Chapter 39: Half-Crossing (1)
Although Quzhou is located in the Jinqu Basin, the area radiated by the Ming army along the way is flat terrain except for the Qujiang River from west to east and the staggered streams, but in the hilly area in the south, like those scouts who first arrived here in the Ming army, they are far from being the opponents of these Qing army's head snakes, so the movements of the Nantang camp were quickly noticed by them, and then sent to Chen Jin's case after determining everything.
"Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang, dare to do this in Quzhou, Chen Wen Xiao'er, are you so underestimating the headquarters?!"
Will not be angry to raise troops, this truth Chen Jin understands very well, but the news that the Ming army intends to sneak across still makes him feel excited, because he has previously ordered to bring all the rafts on Lingxi to the west bank as much as possible, the number of rafts of the Ming army is very small, even if the landing point in the intelligence is narrow, and it is not conducive to the interception of the Qing army's water camp, but if the Ming army can launch an attack when the Ming army crosses the river, the Nantang battalion that Chen Wen is famous for destroying in a war will also be of great benefit to the follow-up encirclement and suppression.
Attacking half-crossing, this tactic with almost no possibility of defeat prompted Chen Jin to immediately order the mobilization of the entire Dubiao battalion, and rushed to the landing point of the Ming army with a hurried march, lest the Nantang battalion successfully cross Lingxi, so as to contain the Qing army on the west bank and facilitate the main force of the Ming army to cross the river.
With Chen Jin's order, the entire Governor Battalion quickly mobilized and marched towards the predetermined location, even Wang Sheng's general and the former Siming Mountain Ming Army under his command that had just been added to the Governor Battalion were no exception.
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"The forward of the Inspector Battalion has reached the back of the mountain, and its main force is rapidly following up, and it will encounter our department in about three quarters of an hour!"
After reading the signal that Tanma was coming out to the east bank, Li Ruixin sat down in Mazha again. Across Lingxi, it was impossible for him to transport all the remaining troops in three quarters of an hour, nor to bring back the troops that had already been transported. Not even a small half.
When he was on Tiantai Mountain, Chen Wen continued to finish "The Art of War", and the sentence "The guest comes from the water, don't welcome it in the water, so that it will be half a blessing and benefit" is a counterexample to a fool in the Spring and Autumn Period. So he remembers it vividly.
And now, Li Ruixin's situation is almost exactly the same as what he said in that sentence. It's a pity that at this moment, he doesn't have the opportunity to choose like Song Xianggong, because the Ming army he led is the target of the opponent's half-crossing attack, and Chen Jin, Zhang Guoxun and others, who have been in battle for a long time, will never suddenly become benevolent and righteous.
Neither advance nor retreat, and the Qing army would arrive soon, so there was little time left for him to think. In this urgent situation and dilemma, Li Ruixin calmed down. Because in his life, not no one has made a choice in a similar situation!
In the first year of Hongguang, the Qing army marched south, on one side was the army of Zuo Menggeng who had just repelled the remaining forces, and on the other side was Liu Liangzuo, the Guangchang Bo who had surrendered to the Qing army and was trying his best to persuade him to surrender.
Yongli four years. The Qing army in Zhejiang mobilized the Eight Banners of Hangzhou and the Commander Biaoying to encircle and suppress Siming Mountain, and Wang Yi gathered a large army to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army and suffered a heavy defeat. Chen Wen, who had just been excluded before, still chose to follow Wang Yi's orders to cover the evacuation of the people. However, seeing that he was about to leave the range of Siming Mountain but was caught up by a large group of Qing troops who were following, he could easily escape from danger by taking a step back, and further faced the elite of the Qing army several times his own, Chen Wen chose to stay behind the people, and finally defeated the Qing army in one fell swoop, completing the turnaround that was almost unimaginable to others.
These two people. One is his former idol, and the other is the commander he is now loyal to, and they all choose to rush forward resolutely when they encounter a desperate situation, which is really enough to strengthen the hero's righteous courage. And Li Ruixin, who has always regarded himself as a martial artist, was still hesitating just now. Even fear, it really made him feel extremely ashamed.
As the commander of the partial division, he has an extremely important task, and the pressure of Ruxu is on him, but this is not a reason for hesitation. This is not only the pride of treating the disciples as treasures, but more importantly, the trust of Chen Wen and the soldiers under his command must not be disappointed!
Thinking of this, Li Ruixin stood up, took off the sword and bow hanging on the victory hook, sorted out his clothes and armor, and walked towards the river beach where the military supplies and artillery were still in full swing.
"Li Shuai!" Before Li Ruixin could open his mouth to give an order, the military judge of the Nantang battalion was stunned for a moment after reading the meaning of the signal, but when he reacted, Li Ruixin had already walked to the riverbank, gritted his teeth, and hurriedly rushed over to speak.
"Li Shuai is the chief general of the army, and he should sit here and command the whole army. If you don't worry about the other side, the last general is willing to personally lead the overseer team to cross the river to supervise the battle! ”
Although Chen Wen's position as a military judge was directly responsible to Qi Xiufeng, the chief military judge of Jinhua Town, and was not under the command of Li Ruixin's Nantang battalion, as a military judge, he knew very well that the failure of his subordinates to fall into the command of the chief general was a crime of death. This military law was an iron law in Qi Jiguang's era, and now it is a dead end, even the family members in Jinhua will be affected, it is better to personally lead the team to supervise the war and gamble, if you win, you are destined to be promoted, even if you lose, you can be a martyr.
Li Ruixin's thoughts of the military judge are very clear and understandable, but the main general is the courage of the first army, this is the key he learned when he was in Huang Degong's army, and he has seen it with his own eyes in Chen Wenjun, and the subordinates on the other side are about to face the Qing army's supervision battalion, and they cannot tolerate the slightest contempt.
Seeing that Li Ruixin shook his head, he gave orders to several officers who also surrounded him to try to dissuade him. "The Tartars have reached the back of the mountain, and their main forces will soon arrive, and the commander has made up his mind to personally go to the other side to direct the battle. Gentlemen, you should leave the strength of persuasion and cross the river as soon as possible, the faster you progress, the higher the probability of our army's success! With that, Li Ruixin pushed everyone away, jumped on an empty bamboo raft, and sailed towards the opposite shore under the rowing of the boatman.
Seeing that there was no longer anything to do, the officers on the east bank had to do their best to speed up the crossing of the river, and the military judge even commanded the calming soldiers who were the overseers to turn around, and called the rest of the men, women, and children to carry the baggage for the Ming army.
Two quarters of an hour later, after expelling the Ming army's rangers, the Qing army of the brigade soon arrived at the expected place - the landing point of the Ming army on the west bank of Lingxi, but when they gained a firm foothold, what they saw was that the Ming army was waiting for a strict battle, and behind the Ming army of the brigade was the Nantang battalion camp flag that had made the Zhejiang Qing army suffer a lot since its debut, and the general flag of Li Ruixin, the chief officer of the regimental training in Jinhua Town. (To be continued.) )