The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 104
Speaking of Gongchang Mansion Qinzhou, many people are not familiar with it.

But when it comes to Tianshui, at least half of the ten people know about it.

The Han River connects to the sky, and the place where its upper source is is the land of Tianshui.

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan six times, and three of them fought fiercely in the Tianshui area.

After Jiang Wei saw through Kong Ming's plan to earn the city, he lay in ambush under the city. When he met Zhao Yun before the battle, he jumped on the horse with his gun.

"Old general, you know Tianshui Jiang Boyue!"

What makes Tianshui famous is not only Zhuge Liang who came out of Qishan, but also Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyue who were so heroic at that time.

In the third year of Yuanding, Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Tianshui County was established from the two counties of Longxi and Beidi.

However, with the passage of time, Tianshui was gradually replaced by Qinzhou.

In a sense, Qinzhou is Tianshui, and Tianshui is Qinzhou.

The area under the jurisdiction of Qinzhou is not as large as the original Tianshui, but the ancient name of Tianshui is still there.

Qinzhou is about [-] miles southeast of Sizhong Mountain, while Qishan is [-] miles west of Sizhong Mountain.

Sizhong Mountain and Qishan Mountain are opposite to each other, facing each other from a distance.

The Chinese army camp of the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun was located in the northern part of the Sizhong mountain range, fifteen miles south of Mapaoquan Town.

The [-] troops are divided into three mountains that are close to each other.

The three mountains are close to each other, the center is the highest, and the mountains on both sides are slightly shorter, with moderate slopes, but they can run horses.

The three mountains are connected to each other, echoing each other from a distance, and they are horns of each other, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Chen Wang rode a war horse and led dozens of cavalry, standing on a high slope outside the town of Mapaoquan, overlooking the three mountains filled with flags not far away.

At this time, Mapaoquan town is already a piece of hills, and all the houses and fields in and outside the town have been burned.

The air was filled with the smell of rot and blood.

Mapaoquan Town was once an important town on the "Silk Road".

According to "Qinzhou Zhi": "It is said that Tang Yuchi Jingde fought against General Fan, and the army suffered from no water, and his horse dug out the spring."

The springs come out into springs, extremely sweet, and the source is strong enough to irrigate the fields.

Years of severe drought in Shaanxi has affected almost all parts of Shaanxi, but Mapaoquan Town was spared because of this underground spring.

But escaped natural disasters, but no one can escape man-made disasters.

What flows in Ma Pao Spring today is not clear spring water, but turbid black water.

The floating corpses in the water, as well as a large number of ruins and filth, are the main culprits affecting the spring water.

Chen Wang's expression was cold, he withdrew his gaze, and turned his gaze to the mountains to the south again.

No matter how many times I see this kind of situation, I still can't look at it with a normal heart after all.

The three mountains in the south are the base camp of the Four Heavenly King Li Yangchun. After the first battle in Qinzhou City, the army under Li Guo's command has been weakened to a scale of more than 3000 people.

These more than 3000 people are all young and strong cavalry. All the old and weak troops and hungry soldiers either died on the road or were captured by the coefficient.

The captured prisoners were handed over to the officials in those places by Chen Wang, and there was only this that Chen Wang could do.

If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world.

Tang Shiping led the horse and stood beside Chen Wang, reporting the situation to Chen Wang in a low voice.

"Four Heavenly King Li Yangchun has about 5000 subordinates, only 1000 are old and weak, there are [-] or [-] elite cavalry, [-] horse troops, and the rest are infantry and hungry soldiers."

"Shannan Climbing King has about [-] subordinates, more than [-] elite cavalry, [-] cavalry, only [-] old and weak, and the rest are infantry and hungry soldiers."

"Both of these two were looted all the way from Fengxiang Mansion at the beginning of the month. The news is that the Qinzhou Guards reported in late September. Those scouts are all servants in the army. They still have some skills. Many The situation is roughly the same as our Yebushou investigation, so it should be accurate."

Tang Shiping glanced at the direction behind the mountain.

"Yebushou, who sneaked into the mountains, found another group of rogues. Those rogues came from the trail in the south of the mountain. They should be the Climbing Heavenly Kings who are active in the south of the mountain."

Chen Wang nodded slightly, knowing himself and the enemy, he won every battle without danger.

With an accurate assessment of combat power, his subsequent arrangements and deployment of combat plans can be more targeted.

Li Guo now only has more than [-] elite cavalry, and the [-]-[-] cavalry army is now joining forces with the Four Heavenly Kings and the Climbing King.

The three parts add up to a total of [-] fine cavalry that can be dispatched.

The number of cavalry troops is quite large, with a total of nearly 8000 in the three divisions. Adding up the fine cavalry, there are as many as tens of thousands of rogue cavalry.

There are only a total of more than [-] people in the three divisions, old and weak, and about [-] troops and hungry soldiers.

There are 2 capable fighters among the rogue bandits, and the number of troops is only about four times larger.

Four times the gap can be said to be quite a small gap.

Since the civil upheaval in the first year of Chongzhen, most of the battles between the rogue bandits and the Ming army have a ratio of ten to one.

Four to one, it can be said that it is a battle of prosperity that has not been fought for a long time.

However, many things can't be counted in this way. Although the difference in military strength is not big, Chen Wang still feels a little bit unconfident.

The newly recruited [-] new troops were all from starvation soldiers. Although they had been trained along the way, it was not easy to talk about their fighting strength.

In the new barracks, none of the officers of the ranks of Chief Qian, Chief Ba, and Chief Bai were appointed, and they were all temporarily led by the servants who followed Cao Wenzhao.

Don't look at the neat formation of these recruits, the military formation looks solemn.

But many people still don't even understand the banners and golden drums. Most people can only understand some simple military orders conveyed by the golden drums and banners, and they can't understand them if they are a little more complicated.

But those simplified military regulations that they had to recite from the beginning, they still remembered clearly.

Now the main pillars are the nine hundred liao cavalry in the barracks under his command, and the veterans of the two divisions.

Chen Wang's eyes kept wandering over the three mountain camps in the south.

Although the organization of the rogues is more chaotic, and most people can't understand the command flag, this is also a huge flaw.

The most common tactics used by rogue bandits, apart from using human sea tactics to consume, is to concentrate elite cavalry to suddenly attack one place.

If the army formation of the new barracks is breached, judging from their training, it is not impossible for the entire army to collapse.

The feeling of recruits and veterans on the battlefield is very obvious, as long as the enemy general is not a fool, he can find it, and there is no way to hide it.

On the three mountains, a large number of messy banners were planted in different places.

The camp of the rogues was fairly well-regulated, and most of the main roads were equipped with repelling horses and low walls.

If they forcibly attack the mountain, the enemy can have a great advantage.

The difficulty of attacking this kind of camp built on the mountain is no less than that of a fortified city surrounded by walls.

But this battle must be fought, and Hong Chengchou's military orders cannot be delayed forever.

However, when the army fights to attack, we should make use of our strengths and avoid our weaknesses.

Chen Wang is very aware of this. The biggest advantage of his army now is that the armor rate is much higher than that of the rogues.

With armor versus no armor or against thin armor, the best tactics are those used by the Qing army.

And Chen Wang happened to be very clear about the tactics of the Qing army.

(End of this chapter)