Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 2 Gather and annihilate stragglers to defend Chengdu

Section 1: Breaking the siege

Since Wen Poyu led more than 10,000 Changshui battalion iron cavalry soldiers to the west, they traveled all the way, arrived at Haoyang Pass, and then turned south, all the way through Shiquan, Anxian, Jinzhu, Shifang, Hanzhou and other cities, and it took ten days to arrive in Chengdu. At this time, the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion were already exhausted after a high-intensity trek.

In the evening of that day, Wen Polu led the army to camp near the new capital fifteen miles north of Chengdu to rest, and prepared to leave for Chengdu early the next morning.

Wen Poyu, who had inspected the situation of the camp, was just about to go back to the big tent to rest, when he received an urgent report that he would not receive it at night: "The 2,000 people of the Luxury Chongming Division, as well as the eight relatively small Tusi families, with a total of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, have already joined forces under the city of Chengdu, and are now storming Chengdu!" ”

Wen Poyu was shocked when he heard the news, he never thought that that luxury Chongming would have such a backhand, and while fighting a bloody battle with 100,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army, he could also gather tens of thousands of troops to attack Chengdu! If Chengdu is lost at this time, the counterinsurgency situation in the entire Sichuan will take a sharp turn for the worse and deteriorate rapidly, and not only will the majesty of the imperial court be severely dealt a blow at that time, but most importantly, the rest of the Tusi families in the four southwestern provinces who are watching the development of the war situation will also think that the imperial court is vulnerable and will become ready to move.

At this time, Wen Poyu had fully realized the seriousness of the matter, so he hurriedly gathered a large army and prepared to rush to Chengdu overnight; At the same time, Wen Poyu also sent a large number of night guards to the Chengdu area to investigate. After receiving the news that Chengdu was besieged, Wen Poyu didn't know why, and always felt that the rebels would not only have this 10,000 army!

In less than half an hour, more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui battalion were ready to go, and Wen Poyu gave an order, and the iron cavalry army roared and set off to the south, rushing all the way towards Chengdu under the afterglow of dusk.

At the same time, Chengdu, which was gradually shrouded in darkness, had become a huge battlefield, and more than 10,000 rebels were besieging the city regardless of casualties, and they were attacking at the same time, not giving the defenders in the city any chance at all. The torches lit by the rebels outside the city were like stars in the sky, illuminating the entire battlefield as if it were daylight.

At this time, Jiao Dongsheng, the deputy commander-in-chief of Sichuan, who was commanding the operation at the head of the city, was anxious; since the rebels rebels rebelled on a large scale, there have been many casualties among civil and military officials at all levels such as the Sichuan general army, the governor, and the prefect, and the civil and military generals in the entire Sichuan can be said to be panicked. Moreover, the Sichuan soldiers suffered heavy losses in the battle of Salhu, and the white pole soldiers in the battle of the Hunhe River were defeated in Liaodong, after which, the strength of Sichuan was seriously insufficient, and the defenders in Chengdu were only 6,000 people, and most of them were guards, and the combat power was very worrying. In the face of the onslaught of more than 10,000 rebels regardless of casualties, the officers and troops defending the city can be said to be exhausted.

Seeing that the sky had completely darkened, Jiao Dongsheng's mood also sank completely, and he said secretly: "Perhaps, Chengdu will be broken by the rebels tonight." ”

Suddenly, there were drums in the north of the city, it was the defenders in the north of the city asking for help from the whole city, if it was not rescued in time, the north of the city was about to fall!

Jiao Dongsheng was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly led hundreds of soldiers to the north of the city. When he arrived at the north city wall, Jiao Dongsheng suddenly fell into an ice cellar, only to see that the city wall was full of rebel soldiers, and many rebels kept climbing the city wall through the ladder, and there were not many officers and soldiers defending the city, who were either killed by the rebels or had already scattered and fled.

"Soldiers! Take back the northern walls with me! ”

Jiao Dongsheng roared and rushed forward with hundreds of his soldiers, and started a fierce battle with the rebels who had already climbed the northern city wall, both sides tried their best to occupy the city wall in the shortest possible time.

As time passed, as the officers and troops had lost too many defensive points, more and more rebels climbed the city walls from the ladders erected here and there, but the officers and troops in the city did not rush over much. In the end, more than 300 officers and soldiers, including Jiao Dongsheng, were surrounded by thousands of rebel regiments on the north city wall.

Jiao Dongsheng knew that he was already dead or alive, so he took the lead in fighting with the rebels, wielding a war knife in his hand vigorously, killing four rebel soldiers in a row, but then he was pierced through the chest by a spear, and fell in a pool of blood unwillingly. Seeing this, the surrounding more than 300 officers and soldiers were all furious and rushed forward with a roar, but the gap in strength could not be filled by anger alone. It didn't take long for all of these more than 300 officers and soldiers to die in battle.

When the last officer and soldier on the northern wall fell, more than a thousand rebels burst into loud cheers. One of the leaders laughed out loud and said to the rebel soldiers around him: "Immediately attack the east and west walls separately, and then send people into the city to open the city gates, and enlarge the team to enter the city!" ”

After hearing the order, the surrounding rebel soldiers all dispersed happily, preparing to completely capture Chengdu, an important town in Shuzhong.

Suddenly, a dull roar came from the dark night and echoed throughout the battlefield. The leader and all the rebel soldiers on the northern city wall looked in amazement into the thick night outside the city, and the thousands of rebel main forces outside the city who were still waiting in line to enter the city were also very moved, not knowing what demons and monsters would suddenly be killed in the night.

At this moment, a rousing horn sounded. Immediately afterwards, in the almost desperate eyes of thousands of rebels, Wen Poyu led an army of 12,000 iron cavalry to rush out of the night, and the overwhelming iron cavalry army lined up in a neat formation, like an autumn wind sweeping leaves, from the northwest of Chengdu into the battlefield, along the north city wall all the way to the southeast. The thousands of rebels gathered under the northern city wall bore the brunt of the attack, and in the blink of an eye, they were overwhelmed by the unstoppable Changshui battalion soldiers, and they were killed and wounded.

Wen Poyu led hundreds of horse lance cavalry to rush to the front of the large array, hundreds of horse lances left and right to pick and kill, constantly tearing apart the rebel formation, opening the way for the tens of thousands of troops behind; And as the general of the hundred, Wu Hang was also in great power at this time, leading more than 100 soldiers under his command and thousands of soldiers walking on both wings of the army, holding a three-eyed gun to continuously bombard the rebel soldiers who dared to approach the cavalry formation of the army.

It didn't take long for the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to kill from the north of Chengdu to the east, and from the east to the south. The more than 10,000 rebels who were besieging the city finally couldn't support it under the onslaught of the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion, and they scattered in all directions screaming. The most fatal thing is that on the four walls of Chengdu, there are more than 3,000 rebel soldiers in the face of such a situation and can not advance or retreat, on the one hand, resisting the increasingly fierce counterattack of the Chengdu defenders, on the other hand, can not quickly remove the city wall to escape, it did not take long to be blocked on the city wall by the officials and soldiers who came from the city, forming a situation of closing the door and beating dogs. Some of the panicked rebel soldiers were even frightened into a trance, and they jumped off the city wall screaming, and in the blink of an eye, they became corpses on the ground.

Seeing that the rebels had been completely defeated, Wen Poyu ordered the soldiers of each battalion to immediately separate up to chase and kill the fleeing rebels, and on the other hand, he led 300 horse lance cavalry to the south gate of Chengdu, and rushed directly into the city after opening the city gate.

At this time, after Wen Poyu relieved the siege of Chengdu, one of his most important tasks was to rush to the old mansion of Liu's Mansion in Chengdu, find Liu Yunwei's mother, and ensure that the old lady was safe.

Wen Poyu led three hundred horses and lance cavalry to gallop all the way through the streets of the city, and after a while, he came to the gate of Liu's mansion. I saw that at the gate of Liu's Mansion, more than a dozen old soldiers with three-eyed guns and swords at their waists were waiting for the battle, constantly looking around, as long as someone came to attack, they would immediately rush to kill.

Wen Poyuce immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "I am under the account of Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, and Wen Poyu, the guerrilla general of the Changshui battalion, who was ordered to come to relieve the siege of Chengdu!" Now that the rebels have been defeated by 10,000 soldiers of our Changshui battalion, please tell the old lady not to panic; In addition, please tell the old lady Wen to ask to see! ”

The dozen or so old guards guarding the door were all surprised when they heard this, and one of them immediately turned around and ran into the mansion. After a while, the old soldier ran out and said, "The old lady has something to say, please General Wen go and discuss the matter of defending the city with Deputy General Jiao first, and then come over after the military affairs are dealt with." You can't abolish the public because you are Liu Yunwei's mother because of your old body. ”

Wen Poyu immediately received the order when he heard this, and then left a hundred iron cavalry soldiers to guard the gate, in case there were rebels or ruffians taking advantage of the chaos, and then led the troops to find the deputy chief Jiao Dongsheng.

However, after looking around, Wen Poyu was disappointed to find that Jiao Dongsheng had been killed in the northern city wall, and the prefect, governor and other major officials in Chengdu had also died and been arrested in the previous war, and now he was the highest official in Chengdu.

"There's no way, let's straighten out the city defense of Chengdu first, and the rest of the things can only be put aside first."

As a result, Wen Poyu began to organize the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion who had successively pursued the rebels and returned from a great victory, with Battalion A, Battalion B, Battalion C, and Battalion D stationed on the four city walls and city gates respectively, and the remaining two battalions were stationed in the school field in the city.

(Because the Changshui battalion was a cavalry battalion, it was later reorganized, the establishment of the artillery battalion was abolished, and all cavalry officers and soldiers were composed, and the strength of each 1,000 battalion was expanded from more than 1,700 to 2,000.) ）

After dealing with military affairs, it was already the second half of the night, and Wen Poyu and Wu Hang did not delay any longer, and came to the door of Liu's Mansion again with more than a dozen personal guards.