Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Up to now, Yan'an Mansion has become a disaster area of ​​civil unrest, and the vacancy of officials even reached seven or eight out of ten at the highest.

Lack of official governance, coupled with the fact that this is a poor place, and now there are constant natural disasters, therefore, it is logical that Yan'an Mansion has become the hardest hit area of ​​civil unrest.

Looking at the entire Yan'an Prefecture today, there are only a few important towns in the territory that have not fallen, and most of the other counties have long since fallen.

Now the whole of Shaanxi is full of flames of war. Although the three governors' mansions have already started to suppress the bandits, Yang He's strategy of suppressing the bandits is to give priority to appeasement, and pursue and suppress as appeasement.

Under such a strategy of suppressing thieves, the current focus of the trilateral governor's office is naturally not to mobilize troops to destroy the thieves, but to send envoys to various places, busy recruiting the thieves.

Of course, Li Xiu didn't agree with Yang He's strategy of suppressing thieves. In fact, whether it was the suppression he was about to start, or Yang He's appeasement, they were all symptoms until they could not solve the root cause of the relief and resettlement problem. Not a permanent cure.

In this way, naturally there is no right or wrong.

As for whether his march would disrupt Yang He's arrangement, Li Xiu felt that he seemed to be helping Yang He on this point.

He suppressed the thieves, until the thieves became afraid, Yang He's strategy of appeasement, naturally got twice the result with half the effort.

Li Xiu just didn't know if Yang He could appreciate his hard work...

Chapter 137 Breaking the City

Yichuan County, like Luliang County, is located on the borders of various provinces. Strictly speaking, the border between two provinces is the border between two counties.

The former army went into battle lightly and hurried all the way. Not long after the fierce sun at noon, the former army under Zhou Yuji's command had already approached Yichuan County.

Zhou Yuji naturally knew the information about the bandits in Yan'an Prefecture. The bandit in Yichuan was named Wu Xuan. He was originally the patriarch of a wealthy family in Mizhi. He was airborne as the magistrate of Mizhi County.

Now no one knows what the magistrate's level is. The only news that spread is that the magistrate took office and made drastic reforms, obviously to make some achievements.

However, this would obviously infringe upon the interests of local wealthy families like Wu Xuan, and also destroy the political ecology of the county.

After all, the magistrate of the flowing water, the official of the iron.

Now I don't know what the county magistrate has done, anyway, this Wu Xuan is directly reversed, and the ambitious magistrate has probably turned into a dead bone by now.

Obviously, the advantages of the rebellion of the wealthy family are definitely not comparable to the rebellion of the common people with a hot head.

Today most of the Yan'an Mansion is almost in the hands of Wu Xuan, and the imperial court's several suppression campaigns were all defeated by his own troops, and now it is said that he is discussing with Yang He about appeasement.

And this Yichuan County is garrisoned by Wu Xuan's uncle, Wu Ming. Obviously, this wealthy family rebelled, which is different from other disaster victims who rebelled and fled around. Take root in the mansion and become the uncrowned king.

There is no doubt that this Wu Xuan is another historical bifurcation.

But it is worth mentioning that his subordinates have two famous figures in history.

That is Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.

Li Xiu was not surprised when these two people appeared, after all, this Yan'an Mansion was full of celebrities, most of the leaders of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty were born in Yan'an Mansion.

Now it is normal for Wu Xuan to take the lead in rebelling, setting up a target, and changing history again.

Besides, there were so many famous people in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, who knows how many ambitious people were involved in the Wu Xuan uprising.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were discovered by careful investigation and sent back news only because they emerged under Wu Xuan's command and had some fame.

The army besieged the city, and Yichuan County was full of panic. Everyone knew that their family was being appeased by the court. The court's envoys had been here for many days. For the rebel soldiers in the city, they were dreaming of transforming themselves and eating imperial food. , Why did they suddenly come to the city!

It's just that all of this is temporarily destined to be explained to the rebel soldiers in Yichuan City.

Outside the city, Zhou Yuji was rather regretful when the army arrived for the first time. According to his thinking, he naturally took advantage of the sudden arrival of the army to find an opportunity to break into the city and win the first victory.

But he had all the infantry in his hands, and this Yichuan had quite a set of rules, so he was discovered by the bandit army scouting a long way away, so the surprise attack was naturally impossible.

If the surprise attack fails, then fight steadily.

A military order came, and the craftsmen who followed the army immediately worked hard to build siege equipment.

It is worth mentioning that, strictly speaking, the system of the Yongwei Battalion, under Li Xiu's control, is already very different from other armies in this era.

In the Yongwei Battalion, except for the infantry, cavalry, and auxiliary soldiers that have not yet been formally incorporated into the Yongwei Battalion.

Li Xiu also organized a battalion of artisans and a large-scale military medical department.

And Zhou Yuji led the former army to go out, and the craftsman battalion was naturally accompanied by some craftsmen, supplemented by soldiers and generals, and the speed of siege equipment was naturally not slow.

Before sunset, there were already many siege equipment, which were placed in the forefront of the army.

And the rebels in the city, looking at the huge siege equipment that took shape one after another, were also terrified.

A battalion of generals was hastily dispatched to carry out a surprise attack to destroy these siege equipment, but Zhou Yuji easily resolved it, leaving behind a lot of corpses, and the defeated generals fled to Yichuan City in embarrassment.

In such a scene, Zhou Yuji sent a group of soldiers to take advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, but to Zhou Yuji's surprise, the defeated soldiers were disorderly, and the group of soldiers who covered up the kill broke directly into the city gate.

This was undoubtedly a complete surprise, how could Zhou Yuji miss it, and immediately led an elite team, rushed into the city, and seized the city gate!

Although the bandit army sent elite troops to attack several times to take back the city gate, Zhou Yuji repelled them each time.

In this era, if the city gate cannot be recaptured in a battle to defend the city, it means that it is only a matter of time before the city falls completely.

After all, in this era, there is no basis for street fighting.

At dusk, Yichuan County was filled with gunpowder and fire, and the city gate was in hand, and brave guards rushed into the city continuously.

All around the city, soldiers from both sides could be seen fighting in groups. When dusk fell, this sudden battle to destroy the city was already drawing to a close.

The brave guards will use small flags as a unit to patrol the whole city, sweeping out and checking the remnants of the enemy in the city. After all, there are not a few bandits who serve as soldiers in wartime, take off their armor when the situation is wrong, and turn into civilians.

At this time, the main force of the Chinese army led by Li Xiu arrived outside Yichuan County belatedly.

"General!"

The main force arrived, and Zhou Yuji, who was still in charge in the city, hurried to Li Xiu.

"General, the remnants of the enemy in the city have not been wiped out yet, general, why don't you delay entering the city until the last general..."

"nothing."

Li Xiu waved his hand, glanced at the dilapidated Yichuan City in front of him, lightly urged the horse, and then slowly walked towards the city.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu Ji Ze didn't say any more, got on his horse, and followed beside him.

The war has not yet ended completely, blood and gunpowder smoke are still lingering in the air, there are broken limbs and broken arms on the street, among the bricks and rubble, among the ruins, there are still surviving wounded soldiers crying in despair, the military doctors have already entered the city, shuttling between Everywhere in the city, the wounded soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion were rescued.

Of course, the only ones who are still eligible to be treated by military doctors are the generals of the Yongwei Battalion. As for the wounded soldiers of the bandit army, they have already become one of the dead.

Looking around at everything in front of him, Li Xiu's expression was indifferent, without the slightest fluctuation.

One will succeed, ten thousand bones will wither!

This sentence, he has long been extremely clear.

After coming to this world, it can be said that there are hundreds if not thousands of human lives that he killed, and countless people died indirectly because of him.

In the future, there will only be more.

Just like this brave guard battalion, he lacked time, so he exchanged his life for time.

Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest.

Fight one after another to accelerate the growth of the Bravery Battalion.

As for this growth, how many people will be killed or injured, and how many souls will be left behind, are naturally not in his consideration.

For generals, human life is just a number, if you take the number seriously, that is a joke!

Chapter 138 Ansai

The first battle broke the city.

To the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Yongwei Battalion, it was nothing more than an extremely ordinary battle to destroy the city, but to Wu Xuan's contingent who occupied the Yan'an Mansion and were negotiating with the three governors' mansions to appease them, it could be described as earth-shattering. People are shocked.

Because of this matter, the envoys from the three sides who were still negotiating with Wu Xuan on the matter of appeasement were almost beheaded by the enraged Wu Xuan to sacrifice their flags.

Although he was persuaded at all costs, but after learning that the army led by Li Xiu came from the capital and did not listen to the orders of the three governors' mansions at all, Wu Xuan was also very angry.

Originally, he was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, ready to discuss the conditions with the envoys of the three governors' mansions, but now that he was done, the imperial court actually sent another army to come, and as soon as he came, they targeted him and called him directly.

Naturally, he doesn't know the twists and turns between Li Xiu and Yang He, he only knows that now, they can either fight or simply accept the consolation.

As for wanting to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai as before and slowly negotiate conditions with the three governors' mansions, there is no need to even think about it.

From Wu Xuan's point of view, now that the imperial army is approaching, even if he surrenders, it may be impossible for him to be a grass-headed king who listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement according to the plan.

After all, the army came all the way from thousands of miles, so naturally it is impossible to waste a lot of effort.

Moreover, from Yan'an Mansion to Shaanxi, even if he goes to other places to suppress the rebellion, he must pass through the Yan'an Mansion. If he surrenders, the imperial army will pass through the border wantonly. He pretended to attack Guo, and directly put him in the pot.

Wu Xuan was entangled, but Li Xiu naturally ignored the entanglement of the thief leader.

Only one day after recovering Yichuan, he divided his troops into several groups with Yichuan as the center, and with the strategy of blooming in all directions, he rushed towards Wu Xuan's part of Yan'an Prefecture.

As for Li Xiu himself, he was in Yichuan. This time, he did not intend to go to the front line in this battle against the bandits. War is the best catalyst, not only for ordinary soldiers, but also for the generals.

Taking advantage of this battle, Li Xiu is also ready to take a good look at the quality of the generals of the Yongwei Battalion.

As for whether it will cause a big loss, in Li Xiu's opinion, it is much better for the problem to erupt at this time than to face the Houjin Iron Cavalry!

And following Li Xiu's military order, the Yongwei Battalion launched a large-scale attack without warning, and Wu Xuan's unit was immediately in a state of emergency.

This massive attack also completely made Wu Xuan out of the entanglement.

At this time, it is useless to think about how to appease and surrender.

Looking at the battle of the imperial army, when the news of his surrender reaches the trilateral governor's mansion, and then from the trilateral governor's mansion to this imperial court army, it will take at least half a month to go back and forth. If he is not ready to fight at this time, his ashes may They were all praised.

What's more, whether this imperial army will pay attention to the trilateral governor's mansion is still a matter of two opinions!

Now, there is only one battle!

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Ansai County is located in the north of Yan'an Fucheng, with Yulin Jingbian Fort in the north and Ganquan in the south. It can be said to be one of the most important towns after the Nine Frontiers defense system.

And this important town, now, has already fallen into the hands of Wu Xuan's family, and has become the bridgehead for Wu Xuan's family to resist the imperial court's Yulin frontier army's suppression.

The number one general under Wu Xuan's command, Gao Yingxiang led his troops to garrison here, and fought several battles with the imperial court and frontier troops, gaining a great reputation.

However, since the Trilateral Governor's Mansion adopted a strategy of appeasing, this Ansai County has been peaceful for a while, but this tranquility was completely broken after the Yongwei Battalion launched a large-scale attack.

The three-way army is as powerful as a broken bamboo. This Ansai County, which was originally used to guard against the imperial court's northern frontier army, was surrounded by Erwazi who suddenly came from behind!

After being taught by Li Xiuyan for so long, the second child, or Xu Feng, still has many shortcomings, but it is enough to lead a partial teacher.

Li Xiu has never stopped cultivating the second child, and this time, it is naturally the same.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng from Ansai County are another sharpening for Erwazi by Li Xiu.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, the flames of war had already started, and amidst the sound of rumbling war drums, the army array was lined up, and the soldiers were cold.

In front of the army formation, thousands of captive bandit soldiers shouted hysterically and rushed towards the moat of Ansai with sand belts on their faces full of despair.

Arrows rained on the city wall, and artillery rumbled.

Under the blow of this rain of arrows and firearms, the screaming bandit captives also fell down in pieces. Those who were lucky enough to run to the moat quickly threw the sandbags they were carrying into the moat, and then ran Go back and pick up the sandbags again.

Repeatedly going back and forth, advancing one after another, the ground was soon stained with a layer of blood.

But for this group of bandit captives, they had no choice but to either die immediately, or rush over, hoping for a glimmer of hope.

"My lord, the general has issued an order not to harm civilians for no reason. Will we act like this?"

In front of the army formation, a general came to Xu Feng's side, and whispered a word of admonition unbearably.

"Are they people?"

Xu Feng stared at the fallen bandits and captives without changing his face, and asked a question.

As soon as these words came out, the general was speechless. Indeed, although the backbone of the bandits among the prisoners of the bandits had been investigated and killed, as long as they had not been ordered to be released, then they had only one identity, that is, bandit soldiers, and they were still POW!

"Then... why don't the general send a siege battalion to assist, this will also reduce the damage of the bandit captives..."

The general was silent for a while, and then couldn't help but suggest.

"How will I do it, I need you to point me in the right direction?"

Erwazi's expression showed anger, and he subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife, but immediately, Li Xiu's earnest instructions came to his heart.

After a long silence, Erwazi forcibly suppressed his anger and looked at the general who was kneeling on the ground: "Go to the logistics and let the general have a good look. When you understand it, come back. Stay in the back office!"

The general left in embarrassment, Erwazi took a deep breath, and turned his eyes to the Ansai City in front of him again, until the cheers of the bandit prisoners in front of him celebrating the filling of the moat came to his ears, Erwazi's demeanor changed slightly.

"Let the catapults prepare to suppress the enemy army on the wall."

"Let the siege battalion prepare, the bandits and captives will lead the battle, and the auxiliary soldiers will follow! The soldiers will lead the battle!"

The messengers lead the way, the semaphore changes, the drums change suddenly, and on the trebuchet positions in the battle formation, rows of trebuchets that have already been prepared by craftsmen also send out the roar of this peak war weapon in the cold weapon era .