Pingyang Mansion is located at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the administrative office is in Linfen County, and the capital city and the county seat are the same Guo.

Pingyang Mansion has been located in Pingyang County since the beginning of the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty, "Leihuo in the east, Hefen in the west, Qinshu in the south, and Youhe in the north", the geographical location is very important, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court rebuilt Pingyang Mansion, leading six prefectures and twenty-eight counties. Pingyang Prefecture is connected to Shangdang in the east, the Yellow River in the west, Bian, Luo in the south, and Jinyang in the north. Zai Kong's cloud view, Huo thought it was a city. Jing, Taiye, is called Huo Mountain; Fen, river, shu, and hun are thought to be abyss, and the so-called rivers and mountains are also offenders.

Du Jiyun: Pingyang pillow mountains and rivers, the world's most important land, yes.

At this time, the banners outside the city of Pingyang Mansion were dense, and the army of the thieves led by Yuan Zongdi formed a formation on all sides, besieging the city to the ground, and a siege battle was about to start.

Yang Guozhu stood on the east city wall with a tired face, looking at the army of thieves who had gathered and attacked outside the city, and his heart was extremely heavy.

The army of the three towns marched southward, but the strength of the army of thieves surprised Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Li Fuming, and those horsemen who were almost comparable to the iron cavalry of the Qing army, the boundless, as if the wave of dead soldiers could not be exhausted, made the soldiers of Xuanfu Town, Datong Town and Shanxi Town miserable, and the soldiers of the three towns suffered great casualties along the way, so that Wang Pu led his troops to retreat on the grounds of "preserving Datong Town, which is to preserve the façade of the imperial court in Shanxi".

And Li Fuming, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, because the troops were too small, only 7,000 men and horses, and then cut out the casualties along the way, only more than 5,000 people remained

The soldiers and horses of Zhuyi Town continued to move south, and then were besieged by the army of thieves in the city of Pingyang Prefecture.

At this time, Yang Guozhu's heart was full of pathos, in the battle of Jinzhou, he and Wang Pu and Li Fuming were also friends of life and death, but now in the face of the overwhelming army of thieves, the two have retreated, which makes Yang Guozhu very dissatisfied in his heart, is this what Liu Yan said at the beginning of the "warlord style"?

"A soldier only knows the strength of self-protection, but does not know the safety of the country, this is a warlord. Our generation must not be like this, even if our generation is pushed by the current situation to support the army, we must be regarded as a great warlord who chapels Tartars and thieves outside, and the people of the world inside, so that it is not in vain for a seven-foot man to go to the world! ”

Yang Guozhu suddenly remembered what Liu Yan said in Liaodong at the beginning, and his heart was full of emotion: "I really miss the days when Liu Yan fought side by side, that is called peace of mind, and it is called joy!" ”

"Woo~woo!"

Suddenly, the sound of trumpets outside the city rang out, and then the more than 100,000 troops of the thief's right battalion began to advance forward, pressing towards the city of Pingyang Mansion from all sides.

Now the right battalion of the thieves lost 20,000 foot soldiers and dead soldiers in the fierce battle with the army of Xuanfu Town before, but now there are still 15,000 horsemen, 30,000 armor soldiers and 6 or 70,000 dead foot soldiers, which is three times more than the more than 30,000 soldiers in Xuanfu Town who are trapped in the city!

However, at this time, Yang Guozhu's face was still full of perseverance, with the strength and combat power of the soldiers of Xuanfu Town, it was impossible for an army of more than 100,000 thieves to enter the city, but after a big battle, the soldiers under his command would definitely suffer a lot of casualties.

"That's it! Behold my battle and inflict heavy losses on the thieves in the city. ”

Yang Guozhu shouted: "Pass the order, all the departments will defend the city and kill the thieves!" ”

Time

The war drums on the city were beaten, and then the cannons and fire guns on the city began to roar, and the archers in the army began to fire volleys, and all kinds of rolling wood and stones continued to fall.

After experiencing the bloody battle in Liaodong, the soldiers of Xuanfu Town have been reborn, and their combat power and psychology have changed from what they used to be, and when they face the army of thieves who are several times their own, they can also face it calmly and fight back.

"Put!"

The artillery fire and firecrackers on the head of the city have never stopped, and the thieves and dead soldiers and infantry outside the city have never stopped the pace of charging, and among those armor soldiers, there are also many firecrackers and archers, and now the army of thieves has risen again, and the equipment has been greatly improved, and the number of long-range weapons in the army has greatly increased, and it can already shoot at the officers and soldiers.

"Ahh

On the head of the city, the soldiers of Xuanfu Town were constantly hit by arrows and lead bullets, and those who did not know how to dodge the young men who assisted in the defense were killed and wounded, and the blood had stained a large area of the ground in the city.

In the east, Yang Guozhu, under the protection of a team of shield soldiers, supervised the battle on the city tower, and even Yuan Zongdi's Daxu could be vaguely seen in the distance, and his eyes suddenly showed a trace of murderous intent.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of war drums in the north of Pingyang Mansion City, and then Yang Guozhu heard the soldiers of Xuanfu Town on the other side of the north city let out a louder cry of "Wan Sheng".

Yang Guozhu looked to the north with a happy face and exclaimed, "Reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Under the protection of the shield soldiers, Yang Guozhu hurried to the north city wall, only to see that the 35,000 elites led by Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Dongxie Town, had arrived outside the city, nearly 10,000 elite cavalry opened the way in front, and the infantry army behind them came in formation, killing with three-eyed guns and bird guns

The tens of thousands of thief infantry and dead soldiers in the north suddenly collapsed and retreated to the east and west like a tide.

"Haha!"

Yang Guozhu looked at Cao Bianjiao's Da Xu, who was getting closer and closer, and said with a smile to the left and right generals: "Anton Bohuwei!" Open the gates and send a thousand cavalry out of the city to respond! ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the north gate of Pingyang Mansion City was opened, and a thousand elite iron cavalry of Xuanfu Town rushed out, scattering the remaining thieves near the city gate, and the soldiers of Dongxie Town entered the city in an orderly manner.

Outside the city, Yuan Zongdi heard that the official reinforcements had arrived, and he was immediately furious.

Liu Tichun, the general of Youguoyi, hurriedly rode his horse and immediately stopped the angry Yuan Zongdi: "The generals should not be angry and raise troops, now the morale of the officers and soldiers has been greatly boosted and the number of troops has increased, and our army no longer has the strength to capture the city of Pingyang, so we must first let the soldiers of all departments withdraw." ”

Yuan Zongdi suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Order all the departments to retreat immediately and gather to camp ten miles southwest of Pingyang Mansion City!" ”

"Yes."

Liu Tichun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I see that Cao Bianjiao's department is also coming from afar, he and Yang Guozhu are both going to rush to the aid of Tongguan, we still have a chance to defeat them, there is no need to rush for a while." ”

Yuan Zongdi nodded and said: "That's right, in my opinion, it's better to let the officials and soldiers of the two towns go to Tongguan, let's pursue all the way, even if we can't stop it, we can also exhaust the enemy army." ”

Liu Tichun said with a smile: "The general is a good strategy!" ”

Soon, the army of more than 100,000 thieves all retreated and camped in the southwest of Pingyang Fucheng. At the same time, all Cao Bianjiao's subordinates entered the city

, and then took a group of generals to Yang Guozhu's Chinese army.

"Thank you Anton Bo for leading the troops to help!"

Yang Guozhu laughed and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

Cao Bianjiao said with a smile: "I am friends of life and death with Dinghu Bonai, and I have state affairs on my shoulders, how can I not save him?" ”

Then Cao Bianjiao looked inside the room and said, "Huh? On the way, I heard that Datong Town, Shanxi Town and Dinghu Bo went south together, why didn't I see Ping Hu Bo and Ping Jin Bo? ”

The smile on Yang Guozhu's face suddenly dissipated, and he said, "Ping Hubo was worried that Datong Town would be lost, so he led his troops to withdraw. The soldiers of Ping Jin Bo were outnumbered, and they also led their troops to withdraw subsequently. ”

"What!"

Cao Bianjiao said angrily: "Although this battle is a peaceful chaos, but Li Chuang's momentum is huge, it is already equivalent to the national war, how can the two of them be so absurd, and the friendship between us and the bloody war in Liaodong has been abolished!" ”

Yang Guozhu said miserably: "What kind of friendship is there, I'm afraid that all the two of them care about in their hearts is the soldiers and horses in their hands and the glory they enjoy!" ”

"Alas!"

Cao Bianjiao also sighed, such an experience, he also experienced it when his uncle Cao Wenzhao died in battle, and now when he sees Yang Guozhu like this, he feels very uncomfortable.

"Dinghu Bo, what should we do next, do we continue to wait here for the imperial court to send reinforcements, or do we march to Tongguan together and join Sun Duchen?"

Yang Guozhu said with a wry smile: "A few days ago, when the army of thieves had not completely besieged the city, I received news from the Ministry of War, saying that the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Tangtong and Mako were still wandering in Beizhili, and they had no intention of coming to support at all. ”

"As for the rest of the soldiers and horses, it is estimated that except for the mountain of Dinglubo

Outside of the Eastern New Army, the imperial court has no troops to adjust. However, now that Dingyubo has made great achievements, will the imperial court still recruit the new army from Shandong to come for reinforcements? ”

Cao Bianjiao shook his head and sighed, it seems that now there are only himself and the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town, and there are no reinforcements behind him: "In this case, let's continue to march into the army, there are about 60,000 elites in our two towns, and the thieves and horses outside the city are about 100,000, so we can't help it!" ”

Yang Guozhu nodded and said, "Okay, early tomorrow morning, let's go out of the city." ”

Early the next morning, Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao joined forces and went out of the city from the west gate of Pingyang Fucheng, and after gathering the army outside the city and rectifying the money and grain, the two armies formed a formation and marched to the southwest in the direction of Tongguan.

In the afternoon, the scouts and horsemen of the right battalion of the thieves began to appear, constantly wandering around the armies of the two towns, sometimes gathering, sometimes scattering, as long as the soldiers of the two towns were a little relaxed, those rogue cavalry would rush up, or release cold arrows, or throw javelins, throwing axes, iron bones, etc.

Although the night and cavalry in the two towns struggled to drive away, they were still unable to prevent it, after all, the distance between tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers was too long, a distance of more than ten miles, and the thief cavalry could attack and harass from various places, and it was impossible to prevent it.

A few days later, the soldiers of the two towns arrived in Linjin, and after the march of the past few days, hundreds of soldiers in each of the two towns were killed and wounded, and the morale of the army also dropped a lot, and the soldiers of all departments showed fatigue.

It is only a distance of more than 140 miles from Tongguan here, and the army can reach Tongguan after two or three days of marching.

But at this time, Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao were gone

An order was given to stop the advance, and the soldiers of the two towns entered the city of Linjin to defend it.

The reason why the soldiers of the two towns could not continue to advance was that the army of thieves had increased.

On the same day that the soldiers of the two towns arrived in Linjin, Li Dingguo, on the order of Li Zicheng, led the reinforcements of the firearms battalion to arrive, and together with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from the right battalion of the thieves, camped six miles south of Linjin.

According to the information provided by the two towns at night, Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao knew that the thieves and horses who came to help were reorganized firearms battalions and carried a large number of artillery, which made the two feel like they were facing a great enemy.

At this time, although there were dozens of artillery pieces in the army of Xuanfu Town and Dongxie Town, they were all small cannons such as the Little Franc machine, and they could not fight against the two hundred heavy artillery pieces in the thief army.

"It's better to stay in the city for the time being, find a way to fight, and then march again."

Cao Bianjiao listened to Yang Guozhu's words, and also nodded in agreement, in the current situation, without a fight to defeat the spirit of the thieves, it is impossible for the army to reach Tongguan smoothly.

"It's just that the thief firearms battalion is strong, how can this battle be fought?"