North Zhili Zhending Prefecture, Heishan.
Black Mountain is an unknown mountain range in Zhending Mansion. The mountain is relatively gentle. There are many trees and streams in the mountain. There are many mountain roads under the mountain that connect Zhending Mansion and Shanxi.
This also established the strategic position of Montenegro.
Seventy miles to the north of Heishan is Longquan Pass, one hundred and twenty miles to the south is Jingxing Pass, and to the east are Xingtang, Xinle, Quyang and other county towns of Zhending Prefecture. It can be said that occupying Heishan is equivalent to occupying the entrance to Zhending Prefecture. Dingfu hinterland, and then attack the city of Beijing first.
At this time, the banners in Heishan were blocked. Li Zicheng led a million troops to suddenly leave Xinzhou and occupied Heishan at a very fast speed. With Heishan as the center, the army began to divide its forces and march to the south and east.
Li Zicheng led the old battalion as the Chinese army and set up camp at the foot of the mountain east of Heishan. At this time, in the Chinese army's tent, Li Zicheng was sitting high in the middle, accompanied by Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Gu Junen, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and General Quan Tian Jianxiu, The female generals and the red ladies sat down separately, and everyone was discussing the current situation of the battle.
Now Hong Chengchou was deeply trusted by Li Zicheng because of his ability to organize the army, so Hong Chengchou presided over this military meeting. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were jealous of this, and they never had a good look towards Hong Chengchou.
"Your Majesty, in accordance with our army's strategy, General Quan Liu Zongmin led the soldiers of the middle battalion to go south. They have now arrived at Xiakou Village and Shibapan area, 60 miles south of Heishan, to set up defenses to block the main force of Liu Yan's troops stationed in Jingxingguan area."
"General Liu Fangliang led the soldiers of Zuoying to capture Pingshan County in the south. Together with the Zhongying, they formed an entire defense line to blockade Liu Yan's troops to the south.
The main force attacks eastward to buy time. "
"At the same time, General Yuan Zongdi has led the soldiers of the right battalion to capture Lingshou County and is marching south from Lingshou County to attack Zhending Fucheng. As long as the soldiers of the right battalion capture Zhending Fucheng, they can fight with the left and middle camps. Together, the main force of Liu Yan's tribe stationed at Jingxing Pass formed a situation of encirclement on three sides in the east, north and west. The hundreds of thousands of troops from our third battalion were enough to put huge strategic pressure on Liu Yan's tribe."
Li Zicheng smiled and said: "This strategy was deployed by Mr. Hong. It is really ruthless. If we win this battle, Mr. Hong will be the first to take credit!"
Hong Chengchou said a few words of humility, and then continued: "Currently, with the front camp of General Li Laiheng's ministry, the rear camp of General Li Guo, and the firearms battalion of General Li Ding as the vanguard, the three battalions of the army are attacking Xingtang County. It is estimated that they will attack Xingtang County in a few days. We can conquer it inside and open the way for our army to go north to the capital."
"The left, right and old battalions of the new army are now stationed in the Heishan area to provide support. According to my estimation, it will take up to five days for each battalion of the Chinese army to move eastward to prevent the Qianying, rear and firearms battalions from coming too far. "
Li Zicheng nodded and said: "This time our army broke into the territory of Zhending Mansion with great speed. We didn't even see many scouts from Liu Yan's tribe, so it was a good start. In this battle, our army blocked Liu Yan's tribe at Jingxing Pass with superior force. And wait for the opportunity to severely damage it, use the main force to attack the north of the capital, and take over the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. This is our Great Hue Dragon Battle, you can come to the capital with me to witness it!"
Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Tian Jianxiu and others all clasped their fists and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I am willing to follow you to the death!"
Then Li Zicheng set the tone: Laoying
As well as the left and right battalions of the new army, they set off three days later and joined the rear, front and firearms battalions in the east.
Today's bandit army not only has millions of troops, but each battalion has at least 10,000 fire-gun soldiers trained in it. The army is fully equipped with armor, war horses, and even a considerable number of carriages and oxen in each battalion. Cars are used to transport food, grass and supplies for the army.
It can be said that with the efforts of Hong Chengchou, Li Yan and others, the bandit army at this time has been completely transformed. Not only are the military disciplines of each battalion strict and the morale is strong, but the military preparation and combat effectiveness have also been improved to a higher level. Basically, the transformation from bandit to bandit has been completed. Transformation of the Regular Army.
It's just that this huge change came at the expense of the suffering of the people in Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.
Li Zicheng rectified the troops and horses of the bandit camps, ordered a massive amount of money, food and materials to be plundered from the northwest provinces, and emptied almost all the treasury and arsenal in the occupied cities, leaving only the northwest provinces devastated.
Even after Li Zicheng mobilized soldiers and horses from various places, famine and turmoil broke out in various cities, but there was no food to help the people, and no one took care of it.
Li Zicheng currently has very few troops stationed in various cities in Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. In important cities such as Datong, Kaifeng, and Luoyang, there can still be one or two thousand miscellaneous troops stationed. In some other counties, there are even no troops at all. The state of fortification shows that Li Zicheng attaches great importance to this battle and is almost desperate.
Just when Li Zicheng thought he had the upper hand, Jingxing Pass, more than a hundred miles away to the south, was already empty of people. In the originally overcrowded Guan City, not a single soldier could be seen at this time.
The flags of the Ming army were still fluttering in the wind on the top of the city. Looking from a distance, you could still see many figures on the top of the city, but you didn't know that they were all densely packed scarecrows.
To the east, in Huolu County, which is more than fifty miles away from Jingxing Pass, Liu Yan's more than 100,000 soldiers are marching eastward. Because the bandit army has already rushed into Zhending Mansion, the soldiers are equivalent to being in enemy territory at this time. Marching, so everyone is neatly dressed and fully armed and marching forward.
Liu Yan rode his horse to follow the guard camp. After a while, Miao Shao rushed over and said loudly: "Mr. Ge! There is no news from the front at night: the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the right camp of the rogue bandits are attacking Zhendingfu City. The strength of the defenders in the city is If it’s not enough, the city is in danger!”
Liu Yan frowned slightly. Li Zicheng gave himself a big surprise at the beginning of this battle. He never expected that the bandit army, which had been reorganized for several months, would be able to run at such an incredible marching speed and charge directly to kill him. Entered Zhending Mansion.
If the Military Intelligence Department and all the battalions hadn't worked together all night to detect in time that the main force of the bandits had left Xinzhou and were marching rapidly eastward, Liu Yan would have been caught off guard by Li Zicheng this time!
Liu Yan said: "The city of Zhending Mansion is deep and strong, and it will not be a problem for the defenders in the city to hold on for another two or three days. Order the army to enter Huolu County tonight to rest and recuperate. At dawn tomorrow, with the cavalry battalion as the vanguard, the army will rush towards the stream at full speed. Thief Right Camp, eat this enemy army first and give Li Zicheng a big gift!"
"Got the order!"
At this time, Liu Yan had already roughly guessed Li Zicheng's strategic deployment based on the information sent back by the Military Intelligence Department and the battalions overnight.
At the lower entrance to the north of Xinjun
The banners of the middle camp of the bandits appeared in the village and Shibapan, and the banners of the left camp of the bandits also appeared in Pingshan County. Now the right camp of the bandits is attacking Zhending Mansion again. This is a posture to surround themselves.
Then where did the main forces of Li Zicheng's remaining battalions go?
Liu Yan speculated that there were two possibilities. One was a major strategic detour. Li Zicheng led hundreds of thousands of main forces to the south, preparing to attack from Yuanshi County and Zanhuang County, forming a huge encirclement with a million troops, encircling himself and ten More than ten thousand soldiers were wiped out in the Jingxingguan area.
There is another possibility, that is, Li Zicheng has led the main army to attack Beijing.
The current strategic situation is not like Li Zicheng's style. Liu Yan believes that this strategy is probably Hong Chengchou's "masterpiece", so Liu Yan boldly speculates that Li Zicheng and Hong Chengchou must be a perfect match. The two surrounded and attacked themselves with part of their troops, and then used The main force raided the city of Beijing, hoping to conquer the world in one battle!
"snort!"
At this time, the army was marching towards Huolu County. If there was any trouble, they could enter the county to rest. Liu Yan galloped his horse and thought to himself: "Want to divide the troops and attack with superior strength? Then I will fight a mobile battle with you, Li Zicheng. Let you see what it means: mobile warfare with the goal of annihilating the enemy's effective forces!"
"Report!"
Suddenly, the cavalry camp in front of them galloped back without stopping at night, and came to Liu Yan's side, walking side by side, and said loudly: "Qi Lao Ge, the cavalry camp stayed at night to send back the news: the bandits' front camp, rear camp and firearms camp have been Xingtang County has been captured, and the rear camp of the bandits is now stationed in Xingtang County, while the front camp and firearms battalion are heading towards Quyang County."
Liu Yan was shocked when he heard the news. The bandit's attack
The marching speed was really fast, and the army was immediately ordered to stop and was scheduled to rest.
Later, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, Chen Xun, Shen Tuo, Zhang Yi, Qian Qian, Wang Bo, Tian Zhenbei and others were summoned to the Chinese army by Liu Yan.
"Now the war situation has changed. The bandit army is attacking Beijing too fast. We must find a way to fight to slow down the bandits' advance and allow Li Zicheng to fight a big battle with us in the area of Zhending Mansion and Baoding Mansion. !”
Everyone is gearing up. This kind of battle with millions of people may only happen once in a lifetime. I am really lucky!
Then Liu Yan ordered that the entire army abandon entering Huolu County, turn directly north from here, rush to cross the Lituo River and go north, pass through Lingshou County and attack Xingtang County, first encircling and annihilating the bandit Li Guo's troops.
"Now Li Zicheng's old battalion and the new army battalion are still in the Black Mountain area, the front battalion and the firearms battalion have gone to Quyang County, and the remaining business units are divided into various places. It is the best time to encircle and annihilate the rear battalion Li Guo's troops!"
Miao Shao frowned slightly and said: "Mr. Ge, the distance from our attack to Xingtang County is about 120 miles. The cavalry battalion can attack quickly and it only takes about two days to arrive. But the rest Each battalion is composed of infantry, and there are artillery battalions following them. I am afraid it will take four to five days to travel the 120 miles. Is it possible to make it in time?"
Liu Yan said categorically: "We don't have four to five days left for us. Now each cavalry battalion is equipped with two horses. Don't save horsepower at this time. Let me run freely, and the horses will not rest. In one day, at most before noon of the next day, the cavalry battalion must arrive in Xingtang County to launch the attack.
Raid. "
"Except for weapons, food, and medicine, the remaining battalions gave up all their supplies on the spot, as well as the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver carried by the army. The entire army moved forward lightly, and all the free carriages were used to transport artillery. The main force of the army must arrive in Xingtang County within two days and launch a general attack immediately!"
Everyone was shocked after hearing Liu Yan's words.
Qian Qian said with a grimace: "Mr. Ge, it's impossible to attack 120 miles in two days!"
Wang Yue also said distressedly: "Yes, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, plus those supplies, must be worth millions of taels, are they all thrown away?"
Liu Yan said loudly: "Li Zicheng's bandits can rush hundreds of miles to break into Zhending Mansion. Are the battalions of our new army and garrison inferior to the bandits who have just been reorganized?"
In a word, everyone stopped talking.
"I see you have become accustomed to winning battles, and you have become proud soldiers!"
Liu Yan said angrily: "One hundred and twenty miles, the entire army must run within two days. Anyone who does not arrive will be killed on the spot by the general!"
