Chapter 18: The Number of Winners and Losers

Now the battles with the officers and soldiers have become fragmented and frequent. It can be said that between the official army and the rebel army, there are battles all the time, but the scale is not large, a large number of battles of hundreds of people occur frequently, after all, there are fewer battles of thousands of people, and it is almost impossible for a big battle of tens of thousands of people to happen.

Faced with such a situation, the rebel army could only be reduced to zero. Therefore, such frequent battles made Zhang Xuan realize one thing, he had to change his previous style, he could no longer lead a campaign, and the specific battle command had been delegated to lower-level officers, and Zhang Xuan was responsible for the entire strategic form.

"What is the strength of the officers and soldiers?" Zhang Xuan asked Deng He and said.

Deng He said: "The strength of the official army is not enough, and it is not worth mentioning at all. It's just that it's not easy to find the officers and soldiers. Deng He then told the details of the battle.

In Zhang Xuan's view, this battle was a fishing.

The bait is a corner of Ningbo deep into the sea, a place called Qitou.

In the geography of Ningbo, this place seems to be a hand reaching out to the sea.

Facing the sea on three sides, it is not far from each other from the Zhoushan Islands.

It is precisely because of the special topography that this is also one of the key points of the battle between the two sides, and it is also the only place where the two sides have a large-scale battle of thousands of people.

With the intention of the official army, they want to bring this unique place into the rule, so that the official army has a strong stronghold on the shore.

Moreover, this area was also given up by the officials and soldiers on their own initiative, and the righteous army almost won without a fight, and it also belonged to the jurisdiction of Dinghaiwei.

In such a place, no matter how you look at it, the advantage is also in the hands of the officials and soldiers.

Therefore, the official army took the initiative to attack, captured Qitou in one fell swoop, and even took Qitou as the foundation, marched westward in a big way, and conquered the Dinghai Housu and Dasong in one fell swoop, and the troops went straight to the sea.

Cao Zongyu made a big attack and fought with him in the east of Dongqian Lake, which was not a direct fierce battle in itself, but just a trial battle. After this battle came down. The official army knew that it was not the opponent of the righteous army, so they quickly withdrew from the sea, and Cao Zongyu could not catch up, and recovered the Dinghai Housuo and Dasongsuo, and also occupied the rugged head.

However, the official army harassed other places, bypassed Ningbo Prefecture, and directly raided the Sanjiang Institute of Shaoxing Prefecture. The army could not stay here for a long time, so Deng He ordered to stay here with his own men. Deng He left Zhang Yuanhai post behind to guard Qitou. And the brigade was hidden.

After hiding for about ten days in a row, the official army finally came again, this time it was Zheng's men.

When the Zheng family couldn't attack for a long time, Deng He suddenly appeared and caught the Zheng family off guard. The Zheng people could not escape, and Deng He captured 1,000 people and captured seven large ships.

This victory, placed on top of a big battle, is not a big achievement.

But on a coastal line that stretches for thousands of miles. It was a rare victory.

"Okay." Zhang Xuan was very happy.

What he was happy about was not a victory, but Deng He's growth.

This battle, it was very simple to review later, but Zhang Xuan was also a person who had fought a war, so he naturally knew the mystery. Regardless of the rugged place, although it is beneficial to the officers and troops, the officers and troops occupy the advantage on the sea, thousands of miles of coast, and can attack at any time.

Be sure to go to Sakitou.

Moreover, it is not an easy task for the brigade to hide, especially when there are still some local people who support the official army. How can it be conservative and dense for ten days? No matter how it is hidden, thousands of men and horses are trapped in one place for ten days, how can the morale of the army be maintained.

That's all the problem.

And Deng He solved it one by one. This shows one thing, Deng He already has the ability to plan a war on his own.

This made Zhang Xuan happy more than a simple victory.

It is difficult to want a qualified general, and it is even more difficult to want a qualified and loyal general.

Zhang Xuan secretly brewed a report to Deng He in his heart, and said, "Let's talk about it specifically." Characteristics of the Zheng family. ”

"Rich." Deng He said: "The number of firearms is particularly large, especially the seven battlefields captured, each ship has several thousand-pound cannons, however, these people are not familiar with land warfare, and they are more than fierce in cheering, but the formation is scattered, and if they are in a melee, they still have some ability to resist, so it is best not to melee with the officers and soldiers." directly lined up to press him to fight, and many times they had no choice. ”

Zhang Xuan recorded them one by one and said, "Have you been in contact with Zhang Mingzhen's army?" How does Zhang's strength compare to Zheng's? ”

Deng He pondered for a while and said: "The Zhang family's army is capable of fighting, but its morale is low and it is unwilling to fight a tough battle, while the Zheng family's army, although it cannot fight on land, has high morale and the momentum of an outlaw, and rarely surrenders until the end." ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly thought of a piece of information that Zhang Su had told him before, the intelligence general Huang Binqing explained the whole story clearly, and also said that the Fujian army and the Zhejiang army were not very harmonious. The low morale of Zhang Mingzhen's subordinates is not the reason.

Zhang Xuan silently wrote down this idea in his heart, and waited for time to verify it.

"Your Excellency." Deng He said: "In the first battle, there was one person who was the first to make a contribution. ”

"Is it Zhang Yuanhai?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Zhang Yuanhai used as a bait to stick to the head, and in Zhang Xuan's view, he was the first to make a contribution.

"It's not." Deng He said: "It's Ruan Jin's father and son." ”

"Oh? What credit did this Ruan Jin's father and son make? Zhang Xuan said.

"Nguyen Jin is a fisherman at sea, and he has a great reputation among fishermen, and the officials and soldiers disturb the sea frontier, and when they meet fishermen, they either rob the fish or forcibly recruit fishermen, so Ruan Jin brings fishermen with him

Cast, that is, with the help of Ruan Jin, our army can hide near Qitou and not be detected by the officers and soldiers. Deng He said.

When Zhang Xuan heard Ruan Jin, he was immediately overjoyed and said: "Such a hero, how can you not see it, please hurry." ”

"Yes." Deng He said.

A large part of Zhang Xuan's happiness is not the credit of Ruan Jin, the credit of a small battle is not enough to make Zhang Xuan worry, just reward for meritorious deeds.

Zhang Xuan was happy, first, the fishermen came to vote, indicating that there were already people who recognized King Wu's regime. The second is the general of the navy, Zhang Xuan's notice of recruiting the generals of the navy has been posted for a month, but Zhang Xuan still has not recruited the generals of the navy that satisfies him.

And Ruan Jin is a fisherman, so he wants to know the waters of Zhejiang very well, plus a few captured boats. Is it possible to form a water division.

Of course, this is just Zhang Xuan's idea, whether it can be done depends on the talent to know.

After a while, Ruan came in. As soon as he came in, he said, "The villain has come to see General Zhennan." ”

Zhang Xuan saw that Ruan Jin was not a very tall man, but relatively short, but with a stout body, black skin, and bulging muscles on his arms, he was a powerful character at first glance, his face was slightly blackened, and his hands were extremely rough.

However, Zhang Xuan didn't seem to care, and said, "Sit." ”

"In front of adults, there is no place for villains." Ruan Jin said respectfully.

"Where?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Fujianese." Ruan Jin said: "The villain is a helmsman in Fujian, and he offended people and went to Zhejiang as a fisherman. ”

Zhang Xuan knew that Ruan Jin was a capable person as soon as he heard it.

Because the position of fisherman, in a sense, there is no position of fisherman, the government has to collect taxes from fishermen, but the official army will not directly contact fishermen, what to do, just support people among fishermen, let them collect taxes on their behalf.

This is the head of the fisherman, not an official, not a petty official, but acting as a government official. However, the government management is not strict, and this fisherman can easily become a black and white character, and in addition, he can easily get rich by paying taxes.

Therefore, the fisherman is generally a powerful figure among the local fishermen, and Ruan Jinyi, a Fujianese who lives in Zhejiang, can actually become a fisherman, which can only show that he is either very good at specializing in business, or very good at fighting. As for which one it is, just look at Ruan Jin's figure.

"Have you seen all the captured ships?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"I've seen it." Ruan Jin said.

"How's the ship?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"It's all a fortune ship, with a Franc cannon on it." Ruan Jin said: "Good maintenance. ”

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