Ming Empire

Chapter 132 The Jiang Brothers
Yulin, the Jiang Family Courtyard.

Jiang Xingzheng, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, discussed matters with his brother, Jiang Rang, the commander-in-chief of Yulin.There was also their third younger brother, Jiang Xuan, who served as a general in the Datong Army.This time, Cao Yue sent Jiang Xuan, the general of the tenth battalion, back to Yulin to seek help from the Jiang Rang and Jiang Xiang brothers. Army reinforcements Datong.

This is also Cao Yue's most anticipated support army.

The Jiang family is the most powerful family in Yulin, and the second child of the Jiang family, Jiang Xiang, made up his mind.After receiving the urgent call for help from Jiang Xuan sent by Cao Yue, Jiang Rang knew that the matter was serious, and immediately sent a message to Jiang Xing, the second brother guarding Guyuan, asking Jiang Xing to come back to discuss the matter together.

Hearing that Jiannu had dispatched nearly 20 troops to besiege Datong led by Dorgon, Jiang Xiang was shocked and rushed back to Yulin.After listening to Jiang Xuan's story that Cao Yue won a big victory in the first battle and wiped out nearly 2 Jiannu, Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang changed their faces again.

"Cao Yue is really so powerful that Dorgon suffered a lot?" Jiang Xiang said with a look of surprise: "It seems that Cao Yue is really clever, so we can't underestimate him in the future. His men and horses are so powerful, why do they need reinforcements? "

Jiang Rang said: "Let the third brother talk about the situation of the Datong Army, and the situation of this battle!"

"The Datong Army has only 5 people, while Dorgon has [-] to [-] troops. Compared with Jiannu, our military strength is far behind. The rogue Liu Zongmin and Li Yan's troops went back. There are more than [-] troops, Cao Zongbing is afraid that Datong will lose, so he asks for reinforcements everywhere!" After staying under Cao Yue for more than half a year, Jiang Xuan, as a general, is quite familiar with the situation of Datong Army, and he is also familiar with the current situation in Datong. I understand it quite well, so I told the general situation in front of the two elder brothers.

Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang's intelligence work is not as good as Cao Yue's. They don't know about the current enemy situation. If Cao Yue didn't inform them, they wouldn't even know that Dorgon had led the slaves to go south.The last time Cao Yue led his army to defeat Li Yan's troops, they didn't know until a long time later.

In this era when information transmission is very backward, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs. After all, not everyone has the same consciousness as Cao Yue.After all, Datong and Yulin are separated by a great distance, without special communication, information is not easy to obtain.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Cao Zongbing is really similar to his father. He has his own way of leading the army, and his training is also different. In particular, he has formed several musket battalions and adopted the method of intermittent shooting. It is these muskets The battalion's segmented shooting tactics have caused Jiannu to suffer a lot." Jiang Xuan was a little aggrieved that Cao Yue didn't let him serve as a general of the musket battalion. When talking about military affairs with his two brothers, he also expressed his emotions. Said it out, "It's just that Cao Yue made his cronies serve as the generals of the Musketeer Battalion, and he didn't let others intervene!"

Jiang Rang and Jiang Xiang glanced at each other, ignoring Jiang Xuan's later complaint.From their point of view, this was a normal thing. Anyone would hand over the most elite troops to the command of their cronies. Cao Yue's letting Jiang Xuan be the general of the first battalion was already a great trust in him.

Hearing what Jiang Xuan said, Jiang Xiang's complexion was very complicated. He lowered his voice and said, "Cao Yue led his army to break through Shengjing, causing Jiannu to suffer great humiliation. The army was almost wiped out. This time, Dorgon led the army to attack Datong in a hurry, just to destroy Cao Yue’s Datong army, to avenge the great revenge, and to boost morale. So I think that the main place to attack this time is Datong, the capital They will not touch them, let alone attack other places. Our Yulin and Guyuan are both safe. However, the rogues are not in the same mind. They probably want to take advantage of the Jiannu and Datong army fighting to the death and come to pick one. It is cheap, and it may break into other places. Therefore, the elder brother and the younger brother think that there is no need for us to rescue Datong, otherwise our troops will suffer great losses. After all, the fighting power of Jiannu is far from ours. But we can't sit idly by, the rogues think Pick the cheap, we can't let them get away with it."

"The second brother means that we send troops to stop the bandits led by Liu Zongmin and Li Yan, and let Cao Yue and Jian Nu fight to the death?"

"Yes, big brother!" Jiang Xing nodded to Jiang Rang, "I think this is the most perfect strategy. It's not that we disagree with the rescue. We defend Cao Yue against the attacks of the bandits. Cao Yue can't blame us, and the court can't blame us either. us."

"However, big brother, second brother, what if Datong cannot be defended and is captured by Jiannu? After all, the strength of the Datong army is almost too much compared with Jiannu, and Jiannu has several times more troops than us. And they may have follow-up reinforcements. When they surround all four gates of the Datong Army, Datong will be cut off from the world!" Jiang Xuan, who was a member of the tenth battalion of the Datong Army, thought about the problem but was different from his The two elder brothers are different. Seeing that the two elder brothers do not want to lead an army to aid Datong, but only want to lead an army south to stop the bandits, they can't help feeling a little anxious.

"Third brother, don't go back to Datong again, and work under the second elder brother's job!" Of course Jiang Xiang knew Jiang Xuan's worry, "If the second elder brother's prediction is not bad, Datong is now surrounded by Jiannu, you Even if you go back, you will not be able to enter the city. You will serve under the second brother, and you will also command a battalion, and we will fight the rogues!"

"Third brother, what your second brother said is right, don't go back to Datong, just send someone back to deliver a letter, I believe Cao Yue will understand!" Jiang Rang also agreed with Jiang Xiang's suggestion, and persuaded Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan didn't expect his two older brothers to ask him to do this, so he didn't realize it all of a sudden, and froze there.

But he also immediately rejected the intention of the two brothers, and said very resolutely: "Two brothers, the younger brother is now a general of the Datong Army, and Datong is in danger. As a senior general of the Datong Army, the younger brother has the responsibility to live and die with Datong. Therefore, the younger brother must rush back to Datong immediately to assist Cao Zongbing in defending Datong. The two elder brothers are willing to lead the army to fight against the bandits, which just relieves Cao Zongbing's worries. The younger brother will rush back to Datong immediately, presumably Dorgon's red The Yi Da Pao has arrived in Datong, and the fierce battle has begun again."

As Jiang Xuan said, he stood up and bowed to Jiang Rang and Jiang Xiang: "Elder Brother, Second Brother, I'm sorry I can't stay for a long time, so I'm leaving!"

"Third brother, you are..." Jiang Rang was a little annoyed that Jiang Xuan didn't listen to the advice of their two elder brothers and insisted on going back to Datong.Jiang Xuan went back to Datong like this, if they allowed Datong to fall, then Jiang Xuan would definitely be in trouble, how could they let their younger brother take another risk.

"Brother, let the third child go back, I believe Cao Yue can keep Datong," Jiang Xiang thought for a while, and finally dissuaded Jiang Rang and let Jiang Xuan return to Datong. "Third son, go back and tell Cao Yue that we two brothers will help him fight against Jian slaves and bandits!"

"Yes, second brother, then big brother, second brother, younger brother will leave first!" Jiang Xuan was overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)