Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 259
Although it has entered the summer season, the vast wilderness between Yizhou and Jinzhou is located between the big and small Linghe Rivers. It is rich in water vapor and unobstructed. It is a bit hot during the day, but it is relatively cool and pleasant in the morning and evening.

Less than forty miles away from Yizhou, the first delivery camp that arrived at noon that day had set up a huge camp in the field near the west bank of the Daling River. More than [-] soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion and Jinzhou cavalry were stationed. Inside the camp gate.Sixteen camp gates were set up on all sides of the camp, and each camp gate had a team of soldiers on duty, and there were also armed soldiers patrolling back and forth in the camp to prevent the Jianlu from sneaking at night or the soldiers doing abnormal things.

Around You hour, the sky was not yet dark, but Hong Chengchou's big tent, which was located in the center of the Ming army camp, was already brightly lit, and a pre-war consultation and deployment was underway.A few arm-thick tallow candles were placed in every corner of the tent, showing every detail of the faces of the people in the tent.

On the main seat in the tent, Hong Chengchou, who was wearing a red official uniform, sat side by side with Zu Dashou, who was wearing a mountain armor. Hong Chengchou's side.

The main generals of the Yongwei Battalion and the Jinzhou Army are listed below Fang Yizao and Zhang Dou.According to past practice, generals have no seats in battle.

"Zongbing Zu, you can briefly talk about the enemy's situation that you have found out today! Afterwards, we will discuss matters related to the capture of Yizhou tomorrow. If you have any suggestions, please share them. If it is beneficial to the war, I will accept it. After all, it will be used as a proof to play to the imperial court after winning, so as to benefit the imperial court to reward the court in the future!"

After clearing his cough, Hong Chengchou said in a solemn voice.

"I would like to report to the supervisor, today our army's night-buying team encountered a battle with the enemy's cavalry. More than a hundred slaves were killed in the formation, and more than [-] cavalry were killed and wounded in our army. Later, the Jiannu brigade came for reinforcements, and our army retreated to the main formation. , It was too late to capture Jiannu's head! According to Chen Liang, the guard at night, Jiannu's follow-up reinforcement cavalry is about [-] cavalry, and our army's sentry in Guangning reported that Jiannu did not show any signs of reinforcements. Now look Come on, the Jiannu horse team should mainly go out of the city to harass our army. If there is any disharmony, they can also retreat to the north. Outside the north gate of Yizhou City is the Daling River, and there is a stone bridge on the river for communication between inside and outside the city. You can retreat to the north through this gate. I think that it is not difficult to capture Yizhou, but it is not easy to wipe out the Jiannu soldiers and horses! Let the supervisor decide what to do!"

Zu Dale came out and clasped his fists in reply.

In the small-scale battle in the morning, it was obvious that the Ming army lost far more than Jiannu, but according to Zu Dale, the Ming army had won a complete victory.

"Well, our army has won such a big victory in the first battle. It is really gratifying and congratulatory. I can tell the whole army tomorrow to boost the morale of the whole army! Sentinel Chen is promoted to the position of general manager! Promoted to one rank! Rewarded with ten taels of silver per person! The roster of soldiers killed in battle will be recorded at the Military Disciplinary Office, and will be reported to the imperial court after the war! As for how to gather and wipe out Jiannu, this officer has his own arrangements!"

After Hong Chengchou heard the words, he immediately announced the result of the reward for the combatants.Zu Dale glanced triumphantly at Mao Yuanyi and other generals of the Yongwei camp on the opposite side, and returned to the column after saluting.

For the Yongwei Camp who came to Jinzhou, Liaoxi was full of hostility and anxiety in their hearts.

Zu Dashou, Fang Yizao, Shen Shiyu and the others remained calm, but Zhang Dou, Mao Yuanyi and the others had eyes full of disdain and suspicion.

Of course Hong Chengchou knew that Zu Dale was exaggerating the results of the war, so as to get more rewards and buried money from the court.Judging from the results of the battle he said, Jiannu is really vulnerable, so why do you Jinzhou army hide in the city and dare not fight in the wild?Jian Nu was killed not too long ago.

But the war is imminent, not only is there no need to expose this trick, on the contrary, it must be endorsed and vigorously promoted. This is the reason why the so-called anger can not be vented.

After a short period of silence, seeing that the other people in the tent had no desire to offer advice, Hong Chengchou glanced at Zu Dashou at the side and saw that he looked like a clay-made wood sculpture, so he continued to say: "Since you have no other ideas. , the official announced the military order: the whole army will eat food at the hour of tomorrow, and the whole army will march towards Yizhou at the hour of the hour. Immediately attack the city, at the end of Shenshi, Yizhou must be captured! Anyone who resists the order, does not obey the order, fears the enemy and does not move forward, or flees before the battle will be executed!"

All the generals in the tent shouted "Hey" and then saluted and left the tent to prepare for the camp. Zu Dashou, Fang Yizao and Hong Chengchou returned to their respective tents after seeing the salute.

At this time, Yizhou City is already a busy scene.Although being chased and concealed by the Ming army's cavalry, it is impossible to know how many infantry there are behind the Ming army's cavalry, but years of battle experience told Tang Gudai that the sudden and abnormal proactive attack of the Ming army must have something to rely on. A bad fight.

After thinking for a long time, Tang Gudai ordered to open a warehouse, distribute the weapons and equipment inside to thousands of coats, and then divide these Han men and women into groups of 500, each led by a team of Eight Banners infantry to monitor and lead them. In the city, all these coats have to go to the top of the city to fight.

Tang Gudai was ready to stand by and wait for help, and he could only do so without explicit instructions from Shengjing.It wasn't that he wanted to do this, but that he was forced to make a decision in desperation.

Defending and attacking cities are not the strengths of the Eight Banners soldiers, but Yizhou has to defend.There are more than a dozen warehouses in the city holding grain and grass materials accumulated through various channels over the past few years. These materials are of great importance and cannot be lost.Although Tang Gudai was also prepared to burn this batch of supplies, he could not do so unless it was absolutely necessary.

Tang Gudai knows that Yizhou's gains and losses are related to the offensive that the Eight Banners are going to take against Jinzhou next year, and it is also related to Jianzhou's overall strategy against Daming.Once there is a mistake, not only will he be severely punished, but also the two white flags will suffer. In the future, the voice of the masters in the eight kings' discussions will be greatly weakened, and even the Niu Lu of the two white flags will be taken away by Huang Taiji. , the interests of the tribe will also be greatly harmed.

The [-] cavalry led by Dobi and Bayan'a did not return to the city to participate in the defense.Tang Gudai ordered the two to lead a team to cruise around the periphery of the Ming army brigade, using the mobility of the cavalry to harass and contain the Ming army that was besieging the city, and delay the Ming army's offensive so that Shengjing's orders or reinforcements could arrive in Yizhou as soon as possible.

Tang Gudai predicted that the number of Ming army infantry would not be less than [-], and the south gate would be the main attack direction of the Ming army. For this reason, he placed three hundred and eight banner infantry at the south gate, and one hundred each at the east and west gates.In addition, [-] wrapped men were deployed at the head of the south gate to assist the Eight Banners infantry in defending the city.

The remaining [-] cavalry rest temporarily, and the south gate will be opened when the Ming army ants attack the city. The assault of the [-] cavalry will bring a devastating blow to the Ming army under the city wall.

Tang Gudai, who was already very familiar with the combat power and tactics of the Ming army, was full of confidence in his heart.

The only thing that the Ning Jinming Army could compete with the Eight Banners was the cavalry, and the infantry of the Ming Army was completely vulnerable to the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, no matter in terms of morale or weapons.

If it weren't for the thousands of cavalry this time, Tang Gudai believed that no matter if the Ming army came with [-] or [-] infantry, he would have defeated the opponent with a thousand cavalry.

When the Ming army armed with firecrackers confronted the Eight Banners soldiers, they often fired the firearms in their hands, driven by negative emotions such as timidity and nervousness, before the opponent rushed into the range, and then turned around and fled. The result was of course massacred. do.

"These nikans who are greedy for life and afraid of death, how dare they dare to challenge them! Today, I will teach this group of damned slaves that they will never come back!"

Tang Gudai thought to himself.

On the day when the army of the Yongwei Battalion marched from Jinzhou to Yizhou, under the special arrangement of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, led a [-]-horse team borrowed from Zu Dashou, together with [-] soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, from Jinzhou The city goes east, passing through the abandoned Daling River Fort, and heading north along the east bank of the Daling River.

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