Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 715 The General’s Plan (Part [-])
Cao Wenzhao sent people to investigate day and night, paying attention to the movements of the hammer bandits.

Who knows that people hide and come out at night.

Every night, when the sun is about to go down, I drive for a certain distance. During the day when the sun is scorching hot, I don’t move at all.

He was almost deceived by He Jinzhao!

Inside the tent, all the generals looked at Cao Wenzhao.

"The hammer bandits suddenly marched towards Yonghe, Daning, Puxian and other places, and our flanks have no restraint." Cao Wenzhao pointed to the simple map and said: "Xiangning must be guarded, lest he cut off the back of our army. road, and can directly attack Hejin."

If He Jinzhao occupies Xiangning County, he can stab Cao Wenzhao's chrysanthemum by going east, and occupy Hejin, their rear, by going south.

Most of the areas previously recovered by the government and army fell into the hands of the hammer bandits.

Yang Jiamo didn't say a word, he had already received the news that after taking Yang Qi's training, he would bring his soldiers back to Shaanxi in exchange for him.

Rao is the titan Sun Shoufa, who also has a shadow in his heart about He Jinzhao's reckless decision to fight the Yellow River. He doesn't want to repeat the personal experience of being almost drowned repeatedly.

Cao Wenzhao looked at the deputy commander-in-chief Hu Dawei: "How about this, you take your people to guard Xiangning County first, and when Governor Hong sends reinforcements, we will support you together."

Hu Dawei thought nothing of it. After he was promoted to deputy commander, he hadn't made any military exploits yet.

Wouldn't the worst consequence be to be surrounded by hammer bandits?

He has a lot of experience in this matter.

Ning Wu, the guerrilla general, stood up and said, "Mr. Cao, most of my subordinates are cavalry, so let's stay here and fight against the intruders together with you."

"That's good." Cao Wenzhao also felt that it would be better to have a Jin general who was familiar with the terrain by his side.

Hu Dawei didn't care much about it. When he was besieged in Jiexiu County, relying on the food and money stored by Shanxi merchants, he recruited more soldiers and trained his men well. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers has risen a lot.

If Jiexiu County hadn't run out of food, he would still have to stick to Jiexiu.

Because Hu Dawei believed that Ming Dynasty would never allow a rebel to occupy Shanxi Province for a long time, and this place was not the bitter cold and barbaric place like Liaodong.

Although they did not wait for reinforcements until the food was exhausted, they finally ran to Lu'an Mansion.

But now is the time for the imperial court to counterattack the hammer bandits on a large scale and regain the old mountains and rivers, so we must seize it.

"Mr. Cao, don't worry, I will hold Xiangning County in my hands."

"Okay, you just need to reinforce and defend Xiangning. I will defeat Gao Yingxiang as soon as possible, and then march northward. Then the governor of Yansui Chen Qiyu will take the opportunity to cross the river in the north. I see if He Jinzhao dares to go deep and make a U-turn. Back to aid, when that time comes, you seize the opportunity and bite him hard."

"clear."

Hu Dawei didn't talk nonsense, he went out and asked his deputy to make arrangements after he got the general order, and rushed to Xiangning County an hour later.

Ning Wu looked at Hu Dawei's urgent look, and felt amused in his heart.

He fought repeatedly with the hammer bandits, but fortunately he ran fast, so he didn't suffer a big loss.

It doesn't look like he has been hiding in Jiexiu County from the beginning to the end, and he doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.

Cao Wenzhao's plan is very simple. The territory occupied by the hammer bandits was not occupied by the government and army before anyway. After changing hands, there is no gain or loss at all.

But if He Jinzhao wanted to occupy the whole of Shanxi, he would need more troops.

The distance between the south of Shanxi and the north of Shanxi is [-] miles. Such a long line of defense is enough for the officers and soldiers to jump around at will in many places, and he can't prevent it.

But once he forced Gao Yingxiang away, he would be able to go directly to the territory occupied by He Jinzhao, so it was his turn not to move.

Then the opportunity for field battles came, and the offensive and defensive momentum was different.

When Hu Dawei led the people away, Cao Wenzhao said to the rest of the people:

"The governor has already sent people to bring in the Flang machine, the tiger squatting gun, the thunderbolt gun, and the general gun. Today Ning Wu went to scold and lure the enemy. The high thief must know that the hammer bandit came to support him. Before he let down his vigilance When the time comes, I will wait for the opportunity to bombard them."

"Yes."

The generals responded.

Gao Yingen naturally received the news that the hammer bandit He Jinzhao had brought an army of [-] to Xiangning County, and as long as he occupied it, he would be able to cut off Cao Wenzhao's retreat and force him to retreat.

Now I just need to attract more hatred from the officers and soldiers, so that they can't spare their hands to reinforce Xiangning, so that it will be convenient for He Jinzhao to make troubles.

Due to the intrusion of a third-party force, the two parties directly started the film according to their own advantageous strategies.

The tiger crouching gun is lighter and more flexible than the Frang machine, and it is easy to maneuver in the mountains, forests and water networks. One shot can fire hundreds of small projectiles or fifty larger projectiles, with a larger dispersion area, and it is more effective and intensive than the Lumi gun attacking enemy.

Cao Wenzhao looked at the inscription "Zhao Shiying Hu squatting cannon No. 20, cast in October of the fourth year of Chongzhen, weighing 49 catties and six taels" engraved beside him, showing a satisfied smile.

No matter what kind of army formation he has, if he shoots down a few shots, he will all be finished.

He Jinzhao stood on Mount Erlang and looked out with a telescope. The terrain here was a bit complicated, very typical of the Loess Plateau geology, with four thousand valleys in three rivers and ten hills, surrounded by mountains.

Walking in the distance, it is Hukou Waterfall.

From here to Jixian County, you can go to Xiangning. If you go by water, you can only sail on dry land.

(The boat is pulled ashore, with logs underneath, and pulling an empty boat requires at least a hundred strong men walking up)

At Longwangzhuo, the ship berthed, and the goods were carried by people and horses, bypassing the Hukou Waterfall by land transportation, and reloading at Madouguan.

If He Jinzhao wanted to threaten Xiangning County, he had to go around several times and walk in order to get there.

Hong Chengchou sent people to land in Hejin and started the battle, just to avoid being easily attacked by the troops led by He Jinchao.

However, the practice of encircling Xiangning County with soldiers does not necessarily have to be realized.

Letting Cao Wenzhao divide his troops is the goal.

He Jinchao planned to take a boat here to bypass Wulu Mountain, go to Pu County, pass through Huoyan Mountain, go to Linfen, and attack Cao Wenzhao.

The east and west of Shanxi are Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and there are only five plain basins including Yuncheng, Linfen, Taiyuan, Yizhou and Datong.

"Marshal, the vanguard has already set off by boat, let's board the boat too."

"Ah."

He Jinchao claimed to lead 1 troops this time, but in fact it was still the previous [-], but he brought [-] auxiliary soldiers.

Everyone descended slowly.

"My lord, the latest news is that Zuo Guangxian has sent the cannon to Cao Wenzhao. Zuo Guangxian took care of it closely and raised the treatment of craftsmen several times. Wang Chengyin seemed to be looking for opportunities to criticize, but it was useless."

Ji Gui handed a letter to He Jinzhao: "This is the type and quantity of artillery that have been shipped out of the warehouse."

Zuo Guang was active in running his errands first, thinking about the great contribution of breaking the thieves.

He Jinzhao was holding the letter, but he was not in a hurry to read it: "Is there a general cannon?"

"There should be."

He Jinzhao hummed, and it seemed that a wave of artillery battles had to be tried first.

Artillery is a big killer for dense infantry.

(End of this chapter)