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Chapter 798 It's time to march
In Songshan Fort City, in the Xingyuan Hall of the Governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and asked, "Are there [-] slaves and thieves in the Nuerhe River area of ​​Baimiaobao?"

"Returning to the governor, Li Changsheng, the general manager of the Thousand Nights under my command, squatted on the north bank of the Daughter River for several days. It can be confirmed that there are about [-] Tartar thieves by the Daughter River around the Baimiao Castle, and they are all elite vests."

As soon as Zhang Cheng finished speaking, everyone in the lobby gasped when they heard the news for the first time.

Just now when they heard that there were [-] Tartars, the crowd didn't take it seriously, they acted as usual, among the [-] Tartars, there were at least [-] coats of handymen, never thought that these [-] Tartars were all elite knights!
Wu Sangui had a pensive look on his face, but Tang Tong, the general of Miyun, exclaimed, "Fifty thousand? You're still full of elite riders? What's the conspiracy of the Shame Tartars?"

Everyone in the lobby began to whisper, among them, Li Fuming was relatively quiet. He was stationed with Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief, on the Xiaolinghe ration road.

And Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, was whispering with Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town. Although he didn't know what they were talking about, Zhang Cheng saw a trace of color on Ma Ke's face out of the corner of his eye.

However, he didn't pay too much attention to it. He heard Chen Jiugao say in a low voice: "As long as the tartar dares to come, we promise to blow him into darkness, and even his own parents won't recognize him."

"Hahaha……"

Fu Yingchong laughed wildly with Chen Jiugao.

Wang Pu also jokingly said: "Hey. After the artillery from the Shenji Battalion is over, let's lead the Datong athletes to charge forward, chop melons and vegetables, and call the Tartars crying for their father and mother, and return home in defeat!"

"Hahaha……"

They laughed again as if there was no one else around, causing everyone in the lobby to look sideways.

Zhang Dou, the Bingxian, said at this time: "Minister, the Tartar thieves are gathered by the Jinxi Daughter River. According to Zhang Zongbing's words, they have been frequently going south to Xingshan to investigate recently. I'm afraid they have plans!"

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, looked at Zhang Cheng, and asked, "General Zhongchen, what do you think about this?"

Zhang Cheng smiled and gestured to return the gift, thought for a while, and then said: "Return to the governor, the general thought that the plan of the Tartar thieves was on our food road."

He went on to say: "Our army gathered around the city of Songshan. Although the Tartars are powerful, if they attack forcefully, they will not be able to get a bargain. The general will watch his actions. First, he will withdraw his troops everywhere, gather up the defense line, and then rush to attack Jin The city, its meaning is to lure me to fight, to find my weakness to attack.

The governor and the supervising army knew this clearly, and they failed to fall into the treacherous plot of the Tartars, which made their plot come to nothing. Huang Taiji, the chieftain who came to captive, must be upset, so he made another plan. "

When Zhang Cheng spoke eloquently, everyone felt reasonable, especially Zhang Ruoqi, who was overjoyed by Zhang Cheng's flattery and praise in public, and couldn't hide his smile.

Hong Chengchou was different, he seemed to turn a deaf ear to Zhang Cheng's praise just now, his face was unmoved at all, he had indeed cultivated well, almost to the point where he could not be surprised by honor or disgrace.

Zhang Cheng then continued: "Looking at the movements of the Tatar thieves today, it seems that they have already set their sights on the food path of our army."

He said: "At present, there are only a few Tartars in Shimen Mountain and Huangtuling, and most of them are Han and Korean troops with guns and guns, supplemented by a small number of foreign Mongolian soldiers and horses.

Even under the city of Jinzhou, there are not many elite Tartar bandits and Eight Banners. The tens of thousands of elite captive cavalry are missing, and there must be great plans.

According to my speculation, one of them is in the direction of Xingshan and Gaoqiao, intending to cut off our food roads and disrupt the morale of our army; The place where the river mouth stores grain.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that one of its main forces is hidden on the east bank of the river, waiting for an opportunity to cross the river and attack our grain station at the mouth of the river. "

Zhang Cheng's analysis was based on intelligence from a large number of Xuanfu troops who did not accept investigations at night, and it was reasonable and reasonable. He talked eloquently and clearly, and no one could refute it.

In fact, although everyone was worried about Xingshan and Gaoqiao, they were not too eager. After all, Xingshan had Zuo Guangxian and Zhang Cheng's first battalion of Xuanfu troops.

And Takahashi didn't just send Liaodong General Liu Zhaoji to lead the army back to aid. Now the Ming army over there is gathered together, and there are more than [-] people. Even if some old, weak and auxiliary servants are eliminated, there are still three , [-] battle-ready soldiers.

What's more, they don't need to fight with the Tartars in the wild, they only need to stick to their camps and castles and wait for reinforcements, so there will be no major mistakes in the future.

After all, if you travel from Songshan Fort to aid Xingshan, if you ride lightly and ride lightly, you can arrive there in half a day, and the rescue is much more convenient.

But at the mouth of the Xiaoling River, it's completely different!

Once the mouth of the Xiaoling River is captured by the Tartars, the loss will not only be the local stockpiles of food, but the Niangnianggong fish market is located at the foot of Mamatou Mountain not far to the south.

And around the Niangnianggong fish market, extending to the sea, there are almost a lot of large and small dried fish processing workshops, and the core area of ​​the entire dried fish processing is in this area.

Although there are some dried fish workshops along the seashore to the southwest, they have not been developed because they are too far away from the Niangnianggong fish market and transportation is inconvenient.

Most of the people participating in the military discussion in the lobby today have more or less various connections with the Niangnianggong fish market, and how many interests are involved in this process.

The Tartars harassed the Xingshan grain road, and the reason why everyone didn't care much was that the degree of stake in their interests was too low.

Although once the food road is destroyed, everyone may have to run out of food, but after all, everyone is standing together, and the most anxious person should be Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, because he is the one who is in charge of the overall situation.

But the Xiaoling River Estuary is different. Everyone's interests are directly involved here, which is the most direct personal interest.

The most unseen thing about this person is money.

Would you be willing to lose a place where you can count money while lying down every day?
You know, now the senior officials and the chief soldiers of the towns are being paid monthly dividends. I am used to receiving money with my left hand. Can you stop?

That would make him feel worse than gouging out a piece of flesh from his body!

Just like Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief who was dedicated to urging the battle, after the first battle in Songshan, the generals checked his merits. He also received a lot of benefits in private, and now he has the power to allocate food and fodder at the front line.

In order to get more food and grass from the towns, many of the soldiers came to him secretly to carry out activities, and he didn't know how much money, gold and silver he had collected.

Since then, his desire to fight has been somewhat slack.

After that, with the formation of the Fisheries Chamber of Commerce, he also took a lot of shares in it, and his desire to urge the war disappeared, and he even hoped that the Jinzhou war would last for a while.

Sure enough, he was the first to speak, and he only heard him say: "No. The place where the grain is stored at the mouth of the river is related to the survival of the entire army. There must be nothing to lose... nothing to lose!"

As soon as his words fell, the hall immediately became full of voices. Everyone talked to each other, but there was only one central idea, that is, there should be nothing wrong with the Niangnianggong fish market.

Some scolded the Tartars for being treacherous and cunning, some stomped their feet and sighed secretly, and even Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, rolled up his sleeves and shouted that he would fight to the death with the Tartars, but he must not let them harass the Niangnianggong fish market.

In fact, although many officials and generals of Ming Dynasty are not very good at fighting, when it comes to business, they are all first-class masters.

In fact, they are not completely powerless, the main reason is that the minds of the generals are not used in fighting.

After all, in the last days of the Ming Dynasty, many people who made all kinds of military exploits in their fights ended up getting nothing more than some false titles of rewards, without any real meaning.

Only then did they gradually begin to be passive and sabotage, taking preservation of strength as the first element, and trying every means to make money, and then used the money they made to support their servants and dead soldiers.

This went on and on, so the Ming army was defeated every time, but before the end of the battle, few people died in battle or were punished by the court, unless those few people whose family fortunes were completely defeated by themselves.

Just like the current Zuo Liangyu, I will listen to what I want to hear, and if I don’t want to listen, I will pull up the team and leave. Who dares to stop?
It wasn't until Sun Chuanting came back to replace Wang Qiaonian as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi that he resorted to thunderous tactics and executed He Renlong, the general of the Qin army's aid and suppression under the name of "Tong Thief".

Zuo Liangyu, another hero in the late Ming Dynasty, was even more arrogant and domineering. He occupied Xiangyang area as his base in the later period, expanded his troops to hundreds of thousands, and bravely played the dangerous game of "the Qing emperor's side".

It can be seen from this that in the late Ming Dynasty, there was already a trend of warlord thinking rising, and many people were working hard in this direction, but everyone didn't talk about it.

Of course, one of the main reasons for the military corruption in the late Ming Dynasty was that the payment was not paid in a timely manner.

If they only rely on the limited food and salaries of the imperial court, even if they deduct the military salaries, they still cannot afford to support the servants under their command.

Some leading generals were even forced to secretly send their subordinates to pretend to be bandits and thieves to rob houses and steal gold and silver to support their private soldiers.

Therefore, for the big piece of fat in the Niangnianggong fish market, everyone should naturally not allow any loss.

In the lobby, Ma Ke is probably the only one who doesn't care about this. He seems to be very relaxed, and he doesn't have the nervous expression of other generals.

This may be because he doesn't hold much shares in it. Of course, the resentment towards Zhang Cheng has also gone to his head.

Right now, he only wants to see Zhang Cheng suffer a big somersault, and nothing else seems to matter, and in his heart, he even thinks that if Zhang Cheng loses power, maybe the shares in Niangnianggongyu Market will be redistributed.

And at that time, if Zhang Cheng hadn't obstructed and hindered him, he wouldn't have been able to share such a little bit.

Just when everyone was worried about the safety of the Niangnianggong fish market, Wu Sangui, the commander of Ningyuan, suddenly stood up, and said with a slightly sad expression on his face: "Director Hong, Director Zhang, Jinzhou has insufficient salaries, and now it is even more affected by the Tatars. The thieves are besieging us, we are already in dire straits, we must send troops to help as soon as possible, if we don't save them, the city will fall soon!"

Ma Ke saw that Wu Sangui spoke with sincerity, but he was not moved. Instead, he looked sideways at Zhang Cheng from the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help but sneer.

He seemed to have learned the lesson from the previous military meeting. Although he still looked down on Zhang Cheng in every possible way, he only squeaked his lips, and he held back his words after all.

However, Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, said: "That's right, the thieves and slaves bombarded Jinzhou day and night, it's very obvious that it must be taken, we can't sit idly by.

If the city of Jinzhou falls, Zu Shuai will fall to the enemy.Then who should bear this responsibility? "

He squinted at Zhang Cheng again, and said sullenly: "Thinking about it, Zongbing Zhang can't bear this responsibility, can he?"

Zhang Cheng frowned deeply, as it was the same last time, and he slapped Ma Ke fiercely. Could it be that Bai Guangen wants to stand up for Ma Ke this time?
But after thinking about it carefully, I have never heard of any special relationship between Bai Guangen and Ma Ke!

But he couldn't show weakness to him, Zhang Cheng looked towards Bai Guangen, only to see that he was also looking at him with a wicked smile, his eyes full of rebellion.

Zhang Cheng naturally didn't want to pay attention to him, nor would he argue with him here.

In fact, after thinking about it carefully, he and Bai Guangen had no grudges in the past, nor have they had any grudges in recent days, so naturally it would not be revenge.

After careful analysis, it is nothing more than Ma Ke's interference in the process. After all, Jizhen and Shanhaiguan are both important towns in northern Jibei.

But Zhang Cheng doesn't care, it doesn't mean others are willing to let him go.

Sure enough, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, jumped out and said, "Hmph, you are worried about the safety of Jinzhou, why don't you lead the army to rescue it immediately? But you are arguing about the strategy of marching troops here, wasting the good time for nothing?"

Chen Jiugao also came forward to speak for Zhang Cheng at this time, he said: "Yes, it is this gift. We still understand the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast. Now, the Tartar bandits are all about luring me to attack, and there must be conspiracy and tricks behind them.

Our tens of thousands of troops to aid the Liao Dynasty, if at this moment, because of a few pieces of land, they are self-righteous, and the army loses instead, they will not be taken advantage of by the Tartars! "

Hong Chengchou still looked at the quarreling individuals in the military tent expressionlessly.

After a long time, he turned his eyes to Zhang Cheng again, and asked again: "Although the slave thief has many tricks, it is not completely without a track to follow.

The sentry cavalry in Xuanfu is the most active today, I don't know if General Zhongchen has a plan for the governor to participate in the study? "

Here, Wu Sangui also looked at Zhang Cheng expectantly, and asked eagerly, "General Loyalty..."

Zhang Cheng looked at Wu Shangui again, his heart was light, and he couldn't bear to see the look of pleading in his eyes.

He opened his mouth, and finally said: "It's time for me to assist the Liao King Division to march!"

Originally, he just begged Zhang Cheng to express his deepest thoughts, but he never thought that Zhang Cheng would agree so easily and break the siege of Jinzhou.

Taking the first place, Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao had a strange light in his eyes.

He smiled and said, "Oh, I don't know what kind of clever plan the loyal general has?"

In the past, Zhang Cheng has always opposed the immediate rescue of Jinzhou.

The main purpose is to prevent the Qing army from besieging the city and fighting for aid due to unclear information.

However, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, seemed to be influenced by Wu Sangui and others, and he was also very eager to rescue Jinzhou, because they could not bear the consequences of Jinzhou's fall.

(End of this chapter)