There was silence in the mountains to the west of Heishui Valley.
Chen Wang hid among the mountains and trees, looking down through the gaps at the Heishui Valley where the shouts of killing were loud.
As early as the first day when Gao Yingxiang led the Yiying Xianyou Temple, when their banquet was over, their vigilance was at its most relaxed.
Chen Wang took his soldiers and horses down the Tangluo Road at night and lurked in the mountains on the west side.
Zhao Huailiang and Chen Gong stood behind him and followed him to observe the situation inside the valley.
Although they were far apart, Chen Wang could still smell the unpleasant smell of blood when the mountain wind blew over.
If this is the case on the top of the mountain, you can imagine how fierce the battle at the bottom of the mountain will be.
Zhao Huailiang looked sternly, looking at the intruders attacking like a wave at the bottom of the mountain, with a heavy heart, and whispered.
"Back then, I heard Gao Yingxiang's name the most in the Tang newspaper. He was said to be the strongest among the seventy-two battalions."
"When I was in Xing'an City, I just felt that the bandits under my command looked cleaner, neater and more imposing than other bandits."
"Now that I look at it, I realize that what the newspaper said was true..."
The intruders at the foot of the mountain launched their attack from early morning until noon now.
During these hours, the Chuang army launched attacks one after another towards the Ming army's camps in Yukou and Yubei without stopping for a moment.
Several simple defense lines set up by the Ming army outside the camp had already been broken through, and the Chuang army even broke into the walls of the two battalions many times.
Zhao Huailiang looked heavy. When the Chuang army attacked Xing'an, if all the elites of the Chuang army had joined in and attacked the city with all their strength, he felt that it would be really difficult for them to defend Xing'an City.
Chen Gong frowned, and he could clearly see the situation at the foot of the mountain.
But his feeling was different from Zhao Huailiang. What Zhao Huailiang saw was how powerful the intruders were and how orderly their command was.
Chen Gong was worried that the Ming army guarding the valley entrance could not stop Gao Yingxiang, so Gao Yingxiang broke through the defense line and escaped from Heishui Valley.
"Brother, it looks like Yamashita can't hold on anymore..."
Chen Gong was a little anxious. They marched all the way and followed them. If the duck that reached its beak flew away, wouldn't it be a failure?
"The more times like this, the more calm you have to be."
Chen Wang raised his palm and suppressed what Chen Gong wanted to say next.
Chen Gong has a rather impatient personality, somewhat similar to Cao Bianjiao.
"Although Gao Yingxiang came back with a huge defeat last time he went out to the valley, he still has more than 40,000 riders under his command."
"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Now we only have 1,800 horses under our command. Throwing these few people into this valley won't cause much trouble."
Chen Wang turned his head and glanced at Chen Gong, then turned his attention to the foot of the mountain again.
Hu Zhiyi has a calm personality, so Chen Wang is now focusing on training Hu Zhiyi, not only letting him take the post of the First Infantry Department, but also giving Hu Zhiyi the management of the general's grain, grass and weapons.
This time Chen Wang personally led the troops and followed Gao Yingxiang into Ziwu Road, and most of the troops remaining in Xing'an were handed over to Hu Zhiyi to lead.
Hu Zhili was quite withdrawn and unreasonable, so Chen Wang appointed him as a supervisor, in charge of military law and handling.
Now each supervisory office has been assigned to the bureau, and each bureau has a military judge. There are also specialized soldiers to assist in the management of the bureau's military law and to preach the matter.
"War is dangerous and life-and-death matters, so you must be cautious."
Chen Wang pondered for a while and said to Chen Gong.
"It used to be that we were just servants who only had to charge and fight, but it's different now. You are already President Qian."
"As a general manager, you often cannot rush blindly. You need to look at the overall situation."
"Otherwise, you led the cavalry under your command and rushed into the depths of the enemy's formation, and we were still fighting with the enemy outside the formation. What should we do then, and..."
"Brother, I was wrong!"
Chen Gong raised his hands and admitted defeat without hesitation.
To be honest, Chen Gong has been a demon king from all over the world since he was a child. It can be said that he is not afraid of anything. He is afraid of only two people in this world.
The first person was naturally Cao Wenzhao. After all, he was a former general. Although Cao Wenzhao usually seemed harmonious, when he was angry, even Cao Bianjiao and Cao Dingjiao did not dare to say anything.
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The second person is Chen Wang, after all, he is his elder brother.
He has been educated by Chen Wang since he was a child. The education here not only makes sense, but also has fists.
If you can't win even if you fight, you can't even say you can win, which makes you very desperate.
He was more afraid of Chen Wang's verbosity and random thoughts than his fists.
It was fine at first, but I don't know why since the end of last year, Chen Wang has been talking about more and more truths, and his words have become more difficult to understand than before.
"Brother, I will listen to whatever you say. I will go wherever you tell me to go."
"How do you say that……"
Chen Gong nodded in agreement.
"It's all about the horse's head, and everything depends on the big brother's horse's head."
"you……"
Chen Wang laughed dumbly and couldn't help but shook his head. He naturally knew why Chen Gong admitted his mistake directly.
"Then let's talk about it later."
Chen Gong breathed a sigh of relief, but after watching it all morning, he had no interest in continuing.
Out of sight, out of mind, as long as he didn't look at the situation below, he didn't need to think about what was there or not, so he just left the high ground.
Watching Chen Gong go away, Chen Wang felt a little helpless. They say that one gains wisdom after suffering a loss, but the price of defeat on the battlefield will undoubtedly be heavy.
Many civil servants felt that it was easy to get the military officer position, and they could reach high positions at a young age by virtue of their military exploits.
But in fact, everyone can only see the generals who have ascended to high positions, but they cannot see the other soldiers and generals who fell on the battlefield. They will never be promoted again, and they will never be rewarded again.
For civil servants, if they make mistakes, they only need to make amends, or they may be punished and judged as inferior, or the worst is to go to jail.
But for generals, there is a high probability that they will die in battle after a defeat. Even if they escape, the lightest punishment is to be demoted and held responsible, and the punishment will be determined based on the crime.
Cao Wenzhao was originally the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, but because he was defeated in a battle with Jiannu, he was directly demoted to a guard officer to guard the border town.
Chen Wang retracted his divergent thoughts. For hundreds of years, due to the civil and military power imbalance due to the construction of civil forts, the Ming Dynasty had more and more internal ills.
If Chen Gong's character does not change, he will definitely suffer big losses on the battlefield in the future.
Chen Wang has already considered this in his mind. He will not let Chen Gong lead a battalion alone until he changes his character.
"Peng!" "Peng!" "Peng!"
The shouts of killing at the foot of the mountain were still there, and the long-silent sound of cannon fire sounded again.
Chen Wang also turned his head and looked down the mountain.
The artillery placed on the mountain roared again after cooling down.
The elite cavalry of the intruding army once again invaded the camp at Yukou. The defense line of the Ming army's camp at Yukou was crumbling and was only a hair away from collapse.
Chen Wang frowned involuntarily, although he knew history and knew that Sun Chuanting and Gao Yingxiang fought for four days in Heishui Valley, and Sun Chuanting won in the end.
Although Gao Yingxiang still entered the Blackwater Valley, many things have changed now, so there is no guarantee...
Chen Wangtong shrank his eyes, and he saw that the advancing wave of intruders at the entrance of the valley suddenly stopped, and then started to retreat at this moment.
Before Chen Wang could figure out the reason, an extremely high-pitched horn sound suddenly came from a distance.
"Woo——————"
Then there was a rumbling low sound coming from the direction of the valley entrance, a strange sound as if some monster was tumbling underground.
But Chen Wang soon knew the source of the sound.
Just a moment after most of the intruders evacuated, Chen Wang saw the cavalry coming from the entrance of the Heishui Valley.
Red clothes, red armor, and red flags, everywhere you look is a dazzling vermilion color.
As soon as this cavalry army entered the Heishui Valley, it instantly reversed the unfavorable situation on the battlefield for the Ming army.
The intruders retreated quickly like the ebb of the sea, but their tails were still bitten.
Chen Wang could see clearly that there were only more than two thousand cavalrymen in this Ming army, but they were so overwhelming that the Chu army could not even lift their heads.
What was even more surprising was that there was not much resistance from the various units of the intruder army, and they all retreated backwards.
wrong……
Chen Wang's eyes narrowed slightly. He felt that the invading army now looked more like a rout than a retreat? !
Looking at the flags waving in the valley, Chen Wang suddenly felt very familiar for some reason.
The invading army didn't know whether it was because of hindsight or something, but at this time, several groups of cavalry were finally separated, and they all attacked the new Ming army cavalry that entered the valley to prevent the Ming army cavalry from continuing to attack.
But then, a scene appeared that made Chen Wangdu stunned.
A total of three teams of nearly 4,000 elite cavalry from the invading army came to attack them, but the final result was less than a moment after the confrontation. The final result ended with the elite cavalry from the invading army abandoning a large number of corpses and escaping in a panic.
However, their sacrifice was not in vain. They bought time for the evacuation of their own large forces and did not let the retreat turn into a rout.
When the Ming cavalry saw that most of the intruders had returned to Xianyou Temple, they slowly retreated towards the valley. After losing the opportunity, they did not continue to pursue the victory.
Chen Wang looked at the Ming army flying the vermilion flag in the valley, although he could not see the words on the flag because of the distance.
But for some reason, he had roughly figured out who was leading the Ming army's cavalry.
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"The humble Cao turned into a dragon and paid homage to the army."
"According to the order of Governor Hong, we will rush to the rescue as a vanguard."
Sun Chuanting's frowning eyebrows finally relaxed. He looked at Cao Bianjiao, who was standing in the audience with fists in his hands and saluting, and the more he looked at it, the more he admired it.
"Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi Province, once said, 'The brave man who transformed into a dragon is extremely brave, and he has thousands of talented men under his command, and his talent is Wenzhaoya'."
Sun Chuanting walked off the wooden platform, lifted Cao Bianjiao up with both hands, and praised.
“I was a little skeptical when I first heard about it, but now I know it’s true when I see it.”
Sun Chuanting turned his head and looked at the messy Yukou camp at the foot of the mountain and said.
"If you hadn't rushed to the rescue in time this time, I'm afraid the Yukou camp would have been breached by the intruders."
Cao Bianjiao straightened his back following Sun Chuanting's support and replied.
"There are rules and regulations for setting up camps and formations, and the soldiers under his command are brave and tenacious. Judging from their humble position, even if they have not arrived at the humble position, the intruders are determined not to break the camp."
Sun Chuanting smiled and touched his beard, looked at Cao Bianjiao, and said with a smile.
"No matter what, the victory in this battle is due to you."
After taking office as governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting naturally knew Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.
He originally heard that Cao Bianjiao was young and energetic, and was worried that he would be arrogant, domineering and difficult to control.
But now it seems that Cao Bianjiao is not as sharp as the rumors. Instead, he is quite humble, restrained and deep, and does not show off his role.
However, it can be seen from his use of troops to charge into battle that he is indeed brave.
Standing on the high platform, Sun Chuanting had a panoramic view of everything below the mountain.
From the moment Cao Bianjiao entered the battlefield, to the subsequent pursuit of victory and defeating the enemy's cavalry, it can be described as exquisite.
"You just said that you came first as a vanguard. Governor Hong must be at the rear. How many troops will follow and how long it will take to arrive."
Sun Chuanting did not continue to praise, but asked about more important things.
Although they can still barely withstand the offensive of the invading army, the pressure is also huge.
A clever woman can't make a meal without rice. The enemy is the elite cavalry group under Gao Yingxiang's command, which has gathered most of the elites in the 72nd battalion.
In addition to the 3,000 Dubiao battalion that he had just formed, there were also 3,000 unfit guards and 2,000 battalions under Li Yuchun's command that he could rely on.
Needless to say, the guards under Li Yuchun were not strong, otherwise they would not have been left alone to guard the Qingyang Mansion.
All the elite soldiers and generals in Shaanxi Province were taken by Hong Chengchou to the north and east to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng and other troops.
So Sun Chuanting was actually a little anxious. After all, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Gao Yingxiang couldn't escape in the valley.
Once this opportunity is lost, there may never be another time.
At this time, Sun Chuanting naturally would not show his emotions on his face.
"The Li thieves are still in power in Yan'an Mansion, and the mobilization of troops is limited."
Cao Bianjiao lowered his head slightly and reported.
"There are six thousand cavalry in this reinforcement. I will lead two thousand cavalry as the vanguard. Governor Hong and his four thousand cavalry should be able to reach the outside of the valley in half an hour."
"However, General Zu's troops have arrived in Xi'an, and Governor Hong has sent a message to the pond, ordering him to quickly lead his troops to the reinforcements of Heishui Valley. He has more than 4,000 Liao cavalry under his command."
Sun Chuanting was reassured. The news that Hong Chengchou brought 6,000 cavalry and that Zu Kuan had more than 4,000 Liao cavalry was undoubtedly a reassurance for him.
However, Sun Chuanting was not dazzled by joy at this time. After experiencing a short period of excitement, he regained his composure and calmness.
Sun Chuanting's expression froze slightly, he suddenly thought of something, his eyes sharpened suddenly, and he spoke.
"The Chuang army should launch a second attack soon. You should lead the troops and horses to rescue the Yukou camp first."
Cao Bianjiao was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know why Sun Chuanting suddenly had such a big reaction, but he still agreed.
At this moment, a deep horn sound came from the camp of the intruders again.
Cao Bianjiao followed the sound and looked down the mountain. He saw that in the Heishui Valley, the invading army who had just returned to Xianyou Temple was attacking again.
The momentum of the Chuang army that attacked this time was even greater than before. Gao Yingxiang's Dagu even lined up in the front line!
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"History of the Ming Dynasty Volume 272" (No charge for this section)
"Cao became a Jiao, and Wen Zhao followed his son. When he was young, he accumulated military exploits from Wen Zhao and went to guerrilla warfare."
"In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, we returned to Hequ. Next year, we defeated the thieves and Red Army friends in Zhang Macun... and defeated Liu Daojiang and Tongchuan Bridge, bravely defeating all other armies."
"On the recommendation of Wu Sheng, the censor, he joined the generals. Wen Zhao moved to Shanxi, and he became a Jiao Cong and won every battle."
"When Wen Zhao changed the town to Datong, Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, said: 'Although the Jin traitor Zijin Liang died, Lao Hui... the canals have not been destroyed.'"
"The transformed dragon is extremely brave and has thousands of talented men under his command. His talent is Wenzhaoya, and he is begging to stay in Jinzhong."
