At the end of February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (A.D. 1644), the first army of 80,000 people of Gao Junshan besieged Guangping Mansion for three days, and the general of Guangping Mansion learned that Li Zicheng's 300,000 army had crossed the Yellow River and was coming to the capital. In despair, the guards killed themselves at the head of the city, and the Quang Binh Mansion was broken.

At this time, Gao Junshan's Second Army was still marching rapidly in the area of Dengzhou, Henan, and he ordered Zhou Shichen's First Army to rest in Guangping Mansion and wait for the arrival of the First Army.

On 5 March, 250,000 men of the 2nd Army also arrived in Quang Binh Province, and Gao Junshan ordered the 1st Army Corps, which had rested for several days, to march to Hajian Province, and the 2nd Army to rest in Quang Binh Province.

The transportation of the logistics department is very powerful, the army led by Gao Junshan has just arrived in Quang Binh Mansion, and the logistics transportation has followed, and Fang Tingjian, director of the logistics department, is quite capable of doing mass work, and half of the people in the transportation team are serving the transportation team.

When he arrived in Guangping Mansion, Gao Junshan received a battle report from Shandong, and the campaign to attack Yanzhou was in trouble, and he could not attack Yanzhou for a long time, so he asked for reinforcements.

Gao Junshan ordered Bai Wenxuan's 50,000 elites to return to Yanzhou, and Bai Wenxuan did not dare to slack off when he received the order, and immediately raised troops to go south to the Daimyo's Mansion.

The Daimyo's Mansion was already under the control of Gaojun Mountain, and Bai Wenxuan divided his troops in the Daimyo's Mansion, leading 20,000 cavalry first, followed by 30,000 infantry.

On a rapid march of 800 miles a day, Bai Wenxuan's vanguard arrived on the west bank of the river west of Yanzhou on 9 March.

"Stop!" Bai Wenxuan reined in his horse on the edge of a small forest and gave the order to stop advancing.

He said to the lieutenant general beside him: "You go to the river and see if there is any way to cross the river." ”

"Obey!"

The adjutant general rode a horse and led a few people to the river, sat on the back of the horse and looked around, there was not a boat on the river, he ordered a personal soldier to say: "Monkey, go into the water to see how deep the water is, can you wade through?" ”

A soldier named Monkey dismounted, took off his shoes, and went to test the waters. The river flowed very slowly, and the water on the shore was not very deep, so the monkey rolled up his trousers, stepped into the cold water, tried to make a four-or five-step forward, and then turned around and walked back.

"What's the matter, monkey? Is the water too deep? The adjutant general asked with concern.

"Boss, it's not the depth of the water, it's that the water is too cold, I can't stand it!" The monkey replied as he walked back.

"Come up quickly!" After the lieutenant finished speaking, he rode his horse along the river bank to the north, and several people around him also hurriedly followed.

Before he walked out of the two miles, he saw a small boat leaning under a willow tree, and the deputy general hurriedly dismounted and came to the side of the boat, and there was an old man on the boat, wearing a hat on his head, and closing his eyes to recuperate.

The vice admiral stood at the bow of the ship and bowed his hands, and shouted softly: "Uncle! ”

The old man opened his eyes slightly, did not stand up, and shook his head.

"Uncle!" When the deputy general saw that the uncle opened his eyes, his voice became louder, "Is there a boat near here?" ”

"No, just the old man."

"Oh! Uncle, I want to ask you something. ”

The uncle was a little embarrassed, he owed a debt, and said: "This military master speaks so politely, it would be rude for the old man to put on a score again." What do you want to inquire about? ”

The deputy general bowed again: "Uncle, is there a place where this river can be waded through?" ”

"There are places where you have waded, but the water is cool, and in this season the water level drops in the evening," the old man stood up, and pointed to a wide stretch of river in the distance, "that is the section from where you can cross." ”

The deputy general bowed again: "Thank you for your advice." ”

The old man smiled: "I have never seen such a polite military master, they all say that King Qin's men and horses are the least like bandits, it seems that what he said is true." ”

The deputy general returned to Bai Wenxuan and reported to him the water situation of the Huanshui River, Bai Wenxuan looked up at the sky, there was at least an hour before the evening, he ordered the troops to prepare to cross the river, and personally led people to the river to observe the water situation, and he must personally survey the terrain and landform before the battle, which is Gao Junshan's request to his generals, Bai Wenxuan has developed a habit.

In the evening, the army began to cross the river, and the water level dropped a lot, and 20,000 cavalry crossed the river safely, as the old man said. As soon as he crossed the river, he met the people of He San Province who came to meet him.

Bai Wenxuan is the general soldier of the Second Brigade of the West Route Army, and the two brigades of the siege force, one is the Third Brigade of the North Route Army, and the other is the Sixth Brigade of the North Route Army.

The cloudless cold night was struck, the starry night sky hung with a half-moon, the camp of the righteous army lit piles of bonfires, many soldiers sat around the bonfire to warm up and chat, in the tent of the Chinese army, Bai Wenxuan, Zhang Wu, and He Sanxing sat around the fire, discussing the strategy of breaking the city.

Bai Wenxuan spoke first: "The King of Qin is very concerned about the battle situation in Yanzhou, and when he learned that it was difficult for you to attack the city, he specially ordered me to come to help in the battle. King Qin said that if he could take Yanzhou, he would block the road for Zhu Youzhen to flee to Jiangnan, so Yanzhou must break it. ”

Zhang Wu said: "The Yanzhou garrison is less than 10,000, but it is very stubborn, we have been able to defeat it for ten days, we have suffered heavy casualties, so we asked the King of Qin for help." ”

He San said: "The most important thing is that Yanzhou City is covered with dense artillery, which has caused great casualties to our siege troops, if his artillery can be knocked out, this battle will not be so torturous." ”

Bai Wenxuan understood their situation very well, and said: "It is indeed difficult to attack 10,000 defenders with 60,000 people, but now it's okay, I have brought 20,000 elite soldiers, and I can enter the battle tomorrow afternoon." ”

Zhang Wu asked: "What tricks does General Bai have?" ”

Bai Wenxuan said: "If you have casualties, then the defenders will also have casualties, so we don't have to be afraid." The arrival of our reinforcements should be made known to the defenders with great fanfare, which will bring them a lot of psychological pressure, and when we attack the city, they will not work so hard. ”

He San said: "This is a solution. Tomorrow we will have to make a big noise to let them know that our reinforcements are coming, which will give them a stronger psychological blow. ”

Bai Wenxuan agreed very much: "Let's do this, the specific details will be handled by General He, and then we will concentrate the artillery fire of the three brigades and attack only one door, and our three brigades will attack in turn, I don't believe that we can't beat a small Yanzhou." ”

Zhang Wu suggested: "Then let's hit the East Gate, only the city wall of the East Gate is the shortest, and the artillery fire is not as fierce as others." ”

"Okay, I agree, let's take the time to rest and implement this plan tomorrow." Bai Wenxuan stood up as he spoke, "Say goodbye tonight!" ”

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