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- Compared with Fengzhou, the battle on the front line in Jinzhou was much more intense.
When the North Route Army attacked Shu, Qin Shubao, the commander-in-chief of the Youwu Guard, led the Youwu Guard's headquarters, the Thirty Army, Yang Tun, Yang and the two divisions, totaling more than 14,000 people, and was ordered to attack Jinzhou from Chang'an.
The person stationed in Jinzhou by Li Tang was Chen Yanshou, the general manager of Jinzhou, who had jurisdiction over Jinzhou and Yangzhou and commanded 13,000 troops.
Chen Yanshou was born as a commander in the Zuo Army. At the beginning of Li Yuan's rebellion, he had a very high status. But after Li Yuan entered Guanzhong, he was sent to Xicheng County to appease Shannan, and he remained there for several years. There were dozens of officials in Li Tang's court, including dozens of generals and ministers, but Chen Yanshou seemed to have been forgotten by Li Yuan, and he was still known as the pacifier of Shannan East Road and the general manager of Jinzhou until now.
Although Chen Yanshou has visited Jinzhou for a long time, his control over Jinzhou is not strong.
Chen Yanshou was a civil servant and was not good at commanding the army. Although he had the title of general manager, all the power in the army was in the hands of deputy general manager Chen Zheng and local wealthy leader Li Xiteng.
The political landscape in Golden State has always been a little weird.
In Jinzhou, the most powerful person is not the general manager Chen Yanshou, nor the deputy general manager Chen Zheng who holds military power, but the largest family in Xicheng County, the Shannan Li family.
The Li family of Shannan, also called the Li family of Ankang, has been a wealthy family in Shannan for generations and is the leader of the countryside. Brothers Li Xizhi and Li Xiyu were born in this family. Their grandfather, Li Qianzhe, was a famous general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He had stationed troops in the Shannan area for a long time. He was an important figure who reached the peak of the Li family's power in Shannan.
According to historical records, Li Qianzhe had one hundred concubines and sixty-nine children. Along the Han River for more than a thousand miles, there are many houses. The wives and concubines who gave birth to sons all lived there, and each house was guarded by servants, maids and maids. Every time Li Qianzhe went to and fro between the houses, drinking and feasting, he enjoyed himself to his heart's content. When descendants visited Li Qianzhe, some Li Qianzhe forgot their names and could only look up the names of his descendants by flipping through books.
The little eunuch who was the gatekeeper dared to use the eunuch for personal use, and it was recorded in the history books, which shows his great power and momentum.
Since then, the Li family in Shannan has had prominent figures. The central dynasty may not be afraid of the Li family, but rebels like Li Yuan must rely on the Li family if they want to stabilize Jinzhou and stabilize the situation in Shannan.
So after Li Yuanru passed the Guanzhong period, he named Li Xiteng, the head of the Li family, the Duke of Shang. He was also granted the title of deputy envoy to appease Shannan East Road and deputy general manager of Jinzhou, which was almost equivalent to the Supreme Emperor above Chen Yanshou.
For Li Xiteng, it does not matter who surrenders. What is important is that surrender is beneficial to the Li family and can ensure the interests of the Li family and control of Jinzhou.
The Li family has the final say whether Jinzhou is in chaos or not.
The Li family can surrender to Li Tang, and naturally they can surrender to Huang Mingyuan.
In fact, Huang Mingliao sent people to Jinzhou early in the morning to have a secret meeting with Li Xiteng, preparing to persuade him to surrender, but unfortunately the two sides failed to reach an agreement. What the Li family wants is to control Jinzhou and be the supreme emperor of Jinzhou. But the Ming Dynasty would naturally not allow such a state within a state to exist, not to mention Li Xiteng, not even wealthy families like the Li family of Longxi and the Cui family of Qinghe.
So when the talks between the two families collapsed, the surrender naturally came to nothing.
¡°Maybe it¡¯s because I¡¯m used to being a local emperor, and some don¡¯t know how high the sky is and how high it is. In Li Xiteng's view, this was Daming's contempt for the Li family, so he decided to teach Daming a lesson, use war to promote peace, and bring Daming back to the negotiating table.
It has to be said that Li Xiteng is very courageous and ambitious.
Facing the Ming army, he immediately helped Chen Yanshou arrange defenses intensively, and took the lead in calling on the aristocratic families in Jinzhou to donate money and materials to Chen Yanshou, making full preparations to resist the Ming army.
Qin Qiong came all the way and met the well-prepared Jinzhou Army.
Qin Qiong took the Kugu Road southward, the same road Li Yuan took to escape into Jinzhou.
After two years of exploration by the Ming army, this situation has been basically discovered. Moreover, the Ming army also built Xunshui Pass in the upper reaches of Xunshui River and Qingtong Pass in the Qingtongxia area. Using these two places as strongholds, they continued to invade Jinzhou in the south.
Seeing that the Ming army was moving south, Li Xiteng suggested that Chen Yanshou go north to attack the second pass to dampen its vigor and keep the enemy outside Jinzhou.
Li Xiteng had selfish motives. Jinzhou was his hometown, and every plant and tree belonged to the Li family. Of course he didn't want to fight in Jinzhou, but he also wanted to give the Ming army a disincentive, so he proposed to send troops to the second pass.
Chen Yanshou was not familiar with military affairs, so Chen Zheng and Li Xiteng basically had the final say on major matters.
Chen Zheng was from a low background and was greedy for power and profit. After arriving in Jinzhou, he was immediately bribed by Li Xiteng. The two were married and connected with each other, and they had already become a party.
Therefore, as soon as Li Xiteng proposed, Chen Zheng immediately followed up and asked for orders. Although Chen Yanshou felt that with the strength of the Tang army, it was not appropriate to take the initiative, but unfortunately he could not defeat the two of them and had to agree
So Chen Zheng and Li Xiteng led eight thousand troops and marched north to Erguan.
At this time, Yang Tun was stationed at Xunshui Pass, and Yang Ji was stationed at Qingtong Pass. The two of them each have more than 2,000 people, and they are the vanguard of Jinzhou.
Chen Zheng and Li Xiteng hoped for a quick victory, so they did not divide their forces and attacked Xunshui Pass first.
Although the two men led 8,000 troops, with the Li family's servants and private soldiers, the number was close to 10,000. Therefore, Yang Tun chose to retreat as soon as the opponent engaged in battle.
Seeing that they had won the first battle, the Tang army quickly pursued them. At this time, Yang Tun killed a carbine and led his troops to counterattack, killing dozens of enemies and dampening the spirit of the Tang army. 强牺  读牺
Yang Tun withdrew to Xunshui Pass. Chen and Li led their troops to besiege the city, but to no avail.
At this time, Li Xiteng suggested that while the Xun water rises, a dam should be set up downstream to divert water to the city. This trick was indeed effective, and soon the water flooded the pass. For a while, the people in the pass were panicked.
Yang Tun first blocked the North Embankment to stop the water flow, and then personally led his elite guards to launch a surprise attack, defeating the Tang army in several formations, and then calmed down the morale of the army.
Chen Zheng and Li Xiteng did not give up and attacked Guancheng again. Yang Tun then personally led the cavalry out of the south gate, and ordered the infantry to attack from the north gate. The two armies met and attacked the Tang army from head to tail. The Tang army was defeated again, and most of the attacking soldiers threw themselves into the water and died.
That night, Chen Zheng planned to steal the city again, so he sent troops to use ladders to climb the city wall on the west battlement. At that time, hundreds of Tang soldiers had already climbed the city wall. Yang Tun led the elite troops to attack again and defeated the Tang army again.
It can be said that Yang Tun was blocked by soldiers and covered by water and soil, which made the Tang army suffer a lot. At this time Zhang Si
Seeing that the Tang army was intimidating, Yang Tun decided to fight back, so he sent troops to attack the Tang army's camp on a windy day, taking advantage of the darkness.
Whether it is Chen Zheng or Li Xiteng, their military capabilities are average. Moreover, the two of them fought for so long that they thought the Ming army only dared to huddle in the city and did not dare to attack, so they did not take precautions.
So the Tang army was defeated again in this battle.
It happened that Qin Qiong came from Kugu Road and led the main force to Qingtongguan. He and Yang Tun's troops attacked front and back and completely defeated the Tang army. Zhi Da Zhi Xiao
Nearly all of the eight thousand Tang troops were wiped out. Chen Zheng died in the rebellion, and Li Xiteng himself was captured
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