A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 875

He looked at Wen Fangliang, Chief of Staff of the Jingbian Army, who was going out, thinking of a handsome and elegant man.

Chen Yongfu took heart, he was well-known for this person.

Wen Fangliang held a document in his hand. He motioned slightly to the crowd, and said calmly: "On the seventh day of April, our Jingbian army began to mobilize. Except for some left behind, most of the rest went to fight. Another 15 people were mobilized to settle in various places. The total force is about 21..."

The Shaanxi-Gansu generals who came in were all shocked. For the first time, they knew the strength of the Jingbian Army, so terrifying and powerful.

They have also passed through various places in Xuanfu Town, and have seen military horses walking on the road. If we talk about the torrent of armor on the official road, those strong and strong men all wear excellent iron hats and armor. All the firearms are longed for but out of reach.

If these people are just stationed, each will not know what the role of the small number of servants and cavalry he brought, and the significance of the soldiers and horses in his camp.

For the first time, everyone felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and Gao Jie, the general soldier in Shaanxi, showed a dazed expression on his face.They didn't understand, how did Wang Dou and others train so many soldiers and horses, and they were so powerful?
Wen Fangliang glanced at the crowd, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, he continued: "There are also 3 new soldiers under the command of Xuanda Governor Ji Junmen, and [-] new soldiers under the command of Datong General Wang Zongzhen. There are about [-] cavalry teams in Shanxi and Gansu provinces, [-] cavalry teams from various Mongolian soldiers outside the Great Wall, and [-] people in total from the civilian bodyguards and militia groups.”

He said: "With such a friendly army, including our Jingbian army, there are a total of 24 soldiers and horses, and there are about [-] horse sergeants."

He paused for a while, and after the shock in the hearts of everyone, especially the generals in Shanxi and Gansu provinces, he said: "At the top of the deployment of troops, first, General Huben Zhong Susu led the second battalion of the White Tiger Army to go south and intercept the flow at Zhending as planned. Thieves, it is estimated that they have already arrived at Zhending Mansion."

He said: "Including the army headquarters, battalion headquarters, hussars, and chasseurs, General Huben leads about [-] troops. In addition, Zhending Prefecture has Zhenbao Town Zanhuang Counselor Xu Yue'e with five thousand horses. There are also generals Zhou Yuji, Li Yunshu, deputy commander in chief, Wang Zheng of Datong Town and other main battalion personnel, together with the local officers and troops, have about [-] troops and [-] inner cavalry, which is enough to intercept the retreating thieves from the capital!"

Chen Yongfu and the others were shocked again. Before the fight started, the Jingbian army was thinking of intercepting the thieves who had retreated from the capital. This is so bold, is this going to catch all the thieves?
He has also been fighting with the thieves in Henan for a long time, and he knows that what he is most afraid of the thieves is that the thieves do not gather, only thieves disperse.Based on what he saw of the strength of the Jingbian army, and the fact that the thieves were chasing stolen goods in the capital for their salaries, and they were reluctant to leave, perhaps this time they will really be able to catch them all in one go and completely solve this serious harm.

You Shiwei sighed in his heart, now he knows the courage of Jing's frontier army, and he feels that his usual leader goes out to battle, compared with that, it is a bit of a small fight.

After Xu Yuee reorganized the whole army in the 15th year of Chongzhen, there were 500 cavalry and 5000 infantry, a new army of one color.Up to now, there are already [-] people in Mabu, and a detailed praise system has been established, which is undoubtedly the same as that of the Jingbian Army.

At that time, she was also appointed as the general of Zhenbao Town Zanhuang.

When the bandits went north, Xu Yuee was ordered to help Zhending, and then the prefect Qiu Maohua and the guerrilla Xie Jiafu wanted to surrender the bandits, Xu Yuee decisively killed them.Coupled with the assistance of the commander-in-chief Zhou Yuji, the deputy commander-in-chief Li Yunshu, and the main battalion of Datong Town Wang Zheng and others, they worked hard to defend Zhending City.

At first, the bandits attacked all places in Zhending, but soon they were chasing stolen goods for payment. The bandits were busy copying money, and they had already slacked off their attacks, so the stalemate persisted.

Moreover, most of the thieves have already gone north, and there are not many thieves near Zhending Mansion.

Wen Fangliang said: "In Baoding Mansion, the thieves set up false posts such as defense envoys, Jiedu envoys, and governors, and left behind a small number of soldiers and horses, less than [-] people. Looking at Hejian Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion, all the way to Shandong It’s the same in other places. Many soldiers and horses left behind are the Ming Dynasty’s officers and soldiers who surrendered, and they are still busy chasing stolen goods and paying for them.”

When the bandits attacked Baoding Mansion, Governor Xu Biao, Prefect He Fu, Zhifu Zongyuan, Zhongguan Wan Zhenghua and others stood firm.Soon after, the supervisor Zhou Yanru knocked on the city to ask to enter, but Xu Biao and others refused to allow it first, because the censor Jin Yudong knew Zhou Yanru, and finally everyone let Zhou Yanru and others enter the city.

After they entered the city, the bandits attacked more fiercely. Zhou Yanru believed that the general situation was over, so he decided to surrender temporarily, and the deputy general of the Chinese army should respond internally.Another guard, Wang Dengzhou, etc. surrendered, and finally Baoding was captured by thieves.Xu Biao, He Fu, Zong Yuan, Wan Zhenghua and others all died in battle, and Zhou Yanru led Xu Yueke, Zhu Yongkang and others to surrender.

Not long after that, the thieves chased the stolen goods to help pay, and Zhou Yanru and others were tortured to death.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Wen Fangliang's mouth. The arrangement of the bandits in Baoding Mansion and other places is ridiculous. Basically, the main force is the surrender of the officers and soldiers. Not to mention the old battalion, even the outer battalion has very few troops.Maybe they don't have any sense of political power, anyway, they can eat wherever they flock.

After introducing the traitors in Jinan, Wen Fangliang first pointed to Changping on the sand table, and said: "After the Liu thief captured Beijing, he tried to attack Juyongguan. Our Jingbian army defended well, and the Liu thief could not advance an inch. The one stationed in Changping is Yuanlin Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of the Qing Dynasty, and Qiu Lei, the former general soldier of Shandong Province, have about [-] soldiers and horses, and a total of [-] family cavalry. They invited them to go west, obviously because they heard that my Xuanfu Town is rich, and they wanted to attack and make a fortune. Unexpectedly, he was beaten to death in front of the closed wall, and now he is busy chasing stolen goods and paying wages in various places in Changping."

Pointing to Huairou and Shunyi on the sand table, he said: "These two places are guarded by Liu Liangzuo, the former general of Xuzhou who surrendered to the bandits, and Jin Shenghuan, the deputy general, and others. There are also about 500 soldiers and horses, and about [-] people in the Jiading cavalry."

He pointed to Tongzhou, Liangxiang, Fangshan and other places to explain who the thieves were and how many thieves were there.The understanding of the thief's love and the detailed information made You Shiwei, Gao Jie, Chen Yongfu and others more and more frightened the more they listened.

Jingbian army sentry information, so sharp?
While You Shilu, Li Changling, Ma Yan and the others were admiring, they also looked at the sand table with hungry eyes.

Good thing, with this kind of artifact, one's own side knows the situation on the battlefield like the back of the palm of their hand.

"All in all, most of the old camps of the thieves lived in the capital, and the outer camps and the surrendered Ming army were spread around the surrounding areas. But they were not too far away, usually a journey of one or two days. 50 thieves went north, although there were resettled troops in various states and counties. , but due to the large number of Ming troops who surrendered, it is estimated that there are still as many as 60 million in the capital at this time."

While introducing, Wen Fangliang also put up a small flag to indicate the situation, giving everyone a more intuitive impression.

After introducing the bandits, he changed the subject and said, "There are also Tartars."

All the generals in Shanxi and Gansu were shocked, how did they go to the Tartars?Judging by what the Jingbian army meant, could it be that one fights two?

Wen Fangliang said: "According to the information from the intelligence department of our Dufu Mansion, on February 18, slaves and bandits came out in full force, with troops from the Manchu, Mongolian, Han, Korean, and Japanese forty banners, as well as the Tartars from the Outer Domain and Mongolia. There are about 25 bannermen. There are also tens of thousands of coated slaves, with a total number of about [-]. They were divided into two groups at the beginning, one led by the slave chieftain Dorgon, and the other led by Abatai and Jierhalang. Push Shanhaiguan and Jizhen."

All the generals in Shanxi and Gansu felt breathless, let alone what they were wearing, and there were nearly 20 Tartar soldiers. What kind of terrifying strength is this?

They are not Li Zicheng, they know how powerful the Tartars are, and You Shiwei frowned. He has fought with the commander Man Gui and fought against the Tartars many times.

Then Wen Fangliang's tone became colder, and he said lightly: "The latest news from the intelligence department is that Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Liaodong, has surrendered. He surrendered at Shanhaiguan on the afternoon of the 8000th day of April, and killed Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan. They are Liaodong warlords, The two families of Wu and Zu shaved their heads and surrendered, and selected [-] soldiers and horses to follow in the battle. There is also Tang Tong, the former general of Miyun, who led [-] troops, first surrendering the bandits, and now surrendering the slave bandits."

There was a commotion in the hall, and all the generals from Shaanxi and Gansu yelled with righteous indignation. Wang Pu said loudly: "During the Battle of Jinzhou, I thought that Wu Sangui was not a good guy. Now he not only surrendered to the Tartars, but also killed Old Man Liu." General, you are truly devastated!"

He continued to curse: "Then Tang Tong is also a traitor, a slave with three surnames, surrendering repeatedly, it is as easy as eating and drinking water."

Amidst the swearing in the hall, Wang Dou said calmly: "Wu Sangui is a dog who can't change his food. Shit, he will kill himself, and his family will be buried with him. You should take this as a warning!"

His words were plain, but the murderous intent in them made people feel cold. Headed by Wang Pu, everyone patted their chests and assured that they must be Daming's loyal ministers.

Wang Dou signaled Wen Fangliang to continue, and Wen Fangliang said: "Although the army of slaves entered the customs, Old General Yang Guozhu and Yang intercepted them along the way. Any fluke."

He said: "From Shanhaiguan to the capital for [-] miles, if you walk [-] miles a day, it will take [-] days, if you walk [-] miles a day, it will take [-] days. Our Jingbian Army has decided to send troops tomorrow, from Zhencheng to Juyongguan for [-] miles. Because of the difficulty of traveling on the Baili Mountain Road, we have planned to travel for three days, that is, on April [-]th, the entire army will arrive at Juyongguan.”

He said: "According to the normal schedule, the slaves may arrive at the capital on the [-]th. However, they have to gather and enter the customs, and General Yang and others will intercept them along the way, so the general judges that they cannot arrive on the [-]th of April The capital, at most some sentry cavalry will spy on you."

He said: "The hundreds of miles from Juyongguan to the capital are mostly flat and wild land. According to the distance, you can reach the foot of the capital in one day. However, this battle is to eliminate the thieves, and the slave thieves are watching. Li, so the strategy of the General Staff is to pre-set the battlefield and wipe out all the thieves and slaves in the wild!"

What he said was taken for granted, and the generals of the Jingbian army in the hall also looked unsurprising, while Chen Yongfu, the generals of Shaanxi and Gansu felt a huge wave in their hearts!Sure enough, the Jingbian army wanted to fight two and destroy them all?

They admit that the Jingbian army is very strong, but if they fight two, is it a little too big?
Five to six million thieves, and 60 Tartar warriors, and now Wu Sangui and Tang Tong 18.

You Shiwei opened his mouth, but seeing Wang Dou and others' calm expressions, he finally held back the words in his mouth.

Wen Fangliang said: "The staff department has multiple rehearsal plans, where to use and how to use them. Judging from the situation of the enemy and ourselves, and the estimated footsteps of slaves and thieves, the final setting is here."

Zan Hua of the General Staff pushed away the sand table in front of him, and brought in a more detailed sand table of the topography of the capital. Almost every hill, every river, every bridge, and every village can be seen vividly. People are speechless.

Wen Fangliang said: "The first step of our army is to capture Changping first, then cross Gonghua City, Shahe River, Chaozong Bridge, etc., and stop at Danerling. About ten miles west of Danerling, there are Wang'er Mountain, Xiangshan and other mountains. .Then go eastward for dozens of miles, and you will find the Shahe River."

He said: "There is about forty miles between Wang'er Mountain and Shahe River. It is roughly plains and there are some villages scattered there. Then Dan'erling is about [-] miles away from the capital. After our army captured Changping, the bandits must have known about it. Rampant and ignorant, and seeing that I have a large number of soldiers and horses, I will definitely raise my army to fight with me! It's in my arms."

He pointed his hand fiercely at this area: "Our army has formed a horizontal line along Wang'er Mountain, Dang'erling, and Huilongguan. , roughly ten miles away at Qinghe, Dongshengling, Fuhai (Old Summer Palace), Wengshan (Summer Palace Longevity Hill) and other places."

He pointed his hand fiercely at another place, but it was Shunyi, and he said: "The slave chief Dorgon is cunning and secretive. If my army is going to fight with the bandits, how can he not rush to the side?" Spy? And will spy on me and the bandit's flank at the same time. And the best place for his army to station is Shunyi. This place is not only on my flank, but also only sixty miles away from our army formation."

Wen Fangliang said confidently: "According to the information, the slave chieftain is obviously higher than the intruder. If our army will fight, he will not be unaware. Both sides of our army will line up, and he will definitely use his best to cross the Shahe River. Either ten miles away, or twenty miles away, spy on both sides of us, especially the right wing of our army!"

Wen Fangliang said: "Most of our army's luggage is located in Changping and Gonghua City, and the slave chiefs will also judge this. Dorgon will definitely deploy heavy troops on the right bank of the Shahe River, intending to steal my back from the flank and cut off my food road, especially if I When the battle with the bandits is in full swing."

Wen Fangliang said: "So, against the thieves and the slaves, our army will fight in two parts, facing the thieves and the slaves separately. Attack at the same time, especially to prevent the slaves from recharging their energy. When there are snipe and clam fighting, the fisherman will win. Lee's idea."

Wen Fangliang said fiercely: "The core of everything is to eliminate the [-] old battalion soldiers of the thieves and the [-] Manchu soldiers of the slave thieves. Specially concentrate rockets and artillery to attack their core, attack their cavalry, attack their cavalry, and attack them. guns against their musketeers."

He said viciously: "Before my big formation approaches, I must first eliminate all the forces that threaten me! After my large formation approaches, it will be the time for them to destroy and run away!"

All the generals from Shaanxi and Gansu in the hall felt breathless. This strategy is too ambitious. If it succeeds, they will destroy the two biggest enemies of Ming Dynasty at the same time, thirty miles away from the capital.

Of course, to achieve this result, the Jingbian army must defeat the enemy head-on on the battlefield.

At the same time, they were curious as to what kind of rocket Wen Fangliang was talking about. It didn't seem to be the rocket they usually used. From what he said, it seemed sharper than the Hongyi cannon.

You Shiwei speculated that it might be something similar to the Shenhuo Flying Crow, but he had also used the Shenhuo Flying Crow before, and did not take its power seriously.The disadvantages are too great, especially the wind direction is very important. If you are not careful, the Shenhuo crow will fly back and blow up on your own head.

Judging from what Wen Fangliang said, the rockets of their Jingbian Army should not have all the disadvantages of the Shenhuo Flying Crows.

"So, this battle is not about defeating the enemy, but about avoiding more fish that slip through the net!"

Wen Fangliang said: "Against the thieves, in addition to the frontal decisive battle, our army also needs to outflank. Send a heavy army, all the horses, with light artillery and rockets, from the Dajuesi Valley around Xiangshan, Xishan, Shijingshan, along Lugou The river appeared on the south side of the capital, attacking the bandits from the north to the south."

Wen Fangliang took out some wooden arrows and inserted them on the route of the sand table. Everyone looked at the place where he was moving, especially the generals from Shaanxi and Gansu, all of them were amazed when they saw the sand table. What a big side attack!It is conservatively estimated that the distance of the raid is about fifty or sixty miles, and it will take almost a hundred miles to appear behind the bandits' formation.

You Shiwei calculated that if he could defeat the thieves head-on, and if he hit him from the back, there would not be many thieves left behind by the capital.

Even if there are fish that slip through the net, there are still [-] troops waiting for them in Zhending Mansion.

The burglar is really done this time.

Wen Fangliang said: "For the slaves, in addition to a decisive battle with our army, the slave chieftains may gather heavy troops on the right bank of the Shahe River in order to cut off our food roads. In view of this, our division set up heavy troops on Mianshan in Yingchi, Changping. There are also artillery and rockets, if the thieves copy them, they will definitely have their heads smashed."

He glanced at his uncle Wen Shiyan and said: "Our army is still outflanking and setting up heavy troops on the capital mountain of the Changping Army. When the time comes, we will launch another big flanking attack. Everyone has horses, carries light artillery rockets, and comes from Shunyi Shangyuan on the [-]th. Cross the Huaihe River at the Niulan Mountain in the village, go around to the rear of Shunyi, and cut off the retreat of the slaves!"

He took out some wooden signal arrows and inserted them on the sand table route. The Shaanxi and Gansu generals were even more amazed, and it was another big side attack!The distance of this raid is also very long, even reaching seventy or eighty miles, which will test the ability of the leading generals very much.

And these two big side attacks were both proposed by Wen Fangliang's uncle, Wen Shiyan, a senior praise artist.During the Battle of Jinzhou, he proposed to attack from outside the Great Wall to cut off the Jinzhou Tartars' retreat.At this time, he would attack the Taziliu thieves one by one, and he was obviously addicted to the side attack.

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After Wen Fangliang introduced his strategy, the Shaanxi and Gansu generals were still in shock, eye-opening, really eye-opening.

It turns out that battles can be fought in this way, strategies can be arranged in this way, especially with artifacts such as sand tables, no wonder the Jingbian army is invincible.

Wang Dou allows everyone in the hall to speak freely and fill in the gaps. No matter who is in the hall, they can put forward their own opinions.

Immediately, the generals of the Jingbian army came out one by one, questioned the chief of staff Wen Fangliang repeatedly, and eloquently put forward their own opinions and opinions. Only the generals from Shaanxi and Gansu still stood stiffly.

One is that they are still in shock, and their brains have not recovered.The second is that they usually fight and kill under the orders of civil officials. How can it be their turn to intervene in such important military affairs?Not one of them dared to speak too much.

Wang Dou listened to the generals talking, he pondered, took out a box of exquisite Yunyan from his arms, smoked one for You Shiwei, and another for Wang Pu.

You Shiwei hurriedly said, "Thank you Marshal."

Wang Pu even quickly found a fire zhezi, lit it for Wang Dou, and then lit it for You Shiwei.

Seeing this, everyone in the hall also took out their cigarettes one after another, picked up the torches and lit them, and distributed one to each of the Shaanxi and Gansu generals beside them, and they all began to puff.With Zhong Susu's mother-in-law absent, everyone felt much more relaxed.

Wang Dou said, "General You, can you say a few words?"

You Shiwei took a deep breath, and said, "The last general speaks boldly."

He said: "The first key is, will the slaves gather in Shunyi? The second key is the two sides of the big side attack. In order to gain time, the mobile power needs to be strong. In order to block the defeated poor from the two lines, the force needs to be heavy. The third key , how is the road condition along the way?"

He said: "It's just like the way of flanking slaves and bandits. As far as the general knows, the source of Niulan Mountain is not far away. The Huaihe River joins the Baihe River. The river is quite wide and deep. There are only ferry crossings, no bridges, and the army has artillery along with it." Waiting for heavy weapons will make it difficult for the army to cross the river and delay the fighter plane.”

Wang Dou nodded and looked at Wen Fangliang.

Wen Fangliang smiled and said: "The first point that Old General You said is that this is a joint judgment made by the intelligence department and the staff department. The probability is as high as [-]%. However, there will still be nearly half of the troops standing still during the war, as a reserve garrison to prevent the possible appearance of slaves."

Wen Fangliang said: "Secondly, in the arrangement of the staff department, the two sides of the big flank attack are both heavily armed and equipped with horses. The same is true for artillery and rocket troops. Mobility and combat power are not a problem."

He said: "Thirdly, the intelligence department and Yebushou have already surveyed the road conditions in these two places in advance, and they have reported back as early as three days ago. The roads and bridges needed on the road have already been prepared, but the bridge deck was accidentally destroyed. Yes, there are still several materials to be prepared."

You Shiwei had nothing to say, he sighed: "No wonder the Jingbian army is invincible, and the preparations before the battle are so meticulous."

The generals in Shaanxi and Gansu also had nothing to say, only a feeling of amazement.

However, the key points You Shiwei put forward made Wang Dou look at them with admiration. These are indeed the key points of the battle situation. Any negligence may lead to the failure of success.

Wang Dou asked Chen Yongfu, Li Changling, Wang Pu and others again, and they all said: "The last general and others all agree with Old General You."

Seeing that everyone felt that there was no problem with Fanglue, Wang Dou said: "Okay, if there is no objection, Fanglue will be determined here, and we will go out after the military parade tomorrow!"

He looked at You Shiwei and said with a smile: "The general staff is in need of a talented general like General You to join us. Are you interested in coming? No matter the general staff or the military academy, you can choose. If you want to lead troops, the position in the army is Can't run away."

Seeing the Marshal attaching so much importance to him, You Shiwei was excited and warm in his heart. Seeing You Shilu, You Zhaiwen and others beside him were all looking forward to him, he solemnly cupped his hands and said, "All will be arranged by the Marshal."

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Okay."

The rest of Shaanxi and Gansu were a little disappointed when they saw that the marshal didn't mention him. It seemed that he was not conspicuous, and he had to show himself well.

(End of this chapter)