Chapter 225: Dead End (II)

Staff General Liu Chao left a weak battalion in Hexi to guard the pontoon bridge, and he took the other two main battalions to cross the Yachi River in the east, and built several improvised fortifications outside the city. Although the food was the earliest, it was also the closest to the rear, and finally got some food for him from Zhenxiwei and Weiqingwei, and the morale of the army gradually settled down.

The soldiers are happy when they have food to eat, but Liu Chao can't, he has more things to think about: the defeat of the army is like a mountain, only three battalions, and it may not be possible to guide the rout, how to resist the full force of An Bangyan who is following? was so worried that he was restless, Xie Zhongren took a few battalions and ran into Yachi City.

Liu Chao breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Deputy Marshal Xie lost all the baggage, but it's nothing, he has it in his own camp, just even. What is most lacking now is manpower, and with more than 2,000 war auxiliaries joining the joint defense, the situation is much better all of a sudden. But unexpectedly, Deputy Marshal Xie only stayed in Yachi for one night, and the next morning, completely ignoring Liu Chao's obstruction, the whole army continued to run, and moreover, he also robbed some grain and injured several small officers who guarded the grain.

Liu Chao was very depressed: I am just a newly promoted general, and I am a dignified deputy marshal, what can you do? In the battalion, he sulked alone for a long time, slammed the table, smashed the bench, cursed, and bombarded all the auxiliaries to strengthen the defensive line. Unexpectedly, just in the afternoon, Deputy Marshal Xie's rout fled back crying and shouting!

An stayed in the fort by himself, and handed over all his soldiers to his uncle's general, Grasshopper. These people sneaked across the Cheng River and laid an ambush at Liumu Zexi between Yachi and Zhenxiwei, waiting to fight back the ambush of the fleeing Ming army. Thinking that he had reached the safe rear, Xie Zhongren did not send a probe horse, in order to run back to Guiyang as soon as possible, of course he ran in the front, and then crashed headlong into the ambush circle of A Grasshopper!

The iron armor of Deputy Marshal Xie, who took the lead, was very eye-catching, and several archers from the Burning Fort were also eager to try the power of the poisonous arrows that sealed their throats with blood...... Xie Zhongren fell under the horse, and most of the guards were hacked to death by the Miao soldiers who rushed over, and the battalion collapsed on the spot.

The first time they used this kind of poisoned arrow, the Miao soldiers were full of curiosity about the effect, so everyone surrounded Xie Zhongren on the inside and outside three layers. The armor of the handsome level is really good, and after stripping off the armor, everyone found that only two or three of the seven or eight Miao arrows broke through the armor and entered the flesh, and the deepest one was only two points, so there was not a lot of poison in it. Under the eyes of a large group of onlookers, Deputy Marshal Xie tossed for more than half an hour: the internal and external muscles and diaphragms of the intercostal space were gradually paralyzed and slowly lost their function, each breath was a little shallower than the previous time, the organs of the whole body were hypoxic and collapsed little by little, and finally the whole body was bruised.

Liu Chao had already built two or three improvised lines of defense, and Ah Grasshopper did not want to risk that the people of Huozhuo Fort would be captured and involved in the security position, and this lone army was inserted too deep and too long in the rear of the Ming army, so he did not try to attack Yachi, so he led the army to return to Huozhuo Fort by the same way with Xie Zhongren's head.

Liu Chao was once again a blessing in disguise. Xie Zhongren was dead, and the rout naturally became his property, and in the blink of an eye, he suddenly became the most powerful general of the Ming army in the entire Guizhou Province with five battalions in his hands - although the title was only a general.

An Bangyan knew that Si Dingzhou's sending Zhang Fang was actually just an attitude to resolve the previous mustard. Besides, unlike civil officials, the Ming court will not do anything to exchange with itself for this goods no matter what, and is happy to be a favor, and after expressing his gratitude to the old man, according to the customs of the Miao family, he changed hands and handed him back to Si Dingzhou - your enemy, you can take revenge as you want.

In a sense, Zhang Fang can be regarded as getting what he wants, but it is the kind of form he doesn't want to kill. The old man and his entourage took Zhang Dashuai on the road again, and every time they reached a mountain, someone would come over and say hatefully: Do you want this mountain? Every inch of land here is soaked in the flesh and blood of our Miao family's ancestors for generations, if you want, you have to leave some! Then one of his hands, one of his feet, and one of his arms would be cut off...... Put it there. When the old man finished turning Xiongsuo Zexi, Zhang Dashuai's whole person was scattered into that land.

In Guizhou, the provincial capital has been besieged for a year. In just two years, a governor, a barbarian general, three deputy marshals, more than 50 generals, tens of thousands of soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of Li people all died here.

Gyeonggi shook, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar!

On the one hand, the imperial court demanded that Zhang Heming "go all out to suppress the soldiers and horses of Sichuan and Guizhou", and on the other hand, Cai Fuyi, the governor of Guizhou, the right attendant of the military department, and at the same time sent Lu Qin, the chief military officer of Baoding, to serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and immediately rushed to Guizhou.

Cai Fuyi, a native of Tong'an, Fujian, is known as a virtuous name. The most famous thing is that he did the great drought in Jin Province when he was doing the political history of Shanxi, and after trying all the means of praying for rain to no avail, Lord Cai decided to make the ultimate move, and used himself to move God - this Lord Cai was dressed in plain clothes, and then locked himself in the prison of Taiyuan Mansion! Don't say it, it's good to hit it crookedly, it really touches God, anyway, the final result is "Then the rain is heavy, and everyone in Jin is crying." ”

Lu Qin, a native of the Changqing Dynasty in Jinan Prefecture, a martial artist, is generous and brave. The soldiers under him also said that they dared to fight, and as soon as they became a battalion officer, they led their battalion to fight in a field battle with the soldiers several times that of the former Khan, and they did not fall behind, and became famous in a battle.

Judging from the two designated Cai and Lu, this time the imperial court is playing the real game. However, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan-Guizhou Theater is still with Zhang Heming, and the result can be imagined.

During the time of waiting for Cai and Lu, Master Zhang did three things. 1. Report to the imperial court, show determination, ask for money, food, and soldiers. Second, give orders to Guizhou civil and military, self-reliance, and peace and adversity to have the courage to fight, good at fighting, both bold and cautious, all in all, you win is the leader of this adult, you lose is to blame. 3. Continue to hold down Sun Jie, Luo Ganxiang and other generals who are bent on fighting, stay in Chengdu Mansion and never leave the city.

Liu Chao also dared to fight and wanted to fight, but he really couldn't fight. Most of the remnants of Xie Zhongren were collected in front, and many of the defeated soldiers who were scattered by Wang Ershan and Zhang Fang also escaped one after another, and now there are almost more than 10,000 people under General Liu. This kind of force, if it can be coordinated with several friendly armies under the leadership of the governor of Sichuan and Guizhou, can indeed be very useful; However, Lord Zhang didn't think about anything else except the righteous and awe-inspiring official words, Wang Ershan had also scraped the grain of the guards too clean earlier, and they were all given to the Miao Department by Zhang Fangjie Zhongrenbai, and as a result, in addition to An Bangyan's extravagant Chongming's troops were not short of food, there was a food shortage in all parts of Guizhou, and how to fill the more than 10,000 big mouths became Liu Chao's biggest headache. In this case, Liu Chao did the only thing he could do: grow grain in the fields.

Liu Chao built a large-scale tuntian near Yachi, Luguang, Rouyuansuo and other ferries, and then built fortresses and forts, putting on a posture of Lao Tzu and you: Although I can't beat you, you can try Lao Tzu?

Ahn Bangyan really tried it a few times. But they didn't get any cheapness: as long as the generals didn't lack courage, and the others were put aside, iron armor and guns, with these two huge advantages alone, the defense was enough for the unarmored Miao soldiers to drink a pot. In Guizhou, after all, An Bangyan had a broad popular base, and after completely defeating Wang Ershan, he stayed in Shuixi to make a mutual effort with Yu Chongming, and sent two Tusi, Fei Fei and Wumi, to make a detour to attack Duyun Mansion and Kaili (now Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture) - judging from these deployments, Elder An's military talent is indeed incomparable with that of Yu Chongming: the latter went to Chongqing and attacked Chengdu, and his tactical goals were extremely clear; However, An Bangyan's blind pursuit of blossoming in all directions, even if he succeeds for a while, will only create a chaotic situation for a while, and it will be difficult for him to concentrate superior forces to achieve a more ambitious strategic goal. Of course, maybe Elder An just had the idea of luck in his heart, hoping that Da Ming would be annoyed and would talk to him about some results.

He deserves Ruchin's bad luck. The new official took office, and before he arrived at the place, the official position was lost first - the imperial court received the news of the loss of Duyun Kaili, and without saying a word, the official of the "Prime Minister's Military Affairs" was dismissed and ordered to "punish things with guilt"!

Premier Lu angrily went to find Master Cai, who was traveling with him, and Cai Fuyi also looked helpless: "Don't be annoyed by the military, it's useless to argue, even if the old man plays with you, it's useless." The old men knew the habits of the gang all too well, and they would say, 'If you go faster, how can you lose your land?' This skin is endless. If the city is lost, the court must find someone to ask for guilt, this is the rule. Those places have not yet appointed local officials, so they have to fall on you first, anyway, you have to be an old man. The military gate listens to the old man, bear with it first, let's go faster, and when we get to Guizhou, we will knock down these two places first, and the old man will reinstate the military officer. ”

Lu Qin's black face became more and more anxious, and he stammered a few words: "My lord, the last general doesn't mean that, that is, it's ......" looked up and saw Cai Fuyi's bitter smile, and he could only "hey" and retreat.

Lu Qin is a real person, Cai Fuyi is indeed a good official with the people in his heart, the two of them supervised the army to rush to Guizhou in the starry night, and they really took Kaili back with lightning speed, and killed more than 500 Miao soldiers, and Wu Mi only took a few henchmen to flee to Duyun. Fei Fei didn't dare to be tough, and after a brief battle with Lu Qin's two forward battalions, he knew that he was invincible, and the two fled back to Shuixi with the remnants.

Cai Fuyi was even overjoyed when he saw Liu Chao's military tun. Liu Chao planted a lot of yellow rice and sorghum, the former has a short planting cycle, and the latter has a high yield. Liu Chao was also happy: this Lu Qin handsome was so good that he was not a little bit better than the original marshals and deputy marshals, and he felt particularly angry after chatting a few words - and not long after meeting with Lord Cai, his staff was promoted to deputy marshal!

Finally looking forward to a good leader and friendly troops who don't seem to be dropping the chain, Liu Chao reciprocated and gave a big gift to Lord Cai and Premier Lu: unexpectedly led the main force from Rouyuan to Puding, and cut more than 1,000 Miao soldiers!

Sure enough, it was a newcomer and a new atmosphere, and although there were not many enemies annihilated, several successive successes not only boosted the atmosphere in the DPRK and China, but also boosted the morale of the Ming army in Guizhou at once.

It's a pity that Cai Fuyi came up with an excellent new idea, and the situation that had just improved suddenly plummeted, and Guizhou was still a dead end.