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Chapter 894 They are all general soldiers, why is there such a gap

"Ming dog burns food... burns food... Ming dog burns food..."

Suddenly, a burst of exclamation came.

Man Dahai, who was annoyed at not being able to rob Bijia Mountain of the Ming army's stockpile of grain, also turned his head to look intently, and saw a sky-high flame looming on Bijia Mountain, as if the grain stockpiled on the mountain had been ignited.

He felt at ease, he rushed all the way, after all, he didn't waste his energy in vain, and the warriors in the banner didn't die in vain.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand lightly, and said calmly: "Let's retreat, the whole army goes east along the coast, goes three miles away, then turns north, and goes to Xingshan to meet Prince Yu."

With the sound of 哱哒, and the melodious transmission, the Tazi soldiers retreated quickly from the overpass. They still organized resistance with each Jiala as a unit, alternately covering and retreating eastward along the coast.

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Looking at the slaughtered remains all over the place, especially the burnt charred corpses, still emitting wisps of smoke, it seems that they have not been completely burned, and the pungent stench makes people want to vomit.

Zhang Cheng is also in a very heavy mood at the moment. After chasing all the way, he thought he would be able to keep the stored grain on Bijia Mountain, but he never thought that he would hit this field. When the big victory is imminent, the defenders on Bijia Mountain Island will suddenly meet. Set fire to burn food.

Now, he just wants to rush forward and behead the guard here immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in his heart.

If it wasn't for the purpose of keeping Bijiashan to stockpile grain, why would Guo Yingxian's troops have thrown themselves into the fierce battle with the Tartars without taking a break, and lost nearly one-third of their elite cavalry.

How can Zhang Cheng not feel distressed?
He came to a stretcher, looked at the veteran Guo Yingxian who was lying on it, stretched out his arms to press him down, and said: "Guo veteran, you can lie down this time, don't try to be brave, you must take care of yourself That's it, that's all!"

Guo Yingxian opened his mouth and said, "We can't lie down, this stretcher is not as comfortable as a horse's back."

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Cheng laughed and said, "No, you are a veteran, so you have to set a good example for the children."

It turned out that Zhang Cheng led the cavalry to kill the Tartars, only to find that Guo Yingxian had more than a dozen arrow sores all over his body. In addition to his shoulder being picked apart by the Tartars, his right leg was pierced by the Tartars' long knife. Tore through the armor and penetrated three parts of the flesh.

Judging from this injury, he would not be able to stand up in ten days and a half months, and he would not be able to fight on horseback in three to five months, so he had to rest for a while.

Guo Yingxian himself knew very well that he was just being stubborn. At this moment, he asked, "Mr. Zhang, has the grain stored on Bijia Mountain been burned?"

When Zhang Cheng heard him ask about this, his face darkened, and he said, "It's burned. However, it seems that the fire didn't burn all of them, but at least three or five stacks were burned."

"Bastard. If that kid dared to do that, why don't you catch him and chop him up!"

Guo Yingxian cursed angrily, as if he had exerted more force, which affected the wound on his body, and his complexion was a little bad.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng quickly comforted him and said, "It's okay, as long as we don't burn them all. At least our army of tens of thousands of soldiers won't starve for the time being."

He leaned down and said softly: "Old Guo, you really want to rest and recuperate. You have enough battles. This is not too late."

Guo Yingxian grinned and nodded, but didn't say anything else.

Zhang Cheng waved his hand, and the sergeant carried Guo Yingxian to the temporary wounded barracks.

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Just under the big reef where Manchurian Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhenmandahai stayed just now, the guard of Bijiashan Island, Ningyuan Dusi Huang Jingong, was kneeling on the ground with a face full of fear.

Not far behind him, there were hundreds of Ming army soldiers in shabby clothes, all standing there with bare hands, waiting for Zhang Cheng's fate.

"Who is kneeling?" Zhang Cheng asked in a deep voice.

All the armor on Huang Jingong's body had been removed, revealing only his white and black underwear, shivering uncontrollably under the icy sea breeze in late autumn.

He bowed his head in fear and replied: "Return to the general. His post is Ningyuan's governor Huang Jingong. He was ordered to praise Master Huama, stationed at Bijia Mountain, and take care of the army's food and grass."

Zhang Cheng asked in an unfriendly tone: "Golden Gong, I will ask you, since you were ordered to take care of the food and grass, why did you set fire to the food?"

Huang Jingong could also hear the coldness in Zhang Cheng's tone. He was afraid that if he made a mistake, Zhang Cheng would cut off his head, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

In fact, he was not afraid of death, but if he died for no reason, he would take the blame for others in vain, and if he died with the crime, his family members would not get the slightest benefit, and they might even be hurt. this implicated.

At that moment, Huang Jingong hurriedly bent over and kowtowed, and hurriedly shouted: "General, I have been wronged under my post."

"I'm going to ask you, why did you set fire to the food?" Zhang Cheng continued to ask.

Huang Jingong buckled his head like pounding garlic, and hurriedly replied: "General, please calm down, I have been wronged by my position."

"Why are you wronged? Bijiashan's storage of grain is the lifeblood of my aid to the Liao king. How could you, a small capital, make the decision. Who gave you the courage to set fire to the grain?" Zhang Cheng's words became more and more serious. Heavy.

Huang Jingong was already sweating profusely from anxiety, and felt that the current situation was even more dangerous than when he was defending the bridge and fighting the Tartars just now.

Although he felt extremely wronged in his heart, he was also helpless, so he could only continue to bow his head, saying: "General, how can I not know the importance of stockpiling food here, even if you give us ten heads, you don't dare to make decisions on your own." grain."

Huang Jingong didn't wait for Zhang Cheng to ask, so he continued to reply: "Major General, let me tell you, Mr. Zan Huama is stationed at Bijia Mountain. There are less than a thousand soldiers, and they have to guard various warehouses. It is really stretched and can be used for defense." The strength of Tianqiao is even less than five hundred.

That being the case, my subordinates did not dare to be negligent, led the soldiers to fight to the death, did not dare to leave the front line half a step without authorization, and even collected the few firewood on the mountain, gathered them among the stone walls, and used fire to block the enemy.

However, Mr. Hua Ma has ordered us to follow his orders and burn food according to his orders, so as to avoid the fall of Bijia Mountain and the crime of being an enemy. "

When Huang Jingong said this, he quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhang Cheng, and then said hastily: "General Mingjian, my subordinates also know the importance of stockpiling food here, so they didn't follow Master Ma's order, and burned the stockpile as soon as possible. grain.

However, seeing the fierce offensive of the Tartars and not knowing that the generals would come to help them, fearing that the overpass would fall and the stockpiled grain would not be easy to ignite, they sent an order to burn down the four stacks of warehouses first, in order to prevent the overpass from being lost and the stockpiled grain here would be enslaved by the slaves. rob.

Also ask the general to investigate clearly! "

Looking at Huang Jingong, Zhang Cheng understood in his heart, and asked him, "Ma Zanhua, where is it now?"

Huang Jingong bowed his head again and replied: "General, Mr. Ma has left Bijia Mountain long ago and went to the small island to command and dispatch. His current position does not know where he is. I only know that half an hour ago, he was in Xiaobijia. From the observation deck on the mountain, a message was sent by the smoke of the wolf, ordering me to burn food."

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng sighed secretly in his heart. He was not very familiar with Ma Shaoyu, but he had met him a few times at Zhang Ruoqi's residence when he was stationed outside Ningyuan City.

Ma Shaoyu seemed to be quite polite to him, presumably it was because of the current emperor and his soldier Chen Xinjia.

Since there were no major ties in the first place, Zhang Cheng naturally didn't need to protect Ma Shaoyu, but considering that he was selected by his own soldier Chen Xinjia and personally recommended to the emperor, Chen Xinjia's face should be taken into account to some extent.

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng said softly, "Golden Gong, get up."

Seeing Huang Jingong standing up, Zhang Cheng said to him again: "You can be loyal to the king, stick to Bijia Mountain, and even use the fire attack strategy at the overpass. It can be seen that you really put your heart into it. This is very rare."

When he said this, he changed the subject, and continued: "Huang Jingong, you go to assemble the team first, guard Bijia Mountain, and guard the food and grass of the army, and people will be sent to guard the bridge.

Waiting for this matter, back to Songshan, I will also be in front of Hong Du, and I will show off your achievements today. Although there is a slight loss of food and grass, it is also to resist the attack of slaves, so I have to temporarily serve as a fire starter.

It's really a last resort, it's not your fault! "

Although Huang Jingong is a military officer, he is not ignorant of the world. Although he doesn't know why Zhang Cheng is protecting Ma Shaoyu, he is very satisfied with his loyalty to his duty after hearing what Zhang Cheng said.

And he doesn't care about burning food, and he will try to help him get through this, and he is grateful in his heart.

Although he was ordered by Ma Shaoyu to burn food, almost everyone knew that Ma Shaoyu was a civil servant sent by Jingli after all, and if he refused to admit that he had given such an order, what could he do?
Even if you try your best to argue, how many people will listen to what you say and offend the ministers from Beijing, especially if they are officials from the Ministry of War!

Now, Zhang Cheng has already promised to speak well for himself in front of Governor Hong, and to cover up the matter of burning food today. Isn't this a good thing that fell from the sky.

Huang Jingong thanked Zhang Cheng again, then turned around and led the soldiers under his command to Bijiashan Island.

Looking at the back of Huang Jingong, Zhang Cheng shook his head slightly. In his opinion, this Jin Gong is really good. It is not only loyal to duty, but also good at using tricks, which is really rare.

But after knowing that he was Wu Sangui's subordinate, he couldn't help sighing that Liaodong is not without talents, so out of love for talents, he planned to praise him in front of Governor Hong. As for the future fortune, it depends on the individual.

Zhang Cheng waved his hand and called Zhang Chengfang again, and said to him: "Go, find the former military tribute Ma Shaoyu sent by the imperial court, and find it for me."

After Zhang Chengfang took the order, he took two steps, but stopped abruptly, turned around and asked earnestly, "Father, where can I find Ma Zanhua?"

Zhang Cheng looked at him, waved the horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the sea and said, "Didn't Huang Jingong just say that, let's Ma Zanhua go to Xiaobijia Mountain.

A boat is needed to cross the sea. I guess Ma Zanhua is somewhere in the sea right now, observing the situation here. If he fails, he will flee for his life from the sea. If he wins, he should come back to claim credit. "

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Just take some soldiers and look for them along the coast."

"Here."

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Xingshan Fort City is actually where the Xingshan post shop is located. Its city is [-] steps away on a weekday, with five gates on three sides, and only one gate is opened in the east of the city to facilitate entry and exit.

Xingshan City, like Takahashi, was covered with bricks outside the city because of the frequent wars in Liaodong, making the city walls quite strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

And because Xingshan Fort is the hub of Liaodong Avenue, the city wall has also been repaired and expanded several times. Now there are Nanguan and Dongguan outside Xingshan Fort, which are the most prosperous.

But now, this place is full of ruins, and there are traces of being burned everywhere, which shows the brutality of the fighting.

Just outside the East Gate of Xingshan City, three Ming army camps appeared in front of everyone. Outside the camps were rows of refusal horses, and inside the refusals, chariots were also arranged in a staggered manner.

Fires were lit between every two chariots for the sergeants to keep warm. From time to time, groups of sergeants could be seen patrolling continuously.

There are also teams of cavalry outside the camp, galloping back from time to time, obviously they did not return at night when they went out to spy.

The three camps were all built outside Dongguan, side by side, with cavalry and chariot camps in the middle, infantry camps on the left, and a cavalry camp on the right next to a small river.

In the tent of the Chinese army in the camp in the middle, more than a dozen generals of the Ming army gathered, and the one sitting first in the middle was Zhang Cheng, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu.

It turned out that after defeating the Red Banner Tatars of Manchuria at the seaside of Bijia Mountain, they pursued all the way to Xingshan Castle, but the Tatars had already retreated.

Even the small forts in the surrounding areas that were originally taken by the Tartars were burned and then retreated. There was no Tartars stationed there, and even the trenches dug earlier were not garrisoned.

It seems that the Tartars who were raging among the apricot pagodas yesterday disappeared without a trace overnight.

In particular, Wang Zhizhen, the inspector, Yuan Guodong, and Meng Dao, the Liaodong patrol officer stationed at Xingshan Fort, were the most puzzled. In their view, what the Tartars did was completely illogical, and there must be a major conspiracy in it. .

Now, Zhang Cheng is no longer the first time he came to Liaodong, he was still the deputy general of the Xuanfu, and now he is the general officer of the Xuanfu. merit.

Just in this meeting, the arrogance and arrogance of the warriors were vividly interpreted by him, and he was not allowed to sit side by side with Zhang Cheng, who had the honor of supervising Taoism and passing judgment on civil officials.

Not only that, Zhang Cheng never went out to meet the Daoist Wang Zhizhen and the judge Yuan Guodong when they left Xingshan Fort and entered the Xuanfu army camp, but only sent Zhang Guangda, a guerrilla general in his army, to greet them.

Wang Zhizhen and Yuan Guodong were also very dissatisfied with this, but in their view, the sudden retreat of the Tartars must be a conspiracy, so Zhang Cheng, a ready-made tree, had to embrace it.

For this reason, they suppressed the hatred in their hearts and did not let it show, so as not to make Zhang Cheng dissatisfied and lead him away, and Xingshan was also afraid that the Tartars would come back, so who would they rely on to resist?

Thinking of this, Wang Zhizhen couldn't help turning his head to look at Meng Dao, and said in his heart: "They are all general soldiers, why is there such a gap?"

But Yuan Guodong was more concerned about the rumors in the past few days. He put down the teacup in his hand, concealed some doubts in his smile, and asked, "Mr. Zhang, did you really kill the slave thief Prince Yu Duoduo in front of the battle?"

(End of this chapter)