Chapter 236: Going South to Taiyuan (2)
So what is inside Guan Shushan Li Rufeng instantly thought that there might be a field unit of the Qing army hidden here, wanting to ambush the Dashun army and the Datong army here.
Thinking of this, Li Rufeng was dripping with cold sweat, and hurriedly ordered the troops who had gone to Houshan to withdraw, and asked the generals to also rush back, and reported to the governor that there was a high probability that there would be Qing army field troops in Guanshuo Mountain, and asked the governor to take a detour.
At this time, Jiang Xuan had already returned to the barracks and reported to Jiang Xuan that Guanshushan was the intelligence station of the Qing army, Jiang Xuan did not care, and gave Jiang Xuan 500 soldiers, so that he could destroy the Qing army in the mountain, and the others continued to attack Taiyuan Mansion.
Jiang Xuan led five hundred soldiers and galloped all the way to Guanshui Mountain, but saw Li Rufeng walking around with an iron face, Li Rufeng saw him bring people here, his face was happy, but he was disappointed.
"Captain Li, who are you?"
Li Rufeng said to him: "I'm afraid there are Qing army field troops inside, you don't have enough men and horses?" ”
While speaking, a large group of well-equipped and imposing Qing troops came out of the mountain pass, and the two of them hurriedly lay on the ground, looking at the Qing army like a long dragon, coming out of the mountain pass, there were at least more than 6,000 people, of which one-fifth of the soldiers were equipped with firearms, as well as chariots, artillery, cavalry, everything, in the eyes of the two, this Eight Banners was armed to the teeth.
This force was the Qing army's remaining force in Taiyuan Province, led by Wakda, the king of Doroqian County, Wakda, the fourth son of Daishan, and Dolgon ordered him to lead the Eight Banners troops to support the Shanxi battlefield from the Henan battlefield.
Wakda led the army from Henan into Shanxi, defeated Chen Yongfu and Liu Zhong in the south of Shanxi, and defeated Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang and other troops in the field battle, and broke the momentum of the two departments to retreat to Pingyang Mansion, if it were not for Li Guo to lead the rear battalion troops to contain the Qing army in Qinzhou, Wakda could go all the way west, break through Pingyang Mansion, recruit Tang Tong, and wipe out all the Dashun army in southern Shanxi.
Li Guo pinned down the Qing army, but did not have the strength to attack, dragged Wakda troops for a few days, saw that the Dashun army of Pingyang Prefecture was on guard, and hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat, Wakda did not chase, his task was to support the Datong Fu battlefield, after repelling the Dashun army in the south of Shanxi, forcing the Dashun army to have no spare strength to support Datong Fu, from Fenzhou into Taiyuan Fu, and the Qing army left in Taiyuan Fu converged.
At this time, he didn't know that Jiang Xuan rebelled, but he still led reinforcements to support the Azig army fighting in Datong Mansion, and the day he set off from Taiyuan City was also when Jiang Xuan was in Weiyuan City, and the two armies were almost at the same time.
On the way to Datong Prefecture, Wakda kept sending elite scouts to explore the way, most of these scouts were Ming Eight Banners, who were authentic Ming people, and they infiltrated various states and counties to provide first-hand information for the army passing by.
In Ningwu Military Town, the scouts found that thousands of people had taken refuge here, so they also mixed in with the people, wanting to find out more serious gossip, but they were suddenly pulled by the Dashun army and the Datong army.
These scouts were also shocked when they saw thousands of Dashun troops heading south, Azig was attacking Datong Mansion, how could there still be Dashun troops going south from Datong Mansion?
Some of the scouts quietly left the barracks at night and came to Guanshui Mountain, a supply station for the Qing army in the middle of Taiyuan Province, providing accommodation, food, grass and rest for the passing army.
Wakda led the troops from Henan to the north, along the way bloody battles, the wind and dust rushed here, under the leadership of the local Qing army generals, the whole army rested here, ready to go to Datong Mansion tomorrow.
I never thought that at dawn, a scout suddenly came back to report that there was a Dashun army of more than 10,000 people from Datong Mansion who captured Ningwu Military Town yesterday morning and spent the night in Ningwu Military Town, and would launch an attack on Taiyuan City today.
Wakda was confused when he heard it, could it be that Azig was defeated in Datong Mansion, and the Dashun army launched a counterattack on Taiyuan Mansion, but think about it, Azig is by no means mediocre, how could he be easily defeated by a group of mud legs?
He ordered all the troops and horses to stop resting, and planned to launch a surprise attack on the battle of Ningwu Junzhen, and defeated the Dashun army that broke into Taiyuan Prefecture, and the remnants of the Qing army that were defeated in Shuo County a few days ago also withdrew to Guanshui Mountain.
If Datong City is broken by the Dashun army, the entire Shanxi battlefield will be eroded, and the Azig troops fighting in Datong Mansion will be completely defeated.
He immediately gave up the plan and decided to lead all the troops to Ningwu Army Town to meet the Dashun army for a while, and the general persuaded him to ambush in Guanshui Mountain, and when the Dashun army passed by here, the whole army went out to ambush the Dashun army and defeated the Dashun army in a battle.
Wakda rejected this suggestion, there are many roads from Ningwu Military Town to Taiyuan City, if the Dashun army attacks Taiyuan City from his other roads, isn't it a waste of time in Guanshuo Mountain?
Before the army attacked, Wakda once again increased its scouts, and this time at least a dozen cavalry scout troops rushed to Ningwu Junzhen.
Li Rufeng's subordinates are not numerous, and they don't have the strength to eat all the scouts, and only when Jiang Xuan brings five hundred soldiers can they have the ability to defeat some of the cavalry scouts, but most of the Qing scout cavalry has already run away, and they can't catch up if they chase again.
Li Rufeng decided to block the Qing army on the official road from Guan Shushan to Ningwu Junzhen, giving Ling Jingyang and Jiang Hao time to retreat or launch an attack.
Jiang Xuan was incredulous, and said to Li Rufeng: "Li Rufeng, are you looking for death?" ”
The Qing army has artillery, cavalry, and more than 1,000 firecrackers, and their more than 700 people, even if they form a formation on the official road, will be bombarded by the Qing army.
"There's no way to do that, if you can delay the Qing army's incense stick, you have to hold it back."
Li Rufeng pulled out his waist knife and rushed forward with his subordinates, Jiang Xuan disagreed, he said: "We don't have many troops, and after our people die, won't there be even less?" ”
"And what are you going to do?"
"Withdraw, discuss with the two governors, how to defeat the Qing army?"
At Jiang Xuan's strong insistence, Li Rufeng was forced to withdraw with his troops, and the group retreated, and on the way to retreat, they encountered five or six Qing cavalry scouts, the number of Qing cavalry scouts was not much, and Li Rufeng's subordinates were also cavalry.
The two rushed back to Ningwu Military Town, but found that it was empty, and when the two were puzzled, Wang Hong suddenly rushed out of the military town on a fast horse and said to him: "Come into the city." ”
The two couldn't manage anything else, and took the troops into the military town, and in the town, they found that part of the Dashun army and the Datong army were ambushed in the military town, Wang Hong also told them that Jiang Huang led two thousand main forces to fight with the Qing army outside the military town, and the governor Ling was injured and inconvenient to move, so he asked Zhang Luo's auxiliary department and Jiang Jiu to act together, and the two armies fought with the Qing army outside the city.