There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Xiangyang City, Lin Fengxingshao.

The time has come to mid-June.

During this period, the Zhenming Army was progressing smoothly. Peng Xing and Li Dingguo led the Hubei Combat Division 1. They adopted a combination of clearing outlying towns and forcing heavy troops to launch an attack on Fancheng.

Peng Xing first organized dozens of fine steel artillery pieces from the division's artillery battalion to fire a volley, causing the top of Fancheng to become a mess.

Although Fancheng also erected many bronze cannons at the top of the city, due to the lack of funds and neglect of maintenance over the years, most of these cannons have become rusty and unusable and have become decorations.

Even if there are a few that can barely fire, the range is out of reach and they can only be beaten passively.

After the bombardment, Li Dingguo led the archers and shot a large number of psychological leaflets into Fancheng, announcing the Zhenming Army's policy in Xiangyang and stating that except for the most evil Wang Shuzeng, the former Xiangyang prefect, all others who surrendered would be exempted from guilt.

This made Wang Shuzeng fearful in the city, as everyone seemed to want to capture him and open the city to surrender, so today he first arrested a general who seemed to be sneering at him, and tomorrow he killed a soldier who seemed to be surrendering, which made people inside panic.

After holding on for less than five days in total, the defenders in the city couldn't stand it anymore. Together, the several defenders couldn't survive this kind of life, so they simply rebelled.

At night, several guards took advantage of Wang Shuzeng's sleep, killed several of his trusted guards, kidnapped Wang Shuzeng, and surrendered to the city.

The Hubei Combat Division took only seven or eight days to sweep and recapture the entire Xiangyang Prefecture.

On this day, Peng Xing and Li Dingguo returned to Xiangyang City to resume their duties. Lin Fengzheng summoned Ma Ang, Huang Hongchang and others to discuss the next military strategy.

Seeing Peng Xing and the others coming in, Lin Feng greeted happily: "You guys sit down and have a glass of water first. Will the capture of Fancheng and other county towns go well?"

Peng Xing took a sip of water and said, "It went very smoothly. Except for Fancheng, which lasted for six or seven days under Wang Shuzeng's strong pressure, the other county towns all depended on propaganda. The prestige of our Zhenming Army is now at its peak."

"Haha, isn't this prestige achieved by all the generals?" Lin Feng encouraged.

"They are all the wise leaders of the prince!" everyone returned.

"Okay, let's not talk about these empty words. Peng Xing and Dingguo have just arrived. Ma Ang, please continue to talk about the recent surrounding situation." Lin Feng ordered.

Ma Ang stood up and came to the hanging map. This was also the practice of the Zhenming Army's military discussions. A map was necessary, otherwise how could they discuss actions.

He pointed at the map and said: "There are currently two aspects of intelligence in the surrounding area. One is about Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai. In the morning, there was news from Governor Fang and Luo Shishuai that they had defeated Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai near Fang County. The remnants of Luo Rucai.

Both Zhang and Luo were shot dead in the chaos. The two giant bandits that had been in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years were finally eliminated. The large number of peasant armies in the country were actually put down by our Zhenming Army. "

When Li Dingguo heard the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death, he couldn't help but frown.

Lin Feng saw his expression and asked specifically: "Dingguo, do you feel uncomfortable when you heard the news that Zhang Xianzhong died in the battle?"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong was kind to me after all, but you have warned me last time that he was cruel by nature and killed countless people. Now he died more than deservedly. Moreover, dying on the battlefield is a good destination. I can't blame anyone. ." Li Dingguo obviously figured it out.

"I'm very happy that Dingguo can think so. Considering that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have done a little bit of work, I'll arrange a thin coffin for them and find a place to bury them." Lin Feng explained.

"Yes, I will immediately send an order to Governor Fang and the others." Ma Ang responded.

"Let's continue talking about other aspects of the enemy's situation."

"Other aspects of the enemy situation are mainly about Yang Sichang. He led the imperial army down the Yangtze River by boat and stopped at Shashi in Jingzhou. Recently we found that Yang Sichang's movements were very strange. Our ambushing intelligence sentry learned that many Yang Sichang didn't show up, and there were people coming and going in the camp. It seemed like something big had happened, and many people came out with sad expressions on their faces." Ma Ang continued to report.

Lin Feng thought for a moment and estimated that Yang Sichang must have died. He had read the book about the Ming Dynasty and knew that Yang Sichang's final outcome was that Zhang Xianzhong occupied Xiangyang and killed the King of Xiangyang before committing suicide in fear of crime.

"Yang Sichang should be dead. At this time, the imperial army is leaderless. It should be the most likely time to cause trouble. We must take the opportunity to capture Jingzhou Mansion immediately." Lin Feng ordered.

"Your Majesty's judgment is very reasonable. This situation will only happen if Yang Sichang is dead. Why didn't I think of it?" Ma Ang said with great realization.

"Your Majesty, let us, the Hubei Combat Division 1, go and ensure that we complete the task of occupying Jingzhou." Peng Xing asked for orders.

Lin Feng did not answer immediately. He also came to the map, carefully looked at the location of Jingzhou, and measured the distance from Xiangyang.

Then he said: "There is a distance of four to five hundred miles from Xiangyang to Jingzhou. The troops are very fast, so all the cavalry must be sent there.

Peng Xing, most of your Hubei Combat Division 1 are infantry, and it is too late to pass. I appoint Li Dingguo as the brigade general. You can assemble a brigade of cavalry and give it to him to lead. Together with the guards of the first brigade led by Li Guo, they will be under the unified command of Huang Hongchang, the chief of the combat department. The three of you will perform this task together. "

Lin Feng immediately gathered the two brigade cavalry that Xiangyang could assemble and went to capture Jingzhou.

"Your Majesty, where are our remaining soldiers and horses?" Peng Xing asked, not giving up on fighting for the mission.

"You personally lead a brigade and supplement it with thousands of new soldiers recruited in Xiangyang, go and occupy Chengtian Mansion south of Xiangyang, and coordinate the capture of Jingzhou.

We first occupied the four prefectures of Yunyang, Xiangyang, Chengtian and Jingzhou in the northwest of Huguang. " Lin Feng then explained.

"Understood, what about our remaining brigade?" Peng Xing continued to ask.

"The remaining brigade will recruit 5,000 new soldiers and form a Xiangyang Combat Division, responsible for the defense of Xiangyang and surrounding areas." Lin Feng ordered.

Regarding the selection of division commander, Lin Feng is also having a headache now. Li Guo and Li Dingguo have just joined the Zhenming Army and have lower qualifications. It seems too fast for them to be promoted to division commander now.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng decided to let Shuai Tian, ​​a former general under Li Zicheng and now the deputy division commander of the Henan First Combat Division, take over.

One is that his status in Li Zicheng's army is too high than that of Li. He is now the deputy division commander of the numbering division and has sufficient seniority. When Ling Yi was in Kaifeng, Lin Feng had a good impression of him. He was clear-minded, relatively calm, and suitable for being on his own.

After thinking clearly, Lin Feng continued: "The division commander of the Xiangyang Combat Division is Tian Jianxiu, the deputy division commander of the First Henan Combat Division. Ma Ang, send an order to Kaifeng and ask Tian Jianxiu to come over immediately."

"Yes!" Ma Ang took the order.

"Your Majesty, our Hubei First Division is missing a brigade. You can't ignore it." Peng Xing became anxious when he saw that he was about to be separated into a brigade.

"Don't worry, in order to replenish the supply for you, we will allow you to expand to 20,000 people in the next step. But you can't have such a selfish mentality that you are reluctant to let people go." Lin Feng gave a candy and knocked it again. In case these generals only want to expand their troops and are unwilling to support the overall situation.

"I understand, I understand! I will finally be taught a lesson." Peng Xing quickly apologized.

"As a general of our Zhenming Army, we must have a strong sense of obeying the overall situation and must not have the idea of ​​conserving our own strength.

See how Yang Sichang was defeated? Isn't it because all the military leaders of the Ming army wanted to preserve their own strength and refused to contribute to suppress the bandits? In the end, everyone was finished together! "Lin Feng then educated everyone.

"We understand!" everyone replied. (End of chapter)