Speaking of Gongchang Mansion in Qinzhou, many people are not familiar with it.
But if it comes to Tianshui, at least half of the ten people know about it.
The Han River connects to the sky, and the place where it comes from is the place where the Tianshui comes from.
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang went out to Qishan six times, and three of them were fierce battles in the Tianshui area.
After Jiang Wei saw through Kong Ming's plan to seize the city, he ambush under the city. When he met Zhao Yun in front of the formation, he jumped on the horse with his gun drawn.
"Old general, do you know Tianshui Jiang Boyue!"
What made Tianshui famous was not only Zhuge Liang's six trips to Qishan, but also Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyue who were so heroic at that time.
In the third year of Yuanding reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Tianshui County was established from the two counties of Longxi and Beidi.
However, as time went by, the name Tianshui was gradually replaced by Qinzhou.
In a sense, Qinzhou is Tianshui, and Tianshui is Qinzhou.
The area under the jurisdiction of Qinzhou is not as large as the original Tianshui, but the ancient name of Tianshui is still there.
Qinzhou is about sixty miles southeast of Jizhong Mountain, while Qishan Mountain is located seventy miles west of Jizhong Mountain.
The two mountains, Jizhong Mountain and Qishan Mountain, face each other from afar.
The Chinese army camp of the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun is located in the northern part of the Jizhong Mountains, just fifteen miles south of Ma Paoquan Town.
Fifteen thousand troops were located in three mountainous areas close to each other.
The three mountains are close together, the center is the highest, and the mountains on both sides are slightly shorter and have moderate slopes, but they can be used for galloping horses.
The three mountains are connected and echo each other from a distance. They are the horns of each other, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Chen Wang was riding a war horse and leading dozens of cavalrymen, standing on a high slope outside Mapaoquan Town, looking at the three mountains not far away covered with flags.
At this time, Mapaoquan Town was already in ruins, and all the houses and fields inside and outside the town had been burned to the ground.
The air was filled with the smell of rot and the unpleasant smell of blood.
Ma Paoquan Town was once an important town on the "Silk Road".
According to the "Qinzhou Chronicles": "It is said that during the battle between Tang Dynasty Emperor Jingde and Fan General, the army was miserable and there was no water, so his horse dug the ground and a spring came out."
The spring comes out as a spring, very sweet and strong, and can irrigate the fields.
Shaanxi's successive years of severe drought have affected almost all parts of Shaanxi, but only Mapaoquan Town has been spared because of this underground spring.
But no one can escape natural disasters, but no one can escape man-made disasters.
What flows in Mapao Spring today is not clear spring water, but turbid black water.
The corpses floating in the water, as well as a large number of ruins and filth, are the main culprits affecting the spring water.
Chen Wang looked cold, withdrew his gaze, and turned his gaze again to the mountains to the south.
No matter how many times we see this kind of situation, we still cannot look at it with a normal mind.
The three mountains to the south are the headquarters of Li Yangchun, the Four Heavenly Kings. After the first battle in Qinzhou City, Li Guo's army has been reduced to more than 3,000 people.
These more than 3,000 people were all young and strong cavalrymen. All the old, weak and hungry soldiers either died on the road or were captured by factors.
The captured prisoners were handed over to local officials by Chen Wang, and that was all Chen Wang could do.
If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world.
Tang Shiping led the horse and stood beside Chen Wang, reporting the situation to Chen Wang in a low voice.
"There are about 15,000 men under the command of the Four Heavenly King Li Yangchun. There are only more than 3,000 old and weak men. There are 1,200 elite cavalry and 3,000 horse troops. The rest are infantry and hungry soldiers."
"There are about 8,000 people under the command of King Climbing the Sky in Shannan, including more than 700 elite cavalry, 2,000 horse troops, and only 1,000 old and weak. The rest are also infantry and hungry soldiers."
"Both of them were plundered from Fengxiang Mansion at the beginning of the month. The news came from the Qinzhou Guards' report in late September. Those scouts were all servants in the army, and they still had some abilities. Many of them were The situation is roughly the same as our night-time investigation, so it should be accurate."
Tang Shiping glanced towards the back of the mountain.
"Ye Bushou, who sneaked into the mountains, detected another bandit. Those bandits came from the trail in the south of the mountain. They should be the Climbing Heavenly King tribe operating in the south of the mountain."
Chen Wang nodded slightly, knowing yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
With an accurate combat strength assessment, his subsequent arrangements and deployment combat plans can be more targeted.
Li Guo's command now only has more than 500 elite cavalry and 2,600 to 700 horse troops, which are now joined by the Four Heavenly Kings and the Climbing Heavenly King.
The total number of elite cavalry that the three units can dispatch is only 2,450.
The cavalry army was quite large in number, with nearly 8,000 men in the three divisions. Adding together the fine cavalry, the rogue cavalry numbered in the tens of thousands.
There are only more than 4,000 old and weak people in the three tribes, and about 12,000 troops and hungry soldiers.
There are only 20,000 rogue bandits capable of fighting, and their strength is only about four times more.
The gap of four times can be said to be a fairly small gap.
Since the civil uprising in the first year of Chongzhen, the ratio of military strength in most wars between the rogue bandits and the Ming army has been ten to one.
Four to one, it can be said that it is a rich battle that has not been fought for a long time.
However, many things cannot be calculated this way. Although the gap in military strength is not large, Chen Wang still feels a little unsure.
The 2,700 newly recruited soldiers were all former hungry soldiers. Although they were trained along the way, it is not easy to say how effective they are in combat.
In the new barracks, none of the officers at the level of Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief, and Commander-in-Chief 100 were appointed. They were all temporarily led by the servants who had followed Cao Wenzhao.
Despite the strict formation of these new recruits, the military formation looks solemn.
However, many people still cannot understand the flags and golden drums. Most people can only understand some simple military orders conveyed by the golden drums and flags, and cannot understand slightly more complex ones.
However, they still remembered clearly the simplified military regulations that they were asked to recite from the beginning.
The main pillars now are the nine hundred Liao cavalry in the barracks under his command, as well as the veterans of the two divisions.
Chen Wang's eyes kept wandering above the Sanshan Camp to the south.
Although the organization of the rogue bandits is more chaotic, and most people cannot understand the command flags, this is also a huge flaw.
The most common tactics of the rogue bandits, in addition to using the human sea tactic to consume, is to concentrate their elite cavalry to suddenly attack one place.
If the military formation of the new barracks is breached, based on their training level, it is not impossible for the entire army to collapse.
The feeling of recruits and veterans on the battlefield is extremely obvious. As long as the enemy general is not a fool, he can detect it and cannot hide it at all.
On the three mountains, a large number of messy flags were planted in different places.
The camp of the rogue bandits was quite well-organized, and most of the main roads were equipped with horse-barriers and low walls.
If the mountain is attacked by force, the enemy can gain a huge advantage.
This kind of camp built on the mountain is actually no less difficult to attack than a fortified city surrounded by walls.
But this battle must be fought, and he could not delay Hong Chengchou's military orders forever.
However, in military campaigns, we should maximize our strengths and avoid our weaknesses.
Chen Wang knows this very well. The biggest advantage of his army now is that the armor rate is much higher than that of the rogues.
With armor versus without armor or against thin armor, the best tactics are those used by the Qing army.
And Chen Wang happened to be very aware of the Qing army's tactics.
(End of chapter)
