Yang Qi, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, created a saying.
He Huchen entered the bonfire array - drank poison to quench his thirst.
Liu Chengzong on the other side of the battlefield also created a saying.
He Huchen entered the bonfire formation - just what he wanted.
Of course, the Riddler He Huchen also knew that this bonfire formation was Liu Chengzong cooking pancakes with evil intentions.
But he had no choice. If he allowed heavy cavalry and light cavalry to attack back and forth in the dark, his army would disperse in tension, and what awaited him would naturally be a huge rout under the cover of night.
What you will encounter when entering the bonfire formation is nothing more than shelling. To deal with the shelling, He Huchen had his own plan.
Illuminated by bonfires dozens or even a hundred steps outside the military formation, the mixed formation of Guyuan and Ningxia troops, as well as Taozhou native soldiers and Lanzhou Guards, got a moment of respite.
While ordering the various ministries to count the casualties, He Huchen showed off his specialty and ordered his peripheral officer Chen Bu to use Fran cannons to counterattack enemy artillery in the west.
The order was conveyed to the front-line artillery, and the artillerymen complained: "Sir, the enemy artillery is at least one mile away, so it's impossible to hit!"
Mr. Bai frowned and said, "I'll hit you if I ask you to."
In fact, President Bai knew that when the commander issued such an order, it was not about whether it could lead to an effective counterattack. At least firing back with his own Franco machine guns would boost the morale of his soldiers.
When artillery shells hit our own military formations, the soldiers who were not hit can have more courage to face it. At least our artillery is also firing.
As for the people who were hit by the shells, it didn't matter what they thought. They were all gone, so it was useless to think about anything.
The bonfire outside was reassuring. He Huchen and Yang Qi gathered briefly to exchange their respective missions. After deciding on the Guyuan Army in the south and the Ningxia Army in the north, the two separated.
The two of them could not stand together. Liu Chengzong's artillery was still firing. If one shot sent both of them into the sky, the army would be completely destroyed.
In fact, it is quite difficult to arrange the two military formations in order.
Yang Qi's soldiers were formerly hungry people and thieves. If they were placed at the back, they might just run away. If they were put at the front, they might turn around and overwhelm the Ningxia Army behind them. He Huchen's Ningxia Army couldn't be put at the front either. What if they defected on the spot? manage?
Therefore, they can only separate one from the south and the other from the north, so as not to affect each other.
In fact, the two of them had a lot of complaints when the battle ended like this. However, as the commanders of the first army, the two of them knew better what was more important and they suppressed their emotions in a tacit understanding during the brief meeting.
Now that the firelight illuminates the surroundings, the enemy cavalry can only wander around the periphery and dare not come to attack. The commanders of the two armies can finally order the soldiers to dig trenches.
Although there were no decent tools at hand and the baggage was all in the east, there were more solutions than difficulties. The soldiers dug into the soil with their helmets and guns in hand. In this season of soft soil, the efficiency was not bad.
They had done this in the past when they encountered Mongolian soldiers outside the mouth.
Fortunately, Liu Chengzong did not stop them from digging trenches, and even the frequency of shelling was reduced.
Soon the strength of the troops was calculated, and there were 9,500 people left. The commanders of the two towns were on the verge of crying.
They originally had an army of 12,000, but left 2,000 sergeants in the earthen fort, including more than 1,000 wounded soldiers. They attacked westward with 10,000 troops to rescue the 2,000 people trapped in the west.
The two of them rescued the trapped army as they wished. At this time, the number of troops should be 12,000, but there were only more than 9,500 left... Why are they here?
Since the troop strength statistics compiled by various ministries were very clear, both Yang Qi and He Huchen could see that the more than 9,500 soldiers included more than 400 wounded soldiers.
The enemy's several attacks were all in small groups, and the casualties would not be exaggerated, only five hundred to one thousand at most.
In other words, at least 1,500 to 2,000 people escaped from the team during the night movement.
Many teams even disappeared after having their headquarters and hundred headquarters organized according to their establishment. The officers above did not know how people disappeared. Among the generals who disappeared, the one with the highest official position was the right commander of the Zuoqian headquarters of Guyuan Camp. His name is Zhang Zhen.
When Yang Qi heard this name, he started to curse, because even the name Zhang Zhen was given by him. He was a close general. He knew Zhang Zhen very well, so he spoke firmly: "This bastard has surrendered to the enemy!"
In fact, just as Yang Qi expected, Xie Erhu's three thousand Mongolian cavalry were still surrounding the bonfire array at this time, but Zhong Bao, who had made a sudden impact, had already led thousands of disarmed Guyuan troops to the west.
Zhang Zhen took off his armor, disarmed his weapons, and walked forward step by step while holding the reins of Zhong Bao.
Zhong Bao said: "You said you are a security guard? I heard that there is saltpeter production there and it is not easy to farm. I know a firecracker maker who fled from the security guard to Yan'an Fucheng and became a tenant of the Marshal."
"Yes, Tianxing Kuiba, I have been dead since the fourth year of Tianqi. I used to be called Zhang Si. The security guards all know us four brothers."
Zhang Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Guyuan camp, led his horse forward. There were guards holding torches in front of him. He looked at the road carefully and said, "After the second year of Chongzhen's reign, I was called Bee Tail Needle. There are some men and horses, but it's just a small fight. It’s far from the famous leader.”
Zhong Bao was thinking about Huang Laosan, the firecracker maker who later followed King Gao Chuang, and then asked: "The second year of Chongzhen?"
Zhong Bao thought to himself, that was really a special year. He followed Liu Chengzong that year, so he was very impressed, so he casually asked: "What big things did you do that year that you got this gangster title?"
Zhang Zhen looked unlucky and didn't seem to like this bandit very much: "That year, there was an old Huihui in Huanglong Mountain. He was driven north by the guerrilla general Li Bei. Li Bei chased him fiercely and killed many horses. On the territory of Baoan County, I led my brothers to collect the horse corpses behind."
"Li Bei fought too fast. Lao Huihui fled into the Maowusu Sea. As soon as he turned around, he bumped into me. I was still young at that time. My eldest brother was leading the team. My eldest brother was gone. When I ran away, the second brother and the third brother were gone. They also got separated, and later others called me Bee Tail Needle.”
Zhang Zhen regarded the whole experience as a joke to please Zhong Bao, but in fact the battle was not easy for him. He had to climb over four mountains with three arrows stuck in his back to escape with his life.
"Later I voted for King Hengtian, and before I entered the Jin Dynasty, I was fortunate enough to meet the commander from a distance in Qingjian. Li Laozhen responded to King Hengtian's uprising, so I escorted a batch of ordnance there, and I followed Li Laozhen from then on. "
Zhong Bao glared when he heard this. Although he was Liu Chengzong who later defected to Liu Chengzong, he knew Liu Chengzong's previous experience very clearly. When the bee-tailed needle was defeated by Li Bei, it was also a good time for Marshal Liu to recruit troops in Yan'an Prefecture. At that time, he recruited many soldiers. The young and old returned to the remaining soldiers and routed the bandits.
Hearing that the bee-tail needle had been thrown at Old Jackal Li again, Zhong Bao smiled and said: "General Li is currently serving as a staff general in Kangning. This relationship is getting closer with each passing day."
"Is this close? General Zhong doesn't know, there is something even closer."
Zhang Zhen shook his head and said with emotion: "Li Lao Jackal beat the water. I was the first to climb the city, but was beaten down and injured again. I heard that Marshal He led his army to ask for help. Li Lao Jackal sent people to Yan'an to ask for help from the Generalissimo. At that time, I was right next to him, and I almost voted for the commander-in-chief at that moment."
At that time, Zhang Zhen was injured in a fall and could not run. For his safety, Li Laoji put him in a home in Heshui to recuperate.
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But this is all a matter of luck and courage. When He Huchen sent troops to Heshui, Zhang Zhen was so frightened that he ran away and defected to Liu Daojiang and Liu Daohai.
When Zhong Bao heard what he said, he thought that this bee-tailed needle really had something to do with the commander-in-chief. He smiled and said, "It's not too late to vote for the commander-in-chief."
Bee Tail Needle feels that she may have more connections with Liu Chengzong than Zhong Bao imagined.
He followed Liu Wu and Liu Liu to besiege Huanxian County, and was overrun by an angry passerby, a thousand-man army formation. The angry passerby was Cao Wenzhao, who had just been beaten half to death by Liu Shizi.
But from then on, he had nothing to do with Liu Chengzong. He had a relationship with Shen Yiyuan, shaved his Tatar head, and was chased for three hundred miles by Zhang Yingchang as a Mongolian; and because he couldn't share the spoils after being robbed with a real Mongolian. They all fought hard.
After great difficulty, he brought his remaining defeated soldiers back from Monan to join Shen Yikui. Half a month later, Shen Yikui was demoted. He was not considered a direct lineage and had no official position. He was dismissed along with hundreds of thousands of peasants.
Fortunately, his comrades in the Red Army revolted, and he had a way out. He joined Wang Laohu, and almost escaped into the Qinling Mountains with Wang Laohu. In the end, he was surrounded by Yang Qi, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, in Chencangyi, Baoji County, Fengxiang Prefecture, and had no way out. , and surrendered Yang Qi.
There are a group of experienced veterans in his team. Yang Qi, who is short of soldiers, attaches great importance to it. He feels that the bandit number of Bee Tail Needle is not good to hear, and Zhang Si seems to be joking, so he names him Zhang Zhen and gives him the post of general. .
To be fair, Yang Qi treated him well. As the main force, the Fengbu had some preferences in the distribution of armor and equipment, and they did not treat one favorably over others. If he could not get military rations, others could not, and if he could not get military pay, others could. Less than.
Zhong Bao placed Zhang Zhen's team in the rear, and first went to the headquarters to meet Liu Chengzong and told him his experiences one by one.
In fact, Liu Shishi doesn't like this method of surrender.
Whether people surrender or not, there are generally four types.
Some surrendered before the war began, some surrendered during the war, and some surrendered after the battle.
To surrender before the war begins is to understand clearly and to assess the situation; to never surrender after the war begins is to understand that one is destined to die.
The vast majority of people were completely defeated and had no choice but to surrender with their lives saved, which can be regarded as fulfilling their duties.
If the above three happened in Liu Shishi's army, he would respect those who would never surrender, and would accept officers who surrendered after fulfilling their duties. He would not like those who surrendered before the war started, but it would not matter if they happened.
Only those who sway around and make strange moves during the battle are neither smart nor dedicated, and they are not worthy of respect... Anyone who does this in any army is a harbinger of defeat.
This boss is such a person in Liu Chengzong's eyes, so he doesn't like Zhang Zhen, but whether he likes him or not is one thing, and when to do something is another.
He admired Ye Guoqi so much that he had to kill him when he deserved it.
The bonfire formation is a double-edged sword. His men cannot attack quietly, and the officers and soldiers cannot escape quietly.
This is nothing more than a trade-off. For him, it is easy to defeat but difficult to annihilate in a night battle. He is sure to defeat the enemy, but he is not sure that his own army will not collapse in the process of defeating the enemy.
The collapse is not terrible. What is terrible is that after the collapse, he reorganizes the army. He is not as good as He Huchen and Yang Qi.
Yang Qi and He Huchen only needed to speak Chinese to reorganize the team; for him to reorganize the team, he had to be proficient in three languages.
Therefore, it would be beneficial to him to continue the harassment until dawn before launching an attack. Even if good news came from his brother in the north and Yang Yao in the east, the battle could be postponed for another three days, until He Huchen died of starvation.
This was the first time since Liu Chengzong's uprising that through his own efforts, the battle situation went according to his own vision. He was proud, relaxed and confident. He gave Xie Erhu the order to continue the harassment until dawn, and then decided to meet Zhang Zhen.
Zhang Zhen kowtowed to the ground as soon as he entered the courtyard, and said in a loud voice: "The little man is kowtowing to meet the commander-in-chief!"
Liu Chengzong had previously heard from Zhong Bao that the bee-tailed needle was a bandit from Baoan County, Yan'an Prefecture. Although he was not wearing armor, he had broad shoulders and long arms. He was indeed a good bowman.
He asked Fengweizhen to stand up and said with a smile: "It is not easy to see the Yan'an Township Party in Hehuang. Zhang Zhen, the outcome is not decided, why surrender to me? Yang Qi treats you badly?"
Zhang Zhen didn't expect Liu Chengzong to ask this when he saw him. He knew in his heart what kind of seal he had in Liu Chengzong's heart, so he waited for an answer and was stunned.
It was Zhong Bao who reminded: "Get up when the commander tells you to get up."
Zhang Zhen then stood up, thought about his words, and said, "Come back to the commander, Mr. Yang treats the villain very well."
"The villain didn't want to be an enemy of the commander, but he was favored by Master Yang to surrender and was his vanguard. On the Henan Bridge, two groups of brothers were killed by a burst of artillery fire, and he didn't complain. It's just that the battle was really confusing. The villain I don’t want all my brothers to die here.”
"oh."
Liu Chengzong's impression of Bee Tail Needle has changed slightly, at least he is still smart.
Listening to what others say means listening to what others have not said. If the pioneer has no complaints, it means he has complaints in his heart; if he says he does not want to be an enemy, he means he can become an enemy if he can win.
The most important thing is to fight this battle in a confused manner, otherwise as long as you surrender, you will do your best.
Liu Chengzong nodded in response, and then asked: "Those two groups of people on the bridge are your soldiers? Good soldiers, so is Mr. Bai."
Before evacuating from the earthen fort, he had a deep impression of President Bai walking on the bridge with his severed hand, and asked: "Is he still alive?"
Bee Tail Needle shook his head and said: "The villain doesn't know. His name is Zhao Fuhuan. He used to be the management team of Liushujian in Yulin Town. The wounded soldiers from both towns stayed in Hekou Fort. If he can survive today, he may still be alive. But there are soldiers with pimples over there.”
Liu Chengzong didn't care whether he had acne or not. He was more concerned about the fact that there were wounded soldiers in the east, so he asked, "How many people are there in the fort?"
"There are more than 800 wounded soldiers and more than a thousand people outside the fort."
Liu Chengzong immediately asked: "If you go over, can you recruit them to surrender?"
Bee Tail Stitch had actually surrendered others when he came here by himself. Not only his own headquarters, but also seven or eight hundred generals and management teams surrendered with him.
Now hearing Liu Chengzong ask him this, Bee Tail Needle nodded one after another and said: "If the commander-in-chief lets the villain pass, you can give it a try."
"good!"
Liu Chengzong's eyes showed joy, and he turned to Zhong Bao and said: "Without further delay, you can take him there now and recruit the Tubao soldiers to surrender."
Zhong Bao and Bee Tail Needle immediately accepted the order and were about to walk out of the small courtyard when they heard Liu Chengzong say: "Wait a minute, I almost forgot something important!"
Bee Tail Stitch turned his head in confusion and saw Liu Chengzong pointing at him and saying: "Eating is a big deal, eat first."
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