Chapter 114: Unexpected Defeat
This rebellion came to be called
"The Linde Rebellion". The organization and heroism of the industrial workers in this rebellion not only surprised the civilians in the mountains, but also caused waves among the regular army of the Perak Army.
Huang Dagen, Cao Ergou and others often used this battle to motivate their soldiers to train harder, in their words
"Worker brothers can produce when they pick up tools, and they can kill the enemy when they pick up weapons, what are you proud of?" Of course, this battle also exposed a lot of management shortcomings and loopholes.
At the military and political meetings shortly after the counterinsurgency, the top officials of the Perak Army reviewed the matter. Li Shuang was the first to make a review, he thought that he had not placed the Pengzhou army well, and there were problems with food distribution, Yu Zhu reviewed that the production and defense of the garrison camp were not well balanced, Yang Xiucai reviewed his poor overall concept and delayed the allocation of grain, Xia Hu thought that his screening work was not done well, and even Cao Ergou joined in the fun and said that he should not hold a marriage on the same day...... Ouyang Xuan listened to everyone's speeches and said slowly: "If you talk about the biggest responsibility for this chaos, it is me."
Ouyang Xuan took the responsibility on his shoulders because he thought that he lacked in-depth consideration in the matter of recruiting generals.
The rebellion was well handled, and the property damage caused to Liuliba was not large, except for the houses, the equipment and facilities of the factory workshop were damaged very little, but more than a dozen workers were killed and injured.
Although the rebel leaders and cadres were killed or executed, and the rest were to be shackled to serve a lifetime of hard labor in the dark mines, innocent workers died.
In Ouyang Xuan's opinion, if the Pengzhou army had just entered the mountain, he would have made it clear what the mountain was
"The soldiers and the people are the same, and the officers and soldiers are the same", they will not think that they are discriminated against, and then they will be dissatisfied; If they had been more intransigent and insisted on confiscating their weapons, they would have no confidence in rebellion; If they were disrupted and dispersed, the rebellion would not have happened...... Therefore, he proposed that in the future, those who join the Thunderbolt army must hand over their weapons and be dispersed, which is not only for the army, but also for the clan families, in a word, the Thunderbolt army system will never allow the existence of uncontrolled forces.
Ouyang Xuan's proposal was basically agreed by everyone. It is said that it is basic because among the more than 20 people attending the meeting, there are still a few people, including Qian Laoer, who did not oppose it, but did not express their support.
When the military and political meeting was convening, the door of the conference hall was suddenly opened, and a sweat-stained scout walked in and handed Ouyang Xuan a secret letter with red silk.
After reading the secret document, Ouyang Xuan slowly raised his head, and read the content of the secret letter with a calm face: "In the battle of Chengdu, the Song army was defeated and killed countless times by the Mongols, and now Pu Zezhi is retreating to Chongqing."
This news was like the opening of the latest fortress cannon developed by the Thunderbolt Army, which made the faces of everyone in the hall change greatly, only a few people such as Li Shuang, Yu Zhu, Cao Ergou, and Xia Hu had calm and unfazed faces.
Some time ago, Ouyang Xuan had revealed his judgment on the future situation to Li Shuang and others at a confidential meeting: the Song army will inevitably be defeated in the battle of Chengdu, and Genting City will also fall.
The Mongolian army will pursue Pu Zezhi all the way to Chongqing Prefecture, and the state capital will also fall into the hands of the Mongolian army along the way. In the future, the Song army will only keep the area from Jiading Mansion and Chongqing Mansion along the river to the mouth of the gorge in central Sichuan.
At that time, there will be only one anti-Mongolian force in the entire western Sichuan, the Perak Army, which will face tremendous pressure from the Mongolian army. When Ouyang Xuan first said his prediction, Li Shuang, Cao Ergou and others were only skeptical.
Although Brother Xuan has always expected things like a god, such an outrageous judgment really can't make them believe it. You must know that Pu Xue has exhausted the soldiers in Sichuan this time, there are 40,000 elite soldiers, plus 100,000 logistics personnel, and there are more than ten years of grain and grass equipment accumulated in Sichuan after Yu Yu, it is not an exaggeration to say that the soldiers are good enough to eat, and there is no reason to fail to deal with more than 10,000 Mongolian and Han troops.
It was only later that the battle situation gradually confirmed Ouyang Xuan's judgment, first Liu Zhen was defeated by Yu Xuan at Jiantandu, Pu Zezhi's encirclement of Chengdu was torn apart, and then the Mongolian Wang Dechen of Lizhou came to help, and the three Mongolian armies combined with more than 20,000 people, and gradually gained the upper hand.
Only then did Li Shuang and the others believe in Ouyang Xuan's judgment, and they were no longer surprised by today's news. It's just that they are still skeptical of Ouyang Xuan's judgment about Genting City, you must know that this fortress has been painstakingly operated by Yao Shi'an for more than ten years, and it is called
One of the "Eight Pillars of Sichuan", the defenders have 8,000 people. Even if the number of defenders is halved, even if the Mongols fill in the lives of more than 10,000 people, there is no possibility of falling.
The scouts brought back the secret documents of the Battle of Chengdu and recorded the details of the battle. Due to the Song army's siege of the city for a long time, the morale of the exposed city gradually relaxed.
After entering May, it rained for several days, and the mud was wet everywhere, which was very unfavorable to the Song army. What's even worse is that in the past few months of the siege, the military discipline of the Song army has become more and more corrupt, and a large amount of property has been looted everywhere.
Carrying these belongings even if the mobility of the Song army decreased, it made the soldiers' will to fight even more relaxed. After all, after becoming rich, the consideration is not to win, but to go home and buy land and buy a house.
Niu Xuan took the opportunity to counterattack when the wind and rain were combined, broke through the camp of the Song army in one fell swoop, and killed the corpses of the Song army all over the field, and fled in all directions.
Pu Zezhi saw that the defeat was determined and he was unable to return to the sky, so he had to take part of the remnants of the army to the direction of Chongqing Mansion and fight and retreat.
The defeated troops fled in all directions, especially in the direction of Jiading Mansion and Genting City. There are only 100,000 Song soldiers and people, and no more than half of them can escape the pursuit of the Mongol cavalry, and most of them will be shot or captured as slaves.
As for the large amount of food, equipment, and goods in the camp, all fell into the hands of the Mongols. After this battle, the Sichuan Song army was greatly damaged and was no longer able to launch an offensive against the Mongolian army.
To say that none of the people who participated in the military and political conference were ordinary people, but they were still shocked by the news of Pu Zezhi's defeat for a long time, and they all knew the seriousness of this matter.
There was no head-on confrontation between the officers and the Mongols, which meant that the Thunderbolts would face the powerful Mongols directly.
Even if the Mongols could not capture Wanjiabao, they would only need to adopt a siege strategy and trap the Perak army in the Cockscomb Mountain.
Just when everyone was worried, Ouyang Xuan cleared his throat and suppressed the discussion, he was ready to throw out the countermeasures that had been prepared a long time ago, and then everyone would discuss and improve the details.
Hearing the greeting, everyone stopped talking, and they all held their breath and looked at Ouyang Xuan, and for a while, the huge hall was so quiet that they could hear a needle falling on the ground.
In the eyes of everyone, this change came so suddenly, and Brother Xuan had a countermeasure in an instant, either casually talking nonsense, or having the ability to predict the future like a god.
It's just that judging from Brother Xuan'er's style of acting, it is obviously impossible to be the former.