Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 416 During the Battle of Yang County

It has been half a year since Wang Yan sent Yan Qiheng as an envoy to Daxi, and Zhang Xianzhong led his army out of Sichuan to fight against the Qing soldiers.

The 13 Great Western Army faced the 13 Qing Army. Although they had an advantage in terms of strength, there were Eight Banners cavalry in the Qing Army, and most of the Green Battalion soldiers were surrendered troops from the Ming Dynasty. [-] against [-] troops, not at all inferior.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he organized more than 120 battalions, claiming to have an army of one million, but there were actually more than [-] people who could really fight tough battles. This time he entered Hanzhong, and he brought out almost all the elite.

Yang County is different from other strongholds of the Great West Army in Hanzhong. The army took the Lichee Road and crossed Daba Mountain to enter Shuzhong, and could also control Changluo Road and Ziwu Road, the two exits from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

In this way, with the addition of Chencang Road and Qishan Road controlled by Wudu Mountain, when Haoge was defeated and fled, he had to go to Baocheng in the north, Lianyun Road and Baoxie Road, which would improve the efficiency of the Western Army's pursuit.

After Governor Meng Qiaofang entered Yangxian County, he immediately launched a fierce attack on Yangxian County. He is the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, so he has a very clear understanding of the problem of food and grass for the Qing soldiers. If he can't take it within two months Yang County, or lure Zhang Xianzhong to rescue, they will lose.

The Daxi Army has 2 defenders in Yang County, led by Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Zhang Wenxiu, who is familiar with the art of war and has followed Zhang Xianzhong across the Central Plains for decades.

The Qing army's offensive against Yangxian County was quite fierce. On the first day, both sides were overwhelmed, and no one could take a step back. The two sides launched a fierce bloody battle near Yangxian County.

In half a month, the Qing army and the Western army fought more than [-] battles, large and small. The battle was extremely bloody. Neither side kept any prisoners of war, and all the wounded soldiers and prisoners of war of the other side were executed.

The Qing army paid a price of 5000 people and wiped out all the Western Army strongholds outside Yangxian County, and the Western Army also lost [-] people.

Since then, the two sides have entered into a more brutal city offensive and defensive battle. The war caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers of both sides, but it was the ordinary people in Hanzhong who suffered the most.

The western army carried out fortified walls to clear the fields, burned houses, and robbed food. When the Qing soldiers came, they raped and looted even more. Hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes and walked eastward to the Yonggu Road into Huguang, or over the Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain to flee to the middle of Sichuan. At that time, Hanzhong Mansion, which was considered wealthy, turned into thousands of miles of red fields, and the city was empty.

In a blink of an eye, the new year came, and in the Qing army camp outside Yangxian County, groups of Qing soldiers lined up, preparing to eat with bowls and chopsticks. The soldiers were standing in the cold wind, complaining.

"Every day we attack the city, the food gets worse and worse."

"The dry ones are getting thinner. If this continues, how can we have the strength to fight?"

In the long queue, the green battalion soldiers were listless. At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the queue at the front.

"Fuck~ Brothers are attacking the city every day, holding their heads up and fighting with their lives, you just feed us this, it's fucking enough to cover people, and it's all gone in one piss, can you be full? Can you fight wars?" A green battalion general angrily brought a bowl of porridge as dilute as water to the Huotoujun, grabbed the clothes on his chest, lifted it up and shouted angrily.

A group of green battalion soldiers behind saw the food in the pot, and they also agreed, cursing and questioning.

The general looks like black charcoal, with leopard eyes and beards. It looks fierce and evil. It doesn't look like a good person at first sight. When he lifted the fire head army, he was trembling with fright, and explained timidly: "It can't blame us. Without food, what can we do?"

General Wenyu waved his hand and even slapped Huotou Jun several times in the face, and the slap made a "slap" sound. Huotou Jun's cheeks were swollen and blood flowed out of his mouth. Then he stopped, pointed at the Eight Banners in the distance and said: "No Food, what do they eat?"

"Yes, the old men are working hard, but they don't even have a mouthful of soup. There are five or six of them standing behind, but they eat dry food and drink delicious food. Tell me, what's going on?"

The green battalion soldiers surrounded them, shouting loudly, with anger on their faces.

Huotoujun looked over and saw that the Eight Banners were eating bread, pickles, and even bacon in the distance. He had nothing to say. Can lower his head, under the accusation of everyone, then tremble.

Baqi, who was eating in the distance, heard the words of the general manager, and saw the noisy green battalion soldiers, stood up suddenly, picked up the sword and walked over, the general saw this, threw the fire-headed army aside, and then viciously He looked at the approaching Eight Banners.

"Dai Tianlei, don't you want to live?" Several Eight Banners came up and saw the Green Battalion soldiers looking at them fiercely, but they didn't care, but sternly threatened.

This general was originally from the Shaanxi Rebel Army. Because of its loud voice, it was called Dai Tianlei. After Sun Shoufa's attack on Xi'an was defeated, Dai Tianlei was captured by the Qing army. The famous prickly head.

Dai Tianlei saw a few soldiers of the Eight Banners surrounding him, but he was not timid. Instead, his face became even more angry, "A group of bastards, I, Brother Baibai, were driven by you to attack the city, and more than half of them were reimbursed in World War I. Brothers risked their lives and even talked about it!" I don’t even have enough food, you guys just stand behind and kill your own people, but you can still eat bacon, I don’t accept it~”

"Not convinced~" the Eight Banners soldiers sneered for a while, "Who do you think you are? You dare to insult us, believe it or not, we will punish you on the spot right now. To tell you the truth, I will kill people like you, General I won’t blame you, because according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, our Eight Banners are higher than you. If you don’t accept it, you can raise the flag if you have the ability! Hahaha~”

The battle in Yang County has been going on for more than a month. The Qing soldiers suffered heavy casualties and the sergeants were exhausted. But Meng Qiaofang not only did not intend to stop the siege, but also the food in the army was getting worse and worse.

Dai Tianlei was already holding a sigh of relief in his heart. During yesterday's siege, one of his fellow countrymen was hacked to death by the Eight Banners soldiers who supervised the battle because he retreated first, which made the hatred in his heart even deeper.

"I'll kill you first~" Dai Tianlei immediately exploded after hearing the words of the Eight Banners soldiers. He was already irritable, but suddenly he yelled, "Damn~thief your mother~", the whole person jumped up, and The leaders of the Eight Banners scuffled together, and the surrounding Green Battalion soldiers joined the battle group with roars.

The Eight Banners soldiers were few, and they were knocked to the ground in a short while, but at this moment, a majestic shout suddenly sounded, "What are you doing? Don't let me stop!"

A large group of elite Qing soldiers arrived, quickly dispersed the green battalion soldiers, and arrested Dai Tianlei and others who were still wrestling. Meng Qiaofang got off her horse and came to the middle. She squinted her eyes and asked, "What's going on?" Pointing at Dai Tianlei, he continued, "You answer Ben Du!"

Dai Tianlei was knelt on the ground by Meng Qiaofang's personal guards. He struggled unconvinced and said, "Brothers risk their lives, but they don't even have porridge. The Eight Banners soldiers didn't do anything, but ate bread and meat Tang, I'm not convinced."

Hearing this, Meng Qiaofang looked at the green battalion soldiers who were kept out of the circle by the guards. Their faces were full of anger, and he was startled. He turned around and walked to the big cooking pot of the green camp, lifted the lid, and saw the There was a pot of clear water, and his face sank.

Under the current situation, there is a high possibility of a mutiny in the green battalion. Meng Qiaofang suddenly walked back to his horse, stroked the horse's head lovingly, and then stabbed the horse's heart with a knife. A large amount of horse blood flowed down his body The robe flowed down.

Seeing this, the surrounding Green Battalion soldiers and Dai Tianlei were stunned for a while, and they didn't come back to their senses until the horse fell to the ground with a mournful cry.

Meng Qiaofang dropped the knife, walked to the middle, and then said: "It is the governor's negligence to let the soldiers eat such things. This horse is a mount given to the governor by Prince Su. Today, the governor personally killed it. To reward all the soldiers, the soldiers have never been convinced."

The governor slaughtered his own horse to feed them, and the green battalion soldiers had nothing to say, and they immediately worshiped together.

Seeing that the Green Camp soldiers were calmed down, Meng Qiaofang looked at Dai Tianlei and said, "Have you ever been convinced?"

"I am convinced~" Dai Tianlei stopped struggling and bowed his head.

Meng Qiaofang nodded, and then said: "Among the army, the military law is like a mountain. Although you are forgiven, the military law is ruthless. Someone dragged him out and killed him. He hung his head at the gate of the camp and warned the whole army."

Gathering crowds in the army to make trouble and resist the law enforcement is a capital crime. Although the green battalion soldiers heard the words, they felt sorry for each other, but no one came forward to intercede. After all, the governor even killed the horse, and they were just soldiers who had no right to speak. They are not very familiar with Dai Tianlei either.

Only a few of Dai Tianlei's subordinates wanted to rush out, but they were quickly stopped by Meng Qiaofang's personal soldiers. They could only watch Dai Tianlei being dragged away.

A moment later, Meng Qiaofang's personal soldiers brought over a bloody head, Meng Qiaofang looked at it, then turned and left.

As he walked, he said annoyed to Li Guohan who was beside him: "At present, the army is short of food and the morale of the army is not stable. The governor doesn't have many horses to kill, so I have to kill the troublemaker to prevent him from causing trouble again. General Li also needs to take good care of his subordinates." The Eight Banners, don't cause any more trouble, otherwise you and I will end badly."

Li Guohan heard the words and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the governor, I will instruct my subordinates to try not to conflict with the green camp."

Meng Qiaofang nodded, "The governor is going to Nanzheng, and he is asking for a batch of food and grass. General Li will temporarily take care of the affairs of the camp~"

Thank you for coming to give me a smile, the wolf dog defends the slave for the reward.

(End of this chapter)