Lu Ming

Chapter 439

After introducing the background of the battle, Qian Tieshan, Commander of the Marine Corps, pointed out: Although there are still two full months before Amin withdraws from Lengkou Pass in history, the best time for crossing the crowd is at the end of March and the beginning of April. Qing soldiers launched an attack.

Because from the end of March, the counterattack troops led by Sun Chengzong will gather sentries from Jizhou, and then deploy troops from the east and west sides, and finally attack on a large scale in May. drive away.

Qian Tieshan's plan was unanimously agreed by the participants: to cut off a sufficient number of Tartar heads before the Ming court's "recovery army" regained the lost ground. This is the established route, and there is nothing to hesitate.

Travelers don't want to have anything to do with those King Qin's troops.This group of people seems to be a large number, but in fact their origins are complicated, and their ability to claim credit and pass the blame is extremely strong, and getting involved is troublesome.

So in the next ten days, the northbound troops entrenched in Tianjinwei continued a series of intense pre-war preparations.

These tasks not only included storing a large amount of supplies, but the three hundred new soldiers also seized the time to start the special riding training. The horses were chattering, and they were tied to the horses so that they threw up their intestines.

Although these 300 people are not planned to go to the battlefield, as the general reserve team of the battle, it is necessary for members to learn how to ride horses, at least to reach the level of mounted infantry.

During this process, Cao Zongbing also had a pen and ink lawsuit with a court tycoon—Shangshu of the Ministry of War, a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, the governor of military affairs inside and outside the capital, and Sun Chengzong, an old man.

It is said that after a certain general soldier stayed in Tianjin under the banner of King Qin, he didn't care at first in the capital: during the Jisi Incident, there were 40 soldiers and horses of King Qin who gathered near the capital, but in fact there were 30 million. There are still some people, and there are mixed generals from various places, and no one has noticed a certain southern general with only a few hundred soldiers in name.

This situation changed after March.

Due to the retreat of the Hou Jin army, the capital began to open various gates one after another, so the information transmission density of the Ministry of War and various places returned to the previous level.

In this way, Comrade Sun Chengzong, who was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War by the front line of Chongzhen, finally noticed Cao Zongbing not long ago——Tianjin's credit report has come, and there is a signature of a civil official on it, which shows that the credit is real.

So Old Man Sun gave the order: Cao, the deputy commander of Zhangchao, immediately led his troops to Jingyuan to listen to them.

Then a few days later, Cao Zongbing's official document came.The official document says this: Because of the deadly battle with the Tatar soldiers before, Cao Zongbing personally went into battle, "seven wounds on his body", bleeding all over the ground, and he chopped off more than a dozen heads of the Tartars, so the Zongbing is recuperating at this moment, and the action inconvenient.

In addition, there are too many southern soldiers here, and most of them fell ill due to acclimatization, so they can't come to Beijing for the time being to participate in the battle. Cao Zongbing promised that once his health improves, he will immediately come to the adults to listen to orders.

Normally speaking, Sun Chengzong would pass after reading this official document, but this is not the case.Now that Cao Zongbing's official documents from Tianjin came, the other people's official documents can also come, and there are some personal letters in between.So the old grandson quickly figured out what Cao had done in Tianjin.

As a result, Old Suntou became very interested in this General Cao—he traveled thousands of miles across the sea, but stayed in Tianjin after arriving at the station; He said he was here to fool around, but he led troops to attack the Tartars
I really can't guess you?
Fortunately, Old Suntou has rich experience, and he thought he had seen through Cao Zongbing's heart and lungs as soon as he turned his head.

Old Suntou is indeed experienced in dealing with warlords.

Not long ago, when Yuan Chonghuan was captured by Chongzhen on the upper gate of the capital city, Yuan Chonghuan's close comrade-in-arms, core leader of Liaoxi Jiangmen Group, teammate salesman at the end of Ming Dynasty, big brother of Liaoshang Group's spoils division, and ogre standing beside him Comrade Zu Dashou is also "fighting with two legs" and "sweating profusely".

what's next?Comrade Zu Dashou came down from the city gate on his front foot, and ran away with his army on his back foot. Yes, Zu Dashou once again used the ancestral skills of the Guan Ning Army to sell his teammates and run away at a critical moment.

This time it was the emperor who sold.

At this juncture, Sun Chengzong, who had been supervising Ji Liao earlier and presided over the construction of the Guanning Jin line of defense, quickly wrote a letter to persuade Zu Dashou who had already run halfway.

However, even so, Comrade Zu Dashou stayed in Jizhou, and never set foot in the capital until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Lao Suntou, who spent almost half his life dealing with the warlords in western Liaoning, still had a clear idea of ​​what the warlords were thinking—while dealing with the imperial court, he maintained his independence at all times, and if there was any disturbance, the master would not serve him.

So although the two sides have never met, Sun Chengzong now thinks that he still has research on the former pirate Cao Zongbing: He and Zu Dashou are all the same thing, compared to Zu Dashou, Cao is nothing more than a warlord with more attitude Just a little more explicit.

In addition, there is another thing that makes Lao Suntou particularly interested in Cao Zongbing: generosity.

In Lao Suntou's impression, except for the Guan Ning Army, who devoured a large amount of the imperial court's revenue every year, there is no warrior in the world who is not poor.

Some generals want to support their families, and some simply live extravagantly for their own promotion and wealth, so they wantonly deducted the food of ordinary soldiers, resulting in low combat effectiveness and no fighting spirit among the troops.

However, judging from the information that Lao Suntou has received recently, this general soldier from the south, wherever he goes, merchants come and go, and goods from the south pour in, just like a contemporary Tao Zhu.

So the old grandson wanted to get in touch with Cao Zongbing more: a unique military leader who can support himself, in the long run, is more worthy of exploration than Guan Ningjun.

So old man Sun took up a pen and wrote a letter to Cao Zongbing.

The content of this letter is very appetizing for warlords: Lao Suntou not only gave warm words of encouragement to Cao, who was born in a reckless background, but also solemnly expressed his appreciation for the spirit of a thousand-mile-floating sea-working king.

At the same time, the old grandson also made a promise in the letter: as long as Cao Zongbing can make new achievements in the follow-up King Qin campaign, then he will definitely ask for credit for the general in front of the emperor. This is the treatment that the imperial court deserves. .

As a result, Lao Suntou's sincere letter, in the end, was still the same as General Cao's rhetoric, but it was a little more polite: when the southern soldiers in his hands recovered, Cao Chuan would raise his troops to the north, and fight with Tatars. The prisoner will fight to the death to repay the love of the scholar.

When things got to this level, Sun Chengzong had no choice.The reason why the imperial court can mobilize the world's troops is nothing more than food, grass and money.Now that the man surnamed Cao is not short of money, it is impossible for Sun Chengzong to mobilize this army. He can stay in Tianjin for as long as he wants.

So the first contact between the two sides ended in such a hasty way-Old Suntou commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, and he had no time to spend with Cao Zongbing.And the time-traveling crowd is also making pre-war preparations, and everyone is very busy.

In a flash, ten days passed.

On the day of March 25th, banners were unfurled on the old school field, square formations were erected, and a mixed force of [-] imperial soldiers and native cavalry participated in the swearing-in meeting with high morale.

Cao Zongbing, who was sitting on the commanding platform, and Zhang Zhongqi, the new battalion officer of the Feihu Battalion, delivered speeches respectively.

The content of the speech was very vulgar. It was nothing more than obeying orders and obeying commands. The general will definitely not treat everyone badly. The days of spending money to support everyone, taking a bath every day and eating pork heads and paying wages on time will continue.

There was cheering on the school field.

The native soldiers believed this narrative with conviction.What they encountered in the Feihu Camp during this period gave them a deep understanding of Cao Zongbing's ability to fulfill his promise.So in today's old school field, the murderous spirit is overwhelming, roaring again and again, and the soldiers are full of horses, and everyone is waiting to kill the tartars and make achievements.

The mentality change of the indigenous soldiers even felt unbelievable to them themselves.

At first, these people thought they were the kind of auxiliary soldiers who would shrink back and be able to run away at any time.As a result, after training and fighting in this completely different military camp for a period of time, their running ability has been greatly enhanced, but now everyone can't wait to fuck a few tartars to drink.
Ming people don't know what army organization ability is, but they really feel the improvement of their ability and the change of mentality. These have been transformed into the confidence that the Ming army lacks most in fighting the enemy in today's school grounds.

Ever since, after the last slogan was finished, the army of thousands of people set off.

The so-called soldiers and horses go first without using food and grass.In fact, the day before the swearing-in meeting, the supply transportation team composed of fifty carts had already set off ahead of schedule.

The distance from Tianjin to the Yanshan Mountains in the north is 150 li.According to the plan, the large convoy will shuttle between the two places without being harassed to provide supplies for the troops.

In this way, unless there are special circumstances, all the soldiers of Feihu Battalion can go into battle without having to carry food and grass back and forth.

A large group of cavalry from the school yard overtook the convoy halfway later that day and headed straight to the north.

This time Qin Wangjun, on the surface, Cao Zongbing personally went out, but in fact Zhang Dongdong went out of the city and went back.His forte is sitting in the center and dealing with various forces, marching and fighting has nothing to do with him.

It is Qian Tieshan who is really in charge of commanding the troops, and the newcomer Zhang Zhongqi will take over the Feihu Camp as the deputy of the apparent commander-in-chief.After the war, he will exchange his merits for a high-ranking military rank so that he can stay in the north in the future.

The order in which the entire team set off was set out one after another in accordance with the Special Forces - Flying Tiger Battalion - Guards Battalion.

Although the Flying Tiger Battalion was still composed of five hundred-man brigades, communication between the teams had been significantly strengthened after the departure this time, and the soldiers were told that everyone would gather as a whole regiment to fight at any time.

Then on the morning of the second day after departure, the Flying Tiger Battalion all rushed into the remaining veins of Yanshan Mountain in the north.Under the command of the radio station, the soldiers began to disperse and search the mountains wantonly without any scruples—the main force of the Eight Banners has already left the customs, so why should they be scruples at this time?
(End of this chapter)