Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 1 Divide the army and fight the traitors in three ways

Section 1 The Great Army Pressed the Frontier

In the second year of the Apocalypse (the seventh year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in June, Shaanxi Qipanguan.

Liu Yunwei stood on the wall with a sword in armor, looking at the reckless mountains and mountains south of Qipan Pass, his eyes were full of sharpness. Under the wall, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army were going south out of the pass in turn, turning into a fiery red dragon that stretched for more than ten miles, winding into the border of Sichuan.

At this time, Liu Yunwei still held a letter in his hand to investigate the urgent military information transmitted by the fast horse: "Yu Chongming has learned that the army of 100,000 soldiers of our Hanwei army is pressing the border, and hurriedly withdrew his troops from the area of Chengdu, and recruited the rebels who were raging all over Sichuan, regrouped the 50,000 troops to the north, and pointed directly at Baoning Mansion, trying to block our Hanwei army at the Sword Pavilion (Jianmen Pass) in Baoning Mansion. In addition, the department of Luxury Chongming in Yunnan is also heading north, presumably preparing to join the main army of Luxury Chongming; It is still unknown whether An Bangyan's department will go to Sichuan, and the Investigation Department is making every effort to find out the news. ”

Since Liu Yunwei established the shogunate of Tongzhou Town, Yuan Mingxuan has built the Investigation Division into an intelligence agency similar to Jinyiwei, and used some of his skills when he was the commander of Jinyiwei, cultivated many capable subordinates, and also specially dug some Jinyiwei experts to serve in the Exploration Division. After such a long period of tempering, the Tongzhou Town Investigation Division has become an intelligence agency second only to Dongchang and Jinyiwei. This time, in order to cooperate with the army to go south to quell the rebellion, Yuan Mingxuan deliberately sent a large number of elite soldiers and strong generals to the four provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, to find out the truth and fiction of the two rebel armies of Hao Chongming and An Bangyan.

Liu Yunwei watched the army that was constantly moving south for a while, and also set off from the pass. However, as soon as Liu Yunwei walked a few miles with the army, he received an urgent report that he would not receive it at night: "Luxury Chongming's fierce general Luxury Dangxu has led five thousand Tusi soldiers to capture the Sword Pavilion. ”

Liu Yunwei was shocked when he heard the news, and said to Guo Yi beside him: "I really didn't expect that this extravagant Chongming is really sharp and decisive in doing things, the main forces of the rebels are all far away in Chengdu, and the distance from the Sword Pavilion is much farther than ours, and it is not easy to send an elite army to seize the Sword Pavilion!" ”

Guo Yi asked: "General Town, aren't we blocked in the north by the rebels?" Did the army continue southward on a different path? ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said: "If you find another way out, you can only go south from Haoyang Pass in Long'an Mansion to the west, or go south from Baizhang Pass in the east. However, the road to Shu is difficult, if 100,000 soldiers temporarily change these two routes, the army will go out of thin air for hundreds of miles, and then the rebels can still take advantage of our detour to seize the two passes. Therefore, I decided that the southward route of the army would remain unchanged and continue to go south to the Sword Pavilion! ”

After two days of marching, Liu Yunwei led 100,000 soldiers to Guangyuan City, which was only about a day's journey away from Sword Pavilion.

That night, Liu Yunwei summoned the generals, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun to the big tent to discuss the matter, and said to everyone: "I have received an urgent report that the night will not be collected, and now the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the rebel army have seized the Sword Pavilion, and our army has been stopped in the north of the Sword Pavilion and cannot go south, and the main force of the 50,000 rebels is coming north, and now the situation facing our army is very grim. But we don't have time to continue to consume, we must go south as soon as possible to break through the Sword Pavilion, and defeat the troops of Yu Chongming before An Bangyan leads the army from Guizhou and Guangxi. Otherwise, once these two rebel armies succeed in joining forces, the strength of the rebel army will be on a par with our Hanwei army, and the counterinsurgency war will definitely fall into a stalemate, which I absolutely cannot allow! ”

Zhou Tianyi looked at the map and said: "General Town, this Sword Pavilion City is actually Jianmen Pass, that is the Jiancheng Xiongguan known as the first Xiongguan in Shu, even if we come to the Sword Pavilion City before the main army of Xuan Chongming arrives, and want to attack the Xiongguan garrisoned by 5,000 elite soldiers in a short time, it is impossible." ”

Liu Yunwei said in a deep voice: "I naturally know that the Sword Pavilion is not easy to fight, so I decided to storm the Sword Pavilion to attract Luxury Chongming to come to help, and then our 100,000 soldiers of the Han Wei Army will start a battle with Luxury Chongming's headquarters in the area of Sword Pavilion!" ”

Lu Ying said with a smile: "Big brother wants to surround the point and send reinforcements?" Completely annihilated the extravagant Chongming department in the area of the Sword Pavilion? ”

"That's right! The Sword Pavilion is the last destination of Extravagant Chongming! Liu Yunwei continued: "Next, I will arrange the battle tasks of the soldiers of each battalion!" ”

Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, Wang Dangdang, Gao Hongguang, and Huang Fuming all stood up and hugged their fists, ready to listen to Liu Yunwei's dispatch, and Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun also got up and stood by.

"I decided to set up the camp of the Han Wei army in Zhaohua City, south of Guangyuan City, which is only about a day's journey away from the Sword Pavilion, which is convenient for the transportation of grain and grass during the battle, which can shorten the supply line of the army, and the grain and grass of the army will be transferred from Zhaohua to the battalions. After the main force of the army moved south, the Yulin battalion was stationed in Zhaohua City, responsible for guarding the grain and grass of the army. ”

When Huangfu heard this, he immediately stepped forward and said, "The last general will be ordered!" ”

"Early tomorrow morning, the Changshui Battalion, as the army of the West Road, will go all the way to the west, from Haoyang Pass in Long'an Mansion to the south, all the way to the city of Chengdu, we must ensure that Chengdu is not lost!"

Wen Poyu stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "Big brother, don't worry, there are soldiers from the Changshui Battalion, Chengdu will be safe and sound!" ”

Liu Yunwei nodded, and then continued: "Early tomorrow morning, the Feiyu Battalion, the Yingyang Battalion, and the Zhichong Battalion will set off eastward as the East Road Army, and go south from Baizhang Pass in Baoning Mansion, waiting for an opportunity to seize Nanjin Pass, and threaten the flank of the rebels of Yu Chongming's army from the south, and the East Road Army will be commanded by the garrison Lu Ying. ”

This battle can be said to be the first time that Lu Ying has led an army alone, and the first time that he can exercise the right to kill a general, so he was very excited, and immediately clasped his fists and said: "Please rest assured, big brother, I will definitely fight this battle!" ”

Liu Yunwei nodded with a smile and said, "I believe this!" However, you must remember that the partial division of the Eastern Route Army is not going to fight a decisive battle with the rebels, and I want you to take the line of Songjiang and Dahushan when you go south, and send more than one to ensure the concealment of the army's march; I want the officers and men of the Eastern Route Army to surprise the rear or flank of the rebels after arriving at Nanjin Pass, and it would be better if they could threaten the supplies, grain and grass of the rebels. ”

Lu Ying thought for a while, and then said, "What does the eldest brother mean is that our Eastern Route Army is there to disrupt the deployment of the rebels and attract the attention of the rebels?" That means that the main direction of attack in this battle is still the soldiers and horses led by the eldest brother? ”

"Exactly!"

"I understand, don't worry, big brother, I will work with all the soldiers to turn the rear of the rebels upside down!"

Liu Yunwei continued: "Early tomorrow morning, the remaining trapped camps, the Tiger Battalion, the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Pacesetter Battalion will form the Middle Route Army, and they will go south to the Sword Pavilion together to officially start a war with the rebels!" ”

Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao stepped forward at the same time to hold their fists and receive the order, and said loudly: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

Early the next morning, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the Hanwei Army set out from Guangyuan City at the same time, and the troops were divided into three routes to attack quickly; When the main army of the middle road passed through Zhaohua, Huang Fuming led the soldiers of the Yulin battalion to stay behind to take care of the army's grain and grass, while Liu Yunwei continued to lead the middle army south to the Sword Pavilion. Along the way, Liu Yunwei ordered the army to beat out all the flags of all nine war battalions, and marched all the way towards the Sword Pavilion with great fanfare, and the four war battalions of nearly 50,000 troops arrived at the Sword Pavilion City in just over half a day.

Sword Pavilion, also known as Jianmen Pass, is the most majestic and steep pass in Shu. To the west of the Sword Pavilion is the steep and towering Dajian Mountain, and to the east is the turbulent and wide Jialing River.

Liu Yunwei looked at the Xiongguan in front of him and found that the rebels on the city wall had already gone to the city to prepare for battle, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that the rebel scouts are quite effective." ”

Then, Liu Yunwei looked at the sun again, and when he saw that it was still early, he said, "Hmph! The order was passed down, and the artillery battalions under the jurisdiction of the pacesetter battalion, the trapping camp, the tiger battalion, and the Vietnamese cavalry battalion were all assembled in front of the formation, and handed over to the commander of the pacesetter battalion artillery battalion, President Edward Qian, and the tiger battalion and the Vietnamese cavalry battalion fought the main attack, and the camp was trapped, and the pacesetter battalion pressed the formation. The whole army will immediately begin to attack the city, and I want to see what the rebels can do to stop the advance of my Hanwei soldiers! ”

At the same time, a general appeared on the city wall, looking intently at the soldiers of the Hanwei Army who were arranging their troops, and this person was the rebel general Hao Dangxu.

"The Hanwei Army is worthy of being a world-famous elite battalion, and it is worthy of being a strong army that can defeat the Jiannu Tartars one after another, and they rushed to the Sword Pavilion City in such a short time, fortunately, the head of the family had the foresight to let me lead the troops to seize the Sword Pavilion first, otherwise this battle will not be easy to fight."

Thinking of this, Xuan Dang Xu ordered all the artillery on the wall of the Sword Pavilion to be prepared, ready to start an artillery battle with the Han Wei army, and did his best to defend the Sword Pavilion, so as to delay the time and wait for the main army led by Xuan Chongming to arrive.

An hour later, the Hanwei army had already completed the formation, and tens of thousands of soldiers lined up into several huge phalanxes, with banners like forests and momentum like rainbows. In the rear of the army, Liu Yunwei also deliberately erected a large number of banners, disguised as tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who had rushed to the east and west, in order to confuse the rebels in Sword Pavilion City.

Liu Yunwei looked at the rebels at the head of the Sword Pavilion City, as well as more than two dozen copper cannons and iron cannons of different sizes, and took a deep breath, and was about to order the army to start attacking the city.

Suddenly, Guo Yi rode his horse to Liu Yunwei's side and whispered: "Qiqi Town, Wei Zhongxian sent someone to send a message, An Bangyan has gathered all the 50,000 troops and is rushing towards Sichuan, and now it has passed Anshun Prefecture!" ”

Liu Yunwei was shocked when he heard this!