Chapter 84: The Chess Game (I)
In a large area seven or eight miles north of Yingde County, in the afternoon, the soldiers of the Ming army had already begun to enjoy drinking water, while the auxiliary soldiers were still busy cleaning up the battlefield.
Looking down from the sky, corpses, blood, torn armor, damaged weapons, and discarded flags paused like ink-stained brushes, and it took a moment for the wandering calligrapher to remember that he hadn't finished writing yet, and he began to look southwest again.
The battle began here, and the town was routed by the Ming army. Subsequently, Jingbiaoyou Town did not hesitate to choose to flee under the leadership of Admiral Daniel Zhang, and the Ming army achieved the miracle of winning more with less. However, Guangdong Fubiao was busy pursuing the rout of Jingbiaohou Town, and Li Jianjie's cavalry was always held back by Wang Fuchen, coupled with Wang Jinbao's decisive onslaught, the pursuit of the main force of Jingbiao Right Town by guarding Zuozhen was inevitably delayed too much, and in the end, only the repair of a small number of wounded who were inconvenient to move, and the encirclement of the middle camp could only allow Daniel Zhang to escape.
With the cooperation of some of Daniel Zhang's organized troops, Wang Fuchen's side also achieved a broken tail to survive next, leaving behind a group of cavalry that was not easy to reorganize, and reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield with Daniel Zhang. However, Li Jianjie, who had already killed his temperament, did not bite this time, and could only vent his anger on the remnants of the other Qing army.
The Qing army fled to the southwest, and Li Jianjie's cavalry pursued it for a while, but with the cooperation of Daniel Zhang and Wang Fuchen, they did not bargain for anything and withdrew.
However, at first glance, it seems that the Ming army did not achieve much success, especially Daniel Zhang and Wang Fuchen were able to maintain a certain degree of order and retreat. But in fact, the Qing army's Jingbiao right town camp was all surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army, not to mention, the killings during the battle, and the wounded soldiers of the Qing army who were inconvenient to escape after the Ming army occupied the battlefield, were all captured and mended by the Ming army, and this kind of damage was enough for the Qing army in these two towns and a battalion to be broken bones.
The main force of the Qing army broke and fled, and the middle battalion of Jingbiao right town was quickly surrounded by the Ming army, and the guerrilla Wang Jinbao of the middle battalion shouted fierce battle, which was completely a posture of fighting to the death and not retreating, even with his subordinates who had been ordered for many years. However, this kind of courage was only a little delayed, and with the encirclement and attack of the Ming army, this middle battalion soon ended up with a total annihilation, with many dead and wounded, and many people surrendered. However, Wang Jinbao finally dropped his weapon and said that he was left to the disposal of the Ming army, only asking the Ming army to treat his subordinates well.
"Wang Jinbao?"
"Fu Jun has heard of this name?"
"Well, I vaguely have some impressions, it seems to be Daniel Zhang's henchman. Unexpectedly, breaking the tail to survive, even such a henchman is willing to do so, Daniel Zhang is a ruthless character. ”
said this to Xiao Gongchen lightly, but Chen Kai vaguely remembered in his mind that this Wang Jinbao would grow into a generation of famous generals in the green battalion of the Qing army in the future.
Historically, in the rebellion of the three feudatories that broke out 17 years later, the three feudatories of Pingxi, Pingnan, and Jingnan, as well as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other provinces, raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, and once occupied nearly half of China. At the same time, Zheng Jing in Taiwan, Tusi in Sichuan, and the princes of Chahar Mongolia also responded one after another, and even the rebellion of the third prince of Zhu broke out in the capital.
The Qing court was once pushed to the brink of extinction, but the internal strength of the three feudatories was not one, and the strategic decision-making mistakes gave the Qing army breathing space. During the next eight-year war of peace and chaos, the four generals of Hexi were in the limelight, of which Wang Jinbao and his boss Daniel Zhang were two of them.
"I caught a fish."
In fact, there was not only one Wang Jinbao who was captured and killed by the Qing army generals. The guerrilla Zhao Liang and others in Jingbiaohou Town have also been identified, and the rest of the garrisons, thousands of generals, and generals are even more numerous. However, among these names, Chen Kai is familiar with this Wang Jinbao, and it is even more special for people to bring him up.
Wang Jinbao was escorted by the Ming army to Chen Kai's horse, standing with his head held high, standing as straight as a pen. Seeing that he did not kneel, the two escorted Ming soldiers were very annoyed, and when they looked at each other, they picked up the scabbard and slammed it directly at the joints of Wang Jinbao's legs.
They used great force, Rao Wang Jinbao had such insight from when he once followed Daniel Zhang to encircle and suppress the anti-Qing rebel army, but when the joint suffered such a heavy blow, he was also in pain, and inevitably fell directly to the ground, and even because it was too sudden, he directly fell to the ground, and came to a standard dog to gnaw mud.
"Raise this guy's head, this official wants to take a good look at Daniel Zhang's loyal dog."
Chen Kai said this, and the generals present naturally understood what he meant. When the Qing army was defeated, Wang Jinbao was good at cavalry shooting, and there was no chance to abandon the army and abscond. However, at that time, he chose to launch a more fierce offensive against Xiao Gongchen with his own soldiers and horses, to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than to pick him up with one hand and buy some time for Daniel Zhang, who had the grace and affection for him, in exchange for the vitality of Daniel Zhang and more Qing troops to escape from the battlefield.
Wang Jinbao is locked under the chain of allegiance that Daniel Zhang has extended down, and Daniel Zhang has always promoted him, so it is understandable to do so. However, Wang Jinbao's behavior directly led to the shrinkage of the Ming army's results, which made Chen Kai very unhappy.
"You're lucky, this official has suddenly had a hobby of collecting cards recently. What's the matter, wait for the four of you to get it together. ”
smiled and said the words, and then, with a wave of his hand, the two Ming soldiers directly dragged them up and forced them to go in the other direction.
However, such a rhythm is not right. According to Wang Jinbao's estimate, he can sacrifice his life as the head coach to fight to the death, and a loyal word is absolutely affordable. According to the concept of this era, even if a military general like him is an enemy country, he will always be respected by his opponent. In this regard, Wang Jinbao did not think about it. But logically speaking, at this time, he should also persuade him, he even thought about refuting Chen Kai's ridicule, but Chen Kai would be like this, which really made him a cloud and a mountain of fog.
The water and wine before the beheading were not mixed, and it seemed that Chen Kai had no intention of slaughtering him. Wang Jinbao was dragged up and escorted away by the Ming army, but his mind was still puzzled by the words of those "collection cards" and "four" - the former didn't understand, but what did the latter mean, they had a total of three guerrillas in Jingbiao Right Town, and there were four admirals in the southwest Jingbiao, but he was also a guerrilla general, and he couldn't reach such a high class.
God knows, Chen Kai, who has always been known for his cunning, has something in his head. At this moment, he suddenly had a chilling premonition.
"When the wind is released, it is said that Wang Jinbao has demoted his own official, but there is a condition, that is, not to fight with Daniel Zhang, so as not to damage the benevolence. So the official decided to send him to Fujian to serve in the country's surname. Well, that's all. ”
After solving this matter, Chen Kai's unhappiness immediately subsided a lot. Subsequently, after the auxiliary soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, the army went straight to Yingde County. Victory in the battle establishes contact with the defenders there. What surprised Chen Kai was that at the same time that the Qing army sent troops to intercept him, the southwest meridian of the two associations was under the fox and tiger power of Hong Chengchou's banner, and even launched an attack on the city, so that even if the defenders in the city noticed that there seemed to be signs of fighting a few miles north of the city, they did not dare to go out of the city to explore the truth. Or rather, there is no room left to do so.
The Ming army marched south and joined the defenders in the county seat of Yingde. Soon, the siege force also collected its troops, and the Qing army, which had fled in response, retreated directly to the camp at the mouth of the city.
Speaking of which, the Ming army had more than 5,000 people in the city, and less than 6,000 went south to help, adding up to tens of thousands of troops that were not inferior to the Qing army. However, the four words "many and outnumbered" have never been a derogatory term in strategizing, but rather a positive word, used to praise the commander for his good planning, giving full play to the strength advantage of the army, and so on. Only when the crowd has not been able to win the battle will it regain its true colors and become a derogatory term.
Returning to the camp in Huankou, Daniel Zhang, Hu Maozhen, Wang Fuchen, and the generals who had fled all knelt down in front of Hong Chengqing, and said that they were guilty of capital crimes.
First of all, with the initial temptation, the defenders were deterred, so as to provide more convenient conditions for the next siege and reinforcements. When the reinforcements of the Ming army arrived, the southwest Jingbiao dispatched superior forces to intercept it, and at the same time attacked the city with a partial division to contain the defenders in the city, so that they could not go out of the city to respond, forming a flanking attack.
Hong Chengchou's strategy is well understood, although there are not too many amazing tricks in this, but the goal has been achieved, the Qing army did enter the battle with the Ming army with superior forces. However, the hole cards in Chen Kai's hand were really beyond their expectations, and they swept away all the advantages of Hong Chengchou's previous strategy and the Qing army in this battle.
"Get up, it's true that the old man underestimated that Chen Kai. Ten thousand enemies, even used in the field, what a guy with ideas. ”
This is not the first time. Last year's Shang Kexi had already suffered a loss, but in this era, battlefield observers were not popular, and there were no reconnaissance planes or drones to take pictures, and the Qing troops who fled back had different opinions, and the Changsha shogunate could not tell which statement was correct, or closer to the truth.
Today, they have indeed witnessed the truth, but they have also paid the price. The punishment for defeat is indispensable, but Hong Chengchou did not intend to put the blame on the three commanders. It is an indisputable fact that the initial battle was unfavorable, but Hong Chengchou did not leave a backhand, for him, the real climax stage had just begun.
"Let's go through the details of this battle again with the old man."
If he loses, he has to figure out how he lost, even if he didn't turn this interception into a decisive battle from the beginning. Breaking Chen Kai's reinforcements and then occupying Yingde County was never his fundamental purpose. However, Chen Kai's threat is far greater than he imagined, so he needs to be more exhausted.
Next, Daniel Zhang, Hu Maozhen, and Wang Fuchen recreated the battle from their respective perspectives. In Hong Chengchou's mind, the battle was re-enacted, and every move of the Ming and Qing armies was in it. After a long time, Hong Chengchou nodded, indicating that he had understood what was going on, and said quietly.
"Ten thousand enemies, spear array, shield array...... Li Jianjie, Xiao Gongchen, Lin Dezhong...... The cards in Chen Kai's hand are well used. ”
It's not how good the hand is, it's how clever it is. Aside from the tactics, Chen Kai's three commanders in this battle, Xiao Gongchen is the chief general under Zheng Hongkui, but Zheng Hongkui's headquarters is only a few thousand soldiers, Xiao Gongchen's ability may have an advantage over a general general, for example, when Wang Jinbao launched the final onslaught in this battle, Xiao Gongchen knew very well what he should do at that time, and did not hesitate at all, but he did not adjust the deployment in the next step, and used Zuo Xie, who was close to Fubiao, Guangdong, for pursuit, but chose to surround it, This allowed the Qing army to escape some of its troops, which could only be regarded as not making mistakes, but it was not too impressive.
And the other two people, Lin Dezhong, whether in the Ming army or in the intelligence of the Qing army, is just a middle-aged person, and he is only loyal to Chen Kai. And Li Jianjie was just Li Chengdong's godson back then, Hu Maozhen and others never paid attention to it, but now they have grown a lot, so that Wang Fuchen did not do anything from beginning to end, but he also failed to break Wang Fuchen and threatened the flank of the Qing army before the grenadiers attacked.
In contrast, Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen under him are all famous generals in the current green camp, and Wang Fuchen's martial arts and courage are also famous in the world. In terms of configuration, his southwest meridian standard is definitely much more luxurious than that of the Ming army, but this battle is still lost, and it is clearly defeated.
Hong Chengchou muttered to himself, but suddenly regretted that he did not personally lead the troops to compete with Chen Kai. However, this regret lasted for a moment, he has always been very clear about his own positioning, this battle, he himself exists in the territory of Yingde County, and still maintains his sense of existence in the southwest meridian, as long as the Ming army cannot expel him from the territory of Yingde County, or even just not expelled from the Beijiang River basin, this is enough.
"The whole army moved to the south bank of Huangshui."
The interception failed, the field battle was lost, and the troops in the southwest of Guangdong were defeated, but Hong Chengchou did not directly withdraw to the three counties of Lianshan, but only retreated across the Huangshui and turned to confront the Ming army across the river. This was a very abnormal situation, but Chen Kai soon discovered that this matter was not that simple at all.
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