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In Tucheng, two miles south of Jinzhou City, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, is discussing military affairs with Zu Dashou, Zhang Cheng, Wu Sangui and other town commanders. The core issue is naturally how to continue to fight against the slaves after opening the aid channel. .

Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong forward, advocated shrinking troops, strengthening the defense of the Jinnan Passage, and confronting the slaves on the north bank of the Xiaoling River to force them to retreat voluntarily.

His proposal was naturally supported by Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, and Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, had no objection to this. Naturally, there will be no other opinions.

The question now is how to shrink the troops, where to deploy heavy troops for defense, and abandon those places.

after all.At this moment, the Ming army had gained the advantage on the battlefield, and it was about to completely smash the siege of Jinzhou by the Qing army. The closer the victory was, the more cautious it was.

At this time, the Ming army was roughly divided into three parts. Among them, the East Road, dominated by Zhang Chengxuan's army, had become the focus of solving Jinwei, because they were stationed on the Jinnan Passage.

The second is the middle road where Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao, and Chen Jiugao are the three commander-in-chiefs. They restrained more than [-] Qing soldiers led by the slave thief Dorgon along the way. , can not only contain the Qing soldiers, but also support each other.

Finally, there is the only surviving Ming army on the south bank of the Daughter River. They are facing off with nearly [-] Qing soldiers from Jierhalang. The rate of the supervision battalion echoed.

But Wang Tingchen's route is also the weakest of the three Ming armies. In addition to Wang Tingchen's former guards and horses, there are also two battalions of the Ningyuan Army and more than 5000 remnants of the Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke. There are only [-] people.

The crux of the problem now is how to rationally deploy these three groups of soldiers and horses to guard the Jinnan Road, so as to finally force the Qing army to retreat.

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking intermittently, his heart skipped a beat. Lin Fangping was by Zhang Cheng's side as a personal soldier at the beginning when he traveled through time. It can be said that he is one of Zhang Cheng's closest people.

And among the civilian husbands and young men, many young and fast-handed men were recruited to help carry stretchers, and under the guidance of doctors and medical sergeants, they helped to do simple bandages for wounded soldiers.

There is a newly erected wooden fence outside the medical bureau, which separates the inside and the outside to prevent irrelevant people from entering, so as to prevent them from interfering with the treatment of wounded soldiers.

There are many fires in the camp of the Medical Bureau, and there are large iron pots on them, and the hot boiling water "gurgles" and thick steam rises. Accepting the non-stop fumigation of steam.

Shi Meng replied: "Lintou is in the medical bureau, and he is still in a coma. Medical officer Shi has been taking care of him."

Therefore, the great achievement of breaking the siege of brocade is naturally not unique to the Xuanfu army. The officers and soldiers of all towns have made great achievements, so he needn't worry about it.

Zhang Cheng told him that although it was the Xuanfu army who opened the aid channel, if there were no fighting from other towns to contain the main force of the slaves, how could the Xuanfu army have achieved the results it has achieved today.

The four sergeants who were in charge of guarding the gate saw Zhang Cheng and the others coming from afar, and immediately stood upright and saluted loudly, "Hello, Commander!" Zhang Cheng nodded to them.

You, do you know what I mean? "

On the other side, Chen Jiugao was complaining bitterly with Zhang Cheng and Wang Pu, complaining that he was transferred by the governor to help the Ningyuan Army, and he missed the great achievement of understanding Jinwei.

After the military discussion was established, all the commanders naturally dispersed. Although Zhang Cheng had arranged for them to live in Tucheng, Zu Dashou was eager to return to Jinzhou City to sit in town and insisted on refusing to stay.

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For Wu Sangui's proposal, Zhang Cheng is very supportive. In this way, the main force of our side is divided into three places. The slaves and thieves can neither attack at the same time, but if they attack one place alone, they will face the harassment of the other two Ming troops, making them control Difficult, will be powerless to last.

And he set up his own military tent in the west of the city. Naturally, Wu Sangui and Chen Jiugao were placed near the governor Xingyuan in the north of the city, while Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, set up his military tent in the south of the city.

"Go, go to the medical bureau."

But Hong Chengchou was in very good spirits, and during the banquet, he used water instead of wine many times to encourage the general soldiers.

Because it was still a time of war, slaves might come to attack the camp at any time, so Zhang Cheng simply prepared some meals and no drinks. However, since there were so many dead and injured horses today, horse meat naturally became one of the staple foods. .

Now, upon hearing the bad news, he staggered and almost collapsed. Fortunately, Zhang Chengfang, the adoptive son who was accompanying him, had quick eyes and quick hands, and hurried forward to help him, thus avoiding embarrassment.

Before Zhang Cheng could ask a question, Shi Meng rushed forward with a sad expression on his face, and said anxiously with a crying voice: "Marshal, I'm afraid Lintou..."

After discussions among several general soldiers, it was agreed that Wu Sangui's troops should advance northward, but there were different opinions on where to advance.

Datong Commander Wang Pu insisted that the troops of Wu Sangui and Cao Bianjiao should at least advance to the level of Tucheng, so that they could set up a camp in the southwest corner of Jinzhou City and block the passage for the slaves to attack Jinzhou Nanguan.

If he doesn't know good from bad and meddles in my Liaodong affairs, then no wonder we don't treat him as a friend. "

This road was both offensive and defensive, so Chen Zhongcai further shrank back and guarded the two pontoon bridges on the Nuer River to ensure the connection between Wang Tingchen's troops and the south bank and the transfer of materials.

After Zhang Chengfang took the mask, he first handed one to Zhang Cheng, and then put it on for himself, and then the three of them entered the medical bureau.

Watching Zu Dashou riding away slowly, Wu Sangui felt mixed feelings. No matter how hard he tried, he always seemed to be one step behind Zhang Cheng.

Zu Dashou looked at Wu Sangui with strange eyes, a thoughtful look, and after a while, he held his hand tightly and said: "Elder Uncle, in short, this Zhang Cheng is definitely not someone who is waiting for you, even though we are waiting for you I'm not afraid of him, but it's not wrong to form more good karma."

It is precisely because of the countless bonfires and cauldrons that are steaming hot that no matter how cold the night wind in Liaodong is, you cannot feel it at all here.

It's just that in many armies, because the generals didn't pay attention to it, they didn't fully implement it. This is also one of the reasons why very few wounded soldiers survived every battle.

Wu Sangui looked up at his uncle Zu Dashou, nodded and said: "Uncle, don't worry, Guier will save it. Before that in Ningyuan, he had already met Zhang Cheng. As long as he doesn't interfere with our Liaodong local military, he can be my nephew's friend. .

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he strode behind Shi Meng and went straight to the camp area of ​​the Medical Bureau.

In this way, when the slave bandits attacked Wu Sangui and Cao Bianjiao's tribe, Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu army could attack the slave bandit army straight to the west, and Zu Dashou could also lead his army out from the west gate of Jinzhou to threaten the slave bandits' rear camp.

After discussing for a long time, the chief soldiers in the military tent have basically reached an agreement on Wang Tingchen's west road, which is to combine Wang Tingchen and Chen Zhongcai into one road, and the Governor of Liaodong Qiu Minyang will be in command.

In the end, after consulting Zu Dashou's opinion, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, made a final decision to deploy the military strategy proposed by Wu Sangui. Zu Dashou led the army back to the city and defended it. camp.

And Zhang Cheng is stationed on the front line of Tucheng. He will lead the main force under his command to march to the southwest corner of Jinzhou City in the early morning of tomorrow, so as to threaten the slaves' flanks so that they cannot prevent the Ming army of Wu Sangui from moving north.

And if the slave bandits come to attack Zhang Cheng's troops, they must detour from the southwest of Jinzhou. In this way, they will be threatened by Wu Sangui. sincerity.

And some cauldrons boiled white cloth directly, these were used to bandage wounds of wounded soldiers, of course not all cauldrons boiled white cloth, many cauldrons just boiled pots of boiling water. Prepare for a rainy day.

He insisted that the Ningyuan Army and Cao Bianjiao's ASEAN Army should be camped at least one mile north of the southwest corner of Jinzhou City.

The method of steaming the white cloth with boiling water was also one of Zhang Cheng's strong demands. Although the doctors of this era could not understand the concept of infection, they still supported the steaming of the white cloth used for bandaging in boiling water.

There were stewed horse meat, roasted horse meat, etc., but Hong Chengchou, just like Lu Xiangsheng back then, was not very interested in meat, and he didn't eat much.

Immediately, a gatekeeper sergeant stepped forward and handed each of them a mask, only Shi Meng waved his hand to refuse, he took out the one he had used before and put it on his mouth.

The Xuanfu Army Medical Bureau is not far from the west gate, less than a hundred steps away from Zhang Cheng's central army tent, and it is now the busiest place in the entire Tucheng.

However, Wu Sangui believed that the army should not march to the southwest corner of Jinzhou City. In this way, it would be tantamount to the Ningyuan Army fighting against the slaves with its own strength.

He choked up as he spoke, and couldn't continue. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng asked urgently: "Meng Zi, tell me, what happened to your Lintou's injury?"

Seeing this, Wang Pu laughed and mocked him, which made Chen Jiugao feel regretful, but Zhang Cheng's comfort to him made him feel warm again.

However, this Zhang Chengfei is an unreasonable person. Although he is fighting against the slaves in Liaodong, he still has to return to the Xuanfu. At that time, he will be with me west and east, and we will not invade each other, but we will also echo each other from afar.

After the banquet, Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao and several other generals returned to their residences. Because Hong Chengchou had set up a temporary camp in Tucheng, Zhang Cheng gave the Chinese army tent to the north to Governor Hong Chengchou.

"Yes, Gui'er remembered it."

When Zhang Cheng was ordered to lead the army northward, he anticipated the inevitable casualties, so he took all the doctors and doctors who were left behind by the Xuanfu Army in the Huangtuling battalions with him.

After Wu Sangui personally sent his uncle Zu Dashou to the north gate of the unearthed city, Zu Dashou dismissed the left and right sides and said to him alone: ​​"Elder uncle, I think this Zhang Cheng is really unusual, he has such a scheming at such a young age, not only with a strong army in hand, it is the most rare thing The most important thing is that he has great ambitions.

Now the focus of the problem is obvious. In fact, it lies in the way between Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao, and Chen Jiugao, how to deploy and arrange them.

Wu Sangui looked up at the dark sky, but couldn't see a single ray of light, a strong sense of powerlessness suddenly hit him, he only felt a burst of distress in his chest, and he just wanted to yell a few times.

However, there were still his subordinates and the city gate guards of the Xuanfu Army around him, but he couldn't do this because of his face, he sighed heavily, and beckoned his subordinates to slowly march towards the central army.

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He thought that this arrangement was a reasonable defensive strategy. The three parties could fight independently and support each other. No matter which side the slaves attacked, the other two could send troops to support, or harass the slaves' rear and flanks.

That night, at [-]:[-] pm, Zhang Cheng returned to the base of the Zhongjun Camp in Xuanfu Town, west of the city, and immediately saw Shi Meng, the left guard commander in the middle of the Huwei Battalion, standing outside his tent, looking very anxious.

Shi Meng saw that the general master Zhang Cheng was asking eagerly, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Commander, Shi...Medical officer Shi said that Lintou...I'm afraid it's hard...It's hard..."

Because the Ming army under Wang Tingchen may break through Jierhalang's defense line at any time. Once they cross the pontoon bridge in the west section of Xiaoling River, Dorgon will be attacked by the enemy, so he has to guard against it.

Wang Tingchen's troops also retreated to a position about one mile away from the north bank of the Naughty River, which shortened the distance between them and the pontoon bridge, and also facilitated mutual support with Chen Zhongcai's Superintendent Biao Battalion.

As long as the guards in front of Wang Tingchen's troops are still on the north bank, the Tartar soldiers led by Jierhalang will not dare to withdraw, and Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty, has to leave a Qing army to guard the west of Jinzhou City on the Xiaoling River. segment on the pontoon.

It turned out that Zhang Cheng only had to report that Lin Fangping was injured on the battlefield, and the injury was serious, but because Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou came one after another, he has not had time to visit Lin Fangping.

Chen Jiugao, the former commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, was very supportive of Wu Sangui's proposal. Although he had also proposed to assist Zhang Cheng in guarding the southern pass of Jinzhou before, he gave up because no one supported it.

Zhang Cheng asked anxiously: "Where is Lin Fangping now? Where is Medical Officer Shi?"

In fact, many wounded soldiers could have survived. They did not die from incurable diseases, but from infection after injury.

Shi Meng had been by Lin Fangping's side before, and he was already familiar with this place. With him leading the way, he soon came to a military tent. The moment the curtain was lifted, the pungent smell of traditional Chinese medicine came over his face.

Shi Jianneng, the chief medical officer of the army, heard the voice, and when he turned around, he saw that Zhang Cheng was coming in person. He rushed up to greet him and said eagerly, "Marshal, this battle was tragic, with many wounded soldiers. The number of doctors is obviously insufficient, and the medical materials accompanying the army are also insufficient... ..."

Zhang Cheng stopped his words and said to him: "Now you can only work hard, you doctors, I will give you a privilege today, you can be selected from the commander-in-chief army, but if there is someone you like, you can call them at will, even if it is not People in my army, as long as you bring it up, Medical Officer Shi, I will be responsible for getting it for you."

He went on to say: "However, right now, you have to wait hard. After all, you can't be thirsty if you are far away. As for the shortage of medicinal materials, you can send people back to Huangtuling to fetch them overnight. If Huangtuling is not enough, go to Songshan Fort. Xingshan, Takahashi, and Ningyuan Diao. You just make an order, and I will take care of the rest.”

Zhang Cheng didn't wait for Shi Jianneng to say anything else, so he asked eagerly, "Medical officer Shi, let me ask you how Lin Fangping's injury is?"