Chapter 35 [Great Liang Empire]
Let's talk about the initiator of this assassination campaign, He Gui. He Gui, the word Guangyuan, is a native of Puzhou. He once served as a commander under Zhu Xuan.
Zhu Wen attacked Zhu Jin in Yanzhou, Zhu Xuan sent He Gui, He Huaibao, Liu Cun and others to lead 10,000 troops to rescue Yanzhou. After Zhu Wen learned the news, he selected elite soldiers to gallop hundreds of miles overnight.
He planned to rush to the hotel first and then attack He Gui, but he got lost in the dark, and arrived to the east of Juye in the morning, encountered He Gui's army, attacked it, and He Gui's army was defeated. He Gui was defeated, Liang Bing chased fiercely, He Gui saw that there was no way out, and climbed the grave pile and raised his arms and shouted,
Of course, he didn't say that the brothers would hold me back...... resisted, but said: "I'm He Gui, please don't kill me!" Zhu Wen then captured dozens of generals such as He Gui and He Huaibao, and killed more than 3,000 people.
That day, the wind and sand covered the sky, Zhu Wen said: "This is God's anger that I killed too little!" So he killed and surrendered 3,000 people, tied He Gui and He Huaibao and others to the city of Yanzhou to surrender Zhu Jin, but Zhu Jin did not surrender. Therefore, only the famous He Gui was left behind, and more than ten people including He Huaibao were killed.
He Gui thanked Zhu Wen for his grace of not killing, and swore to make a promise with his body, oh, no, he repaid him with his body. Then follow Zhu Wen to pacify Qingzhou and give Caozhou the history of assassination. Zhu Wen was the emperor and was promoted to the history of Xiangzhou. When Zhu Youzhen was promoted, he was promoted to the commander of the Left Dragon and Tiger Army and the Xuanyi Army.
When Li Cunmiao heard that Xie Yanzhang had been killed, he danced with joy and said, "They will kill each other and will perish soon."
He Gui is cruel and unkind, and the soldiers are centrifuged, if we wave our army to attack their capital directly, see if he can still cower in the city and not come out!
Once we have a decisive battle with him, we are not far from total victory. Li Cunmiao is ready to personally lead an army of 10,000 to smash the beam. Zhou Dewei dissuaded: "Although the Liang army is dead, the overall force is still very strong. If we act hastily and in a hurry, I am afraid that nothing good will end. ”
Li Cunqiao didn't listen. He asked all the old, weak, and young in the army, who were not strong in combat effectiveness, to return to Weizhou, and then burned the camp and took the big beam directly, claiming to have an army of 100,000 to the outside world.
He Gui found out that Li Cunmiao had attacked the Beijing Division, and had no choice but to follow the Jin army. At that time, there were 30,000 Weizhou people in Li Cunqing's army as logistics troops, and their main task was to transport grain and build camps. As a result of the thorough preparation, these logisticians were able to set up the barracks in just a few minutes as soon as the army stopped.
Zhou Dewei said: "The enemy is tracking down in the slightest, and our camp has been built, and there is no problem in defense."
The current situation is that we are deeply involved in the enemy's territory, and we must be extremely cautious in all military actions and think of a perfect plan. Don't act rashly. What's more, this place is close to Daliang, and the soldiers of the Liang army are afraid that their families will suffer accidents, and they will definitely fight desperately, without clever plans. I'm afraid it's hard to win.
The king should first stand still and hold his camp, and I will voluntarily lead a small number of cavalry to harass them. so that they could not rest, and they could not build camps until it was dark. By that time, they were destitute. We can wipe them out in one fell swoop. ”
Li Cunmiao disagreed, and retorted: "A few days ago, we hated that we couldn't see the enemy on the embankment of the Yellow River, and now the enemy is coming but not attacking them, when will it be!" Why should you be so cowardly? ”
He also said to Li Cunxian: "Pass my order, let the baggage troops march west first, and I will personally break the thieves for you!" After saying a word, he led the pro-army guards to rush out of the camp first. Zhou Dewei had no choice but to lead the military horses of the Youzhou headquarters to follow behind, and he said to his son: "Today I will die without a place to be buried." ”
At this time, He Gui's army had already arrived in formation, and the army stretched for dozens of miles. Li Cunqiao led the elite silver spear battalion of Weizhou to rush into the Liang army position first, and the group charged into battle, rushing back and forth, going back and forth for more than ten miles, invincible. The first to encounter the Jin army was Wang Yanzhang.
Although Wang Yanzhang is powerful, but in the face of the desperate San Lang Li Cunqiao and the silver spear battalion, it is inevitable that he is powerless, a fierce battle, Wang Yanzhang's cavalry troops were the first to be defeated, fleeing westward, Wang Yanzhang tried his best to control, but the defeat was like a mountain, irretrievable.
At that time, the baggage troops of the Jin army were in the rear, and Wang Yanzhang's cavalry also fled in this direction.
The crooked attack was right, and in this way, tens of thousands of logistics troops rushed into Zhou Dewei's position at once, and immediately broke the formation of the Youzhou army, 60,000 horses squeezed and trampled on each other, Zhou Dewei could not control the situation, the Jin army suffered countless casualties, and the Liang army saw that they were in chaos,
also took the opportunity to rush in, and a generation of famous generals Zhou Dewei died in a daze in the melee, so that no one knows how he died and who killed him. Isn't it incredible?
Is it different from the plot development in many war movies? However, this is history, real history, history without any embellishment, history is not so much taken for granted, even if it is the protagonist, even if it is a big person, it will not give you a close-up.
Also killed was his son, Wang Mian, the deputy envoy of Wei Bojiedu, who was also killed in the battle. The formation of the entire Jin army was completely disrupted, and the Liang army rushed up from all directions, becoming more and more brave the more they fought.
Li Cunmiao was unable to return to the sky, so he had to lead his own guards to seize the high ground to collect stragglers, and at noon, the Jin army's position was restored.
On the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, there was a dirt hill near a large water surface, which was an excellent stronghold, overlooking the entire battlefield, and it was adjacent to the water on one side, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
But at this time, He Gui had already taken the lead. Li Cunmiao said to the soldiers around him: "In today's battle, only those who win this mountain can achieve the final victory.
We must take this high ground. After saying that, he personally led the cavalry to go straight to Tushan, at this time only Li Congke and the silver spear general Li Jianhe was beside him, they also took the infantry to seize the mountain, the Liang soldiers on the mountain could not resist, and fled down the mountain one after another, so Li Cunqiao occupied Tushan.
When the sun was about to set, He Gui led the Liang army to line up on the west side of Tushan, and the Jin soldiers were all frightened when they saw that the Liang army was overwhelming.
At this time, the Jin army had not yet assembled, and many generals thought that they should return to the camp and wait for the troops to assemble before coming to fight. General Yan Bao said: "Now the main cavalry of Wang Yanzhang of the Liang army has fled, and only infantry is left on the enemy's position.
It's getting late, and I think they're all thinking about going back to camp. If we go the other way, we will attack it unprepared. Attacking them from a high altitude will surely break the enemy's army.
Now that our army has penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, the troops fighting under coercion have been dispersed, and if the main force of our army wants to retreat again, it will definitely be attacked by the enemy. The soldiers and horses of all walks of life, which we have not yet assembled, will surely collapse on their own without a fight when they hear that the Liang army has won the battle.
In order to defeat the enemy, it is necessary to analyze the rapidly changing battle situation on the battlefield in a timely manner, if the situation is favorable. It is necessary to strike decisively, without doubt and hesitation.
If we can't win desperately, even if we pack up our troops and horses and return to the north of the river in the future, the large land of Heshuo is no longer something we can have. ”
Li Sizhao also said: "The enemy has no camp yet, and he must think of going back when it is late, so we will first only send elite cavalry to harass them, so that they will not be able to eat dinner." When they retreat, we will pursue them with all our might, so that we can break the enemy's army.
If we collect our troops and return to the camp, they can rest their troops. When they are all rested, we will not be sure of victory. ”
The general Li Jianji and others also waved their weapons and said loudly: "The enemy general has fled, and the king's cavalry is still intact." Now with our elite divisions, strike at their weary soldiers. Isn't it as simple as destroying the withering and decaying?
Ascend and see how I defeat my enemies, my lord. Li Cunqiao was stunned and said, "It's not a plan of the generals. I almost made a mistake. ”
Immediately, Li Sizhao and Li Jianhe led the elite cavalry to rush into the position of the Liang army with a loud shout, and the infantry behind also followed closely.
Although Li Cunmiao's logistics troops did not rush to the position, each of them dragged a big branch and ran back and forth down the mountain, the dust on the ground was lifted up, flying all over the sky, and the war drums of the Jin army also sounded like thunder, shaking the mountains and rivers.
The Liang soldiers trampled on each other, desperately fled, threw away their armor, piled up, and died as many as 30,000 soldiers and horses. After this day's melee, both the Liang and Jin armies were reduced by two-thirds, and both sides were languishing. Li Cunmiao returned to the camp and heard that Zhou Dewei's father and son had been killed in battle, and he was very sad, and cried loudly: "I have lost such an excellent general,
It's my sin! So he died, and he was happy to be a descendant, and was promoted to Li Guangfu, another son of Zhou Dewei, as the assassin of Lanzhou.
In this battle, Li Siyuan and his adopted son Li Congke were scattered, and when they saw that the Jin army had suffered a defeat, they did not know where Li Cunmiao had gone, and heard someone say that Li Cunmiao had crossed the river to the north.
stepped on the river ice and fled back to Xiangzhou, Hebei. In fact, Li Congke was by Li Cunmiao's side at that time, and he also helped Li Cunmiao capture Tushan, and he also made great achievements in charging into battle at night. A few days later, Li Cunqiao captured Puyang.
Li Siyuan heard the good news of the Jin army, and hurriedly came to Puyang to ask for guilt, Li Cunqiao was very unhappy, and said: "Do you think I can't die? What are you doing across the river? Li Siyuan kowtowed and apologized.
Li Cunmiao did not punish Li Congke because of his meritorious service in this battle, but only punished him for drinking a large bowl of wine. However, from then on, he was very cold to him.
Next, Li Cunmiao's troops gradually marched westward, approaching the Liang Dynasty's capital Daliang, and fought with Wang Yanzhang at the Desheng ferry of the Yellow River, the Liang army was defeated, the army was scattered, and some of the defeated soldiers fled back to Daliang.
Spread the news that the Jin army was about to attack Daliang, and some of the Jin soldiers who were separated also recklessly broke into Daliang to inquire about the location of their troops, which made the people of the capital panic for a while.
Zhu Youzhen was already six gods and no master at this time, and on the one hand drove the people of the capital to defend the city, and on the other hand, he began to prepare to flee to Luoyang, and later gave up temporarily because it was dark and could not move.
The Liang army returned from the rout of less than 1,000 troops, and the soldiers who were wounded in the battle fled in all directions and returned to their hometowns, and it took more than a month for the Liang army to reluctantly gather another army.
In 918, when Li Cunmiao was preparing to attack the Liang Dynasty in a large military parade in Weizhou, Zhang Wanjin, then the envoy of the Taining Army, heard that Hedong was about to be overwhelmed by large troops, so he moved the city to Jin.
Zhu Youzhen appointed Liu Cheng as the envoy of Yanzhou to pacify and lead his troops to the crusade. Zhang Wanjin, a native of Datong, Shanxi, was originally a colonel in the Datong Army, and later died in Youzhou. Youzhou Liu Shouguang treated him very well and made him a general.
Soon after, Liu Shouwen of Cangzhou personally led the army to rejuvenate the division because his younger brother Liu Shouguang imprisoned his father and stole his position, but soon Liu Shouwen was defeated, and since then Liu Shouguang has both Cangguang and Jingdi. Liu Shouguang asked his son Liu Jiwei to stay in Cangzhou.
Liu Jiwei was young and couldn't handle political affairs, so he let Zhang Wanjin assist him, but all major military and political matters were handled by Zhang Wanjin with full authority.
Although he is young and can't handle political affairs, there is one thing that Liu Jiwei can do without ambiguity, that is, ** women play hooligans.
If it is the woman of the ** little people's family, forget it, anyway, the little people have nothing to do with him, but this time, Liu Jiwei actually stretched out his claws to the woman of Zhang Wanjin's house, which is unbearable, Zhang Wanjin is not Zhang Quanyi, after knowing, he did the young master without saying a word, and then sent an envoy to surrender to Jin.
Soon after, Yang Shihou and Liu Shouqi led their troops to invade the Zhen, Hebei and Hebei areas, and when they attacked Cangzhou in the east, Zhang Wanjin saw that the Liang army was strong, so he asked to surrender.
Yang Shihou asked him to be the envoy of the Qingzhou Festival, and soon moved to Yanzhou. Zhang Wanjin is a person with a criminal record, and the matter of surrender is familiar to him, what loyalty, what integrity, in his opinion, are all bullshit, in the troubled times, to live, to live well, is the most important.
At that time, Liu Yan's army had been besieging Yanzhou for more than a year, and the city ran out of ammunition and food, and was very embarrassed. Li Cunmiao was fighting with the Liang army in the area of the Yellow River, and he didn't have the strength to take care of his affairs, and he couldn't stand it, Zhang Wanjin once again sent his henchman Liu Churang to the Jin State for help.
Li Cunmiao is not from the Northeast, nor is he a living Lei Feng, he is overstretched and anxious, so he ruthlessly rejected him again.
Liu Churang is also a bloody man, cut off his ear directly at the gate of the camp, and gave it to Li Cunmiao and said: "If you can't invite rescuers, it's better to die." ”
The implication is that giving you an ear first is a meeting gift, if you don't help, blood will be splattered in a while, and a head will be given to you to play.
However, this is exactly the appetite of Li Cunmiao, who is also a hot-blooded man, Li Cunmiao was moved, so he prepared to send troops.
However, at this time, Yanzhou City had been captured, Liu Yan slaughtered the city, and Zhang Wanjin's entire clan was also slaughtered. Brother Wanjin, you have swayed from side to side all your life, and every time you come from the cracks, you just want to survive,
As a result, not to mention the death of a person, but also the life of a family, it seems that a traitor is also a profession that plays with life, and it is far from being as simple as imagined. After that, Liu Jun was appointed as the envoy of the Taining Festival, and the same peace was the case. (To be continued......)