven't all the cities south of Sword Pavilion City already received our grain transfer order and have begun to raise food and wages? Even if there is no food and salary from the imperial court, relying on the grain and grass cobbled together by these cities, our army can at least support more than a month, which is enough to end this war. ”

"But!"

Liu Yunwei saw that everyone was a little impatient, so he waved his hand with a smile and said, "I understand that everyone is in a hurry, but the current situation is just urgent. The more anxious we are, the more proud the rebels will be, and the more they will be able to catch our flaws! ”

Huang Fuming asked, "Zongzhen, then let's just wait?" ”

"That's right! Just wait! Let the soldiers in the city also have a good rest. Liu Yunwei said categorically: "Wait until the soldiers of the Huben battalion have conquered Yilong City, wait until the soldiers of the Yuecai battalion rush to the Sword Pavilion, wait until the soldiers who attacked the rebel camp of the Jialing River wave their troops to the north, and wait until the 100,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army will join the Jiange City." At that time, it is estimated that we don't need to look for it, and the rebels hiding in the Great Sword Mountain will be unable to sit still and run out. ”

Everyone was smart, and after thinking about it, they understood the key and immediately laughed.

Lu Ying said with a smile: "That's right, if the rebels didn't come down the mountain at that time, they could only nest in the mountains and be bandits for the rest of their lives." ”

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Zhao Kaishan led the soldiers of the Huben battalion all the way to the east, and it took only two days to rush to the foot of Yilong City. I saw that at this time, the four gates of Yilong City had been closed, and there were only hundreds of rebels waiting for the city, looking at the tens of thousands of elite Han Wei troops outside the city in fear.

Zhao Kaishan saw that there was only such a small amount of rebel strength at the head of the city, and he immediately understood that the main force of the rebel army must have gone north to Sword Pavilion City with all his might.

"Give me a siege! Within an hour, I will break through Yilong City! ”

As soon as the order was given, tens of thousands of tiger camp soldiers roared and rushed to Yilong City, and launched a fierce attack on the western city wall. It took less than a moment for the angry soldiers to climb the walls, and it didn't take long for them to take the city and open its gates. Seeing this, Zhao Kaishan immediately led the cavalry battalion soldiers to gallop wildly and rushed directly into the city. The whole siege battle came to an end, and the soldiers of the Huben battalion captured Yilong City at the cost of losing more than a dozen people, annihilating more than 400 rebels, and it took less than half an hour.

After Zhao Kaishan led the army to clear the remnants of the rebel soldiers in the city, he sent someone to notify the officials of the nearby city to come to calm the people, and at the same time left a hundred generals to lead the troops to guard the city, and he immediately led the main army of the Huben battalion out of the city to the south and went straight to the Jialing River.

The reason why Zhao Kaishan was so anxious was that he was worried that Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang would eat the tens of thousands of rebels by the Jialing River before he arrived, and when the time came, he would be busy running so far and wide, and he would not be able to gain any military achievements.

Facts have proved that Zhao Kaishan's worries are unnecessary.

On the side of the Jialing River, Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang looked at the rebel camp in the distance and hated the roots, and they led an army of 30,000 to attack four times in a row and were forced to retreat. It's not that the combat power of this rebel army is high, and the 30,000 Hanwei soldiers can't be defeated, but the camp held by the rebels is too strong and too insidious.

I saw that the entire rebel camp faced the river on one side, and the remaining three sides were a fan, and the camp was very strong. Outside the camp there were three deep and wide trenches, in which pointed wood was inserted; There was also a barricade between each trench. There is only one road connecting the entire camp to the outside world, but the road is very tortuous, zigzag back and forth between the three trenches.

If the soldiers of the Hanwei Army launched an attack, the only way in and out was not to think about it, and the soldiers could only fill the trenches and cut down the horses one by one. But in the process, the soldiers of the Hanwei Army will have to face a dense rain of arrows from the rebels, and the soldiers will have to pay a huge price for every step forward.

Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang had no choice but to divide their troops to besiege the rebels, and temporarily gave up their plans to attack hard.

At this moment, Zhao Kaishan arrived with his army in a hurry, and when he saw that the rebel camp was still intact, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said to Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang: "Haha, the two brothers are really interesting, they didn't eat alone, and they left a snack for the soldiers of my tiger camp, haha." ”

Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang glared at Zhao Kaishan angrily, and said secretly: "If you can beat it down, you can still get meat?" ”

Gao Hongguang rolled his eyes and briefly introduced the current situation, and then said, "General Zhao, how do you think we will fight this battle?" ”

Zhao Kaishan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then asked rhetorically: "Didn't you send out the artillery battalion?" Bombard with artillery! ”

Wang Dangdang said angrily: "Of course we know! The artillery battalion was also dispatched to fight several times. ”

As he spoke, Wang Dangdang pointed to the rebel camp in the distance and said: "You see, the rebels have built a thick circle of river mud in the outermost circle of the camp, and the cannons hit it as if they were hitting cotton, and they can't kill or injure the rebel soldiers in the camp at all. ”

After Zhao Kaishan looked at it for a while, he muttered: "Good guy, the brains of this group of rebels are really bright!" I think more than half of it was Yasu's ghost idea. ”

Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang were about to lose Zhao Kaishan a few words when they saw this, but they heard him say: "But don't worry too much, I have a way to deal with this rebel army." When my eldest brother and I divided our troops, we deliberately asked for the heads of Yu Chongming and An Bangyan, and as long as we put the heads of these two thieves on the battlefield early tomorrow morning, there is a chance that this rebel army will collapse on the spot! ”

Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang fainted on the spot when they heard this.

The two of them led the army in bloody battles a few times before, and what the 30,000 army couldn't do, Zhao Kaishan actually did it with two heads, which was also too annoying!