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Chapter 852 Rescue Apricot Pagoda, it's too late!
In the main hall of the Empress Palace, Zhang Ruoqi, the military commander, looked uncertain, as if he was thinking about what Zhang Cheng said just now.

He also knew in his heart that he was the commander-in-chief of the army that aided the king of Liao, and he had already surpassed Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, and became the second person after Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao.

Among them is the majesty of the current emperor, and the trust of my soldier, Mr. Chen, so he can have such a say in Liaodong.

Moreover, as Zhang Chengzhi said, no matter whether he is in the government or in the opposition, he cannot do without the support of the local power faction. After all, activities in Beijing and China also require funds, and this is not a place where you can collect scraps, you can only eat filial piety from below.

And Zhang Cheng is indeed rich and powerful. For the past two years, he has sent special money to the mansion every month, which is indeed much more willing than others. Moreover, he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the Xuanfu, and there are as many strong generals as forests.

What's more, there is His Majesty the Emperor's protection, and the soldier Chen Xinjia's support, it seems that he is not easy to offend him, and maybe at some point, he will rely on his relationship to take another step forward.

With this in mind, Zhang Ruoqi naturally knew how to get along with Zhang Cheng.

After he got up slowly, his face was already full of smiles, he stepped forward and held Zhang Cheng's hand tightly, and said enthusiastically: "Oh, how is Zhang Shuai talking, you and I are brothers, how can I treat you like that?" Zhang Shuai has doubts."

Zhang Ruoqi turned his head and glanced at Wang Pu, the coldness in his eyes made Wang Pu tremble.

He just lowered his voice and continued to say to Zhang Cheng: "Just now there are outsiders here, brother to protect a little face, this is not to prevent the spread of the matter here, and it is said that Zhang Shuai bullied the Shangguan with his power, and he will have a bad reputation for my brother. "

At this time, Zhang Ruoqi pinched Wang Pu again with the corner of his eye, and said: "There is no outsider now, and we naturally respect Zhang Shuai. Although Tianshi is a few years older, he is only a family name, and it is a matter for outsiders. It's all up to Zhang Shuai to decide."

Hearing this, Wang Pu already knew what he should do.

He suddenly got up from his seat, cupped his fists and said to Zhang Ruoqi, "Director Zhang, please be a witness for me."

Wang Pu's next operation really surprised everyone. He knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists at Zhang Cheng, and said, "Shuai Zhang, I declared that Da Zilai is one. Last time I worked as a king, brother, I didn't do anything because of something." Able to fight the Tartars side by side with Zhang Shuai.

This time I declare that the troops and horses will come together to aid Jinzhou, and my brother should follow the lead of my younger brother. I declare that the whole army is one, and everything depends on my younger brother. Wang Pu never said anything else. "

When he said this, he got up and took a step forward, came to Zhang Cheng's side, and said sincerely: "Although Wang Pu is a bit older, he is not a person who does not know himself. The ability of loyalty is far superior to Pu. Running the army and fighting wars is the crown of my propaganda, and I admire it from the heart.

I now ask Director Zhang to be a witness. From now on, Datong Town will be the Xuanfu and lead the way, and all military affairs will be determined by Brother Zhang. "

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhang Cheng knew that it was time for him to end.

At that moment, he grabbed the two of them with a backhand and said: "Why do you two brothers, you are not only Zhang Cheng's elder brother, but also my confidant who is also a teacher and a friend.

From now on, Cheng will share weal and woe with the two elder brothers, as long as Zhang Cheng has it, the two elder brothers can take it, and if Zhang Cheng has a sip of soup, the two elder brothers will not be short of food. "

"Hahaha……"

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On August 28th, at You time, the sky was pitch black, and you could hardly see your fingers in the wilderness.

But on the south bank of the Daughter River in the west of Jinzhou, it is brightly lit. Because it is already night, people shouting and neighing in the daytime, but it is another scene.

If you stand at the height of Rufeng Mountain or Shimen Mountain and look down, you can see that extending east to west along the south bank of the Naughty River for more than ten miles is a sea of ​​light composed of long dragons of torches, piles of bonfires, and strings of lanterns.

Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty led the Zhengbai Banner, Prince Zheng Jierhalang's Xianglan Banner Tartars, and some Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers and horses had been confronting the officials and troops of Daming Ji Town and Liao Town for a whole day here.

Both sides fought from Sishi to Shenshi, both were equally exhausted and exhausted, and very tacitly withdrew their troops back to camp at Shenshi.

Since Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen came to aid, and the governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou came to command in person, the Ming army has established a firm position. Today, they fought fiercely with the Tartars for half a day. The Tartars broke through.

Unlike Dorgon's shock, Hong Chengchou seemed quite calm. He even put on his armor and inspected the camp in person to stabilize the morale of the soldiers.

It turned out that early this morning, Hong Chengchou got a report: Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Miyun, gathered the defeated soldiers and tens of thousands of fleeing civilians. He was rectifying at the foot of Shimen Mountain to the east of the army's garrison.

Considering that the morale of these defeated soldiers was already in disarray, if they hadn't been cleaned up, they were eager to pull the front line, fearing that they would flee again and cause the entire army to retreat.

Hong Chengchou specially ordered Tang Tong to send only the cavalry under his generals to join him, while he led the infantry to garrison on the spot, and led the defeated soldiers and civilians to return to camp outside Songshan Fort through the East Shimen. Regroup.

As a result, Tang Tong was exempted from the responsibility of failing to rendezvous with Wu Sangui on schedule. For him, it was a blessing in disguise. He not only saved the merit of conquering the East Shimen first, but also took over the fat job of recruiting the defeated soldiers and civilians, not to mention coming to the front line again. Fight the Tartars.

Hong Chengchou had only finished dealing with Tang Tong's matter here, and then received news that Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, led more than [-] cavalry from the main battalion under his command, and the third battalion of soldiers from Shanhai Town came to accept the crime.

Because of the same worry, Hong Chengchou temporarily refused to allow the troops from Shanhai Town under his command to enter the camp, but since they had arrived, he feared that the morale of the soldiers would be chilled, so he couldn't just let him go, so he ordered him to station five miles east of the army. camp.

After Ma Ke entered the Chinese army account of Jiliao Governor Hong Chengchou, he first accused He Youren, the general of Shanhai Town, with snot and tears, and blamed He Youren's left-wing battalion for all the responsibility for the collapse of Shanhai Town.

He Youren, the general of Shanhai Town, is also in the army at the moment, and he came with Bao Guangfu, a guerrilla from Shanhai Town.

He Youren did not refute what Ma Ke said. He admitted very frankly that he had improper command and did not pay too much attention to the civilians who followed the army. In the end, the entire army collapsed because the civilians fled.

But He Youren changed the subject and claimed that when the whole army was defeated, he led his servants to accompany him with painstaking efforts, and tried his best to drive the defeated soldiers to flee to the two wings, so as not to collide with Ma Ke's main barracks.

In particular, He Zhong, his own general, fought bravely to be the first, and he single-handedly delayed the pursuit of the Tartars, allowing most of the battalion to escape.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou did not listen to his one-sided words. After searching for people and questioning them, many officers and generals of the Zhengbing camp indeed saw He Youren, He Zhong and other elite cavalry driving away the defeated soldiers.

But even so, it still can't offset He Youren's guilt!
Therefore, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, ordered He Youren, the general of Shanhaiguan, to be dismissed immediately and imprisoned.

However, He Zhong, the commander of the Left Wing Battalion of Shanhaiguan, was dismissed from his post and retained his post because of the matter of dispersing the defeated brigade, and temporarily returned to the command of Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhai Town, in order to avenge his crime and make meritorious service.

This result was exactly what General He Youren expected. The only fly in the ointment was that He Zhong was not assigned to Bao Guangfu to coerce according to his wishes.

Of course, although He Youren was a little dissatisfied with such an ending, he was still able to accept it. In fact, with his dying body, even if he couldn't accept the ending, what could he do?

Among all the defeated towns, Bai Guang'en is still missing from Ji Town. Many people privately speculate that he may have died, either by the hands of the Tartars before the battle, or by the defeated soldiers during the retreat.

In fact, if Bai Guangen really disappeared, Governor Hong Chengchou would most likely think that he died fighting the Tartars before the battle, even if the army of Jizhen was defeated in the end.

However, Bai Guangen is still a loyal minister and general of the Ming Dynasty who fought hard against the Tartars and sacrificed his life for the country. He will surely be praised in his hometown, and he may even be listed in the local county annals, leaving his name in history.

It's a pity that the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes!
Of course, these are still things to talk about, so I won’t mention them for now.

Let's say that after Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, dealt with the affairs of Tang Tong and Ma Ke, he began to arrange the military strategy for fighting the Tartars that day.

As far as Hong Chengchou's personal wishes were concerned, he didn't want to confront the Tartars here, but now that the two sides are evenly matched, neither can defeat the other in a short time.

Tartars are good at fighting in the field, but not good at defending.

The Ming army was just the opposite, good at guarding camps but not good at field battles.

Therefore, today, the Qing army attacked again and again, but the Ming army only defended and did not attack. They relied on their own camps to hold on, at most they used chariot camps to go out and built a large number of guns. wave battle.

After fighting fiercely for half a day, each other suffered casualties, so they retreated to their camps.

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At this moment, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, is discussing with the officials and generals in the big tent of the Chinese army. There is only one central issue, whether to send troops to assist the Xingta direction, and the second is to deal with Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen.

It turned out that when the battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was in full swing, Zhang Cheng, the general officer of Xuanfu Town, led more than a hundred elite cavalry under his command to come to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army camp in person.

Almost at the same time as him, Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, and less than [-] remnants under his command were not allowed to enter the camp. Set up camp five miles east and waited for the summons.

Because of the outstanding performance of the soldiers of the battalions today, Hong Chengchou took several town commanders to inspect the battalions after the retreat to boost morale.

Here, his staff Xie Sixin, Li Song and others have been accompanying Zhang Cheng, while Governor of Liaodong Qiu Minyang is now leading the Fubiao battalion to sit in Rufeng Mountain, but he has not yet come to the front line.

The two of them followed Hong Chengchou's instructions and never talked about the reinforcement of Xingshan. They tried to test Zhang Cheng with words from time to time, and asked about the details of the attack on Huangtuling and the defense of Hekou.

After all the soldiers of the battalion had finished their dinner, the sky was already completely dark, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, accompanied by Chen Zhongcai, returned to the main tent of the Chinese army.

Along with them were Ningyuan General Soldier Wu Sangui, Eastern Association General Soldier Cao Bianjiao, and former Tunwei General Soldier Wang Tingchen and others. They also heard that Zhang Cheng had brought military information about Xingta, so they came to discuss military affairs together.

After a great battle, greetings were a must when meeting each other. Taking advantage of Governor Hong Chengchou's opportunity to change clothes, they chatted freely in the big tent.

Naturally, everyone first gave a brief account of their respective battles, and when it came to a critical moment, they were full of exclamations, and when they talked about Ma Ke and Bai Guangen, they were full of regret.

After a while, Hong Chengchou had already removed his armor, changed into the casual clothes he usually wears and came out from the inner tent, everyone rushed forward to salute and sat down again.

Everyone is ready, Hong Chengchou ordered to go down, and ordered to serve food and drinks quickly, because today not only Zhang Cheng, Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao and other generals, Hong Chengchou ordered to prepare a few more tables, and ordered Xie Sixin, Li Song and others to sit down and eat together .

Although, when changing clothes in the inner account, he had heard Xie Sixin and others briefly describe the process of attacking Huangtuling and defending the estuary, but at this moment he asked Zhang Cheng again about the details, and praised Zhang Cheng's whimsy from time to time. think.

Everyone chatted and ate like this, the atmosphere was very harmonious, as if this place was not a battlefield where the armies of both sides were desperately fighting for their lives.

Perhaps because of the good fight against the Tartars today, Hong Chengchou was so happy that he made an exception and poured a bowl of rice wine for everyone, but there was only this bowl.

After everyone had a meal, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, asked Zhang Cheng, "General Zhongchen, what do you think of slaves raiding the Xingta grain road?"

I don't know when it started, the officials and generals in Liaodong seem to ask Zhang Cheng's views and opinions first in everything, and everyone is not surprised by this.

Zhang Cheng galloped all the way here, he was accompanied by Xie Sixin and Li Song, and drank some tea, now he is really hungry, he was not polite when he came up, he was already [-]% full.

At this time, when he heard the governor's question, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, and replied: "I report to the governor, the general thought that it would be too late to help Xingta!"

But Xie Sixin answered from the side: "General Zhang thought he was going to help Xingshan quickly, but Xie has a little concern here, I wonder if I should ask?"

"Mr. Xie, do you have any concerns, but it's okay to speak up." Zhang Cheng said politely.

Xie Sixin didn't seem to have a big appetite, so he first waved his hand to signal to remove the food and drinks from the desk, and replaced them with green tea, some snacks, and a small plate of dried fish cut into chunks.

At this time, dried fish products have become irreplaceable in the area of ​​Liaodong.

Not only to improve food for the soldiers of the army, but also to provide meat and meat, even the high-ranking elders in the past can't do without dried fish. When drinking tea like Xie Sixin, there are not a few dried fish cut into pieces and served as snacks.

Xie Sixin took a sip of tea, and then slowly said: "As General Zhang said, the Tartars hide the elite of the Eight Banners, and they must have plots in secret. Now, it is certain that the slave thief Haoge is on the east bank of the Xiaoling River. Ergun's Zhengbai Banner and Jierhalang Xianglan Banner are opposite our army.

According to the military information brought by General Zhang, the white flag inlaid with Duoduo appeared in Changling Mountain in the direction of Xingshan. . "

(End of this chapter)