Chapter Forty-Five: The Soldiers Are Trapped in the Sheep Intestine River
When Ziren arrived at the gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the city had already put Wang Ren and his party into the city. Wang Ren was wounded in many places www.biquge.info his body, the blood had already stained his armor red, and the helmet was missing at this time. Several of the soldiers who accompanied him were also wounded, and many of them were still stuck with enemy arrows, and they were already on the verge of falling on their horses.
Seeing Wang Ren's appearance, it seems that he must have gone through a bloody battle. Ziren hurriedly ordered Ding Shoutie to invite Langzhong, and at the same time ordered everyone to support the wounded soldiers from their horses, and he took the Wang brothers to meet Wang Ren.
After Wang Ren saw Ziren, he didn't care about the injuries on his body, jumped off the horse quickly, staggered to Ziren's side, grabbed Ziren's arms with both hands, and said breathlessly: "Ziren quickly... Fast... Point the soldiers and horses in the fort and follow me out of the city to rescue. Lord Shen and Lord Yang were besieged by tens of thousands of Mengnu in the area of the Yanggu River yesterday, and the situation was critical. Last night, I took advantage of the neglect of the Monnu guard, and led my men to fight out of the enemy and come here to ask for help, and the brothers will not be able to stop it later. ”
"Brother Wang, don't panic, it will take some time for this soldier and horse to be assembled. The two adults should be stationed in Quang Ninh City at this time, why were they besieged by Monnu? How many soldiers and horses are there on the enemy? Let's go one by one. There are less than 100 people left in the fort, and I need to plan carefully before sending out my troops, otherwise it will be difficult to rescue the trapped siblings. After speaking, Ziren pulled Wang Ren to find a leeward place to sit down, and asked his subordinates to help him pour a bowl of hot water.
After this fight, Wang Ren was already exhausted, and after sitting down and drinking a bowl of hot water, he barely cheered up and told Ziren the ins and outs of the matter.
A few days ago, after Shen Yourong and Yang Shaoxun temporarily rejected Li Chengliang's request to fight, they planned to recuperate in Guangning City for a few days, and then attack together after the governor Gu Yangqian led the reinforcements to arrive. But who would have thought that although it snowed heavily in the next few days, Mengnu continued to raise troops to attack everywhere for some reason, not only the forts around Guangningwei were frequently reported, but even the Yizhou Wei garrisoned by the soldiers, Guangning Zhong, Zuotunwei (Jinzhou City) also sent people to ask for help.
Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, knew that the big thing was not good, and he was worried that he would be impeached by the Chinese courtiers if he lost too much land, so he urgently summoned the generals in the city to discuss how to retreat from the enemy, and Shen and Yang were naturally among them.
After some discussion, the generals decided to take advantage of the early stop of the heavy snow and divide their troops to help. Li Pinghu, deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and general Zha Dashou, each brought a battalion of men and horses to aid Yizhou Wei and Jinzhou City. Shen Yourong and Yang Shaoxun led troops to rescue the forts around Quang Ninh. The guerrilla Heiyunlong led a thousand guerrillas to tour and support, and the general soldier Li Chengliang continued to stay in Guangning City to respond in the center.
Shen and Yang knew that the military situation was urgent and did not dare to delay, so they hurriedly led the pacesetter battalion and the firearms battalion out of the city. Mr. Qian's wounds were roughly healed, and he also took his subordinates to fight together. The army fought two consecutive battles during the day yesterday and relieved the siege of Zhong'an Fort and Zhenning Fort east of Quang Ninh.
In addition to sending some food, wine and meat, the defenders of the second fort refused to let the army enter the city and station. I had no choice but to take advantage of the fact that the sky was not dark and rushed north with my men and horses to Zhenyuan Fort for the night. First, it is to meet with Ziren, and secondly, it is old with the garrison Hu Yukun, so there is no need to worry about eating behind closed doors, and you can find a foothold for the injured soldiers.
Soon after the army marched north, the Monnu rangers continued to attack and harass, and the march was very slow in order to drive away the enemy cavalry. Gradually, the number of Mengnu rangers increased, and Li Dequan fought against the Mengren for many years and realized that the momentum was not good. It is determined that the enemy is deliberately delaying with our army, and there must be a plan. Inevitably there was nothing to rely on in the wilderness, so he hurriedly suggested that everyone camp along the Yanggu River.
Shen and Yang also felt that something was wrong, so they hurriedly ordered the army to camp, and at the same time sent scouts to go out five miles to investigate. As the information continued to come and go, everyone realized that the situation was not good, and a large number of Mongol cavalry began to try to approach us from all sides, and the number was no less than 10,000.
Shen Yourong hurriedly ordered the firearms battalion to set up four general cannons and bombard the river to the east. Liaodong is a bitter cold place, the water flow of the Yanggu River is gentle, and now the river surface has long been frozen like a solid stone, except for heavy artillery, people and horses can travel unimpeded. This was to break through the ice on the river and prevent the passage of the Mongnu, so that they could concentrate their forces on the remaining sides. At the same time, ice was taken from the river to draw water, and ice walls were cast to strengthen the camp on the other three sides.
Yang Shaoxun hurriedly placed the three thousand infantry under his command on the south, north, and west sides of the camp. Shen Yourong also divided the firearms battalion into three pavilions and guarded the camp on three sides.
In order to facilitate the dispatch of men and horses, Yang Yuan was responsible for guarding the north of the camp, Shen Yourong was in charge of the south of the camp, and Yang Shaoxun was guarding the west of the camp. There was a river blocking it in the east, and only Wang Ren was sent to guard with firearms, battalions, cavalry, and miscellaneous servants. After breaking the river, it is necessary to prevent the river from freezing again in the severe cold. Shen Yourong deliberately left a Grand Prize military cannon to continue bombarding the ice, and the remaining three guns were transferred to the remaining three. The remaining cavalry of the two battalions were all under the command of Li Dequan, and his subordinates were not closed in the center to respond.
Before the people were ready, a large number of Mongol cavalry arrived and began to attack the camp on three sides. As if he didn't want to die, Meng Nu continued to attack the Ming army camp with a team of 1,000 people. The firearms battalion was scattered on all sides of the camp, and although firearms were constantly used to resist, the barrage was thin and could not stop the enemy soldiers.
Several times they were almost broken through the camp by Mengnu, thanks to Shen Yourong, Yang Shaoxun, and Yang Yuan. At the critical juncture, Li Dequan and Wang Ren also led troops to come to reinforcements in time, which was able to ensure that the camp was not lost.
After many encounters, it was getting late, and the Monnu had no choice but to stop the offensive. Shen Yourong and Yang Shaoxun hurriedly counted the soldiers, horses and military resources, and found that after these encounters, no less than 500 people were lost, and most of the gunpowder and arrows were consumed.
There were still people coming to help on Mengnu's side, and Shen and Yang were worried that they would be dragged down by Mengnu's wheel war. Li Dequan and Wang Ren were ordered to break through at night and go to Guangning and Zhenyuanbao respectively for help.
Wang Ren took more than a dozen of Shen Yourong's subordinates and ran out while the river was freezing at night. Not long after walking out, he was noticed by the Mengnu sentry horseman, and Wang Ren fought with the other party before he was able to get out and come here to ask for help.
Looking at Ziren's forehead as a Sichuan character, listening to Wang Ren, this Mongolian cavalry is outnumbered, and he is determined to fight to the death with us. Ziren's soldiers are only seventy or eighty people, and the number of wounds who have recovered in the past few days is only more than 100 people.
Even if this Hu Yukunken sent troops to help, Zhenyuan Fort was short of manpower, and at most he could gather more than 300 people. Li Chengliang is now in a high position, and it is inevitable that he will be gloomy, and his fierce generals will all send troops to help. From this point of view, it is unlikely that Li Dequan will be able to move in to rescue the soldiers. Even if Hu Yukun is willing to help with him, it is a drop in the bucket.
However, Shen Yourong has always treated himself well, Ziren made up his mind to prepare to advance and retreat with the firearms battalion, and hurriedly ordered his men and horses to prepare for battle. At the same time, he sent someone to invite Hu to guard, thinking of inviting him to fight together.
(Ding Shouming is back again, his relatives in his hometown are finally admitted to the hospital, and he has to take care of them every day, and he is expected to update 2-3 chapters every week, I hope you will bear with me.) I didn't have time to write a lot of exciting content, and it was announced that there would be a big war next, a public case, and Ding Shouming's battle against "Mao Zhuang". Ask for comments, ask for favorites, ask for recommendations. )
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