Ming Zuo

Chapter 154
At noon on the second day, Zuo Menggeng and his party returned to Daliang Town.

When approaching the town, Mao Yuanyi was still very strange.

It's so quiet here, it seems like there's nothing here.

Could it be that during Zuo Menggeng's absence, all the soldiers in the rear battalion ran away?

This kind of thing is too common in this era.

But when entering the town and looking at the crowd of soldiers, Mao Yuanyi was in a bad mood again.

"Are you a battalion soldier?"

He was not blind, so he could tell the number of people.

Is this a battalion or an association?
Zuo Menggeng stared at him with a firm expression.

"You read that right, this is a battalion."

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help grinning.

I have never seen people who eat empty wages and drink soldiers' blood. This is the first time I have seen people stuffed into the army.

But seeing the scale of the back camp, Mao Yuanyi finally understood why Zuo Menggeng was so confident about attacking Zunhua.

I'm afraid this young general is not as simple as wanting to harass Zunhua.

Especially when he saw that each of the soldiers in the rear battalion had muskets, he became even more curious about the combat effectiveness of this novel army.

Running around midnight in the cold winter is really hard work.But the military situation was urgent, and Zuo Menggeng didn't care about taking a break, so he immediately called a meeting of all the officers of the battalion.

"Qianzuo, I heard that the Tartars have gone to the capital, shall we go to reinforce?"

Zuo Yong asked on behalf of the whole army.

Zuo Menggeng asked people to hang up the map, and said: "Let's not join in the fun, let's fight Zunhua."

Mao Yuanyi originally thought that everyone would disagree with Zuo Menggeng's thoughts.At the very least, they should find out where Zunhua is.

In the end, what he saw was everyone's normal appearance.

Look at the appearance of all the officers sitting in a circle, which is completely different from the strict hierarchy of the Ming army in the past.

This is a very different army.

After thinking about this, Mao Yuanyi became even more curious and planned to observe more.

Zuo Menggeng was still presiding over the meeting.

"I predict that the Tartars will not be able to take advantage of the capital city, and may eventually invade Gu'an and Liangxiang to the south and west. In this way, there will be more than [-] miles between the main force of the Tartars and Zunhua This is our army's opportunity."

Everyone nodded. As for the situation in Zunhua, they had already obtained information from the Intelligence Department.

Zuo Menggeng looked at everyone.

"Next, let's discuss the action plan."

Liu Yiyuan was the first to speak.

"We cannot march during the day. During this period of time, our reconnaissance brigade has encountered unidentified people several times, and there have been casualties. If we march during the day, we will be on the plains all the way until Zunhua, and we can't avoid them at all." Don’t be prying by someone with a heart.”

On the battlefield, apart from the battle of large armies, the confrontation of scouts is the most dangerous.

There is basically no room for relaxation. Once encountered, it must be a life-or-death situation.

The scouts that the Tartars sent everywhere were obviously the elite of the elite.The reconnaissance brigade can damage each other without using muskets, which is enough to prove how fast these soldiers have grown.

Zuo Shi is concerned about a problem.

"Isn't it too slow if we can only march at night? When we reach Zunhua, we don't know the year of the monkey."

Regarding this point, Zuo Menggeng is quite sure.

"We still have plenty of time. It will take at least the beginning of December until the Tartars attack the Liangxiang area, so our actions do not pursue time, we just need to keep it secret."

Huang Zongxi immediately lay down on the map and studied it.

"If that's the case, then there's no problem. We can walk [-] to [-] miles a night, as long as we pay attention to the shielding of the battlefield, we're absolutely sure we won't be discovered."

Everyone agreed with his point of view, and the plan was finalized.

But Mao Yuanyi felt that these young people were just messing around.

"Everyone, I'm an outsider, so I shouldn't have interrupted, but I think you've all overlooked an important issue. Marching at night, how to solve the blindfold disease? Aren't you afraid that soldiers will get lost?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and suddenly burst into laughter, Mao Yuanyi who laughed was inexplicable.

Zuo Menggeng managed to stop it, and introduced to everyone: "This is Mr. Sun Ge's praise painting, Mr. Mao Yuanyi and Mao Zhisheng."

He said to Mao Yuanyi again: "Mr. Mao doesn't know something, this night blindness has been solved in my back camp."

"What? You actually cured the blindfolded bird?"

Mao Yuanyi's surprise was no small matter.

Night blindness was definitely one of the worst enemies of ancient armies.

Not to mention marching and fighting, even when camping at night, once encountering a surprise attack, soldiers will run around indiscriminately because they don't see anything, and will eventually be slaughtered at will.

Now Zuo Menggeng said that he can solve the problem of night blindness.

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help beating his heart.

What kind of army is this?

Zuo Menggeng smiled wryly, but he didn't hide it either.

"If you want to solve night blindness, you only need to pay more attention to feeding soldiers with fresh vegetables, river fish, liver, etc. on weekdays."

After listening, Mao Yuanyi exhausted all his strength.

Easy to say, okay?

Now how many soldiers in the army can't get enough to eat, and still eat fresh vegetables, river delicacies and animal livers?

Once he recognized the reality, he no longer struggled with it.

At sunset that afternoon, the rear battalion set off from Daliang Town, headed eastward under the cover of night, and took control of Chenzhuangzi Village at dawn.

The reconnaissance brigade had already done a good job of shielding the surrounding area, and the rear battalion died down immediately after moving in, still hiding in the fog of war.

In the afternoon, before departure, the battle report from Tongzhou was transmitted.

On the [-]th, Manggurtai and Moergen Daiqing arrived at Tongzhou Ferry with [-] troops.The next day, Huang Taiji rushed to Duhe and stationed in the north of Tongzhou City.

Because of Hou Xun's participation, some things that should have happened disappeared.

First of all, the grain and grass in Zhangjiawan were transported into the city, and Hou Jin did not receive any supplies.

Secondly, Hou Xun did a very thorough job of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness.All facilities, including the horse farm, were completely removed.

Huang Taiji also did not capture the eunuchs Yang Chun and Wang Chengde in Machang, and there was no basis for implementing anti-indirect tactics.

Of course, this does not affect Yuan Chonghuan's ending.

Still the same sentence, when Houjin crossed Jizhou, Yuan Chonghuan's ending was already doomed.

On the [-]th, because he found nothing outside Tongzhou, Huang Taiji became angry and commanded the army to attack the city.

However, under the command of Sun Chengzong and Hou Xun, after a lively fight for a day, Houjin had no results except heavy losses.

It wasn't until the [-]th that Huang Taiji had no choice but to give up Tongzhou and marched to Shumabao, [-] miles away from the capital.

The irony is that Hou Jin got nothing in Tongzhou, but he got [-] mules and horses and [-] camels in Shoumabao.

Knowing that the Jin attack came, the imperial court did withdraw the horses and other supplies from the Mabao, but it seemed that they did not withdraw them all.

At the same time, Man Gui and Hou Shilu were defeated by Abatai and Yue Tuo and retreated to the capital city.

On the [-]th, after trekking, Yuan Chonghuan finally arrived at the capital and stationed outside Guangqumen.

On the second day, the fiercest battle in the entire Jisi Change broke out.

Huang Taiji personally led the right wing to attack the troops of Mangui and Hou Shilu outside Deshengmen, and ordered Mang Gurtai, Abatai and others to attack Yuan Chonghuan's troops outside Guangqumen.

After a fierce battle, Hou Shilu ran away before the fight started, causing Man Gui to be sold, and had to retreat into the city to rest after the defeat.

On the side of Guangqumen, the sky was dark and the sky was dark. The left wing of Houjin suffered heavy losses and did not take advantage of it at all.

It was also on this day that Sun Chengzong finally issued an order to the various Ming armies to harass Sanhe, Fengrun, Yutian and other places to cover the operation of the rear camp.

On the [-]th, Huang Taiji attacked Yuan Chonghuan's troops outside Guangqumen again, but he still couldn't take advantage of it, so he finally gave up and returned to Liangxiang.

The eyes of the world are all attracted by the battle under the capital city, where are Zuo Menggeng and his rear battalion?

On this day, after more than ten days and nights, the rear battalion went through untold hardships and finally arrived at Xingyu Mountain in the southeast of Zunhua.

Here, Zuo Menggeng began to carry out combat deployment.

"I have only one requirement. On the first day of the first day of the new year, the first brigade must move to the Caijiayu area north of Zunhua, the second brigade must move to the eighteen miles west of Zunhua, and the third brigade must control the valley between Zhushan and Longshan. Don't let the enemies of Zunhua escape alone."

The generals were not doing well yet, Mao Yuanyi was shocked again.

"Zuo Qianzao, do you want to divide your troops?"

Zuo Menggeng was very strange.

"How can we block the Tartars in Zunhua without dividing troops?"

Mao Yuanyi was simply not well.

"I have to remind you that there are [-] Tatar soldiers in Zunhua City. You may not have any chance of winning if you concentrate all your strength. If you divide your troops like this, you will bring your own destruction."

Zuo Menggeng couldn't say too much.

"Whether it succeeds or not, Mr. Mao will wait and see."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Mao Yuanyi, but said to all the officers: "In any case, on the first day of December, I will personally lead the main force to attack Zunhua City. If any of your intercepting troops is not in place by then, let them go." When the enemy is defeated, the military law is engaged."

Zuo Rong, Zuo Hua and Zuo Dai didn't dare to neglect, they quickly took orders and went to divide their troops.

On the main side, start from Xingyu Mountain, go to Daguantun, Niangniangzhuang, Wolong Mountain, Wang Bading, Jianshaotai, Baishan and go straight to the east of Zunhua.

On the one hand, cut off the connection between Zunhua and Santunying, and attack Zunhua from the east of the city.

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(End of this chapter)