Blood from Daming

Chapter 389
In the early morning of the next day, the guns of the Dongmian Barracks in Youtun rang out, and the Eastern Front Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty officially dispatched troops to rescue Uiju Prefecture in North Korea. The 1 soldiers of the central army and the guards were in the middle, and the 4 civilians followed the heavy camp of the guards. At the end of the hall were the [-] fine cavalry led by the general soldier Zhao, with a total of [-] officers, soldiers and civilians.

That night, the East Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty camped on the Panshan Mountain beside the Shuangtaizi River. Unexpectedly, the forward Mangui Department did not catch a Jianlu vest, so Mao Yuanyi, the commander of the East Army, ordered the night sentry to add two guards, but this night Nothing happened.

The next day, Mangui's team began to prepare to cross the river, but after an hour, Mangui's soldiers were still making bamboo rafts. Xue Polu accompanied Mr. Yu Anxing to the Shuangtaizi River. Xue Polu looked at Shuangtaizi. The river is not deep, and there are many rocks in the middle of the river.

Yu Anxing said worryingly: "Since ancient times, combat has been about the value of soldiers and speed. The longer we stay here, the more dangerous we will be."

Xue Polu said: "My lord, I may have a way to cross the river quickly."

Yu Anxing said, "Polu, what good idea do you have?"

Xue Polu said: "Building a bridge is many times faster than building a bamboo raft."

Yu Anxing muttered: "Building bridges is a good idea, but building bridges takes time."

Xue Polu said: "There are ready-made pontoons and bridges in the low-level supply camp, and they can cross the river with pavements."

Yu Anxing said: "Polu, let's go, follow me to find the Man Zongbing."

Xue Polu said: "My lord, there is no need, the Man Zongbing has already arrived."

Yu Anxing looked into the distance, and sure enough there was a troop of cavalry galloping over from the river, and the leader was Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Jinglue Mansion. After a while, Man Gui was very close to Yu Anxing and Xue Polu. Man Gui shouted immediately: "Brother Polu, why are you so anxious to cross the river?"

Xue Polu smiled and said, "General Man, looking at the riverside, how many people can cross the river today?"

Man Gui said: "Hey, it's not a big problem for infantry and light cavalry to cross the Shuangtaizi River, but it is very difficult for heavy equipment and carriages. Let's see if we can all cross the river tomorrow."

While Man Gui was speaking, he was already in front of Xue Polu, and Xue Polu said vigilantly: "General Man, if our Ming army is separated on both sides of the Shuangtaizi River, and Jianlu's brigade arrives again, we don't know if we can do it. It cannot cope with the Jianlu attack."

Man Gui said: "My soldiers are also worried about being attacked by the Jianlu halfway. Unfortunately, the headquarters belong to the light cavalry, and the logistics force is very weak. If it is a team with a large number of infantry like the Jinzhou Army, there will be a batch of ready-made equipment for crossing the river."

Xue Polu said: "General Man, why don't you let Xue's army's supply battalion have a try, they also have boat bridges across the river."

Meng Meng was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Brother Polu, why didn't you bring out some good things earlier, and my soldiers have to work around all night."

Xue Polu smiled and said: "The last general really doesn't know how troublesome it is to cross the river. If he had known, he would have discussed with General Man that the two armies should join forces to cross the river."

Then Xue Polu ordered his soldiers to inform the engineers of the supply battalion to quickly build a bridge by the river. An hour later, the engineers of Xue's army quickly erected a temporary crossing bridge composed of eight large templates, and the men and horses of the General Army of Manchuria began to cross the river first.

Man Gui sighed: "Brother Polu, Xue's army's level of bridge-building is really high, can you pass on the technology to brothers."

Xue Polu smiled and said: "General Man is willing to take these unformed things from the Xue family army, and the general will definitely give them all."

Man Gui rejoiced and said: "Brother Polu, in Hongluo Mountain, you and I will make an appointment with each other. Brother Xue, you are a brother."

Xue Polu said: "General Man, this breaks the rules of the army."

Man Gui said: "Brother Xue, it doesn't matter what a title is. It's settled like this. Brother, the younger brother's troops are almost gone. See you two brothers on the other side of the river."

Man Gui bid farewell to Xue Polu, and Yu Anxing went to join his team to cross the river. Yu Anxing said: "Polu, General Mangui thinks highly of himself, and now he is commensurate with your brother. It really makes people look at you differently." what."

Xue Polu smiled and said, "My lord, that's just a joke between a humble official and General Man."

Yu Anxing smiled and said: "It's not a joke, not only General Man Gui is optimistic about you, but Ben Fu is also very optimistic about you."

When the teams of Xue Polu and Yu Anxing started to cross the river, the engineering soldiers of Xue's army built two pontoon bridges. Although the two pontoon bridges can only pass people and light equipment, this also greatly increased the speed of crossing the river by the East Army. At noon, Xue Jiajun's heavy vehicles also crossed the Shuangtaizi River.

Just after Xue Polu's opened for lunch, Mao Yuanyi, the commander of the East Army, also crossed the Shuangtaizi River. When Mao Yuanyi saw Xue Polu, he boasted: "I didn't expect that Xue's army had such a wonderful weapon. In the future, I will The army on the east road crossed the river and crossed the ditch like stepping on the ground, and the success of the Xue family army in rescuing Yizhou Prefecture should be the first achievement."

Xue Polu replied: "Master Mao, I really feel ashamed of such trivial skills."

Mao Yuanyi said: "Zhongqing, Polu, Yuan Ningqian led the West Route Army from Donghai Fort to cross the Shuangtaizi River to the mouth of the river. Now our East Route Army may be in trouble."

Yu Anxing was shocked and said: "What does Yuan Chonghuan want to do? How can the West Route Army go to the east? Besides, the depth of the estuary of the Shuangtaizi River is not suitable for crossing the river."

Mao Yuanyi said: "Yuan Chonghuan's West Route Army was originally covering our East Route Army's rapid advance. Now that Yuan Chonghuan changes the marching route at will, the future of our East Route Army is even more confusing."

Yu Anxing said: "This matter must be reported to the Emperor Ming and Lord Jinglue. Yuan Chonghuan is ignoring his allies and framing our East Route Army to death. Its nature is equivalent to treason."

Seeing that Xue Polu didn't speak, Mao Yuanyi asked, "Polu, what do you say?"

Xue Polu said: "Commander Mao, let's consider whether to go to Yizhou Prefecture or return to Youtunwei."

Mao Yuanyi said: "The imperial court and North Korea hope that the Liaodong Army will rescue Yizhou Prefecture for a long time. It is impossible to return to Youtun. We have to go all the way to Yizhou Prefecture."

Yu Anxing said: "Mr. Mao, Yuan Chonghuan has been crossing the river near Donghai Fort for a long time, and he will not be able to cross the river for three to five days. Even if we cross the river, we can't expect anything from the West Route Army. Now our East Route Army is facing generals. It's a lonely fight."

Mao Yuanyi sighed and said: "I used to know that the warlords of the Liaodong Army are powerful, but I didn't expect it to be out of control. They are already a group of gangsters with imperial salaries. This time when I return from Yizhou Mansion, I must carefully deal with Liaodong. The army is cleaning up, now we should discuss the next move."

Yu Anxing said: "Mr. Mao is a master in the art of war, you should be the master."

Mao Yuanyi said: "Students are just talking about military affairs on paper in the Jinglue Mansion. Everyone studies and studies each other. In the meaning of this command, since Yuan Chonghuan's West Route Army can't be counted on, then our East Route Army will let the West Route Army go. The army drove directly to Uiju Prefecture with the momentum of thunder, and got in touch with the defenders of North Korea's Uiju Prefecture. When the time comes, we can enter the city or build a camp against the city, and our East Route Army can play by ear."

Yu Anxing said, "Okay, let's do what Mr. Mao wants."

Near the end of the night, all the Liaodong East Route Army led by Mao Yuanyi crossed the Shuangtaizi River. In the afternoon, the forward patrol of the Manchu General Soldier encountered Jianlu's vest, and the Ming army, which was several times larger than Jianlu, encircled and suppressed In this group of vests, the ten vests of Jianlu died three times, captured two and fled five times. Man Gui's men paid the price of four deaths and thirteen injuries.

When Man Gui's patrol sent two captives and three heads in front of him, Man Gui really lost his temper. He had several times more people, but more people died, which made Man Gui feel very shameless.

So Man Gui said to his subordinates: "Take care of these two savages and use more means, but the premise is not to kill these two beasts, do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)