Chapter 174: Capture Zhaoqing

After Zhang Xuan left Ding Chukui, it was obvious. This is an opportunity.

And this opportunity is only in a day or two, so it can be said that it is fleeting.

After thinking about it for just a moment, Zhang Xuan immediately decided that he must seize this opportunity.

But to seize this opportunity, you have to be fast enough.

It's within a couple of days.

First of all, Zhang Xuan wanted to transfer an army that could fight.

Today's day-to-day battle, although it was a big victory, but the physical exertion of Zhang Xuan's various departments was also very large, and there was no recovery within a day or two. Zhang Xuan counted back and forth, and there were only two cavalrymen, Luo Dai and Ma Sanbao.

Luo Dai finally rushed over, although the journey was also tired, but the physical consumption was not large, the reason is very simple, that is, because Luo Dai is a cavalry, Cao Ying's cavalry has done it when he has been running thousands of miles for several days in a row, such a thing is still within the range of Luo Dai can bear.

Today's daytime battle, the infantry has experienced repeated tug-of-war and resistance. But the cavalry only played the final role.

Although the pursuit consumes a lot of physical strength, it is by no means impossible to fight.

Zhang Xuan was the first to ask, and asked, "If you send troops tonight, how many cavalry can you dispatch?" ”

Luo Dai said loudly: "All the staff are dispatched. One no less. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "To be honest. This is a big deal. Don't make a false report, otherwise you will miss a big thing, be careful of your head. ”

Luo Dai didn't dare to brag about it anymore, thought for a while, and said: "The specific number is not clear for a while, but eight thousand five hundred rides, there must be one." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, he believed that what Luo Dai said was the truth.

There may be a war in the future without casualties. But in these days, fighting a war means killing people, whether it is the winning side or the losing side, it is just a matter of many people and a small number of people. Luo Dai's last blow, although it was a rout. But there is no guarantee that there will not be a single casualty.

Of course, the casualties were not as high as 1,500 horsemen.

If this big victory and the casualties are still so large, the cavalry of the Xia army will be exhausted after several battles.

It's just that Zhang Xuan asked what could be dispatched immediately. And to ensure combat effectiveness, after a big battle, it is inevitable that there will be such and such problems, such as people injured, horses injured, and even weapons damaged, and so on. None of them can be immediately put into battle.

Minor injuries account for a large proportion of this.

If Zhang Xuan can let them rest for a day or two, among these 1,500 people, maybe more than 1,000 people will be able to fight, and as for the rest, they will either be seriously injured, or their injuries will not be able to return to their previous state, or they will have died in battle, or they will die of serious injuries.

Zhang Xuan looked at Ma Sanbao again, and Ma Sanbao immediately understood, and said, "There are two thousand horsemen under the command of the last general. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Ding Chukui said something just now. Zhang Xuan immediately told the situation 1510. Finally, he asked, "What do you think?" ”

Hu Tang said: "The last general thinks that he should think twice before acting. What Ding Chukui said, you must not believe it, and you must not be wholehearted, if he is with Chen Bang

Yan secretly communicated the news under Zhaoqing City, so wouldn't the soldiers of the city go and have no return? ”

Xu Du said: "Ding Chukui's cronies and children have fallen into our hands a lot, Ding Chukui doesn't dare to do this." ”

Hu Tang Zhengse said: "Those who have achieved great things, how can they value family affection? Once there is a case, it will hurt the morale of the army too much. ”

Xu Du said: "Do you just let this opportunity go?" ”

"Not bad." Deng He said: "Where can you not take risks in a war, there may be some risks in this battle, but in fact, the risks are not too great, you can try it, and failure is just a loss of some soldiers." ”

Hu Tang said: "It's not that the lower officials don't approve of sending troops, but since the general's southern expedition, within half a year, he has fought thousands of miles, repeatedly conquered famous cities, and won the world, but the soldiers are too frequent, the war is too bitter, and although there is no voice of grievance in the army, there is already a tired color. ”

"Now that the new Guangzhou is not stable, the foothold is not stable, and the westward expedition will continue, once the Ming army in eastern Guangdong is coming. I'm afraid the city of Guangzhou will not be guaranteed. ”

"The lower officials think that now they will go to Guangzhou to occupy the heart of the two Guangzhous, and other places will slowly cut it down for a year, so why should they be so urgent, once they fail, all their achievements will be abandoned."

As soon as Hu Tang talked about this matter, Xu Du and Deng He stopped talking.

What Hu Tang said actually has a little truth.

After all, the soldiers are not iron-beaten, starting from the attack on Yueyang, almost non-stop, although there are breaks in the middle, but the interval between breaks is too small. The morale of the army has not yet recovered from the previous war, and the next wave of war will follow.

Zhang Xuan also understands such a situation.

But he also has a sense of urgency that time is running out.

News has come from the north that the Qing army invaded south, Duoduo led his troops to besiege Xuzhou, Gao Jie and Yuan Shizhong's two troops came to the rescue from both sides, and the two sides fought fiercely around Xuzhou City. Gao Jie first showed the demeanor of the Qin army, fought with Dongyu, and fought quite tenaciously.

Plus Xuzhou Jiancheng.

For a while, they couldn't hold on.

After Haoge entered the border of Shaanxi, he fought against the Qing armed forces in various places, and He Zhen, Sun Zufa and others were awarded heads one after another. Hauge killed heavily, often eradicating the good and bad in the places where the anti-Qing armed forces were infested. And Meng Qiaofang still has some skills.

Haoge has a hard hand, he has a soft hand, and he caress the mountains, the top of which is out of the mountain and the field, of which the one is in the mountains by the Qing Dynasty, and the bottom is still in the mountains and still Fengming Sheji, but as long as he does not go down the mountain to disturb, he is regarded as not seeing.

This may be a bit weak, but with the cooperation of Hauge, he quickly stabilized the social order and even vigorously supported Tuntian. It is expected that in a year's bombardment, Shaanxi will be able to supply the grain and grass of the Haoge army nearby.

Although it is the Xiaoice River period, there is not a single grass on the earth. On the basis of the extinction of a large number of people, vigorously supporting agricultural production is actually still productive.

These news reached Zhang Xuan's ears from all sides.

Others may not pay attention, but Zhang Xuan can't help but pay attention.

The battle of Qingxia and the battle of Xiangyang are just appetizers.

Now that the Qing army is coming from two directions, Zhang Xuan is not naïve to think,

It will not affect the conquest in the south, so the war in the south must be resolved as soon as possible, and if it cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the front must also be advanced to a place that can be maintained.

What Hu Tang said, Zhang Xuan knows. Yes, the state in the army is not very good.

But you can't just be in good shape to be able to fight. If you're not in a good state, you can't fight.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly and said: "Lord Hu is too worried, but Ding Chukui and Zhaoqing City secretly betrayed the soldiers of our army, but he had to guard against it, and he needed a wise and brave general to go to Zhaoqing City." Do you have any recommendations? ”

Deng He said: "The last general has one person to recommend, it is Hao Shaoqi. ”

"Hao Shaoqi." Zhang Xuan said with a little surprise: "How has he been doing recently?" ”

Deng He said: "Hao Shaoqi is under the command of the last general, in today's battle, when the enemy attacked me, the last general saw Hao Shaoqi with more than 100 people, several times to counterattack the enemy's formation, invincible and uncontrollable, it can be said that the enemy is urging the enemy to be in Zhengrui." It's a fierce general. And he has followed King Chuang for many years, and he has a little ability to judge the situation. If you go to Zhaoqing, you will definitely not disappoint the general. ”

Deng He's words have a bit of cherishing talents.

Deng He has been under Zhang Xuan's command for a long time, and he has gradually understood one thing, that is, compared with Cao Zongyu, Wang Jincai, and even Xu Du and others, there is a gap in talent.

He also had a deep sense of crisis.

Since you don't have talent, you should promote talented. Deng He's favorite thing is to promote talents from below as his help. In addition, the Runing Army is the core of Zhang Xuan's core, the descendants of the lineage, and some of the talents of Deng He have been transferred to other armies.

Therefore, Deng He's talent is mediocre, but with this ability, under Zhang Xuan's care, he has always been among the most important generals under Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan thought about it, felt that Hao Shaoqi was a good candidate, and said, "Okay, it's Hao Shaoqi." ”

After agreeing on the candidates, Zhang Xuan immediately asked Zheng Chenggong to send a ship to transport the army overnight and head west.

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