Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2135 General Baikui (Thirty) Liu Zhen's Use of Soldiers
After Liu Ting finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and expressed their general opinion. Under the current circumstances, chasing Buri Hatu was really not the work of a wise man, and Xu Sanwei's dirty tricks should not be allowed to succeed.

But at this moment, the servant next to Liu Ting suddenly reported that the "flying envoy" in the army had something to ask for an interview, and asked Zongrong if he had been ordered to come.

The name "Flying Envoy" seems a bit strange, but it is actually just the Jinghua servant Gao Yushi specially assigned to Liu Ting's army to be responsible for the mission of flying pigeons.

Flying pigeons have been operating in Jinghua for many years, and the results are excellent. However, it is not easy to cultivate and train qualified pigeons.In addition, Jinghua, as a super giant spanning a vast area and a variety of industries, needs to use pigeons in many places, so it is also in a situation of shortage of pigeon resources.

Because of this, Gao Wushi only provided a set of flying pigeons for direct generals like Liu Ting who were in charge of combat. The so-called set consisted of about a dozen excellent pigeons and twenty or thirty ordinary pigeons still in training. homing pigeons.Although the number seems to be quite a lot, it can only maintain short-distance messages in four or five directions and long-distance message transmission in one or two directions.

Liu Ting knew the power of the Jinghua Flying Pigeon transmission system, and also knew that the "Flying Envoy" would not suddenly ask for an interview with any unimportant news, so he immediately ordered: "Hurry up!"

The "flying envoy" in Liu Ting's army is actually very young, but at the age of sixteen or seventeen, he even looks a little childish.The young man was smiling all over his face at the moment, and when he saw Liu Ting, he cheered and said loudly: "Liu Zongrong, great joy is coming!"

Liu Ting was still a little nervous at first. He didn't know what urgent news came. He was relieved when he heard this, and asked with a smile, "Oh, where does the joy come from?"

The young flying envoy smiled and handed out a small piece of paper that had just been pulled out of the waterproof paper bag to Liu Ting, and said, "Mr. Rong, please take a look."

Liu Ting didn't say much, nodded and took the piece of paper, and quickly looked at the teeny regular script on it.Since Feige usually doesn't write too many words in the letter, Liu Ting read it quickly, and soon his eyes lit up, and then he laughed loudly, and said to everyone around him: "Everyone, this is indeed great news--Hou Ye has already passed the news." Successor to the chief minister of the cabinet!"

"it is good!"

"Great!"

"Now I'm not afraid that Xu Sanwei will be jealous of the virtuous and capable!"

Everyone applauded loudly, all of them were extremely beaming, as if they were as excited as they themselves had been promoted.Liu Ting waited for them to have fun for a while, then slowly stretched out his hands and gestured for everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Everyone is right, it is a great joy for Lord Hou to succeed as Chief Assistant, but..."

Everyone was a little surprised. What "buts" could there be for Lord Hou to succeed as the first assistant? This is a matter of great benefit and no harm.

Liu Ting stroked his beard, and continued with a serious expression: "However, Master Hou is so happy, if I can't report it earlier, I will be a little ignorant."

Everyone suddenly realized.That's right, Hou Ye was promoted to chief assistant, isn't this the best time for us to show off our merits?It is impossible for Lord Hou to aspire to the top of the civil servants. We can only write a few memorials here, saying that Buri Hatu ran away and we didn't dare to chase after him, right?This is really, as Zong Rong said, purely ignorant.

However, Burihatu is not easy to chase after. I made it very clear just now, so what should I do?Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other, but they didn't dare to speak easily.

Liu Chen returned fiercely, but he was by no means a person who did not know how to use soldiers. He also knew that everyone was thinking the same as him now, and knew that it was time to chase him. Offer a gift.But the problem was that it was too dangerous to carry out, because Brihatu might have already set up a pocket formation, and he was just waiting for himself to take the initiative to drill.

Liu Ting pondered and said: "The land in Hexi is no different than other places. The city is like a string of pearls. However, our department is now located with Longshou (mountain) in the north and Qilian (mountain) in the south. Since ancient times, marching here, there is only one city and one pool. Walk in sequence, and there is absolutely no detour. That is to say, if Brihatu has a rear or ambush army, there is no need to worry that we will be able to bypass him."

Even if he didn't say what he said, everyone would know. When would they not look at the detailed map provided by Jinghua along the way?As for Jinghua's way of making maps, they have been used to it for so many years, and they can see much clearer maps than before, so of course they know these things.

However, what they didn't expect was that Liu Ting's words were intended to be promoted before being suppressed.

"At this point, if I don't want to fall behind others, but have to give Hou Ye a good news, then I have to take a risk!" Liu Chen's face darkened, and a murderous spirit burst out: "I mean It has been decided that I will personally lead all eight thousand cavalry, pass through Longshou Mountain to the north, follow the mountain to the west, and then pass through Heli Mountain to the south to take Suzhou!"

Everyone was so shocked that their eyeballs almost popped out.Liu Tianfeng said loudly: "The general army must not do it! Not to mention that Longshou Mountain and Heli Mountain are not easy places to walk through, even if our cavalry is elite, and the general army has personally taken risks to show his determination, but this mere How did the eight thousand cavalry take Suzhou after all the hardships?"

Zhou Yude also reacted, and quickly followed Liu Tianfeng's train of thought: "That's right, that's right. Zongrong, our cavalry has a total of only [-] cavalry, and most of them are newly reformed cavalry formations after arriving in North Korea. When we arrived in Suzhou, we had a quick cannon (referring to cavalry muskets), but Buri Hatu had an army of [-], so how could our [-] cavalry win?"

Bian Zhiyuan also murmured: "Zong Rong, the last general also thinks that the chances of winning are too small, so it's better to go slowly. It's good to be able to offer victory for Lord Hou, but if..."

But if you put yourself into it, then it's a fart, and it's an eye-opener.

Liu Chen's expression remained unchanged, but he looked around the crowd coldly, as if he was looking for a warrior who dared to fight to the death with him.When his eyes swept all the way to a burly young man who was a line taller than him, the young man raised his chin boldly and said brazenly: "You don't need to ask more questions, but I, Liu Zhaosun, will not dare to pull out any blade pointed at by my foster father." On the knife!"

Liu Ting's indifferent expression finally thawed from the iceberg, he showed a slight smile, nodded and said: "Okay, you're a good boy, I didn't raise you for nothing."

Liu Zhaosun, adopted son of Liu Ting, was born in Wengyuan County, Shaozhou Prefecture.In the 13th year of Wanli, when Liu Ting was ordered to quell the Luo Xiong Rebellion, he was passing through Guangdong, just in time for Liu Zhaosun to kill a local tycoon who insulted his mother and was arrested.Liu Zhaosun was only thirteen years old at the time, but he was already only half a head shorter than the tall and burly Liu Ting. When Liu Ting heard about his age and deeds, he was delighted for a moment, and resorted to some means to rescue the child and take him into justice. son.

Liu Zhaosun lost his father when he was young, and his mother also committed suicide because she couldn't bear the humiliation. At this time, she was already alone, so she was naturally willing to throw herself into Liu Ting's knees.What's more, Liu Ting not only saved his life, but also enlisted Jinghua's help to drive Liu Zhaosun's enemy into bankruptcy through commercial means, which was even more kind to him, so he swore a poisonous oath that he would never leave his adoptive father in the future. Nine deaths without regret.

The reason why Liu Zhaosun was favored by Liu Ting was that the Liu family's martial arts had special requirements on physical fitness. Liu Xian, Liu Ting and his son were both natural fighters.Liu Xian also suffered from a poor family background when he was a child, and he couldn't keep up with his diet, so he was somewhat wasted on his talent.

Liu Ting is different. When he was a child, his father was already a general. He has polished his body since he was a child, and his supernatural power has been abnormal. Over the years, he has rarely encountered opponents who can take a few moves against him. Therefore, he especially likes natural fighters with similar physiques. Powers.Coincidentally, Liu Zhaosun is such a person.

Liu Zhaosun's original family conditions were actually not bad. His father was a member of a hundred households in the local guard. It was only after his father died in a battle to suppress a riot that it gradually declined.There are other stories here, so I won't mention them for now.

In short, Liu Zhaosun's physical development has not been affected much, and he has fully recovered after being raised here for half a year with Liu Ting. The follow-up will naturally be delicious and delicious, and he can practice martial arts with Liu Ting, making rapid progress.When he was 16 years old, Liu Ting was the only one in Liu's army who could "clean up" him.

After Liu Zhaosun said this, two more people stood up and said they were willing to fight with Zong Rong.One of these two is Chen Qizheng, a guerrilla in the army, and the other is Liu Shaogui, the leader of the servants and the camp of the Chinese army.

Chen Qizheng, a guerrilla, is different from other guerrillas. He is a rare cavalry general in the southern army.Because the Liu family army is in the southern army, there have never been many cavalry, but Chen Qizheng has worked hard in the Liu family army cavalry from the beginning-in other words, he was born in a cavalry scout battalion and has excellent equestrian skills.

Not long after he became the head of the cavalry of the Liu family army, it happened that Gao Yushi's army had changed to strengthen the cavalry. This man had great luck and was recommended by Liu Ting to send him to Gao Yushi to learn cavalry.

Uh, of course Gao Yushi himself doesn't teach this, so Chen Qizheng just met Gao Yushi and was sent to Helin by him.Yes, it was Erdemutu, where I started to learn the most traditional and arduous cavalry training in East Asia.

Two years later, Chen Qizheng returned to serve as the chief cavalry officer of Liu Ting's department. It was already the time when Liu Ting was about to leave for North Korea.During the Korean War, there were still not many cavalry in Liu Ting's department. Chen Qizheng was mainly responsible for contacting Gao Yushi to supplement them with horses and equipment, as well as cavalry training.

But obviously, they didn't catch up with many battles in the end, and they didn't start to gain military exploits until the Japanese army withdrew, but at least by this time, the [-] cavalry under him had already seen blood, so they were no longer recruits.

Liu Ting wanted to lead the cavalry to attack at this moment, it didn't matter if others went or not, but Chen Qizheng obviously couldn't.But it just so happens that he also wants to take this opportunity to become famous and prove that his "advanced studies" are of great significance.He could see that Lord Hou's position on the Liu family's army had undergone some changes, and he might continue to strengthen the cavalry in the future. Wouldn't he be too stupid to prove himself if he didn't come out to prove himself at this time?
Liu Shaogui, who sits in the camp of the Chinese army, is known to be from the family of the Liu family as soon as he hears his name, and "the camp of the Chinese army" shows his identity: the leader of Liu Ting's personal army.Since he is the leader of the personal army, it is natural that he will go wherever the coach goes. Even if the coach is charging towards hell, he has to rush in front of the coach.After all, according to the rules these days, the commander who died in battle and the soldiers who survived will be killed.

After these three expressed their support one after another, the others could only express their determination to fight, but they still felt that this battle was too menglang, and they still wanted to dissuade Liu Ting.It's a pity that Liu Chen has made up his mind, and he didn't listen to persuasion at all. Instead, he began to order various preparations.Everyone knew that persuasion was meaningless, so they could only prepare Liu Ting as much as possible before the battle.

Pre-war preparations are a very complicated task, especially for a long-distance attack by an army of (semi) cavalry, there are too many preparations.The cavalry of the Ming army are not Mongolian cavalry, and they have no flocks to bring, so their self-sustaining power is far from comparable.The cavalry of the Ming army could only rely on dry food to satisfy their hunger when they went out, and they had to bring some fine horse feed, at least not let all the horses eat grass.

In addition, since the cavalry of the Ming army always fired muskets before hand-to-hand combat, and even used multi-team maneuvers for long-range shooting when conditions permitted, so sufficient gunpowder and projectiles should be prepared.As for other chores such as tents, pots and bowls, I won't mention them. In short, there are plenty of things to be busy before the departure.

Liu Ting himself was not idle, he returned to the command tent with the three generals who were going to fight with him, and took out the largest scale Hexi Corridor detailed map provided by Jinghua to study the route of dispatching troops.

What he just said was very simple, "go out through Longshou Mountain to the north, follow the mountain to the west, then pass through Heli Mountain and enter the south, and go straight to Suzhou". It sounds easy, but in fact there is too much to study here. .

For example, the first sentence here is "Cross Longshou Mountain and go north".However, what does Longshou Mountain look like, how to cross it, and where to cross it?
Longshou Mountain, known as Ganjun Mountain in ancient times, is located in the northern part of the middle section of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province in later generations, and belongs to the eastern section of the North Mountain of the Hexi Corridor, the remaining vein of the Tianshan Mountains.It is the dividing line between the Hexi Corridor and the Alxa High Plain.The eastern part is located in Jinchang City, Gansu Province, and the western part is located in Zhangye City, Gansu Province—in other words, it starts from Yongchangwei in the east and ends in Ganzhou City in the west.

The name of Longshou Mountain comes from the peak of the same name in the east of Dongdashan Mountain, the main peak. Because the mountain is shaped like a dragon's head, it is named Longshou Mountain.This mountain is about four hundred miles long from east to west, and sixty to seventy miles wide.For a long time, Longshou Mountain has been the dividing line between the Hexi Han regime and the Mobei regime, and it is actually a strategic location.

It is a difficult task to use cavalry to travel through a mountainous area that is sixty or seventy miles long. Besides, according to Liu Ting's plan, he first crossed Longshou Mountain, and by the time he walked westward to the north of Suzhou, he had already reached Heli Mountain. , but also through Heli Mountain back to the Hexi Corridor.This road is at least 150 miles more mountainous than normal, and it is difficult to catch up with Brihatu who set off early.

Chen Qizheng raised this question, but luckily Liu Ting was confident and said with a smile: "Burihatu is naturally capable, but I am also a famous general after all, I don't believe that he will go straight to Suzhou so reassuringly and boldly." !

Hmph, I've made a decision today, this guy will definitely sit in the rear army himself, waiting for me to kick his ass-hey, I don't! "
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