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Yangzhou won the first battle, but after the war, Wang Lanping was dumbfounded, except for Fang Guoan's Huaiyuan battalion, which stayed in the camp, there were not many losses, and the rest of the battalions were seriously reduced.

Among them, Song Xian's heavy cavalry suffered the most losses, 4,000 iron cavalry killed in battle alone amounted to 1,500 people, almost everyone was wounded, especially the main general Song Xian, who was hit by three arrows and four knives, although his life was saved, but it had been a day, and he was still in a coma.

Song Dali's Fengzi battalion also lost three or four hundred people, and the two battalions of Dingyuan and Anyuan lost a total of two thousand, you must know that the position at that time was the most beneficial to the champion army, but the results were unsatisfactory, how did this also make Wang Lanping unhappy, he can not compare with Kong Youde, Kong Youde has Duoduo as a backup, and can transfer troops to support at any time, and his own soldiers, one less will have no place to make up.

The Yangzhou army guarding Yangzhou City lost not very much, this is mainly because of the benefits of the city wall, the city wall is not lost, and if you want to play with your life, you can't find a suitable field, Zheng Sen is a big wrong, the Huai'an army just entered Yangzhou and encountered the Qing army attacking the city, a battle, the already scarred troops, this time it is a complete loss of combat effectiveness, almost tired and paralyzed, as soon as the Qing army retreated, these soldiers were scattered all over the city wall, fell asleep, and could not wake up when they slept, and did not expect to recover their vitality in seven or eight days.

Among all the troops, there is a Ming army that is 'annihilated', that is, the people of Yangzhou newly recruited by Shi Kefa, who want to contribute to Yangzhou with enthusiasm, but the war has just started. Watching the Qing army outside the city slaughtering all over the sky, everyone was so frightened that they only trembled. Twist your ass and scatter in a hurry. Each went back to his own house, and each found his own mother.

Wang Lanping and Shi Kefa didn't blame these people too much, the new recruits were not scared and incontinent on the spot, it was already commendable, training was not a one-day thing, and the courage to dare to meet the enemy head-on was also slowly honed, so let's see the after-effects.

Wang Lanping sat in the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion and summoned the generals to come to discuss the matter, and the generals who are good at fighting must be good at summing up lessons and lessons. Learn from each other's strengths and reward and punish soldiers.

This time, Wang Lanping was alone in the handsome position, and Shi Kefa sat down, closed his eyes tightly, and said nothing.

The generals are coming one after another, and they can't help but be surprised, what's the matter? Why is it the turn of a small Nanjing garrison in Yangzhou City to give orders? According to today's words, comparing the commander of the Beijing garrison with the commander of a certain military region, this level alone is a big difference. Moreover, in the armies of Yangzhou, there are much bigger officials than Wang Lanping, with Wang Lanping's official position. It may be similar to the prefect of Yangzhou, except that one is a military position and the other is a local official. Wang Lanping has one thing that everyone here can't compare, Dingnanhou. Ranked according to the rank of the prince, the prince and the marquis. It is almost the highest title that can be achieved by a different surname except for the royal family, and according to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the relatives can only reach the first level at most.

People with different surnames, can be crowned dukes, except for the descendants of the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty hereditary no one else, among which the hereditary Qianguo Gong of the Mu family in Yunnan has the longest history and the greatest influence, and the Qianguo Gong at this time is the twelfth grandson of Mu Ying, the king of Qianning, Mu Tiansun, young and promising, and served as the chief military officer of Yunnan.

In the Ming Dynasty, those with different surnames could be crowned kings, only after their deaths, and there were no living kings with different surnames, such as the first generation of the Mu family in Yunnan Qianguo Gong was the king of Qianning who was crowned by Emperor Hongwu after his death.

Therefore, Wang Lanping's identity as a marquis is enough to make a bunch of imperial relatives envious, jealous and hateful, not to mention the generals and officials in Yangzhou City.

After everyone hesitated for a while, they immediately became happy again, it is now a time of war, and the military ability of Shi Inspector is not enough to make these people feel relieved, if they want to save their lives and keep their black yarn hats, they have to count on Wang Lanping, as for the struggle for power and profit in the future, it will be a matter of the future, burn their eyebrows, and look at the present.

Wang Lanping saw that everyone was coming, and put the military talisman of the Yangzhou Governor and Shi Kefa's seal into the lobby, which showed everything, from today on, I, Wang Lanping, am the highest military commander in Yangzhou

After one by one, Wang Lanping asked all the departments to report all the battle losses in this battle and ask the secretary to write them down so that they could be supplemented, and the soldiers who were allowed to make up for it were selected from the 10,000 recruits who escaped from the battle.

After the new dispatch arrangement in the afternoon, the generals were convinced, Wang Lanping was impartial, 10,000 recruits were at your disposal, and the ordnance reserves in the city were not stingy at all, everything was taken according to the requirements of the defense area, and all the troops in this operation were paid one by one, and there was no difference in treatment of the champion army.

There is also the distribution of the spoils of war, the battle was the most captured by the champion army, because Wang Lanping defeated Zhang Wenlian's 20,000 army in one fell swoop, after the Qing army escaped, all kinds of equipment and materials were thrown all over the mountains, piled up like a mountain, and Song Dali, who stayed to clean the battlefield, was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and there was a fat difference on the battlefield that everyone envied, that is, to clean the battlefield and collect the spoils.

If it's just weapons and equipment, then forget it, but the loot is not only these, but there are also the corpses of people on both sides, these people died in battle, but the things in their pockets were left behind, and they became ownerless, and turning over the pockets of the dead became a big bad habit on the battlefield and it was also a rule.

In this battle, especially the Qing army, it was all snatched from Shanhaiguan all the way, which soldier's pocket was not stuffed with things stolen from the people's homes, and maybe which dead man was carrying heirlooms stolen from whose house.

Song Dali's ability to clean up the battlefield was as good as his temper, and he searched the Qing army for a dry claw, and almost took off the other party's clothes, and the light cavalry battalion was so rich that his pockets were full of yellow and white things, and he was happy, but before they could cover the heat, Wang Lanping had already given an order, and all the booty was handed over, and everyone was happy.

On top of this hall, when Song Dali heard that these things couldn't be left behind, why did he give Yangzhou the army?

Can you still turn your elbow out? The soldiers of the champion army are the descendants of the commander, you can't be confused.

Wang Lanping is not so short-sighted, he will never be able to win Kong Youde with the champion army alone, if he wants to gather the Yangzhou army in a short period of time, he must have money and wealth, and he is so poor that he is tinkling. It's like offering flowers to the Buddha to make a fortune. There will be opportunities in the future, not to mention that it is too dishonorable to make a fortune from the dead. Don't.

In the lobby, the officers of the champion army were depressed, and the officers of Yangzhou were naturally happy.

After the battle damage and booty were distributed, the next step was to discuss the military situation.

Wang Lan waited for everyone to be quiet, and suddenly changed the face of talking and laughing just now, and looked directly at Zheng Sen.

"Huai'an Chief Officer, Zheng Sen"

Zheng Sen was stunned, and he didn't know why. Hurriedly got up and arched his hand, "The end will be!" ”

Wang Lanping took out a small order flag from the Shuai case, "Where is the law enforcement officer, pull Zheng Sen down, and take twenty military sticks seriously"

Everyone was shocked, Zheng Sen was the general with the greatest merit in this battle, and he should be rewarded, so why was he punished.

Zheng Sen was even more inexplicable and said urgently. "Governor, I, what am I guilty of?"

Wang Lanping stood up with a swish, "You have the responsibility of guarding the north gate. But he broke away without permission, and he had no military discipline."

Zheng Sen was anxious, "I." I was afraid that Simon would be lost, so I went to reinforce me."

Wang Lanping slapped the table. shouted, "Simon has his own guards. Your duty is the North Gate, if everyone is like you, making decisions on their own, how this commander will lead the troops in the future, you don't need to argue, the law is right, pull it down and beat it"

All the generals panicked and were about to stand up and plead for mercy, Wang Lanping shouted, "The military order is like a mountain, execute!" ”

Bang Bang Bang!

Zheng Sen gritted his teeth and received twenty military sticks outside the hall, and after being escorted to the hall by the soldiers, his face was quite unconvinced.

Wang Lanping waved his hand to let the sergeant let go of Zheng Sen, glanced around at the generals, and said, "Zheng Sen listened to the order, you have meritorious service in defending the city, and personally killed the main Tut of the Red Flag Banner, and can judge the situation in time, turn the tide, but have the talent to block one side, and now order you to temporarily act as the commander of Yangzhou, and take over the military affairs of Yangzhou with full authority.

Zheng Sen was stupid, and it took him a long time to understand, amazing, under one power and one grace, the rewards and punishments were clear, and he also pushed himself to the post of the supreme military commander of Yangzhou City, which can be regarded as making the former generals of Yangzhou have nothing to say.

At that moment, Zheng Sen threw his armor and knelt on the ground, and said sincerely, "The last general will receive the order, and Governor Xie will cultivate"

Song Dali's mouth opened wide, and he said in his heart: Okay, your surname is Zheng, and you have a higher official position than Lao Tzu, how can you be convinced if you don't kill you very much, the restaurants in Yangzhou City are picked by Lao Tzu at night, not a popular girl, you don't even look at it, you are a stinky boy.

Enwei and under it, although the original generals of Yangzhou were unconvinced, but there was nothing to say, Zheng Sen was at fault, punished in the court, the board hit the white flower on the ass, tsk, the battle of Yangzhou, thanks to Zheng Sen's Huai'an Army, let him go out of the town to command, okay, it is also fair, at least from the root, the Huai'an Army is subordinate to the Yangzhou battle sequence, and it cannot be completely regarded as the champion army.

If you compare it with a certain person in history, Zheng Sen's situation at this time is similar to that of Ye Ting when he was the commander of the New Fourth Army during the Anti-Japanese War.

Shi Kefa has not said a word in the hall, he is not too greedy for power, his ability is definitely stronger than anyone here, he just lacks a decisive ability to make decisions on the spot, genius ideas always have to be decided by someone, Shi Kefa thinks that he can't do this, he can make the city fortifications perfect, can accurately calculate how many people can use the grain in the city for how many days, can calculate the landing position after the arrow is discharged, and can speculate on the general trend of the world with experience, but he is destined to be a tragedy, is destined to be a behind-the-scenes person, all because he only has a strategy but does not dare to implement it, because he has many concerns, he can't be ashamed of the sky, he can't be ashamed of the ground, and he wants to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and he wants to leave a name in the world, be an example of a minister, and be a model for students.

Letting go of this burden, Shi Kefa was relieved, so that he could sit in the hall so calmly and be a listener.

The big thing is decided, inside and outside the city of Yangzhou, all under the command of Wang Lanping, and the rest is how to deal the final blow to the Qing army.

Wang Lanping said to the generals, "After this defeat, the Qing army has suffered a great loss of vitality, and it will not come in a short time.

All the generals said in unison, "The last general will respect his life"

Wang Lanping continued, "I don't know if you have found anything unusual, the Qing army's attack on the city is completely a suicidal attack, a fortified city like Yangzhou, they actually want to win with a fast horse scimitar, Kong Youde can't make such a low-level mistake, you tell me, what will be the reason?" ”

Xu Dingguo and the Manchus fought, today's actions are indeed very abnormal, in the past, the Qing army attacked the city, all of them were not to take the Han Eight Banners as the front team, so that the heavy artillery first broke through the city gate, and then the Mongolian Eight Banners advanced rapidly, the Manchu Eight Banners followed closely behind, attacked the city, and the soldiers defending the city were many and could not be defeated.

Xu Dingguo said, "As soon as the commander said this, I just remembered that it seems that this Qing army's siege of the city is completely based on flesh and blood, and there are not even many firearms, Kong Youde is valued by the Manchu court with firearms, this time, it is really abnormal"

Wang Lanping nodded, "Well, Song Dali, you used to be a sentinel battalion Qianhu, did you inquire about this information, or did you not notice anything related to this?" ”

Song Dali thought for a moment, then shook his head again, "Commander, do you mean that Kong Youde's artillery has not arrived at all?" Still on the way? It's possible, but I've examined their food convoys and baggage, and there's no sign of the artillery."

Wang Lanping frowned, and suddenly he woke up, and said in his heart: Yes, yes, Kong Youde's army has been waiting for the cannon for nearly a month before and after arriving in Yangzhou, yes, it must be, the autumn rain last month did not open for a month, and the behemoth of the cannon must have fallen behind, and yesterday's battle also illustrated this.

But there is one thing Wang Lanping can't figure out, since the artillery has not arrived, why does Kong Youde still attack the city, Kong Youde did not appear in this battle, is it possible that they will be handsome and discordant? Is Ao Bai insisting on attacking the city?

Thinking of this, Wang Lanping was a little excited, since this old boy has no ability to attack the city, what else is he afraid of, Yangzhou City has a total of nearly 200 cannons, gunpowder, grain and grass are also sufficient, support for a year and a half is definitely not a problem, then the rest is simple, the Qing soldiers and military rations have to be transported from Sizhou with great difficulty, and they must not be able to hold it for a long time, as long as they slowly find an opportunity to catch him off guard, why not break the Qing army, and drag him to death.

Although the idea worked, I just didn't know when the artillery of the Qing army would arrive, where it would come from, which way to go, and how many there were.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came in.

"Report, Shi ......" When the soldiers saw Shi Kefa in the lower seat, and in the middle was Wang Lanping, they were stunned for a moment and said, "Early this morning, a group of Qing troops came from the north and entered the Qing army camp, about 50,000 people, and carried nearly 200 red-coated cannons."

The generals were shocked, and Wang Lanping hurriedly said, "Is the news accurate?" How is it possible, why hasn't such a large-scale troop transfer been detected a long time ago? ”

"It's true, it's all cavalry, look at their outfit should be Mengbaqi, the cannon is what they brought, and they are wrapped in tarpaulins along the way, and we didn't know that it was a cannon until they entered the camp and lifted the tarpaulin."

"Go down, don't leak half a word in this matter"

Wang Lanping was silent, afraid of something, with the help of these cannons, Kong Youde was like a tiger with wings. (To be continued.) )