Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"The Mongolian Sao Tartars have come out." The whistler, who was beating his horse desperately, ignored the wailing of his comrades in his crotch, eagerly urged his exhausted comrades in arms, and did not breathe a long sigh of relief until he rushed into his camp. "Hurry up and report that [-] Mongolian troops have come to Gu'an." Before the words fell, the legs of the horse, which was already unable to support, gave way, and directly overturned the sentry. "Tiger girl!"

But it was too late to save everything. The foaming warhorse gave the rider a nostalgic look with its extremely human eyes, then stuck out its tongue and licked the rider's face, and then lowered its big head.

"Huniu, wake up!" Tan Ma shook the dead horse with all his body burned, but it was too late to let him continue to be sad. The Chinese army who sent the order had already informed him to report carefully. Tan Ma had no choice but to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. He approached the big tent with his head held high. "Chen Qi, the squad leader of the first team of the first sentinel of the low-ranking rangers, sees the master"

After ordering Tan Ma to retreat, Tao Yue turned to the staff officer beside her and asked, "What do you think should be done now?"

A military commander immediately replied: "My lord, the Mongolian army has been mobilized, and our army's mission has been completed. The current plan is not to fight in the wild. We should immediately retreat across the Wuding River and retreat into Gu'an to stand firm. "

"Gu'an City is too small to accommodate a division." Another army commander, Sima Engeng, suggested. "Brigades should be used as units to disperse to the counties of Xiongzhou, Bazhou, and Yongqing, and the divisions are directly under the left behind in Gu'an."

The former staff officer retorted: "The Mongolian army is already within a hundred miles. With the speed of their horses, how can we allow our army to disperse into various cities safely. What's more, once the troops are divided, they will inevitably be weak and self-defeating. It is not as good as It’s better to stick to one place.”

"Of course we can't withdraw into Bazhou and Xiongzhou, but Yongqing is nearby. Why can't we enter before the Mongolian army arrives?" The staff officer who proposed to divide the troops accepted his colleagues' statement that the troops had no time to withdraw into the two cities of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, but But he continued to insist on his idea of ​​dividing troops. "There is a saying in the chess record, one eye cannot work, and our division divides the troops into two cities, which can be each other's horns."

Tao Yue listened to the arguments of the staff officers, and her eyes quickly fell on Sima Gujie, who was born in the Bingchen period, and said, "Yufu, what do you think, should we guard Gu'an alone or separately? Yongqing."

Gu Jie was also considering the pros and cons of the two plans just now, so when he heard Tao Yue's question, he quickly replied: "Although Yongqing is close, our army has a lot of supplies and may not be able to enter Yongqing safely before its forward arrives." Qing, come on, although Yongqing is adjacent to Gu'an, there are tens of miles between the two cities. Set up a village outside Ancheng, so we can take care of each other."

Tao Yue nodded: "This officer also thinks so. We will set up a village outside the shooting range of the eight-point cannon, so that we can take care of each other at that time."

Gu Jie thought for a while and denied it: "In my opinion, it's better to move the outer village a little further, so that once the Mongolian horse team breaks into the village, they may be hit by artillery fire from both sides."

Tao Yue was surprised: "In this way, the pressure on the outer village will be greater, and the Mongols will definitely attack the outer village as the first target."

"It is precisely to make the Mongols have the desire to win, so that we can hold them back." Gu Jie didn't just try to be brave. "My lord, please don't worry, the Mongolian soldiers' siege skills have always been very poor, and it is impossible for a [-] army to concentrate on the outer village."

Of course Tao Yue knew that Gu Jie's words had some truth. In fact, not to mention 6 cavalry, even if [-] infantry were deployed on the battlefield, the occupied area would be astonishing.But not to mention [-] people, even [-] people are not a lot. After all, the Sixth Division of the Xuanwu Army has lost thousands of people all the way. After deducting the middle base, luggage and other auxiliary troops, they can really fight on the front line. There are less than [-] soldiers, and there are two leaders, which is really worrying.

Perhaps aware of his officer's hesitation, Gu Jie smiled sinisterly: "Actually, we can also use the method of fighting against each other, putting the main force in the outer village, and only a small number of troops in Gu'an City."

Tao Yue was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Good idea, let's do it like this"

Now that the battle strategy has been decided, Tao Yue sent someone to call the police to the rear, and at the same time arranged for the division to move up and down.Therefore, the construction and repair of the walled city, the construction of the walled city, the repair of the walled city, and the deployment of the defense in Gu'an City, in the face of the urgent enemy situation, the sixth division of the Xuanwu Army began to work hard like clockwork.

"I've been fooled, can this small village outside the city be built in one night?"

Looking at the dead Gu'an City in front of him and the new village outside the city flying the Chinese national flag and military flag, as one of the commanders of the Mongolian army, Marhun, the king of Doroan County, has already awakened, but what can he do if he is awakened, the Chinese side has worked hard The design calls them out, is it possible that they will be easily returned to Dongchang Mansion?

The answer is definitely no, so there are only two paths before the commanders of the Mongolian army. One is to return to the grassland to avoid unnecessary losses, and the other is to go north to the capital to serve as the last defense force of the Qing court.

Let the Mongolian soldiers return to the grassland without a battle. Man said that if Kangxi did not agree, even the Eight Banners Zonggui who was present would not agree.

As for letting the Mongolian soldiers go north to the capital, there are also problems. Who has heard of the Mongolian soldiers being good at defending the city?Moreover, the Mongolian princes would not agree to let their prairie spirits ride off their horses to fight on the city wall, not to mention that the Qing court was worried that the Mongols who saw the colorful world would turn into robbers and loot the city of Beijing.

That being the case, it can only be played.Isn't there such a saying, even if you know that there are traps and traps waiting for you, you must have the courage and determination to break through the traps and break out of the traps.Therefore, the relatives and nobles of the Eight Banners tacitly came to the conclusion that this battle must be fought, not only must be fought, but must be won and won quickly, so as to face the turbulent waves in the near future.

But having said that, it is impossible for the nobles of the Eight Banners to immediately drive the Mongols to knock on the Gu'an city. After all, the Mongols are also human beings. As for the general, let the Mongols who galloped for hundreds of miles attack the fortifications of the Xia army who were waiting for work. Only the insane would do this, and the Mongolian princes and nobles who were traveling with them would never agree.

However, some people saw the truth, and Na Qili, the Mongolian vice-captain of the Xianghuang Banner, spoke suspiciously to the Manchu and Mongolian nobles: "The small village outside the city built by the humble officer Guan Haini seems to be built of huge stones, but Not long after we conquered Gu'an, how to transport huge stones is nothing more than the art of cement. Although the art of cement has the magic of turning water into mud, it takes time to harden the rocks. However, our army's offensive is very fast, fearing summer The army did not have enough time for the rock to solidify”

Naqili's words awakened the dreamer. In order to control the yellow flood in recent years, Huaxia has been working on the river continuously, and a large amount of cement is used in it. Naturally, it cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Qing court spies. Although no one can successfully bring the cement back to the Northland For the imperial craftsmen to analyze the cottage, but the characteristics of cement are no longer a secret.

Luo Cha, the Mongolian deputy capital of Zhenghuang Banner, immediately suggested: "Siege the small village outside the city quickly, so as not to keep it for a long time."

The Mongolian princes were skeptical of Naqili's words and refused to easily lose their capital. Only Yan Zhubdorji, Duke of Kalka Township, Heshuo's concubine Doerji Selen, and Adahafan Jueluo Changtai's son-in-law Sabten Baljur and the others were willing to give it a try.Among the three, Yan Zhubdorji is the Duke of Zhen, but he is an inconspicuous little Taiji among the various ministries of Khalkha. He only has one hundred cavalry in his hands, which is not enough for the Saisia ​​army. ;Dorji Selen has more than 2000 members, and his strength is much stronger than that of Yanzhub Dorji, but he is Yinti's son-in-law, who dares to let him play first; The first-class bodyguard who enjoys the treatment of the son-in-law of Zhen Guogong is the son of Galdan, and he is only the No. 35 servant in his hands; so in the end, this matter will not be resolved.

Seeing that the opportunity was about to slip through their fingers, the nobles of the Eight Banners complained a little, but the artillery team of Yizuo led the outer firearms battalion who was acting with the Mongolian army had long since been pulled away, and there were no soldiers in their hands to speak They didn't make any farts, not to mention that the Manchu clans didn't have the courage to imitate their ancestors and dared to attack the enemy's camp in groups of three or five, so after mumbling for a while, they could only calm down and watch the Mongols set up their camps. Rest up.

It's just that the Mongolian army wanted to recharge their batteries and fight another day, but Xia Jun didn't give the Mongolian army this chance.That night, in the hazy night, Xia Jun quietly opened the gate of Gu'an City, dragged two eight-point light guns and approached the Mongolian army's camp.

Although the Mongolian army also arranged manned vigilance, the weather in Gu'an in late July and early August was still too hot for the Mongolians on the grasslands, so they felt that their own troops were strong, and the Xia army did not dare to easily offend Huwei. After staying in the middle of the night, most of them fell asleep from exhaustion, and as a result, the Xia army approached the Mongolian army's camp unimpeded.

Before the hour passed, Xia Jun, who was a little worried, fired four artillery pieces at the Mongolian camp, which immediately caused chaos in the Mongolian camp.It's just that the flustered Xia Jun didn't have time to look at the results of his shelling. The only thing he remembered was to hang the cannon on the dragging horse, turn around and run, and finally returned to Gu'an City safely before the Mongolian army went out to look for the attackers.

After making noise for a long time, the Mongolian army finally found out their own losses—only one shell hit a stable, causing dozens of horses to scurry around, and all the others hit the open space—but the Mongolian army But they couldn't relax their vigilance because of this, for fear that Xia Jun would do the same and they could only strengthen the security circle around the camp. However, with such a commotion, time passed quickly, and the Mongolian army obviously didn't want to have a good rest that night.

Early the next morning, the Mongolian cavalry who had been tossing around for most of the night and didn't have a good rest appeared angrily in front of Gu'an Walled City. They wanted to vent their emotions with the blood of the soldiers of the Xia Army, so a war broke out inevitably.