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

Chapter 885 Part Six

On April 17th of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, You Shiwei's vanguard captured Changping City. Lei Xianbin led the cavalry of the Xuanwu Army to respond.

Near noon, Wang Dou led the main force to Changping from Juyongguan. On the way, they went to Tianshou Mountain to pay homage to the mausoleum of Emperor Daxing.

At the beginning of April, the bandits buried Emperor Daxing together in the tomb of Concubine Tian Gui. Nearby was the tomb of the martyred eunuch Wang Chengen.The crown prince ordered the mausoleum to be renamed Siling, and a monument was erected for Wang Chengen to commend him for his loyalty and martyrdom.

The Siling Mausoleum is simple and extremely small, and the garden bed needs to be repaired, but the war is imminent, and the repairs will be discussed after the war.

After discussing with the Metropolitan Governor Wang Dou, the prince decided to talk about the state burial and mausoleum after the extermination of the bandits.

In the afternoon, the mighty army arrived in Changping, and arranged for the prince and others to rest in the governor's yamen and other places. Wang Dou still set up the Xingyuan in Qiaolou.

This Qiao Tower is the highest point in Changping City. It is equipped with a copper pot and hourglass.

I remember that in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng set up the Xingyuan in this Qiaolou. At that time, Wang Dou was still a guerrilla general, and he also entered Qiaolou to participate in the discussion.At this time, watching Qiaolou familiar with everything, and remembering all kinds of past events, the years are like songs, can't help but make people sigh.

At this time, You Shiwei and others had returned from victory, and they reported to Wang Dou that this time their Shaanxi-Gansu army attacked bravely, and within an hour, they quickly defeated the [-] soldiers of the thief generals Liu Zeqing, Qiu Lei and others. Pursuing closely, the thieves fled Liu Zeqing to the capital with only a few more than a hundred riders.

The thief general Qiu Lei's whereabouts are temporarily unknown, but they sent a team of cavalry to search closely, and it is expected that the thief will be hard to escape sooner or later.

Moreover, their army has already controlled key points such as Chaozong Bridge, Gonghuacheng, Anji Bridge, etc., and thousands of forwards are stationed at Tangjialingdian and Dan'erling.Earlier, they sent troops to stand guard at Baifu Mountain, ten miles southeast of Changping City, to prevent Liu Liangzuo and others from Shunyi from attacking from the flanks, but so far there has been no movement there.

Wang Dou praised You Shiwei and others greatly, and made a great contribution for them. He pondered for a while, and felt that the troops from Shaanxi and Gansu were still useful.He ordered that in addition to sending Jingbian troops to take over Chaozong Bridge, Gonghuacheng, and Anji Bridge, the Shaanxi-Gansu generals would continue to be stationed at Tangjialing.

Their task is to never allow the rogues to cross Tangjialing, and everything behind the ridge must be covered, so that the rogues can't be detected by sentry cavalry.

At the same time, they can also try to attack Qinghedian. Of course, don’t force them too hard, and fight too hard, so as not to drive away the thieves in Qinghedian. Anyway, if you want one, I really want to beat you, but I can’t beat you. I have tried my best. a feeling of.

In the end, he told You Shiwei and others to make their subordinates pay attention to military discipline, otherwise extreme joy would turn into sorrow, and it would be bad if they lost their heads.

You Shiwei and others took orders loudly, and left in high spirits.

The two thieves, Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei, were defeated, and the [-] soldiers under their command ran all over the place. If they were allowed to scatter in the countryside, the future would be extremely harmful. Wang Dou ordered his cavalry to participate in the search and suppression, especially the knights of the escort bureaus, to deal with this kind of traffickers. Bandits have more experience.

At the same time, the logistics officials and the Zhenfu jointly counted and verified the seizures in this battle. In the evening, Sun Sanjie happily reported to Wang Dou. He roughly estimated that 800 million taels of silver, [-] horses and mules, and more It is useless to fight with equipment and weapons.

Wang Dou said happily: "Okay, the capital is back."

He was secretly excited, every Changping received 800 million taels of silver, if the thieves in the capital were wiped out, it is estimated that the amount of silver won would not be less than [-] million taels.

The bandits still occupy many cities, looting a lot, if they can be wiped out, at least they can get another [-] million taels of silver.

With [-] million taels of silver in hand in the future, there will be more things that can be done.

On April [-]th, apart from paying attention to the movements of the thieves in the capital, Wang Dou listened to reports from all parties on the search and suppression of the remnant thieves.

In yesterday's battle, the Shaanxi-Gansu generals killed and killed thousands of exiles on the spot, and the remaining remnants fled in all directions, but by noon, more than 2000 people had been arrested.The reason why it went so smoothly was not only the large number of cavalry of the Jingbian army in the search and suppression, but also the result of the participation of the whole people.

The thief has not been in Changping for a long time, and the crimes he has committed are not small.
In addition to revenge and hatred, because the bandit soldiers looted a lot, many small soldiers hid more than a dozen taels of silver in their bodies. Killing and arresting them can take revenge and even make a fortune.

This was ordered and approved by the governor Wang Dou himself. Except for horses, bows, arrows, firearms and other armaments that need to be suppressed, all the thieves obtained belong to the recipients.Now the common people are even more enthusiastic. There are shouts of beating and killing everywhere in the ten miles and eight villages, and there is nowhere to hide from the thieves.

On the way, at least two or three thousand bandits were beaten to death by the villagers. On the morning of the [-]th, Qiu Lei was arrested by the bandits. In addition to his nose, swollen face, and blood dripping all over his body, the villagers even beat his hands and feet to life with hoes. It was broken, it was horrible.

Wang Dou ordered Qiu Lei to be taken into custody, waiting for the army to go out to sacrifice the flag.

Among the captured prisoners, military ruffians, officers at all levels, and those with blood debts in their hands, all were screened out and left to the people to deal with and let them vent their anger.The rest will all be incorporated into the hard labor camp, where they will spend a long life of hard labor in order to atone for their sins.

If they perform well, some people may be able to enter the Loyalty Camp, or other arrangements.

With the power of the whole people, only on the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]nd, the fugitive thieves in the Changping area were searched and suppressed.

Of course, during the search and suppression process, the bandits and bandits in various parts of Changping were also easily wiped out by the Jingbian army, making all parts of Changping Prefecture appear clear.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, the mood of the people gradually recovered, and Wang Dou ordered relief to the people, but it was in the form of work-for-work relief.

He ordered the construction of the Changping defense position, widened and flattened roads, built bridges, recruited people on a large scale, and provided generous food wages. Even women and children could also wash and cook for the soldiers, and also provide wages and food.

The common people participated enthusiastically. Although some of them found some money from the thieves, they were used to being frugal, and all of them treasured up the money.

In addition to the movements of the capital, Wang Dou was of course also concerned about the movement of the Tatars. The Tatars were pressing all the way to the capital. They could cover the messengers from the thieves, but they couldn't block the sentinels sent by the Jingbian army.

They thought they were ignorant of anyone, but in fact everything fell into the watchful eyes of the sharp whistle camp.

As the evening approached, Dorgon led the army to Shunyi, and when the information was delivered to the front of the case at night, Wang Dou cheered up and said, "Okay, everyone is here."

At this time, he was on the first floor of Qiaolou, with a huge iron case at the head, which was full of gold medals, arrows, etc., a huge battle map hung on the wall, and a sand table in the middle, surrounded by dense officials and generals, discuss Controversial, Wang Dou also looked at the various flag-colored arrows above and pondered.

In the battle plan of the General Staff Department agreed by Wang Dou, the 23 troops of the Jingbian Army were divided into six parts, with Sun Sanjie defending the rear, leading the supply battalion, part of the artillery battalion, the rocket battalion, and the C battalion. About 3 people.

They will set up defense lines on Baifu Mountain, ten miles southeast of Changping, and Shenling Mountain and Tangshan Mountain, fifteen miles southeast, to resolutely block possible rear attacks by the slaves.

Sun Sanjie once fought the Changling Mountain defense in the Battle of Jinzhou, and he defended it impressively. Everyone had no objection to him defending the rear.

Then the remaining 20 people, among them, Hussar General Han Chao led the Xuanwu Army to mainly fight against the Tartars. His Xuanwu Army has a strength of about 5000 people, one in the first-class battalion, two in the second-class battalion, and two in the third-class battalion. One each of the hussars and the chasseurs.

He also added [-] cavalry to the newly attached battalion, about [-] cavalry from the Mongols, and a total of about [-] cavalry from Wang Pu's new army guards. Then he joined some third-class battalions that were not included in the various armies, some artillery battalions, and rocket battalions. Sixty thousand horse steps.

There is nothing to say about the Tartars by Han Chao. Han Chao is one of the five generals of the Jingbian Army. If there is anyone in the army who can stand alone, except for Wen Fangliang, it is Han Chao.

In the battle beyond the Great Wall, he led the army to fight against the Mongols, and he also fought impressively. The feathered cavalry tactics were also invented by him.

So the Han Dynasty led [-] horses to fight against the Tartars. At that time, his position was also Huilongguan on the right side of Tangjialing, and then turned north, until it reached the Shahe River. The army formation stretched for about ten miles.

Then Yingyang General Wen Fangliang led the Qinglong Army to fight against the bandits. His Qinglong Army also had a strength of 5000, including one battalion of the first class, one battalion of the second class, three battalions of the third class, and one each of hussars and chasseurs. .

Also joined the Zhongyi Battalion cavalry with about 4000 cavalry, Shaanxi and Gansu cavalry cavalry with about [-] cavalry, and the first battalion of the Xuanda Dubiao Battalion with more than [-] people. They also joined the Artillery Battalion, Rocket Battalion, and some third-class battalions that were not incorporated into the armies. , a total of about [-] horse steps.

Wen Fangliang didn't have anything to say about dealing with the rogues. They were only worried about whether the force would be a little thin. After all, the number of rogues was much larger than that of the tartars, and the number of rogues was much smaller. On the contrary, the number of troops arranged was less.

However, the staff thinks that [-] horse stances are more than enough to deal with bandits, not to mention sharp artillery and rockets, and General Wang Dou also agrees with them.

So Wen Fangliang led 7 horse steps to fight against the bandits, and his position also spread from Wang'er Mountain to Tangjialing, and then to Huilongguan, which stretched for twenty miles from left to right.Finally, it is connected with the military array of South Korea and North Korea, forming an inverted "[-]" shape.

Such a huge army formation will of course test the commanding ability of the commander. In the crowded forest, it is very difficult for you to command certain troops to advance and retreat, especially the soldiers among them, looking around, they are all their own people Most of them can only be surrounded blindly, and then walk around blindly.

Therefore, it is very important to be able to overlook the terrain of the entire battlefield, and it is even more magical to have a telescopic tool similar to a telescope.

According to the analysis and judgment of the staff department, the limit of the bandits at this time is that they can command the army for ten to twelve miles.The Tartars can command an army formation of about fifteen or six miles, and the Jingbian army can command an army formation of twenty miles because of its high degree of organization and extensive possession of binoculars.

It is of course beneficial to spread out the army formation broadly. It is not easy for the enemy to outflank from the two wings, but one's own side can slowly close in and outflank.

Then there are 9 soldiers and horses left here. Neizhong Wang Dou personally leads the guard battalion, the sharp whistle battalion, the cavalry battalion, the cavalry cavalry, and some third-class battalions. The heroes of the bodyguard bureau have about 5 people as the Chinese army and the reserve team. , support all parties at any time.

With 5 people as the reserve team, this reserve force is very abundant. If any party fails, or needs to invest in troops, Wang Dou can dispatch troops and generals.

The last 4 people were used as a large flanking force.

(End of this chapter)