Based on the idea of using the Liang Army to deal with Ye Mingsheng, Shangguan Hongyuan asked Chen Jingyu to deploy in the Yongliang area in advance and give some benefits to the powerful generals of the Liang Army... ·············
If you like women, give them gold and silver jewels. If you like power, promise high-ranking officials and generous salaries. In a word, you can do whatever you want, win over Liang Jun as much as possible, and then just wait for Shangguan Hongyuan to win the Southern Inspection. The imperial court once again coerced the emperor to order the princes, and Shangguan Hongyuan, who had the right to do justice, could naturally take over the Liang army!
Seeing that Shangguan Hongyuan was in a good mood, Chen Jingyu hesitated for a while but then made up her mind. She leaned next to Shangguan Hongyuan and said something in his ear.
After listening to what Chen Jingyu said, Shangguan Hongyuan showed a look of surprise, and then he asked with some doubts:
"Can Ye Mingsheng handle this?"
Facing Shangguan Hongyuan's question, Chen Jingyu said confidently:
"Master Chief Assistant, our Supervision Department has conducted in-depth research on Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng is very ambitious. In order to achieve his ambition, he is also very cruel to himself. It is said that in order to continue the war of Fengwu Army , he only ate one meat, two vegetarian and three dishes for each meal, and even his wives and concubines followed him and lived a very frugal life."
"But this person has a fatal weakness, that is... Our Supervision Department has organized assassinations against Ye Mingsheng several times before, but they were all blocked by the Coordination Office under his command. There is never a particularly good opportunity. This time, our Supervision Department has been thinking about it and decided to take advantage of his weakness. We will definitely succeed in this battle!"
"As long as Ye Mingsheng dies, the Fengwu Army will collapse into civil strife. Sir, you can rest easy!"
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Jiyu, Wuhe County
Facing the veteran Duan Yanfeng, although the Fengwu Army was never able to completely defeat him, it was not without any results. Guo Zhiping, who was first in charge of this operation, took over Muye first and thwarted Duan Yanfeng's capture of Muye, making him the Qi army's leader. In order to establish a foothold in Hebei and Henan, the Qi army under Duan Yanfeng's command was controlled by the Fengwu Army in Wuhe County, fifty miles outside Muye City.
"Dad, I led my people to take back Blackstone Crossing! I also took back the food, gunpowder, and medicines sent by Kaicheng!" Duan Chong reported to Duan Yanfeng very tiredly:
Feeling the low mood in Duan Chong's words, Duan Yanfeng couldn't help but raise his head and look at his eldest son, looked at Duan Chong's expression carefully and then said slowly:
"Chong'er, do you have anything to say?"
Facing Duan Yanfeng's inquiry, Duan Chong instinctively opened his mouth to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he hesitated. Seeing this, Duan Yanfeng waved his hand and said:
"Speak up and I won't blame you!"
After hearing what his father said, Duan Chong mustered up the courage to say:
"Dad, although I led my men to recapture Blackstone Crossing this time, if this battle continues like this, the Fengwu Army will sooner or later completely cut off our retreat and trap us to death in Wuhe County..." ··················”
After saying this, Duan Chong raised his head and observed his father's expression. Seeing that his father didn't seem to be angry, Duan Chong continued:
"During this period, although our army relied on its camps and firearms to withstand the fierce attack of the Fengwu Army, our army's losses were too great. Two thousand soldiers died in the battle alone, and even more were injured. Seven thousand people, including one thousand seriously injured!"
"Our army has only entered Jiyu for a few days, and the casualties are already close to tens of thousands. And most importantly, it can be seen that the Fengwu Army transferred their heavy artillery from Youyan. Many of our brothers were killed by it. , which is very harmful to the morale of our army!"
"Although we have recaptured Blackstone Crossing now, with our garrison strength at Blackstone Crossing, it will not be long before the Fengwu Army retakes it. If the Fengwu Army moves their heavy artillery onto Blackstone Crossing, what do we want? It is even more difficult to capture Black Rock Crossing, and with the range of their heavy artillery, it is very likely that our army’s food route will be completely blocked!”
After hearing his son's analysis, Duan Yanfeng fell into silence. The most important reason why he regarded Makino as his target was that they could not obtain enough supplies from Jiyu. Therefore, Duan Yanfeng now has 30,000 Qi troops. All logistical supplies need to be transported from Kaicheng in Qilu.
Muye is the city closest to Qilu in Hebei and Henan. By occupying it, he can shorten his logistics supply line and get supplies from the rear more quickly.
At a time when the Fengwu Army is unable to concentrate its forces against itself, Duan Yanfeng's biggest obstacle to holding on to Wuhe County is the problem of logistical supplies...
Although the distance between Wuhe County and Kaicheng is only three hundred miles, most of it is hilly area. Although this place is not a steep mountain, it will be very troublesome for the transport horse team to walk. It will take at least six or seven days to deliver the items. If it rains and the mountain road becomes muddy, it is very common for it to take ten days.
There is a small Linhe around Kaicheng. This small Linhe is connected to Heishidu, which is ten miles away in Wuhe County. It only takes two or three days to transport supplies from Kaicheng down the river by water. As a result, Heishidu became the logistics hub for Duan Yanfeng's troops and an important stronghold that the two sides repeatedly competed for.
If Duan Yanfeng's troops control Heishidu, then the Qi army can get sufficient supplies and can continue to hold on in Wuhe County. If Fengwu's army captures Heishidu, then Duan Yanfeng's troops will be cut off from water supply. , Duan Yanfeng needs to go overland if he wants to obtain supplies, which will undoubtedly greatly affect the efficiency of supplies.
The Yanfeng headquarters in Wuhe County requires a large amount of military supplies every day, the most important of which are food, medicine, and gunpowder.
Food is of course needless to say, but every day in fierce battles, there will be a large number of wounded, which requires a large amount of medicine for treatment. If there are not enough medicine, the seriously wounded will soon die in pain, and the lightly wounded will also Dragged into serious casualties·························
Just like the thousand wounded people now, Duan Yanfeng's headquarters did not have so many wounded people at first. However, due to repeated pulls from Heishidu and Fengwu Army, the transportation of logistics supplies was delayed, and this directly This has led to a surge in the number of seriously injured people. In an era when medicine was not developed, and on the front lines where there was a lack of medical treatment and medicine, serious injury meant death!
In addition to food and medicine, Duan Yanfeng's troops have a huge demand for gunpowder. They have been able to persist in Wuhe County until now, not only because Duan Yanfeng is old and calm, but also because Cao Changping equipped the Qi army with most of their firearms. When the war first started, the Qi army, equipped with thousands of muskets and dozens of squatting tiger cannons, could even shoot at the Fengwu army's firearms.
However, as the war continued, the Qi Army's firearm disadvantage gradually became apparent. Most of the firearms equipped by the Qi Army were second-hand goods that were not required by the Fengwu Army. They had experienced a lot of wear and tear. In the fierce battle, , the failure rate has always been high.
Although Duan Yanfeng really wanted to replenish firearms, he also knew that Cao Changping did not have many firearms in his hands, so he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and ask Cao Changping for gunpowder. After all, without gunpowder, firearms and fire sticks were no longer available. Big difference.
Although Duan Yanfeng's troops carried a lot of gunpowder and ammunition during the expedition, due to technical limitations, the Qi Army's counterfeit gunpowder was not as good as the Fengwu Army's original version. In addition, there were several light rains in the past few days, causing the gunpowder to be damaged. Many of them are unusable if they get wet.
This also caused the Qi army to gradually reduce the frequency of firearm firing when faced with attacks by the Fengwu army, and more people were killed and wounded by the Fengwu army... ·
And once the logistics supplies fail to keep up in time and the gunpowder bullets in the hands of the Qi army are exhausted, the entire army will be annihilated!
Facing Duan Chong's eager eyes, Duan Yanfeng nodded and said:
"Chong'er, what you said makes sense! Our army is indeed in a difficult situation, but the Fengwu Army is the same as ours. Their situation is as dangerous as ours. Ye Mingsheng is too ambitious. This time he actually wants to Eat Jiyu directly!"
"Although the Fengwu Army has many soldiers and horses, Ye Mingsheng's stall is too big. He not only wants to maintain deterrence against Luo'an in Yunbin, but also wants to interfere with Xu Zhaojie's war in Huainan, so he has There are not many soldiers and horses available for fighting in Hebei and Henan. With the intervention of our army, the Fengwu Army's troops in Hebei and Henan are even more stretched!"
"The Fengwu Army has been fighting for years, and even before Youyan's foothold was stable, it mobilized troops and mobilized troops in an attempt to devour Jiyu. It is a miracle that they can survive until now. Now the Fengwu Army's attempt to devour our army has failed. What follows will be a battle of wills. As long as our army can hold on here, it can help Yujing share a lot of pressure!"
"The only enemies in front of us are the 10,000 cavalrymen of the 3rd Division of the Fengwu Army and the 4th Division. Their total number is less than 30,000 people. Even if they control Heishidu, if our army wants to break through and withdraw to Qilu, they can't stop it at all. Can't stop, we are far from the last moment now..."
As soon as Duan Yanfeng finished speaking, one of his subordinates hurried in, handed him a secret letter and said:
"General, we captured a leader of the Fengwu Army. This is his testimony!"
When Duan Yanfeng heard this, a look of doubt flashed across his old eyes. He didn't know what a Dutou's testimony was worth reading.
Duan Yanfeng opened the testimony without hesitation, and when he saw what was written on it, the usually calm old general couldn't help but have a look of surprise in his eyes.
Observing his father's surprised expression, Duan Chong couldn't help but be very curious as to what was written in this testimony!
After putting down his testimony, Duan Yanfeng looked very solemn, looked at the general in front of him and asked in a deep voice:
"Where is the head of the Fengwu soldier you captured?"
Facing Duan Yanfeng's inquiry, General Pian hesitated and said:
"This Fengwu soldier has a very hard skull. We used many methods on him to pry open his mouth. It was a serious matter. We wanted to bring him over to you, General, but he lost too much blood and died!" "
Hearing this answer, Duan Yanfeng immediately became furious and Li yelled:
"Idiot! Do you know how important this news is? If this news is true, our entire army will die here if it is too late, and you also killed people!"
Feeling his father's overwhelming anger, Duan Chong became more and more curious about what was written on the testimony, and he couldn't help but look at the contents of the confession from the corner of his eye.
Although he couldn't see clearly, the words on the testimony completely attracted Duan Chong's attention!
Suddenly it was clearly written on it - Yujing has fallen!
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Zhuo County, governor's seat
Ye Mingsheng, who was in a good mood, was fishing by the water, and accompanying him was He Jingyun, the chief of staff of the Fengwu Army.
"The First Army did a good job in Yujing this time! Your general staff should communicate with the Financial Secretary as soon as possible to come up with a plan to see how to reward these meritorious personnel!"
After listening to Ye Mingsheng's instructions, He Jingyun nodded and responded:
"The First Army is indeed the ace of our army. General Yuan is also a tiger general under the commander-in-chief. Congratulations to the commander-in-chief for taking all the Central Plains into his hands!"
Ye Mingsheng smiled and nodded. Just like before, Yuan Song did not disappoint him. He fought a great victory at the foot of Yujing City, not only annihilating tens of thousands of enemies, but also completely destroying the morale and morale of the Henan Army. The hope in Gao Zongchang's heart successfully forced Gao Zongchang to open the city gate and surrender.
With the capture of Yujing, the political and economic core of Hebei and Henan, the original dilemma of the Fengwu Army due to insufficient troops was immediately solved. The whole situation was restored, and Yuan Song left 20,000 people in Yujing. Later, also under Ye Mingsheng's order, he led the remaining soldiers of the First Army and rushed to Makino without stopping.
Although he and Cao Changping have always had a relationship of mutual use, Ye Mingsheng was still very angry about Cao Changping's betrayal. This Cao Changping not only had a close relationship with Xu Zhaojie, but also blatantly sent troops to intervene in the situation in Hebei and Yu to prevent him from taking over Hebei. This is really It means not knowing whether to live or die.
Previously, with Yujing's restraint, Ye Mingsheng could not mobilize more troops to teach Cao Changping a lesson. Now that Yujing has fallen, Ye Ming can finally vent his anger. Now, even if he cannot directly capture Qilu, he must first start with the Qi army. Collecting a sum of interest from him made Cao Changping regret why he wanted to be his enemy...
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