Chapter 127 Attacking Mianchi and conquering Ruzhou

The departments of the Xingtian Army, which have been training for nearly half a year, began to recover again at the end of September. This time, the scale of the operation can be said to be the largest of the Xing Tianjun's own army.

Almost all the eight war camps in Henan took action, and the reserve battalions of the five counties were also mobilized. After the autumn harvest, the villagers put down the farm work at hand and gathered together. They also took over all the guarding affairs from the war camp, freeing up all the manpower of the war camp.

All kinds of materials accumulated over the past six months have also begun to be continuously transferred from the warehouse, from the reserve battalion and the heavy battalion to Yongning Ruyang, Yongning, and the eight war battalions also quickly began to gather in the two places.

At the same time, the Xingtian Army in Jinnan also began to act, loading the newly built weapons from the ancient town of Yuanqu County, and shipping them to the south bank of the Yellow River. The first person to feel that the Xingtian Army was also the official and the defenders of Mianchi County. After entering September, Xing Tianjun began to operate intensively in Mianchi County. Moreover, Xizuo also found that the materials transferred from Shanxi far exceeded the sum of the previous few months. He even found that a large number of Xing Tianjun crossed the Yellow River and landed on the bank of the river bank of Mianchi County. At the same time, there were not only all kinds of materials that were transported across the river. At the same time, many mules and horses were even wrapped in oilcloth. Cannon.

At the beginning, the officials of Mianchi County were still lucky and did not dare to provoke Xing Tianjun again. However, when they sent the city to inquire about the news and returned to the city to tell them that more and more Xingtian soldiers did not move in the direction of Yongning after crossing the river, but stationed in Mianchi County, and there were many more. The soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army in Henan are also moving towards Mianchi County, meeting with the thieves from the north bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, the officials in Mianchi County began to realize that something was wrong. Xing Tianjun was obviously a little different from the last demonstration this time. Even the cannon was pulled in, so they didn't dare to think about what they wanted to do next.

So Mianchi Zhixian immediately sent people out of the city. Pegasus reported to Luoyang. At the same time, it also sent people directly to Shanzhou and asked for help from the officials and soldiers of Shanzhou. They reported the abnormal movements of Xing Tianjun to them. In short, they cried and begged the two places to send troops to reinforce Mianchi County as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the Xingtian Army attacked Mianchi County, this point of Mianchi County. The garrison is not enough for the criminal army.

However, Xiao Tianjian did not give Mianchi County a chance at all this time. On the morning of October 3, a large number of Xingtian Army drove to Mianchi County. Thousands of soldiers and horses of Xingtian Army appeared on the north, south and west of Mianchi County, making a force posture to force Mianchi County in a force. Only Xing Tianjun appeared in the east gate of Mianchi County. The banner of.

After learning the news that Xing Tianjun's soldiers sent Mianchi, Li Heran, a magistrate, went to the city in a panic. When he saw that Xing Tianjun set up a cannon outside the city, and the black hole pointed to Mianchi County, even if his hands and feet were cold, he ordered to prepare to defend the city quickly.

Unfortunately, he had the intention to die in the country, but his officials and those defenders did not have such a high awareness. Then he packed up the soft things and scattered the east gate and a swarm of bees rushed out of the east gate and ran away in the direction of Luoyang. The ordinary people in Mianchi County felt that Xing Tian a year ago The army conquered Mianchi County and did not harm them. They also gave them some of the grain and cloth obtained in the county. They did not listen to Li Heran's order at all. They went to the city to help defend the city. They all hid at home and closed their doors, only waiting for the Xing Tianjun to attack the city. Anyway, the court did not bring them any benefits here. Who is stupid? Go and work hard for the officials!

The so-called siege in Mianchi County is basically a farce. Liu Bao led three battalions and Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion that came over the new river. It can almost be said that without any effort, he entered the defenders and ran into a clean Mianchi County, waiting for them to enter the county like a military parade. At the time of the government office, it was only until the officials in the county had not run away except for Li Heran, but the rest of the county magistrate, the master Bo, and Dian Shilian ran away with the yamen and arresters, and Li Heran was also loyal to the king. After the Xing Tianjun entered the city, he set himself on fire and died in the county magistrate's own room. He has achieved his reputation as a loyal minister, but as Xiao Tianjian said on that day, he will return to Mianchi County sooner or later. Now, after a year, they finally control here again, and in just a few days, they have basically leveled all the local resistance forces in Mianchi County. This Only then did he firmly integrate Mianchi County into Xiao Tianjian's control.

Suddenly, the news of Xing Tianjun's attack on Mianchi soon reached Luoyang. Feng Yijun, the governor of Luoyang, heard that his first idea was also bad. I'm afraid Luoyang will be in big trouble this time! When he sent people to rush to Xiong Wencan, who was sitting in Xiangyang to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, he asked Xiong Wencan to quickly mobilise troops and horses to deal with the possible future attack Luoyang City by the Xing Tianjun.

As for the official of Shaanxi Province learned the news, the first thing that came to mind was that Xing Tianjun would take revenge on Cao Wenyao's last time. He would use troops to attack Hangu Pass, so he hurriedly arranged the defense of Shanzhou and strengthened the defense of Hangu Pass.

In the end, the next action of Xing Tianjun's officials in Shanzhou and Luoyang could not understand. After capturing Mianchi County, Xing Tianjun once again controlled Xin'anyi, which had been conquered by them twice, and stopped. He neither continued to march towards Luoyang nor turned to attack Shanzhou. It seems that this action is limited to taking Mianchi County to open up the north-south channel of the Xingtian Army.

However, Mianchi County and Xin'anyi County are the main traffic roads connecting Henan and Shaanxi after all. Don't cut off the connection between Luoyang and Shanzhou, and also cut off the connection between Shaanxi and Henan. If it goes on like this, it naturally can't be a common thing. If Xing Tianjun does not move, the officers and the army will move. In short, from any aspect, If other counties are lost, they can be ignored for the time being. Once Mianchi County is lost, it will be a big trouble.

So Feng Yijun quickly searched for generals and planned to contact Cao Wenyao in Shanzhou to recover Mianchi County and Xin'anyi on both sides, but without Luoyang's action, Ruzhou was in a hurry.

It turned out that Xiao Tianjian ordered Liu Bao to lead a man and a horse to attack Mianchi County. While attacking Mianchi County, he gathered five war battalions of Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Li Shuanzhu and other generals in Ruyang County. On the sixth day of October, Xiao Tianjian personally led his army to swear to go to Ruzhou City. In one day, he set up in the south of Ruzhou City.

In the past six months in Ruzhou, since Wang Jiazhen commanded an unsuccessful battle against the Xingtian Army here, it has become a bridgehead for the confrontation between the government and the Xingtian Army. In the past six months, the two armies have fought at least a dozen battles in Ruzhou and Ruyang, both sides have their own wins and losses, so Ruzhou has been in the past six months. I am always worried that the Xingtian Army will suddenly gather troops to attack them, so the string of the war has always been tight. From Zhizhou to the defenders, they are always worried and afraid. These days can be said to be like years, but when the Xing Tianjun really suddenly sent troops to Ruzhou. At that time, all of Ruzhou was in chaos immediately.

More than 3,000 officers and soldiers who were originally stationed outside the city learned the news of the Xing Tian Army's army. Even if they were clamoring to enter the city, the most taboo thing in the battle of defending the city was to be stuffy. The real army that dared to fight often left some soldiers outside the city, and echoed the city to attack and contain the enemy at any time. That's the best strategy, but in the face of the rolling Xingtian Army, how can these officers and soldiers have the courage to fight with Xingtian Army outside the city?

Thinking that at the beginning, the Guanning Army, who was claimed to be the strongest in the Ming Dynasty under the command of Zu Dale and Zu Kuan, was completely destroyed by the Xing Tianjun in the field. With their ability, it was not the opponent of Xing Tianjun. Therefore, Zhao Tianci, Zhizhou, Ruzhou, approved the request of the officers and soldiers outside the city on that day, and withdrew 3,000 officers and soldiers to Ruzhou City and closed it. The gate made a posture to guard against the coexistence and death of the city.

When the news that Ruzhou was attacked by Xing Tianjun spread to Luoyang, Feng Yijun began to understand a little. The stable life of Luoyang in the past six months is now the end for them. Xing Tianjun acted like this, simply to remove all the states and counties around Luoyang one by one, and then remove Luoyang. He stood up and finally swallowed it. So at this time, Feng Yijun finally panicked. He repeatedly sent a quick horse out of the city. While telling Xiong Wencan, he was in a hurry to Kaifeng Mansion. In addition, he simply directly sent someone to cross the river to rush to the capital. In short, this matter was a big deal. Xing Tianjun, a terrible tiger, is now going to He showed his sharp claws to Luoyang City!

Xiao Tianjian pulled his horse under the city of Ruzhou and looked at the situation of Ruzhou City from afar with a telescope. In the lens of the telescope, he saw officers and soldiers running back and forth everywhere on the wall. All kinds of guard tools were transported to the head of the city by the people in the city. The wooden sign of the arrows, the wolf teeth to stop the siege, the rolling wood and stones, and the obstruction. All kinds of artillery and a large number of flying guns and arrows of the attacking the city are constantly transported to the wall. At this time, the wall can be said to be full of knives and guns, flags and flags, but there is also a posture of fighting to the death.

After putting down the telescope, Xiao Tianjian asked Luo Li and others who followed him, "In your opinion, how many days does it take to conquer Ruzhou City?"

Luo Li and others also put down the monoculars that were recently distributed to them and put together to solve Xiao Tianjian's questions. After a while, Luo Li asked Xiao Tianjian, "When will Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion arrive?"

Xiao Tianjian turned over and dislapped off his horse, slowly walked in front of everyone and replied, "I have ordered Huang Shengqiang to set out and rush here immediately after cooperating with Liu Bao to conquer Mianchi County. At the speed of the action of the artillery battalion, they should have crossed the Luo River and are moving towards Yichuan. It will take two days to get here at the earliest. It's not bad to arrive in three days!"

Liu Yaoben has recovered now, but he still looks a little thin. However, through the grinding of the last battle at the official entrance, he has become much more mature. He has also begun to grow a beard on his chin. In addition, he is a little yellow and thin, and his face looks a little more angular. After hanging neatly, he has taken off. The last bit of childishness on his face was quite like a general when he stood there.

(Chapter 3 is up, check it! Ask for a red ticket! Ha ha!)