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Chapter 708
Outside Xingshan Fort, inside the central tent of the Xuanbei Army led by Zhang Cheng, deputy commander in chief of Xuanzhen and commander in chief of aid and suppression.

Zhang Cheng glanced at all the generals, and then continued: "The imperial court is in a hurry, and the governor hastily led the army of the king's division into Songjin. After a few turns, the surrounding is very solid, how can I give up easily.

Once our division and the Tartars enter a confrontation, the slave chieftain Huang Taiji will definitely rush to recruit his country's young and strong, and use the power of the whole country to resist our king's division army. "

When he said this, he turned his head to look at Chen Zheng, and said: "In order to fight against the Tartars, Hong Du gathered the main force of the army on the Songjin front line, and Xingshan's rear defense is a little empty, we can still be alert. Thinking that Mrs. Hong is an old thief on the battlefield, how can she not see it?

I risked a lot of fighting with Governor Hong, so that you can stay in Changling Mountain, and Zuo Guang should be stationed in Wudaoling first, but the Tatars who come here must be all elites, and Changling Mountain is really the key point. Although the line of defense is solid, it is also extremely dangerous.

If the thieves come to attack, you must be careful, and don't be careless, so that your previous achievements will be ruined! "

Chen Zheng stood up straight, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Commander, please rest assured, Chen Zheng is here, and Changling Mountain is here, so the Commander will never be worried."

Zhang Cheng waved him to sit down, and solemnly said to him: "Chen Zheng, your troops are stationed at Changling Mountain, if the Tatars come to attack, you only need to defend with all your strength for more than five days, and I will lead the army to rescue you.

But to get the whole master's food and morals to not fall to the opponent, Erbu is the first in great achievements! "

He raised his hand and patted Chen Zheng's shoulder, and said again: "Since the Tartars don't come, as long as the siege of Jinzhou is broken this time, I will definitely repay you first. You must boost the morale of the army when you go back, and don't let the soldiers Worry about it."

After Chen Zheng promised loudly, Zhang Cheng said again: "Besides, do you know why I asked you to build that many granaries?
When the army goes to battle, no one can guarantee that it will be victorious. I have your troops stationed in Changling Mountain, one is to prevent the Tatars from stealing my way, and the other is to leave a way for our army to retreat.

If there is any change in the battle on the front line, your army will become the only retreat for our army, which makes you build more granaries. After Qiu Fuchen fills them up for you in a few days, it should be able to provide food for our tens of thousands of troops for several months.

This is the retreat of the whole army, the burden on your shoulders is heavy! "

After hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Chen Zheng was obviously agitated. He didn't want to stay at Changling Mountain at first, and then he hoped that the Tatars would come to attack soon. But now after hearing Zhang Cheng's words, he realized that he had such a heavy responsibility. Down panicked.

Everyone also knew that a big battle was imminent, the soldiers were fierce and dangerous, and no one knew what the outcome of this battle would be. Although since everyone came to join the army, life and death had long been forgotten, but it was not everyone's wish after all.

Therefore, the banquet was quite lively, and everyone pushed glasses to respect and encourage each other until late at night, and returned drunk!

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On the second day, when the sky was still dark, Zuo Guangxian, the branch training commander of the Chinese Association, had already led his troops to move to Wudaoling.

Meng Dao, the general of Liaodong Defender, Zheng Yilin, the deputy general of Xingshan Road, Qian Youlu, the general of the right battalion of the forward, and Dou Chenglie, the general of the joint patrol and meritorious service, also followed Zuo Guangxian to Wudaoling.

At the invitation of Zuo Guangxian, Zhang Cheng personally led Chen Zheng, the leader of the Dushi battalion, and the three generals of the Dushi battalion, together with the army scribes, to Wudaoling to help Zuo Guangxian design trenches and low wall defenses.

In Wudaoling, Zuo Guangxian intended to imitate Zhang Cheng's move in Changling Mountain, and also followed the trend of the mountain, digging trenches and building walls to reach the outer line of defense. For this reason, he specially invited Zhang Cheng and others to help them survey the terrain Terrain, draw and design the direction of the trench, and the height of the low wall, etc.

The scribes under Liberty's command carried out surveying and mapping on the spot according to the previously established plan for these trivial matters. Zhang Cheng specially asked the three accompanying Qian Zong to make a good plan, and then he went up the mountain accompanied by the Zong Soldier Zuo Guangxian.

Chen Zheng also followed behind Zhang Cheng, and he talked with several generals and guerrillas under Zuo Guangxian's command all the way. Much to say.

And in some places at the foot of the mountain, a large number of civilian men and soldiers recruited have begun to clear the surrounding trees and weeds. They obviously did not work as hard as they did in Changling Mountain, perhaps because they lacked the two cents of silver.

As the white ash was scattered on the ground, a large number of civilians and soldiers began to come and go in the open area of ​​the hillside, breaking ground and starting work in Wudaoling, facing the sun, digging trenches.

Near noon, Zhang Cheng returned to Xingshan Fort with Meng Dao, Chief Soldier of Liaodong Assistance, and Zheng Yilin, Deputy General of Xingshan Road.

Qian Youlu, a general of the Qianfeng Youying Battalion, and Dou Chenglie, a general of meritorious service in coordination with the general patrol, and others wanted to garrison Daxing and Dongqing Second Fort. They bid farewell to Zhang Cheng, Meng Dao and other generals at the foot of Wudaoling, and went to Daxing, Go in the direction of Dongqing Castle.

So far, all the defensive troops in Xingshan have been in place. Because of Zhang Cheng's efforts, there are nearly [-] more officers and troops defending the rear than in history. I wonder if there will be any changes?

Hong Chengchou originally planned to keep Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Eastern Liaodong, to garrison various forts in Xingshan, but he has been replaced by Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Association. Chen Zheng's garrison under Zhang Cheng's command in Lingshan totaled 8000 troops.

However, it was originally planned that Qian Youlu, Dou Chenglie, Zheng Yilin, Tong Hanbang, Wang Jiaji and other Xingshan guards still had more than [-] troops stationed inside and outside the Xingshan, Daxing, and Dongqing castles.

In this way, almost [-] troops were stationed in Changling Mountain, Wudaoling, Xingshan, Daxing, Dongqing and other dangerous fortresses. Aid, no problem.

The Ming army's large-scale construction activities in Changling Mountain and Wudaoling Mountain, etc., seem to have been noticed by the Tartars. They were repelled by Liu Zhaoji and Yang Guozhu in Xingshan last time, and they already had a premonition that the main force of the Ming army would make a large-scale invasion of Songjin The suspicion of the front line.

Therefore, in the past few days, reconnaissance cavalry continued to come to the Xingshan area to investigate and harass the Ming army. From this, the two sides launched a series of reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance encounters. Although each suffered damage, it was irrelevant to the overall situation.

According to reports from the sentry cavalry of the Ming army, the Tartars also seemed to have made moves on the North Bank of the Daughter River, more than a dozen miles away from Wudaoling, but due to the ferocity of the captive cavalry, it was impossible to investigate in detail for a while.

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On the fourth day of August in the 14th year of Chongzhen, the defense of the key point of the rear road and food road in Xingshan has been decided.

Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, Zhang Ruoqi, commander of the army, Ma Shaoyu, who joined the army, as well as military officials, supervisors and other officials, Chen Jiugao, the former commander of the Shenji Battalion, Yang Guozhu, the commander of Xuanzhen, Wang Pu, the commander of Datong, Wu Sangui, the commander of Ningyuan, Zhang Cheng, the commander of the Aid and Suppression Army, Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the Eastern Association, Ma Ke, the commander of Shanhaiguan, Liu Zhaoji, the commander of Liaodong, and Li Fuming, the commander of Shanxi, and other town commanders, joined forces with infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and formed a large army of aid. Marching towards the front line of Songshan mighty and mighty.

The military capacity of the Ming army was so great that there were more than 15 soldiers including Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jizhen, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, and Wang Tingchen, the former chief soldier of the Tunwei, who were already on the front line of Songshan. In the end, it seems to reach the horizon.

(End of this chapter)