Of course, when Li Siyuan (Miao Jilie) vaguely expressed his intention to reorganize the army and lead his troops to fight again, he was not surprisingly met with unanimous backlash and advice from the Chinese army. Even older subordinates weeping to persuade him, and please take care of your usefulness, and don't waste the vitality that others have won.
To put it bluntly, these escaped men and horses have basically lost their fighting spirit and courage to continue to confront Taiping Thieves in a short period of time. I just want to repair it for a period of time under the shelter of the city wall before making any plans. Nevertheless, Li Siyuan (Miao Jilie) still did not give up the follow-up efforts.
Subsequently, in the name of Nanlu General Manager, who was in charge of the southern attack and control of the military and politics of Taiyuan Mansion, he transferred nearly 10,000 defenders from Jiexiu, Pingyao and other places on the spot, plus recruited troops from all over the country in a short period of time. Fifteen thousand new soldiers were stuffed into and out of Lengquan Pass.
Because of the large number of troops and the narrow inside the pass, he confiscated the people's power nearby. The Tongji Bridge and Baibi Village outside Lengquan Pass, and built a lot of strongholds on the dangerous places of the mountainside water, which stretched for more than a mile for subsequent accommodation and stationing. The place; even so he still feels a little worried,
On the Jiqiao bridge, which straddles Fenshui’s sinister point, a plank house was constructed and filled with charcoal grease in advance, and Shi Shaoyong (臬捩鸡) was commanded by his trusted subordinates, as long as the cold spring was not closed. If you can rely on it, you can immediately destroy the bridge and block the enemy in a short time.
Then another trusted subordinate, Yingzhou soldier and horse envoy, An Zhonggao, stopped in Jiexiu, serving as the Fenzhou water and land transfer judge and the Tian Fangzha envoy. However, in the next step, he continued to lead troops back to the north, and when he arrived at Pingyao City, which was adjacent to the gateway of Taiyuan Mansion, he did not usher in the support horses and materials he expected.
Instead, it was a small group of messengers from Taiyuan City, the northern capital, and brought him the strict words and bad news from Jin Wang Li Ke.
Sitting in the Yanmen area, he was repelled and defeated again. Li Keyong, from the Lu Longjun of Beilan Prefecture, has not had a single soldier to give him in a short time. Instead, he must be held accountable for losing his teacher and losing ground, but still It is necessary for him to commit crimes before the battle to achieve aftereffects.
The bad news that followed was that Shizhou (now Luliang City, Shanxi), which served as a barrier to the west of Taiyuan Mansion, belonged to the western key, located in Dinghu County/Mengmen Pass, which is a narrow and narrow place in the mountains. The Taiping army, which was moving upstream along the Yellow River, used fraudulent means to smuggle horse teams in disguise.
Therefore, not only could he not return to the northern capital of Taiyuan for repairs, but while continuing to sit in Fenzhou, he divided his troops to support and rescue Shizhou, which might be under siege, Zhilishicheng (near Luliang City, Shanxi); because Li Cun went in and out of the battle with the governor. After that, there were only less than three thousand old and weak soldiers in the city.
Otherwise, once the hub position of Lishicheng is lost, the Taiping Army entering Shizhou can follow Lishishui that runs through the Lvliang Mountain Rift to the west, towards the confluence of Fenshui-Fenzhou Zhixi City (Shanxi (In the vicinity of downtown Fenyang in the province), threaten his rear area and even cut off the retreat;
And to the north, you can enter Lanzhou through the Chi Flood, and form an echo with the Lu Long/Youzhou Army who was blocked outside the Yanmen Pass. It is difficult for Daibei to defeat Daibei when he is sitting on the front of Yanmen. King Jin in the land is even more difficult to tolerate and accept threats.
Therefore, it is time for Li Siyuan (Miao Jilie) to make a dilemma; you must know that the previous time he encountered a similar predicament was when the Five Route Army of the Beixing Camp besieged Zhuxie's Ministry many years ago. As a result, he almost lost all his trilogy and relatives.
After losing the most basic victory and military strength of the 80,000 strong soldiers and strong horses, he can only resemble an abandonment of wind and rain, with the last bit of capital, desperately moving around, tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall. For the paperworker who persisted longer.
But he still had to persevere, just for the last chance that might come in the future, and also to repay King Jin.
At the same time, in Xizhou, which is adjacent to Fenzhou at the southern foot of Lvliang Mountain, a visitor was also welcomed in the besieged Xichuan City (now Longquan Town, Luliang City, Shanxi), but he is now a Taiping Army Wang Renshou, the Department of Rehabilitation and Disposal of the Hezhong (six states), and the officer of the army camp.
It’s just that he is no longer the young Wang’s child who was smug and wanted to find a way to survive for his family; he is more of a middle-class man who has experienced wind and frost and grew up quickly; I saw that he did not hesitate to greet him. A group of officials in the city who came forward said:
"I'll just ask, now that the Jin army going south has been greatly defeated, and your generation has no external assistance and little internal support. When will you wait if you don't surrender at this time; will the jade and stone be burned when the city is broken?"
"The nobleman calms down his anger, it's really true!"
A gray-bearded official who described the old hurriedly begged:
"It is true that the Ming Palace was shocked after hearing the news. Now I can't afford to be ill, and there is no one in the city who can be the master..."
"I'm here to deliver an ultimatum, not to discuss it. After noon, there is no room left."
Wang Renshou was unmoved and said:
"It’s up to you to make the decision right now, or you can immediately change to someone who can be the master. At least, at the moment, you can only ask for the first responsibility. Others still have a way to live in a different place; but if you resist the argument, it is the body. The scourge of the dead."
"In this case, the villain should respect the noble army, and try his best to open the door to greet him, but also hope to hold back..."
At this time, among the coveted officials, someone finally heard what he meant and spoke cautiously: Everyone could not help but look closely, but it was the newly appointed Lieutenant Wang Ruyi of Xichuan County. ; But it is inevitable to be shocked and scramble to say:
"Some willing to follow..."
"I dropped it too..."
"Under, under..."
Because at this moment they suddenly wanted to understand that since the officer who was a clan and had a great knowledge in poetry and books was sick and kept behind closed doors, he claimed that he would not surrender or fight and ignore him, but he would not bear it. Responsibilities; wouldn't it be the best person to be used as an open account.
Therefore, under the various operations of these local officials and generals in order to survive, even if there are more than a thousand Hedong soldiers who lack fighting spirit and morale in the city, they are also far fewer than their own local unity. With the assistance of the soldiers, they put down their weapons and exited the guarded gate;
Therefore, only half an hour later, the last city/stronghold in Xizhou where there was an organizational garrison, it was announced that it had changed hands. However, in private, Wang Renshou personally sent the newly surrendered county lieutenant out of the city to ride a stagecoach and said goodbye:
"This is the last thing I can do for my hometown in Qixian County; I also hope you can tell the truth that the survival or the overturning of the family is only a matter of time between them, but please do everything for yourself..."
"From now on, I will be the head of the Wang Clan in Yuanzhou, Jiangxi, and those children who have already left the house have nothing to do with Hedong."
It's just that although Wang Renshou said so, he didn't expect much from Qixian's family's reaction. After all, most people who wanted to change and seek new things, or find a way out and future for themselves, have just walked out of their homes.
Therefore, those who can stay in their hometown to guard the door are only relatively conservative and stable, and even the most stubborn stubborn ones who embrace the incompleteness; despite the chaos in the east, they still cling to the plot of their homeland and stick to their homeland.
Nowadays, he has been given special care from the post-Tang Dynasty court, and most of his tribe’s children have been given the post of Qinggui Mei. The county lieutenant Wang Ruyi who was put back to spread the word is one of them; I’m afraid it’s not so easy to change or change the course. Turn around again.
In other words, after experiencing and seeing so many things and tasks, he didn't think that Qixian family who still adhered to the ancestral land would have a better ending and fluke. Because, even if the Wang family is called the home of the local supreme kindness and the county, it still can't change the reality of occupying the fertile land and having thousands of tenants.
Compared with the areas with strong sea trade and commercial atmosphere in Jiangdong and Liangling, or those in Hunan, Jiangxi, Jingnan, Xiajiang, etc., which have a historical tradition of relying on the Yangtze River waterway to trade, they can decisively divide their families into scattered fields to avoid in disguise, Taiping More liquidation and strikes by the army.
These people who live in the east of the river only rely on the soil to maintain their families, and they also monopolize most of the local food industry related to their families. They also don't have the courage and determination to survive by breaking their wrists or tails.
Therefore, once the Taiping Army settled the pseudo-Tang Dynasty imperial court that had stolen possessions in Hedong, these prefectural clans headed by the Wang Clan of Yuqing Yuli were also the best targets for slaughtering chickens and monkeys and conquering the hearts of the people. However, Wang Renshou was just asking for peace of mind.
In fact, for the sake of his future and future in the Taiping Army, he had already declared and admitted that he had been "ejected" from the family by the Wang Clan of Qixian during the routine internal background review during the relocation two years ago. Refuge in Yuanzhou Yuanzong's identity.
Therefore, at least from behind him, he is no longer subject to the restrictions imposed on the old officials and family members in the "Taiping Kaocheng Regulations". And this time he was recruited to participate in the Hedong Raiders, and his role in the aftermath of the rear area did not seem to have the meaning of secret teaching and trial.
Therefore, he must show more effort and determination than others in the following work of clearing households and land, releasing slaves, gathering people to confess, clearing the surnames, etc., sorting out the local social order and purging the old forces. Attitude comes.
Maybe in the future, when the Qixian Wang Clan is officially liquidated, he will be "ejected from the house" but is relatively familiar with the inside story and way of the clan to take the lead? This is where his real opportunity and future lies. (End of this chapter)