Chapter 104 The Three-Way Army

Chi Wenjun, the commander-in-chief of Datong, had just taken up his post in Datong. He was previously the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. It is not clear how capable he is. At that time, Datong in the Xuan Mansion went through a great purge, and officials continued to fill positions. Beijing

There were not many people in the city who were qualified to serve as commander-in-chief in Datong. There were only a few candidates. The cabinet discussed it and appointed Chi Wenjun.

This Chi Wenjun comes from a good background. Most of his ancestors were officials. His grandfather served as a minister of the Ministry of War in his early years. He was also passed the military exam and passed the exam. He worked hard to get to this position little by little. In order to be honest, but to command the war

, didn’t have much experience, and couldn’t find any good candidates at the beginning, so we arranged for him to go there.

It stands to reason that Wu Sinan arranged for Sima Qiaoyu, who had relatively rich combat experience, to be the front guard. However, Sima Qiaoyu had come all the way from Xuanfu to Datong. His saddle and horse were bumpy and he had to take a rest, so he ordered Chi Wenjun to be the front guard.

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After Chi Wenjun encountered the rogue bandits, he was not afraid. He first ordered the soldiers to set up camp and prepare fortifications. After all, he was also a professional. But compared to Chi Wenjun, the rogue bandits did not care so much. He relied on the strength of the people to directly attack

Then he went towards Chi Wenjun's camp and killed him.

Seeing such a situation, Chi Wenjun was overjoyed and fought in the camp, beating the rogue bandits without any temper. Seeing that it was getting late, the rogue bandits had to withdraw their troops. When the rogue bandits retreated, Chi Wenjun regained his energy and commanded his troops to rush out of the camp.

go.

The rogue bandits thought that they were outnumbered and the officers and soldiers did not dare to attack. Chi Wenjun led his troops to cover up the attack, but the only people they killed were scurrying rats in a state of confusion. The officers and soldiers chased them for more than three miles in one go, but the rogue bandits suffered heavy casualties and were defeated.

But at the critical moment, a group of troops emerged from the diagonal stab. This troop was Gao Yingxiang's troops. His sudden appearance caught the army by surprise. Moreover, Gao Yingxiang's troops were much more powerful than other rogues, but

Compared with Chi Wenjun's Datong elite, they were a little worse. If they fought in peacetime, the officers and soldiers would not be afraid. Unexpectedly, Gao Yingxiang's troops came suddenly. Chi Wenjun's troops had the intention of underestimating the enemy again. As soon as they took over, they

Knowing that the other party is more powerful than the previous bandits.

Gao Yingxiang's men and horses held back the officers and soldiers, giving the fleeing bandits a chance to breathe. Li Yangchun, Liu Guoneng, Man Tianxing and the others calmed down, followed the command of the men and horses, turned around and killed them back.

At this time, Chi Wenjun thought that he had fallen into the rogue bandit's trick to lure the enemy, so he did not dare to fight again and quickly ordered a retreat. In war, the most taboo thing is to retreat before the battle. Originally, the officers and soldiers were not at any disadvantage. This retreat was good and the position was good.

There was chaos immediately, and the situation took a turn for the worse. The officers and soldiers fled, and the rogue bandits followed behind.

There are many rogue bandits, and their consistent characteristic is that they are victorious but not defeated. As long as they can fight to the upper hand, they are full of energy and become more courageous as they fight. Chi Wenjun led his troops to escape back to the camp, but he had no chance to hold on to the camp again.

, the rogue bandits took advantage of the situation and rushed in, killing only the officers and soldiers who threw away their helmets and armor and fell on their backs.

Seeing that the situation was over, Chi Wenjun had no choice but to lead his army to continue to flee. The bandits chased him for more than five miles in one breath. Thirty thousand troops died, and only a thousand men were left behind.

After running for another seven or eight miles, it was already dark. Seeing that the bandits were not chasing after him, Chi Wenjun dared to stop and take a breather. After fighting for nearly a day, he had traveled such a long distance, and he hadn't eaten dinner yet.

, when they stopped, almost all the soldiers lay down on the ground and could not get up again.

Was this battle just a trick by the rogue bandits to lure the enemy?

The answer is no. The rogue bandits have no idea of ​​using tricks at all. In their minds, with such a superior force, they can level the camp of the officers and soldiers by running over them. Seven of the eight leaders agreed to attack by force, so Gao Yingxiang

They disagreed, but in the end the minority obeyed the majority and stormed the official and military camp.

Gao Yingxiang believed that a strong attack would never be cheap, but no one listened to him, so he had to lead his troops and provide support from behind. He expected what happened. The rogue bandits had been attacking Camp Guo for a long time, but when they saw that it was getting late, they withdrew their troops and evacuated.

At that time, they were chased by officers and soldiers. Fortunately, Gao Yingxiang came to meet him on the way and suddenly rushed out, saving the lives of these people and then defeated Chi Wenjun's troops.

As mentioned before, the Wu family led five thousand troops to pursue the bandits from Qingyang. Why did it take so long for him to not reach Shanxi? This was mainly because of the food and grass. Once the soldiers and horses were in motion, how could they do without food and grass?

Sheng only had two days of rations left on hand. After chasing him for a day, he felt something was wrong, so he could only return and wait for Yang Yishan.

After all, he is a soldier and cannot plunder the people like rogue bandits. It is obviously unrealistic to ask the local government to replenish military rations. He is a guest soldier. How can the local government replenish his rations without receiving orders.

After returning to Qingyang Mansion, he met up with Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu, and waited for a few days before finally getting Yang Yishan. Mr. Yang didn't have much food and grass, but he was in a hurry to pursue the bandits, and he couldn't care less.

On the one hand, he sent people to Chang'an to seize grain and transport grass, and on the other hand, he personally led the army to pursue along the road.

When they reached Huangling County, the rogue bandits had already entered Shanxi. By the time they reached the junction of Shanxi and Shanxi, the rogue bandits had already reached Taiyuan. When Yang Yishan was worrying about how to pursue him, the imperial edict came and ordered him to

He led his troops to aid Taiyuan. After all, Mr. Yang was only the governor of the three sides, and Shanxi was not under his jurisdiction. If he led troops across the border without authorization, he would lose his head.

After seeing the imperial edict, Yang Yishan was overjoyed and immediately ordered Cao Wenzhao to lead an army of 20,000 troops from Wujia Province to attack Taiyuan. He personally led 30,000 troops and followed up behind.

His troops were going to Linfen and north to Taiyuan. When the front troops arrived in Qi County, they were discovered by rogue bandits. Knowing that soldiers and horses from Shaanxi were coming for reinforcements, Wang Ziyong convened an emergency military meeting to study sending troops to resist.

As usual, after drawing lots, seven battalions of people including Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Great Heavenly King Gaojian, Youlihua, Yatouzi, Heishashen, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai went to resist.

There is no need to introduce these seven gentlemen, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. I will only talk about Luo Rucai. This guy's nickname is Cao Cao, and he really deserves this nickname. He is cunning and rebellious. When Hong Chengchou defeated the Shaanxi bandits,

When the rats fled, he led his troops to surrender to Hong Chengchou, and was ordered to "recuperate" and recuperate. Later, when he heard that Wang Ziyong was in Qinshui to form an alliance, he immediately rebelled and led his troops to Shanxi to join Wang Ziyong.

In this draw, three of the seven brothers selected were tough, and the total number of people was more than 90,000.

As soon as this group of troops was sent out, news came from the west that Yansui Governor Chen Qiyu led his troops to kill them.

Why did Chen Qiyu come so quickly? This was mainly because of the superior geographical location. Most of Chen Qiyu's troops were concentrated in Yulin, which was one of the important towns on the nine sides. Yulin was only four hundred miles away from Taiyuan. Chen Qiyu almost received the imperial edict and came

He came with 40,000 troops.

Hearing that Chen Qiyu also led an army to kill, Wang Ziyong was a little confused, but the bandits were a little confused. Now they were surrounded by enemies from the south, north and west, and there was Taiyuan in the middle. If the officers and soldiers had to cooperate with each other from the inside out, they would not be able to be beaten in one fell swoop.

But escaping now is obviously not possible, because Gao Yingxiang, Liu Guoneng and others are facing the enemy in the north; Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others have gone to the south to meet the enemy. If the large force in the center escapes, wouldn't it be too unloyal to the world? As the leader of the alliance, I also

It's no longer possible.

Therefore, Wang Ziyong held an emergency meeting here to study the combat strategy against Chen Qiyu. After drawing lots, he finally decided to appoint Ma Shouying, King Li Jin, Zhang Cunmeng, Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zhang Miaoshou, and Bai Jiu.

Son, Ba Jingang and other seven battalions went to deal with Chen Qiyu.

The number of people in these seven battalions is quite large, with a total of 110,000 to 20,000.

The bandits under the city frequently mobilized their troops to leave, and naturally they could see clearly on the city. Wu Rumeng immediately concluded that reinforcements from the imperial court must be coming. The imperial edict stated that Yang Yishan, the governor of the three sides, Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, and Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda, were divided into three groups.

When troops came in for reinforcements, the rogue bandits sent troops in different directions three times. It seems that all three groups of people have arrived.

Wu Rumeng was overjoyed. As a result, the pressure on Taiyuan City was reduced, and the encirclement and annihilation of the rogue bandits was just around the corner. He found the Taiyuan General Soldier and discussed the next battle plan, hoping to cooperate with reinforcements from outside the city and deal a heavy blow to the rogue bandits.

The commander-in-chief of Taiyuan looked very helpless. There were only so few troops in the city, and there were nearly 200,000 rogues besieging the city. How could we be of any help?

Wu Rumeng didn't think so, and immediately said: "Although there are many bandits, most of them are poor people, including the old, weak, women and children. What kind of fighting power can they have? Besides, they can coerce the people and come to attack the city. Let's

Can't we lead the people out of the city to defend against the enemy? They are all people anyway, so what is there to fear? In this way, I will post a notice here to recruit people to come and help in the battle. Anyone who comes will be rewarded with two taels of silver."

"Master Wu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this. If the city is not secure, there will be rogue bandits who will come in to work. Once they are allowed to sneak into the army, it might affect the overall situation." Taiyuan's general soldier said.

"Don't worry, even if there are people who sneak into the city, how many of them are there? If the general trend is the same, they will still have to follow us. How many people can you think of who will be willing to rebel? It's not because they have no food that they take risks.

Well. Moreover, we don’t recruit too many, ten or twenty thousand is enough. Shanxi has also lost a lot of troops due to the ruckus by the rogue bandits. It should be added. Otherwise, I think it is all about recruiting troops. No matter whether it is the common people in the city,

Or are there many people who have fled from outside and have no food to eat? Let Ding Zhuang join the army to prevent them from going astray. In this way, not even the two taels of silver will be saved." Wu Sinan said with a smile.

"Master Wu's idea is really brilliant. Most of the rogue bandits have not been trained. It doesn't matter if the new recruits are not trained. The number of them is about the same and they can be frightened. The rogue bandits came from Qinshui and attacked the prefecture and city along the way.

Counties and Shanxi have also lost a lot of men and horses. It is estimated that the Wu family will lose a lot when they go to Shaanxi. Let's make up for it in advance, and the court won't say anything even if it wants to come." Taiyuan General Soldier agreed. Mr. Wu is an official promoted by Mr. Yue.

, during the decisive battle, it shouldn’t be a big deal to add more troops. As long as the bandits are eliminated, it is still a great achievement, and you will also get a lot of glory.

"Exactly."
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