Traveler Major League

Chapter 241: Grab his motherfucker!

The end of April of the second year of Chongzhen arrived as scheduled. The People's Alliance's attack on northwest Longxi was easier than anyone imagined. The only thing limiting the speed of the attack was the rugged roads and the speed of the rear receiving power from various places.

Zheng Chongjian, who had a long confrontation with Liu Ze across the river in Bahe, and who passed through the city from Xi'an after the defeat, had the deepest experience of this. As a smart man, he always has to be proficient in life-saving techniques, so he was better than those who fought in the street battles in Xi'an. Yang He, the governor of the three sides who committed suicide, had a much better future.

No, with the fall of Xi'an, I was chased all the way. I ran to Baoji and prepared to wait and see. When I saw another broken army coming, it brought even more terrifying news. The main force of the newly transferred imperial border army was killed by the general soldiers. Du Wenhuan was completely wiped out in the first battle, so let's continue to escape to the northwestern town of Andongzhong to guard Pingliang Mansion.

At this point, there are only a few famous ministers and generals left in the northwest. Misfortunes and blessings depend on misfortunes. At this time, although Zheng Chongjian was panicked after a long journey, he became the only high-level official in the northwest. , waiting for the bad news of the fall of Xi'an and the destruction of the main force of the frontier army to reach the capital.

Originally, because of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the Ming Dynasty, which had just experienced the punishment of eunuchs and the removal of Wei Zhongxian for a few months, fell into chaos again. Fortunately, at this time, the center of the court still knew the urgency of the matter, and there were almost no traditions. Due to the delay, Zheng Chongjian, the Right Political Consultant of Shaanxi Province, was immediately appointed by the capital center to become the tripartite governor responsible for the military affairs of the border towns in the entire northwest region. The governor and other officials listened to the rules and dealt with them easily.

It's just that no one in the Ming court expected that the Northwest Longxi Frontier Army, which was the most powerful force in the entire Ming Dynasty except for the Liaodong Frontier Army, had collapsed. When Zheng Chongjian packed up his troops and began to take inventory of his family's assets, there were soldiers. But there is a shortage of generals.

This is also a major feature of the people's army against the enemy. In every battle, they use various high-tech weapons to behead the enemy's leaders, causing the entire army to collapse. It can be said that only a few soldiers died, but a lot of generals died. , the more gorgeous and eye-catching clothes you wear, the more trouble you have with flags and other status symbols, the faster you will die. No matter how far behind the battle formation, or even ten miles away from the front line, you are just escaping. However, this decapitation strategy and the targeted use of drones allowed these Ming generals from hundreds of years ago to experience the complete dilemma of the Ukrainian battlefield.

This is what Zheng Chongjian is most afraid of. He has never experienced such a frustrating battle in his heart. The result is that the generals who survived and survived are not only fearful of the enemy. In his opinion, a terrifying The situation is emerging: it is superior courage to run away when you see the enemy, it is medium courage to flee when you hear the enemy, and it is inferior courage to flee after hearing the enemy by mistake.

There are absolutely no exceptions, because there are only a few exceptions, ranging from the commander-in-chief and governor to the generals and hundreds of households, who come back alive.

Ever since he arrived at Pingliang Mansion and received the order to receive the seal in danger, his mood has not been good. There is no good news, especially for those soldiers who have returned after being defeated. When they hear the word "people's army", their appearance is even more unsightly. .

When it comes to dispatching troops, everyone shakes their head. Zheng Chongjian has never seen such weird news in the military during his many years of service as an official. He often hears the defeated soldiers saying that the enemy's artillery is extremely sharp, and there are often strange buzzing sounds in the sky. In this case, officials and leaders will be killed, and when a small group encounters, the thieves and soldiers are brave and fearless of death. They have never seen anyone surrender. The weapons are well-equipped and the fire cannons are extremely powerful.

The main equipment of the Ming army is completely incomparable to the bird blunderbuss, let alone other firearms such as three-eyed blunderbuss, kidnapper blunderbuss, quick guns, electric blunderbuss, etc. The only thing that can compare with them in terms of range and power is the Franco machine cannon. These Franco guns The cannon has sub-barrels that can be quickly replaced. Although it is called a cannon, it is actually the same as a large gun. Although it is bulky, it is not inferior in shooting speed and power. The only problem is that the number is too small and cannot be matched with The riflemen of the People's Army confront each other head-on, unless a battlefield ambush is planned.

Originally, the common fighting method of the Ming army was to first attack the enemy with artillery, cannons, etc., and then fight hand-to-hand as a last resort. The specific process was usually that when the enemy advanced to a hundred steps away, the Ming army would first use cannons, and then in turn. He used quick guns and then rockets to attack the enemy in such a layered manner, but now he was completely unable to deal with the thieves' artillery guns that were far beyond the range. On the contrary, the thieves were very proficient in using this process.

It was as if the Ming army were the thieves, and they just happened to be missing.

At first, he thought this was just a reason for the defeated soldiers to shirk the defeat, because in his timeline, he had the impression that the main artillery and artillery of the people's army they fought against just a few months ago was sharp, but the number was really small. According to reports, with Xi'an as the center, the massive troops of the People's Army are divided into many routes. They go to Yan'an Prefecture in the north, to Pingliang in the west, to Hanzhong in the south, and to Tongguan in the east. They are everywhere, and there are obvious military strength on every side. Strong, this sudden change seems particularly unreasonable.

It is said that starving people seeking a living can form an army so quickly, unless it is a mob forcibly forming an army, which is obviously not the case with the people's army. Not only are they equipped with a large number of uniforms and well-trained, but the rear also accepts government talents from various places. few.

Similar to this kind of more detailed information, but as time goes by, more and more broken troops and the captive soldiers who were occasionally released and refused to surrender all said this, especially the kind-hearted squires of the Ming Dynasty who escaped from the occupied areas. When he said this, he couldn't help but not believe it.

Zheng Chongjian, who was familiar with the terrain of the northwest, knew that if Liu Ze was a man of military knowledge, one of his next targets for such a large-scale attack must be Xiaoguan, and Pingliang Mansion on the side of Xiaoguan must be a must-win place.

And if Liu Ze doesn't know how to fight.

There is no such possibility, otherwise the generals of the Ming Dynasty who died in this short month will not agree, so he also knows very well that he will not stay in Pingliang Mansion for a long time, and must leave here as soon as possible, but he cannot do it all at once. Leave, otherwise the court will never accept it.

Then let’s have another fight.

Use the dangerous mountains near Pingliang Mansion to fight.

Since Zheng Chongjian wanted to fight again, he had something to rely on. Since ancient times, the vicinity of Xiaoguan has been a dangerous place. As the defender, he relied on the geographical advantage to gradually offset the sharp guns and artillery of the thieves. He also had people transferred from Zhongwei, Lanzhou and other places in Ningxia. The frontier troops then integrated the defeated troops who retreated, and mobilized the young and strong local border people. The attack was insufficient, but the defense should be sufficient.

Just like Liaodong, even if the Ming army suffered repeated defeats in field battles, the Donglu could not advance further due to the strong fortresses in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places.

Zheng Chongjian studied the terrain near Pingliang Mansion and Xiaoguan in detail.

The terrain is not very complicated, but there are many mountains. From the north of Baoji, there is only one passage that is less than 40 miles wide at its widest point and nearly 500 miles long, both of which are between two mountain ranges. Pingliangfu and Xiaoguan are not related to this passage. A slanted T shape, and almost all counties, villages and towns are located in this corridor, on the gentle slope between the river bed and the mountains.

Under such an environment, as long as all the villages along the way are ordered to be fortified and cleared, and a large reward is given to recruit soldiers who dare to fight along the way to attack the grain road, as long as this is the case, the thieves will never be able to capture this place in a short time. Zheng Chongjian stood at the top of the city and looked southward and continued to enter the city. He thought about how to gather people from all over the country. As for how many tragedies of civilians' families and lives would be destroyed under this policy, he did not consider it at all.

And regardless of whether Zheng Chongjian considered the people in this area, after the military order was issued, everything did not develop according to his ideas.

After the main force of the Fourth Army of the People's Army occupied Baoji, an important town in the west, they encountered little resistance, and there was no looting or looting as imagined by the people. Instead, only a small number of troops were left behind, and they passed directly through the city and headed towards Pingliang Mansion. Come.

The first thing to greet the Fourth Army's front was just a group of broken troops along the road who had dispersed through cleverness.Long County, less than a hundred miles north of Baoji, suddenly heard chaos in the market, with cries and shouts everywhere. A large number of soldiers in ragged clothes rushed out from the city gate. Everyone had lost their weapons. He took off his armor and ran around to grab some food from the vendors. Just as the vendors were panicking, they suddenly heard one of the rebels shouting loudly, saying that the traitors had arrived, so hurry up. A swarm of rebel soldiers came again. Scattered in all directions.

It was nearly noon, and the people's army had not yet arrived, but there was already a big commotion in Long County. It was just a false alarm, and the county magistrate also took action. He led the government officials and others to defend the country to the death and stopped some broken troops. To defend the city, he also called on the big families to contribute money, food and people, and called on the strong people to go to the city to help defend.

"Brother, are we still running?"

"Run, definitely run. These people have never seen the power of thieves. Once they do, they will have to run."

"When are you going to run?"

Sang Liang touched his nose and continued: "We ran away in such a hurry that we threw away our spears and firecrackers. We will wait for the county magistrate to issue weapons before we run again. Then we will listen to my call."

Dozens of people around said "Well," and sure enough, after waiting for a long time, because the county magistrate saw that Sang Liang and others behaved obediently, he was the first to be issued a weapon, and also asked him to manage the other retreating troops, and promised to fight them back later. If you are a traitor, you will definitely recommend him to be a member of the Hundred Households.

On the surface, Sang Liang burst into tears of gratitude, but on the inside, he scolded the county magistrate thoroughly, "How can a grandson be so powerful that he can recommend hundreds of households?"

After receiving some food, he distributed it to everyone, and while he was eating and drinking the rewarded mutton pancakes, Sang Liang, who was always paying attention to the movement in the distance, suddenly pointed to the south and shouted loudly: "Listen to the thieves' fire and cannons!"

Looking from a distance, I saw a plume of black smoke rising straight into the sky behind the mountain edge of the South Gate of Long County, and I could also hear the crisp sound of gunfire. This gunfire was unique to the rifles of the People's Army in the first year and was related to the rifles of the People's Army in the first year. All the guns in the Ming army have different sounds.

The group of people suddenly burst into an uproar, talking at random, with a look of horror on their faces.

Half a month ago, these people could still be called the elite of the border army. They were completely different from the common guard soldiers who made up the numbers at that time. Because the borderland was bitterly cold and harassed by Tatars, everyone had some exposure to it. With some blood, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a veteran.

But this time, he was really afraid of defeat and completely lost the courage to fight, which is why such a strange scene occurred.

Not long after, the county magistrate hurried over with a group of Yamen servants, Ding Zhuang, to boost the weak morale. However, the country bumpkins who had never seen the world were very interested when they heard the promise of five taels of silver for killing a thief.

But Sang Liang and other defeated soldiers were masters who had seen it before, and they all shouted: "Go to hell!"

"Brothers, don't risk your life. General Du's tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed by the bandit army. How can we be of no use to them?"

"Run, defeated, defeated."

Before they saw the people's army, the defeated troops rushed toward the north gate. The county magistrate was anxious and shouted loudly, but refused to obey orders. He called all his subordinates down, armed with swords, guns and clubs, and tried to execute the order. Military law, but he only has a dozen people, how can he withstand this group of veterans who are like wolves and tigers? The defeated soldiers are also veterans. How can those who have seen blood be the same as ordinary people?
"If we brothers are going to die, I will let you die first!" Sang Liang shouted to the defeated soldiers around him, "The general soldiers are dead, Xi'an is gone, what should we be afraid of? Kill them! Grab them. Damn it!"

These words completely ignited the evil fire of all the defeated soldiers. The soldiers who were originally a little afraid of military discipline were now dazzled by "stealing their mother" and fought with the government officials who blocked the road. Where were these government officials? They were opponents, and they were killed one after another.

When the other government officials saw that the situation was not good, they quickly turned around and ran away. Even the county magistrate ignored him and fled for their lives.

Seeing the blood and losing control, the defeated soldiers simply refused to do anything and killed the county magistrate directly and looted wildly along the street. These soldiers were given some money when they left. The previous unpaid wages had not been paid for half a year. It was really They are very poor, and robbing the rich households in the county is much better than going to the battlefield and dying. The people's army is about to attack anyway. They kill and rob, make a fortune, and it will be difficult to hold them accountable afterwards.

At this time, the 41st Brigade and the [-]st Regiment of the [-]st Division of the Fourth Army outside the South Gate City of Longxian County had occupied the commanding heights overlooking the city. The mortars had been set up. Most of the team was eating and repairing, waiting for the cavalry to circle back. After the battalion was in position, they launched an attack. As the absolute vanguard, this group had extremely high fighting spirit.

The soldiers did not have any psychological pressure on the small county in front of them. Since the attack on Xi'an, the entire army has not lost many men. However, as the brigade commander, Zhang Gouer has become more and more cautious in his actions because the ammunition carried by the army is limited and supplies cannot be transferred. It’s not easy, especially when you’re going into mountainous areas.

After all, he is an officer who climbed up step by step from the bottom with the development of the People's Army. Although the Logistics Department promised that the weapons and ammunition of the main brigade would be replenished first, Zhang Gouer still tried to reduce resource consumption as much as possible, regardless of the current single-shot black powder breech. The rifle is still the main weapon and there are no resources. When studying in the cadre school, these officers all knew that it was not easy to obtain supplies from the third world.

"Order: The first battalion attacks, captures Long County and then enters the city for repairs. Be careful to save ammunition!"

There was no fire preparation, and the mortars were only prepared and did not fire. Only the drones that had been raised earlier reported real-time reports from the sky. In this way, a mixed battalion with one third equipped with first-year single-shot rifles began to carry out the attack. Attacking up the long ladder, there was no resistance all the way. As the city gate was opened, the order in the city quickly stabilized. The defeated soldiers who originally left after looting could not escape again this time, and they all became the people's army. A sacrifice to buy people's hearts.

There were dozens more death row prisoners at the public trial in Longxian City.

(End of this chapter)