Number of People

  Chapter 2160 Guizi scroll is full of fighting spirit, and the soldiers are pointed

Wang Wenyan achieved a crushing victory in this dialogue with Zhu Ruqi. After making a promise, not only will Zhu Ruqi be exempted from the responsibility of losing the southern states and counties, but he can even provide him with strong logistics support after winning the victory over the rebellious army. After making contributions, Zhu Ruqi resolutely handed over the remaining two guards to Wang Wenyan to join forces with Zhao Qianshan's Tongguan guards. In addition, he also handed over three minzhuangs with 2,000 people to Wang Wenyan.

  Even Wang Wenyan admired Zhu Ruqi's decisiveness. He looked down upon this fellow's timidity before, but now it seems that this fellow has some courage, but this courage is only willing to use after seeing the benefits.

When Wang Wenyan asked what to do about Puzhou's defense, Zhu Ruqi had already taken all the gentry in Puzhou to the lobby of the Puzhou Office, forcing them to hand over the control of all the soldiers and households. The rest, as the city defenders who replaced Minzhuang.

  Zhu Ruqi's move is quite smooth, but it can be regarded as offending these gentry to death.

But think about it, if Wang Wenyan and the others were defeated on the front line, or if Puzhou was captured by the rebel army, then it doesn't matter whether you offend these gentry or not. Once they win, the attitude of these gentry will change again. With great changes and power in hand, there are naturally other means to make it round.

  Wang Wenyan and Zhao Qianshan couldn't care how Zhu Ruqi was tossing around in Puzhou City. After completing the supply of food and logistics, they quickly sent troops to the north and went straight to Jiezhou.

Puzhou—Xiezhou—Changle Town—Siyan City—Anyi—Xia County—Wenxi and Shenghui Town, this line is only two hundred miles away, but it is the essence of the entire Pingyang Prefecture. The Great Salt Pond is here, the six prefectures and counties, plus the Salt Transit Envoys of Hedong and Shaanxi are set up here, and the two inspection department tax cards of Changle Town and Shenghui Town, one east and one west, are set up here. In addition, this is the place where the three provinces meet, so it can be said that merchants gather here, and supplies are collected and distributed here. It is no wonder that the rebellious army is divided into two groups, but the main force is coming to this area.

As Feng Ziying said, if the rebel army really conquered this area and got the food and weapons from Puzhou and Jiezhou, and the salt and silver from Siyancheng, then their strength would really undergo a radical change. It has reached a higher level, and if the government and army want to wipe it out, it will take several times more effort.

And more importantly, if they are allowed to succeed and their strength grows, it is very likely that they will cross the river west and return to Xi'an Prefecture, or they will directly attack Zezhou, Huaiqing and Weihui in the east, and disrupt the Central Plains. The world is in chaos.

   This is also a factor why Feng Ziying spared no effort to let the Tongguan Guards send troops to intervene in the situation. Otherwise, if there is an injustice in the south of Shanxi, Xi'an will be uneasy. In addition, this is also the most sufficient reason why he can explain to the court why he used the Tongguan Guards to send troops to Shanxi.

When the Tongguan guards led by Zhao Qianshan arrived in Puzhou, there were only more than 2,000 people. When they left Puzhou, they not only swelled up and brought more than 6,000 people with them. Of course, it is impossible for you to expect them to fight tough battles. It is not bad to be able to follow up and guarantee food and supplies in the follow-up. How inferior.

When the 6,000 troops rushed all the way to Jiezhou, there were already one or two scattered rebellious troops outside the city of Jiezhou. They never expected that there would be officers and soldiers coming north to reinforce them. They were caught off guard and rushed away immediately. scattered.

In less than two hours of this battle, more than 400 people were beheaded, and more than 1,000 people were captured, but Zhao Qianshan did not stop and handed over the 1,000 people to Xiezhou, and asked Xiezhou to lead them. Min Zhuang imprisoned more than a thousand captives and waited until they had finished their journey to the north before making plans.

  I also got some news from Jiezhou. Changle Town has been captured by the rebels, and Siyan City is under siege. The fighting is very fierce, but it has not yet been captured.

Wang Wenyan also became more energetic after learning the news. When he left Puzhou, he had already met the person sent by Duan Xipeng to report the news. He knew that they and his group were standing firm in Siyan City and waiting for help. At the same time, Duan Xipeng also chose Siyan City, which was guarded by the guards, as a place to defend, and his own judgment was not wrong.

   Stabilizing the situation in the southern part of Pingyang Prefecture is only a rough idea of ​​Feng Ziying, and it is obviously a bit difficult to rely on the strength of the Tongguan Guard.

According to Wang Wenyan's prediction, it is not bad to be able to defend the corners of Puzhou, Jiezhou, Ruicheng and Pinglu. It is very difficult to defend Siyancheng and Anyixia County, but this battle can be fought first, and Siyancheng's The salt and salt class silver are moved away, so that the rebels are not allowed to succeed, and it is considered consummated.

   If the situation is really bad, Xiezhou, Ruicheng, and Pinglu can also give up and defend Puzhou to ensure that the rebellious army cannot easily return westward. After all, Feng Ziying is only the governor of Shaanxi, not the governor of Shanxi.

  When Zhao Qianshan and Wang Wenyan attacked the rebellious army under the city of Jiezhou, Man Gui and Duan Xipeng in Siyan city were already in danger.

  Siyan City's city walls are too short and too low, and the warehouse salt and salt class silver in Siyan City are too attractive.

   Originally thought that the rebel army would increase slowly, who would have thought that within two days, there would be more than ten rebel troops outside Siyan City, exceeding 18,000 people, and the number is still increasing.

Fortunately, they are not affiliated with each other, and it is difficult to form a joint force and fight independently. That's why they were beaten down by Man Gui's troops in the siege battle for two days. This kind of aimless and random attack is difficult to win, and these chaotic armies have begun to cooperate with each other and even negotiate with each other, which is quite dangerous.

  Once the rebel army truly unified its command, the rebel army would be seven or eight times larger than itself, and it would take only a day or two to capture Siyan City.

  Man Gui licked his chapped lips and patrolled the city against the scorching sun.

The blade of the ring knife around his waist is a bit curled up. He can't remember how many soldiers of the rebel army he cut down, but he can remember at least five leaders of the rebel army who were killed by his ring knife. Faces of fear or anger still dangle in front of his eyes, making him feel uncomfortable.

  He is not a young man who has never fought and killed people, but it has to be said that in the past two days he has killed ten times more people than he has killed since he joined the army.

He also believed that the three soldiers of the guards stationed in Siyan City never thought that they would fight such a tragic battle in their entire lives, and they never dreamed that in just two days, their side killed more than A thousand people rebelled against the army, and the same side also suffered more than two hundred casualties.

  The war will only become more and more tragic, especially as the organization and cooperation of the enemy army become more and more proficient and tacit, and the tactics become more and more targeted.

  The rebel army is also growing, and of course, so is our own side.

  Although it was said before that the two battalions of the guards of the Puzhou Institute are considered to be the best in the entire Shanxi capital guards, but this is only in the guard system.

To be honest, these guards didn't go through many **** battles. Compared with the frontier soldiers who faced Tumet and Chahar attacks on the side wall all the year round, they were inferior in terms of combat experience and fighting will. Far, even Mangui himself knows it, so he has been trying to change this.

   It's just that combat experience and will can't be accumulated by training alone. Without a real battle, they can't really gain and mature.

  Obviously, this battle can be regarded as a battle. Even in the eyes of Man Gui, the fighting intensity was not enough, but because the number of rebellious troops was too large, and the repeated tug-of-war caused too many casualties.

  If the same number of Tumets were replaced, I'm afraid it would be far from being able to hold on now.

Don't think that the Tumets are all cavalry, they only know how to ride and shoot. Like countless farmers who live on land reclamation, they live by the side wall. Once they are recruited, they are also good at attacking cities. Here On one point, Man Gui had seen it before in Laoyingbao.

The city wall of Siyan City is only less than two feet high, and even a ladder built by the rebel army can easily directly climb the top of the city, and an engineering vehicle made of some wood has become the most dangerous siege weapon. More than a dozen extremely rough siege engines can put the entire city of Yancheng into crisis in an instant.

Even if these siege vehicles and ladders are destroyed, in less than a day, the rebel army with sufficient manpower can easily build countless ladders and siege vehicles to make a comeback. This situation has happened several times, and every time it will Let your own men pay hundreds of casualties to defeat the chaos.

   Still able to bear it, Man Gui evaluated his subordinates and licked his lips.

  After these two days of fierce fighting, the temperament and will of the subordinates have undergone a qualitative improvement, as if reborn.

This feeling is very subtle, just by taking a look, you can know that they are different from the one they were two days ago, the kind of Xie leaning against the wall, nibbling the pancakes, sipping the water in the water bag, or With the help of his companions, the wound was bandaged, and every movement revealed a difference from the original.

I have to thank this gang of rebels for not being more tacit and proficient at the beginning, nor for attacking from several walls at the same time as they are now. Their previous clumsiness and rustiness gave me time to grow up And opportunities, otherwise, in the first wave of shock, Siyan City will be breached.

Man Gui also has to thank this group of guys who fled into Siyan City to ask for asylum. It is said that they are the personal soldiers of the governor of Shaanxi, but their combat effectiveness is indeed worthy of praise. Each of them should be an old soldier who has practiced in the border town. The composure and indifference shown in the face of the chaotic army's crazy attack is indeed not comparable to the group of guards under his own hands, and it is precisely because these group of people spread out to help stabilize the position that they have survived the past two days shock wave.

  (end of this chapter)