"What? Zhao Liangdong attacked?"
When Zhu Heji heard the news, he immediately became excited and quickly took the military report sent by Ling Zongjun, the commander-in-chief of the Third Town, from Da Boling. When he opened it, his eyes lit up.
"Haha," Zhu Heji was happy when he saw it, "This Zhao Liangdong deserves to be Batulu. He really has some courage. He actually led three to four thousand yellow-clad Eight Banners soldiers out of the walled city of Xiangkou Town and walked towards the river. The Xin Zi Fort is here!"
Eight forts have been built on the riverside road, namely A-shaped fort, B-shaped fort, C-shaped fort, T-shaped fort, W-shaped fort, J-shaped fort, Geng-shaped fort and Xin-shaped fort. Among them, Xinzi Fort is the easternmost fortress, built on a creek connecting the Yangtze River and Taiboze.
These small fortresses are called fortresses, but they are actually camps. Most of them are rectangular - long from north to south and narrow from east to west. They can almost block the entire riverside road! An artillery fort was set up on the north side facing the Yangtze River. Such a fortress usually only has one battalion, but if it is well defended, even thousands of people can't even hope to defeat it. No matter how many soldiers there are, there will be no room for them on the riverside road.
"Ah Pao, do you want to kill this guy named Zhao? It's been a long time since my aunt has seen you on the battlefield!"
Da Bo Ling smiled sweetly and asked Zhu Heji about tactical issues - in Zhu Heji's back house, she was the only one qualified to ask such questions. Because she was not only Zhu Heji's concubine, but also a partner in the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Heji rolled his eyes and did not answer directly. He just smiled and said: "Auntie, you have to prepare. We will go out together tonight!"
"The two of us?" Da Bo Ling was stunned, "I still have to accompany you to the battlefield?"
Zhu Heji laughed and said: "That's... a combination of men and women, so you won't be tired in battle!"
Go into battle with your aunt to kill the enemy. When you are tired, you can still have your aunt take care of you. When you are not tired, you can still have your aunt take care of you... Is there anything more exciting than this?
"Okay then! Let's get ready now!" Da Bo Ling was not afraid of going into battle. She gave a blessing salute with a smile, turned around and went to prepare - she actually came with chainmail, Dahongpao and various weapons. What I am looking for is a woman who can fight for Zhu Heji at any time, and can also fight with Zhu Heji at any time.
After sending Da Bo Ling to prepare for the battle, Zhu Heji was not idle either. He stood up, shook his big cattail leaf fan and went to the military meeting hall.
Ling Zongjun sent two copies of the notice, and Zhuge Sanhe also had one. After learning about Zhao Liangdong's attack, Zhuge Sanhe immediately sent someone to notify Zhao Hongkui, the commander-in-chief of the first town, Zhuge Zhengyang, the commander-in-chief of the second town, Su Zhanhai, the commander-in-chief of the artillery team, who were stationed in the Madang Fortress. Sixth, the six generals, including Zhao Desheng, the commander of the cavalry, and Yu Xiaoqian, the commander of the Madang fortress, went to the army meeting hall together.
The so-called military meeting hall is actually a combat command room. It is not the layout of a yamen lobby, but there is a large map table, and a group of soldiers from the military adviser's office are busy inside.
When Zhu Heji came in waving his fan, the military hall was already full of people. Zhuge Sanhe and the six general soldiers below had all expired.
Seeing Zhu Heji walking in, everyone bowed to him.
"Ping Shen Ping Shen..." Zhu Heji shook his fan and said with a smile, "Zhao Liangdong's Baturu attacked with three or four thousand men! What do you think?"
"Jianguo, this is nothing!" Zhuge Sanhe said with a smile, "The tiger is so brave that he can defeat the three armies. He will definitely be able to repel this demonic Batulu. Just sit back in the Madang Fortress and wait. Just listen to the good news."
"How boring is that?" Zhu Heji shook his fan, "It's been a while since the Gu family went into battle!"
Zhuge Sanhe thought for a while and said, "Then you can take a few battalions to Xinzi Fort to support Hu Ling."
"No, no, no." Zhu Heji waved his hands, "What's the point of watching Tiger Ling beat up Qingyao? And Tiger Ling is so fierce, let him let go, and he will hit Xiangkou Town in a while."
"Then how do you want to fight?" Zhuge Sanhe asked.
Zhu Heji smiled and said: "Let Hu Ling abandon Xin Zi Fort and retreat to Geng Zi Fort."
"Jian Guo, do you want to..."
Zhu Heji picked up a wooden stick, drew a line south of Taibo Ze on the map, and then said to everyone: "The Gu family will personally lead the cavalry on the mountainside road to the south of Xiangkou Town, and then launch a surprise attack! In one fell swoop! Capture Xiangkou Town and make dumplings of Zhao Liangdong’s three to four thousand people!”
Zhu Heji now has six cavalry battalions!
Moreover, they are all cavalry battalions with horses to ride on. Each battalion has 500 cavalry, which makes a total of 3,000 cavalry!
These three thousand cavalry horses were all picked up from the battlefield after the last battle of Sanjiangkou Town, or taken from the hands of the Geng family army generals who defected - most of the cavalry were also obtained from them. Comes from inside.
Moreover, Zhu Heji also appointed a cavalry commander and six cavalry deputies to help train these six precious cavalry battalions - these seven cavalry commanders and deputies are Zhao Desheng, Zeng Yangxing, Ma Weixing, Bai Xianzhong, Wang Jin, and Wang Jinggong , Liu Yan and seven others.
The official position looks very small, but the real power is only a little bit.
Moreover, the three thousand cavalry under their command are all Zhu Heji's treasures, known as the "Saint's Servant". Each one of them has double pay, and the officers among them have the status of attendants - this cavalry usually does not belong to the general soldiers of the six towns. Those under jurisdiction only temporarily ration them when sending troops.
In addition, the same goes for the artillery battalions assigned to the six new army towns. They are only temporarily incorporated into the six towns when troops are dispatched, and are usually under the jurisdiction of the artillery towns.
Therefore, Zhu Heji had two "virtual and real" general soldiers under his command: the cavalry commander and the artillery commander.
And this time Zhu Heji brought a total of four cavalry battalions to Madang... a total of two thousand cavalry!
"The Gu family will set off tonight!" Zhu Heji said, "Starting from Madang, bypassing Taiboze and getting to Xiangkou Town, it is about fifty miles. It can be completed in one night, and then a surprise attack will probably succeed... .... Let Hu Ling launch a general attack early tomorrow morning, attack from the front and back, and kill Zhao Liangdong."
Zhuge Sanhe frowned a little, "Jian Guo, you are now the lord of ten thousand chariots..."
"It doesn't matter," Zhu Heji said with a smile, "With two thousand cavalry, where can't we go? Military advisor, I'll leave the front to you... Let's meet in Xiangkou Town tomorrow morning!"
Zhu Heji's words were actually an order!
This matter is settled!
Of course, Zhuge Sanhe felt that Zhu Heji's style of play was a bit risky... But when he looked back, he realized that Zhu Heji often led small teams around the battlefield before, and there were no mistakes. ?
Thinking of this, Zhuge Sanhe said to Zhu Heji in a serious voice: "Jianguo, it's not impossible for you to risk sending troops, but you have to bring Mrs. Ling with you!"
"Of course!" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Of course Auntie will follow me!"
Zhuge Sanhe said in a serious tone: "She has to watch you... You can't be allowed to go into battle with one or two hundred riders, or even dozens or dozens of riders!"
"I know, I know!" Zhu Heji nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, even if the Gu family sees Kang Mazi on the battlefield this time, they won't rush up and kill him with a knife!"
Zhuge Sanhe shook his head, "You can't see Kang Mazi on the battlefield... Yousi of the Military Advisor's Office has just received a secret report that Kang Mazi is currently stationing troops at Qingliu Pass!"
"Qingliuguan?" Zhu Heji was stunned, "In Chuzhou? Is he trying to run away?"
Zhuge Sanhe smiled and said: "He is planning to run away... As long as we capture Anqing, there is a high probability that he will not defend Nanjing."
Capturing Anqing meant that Zhu Heji's navy defeated Shi Lang's navy and seized the control of water in the Yangtze River.
With the water rights of the Yangtze River controlled by the Ming army, if we continue to defend Nanjing, we will have to make a "second U-turn"!
"Haha," Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Then let's give Kang Mazi a showdown this time!"
Zhuge Sanhe saw Zhu Heji looking like he was about to attack, so he quickly shouted: "Wait!"
"What are you waiting for?"
"Wait for Mrs. Ling," Zhuge Sanhe said, "I have to tell her clearly in person and make her look at you!"
Zhu Heji laughed and said, "Okay, I will follow her command this time to attack. Is that okay?"
