"Staff Lin is right. Most of the troops and horses in Taiyuan Prefecture have been used to deal with us. There are no decent opponents in the personal division. How can we not advance quickly?" Deputy division chief Yu Huai was holding a The big teapot came over and said, "The soldiers and horses of the Shenwu Guard have passed through Jingxing Pass and entered Pingding Prefecture, and are now on their way to Shouyang."
Sitting down on the stool next to the table.
Wang Yuncheng leaned on the table and looked at Shouyang on the map.
Shouyang is only two or three days' journey from Yangqu at most.
"It seems that we can only deal with the troops from the Shenwu Guard in the east first, and then go south to Xugou." Lin Wenye looked at the map and said.
At this time, Yu Huai said again: "We met the Shenwu Guards, and the soldiers and horses from Yulin Town were met by the Personal Soldier Division. We received news that the soldiers and horses from Yulin Town have arrived in Jiazhou."
"The Ming Dynasty is planning to attack us from the east and west sides." Lin Wenye found the location of Jiazhou on the map and said calmly.
Wang Yuncheng retracted his gaze from the map and said with a smile: "Not only the soldiers and horses of Yulin Town, but also the Xuanwu Guards of Kaifeng Prefecture in the south have arrived in the Lingchuan area."
"Three armies gathered in Shanxi, they don't want to give us a way to survive!" Lin Wenye said in a relaxed tone.
Yu Huai sneered and said: "It depends on whether they can fight. If I don't have the ability, it will be useless even if there are more troops."
He did not hide his contempt for these three imperial troops.
"This is to make a toad fall off the ground. If it doesn't bite, it will bite people." Lin Wenye said, "The troops coming from the Shenwu Guards have five to six thousand people. If we let them go unchecked, once they get around to the rear, they will very likely destroy us. Great situation on the home front.”
Yu Huai said: "Then get rid of them first. The fields in the rear have just been divided, and the place is not yet stable. If we are harmed by the soldiers and horses of the Ming court at this time, we will only be harmed."
As he spoke, he looked at Wang Yuncheng.
"The troops and horses of this Shenwu Guard are not even as strong as the frontier troops in Taiyuan. It is easy to deal with them. But if we change the march route, will it delay the march south? We want to capture all of Shanxi before the summer harvest." Lin Wenye said.
Although the army has captured Yangqu, part of Taiyuan Prefecture is still in the hands of Ming Dynasty.
Wang Yuncheng rubbed his chin with his fingers a few times, stared at the map on the table and said, "What do you think of dividing the troops?"
"Divide the troops?" Lin Wenye was stunned for a moment.
Yu Huai on the side looked at Wang Yuncheng.
Wang Yuncheng said: "As long as the Ming court does not send a large number of troops to Shanxi, our more than 10,000 troops will basically not encounter any opponents in Shanxi, and even our more than 10,000 troops will attack a certain state or county. It's all very wasteful. Many states and counties only need one or two thousand people to win, and there is no need for more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to march together."
"How do you want to divide your troops?" Lin Wenye asked.
Wang Yuncheng continued: "I plan to send the second and third battle battalions to Shouyang to block the Shenwu Guards entering Shanxi Province, and then the second and third battle battalions will attack Leping in Pingding Prefecture and Heshun in Liaozhou respectively."
Following his words, his fingers moved across several places on the map.
"It is not a big problem to capture Liaozhou with the strength of the second and third battle barracks, but who is the right general to appoint? The battalions of the second and third battle barracks are afraid that they will not obey anyone. If this relationship is not resolved, the two It is difficult to cooperate sincerely in the military camp." Lin Wenye expressed his worries.
Wang Yuncheng raised his head and looked at Yu Huai, who was standing aside, and said, "Deputy Division Yu can serve as the commander-in-chief of these two armies. If necessary, the two combat camps can also divide their forces and each take their own route."
"I have no problem." Yu Huai said from the side.
Wang Yuncheng looked at the map on the table again, placed his hand on the position of Yangqu, and said: "The remaining troops and horses will set off from Yangqu, and go to Yuci, Qingyuan and Xugou respectively, and go south to get them. Go down to Taikoo and Qi County, meet at the Malingguan area, and go south to Qinzhou."
"This method is good. Although we have dispersed our troops, we can speed up the capture of Shanxi's states and counties. The only problem is what to do with the states and counties we captured. If we send troops to stay behind, our military strength will be diluted." Lin Wenye said.
Wang Yuncheng said: "I have already thought about this issue. We can select some young men from the captured people and use them to garrison the city while training. Moreover, there are also people sent by Datong to set up a peasant association and organize a peasant association." Soldiers, with peasant soldiers, although they cannot compete with the regular troops of the Ming Dynasty for the time being, they are enough to maintain local security. Moreover, these peasant soldiers will definitely follow our Tiger Flag with all their hearts when they have their own land, and do not want to go back to the past. The kind of days without hope.”
"I have no objection. I agree with Shizheng's method." Yu Huai agreed.
The remaining Lin Wenye hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
"Okay, since there are no objections, it's settled. Deputy Division Chief Yu, I will issue an order in the name of the Third Battle Division. You can take it to the Second and Third Battle Camps and set off immediately to die. Yang." Wang Yuncheng said to Huai.
Yu Huai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go right away. If anything happens, I will send a horse back in time to deliver the message."
With that said, he stood up from the stool and strode out.
"Let's not waste any time. Let's send the notice and the army will set off immediately." Wang Yuncheng said to Lin Wenye.
The Tiger-Character Banner army stationed outside Yangqu City marched in two directions: Taiyuan City and Shouyang. At the same time, a war camp of several thousand soldiers and horses went to Yuci.
Taiyuan City was the first city encountered by the Tiger-Character Banner army heading south.
There is no county magistrate in the city, but the county magistrate is in charge of the overall situation.
Unfortunately, the number of defenders in the city is limited, so they can only choose young men from the city to defend the city.
Many people in Taiyuan City have heard about the Tiger-Character Banner's division of fields in Yangqu. Many young men who were temporarily sent to the city wall to defend the city took the initiative to open the city gate before the Tiger-Character Banner army could attack the city. .
Taiyuan City was not defended for even a day. Many officials in the city, headed by the county magistrate, became prisoners of the Tiger Flag. Only the county magistrate committed suicide and died for his country.
And this county magistrate was also the original county magistrate of Taiyuan City, but the later county magistrate bought out the Taiyuan County Magistrate, and he was not a third-ranking Jinshi, so he could only change from county magistrate to county magistrate.
The Second and Third War Divisions only took one day to arrive at Shouyang City.
Although the county magistrate in the defending city chose to stick to Shouyang City, he did not abandon the city like the magistrate in Taiyuan City did, and he personally led people on the city wall to defend the city.
The big households in the city provided money, and those who provided food provided food. Even many of the guards on the city wall were manpower provided by the big households in the city.
