The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 187
After running for twenty or thirty zhang, one of Cao Hongzu's personal soldiers looked back with lingering fear, but saw the Jianlu cavalry moving with their backs, and the distance between them was getting farther and farther away.

He hurriedly said to Cao Hongzu: "General, the enemy cavalry haven't come after us."

Hearing this, Cao Hongzu pulled the reins, circled his horse and looked back at the backs of Fan Shaozu and the others, suddenly said in surprise: "No, these three or four riders should be Jianlu scouts."

His own sword had long been lost, so he grabbed the saber of the guard beside him and pointed forward, "Follow me to capture the cavalry, otherwise these people will lead the army back in a while!"

With their lives at stake, more than a dozen of his subordinates immediately slapped their horses and surrounded the "Jianlu scouts" regardless of being tired.

After Fan Shaozu escaped from the siege last night, he has not been able to change horses. At this time, his horsepower has reached its limit, so he was chased in a short time.

Only then did Cao Hongzu heave a sigh of relief, and was about to order the guards to kill the captives, but suddenly seeing the leader of the prisoner in bright armor, he couldn't help frowning: "Is he still a captive officer?"

"Hmph, if you don't want to change your name or your surname, I am Fan Shaozu, the head of the Great Qing Counselor."

"Participant?" Cao Hongzu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and turned to the guards, "Tie it up quickly, and take it back to Tianxing Mansion with me. I'm about to turn around!"

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Yang Tinglin waited for the last officer to finish reading, and handed back Chen Wang's secret letter to him. Then he coughed lightly, and said to the generals in the account: "Everyone must have read the Fujing Mansion Report. This letter from His Royal Highness Chen Wang It was just delivered this morning, so I invite you to discuss how our army should be deployed this time?"

Guo Weijing, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, bowed first and said: "My lord, according to the report in the mansion, the general trend of Fujing has been determined, and the remnants of the captives and thieves will be wiped out soon." It is the end of the battle. Our army should focus on steady defense. When His Royal Highness King Chen defeats the remnants of Azig and leads the army out of the pass, Liu Guangbi will be defeated without a fight."

Zhao Yinxuan had seen the strength of the Dragon Guards before, and immediately nodded and said: "Master Guo is right. Our army's defense line along the Baita River has been completed, and the Shazhou defense line has also begun. Our army will not be able to resist for more than a month. It becomes a problem, and the Fujian army will come to help at that time, and things can be expected.”

Yang Tinglin nodded, and smiled at Dai Xiuyuan: "Tingxuan's strategy of seven lines of defense has paid off. Now the sixth line of defense has not been used, and the captives are already tired."

Dai Xiuyuan didn't answer, and bowed his head for a moment, before he cupped his hands and said, "Reporting Department, this subordinate thinks that the Shazhou defense line should be stopped. The soldiers will be transferred to the area of ​​Baita River. If it is as expected, Jiannu will soon Come and fight to the death.”

"Oh? Why did Ting Xuan say that?"

"His Royal Highness Chen's secret letter attached the battle situation in Yanping, but there are details that were not mentioned in the mansion report." Dai Xiuyuan glanced at the letter in Yang Tinglin's hand, and continued, "If my subordinates remember correctly, Jianlu has 6 troops According to Chen Wangxin, a total of more than 1 people were killed and captured in the First Battle of Yanping, including the number of enemies killed in Xianxia Pass and Jian'an Victory before, there are still no less than [-] captives in Fujing .”

"So the battle in Fujing may not be easy at the moment. According to my subordinates' judgment, Liu Guangbi will launch at the same time as the Fujing captive army, attacking Shanguan from the east and west sides, in order to join forces."

Yang Tinglin picked up Chen Wang's secret letter and read it again, nodded and said: "His Royal Highness Chen wants our army to block Liu Guangbi, it should be the same idea as Tingxuan. If so, the Shazhou defense line should be completed quickly."

Dai Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "My lord, do you remember how long it took our army to retreat to the Baita River when Liu Guangbi broke through my five lines of defense?"

Yang Tinglin was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "It's less than a month."

Dai Xiuyuan said again: "The Jianlu carried more than 20 cannons. If they really want to fight to the death, they will be breached within a few days, including the defense line of the sandbar."

Hearing this, Zhu Youmao frowned and said: "Dai Shoubei, you were the one who strongly recommended Yang Ge's seven-line defense strategy, but now you say you can't resist it?"

Yang Tinglin hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness Yongning, don't worry. Gather [-] of my soldiers to guard the Baita River to the death. If we unite as one, we will teach the captives not to pass the month, and it's all entrusted by His Royal Highness Chen!"

"My lord, the Baita River is not guarded well." Dai Xiuyuan clasped his hands to Zhu Youmao again, "Your Highness, the lower officials mentioned the seven-line defense at the beginning, but it was not for the purpose of defending it. Before King Chen left Jiangxi, he told the lower officials that it is not appropriate to stick to it." , or disturbably replenished.

"Your Majesty asked the Master of the Cabinet to build seven lines of defense, just for today.

"Since Liu Guangbi joined Guangxin, he has seen me digging ditches and building walls day and night. Every time a captive raided, our army would fire guns from a distance to resist. In less than a month, I retreated more than a hundred miles in a row and lost five times. line of defense.

"Now the captives must think that our army is too weak to fight, and that they will only build defenses against the enemy.

"At this time, our army is dispatching a surprise army, going around the enemy's side and attacking from behind, so that the head and tail can't look at each other, so how can we spare the energy to attack Shanguan?"

He said, pointing to the map, "I suggest that the Baita River should be abandoned. Guo Shilang's troops should retreat to the new city to garrison. His Royal Highness King Yongning suspects the enemy in front of him, so he only needs to respond to him and retreat after the battle.

"Zhao Zongbing led his army to Qianshan Mountain to intercept the enemy's food, grass and supplies. If there is a chance, he should go north to disturb the enemy Huizhou.

"Chen Zongbing's Gui army went around to Guixi and then went south, attacking from the enemy's rear. Liu Guangbi has been used to suppressing our army for a month, so he will be defenseless against surprise attacks, and he can defeat them in one battle!"

Chen Zhao was born as a wolf soldier in Guangxi, and he has the toughest personality. Hearing that he was asked to take charge of the main attack behind the enemy's rear, he immediately cupped his hands at Yang Tinglin and said, "I want to go!"

But Zhu Youmao rolled his eyes, and said to himself that you dare to point fingers here even if you are a small guard, how can you treat yourself as the king of Chen?He snorted softly at the moment, "Abandoning the pass and not guarding it, but dividing troops around, if there is a mistake, who will be responsible for it?

"According to my king's plan, build a defense line on the sandbar as soon as possible. Then order the entire army to gather at the Baita River for strict defense. If there is a mistake, retreat to the sandbar. If it fails, then retreat to the new city. In this way, you can be safe. .”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yang Tinglin couldn't help thinking, Dai Xiuyuan only guards the new city, the new city is the gate of Shanguan, and it's at the foot of Shanguan, so it's risky to defend with only five thousand recruits from Guo Weijing.

Since he joined the army, he has been greatly influenced by Wanji, and his military thinking is extremely conservative.When Dai Xiuyuan asked him to overhaul the fortifications, he was very happy, but now he hesitated when he wanted to divide his troops to attack.

"The entrustment of His Highness Wang Chen is the most important thing," Yang Tinglin finally made up his mind, "I don't want to be meritorious, but I want to have no faults. As long as I can stop Liu Guangbi from going south, our army will win."

He glanced at Dai Xiuyuan, "Although the strategy of the pavilion is exquisite, His Royal Highness King Yongning's deployment is more secure. He ordered the entire army to immediately retreat to the Baita River except for the soldiers who built the defense line on the sandbar."

"Subordinates obey orders!"

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