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Chapter 725 How determined is it?
Early in the morning on the seventh day of August, all ministries of the Ming army took action in full swing. Their infantry and cavalry were lined up separately, and there were many auxiliary soldiers, civilian husbands, and military strongmen pushing rows of attacking equipment, which were constantly flowing Converged on the wilderness hills to the east of Songshan Castle.

People screamed and horses neighed, sentry cavalry roared, drums and horns sounded endlessly, swords and guns were like a forest, and flags were like a sea. The neat phalanxes rolled forward like waves.

The 1 soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town under the command of Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanfu Town, were all dispatched. The new general Guo Yingxian led [-] cavalry, and followed him, while the guerrilla He Zhenxiong and the capital Tang Xiancheng each led [-] cavalry. Hundreds of infantry, lined up on both sides, marched in neat steps.

The remaining more than 3000 Xuanfu sergeants were led by another guerrilla, Kuang Yongzhong, who lived behind the cavalry and lined up in front of the attacking equipment.

Yang Guozhu was also ordered to train the new army after the Julu battle, and the quota given to him by the court was also five thousand. This shows how much the current emperor values ​​Zhang Cheng. A quota of [-] new troops was issued.

Affected by the Battle of Julu, Yang Guozhu also attached great importance to hot weapons such as blunderbusses and cannons. Therefore, among his five thousand new troops, there were only blunderbusses and artillery pieces of Qing Yishui, and he did not train cavalry. The horses that arrived were all given to the cavalry of the Chinese army of the personal general Guo Yingxian.

However, Yang Guozhu did not try his best to make firecrackers and cannons by himself like Zhang Cheng did. Instead, he borrowed the position of Xuanzhen's commander-in-chief to extract and use them directly in the town and various treasuries.

In this way, the quality of its guns is naturally uneven, and it cannot be compared with the self-made ones made by Zhang Cheng's Yunzhou Craftsman Camp, and the drills of his new army are also inferior to those of the Xuanbei Army.

Even so, the military appearance of the new army under Yang Guozhu's command has already been envied by all the generals. They are all young and strong spirited guys with serious faces. Adding up, the color is touching.

And the firecrackers, carrying a pair of birdcracks on their shoulders, all dressed in red cotton armor, looked like clouds of fire, and also carried and pulled a series of small light cannons, striding forward with arrogance.

Yang Guozhu's Xuanfu army formed a formation right in front of the formation, divided into four divisions: middle, left, right and rear.

Li Fuming, the general soldier of Shanxi, has only more than [-] troops, and the inner cavalry is less than [-]. Most of them are infantry, and the armor and military equipment are a bit worn out. They are deployed on the left side of Yang Guozhu's Xuanfu army. They look like assisting soldiers. horse.

His own troops consisted of more than 2000 people in the Chinese army, and there were more than 300 people in his family, and the rest were mostly cavalry, but there were only [-] miscellaneous soldiers. They just helped feed the horses and cook on weekdays.

The rest were more than [-] people under the command of a general in the town. This general was not very powerful in the town on weekdays, so most of his subordinates were infantry, and few cavalry with horses.

The soldiers and horses of these two towns are responsible for attacking the Tartar camp in the direction of Xishimen. According to the assignment of Governor Hong Chengchou, Yang Guozhu will be the main force during the war, and Li Fuming will temporarily take orders from Yang Guozhu. Even if he is unwilling, there is nothing he can do.

Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan regiment, also led his soldiers and horses to form an array next to Yang Guozhu's department. In Liaodong, he directly controlled more than 2 soldiers and horses.

It is much higher than Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Among them, there are more than [-] soldiers of the family members alone, and because they are highly respected by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, they are equipped with the most horses. According to the tradition of Liukai, there are thousands of cavalry under his command.

Some soldiers and horses under his command, as well as the generals under his control, were ordered to stay in the area from Ningyuan to Tashan, defending the various grain fortresses there, in case they were attacked by the thieves sentry cavalry.

That being the case, after leaving part of the troops, there are still nearly [-] soldiers and horses under his command who followed him to the front line of Songshan at this time, and all the soldiers under his command even followed.

This time when he was ordered to attack Dongshimen, like Yang Guozhu, he pulled out almost all of his men and horses, leaving only a few auxiliary soldiers to guard the rear camp.

After all, their own camps are all set up in dangerous places near Songshan, and there is also Governor Hong Chengchou's supervising battalion, Zhang Chengxuan's Northern Army, Liaodong General Liu Zhaoji and other armies as mobile forces, guarding the Songshan camp.

There are also Ma Ke and Wang Pu, who are deployed in the northwest of Songshanbao City, guarding against the Tartars on Rufeng Mountain; Tang Tong, the commander of Miyun, is monitoring the Tartars on Songshan Ridge.

The fierce generals Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen have already led their troops to the direction of Huangtuling and Maojiagou. They will launch an offensive on Shimen Mountain first to confuse the Qing army.

The battle over there may not be easier than on Shimen Mountain. I believe that the Tartars are destined to be unable to divide their troops to save Shimen Mountain, let alone attack their own camp behind.

At this moment, many commanders of the generals gathered in Liaodong, Jizhen, and Xuanda of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui may not have made a great contribution and wanted to show his skills in front of the commanders.

His army was lined up on the right side of Yang Guozhu's formation, and Bai Guang'en, the chief soldier of Ji Town, led his troops to line up beside Wu Sangui.

Bai Guangen, originally from the Hanzhong family in Shaanxi Province, was a bandit from Huntian Monkey at the beginning, and after he was defeated, he was pacified by the Ming Dynasty and was awarded the post of Dusi. Town commander.

He has 3000 soldiers and horses under his command. Excluding more than 3000 auxiliary soldiers, there are nearly [-] regular soldiers, and his combat power is quite good.

Most of the generals under Bai Guangen's subordinates were bandits. They had been together with him for many years. Although they had been promoted to generals and guerrillas, they did not give up on them. They could still be controlled by him.

It is precisely because of this that he has been able to sit in the position of the chief soldier of Ji Town for many years. Even now that there are many generals gathered, the combat power of his troops can still be ranked in the forefront.

Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu led an army of 500, and he lined up behind the main army. His main barracks also had [-] men, including more than [-] cavalry, and the rest were infantry.

Similarly, he was ordered to train a new army of five thousand in Datong Town, and it was also a cloud-winged helmet with a long body armor. However, it can be seen at a glance that his new army is not as elite as Yang Guozhu, although it is still young and strong. Mainly, but the spirit is too poor.

This is the lineup of the Ming army to directly attack Shimen Mountain and protect Rufeng Mountain from the Tartars. There are nearly 6 soldiers and horses.

If you add the mobile forces of Governor Hong Chengchou Supervision Battalion, Zhang Chengxuan Northern Army, Liu Zhaoji Liaodong Army and other mobile forces, the Ming army fighting the Tartars head-on will have nearly 10 horses, which is two-thirds of the Liaodong Ming Army!
Although such a large number of troops cannot be devoted to the battlefield at once, it is possible to launch a steady stream of offensives so that the Tartars can't rest, and even if they are exhausted, they can also be exhausted to death.

It can be seen from this that the Ming army is determined to capture Shimen Mountain and capture the East and West Shimen!

(End of this chapter)