Chapter 177 Battle of Changyuan 1

Just as Xiao Tianjian led his troops to attack Runing Mansion, Luo Rucai and Liu Bao also began to gather the troops of the fourth division in the area of Mianchi. At the same time, they also began to mobilize the reserve battalions of Lu, Yongning and other places, and entered a state of combat one after another.

Since Cao Wenyao was defeated and killed in the Battle of Mianchi last year, Shanzhou has been in a panic. He was worried all day long that Xing Tianjun might launch an attack on Shanzhou at any time.

Originally, the military strength of the officers and soldiers of Shanzhou was not small, but after Cao Wenyao's defeat, he lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Although the remaining officers and soldiers fled back to Shanzhou, after a few months, the region of Shaanxi was narrow, and the west side was also coerced by the Xing Tianjun. A large number of ordinary people fled Shaanxi and ran to The nearby Xingtian Army-controlled area went to make a living, so that the townships outside the city in Shaanxi are almost dozens of miles away. Even the people in Shanzhou have to move out of Shaanxi because of food shortage. Either they go to Shaanxi to make a living, or directly choose to enter the territory of Xingtian Army to make a living.

So that in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, in the area that can still be controlled by Shaanxi Prefecture, almost no people can be seen in ten miles and eight townships. Many villages have been abandoned, and a large number of grain fields have been abandoned. There are only a few large Zhuangbao and people living there, but the large households in these Zhuangbao are not listening. The dispatch of the Shaanxi government raised their own soldiers to defend the fort, and even the officers and soldiers still released arrows to fight, forming a small group of local armed forces, and did not want to listen to the jurisdiction of the court anymore.

Therefore, Shaanxi Prefecture quickly declined. The orders of officials could not come out of Shanzhou City at all, and it became extremely difficult economically. Not to mention feeding thousands of officers and soldiers, even the officials began to eat by themselves. For this reason, Zhizhou of Shaanxi Province sent people to Xiong Wencan or Hong Chengchou for help many times, hoping to help them. One, but now they are overwhelmed. Who has the ability to take care of this place in Shaanxi?

In this case, it exists in Shanzhou alone. Even Luoyang City is basically the same as Shanzhou. The people inside and outside the city were almost robbed by the officers and soldiers. They had to lose their own land and run to the area controlled by the Xing Tianjun to survive, and the food problem could not be solved and the soldiers' pay could not be distributed, so they were in Shanzhou and Han. A group of officers and soldiers in Guguan who originally followed Cao Wenyao from Shaanxi began to make trouble. A large number of officers and soldiers could not get food and salary, so they went out and plundered. In a blink of an eye, they became thieves. Originally, thousands of officers and soldiers ran away most of them in March of the 11th year, and some of the officers and soldiers directly threw them to the Xingtian Army. The people of Xing Tianjun.

Among Liu Bao's generals, there are many old troops of officers and soldiers from Shaanxi, so this time Xiao Tianjian ordered Luo Ru to fight with him in Shaanxi. For Liu Bao, it was not difficult at all.

After Luo Rucai and Liu Bao were ordered, it was soon convenient to gather 7,000 or 8,000 soldiers in Mianchi and Yongning at the beginning of March, and Luo Rucai, as the deputy commander of the Xingtian Army, was also eager to personally lead the expedition this time.

Liu Bao was specially explained by Xiao Tianjian that as long as Luo Rucai returned to his heart, he always had to reuse this person, so Liu Bao and other old generals should not be rude to Luo Rucai. In terms of military aspects, they should listen more to Luo Rucai's opinions and follow Luo Rucai's orders. After all, Luo Rucai has been in the military for a long time, and the overall situation is Sometimes even Xiao Tianjian is very admirable.

In this way, Luo Rucai really had his position in the Xing Tianjun. After the generals were ordered, he was much more polite to Luo Rucai.

This time, after Luo Rucai arrived in Yongning, he and Liu Bao carefully discussed how to attack Shanzhou in Yongning. The plan was that Luo Rucai led a soldier and horse in Yongning and wanted to attack Shaanxi from the southern part of Shanzhou, while Liu Bao led another man and horse to attack Shanzhou from Michi in the eastern part of Shaanxi, and the two-compartment soldiers and horses finally The clamping clamped on Shaanxi, Luo Rucai led his troops to take the Hangu Pass directly and cut off the connection between Shaanxi and the Hangu Pass, while Liu Bao led his troops to attack Shaanxi.

After the plan was decided, Liu Bao handed over a combat battalion and two reserve battalions to Luo Rucai, and he led two battalions and a artillery battalion from Mianchi and began to act at the same time at the scheduled time, stabbing Shanzhou like two sharp swords.

However, in this battle, Luo Rucai overestimated the official resistance ability of Shanzhou. At this time, Shanzhou should not be called the earth every day. When the remaining more than 2,000 officers and soldiers heard that the Xingtian army finally came to attack Shaanxi, there was almost no resistance, so they dispersed. Some people opened the city to surrender, and some people fled from the city. Let's go. In three days, Shanzhou City was trampled by Liu Bao. It can almost be said that he occupied Shanzhou without giving He Renlong a chance from Shaanxi.

Even some Zhuangbao in the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Prefecture did not dare to meet the front of the Xingtian Army. As soon as the front of the Xingtian Army arrived, they sent people to surrender to the Xingtian Army. They did not ask the Xingtian Army not to attack their fortress and let them continue to live on this land. As for what the Xingtian Army wants, they will give it to you. They have already sent people to inquire about the rules set, which is absolutely acceptable. Even some officials in Shaanxi Province quickly surrendered to the Xingtian Army after Liu Bao's army arrived in Shaanxi Prefecture, so there is really nothing worth mentioning in the First Battle of Shaanxi Prefecture. Even if it encounters some resistance, it is under the front of Liu Bao and Luo Rucai, instantly After being disintegrated, only after the governor of Shanzhou finally learned that the city was broken, he first forced his family to hang himself in the house and throw himself into the well. Finally, he also set a fire in the study and burned himself to death in the study, which was a martyr for the Ming court.

Only Luo Ru encountered some trouble when he led his troops to the Hangu Pass. Shaanxi garrison Yu Fuxiang led hundreds of soldiers and guarded in the Hangu Pass. He refused to switch and surrender, ordered to bombard the soldiers and horses attacked by the Xingtian army, and made a certain resistance, so that Luo Ru could not take down the Hangu Pass at once and was blocked. It's closed.

However, after Liu Bao took the city of Shaanxi, he learned that Luo Rucai's attack was blocked at the Hangu Pass, so he immediately transferred the artillery battalion of the Fourth Division to the Hangu Pass, and personally led a battalion to the Hangu Pass. He and Luo Rucai merged, set up heavy artillery and pointed the muzzle at the Hangu Pass.

Although Hangu Pass has been called Xiongguan since ancient times, when facing the cannons of these thieves who pointed at it densely, the officers and soldiers in the Pass were still scared. What's more, there was no food in Hangu Pass. Although Yu Fuxiang refused to surrender to the Xing Tianjun, the remaining officers and soldiers did not want to die with him, so Just after the cannon of the Xing Tianjun, a general under Yu Fuxiang suddenly led some officers and soldiers, opened the door, welcomed the Xing Tianjun into the customs, and acted as the insider of the Xing Tianjun. After Yu Fuxiang finally made a meaningless resistance in the customs with a small number of hardcore officers and soldiers, he was swarmed on the spot. The Tianjun troops were chopped into meat sauce. Since then, the Hangu Pass has also been conquered by the Xingtian Army, so that the Xing Tianjun got an important danger and completely controlled the whole western part of Henan in the hands of the Xingtian Army.

However, the day after Luo Rucai and Liu Bao captured the Hangu Pass, they were ordered to help He Renlong and Zu Dabi in Shaanxi Province and came out of Tongguan and killed in the direction of Hangu Pass.

After a brief discussion at Hangu Pass, Luo Rucai and Liu Bao thought that it was not necessary to wait for the officers and soldiers to kill at Hangu Pass. In order to prevent He Renlong and Zu Dabi from leaving Tongguan, after learning that Hangu Pass had fallen, they turned to the Guandaokou to attack Lushi County, so the two simply gathered troops and went straight out of Hanguguan to take the initiative. He Renlong and Zu Dabi's headquarters in the direction of Tongguan.

On the day of March 13, the two sides finally encountered each other near the Shahe in the area of Lingbao County, west of Hangu Pass, and then launched a fierce battle in Xiaochangyuan.

Both sides have invested a large amount of military strength in the area of Xiaochangyuan. In addition to the heavy battalion of Xingtian Army's fourth division, the other three battle camps and a artillery battalion and a reserve battalion from Lushi County have been put into the battlefield, with nearly 7,000 troops invested, while He Renlong and Zu Dabi Then more than 20,000 troops were invested.

The two sides fought fiercely in the area of Xiaochangyuan for more than ten days. In the end, Luo Rucai and Liu Baocai repelled He Renlong and Zu Dabi's army, so that after suffering heavy losses, they withdrew to Tongguan and returned to Shaanxi. In this battle, Luo Rucai and Liu Bao's soldiers and horses did not lose much. They always protected Holding the formation, relying on the firepower advantage of Xing Tianjun, when the strength was not as good as that of the other party, he always suppressed the other party's officers and soldiers to beat them fiercely. Later, they actually beat He Renlong and Zu Dbi in the camp for several days in a row. They always held the initiative of the battlefield. In the end, they forced Zu Dbi to take the lead in leaving He Renlong to escape. Let's go, and let Luo Rucai lead a battalion of people to bite He Renlong and beat He Renlong hard. When he was in Shaanxi, he was defeated several times by He Renlong and drove him out of the evil spirit of running for his life. This battle has never been fought as fast as today. If it were before. With the words of the soldiers and horses he brought, it is estimated that when he meets Zu Dabi and He Renlong, he can only run away immediately. How can he fight with the officers and soldiers so happily here? Therefore, Luo Ru also showed his brave side in this battle. In several battles, he rushed to the front, which scared his group of guards so much that he had to stand in front of him desperately to protect his safety.

After the battle of Lingbao, the action of the Shaanxi army sent by Hong Chengchou in Tongguan ended in a complete failure. After the battle, Luo Rucai and Liu Bao also beat rabbits, and even attacked Lingbao County by the way.

However, after they ended the Battle of Lingbao, they still could not be idle, because when they fought fiercely with Zu Dabi and He Renlong in Lingbao County, Li Guoqi was ordered to start from Nanyang and lead 5,000 Shaanxi soldiers. Suddenly, he launched an offensive in the southern part of Lu's County and soon attacked from the south of Lu's County. Under the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun.