Chapter 168: The Battle of Ningxia 1
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Ningxia City:
Countless tents of the Ming army are like white mushrooms, and the water around the entire city is impassable. The rebels at the head of the city, trembling and holding swords, looked at the Ming army under the city with nervous faces, and their eyes revealed a thick color of despair.
"Mastermind, it is said that the imperial court has sent a large group of people to come. The person who came this time is said to be Li Rusong, I don't know what is so powerful about this person" In a mansion in the city, a group of rebel generals were sitting and looking at a person sitting on the main seat, and one of the people dressed as a strategist spoke.
"Alas, I didn't expect that this time it was the King of the Dangerous Mountain Yama. This kid is much more powerful than Ma Gui, the second son killed people in Liaodong back then, I don't know how many Mongolians and Jurchens will be defeated by him, if he comes in person. We're in big trouble," Bi Bai, who was sitting on the main seat, frowned, and then spoke.
Bibai (1526~1592), the leader of the rebellion of the Ningxia garrison in the Ming Dynasty. Mongolian. He was originally a small chief of the Mongolian Tatar department, because of the conflict with the tribal chieftain Yingtaiji, in "Jiajing offended his minister, his father and brother were killed, so he led his troops to defect to the Ningxia official army", because of his bravery, from the military merit was promoted to the governor of the general general. Later, due to his repeated military exploits, he was gradually promoted from the general to the garrison, guerrilla, and general, and was awarded the hereditary commander of Ningxia Wei. In February of the seventeenth year of Wanli (1589), after the Ningxia governor Liang asked Meng Zhuo, "the general of the Ningxia general army is the deputy general soldier." Xu Qi's son Cheng En succeeded to the post.
With Li Rusong, Bibai knows him very well. After all, the latter's great exploits were almost out of reach for him. He used to admire Li Rusong a lot, until Li Rusong was transferred to the Beijing Army in the second year of Wanli. After gradually fading out of everyone's sight, Bibai gradually stopped paying attention to Li Rusong.
But Bibai knows very well that this Li Rusong is not a master to be messed with, if he really led the invincible Liaodong Iron Cavalry to come, his originally impregnable Ningxia City would not be able to support it for long.
At present, in Ningxia, although Ningxia City is surrounded by the main force of the Ming army led by Ma Gui, the main force of the entire Ningxia rebel army has not been lost. A large number of reinforcements are eyeing around Ningxia City, as long as the Ming army does not overcome its low morale for a long time, 30,000 rebel reinforcements will definitely take the opportunity to kill. Completely defeat the Ming army and remove the threat of Ningxia City.
There is only one thing that all Bibai needs to do now: defend the fortified city and wait for the Ming army to show its flaws!
"Strategist, what are the current reserves of grain and rolling wood and stones in the city?" After thinking for a long time, Bibai asked.
"There is no need to worry about food, it can be needed by the army for at least three years, but there is not much left because the siege of Magui was too fierce before. Are we tearing down the dwellings in the city and using them to make rolling logs? Liu Dongyang, the military advisor on the side, thought about it for a while. Said slowly.
"Needless to say? All the houses were demolished, and all the beautiful women in the residents were used as battalion women's branches, rewarding the three armies and improving the morale of the soldiers. All the inhabitants must hand over all their money, food, cotton clothing, etc., and be uniformly deployed by the army," waved his hand without hesitation. Bi Bai said categorically.
None of the rebels here have anything good, and they have done a lot of burning, killing and looting under Bibai before, and all Bibai's words have not caused the slightest wave. They are more concerned about: How terrifying is this new Ming army general, Li Rusong, the king of Yama.
And at this time. In the camp of the Ming army outside the city, Li Rusong was scolding. Scolding poor Ma Gui:
"You incompetent idiot! Lao Tzu came from the capital, and even if he was fast on the road, it took half a month! You haven't taken Ningxia City yet? Is there any collusion between you and Bibai? Such a small broken city, Lao Tzu can be defeated in seven days, and in exchange for you, an incompetent idiot, you didn't even knock down the city wall? Incompetent things" In front of a large number of generals present, Li Rusong mercilessly pointed at Ma Gui's nose and scolded.
Ma Gui, year of birth and death unknown, a famous Hui general in the Ming Dynasty. Datong right guard. Ma Luzi, deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu. Ma Gui, a native of Datong Youwei (now Youyu County, Shuozhou, Shanxi), was a famous military general in the Ming Dynasty. His father, Ma Lu, served as a general of Datong during the Jiajing period. Ma Gui joined the army from Sheren, and was promoted to the governor and commander, and served as the guerrilla general of Xuanfu. During the Longqing period, he served as the general of Datong Xinpingbao. The Tatars invaded the border city, Shanyin, Huairen, and Yingzhou were captured one after another, and only the right acropolis was preserved under the joint defense of Ma Gui and his brother Ma Jin led by his family and the army and the people, and Ma Gui was awarded the deputy general army of Datong in the early years of Wanli. In the tenth year of Wanli, he served as the chief soldier of Ningxia as the governor of Ningxia, and soon transferred to the general army of Datong. At this time, the Tatars and other tribes had accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty and expressed their submission, so the border was peaceful, and Magui was also repeatedly rewarded for Anbian's merits.
In the twentieth year of Wanli, a mutiny occurred in Ningxia. Since Ningxia was also one of the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty, the earthquake was very large. At that time, Ma Gui was considered by the ministers of the court to be brave and strong, and knew the army, so Mingshenzong re-employed Ma Gui and led the army to quell the rebellion. The rebels could not resist the offensive of the Ming army, so they colluded with the Mongolian cavalry to besiege Pingyu Fort in an attempt to cut off the rear route of the Ming army. After Ma Gui heard the news, he immediately sent the elite soldiers to rush to the aid from the small road and broke the thief soldiers. After the war, Ma Gui was awarded the title of the chief soldier of the town of delay for his merits.
Compared with Li Rusong, Ma Gui is simply an out-and-out poor D silk, who started as an officer all his life, accumulated military merits step by step, and worked hard for many years to become the chief soldier of Ningxia. As a result, it has not been hot, and it has become the general soldier of Shanxi again, and the original position of the general soldier was occupied by Li Rusong. It is impossible to say that he has no resentment in his heart, usually he is the only one who scolds other people's parents, where is his turn to be scolded?
But for Li Rusong's reprimand, Ma Gui unexpectedly stood there honestly and was scolded, because he knew very well that Li Rusong had a deep background and was favored by the emperor, and he could not be offended.
And Ma Gui did feel embarrassed for a while, he was indeed not good at attacking the city. So I had to stand there honestly with my grandson, and waited until Li Rusong was tired of scolding and sat down to drink water, this time he arched his hand and said:
"The last general is indeed incompetent to live up to the emperor's grace, but at present, the rebel Bibai and others cannot hold out, the city of Ningxia is strong and tall, and there are a large number of rebel reinforcements eyeing the annex. The last general is stupid and doesn't know how the general is going to attack? ”
Poor Ma Gui didn't say that it was okay, but when he said that Li Rusong, who had already stopped, suddenly jumped up and pointed at Ma Gui's nose and scolded again.
"Isn't it just a herd of sheep herds on horseback? Don't worry about this, it took three days to prepare 30,000 cloth bags and fill them with soil. Lao Tzu let you see what siege is! You useless turtle, go out and work! In the end, Li Rusong gave an order and let Ma Gui leave, and the latter turned around and ran away in a panic if he was amnesty.
"Hehe, such a veteran can still command without scolding? All that's left is to make some achievements, and these rebels aren't stupid. Zhilu Dao put the main force outside and roamed, no wonder Ma Gui couldn't beat it" Seeing Ma Gui leave, Li Rusong said with a smile to the monk Lingqin on the side.
"Alas, brother. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but you have become much worse, and the two sisters-in-law have been made big by you, not to mention, and they are ready to yin these rebels. But are there two people who are outside the border and Rubai? Although they have 5,000 Liaodong iron cavalry under their command, there are 30,000 rebels on the opposite side! If you really are surrounded, it's not a joke" Glancing at Li Rusong with a bitter face, Monk Lingqin said.
When he went to the capital, in order to keep the foundation he had laid in Liaodong, and also for the safety of his family and brothers, Li Rusong only took Xu Wei into Beijing alone, plus Xi Congee who bribed hundreds of officials and powerful people in the capital before, Li Rusong can only be trusted by two people in the capital.
Years of isolation have not alienated Li Rusong's feelings, on the contrary, they have firm beliefs in their hearts, and they understand that everything their brother has done is to protect them. I'd rather face a thousand hardships and dangers myself than have my brother be threatened at all. In the past 11 years, they have performed their own duties, constantly expanding the strength of the dangerous mountain army, training the army, developing new weapons in the Philippines, etc., and frantically collecting all available intelligence. It's just because they believe that their brother will one day get out of the cage and lead them to gallop on the battlefield again, establish immortal feats, and seal the wolf!
"Hehe, our brothers have been on different sides of the world for many years, if it weren't for Wanli's grandson, we wouldn't be able to see each other during the New Year. Don't worry, I can trust Rubai and the two outside the border, and I will wait for the news of their triumph tomorrow. By the way, prepare some shelves, and put the corpses of those rebel reinforcements out of the way, so that their colleagues can take a good look," hugged Seng Lingqin's shoulders affectionately, Li Rusong said with a smile.
"Hmm, the next step is to see where the Huihui people in Ningxia stand. No, I scolded Magui's grandson just now, I didn't scold it, the monk king, you worked hard, and then called Magui over. After holding back in the capital for so many years, I don't care all day long, Lao Tzu is about to go crazy."
"Brother, don't you feel that General Magui is always scolded by you and very pitiful?"
"Hehe, Qi Dashuai, I dare to be secretly placed under house arrest, what is a mere Ma Gui? It was his honor to be scolded by me! (To be continued......)