Nanming Engineer

Chapter 382 Going to Fenyang

It only took two days for the news of the destruction of Yicheng to reach Jiezhou, hundreds of miles away. The person who reported the news was a rebel riding a lame horse. He was captured by Wang Huan from the Yicheng County Yamen Prison. He was rescued. When the rebels withdrew from the foot of Yicheng last time, this guy moved slowly and fell behind. He was followed by the Mongolian rangers and captured. His head was kept in the Yicheng dungeon as a reward for future work.

The man carried a few steamed buns and a few taels of silver that Wang Huan had given him in his arms, and went straight to Xiezhou all the way, begging to see Han Zhaoxuan, and delivering Wang Huan's message.

"What? Ping Lianghou really said that?" Han Zhaoxuan stood up from his chair suddenly, and asked with disbelief, as if he had heard something impossible.

"It's absolutely true, my lord, how dare I lie to you?" The rebel soldier swore, patted his chest and said, "Hou Pingliang said, please raise your troops immediately and rush to Pingyang. If you are too late, you will not be able to catch up with the great achievement of conquering Taiyuan!"

"Also, Pingliang Hou said it." He licked his lips, full of exhaustion. After all, running for two days and one night is very strenuous, and a few steamed buns are not enough: "Yicheng is now replaced by a few little girls from Daming." The officials watched, no one was in charge, so we must quickly send someone who can hold back to take over to prevent the Tartars from making a comeback.”

Han Zhaoxuan and his subordinates looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

The sly-eyed official bit his tongue and said suspiciously: "From Jiezhou to Yicheng, the road is more than 100 miles. It takes at least two days for the army to move, and it is only a short distance from Pinglianghou to lead the Shaanxi soldiers to leave without saying goodbye to today." Just four days later, just enough time to go back and forth, and it took less than a day for the Shanxi soldiers to conquer Yicheng? It's unbelievable!"

Han Zhaoxuan frowned and thought about it, and thought it was right, so he glared at the rebel army, and shouted: "Speak! Are you betraying righteousness, pretending to be a spy for the Tartars, and wanting to lure me out of the city and laying an ambush secretly?" , want to annihilate me in one fell swoop?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the hall stared at him, and there was a sound of "dang bang dang bang", and the generals drew their knives in their hands, and they were about to kill this young pawn of the rebel army.

The man was so shocked that his face was pale, his hands were shaking, he fell to the ground and shouted: "No, no! My lord, how could I betray my lord! Just now I took out the heads of Yicheng county magistrate for my lord's purpose. , how can there be fraud? My lord, it is clear!"

Hearing what he said, Han Zhaoxuan remembered that as soon as the pawn entered the door, he took out the head of Yicheng county magistrate from a cloth bag as a token. He had seen the magistrate of Yicheng county before. Yes, I recognize the face, there is no doubt about it.

Han Zhaoxuan patted his forehead. There have been too many strange things recently, which has caused his IQ to drop a bit. How could he plan to use his own head as a bait? Yicheng County is full of heads here, so how can there be fraud?
He took a breath and signaled those who were holding knives to put away their knives. Then he changed his expression to a calm expression and said warmly: "Don't panic. So, it really only took one day for Shaanxi Pinglianghou to conquer Yicheng." ?”

The young soldier fell to the ground, too frightened to get up, so he sat on the ground and replied respectfully: "Yes, the young soldier was locked up in a dungeon. Early that morning, he heard the prisoners talking outside, saying that there was a Ming army besieging the city, and then he passed During the meal, I heard the ground shaking outside, with a sound like thunder. The guards dispersed in a hurry, leaving me alone. After an hour, some soldiers in white armor came in and let me out. .”

"How many hours?" Han Zhaoxuan and others were even more surprised, and said in amazement, "Pingliang Hou captured Yicheng County in just a few hours?"

"It should be. When those prisoners discussed in the morning, they were still very calm and composed. It was because the city had not yet been broken. When there was a lot of movement outside, they ran away, and then the white armored soldiers came in." The soldier recalled explain.

Han Zhaoxuan slumped down on the chair, his face was full of shock, a sense of powerlessness completely crushed his self-esteem, his several staff members also looked at each other, this is simply appalling, tens of thousands of rebels attacked for half a month It took only a few hours for Shaanxi soldiers to conquer Yicheng County, which was not captured. This kind of efficiency and speed is unprecedented.

"So they left without saying goodbye, and went to fight Yicheng." Han Zhaoxuan murmured to himself, his eyes were dull, and his face was full of bitterness. This slap was really loud on his face: "Thank you!" We were still thinking about plotting against Ping Lianghou, but in fact he didn't take us seriously at all, in his eyes, maybe we are not as good as soldiers and civilian husbands."

None of the staff dared to speak, and shrank aside in shame. The monkey-like guy with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks even hid behind others, covering his face and daring not to show his head.

"Well, sir, are we still going to Pingyang?" After a long silence, a calmer staff member finally remembered the business and asked cautiously.

Han Zhaoxuan woke up suddenly, his eyes flashed, he slapped the table, stood up abruptly, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Go! We must go! I want to see with my own eyes how brave the Shaanxi soldiers brought by Pingliang are. Jiancheng has many soldiers and generals, and General Yu Yin has been besieging the city for a long time, but he can't get an inch in. What kind of means do they have to brag about entering Taiyuan's Haikou!"

He took two steps in the hall, and when he saw a few staff members still standing there and staring at him stupidly, he couldn't help feeling angry, and kicked him over: "What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and gather your troops!" ! If you can’t leave the house after two hours, I will withdraw all of you!”

All the staff members were frightened by him, and dispersed in a hurry, and hurriedly went to work.

However, it took two hours, and the movement of the miscellaneous army was not so fast. It was not until the afternoon that the gate of Xiezhou City was opened. A group of rebels in chaotic armor surrounded Han Zhaoxuan, swarmed out of the city, looked towards the direction of Pingyang, and rushed and go.

From Jiezhou to Pingyang Fucheng, the official road is wide and nearly two hundred miles away. Most of Han Zhaoxuan's rebels are farmers and civilians. Although they can endure hardships, they are not good at marching. At the beginning, the stamina was not enough, coupled with the chaotic organizational system, the officers and soldiers were unfamiliar, and the chaos along the way was extremely chaotic. The team of more than 1 people dragged on for a long time.

Han Zhaoxuan led more than a thousand cavalry, and ran ahead regardless. The strong desire in his heart to witness the battle scene of the Kuizhou army stimulated him like chicken blood.The infantry in the back followed slowly as if they were self-defeating. The number of people running became less and less, and the team ran more and more thinly. After three days, they arrived outside the city of Pingyang Prefecture. There were less than 5000 people left in the rebel army of more than 5000 people. , and the rest were scattered on the road between Jiezhou and Pingyang, scattered like wandering spirits.

Han Zhaoxuan wanted to go to Yu Yin's camp first, but on the way, he met the soldiers sent by Yu Yin to pick him up. The soldiers told him that Yu Yin was in the city now.

Han Zhaoxuan almost fell off his horse. He grabbed the reins tightly and straightened himself up. Then, with a pale face, he asked tremblingly, "In the city? When did Pingliang break the city?"

He didn't even bother to ask who broke the city. Yu Yin spent nearly a month doing nothing under the city. Could it be that he suddenly became enlightened in the past two days and was able to conquer Pingyang City?It must be Wang Huan's achievement to break through Pingyang in a short time.

Sure enough, the soldier showed an expression of admiration, his eyes glowed, and he said excitedly in a tone of admiration: "The city was broken three days ago, and all those who came to Pingliang were white armored soldiers. The appearance of the army, the formation, praise! There was no one left! The soldiers from Shaanxi came that day, they didn’t even set up a battalion, so they met with General Yu, and immediately set up their formation to attack the city. The gunpowder package was shot, and a long section of the city wall was literally blown down, and then the copper cannon mounted on the cart was pushed closer, and the section was lowered for a while, basically there was no living person in that area, and then the bird The soldiers stepped forward and stood at the cross section, and the pikemen and sword-shieldmen behind them went up one by one. It took only an hour or two for Pingyang to take it down. It's a pity that you didn't see that thunderous movement, my lord! "

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Although Han Zhaoxuan had been mentally prepared for a long time, he still had ups and downs. He grabbed the soldier by the collar and said anxiously, "Where is Pinglianghou now?"

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and said: "Yesterday, we broke up the camp and headed towards Fenzhou. They said that we would call a gathering of rebels from the south of Shanxi in Fenzhou to discuss major plans."

"Fenzhou? Isn't that Jiang Jianxun's territory?" Han Zhaoxuan gasped, and his mind immediately came to his senses: "Is Pinglianghou planning to unify the Shanxi Rebel Army and become the leader of Shanxi?"

(End of this chapter)