Section 72 Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong

On the tenth day of the first month of May, everything is appropriate, and the Yulin Army He Shixian's department broke the Ningxia Zhongwei, and Bi Chengpet was captured.

On May 12, the Yulin Army's You Shigong Department broke the Chengen Department in Pingyu, and the Chengen Department abandoned Zhenyuan Pass and led the remnants of the troops to escape from the two places of He Da Dengkou in Zhenyuan Pass.

On 15 May, the Cao Wenzhao Division of the Datong Army and the Herenlong Division of the Yulin Army were Jingtai and Gaolan respectively, marking the beginning of the second stage of Ningxia's judgment war -- the Gansu stage.

Originally, I thought that the rebels would put up fierce resistance in the Zhuwei Station in Gansu, and it might even be more fierce than in the Battle of Zhucheng in Ningxia, but I didn't expect that the next battle would be a big surprise, and the real battle would become an armed parade.

On the twenty-third day of May, He Renlongbu and Cao Wenzhao joined forces to conquer Songshan Fort, defeated Achitu and Bintu Niangzi, the second department fled north, and was caught up by Herenlongbu in Huangyangchuan and defeated again, Achitu and Bintu Niangzi could not get out under the Great Wall, so they had to kneel and beg to surrender.

On the fourth day of the first month of June, several large armies attacked the town of Gansu from Surabaya Fort, Zhenqiang Fort, and Zhuanglangwei, and the rebels fled almost without a fight.

On June 12, He Renlong's troops captured Liangzhouwei, while He Shixian's troops entered Yongchangwei, and on June 19, they officially captured Yongchangwei, while You Shigong took advantage of the situation to recover the entire Zhuanglangwei.

In fact, since May, the rebels have begun a large-scale evacuation of Zhuwei in the eastern part of Gansu Town, such as Yongchangwei and Shandanwei, who have almost directly abandoned them to the official army, but they have already collected all the grain, grass and goods, and even burned some important passes and fortresses.

On the whole, however, the rebels did not burn and loot as feared, but this also brought great trouble to the officers and troops, that is, the supply was seriously insufficient, and it was necessary to transport them from the rear, and this situation was barely solved until the army entered Ganzhou in early July, relying on the grain stored in the East Warehouse.

"Brother Cao." Feng Ziying looked at the man in front of him who still had some impressions, and she really couldn't connect with the young man who was still immature at the same time.

"Brother Keng." Cao Wenzhao is also a little afraid to recognize each other, a farewell for seven years, the child who had to let himself help himself on the horse in order to ride a horse, has now been admitted to the Jinshi and Shu Jishi, and has become the right attendant of the military department and the advance envoy of the trilateral governor Chai Lord to enter Ganzhou first, and left a lot of credit for holding Ganzhou.

"I haven't seen him for a few years, and Brother Cao has become more and more heroic." Feng Ziying tried to merge her childhood memories and impressions with everything she knew in the books in her previous life, well, it was this Cao Wenzhao, as for his nephew, who knows if he was born or not, will he be incited by butterfly wings?

"Hehe, Brother Cong, your performance is what makes our old subordinates of Datong and these general soldiers unbelievable." After meeting Feng Ziying, Cao Wenzhao took Feng Ziying's hand and couldn't help but look up and down, but also sighed and sighed.

Cao Wenzhao: This is the truth.

When they learned that the sister-in-law of the former chief military officer, Lord Feng, had been admitted to the Jinshi and the pavilion was selected as a Jinshi, everyone couldn't believe that the lazy boy who had not wiped his nose clean in the General Soldier's Mansion all day long, and was even often beaten by the chief military officer, had become a Jinshi after not seeing him for a few years?

Although the Feng family left Datong, the Duan family is still in Datong, and the Feng family is still connected, the Duan family even held a banquet to celebrate their own girl and sister-in-law for being admitted to the Jinshi, Cao Wenzhao and many generals in the army have come to congratulate them.

"Hehe, Brother Cao, I'm not like that, I think if you hadn't taught me to ride a horse back then, I wouldn't be able to ride thousands of miles alone this time." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "After all, this is still the credit of Brother Cao." ”

"Then Brother Cao can't afford it, Brother Keng, you have made a great contribution this time, the chief soldier will definitely be happy, and there are still a few days before the chief soldier and the governor and the imperial history of the capital will come to today, and we will come to the front station first."

"Oh, the army is coming?" Feng Ziying asked in surprise.

After Liu Dongyang retreated to Suzhou, Ganzhou was actually in a strange state, Yongchangwei, Shandanwei and even Liangzhouwei and Zhuang Langwei in the east were controlled by the rebels, and Suzhou and Gaotai in the west were also controlled by the rebels, leaving a lonely Ganzhou in it.

However, the rebels were in a state of great retreat, especially Liu Dongyang's main force had already withdrawn to Suzhou, and he did not have much heart to attack Ganzhou.

Among the thousands of soldiers in Ganzhou City, in addition to the more than 2,000 Gansu town soldiers dominated by He Zhisheng's department, there are also 3,000 Ningxia town soldiers Liu Baichuan who are unreliable in everyone's mind, and these soldiers are not willing to fight the former robes.

Therefore, everyone simply retreated in the city of Ganzhou, and let the rebels pass under the city of Ganzhou from the east and withdraw to Gaotai and Suzhou.

Fortunately, the materials and food in Ganzhou City are relatively abundant, and there is no danger of chaos.

It's just that if Yulin Town, Datong, Shanxi, and the follow-up Henan and Sichuan soldiers have to come over, this Ganzhou Dongdacang can't afford to supply these grains, so this also surprised Feng Ziying.

"No, the soldiers of Henan and Sichuan have not come, and even General You has not gone here after capturing Zhuang Langwei, Lord Chai, Lord Yang and Ling Zun all know the grain situation in the warehouse in Ganzhou, but Liu Dongyang still controls Gaotai and Suzhou and Jiayuguan, if you don't take it down, you can't explain it to the court and the emperor."

Cao Wenzhao subconsciously looked around and whispered.

This Hexi corridor is like an irregular belt, Liangzhou and Zhuanglang in the east, Yongchang and Shandan in the middle have been recovered, and some Ganzhou in the west is also in the hands of the imperial court, only the westernmost Gaotai, Suzhou and Jiayuguan are entrenched by the rebels.

If you want to fight, whether it is Gaotai or Suzhou, it is not easy to fight, and the rebels who are fighting against the water are afraid that they will have to fight to the death, and more importantly, it is too difficult to supply grain and grass.

The grain of one tael of silver transported from Shaanxi to Ganzhou has to be turned into three taels, and the price is so high that it can be imagined, most of which has to be spent on the road, and this is not counting other military resources.

With the current financial resources of the imperial court, I am afraid that it really can't afford to fight, which is why Liu Dongyang thought that as long as he controlled Ganzhou and Shandan, it would be impossible for the imperial court to want to take back the western Zhuwei of Gansu Town, because the imperial court might not be able to support such a war.

If you look at the topography, you can know that as long as you strangle Shandanwei, no matter how many troops come from the imperial court, he can easily cut off your supply line, and Shandanwei is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is at a corner with Ganzhou, if you want to fight down, I don't know how much it will cost.

"Then Lord Chai, what do they mean......" Feng Ziying hesitated.

In fact, he also had some ideas, but he was too bold and unusual, so he never mentioned them to Zhang Jin and He Zhisheng, but now it seems that Chai Ke, Yang He and his father are also aware of this, so they should be thinking about post-war matters.

"I don't know, my department and the He Renlong Department of the Yulin Army arrived first, and Lord He's army will also arrive soon, and finally it depends on how Lord Chai and them decide, and we warriors will obey the order." Cao Wenzhao said with a smile.

The two were talking and laughing, but they saw a military general in his early twenties hurrying in.

Cao Wenzhao's face suddenly turned cold, but the man walked over without hesitation and saluted first: "I've seen the young man, yo, Lord Cao is so idle, and he is here?" ”

Feng Ziying knew at a glance that Cao Wenzhao and this guy were not on the right path, but this guy was also a celebrity in front of his father, and in the first battle of counterinsurgency, he also relied on his fearlessness and daring to make strange moves, and won a big victory in several battles in a row, and won the trust of Chai Ke, so after this war, I am afraid that he may be promoted to guerrilla.

"Brother He, have you also arrived?" Feng Ziying and He Renlong also met the ceremony, and said with a smile: "My father, they haven't arrived yet?" ”

"Lord Commander, Lord Chai, Lord Yang, they estimate that they have just passed Yongchangwei now, Yongchangwei's side has suffered huge losses, Lord Chai, they still have to think about how to help and pacify the local affairs, it is estimated that it will take a few days to arrive."

He Renlong didn't have a good face to Cao Wenzhao.

In his opinion, this group of Datong soldiers is here to grab merit, and the most arduous and dangerous work is done by the Yulin army.

Of course, he also admitted that Cao Wenzhao still had some credit, but the other generals of Datong Town and Shanxi Town were so disgusting that they couldn't even get used to these generals of Datong and Shanxi.

Cao Wenzhao also doesn't look down on He Renlong, this guy is from a martial arts warrior, so he thinks that he is superior, when he clashed with the Tatars at the border pass, this guy is still nursing in the arms of the master, how many battles have he fought? Think you've fought the Ningxia rebels and feel terrible? I don't know how thick the sky is!

Of course, this is a bit too much, but Cao Wenzhao joined the army at the age of sixteen, he is five or six years older than He Renlong, when he joined the army, He Renlong was in his early tens, and he was indeed an ignorant child.

The two of them began to compete from the time they attacked the big and small Songshan, one took the strong attack on Gaolan, the other attacked Jingtai at night, and then attacked Songshan Fort together, but in order to pursue Achitu and Bintu Niangzi, they almost caught up, but Cao Wenzhao gave in one step, and as a result, He Renlong caught up with Achitu and Bintu Niangzi in Huangyangchuan, forcing the other party to beg to surrender, which also made Cao Wenzhao regret it and hated it.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao raided Zhenqiang Fort and Anyuan Station Fort to recapture a success, but He Renlong immediately attacked Surabaya Fort and succeeded, but Cao Wenzhao was ridiculed as if it were not for them occupying Anyuan Station Fort, the rebels in Surabaya Fort were disheartened, and He Renlong could not succeed at all, and the two almost fought in front of the tent.

Therefore, these two people are like black-eyed chickens in front of Feng Ziying, and they don't give in to each other.