Chapter 333: The Bloody Battle of Luzhou
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Sichuan, Luzhou! Luzhou is located at the junction of the southern end of the parallel folded ridge valley area in southeast Sichuan and the Da Lou Mountain, the transition zone from the southern edge of the Sichuan Basin to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the center of the straight line connection between Chengdu - Guiyang - Shancheng (Chongqing) - Kunming, and the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Tuojiang River.
At this moment, the sunlight passed through the gradually thickened clouds, gradually to the west, when it was almost time, on the official road at the foot of the mountain city of Luzhou, there was a large group of defeated soldiers of the Qing court, the number of about three or four thousand people, all of them were ragged, their faces were covered with mud and blood, basically all of them lost their armor and flags, and they were all exhausted and hungry and thirsty, and some of the soldiers still had light or serious war wounds, but since they could still walk, they were not life-threatening. However, due to the lack of wound medicine, the screams of pain echoed in the team one after another.
This large force was the troops of Heye and Hulib, who were inlaid with yellow flags, but they were ambushed and defeated by the governor of Sichuan, the governor of Sichuan, Luo Sen, and the chief military officer Wu Zhimao, and the army of 12,000 was less than 4,000. After being ambushed and defeated, Heye and Hulib led the army and fled in a hurry, preparing to flee into Luzhou City, and defend the city, because they had already walked here, and they passed through here when they came, and they also spent a day of rest here. Wu Zhimao did not send people to chase after him, after all, his troops were not very sufficient, even if all the 4,000 Qing court soldiers were wiped out, he himself would suffer heavy losses. In this troubled world, it is safe to have soldiers in hand. Only then can there be capital.
Heye and Hulib fled with the remnants for two days in a row. Supplies were received in the small county towns along the way. After finding that there were no pursuers behind them, they slowed down their pace for two consecutive days, and their steps were not very difficult to stagger over. At this moment, when the 4,000 remnants of the soldiers saw the banner of the Qing army fluttering in the wind at the head of Luzhou City on the top of the mountain, a burst of cheers like a landslide and tsunami finally broke out among the defeated soldiers of the Qing army, and the marching speed suddenly accelerated, rushing to the top of the mountain like a tide along the gentle slope official road, and rushing to this heavenly city where they could rest, drink and eat with peace of mind. Heye and Hulib were also relieved. Finally arrived at your destination!
In fact, when Wu Sangui joined the army, Kangxi and the ministers were very concerned about Sichuan, they believed that Sichuan bordered Yunnan, and it was estimated that the thieves would invade Bashu, although they were not the first to attack, but they were the one who would never be missed. So Kangxi first transferred the Xi'an general Varka stationed in Xi'an to rush into Sichuan, and instructed him to stick to all the dangerous places from Yunnan to Sichuan! The deputy capital was originally ordered to garrison Taiyuan, but this Korkun had not yet had time to get up. Then he went to Xi'an and took over the post of Varkha guarding Xi'an.
In this way, Kangxi still can't rest assured. Therefore, the capital commander Heye, Hulibu and Mu Zhan were added, and the deputy capital commander Tingbu led the officers and soldiers of the capital to Sichuan. This route army was the defeated army in the city of Luzhou, which was directly under the command of Heye and Hulib, while the Xi'an army was commanded by Varka, and the two route armies needed to meet as much as possible according to the original plan, and they needed to work together to hold Sichuan. He Ye left Beijing on the same day as Le Erjin, who was newly appointed to go to Jingzhou for reinforcements. Before leaving, Kangxi also personally performed the memorial ceremony, personally went out of the West Chang'an Gate, watched the two generals leave, and finally sent the Minister of the Interior, and the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites and soldiers set up a wine and candied shop in the suburbs. Kangxi's move is to show that he regards Sichuan as important as Jingzhou.
They did not dare to slow down, and marched quickly to Sichuan. In the history of later generations, before their reinforcements arrived in Sichuan, there was news that Zheng Jiaolin, the governor of Sichuan, and Tan Hong, the commander-in-chief of northern Sichuan, had conspired to rebel. Tan Hong is a native of Wanxian County, Sichuan, originally the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, Shunzhi three years, Tan Hong and his younger brother Tan Yi, Tan Wen have taken refuge in the Southern Ming Yongli, Tan Hong was named "Marquis of Xinjin", and his two younger brothers were also promoted to dukes. The three brothers of the Tan family divided the Sichuan side for a long time, and competed with the generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty, until the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, Tan Hong and Tan Yi were surrendered, and Tan Hong was named "Muyi Hou", and the post of chief military officer in northern Sichuan was awarded. Zheng Jiaolin, the former capital of the Ming Dynasty, was still in the Qing Dynasty before entering the customs, and came from Songshan to descend to the Qing Dynasty, and the official was the governor of Sichuan. When Sangui rebelled, he sent Wang Pingfan into Sichuan in the first month of the thirteenth year of Kangxi to instigate a rebellion. Tan and Zheng conspired to respond, accepted Sangui's official position, and named Tan as the "General of Northern Sichuan" and Jiaolin as the "Governor General".
But at this time, Zheng Jiaolin, the governor of Sichuan, and Tan Hong, the commander-in-chief of northern Sichuan, had not conspired to rebel, and of course Kangxi did not know what they thought. Although the two of them did not rebel, it is a pity that Luo Sen, the governor of Sichuan, and Wu Zhimao, the chief military officer, have already rebelled against Wu Sangui. Luo Sen is a native of Daxing, a Jinshi in the four years of Shunzhi, tired of officials to Jiangxi Hudong, Shaanxi Governor of the Grain Road, Zhejiang according to the inspection envoy, and directly promoted to Shaanxi political envoy and other positions. After ten years of Shunzhi, he was promoted from the political envoy of Shaanxi to the governor of Sichuan. And Wu Zhimao is a native of Jinzhou and a fellow villager of Wu Sangui. These two people took the lead in rebelling against the Qing Dynasty, and the officers and soldiers below and the officials of various prefectures and counties also rebelled, and at least half of Sichuan was brought under the control of Sanwu Gui.
Sichuan Governor Luo Sen and Chief Military Officer Wu Zhimao are both in Fushun, Sichuan, which is an important salt-producing place in Sichuan and is known as the "thousand-year-old salt capital". Just one word, rich! Therefore, Sichuan Governor Luo Sen has spent most of his time in Fushun in the past two years. The chief military officer, Wu Zhimao, is similar, the salt here needs to be protected, his army is indispensable, and his army is also the best equipped one. And the place where Lawson and the chief military officer Wu Zhimao ambushed He Ye and Hu Libu was also in Shuangguan Town outside the city, and He Ye and Hu Libu were caught off guard and defeated, so they had no choice but to lead the remnants of the army to retreat to Luzhou.
Entering Luzhou, the two of them were relieved, the terrain of this Luzhou city is complex, the north and south sides are high mountains and dense forests, to kill Wu Sangui's army or Wu Zhimao's rebels, neither can pass guò nor can not launch an attack in the north and south directions of Luzhou City, Wu Sangui's army even if this time to attack, they can face the length of the city wall is less than a mile, their 4,000 troops plus the original 800 defenders in the city, resist the enemy army, should be able to cope.
"Lord Dutong, the boats on the river have been pulled away by Wu Jun! The subordinates found a total of twelve ships, which can transport three hundred people at a time, but this number is completely insufficient! An all-military lieutenant reported.
"Fuck it!" He Ye angrily smashed the cup with one hand. He originally thought that with the help of the boats on the river, he would go directly to Chongqing, but unfortunately now there is no chance at all. He himself understood that it was useless to be annoyed at the moment, so he gritted his teeth fiercely and simply played a bachelor's temper. Anyway, there is no way to run, and it is better to find death by yourself, it is better to fight a fish to die and break the net, and it is really not necessary to say who will kill the deer.
Wu Sangui's army to the south had not yet reached the city, and Wu Zhimao's army had not attacked from the back, so He Ye began to encourage the remaining soldiers.
"Brothers, soldiers, don't talk nonsense, the situation is very critical now, we are surrounded, which means that the time has come to fight hard! We have nowhere to run now, don't even think about surrendering, Wu Sangui let out cruel words, he won't take prisoners at all, even if you surrender and open the city gate, Wu Sangui will not spare us! ”
"Originally, I wanted to use the boat on the river to go to Chongqing, but the boat on the river was also searched by them! Now we can't run, we can't fall, what should we do? Only fight! Fight to the death with Wu Gou, and persist until our main force rescues, so that we have hope of survival! Fortunately, our troops are quite sufficient, and we still have a chance to hold on to the army of the imperial court to help! When we set off, the emperor had great expectations for us, and now we must guard this city, the city is in the people, and the city is dead! ”
"The city is in the people, and the city is dead!" Hurib and the other generals immediately took the lead in responding, raising their arms and shouting rhythmically after Heye. Heye's psychological infection tactics were quite successful, under the leadership of the generals, everyone rhythmically shouted the slogan that the city is in the people, and the city is dead, and the slogans are getting louder and louder, and they are becoming more and more neat, and the slogans of the defenders of the east and west gates converge into one and go straight to the sky. The original defeat of the war gradually disappeared. (To be continued......)