Lu Ming

Chapter 445 Triangle
After changing the master's coat again and crying bitterly, expressing that he wants to be a new person, he got a good treatment.

Some of them were wounded and stitched up by military doctors, and then everyone ate delicious horse broth soaked cakes.

In the seventeenth century, the so-called "fragrant" horse broth did not exist.Eating dead horses in the army is not such a good condition, but just throw a handful of salt in the pot, cook the horse meat and eat it.

That kind of taste is certainly good in the mouths of Mongolians and banner soldiers who cook half-raw meat all day long, but whoever dares to serve a bowl of this kind of stuff with strong smell and bloodshot eyes will be in trouble for the chrysanthemums up.

Seasoning is not a high-tech thing, it is nothing more than grinding star anise and cinnamon produced in the south, and then mixing them in proportion.Not to mention five-spice powder, daily condiments including thirteen spices, fried chicken powder, etc., have long been tampered with by the cross-travelers and sold everywhere for money.

There are also "standard seasonings" in the military supplies that accompanied the northbound fleet to Tianjin.These small packages sealed with oil paper have standard grams. The cooks only need to open the specified number of small packages according to the weight of the water in the pot, and the soldiers can eat five-spice horse broth, thirteen-scent horse broth, cumin Horse broth. In short, the taste is not bad, it can definitely be swallowed.

So the packers who surrendered were given large pieces of horsemeat and cakes.

After eating, they were stunned for a while and saw Ming officials in red robes.The familiar style of official robes made the packers a lot more relaxed-these soldiers in strange green jackets made them feel at a loss.

Zhang Zhongqi could not wear a red robe in theory, and his real level was not qualified at all, but no one cared about this issue at this meeting.

After the "senior official" in a red robe appeared on the stage, he first introduced himself: the general who came to King Qin from the south of the Ming Dynasty.

Then Mr. Zhang expressed his opinion on these coats: as long as they cooperate well, obey orders and obey orders, then not only will the previous affairs be cancelled, but they will also be rewarded with silver.

In addition, after this incident, Mr. Wang also promised that in the future, he will divide the land and coat for everyone in a village called "Philippines" in the south.

After going through this set of soft and hard methods of appeasement, no matter what the gang of coaters really think, at least on the bright side, they have shown enough willingness to cooperate.

That's enough, as long as you are willing to cooperate, then someone can start working.

The two bigwigs from the intelligence department, who had been observing the group for a long time, each picked out a bag and went to the city.

According to the rich experience in the workplace, these two coats belong to the kind of people who are cowardly and dare not make troubles.So after these two were picked out, they put on their armor again and were assigned to the two turrets in the southwest and southeast.

The two turrets are facing the corridor mountain road from west to east at the foot of Santunying.

According to the confessions of the coaters, these days, every other day, at most two days, in the direction of Zunhua on the front line of contact with the Ming army, there will be messengers passing by, reporting safety along the way, and the terminal is Erbeile Amin stationed Yongping City.

Generally speaking, the courier departs from Zunhua to the east early in the morning.The distance between Zunhua and Santunying happened to be forty miles, and the messenger would pass by around nine o'clock in the morning.

This is the purpose of the emergency surrender coat across the world: to fool the messenger.

This time the starting time is just right.Not an hour after the two Baoyis went to the turret, the special forces team members who were serving as observation posts three miles to the west sent a message: three cavalry Tatar soldiers were coming along the mountain road.

"Da da da" the horse's hooves sounded, and when the knights came to the city of Santunying, a familiar head popped out from the west turret: "Lin Bao, how is the situation ahead?"

The ones who can be sent out to work hard at this time are naturally the coaters under the banner.Zunhua is now facing military pressure, and the regular Tartar soldiers are all preparing for battle in the city, so these three knights and the man on the top of the city happen to know each other.

When the knight across the moat looked up, he found that the person he was familiar with was Lan Na who was asking the question, so he put his hands around his mouth and shouted: "Zunhua is fine, the Ming dog dare not approach."

Bao Yi on the turret smiled all over his face: "Well, it seems that the brothers can live in peace for a while."

"That's not true." The knight named Lin Bao yelled again: "Eat your bones with peace of mind."

After yelling, the three riders walked away again, and waved to another coat sticking out its head in the southwest corner.

What the three knights didn't notice was that, after just a few words, the coated man named Lanna had a thick layer of sweat on his forehead - the feeling of being pressed against the back of the waist with a dagger is really uncomfortable.

Fortunately, everything was safe and sound, and the messenger continued on the road without any doubts.The harmonious ending of this scene also indirectly saved the messenger's life: Once the situation happened just now, the three riders would definitely be killed immediately by the special forces ambushing behind the city wall.

In that case, the troops would have to be forced to launch the next stage of attack in advance, which was not what Qian Tieshan and the others wanted.

Not long after the messenger left, a message was sent from the lookout post arranged in the east: the Tatars had left the city for three miles and were continuing eastward.

After waiting for a while, when the lookout posts stuck at both ends of Santun camp reported that everything was normal, the suspension bridge at the south gate was lowered.At the same time, a long column of pack horses rushed out of Jingzhong Mountain Pass on the opposite side of the mountain road, crossed a short valley of a few hundred meters, and rushed straight into the city.

The packhorse team has been waiting behind the mountain for a long time.Now due to the war, the Ming people on the mountain road have disappeared, so as long as the messenger passes by, the supplies can be transferred.

It is worth mentioning that, early this morning, the Taoist priest Xuan Chengzi on Jingzhong Mountain took several colleagues from the three realms (abbot and teacher) down the mountain together to prepare to come to Laojun’s house. Last night, he stood on the top of the mountain, drinking tea, Take a clear look at the meteor shower shot out by the bullets below.

As a result, this group of people was driven back—no one was allowed to go down the mountain in the last half month, and if one person went down the mountain, the whole village would be circumcised, wrong, the whole village would be killed!
After the packhorse team entered the city, they quickly unloaded the supplies hoarded in the valley.Then hang two bamboo baskets on the left and right sides of the horse's back, put a few human heads in them, and cover them with a piece of cloth, so those who don't know think they are melon dealers.

After reloading the "cargo", the packhorse team quickly left the city and went back to the valley to continue reloading supplies.

After going back and forth several times in this way, all the supplies were transported into the Santun Camp.

When the pack horse team left the city for the last time, there were a hundred more soldiers from the Flying Tiger Battalion.

There was a reason for this group of people to appear: Except for those coats who had voluntarily turned their backs on the dark side, the rest of the captives, genuine Tartars and loyalists, would be escorted all the way to Tianjin.

These diehards hadn't had any food since last night, and many of them were slightly injured and bled, so they were all depressed now, with their hands tied to the saddle, and they had no interest in resisting in front of sharp sabers.

It is necessary to drive all unrest factors out of Santunying.Since the battle developed relatively smoothly and achieved the best results planned in advance, early this morning, a reserve team of 200 Guards Battalions from Tianjin had already marched towards this side on horseback.

In the next step, when the two hundred soldiers arrive at Santunying, they will be responsible for defending the city; all the other mobile forces will set off to attack the remaining three cities in the east.

The 200 people in this area not only have to defend the city, but also prevent any army (including the Ming army) from the west of Zunhua from passing through the intersection of Santunying.In this way, there will be great pressure on the defenders who cannot even fill half of the city wall, so there must be no hidden dangers in the city, and these prisoners must be sent away.

Three days later, on April 3, 1629, 4 city defenders rushed from Tianjin to Santun Camp.

This part of the guard battalion transferred from Shanghai has been practicing equestrianism hard since coming to Tianjin, and it finally came in handy.

After the 200-man troops arrived at Santun Camp, there were only a dozen non-combat attrition due to riding in the mountains, most of which were minor injuries that could continue to fight. This number is quite good.

And using these three days, the whole army was trained, the soldiers were full and Ma Teng, and the King Qin's Intervention Army sent by the imperial center far in the south, finally made all preparations to start the second half of the battle.

Santunying has an excellent location, 40 miles from the west entrance of the corridor, and 40 miles from the east entrance of the corridor.

After exiting the east entrance of the corridor, go all the way south along the Luanhe Plain, and then walk 40 miles, and you will cross the first county town to be "recovered" in the plan: Qian'an.

Regarding the second half of this battle, it is completely different from the tactics used in the early attack on Santunying.

The three cities of Qian'an County, Luanzhou County, and Yongping Fucheng are almost an equilateral triangle, each with a side length of forty or fifty miles.

Different from Santunying Military City, the above three cities are all ordinary cities with a large number of civilians living.These low-defense cities opened their doors and surrendered as soon as the Eight Banners soldiers attacked, so they did not suffer much damage.

So far, after the Eight Banners army withdrew outside the customs, there are still many Ming people living in the three cities, but the defenders in the cities have been replaced by banner soldiers.

In this way, the three cities located on the plain would not be able to sneak attack at all.

Because the residents inside and outside the city were mixed with Tatar soldiers, the crossing army could neither hide on the plain nor infiltrate the special forces.

Even if the small troops infiltrate, once the two sides start fighting, there may be smoke in the houses outside the city at any time, and horses may run out to report the news at any time-many of them live scattered, and there is no way to make dumplings.

In this way, the sneak attack is not established. No matter what method the intervening army uses to attack, the other two cities not far away will definitely get news.

Therefore, the cross-travelers can only fight in an upright manner, and they will fight continuously.

This style of play has high requirements for the troop's reconnaissance, communication, and command software. Therefore, Qian Tieshan and the others have done a lot of preparation work in the past three days, and have also worked out the best battle plan: siege + block.

(End of this chapter)