After the army left the city, Zhang Chun immediately ordered Wu Xiang, the general soldier of Liaodong, to lead the cavalry of the headquarters on the left, and Song Wei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, to lead the cavalry of the headquarters to the right.

In this battle, the soldiers and horses of the subordinates were the strength of the Ming Dynasty to rescue the Daling River, and if they were defeated again, the siege of the Daling River would be insoluble. Therefore, Zhang Chun was very cautious, did not dare to advance, let alone fight, and strictly ordered the three armies to follow the orders of the flag, and the army should stop every mile, so as not to be in place one after another between the battalions, so that the Jin army could take advantage of the gap.

After a long morning, the army arrived at a place less than three miles away from the Jiming Station, eleven miles from Jinzhou, eight miles from the Xiaoling River, and seventeen miles from the Daling River.

After seeing the camp tent and banner of the Jin Army from afar, Zhang Jifu, the deputy general of the Chinese army, was eager to fight, he had fought with Jiannu with the red flag more than ten days ago, and there was a draw. Today, the army is prepared, and this vanguard officer cannot ask others to rob it under any circumstances. If he can fight a bloody way for the army this time, after the war, it will be a sure thing for the deputy general to become a regular. Thinking of this, the mood was not stopped, and he immediately called Ma to ask Zhang Chun: "My lord, the front is Jiannu with a red flag, and the last general is willing to lead the headquarters as the vanguard of the army and defeat Jiannu in one blow!" ”

Zhang Chun stood on the chariot with a thousand miles in his hand and looked at the Jin army's defense line motionlessly, Zhang Jifu asked a few times, but he didn't answer. It wasn't until the deputy generals Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu and others came one after another to ask for instructions on how to act next, that he put down the clairvoyant mirror, glanced at Zhang Jifu, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, there is no striker. ”

"No strikers?"

Zhang Jifu was stunned: There is no forward to open the way, how can the army continue to advance?

Zhang Hongmo and Yang Huazheng were also puzzled, if they didn't send an army up to open the way for the army, how would this battle be fought?

Zhang Chun ignored the doubts of his generals, but directly ordered: "My army is the vanguard, and the vanguard is my army." The order goes down, the three armies form a formation, and they just press it up! ”

"Just pressed up?"

The generals were shocked again, and tens of thousands of people rushed forward in one go? If something goes wrong, the army will be wiped out!

In the end, Lord Zhang is a scholar, although he knows the soldiers, but after all, the army has been leading for a short time, and he has led so many troops for the first time, and he has no plans for a while, and he is angry with the book, this army is fighting, where can the whole army be pressed as soon as it comes into contact? How can you test the enemy's reality and determine the weak points, but if you don't probe it, the whole army will press it, which is simply a gamble with the lives of 40,000 soldiers!

Zhang Hongmo shook his head secretly, and out of duty, he stepped forward and persuaded: "My lord, do you want to leave some men and horses to suppress the formation, if the offensive is not smooth, there is a room for it?" The words were very tactful, and I didn't dare to directly say that Zhang Chun was messing around.

Among the generals, Zhang Hongmo has the closest relationship with Zhang Chun, and he had obeyed Zhang Chun's account when he was in the Guannei before, and everyone thought that even he did not agree with the whole army to press, presumably Lord Zhang would reconsider.

"Not necessarily!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chun didn't listen to the advice at all, but was determined to press the whole army, looked around at the generals, and said categorically: "You don't have to persuade again, the official has made up his mind, and this battle is to press all the battles, leaving not a single soldier behind, and the official wants to break through his defense line of building slaves in one go!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Chun's attitude was so resolute, Zhang Hongmo and Zhang Jifu did not dare to persuade them again, after all, the commander of the army was him Zhang Chun, not them, but no one moved.

Seeing this, Zhang Chun's face couldn't help but sink, and he opened his mouth to urge the generals to prepare quickly and not to delay in the Chinese army.

At this time, Man Ku, the deputy general of the car battalion who had just arrived, stepped forward to persuade again: "The soldiers should be cautious, the army fights, it is extraordinary, if you are not careful, but there is no room for turnover." ”

"Yes, it's too risky for the whole army to press, please think twice!"

Manku took the lead, and Wang Zhiku, Xue Dahu and other generals who had just arrived also stepped forward to persuade them, like the previous generals, they were unwilling to press the whole army in this battle, because it was too risky.

The more people are bolder, the more people persuade them, Zhang Hongmo and Yang Huazheng also follow the trend and persuade them again.

Seeing that all the generals did not agree with the whole army to press, Zhang Chun sighed, did not blame them, but asked rhetorically: "This official knows what you are worried about, but this official asks you, compared with my army and Jiannu, who has the advantage in this force?" ”

Zhang Jifu didn't even think about it and blurted out: "I have an army of 40,000, and Jiannu alone has 50,000 or 60,000 in the Eight Banners, not to mention the Mongolian soldiers and horses, together, I am afraid that there are more than 100,000. ”

Zhang Chun nodded, "um", and continued to ask: "Then the official asks you again, compared with the strength of our army and the Jiannu banner, who is inferior and who is superior?" ”

"Jiannu has eight banners, a single flag with more than dozens of cows, less than a dozen cows, only the last general knows, Jiannu a banner of soldiers and horses should be thousands, but my army has 40,000, in comparison, it is natural that my army has the advantage." This time, it was the deputy general Wang Zhiku who answered, and after finishing speaking, he looked at his colleagues.

After listening to Wang Zhiku's answer, Zhang Chun's face softened slightly, and he said happily: "That's it." Since the strength of our army is not as good as all of his Jiannu, but it is several times better than his Jiannu banner, and it is impossible for Jiannu to transfer all the troops to resist our army, they will always divide their forces to surround Dalinghe City, and this official has judged that the strength of Jiannu that can be used to resist our army will not exceed 30,000. In this way, you say, how much pressure will our army put on the Jiannu in front of you? ”

After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed to the Jin army in front, and said confidently: "You see, Jiannu is still the same as last time, according to the size of the Ling River, divided into several lines of defense, not as concentrated as my army, as long as we are surprised, the whole army pressed, broke his first line of defense, the back of the Jiannu is naturally frightened, but our army is a morale boost, under one drum, will be able to break through several defense lines of Jiannu in one fell swoop, and reach the city under the city to meet with the army and people in the city, at that time, there is the ancestral department in the city to respond, the siege of the city of Linghe will be able to be solved!" ”

After hearing this, all the generals felt that it made sense, and they all agreed with Zhang Chun's strategy of pressing the whole army. At that moment, Zhang Hongmo and others returned to their own positions one after another, preparing for the deployment of the whole army to charge the formation.

Zhang Chun also sent his own soldiers to order Song Wei and Wu Xiang to cooperate with the Chinese army to charge into battle.

After Song Wei and Wu Xiang received the order, they were puzzled by Zhang Chun's order to press the whole army, but seeing that the Chinese army's large array was already busy and was about to start attacking, the two did not think much about it, and led their remaining cavalry to make pre-battle preparations.

After his subordinates went to prepare, Zhang Chun continued to pick up the clairing mirror to observe the movements of the Jin army on the opposite side, to see if there were other soldiers and horses of the Jin army to join, and after watching for a while, he found that there was no Jin army to come to reinforce, only a red flag and a pillow waiting, he was more confident, so he had to give the order to prepare for the attack.

After the battle, another herald soldier came galloping and reported: "The supervising army, a team of grain and grass soldiers came to the rear, saying that they were ordered by Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, to send grain to Dalinghe City. ”

"Send grain to the Daling River?"

Zhang Chun was stunned, and then nodded and praised: "Lord Qiu has thought about it thoroughly, knowing that the soldiers and civilians in the city have been short of food for a long time, and I am looking forward to this food while looking forward to my army." He raised his head and asked the herald, "Who is the general who escorted the transport?" ”

The soldier said: "General Shi Dayong." ”

"Shi Dayong?"

Zhang Chun was startled and lost his voice: "Isn't he seriously injured and unconscious?" What, woke up? He looked at the soldier and wanted to know something about the situation from his mouth, but the soldier didn't know who this Shi Dayong was, so he shook his head blankly.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhuang sighed with emotion, and no longer for this soldier, and instructed him: "You go and tell General Shi, just say that the official wants him to follow behind, keep a distance of three miles, and don't get too close to the army." ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the commander gave a military salute, and galloped away on horseback.

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"Lord Bingbei wants us to keep a distance of three miles from the army, and not too close to the army, for what?"

Cao Bianjiao didn't understand the orders of the military commanders very well, three miles was not close, and it was not long, but the battlefield was changing rapidly, if the grain and grass could not be transported into Dalinghe City because of the distance of these three miles, it would be too worthless.

Jiang Wanli, who had been observing the movements of the army in front, looked back and said: "Looking at the situation ahead, the army seems to be ready to move?" ”

"Xu is Lord Zhang's kindness, I'm afraid that the army will fight, let's follow behind and don't know the situation, there will be chaos."

Ma Zhong carefully covered his face, his injuries were not yet fully healed, Shi Dayong originally wanted him to stay in Jinzhou, but he had to follow. Shi Dayong persuaded him, and he said that the injury on your face is not much better than mine, you can go, why can't I go. There was no way, Shi Dayong had no choice but to let him.

Shi Dayong moved his gaze back from the front, looked at Huang An, and instructed him: "You go and tell Li Dashan that if the army fights, if it goes well, he will urge the people to go forward with us, and if the situation is not right, immediately drive the people back to Jinzhou." ”

Huang An was puzzled: "General, let the people go back to Jinzhou, how can this grain be transported into the city?" ”

Shi Dayong shook his head and said, "If the army is not victorious, even if there are thousands of people, this grain will still not be able to be transported into the city." It is better to let the people go back, lest they die outside the city in vain. Besides, the people have not been through the war, and as soon as this cannon is fired, they will be in chaos first, so it is better to let them go back than to let them mess up our position. ”

Thinking of the reaction of the baggage battalion and the young men under Dalinghe City, Huang An understood, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go and tell Li Dashan." ”

After Huang An left, Shi Dayong suddenly turned to Cao Bianjiao and Jiang Wanli and said, "If there is a fight ahead, let's lean on it immediately." ”