This time, in order to play a big game, Zhang Feng has been doing a series of preparations, and now, it has been more than two months since the end of Tianjin Wei's last war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A lot of things happened in the past two months, such as the Tartars strengthened the defense of Langfang, and sent more than 10,000 people to the Langfang area, in addition, the Tartars successfully conquered Tongguan and began to march to Xi'an.

Li Zicheng, on the other hand, after a series of defeats, had an army of more than one million people, all defeated, scattered, and surrendered, and when Li Zicheng withdrew from Xi'an, there were only 200,000 or 300,000 horses, less than one-fifth of the previous one.

Li Zicheng retreated, and the Tartars immediately divided into three routes, one way to continue to march towards Xi'an, and the other two roads pursued Li Zicheng.

Tianjin Wei seems to be very calm, but in fact, it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, Zhang Feng in addition to a trip back to Songjiang Mansion in the middle, went to Nanjing, and spent a Lunar New Year with his family and everyone, Zhang Feng came to Tianjin Wei again, and began to deploy a series of work.

Now, listening to Guan Peng's report of such important information, the Tartars actually looted 30 or 40 million taels of silver, a large amount of gold, and a large amount of property. These things, the Tartars actually wanted to transport them back to the Guannai, and the silver and gold were actually cast into silver plates one by one, so that they could be transported, but Zhang Feng naturally did not agree.

It was not long after the Lunar New Year, the weather outside was cold, but it was very warm inside the Tianjin Wei Headquarters, and a big charcoal fire was flourishing, Zhang Feng felt a little hot, untied the collar of his military uniform, and said slowly: "Commander Zong, it seems that our plan needs to be advanced." ”

After such a long time of planning and preparation, everyone has long wanted to do it, hearing this, Zong Dechao stood up and said with a slightly excited expression: "Commander-in-chief, we will do it tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Feng nodded, "These belongings must not be transported back to the customs by the Tartars." ”

This is necessary, if the Tartars transport these things outside the customs, in the future, the Tartars will be defeated, and these belongings will be hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, Zhang Fengxiu wants to find them.

Now these things are still in Beijing City, it is completely different, as long as there is no customs clearance, you will definitely be able to find it, Beijing City can not hide it, hidden outside Beijing, I believe that the Tartar himself will not rest assured, will definitely not do this.

In the hall, a group of middle and senior officers, everyone had already known the whole plan, and they had long wanted to do a big one, and when they heard this, many of them turned red and looked very excited.

Zhang Feng also stood up slowly, walked to the huge tactical sand table in the hall, and said slowly: "Order!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Feng began to convey the order, all the personnel stood up with a "brush" sound, and looked at Zhang Feng one after another, and Zhang Feng said loudly: "Order, the first infantry division, the second division, tomorrow morning, the soldiers will go out of Tianjin in two ways, arrive in Langfang when it is dark, and immediately launch an attack on Langfang early the day after tomorrow." ”

After speaking, Zhang Feng emphasized: "Remember, it's a feint, not to let you really take Langfang City for me in one go, if necessary, it's okay to pretend to paralyze the Tartar." ”

In the hall, many people couldn't help laughing, everyone knows, it's just a feint, if anyone really takes Langfang in one go, it will definitely not be able to eat and go around, send two infantry divisions in one breath, and there is also the first infantry division known as the trump card, if you really want to take Langfang, there will be no problem.

After emphasizing that this was just a feint, Zhang Feng continued to give orders, Zhang Feng pointed to the tactical sand table and said: "Order, the first independent division, the second independent division, led by Commander Zong personally, take advantage of the attention and eyes of the Tartars in Langfang, and start quietly leaving Tianjin Wei tomorrow, pay attention, you must pay attention to your whereabouts, the later you are exposed, the better." ”

Absolutely do not reveal his whereabouts, Zhang Feng knows that he can't do it, after all, this is an army of tens of thousands, no matter how low-key he is, no matter how much he pays attention to concealment, the Tartars will still know sooner or later.

But a little later, a little later, let the Tartars know, this is still worth trying to do, after all, this is an era of underdeveloped consultation, even if the Tartars detect the movements of the 1st and 2nd Independent Divisions, it will take time to report to Dolgon.

Success or failure in this move, as long as the Tartar knows a few days later, and has insight into Zhang Feng's strategic intentions a few days later, Zhang Feng will be sure to complete the strategic layout before the Tartar knows, as long as the strategic layout is done, more than half of this game of chess will be played.

Next, it will definitely be a life-and-death battle.

For this time, Zhang Feng can be said to have done a lot of preparatory work, needless to say, the three major arsenals are naturally working at full power to produce copper shell bullets, rear-loading guns, as well as grenades, new revolvers and so on.

The same is true of the artillery factory, which is producing artillery and copper-shelled shells at full capacity, many 70-mm guns, and a large number of copper-shelled shells have been shipped to Tianjinwei.

In addition to these, Zhang Feng stepped up the transportation of personnel, and the First Infantry Division and the Second Infantry Division had all arrived in Tianjin.

Fortunately, there were more than 20,000 free laborers, and about ten days after the Tianjin Wei War, more than 20,000 laborers all put on gray vests, all numbered, and began to build a simple large military camp outside the Tianjin Acropolis, otherwise, the First Infantry Division and the Second Infantry Division would not have a place to live.

With such a big plan, Shi Kefa personally asked for battle, Zhang Feng had agreed, and Shi Kefa's 11th Infantry Division participated in the battle, and now it has left for Shanghai Port, ready to board the ship to Tianjin Wei.

Wang Chaoyong, Meng Mingzhao and others sat in the Nanjing General Headquarters to unify the dispatch and command to provide support to Zhang Feng, and Zhang Feng himself personally sat in Tianjin Wei and went to the front line to command.

Zhang Feng issued a series of orders, and everyone immediately began to act one after another, I have to say that Zhang Feng's secrecy work was very good, and the Tartars did not notice it in the slightest.

The next day, a large number of soldiers began to leave Tianjinwei, among which the 1st Infantry Division and the 2nd Infantry Division were divided into two routes, aiming at Langfang.

Zong Dechao, on the other hand, personally took the 1st Independent Division and the 2nd Independent Division, and began to march towards the destination in accordance with the battle plan and the route that had been arranged long ago.

This is a route that has been discussed and even scouted many times, and from this route, the Tartars are the least likely to know.

Upstairs of the Tianjin Acropolis.

Zhang Feng took several officers and personally watched everyone go away, the long procession, the military appearance was neat, the front troops had disappeared into the distance, and the rear troops were still out of the city, which showed the number of everyone.

Even, on the official road leading to Langfang, there is a different team, this kind of team has a lot of carriages, on the carriages, one by one, large wooden boxes, neatly tied, covered with tarpaulin, this is a box of shells.

This is an artillery regiment, which, in addition to dozens of wagons loaded with shells, has 70-mm guns one by one, marching in a horse-drawn manner, each of which is also covered with tarpaulin.

70 mm guns, 12 times caliber, breech loading, each gun weighs about seven or eight hundred pounds, not too heavy, but definitely not light, using horses can be very convenient to drag forward.

The soldiers, dressed in long green cotton jackets, thick cotton hats, and carrying muskets, lined up neatly and went away in batches.

………

Beijing.

In the main hall, sitting on the dragon chair is the new emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and next to it is the regent Dorgon, the current Dolgon, can be said to be in power, under one person, above ten thousand.

A Manchu general came out of the column and said, "Long live, that batch of gold and silver has all been cast into silver plates and gold plates, and can be transported back to Guanwai." ”

Many people believe that now that the city of Beijing is firmly seated, the whole world will be Manchu in the future, and there is no need to waste time and effort to transport this batch of gold and silver back to Guanwai.

Dolgon, on the other hand, didn't think so, especially after the fiasco of Tianjin Weiyi, Dolgon made two preparations, leaving a way out for the Manchus and himself.

It is best to win the world and enter the Central Plains, but if it does not go well and it really has to be returned to Guanwai, then this batch of gold and silver must not be left in Beijing City, but all of it will be transported back to Guanwai to be safer.

Dolgon was now the regent, and Dolgon had the final say, and the little emperor was basically unable to be the master, so this huge amount of gold and silver began to be melted into heavy gold or silver plates for easy transportation.

After listening to the ceremony, Dolgon asked slowly: "Now that everything has been melted and cast, the carriage is ready, and the soldiers and horses are ready to be escorted, and everything is in order, we will start to transport it outside the customs." ”

After arranging this matter, Dolgon inquired about the war against the Dashun army, and saw that everything was going well, and Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated, and Dolgon was more satisfied.

After asking this, Dolgon naturally had to ask about the situation of Tianjin Wei, all along, especially after the fiasco of Tianjin Wei more than two months ago, Dolgon believed that Zhang Feng would be his biggest threat, and whether the Manchu Qing could sit firmly in the Dragon Court depended to a large extent on whether he could defeat Zhang Feng.

Seeing that Dolgon inquired about the situation of Tianjin Wei, one of the Manchu generals came out and said: "Master, everything is normal in Tianjin Wei, it is still as usual. ”

Every once in a while, Dolgon had to ask about the situation of Tianjin Wei, but each time he got the same reply, that is, everything was normal.

A month ago, Dolgon's orders to intensify the infiltration and espionage of the Tianjin Guard, but the effect was limited.

The entire Tianjin Wei, with Tianjin Wei as the center, and the outer radius of 20 or 30 miles are all under Zhang Feng's control, there are many teams of soldiers patrolling, plus Guan Peng personally sits in Tianjin Wei, a large number of intelligence team members are either open or dark, and the Tartar spies are often captured before they enter the range of 20 or 30 miles.

Therefore, the information that the Tartars had was very limited, and they could only monitor from a distance on the periphery, and they hardly dared to get close to the range of Tianjin Wei 2 or 30 li.

Fortunately, everything seems to be normal in Tianjin Wei, and many Tartars can rest assured, but Dolgon is different, knowing that this is absolutely abnormal, Dolgon often thinks about what Zhang Feng is doing, and even, Dolgon often compares himself to Zhang Feng, empathy, if I were Zhang Feng, what would I do.

However, Dolgon couldn't figure it out, and Dolgon concluded that Zhang Feng's greatest possibility was to prepare to attack Langfang and then attack the city of Beijing.

In this way, on the one hand, Dolgon strengthened the defense of Langfang and the city of Beijing, and on the other, and most importantly, transported all the gold and silver to the Guanwai.

Even if it is defeated in the future, the Manchu Qing Dynasty retreats outside the border, and there is such a large amount of gold and silver in their hands, they also have a strong family foundation, and there is a possibility of a comeback.

Is everything normal?

Dolgon frowned slightly, and ordered again: "Send more people, send more people to spy on the area of Tianjin Wei." ”

Immediately a Tartar general received the order, and then Dolgon inquired about the progress of the construction of the musket and the formation of the musket battalion, and saw that everything was going relatively smoothly, especially after the imitation flintlock front-loading musket had been mass-produced and the phenomenon of exploding was much less, Dolgon was relieved.

Dolgon thought to himself, in another year and a half, after the elimination of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and the like, and after I have formed ten or eight new musket battalions, Zhang Feng, your end has also come.

A year and a half?

It is estimated that Zhang Feng will not give Dolgon such a long time, and now, with the reloading of several infantry divisions and the replacement of rear-loading guns, Zhang Feng has already begun to act, and the first step is to feint to attack Langfang.

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Langfang.

In the afternoon, the sun is slanting to the west, and in the early spring weather, it is already relatively early, and it is estimated that it will gradually get dark after more than half an hour.

The Tartars who defended the city, as usual, some of them stationed or patrolled the city walls, basking in the warm sun by the way.

Outside the city, there are naturally Tartar patrol squads, and there are also some Tartars patrolling outside the city, because the Tartars regard Langfang as very important, and some Tartar patrol squads are several miles away from the city.

On the official road leading from Tianjin Wei to Langfang, several miles from Langfang City, a small group of Tartar cavalry, about twenty or thirty horsemen, was patrolling there.

This small group of Tartars, as usual, also looked slow and a little careless, because these Tartars knew that it had been more than two months, and Zhang Feng's people in Tianjin had not moved, and it was estimated that it would be the same today.

Take a look at the westward setting of the sun, the leading Tartar is ready to take these twenty or thirty horsemen around here again, and then return to Langfang City, after the sun is setting westward, the wind is already rising, and the weather is a little cold.

Suddenly, a Tartar was stunned, looking into the distance blankly, and several Tartar cavalry next to him were slightly strange, and someone even asked: "What the hell, what are you in a daze." ”

The Tartar pointed forward in fear, his tone a little trembling, "You... You see, that... What is that? ”

Feeling that this Tartar was not joking, many Tartars looked into the distance, and many people were stunned when they saw this. In the distance, there are a large number of green figures, neatly and neatly, coming along this official road, for these green figures, the Tartars are very familiar, this is Zhang Feng's people.

The leading Tartar also looked at it blankly for a few seconds, and then his face turned a little pale, and the leading Tartar knew that looking at the posture, Zhang Feng's army stationed in Tianjin was dispatched.

"Quick, quick, everyone follow me back to the city, quick!"

These twenty or thirty Tartar cavalrymen turned their horses' heads one after another, clamped their legs, and galloped towards Langfang City in a chaotic manner.

The soldiers came, and the soldiers went straight to Langfang in two ways.

………… (To be continued.) )