Chapter 27 Where does the sword point

The government of Henan was quite shocked by the news that Mianchi County was suddenly attacked and lost. After hearing this, the magistrate Feng Yijun was shocked. Originally, the situation in Henan was very rotten, and the famine and insect disasters appeared again and again. In addition, the surrounding land was occupied by the Huangzhuang of King Fu. It has long been difficult for the people, especially Gao Yingxiang and Li Zi. These people from Shaanxi have been rampant in Henan like stars.

Last year, Gao Yingxiang led his troops to go around Henan Prefecture, and then Luo Rucai brought people to this area. This year, these people were driven out of Henan by Lu Xiangsheng's army. Originally, he thought that the situation in Henan should have calmed down for a period of time, but he never thought that it was just cold, Shanxi The Xing Tianjun over there crossed the Yellow River again and broke into the jurisdiction of Henan Province.

So he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately dispatched troops and sent troops to quickly recover Mianchi County. You should know that Henan connects Shaanxi. In addition to a road in Shangnan in the south, it is Tongguan, and Mianchi County is an important channel connecting Henan Prefecture and Tongguan. If it is not recovered quickly, the consequences will be very serious.

So when Feng Yijun received the news, on the third day, he sent 3,000 officers and soldiers from Henan Prefecture to rush in the direction of Mianchi County. He only knew that the people who escaped from Mianchi County this time said that the Xingtian army was only more than 1,000 people. He thought that it should be enough to send 3,000 officers and soldiers to recover Mianchi. How could he know this time? The army crossed the Yellow River from Shanxi and entered Henan with 6,000 to 7,000 troops.

When the officers and soldiers came out of Henan Prefecture all the way to Mianchi County, before they reached Mianchi County, they encountered the soldiers and horses of Xing Tianjun. Twenty miles east of Mianchi County, they took over with Xing Tianjun.

Chen was stationed in the third battalion of Li Shuanzhu to the east of Mianchi County. When Luo Li led his troops to capture Mianchi County, Li Shuanzhu's headquarters was ordered to set up defense in the east of Mianchi County, and took the Xin'anyi (old Xin'an County, later Yima City) in the east of Mianchi County. Within two days, he also swept Xin'anyi. The three big villages within ten miles of the surrounding area completely cut off the official road from Henan Province to Tongguan.

Therefore, when the officers and soldiers with unknown circumstances rushed to Mianchi County, they inevitably encountered Li Shuanzhu's headquarters in the area of Xin'anyi, and the two sides immediately started to fight.

Because Li Shuanzhu was ordered to guard Xin'anyi, he had already sent the scout team to Xin'an County in advance. He knew the situation of the other side earlier than the officers and soldiers. Hearing that 3,000 officers and soldiers were killed, he then ordered the three battalions of generals and left two sentries to station in Xin'anyi, while he led the rest of the soldiers and horses out of Xin'anyi and arranged them in Xin's. The back of the mountain north of Anyi.

The officers and soldiers did not know the situation. After arriving at Xin'anyi, they found that Xin'anyi was also occupied by the thief army, so they immediately began to arrange to attack Xin'anyi.

The generals of the two sentry and three battalions stationed in Xin'anyi were not vegetarian. Five hundred people were transferred to the wall, and the officers and soldiers who attacked the city with fire and siege fought.

The officer and army led a guerrilla surnamed Liu. As soon as the first wave of people sent to attack Xin'anyi went up, they were knocked over by the dense platoon guns of the thieves on the city wall. He cursed angrily and also adjusted the artillery brought by the army, and bombarded Xin'anyi fiercely.

What he didn't expect was that his attention was all on Xin'anyi, but he was not prepared for the flanks. As soon as the cannon on his side opened, a series of cannons sounded on his north side. More than a dozen projectiles roared and fell into his army, even if There were several bloody alleys in his group of soldiers, which made Liu guerrilla stunned. Only then did he find that an elite army of thieves appeared in their right hand.

These thieves each had all kinds of feathers on their heads, and they were covered with all kinds of armor, arranged in a strange phalanx, and were pushing towards him. The dozen shells he had just received were from their side, so they realized that they had been tricked.

Liu guerrilla quickly transferred troops and horses to fight against the thief army, but the thief army advanced like a wall. This momentum was only seen in his life. Immediately, the officers and soldiers were confused. When the thief army marched sixty or seventy steps in front of them, they stopped by themselves without waiting for them to release arrows.

With a series of bursting beans, the officers and soldiers were immediately knocked down. The poor Liu guerrilla originally wanted to lead his troops to defeat Mianchi County and make a great contribution, but he was beaten in Xin'anyi. As soon as the two armies fought, they were defeated and fled back to Luoyang with the defeated generals. City.

For the current method of warfare of Xing Tianjun, it is the first time for the officers and soldiers in Henan to contact. The firepower of Xing Tianjun is the only thing they have seen in their lives. In the battle between the two armies, the firearms of Xing Tianjun is divided into five rows, constantly radiating to the officers, and the firepower is endless. In addition to the bow and crossbow rockets, the officers and soldiers are in their hands. On the contrary, there is basically no firepower that can be used to suppress the Xingtian Army. Although the limited artillery can pose a threat to the Xingtian Army, as soon as the two armies fought, Li Shuanzhu led his troops to suppress it first. At all, he did not give the officers and soldiers a chance to play artillery, so he used more than ten rounds of platoon guns, which knocked overturned more than 200 officers and soldiers, and the result was to enjoy The officers and soldiers who couldn't stand such treatment immediately collapsed the whole army.

In this battle, the two armies fought and the officers and soldiers fled. It only took about two quarters of an hour. Even Li Shuanzhu himself did not expect that the officers and soldiers would lose so quickly. When the officers and soldiers fled, he immediately ordered the pursuit and killed the officers and soldiers for four or five miles, before he stopped the soldiers and horses.

Poor Liu Guerrilla was almost scared out of courage and fled back to Luoyang with only a small number of soldiers.

At this time, Feng Yijun, the magistrate, was a little scared. He quickly sent someone to report an emergency to Kaifeng Prefecture, and immediately dispatched troops and horses again to Gushan in the west of Luoyang City to prevent the Xingtian Army from attacking Luoyang City to the east.

You should know that the King of Fu in Luoyang City, but today's emperor's uncle, once Luoyang makes a mistake, then there is no need to think about his head. He will definitely be cut off by the emperor.

After Xiao Tianjian learned the news that Li Shuanzhu was defeated by the official army in Xin'anyi, he laughed and said to Luo Li and Liu Yaoben, "There is a surprise attack on Mianchi County, and then there is Li Shuanzhu's defeat in Xin'anyi. We went south to Henan this time, which is a good start!"

Liu Yaoben was eager to try and said to Xiao Tianjian, "General, the second and third battalions have been opened. When will our teaching battalion also show our face?"

Xiao Tianjian stared at Liu Yaoben and scolded him, "What's the hurry? This time we went to Henan, and there were a lot of wars! Your teaching camp has just been expanded. Although the soldiers have received basic training, they have not yet completed the joint training. Although you have won a battle in Zezhou, you think you can walk across the sky! Compared with Luo Li and others, the combat effectiveness of your teaching battalion is far worse!

I brought you here this time. I just want you to follow and practice. When it's time to let you fight, it's inevitable that you will fight! Now your task is to protect the weight of the heavy camp. If there is any difference, your little head is not enough for me to cut!"

Liu Yao was a little discouraged when he took the order, but he took off the iron helmet on his head and grabbed his head funnyly and said, "General, what you said is wrong. Now look at my head, who is a little smaller than?"

After hearing this, everyone immediately burst into laughter...

"General, where shall we fight next? Otherwise, just call Luoyang City directly! Fuwang's family is not only rich. If we can win Luoyang, we will completely solve whether it is military resources or food!" Luo Li walked to the front of an unfolded hand-painted map of Henan and asked Xiao Tianjian, with a kind of eagerness in his eyes.

Xiao Tianjian smiled and shook his head and said, "Your appetite is a little too big. Although the strength of the officers and soldiers in Henan is not strong, there are still more than 20,000 officers and soldiers around Luoyang. What's more, the city of Luoyang is strong. If we want to fight Luoyang with our current strength, we can't catch it at the moment! And as long as the defenders in the city can't hold on, we can only be blocked under Luoyang City! Then all the officers and soldiers from all over the Central Plains will flock to you. Don't be too confident!

Luoyang definitely can't be beaten! At present, the most important thing for us is to find a foothold in Henan and gain a foothold first, instead of clicking on Luoyang City!"

Luo Li scratched his head and nodded, "What the general said is that he is too greedy!" If it's not big in Luoyang, where should we go?

This problem is the problem that all the officers who followed Xiao Tianjian to the south this time are considering. Before Xiao Tianjian sent troops, he only said that he would lead them to go south, but the specific arrangement did not tell them. Now they have successfully entered Henan and hit the bridgehead of Mianchi County. Where should we go next? It has become a problem for everyone.

Xiao Tianjian glanced at his generals, so he walked to the front of the map, patted his hand heavily on a place on the map and said to the generals, "Let's hit here next..."