Chapter Ninety-Three: I Cry and Laugh
"Zheng was not familiar with land warfare, and he killed Tartars for training last year, and studied the masterpieces of Nantang Gong hard, and admired it in his heart. So he asked someone to collect the records of the Nantang Gong's war against the Japanese and edit them for reference. On March 10, on the bank of the Grand Canal, Zheng Zhilong, Hong Chengchou and others stood on the embankment, watching the soldiers below hurrying and busy.
"I remember the battle of Hengyu Island in the past, Hengyu Island, where the Japanese invaders were based, was surrounded by water on all sides, and the southeast, north and south sides were far away from the land, but the west was close to the land. However, it is a shoal, a vast ocean at high tide, and a muddy beach at low tide, and it is difficult to wade through it when attacked by land soldiers, and it is easy for ships to run aground when attacked by water divisions. Therefore, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Japanese built a nest in it and tried to hold it for a long time. But the Nantang public soldiers are like gods, thinking that people can't think, taking advantage of the opportunity of the low tide, ordering the soldiers to carry a bundle of straw each, and pave the grass for the road in the mud, so the soldiers and horses landed on the island safely, and defeated the Japanese invaders. ”
Zheng Zhilong said and pointed to the canal in front of him, those Japanese samurai, take off their armor, such as twelve or thirteen-year-old youths, carrying bundles of straw mats and pu mats on the ice, spread them out, so that two layers can be stacked, and the follow-up people will add a layer of wooden planks on top, so is it a passage?
Not to mention that there is ice support underneath, even if the ice is cracked, the ice floe is also buoyant.
One of the passages that has been specially 'blessed' is fully superimposed with five layers of straw mats and pu mats, and after covering the wooden planks, mules and horses can cross the river smoothly.
Hong Chengchou had an unsuppressed smile on his face, Zheng Zhilong led the army along the west bank of the canal, and the Tartars would definitely not suspect anything else, they would only think that the Ming army was spying on them.
Moreover, not far to the north of Jining Prefecture is the three lakes area, Nanwang Lake in the west of the canal, Mata Lake and Shushan Lake in the east of the canal, and the three lakes sandwich the east and west banks of the canal into a seam.
With such terrain, the Tartars couldn't even besiege the Zheng army. To besiege the sharp-armed Zheng army in such a narrow place is to seek death!
After these three lakes, forty or fifty miles to the north is Ansan Lake, and now the Tartars can not ambush soldiers and horses on the lake.
Ansan Lake is further north, less than 30 miles, that is, the Shawan west of the Daqing River South Canal, and the north is Zhangqiu Town.
The whole process is less than 200 miles, but there are several excellent terrain, and Zheng Zhilong's safety is still very guaranteed.
As for the Daqing River south of Zhangqiu Town, the Tartars did not erect many pontoon bridges, on the contrary, they also took the Qingshui Stone Bridge as a point, and set up camps at the north and south ends of the bridge. The camp at the southern end of it is still very simple, compared with the northern camp at the bottom of Zhang Qiu Town at the north end, the southern camp is a big sheepfold.
Abatai was very satisfied with the topography there, with a 100-meter-wide canal to the west, the Daqing River to the north, which cannot be easily crossed, and a plain river to the south and east......
The Qing army's forward commander Turg has already followed Zhang Qiuzhen to the north, and the whole situation can be said to be more beautiful than Zheng Zhilong's imagination in his plan!
The 'pursuit' of the Ming army and the behavior of the Zheng army naturally did not hide from the Qing army, do they have an absolute superiority in cavalry strength. The troops behind the palace were originally mainly infantry troops, but later became mainly cavalry, but they rushed to the Ming army several times. An arrogant stroke.
Abatai was angry in Qufu, and his wishful thinking became a big joke, and he whipped E Shuo to death with a whip, but he didn't understand the hatred in his heart. If it weren't for the majesty of Huang Taiji, whose orders suppressed Abatai's anger and kept him a trace of sanity in his head, he would have gone berserk and slaughtered Qufu.
When the Qing army returned to the north, when they saw that the Ming army had pasted it like a dog's skin plaster, the anger really wanted to blow up their stomachs.
If you have anger, you have to vent it. Although Abatai was unwilling in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as the son of an old slave, he was also the master. Just like Qufu before, Shengren Township was not affected, but other states and counties were unlucky for it, Teng County, Yi County, Fei County, Yizhou, etc., where the Tartars passed, there were dead bodies everywhere.
This time, Abatai also transferred 3,000 horse troops from the front, and all the 3,000 infantry armor in the rearguard team were lost. After turning into a cavalry-based Qing army, the rear troops also began to be arrogant.
The Qing army, which thought it was invincible in the field, was unwary of the changes in the number of Ming troops behind them.
Anyway, it's all scum, and no amount of tofu dregs can stop the bombardment of the hammer.
"Mr. Ma?"
"Mr. Bai?"
"General Left?"
In Dongpingzhou, the Ming army went around in a circle and once again returned to Dongpingzhou, where there was no one inhabited.
Ma Ke, Bai Guangen, and Zuo Guangxian met in front of Hong Chengchou's camp, and they met very suddenly, and the three of them actually bumped into each other.
"It's all here, that's the best. Ben Xian made a long story short...... "Hong Chengchou also has Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and Liu Zhaoji in the big tent, and now there are three more Ma Ke, Bai Guangen and Zuo Guangxian, and he told Zheng Zhilong's plan again."
The generals of the Ming army should be divided into three, six, nine and so on, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen can be ranked first, Liu Zhaoji is very loyal and brave, but his soldiers and horses are not successful. Zuo Guangxian's generals are also not good, but Liu Zhaoji can lead the rabble to stain the battlefield with blood, but Zuo Guangxian only slipped away.
Zheng Zhilong only looked at his character, and abandoned Ma Ke, Bai Guangen and Zuo Guangxian, but Hong Chengchou still brought this one in mind from a serious point of view. In this way, the Ming army has more troops, and the next battle will be safer.
Zuo Guang patted his chest first and received the order. He was an old man under Hong Chengchou, who was in Guanzhong, and followed the new governor of Yansui (later promoted to the governor of the three sides) of Hong Chengchou to encircle and suppress the peasant rebel army, and made the most contributions, and was regarded as a strong general, and was promoted from guerrilla to Guyuan General Army. When Hong Chengchou was called into Wei Zhili, the three general soldiers under his command were Zuo Guangxian (the other two were Cao Bianjiao and Ma Ke), and he was Hong Chengchou's confidant and favorite general at that time.
At the beginning of the Battle of Songjin, Zuo Guangxian was still under Hong Chengchou's orders, but because of the excessive losses of the soldiers under his command, he was transferred back to Guannei by Hong Chengchou to recuperate, and served as the governor of Jiliao under the command of the Central Association to train the general army.
At this point, he was considered a waste, because he had no money and no equipment, and when Hong Chengchou came back from outside the gate, he had not trained a strong army. The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the plug, and it was also a one-touch collapse.
Ma Ke and Bai Guangen are also characters who came out of Hong Chengchou's hands, and they still have some trust in Hong Chengchou. At the moment, it should be loud, but no one knows what he thinks in his heart.
"Dong Weng, these three generals ......, I'm afraid they may not be able to do it."
After the six people retreated, Hong Chengchou's staff spoke.
"Zuo Guangxian still has a burning heart, but it's a pity that his soldiers and horses are not the same. Bai Guangen and Ma Ke ......, but they are no longer the original white horses. Hong Chengchou didn't know, and said with a sigh: "The old man came to them, and he didn't point to them to change into pillars of the humerus." It's the icing on the cake. ”
Human relationships come from everywhere.
Hong Chengchou knew that he couldn't go back to Guanzhong, even if it was difficult to go back to Guanzhong, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen were already his basic plates, but did they also need some peripheral forces, this Bai Guangen, Ma Ke, Zuo Guangxian, Gai is like this.
On the west bank of the canal, Zheng Zhilong lined up with his back against Ansan Lake, and opposite was Ansan Town on the east bank.
At this moment, the lights were bright, and the Tartars lit the dock with a fire, and the fire reflected the sky red, and Zheng Zhilong seemed to be able to see the rampant Tartars. This really doesn't take the Ming army in his eyes at all, and he is not afraid of the Ming army's sneak attack at all.
One of the best-preserved houses in Ansan Township, which became the garrison of Bolo, the commander of the rearguard, was now brightly lit and a dry Tartar army general was enjoying a drink.
Zhao Bin, who had already surrendered, dragged a rat's tail and followed behind a Goshha to the lobby.
There was no sword at his waist, and when he entered the courtyard, Goshha had unceremoniously unloaded his sword.
Seeing Zhao Bin coming, Bolo, who was in a high position and was smiling with the generals, said something loudly in Jurchen, anyway, the Manchu generals below all looked at Zhao Bin and laughed loudly.
"Slave Zhao Bin, meet Master Bei!" Zhao Bin's head was simply shaved, what else could not be done? Now pay a big salute to Bolo.
Bolo held the wine glass in one hand, and there was a golden roast leg of lamb on the table in front of him, his face was burgundy, and he ripped the neckline of his clothes, revealing his strong chest inside, and said loudly: "Get up! Seated! ”
Zhao Binren sat down in the last position, and as soon as his butt was next to the chair, he saw a Qing army officer coming to him with a wine jug, "You dog slave is really lucky, not only was you the first to board Yizhou, but also came back alive from Caozhou City." Good luck and loyalty. ”
This man is none other than the whole of Alami.
Zhao Bin hurriedly stood up, not daring to say anything.
Bolo laughed at the top, "What's not to dare? You can rest assured, my Qing Dynasty pays the most attention to military merits, as long as it is a good slave who is loyal and does things, the Qing Dynasty will never forget to go. ”
"Come, everyone toasts Zhao Bin. On this cold day, I went to Zhang Qiuzhen to bring back the white tender woman to us, and everyone had to toast him. ”
"Hahaha......" the room laughed.