Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1333 Battle at the Ferry

The Jin army in Yan'an responded very quickly. After receiving the news of Wang Yongqiang's rebellion when the Ming army crossed the river, they dispatched horses to Chang'an to report the letter, and at the same time sent troops to block the gap in Wubao.

At this time, the general trend of the Ming Dynasty's dominance of the world was like a raging sea tide. In order to stop the Ming Dynasty, the Kingdom of Jin built a long embankment of thousands of miles on the Ming-Jin border to prevent the tide from rushing into Guanzhong.

When the Ming army crossed the river at Wubao, it was like Changti opened a small hole, and the tide broke through the embankment.

If the Jin army does not block this opening, there will be a huge loophole in the entire long embankment, and the surging momentum will rush into the pass.

The decision of the governor and the admiral of Suiyan can be said to be very wise. Zhao Liangdong left the governor's office and immediately went to the barracks. Only an hour later, 2000 forwards left Yan'an City, and went to Yanchuan County near Suide Prefecture first. go.

Zhao Liangdong led [-] soldiers, each carrying a roll of blankets, [-] catties of grain, some dried meat and pickles, followed closely behind the vanguard, and rushed to Wubao County.

They only brought rations for less than 20 days. After 20 days, the main force of the Jin army should arrive at Wubao. If not, then he can only return to Yan'an and eat.

After Zhao Liangdong left, Dong Zongsheng immediately ordered the army to enter the city for defense, and then wrote a letter to Sun Sike, the golden general who was stationed in Hetao, hoping that he would go south to attack Yulin and attack the Ming army from north to south with Zhao Liangdong.

There were 1 Ming troops crossing the river from Wubao, but because of the fast-flowing water and narrow ferry crossing, the transportation was very slow. Only about 2000 people were crossed to Wubao every day, and it took five days to finish the crossing.

At this time, it stands to reason that the Ming army should have taken advantage of Jin Guo's reaction, and quickly went south to take the important town of Yan'an. However, because the ferry was slow to transport materials, food and logistics were not available, it was impossible for the Ming army to leave Wubao, the stronghold. Fight far away, otherwise you won't even be able to eat.

The main goal of Li Laiheng's 1 people is to gain a firm foothold in northern Shaanxi and urgently need supplies to lay a good foundation for the follow-up troops to cross the river.

It was based on a general understanding of the ferry that Dong Zongsheng knew that the number of Ming troops crossing the river was limited, so he dared to let the Jin army from Yan'an come to compete for Wubao.

If the ferry can carry tens of thousands of supplies needed by the Ming army and the army across the river in a few days, the Ming army does not need to confront the Jin army at Tongguan, but directly pulls the main force to Wubao, and the Jin army does not have to go north, and the Jin army does not need to go north. Just wait to be beaten.

In the Wubao County Government, Li Laiheng set up the festival hall in the lobby and was convening all the generals to discuss. Wang Yongqiang and Gao Youcai also came to obey orders.

In the lobby, more than a dozen generals gathered together. Li Laiheng spread out a map, pointed the wooden pole at Wu Bao and said, "Although the army has already crossed the river, it will take some time for the army rations and supplies to arrive. We can only stay here for now." In Wubao, but this commander estimates that the Jin army knows that we are crossing the river, so they will come to counterattack, so today we called everyone to discuss how we should respond."

To transport troops and supplies from Shanxi to Wubao, one had to cross the Luliang Mountains first, and then cross the Yellow River. There were many difficulties in it, which can be said to have severely restricted the hands and feet of the Ming army.

Wang Xu smiled and said: "The commander's prediction is correct. According to the news I got, Zhao Liangdong, the Admiral of Suiyan of the Kingdom of Jin, has led more than ten thousand troops to Yanchuan County, and it only took two or three days to kill Wubao. In addition, the Jin army in Hetao and Ningxia may attack Suide."

"So fast!" Li Laiheng was shocked. He is from Mizhi, and he knows the geography of northern Shaanxi very well. Yanchuan is very close to Suide and Wubao counties.Hetao and Ningxia are far away from Suide, but half a month is enough to kill Suide.

This is tantamount to being attacked on three sides, and the Ming army cannot fight mobile warfare. It must defend the stronghold of Wubao, otherwise if Wubao is lost, the Ming army and Wang Yongqiang's troops will run out of food in a short time.

Li Laiheng frowned and looked at the map for a while. It was densely packed with various annotations. The number of Jin troops, garrison locations, training levels, weapons and equipment, and food and supplies were all recorded in detail.

Wang Yongqiang and Gao You just saw this map. It had terrain and troops, and it was more detailed than they knew. They knew that the Ming army was able to count them. It was not luck, but real effort. Also added some confidence.

After looking at the map for a while, Li Laiheng finally straightened up and said: "It seems that the Jin army may attack from three sides, but fortunately the Jin army in Hetao and Ningxia is far away from us, and they will not be able to threaten us for a while. We now The main thing is to deal with Zhao Liangdong's [-] gold army."

Wang Guangtai looked at the map and said, "Zhao Liangdong's 1 horses are the new army of the Jin Kingdom, and their combat power is not weak. Moreover, according to the intelligence, Zhao Liangdong is a cautious man. If he becomes anxious, the other two Jin armies will go to Suizhou again." De, I'm afraid the situation is not good!"

Li Laiheng stroked the beard under his forehead, and after being silent for a while, he looked at Gao Youcai and said, "General Gao, your 3000 people will stay in Yulin. You don't need to go south, just prepare to guard against the Jin army going south in Hetao."

"Yes, the general obeys!" Gao Youcai hurriedly saluted, but after accepting the order, he asked again: "Commander, there are not many Jinjun households in Hetao, and there are also Mongolians. There are only 3000 people in humble positions. I don't know. Is there any reinforcements. Another humble food?"

Li Laiheng waved his hand and interrupted his words, "Don't worry about food and grass, Governor Li will transport it from the two ferries of Fugu and Kehuzhai. At the same time, General Jiang of Datong will also send troops to cross the river from these two ferries you!"

Gao Youcai clasped his fists immediately after hearing this, "I understand!"

Li Laiheng nodded, "Today, you go back and prepare!"

After speaking, Li Laiheng turned his attention to Yan'an, "On the map, there are only 2000 defenders in Yan'an, and Zhao Liangdong has 2000, so there are only [-] people in Yan'an. Can we hold Zhao Liangdong in Wubao while taking advantage of Ningxia's defense forces?" Before the Jin army arrives, send a large army to attack Yan'an. It would be a good thing if it can be broken through, but if it can't be broken, Zhao Liangdong will be forced to return to help, and the commander will cover up and kill him from behind, and beat him to death. Do you think it is feasible?"

Li Laiheng raised his head and glanced at the crowd. Wang Yongqiang reminded: "Marshal, Dong Zongsheng, the governor of Suiyan, has been running Yan'an for four years and has over 2000 military households. Not to go to Yan'an. The humble official thinks that he may be relying on this, so he dared to let Zhao Liangdong take away [-] people, leaving only [-] people to guard Yan'an."

Li Laiheng frowned slightly, threw the wooden pole on the map, and said proudly, "Then General Wang will leave 1000 people in Suide, and bring the rest of the troops here, and follow this commander to meet Zhao Liangdong for a while."

On the road from Yanchuan to the north, an army of more than [-] people is marching rapidly. Their flags are unfurled, their armor is bright, and their steps are vigorous. It can be seen that it is an elite infantry. The leader is the golden general Zhao Liangdong.

If the Jin army wants to counterattack Suide and Yulin, it must first take down the ferry along the Yellow River and cut off the connection between the Ming army crossing the river and Shanxi. Otherwise, it will be useless to attack other places. The more he fought, so Zhao Liangdong didn't play any tricks. He took Yingtianbao and Huijiayuan along the way, and then divided 9000 soldiers and horses into Suide, while he led [-] people to leave the official road and march towards Wubao along the Yellow River.

After the Jin army entered Suide Prefecture, it was only two days away from Wubao. Zhao Liangdong knew that if he arrived one day later, the Ming army and the Ming army's supplies would be more, so he was very anxious, but he did not force the march. Let the soldiers maintain sufficient physical strength.

The two cities of Wubao and Suide are the horns of each other. He believes that both the rebels and the Ming army have received the news of his going north, but he only sent 1000 people to Suide for surveillance. He is very worried that the rebels in Suide will outflank him. The flanks, so even if you are impatient, you can still keep your soldiers physically strong to prevent sudden attacks.

At this time, he was riding in the middle of the team, but suddenly a group of cavalry rushed towards him, got off their horses and reported: "Qi report to the army, Suide's rebels defeated Zhao Qianhu and went to Yan'an!"

Zhao Liangdong was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in his heart, "Dong Futai really believed that the rebels really wanted to attack Yan'an by taking advantage of the emptiness in Yan'an."

He sneered, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let Zhao Tingwu retreat to Wubao, move closer to this town, and ignore the rebels going south."

After the cavalry saluted, they got on their horses and galloped away.

Zhao Liangdong waved his horsewhip and shouted loudly: "Send the order, speed up and march towards Wubao."

The golden army on the road suddenly ran, thousands of people's armor clattered, and their heads rose and fell with their steps.

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