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Chapter 693 Take it easy in the future

Just when everyone was surprised, He Biao took out a letter from his bosom, presented it with both hands, and said, "Commander, Mrs. Tai has sent a letter, you will know it at a glance!"

Zhang Chengfang stepped forward to take the letter and delivered it to the desk in front of Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng also wondered in his heart, he had only been away from Beilu for more than two months, what would happen?
He picked up the book from the case table, opened it up for a closer look, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

All the generals were wondering why he was laughing, so they heard Zhang Cheng excitedly say: "Hahaha. The second lady is happy, even Xiao Liuyan is playing games?"

All the generals in the big tent got up and left the seats in unison, came to the empty space in the middle, bowed down and bowed down one after another: "The last general congratulates the commander, congratulations for the commander!"

Amidst the generals' congratulations, Zhang Cheng was also thinking to himself: What's wrong with me, I originally only had a son, but later I wanted a daughter, but I couldn't conceive for several years.Why did he come to Daming, suddenly he became ferocious, and the women around him became happy one after another.

It seems that I have to take it easy in the future!

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On July 14, the 26th year of Chongzhen, the aid army set off for the second time, and marched in the direction of Songshan Fort along the Liaoxi Avenue.

Liu Zhaoji, the vanguard officer of the Liaodong Commander-in-Chief, led his troops in the front, followed by Yang Guozhu, the supporting commander, at a distance of more than ten li, and then the troops of the remaining towns.

Hong Chengchou, together with Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief, led a large number of civil and military officials, and under the escort of nearly [-] infantry and cavalry soldiers from the superintendent battalion, they set off from Ningyuan. Wu Sangui also led a group of civil and military officials who stayed in Ningyuan out of the city to see him off.

Ningyuan is a little more than a hundred miles away from Songshan Fort, and it is nearly [-] miles away from Tashan Fort, where Ningyuan Zhongzuo is stationed.

Even so, the army was still very cautious when marching. The forward team of Liaodong General Liu Zhaoji was always within [-] li of the distance from the supporting general Yang Guozhu.

The soldiers and horses under Yang Guozhu's command were within thirty miles of the rear formation. In this way, the army moved slowly, and the distance between each other was only within a day's journey. If the cavalry moved fast, it would be one or two time of day.

In the event of an enemy attack, as long as it was not defeated by the chaos of World War I, as long as it lasts for more than one day, the troops and horses of various departments can quickly support each other, and they can gather together in one or two days to fight the powerful enemy together.

Even if you encounter the main force of the enemy army, with the strength of the forward and supporting troops, you can at least stand in place and buy a day for the main force to regroup and fight the slaves.

On Liaoxi Avenue, sergeants with various accents formed an army formation and kept moving forward, like a long bright red dragon, stretching back and forth for more than a hundred miles, rolling forward.

Each army has a lot of luggage along with it, and behind the large army of the Chinese army, there are countless civilian men and handymen, transporting food and fodder for the army. There are all kinds of donkey carts, horse carts, mule carts, wheelbarrows, and even Camels and porters, etc., are so densely packed that there is no end in sight.

On the avenue, from time to time, sentry cavalry can be seen galloping back and forth. The military situation in front of them will be reported every hour. Benz kept confirming the positions and conditions of the soldiers and horses of each unit.

Information from the front continued to pass. Liu Zhaoji had led the forward troops past Gaoqiao Fort, and was exploring and advancing towards Xingshan. Here, he also began to encounter some Tartar sentry cavalry to intercept and harass them, all of whom were dispatched by the forward army. Destroyed, a total of seven levels of beheading slaves.

Yang Guozhu's supporting troops also passed through Tashan Fort, and he dispatched more than a thousand fine cavalry to guard the forward Liu Zhaoji's base, helping him to clean up the raiding Tartar sentry cavalry.

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On this day, Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, suddenly sent a report from Tang, and found that there were more than [-] Tatar thieves on horseback with red flags and red flags inlaid, and about thousands of slaves in armor, preparing shielded chariots and long ladders, and storming Xingshan Castle.

Zheng Yilin, the deputy general of the Xingshan Defense Battalion who was stationed in Xingshan, had sent two groups of fine cavalry to urgently ask Liu Zhaoji for help. The situation was very critical. See the red barbarian artillery chariots appearing in the siege array of the Tartar army.

In the formation of the Chinese army, after Hong Chengchou thought for a while, he sent his soldiers to inform Liu Zhaoji that if the Tartar bandit armored slaves were really only a few thousand, he could lead the army to help, but sentry cavalry should be spread widely to prevent the bandits from attacking in Xingshan. There are ambush troops everywhere.

In addition, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief, was ordered to advance at an accelerated pace. The cavalry of this unit were not allowed to participate in the battle. They groped forward along the road towards Songshan to protect the flanks of Xingshan. His infantry could participate in the rescue of Xingshan.

There are about [-] people in Liu Zhaoji's army, out of which about [-] old and weak and miscellaneous laborers have been eliminated, and among the remaining [-] soldiers and horses, there are [-] cavalry. Their equipment, cold weapons, mostly use sabers, boring palladium, cavalry weapons such as lances, axes and hammers, and nearly half of the knights used three-eyed guns.

The three-eyed blunderbuss they used had iron nails and spikes on the outside of the blunderbuss. After being fired, they could be used to strike the enemy directly. Better than a knife and stick.

There are also two infantry battalions, each with a population of about [-], and each battalion has [-] chariots, each with [-] soldiers, divided into two teams of Qizheng.

Almost all of these chariots are in the style of two-wheeled light vehicles. There are shield plates on the front and sides of the vehicles. There are several long guns protruding from the front plates of the vehicles, which can resist the collision of war horses. Most of the vehicles are rockets, small Buddha wolf machines and other firearms. .

The infantry in the various armies in Liaodong often used Baizi blunderbuss, such as large tiger squatting cannons and nine-headed birds, which can hold hundreds of small lead, and the shooting distance is about 150 steps.

No matter how thick the hard board and armor are, it is difficult to resist its power. Therefore, the infantry under Liu Zhaoji's command is also equipped with a large number of Baizi guns. Excluding the gunners and car gunners, the remaining infantry also use more rockets. Bird guns are rarely used in the army.

Liu Zhao is basically an old soldier who has been fighting in the battlefield for many years. He is skilled in fighting, and he can dismount immediately.

Moreover, he was also born as a general in Liaodong, a hereditary commander, and now he is the general of Liaodong. In the past, he was usually stationed between the two forts of Songxing and Xing. From his heart, he really wanted to rescue Xingshan fort.

Furthermore, Liu Zhaoji was even more eager to make military exploits. Although he was the general of Liaodong, there were only more than [-] soldiers in his headquarters, and only [-] soldiers could fight inside.

And Wu Sangui, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan Regiment, has [-] Liao soldiers under his command, including more than [-] powerful servants, more than twice as many as his own, and is even more popular with the governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou's respect and appreciation.

Just imagine, if you don't show yourself and get some military merits in your hands, the position of Liaodong's commander-in-chief may not be guaranteed.

(End of this chapter)