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Chapter 841 Here Comes Finally
The high platform where Chen Zheng was located was located in the north of the Changling Mountain defense line of the Xuanfu Army. This place was located on a flat land on the mountainside. This wooden platform was built later so that it was easy to observe the situation in the north.

Chen Zheng held up the binoculars and looked to the north. In the far northeast direction, there seemed to be some shadows of flags dangling around, but they were too far away to be seen clearly.

However, combined with the beacon fire just now, the looming banner in the distance must be the Tartars!
From the binoculars, he also saw a group of fine cavalry in red armor, about twenty or thirty in number, running towards the mountain at high speed. It was Zhao Ruliang and other Chinese cavalry that had just been dispatched.

Suddenly, Chen Zheng saw the knights on two horses, which seemed to be lying on the horses instead of riding them. His heart skipped a beat, and his cavalry team might have suffered another casualty.

At this time, Tian Mingyu, the chief executive of the left department, and Du Chungang, the chief executive of the left department of the luggage cart, came to the high platform together. All were withdrawn, and all the big and small artillery were loaded.

Really everything is ready, just send this dog tartar to bump his head and bleed! "

Chen Zheng nodded, and then asked Du Chungang, "Is the Yiche camp ready too?"

"Don't worry, General Chen, this side bears the brunt. I just went around and everything is in place. Just as Mr. Tian Qian said, just wait for the tartars to hit us." Du Chungang also replied confidently.

Tian Mingyu's left was in charge of defending the hillside in the northeast corner, Zhou Ping's right was in charge of guarding the slope in the southeast corner, and Song Shanquan, the commander-in-chief of the central part, was stationed behind them, both guarding the second line of defense and also guarding the hillside. You can attack at any time to support them.

Du Chungang's carriages were deployed in various defense lines, and most of them were lined up at the gaps in the trench walls. They could shoot artillery from the carriages, and even seal the gaps in the trench walls in an emergency.

Just now when Du Chungang and Tian Mingyu inspected the position in the northeast corner, he came to look for Zhang Cheng on the high platform. At this time, he clasped his fists and saluted again: "General Chen, there is nothing wrong here, and the Tartars still have some time to go." Come on, I'll go to another place to make a tour, so that the sons and daughters can all be more energetic."

Not long after Du Chun left, Zhao Ruliang, the cavalry chief of the Dushi Infantry Battalion of Chen Zheng, galloped towards him. He had just come down to the high platform, and he didn't even have time to get off the horse, so he shouted: "General, it is indeed the Tartars who came, Before we saw the brigade, we were almost captured by the ambush Tartar sentry."

At this moment, he dismounted from his horse and walked up to the high platform with big strides. When he reached the top, he reported again: "General, we also caught a Tartar. Unfortunately, a brother was also killed." , and injured three more."

Zhao Ruliang's expression was a little silent after speaking, but more of it was unwillingness to be reconciled and stubborn.

Chen Zheng took a few steps forward, patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, and then asked, "Have you tried the raw man? Which Tartar came here, and how many troops are there?"

"Return to the general, the trial is underway. However, looking at the armor of the Tartars, it should be a captive cavalry with a white flag. However, the exact number of troops and horses is not yet known." Zhao Ruliang replied one by one.

Chen Zheng waved his hand and ordered him to go down and wait for orders. He walked to the edge of the high platform, stared intently at the direction where the captives came, and thought to himself: "It's finally here, so let's have a good fight!"

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In the wilderness, countless armored cavalrymen came galloping on horseback, their hoofs pounding like thunder.

The endless crowd of Tartars and captives flocked to Xingshan Fort several miles away from the vast land, and they turned a blind eye to Changling Mountain, which lay across the Songxing Avenue.

This scene made Chen Zheng and others who were watching from the high platform on the mountainside feel puzzled for a while. They had made a hundred assumptions about how to deal with the Tartars.

However, he alone didn't consider, what if the Tartars turned a blind eye to him!

Tian Mingyu was the first one to lose his breath, and he asked in a naive voice: "General, why don't we take someone to charge so that we can lure the Tartars over?"

Fortunately, after several years of growth, Chen Zheng has become much more stable than when he first joined King Weiqin. He calmly stopped him and said, "No hurry, let's wait and see. Anyway, our army is stationed in Changling Mountain, and the Tartars are not too If you dare to attack Xingshan freely, it will be safe there."

Although Tian Mingyu was still a little anxious, but the general's words were military orders, so he had no choice but to obey them.

At this time, Chen Zheng said to him again: "Roughly estimated, the Tartars have definitely exceeded [-] troops. This is the first time for the soldiers in my battalion to encounter so many Tartars. If you go to patrol the camp again, you must boost your morale. Don't make your sons flustered."

Looking at the Tartar cavalry like a long dragon in the field, it seems that they will never see the end, and they don't know how many people there are. Even Tian Mingyu, who has also experienced the battle of the giant deer, is a little uneasy.

"The slave thief is powerful!"

Chen Zheng also had this thought in his heart, but as the chief general of the first army, he had to calm himself down and deal with it calmly.

In his mind, the Tartar bandits had more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, and there might even be twenty thousand, and unarmored knights were even rarer among the captive cavalry.

Apparently, they were almost all armored soldiers, the least of which was Yu Ding from other banners. Besides the knights with white banners, some knights with messy armors could occasionally be seen.

However, it is not like the unarmored slaves seen during the Battle of Julu in the 11th year of Chongzhen, such as those coated handymen?

With so many Tartar armored cavalry, if they stormed the Changling Mountain that he was guarding, Chen Zheng didn't know whether he could defend it!

But there is one thing that he firmly believes in, that is, no matter how many troops the Tartars have, they will all be beaten to death in Changling Mountain.

The difference is that if there are enough Tartars, they may be able to capture the defense line of Changling Mountain after paying a great sacrifice, but then they will no longer be able to attack other fortresses around Xingshan Mountain.

However, if the Tartars did not have enough troops, or could not bear the huge sacrifice, they might not even be able to break through the defense line of Changling Mountain.

After all, although the mountain is not small, the only suitable places to attack the mountain are the northeast and southeast slopes of Chen Zheng's line of defense.

Even if there are tens of thousands of Tartars, they cannot all be thrown into the battle of attacking the mountain at once. It is better to use the tactics of adding fuel, adding troops bit by bit, and advancing bit by bit.

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Seeing that it was already dawn, smoke was rising everywhere on Changling Mountain, and the soldiers of the Xuanfu Army's Dushi Battalion hurriedly had their breakfast in a tense atmosphere.

On the high platform, Chen Zheng simply ate a steamed bun with the broth.

At this moment, the army of Tartars also began to form an formation at the foot of the mountain. After a cursory look, there were more than ten thousand Tartars at the foot of the mountain, and this was only a part of them.

Only these ten thousand Tartars have almost surrounded Changling Mountain on three sides, and only the west side is near the south. Because of the many steep cliffs, not only the Tartars can't attack from here, even Chen Zheng and others can't go down the mountain from here. .

And there are nearly ten thousand Tazi soldiers outside the Xingshan Fort City, forming an array around the city, posing a posture of attacking the city and pulling out the stronghold.

Chen Zheng looked intently at the defense line of Changling Mountain that he was guarding. Behind the three waves of trench walls in front, gunmen were waiting in formation, and on the other side of the gunners, there were sword and shield soldiers and spearmen leaning against the stone wall. Replenish your energy and wait for the attack order for bloody hand-to-hand combat.

In the Xuanfu battalions under Zhang Cheng's command, the proportion of musketeers almost reached 50.00%, almost equal to the number of infantry soldiers.

In addition, in each infantry battalion, there is also a cavalry with 150 knights and a chariot, which is used as fire support and can carry certain supplies.

It can be said that the deployment of the Xuanfu Army's battalions among the various armies of the Ming Dynasty is not only well-equipped, but also reasonably equipped, well-drilled and many other reasons, which have achieved the reputation of the No. [-] army of the Ming Dynasty!
Just like the arrangement on Chen Zheng's side, the three thousand headquarters formed the first and second waves of defense. They can rescue each other, cover each other, and retreat one by one.

The cavalry and chariots of the Chinese army are combined to form the third wave of defense, which is the core defense circle of the Dushi Infantry Battalion.

At this moment, the core main camp on Changling Mountain has already been built.

Here are all built with large solid rocks, the walls of the village are concave and convex, and at intervals, a tower or crenel is built, and various types of artillery are placed.

In this way, a multi-strike force of crossfire against mountain slaves is formed!
On the southeast and northeast corners of the core defense line on the top of the mountain, there are four red barbarian cannons lent to Zhang Cheng by Chen Jiugao, the former commander of the Shenji Battalion. son.

In addition, Zhang Cheng asked Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, to support Wang Dou with fifty guns, one hundred rocket boxes, and many cannons and gunpowder.

After Zhang Cheng and others followed Hong Chengchou to the front line of Songshan, they again asked Hong Chengchou for fifty Baizi blunderbusses. However, there were not many stocks of fine firearms such as rocket boxes in Liaodong, so there was no increase.

However, the corresponding cannons, gunpowder and other items have increased.

In addition, the granary on the mountainside and the granary at the core camp on the top of the mountain have already been completed, and they are now fully loaded, enough for more than [-] people in Chen Zheng's side to feed for a month.

The reason why so many grains are stored on Changling Mountain is mainly because Hong Chengchou inspected the defense line of Changling Mountain and was shocked by the layout here, and he also saw the morale of the soldiers of the Xuanfu Army.

It is precisely because the defense of Changling Mountain seems to be impenetrable, even if the Tatars really come to attack, they may not be able to attack easily, and because the defense line of Changling Mountain is located on the side of the Songxing Avenue that must be passed through for grain transportation.

Therefore, Changling Mountain has become a transfer station for Daming to transport grain to the Songshan front line. It is like a huge granary. In the core camp here, there are several granaries that were newly built later.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had opened two grain roads, sea and land, for the needs of the Liaodong war.

The grain and grain supplies brought by sea were first transported to Bijia Mountain between Xingshan and Tashan for storage, and then transferred by the Liaodong Navy to the grain station at the mouth of Xiaoling River, and then distributed to the front-line troops.

However, the transportation capacity of the Liaodong Navy was limited and could not meet the needs of the front line. Therefore, the food stored on Bijia Mountain was also transported to the front line of Songshan along the Songxing Avenue together with the military rations transported by land.

However, due to the long distance, and the occasional Tartar thieves harassed and sabotaged along the way, Daming set up many grain transfer stations in the Liaodong area.

That is to say, the grain and grain will be transported to a certain castle first, and then wait for an opportunity to concentrate and transfer to the next one. After several transfers in this way, it can be delivered to the frontline soldiers.

At this moment, the Xuanfu army garrison in Changling Mountain has undoubtedly become a suitable transfer station for military rations. A lot of food and grass are continuously transported to Changling Mountain, waiting to be re-transported.

In this way, there are a large number of grain transporters coming and going here every day, and because the war is about to start, there are also many civilians who helped build the defense line of the camp and never left. .

Chen Zheng's Dushibu battalion consisted of two headquarters and three divisions, with a total of 100 soldiers, and the left part of Du Chungang's troop assigned to Chen Zheng's control had another [-] soldiers.

Right now, there are more than 700 officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army stationed at Changling Mountain, plus some civilian men and soldiers, the population of this place is about [-].

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Chen Zheng looked away from his own defense line and the soldiers.

At this moment, although the Qing soldiers and cavalry are numerous and powerful, Chen Zheng is still full of confidence in victory. He firmly believes that with the arrangement here, he will definitely be able to make the Tartars bleed.

He looked at the field at the foot of Changling Mountain, billowing smoke and dust, and the thunderous sound of war horses' hooves. Finally, a piece of white and red-studded armor flags gradually spread to the foot of the mountain.

Around these neat white-flag Tartar army horses, there are some soldiers in different costumes. Most of them wear leather robes and fur hats. .

These are the Mongolian cavalry from the Outer Domain who accompanied the Tartar soldiers into battle.

Seeing the darkness at the foot of the mountain, and seeing the invisible Tartar armored knights, Chen Zheng didn't know how many troops they had come, but it was definitely more than [-] Qing soldiers.

Judging from the beacon cannons that came from Maoshi, we can know that the invading Tatars must have over [-] troops, and just now Chen Zheng saw it with his own eyes, and there was another Tatar cavalry, which did not stay here, but kept going. go south.

Probably going to Xingshan Castle, Chen Zheng is not too worried about it.

Because Xingshan Fort was garrisoned by Meng Dao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Association, and the castle over there was stronger, and there were also many artillery and guns. Although they dared not attack, they were still willing to work hard to defend the city!
According to the color of the flags, the Tartars at the foot of Changling Mountain were mainly Manchuria inlaid white flags, supplemented by some Yu Dings from other banners, and there were thousands of Mongolian knights from foreign vassals.

And a particularly huge golden dragon flag banner stood tall in front of the Tartar army formation, and it was particularly eye-catching from a distance.

"Inlaid with white flags, could it be that Prince Yu Duoduo of Tartar came here in person?"

Chen Zheng held up the binoculars and looked down the mountain, muttering in his heart, guessing that the towering golden dragon flag should be owned by Prince Yu Duoduo, the owner of the white flag.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little bit of inexplicable excitement!

(End of this chapter)