Chapter 122: Raid and Harassment (1)
Seeing Su Thick Legs taking the initiative to practice, other newcomers laughed at him for being stupid, but it was just to plant a few more acres of land, why bother so hard. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hearing these words, Su Thick Legs just laughed, he thought about it more long-term than other Xinding: the owner has such sharp firearms, and has trained such a strong soldier, but it is not just the style of a rich man in the countryside - where does the real old country rich man have the courage to confront the government - the owner must do something big, if you want to stand out among these new Ding and get the appreciation of the owner, the only reliable thing is to practice your skills hard and make meritorious contributions to the enemy on the battlefield.
In the confrontation training between Xinding and the veteran, the strict queue and skilled assassination tactics made the confrontation one-sided, he found that this seemingly simple assassination was very practical, on the battlefield, the offense was the best defense, and if he killed one more person, he would have a greater chance of survival, so he desperately practiced the assassination action.
According to Sima De's analysis, the exchange of official documents between the Qiongzhou Prefecture and the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, coupled with the mobilization of grain and grass, and the gathering of troops in various guard stations, may take two or three months, but if the prefect's yamen is effective, it can be shortened to one or two months, and the army will be drawn from Qiongshan County.
A month and a half later, the Lingao County Yamen received an official document copied by the prefect's yamen, informing that "the army is approaching soon, and we should quickly raise grain and grass for military needs." ”
At this time, the prefect's yamen did not know that the Lingao county government had been completely hollowed out, and only an empty shell was left, and the government decree did not come out of the county office. Of course, Qian Youyu gave it to Xia Nan as soon as he received this official document.
After getting the news, Xia Nan launched a response plan: the escort team stopped training, retained physical strength, and waited for the day; All the factories stopped production, and all the craftsmen and workers were concentrated in the dormitory areas of Hujiazhuang and Bofugang respectively, and once the fighting worsened, they were divided into two routes, some of them took refuge in the Li District, and the other part took the waterway from Bofugang to Diaolou Village to temporarily avoid the front.
The opponent of this battle was not a few ruffians and hooligans, nor a few hundred people in Li Zhai, but thousands of court officers and soldiers, Xia Nan had already prepared for the worst - if the battle was defeated, he would run away for the time being, avoid the limelight, and wait for the officers and soldiers to withdraw and then make a comeback. As long as the craftsmen and workers are still there and have the silver in their hands, everything can start again.
Just as the convoy was in a state of readiness to meet the officers and soldiers, a discordant news came from Bofu Harbor - a craftsman from the steel factory had secretly escaped during the night.
According to the arrangement, all the female workers of the textile factory were placed in Hujiazhuang, while the craftsmen and workers of the shipyard, the steel factory, and the arsenal were placed in the dormitory area of Bofu Port, and the craftsman escaped on the night of his arrival in Bofu.
According to Zhang Wei, the manager of the steel plant, the runaway craftsman likes to steal and play tricks on weekdays, and he is not proficient enough in the various work processes of ironmaking.
It's nothing to run a craftsman, but Xia Nan is worried about affecting morale, so he orders the escort team to organize patrols of Bofu and Hujiazhuang to prevent the same thing from happening again, but fortunately, it has been safe for several days. I thought it was just a small episode, but what Xia Nan didn't expect was that this insignificant little person almost brought him a heavy loss later.
In July of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the army of encirclement and suppression of the "Li Chaos" in Lingao entered the territory of Chengmai, and it was only two days away from Lingao County. According to the battle plan, the convoy was about to start a war of attack and harassment against the officers and men.
The teams that carry out the tactics of raiding are not much more expensive, and they must be proficient in the use of firearms, and only the veteran guards are eligible. Xia Nan ordered Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji to lead 100 people each, and took turns attacking the officers and soldiers along the way, Huang Mengjia led 200 native soldiers to serve as a reserve to prevent all kinds of accidents, and the rest rested and stood by.
The general in charge of commanding the army of "Suppressing Li" was Wang Liangdong of Qianhu in Qiongshan.
Qiongshan Thousand Households Station is located in Qiongshan County, the capital city, in Qiongzhou among the five is the best combat power preservation, this battle sent 500 military households, other 1000 households, can produce two or three hundred people is good, Wang Liangdong successfully became the commander of the battle. The main fighting force of the army is 1,800 people from 1,000 households, and more than 1,000 villagers from various prefectures and counties, totaling more than 3,000 people.
Wang Liangdong didn't know the specific number of people - because the discipline of Xiangyong was very poor, some people deserted and ran home when they were pulled, and during the period from the assembly of Qiongshan to the march to Chengmai County, more than 100 people ran scattered, and at first he also sent people to chase him, and then he didn't bother to pay attention to it, anyway, the war relied on the Zhengpai Guard, and Xiangyong was just shouting and cheering, and he didn't bother to count the specific number of Xiangyong.
More than 3,000 people walked from Qiongshan to Chengmai for ten days, and at a normal speed, they could walk back and forth from the two places. However, Wang Liangdong did not think that his march was slow - the prefect's yamen provided limited grain and grass, and the amount of silver was not sincere, so the army had to stop collecting grain and straw when it passed through large villages along the way, and asked the local gentry to "take the initiative" to reward, Wang Liangdong thought that in this way he could maintain morale, and in this case, it was already very fast to reach Chengmai in ten days.
After entering the territory of Chengmai County, the villages along the way are much sparser than Qiongshan County, Wang Liangdong gave up those small villages, and went directly to the county seat.
One afternoon, the army reached a place called Huangniling, with a small river on the left and a large kapok forest on the right. When they saw a river, some people broke away from the group and went to the river to drink water, or wash their faces with cold water -- it was so hot in Qiongzhou in July that it was rare to have a water source to relieve the suffering of the scorching heat.
Wang Liangdong didn't care either, but just sent his own soldiers to urge those people to return to the team. It's just that in this way, some people are fast, some people are slow, some people leave the team, the team is very uneven, and the front and back are also very long. A hundred households beside him said: "Lord Qianhu, this place faces water on one side and relies on dense forests on the other, you should speed up your speed through this place, in case the chaotic people set up an ambush here, I am afraid there will be many deaths and injuries......"
Wang Liangdong squinted at him, this hundred households belonged to his thousand households, named Wei Lianheng, he always likes to talk about military affairs on weekdays, but rarely honors his superiors, he is very displeased with this person.
He stretched out his tone and said, "Oh-Wei Baihu really knows the soldiers, otherwise you will lead the palace and cover the army?" ”
But in his heart, he was extremely disdainful, who was the opponent in this battle? Is it a group of Li barbarians in Lingao, who don't know a single big character, is it possible that they are also proficient in the art of war, and run from Lingao to Chengmai to set up an ambush?
Wei Lianheng looked at Wang Liangdong's expression, and knew that he didn't think so, sighed, and retreated.