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Chapter 214 Emergency Report from Ye County
Dengzhou.

Liu Sheng held a military meeting in the state government office.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Liu, according to the spies' report, Zuo Liangyu's army heading north is at least [-], and our army must deal with it with all our strength.

In addition, now both Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai have gathered in Neixiang, with unknown intentions. They may very well want to take the opportunity to attack Dengzhou again.

But I can only leave one standing army battalion for Dengzhou, and the others are the six civilian brave battalions that have just been reorganized.

The money and food in the city are at your disposal. In addition, I also give Mr. Yan the right to kill first and report later.In this way, can the two of you be sure to hold Dengzhou for more than three days? "

Yan Ermei already knew a lot about the policies of the Wei tribe, and knew that the right to kill first and report later was given to him to deal with certain big households and wealthy businessmen in the city at critical moments.

He also knew that this battle with Zuo Liangyu was very important to Weibu.

He and Liu Huan looked at each other, then they raised their hands together and said, "Even if we die, we will stick to Dengzhou until the commander returns!"

Liu Sheng nodded, "Okay, then I'll leave Dengzhou to you two!"

In fact, Liu Sheng was not that worried about Dengzhou's safety.

For one thing, he had already seen the siege capabilities of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai - when Li and Luo were undefeated and their morale was high, they could not capture Dengzhou with a crowd of [-], and it was even more impossible now.

Secondly, Dengzhou City is not as important as Xinye to the Kueibu rebels at the moment. Even if it is really lost, it can still be fought back.

In addition, Yan Ermei and Liu Huan are indeed capable. Liu Sheng is relatively relieved to leave Dengzhou City to them.

After leaving Dengzhou, Liu Sheng led the Wei army down the Tuanhe River and reached Xinye in half a day.

Weibu's reconnaissance cavalry has been sent dozens of miles south.

When the army gradually entered the originally built camp outside the city, Yang Kuiwu came over.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the heroic cavalry reconnaissance cavalry encountered an official reconnaissance cavalry near Zhuji!"

Liu Sheng asked: "Have you ever fought?"

Yang Kuiwu said: "According to the latest battle report from the front, we lost three scout cavalry, but killed six of the opponent's cavalry and captured two. After interrogation, it was found that the main force of the army was probably less than ten miles away from Zhu Ji at that time. "

Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng motioned to the accompanying guards to open Nanyang's military map.

This map was redrawn by Liu Sheng based on later maps and information from reconnaissance expeditions. It only has parts of Nanyang Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture, which is very detailed.

Liu Sheng found Zhu Ji on the east bank of the Tangbai River at a glance, looked at his watch again, and saw that it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and said: "It seems that the Ming army will not be able to reach the outskirts of Xinye tonight.

Of course, it would be another matter if they used cavalry to make a surprise attack.But it is difficult for the cavalry to make a surprise attack without concealing it from our sentry cavalry. "

After saying this, Liu Sheng said to Yang Kuiwu: "Send an order to Shen Wandeng and Li Dingguo and tell them that the Cavalry Guards only need to detect the movements of the Ming army and do not have to deliberately engage in combat with the Ming army."

"Yes!"

Yang Kuiwu responded, took the order flag, and sent someone to deliver the order.

After joining the army in Tang County, Liu Sheng transferred the cavalry battalions from the four brigades of the standing army and temporarily assigned them to the leadership of Shen Wandeng and Li Dingguo.

Therefore, from the time they left Tang County, Generals Shen and Li usually led two cavalry battalions and two standing army cavalry battalions.

Yang Kuiwu led a battalion of cavalry guards to stay by Liu Sheng's side, ready to be called upon at any time.

In the previous battle at Jitan, Liu Sheng transferred Yang Kuiwu's battalion of cavalry guards to the east and was commanded by Li Dingguo.At the critical moment, he inserted himself into the scattered group of intruder cavalry and captured more than a thousand cavalry, which was a great achievement!

Therefore, it does not matter whether Liu Sheng himself can lead the cavalry to fight, it is enough that he knows who can lead the cavalry to win the battle.

After leaving the investigation and cavalry confrontation to professionals, Liu Sheng began to inspect the camp.

According to Liu Sheng's understanding, there were three levels of temporary camps for ancient armies.

The simplest one is an ordinary camp with only tents set up, which is only for temporary overnight stay and does not have any military defense function.

The next step is the camp—all units in the army are required to camp reasonably, and simple defense facilities such as fences and horses are set up on the periphery to ensure that they can defend and counterattack on the spot when encountering an enemy attack.

Finally, there is the camp.

Generally, fortifications will be built only when the army has been stationed in a certain place for at least three to five days and is determined to face the enemy there.

There are trenches outside the camp, as well as low walls made of earth and stone. Combined with fences and horses, it is difficult for the enemy to invade for a while.

The camp has ditches for discharging domestic sewage, reliable water sources, and even arrow towers and watchtowers.As for the next step, there are semi-permanent military construction camps.

Finally, there are permanent military buildings such as gates and military cities.

Previously, the Yibu rebels built a fortress after capturing Xinye, but now it is difficult to upgrade it to a fortress in a hurry.

However, when Liu Sheng inspected various camps, he still ordered the soldiers to seize all time to make the camps more stable.

It's not that Liu Sheng was focused on defensive warfare, but just to be prepared in case he might be attacked by the Ming army.

Originally, there were only more than 4 Yibu rebels and Minfu (actually Mingyong) in Xinye. More than 3 people were arranged in the city, and the remaining [-] people could be arranged in a large camp outside the city.

But in the Battle of Jitan, [-] to [-] prisoners were taken, so the Wei tribe had to build two large camps (camp specifications) to accommodate them.

One is in the south of the city, and the other is in the east of the city. They are both located more than a mile away from the city wall, and both are close to the southeast corner of the county seat.

In this way, the two camps can serve as each other's horns and support each other without being besieged by the enemy.

In addition, each camp is divided into two parts, the front and rear. The front camp is like a large semicircle, wrapping the small semicircle-shaped rear camp. (Both the front camp and the back camp are divided into multiple small camps, with enough open space between the small camps.)
This was done because the rear camp was filled with prisoners.

Although the prisoners were also from the rebel army, and the military and political officials did ideological work for several days, which significantly changed the thoughts and consciousness of these prisoners, there was still instability.

Even if the prisoners were all loyal to the Wei tribe, they could not be placed outside the camp to resist the Ming army - they could only be placed inside the camp.

In order to further ensure the stability of the two camps, while Liu Sheng inspected the camps, more than 8000 prisoners, including four to five thousand injured prisoners, were transferred to Xinye County.

In this way, there were less than 4000 prisoners left outside the city, and each camp had only [-] people.

The camp in the south of the city was garrisoned by the Guards and the Fifth Brigade Headquarters led by Mao Chengguo, plus eight civilian brave battalions.

Liu Sheng personally served as the commander-in-chief, with Mao Chengguo as his assistant.

The east camp of the city consists of the headquarters of the [-]th Brigade, the [-]nd Brigade, the [-]th Brigade, and a regiment of the [-]th Brigade (only three battalions, one battalion guarding Tongbai and one battalion guarding Dengzhou), plus eight civilian brave battalions. garrison.

He Lianyue is the main general and Wen You is the assistant.

As for the other regiment of the second brigade, it is responsible for the defense of Xinye County together with the two civilian brave battalions organized by the Xinye Township soldiers.

By the time Liu Sheng returned to his tent after inspecting the two camps, it was already dark.Liu Sheng and the accompanying soldiers of the Guards had a meal of spicy noodles together.

He had just finished eating, but before he put down his bowl, an emergency message came.

"Commander, there is an urgent call from Ye County that is six hundred miles away!"

Ye County?

Could it be that Yang Wenyue's department is causing trouble?
Before he even opened the emergency report bamboo tube, Liu Sheng had already guessed the contents.

The result was just as he expected. The defender of Ye County urgently reported: Hu Dawei led more than 1 Ming troops to attack Ye County!

It can be seen from the military map in the account that Ye County is in the northwest corner of Nanyang Prefecture and upstream of Kunshui River.

Yancheng, where Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei were stationed, was located at the intersection of Kunshui River and Lishui River, which was the lower reaches of Kunshui River.

Ye County is also the intersection of the remnants of the Funiu Mountains and the Huaibei Plain. Together with Yuzhou (Fangcheng), it forms an important channel connecting the Nanxiang Basin to the Huaibei Plain.

The location of this place is so dangerous, it is no wonder that the Ming army took advantage of the main force of the Yibu rebel army to attack Ye County in Nanyang.

The five garrison tasks of Wuyang, Yexian, Lushan, Nanzhao and Yuzhou were all assigned by Helianyue. Although Liu Sheng knew something about it from the military Chinese letter, he was still going to ask Helianyue.

This kind of thing must be said face to face.

After putting down the urgent report, Liu Sheng used the walkie-talkie to contact Helianyue at the camp in the east of the city and said: "Helianyue, there is an urgent report from Ye County. Come to me as soon as possible to discuss the matter!"

"He Lianyue received it, will come immediately!"

A few minutes later, Helianyue came with brigade political officer Wang Wei.

After Helianyue saluted, Liu Sheng showed him the urgent report from Ye County, and then asked directly: "How many defenders do we have in Ye County? What is their composition?"

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)