Desert Eagle Suletan Khan
Chapter 1161: Entering Huguang and Destroying the Weaknesses
The area of Yunyang in Huguang was the source of Chu culture. Because it is located at the junction of Huguang, Shaanxi and Henan provinces, it has always been of great military importance. The Qing Dynasty set up a Yunyang governor to govern it. The prefecture was in Yun County, and the city was strong. It should be safe, but Wang Lairen, the governor of Yunyang, always felt nervous, as if something bad was going to happen.
He was from Fengtian. He joined the Han Army's Zhenghuang Banner early in his surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of the Qing court, he was considered a relatively reliable "Liao people". He had a prosperous career and was promoted to the high position of Governor of Yunyang. However, his good luck seemed to have come to an end. As the Wei army captured Henan, the Yunyang area became the front line. As a civil servant, he could only reluctantly repair the city and prepare for defense. To make matters worse, Yunyang General Guo Yi had never been very obedient to orders. This time, he learned that the Wei army intended to go south to Huguang, so he transferred most of the defenders in the city to the northern mountainous area for defense, which made the city defense weak. Alas! Guo Yi was born a pirate and was wild and difficult to tame. It would be better if he did not have any other intentions at the critical moment! In fact, Wang Lairen's luck was indeed bad. In another time and space, the Qing court had abolished the post of Governor of Yunyang last year because its rule in Huguang had gradually stabilized, and he was able to transfer to the post of Governor of Guangdong. But in this time and space, even the emperor of the Qing Dynasty died in the war, so there was no talk of abolishing the post. He could only stay on the front line with the title of governor.
As the night deepened, the restless governor had no desire to sleep and tossed and turned in bed. Suddenly, he heard a noise coming from the yard, and hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the room. Outside the door, he saw soldiers holding weapons and corpses lying everywhere. Wang Lairen thought he had encountered a thief, so he turned around and wanted to run to the back garden.
"I'm here, don't panic, Mr. Wang," he suddenly heard a familiar voice. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be his old acquaintance, General Guo Yi of Yunyang.
Seeing that it was him, Wang Lairen breathed a sigh of relief. "With General Guo here, I believe nothing serious will happen. But who is this thief so bold as to break into the governor's office?"
"Haha, it's me who disturbed your rest," Guo Yi sneered, "The Wei army is marching south, and the soldiers and horses of Huguang are no match for it. I have decided to rise up and welcome the royal army, and have come to discuss with Fuyuan Wang."
Negotiate? This is not a negotiation, it is clearly a military remonstration! Looking at the corpses on the ground, Wang Lairen's eyes rolled and he made up his mind in a moment, "The rise and fall of Wei Qing is God's will. I am willing to surrender to Wei together with the general."
"Are you willing to join me in an uprising against the Qing Dynasty? You have joined the Plain Yellow Banner of the Han Army," Guo Yi said with a smile.
"A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in. What's more, I am a Liao person and Liaodong is already Wei territory. What's wrong with abandoning Qing and returning to Wei?" Wang Lairen's attitude was very sincere.
"It's a good thing that Wang Fuyuan wants to join the brothers in an uprising. But it's a little too late," Guo Yi grinned and stabbed the knife in his hand into his lower abdomen, blood gushed out like a fountain.
"Why do you have to do this?" Wang Lairen's voice suddenly stopped.
"You bastard, I've allowed you to withhold our military pay all day long. Today, I'll use your head to show my merit to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin!" Guo Yi cut off Governor Wang's head with a knife, ordered his men to loot the Governor's office, and then led his troops away.
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"Great! General Guo has made contributions in the previous uprising, and now beheading the fake governor is an additional achievement. I will definitely report your contribution to my father, the Khan." Looking at the head of Wang Lairen, the governor of Yunyang, brought by Guo Yi, Qin Wang Chuo Siji was overjoyed. This was equivalent to offering a token of surrender to him, how could he not be happy?
After praising Guo Yi, Chuo Siji discussed with the generals and felt that they should take advantage of the opportunity that the Qing army was still unaware of the surrender of Yunyang and Xiangyang prefectures to expand the results of the battle. He then led the main army as the vanguard to attack Anlu Prefecture and ordered Guo Yi's troops to attack De'an Prefecture as a detachment.
Anlu Prefecture was originally Chengtian Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. It was changed to Anlu Prefecture in the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1646). Despite this, it still had the status of a secondary capital in the eyes of the people. The Qing court appointed a deputy general and soldiers here. After several expansions during the war years, there are now Qing troops in the city, led by Li Zhilan, the deputy general of Chengtian.
One day, Li Zhilan was processing official documents in the camp when she suddenly received news that Hongfu, the deputy general under the command of Yang Laijia, the general of Xiangyang, had led his troops to the city.
"Huh? What are the people from Xiangyang Town doing here?" Li Zhilan was very curious. He climbed up the city wall and saw that Hongfu's army had about 500 people driving more than 100 ox carts. Since the other party was of the same rank as himself, he could not neglect them. He politely bowed to Hongfu on the top of the city wall and asked, "Brother Hong, why are you here?" "The Wei army is approaching Xiangyang, but the salary and food promised by the governor to my army are still far from enough. The general ordered me to go to Wuchang to ask for them. Brother Li, please do me a favor and let my men enter the city to rest." Hongfu also bowed to him on horseback and replied.
"This~" Li Zhilan hesitated, but seeing that he did not bring many soldiers, she agreed, "Open the city gate and let Fu Rong Hong enter the city to rest."
Hongfu led 500 men and more than 100 ox carts into the city slowly. After the last ox cart entered the city, the deputy general suddenly showed his vicious side and rushed towards Li Zhilan with a steel knife in his hand.
"Kill~ Kill~ Kill~" The shouts outside the city shook the sky. They were the brave guards who were ambushing outside the city. Yang Laijia, the general of Xiangyang, was in the front, holding a spear.
Li Zhilan was already struggling to resist Hongfu, how could she defeat him now? She was not careful and was hit on the forehead by Hongfu, and her soul flew to heaven. Li Qiyuan, the governor of Anlu, saw that the situation was not good and immediately led the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender.
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Anlu Prefecture (Chengtian Prefecture) was seized without much effort. In comparison, the Wei Army actually fought a real battle in De'an Prefecture.
After learning that Guo Yi and Yang Laijia had rebelled against the Qing and surrendered to the Wei, Wu Zhilan, the lieutenant general of De'an, was shocked and organized the army and the people to defend the city with Zhou Ji, the governor of De'an. Wu Zhilan's men were only 600 according to the establishment, and only 4,000 after the expansion. Fortunately, Zhou Ji organized 6,000 young and strong men to go to the city to help defend it, and the number reached 10,000.
When Guo Yi arrived at the city with 15,000 troops, he thought Wu Zhilan would open the city and surrender, but he did not expect Wu Zhilan to surrender. Instead, he was met with a hail of arrows. In anger, he ordered his deputy general Liao Lian'an, and the lieutenant generals Cai Yuan and Yan Zhu to lead the army to attack the city in turns.
Like Wu Zhilan's subordinates, most of Guo Yi's subordinates were newly recruited soldiers, and only 4,000 veterans were really capable of fighting. But it didn't matter, because war trained soldiers, and after one battle after another, the new recruits could become veterans. The two sides fought repeatedly in Anlu County, De'an Prefecture. The guards could not capture the city for three consecutive days, and the lieutenant general Cai Yuan died in the fierce battle.
Seeing that Anlu City was difficult to capture for the time being, Guo Yi, who was anxious to make a contribution, surrounded the city while sending troops to attack the rest of De'an counties, and quickly captured Suizhou, Yingshan, Yunmeng, Xiaogan and other places.
On the tenth day, the defenders finally gave up, and the fierce general Yan Zhu of the Wei army jumped onto the top of the city wall and cut down the Qing army flag with one sword. The Wei army, deeply inspired, bravely climbed the city wall, went down the steps, killed the defenders, opened the city gate, and swarmed in.
Wu Zhilan wanted to retake the city gate, but was shot and killed in the fierce battle. Zhou Ji knew that the situation was hopeless, so he sighed and returned home, then hanged himself. He had thought about surrendering, but he had killed and injured too many guards in the past ten days, and he would definitely not have a good ending if he fell into the hands of the guards, so it was better to just leave.
Sure enough, seeing that many of his subordinates were killed or wounded, including many of his old brothers who had followed him on the seas, Guo Yi became furious and burst out with the bloodiness he had when he was a pirate. He ordered his men to put all the captured Qing officials into sacks and throw them into the Shitong River outside the city, and to confiscate the property of the fake officials.
After killing people to vent his anger, Guo Yi continued to move south and attacked Hanyang Prefecture. At that time, Hanyang Prefecture only governed Hanyang and Hanchuan counties. Taking advantage of the momentum, the Wei army captured Hanchuan in just half a day. To make matters worse, the Qin King's army also rushed to Hanchuan from Anlu Prefecture to join Guo Yi. The Wei army gathered 80,000 soldiers under the city of Hanyang, forcing Hanyang garrison Dong Chaolu to keep calling for help from Wuchang. (End of this chapter)
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