The military meeting was convened. Song Liangzuo invited all the generals in one by one and said: "Since the rebellion, the emperor has been ardent in hoping that the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of War have been strategizing. Until now, the army has finally gathered, the fierce generals have gathered together, the pay and equipment are complete, and the morale is like a rainbow. , the day of Bozhou Yang's defeat is not far away.
Yang Yinglong's crimes were so heinous that the Holy Emperor was furious and issued a stern decree to eradicate the traitors! Everyone, although it is winter, the matter of suppressing the rebellion cannot be delayed any longer. We need to refine our tactics so that we can conquer the entire Boshu region in one fell swoop in the first month of next year.
Liu Wei, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, knew Yang Ni very well, and was familiar with the Bozhou Army's tactics because he had fought against barbarians in Shu and Guizhou for many years. Today, he asked General Liu to explain to the generals so that everyone would know what he was doing. "
Ma Lin said: "The organized army is here to command. I think Yang Yinglong's time is running out. As for the Bozhou Army's tactics, Liu Zongrong has just briefly explained to us. Not long ago, the Nine-Border Army was discussing the Eastern Expedition against Japanese Pirates. There is a saying when it comes to experience and lessons, it is believed that increasing the number of troops step by step will make the war difficult.
Nowadays, Bozhou's quelling the chaos is not like that. Instead, the army has gathered together and marched in separate directions, making it surrounded by enemies on all sides. It will be difficult for Bozhou to take care of both. In total, Bozhou's military strength is comparable to that of the Japanese pirates. Although their tactics are different, they are still just wild soldiers in the mountains and forests. As long as they are careful in using their troops, there should be no serious problems. "
Deng Zilong reminded from the side: "The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there are risks everywhere. Bozhou is home to seedlings, and there have always been many unimaginable things. It is better not to underestimate the enemy and rush in. Besides, the Yang family of Bozhou has been operating here for hundreds of years, and the land is a good thing." It is enough to withstand a million-strong army, and any carelessness will cause heavy losses."
Dong Yiyuan said: "Occupying a favorable geographical location also requires proper planning and the use of soldiers' lives. Only then can the geographical advantage be turned into a sharp weapon. I heard from General Liu before that the Bozhou Army's fighting spirit has declined, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced compared to the past.
The generals in Bozhou were nothing more than barbarians. Compared to Yang's ancestors, Yang Yinglong was only more ferocious and cunning. In terms of military use, he was far inferior to his ancestors. Please also prepare the military plan before deploying the military strategy. We will just act according to the plan. "
Song Liangzuo saw that all the military leaders gave him face, and knew that one of them must be the Nanning Marquis. He felt very grateful, so he ordered all the troops to return to camp and prepare for the war.
In fact, by this time, it can be seen that although Gao Pragmatic's earlier ideas have not changed, the details have still been adjusted, or to put it bluntly, it has been adjusted for the other parties except Liu Wei's department. strengthen.
For example, Ma Lin, Deng Zilong, Dong Yiyuan, etc. are either from famous families in Jiubian or veteran generals. When they come to Bozhou, they will obviously bring their own elites. This means that after the last defeat in Guizhou, Gao Jingshi felt that the remaining encirclement networks might not be enough, so he simply strengthened all the armies and used hard power to crush the so-called elites in Bozhou and the dangerous location.
This is in line with the characteristics of high-pragmatic military management: we do not seek the genius command of famous generals on the battlefield, but seek to use the powerful strength after the successful reform to "strengthen the stronghold and fight stupid wars" and crush them with overwhelming and irreversible advantages. opponent.
You expect me to duel with your sniper? No, I will blast out with a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher and destroy your position! Why do later generations of great powers often talk about forming generational advantages and asymmetric advantages in their wars? Because our national strength is here, there is no need to argue with you, wouldn't it be fun to just run over you?
On the other side, Yang Yinglong learned that the Ming army was gathering and announced to Bozhou: "The war is about to break out, and Bozhou is on the verge of life and death. If the Ming army attacks Bozhou, everything you have now will be in vain! Your land They will be expropriated, their wives and daughters will be made into slaves, and all the men will have their heads removed!
I, Yang Yinglong, swear to heaven to keep Bozhou safe. If the Yang family is in Bozhou, there will be no corpse left when a powerful enemy invades. In this way, I will live up to the spirit of the Yang family's ancestors in heaven!
The key to military action is to strike first. Bozhou needs to maintain a strong offensive, control the fighter aircraft, and influence the various Ming armies to divide and encircle them. Our army attacks Longquan Division first, with Yang Zhu as the general - Yang Zhu, can you capture Longquan for me? "
Yang Zhu proudly swore: "Don't worry, my master, the sword in Yang Zhu's hand is already thirsty for blood. Longquan is not a problem. I only need three thousand warriors to annihilate the Longquan defenders!"
Yang Yinglong praised loudly, and then said: "Okay! However, the Ming army has arrived, and you only brought three thousand soldiers. If you meet the reinforcements of the Ming army, won't you be attacked from both sides? This time to capture Longquan, I, Bozhou, will send 50,000 troops. One will build up the momentum, and the other two will be attacked." To prevent enemy reinforcements, we need to keep the two provinces of Guizhou and Shu under the awe of our Bozhou power. Only in this way can we ensure that the decisive battle with the Ming army will be in our favor."
Yang Chaodong asked when the troops would be sent out. Yang Yinglong immediately ordered a large-scale witchcraft and prayed to heaven. After choosing the right time, the Miao witch did what he did, and the celestial phenomena suddenly changed. Strong winds suddenly rose, heavy rain poured down, and then the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, and the sky was clear and clear.
Everyone was surprised, but they didn't know that this was just because the Miao shamans in the mountains had lived in the area for a long time, and their understanding of weather changes was far better than ordinary people. Otherwise, why would they have to choose an "auspicious day and auspicious time" first?
Seeing that the "practice" was a great success, Miao Wu immediately whispered a few words into Yinglong's ear. Yang Yinglong was refreshed, raised his arms and shouted: "The gods in the sky indicate that the first month is auspicious, and the victory is over! Dark clouds are approaching for war, and strong winds are blowing. There will be a bloody battle in the rain, and after the bloody battle, Bozhou will enjoy eternal peace! Children of Bozhou, good luck for thousands of years!"
Superstition was also a kind of belief at this time, and belief can always give people strength, so the entire army in Bozhou was excited and their morale was high. Yang Yinglong himself was also very excited, looking forward to the early decisive battle between the Bozhou Army and the Ming Army to establish his power as a king.
In the first month of the first month, Yang Yinglong indeed sent 50,000 troops, divided into five groups. Yang Zhu, Yang Chaodong, Yang Zhaolong, He Hanliang, and He Tingyu each led 10,000 troops. The five groups of armies would attack Longquan.
Yang Weizhong defended Longquan with only 2,000 troops, which was obviously outnumbered. Therefore, Yang Weizhong wanted to set up an ambush first and then make calculations, so he led his troops out of the city and set up an ambush.
Yang Zhu arrived first, and Yang Weizhong came out with all his ambush troops and attacked from all sides. Yang Zhu ordered his troops to divide into two wings to meet the enemy. Although Yang Weizhong's strategy was successful, it was a pity that the combat power of his troops was much lower than that of Bozhou, and they were killed and dispersed in a short time. Yang Weizhong saw that the situation was not good, so he had to abandon Longquan Division and fled to Sinan Parrot Creek.
Yang Zhu chased to Longquan and found that the local official An Minzhi was still defending with 500 infantry. Yang Zhu laughed at An Minzhi for using his arm as a chariot and overestimating his own capabilities. Although An Minzhi was a local official, he angrily criticized the Yang family for bringing trouble to Bozhou and disturbing the southwest.
Yang Zhu was furious and launched a fierce attack on Longquan Division. Due to the twenty-fold difference in strength, the Bozhou Army seemed unstoppable, and the people died heroically in the battle. Longquan official Liu Yuluan sent a letter to ask for help from the Ming army, and then personally guarded the warehouse and sealed the door of the warehouse. The Bozhou army rushed into Longquan and forced Liu Yuluan to open the door of the warehouse. Liu Yuluan refused, and he and his wife died together with Bozhou soldiers' swords. Down.
When Chen Liang, deputy commander of the Lu Ming Army, received Longquan's request for help, he knew that Bozhou had sent 50,000 elite troops and did not dare to fight alone. He excused himself from guarding the partial bridge and was unable to rescue Longquan.
Coincidentally, at this time, Zhou Guozhu, the general in charge, led his troops to detour to stop the attack. Shizhu's Xuanfu envoy Ma Qiancheng was coming with 3,000 white pole soldiers. His wife Qin Liangyu also led 500 elite soldiers and accompanied them with food.
He Hanliang's army was the weakest of the five routes in Bozhou, so Ma Qiancheng advised Zhou Guozhu to lead troops to block this route. If defeated, he could also enter Bozhou and mobilize the remaining four rebels to return for reinforcements. Qin Liangyu seconded the proposal. So Ma Qiancheng and Zhou Guozhu captured Bozhou Army He Hanliang's troops at Dengkan.
Zhou Guozhu was worried because the enemy was outnumbered and it was difficult to defeat the enemy in front of him. Ma Qiancheng offered a plan: "The enemy's army will be arrogant and arrogant. Please invite the general to hold a banquet tonight. The enemy will think that our army is lax and will probably attack rashly."
I am willing to lead my troops to block the enemy with a strong wall, while the general can lead the heavenly troops to attack his retreat. If the enemy's front is defeated, chaos will occur in the middle of the night. If we continue to cover up the enemy with all our strength, we will win a complete victory. "
Zhou Guozhu was deeply moved when he saw that he volunteered to take on the most dangerous task. He even praised Ma Qiancheng as a loyal and good queen, so he acted according to his plan.
In this way, Zhou Guozhu held a banquet at Xu that night. Smoke and mist rose in the military camp, and the aroma of the meat cooked spread for miles. Seeing that the Ming army was so lax, He Hanliang couldn't help laughing, and said to his subordinates: "It seems that these officers and generals are all drunkards. Under such a situation, they don't want to stand up and fight back, but they still have a leisurely banquet. If you don't die from me today, The hand is really unforgivable, with such generals here, how can the Ming army be undefeated?"
So He Hanliang ordered his troops to change their gear and advance in stealth. They took advantage of the night banquet of the officers and soldiers to cover up the attack at night. Unexpectedly, they were blocked by the white-pole soldiers of Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu.
He Hanliang was greatly surprised, but even though the surprise attack was exposed, he did not panic and immediately ordered a fierce attack. At this time, Ma Qiancheng had already ordered many people to set up traps and ambush bows and crossbows. Since it was dark at night, an ambush was far better than an open battle. The Bozhou Army's attack was unfavorable and there were many casualties.
At this time, Zhou Guozhu had also led his troops to bypass the rear and launch a sudden attack. The Ming army, which had been enhanced with firearms before, obviously had a different style of fighting at night. The sound of cannons and gunfire was heard for a while. The Bozhou army didn't even come face-to-face with the Ming army, and the front line collapsed. When the central and rear armies saw how powerful the Ming army's firepower was, no one wanted to die without even seeing the enemy, so they immediately retreated.
He Hanliang was furious and killed more than ten defeated soldiers. He had just stopped the rout, but unexpectedly, the Ming army counterattacked across the board. Some of the fronts even set fire to chase the enemy. The scene was chaotic and dangerous.
Seeing that something was going wrong, He Hanliang did not dare to stay in such a chaotic battle situation anymore, and hurriedly retreated with his cronies. There is nothing to say about this retreat. As a result, He Hanliang's troops were in chaos and retreated all the way to Bozhou. Many people were lost and separated.
Because the Ming army carried some No. 3 and No. 4 cannons, although they were relatively light, they were still unable to catch up in the dense forests of the old mountains. Fortunately, the white-poled soldiers under Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu were also good at fighting in the mountains and dense forests. The couple did not hesitate to fight. He worked hard and was not afraid of danger. He led the troops to pursue the enemy and defeated seven villages including Jinzhu, Qinggangzui and Hutiaoguan.
At the same time, Ran Yulong, the envoy of Xuanfu in Youyang, avoided the troops of Bozhou's five routes and went straight to Sangmuguan. The Bozhou garrison at Sangmuguan was caught off guard and rushed to fight. Ran Yulong was defeated and beheaded three hundred people.
The Bozhou army had just captured Longquan and was preparing to move to Wuzhou. Suddenly, it was heard that He Hanliang's troops were defeated and the Ming army invaded Bozhou. Yang Yinglong was shocked and hurriedly ordered all parties to retreat. When the Ming army knew that the main force of the Bozhou Army was coming to rescue them, they also evacuated separately. Yang Zhu and other four soldiers plundered the twenty-seventh village and returned.
In February, Song Liangzuo formally deployed the strategy to attack Bozhou. He divided 240,000 troops into eight groups, each with 30,000 troops, but there were strong and weak. Most of them were three officers and seven chieftains.
It was divided into four groups, with Sichuan generals as the main ones: Generals Liu Wei and Ma Lin left Qijiang, supplemented by General Ma Zhen, and Zhang Wenyao, who participated in politics and supervised the army; General Ma Kongying went out of Nanchuan, supplemented by Generals Zhou Guozhu and Youyang Xuanfu envoy Ran Yulong , Shizhu Xuanfu envoy Ma Qiancheng, and Qianshi Xu Zhongjia supervised the army; General Wu Guang left Hejiang, assisted by guerrilla Xu Shiwei, and counselor Liu Yixiang supervised the army; General Cao Xibin was controlled by Wu Guang and left Yongning, assisted by Generals Wu Wenjie and Xuanfu To make extravagant achievements in the world, he consulted Shi Jingxian and supervised the army.
The generals of Guizhou were divided into three groups: General Tong Yuanzhen, Tu Zhifu Longcheng, and Tu Zhizhou Cenlin left Wujiang; General Zhu Heling was controlled by Tong Yuanzhen and left Shaxi, supplemented by Xuanfu envoy An Jiangchen; Li Yingxiang came out of Xinglong, assisted by Xuanfu envoy Peng Yuanrui, counselor Zhang Cunyi, and inspection envoy Yang Yinqiu to supervise the army; Huguang soldiers divided Heyi Road into two wings, and the commander-in-chief Deng Zilong, Dong Yiyuan, and Peng Yangzheng came out of Baini; the deputy commander-in-chief Chen Liang was controlled by Deng Zilong. Longquan was supplemented by Xuanfu envoy Shan Yi, deputy envoy Hu Guifang, and counselor Wei Yangmeng overseeing the army.
Then Song Liangzuo ordered the governor of Guizhou to be stationed in Guiyang and the governor of Pianyuan to be stationed in Yuanzhou, while he was still stationed in Chongqing - this was actually just that he left his station in Chengdu and stayed in Chongqing, while the other two did not actually move.
Song Liangzuo said during the final military meeting: "Bozhou has a vast territory of thousands of miles, between Sichuan, Hu, and Guizhou. The mountains in the northwest are the pass, and the river in the southeast is the pond. It leads Huangping and Caotang to comfort, Zhen, Bo, and Bai The six chiefs of Ni, Yuqing, Chongshan and Rong'an were involved in the lawsuit, and the seven surnames of Tian, Zhang, Yuan, Lu, Tan, Luo and Wu were unified.
Most of Yang Yinglong's rebels were formed by gathering seedlings and expanding their forces, and their main force did not account for the majority. Yang Yinglong himself was mediocre in talent and lost the support of the people. It would be difficult for him to reproduce the bravery of his Yang ancestors. Although there were dangers everywhere in Bozhou, he wanted to It would be impossible to hold on to them one by one.
Therefore, the headquarters predicts that it will guard the elites at Loushanguan and Longyantun, the two most important places. The troops in Longyantun can also wait for opportunities to support the rebels on all sides. Although the remaining places are guarded by Zhumiao, the armies must not underestimate the enemy, otherwise they will be in danger of being annihilated.
The generals have been asked to learn how to deal with the seedlings before, so I hope you will be careful. Liu Wei, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, was jealous of Bozhou, so he was placed in the first position to frighten the enemy. He could take a shortcut to the enemy chieftain's location, lead the enemy to block the attack with all his strength, and facilitate the march of each army. All armies met at Loushanguan.
In addition, the headquarters reminded the generals that after the battle before arriving at Loushanguan, any requests to surrender should be accepted immediately and dismissed on the spot. This is not an act of connivance. In fact, these are mostly Miao people who are not of the same mind as Yang Yinglong. , they are just bewitched by interests, they can be defeated, there is no need to kill them.
After entering Loushanguan, there is no chance of surrender. The enemy's deceit can't be trusted. We can only fight quickly to wipe out the rebels and capture Yang Yinglong! "
After the military meeting, Song Liangzuo held a civil and military conference in Chongqing and took the oath on the altar. On February 12, the Ming army separated and marched in different directions.
Yang Yinglong also summoned the generals to deploy defense: "According to intelligence reports, General Song Liangzuo divided his troops into nine groups and attacked Bozhou from Qijiang, Nanchuan, Hejiang, Yongning, Wujiang, Shaxi, Xinglong, Baini, and Longquan respectively.
Among them, the best fighters were Liu Wei and Ma Lin from Qijiang Road, followed by Deng Zilong and Dong Yiyuan from the Baini direction, and the third was Ma Kongying from Nanchuan. The weakest are those of Chen Liang who came out of Longquan and Tong Yuanzhen who came out of Wujiang River.
Pass on my order: Yang Chaodong commanded 30,000 Miao soldiers to meet the enemy in separate ways, first to intercept Liu Wei's troops from advancing towards our Loushanguan; in the direction of Wujiang River, he indulged Tong Yuanzhen's troops, and ordered Yang Zhaolong to wait for an opportunity to send out surprise troops to counterattack Wujiang, to lure the enemy to return reinforcements, and falsely claimed that To the west of the water, set up an ambush and break the bridge to severely damage the department!
He Tingyu was ordered to lead an army of 30,000 troops to attack Longquan and defeat Chen Liang's troops. The two armies then joined together and provided guerrilla support to all parties, mainly attacking the troops of Ma Kongying and Deng Zilong. The remaining generals ordered the Miao tribes in various places to defend according to the danger and block the attack at all levels.
Everyone, let me say it again, the key to this battle lies along the Qijiang River. As long as the march of Liu Wei's troops can be delayed, and the remaining eight armies defeat the other four, then their offensive will be broken, and we, Bozhou, will win a great victory! "
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