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Chapter 904 With Wu Daizu, Governor Hong’s military action is dangerous
In the night sky, under the moon and stars.

Zhang Guangda, the guerrilla general of Xuanfu Town in the Ming Dynasty, his face was flushed red, he stammered, "Let's say, 'Damn it, we have to find a way to fight over there and capture this boy Haoge alive. too?'"

"Yes, that's it!"

Zhang Cheng continued excitedly, "Have you watched Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

""Three Kingdoms"?"

Several people looked at Zhang Cheng very puzzled, and Zhang Guangda continued: "It's impossible to see it, but we heard a few passages from Mr. Shu when we arrived."

He raised his hand and scratched his beard all over his face, and asked, "What does this have to do with what we said just now?"

Zhang Cheng looked away from them, looked at the Qing army camp on the other side of the Xiaoling River again, and said, "Zhuge Liang's three Qi Zhou Yu, have you heard of it?"

"I've heard it, but what does it have to do with us?" Zhang Guangda was still puzzled.

After all, Wei Zhice is a scholar, he was familiar with classics when he was at home, and then he said: "There is indeed this story in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Huhai Sanren, but there is no record in "Three Kingdoms". Made it up."

When he said this, he slammed his fists and palms together, and said in surprise: "Ah, does the commander want to imitate "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and also come with a three-qi slave chief Hong Tai?"

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Cheng laughed and said: "It's not impossible to be angry with Hong Tai three times, but it's not impossible to be angry with him!"

Zhang Guodong also came forward and asked, "What's the master plan?"

"Secrets, of course, must not be leaked!"

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In the past few days, both sides of the Ming and Qing Dynasties have been dispatching troops and horses, and the soldiers and horses of all walks of life are constantly walking around. At first glance, it seems very lively, but in fact there is no major battle, only occasionally there are some small-scale battles. Sentry cavalry confrontation.

The captive cavalry under Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Qing Army also retreated one after another, forming an array twenty miles east of Baimiaobao to protect the safety of Baimiaobao. There were no Qing troops stationed at the northern foot of Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain.

After being confirmed by the sentry cavalry, the Ming army finally took action. The army and horses of Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, lined up on the west side of the northern foot of Rufeng Mountain, guarding the army's flanks, preparing to cover the army to cross the rescue.

In the north of Shimen Mountain and Rufeng Mountain, the company battalion of the Ming Army is step-by-step. From west to east, there are three commanders-in-chief of Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, and Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan.

Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, wanted to cultivate and support Wu Sangui, so that he could use his hands to completely rectify the intricate forces of Liaodong generals.

It was originally intended to take advantage of the Jinzhou battle with the Qing Dynasty to launch Wu Sangui grandly so that he could win the first victory in the Liao war, so that he could be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Liao town.

Hong Chengchou believes that under his own planning, it is just around the corner to replace Zu Dashou who is not easy to control with Wu Sangui!
But I never thought that Zhang Cheng would be killed halfway. After he was in Chongzhen for 11 years, after completely defeating Chuangni, he also met Zhang Cheng when he was ordered to enter the King of Jingqin.

Although I was a little surprised at the time, I didn't really take Zhang Cheng seriously. After all, as a governor, I'm afraid I can't count the number of brave generals I've seen. Take care.

It's just that this time, he, a scheming official in frontiers, really misjudged him. Since the war in Jinzhou has been fought so far, it is Zhang Cheng who has been the most prominent.

Hong Chengchou would always compare Wu Sangui and Zhang Cheng several times when he was sleepless in the middle of the night. In his opinion, both of them are leaders in the army and rising stars.

Wu Sangui was born tall, tall and handsome, and since he was a child, he was in the army. He was superior in military strategy, both civil and military, and had the protection and support of Liaodong generals, so he was able to achieve what he is today, as the commander-in-chief of the army.

The same is true for Zhang Cheng, who also came from a military family in Xuanzhen, and he is also a leader in the army, a young hero, but the most noble person in his family in the army is nothing more than his uncle Zhang Yan, who is only a general.

Hong Chengchou still can't figure out why Zhang Cheng was supported by Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang successively, and now he is protected by his own soldier Chen Xinjia, even more so.

Now, Hong Chengchou also knows that with Wu Sangui, no matter how much he does in the future, it may be difficult to overshadow Zhang Cheng's limelight.

After all, the achievement of beheading a slave king cannot be obtained at any time, and even if Wu Sangui can be lucky enough to kill another slave king, with Zhang Chengzhuyu in front, he will not be crushed to death by him.

But no matter what, Hong Chengchou must try to help Wu Sangui up, even if he can't overshadow Zhang Cheng's limelight, he must at least rank second in military merit.

After all, no matter how brave Zhang Cheng is, he will be a guest army. Once the Jinzhan is over, he will ask his troops to return to Xuanfu Town. At that time, in Liaodong, Wu Sangui's military exploits were not the most famous.

Therefore, this deployment was for this purpose. Hong Chengchou placed Wu Sangui's Ningyuan Army in the middle, just to tell the generals to cross the river to save Jin, and Wu Sangui's troops and horses were the main attack.

In order to make the battle of crossing the river smooth in the future, he even sent Bai Guangen and Ma Ke to the front line again, using them as assisting soldiers on the two wings.

Hong Chengchou even did not hesitate to promise them that as long as the battle of crossing the river can be fought to the north bank this time, the two of them will be able to redeem themselves.

The reason why he did this was to encourage Bai Guangen and Ma Ke to move forward bravely during this battle of crossing the river, in order to make meritorious service and redeem themselves.

As long as the army can cross the Nuer River and set up a camp on the north bank, even if the siege of Jinzhou cannot be completely solved at one stroke, at that time Jinzhou is close at hand, and the siege of Jinzhou can be solved at any time.

At that time, wouldn't it be a great achievement to report to the court!
At that time, even though Zhang Cheng had the extraordinary feat of beheading slaves, thieves and false kings, Wu Sangui won the first feat of rescuing Jinwei alone, and the two may have a chance to share the prize equally.

For this reason, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was not even prepared to transfer the Xuanfu army to participate in the attack on Nuuhe, but he transferred all the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion Front Battalion stationed in the Huangtuling area to the foot of Shimen Mountain. Ask for the strongest artillery support for the army crossing the river.

Zhang Cheng didn't take it seriously, but Fu Yingchong, the former deputy of the Shenji Battalion, was so angry that he called Hong Chengchou a straight mother thief.

Of course, Fu Yingchong didn't want to return, that is, he cursed behind his back, and he didn't dare to disobey Governor Ji Liao's general order. On the second day after receiving the transfer order, he rectified the army horses and artillery vehicles, bid farewell to Zhang Cheng, and went to Shimen Go to the mountains.

As a result, only Zhang Cheng, Wang Pu, and Li Fuming's Xuanda army were stationed on Huangtuling.

But Wang Pu's Datong army was stationed a few miles north of Huangtuling. According to the military order of Governor Hong Chengchou, his army would march northward along the Xiaoling River at the beginning of the war.

The Datong Army has to go northward until it reaches the confluence of the Nuerhe River and the Xiaoling River, and then watch the progress of the battles in various places and wait for opportunities to support them. However, Li Fuming's Shanxi Army did not have many soldiers and horses, and they had to garrison the Niangniang Palace and the Xiaoling River. Linghe Estuary was originally not enough for use.

In this way, the only army Zhang Cheng could mobilize and command was the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town under his command, and he also had to garrison Huangtu Ridge to guard against the sneak attack of the Zhenglan Banner Tartars on the other side of the Xiaoling River.

Hong Chengchou, Governor of Jiliao made such an arrangement, making it clear that he did not want Zhang Cheng to make new achievements so that Wu Sangui would have the opportunity to emerge.

It's not that Zhang Cheng has no objections to this, but he also knows that he is the most outstanding military player now, if everything is still in contention, it may arouse the jealousy and even hatred of the other commanders-in-chief.

After all, it was not Zhang Cheng who led the army to fight alone, but he still had to take into account the thoughts of the other commanders-in-chief.

In fact, this kind of situation happens everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, especially when the thieves are rampant, they often gather a few commanders to encircle and suppress them. On the contrary, he behaved more slack.

Therefore, he did not fight for the opportunity to fight in front of Hong Chengchou. Of course, Zhang Cheng also wanted to take this opportunity to give his troops a rest, so that the soldiers would not be exhausted physically and mentally, which would affect the morale of the army.

Since the Xuanfu army entered the Liao Dynasty, especially after they arrived at Songshan, the soldiers of each battalion have entered into a state of high tension, although after several battles, most of them have dispelled their previous fear of the Tartars.

However, under the repeated battles, everyone's energy and physical strength were exhausted. Although Lien Chan's victories boosted morale, the battle losses were also quite large, completely exceeding the damage of the Xuanfu Army's previous battles.

Therefore, each battalion, from the general to the sergeant, also needs to have a process of adaptation. This process is still extremely cruel, and it is at the cost of losing the lives of comrades who get along with each other day and night, and even the lives of relatives.

Now is a good time to take advantage of this opportunity to allow the soldiers under his command to rest and reorganize. Some battalions that have suffered too much damage in battle can also take advantage of this time to make some adjustments or supplements.

Zhang Cheng's aid to Liao this time, except that the auxiliary battalion of Zhang Guangda's cavalry battalion was composed of regular sergeants, the rest of the battalions also served with the army ranging from hundreds to more than a thousand military men and women.

These military servicemen did not wear armor, and they were not wearing red mandarin duck battle jackets, but dark blue double-breasted jackets, with the word "husband" on the chest and back to show their identities.

Before they went out with the army, these soldiers had participated in camp exercises to some extent. Some soldiers were originally stationed in various forts.

You must know that Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu army never recruited strong men at will to serve as military service, except when the battle was urgent, and even then they would usually take care of their food or pay them wages.

As for this kind of husband and wife recruited before the army goes out, there are many rules. In addition to the most basic property cleanliness and neighbors as security, they must be in good health and participate in at least three months of camp operations. Can.

If a young man with such conditions was placed elsewhere, he would be like a qualified sergeant.

In fact, Zhang Cheng didn't know that his method of selecting soldiers was nothing more than a compromise.

Because in the Ming court, the generals of each town, no matter if they are the generals of a town, or the assistant generals and generals, or guerrillas, there are quotas for the number of soldiers and horses they lead.

Acts like Zhang Cheng's, commanding tens of thousands of troops in the name of Xuanzhen's deputy commander-in-chief, is not something ordinary people would dare to do, after all, such behavior cannot escape the suspicion of arrogance.

And as bold as Zhang Cheng, he attached the battalions of soldiers and horses to several guerrilla generals such as Zhang Guangda, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guodong, and Wei Zhice. What he himself directly commanded was only a standard battalion of thousands of troops.

Of course, all these appearances are just to fool the bureaucrats in the imperial court. In fact, the tens of thousands of Xuanfu troops who assisted Liao this time have been completely controlled by Zhang Cheng, including the one led by Yang Guozhu. More than ten thousand elite soldiers.

Zhang Cheng is also slowly learning and improving on the way of the imperial generals to lead the army, but he knows two things. One is that whoever controls the money and food controls the army; With hope, they will not leave, but will remain in this team to witness hope.

Historical experience has proved that within a team, there must be a program that can be followed through, and at the same time, there must be a leader who guides everyone.

Only in this way can the team continue to grow and attract more outstanding talents to join us.

This is also the key point why these officials are always very concerned about their personal reputation. Once their personal reputation is ruined and their reputation is stinky, they will no longer be able to gather everyone around them.

Therefore, although Zhang Cheng didn't care much about his fame, he tried his best to maintain it and didn't dare to do anything too presumptuous.

The day before yesterday at Governor Xingyuan's military meeting, he seldom spoke out, and Jiliao Governor Hong Chengchou no longer called Zhang Cheng frequently as before to ask him to speak up.

For this, Zhang Cheng was very surprised at the beginning, but when he saw Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was sitting next to Hong Chengchou, the eunuch who was sitting next to Hong Chengchou, he understood everything instantly.

It turned out that because of Wang Chengen's arrival, Hong Chengchou wanted to take the opportunity to make Wu Sangui show his face in front of Wang Chengen, so he did this operation.

He first discussed the strategy of marching with his staff, Governor Qiu Minyang and others, and then secretly gave Wu Sangui the opportunity, and finally put it forward by Wu Sangui during the military discussion.

In this way, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, and Qiu Minyang, governor of Liaodong, would naturally be very supportive, and although the plan itself is not perfect, it is still quite satisfactory.

And when everyone saw that the governor agreed, they would no longer pick and choose. In this way, Wu Sangui would show his face in front of Wang Chengen and make some military exploits in the future.

Once the good news is heard before the king, and there is wind blowing in Wang Chengen's ears, then Wu Sangui will once again show his merits in front of the emperor, and it will be easy to promote and appoint in the future.

The two troops of Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingen, whom Hong Chengchou trusted the most, were used as a reserve team together with Hong Chengchou's supervisor and Qiu Minyang's care.

If Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, and Ma Ke can successfully break through the defense line of the Qing army on the north bank, they will immediately cross the river in order to expand the front line and create a strategic depth, which is good for the army to form a solid defense.

Regarding Hong Chengchou's strategic deployment, Zhang Cheng actually had reservations in his heart.

He didn't really agree with forcibly crossing the Daughter River. After all, the Qing army on the opposite bank was not a wooden man. They would definitely block our army when they crossed the river.

However, looking at the situation during the military meeting, it is obvious that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, has already made up his mind, and Zhang Cheng did not make any suggestions during the military meeting!

(End of this chapter)