readx; When it came to the battle of capturing Gao Yingxiang, all the officials present were in good spirits. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBecause the thieves have ravaged Shaanxi for many years, the war in various places is unfavorable, and the officials are either killed by the thieves, or they are killed by the imperial court.

Now that Gao Yingxiangsheng, the powerful "King of Chuang" among the thieves, has been captured alive, this is the biggest victory of the official army against the thieves in the past few years, and it has greatly boosted morale. Killing the enemy and capturing the thief is certainly the credit of the general, but the civil officials either support the grain and grass, or maintain local order, and can more or less mention some merit, so everyone is jubilant and waiting for the court to reward him.

Since King Qin asked, all the officials pushed Hong Chengchou to speak. Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Gao Yingxiang was captured by Governor Sun, and the first credit for this thief must be Governor Sun's, and it should be introduced to His Highness by Governor Sun." ”

Sun Chuanting hurriedly arched his hand to Hong Chengchou and said: "There is a governor in the middle to strategize, and the generals rely on their lives to kill the enemy, and the students are just transferring troops at the behest of Jun, what is the merit?" This battle was magnificent, dozens of battles before and after, and the thieves were finally captured by the student generals. Therefore, it is appropriate for His Highness to explain to His Highness. ”

In fact, Hong Chengchou also thought so, just now it was just polite. Seeing that everyone was pushing themselves, they were not humble, with a slightly smug look, and explained in detail to Zhu Youzhen: "When I went to Donggan, Shaanxi, and Ningxia, it was a big drought again, and the snow did not fall, and the people were not able to make a living. The students expected that the thieves would feed on the plundering of the people, and the common people had no food at home, so the thieves naturally could not grab food. Therefore, when the spring famine comes, it will inevitably flow to Jin, Henan, Hubei and other places, waiting for an opportunity to grab grain. Therefore, the students gave up their lives and ordered the officers and soldiers in various localities to abandon their garrisons and retreat to the important passes leading to the neighboring provinces, and to be sure not to teach a single person to protrude from Shaanxi to the southeast.

"The thieves really plundered the army, and connected dozens of county towns in Tianshui, Pingliang, and Qingyang. However, there is no food in the local area, and the thieves cannot stand. The north is a vast desert, and the west is a snow-capped mountain, all of which are Jedi, and the thieves can only come to the southeast. The east side is the Yellow River, and the water is turbulent after the spring thaw, and only a few ferries can cross it.

"The students have already ordered the generals to guard the key passes of Hejin such as Xikou Ferry, Mokou Ferry, Xinguan Ferry, Yanshui Ferry, Mengmen Ferry, Longmen Ferry, Fengling Crossing, etc., and burn the ferryboats. Although the thieves are numerous, they are mostly rabble; The officers and soldiers held the pass for ten months, and the thieves could not cross the river to eat, so they were in chaos without a fight, and divided into dozens of groups to flee.

"Those with less power, such as Chuang Jiang, Eight Great Kings, Lao Huihui, Cao Xiang, etc., either escaped into the Qinling Mountains at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, or fled to the bitter cold land west of Xining. There is no food to eat in the mountains, and even if they are not starved to death, they will decline and should not be worried. Only the 'King of Chuang' Gao Yingxiang was one, with tens of thousands of cavalry and more than 200,000 thieves, all the way to Guyuan. Guyuan is the place where the governor of Yansui is stationed, and Gao Yingxiang thinks that if he breaks through Guyuan, he will be able to grab enough grain and grass. ”

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou made a "please" gesture to Sun Chuanting and said: "Brother Bai Gu has experienced the vicious battle in Guyuan, and what he has seen is more detailed, so let Brother Bai Gu talk about it." ”

Sun Chuanting still has to be humble, but Zhu Youzhen said hurriedly: "Whoever says it's not the same, Governor Sun, you can talk about it!" So you were defending the city at the time? ”

"Back to Your Highness, exactly." Sun Chuanting hurriedly replied, "Your Excellency the Governor has already made arrangements, looking at the three borders of Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu, other places may be abandoned, but only the solid plain cannot be abandoned. Gaingu is connected to Shaanxi in the south, Ningxia in the north, and Gansu in the west, which is the thoroughfare of the three provinces. If the solid original is lost, then the three places will not be able to take care of each other, and they will be taken advantage of by thieves.

"It is to pass on the court's orders to the governor of the army, and has always commanded 3,000 Qin soldiers and 10,000 officers and soldiers in the original garrison to defend the plain, and dare not leave less. After learning that Gao Yingxiang's troops rushed to Guyuan, the governor made a clever plan again, deliberately not blocking on the road, and let the thieves drive straight in and surround Guyuan. ”

Zhu Youzhen was taken aback and blurted out: "Isn't this putting you to death?" ”

Sun Chuanting smiled slightly: "The Governor expects the enemy to be like a god, and knows that Gao Yingxiang has won the battle, but siege is not his strong point, so he has this plan." Of course, for the court, it does have the meaning of 'putting oneself to death and then rebirth'. At that time, there was only one general in the city, Xie Yong, except for 3,000 Qin soldiers, the rest of the officers and soldiers were a little timid, and Gao Yingxiang besieged the city on all sides and attacked day and night, and the situation was indeed extremely dangerous.

"The court has no other ability, but to take the lead, brave the arrows and stones, and sleep in the city day and night. I told the soldiers that once the city is broken, the jade will be burned, so even if you fight to the last man, you must not let the thieves climb up. ”

Although Sun Chuanting said it lightly, Zhu Youzhen was a person who had experienced the battle of defending the city, and he could imagine the tragic scene at that time when arrows were like flying locusts, enemies were like ants, swords and swords, and flesh and blood were flying. Looking at Xie Yong again, he was already in tears, and you can imagine how many Qin soldiers were sacrificed in this battle!

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but glance at Hong Chengchou out of the corner of his eye, only to see that Hong Chengchou had a smug face, and seemed to be very satisfied with his arrangement. Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt disgust in his heart, and secretly wondered if this Hong Chengchou should be unpleasant to Sun Chuanting in some way, and wanted to kill him by the hands of thieves! Even if he didn't think so, this trick of "using the city as bait" was too vicious, not only for the thieves, but also for the officials and soldiers!

At this time, Sun Chuanting continued: "The thieves have been attacking the city for more than a month, and both sides have suffered heavy casualties, but the grain and grass in the thief army have been exhausted. At this time, the governor had already mobilized He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian, Zu Kuan, Gao Jie and other generals to ambush on all sides, and Li Dingguo of the Chuan Ting Department also led troops to arrive, totaling more than 30,000. Although the thieves and soldiers were still several times larger than the officers and soldiers, they could not attack the city for days, and they had run off food and grass, and they were already at the end of the crossbow, and their morale was extremely low.

"The court joined forces with the army of all roads and broke the siege of the thieves in one fell swoop. That battle really killed corpses all over the field, blood flowed like rivers, and the heavens and the earth changed color! The thieves ambushed the corpses for dozens of miles, and Gao Yingxiang led tens of thousands of remnants to flee. ”

"So Gao Yingxiang ran away? Then why was he captured by Dingguosheng again? Zhu Youzhen said nervously.

"This is the first time that Dingguo can anticipate the enemy!" Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Your Excellency Governor asked the Chuan Court to talk about the Battle of Guyuan, and now that the Chuan Court has finished speaking, it is time to talk about Dingguo later!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the venue, and all the officials pulled their faces and refused to make a sound. They felt that Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were governors and governors, and it was okay to listen to them. But Li Dingguo is just a small six-grade thousand households, even if he captures Gao Yingxiang, it is just a big luck, how can he talk about it in front of so many local officials?

Zhu Youzhen understood at a glance, and couldn't help but feel on fire in his heart, thinking that you bastards, you can't find it when you charge into battle, and you are jealous of the meritorious person after the battle! You look down on Li Dingguo, and this king wants to greatly exalt him!

Therefore, Zhu Youchang got up, came to Li Dingguo's side with wine, and said loudly: "Li Qianhu, you can talk about it!" When you're done, fill this cup! ”