The edict of the king of Han was issued overnight, and nine hours later, Pegasus rushed to the front line of Texas, and arrived at the same time as the edict In addition to the order, there was also a saber of Lin Feng, which meant that he was in the battle and ordered Colonel Ma Jinliang to supervise the military.

This move in the Lin Han Dynasty is also a small precedent, from the traditional military system, such a large-scale campaign such as the siege of Dezhou, generally assigned to the "governor" or "strategy" of the level of senior officials to command, and there are also "civilian officials in military affairs" and other situations, in this case, the commander's grasp of the troops can be regarded as logical, because in terms of rank, the Qing system governor is a product or a military attache from the first rank, the Ming system strategy is also mostly a second grade, and most of them hang the military department Shangshu, squire rank, the bigger ones are likely to be Wuyuan Pavilion or Wenyingdian scholars and the like, with the status of half of the auxiliary ministers, so when they accept the appointment of the central government and come down to command the campaign, they have a great deterrent effect on the officers and soldiers of the front-line troops.

And this kind of thing has never happened in the court of Lin Han, because the relationship between the founding of the country has not been for a long time, in the previous battles, either the Han King Lin Feng personally commanded the battle, or he had been prepared in advance, and appointed generals to lead the army, such as Wang Dahai, the governor of Anhui, Zhao Liangdong on the battlefield in Shanxi, etc., but this Dezhou war can not be compared with the past, the most critical reason is that Ma Jinliang's military rank is too low, and the troops that Lin Feng assigned to him were originally colleagues at the same level as him, in terms of prestige, It is indeed lacking.

Ma Jinliang also immediately realized this, to be honest, when he received Lin Feng's order, he didn't feel half proud at all, nor was he very grateful to King Han's "favor and trust", because as far as the unspoken rules of officialdom are concerned, this situation can generally be regarded as "killing", whether it is the monarch who gives the order or the courtiers who accept the task, they will take great risks - this kind of task can only succeed, not fail, otherwise once it fails, the monarch's prestige will be hit, and the courtiers, in addition to "committing suicide to thank the monarch" There is absolutely no second way to go.

In view of the urgency of the war, the other guards troops immediately rushed to the Texas battlefield after receiving the order, although there were some small contradictions between several officers of the Guards, but in this case, no one intended to joke with the red-eyed Ma Jinliang, whether it was Zhao Yingkui's Second Cavalry Army or Wang Zhongxiao's Fourth Guards Army, they all sent the most elite troops under their command to reinforce, and rushed to the designated battlefield on the third day to standby.

The Fifth Guards Army arrived almost simultaneously with them. The Fifth Army is a pure artillery unit, and it is far away in Beijing, and it has a huge baggage, so it is impossible to rush to the battlefield so quickly, and the biggest contributor to this urgent reinforcement task is that the navy should be the greatest contributor. After receiving Lin Feng's urgent order, the Fifth Army immediately contacted the General Staff to ask for help from the navy, mobilized a large number of ships, and took the canal southward.

Because it was the main force of the siege, Ma Jinliang used the etiquette beyond the specifications to lead the brigade to more than 30 miles to the dock to personally welcome the arrival of the Fifth Guards Army.

The commander of the Fifth Guards Army is named Yu Chenglong - it just so happens that this governor in Jackie Chan is not the governor of Shanxi, and the two are absolutely not related by blood. The commander of the Fifth Army was born in the pseudo-Qing Han Army inlaid with yellow flags, and the family has assets in thin numbers, so he has received a good education since he was a child, his grandfather followed Dolgon into the customs, and his father served in the Qing Dynasty Green Camp Army as a military officer, guerrilla and other military positions, which can be described as an authentic military family, but in his generation, he abandoned martial arts and literature, and his father hired a teacher to teach Bagu with a high salary since he was a child, if there is no change, with his family background, he should soon be able to obtain a position in the Qing government, and then level by level from the county order to boil up, But it's a pity that the world is unpredictable, a cannon rang out outside the Forbidden City, this beautiful dream of life was immediately wiped out, since Lin Feng seized Beijing and killed Kangxi, Yu Jackie Chan's family was soon branded as a "traitor suspect", fortunately, his father was very well-behaved, and he took refuge in the Han Dynasty for the first time, and became a minor officer in the General Staff, so Yu Jackie Chan had to participate in the first imperial examination of the Han Army. He also made many meritorious contributions in the wars of Liaodong and Shanxi, and was even promoted to the commander of the First Guards Army.

Yu Chenglong, who originally wanted to be a showman, turned a few corners, and had to go back to the old path of his grandfather and father, and was with a group of Qiu Ba all day long.

Because of the relationship between the two brigades participating in the battle on the front line, so before rushing to Texas, Yu Chenglong knew the battle situation in Texas very well, in fact, when the battle became a stalemate, he himself also had a premonition that there was a possibility of going to the battlefield, and made some arrangements in advance, so when he suddenly received the order, the Fifth Guards Army was unusually fast, but when it came to this battle, he didn't have much more than an idea, because no matter whether Ma Jinliang won or lost, it was not his turn to speak as an artillery commander. The infantry army is the absolute main force, and although artillery is becoming more and more important, it is impossible to make him the main general. So before meeting Ma Jinliang, he put himself in the position of deputy general.

"Brother Zhenjia! - To Jackie Chan's surprise, Ma Jinliang didn't mean to get off the horse at all, standing on the dock and saying from afar, "But I'm looking forward to you!" I and the rest of the brothers are not good at attacking the city, and the lord has a lot of blame, which is really ashamed, and if Brother Zhenjia comes to help, Texas will definitely be able to fight! ”

Yu Jackie Chan immediately walked quickly across the deck, bent down and saluted, "Don't dare, don't dare, Colonel Yu Jackie Chan of the Fifth Army of the Guards has seen Master Ma - the Fifth Army came to Texas to help in the war on the order of the lord, and he also looked at the military gate!" "Although they are of the same military rank, Ma Jinliang is the main general at this moment, and he bears the king's order, Yu Jackie Chan is cautious, and he honestly asks for hello, and he doesn't mean to take it big at all.

"You're welcome, dude!" Ma Jinliang hurriedly helped, held Yu Chengchan's hand, and walked side by side with him, "You and I are both military commanders, how dare you accept this great benefit in the future?!" He turned his head and instructed his officers, "What Lord Yu says in the future is my words, there is no distinction between inside and outside, our army and others must not be lazy, if there is a violation, they will not be spared!" - Did you hear me clearly?! ”

At this moment, there were hundreds of officers and soldiers on the dock, and when they heard Ma Jinliang's order, they immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted Jackie Chan, "Don't dare to make a mistake!" ——I have seen Lord Yu Jackie Chan! Yu Junmen is safe! ”

Hundreds of shouts in unison were so loud that Jackie Chan's ears buzzed, he raised his head and glanced at the direction of Dezhou from a distance, only to see that the clouds in front of him were heavy, the clouds were dense, and the figures of people could not be seen clearly for hundreds of zhang, the fortresses on both sides of the official road were full of potholes and craters, and countless sergeants looked serious, divided into teams to patrol back and forth, he smiled bitterly, turned his head to Ma Jinliang and said, "Master Ma, Xia Guan heard that the battle in Dezhou was fierce in Beijing, and he didn't expect it to be like this!" ”

"Yes, actually, I didn't expect this Wang Chengye to be so ruthless!" At the mention of the war, Ma Jinliang's face was immediately covered with a layer of black, he raised three fingers, and said heavily, "Just by clearing the bunkers and batteries on the periphery and on both sides of the canal, we have fought for fifteen days, with nearly two thousand casualties!" He scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "Good guy, Lao Tzu's Third Army has only 10,000 people in total, and it is really a great injury to defeat a brigade at once!" ”

"This matter is quite strange," Yu Chenglong frowned, "According to the opinion of the lower officials, now the strength of the Han and Shandong is clear, and my lord is lenient and benevolent, and the statement is far and wide, the enemy of Texas should have no fighting spirit, how can he fight so tenaciously?!" ”

"That's to the point!" Ma Jinliang shook his head helplessly, "Lord Yu doesn't know, now all the elite soldiers in Shandong are here, and there are mostly veterans in the city who eat food, but they are not strong men who have been recruited, and if you give an order, you will fight if you want to, and we can't help it, besides-" He raised his head and looked left and right, and the pro-soldier officer next to him immediately took a few steps back, he lowered his voice and said, "In addition, I heard from the captives that Shandong talked about the affairs of the displaced people last winter, and released rumors to slander the lord, and many foolish people were deceived!" ”

"What about the outcasts? ——" Yu Chengchan said in surprise, "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

"It's Lord Gu Yanwu's request to see the lord that time, saying that please open the border and let the exiles eat!" Ma Jinliang touched his beard and sighed, "That time we didn't seem to be very authentic, as long as the young and strong went to Liaodong to reclaim, ignoring the old and weak women and children, and then the displaced people made a lot of noise in the city, and simply sent troops and soldiers to the pass, and many people starved to death here, so those Shandong magistrates said that our lord 'annihilated the conscience of heaven and led the beasts to eat people', and lied to those ordinary people that if we went in, they would be pulled outside the pass to do coolies - no, the battle would be difficult to fight!" ”

Yu Jackie Chan was shocked, "Such a ridiculous thing, the people actually believe it?!" ”

"It's hard to say, some believe, some don't, but so what, in short, I don't have a good impression of our Han army...... Hit!! Ma Jinliang smiled bitterly and changed the topic, "How many cannons did you bring this time?" ”

In terms of establishment, the Fifth Guards Army is the largest of the entire Guards Army, and the whole army is divided into four artillery brigades, each of which is equipped with 35 red-coated heavy artillery pieces and 40 other medium artillery pieces, of which 30 people in each heavy artillery group and 15 people in each medium artillery group, and the total number of officers and men in the whole army is more than 16,000 or 7,000 people, which exceeds the number of other cavalry and infantry troops by several thousand, and the strength is quite strong. This time, in order to cope with the Battle of Texas, two brigades of the Fifth Army went to Texas to fight before the war, and this time they were all transferred, and only the ships transported were discharged along the canal for dozens of miles, and it was very scary to look at from a distance.

"If you want to return to your lordship, this time the lower officers were ordered to help in the battle, and the whole army, except for the staff officers and miscellaneous servants who stayed in Beijing, all drove here, including 70 red-coated cannons, more than 80 other artillery, 9,627 officers and soldiers, more than 6,000 mules and horses, and more than 27,000 people,...... Yu Chengchan's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand, "...... Listen to the adults! ”

"Hehe, I'm relieved to say that," Ma Jinliang laughed, "plus the previous artillery and the artillery of our Third Army, we have more than 300 artillery pieces in Texas, and we have killed them!" ”

"I don't know...... What does Master Ma mean? ……”

"Now that the periphery has been cleared, our army will go all out to build forts around and pull up the artillery, if Wang Chengye goes out of the city to fight, we will ride, foot, and artillery together, if we defend the city, we will hold back enough strength to bombard him until the city wall collapses!" Ma Jinliang sneered, "The lord told us very clearly, I will send someone to send a letter to the city later, at this time out of the city to surrender, then everyone will be happy, if you wait for the cannon to go off, then there is nothing to say - the army slaughtered the city, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in Texas, not a single one was left!! ”

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