Sancha River Wharf, a place called a wharf in name but actually a water village.
The water village carries Beijing's "Two Swords to Protect the Scroll" triangular flag. However, due to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the entire water village only has this flag on weekdays, similar to how businessmen hang up the "Xinglong Hao" and "Xingsheng Hao" triangles. The meaning of the flag is to some extent a "trademark". As for other types of flags, they are not allowed to be hung casually.
But things are different now. Since Tumen and Chaohua sent troops, the Jinghua gunboats at Sancha River Pier have raised the "high" flag in addition to the "Double Swords to Protect the Scroll" pennant - this means that they are now It has been requisitioned by the imperial court, and the current commander's surname is Gao.
Jinghua belongs to Gao Pragmatic's private property, and there are a lot of people named Gao who basically changed their surnames after becoming servants. Therefore, even if the banner with the word "Gao" is hung, outsiders can't figure out who the commander is.
But in fact, the "Gao" that the row of big flags with the word "Gao" in Sanchahe Pier are referring to is Gao Pragmatic himself.
Yesterday, Gao Jingshi had arrived at Sanchahe Wharf from Gaizhou in person. Also coming quietly with him were the 1,000 foot soldiers transferred to Liaodong from Jinghua in advance and the 800 cavalry soldiers he brought with him.
Originally, this batch of infantry was deployed in scattered locations. At several key nodes in the Liaohe River and Taizi River, their main tasks were to guard warehouses and move goods. Now he has mobilized them to the front line.
In this way, coupled with the "amphibious force" of several hundred people in the water village itself, Gao Pragmatic has more than 2,000 available armed servants on hand, which is not weak.
At the same time as Gao Jingshi arrived, there were also Ma Chengen and his 600 Majia soldiers, as well as more than 3,000 Fuzhou Guard soldiers - in fact, Gao Jingshi himself was hidden in Ma Chengen's team. Those who came were actually some of the Gao family's servants, who entered the water village in batches through various hidden channels.
It can be seen from this arrangement that Gao Pragmatic is concealing his strength. He wants to give the Tumen and Chaohua coalition forces on the other side the illusion that the Ming reinforcements at Sancha River Pier are from Fuzhou Guards, numbering about four. Around a thousand.
When Zhang Wanbang attacked the logging team, Tumen and Chaohua camps were slow to respond. One reason was that they had received news that the Ming army had increased in strength at Sanchahe Wharf and were discussing countermeasures.
Night, at two o'clock in the morning.
The small building in the river port where Gao Pragmatic was located was brightly lit, and Zhang Wanbang was detailing the various information he had obtained from his seven river crossings in the past few days, including the ambush just now.
Outside the small building behind him, several large bamboo baskets were filled with the heads of Mongolian Tatars brought from the other side. The Gao family's servants were helping him process them - in fact, to keep them fresh, so that they would not all rot and not be recorded in the account. ".
As expected, Gao Pragmatic did not blame Zhang Wanbang for taking the initiative to attack the Mongolian team. However, he was not angered by the Mongols' actions, so he agreed that it was reasonable for Zhang Wanbang to be angry, but because of his command habits. He has always been more of a hands-off shopkeeper.
Since the task has been entrusted to you, as long as you complete the task, everything else will be fine. As for whether you choose to use trickery or "force" during the execution of the task, that is your business, as long as it does not violate military law.
Killing the Tatars obviously did not violate military law, so Gao Pragmatic said nothing. Instead, he asked someone to help him take care of the head and record it in a book so that he could discuss his merits after the war.
Zhang Wanbang's investigation was very detailed, and Gao Pingshi listened for half an hour. Of course, he also asked a lot of questions, and Zhang Wanbang answered them all.
From Gao Pragmatic's point of view, this guy who has been the commander-in-chief of the army with his own ability in history does have some skills. The investigation is very detailed. In terms of content, his investigation is also relatively in-depth. What's even more rare is that he is investigating almost All Mongols with cavalry.
Although the terrain near the Liao River is conducive to the concealment of a small group of elites like him, as the son of a general and a promising young general, he dared to lead only a few dozen people to explore the Mongolian army at close range, which is an act of courage and wisdom in itself. It was a double test, and Zhang Wanbang obviously passed the test.
"So, they only look at the size of the trees when they cut them down, and they don't look at the species at all?" Gao pragmatic asked at this time.
Zhang Wanbang replied without hesitation: "Yes, Military Constitution. I have seen it with my own eyes. They cut down trees of all types. The only thing they have in common is that they are thicker."
"Very good, thank you Sanxi for your hard work." Gao Pingshi smiled and nodded, then turned to Ma Chengen who was standing aside and said, "How is it?"
Ma Chengen smiled and cupped his hands and said: "The military constitution has a sharp eye. This shipbuilding is indeed fake. If they want to build a ship, even if they are pressed for time and don't have time to dry the wood, at least they still have to choose the materials, like this If you cut down and harvest all trees regardless of the type of wood, it is definitely not for building ships."
"Guess what they will use the wood for?" Gao Pragmatic asked with a smile.
"This is a bit difficult to guess." Ma Chengen thought deeply and said: "If we want to attack with fire, these thick woods are not easy to use, and they are not as good as ordinary branches and sticks... However, if they are just made according to the habits of the Mongols, A leather raft doesn’t seem to use so much wood.”
Gao pragmatic waved his hand: "No need to guess, they are probably going to use some wooden people to play tricks... Ha, if it weren't for late autumn and the windy Liaohe River, I think they might be able to save some trouble, the grass-roots people That’s it.”
"Hiding the truth?" Ma Chengen and Zhang Wanbang asked at the same time.
Gao pragmatically nodded: "It should be roughly the same. It's nothing more than concealing the truth from the sky, making false claims to the east and attacking the west. It's just building a plank road openly and crossing Chencang secretly."
He paused and then said: "Didn't Sanxi just say that in the past few days, apart from cutting down trees, the Fried Flowers Division has also sent people to wander upstream. Judging from the scope of their main 'walking', it is estimated that they want to There was a sudden crossing of the river somewhere between Dongsheng Fort and Changning Fort... As for the camp, it was nothing more than a cover.
Just wait and see, when they light a big bonfire in the camp, or even have a drinking party and play music, it means they plan to launch a cross-river raid. "
Zhang Wanbang asked in surprise: "Why do you want to build a big bonfire and even play music?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "Because they are not confident. Some people use tricks. It's not that the tactics are not used correctly, but they just don't control the heat well.
This is like when someone learns cooking. When he first learns, he always thinks that he will be a great chef if he can cook some land and water delicacies. When he shows his skills to others, he also wants to use dragon liver and phoenix marrow to cook.
As everyone knows, the true skill of cooking lies in the fact that any ingredients can be used by you. Not only can you use them, but you can also use them to the extreme. You can use the most common ingredients to make delicious dishes. Only then can you be called a chef. "
Zhang Wanbang suddenly said: "The military constitution is saying that they are afraid that we will not be fooled, so they want to make some big noise to attract our attention, but this will reveal the time of their surprise attack?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Yes, so we have planned the plan. When they make a big noise, the water village will be brightly lit, and people will be sent forward to 'investigate'... By the way, I asked you to do it." Is the wooden cannon ready?"
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