golden scales

Although the Green Camp of the Qing army set up camp at Yu'erkou, Zuo Shouyi and the other three held torches and held up the Qing army's banner from the side of the camp, roaring past, making the camp guards baffled and afraid to shoot arrows suddenly.Looking at the flames in the southwest direction, they didn't know what happened, so they stayed in the camp and dared not move.

When Meng Qiaofang and others got the news that Li Huping had been burned, Zuo Shouyi, Shi Xinsheng, and Li Ersan had already passed through Xiyan Town on horseback.

"Murderer and arsonist, Daming Zuo Shouyi... Grandpa!"

The words were written on the ground with strong kerosene, and then burned, and the black paint could not be wiped off.Meng Qiaofang went to Li Huping in person, and saw the message on the ground, her face was not happy, but her heart was full of turmoil, which was hard to restrain.

There are such brave people in Daming!

He originally thought that the Guan Liao Iron Cavalry was the last strong soldier of the Ming Dynasty, but now he suddenly discovered that the Guan Nei Army was not inferior to the Guan Liao Army in combat, and even won by a big margin.Just a little-known explorer, he actually has the courage and courage to burn food at night.After he interrogated the unlucky surviving Mr. Qian, he was even more sure that this man was well versed in the Nine Frontiers military, and his methods were ruthless.

Such a talent is just a scout in the Ming army. Is the Ming army full of talents, or is the Ming general ignorant?

Meng Qiaofang sighed, and said, "Send someone to invite Guangning and Gongshun to enter Jin as soon as possible. I'm afraid if they don't come again, it will be difficult to protect southern Jin."

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On the eighth day of October in the 17th year of Chongzhen, in the mountains and ravines in the Xizhou Mountains, military fortresses sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain.The circumference of these military forts is only thirty or fifty paces, and they all have granaries, barracks, and gunpowder depots.Some have also settled craftsmen, who can build and repair weapons nearby.

One of the westernmost military forts.A mile in circumference, it was the largest of all these new castles.There is only one door on the west side of this fort, and the entire west wall is in a concave arc.It is conceivable that as long as the Qing soldiers rushed under the wall, it would be like entering the pockets of the Ming army, and they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

The wall of this fort is enough to run a horse, and there are three [-]-style battalion cannons with amazing firepower.

The locals call it "pipe head".Therefore, this fort also has the name of a pipe head fort.Although it is a small fort, it guards the two tunnels in the Xizhou Mountains, echoing the Zangshan Fort in the northeast of Yuxian County, ensuring that Yuxian County is as solid as gold.

Outside the west gate of Guantoubao is a flat land with relics of reclamation. If it can be reclaimed, it will be more than 500 mu of food land.It is enough to accommodate more than ten families.But now it is still a battlefield for troops to form formations.

Zuo Guang first stood on the wall of Guantoubao, looking at the temporarily drawn court on the flat ground outside, two men and horses in armor, shouting loudly, playing in full swing.People who have never seen this kind of game thought it was an internal strife in the Ming army.Only later did I realize it was just a ball game.

In this place where entertainment basically depends on hands, it is always good to have a play to watch.The pattern of the Ming army playing ball and watching the theater quickly spread in the surrounding villages, and some people even made a special trip to watch it on a mountain road dozens of miles away.

The best place to watch is the wall of the fort where Zuo Guangxian was standing, and it would be even better if equipped with a telescope.

The young man standing beside Zuo Guangxian.At this time, I was immersed in the fun of watching the ball through the telescope.

"This game is still very exciting." The young man finally put down the binoculars and let out a sigh of relief.There were eleven flushes on his face.

"Your Highness," Zuo Guang said first, "You guys really did something wrong with good intentions this time."

The young man was none other than Zhu Cihong, Crown Prince of Huangming.He was wearing a set of ordinary leather armor, standing beside Zuo Guangxian who was wearing mountain armor, he looked like a general.

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "It's okay, if you can win like this, I accept this little loss."

"I'm just afraid that the Qing army won't come in." Zuo Guang sighed first, and the silver emblem of the school officer floated on his shoulder in the corner of his eyes, feeling helpless.

Since the establishment of the Third Guards Battalion, it has not had the opportunity to participate in the war. The battalion officer, Dan Ning, is only a colonel, and he was abruptly overwhelmed by the First and Second Battalions.The chief executives of the thousand headquarters below Tanning were naturally suppressed, with only the rank of lieutenant colonel.Zuo Guangxian and Niu Chenghu were both commanders-in-chief in their own right. How could they be willing to suffer such grievances?

This time, the Third Guards Battalion was divided into three divisions.Dan Ning and Hui Xian sit in Zhending, Zuo Guang first leads the troops in Yu County, and Niu Chenghu goes south to take Lu'an Mansion, obviously there is no possibility of a battalion-level battle.However, Niu Chenghu "chased the remnant enemy" all the way, recovered Lu'an Mansion, and chased him to Zezhou (now Jincheng), which made Zuo Guangxian, who was trapped in Yu County, even more anxious.

So Zuo Guang thought about it day and night, and finally came up with a good plan.

He deliberately kept Xiyan Town from attacking, secretly dispatched scouts to scout the territory of Shouyang, and ambushed armored soldiers walking slowly in the mountains.As long as the Qing army settled in Xiyan, Zuo Guangxian's soldiers would go northward from the intersection tunnel between Taihang Mountain and Xizhou Mountain, cut off the Qing army's retreat, and storm the Qing army camp outside Xiyan Town with great firepower, and finally reach the blockade of Xiyan. Smoke for tactical purposes.

Due to the special geographical location of Xiyan, if the Qing army wanted to storm Yu County, they had to store food and grass in Xiyan.At that time, the grain and the Qing army guarding the grain will naturally be the achievements of Zuo Guangxian.So Zuo Shouyi burned Li Huping, which seemed to have successfully delayed the progress of the Qing army's attack on Yu County, but in fact it was to block Zuo Guang first.

"If you really want to fight, it's not that you can't cheat." Zhu Cihong stretched out his finger, and drew a sketch on the female wall: "Look, Niu Chenghu has occupied Zezhou now, just let him go south to Luoyang to create momentum, as if Most of our army is going to recover Henan. Li Zicheng will definitely not dare to cross the river easily, and once the pressure of the Qing army in Shanxi is lightened in the west, he will naturally pull out the nail of Yu County first."

Zuo Guang frowned, and said, "If this happens, the whole situation will be messed up."

Zhu Cihong laughed secretly when he heard this.It is indeed effective to use meetings to unify thinking. After several overall strategic meetings, the battalion and department heads have a certain overall awareness, knowing that one bite can make a fat man, but the result may be even worse.

Once a certain point is broken by someone, what is eaten has to be spit out, and even the stomach has to be caught.

Li Zicheng's negative teaching material is considered to be very good.

"Besides, Niu Chenghu's department is likely to be besieged by the enemies of Tongguan and Nanyang." Zuo Guangxian added in his heart: that is really a vain contribution to Niu Chenghu.

"I don't recommend that either." Zhu Cihong is not a warlord who conquers cities and territories. To occupy a territory must be consolidated. Repeated seesaw will only cause greater damage to the already fragile reputation of the imperial court.

"It's really not possible, let's go and occupy Xiyan first." Zuo Guangxian had no choice but to bear the pain: "It's just a waste of the cost of the military fort along the way."

Right now, it would cost about 700 taels of silver and 20 shi of grain to build a military fort like Guantoubao.If you go straight to Xiyan Town and set up defenses in Xiyan, the Guantou Fort is actually useless.If it was during the Wanli period, the generals would not care about throwing this little silver grain into the water, but after more than [-] years of economic recession, this amount of silver is not a small amount.

"Wait first." Zhu Cihong said, "It's not because of this that I came back."

Zuo Guang stood respectfully first, and thought to himself: Of course it can't be because of this.If such a small battle requires the crown prince to come to the front line in person, wouldn't it appear that the general is incompetent?

"It's because of Zuo Shouyi."

Zuo Guangxian trembled in his heart, and said, "I don't know what His Highness means..."

"Three scouting horses that came across by accident, he can lead the killing of the Eastern captives and burn food and grass. If you give him thirty elite soldiers, let him train them, and equip them with various precision equipment, how much can they do?" Zhu Cihong said to himself. All a little excited.What he wanted to build in his heart was an iron army armed with discipline and discipline. However, Zuo Shouyi turned out to be like a star in the dark night. Great flexibility.

"So, I want to talk to him." Zhu Cihong said clearly, "If he is a useful talent, I will give him a battalion establishment."

Zuo Guangxian felt like a cat scratching his heart.

A battalion!

Fighting desperately for so many years, now in the East Palace system, he is just a thousand headquarters... Everyone is going to the sky, but the more he lives, the more he falls back.

Seeing the sudden change in Zuo Guangxian's expression, Zhu Cihong smiled and comforted him: "I'll give you two more divisions, and don't hold on to the talent."

"How dare you have a humble job!" Zuo Guang bowed down hastily, and was quite satisfied with the two bosses he got out of thin air. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m. to read.)

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