In Tucheng, two miles south of Jinzhou City, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was discussing military affairs with Zu Dashou, Zhang Cheng, Wu Sangui and other town commanders. The core topic was naturally how to continue fighting against slaves and bandits after opening the aid route to Jinzhou. .
Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong's vanguard, advocated reducing the number of troops, strengthening the defense of Jinnan Pass, and stalemate the slaves on the north bank of Xiaoling River to force them to retreat voluntarily.
His proposal was naturally supported by Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, and Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, had no objection to it. With the approval of the two of them, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and Chen Jiugao, the commander-in-chief of the front camp of Shenji Camp, Naturally, there will be no other opinions.
The question now is how to shrink the troops, where to deploy heavy defenses, and to abandon those places.
after all. At this moment, the Ming army has gained a battlefield advantage and is about to completely crush the Qing army's siege of Jinzhou. The closer to victory, the more cautious it must be.
At this time, the Ming army was roughly divided into three parts. Among them, the east road, dominated by Zhang Chengxuan's army, had become the focus of solving Jinwei because they were stationed at Jinnan Passage.
Next is the middle road where Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao and Chen Jiugao are located. They contain more than 30,000 Qing troops led by the slave thief Dorgon along the way, and they are in close contact with the commander-in-chief Zu in Jinzhou City and Zhang Cheng's troops in the south of the city. , which can not only contain the Qing troops, but also support each other.
Finally, there is the only surviving Ming army Wang Tingchen's troops on the south bank of the Nürhe River. They are in a stalemate with nearly 20,000 Qing soldiers in Jilhalang. In addition to threatening the pontoon bridge on the Xiaoling River in the west of Jinzhou, they can also fight against Chen Zhongcai on the south bank of the Nürhe River. The supervisory battalion he led responded accordingly.
But Wang Tingchen's group was also the weakest of the three Ming armies. In addition to Wang Tingchen's former garrison troops, there were also two battalions of Ningyuan troops, and more than 5,000 remnants of Shanhaiguan general Ma Ke. Together, they There are only 14,000 to 5,000 people.
The key to the problem now is how to rationally deploy these three groups of soldiers and horses to guard the Jinnan Passage and achieve the ultimate goal of forcing the Qing army to retreat.
The generals in the military tent have discussed for a long time, and have basically reached an agreement on Wang Tingchen's west route, which is to combine Wang Tingchen and Chen Zhongcai into one route, with Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, sitting in command.
This road was both offensive and defensive, so Chen Zhongcai further retreated and guarded the two pontoon bridges on the Nuer River to ensure the connection between Wang Tingchen's troops and the south bank and the transfer of supplies.
Wang Tingchen's troops also retreated to a position about one mile away from the north bank of the Nv'er River, which could shorten the distance between them and the pontoon bridge and facilitate mutual support with Chen Zhongcai's Biao camp.
As long as Wang Tingchen's former garrison troops were still on the north bank, the Tatar soldiers led by Jierhalang would not dare to withdraw, and Prince Dorgon of the Qing Dynasty had to leave a Qing army to guard the west of Jinzhou City along the Xiaoling River. section of the pontoon.
Because the Ming army under Wang Tingchen may break through Jierhalang's defense line at any time. Once they cross the pontoon bridge in the west section of Xiaoling River, Dorgon will be attacked from both sides, so he has to guard against it.
The focus of the problem is now obvious. In fact, it is how to deploy and arrange Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao, and Chen Jiugao.
After discussions among several generals, they all agreed that Wu Sangui's troops should advance northward, but there were divergent opinions on where exactly to advance.
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, insisted that the troops of Wu Sangui and Cao Bianjiao should advance at least to the level line of Tucheng, so that they could set up a camp at the southwest corner of Jinzhou City and block the slaves' access to Jinzhou's South Pass.
However, Wu Sangui believed that the troops should not march to the southwest corner of Jinzhou City. This would mean that Ningyuan's army was fighting against the slave thieves on its own, which was actually not conducive to defending the city and its troops could not be deployed.
He insisted that Ningyuan's army and Cao Bianjiao's ASEAN troops should be stationed at least one mile north of the southwest corner of Jinzhou City.
In this way, when the slave thieves attacked Wu Sangui and Cao Bianjiao's tribe, Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu army could attack directly to the west to defeat the slave thieves army, and Zu Dashou could also lead his army to fight out from the west gate of Jinzhou to threaten the slave thieves' rear camp.
If the slaves came to attack Zhang Cheng's troops, they would have to take a detour from the southwest of Jinzhou. In this way, they would be threatened by Wu Sangui. In order to prevent him from attacking his flank, the slaves would have to heavily defend themselves, and they would not be able to attack Zhang with all their strength. Sincerity.
He believed that such an arrangement was a reasonable defensive strategy. The three parties could fight independently and support each other. No matter which side the slaves came to attack, the other two places could send troops to support or harass the rear and flanks of the slaves.
Chen Jiugao, the former commander of Shenji Camp, was very supportive of Wu Sangui's proposal. Although he had previously offered to assist Zhang Cheng in guarding Jinzhou South Pass, he gave up because no one supported it.
Zhang Cheng was very supportive of Wu Sangui's proposal. In this way, his main force was divided into three places. The slaves and thieves could not attack at the same time. If they attacked one place alone, they would face harassment from the other two Ming armies. If you are in trouble, you will not be able to last long.
Finally, after consulting Zu Dashou's opinion, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, immediately decided to follow the military strategy proposed by Wu Sangui. Zu Dashou led his army back to the city to defend it, while Wu Sangui would march two miles north tomorrow and set up another camp.
Zhang Cheng is stationed on the front line of Tucheng. He will lead his main force early tomorrow morning to march towards the southwest corner of Jinzhou City to threaten the flanks of the slave thieves so that they cannot prevent Wu Sangui's Ming army from moving north.
The military meeting was settled, and all the generals naturally dispersed. Although Zhang Cheng had arranged accommodation for everyone in Tucheng, Zu Dashou was eager to return to Jinzhou City to take charge and refused to stay.
After Wu Sangui personally sent his uncle Zu Dashou to unearth the north gate of the city, Zu Dashou dismissed him and said to him alone: "Uncle, I think this Zhang Cheng is indeed unusual. He has such a scheming mind at a young age. Not only does he have a strong army, he is also the most rare thing." The most important thing is that he has great ambitions.
However, this Zhang Chengfei is an unreasonable person. Although we are fighting against slaves and bandits in Liaodong, he will eventually return to Xuanfu. When the time comes, he and I will move west and east, not only not infringing each other, but also communicating with each other from a distance.
Do you understand what I mean? "
Wu Sangui looked up at his uncle Zu Dashou, nodded and said: "Don't worry, uncle, Gui'er will be spared. Previously in Ningyuan, he had already interacted with Zhang Cheng. As long as he does not interfere with our local military affairs in Liaodong, he can be his nephew's friend." .
If he interferes in our affairs in Liaodong without knowing what is right, then no wonder we don't treat him as a friend. "
Zu Dashou looked at Wu Sangui with a very strange look, as if he was thoughtful. After a moment, he held his hand tightly and said: "Uncle Zhang, in short, this Zhang Cheng is by no means an ordinary person. Although he is someone like us, I’m not afraid of what he will do, but it’s not wrong to have more good karma.”
"Yes, Guier has taken note of it."
Watching Zu Dashou riding his horse and leaving slowly, Wu Sangui felt mixed emotions in his heart. No matter how hard he tried, he always seemed to be one step behind Zhang Cheng.
Wu Sangui looked up at the dark sky, unable to see a trace of light. A strong sense of powerlessness suddenly came over him. He felt a sense of boredom in his chest and just wanted to scream a few times.
But there were his own subordinates and the city gate guards of the Xuanfu Army around, but he couldn't do this because of his face. He sighed heavily and called on his subordinates to slowly march towards the central army.
On the other side, Chen Jiugao was complaining about his bitterness with Zhang Cheng and Wang Pu, complaining that he was transferred by the governor to assist the Ningyuan Army, but he missed the great contribution of understanding Jinwei.
When Wang Pu saw this, he laughed and mocked him, which made Chen Jiugao regretful. However, Zhang Cheng's comfort to him made him feel warm again.
Zhang Cheng said to him that although it was the Xuanfu Army that opened the channel to aid the Jin Dynasty, if there were no other towns fighting hard to contain the main force of slave thieves, how could the Xuanfu Army have achieved the current results.
Therefore, the great achievement of lifting the siege was naturally not unique to the Xuanfu Army. The officers and soldiers of all towns had great achievements, so he did not need to worry about it.
Since it was still wartime, slave thieves might come to attack the camp at night at any time. Zhang Cheng simply prepared some food and did not prepare any drinks. However, since there were so many horse casualties today, horse meat naturally became one of the staple foods. .
There were all kinds of horse meat stew, roasted horse meat, etc. on the table. However, Hong Chengchou was not very interested in meat, just like Lu Xiangsheng back then, and he didn't eat much.
However, Hong Chengchou was in a very good mood and even encouraged several general soldiers with water instead of wine many times during the dinner.
After the banquet, Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao and several other general soldiers returned to their respective residences. Since Hong Chengchou had set up a temporary camp in Tucheng, Zhang Cheng ceded the Chinese military tent to the north to Governor Hong Chengchou.
He set up his own military tent in the west of the city. Naturally, Wu Sangui and Chen Jiugao were placed near the governor's quarters in the north of the city, while the Chinese military tent of Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, was located in the south of the city.
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That night, at 3:00 p.m., Zhang Cheng returned to the central military camp in Xuanfu Town, west of the city, and saw Shi Meng, the commander of the left post in the middle of the Huwei camp, standing outside his central military tent, looking very anxious.
Before Zhang Cheng could ask the question, Shi Meng stepped forward eagerly with a sad look on his face and said in a crying voice: "Commander, I'm afraid our forest leader..."
As he spoke, he choked up and couldn't speak any more. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng asked urgently: "Mengzi, please tell me, how is your Lintou's injury?"
It turned out that Zhang Cheng had only reported that Lin Fangping was injured on the battlefield, and the injury was serious. However, because Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou arrived one after another, he had not had time to visit Lin Fangping.
Shi Meng saw that General Zhang Cheng was asking urgent questions, so he hurriedly replied: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, Shi...Medical Officer Shi said that Lin Tou...I'm afraid it will be...hard to live..."
Zhang Cheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard what he said intermittently. Lin Fangping was by Zhang Cheng's side as a personal soldier when he first traveled through time. It can be said that he is one of Zhang Cheng's closest people.
Now, when he suddenly heard the bad news, he staggered and almost collapsed. Fortunately, Zhang Chengfang, the adopted son who was accompanying him, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him, thus avoiding the embarrassment.
Zhang Cheng asked anxiously: "Where is Lin Fangping now? Where is Medical Officer Shi?"
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Zu Dashou looked at Wu Sangui with a very strange look, as if he was thoughtful. After a moment, he held his hand tightly and said: "Uncle Zhang, in short, this Zhang Cheng is by no means an ordinary person. Although he is someone like us, I’m not afraid of what he will do, but it’s not wrong to have more good karma.”
"Yes, Guier has taken note of it."
Watching Zu Dashou riding his horse and leaving slowly, Wu Sangui felt mixed emotions in his heart. No matter how hard he tried, he always seemed to be one step behind Zhang Cheng.
Wu Sangui looked up at the dark sky, unable to see a trace of light. A strong sense of powerlessness suddenly came over him. He felt a sense of boredom in his chest and just wanted to scream a few times.
But there were his own subordinates and the city gate guards of the Xuanfu Army around, but he couldn't do this because of his face. He sighed heavily and called on his subordinates to slowly march towards the central army.
On the other side, Chen Jiugao was complaining about his bitterness with Zhang Cheng and Wang Pu, complaining that he was transferred by the governor to assist the Ningyuan Army, but he missed the great contribution of understanding Jinwei.
When Wang Pu saw this, he laughed and mocked him, which made Chen Jiugao regretful. However, Zhang Cheng's comfort to him made him feel warm again.
Zhang Cheng said to him that although it was the Xuanfu Army that opened the channel to aid the Jin Dynasty, if there were no other towns fighting hard to contain the main force of slave thieves, how could the Xuanfu Army have achieved the current results.
Therefore, the great achievement of lifting the siege was naturally not unique to the Xuanfu Army. The officers and soldiers of all towns had great achievements, so he did not need to worry about it.
Since it was still wartime, slave thieves might come to attack the camp at night at any time. Zhang Cheng simply prepared some food and did not prepare any drinks. However, since there were so many horse casualties today, horse meat naturally became one of the staple foods. .
There were all kinds of horse meat stew, roasted horse meat, etc. on the table. However, Hong Chengchou was not very interested in meat, just like Lu Xiangsheng back then, and he didn't eat much.
However, Hong Chengchou was in a very good mood and even encouraged several general soldiers with water instead of wine many times during the dinner.
After the banquet, Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao and several other general soldiers returned to their respective residences. Since Hong Chengchou had set up a temporary camp in Tucheng, Zhang Cheng ceded the Chinese military tent to the north to Governor Hong Chengchou.
He set up his own military tent in the west of the city. Naturally, Wu Sangui and Chen Jiugao were placed near the governor's quarters in the north of the city, while the Chinese military tent of Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, was located in the south of the city.
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That night, at 3:00 p.m., Zhang Cheng returned to the central military camp in Xuanfu Town, west of the city, and saw Shi Meng, the commander of the left post in the middle of the Huwei camp, standing outside his central military tent, looking very anxious.
Before Zhang Cheng could ask the question, Shi Meng stepped forward eagerly with a sad look on his face and said in a crying voice: "Commander, I'm afraid our forest leader..."
As he spoke, he choked up and couldn't speak any more. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng asked urgently: "Mengzi, please tell me, how is your Lintou's injury?"
It turned out that Zhang Cheng had only reported that Lin Fangping was injured on the battlefield, and the injury was serious. However, because Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou arrived one after another, he had not had time to visit Lin Fangping.
Shi Meng saw that General Zhang Cheng was asking urgent questions, so he hurriedly replied: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, Shi...Medical Officer Shi said that Lin Tou...I'm afraid it will be...hard to live..."
Zhang Cheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard what he said intermittently. Lin Fangping was by Zhang Cheng's side as a personal soldier when he first traveled through time. It can be said that he is one of Zhang Cheng's closest people.
Now, when he suddenly heard the bad news, he staggered and almost collapsed. Fortunately, Zhang Chengfang, the adopted son who was accompanying him, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him, thus avoiding the embarrassment.
Zhang Cheng asked anxiously: "Where is Lin Fangping now? Where is Medical Officer Shi?"
