Chapter 522: Battle in the Capital City IV

The changes in the capital did not affect the war in Tianjinwei.

After Zhu Houhuang's whole army landed, he advanced by land and water, preparing to attack Tianjinwei. Zhang Yongliu and Yang Shen sat in the Tianjin Acropolis. He led 3,000 cavalry to meet Zhu Houhuang.

This time, the battle will not be so easy.

First of all, the number of 3,000 cavalry is not the same as that of 900 cavalry, and 3,000 elite cavalry, even in a battle of hundreds of thousands of people, can be regarded as a useful assault force. The improvement in quantity changes to the change in quality.

Secondly, in the area of Tianjin, although the Haihe River, the Haihe River area should not have been formed. However, from Tianjin to the east, it is relatively muddy. Not very suitable for cavalry assaults.

But near the road, which is suitable for the march of large groups of men and horses, is also suitable for cavalry assault. Moreover, after all, Tianjin is located on the North China Plain, with a large area of land, which is suitable for cavalry to fight, and such a situation is most suitable for cavalry to fight in a roundabout way.

Zhang Yong also played the role of a clutch soldier. Zhang Yong divided the cavalry into several teams and attacked the Yong army from the north several times, trying to break through the Yong army.

However, Yu Dayou showed his outstanding command ability.

It will be that the whole battalion is divided into several phalanxes, and these phalanxes, relying on the river to the south, only defend the north, plus some vehicles and artillery, a little bit of van flavor, and the marching army column is invulnerable. No matter where Zhang Yong came from, the surprise attack was on the right, in front, or behind, and it was firmly blocked.

The only drawback is that you have to control the speed, you can't get out of touch with the front and back, and you have to maintain the formation. Naturally, the speed slowed down.

However, Wu Fengyi had already contacted Jingshi's intelligence network again.

Unexpectedly, Wu Fengyi was placed outside the secret pile of the Beijing Division, and many people were willing to work for Zhu Houhuang, without him, it was because of what Yang Tinghe did that greatly hurt the forces that followed Zhengde.

Although, the forces on the side of Zhengde are a little mixed. But it's not that there is no lack of talent. It can be like this, Zhengde diehards, Zhengde followers, most of them are in the army, and a large part is in the palace. The rest is scattered in bits and pieces in other areas, especially among the civil servants and doctors, and Zhengde has almost no supporters.

And with the blow of Yang Tinghe, the details of Yang Tinghe and the coup d'état were also revealed one by one. For civil officials, Yang Tinghe is a hero who is in danger, but for Zhengde diehards, it is an unforgivable rebellious action.

And King Yong is the designated successor of Zhengde. Zhu Houhuang has not yet designated, and Zhengde has left a considerable inheritance. This inheritance almost solved his talent problem in one fell swoop.

After Zhengde learned that there was no intention of sending troops to the capital, he moved forward calmly and little by little, and he was not in a hurry at all.

No matter how far the road is, there will be a day when it will be finished.

However, on the second day, Zhu Houhuang had already arrived in the city.

Yang Shen said: "What is Grandpa Zhang going to do? ”

Gonggong Zhang said: "Our family has to send Yongwang Xiao'er, he still has talents under him, and this formation is almost impeccable." Our family has no choice but to fight against him. ”

Yang Shen said: "Gonggong Zhang, this official sees that the Tianjin Acropolis is quite strong, why not wait here for them to attack the city, and when the Yongjun army is under the strong city, Gonggong Zhang will attack in one fell swoop, and he will be able to break it." Can Gonggong Zhang do this? ”

Zhang Yong also felt that Yang Shen's doctrine was good, although Yang Shen had never led troops, but his ability to talk about troops on paper was not bad, the problem was that some things should not only be counted as military battles, but also political battles.

Zhang Yong is not a fool, when he first came out of Beijing, he didn't have a taste, but now he has come back. He didn't have the Jingying carved up, not a single hair was left to Zhang Yong, except for Zhang Yong's old department, Zhang Yong's power did not increase by a point.

It can be said that Zhang Yong participated in Yang Tinghe's coup d'état, but he didn't get anything except the position of the celebrant who didn't know if he could come over and get it.

Even if Zhang Yong is a fool, he knows that something is wrong now.

This time, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is extremely neat. This side did not hit the ground, and this side demolished the bridge.

Therefore, Zhang Yong wanted to return to Beijing, to participate in the final division of political heritage, so he didn't want to stay here longer.

So this battle, in Zhang Yong's view, is the sooner the better, the sooner the better.

Therefore, Yang Shen's suggestion, even if it is correct, Zhang Yong will not take it.

Zhang Yong said: "Lord Yang's suggestion is good, but it doesn't need to be so, can our family still be afraid of the junior King Yong?" When our family sent troops to release horses, King Yong was still feeding. ”

Zhang Yong's words are so decisive. Yang Shen had no choice but to sink and watch Zhang Yongshi.

They watched as the Yong army opened under the Tianjin Acropolis.

This battalion is the most elite battalion in the entire Dongyong, whether it is a soldier or a technical weapon, all of them are first-class, for example, in terms of firearms, equipped with a large number of firearms, needless to say, the Franco machine gun is the standing weapon of the Yong army, and there are about ten copper cannons to conquer Malacca, but this is not a siege cannon on the Malacca side. Rather, it was a batch of artillery newly cast in North Port.

In addition, the musketeers were also re-equipped, and there were two sources of musketeers, one was to directly transfer experienced musketeer officers from Wang Zhi's battalion, and the other was to supplement the small musket team that Zhu Houhuang had always carried with him, and the ratio of the number of musketeers and pikemen in the entire battalion reached almost one to one.

gathered Dongyong's elite division, and the formation was particularly fast, but they also met hard bones. Zhu Houhuang had to sigh: "I really have ancestors who like to repair the city." ”

In fact, the Tianjin Acropolis was not built by Zhu Yuanzhang, but expanded during the Chengzu period, but in short, the previous generations of monarchs of the Ming Dynasty inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's duty as an infrastructure madman.

Anyway, the Tianjin Acropolis was built quite strongly, not much weaker than the Famosa City in Malacca. Moreover, the walls of the Tianjin Acropolis are several times larger than the Famosha City.

Although many people say that the defense capability of Western castles is strong, but the ancient Chinese cities are not easy to deal with, and the loss of the Great Voyage Westerners think that China is not easy to conquer, that is, China is a castle-like country. Moreover, during the Anti-Japanese War, many of the Ming Dynasty city walls were still hard bunkers.

Zhu Houhuang also had a feeling of powerlessness in the face of the hard Tianjin Acropolis.

"Nope." Zhu Houhuang thought: "If you want to fight quickly, you have to find a way to lure the defenders out of the city, otherwise what will be the consequences if you go deep alone and stop the army under the fortified city?" As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Houhuang's heart sank, and he was about to say something, when he heard someone say, "Your Highness." ”

Zhu Houhuang turned his head and heard Yu Dayou say: "Your Highness, Dongyong will use a maximum of four battalions of troops, but in this case, Dongyong will be empty." Therefore, the army could not stay under the city of Tianjin for a long time, and the minister wanted to set up a situation and lead the people in the city into the trap. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "What trap? ”

Yu Dayou said: "Your Highness, this and such a formation. ”

Zhu Houhuang listened to Yu Dayou's arrangement, and immediately felt that there was deep malice in this seemingly ordinary formation. This formation looks like an ordinary siege camp, with fire in the front and infantry in the back, and the only flaw is that the rear formation is a little weak.

However, if there are no formed cavalry in the city, this weakness is not a weakness. However, when there are formed cavalry in the city, it is a big flaw.

And General Yu Dayou hid the means of ambush in the seemingly ordinary phalanx in the rear formation.

Zhu Houhuang had to say that Yu Dayou's military command ability was far above him, and he just realized this, and Yu Dayou had already given a complete plan.

Zhu Houhuang said: "If you are alone, you will do what you want." ”

Yu Daxuan said: "Your Highness Xie, however, if you want the city guards to be unable to hold back, please ask Your Highness to borrow it." ”

Zhu Houhuang knew in his heart that Yu Dayou used himself as bait.

Zhu Houhuang heard the words and said: "Why just borrow and rely on, Lone will go to the back to sit in the town, let the city see clearly, Lone is in the back." ”

Yu Dayou said: "Your Highness is in danger in the back. ”