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Chapter 120 Military Heart Available
In the 11th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, on November [-]th, thirty miles southeast of Wangdu County, there was a village called Huangtugang, not far from the bank of the Tang River.

Lu Xiangsheng led Xuanda's army and horses along the official road. As soon as they arrived near Huangtugang, they saw smoke and dust billowing on the official road to the southwest, and the sound of horses' hooves trampling faintly. There seemed to be dozens of horsemen on the horizon, heading towards this Running wildly.

The vanguard of the army immediately became agitated. Since entering the border of Dingzhou, they have encountered many sentry cavalry of the Qing army one after another on the road. Every time the army must be on guard.

No way, after the first battle in Gaoyang, everyone was afraid that there would be another large group of Qing soldiers appearing suddenly. Even if the sentry cavalry went out to investigate, as long as the Qing army sentry cavalry appeared near the army, they would always react nervously.

Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen Town, immediately ordered the whole army not to move, and anyone who violated it would be beheaded.

He then immediately dispatched his fine cavalry from the main barracks to patrol the official road in front of him, and sent his own soldiers to the Chinese army Lu Xiangsheng's formation to report the military situation.

Soon, the elite cavalry sent by Yang Guozhu galloped back on their horses, and news came that these dozens of cavalry were none other than Niu Sheng under Zhang Cheng's command who was out on sentry, and Liu Jinhai, the superintendent of the battalion. The crowd came back, and they brought back important information.

Yang Guozhu was overjoyed when he heard the news, so he didn't dare to stay. He hurriedly led his soldiers to meet Niu Sheng and waited for the night to go straight to Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army.

Soon, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen, led Niu Sheng, Liu Jinhai and others, and rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's Central Military Headquarters.

Zhang Cheng had already arrived, and at this time, he was standing beside Lu Xiangsheng. Generals Zhang Yan and Jiang Mingwu had also arrived early, as did Wang Pu, the general of Datong, and Hu Dawei, the general of Shanxi. They called Yang Guozhu and others to stop. , came to Lu Xiangsheng together.

Niu Sheng and the others went out to spy, but there were actually only eight of them, plus Liu Jinhai and Chen Huzi from Lu Xiangsheng's supervising battalion, there were only ten of them. Jin Hai and the others also rode in pairs.

There are also the war horses captured from the Qing army. They galloped back with great momentum, and the smoke and dust they raised seemed like hundreds of horses were forcing them.

Niu Sheng strode forward, first cupped his fists to Zhang Cheng and others and saluted: "Greetings to Duchen Lu, and the general."

After saluting, he reported the information he had obtained to Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Cheng's people truthfully, and Liu Jinhai also confirmed by the side. It can be regarded as a clear investigation.

After Lu Xiangsheng learned the exact information, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered the three armies to meet up at Huangtugang and set up camp, and he also notified the generals of all towns to come to his central army tent to discuss military affairs.

The soldiers and horses of each battalion stopped immediately. They walked down the official road one after another in order, dug trenches on the spot around Huangtugang, and built camps.

Lu Xiangsheng's standard supervision battalion was stationed in Huangtugang village fort. At this time, the village fort was empty and there was no trace of popularity. Fortunately, the damage to the houses and courtyards was not serious.

In the village castle, on a high terrain in the northeast, there is a huge courtyard, where Lu Xiangsheng’s Chinese military tent is located. The third entrance is the courtyard, the first entrance is used by his staff to handle official affairs, and the second entry is the middle entrance. The military tent, the place where Lu Xiangsheng handles military affairs.

At this moment, in Lu Xiangsheng's big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals down to the generals of the three towns of Xuanda who were wearing armor were sitting around in the tent of the Chinese army, watching Lu Xiangsheng happily raising the military intelligence pond report in his hand.

Lu Xiangsheng's words spread to the ears of the generals: "According to the outpost, there is a group of slaves with a population of about [-] in Gyeongju, led by the slave chief Abatai;

In the direction of Zhending Mansion, there are nearly 9000 slaves in the Zhengbai Banner of the slave chief Dorgon; in the direction of Benquyang and Longquan Pass, there are about 3000 slaves along the way;

The rest were the rangers of the Tartars, who plundered the villages of Baoding and Zhending;

A while ago, the slave chief Hauge, who was defeated by our army in Gaoyang, gathered thousands of cavalry and was looting around Anping, Wuqiang and other counties in Shenzhou..."

All the generals in the three towns of Xuanda listened attentively to Lu Xiangsheng's introduction of the movement of the captive cavalry, especially Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, gave Yang Guozhu an envious look.

The battalions did not close their posts at night, they all shrank into a pile in fear, and did not dare to spread out at all.

Such an important military report was obtained by Yebushou and the family members of the Dubiao Battalion who attacked Zhang Cheng in the downstream of Xuanfu Town. They made another contribution to Xuanfu Town, and Yang Guozhu, who is the general soldier, naturally shared the benefits .

Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, led his fine cavalry as a forward in Gaoyang. , causing most of Hauge's captives to escape.

Emperor Chongzhen believed Gao Qiqian's report to be true, and only slightly praised Lu Xiangsheng's troops for their heroic battle against the Tartars under Gaoyang City, and captured more than a thousand slave heads.

On the contrary, Lu Xiangsheng was severely punished for his greed and aggressiveness, which caused the slaves to escape. He asked Lu Xiangsheng to try his best to cooperate with the friendly forces in the future, not to attack without authorization, and to focus on the overall situation.

In this way, the military achievements made by the generals of Xuanda under the Gaoyang City were only approved by the emperor's imperial decree, but they were not awarded for the time being, even Wang Pu's achievements in the first battle were the same. Being able to show his prestige in front of the generals and generals of the three towns relieved a little of the boredom in his heart.

Now that Zhang Cheng was in the limelight again, even Yang Guozhu had a brighter face, which made him envious, and he couldn't help but want to make friends with Zhang Cheng, thinking that he would help him in the future.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu stepped forward and said in a clear voice: "Minister, Wang Pu is willing to be a vanguard and kill slaves for the country in order to repay the grace of God."

Lu Xiangsheng was very pleased. After the battle of Gaoyang, the generals were no longer afraid of the cavalry as they were before. Looking at Wang Pu in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng said approvingly: "Okay, Mr. Wang is mighty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, strode forward, clasped his fists and said: "Minister, the generals of Shanxi are willing to be the vanguard, go straight to the city of Dingzhou, and open the way for the army."

All the generals from the three towns of Xuanda in the tent stepped forward one after another, and all of them invited themselves to be the vanguard of the army. For a while, the crowd was passionate, scrambling to win the first battle under the city of Dingzhou.

Lu Xiangsheng was very pleased to see the generals in the three towns like this. The resentment that Gao Qiqian accused him of before was swept away. In his heart, there is nothing more important than retreating the Eastern captives, reporting the emperor's favor, and helping the people of Li. as important.

"The military spirit is available, the military spirit is available..."

Lu Xiangsheng looked excited, and saw him wave his big hand, and the tent fell silent, and all the generals retreated to their positions, waiting for Lu Xiangsheng's military order.

Lu Xiangsheng was very happy when he saw the generals in the military tent with their helmets and armor thrown off, and he said loudly: "The generals are so determined to fight, and the governor is very pleased.

Although there are only four thousand captives in Dingzhou city, they should not be careless. The battle under Gaoyang city, thinking about it now, is extremely dangerous. Gather together, must guard against. "

All the generals said together: "Good!"

(End of this chapter)