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Chapter 929

There were originally two pontoon bridges on the Nuerhe River, which are the main roads from Songshan to Jinzhou City. One of them is the post road between Shuangzi Mountain and Rufeng Mountain. There is a pontoon bridge leading to the south of Jinzhou across the Nuer River .

The second is the daughter river section a few miles northwest from Shuangzi Mountain. The river has a bend here. The river channel here is narrow and the two banks are very solid. For the huge floating bridge.

Now, the pontoon bridge connecting the post road has been demolished by the Qing army on the half near the south bank, leaving only half of the pontoon bridge on the north bank still standing alone on the Nuerhe River.

As for the pontoon bridge at the bend of the Nuer River, although it has not been demolished yet due to the needs of the Qing army passing back and forth, there are also tartar-coated ahas on both sides of the Nuer River, and they are always ready to demolish the pontoon bridge.

At the moment, Du Du is stationed at Shuangzi Mountain. In addition to monitoring the movements of the Ming army, he also has the meaning of guarding the pontoon bridge. After all, the Qing army is all over the banks of the Nuer River, and the only way to move quickly is through the pontoon bridge.

There are only two pontoon bridges like this left now, one is this pontoon bridge, and the other is on the west side of Baimiaobao, which is more than ten miles away, and there is another pontoon bridge.

At this time, Du Du judged that the reason why Tang Tong Department of the Ming Army came here must be for this pontoon bridge.

He did not make a big mistake in his prediction. The Tang Tong troops of the Ming Army really came here for this pontoon bridge. However, they did not have to seize this pontoon bridge.

Tang Tong's military order was to contain the Qing army here so that they could not go deep into the rear to attack Bai Guangen and Ma Ke. Of course, it would be a great achievement if they could capture the pontoon bridge and attack across the river.

But at this moment, although Tang Tong knew that most of the Qing army had retreated, he didn't know where they were going, and he didn't know that there was only one Jiala Tartar left on Shuangzi Mountain.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have marched with his whole army in such a steady manner, and would have dispatched fine cavalry to swiftly attack the pontoon bridge.

This battle is a test for the general soldiers of the two towns of Jiliao. Whether or not each of them puts their heart into it, as well as their achievements in this battle, what will be their position in the hearts of Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao from now on.

Of course, the key is the competition between Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Ma Ke. Liao Town is naturally dominated by Wu Sangui, and there is also an unshakable Zu Dashou. How can the rest compete with them?

Just like Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, this battle seemed to be marginalized. Although he fought against the slaves in Gaoqiao, he could not stop the slaves from attacking the important food storage area of ​​Bijia Mountain. If it weren't for Zhang Cheng Returning to aid in time almost caused a catastrophe.

After this battle, Liu Zhaoji was lucky to be able to keep his position as the commander-in-chief. However, after all, he was personally invited by Hong Chengchou to be transferred to Liaodong as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

In the eyes of the Liaodong generals, the position of Liaodong General Soldier has become Wu Sangui's possession!

But Jizhen is different. Both Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen are Hong Chengchou's confidants and veterans, and both of them are not very utilitarian, nor are they very territorial.

After all, as a strong force in the Qin army, Hong Chengchou also relied a lot on them, and at the critical moment, he still needed them to come out to support himself, so he could get a good guarantee in terms of military pay and food.

But Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Ma Ke are different. They all have a strong sense of military leadership, especially Ma Ke and Bai Guangen. He has been fighting with Hong Chengchou before.

At that time, they led the army to follow Hong Chengchou's command and fought against bandits in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan provinces. They lived in no fixed place and fought against bandits day and night. The days were very difficult.

But as soon as they arrived in Liaodong, they all had their own flood lands, and they finally settled down, so they began to pick up their families and come to live here. Influenced by the local atmosphere, military officers at all levels took the lead in accumulating land.

As a result, their military leaders became aggressive, and their sense of territory began to rise. Although they often met privately on the surface, they taught each other the secrets of expanding their power, and they even covered each other and did evil against each other.

But in the bottom of their hearts, the relationship between the three of them is also a competitive relationship. Everyone is thinking about how to overwhelm others and make themselves the boss of Ji Town.

Just like Tang Tong, he is the commander-in-chief of Miyun, and he is supposed to be under Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, so don't look at how he, Bai Guangen and Ma Ke are usually called brothers and brothers, but in his heart he always wants to replace this outsider, himself Come and be the commander-in-chief of Ji Town.

At this moment, he had such thoughts in his heart, so he led the army to rush here.

Tang Tong used a small number of cavalry to explore the road ahead, and some cavalry to protect the two wings, and then he personally led the army in the center. Now, if the Qing army is strong, he will form a chariot formation to protect himself.

But if the Qing army was single and weak, he would have to attack with the whole army and fight hard. If he could go down the Shuangzi Mountain and successfully capture the subsequent pontoon bridge, it would be a great achievement.

Tang Tong understood the reality very clearly, he didn't want to compete with Wu Sangui for merit, all he was thinking about at the moment was Bai Guangen.

Tang Tong couldn't get used to these outsiders from the bottom of his heart. He already regarded himself as a local household. Although he shared the same interests with Bai Guangen and Ma Ke, and they were in conflict with each other, he always wanted to replace them.

Now, Bai Guangen's entire army was defeated at the foot of Shimen Mountain last time, and the strength of Jizhen's army has not yet recovered, and the same is true for Ma Ke, and the two of them are even more dissatisfied because of this.

Tang Tong felt that his chance had come. In the previous battle of Dongshimen, although the attack was successful, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, also talked with him in private, claiming that he was just putting on a show for outsiders to see.

Regarding his performance, Hong Chengchou said that he knew it well, but as long as he made more contributions in future wars, he would definitely report to the court for recognition.

This undoubtedly aroused Tang Tong's inner desire. He thought that even if he could not replace Bai Guangen as the chief soldier of Ji Town, after this war, his weight in the eyes of Governor Hong Chengchou would undoubtedly be greater than that of Bai Guangen, becoming the boss of Ji Town .

He rode his horse and looked at the Qing army in front, raised the corner of his mouth, and said, "Are the Tartars so talented?"

Tang Tong brought four battalions of soldiers and horses from Miyun Town, with a total of 1 soldiers. Among them, his main battalion had only more than 500 soldiers and horses, and there were nearly [-] cavalry in it, and the rest were infantry.

But what he reported was 5000 troops for the main battalion, and the shortfall was naturally filled by civilian husbands caught temporarily before departure, and the other three battalions were probably the same, so among his 1 troops, there were only eight real soldiers. 9000 people.

In this way, excluding the casualties and downsizing in the previous battles, plus there are more than a thousand soldiers left behind in the camp, the number of soldiers in this battle is about 5000, and the remaining [-] are civilian husbands and miscellaneous soldiers who accompanied the conscripts. That's all.

But even so, when he saw that the Qing army on the opposite side had only a thousand horses and horses, he couldn't help feeling disapproving. After all, when he attacked Dongshimen, he encountered more Tartars than today.

The guerrilla general Tang Youren reminded: "Commander, will there be an ambush by the Tartars?"

From Tang Youren's point of view, he also felt that Shuangzi Mountain was so important that there should be more than a thousand Tartars stationed there.

Hearing this, Tang Tong couldn't help but looked around nervously, and asked, "Have you ever checked the surrounding area?"

Tang San, the leader of the guard team, leaned out on his horse at this time and replied: "Commander, they have all been scouted, the outpost has already galloped over the Shuangzi Mountain, and there is no return, there should be no Tartars ambush."

"Ah."

Tang Tong nodded his head when he heard the words, he suddenly felt at ease, and he couldn't help but ignited his pride. He sneered and said: "There are more than a thousand Tartars in the area, and they want to stop my army from moving forward. It is really beyond their limits."

He raised his eyebrows, and said again: "Tang San, call someone to call Hu Yuntong, Cheng Haishan, and Liu Chengwu."

"Yes." Tang San agreed, then turned around and arranged for his servants to summon the generals.

It turned out that besides the Zhengbing Battalion in Miyun Township this time, guerrilla Hu Yuntong from the Right Wing Battalion, General Cheng Haishan from the Left Wing Battalion, and Liu Chengwu from the Front Battalion led the troops.

Among them, the left-wing battalion of Cheng Haishan was the most prosperous, followed by Hu Yuntong's right-wing battalion, and Liu Chengwu's battalion was the least, with only [-] soldiers and horses.

Not long after, a rush of hoofbeats came from behind him, and stopped a dozen steps away. The three generals rode up to Tang Tong. After a brief salute, Cheng Haishan took the lead and asked, "Tang Shuai called me?" Wait, but what are your orders?"

Tang Tong raised his whip in his hand, pointed at the Qing cavalry formation opposite and said to them: "There are only a thousand captive cavalry on the opposite side. This commander wants to take down Shuangzi Mountain and attack the pontoon bridge. What do you think? ?”

Cheng Haishan looked at the Qing army cavalry on the opposite side. It was true that there were not many of them, but even if there were more than a thousand captive cavalry, he did not dare to face it alone. Stop my army from advancing. Please show me, the commander-in-chief, that the last general will never fall behind, and he will definitely kill slaves bravely to add luster to Miyun Town."

Tang Tong sneered in his heart: "Old fox, your words are clanging, but you don't want to be the first one!"

Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, it was not easy to show it on his face. Tang Tong smiled "hehe" and said to the generals: "This is the first battle of my army's westward march, everyone should work hard, don't be fooled by the prince. Military law."

The meaning in Tang's call is obvious. If anyone does not work hard in this battle, he will truthfully join the eunuch Wang Chengen. Operate for the emperor!

After hearing Tang Tong's words, several people trembled all over. Although these generals are men who lick blood with swords, none of them are not afraid of Wang Chengen. After all, he is a close minister of the emperor and holds the power of life and death.

Seeing that he had calmed down the scene, Tang Tong said to everyone: "Today's battle, my commander's main battalion will take the lead..."

Hearing this, Cheng Haishan and the others were very surprised. Why did the sun come out from the west? The commander changed his temper today, why would they charge forward and work hard?

Only Tang Tong continued: "Tang Youren led the infantry of the main army battalion in front, and formed an artillery team with chariots, facing the slave bandits head-on; Tang San led the cavalry of the main barracks at the rear, always ready to chase down the rout of the slave bandits."

He glanced sternly at Cheng Haishan and the other three, before saying: "All the cavalry from the left battalion come out, slanting out from the left wing of our army, and attack the right wing of the slaves; the battalion of the right wing comes out from the right, attacking the left wing of the slaves; Then, bypass the battlefield from the south and go to the back mountain to wait for an opportunity to attack the Twin Mountains."

Tang Tong finally said: "In this battle, the commander-in-chief of the brave will report to the governor Xingyuan, and rewards for meritorious deeds are nothing to worry about. But if he plays tricks on us and hides his selfishness to preserve his strength, don't blame me Don't talk about affection, report it to the prince for disposal."

All the generals responded in unison, but Cheng Haishan couldn't help but rolled his eyes and thought to himself: "What a Marshal Tang, he speaks so loudly, I still want us to work for him."

However, even if he sees through all this, what can he do?
Who told Tang Tong to be the commander-in-chief of Miyun, what's more, there was nothing wrong with this tactical command in general. It was safe to engage the enemy head-on, mainly to focus on the enemy.

The flank breakthrough is the main way. Once the enemy's formation appears to be scattered and defeated, it is understandable that the front will be pressed by powerful cavalry to defeat the entire enemy in one fell swoop.

If you want to hate, you can only hate yourself for being incompetent, not the commander in chief of Miyun!
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Du Du rode his horse in front of the Qing army, and was looking at the Ming army in front of him with the same eyes, although in his heart he still looked down on Tang Tong's troops.

But at this moment, I have to be surprised. The Ming army on the opposite side is well-organized. At least on the surface, there is no loophole or panic. This did not exist in the past.

"We haven't seen each other for more than ten days, how can Minggou be so calm and the queue so orderly?"

Du Du was full of suspicion, and couldn't understand the changes in the Ming army for a while.

In fact, when the Qing army was at its most vigorous, it was precisely when the slave chieftain Huang Taiji personally went to the front to command the entire army.

But with the stalemate in the war, especially the successive defeats of the Qing army, not only failed to get a bargain from what they called the Ming dog, but also lost troops and generals, and even their own prince was beheaded by the Ming army in front of the battle.

After the news spread, it dealt a severe blow to the morale of the Qing army, and after days of fighting, their own front line did not advance but retreated, which also greatly drained the Qing army's vigor.

Especially when the kings and generals learned that the emperor Huang Taiji ignored the frontline war in Jinzhou and went back to Shengjing with illness for a woman, everyone couldn't help but have some thoughts in their hearts, but they didn't say it.

Under the ebb and flow, in the eyes of the Qing army, the Ming army, which was extremely cowardly and timid in the past, seems to have been completely reborn today, and it seems to be a little more mighty invisibly.

Although Tang Tong's Ming army seems to be different than before, Du Du's contempt for the Ming army still occupies Du Du's heart. He smiled contemptuously and said, "No matter how many Ming dogs there are, they are no match for my warriors. .”

Jia Lazhang Jing Kunqiang reminded from the side: "Du Dugu Mountain, don't you send ahas to charge first to consume Minggou's physical strength?"

Du Du said in a confident voice: "No need. Minggou has always feared me like a tiger. It can be defeated with a single charge. Why bother!"

(End of this chapter)