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Chapter 103
In the 11th year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, on the seventh day of November, Gao Qiqian invited Chen Xinjia and Lu Xiangsheng, together with the generals of the towns, to discuss in Baoding City that they would attack the more than [-] captives of the Haoge tribe in Gaoyang County.

All the way, the Xuanda Army of Lu Xiangsheng's Department went directly to Gaoyang; all the way, the Liaodong Army of the Qianlong Division marched towards Anzhou, waited for an opportunity to turn into Gaoyang, and attacked Haoge together; all the way, the Xuanda Army of Chen Xinjia's Department went to the south of Zhangdeng Inspection Division to support Lu Xiangsheng, Take a dive and attack Hauge together.

Finally, it was agreed that the armies from all walks of life would attack according to the established routes around the ninth day of November.

Due to the arrival of Gao Qiqian, Baoding Prefecture and Xinyuan County worked together to remove some grain and grass from the official treasury, and some grain, grass and livestock collected from the gentry were sent to Gao Qiqian's army on the seventh day of the lunar month.

Lu Xiangsheng partly got [-] shi of grain and [-] live pigs. Although the number was not too much, it also alleviated the embarrassment of Lu Xiangsheng's lack of food.

On the [-]th day of November, at Mao time, the army pulled out its camp and raised its camp, and the whole army moved to Gaoyang County to fight against the captives and cavalry.

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At this time, in Qingyuan County, Baoding Prefecture, there was a row of people and horses marching mightily. Most of them were cavalry, and they looked like nearly [-] people.

It was deployed in a marching array again, and the sea of ​​red armor and flags seemed to have no end in sight.

According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, they were divided into four marching formations: the forward, the central army, the middle, and the rear.

Among the group of people, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen Town, and Guo Yingxian, his general of the Chinese army, led their troops and horses. They walked in the front as the vanguard, and they also held a large banner of "former army commander" to guide the march.

Behind them were Lu Xiangsheng's Dubiao Battalion led by Guerrilla Chen An, the Xuanfu Right Wing Battalion of Xuanfu General Zhang Yan with more than [-] horse infantry soldiers, and Shanxi General Jiang Mingwu's more than [-] horse infantry troops.

Behind it is the main barracks of Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, as the central part, and finally the main barracks of Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, is the rear line.

The distance between each army and horse was less than one mile. They all marched steadily in a row of several horses, and the flags of various colors followed each other, advancing towards Gaoyang County in an orderly manner.

The army had a full meal at the foot of Baoding City yesterday, and the sergeants who hadn't seen oil and water for many days also drank the broth. Their physical strength was restored, and their morale improved significantly.

At Maoshi today, the army simply finished their breakfast, and then set up their camps. At Chenshi, they crossed Qingshui River and Tang River successively, and entered Gaoyang County along the official road.

All the supplies of the army were concentrated in the Wangpu army in the middle, so that each department could march lightly and speedily. The tiger squatting guns, Frang machine and other artillery in each battalion, military tents, rejected horses, etc., as well as the small stock of food and grass, were sent separately People followed Wang Pu's army to escort them.

In this era, if there is no heavy baggage, the infantry marches about sixty miles a day, and the cavalry can travel a hundred miles a day, which is also normal.

However, because they didn't know the current specific position of the Qing army under Haug's troops, the army still marched steadily and did not move fast. Moreover, in order to prepare for fighting with the captive cavalry at any time, the entire army was wearing armor, which also seriously affected the speed of marching.

Zhang Cheng rode his horse in the ranks of the army. He only felt that once he entered Gaoyang County, the atmosphere seemed to be a little tense. The number of captive cavalry scouts obviously increased. Zhang Cheng also sent a cavalry sentry to strengthen the scouts on the flank.

Lu Xiangsheng rode vigorously on his Wuming steed, and looked at the army formation in front of him with approval. Those sergeants were well-organized, not inferior to his standard battalion at all. He couldn't help sighing that Zhang Yanguo was a general Only in this way can he cultivate a leader in the army like Zhang Cheng.

Looking at the cavalry array of Zhang Cheng's troops in the front, it can be said that all of them are good soldiers. They followed Zhang Cheng's guerrilla flag, ten people in a row, marched in order on horseback, and came out of Baoding City. The queue is always so strict, even if there is a cavalry team out to scout, the movement is orderly.

Lu Xiangsheng was on Wumingji, full of admiration, and his love for Zhang Cheng became more and more. He even planned in his heart that when the Qing soldiers retreated, he would try to support Zhang Cheng, even if he was still young and had military experience. It's not too strong, but after a few more years of experience, accumulating some military achievements and prestige, it is still possible to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of a town at the age of more than 30.

Today's Daming is in troubled times, and it is time to be eclectic, select talents that can be created, vigorously cultivate and support them, so that they can give full play to their bravery and intelligence, and serve the country with loyalty to the emperor.

Although the army marched all the way along the official road, it did not completely occupy the entire official road. Nearly one-third of the road side was left vacant for the transmission of military information or the transfer of troops and horses in an emergency.

Suddenly, smoke and dust billowed in front of the official road, and Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen Town, led a group of personal soldiers to come on horseback. A dozen of them rode along the official road and went straight to Lu Xiangsheng's army formation.

Since the army entered Gaoyang County, not only the frequency of sentry sentries encountered on the road increased, but also the number of sentry sentries every time they appeared. Each time, the army of nearly 2 horses was on strict alert. I'm afraid that after the captive cavalry sentry, there will be a large group of captive cavalry.

There is no way, at this time, the Qing army's captive cavalry put too much psychological pressure on Xuanda's officers and soldiers.

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After Yang Guozhu rushed into Lu Xiangsheng's army formation, Lu Xiangsheng's personal soldiers rode out in all directions, and the generals of the three towns were summoned to take orders in front of Lu Xiangsheng's formation.

It turned out that Yang Guozhu's vanguard sentry cavalry found nearly [-] captive cavalry attacking Gaoyang City. The banners seemed to be mainly the Zhenglan Banner, with some Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Army Banners mixed in.

These are consistent with what the intelligence said, the slave thief Prince Su Hauge personally led [-] captive cavalry to march towards Gaoyang.

Although their number is about 4000, the number of real armored soldiers inside will not exceed 2000 at most. Considering that there are Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Army Banners, the number of real Qing Army Zhenglan Banner armored soldiers will never exceed [-]. .

After Yang Guozhu received the report from the sentry cavalry, he left Guo Yingxian to preside over the army, and he personally visited Lu Xiangsheng to report the military situation. Obedience before the army.

After Zhang Cheng received the order, he ran to the rear first, and after meeting Zhang Yan, he rode his horse into the supervising standard camp with him.

Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, was the last to arrive. Seeing that all the generals had arrived, Lu Xiangsheng asked Yang Guozhu to report the military report obtained by the sentry first, and then said: "Although there are about [-] people in Dongnu, they are still ready for battle." Soldiers, at most four thousand, our army has more than twenty thousand, all generals should work together, kill slaves bravely, report to the king, and boost the morale of the army."

Wang Pu was wearing dazzling armor, and the crowd cupped their fists and said, "Please rest assured, the governor, we will work together to kill the slaves bravely."

Yang Guozhu and other generals clasped their fists and shouted together: "Work together, let's kill slaves bravely!"

For a moment, all the generals and officers raised their arms and shouted, the army's morale was determined and their morale was boosted.

Yes, [-] vs. [-]. Everyone is full of confidence and excited. Everyone is thinking that when they fight against the Luqi, they can get a few more heads. They can't all be called Zhang Cheng. The kid snatched it away.

At this moment, suddenly hearing the sirens outside the army formation, a personal guard hurriedly galloped into the army formation, and reported to Lu Xiangsheng: "I will report to the governor, several miles eastward, and found a slave bandit, about More than a thousand people are rushing towards our Xuan army formation."

The generals were startled in front of the battle.

(End of this chapter)