Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 309 What Li Chengdong Thinks, What Huang Degong Expected

Li Chengdong left Duoduo's camp and went back with Tan Ma, who came to report the military situation.

On the way, he asked, "Have you found out the number of soldiers and horses that Huang Degong went north?"

The spies said nervously: "Huang Degong has a lot of sentry cavalry, and their combat power is also strong. The low-ranking officers went south several times, but they were all intercepted by their sentry cavalry, so they couldn't find out."

"Useless things!"

Li Chengdong gave the sentry a whip, and then beat the horse and rushed to his camp.

He knew very well in his heart that no matter how many soldiers and horses Huang got the power to go north, he had to intercept or slow down their marching speed.

After all, this is his first serious battle after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. If he can't show his strength, his life in the Qing Dynasty may not be easy in the future.

As soon as he returned to the camp, his parents and son Li Yuanyun, adopted son Li Yuanyin and a group of lieutenant generals all came to welcome him.

Although Li Chengdong now has more than 3 people under his command, because he is only the commander-in-chief whether he is on Daming's side or after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the highest general of each battalion under his command is only a general.

Because most of the soldiers and horses were inherited from Gao Jie, although the soldiers were accustomed to looting and mutilating the people, their combat effectiveness was not bad.

Among them, there are more than 3000 cavalry in the personal battalion and more than [-] infantry in the middle battalion directly led by him, which can be called elite at this time.

There are also four battalions of soldiers and horses in the east, west, north, south, and each battalion has more than 5000 people, at least they are all soldiers who dare to fight.

Although Duoduo only raised his account today to discuss the matter, Li Chengdong learned that Huang Degong had sent troops to Guazhou Town yesterday, so he expected that Huang Degong would go north to rescue Yangzhou, and he also expected that Duduo would order him to intercept.

Therefore, before he went to the Duduo camp, he ordered the army to prepare for the enemy.

Now the generals of all battalions have assembled, and they can go out to meet the enemy only after he gives an order.

"Father commander, according to the report from the latest batch of scouts, Huang Degong's former army has arrived in Bali Town." Li Yuanyin quickly followed Li Chengdong and said.

Li Yuanyin was a young man captured by Li Chengdong among the refugees in Henan several years ago. Seeing that he could read and write, he was alert and courageous, so he was moved by his love for talent and adopted him as his adopted son.

Now Li Yuanyin is 22 years old, and he is a guerrilla in the barracks, which has become his right-hand man.

His eldest son Li Yuanyun also followed him and asked, "Father, should we send troops to fight Huang Chuangzi or Yangzhou?"

Li Yuanyun is only 17 years old this year. Because he has been in the army for several years, he is also good at bow and horse, and is quite good at fighting, but he is far behind Li Yuanyin.

Just because he was Li Chengdong's son, he was also appointed as a guerrilla in the pro-barracks.

"Is Huang Chuangzi also your name?" Li Chengdong glared at Li Yuanyun, and then said: "The king of Yu ordered me to try to intercept or delay Huang Degong, and wait for him to send the Eight Banners Army to defeat Huang Degong in one fell swoop.

I won't talk about Yuan Yin, Yuan Yun never knows the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, if you encounter Huang Degong on the battlefield, try to avoid it as much as possible.Remember? "

"Remember." Li Yuanyun agreed, but curled his lips secretly, showing disapproval.

Li Chengdong didn't pay attention to Li Yuanyun's small movements, walked into his big tent, sat down, and looked at the simple map in the tent.

In the Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou City was about thirty or forty miles away from Guazhou Ferry.

Li Chengdong's camp was chosen next to the ancient canal in the south of Yangzhou City, north of Sanwan, only five or six miles away from the southern city wall of Yangzhou.

He had followed Gao Jie to besiege Yangzhou City last year, and he knew the surrounding terrain well, so although the map in front of him was simple and abstract, he didn't care.

He thought for a while, and then said: "If there is no accident, Huang Degong's soldiers and horses are only [-] to [-] in total, and he still needs to divide his troops to garrison Guazhou Town to prevent them from being ripped off.

As a result, the number of soldiers and horses who followed him to the north was more than 7 at most, and the former army was estimated to be about 2.

The former army may have already passed Bali Town at this time, so it is best for us to intercept them here. "

"Yangzijin Ferry?" Li Yuanyin looked at the map and frowned.

"That's right." Li Chengdong nodded, "The two or three li along the ancient canal from the Yangzijin Ferry to Sanwan is the best battlefield for us to fight Huang Degong.

Yuan Yin, the father-in-law will lead the army to the Yangzijin Ferry to line up later, and it will take some time. You have to lead the relatives out of the Gaomin Temple before the barracks, and harass Huang Degong's former army. "

Li Yuanyin clasped his fists without hesitation and said, "My son takes orders!"

"Listen to me." Li Chengdong said, "I still need to reserve a thousand horses for spare, so I can only give you two thousand horses.

If you encounter a small group of enemy cavalry, eat them; if you encounter a large group of cavalry, try to lure them elsewhere.Don't get too close to the enemy's main line.

In addition, no matter what kind of situation you encounter, you must come to Sanwan before the sun rises.Remember? "

Li Yuanyin cupped his fists again, "Son, remember."

"Then lead the troops and set off immediately."

"Yes!"

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In the "Huang Degong Front Army" that Li Chengdong visited the horse, Huang Degong himself rode a sturdy black horse impressively.

The entire former army had more than 3 people and marched northward along the ancient canal.

The left wing, that is, the west bank of the ancient canal, led by Huang Ming, the commander-in-chief of more than 1 people, is actually more than a mile away from the ancient canal.

The Chinese army he led was composed of 5000 elite soldiers from the personal battalion led by deputy general Xu Chong, and [-] people led by the guerrilla Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie's department originally had 8000 people, 3000 of whom were left in Yizheng by Huang Degong to guard the city.

The Chinese army was completely walking along the canal, and there were some warships and civilian ships under [-] materials in the river, all of which were from Huang Fei's navy.

On the east bank of the canal, there are more than 8000 right-wing troops led by general Chen Xiance.

Although only more than 3 people were recruited, including the navy assigned by Huang Fei, the number did not exceed 4, but Huang Degong was not panicked at all.

Not only because he has confidence in the combat power of the soldiers under his command, but also because he understands that his 4 or [-] people are just the former army of the army going north this time.

Behind him on the left is the second town of the border guards led by Zeng Ying; behind the right, on the east bank of the ancient canal, is the third town of the border guards led by Yang Zhan.

Between the two is the central army led by Zhu Yuxi, which is composed of the Imperial Forest Army and the Second Town of the Imperial Guard Army.

There are also thousands of warships and civilian ships led by Li Zhanchun with less than [-] materials, on which are carried the first town of the Yangtze River Navy that can also go ashore to fight.

The fifth town of the imperial guards led by Ainengqi fell one or two miles behind the central army.

Calculated from this, there are about [-] troops going north this time, of which [-] to [-]% are elite.

With such backing, Huang Degong has no reason to panic.

"Uncle, a cavalry army of about 2000 people appeared in front of us, and it ate our two horse detection teams."

When Huang Degong heard the words, he couldn't help touching the eight-edged and nine-section iron whip hanging on the horse, feeling itchy in his hands, but he didn't drink alcohol this morning, so he finally suppressed the idea of ​​doing it himself.

"Xu Chong."

"The end is here!"

"This cavalry army must have been sent by the doggy Li Chengdong to harass us. Take three thousand cavalry and drive them away. Remember, don't chase too far, and come back after more than three miles."

"The last will obey!"

Huang Degong's eight thousand soldiers consisted of three thousand Qingqi and five thousand armored soldiers.

Xu Chong took away three thousand light cavalry, leaving only a few hundred sentry cavalry in the front army. It was difficult to cover the battlefield, but Huang Degong didn't care.

They are not going to attack this time, but to defeat the enemy in front of them openly and rescue Yangzhou.

After Xu Chong left, Huang Degong thought for a while, took out the walkie-talkie, and reported to Aimee Zhu.

"Reporting to Jian Guo, the former army was harassed by two thousand Qingqi sent by Li Chengdong, and the minister has sent three thousand Qingqi to drive them away.

The minister felt that since Li Chengdong made such an arrangement, most likely he wanted to intercept our army between Yangzijin and Sanwan. "

In the past one or two years, Huang De's power department has been stationed in Yizheng for a long time, and there have been many frictions with Gao Jie's department.

With this experience, as a general who has fought for decades, he naturally knows the terrain of Yangzhou well.

Therefore, seeing Li Chengdong sticking out his butt, Huang Degong probably guessed what he was going to fart.

"How many people are there in Li Chengdong's department?" Aimee Zhu asked crisply through the intercom.

Huang Degong said: "According to the information collected by the spies recently, and what I know about Li Chengdong in the past, there are about 3 people. However, there should be no more than half of them."

The rest of the main generals are also on this intercom channel.

Hearing this, Zeng Ying's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Reporting to the Supervisory State, I think that Li Chengdong's 3 people are nothing to worry about, but we must guard against other Qing troops, especially the Eight Banners Army, attacking our army's flanks during the battle."

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　There are too many materials to be checked recently, and the correction can only be postponed until the time when the manuscript is deposited.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)