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"This lower official is also not accurate. I only know that the Tartars have withdrawn their defenses from Huangtuling and Shimen Mountains this time, and a large number of captive cavalry have been mobilized frequently. Now I only know that on the east bank of the Xiaoling River, there are more than [-] captive cavalry led by the Tartar thief Prince Su. , and the rest are hidden away.”

When Lin Qingye, the envoy of Ping'an Road of North Korea, stopped to take a breath, he continued: "I just heard that the Tartar German army is planning a plan. Don't say that it is an official, even the envoy Liu Zhi is not allowed to participate. .

Therefore, the information obtained is mostly rumors among the Tazi army, but what is certain is that most of the captive cavalry gathered on both sides of the Xiaoling River and the Nuer River. "

"Damn, the movement of this Tartar thief is exactly as Zhang Shuai guessed. He really predicted the enemy's opportunity. It seems that I will not be wrong if I follow Zhang Shuai!"

Wang Pu gave Zhang Cheng a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly.

Zhang Cheng naturally responded with a smile, waved his hands again and again, and said to everyone: "The three pieces of information brought by Director Zhang, Bing Xian, and Lin Jiedu today are all urgent and important. .”

Zhang Ruoqi nodded in approval, and said to Zhang Dou: "Please Zhang Bingxian write a handwritten letter on all the matters here, and send someone to send it to the Governor Xingyuan as soon as possible."

He turned around and said to his subordinate Lin Qingye: "Emissary Lin Jiedu, today he is also frightened and tired. Please rest in my camp. I will discuss other matters later."

Lin Qingye was almost finished eating at the moment, he got up and said: "My lords kindness, I appreciate it, and now that the news has been delivered, I will go to see the soldiers under my command, and escape across the river after dark."

"what?"

Fu Yingchong not only shouted loudly: "You don't want to die? You have to go back to the den of the Tartars. If this is the case, it's not like a sheep is going to the tiger's mouth!"

Lin Qingye didn't care about this, he smiled and said: "Fu Fu's concern, the lower officials will take it to heart. However, I came here under the king's order, if I flee back to the country, I fear that the Tartars will insult my king.

Therefore, the lower officials could only escape across the river at night, and if the Tartars asked about it, they would say that they escaped while the guards were unprepared.

If he doesn't believe it, just let him deal with it, and don't let him make another excuse to insult our king. Personal life and death are small matters, but the king's dignity is a big matter! "

All the people in the military tent could not help but respect Lin Qingye when they heard the words, they never thought that he would risk his life willingly to deliver a message to Daming's aid to Liao Wangshi.

Zhang Cheng couldn't bear it even more, he said to Lin Qingye: "Is it possible for Lin Jiedu to endure the pain?"

Lin Qingye was taken aback when he heard the words. He didn't know what Zhang Cheng meant, and asked with some doubts: "I don't know why General Zhang asked such a question?"

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Emissary Lin Jiedu should not misunderstand. I just thought that if envoy Lin Jiedu had more injuries all over his body when he returned, could it prove that Li Zhan was captured and tortured even more so that he could get his He was rescued by loyal soldiers under his command and was lucky to be rescued.

In this way, wouldn't it be easier to get away with it, even if the Tartars didn't believe it, it would be inconvenient to kill Lin Jiedu directly, right? "

Everyone said it was so wonderful, Lin Qingye also knew that the Tartars were not easy to fool, even if he returned with his whole body, he would inevitably suffer physical and flesh pains, it would be better to cover up here instead of going back to be tortured by the Tartars.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng and others stayed to continue discussing military affairs, while Lin Qingye also left his tent to visit the hundreds of captured North Korean soldiers.

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Seeing Lin Qingye leaving the army tent, Wang Pu immediately said nervously to Zhang Cheng: "Shuai Zhang, should our army give up crossing the river and send a strong army to the south to guard the fish market and those dried fish workshops?"

"That's right, it doesn't make much sense if we can't cross the river. We've already taken down Huangtu Ridge. There are no Tartars here to stop us. We can organize people to rush across the river at any time. But the fish market is different. We managed to build it with great difficulty." Arise, don't be destroyed by the Tartars!"

Fu Yingchong was also reminded by Wang Puzhiyan that he was also concerned about this. Seeing that Zhang Cheng was still thinking, Fu Yingchong turned to Zhang Ruoqi and said, "Supervisor, the fish market is the base of our army. This cut off the source of money..."

"Nonsence……"

He also seemed to realize his slip of the tongue, spit hastily, patted his mouth lightly, and said again: "It's not a source of wealth, it's...it's..."

"Hunyu...it's meat...it's meat!" Wang Pu couldn't stand it any longer, so he hurriedly reminded him.

"Yes, it is meat. This dried fish can replace meat and supplement nutrition for our soldiers. Now, the war is imminent. If the fish market is harassed by Tatar thieves, and the dried fish workshops along the river are destroyed by thieves, it will not be possible to rebuild it in a short time. .Then how can we earn money?" Fu Yingchong said.

"What kind of money is earned? It is the reassurance of the soldiers and the guarantee of my combat power to assist the Liao King Division. It has nothing to do with money!"

After all, Wang Pu is Wang Pu, he is worthy of being from a family of merchants in Shanxi, he really has a clever mind, and his reaction is really fast. He promptly corrected the overly explicit expression in Fu Yingchong's words.

In fact, the few remaining people in the military account all participated in the dividends of dried fish, and even Zhang Dou, the soldier who has always been upright and upright, was not alone, and he also ate the dividends of dried fish like everyone else.

That's right, you don't make money, you bastard!

In the whole world, how many people really don't love money?
Even if there is, it must be a treacherous and evil person, and he must have a bigger conspiracy in his heart!
Under Wang Pu's prompt, Fu Yingchong also reacted quickly, and quickly changed his words: "Yes, yes, it is a reassurance, and it is a guarantee of combat power. Everyone is used to having dried fish every now and then. If the army is not in a state of confusion, morale is low.”

He was originally a rich man in the capital, and communication was not difficult for him. With Wang Pu's reminder, it was seamless.

In fact, Zhang Ruoqi is just like everyone else. At this moment, the most important thing is not that the Tartars can last for a few more days, nor is it that the Tartars want to sneak attack on the Liang Dao. They don't even care who wants to defect to the Tartars!
Of course, maybe Zhang Dou is more concerned about who wants to defect, but his ideas have been ignored by everyone. Now they only care about whether they can make money in the future.

Even Zhang Ruoqi said: "The morale of the army is the most important thing, and it must not be ignored. This supervisor believes that our army should focus on the grain road in the lower reaches of the Xiaoling River, and immediately send troops to help, so as not to lose the grain road and affect the morale of the army."

Zhang Ruoqi's meaning is already very clear. Although he didn't mention the fish market in his words, from Huangtuling to the south, the first place is the dried fish market, then the dried fish workshop along the Xiaoling River, and finally reaches the mouth of the river. A place to store food.

If the army goes south, it will naturally keep the fish market safe and the dried fish workshop safe. As for the stockpiled grain in the river valley, they don't care, so what if it is lost?

There are many reasons to report to the imperial court, let the imperial court try to supplement it!

Zhang Cheng naturally heard what everyone meant. In fact, he was not sure whether to cross the river for a while.

Their attack on Huangtu Ridge has always been very smooth. There is not only the merit of planning, but also the advantage of Shenjiying's artillery salvo. The only difficulty they encountered was at the eastern foot of Huangtu Ridge.

Abatai gathered the remaining remnants of the army together and completely gave up the defense elsewhere. Thousands of them were stuck in a stone city camp at the east foot.

I thought that this place only faced the enemy once, and it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. How could I have imagined that after occupying the high place, although the artillery bombardment was not beneficial, they sacrificed a big killing weapon-ten thousand enemies!

Abatai thought that the place he was stationed at was already impenetrable. Even if the Ming army occupied the high ground on the top of the mountain, so what, would they still be able to jump off?
But he forgot that the hand cannon that the Ming army used to defend the city was equivalent to a modern hand grenade, only thicker. Because it was too bulky and could not be thrown far, it was mostly used for defending the city.

And Zhang Cheng's aid to Liao this time, he just brought some of them, which had been kept in the compartment of the carriage because they had no chance to use them before, but now, this deadly weapon finally has a place to use.

The generals of the Xuanfu army were condescending, and the enemies of ten thousand people were like cheap cabbage, they were thrown down cracklingly, and the thieves who exploded were crying for their father and mother, and many ten thousand enemies were not able to land before they exploded in the air, causing the rocks to fall continuously .

In this way, although there were some casualties, they were indeed within an acceptable range. The most dangerous position on the Huangtu Ridge of the Tartars was finally broken by the Xuanfu army.

The battle that followed went even smoother. The Tartars retreated all the way, and the Xuanfu army pursued them all the way, but failed to capture the pontoon bridge.

This can't be blamed for the incompetence of the Xuanfu army, but because the Tartars had a long-term strategy. They had planned for today's situation early on, and they had no intention of sticking to Huangtuling.

The two pontoon bridges on the Xiaoling River have long been covered with flammable materials such as sulfur, and only after the Qing army withdrew, they set fire to the bridges. How can the Ming army stop them from such an arrangement?

As far as the Xuanfu army was concerned, if they were able to capture the pontoon bridge by surprise, it would be much easier to cross the Xiaoling River at that time.

Before that, although the Ming army also collected some small boats, at that time Huangtuling was not under their control, and those small boats were also hidden. Now even though they have captured Huangtuling, they have driven out the Tartars.

However, it will take time for small boats to be transported, and moreover, transporting troops across the river by small boats, after all, has limited transportation capacity, and it will not help if you go less, and it is far less enjoyable than having a pontoon bridge in hand.

Therefore, if you fail to win the pontoon bridge, you have lost the opportunity to cross the Xiaoling River!
Under such circumstances, Zhang Cheng naturally couldn't disagree with everyone's opinions, regardless of whether the Tartars would cross the river downstream and attack the estuary to stockpile food.

Zhang Cheng didn't dare to disagree, because the fish market is not only a place where everyone earns money, but now it has also become the key to tightly binding the masters who aided the Liao Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

The crux of the problem now is which troops to send to the rescue!

After many discussions, it was finally agreed that Wang Pu's troops from Datong Town, together with Zhang Guodong's troops from Chicheng Battalion under Zhang Cheng's command, would go south to Hekou to store grain for reinforcements.

Actually, Zhang Cheng didn't want to send troops south now, if only Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong were anxious, he would ignore it.

However, Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief, was originally stationed at the mouth of the Xiaoling River, and was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grain. If the Tatars really crossed the river downstream and attacked the grain storage area at the mouth of the river, how could he be alone in his duties?

Because of this, Zhang Cheng could not stop the army from going south. All he could do was to seek stability. Even if the army went south, the defense of Huangtuling could not be left empty.

Lest the position just captured be taken back by the Tartars!
Don't look at Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong shouting very happily, but if they really want to go south alone, they are both timid and timid.

Wang Pu said that he was willing to lead the Datong army to the south for reinforcements, but he must be accompanied by a battalion of soldiers from Xuanfu Town, and the Shenji Battalion of chariots to go south with him.

However, Fu Yingchong refused to go south on the grounds that the artillery in the battalion was heavy and difficult to transfer. Even if Wang Pu mentioned the matter of the Cheying, he refused on the grounds that the Cheying wanted to stay in the artillery battalion.

To put it bluntly, Fu Yingchong was still afraid of the Tartars. Now that the Xuanda army had just conquered Huangtu Ridge, they would garrison here no matter what, and everyone's opinions were very clear.

Only Zhang Cheng personally sitting in Huangtuling can make people feel at ease. If this is the case, how can Fu Yingchong be willing to lead the Shenji camp to take risks in the south?

In fact, what he wanted was the safety of the Niangnianggong fish market, as long as someone was willing to go south, why would he need to take the risk himself!
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At the same time, by the Daughter River in the south of Jinzhou, the fighting between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is coming to an end.

The sun has set and the sky is gradually turning dark. The soldiers on both sides are also exhausted. Even if they continue to fight, it will be nothing more than exhausting their physical strength. It will only increase the casualties, but it will not help the battle.

In the end, the two sides withdraw their troops almost at the same time.

In this battle, Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the ASEAN Association, deserved the greatest credit. He led his troops straight to Dorgon's camp, almost reaching the high ground where the Chinese army of the Tartars was.

However, he was severely blocked by the Qing army and was almost surrounded by the Tartars. Fortunately, he reacted in time and led the Jingqi in the camp to the right and rear to open a passage, and went straight to the rear of the Tartars.

After that, they burned and killed all the way, and escaped from the rear of the Tartars.

However, Cao Bianjiao is Cao Bianjiao, it is absolutely unique in Daming, and there will be no second Cao Bianjiao!
After he escaped from the rear of the Tartars, he did not run far away as usual, and then took a detour back to his own army. Instead, he led his fine cavalry to kill another carbine.

Even so, they still failed to break into the army of the Tartars. However, the camp of the Tartars was clashed repeatedly by Cao Bianjiao, and the killing was extremely chaotic. Flames rose everywhere, and pillars of smoke shot straight into the sky.

Caught off guard by the Qing army, Cao Bianjiao led his troops to rush out of the Tatar camp, and joined Wang Tingchen, the former commander-in-chief of the Tunwei, and Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, who were chasing after him.

It turned out that when Wu Sangui learned that the reinforcements were about to arrive, he personally ordered five thousand elite cavalry, and with his servants as the backbone, he wanted to take the opportunity to chase and kill the Tartars.

Unexpectedly, although the Tartars retreated, their formation was not chaotic, and Wu Sangui did not have a chance to attack for a while.

It wasn't until Wang Tingchen's former guards arrived and met the Tartars on the flanks that Wu Sangui ordered the infantry to use chariots as the vanguard to pursue and force the Tartars.

This was the scene of the chariot tied up with the dead body of the Tartars!
Although the Tartars were forced to be furious, they were stopped by the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner Baya Latuzhang Jingtulai who arrived in time. Although Wu Sangui and Wang Tingchen led their troops to pursue them all the way, they rarely fought.