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Chapter 796 Strategy Responsibility
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Cheng speculated that after the arrival of the captive chieftain Huang Taiji, the Qing army's morale was high and the soldiers were numerous. Instead, they retracted the defense line and withdrew a large number of Eight Banners elite stationed on Shimen Mountain.

Only the Han army and the Korean army rely on the dangers of the mountains, relying on guns and firearms to fortify and guard at every step. It is intended to lure the main force of the Ming army to attack, and even lure the Ming army to the city of Jinzhou, resulting in the extension of the Ming army's battle line and the consequences of food and grass. .

Moreover, the whereabouts of a large number of Qing troops are unknown after they withdrew, and they must have plans for hiding in the dark.

Furthermore, once our Liao army captured Shimen Mountain and Huangtuling, they would face a major decision. Whether to forcibly cross the Nür River and build a camp on the north bank would be an extremely critical move.

If Shimen Mountain is captured, it is necessary to rush across the Naughty River and build a camp on the north bank of the Naughty River. This will not only control the river course, facilitate the transfer of food and grass, but also use the camp on the north bank as a base to gather a large army to rescue Jinzhou at any time.

Because once the Ming army stopped at Shimen Mountain, but crossed the Nvnv River alone, and only sat on the mountain to watch the battle, the morale of the defenders in Jinzhou City would be too severely hit.

However, after the Ming army occupied Shimen Mountain, if they rushed to cross the Nür River, they would inevitably be attacked by the Qing army. Once they were attacked by the Qing army halfway across, the Ming army would have no resistance at that time and would suffer heavy losses.

Once the situation of fighting across the river is formed, the ministries of the Ming army will be scattered in Rufeng Mountain, Shimen Mountain, and Huangtu Ridge. They will be more likely to be defeated by the Qing army one by one instead of being tightly surrounded around the Songshan Fortress as they are now.

Huang Taiji's plan is so wishful!
Looking at the sand table and meditating for a long time, Zhang Cheng raised his hand and slammed the wooden stick on Huangtu Ridge, and said loudly: "Take Huangtu Ridge first, it will not only threaten the slaves on the east bank of the Xiaoling River, but also defend the Niangniang Palace fish market, and go north It can also enter and solve Jinwei.

At that time, our army can attack when advancing, and defend when retreating, and firmly grasp the initiative on the Jinzhou battlefield. "

He said again with deep eyes: "I, the generals of the Xuanfu Army, will drink the Ma Xiaoling River and fight the Tartars at the foot of the city of Jinzhou to the death!"

"Okay, let's fight to the death!"

"...a battle to the death..."

In the military tent, a majestic applause sounded.

Zhang Cheng's last plan, the strategy of the Xuanfu's army, was finalized in this way.

Because of Zhang Cheng's outstanding performance in the previous few military meetings, he seems to have become the strategy of the Liao army!

Among the officials and generals in Eastern Liaodong today, Zhang Cheng's opinions during the military discussions have become extremely important. Generally, it is difficult for officials and generals to object to the military strategy formulated by the Xuanfu Army.

The Xuanfu army has become the de facto decision-making body of the Liao army.

Zhang Cheng looked at the generals of the Xuanfu in the military tent, and said seriously: "Okay, next, Wei Zhice, please put more thought into it, and work with the generals to draw up a detailed strategy for marching, taking all possibilities into consideration.

Which part of our Xuanfu army will go to battle, which part will cover the flanks, which part will go forward to prevent the rescue of the Tartars, and which part will stay behind in the camp, all parties must come up with a plan.

If there is an attack, there must be an echelon. If the attack is weak for a while, when to replace it, when to reinforce it, how to defend our army after taking Huangtuling, whether to take the opportunity to cross the Xiaoling River and advance, etc., must be considered in place.

The plan should be as detailed as possible, don't be afraid of trouble, and never neglect a step, resulting in a big mistake! "

All the generals obeyed the order solemnly, and then performed their duties and acted quickly.

Zhang Cheng called He Biao again, and added in particular: "Furthermore, He Zhenfu, you must follow up on the matter of passing the examination. The soldiers fought their lives on the battlefield, but if you have merit, you should not leave it behind, so as not to be cold." I have the heart of a loyal soldier.”

"He Biao's responsibility lies, commander-in-chief, please rest assured."

There are still not many Chinese in the Xuanfu army, especially if they really have the talent for strategy.

After all, with the qualifications of Zhang Chengxuan's deputy commander, it is difficult to recruit real talents. Although it is the end of the dynasty, the character of the literati is still there.

The last thing is to serve in the general army of a town, so as not to lose his status. After all, money matters less than fame matters.

Oh, no.

It should be a big deal!
Now, when the generals in Zhang Cheng's army participate in military discussions, they can actively offer advice and suggestions, but once the strategy is determined, when it comes time to formulate a specific action plan, there are few who can take on this responsibility.

At this time, most of them were the only scholars among the generals of the Xuanfu Army. Wei Zhice came to deal with these details and formulate a detailed battle plan.

Therefore, Wei Zhice became an indispensable figure in the Xuanfu army, just like the chief of staff in the army of later generations.

Not long after Zhang Cheng left the town of Xuanbei, he formed his own shogunate, but most of its members were old soldiers who followed him, as well as officials from the Kaiping Weisi government office.

At the beginning, the shogunate established by Zhang Cheng temporarily was mainly to coordinate and manage various affairs of the military and civilians in Xuanbei. At the beginning of the establishment of the shogunate, there were no suitable candidates, so he could only fill it with the officials around him and the Kaiping Wei Division. .

In the past few years of operation, the results have been great, but the main content is placed on the administration and military training. Now, as his strength continues to grow, the wars he participates in become more and more complicated every time.

Zhang Cheng faintly felt that the original shogunate was no longer enough to cope with today's complicated situation. He planned to start reorganizing his own shogunate after returning to the Xuanfu after finishing the Liaodong affairs.

In his vision, this time the shogunate will be divided into several relatively independent branches to take charge of civil affairs, garrison administration, finance, military affairs, etc. within the territory under their jurisdiction.

However, the two aspects of military command and intelligence work are separately proposed, and the personnel selected by him will do these affairs alone.

After all, military commanders are always on the front line, and those who participate in the formulation of military action plans must be familiar with their own strengths, and must also grasp information such as battlefield terrain and enemy forces in a timely manner, so that they can formulate reasonable advance and retreat strategies.

And intelligence work is the most important thing for internal stability, because in the content of intelligence work designed by Zhang Cheng, in addition to spying on the enemy and counter-spying, it also includes internal surveillance, anti-evil and other matters.

In the future, he will implement the system of counselors, and send military counselors at all levels of the army. This is a bit imitating the form of military staff officers in later generations.

At that time, when the army went to battle, generals at all levels gathered together to agree on the strategy of advancing and retreating, and then the counselor's office was responsible for formulating specific combat steps, and finally the generals at all levels were responsible for the actual implementation.

The marching and fighting are indeed complicated and cannot be accomplished by one's own strength, so the role of the counselor is particularly important.

All battalions, ministries, divisions, and residences all march and fight in accordance with the regulations and systems, and this will also be a unique place for the Xuanfu Army in the future.

In such a march and battle, there is evidence to follow in every detail, even if there is no famous general to command, even if you can't win every battle, it will be very difficult to lose once.

Just like today, although the Counsellor's Office has not yet been formally established, the generals participating in the military discussion still have to work out every step and detail of the battle with Wei Zhice one by one, which is their duty.

And in the future, everyone in today's military account will either lead the army to one side, or lead an army to go out to fight alone. At that time, they will also have their own staff in the counselor's office.

Seeing that everyone was busy in the big tent, Zhang Cheng himself relaxed.

Although, in the eyes of the generals in the army, the commander-in-chief is farsighted and far-sighted.

In fact, most of the time, Zhang Cheng is the hands-off shopkeeper!
I just need to hold on to the rope that leads the cow's nose, grasp the main tone, and control the direction. As for the hard work, I leave it to my subordinates to do it.

Looking at the busy generals, Zhang Cheng pondered for a long while, but saw his adopted son Zhang Chengfang approaching, clasped his fists and said, "Father commander, Hong Duchen sent someone to summon all the generals to discuss matters, and the time is set at You Shizheng."

Zhang Chengfang is now almost Zhang Cheng's middle officer. Although he has not been officially appointed, Lin Fangping has more and more affairs in the Tiger Guard Battalion, and he can't take Zhang Cheng's side into account at all.

And Zhang Jintai didn't pay much attention to these matters, he just wanted to enter the Tiger Guards Camp, become a Night Buddy, and look for the long-awaited excitement.

There was another one, two years younger than Zhang Chengfang, named Zhang Mingyuan. He was also an orphan brought back from Jibei Mafang. His original surname was Chen.

Zhang Mingyuan is also very clever, and now he and Zhang Chengfang are helping Zhang Cheng with his affairs, acting as his deputy lieutenant officers, and also starting to get in touch with battalion affairs, somewhat similar to the secretary-general of later generations.

Even Zhang Chengfang's daily schedule and related activities were arranged by Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Mingyuan.

Zhang Cheng nodded when he heard this, because the Tartars were in a hurry to attack Jinzhou, Governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou and others were fidgeting every day, the matter of Jinzhou was discussed several times a day, but they still couldn't make a decision.

However, Zhang Cheng knew for sure that the strategy for the battle of Jinzhou would be decided today.

At this moment, Lin Fangping also came over, and he said solemnly to Zhang Cheng: "Handsome, General Chen Zheng sent a message. Recently, the number of Tartar thieves sentry has increased significantly. I guess the Tartars are about to take action!"

Zhang Cheng looked at Lin Fangping and asked with concern: "Send a message to Chen Zheng. He only needs to stick to Changling Mountain. The Tartars intend to seize my food road. As long as Changling Mountain, Wudaoling, and Xingshan Fort If it is still in the hands of our army, the Tartar plot will not succeed."

Lin Fangping now not only has to lead the Tiger Guards Battalion, but also is responsible for the intelligence and sentry duties of the entire army. He has also personally led a team into dangerous situations to spy on the Tartar army.

The last time when Li Changsheng was sent out, he met the Manzhou Zhenghuangqi whistle on the south bank of the Naughty River, just in time for Lin Fangping to come back from the sentry, so he had to go to rescue him quickly, so he forced back the fine horsemen of the Tartars.

Afterwards, Zhang Cheng issued an order to stop the sentry in the distance, and only covered the periphery of our nearby battlefield, but Lin Fangping still had no rest. He still had to analyze and summarize the information from the previous sentry.

Lin Fangping also said solemnly: "Here, I will send sentry cavalry to convey the commander's meaning to General Chen."

Lin Fangping is different from the generals of other battalions of the Xuanfu Army. Although he is the chief general of the Tiger Guard Battalion, he often leads his sentry cavalry into dangerous situations, instead of just hiding in the camp and safely analyzing his subordinates who do not close their sentry cavalry at night. Bring back the military situation.

Of course, the Tiger Guard battalion is also equipped with a lot of clerical staff. They actually belong to the intelligence department and do not directly participate in the sentry. content, clues of the enemy, and so on.

Intelligence work, document sorting, accounted for a large part.

Looking at Lin Fangping's leaving back, Zhang Cheng could still see his tiredness and exhaustion, and couldn't help thinking to himself: It's time to find someone to help Lin Fangping share some military affairs!

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng thought of Zhang Jintai who was still recovering from his injuries. He thought that Zhang Jintai could assist Lin Fangping and take charge of intelligence collection and analysis first, which could be regarded as a workaround for him to enter the Tiger Guards camp.

In addition, he felt that it was time to officially appoint Zhang Jintai as his middle officer, so that Lin Fangping could concentrate on the affairs of the Tiger Guards and intelligence work.

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Zhang Cheng also had a simple dinner here, and took Zhang Chengfang, Zhang Mingyuan, and a hundred cavalry guards, as well as two generals, Guo Yingxian and guerrilla Zhang Guodong, out of the camp.

Wei Zhice and the generals are still discussing the details of the specific actions and finalizing them one by one.

And Fu He Biao, the chief town, also summoned the battalion and town governors to carry out relevant statistics and records of meritorious deeds on the previous battalion rounds and outposts, and arrange the mobilization of the upcoming war.

His Zhenfu Division not only monitors whether the generals, officers and soldiers have bad deeds, but also their main job is to verify and test the merits during the war.

Another point is consolation, including caring, caring, and motivating the sergeants in peacetime, especially encouraging the sergeants during wartime, and mobilizing them before the war, all within the scope of their duties.

Zhang Cheng rode his horse and ran slowly outside the camp, and gusts of evening wind blew, bringing a hint of coolness.

Seeing the sunset glow filling the sky, burning like fire, very magnificent, he couldn't help thinking: Soon, the hot weather will pass, and the days to come will be easier!
There was a sound of hoofbeats, and the horse galloped across the open field. As far as the eye could see, there were patches of Ming army camps, with flags flying like clouds.

At this time, it is the time for each battalion to patrol the night and apply for the night call.

I heard the sound of drums bursting, the sound of gold and horns blowing, and various accents came faintly, all the generals of the battalions were issuing orders: "...Listen, officers and soldiers, and be careful on night patrol...don't be lazy and miss the point. The military law is not forgiving...get up..."

Every time an order is issued, the accompanying patrolmen respond in unison.

The voice of Diao Dou Chuanxi also began to ring, one after another in each camp, as if the world was filled with an aura of gold and iron horses.

Not far to the west, Zhang Cheng met Wang Pu, the general of Datong, Chen Jiugao, the general of the front battalion of Shenji Battalion, and Fu Yingchong, the deputy general.

Therefore, the front battalion of Shenji Battalion at that time was divided into two camps, and the commander-in-chief Chen Jiugao and the deputy general Fu Yingchong each took charge of one battalion, so Fu Yingchong also had to participate in the military council.

The few of them were the same as Zhang Cheng, except for the family guards who accompanied them, they all brought some close officers and generals from the camp.

(End of this chapter)