When attacking the city of Baofeng County, Liu Shengxiu's division of the Wu army unexpectedly encountered stubborn resistance, and launched two successive sieges without victory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The reason why the progress was not smooth was that the Wu army met a capable person who knew the county Du Jiashan, who was quite familiar with the art of war and knew how to use the condescending advantage to resist the attack of the Wu army. The Wu army suffered a loss because the army was a little tired and lacked heavy weapons, so it suffered some setbacks.

Time is of the essence, if Baofeng cannot be taken quickly, once the Qing army wakes up and immediately reinforces Luoyang, the Wu army will inevitably pay a greater price in attacking Luoyang Jiancheng, and may even lead to the failure of the goal of a surprise attack on Luoyang. Knowing these truths, Liu Shengxiu, an honest subordinate brought out by the honest man Nie Shicheng, was also ruthless, and simply came to personally lead the army to launch an ant-attached siege, which re-inspired the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Wu army.

In the rain of bullets, the fighting spirit of the Wu army soldiers was high again, and finally rushed to the Baofeng city wall, and the city defense group practice to start a hand-to-hand white-edged battle, although the old Ding family formed the Baofeng group training is still a little courageous, dare to fight with the Wu army soldiers bayonet red white-edged battle, helpless but can not parry the Wu army's melee weapon bitter acid grenade, after several leaders were killed by the Wu army's grenade, the Ding family group training finally collapsed. In the end, Du Jiashan of Baofeng Zhixian committed suicide and died, and Wu's partial division successfully recovered Baofeng after paying nearly 300 casualties, successfully achieving the set goal of taking Baofeng within one day, and opened the way for the main force of Wu's army to enter Ruzhou.

After Nie Shicheng left 2,000 troops to protect the important land of Yexian, he immediately led the main force of the Wu army to the west, and marched to Ruzhou in a hurry. And when things came to this point, Yinglanpo and Tuo Ming'a and other high-ranking officials in Manchu Henan finally understood that they had fallen into the evil of the Wu army, and the brother-in-law Nie Shicheng, the accomplice of the traitor Wu Chaoyue, did not come up to open the seal to find Yinglanpo to avenge the assassination this time, but attacked Luoyang, an important Henan town as important as Kaifeng, and then coerced the rear of Shanxi, the only one in the Manchu court that could collect money and grain.

Yinglanpo, who found that he had been deceived, collapsed on the spot in the lobby of the governor's yamen, and after trembling like a pendulum for a long time, he suddenly roared with a crying voice, "Quickly give orders to the Luoyang prefect and Luoyang deputy general Yang Feixiong, telling them to defend Luoyang City for their officials no matter what!" The city is in the people! The city is dead, the people are dead! The official will send reinforcements to him immediately, and he will send reinforcements to Luoyang immediately! ”

"Also, send a letter to Shu Hengyi, the governor of Ruzhou, and tell him to give this official ten days to resist the Wu thief army no matter what! withstood it for ten days, even if he lost the official of Ruzhou, he would intercede with the court for him! If he can't withstand even ten days, even if he misses one day, the official will also ask the court to raid his home, destroy his door, and send his whole family to Ningguta to be enslaved by the armored people! ”

After the hysterical yelling was over, or after forcing Chong'an, the chief soldier of Hebei Town, to immediately lead the army west to rescue Luoyang, Yinglanpo suddenly remembered a major event, and hurriedly asked Shen Baozhen, the political envoy of Henan next to him: "Youdan, if I remember correctly, it seems that there is a minister who is investigating the prefect Ren Gui in Luoyang, right?" ”

"Lord Futai is not mistaken." Shen Baozhen, who had a little relationship with Wu Chaoyue, replied: "Liu Yunan, the imperial historian, impeached Ren Gui and Yang Feixiong, the deputy general, for killing the people under his rule, and the imperial court took Zhang Zhiwan, a cabinet scholar, as the Qin mission to investigate the case. ”

Yinglanpo's face was longer than that of a donkey, and he first scolded Liu Yunan for causing trouble, and then hurriedly asked God to worship the Buddha, and prayed: "God bless, I hope that nothing has been found, I hope that Ren Gui and Yang Feixiong, the two fools, are still in charge of the city defense in office, and I also hope that Zhang Zhiwan will not be confused, and at this critical juncture, he picked off Ren Gui's top, causing the dragons of Luoyang to be leaderless, and they can only be slaughtered by Wu rebel thieves!" ”

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If you can know the situation in Luoyang City at this moment, poor Yinglanpo Yingfutai will definitely be completely desperate, because at almost the same time in Luoyang City............

"Lord Qincha, the lower official pleaded guilty, in order to kill people, the lower official deliberately killed Li Shusheng directly without the approval of the Criminal Department, I plead guilty, I surrender! Please ask Lord Qincha to immediately put the lower officials into the prisoner car and escort them to the capital to punish the crime! ”

Suddenly rushed into the Qincha Xingyuan, the Luoyang prefect Ren Gui Ren Futai, who had been quibbling and resisting, pounced and knelt at the feet of Zhang Zhiwan, who was investigating the case, and confessed his crimes like pouring beans into the bamboo tube, kowtowing like pounding garlic and begging Zhang Zhiwan to take him down immediately, put him in a prisoner car and escort him to the capital to punish the crime.

The subject of the investigation suddenly turned himself in and confessed, but Zhang Zhiwan, the minister of the Qin Mission, who was full of merits, smiled bitterly and said: "Ren Futai, did you find out with your conscience, or did you know that the Wu thief was coming to Luoyang, and you were afraid of taking on the responsibility of defending the land?" Would you rather go to the capital and go to jail in order to flee for your life? ”

"Xiaguan is a discovery of conscience, a discovery of conscience." Ren Gui hurriedly replied: "Since the unjust killing of the good citizen Li Shusheng, the lower officials have nightmares every night, and they are tortured by their conscience all the time, and today the lower officials really can't help it, so they came to surrender in front of Lord Qincha, please Lord Qincha, you immediately put the criminals in the prison car, and escort them to the capital to discuss the crime!" ”

"But Lord Ren, now is your chance to make meritorious service and atone for your sins?" Zhang Zhiwan said slowly: "Wu rebel thief army attacked Ruzhou, coerced Luoyang, Henan important town Luoyang City is in danger, if you can stand up at this critical moment and lead the Luoyang army and people to fight against the thief army, after killing and retreating Wu rebel thief army, even if you have any mistakes, the court will be guilty of merit, and you will not be held accountable for your punishment?" ”

"Lord Qincha forgives his sins, and the lower officials can eat a few bowls of rice and know in their hearts." Ren Gui said with a sad face: "Xiaguan knows that I don't have the ability to stop the army of Wu thieves, and even more knows that I can't withstand the Wu thieves attacking the city, so Xiaguan doesn't dare to involve the fathers and villagers in Luoyang anymore." The subordinate officials are willing to admit their sins, and they are willing to admit their sins. ”

After that, Ren Gui kowtowed again and again, as if he had really discovered his conscience. As a result, at this time, there was news outside the door that Yang Feixiong, the deputy general of Luoyang Mansion, asked to see him, Zhang Zhiwan nodded and agreed to meet him, and muttered in his heart, "Don't come to surrender again, right?" ”

Zhang Zhiwan soon found out that he had misunderstood a good person, although after Zhang Zhiwan came to Luoyang to investigate the case, Yang Feixiong never gave him a good face, and he did not make a small move to force himself to stop in private, and he looked hurried when he came in this time, but what he said was, "The last general, Yang Feixiong, meet Lord Qincha, the last general asked Ren Governor to report the emergency military situation, but I heard that Ren Governor came here, so the last general chased here." If you are rude, please send Lord Haihan. ”

"Why is the military situation so urgent?" Zhang Zhiwan hurriedly asked.

"I just received the news that the city of Ruzhou has been broken by the Wu rebel army." Yang Feixiong replied in a deep voice.

"How is that possible? Wu's rebel army only arrived at the city of Ruzhou the evening before yesterday, how could there be news that it had been breached? Zhang Zhiwan asked in surprise.

"I don't know the reason for the time being, but I heard that it seems that there are thieves who are making trouble in the city, and they have accepted the Wu thieves into the city." Yang Feixiong replied truthfully.

When Zhang Zhiwan was dumbfounded, Ren Gui was screaming like a pig on the side, and begged Zhang Zhiwan to immediately put him in a prison car and take him to the capital to discuss the crime. Zhang Zhiwan was upset when he heard this, and simply fulfilled Ren Gui's wish, and ordered the accompanying Wu Ben to take off Ren Gui's top, but when Ren Gui thanked him happily, Zhang Zhiwan shouted again: "Temporarily put him in prison, wait for the official to find out his other crimes, and then send him to the capital to punish the crime!" ”

"Lord Qincha, you ......, you are so ruthless! I don't admit my guilt, I don't admit my guilt, I want to continue to be the prefect, and I want to lead the Luoyang army and the Wu rebel army to fight to the end! ”

Ignoring Ren Gui's wailing, Zhang Zhiwan just ordered Wu Ben to escort Ren Gui away, and then rubbed his ears and said with a wry smile: "My ears are finally quiet, it's not bad, at least don't worry about this waste defecting to the battle, open the city gate and surrender to the Wu rebel army." ”

"Honcha-sama is very right." Yang Feixiong opened his mouth and said in an unkind tone: "I will remind you that although Lord Qincha has the right to be arbitrary and has the right to take down the prefect of Ren, but after he enters the prison, the burden of guarding Luoyang will be borne by you." ”

"I didn't say I wouldn't pick." Zhang Zhiwan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Please ask General Yang to send someone to summon other civil and military officials in Luoyang to come to this official office for a meeting to discuss the responsibility of defending the city." ”

Yang Feixiong agreed without hesitation, and immediately turned around and went out to give the order, and Zhang Zhiwan asked again at his back, "General Yang, I almost forgot to ask you, how many troops do you have in your hands now?" ”

"Nine hundred and sixty-three Green Battalion soldiers." Yang Feixiong replied without looking back: "Li Xiqi and Li County Commander have more than 1,600 regimental training personnel in their hands, and there are 2,200 regimental training personnel from Liu Dingfu outside the city, which are currently stationed in Longmen Town. After receiving the news of the fall of Ruzhou, the last general had already sent a fast horse to ask him to return to the city to discuss, and it was estimated that he would be there soon. ”

"Also, there are still two green battalion soldiers on Mengjin's side that can be mobilized. But neither of the two posts was staffed, one with only sixty-five men, and the other with seventy-two. ”

Although Yang Feixiong didn't look back to answer without giving face, after Zhang Zhiwan heard it, he showed some smiles, and turned to his cousin, who had been sitting next to him without speaking, and bowed to Yang Feixiong's back and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Zhiwan's cousin is a young man of twenty-three or four, born quite handsome, after listening to Zhang Zhiwan's question, the cousin immediately replied: "Reliable, although the temper is stinky, but when it comes to defending the city, it must be your good helper, brother." ”

Zhang Zhiwan nodded, and also thought that although Yang Feixiong, the chief general of the Qing Army in Luoyang (Luoyang did not have a general army in the Qing Dynasty), had many problems, he was a reliable corner on the battlefield. Then Zhang Zhiwan smiled at his cousin: "My most reliable person is still you, thanks to the fact that I am the same examiner of the exam this year, you can only avoid the exam, and I happen to pull you to be a helper in the investigation, otherwise, I really don't have the confidence to take off Ren Gui's top just now and pick up the heavy burden of guarding Luoyang." ”

"Brother, you still have the face to say this." The cousin said angrily: "I have been preparing for so many years, and I am preparing to show my skills in the examination. ”

"I don't care." Zhang Zhiwan laughed and said: "Who called you my cousin, and you have experience in helping to handle military affairs and commanding operations, at this time, the army of Wu thieves is pressing, I don't ask you to help defend the city, who do you call?" ”

"But brother, you're too strong, aren't you?" The cousin said with a wry smile: "Such a big Luoyang City, the officers and soldiers are less than 1,000, and the regimental training is less than 4,000 people combined, how can you ask me to help you resist the foreign guns and cannons of the Wu thieves?" ”

"Think of a way." Zhang Zhiwan encouraged: "As long as we can stabilize it for a few days, the rescuers from Kaifeng, Huaiqing, Xuzhou and Shanxi will definitely arrive one after another, and then we will have hope to hold the city." ”

"I'm afraid it's hard." The cousin shook his head and said: "Wu thief threatened to attack the seal, and the tiger left the mountain to deceive Yingfutai to transfer the main force of Luoyang to defend Luoyang, and took the opportunity to attack Luoyang, and the army must be very fast, and now Ruzhou is falling quickly, as long as the Wu thief is not stupid, he will definitely not waste time cleaning up the battlefield, and will definitely leave only a small army to clean up the aftermath, and then the main force will go north at full speed, so fast that it will be noon tomorrow, and if it is slow, it will definitely not exceed tomorrow evening, and the army will be able to come to Luoyang City." ”

"Not at all?" Zhang Zhiwan hurriedly asked.

"The only way should be to use the strategy of delaying the army to temporarily delay the northward march of Wu's rebel army." The cousin replied.

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Good people have good rewards, the reason why the main force of the Wu army was able to take Ruzhou quickly, was stained with the light of the Taiping Army - the largest regimental training in Ruzhou is called Lianzhuang Society, and the leader of Lianzhuang Society is called Li Zhan, who was born in a person, and even won the trust of Shu Hengxi, the governor of Ruzhou, when the main force of the Wu army pointed at Ruzhou, Li Zhan's regimental training was called to the city by Shu Hengxi to help defend the city at the first time.

But it's a pity that Shu Hengxi never dreamed that Li Zhan, who was born as a person, turned out to be a back-and-forth product, not only had long harbored great ambitions, but also met with Zhang Lexing, an ally of the Taiping Army, and secretly concluded a secret alliance with the Twist Army (real people and events). Seeing that the Wu army, who had already fought with the Twist Army and the Taiping Army, was approaching the city of Ruzhou, Li Zhan, who was greedy for glory and wealth and was about to go crazy, was of course not polite, and immediately sent someone to secretly contact Nie Shicheng to ask for the city, and quietly opened the city gate at night to welcome the Wu army into the city, helping the Wu army to quickly take Ruzhou.

However, Li Zhan also has a bit of conscience, after Shu Hengxi, the governor of Ruzhou, was captured by the soldiers of the Wu army, Li Zhan also ran to Nie Shicheng to intercede for Shu Hengxi, and pretended to express his willingness to use his dedication to the city in exchange for Shu Hengxi's family not to die. Shu Hengxi, who was also aware of current affairs, also chose to surrender, and together with Li Zhan, he became Wu Chaoyue's accomplice lackey, and the incident ended in a happy situation.

Zhang Zhiwan's cousin expected that after successfully taking Ruzhou, Nie Shiguo only left a part of the soldiers and horses to clean up the aftermath, and immediately personally led the main force of the Wu army to the north, and went to Luoyang non-stop to kill, and crossed Linru Town in the evening of the day when he took Ruzhou, and was stationed next to Baisha Town, the southernmost part of Luoyang Prefecture.

Regardless of the fatigue of the march and the late day, Nie Shicheng, who was very honest, specially sent people into Baisha Town to Zhang Bang Anmin, and at the same time, by the way, he learned about the enemy situation ahead from Dong Nanxiang, the leader of the regimental training in Baisha Town, who took the initiative to surrender. As a result, to Nie Shicheng's surprise, Dong Nanxiang actually said that the Qing army had already been secretly mobilized, and two Qing troops had been secretly transferred to reinforce Luoyang, and they had prepared to defend the city early.

"General Nie, in fact, the officers and soldiers already suspected that you were coming to Luoyang as early as when you started to fight Baofeng."

Dong Nanxiang said with a heartfelt voice: "In order to prevent accidents, Lord Qincha Zhang immediately took his Qincha Pass defense, borrowed two official troops from Huaiqing and Shaanzhou (Sanmenxia), and asked them to rush to Luoyang for reinforcements. Huaiqing's soldiers and horses had arrived four days earlier, and the officers and troops in Shaanzhou had arrived the day before yesterday. Although the government tried its best to conceal this matter, the movement was too big, so many of our Luoyang group exercises knew about it. ”

"How many troops?" Nie Shicheng hurriedly asked.

"I don't know." Dong Nanxiang shook his head, and then said: "By the way, there is another very important thing, I heard that the two official armies did not enter the city, and they were arranged by Lord Qin to ambush somewhere outside the city, just waiting for General Nie as soon as your army arrived, they suddenly killed and killed you by surprise." ”

"How do you know about such an important matter?" Nie Shicheng's chief of staff, Shao Yanhong, hurriedly asked.

"The villain's brother-in-law, Su Wu, was a group practitioner in Longmen Town, two days ......, oh no, three days, three days ago." Dong Nanxiang recalled it carefully, and then said: "Three days ago, the regimental training where my brother-in-law was there secretly sent a batch of wine and meat up the mountain and handed it over to the officers and soldiers who were ambushed on the mountain. Yesterday, when I went to Longmen Town to meet Liu Dingfu and Liu Lian to obey orders, my brother-in-law told me about it during a casual chat, but my brother-in-law didn't dare to say whether it was to send wine and meat up that mountain. ”

attached great importance to the important information provided by Dong Nanxiang, for the sake of prudence, Nie Shicheng and Shao Yanhong immediately brought a map of Luoyang to check, and soon found that there was indeed a place outside Luoyang City that was very suitable for ambushing strange soldiers to attack the Wu army - Longmen Mountain! The Qing army deployed the ambush troops in Longmen Mountain, which could not only attack when the Wu army was marching, but also at any time when the Wu army attacked Luoyang City or rested overnight, and suddenly stabbed the Wu army in the back!

"Before attacking Luoyang, you must search Longmen Mountain closely, and when you pass through Longmen Town, you must also be careful of the ambush soldiers in the mountain." Nie Shicheng and Shao Yanhong quickly came to this conclusion, and no one noticed that Dong Nanxiang had quietly lowered his head, and his eyes were still full of smugness.

In order to gain time, after resting for the night in Baisha Town, it was just early in the morning the next day, Nie Shicheng and Shao Yanhong led the exhausted Wu army soldiers to stride north, hurried to Luoyang, and even paid too much attention to Peng Po Town, which passed by halfway, but sent people into the town to investigate and Zhang Bang Anmin, and then immediately crossed Yishui to the east in Pengpo Town, which was open and not easy to be ambushed, and prepared to march to Luoyang through the west bank of Yishui. At the same time, for the sake of prudence, Nie Shicheng naturally sent scouts to reconnoiter movements on the other side of the strait without mentioning them.

The more afraid the more hellish it is, during the Wu army's crossing of the river, the people on the side of Longmen Town actually took the initiative to send a regimental training team to attack the main force of the Wu army that was in the half-crossing stage, and then although the Wu army soldiers only used a platoon of guns to beat this regimental training away, but this regimental training ran to the distance and regrouped, and then ran to seduce the Wu army to shoot.

Seeing this scene, Nie Shicheng and Shao Yanhong were of course suspicious in their hearts, and they both said secretly: "Is there really an ambush that wants to lure us into sending troops to pursue and lead us into the ambush circle?" ”