Chapter 354: Ma Quanfu's Decision
"Meet Lord Bai and Mr. Ma. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info "Li Xuan greeted him respectfully.
"Excuse me." Ma Quanfu returned the military salute with a grin, "Li Xuan, is the Korean army ready?" ”
Ma Quanfu is this kind of character, unkempt and arrogant, and he doesn't have the bearing of a general town at all.
"Your Excellency, rest assured, the North Korean army has been waiting for more than a year and has been waiting for a long time." Li Xuan bowed slightly and smiled.
Since the Korean army took these two passes leading to the Toseung Plain, in addition to building a castle here to guard the main road, it is to watch the sun during the day and count the stars at night, and the local products here have enjoyed a lot of strong winds.
There is no way that the order of the general town of Zima is to hold the dumb mouth, build a castle, and wait for the army to come and fight together for ten victories.
This is more than a year, half of the soldiers have been replaced, and finally waiting for the army to come, it is not easy, Li Xuan feels that it is dawn.
"Beginning the day after tomorrow, the Korean army will go to the Shisheng battle with our army, and the garrison here will be taken over by the garrison." Ma Quanfu ordered.
"Subordinates obey." Li Xuan was overjoyed, he had no nostalgia for this big outlet.
In the evening tent, after Bai Shidi and Ma Quanfu finished discussing the general affairs, he looked at Ma Quanfu and said, "Quanfu, leave the reserve army to stay on this important road."
"Why, worry about your own safety." Ma Quanfu laughed.
Bai Shidi stayed here to connect the army in front of Shisheng and Huadu behind, after all, the army needs to be outside and the battle situation is not possible without a single person in charge.
"You kid, am I such a coward," Bai Shidi glared at rarely, "This adult order is to win ten victories." Grab land for refugees. Something went wrong. ”
"What's the game. Hmph, look at the defeat of Jiannu in Xuanchuan under the command of the adults, that is the invincible Jiannu vest, they are just the children of military households, and my Beihua reserve soldiers are all Liaomin children who can attack and defend well, well, they can't even hold a dumb mouth, so they all jump into the sea. Ma Quanfu said domineeringly.
Belch. Bai Shidi smashed his mouth, but it was also, thinking about the might of the Jinghai Guard, now the Beihua Garrison can't hold its dumb mouth.
On the third day, 3,500 soldiers, 3,000 Korean troops, 2,000 reserve troops, and 2,500 reserve troops marched east across the pass.
And Fang Gaoshan, who wanted to make meritorious contributions, was sadly urged by the same thousand reserve soldiers to guard the dumb mouth.
The whole army marched eastward, and when they entered the plain, they were surprised to find that many of the Anui had left. Acres and empty houses were left behind.
Ma Quanfu controlled the team to move forward at a speed of forty miles a day, not seeking speed. Just seeking stability, he knew that now they were on the soil of the enemy country, and now the enemy was clear about their actions, but the Beihua army was ignorant of the enemy's main force there.
The Japanese and the Anui are indeed clear about the actions of the North Chinese army, after all, they don't know how many Anui eyes are watching them in the foothills of the forest, and it is impossible to shield the night of the Breaker Army in these places, and even avoid entering, after all, this is the territory of the local Anui.
The Matsumae clan had 2,000 ashigaru troops, the Mogami family had 2,000 ashigaru troops, the Soma family and other Mutsu allied forces had 3,000 small feudal alliances, and the Anui coalition army of 12,000 men, a total of 19,000 troops were stationed in the tribe's territory in the south-central part of Tokachi, waiting for the arrival of the Northern Chinese army.
After the 11,000 men of the Beihua Army marched south for three days, they found a problem, they encountered more and more rivers, which were all small rivers before, and the horses used to operate without problems, but the next artillery was very problematic.
After the artillery crossed the river, Ma Quanfu found that the speed of their march had reached the speed of more than 20 miles a day.
On the fourth day, they came to the main river of the Tokachi River, which stretched ahead, and now they could not go any further.
They were unable to raise enough ships, and the Anui retreated south so that there were not many ships on the Tokachi River at all, and horses and artillery could not move forward.
Artillery, in particular, will definitely not be able to move forward.
"My lord, it seems that the artillery can only be left here, and the artillery will not be able to pass at all." Lu Dengzhou reluctantly suggested.
Fortunately, considering that the topography of the central and southern parts of Shisheng River is not very clear, it is not good to estimate the road, and the North Chinese Army only brought twelve marching guns in this operation, but now it seems that the forecast is still too optimistic, and this artillery seems to be unable to move.
"Leave five hundred soldiers and gunners to look after the artillery here." Ma Quanfu pondered for a moment and then decided.
"My lord, I'm afraid the war horse won't be able to bring much." Huang Maolin said embarrassedly. "My lord, there are only dozens of small boats, and if all the war horses are transported over, alas, it will not take half a month."
Ma Quanfu thought about it for a while, looked at the capacity, and he reluctantly ordered, "Beihua's thousands of war horses and war horses that do not collect at night must be transported over no matter what, and the other war horses will stay and be guarded by a thousand soldiers and gunners along with the artillery." ”
Anyway, the other 2,500 soldiers all learned to ride horses from behind the infantry team, and even if they were mounted infantry, it was not a big deal. It's time to get back to your old ways.
Ma Quanfu also scratched his head, it didn't matter, he had already thrown two thousand soldiers on the road.
The next day, the military order was issued, and the Beihua army still crossed the Shisheng River, which took five days, mainly because the war horses were troublesome, some small boats could only transport one war horse, and some war horses said that they could not get on the boat, which was chaotic.
At noon on the sixth day, 3,500 soldiers, more than 1,000 horses, 3,000 Korean troops, 2,000 reserve troops, and 1,500 reserve troops crossed the river.
Looking across the shore were a thousand soldiers and a hundred gunners.
The distress of the Beihua Army led by Ma Quanfu is the happy event of the Anui and the Japanese alliance.
When the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, Matsu Prospect Hiroshi, and the Anui people heard the news, they were relieved and knew that the time was ripe for a decisive battle, of course, they could not move yet, and they had to wait for the final blow to come.
After marching forward for two more days, Ma Quanfu found that there were more and more Japanese and Anui people scouting horses around him, and he had a solid estimate that the battle would be in the next few days.
In the evening of that day, Ye Bushou brought with him hundreds of Anui people, who were of a tribe, and their leader said that because of the conflict between the cattle and the Anui rulers, they could not be compatible, so they had to flee to the Ming people.
Among them are the Anui who have important things to tell.
Varanasi led the three Anui chieftains into the Great Tent, and he now served as an interpreter in the Nightless Pack.
In the past few years, under the wings of the Ming people, the Anui tribes who have taken refuge have lived well, with land to grow, fish to fight, and a comfortable life, which is not the same as the half-starved and half-full in the past, and the so-called independent tribal life in the past is far away.
He is now a staunch supporter of the rule of the Akito, and if he is allowed to return to his old life now, he will probably go crazy.
"My lord, these subordinates brought it." Varanasi gave a military salute.
"Ask them what they want to tell me." Ma Quanfu pointed to these Anui people.
"My lord, they said that ten days ago, the head of the above asked them to send people to go to Shikachi with more than 2,000 soldiers, and they didn't agree, but two tribes sent hundreds of people to go together." Varanasi muttered to the three men for a long time, then turned back to report.
Ma Quanfu's bull's eyes narrowed, "Ask them, is this true?" ”
"My lord, they say that it is true, these people have been on their journey for many days, and they have made a detour from the western foothills." Varanasi said respectfully.
"Varanasi," Ma Quanfu can remember the names of several Anui who served in the army, "Your tribe is living comfortably and living a good life now, but if there is a mistake, this good life will be gone, you know." ”
Varanasi hurriedly bowed down.
"You can estimate whether they were specially sent by someone, or if they are sincere." Ma Quanfu stared at him and asked.
Varanasi hesitated for a long time and said, "According to his subordinates, their defection is a little suspicious, and they should make up their behavior after the war." ”
"Well, yes, Varanasi, you're good. Take them down, and let them stay away from the barracks, and do not go near the barracks, or they will be killed. Ma Quanfu ordered loudly.
Varanasi nodded in relief. He was afraid that Ma Zongzhen, who was known for his violence, would kill him in anger, but he didn't, it seems that the Ming people are really merciful, and they are completely different from the murderous and capricious Japanese people.
"My lord, although it is possible that the Japanese are cheating, if the back road is cut off, our army can." Huang Maolin, who had not been silent until now, finally couldn't help it.
"Well, what about your suggestion." Ma Quanfu looked at Huang Maolin Road.
"My lord, it's better to retreat across the Shikatsu River, send the cavalry back quickly to help, and if it's okay, then cross the river to fight." Huang Maolin said urgently.
"What do you say," Ma Quanfu looked at Ludenzhou.
"Your own decision." Luden canton arch hand.
Ma Quanfu turned around and walked back and forth, faster and faster, and suddenly he stopped.
"Continue the march and take the Tokachi River." Ma Quanfu cut the railway.
"My lord, are you taking too much risk?" Lu Dengzhou was also a little out of breath this time.
"Hmph, if it is the Japanese who deceive the people, needless to say, if the Japanese really lead the troops to the dumb mouth and take the dumb mouth, our army will turn around, and the chasing troops will come, I am afraid that the Korean army and the reserve army will be in great chaos and affect the whole army, and then our army will be defeated." Ma Quanfu shook his head.
"If the three of us don't say it, directly lead the troops to a decisive battle, defeat the enemy army, and then march back to the army, but it is the right way."
"It's just that if the enemy army uses the details to spread rumors, how will it disturb the morale of the army." Luden asked.
"Hehe, as long as we wait for the three of us to not mess up, our army will not be in a big mess." Ma Quanfu is still full of confidence in the soldiers under his command.
"It's to defeat the enemy, and the dumb mouth falls into the hands of the enemy, what are we waiting for." Huang Maolin Road.
"Hmph, when the time comes, crush the captured leader of the Anui to the dumb mouth, and chop them up without offering the dumb mouth." Ma Quanfu said fiercely. (To be continued.) )