Ling Jingyang and Lu Yingbiao expressed their gratitude, and asked Lu Yingbiao to take him to thank General Li for his love, he decided to lead the stone camp to defend Tianchengwei, Lu Yingbiao saw that he had made up his mind to defend it, and it was not easy to say anything, so he returned to Xuanfu Bingzhen with Ling Jingyang's entrustment.

In the military town, the soldiers of the rear battalion had already prepared for the retreat, and after Li Guo and the others came back, he hurriedly asked Lu Yingbiao, if Ling Jingyang would retreat together?

Lu Yingbiao shrugged his shoulders with him, saying that Ling Jingyang was unwilling to retreat, and wanted to defend Tianchengwei to the death and become the last stronghold of the Dashun army in northern Shanxi. ”

He ordered the retreat plan to be reorganized, and the whole army rushed to Tianchengwei to retreat together with the stone camp, Gao Yigong was a little surprised, how did Li Guo become so domineering?

"Li Guo, Ling Jingyang belongs to the right battalion, how can my rear battalion force them to go together?

Facing Gao Yigong's dissatisfaction, Li Guo said easily: "Gao Yigong, I see that this Ling Jingyang is a good general, let him die in Tianchengwei, it's a pity, take it with you to retreat, in the future, I will have one more general who can compete with Jiannu and Remnant Ming."

The generals thought about it, so that night, the whole army opened the west gate and retreated to Tianchengwei, and the troops stationed in the cities on the west side of Xuanfu Town opened the city gate to meet the main force of the rear battalion.

The Dashun army of Xuanfu Town retreated, Wang Chengyun and other green battalion generals were ecstatic, and they asked for battle with Turai, asking for troops to pursue the Dashun army, but Turai ordered all departments to stop advancing, and the whole army stayed in the barracks, and waited until the next morning before the whole army entered Xuanfu Bingzhen and completed the occupation of Xuanfu Bingzhen.

Ma La and other Eight Banner generals were also very angry Turai flinched, Wang Chengyun returned to his hometown, and was even more ambitious, and once again asked to lead troops to pursue the Dashun army, but Turai fiercely refused, Turai told him that the Shuwang army was about to arrive, as the only Qing army in Xuanfu Town, they wanted to become the vanguard of the Shuwang army, not like a monkey, reckless.

Wang Chengyun was scolded and couldn't raise his head, and it turned out that the Turai tactics were very successful, and on the way from the rear camp to Tianchengwei, an ambush was set up in important places along the way, and the Qing army would be severely hit when it entered the ambush.

After occupying the Xuanfu military town, Turai did not do nothing, and ordered Mala to follow the rear camp far away with elite scouts to see where the rear camp was retreating, and when the main force arrived, the cavalry quickly followed and ate the rear camp of the Dashun army.

Ma Xi led more than 50 Bayala to follow behind the rear camp, Li Guo ordered Gao Yigong to lead the cavalry to eat these Qing soldiers, Gao Yigong led 500 cavalry to attack Ma La, but Ma La retreated to a longer distance with his troops before each attack in the rear camp, forcing Gao Yigong to attack several times without effect.

Ma La's experience is old and spicy, and Gao Yigong returned in vain, and came back and said to Li Guo: "This Jiannu has some strength, let's continue to retreat, and wait until Tianchengwei to defeat these Jiannu cavalry." ”

Li Guo had no choice but to continue to retreat with his troops, and there was still a day's journey away from Tianchengwei, and the cavalry troops arranged here by the stone camp had already passed the information from the rear camp in the direction of Tianchengwei to the main generals of the stone camp.

After Ling Jingyang got the news, he felt that Li Guo changed the direction of retreat, just to retreat with the stone camp, which made Ling Jingyang hesitate, the stone camp finally gained a firm foothold in Tianchengwei, if the rear camp could break through the high mountains and Yang and the two guards with him, the entire northeast of Datong Mansion would be a strong support point for the Dashun army in Shanxi, like a thick iron thorn, which pierced into the combined skeleton of the Qing army and the rebels, making the Qing army and the rebels miserable.

Ling Jingyang ordered the troops to enter the combat state, and asked Li Rufeng to recall all the cavalry battalions outside to prevent being wrapped in the rear camp and withdraw, Li Rufeng immediately ordered, Wang Hong and other cavalry troops in Gaoshan and Yang Hewei have withdrawn, at the same time, Ling Jingyang has never forgotten the old steamed bun and Wenbu question, the two went to Wei County for some days, and I don't know if they have found Li Daoli, but Lu Yingbiao said to him that the rear camp will enter Wei County, enter Yanmen Pass from Wei County, and garrison in Yanmen Pass, if it is really coerced by the rear camp, Let part of the troops retreat with the rear battalion.

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Datong Mansion, the rebel general Jiang Huang finally couldn't help it, and asked his brother Jiang Rang to lead 15,000 soldiers and horses to support Jiang Xuan, he led 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Taiyuan Mansion, and wanted to meet with the Qing army in Taiyuan Mansion and Xuanfu Town at the same time, and lay a country for the Qing army.

Jiang Rang led the troops to rush to Yanghewei, almost at the same time as the rear camp, the two were very close to Tianchengwei, they arrived at Yanghewei, and Jiang Xuan converged, and came to Gaoshanwei with the troops, and the Gaoshanwei rebels sent troops to attack Tianchengwei.

Ling Jingyang was in the city, waiting for the rear camp to arrive, but he received a report from scouts in the east and west directions overnight, saying that there was an army coming to Tianchengwei in the east and west, this time Ling Jingyang and all the generals were dumbfounded, they only knew that the east was coming from the rear camp troops, but what about the west, which team came?

Li Rufeng hurriedly took the troops to the west side for a scout mission, and finally knew that the troops on the west side turned out to be the main force of the rebels from Datong Mansion, which had merged with the rebels of Gaoshan, Yang and the two places, in an attempt to attack Tianchengwei, Ling Jingyang asked Li Rufeng to take this information to the rear camp, so that the rear camp could take precautions, and not be eaten by the rebels in one go.

The forward troops of the rear battalion are Zuo Guoyi General Zhang Neng, he is the second-in-command of the rear battalion, he personally led the forward to Tianchengwei, but saw the stone battalion cavalry here, rushing towards them, the rear battalion soldiers hurriedly set up bows and arrows, Zhang Neng drank his subordinates, and did not allow a conflict with the stone battalion soldiers.

It was Li Rufeng who ran to him, Ling Jingyang asked him to go to the rear camp troops in person, Li Rufeng saw Zhang Neng, a little unnatural, Li Rufeng used to serve as a sentry in the back camp, that is, in Zhang Neng's troops, Zhang Neng was his top boss, after meeting, Li Rufeng stabilized his emotions, and Zhang Neng said politely: "General Zhang, the last general of the right battalion cavalry is in charge of the flag Li Rufeng, our department found tens of thousands of rebels on the west side of Tianchengwei, and they are coming to Tianchengwei, and I also ask the brothers in the rear camp and our troops to defeat the rebels, and then raise troops to the south." ”

Zhang Neng's eyes narrowed, and he said to the general: "You go over and take a look, and I'll go back and report to General Li." ”

The general was ordered, rode a fast horse and went to the west side of Tianchengwei with Li Rufeng to see if there were really tens of thousands of rebels, Zhang Neng returned to the Chinese army, and reported what Li Rufeng said, and Li Guo, after Li Guo listened, his body shook obviously, and he quickly calmed down, and Ma Chongxi, Lu Yingbiao, Gao Yigong and other generals said: "If there are tens of thousands of rebels in Tianchengwei, we really have to fight with the rebels in Tianchengwei, and only by defeating this rebel army can we ensure that the road to the south is smooth." ”

After a while, General Zhang Neng, who went to the west with Li Rufeng, rushed back, and hurriedly said to Li Guo and other generals: "My lords, the last general found the movement of the rebels twenty miles west of Tianchengwei, and it is estimated that there are more than 20,000 people. ”

This is almost an encounter, the only thing that is beneficial to the rear camp is that Tianchengwei is still in the hands of the stone camp, the rear camp and the stone camp can rely on the city wall and the Qing army for field battles, Li Guo and Zhang Neng discussed, he led four thousand soldiers and horses for the middle army, supporting the main city of Tianchengwei, Zhang Neng led a thousand soldiers for the right wing, Gao Yigong led eight hundred soldiers for the left wing, and Ma Chongxu led one thousand and five for the reserve.

The officers and men of the three armies received the combat mission, and quickly went to Tianchengwei to move, in the Tiancheng Acropolis, Ling Jingyang mobilized in the city, and he said to the soldiers and civilians of the city: "The rebels came to attack Tianchengwei this time, they wanted to break the city and slaughter the city, and the soldiers and civilians of the city wanted to defeat the rebels with the same hatred of the enemy. ”

He also told the army and the people a good news, Li Guo, the general of the rear battalion system, is on the way with reinforcements, as long as you hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and attack with the reinforcements, you will definitely be able to defeat the rebels outside the city.

The military and civilians of the stone camp in the city have long been integrated, and there are hundreds of militiamen, they also regard the generals of the stone camp as the parents of Tianchengwei, those old gentlemen in the private school are all masters, and there are masters who teach children, before this, the militia don't say I can't believe it, I haven't heard of it, the children eat well in the school, dress well, and can subsidize the family, and the militia swears to defend Tianchengwei.

Not only that, the people in the villages near Tianchengwei, afraid of being slaughtered by the rebels to vent their anger, also dragged their children and daughters to the city, the city was suddenly crowded, looking at the overcrowding in the city, Ling Jingyang did not have a little pressure, but was very happy, he thanked the rebels for attacking Tianchengwei, so that Shiying could get the hearts of the people and expand the size of the team.

Jiang Rang led the rebels to the Tiancheng Acropolis, Jiang Rang and Jiang Xuan said: "Let the soldiers prepare to attack the city, within three days, we must pull out Tianchengwei, and the Qing army will attack Xuanfu Town and destroy the thieves in Xuanfu Town." ”

He didn't know that the Dashun army in Xuanfu Town had also arrived at Tianchengwei, and the whole army was lurking in the valley on the north side of Tianchengwei, and the rebel cavalry scouts did not find the rear camp troops, and launched an attack on Tianchengwei under the leadership of Jiang Xuan, this time the rebels were not only numerous, but also brought more than 20 artillery, these artillery cannons are not comparable to the red-coated cannons, but they are also second only to the Hongyi cannons, as well as small artillery such as tiger squat cannons, all of which are pulled onto the battlefield and are bombarded towards Tianchengwei.

The rebel artillery fought very spectacularly, Li Guo led his generals to watch quietly on the hillside, thinking that these dozens of artillery pieces were not as effective as the Qing army's ten Hongyi cannons, no wonder the Ming army was repeatedly defeated in the war room of the Qing army after pouring it, the soldiers were not as good as the Qing soldiers, and this firearm was not as good as the Qing artillery.

Although Li Guo shook his head and shook his head, but the soldiers and civilians of the stone camp in the city did complain bitterly, most of the cannonballs smashed on the city wall, but there were also a small number of cannonballs fell into the city, the city was overcrowded, a cannonball fell, it took away dozens of casualties, the bloody corpses made the order in the city chaos, Dong Daqi and Mi Shengguang took the militia to maintain order in the city, and finally stabilized the order.

The rebels opened fire a second time, this time with more shells falling into the city, but this time the soldiers and civilians in the city were significantly better than the first, many civilians hid in the dug tunnels, and only a few shells landed in the tunnels, killing dozens of civilians.

Ling Jingyang watched the rebels outside the city show off their might, after the second shelling, the rebels began to attack the city, the main direction of attack of the rebels was at the west gate, dozens of ladders under the cover of the rebel shield soldiers, attacking towards the west gate, and in the other three gates, the rebels also laid thousands of soldiers and horses to attack the city.

Wan Liyun watched the rebels swarming and said with a smile: "This rebel army is really bloody?" ”

Ling Jingyang and Wan Liyun said: "Let's let him lose all his money today." ”

The rebels began to attack the city for the first time, thousands of rebels screamed and killed the city wall, the stone battalion soldiers in the city responded calmly, the west gate defense was personally commanded by Ling Jingyang, and the combat troops were directly subordinate to the troops and Qin Lie's two soldiers and horses, in the face of the rebel attack, Ling Jingyang ordered the archers to shoot the foot, and the other soldiers used spears and spears to top the weapons, and the whole army rushed up.

The rebels charged and shot at the same time, and in the archers' contest, the stone battalion occupied a vantage point on the city wall, and again condescended, shooting hundreds of rebels, but the losses were less than one-fifth of the rebels.

The rebels suffered heavy losses, but they still rushed to the wall of the West Gate, under the cover of the shield hand, Master Shu's cloud map added up, and the rebels climbed up the ladder, and Ling Jingyang and the fire battalion behind waved their hands.

Looking at each other, Fang Xiaoyan rushed with more than a hundred firecrackers, rushed to the battlement, pulled the trigger at the rebels who were climbing the ladder, and after firing, they quickly withdrew to reload their ammunition, and the other infantry continued to use spears and bows to resist the rebels' attacks.

The rebel shield climbing the ladder can block the bow and arrow, but it can't stop the fire gun attack, after the fire gun camp fired, the first wave of rebels attacking the city wall was almost all beaten down, Jiang Xuan saw it, scolded loudly, and ordered the attack to continue to attack the city wall, at the same time, the rebel battering ram is also hitting the city gate fiercely, every impact, can make the city gate crumbling, the soldiers and civilians in the city hold the city gate to the death, do not let the rebels break through the city gate.

The rebels launched five attacks in one morning, each attack was repelled by the stone camp, losing a lot of soldiers and horses, but also killing and wounding a lot of stone camp soldiers, Jiang Xuan couldn't bear to be so loss, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops, and waited until the afternoon to fight again, Jiang Rang wanted to beat the Tianchengwei Dashun army this morning, and then persuade him to surrender in the afternoon, but this morning's wrong performance, so that he had no face to persuade to surrender, so he had to wait until the afternoon to continue the siege.

After the rebels withdrew, buried the bodies outside the city, treated the wounded, after lunch, most of the rebels took a nap in the barracks, recuperating for the afternoon siege, and finally began to act in the back camp lurking on the north side of Tianchengwei, Li Guo ordered the previous plan of Zhao Xing of the various departments, and he led the Chinese army to raid the rebel Chinese army camp, Zhang Neng and Gao Yigong attacked from the left and right sides, and Ma Chongxu led the reserves, followed behind the Chinese army, and replenished the Chinese army.

The raiding troops of the rear battalion were soon discovered by the rebel scouts, who shouted loudly in the quiet afternoon, enemy attack, enemy attack, but in the next second, they were shot by the rear battalion soldiers with bows and arrows without making a sound.