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Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, said anxiously with tears in his eyes: "Ah, Zhang Shuai, it's over...it's over...my Liaodong Town...was...killed by the Tartars...all collapsed..."

Before Zhang Cheng could respond, Liu Zhaoji grabbed him and said eagerly, "Quick... Zhang Shuai... Hurry up and march, the slaves are going to attack Bijia Mountain."

When Zhang Cheng met Liu Zhaoji for the first time, he had roughly guessed the result, but he still had to ask this witness about some things.

Immediately, he immediately sent a large group of sentry cavalry to continue to strengthen reconnaissance around, especially in the direction of Bijia Mountain, and at the same time asked about Liu Zhaoji's experience.

It turned out that Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, had been stationed in Gaoqiao all the time, but he shouldered the security responsibility of guarding Bijia Mountain. Therefore, he had a battalion of 2000 troops under his command, stationed in Bijia Mountain for a long time.

In addition to the soldiers and horses stationed in other important places, Takahashi only has more than 5000 elite cavalry in his standard battalion and [-] horses and horses in the infantry battalion, and the total number is less than [-].

However, it would be more than enough to stick to Gaoqiao, but what he didn't expect was that the Tartars did not love to fight under Gaoqiao City, they only attacked for a day, and seeing that it was difficult to conquer, they immediately sent troops south.

At the beginning, Liu Zhaoji didn't care about it, he even suspected that the Tartars were using this to lure him out of the city to pursue, and also used this to defeat his soldiers and horses in the wild.

But on the second day, when the guards confirmed that the Tartars had really left Gaoqiao and headed south, Liu Zhaoji suddenly woke up. From then on, going south was Bijia Mountain.

Now he didn't dare to delay any longer, besides sending sentry cavalry to take a shortcut to Bijia Mountain to inform the defenders there to get ready, he even sent people to send letters to the two castles of Tashan and Xingshan.

And he personally led the cavalry under his command, and hurriedly chased after him. Before leaving, he did not forget to order the generals of the infantry battalion under his command to push and pull the chariot to rush quickly.

Liu Zhaoji said that if he catches up with the Tatar bandits, he will definitely try to hold them back, and after the infantry soldiers arrive, they will join forces to fight the bandits, and must not allow them to attack Bijia Mountain.

It is the storage place of the whole army's food and grass. If it is captured by the Tartars, even if they can't transport the food and grass away, but if they burn all the food and grass, what should they do?
Could it be that the soldiers on the front line of the mountain can still be asked to eat dirt!
However, Liu Zhaoji never thought that

Their every move in Takahashi was watched by the Tazi sentry. After Manchuria Zhenghong Banner Gushan forehead really Man Dahai was convinced, he set up an ambush according to the plan.

Although Liu Zhaoji's [-] cavalry were ambushed by as many as [-] Tatar bandit cavalry, they still charged left and right. After leaving hundreds of brothers behind, they finally got rid of the siege of the Tartars.

But Liu Zhaoji didn't dare to retreat to Gaoqiao because he knew that if Bijia Mountain fell, he would be doomed to die!

Therefore, he had no choice but to lure him with a lot of money, and led more than a thousand elite riders under his command to chase after him, but this time, he also learned to be smart.

Liu Zhaoji did not pursue the whole army together, but divided his cavalry into three teams, one with more than [-] cavalry scattered around to support the sentry cavalry, and the other with more than [-] cavalry as the front team, and he took the rest by himself Qianqi generals and soldiers are the Chinese army brigade.

With this arrangement, if there are Ta thieves ambushing around, the sentry cavalry can force them to be exposed in advance, and if the Ta thieves attack the front team, he can lead a large group to rush forward, and if his large cavalry group is really caught by the Ta thief ambush, the front team and sentry cavalry Can also be rescued. …

Just like this, they kept chasing after them, constantly encountering Tartars along the way, but they didn't fight them, they just harassed them on the outside, delaying the speed of Zhenghongqi Tartars' advance.

Liu Zhaoji's idea was that he hoped that the defenders on Bijia Mountain would be able to deploy defenses in advance after being trusted, and that the defenders of the important fortresses along the way could also quickly gather to set up defenses in dangerous places to stop the enemy.

In this way, even if they can't repel the Tartars in one fell swoop, at least they can block them for a few days, and when their subordinates arrive, they can fight the slaves.

But he never expected that all the sentry cavalry sent to send letters to Bijia Mountain before had been intercepted and killed by the thieves, not to mention that the letters had not been sent to Bijia Mountain, and there was no one who even gave him a reward.

What's more, the sentry cavalry he sent to deliver letters to Tashan and Xingshan were just like this, all of them were intercepted and killed by Tartar spies on the way!
In this battle, although Liu Zhaoji fought very hard and fought alone, he also exerted his combat power to the extreme. For this reason, he rewarded all the family property and land he had accumulated in Liaodong for many years to his soldiers.

It was precisely because of the unity of the whole team that Liu Zhaoji and his soldiers from Liaodong Town broke out with unprecedented fighting power, and finally successfully held back Zhenghongqi until the infantry battalion under his command arrived.

But it was also the participation of the infantry battalion that made Liu Zhaoji lose his advantage in mobile warfare. The cavalry he led was dragged down by the infantry battalion, and gradually turned a mobile warfare into a positional offensive and defensive warfare.

Finally, at the beginning of today's Sishi, the Ming army under Liu Zhaoji was broken by the Manchurian Zhenghong Banner Tartars. With the protection of more than a hundred families, Liu Zhaoji was able to escape the siege of the Tartars.

But as the soldiers under his command gradually died and fled, there were only 26 cavalry left by his side in the end, and all of them were wounded and covered in blood.

Fortunately, they met Zhang Cheng. If they encountered another group of Tartar soldiers, they might not even have the strength to fight.

Zhang Cheng comforted Liu Zhaoji and said, "Liu Shuai, this battle showed the might of the Liaodong army and the aura of our Ming army, Zhang Chengcheng admired it very much.

Since I, Zhang Cheng, have led the army so far, leave the rest to me.With me, Zhang Cheng, there will be nothing missing in Bijia Mountain! "

Looking at Zhang Cheng's firm gaze, Liu Zhaoji nodded weakly. He was lying on a stretcher, unable to get up anymore, so he could only let Zhang Cheng's soldiers carry him, and went to the medical camp behind.

In Zhang Guangda's cavalry battalion, there is an auxiliary soldier of 500 people. They form a battalion of their own and usually practice as soldiers.

It's just that in the cavalry camp, they are more often used as soldiers, responsible for guarding the army's food, fodder, gunpowder, arrows and other military equipment, as well as setting up the camp and building the horses needed for camp defense.

Of course, the auxiliary barracks are also responsible for many chores such as cooking, medical rescue, etc., and they are only used as a reserve team during the most intense battles, when there may be opportunities to participate in the battle.

In fact, the soldiers of the auxiliary battalion are just candidates for the cavalry battalion. Once the cavalry battalion is reduced due to fighting, they will choose the best from among them to ensure that the combat power of the cavalry battalion will not decrease.

Now, according to Zhang Cheng's arrangement, the infantry battalion will temporarily stay here, guarding this section of the river bank and set up a camp to guard the military assets of the army, as well as Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, and his 26 accompanying warriors. …

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And on a slope, Zhang Cheng and the generals were planning how to fight the slaves.

Zhang Cheng sat on a saddle, holding a dry branch in his hand, and drew some circles and squares on the ground, with some curved paths connecting them.

He pointed at a slightly smaller circle and said: "This is Bijia Mountain. As Liu Zongbing said, there were originally [-] guards here, and now there are [-] infantry sent by Liu Zongbing to guard the coast. Everywhere on the shore, even if the Tartars rush to the seaside, they will not be able to get down at once."

Zhang Cheng moved the wooden branch in his hand, nodded and said: "Now our army is only ten miles away from Bijia Mountain, and it will take less than half an hour to get there.

But the Tartars were nearer to me, so I ordered the army to have lunch on the spot, and when the afternoon was late, the whole army marched into Bijia Mountain to fight the slaves. "

Guo Yingxian said: "General soldier, our army has thousands of mules and horses, and it is difficult to hide their whereabouts. Now that we are so close to the slaves and bandits, it will not be difficult for them to find out what our army is doing, but so far there is no trust, and there may be conspiracy."

The corner of Zhang Cheng's mouth twitched, and he said: "The soldiers of the slaves are slightly stronger than me, but they have traveled a long distance and their roots are not here, so they will not dare to stay with me for a long time, so their fighting spirit may not be firm. As long as my soldiers are brave, they can resist Stop its offensive, it is not difficult to make it retreat!"

When he said this, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Bijia Mountain, and said: "Even if he refuses to retreat here, so what? There are five thousand soldiers in our army. It is possible that they will be afraid of slaves and dare not retreat." Fight it?"

Zhang Guangda said at this moment: "Commander, even though I said so, the slave bandits have many soldiers and are powerful, and now they are strong and their morale is high, but they should not be underestimated."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "This commander does not despise the Tartars, but he has traveled a long distance and has not had a good rest. He first broke Dongqing and Daxing two forts, and left one to attack Wudaoling. Only then did another battle at Gaoqiaopu.

Afterwards, these Tartars who were facing the red flag fought fiercely with Liu Zongbing's troops who were pursuing them for many days. It should be the time when the soldiers were exhausted, and it was the fact that Bijia Mountain was in sight that supported them to continue to fight bravely. .

Now that our army has just arrived, it is at the height of its vigor, and when the army is thinking about fighting, we should immediately go to find the Tartars and fight. As long as their dream of raiding Bijia Mountain is shattered, the morale of the army will be greatly demoralized.

In this way, there is no reason for the Tartars to be invincible? "

The generals were silent, and several people thought carefully, the facts were exactly as Zhang Cheng said, and everyone's confidence was doubled at the moment.

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Just as Zhang Cheng's troops were having lunch, the Manchurian Red Banner Tartars rushed towards Bijia Mountain in a hurry.

In fact, they had discovered Zhang Cheng's cavalry a long time ago, but they were focused on fighting against Liu Zhaoji's Ming army, so they couldn't take care of them. After defeating Liu Zhaoji's troops, they also went through a heated argument.

In the end, Gu Shan's forehead was really full of the sea, and he tried his best to reject all opinions, insisting on rushing to Bijia Mountain with the whole army, and smashing it in one fell swoop. The army ran out of food, which caused the army's morale to be unstable.

The reason why Man Dahai insisted on his own opinion was entirely because of Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty. Before that, Man Dahai insisted that the main force of the Ming army was gathered outside Songshan Fort, and the strength between Xingshan and Tashan was weak, mostly due to the original local forces. garrison. …

As for the combat power of these guards, Man Dahai didn't even move a single eyelid. It's overwhelming.

How many big castles and small shops were destroyed and uprooted by him, and the Ming army's strongholds that he didn't even bother to capture were like turtles, allowing him to swagger past under the city, shouting and shouting. No scolding.

Perhaps in their view, no matter where the Manchurian Tartars are going, as long as they are not coming to beat them, or they have nothing to do with them, they don't even bother to take a look.

But when Man Dahai rushed to Bijia Mountain with all his heart, Liu Zhaoji led his troops to pursue him. At first, he surprised Man Dahai, but after the battle, he didn't take it seriously.

After defeating Liu Zhaoji's cavalry, he wanted to rush all the way and attack Bijia Mountain in one fell swoop when the Ming army defenders were unprepared.

But he really underestimated Liu Zhaoji, he didn't expect him to be so fierce, even more like a sticky cake, sticking to himself, constantly harassing him, making him startled three times a day.

In desperation, he could only stop and deal with it seriously, but Liu Zhaoji refused to confront him head-on. For this reason, Man Dahai was furious many times, but there was nothing he could do.

It wasn't until the infantry battalion under Liu Zhaoji's command arrived that he found an opportunity and set up an ambush to surround the infantry battalion tightly, luring Liu Zhaoji's cavalry to rescue it, and finally completely defeated it.

But since then, Man Dahai has become more convinced of two points. The first is that it is true that there is a Ming army hoarding food on Bijia Mountain, and the second is that there is no Ming army who dares to fight between the Xingta.

But when the Tazi soldiers who chased Liu Zhaoji reported back, the generals of the Qing army were also very anxious. What they worried about was that if the four or five thousand Ming cavalry who arrived were as brave and brave as Liu Zhaoji's troops, then what would happen to them? I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with.

After all, this place can be said to be the heartland of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a stalemate with the Ming army, how should we deal with it when the Ming army gathers from all over the place?
Moreover, our own army has been rushing all the way here, and the men and horses have already been exhausted. If we go all out and advance by victory, that's okay, but once we are dragged back by the Ming army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

But no one dared to propose the idea of ​​withdrawing the troops. In the end, they just wanted to set up an ambush, defeat the Ming cavalry who came first, and then rush to Bijia Mountain, so there would be no worries.

However, the commander-in-chief of the army, Gu Shan, was really full of the sea, but he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Ming army following him in one fell swoop, and instead fell into a state of anxiety. At that time, he would not be able to divide his troops to attack Bijia Mountain.

That's why he insisted on attacking Bijia Mountain first. If he could capture it, it would not only replenish the rations consumed by the army these days, but also destroy the rations and grass hoarded by the Ming army, causing confusion among the troops.

This is a great achievement!

If this is done, then Huang Taiji will definitely be very happy, and the rewards for him will also be generous, maybe his prestige will increase because of this, and it is not impossible to become a prince in the future.

Although the generals were somewhat disapproving in their hearts, they did not dare to disobey Man Dahai's military order, so they rushed to Bijia Mountain like a storm.

However, the world is uncertain, if Liu Zhaoji hadn't sent those [-] soldiers to defend, Man Dahai would have achieved his wish and captured Bijia Mountain in one fell swoop, making great achievements for the Qing Dynasty.

And the Ming army in Songshan will also be out of food, and the morale of the army will be chaotic, which will lead to the defeat of the Jinzhou war, and the Ming will no longer have the power to resist.