When he arrived at Zuihou, Wu Shigong didn't do anything to Hadan Battle. Since Hadan Batel was so cooperative, he was frightened by Wu Shigong and fainted, then Wu Shigong was in a happy mood and no longer pursued his offense.

After coming to Liaodong, Wu Shigong also gained a dream and a lie, but in the end, he still had to return to reality. In late June, Wu Shigong led the Runing Army and finally set off with Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, and set sail for Ningyuan.

The more than 110 Mongols who had been collected by the guards from the Shanhaiguan Pass were also coerced in the army and became the logistics personnel of the Runing army to raise horses, clean and cook. However, these Mongols learned that they had become Wu Shigong's servants, and they had obtained clothes, clothes, etc., and they could eat enough meals, so now they are unwilling to leave the Runing Army even if they are killed, and they all open their mouths and close their mouths to call Wu Shigong the master.

And Hadan Baatel took Zack and other remaining more than ten men to become the guide of the Runing Army, leading the way for the Runing Army. For Wu Shigong to capture Hadan Batar and other Mongols into the army, the Liaodong officials in Guancheng were also indifferent, in fact, for these officials, these Mongols have no use value now, so whoever wants to raise them should raise them! It just so happened that there were fewer beggars and thieves in the city.

And there was no danger on this way, and three days later, the two armies rushed to Ningyuan. Then the whole army began to rest, and Hong Chengchou summoned the guerrilla officials of the whole army to discuss the order of dispatching troops.

"I have long heard that General Wu is brave and good at fighting, and his troops must be the vanguard. In the first battle, the strongest army should also be sent to drive out the Tartars and boost the morale of the whole army. Mr. Wu won't shirk it! ”

At the beginning of the discussion, someone named Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong took a look and recognized him as Yao Gong. I don't know what he meant by that, but it's clear. Yao Gong just wanted to put the Runing Army at the forefront of the battle. And in this way, the Runing Army was in the most dangerous place for the battle.

So Wu Shigong considered how to answer, but it was difficult to find a reason, because the Runing army had achieved too brilliant results in the Battle of Blood Ridge, and the vanguard of the whole army must be the most warlike troops. Therefore, thinking left and right is the most suitable for the Runing Army.

"General Wu's troops are tired of traveling and driving, and they have just rushed to Liaodong, do you want to move with the army first? When I arrived in Jinzhou, I went out of his department. Otherwise, his army is only 1 or 20,000. When he arrived in Jinzhou, he had lost his spirit, and the so-called poor use of troops was also good. Another soldier, Wang Zhizhen, objected. He believes that when Jinzhou is the time for a decisive battle, it is necessary to use good steel on the blade, and he is not in favor of consuming the strength of the Runing army first.

"That's a mistake! ……”

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These two soldiers began to argue in front of all the civil and military personnel. It's weird. Their dispute didn't care about Wu Shigong's opinion at all, as if Wu Shigong was like an abacus bead. They can be dialed around at will.

Even more bizarre. In the discussion of this troop dispatch, these two civilian officials were very happy, but the military attaches did not say a word, as if the war in front of them had nothing to do with them. It really made Wu Shigong, who was "watching the battle" on the sidelines, a little funny, this is really the feeling that some emperors are not in a hurry to be eunuchs!

However, this was also a characteristic of the wars of the Ming Dynasty, and the opinions of the military attachés were often ignored. The civilian officials, on the other hand, have the right to discuss and decide, as long as the military attachés carry out the orders of the civilian officials.

Besides, in such a situation, it is not easy for those military attachés to speak freely. Wu Shigong needs to avoid suspicion because he is involved. It was difficult to speak, and the other military attaches would not speak for Wu Shigong. Don't they have to recommend themselves as pioneers?

And the quarrel came and went, and finally made Hong Chengchou impatient. So he spoke to stop the quarrel between the two, and then smiled at Wu Shigong: "Chief soldier Wu! What do you mean? ”

And taking advantage of the time when the two soldiers were arguing, Wu Shigong also thought about the pros and cons of being a pioneer. So when he heard Hong Chengchou's question, he immediately replied confidently: "Since the last general led his troops to Liaodong, it was for the peace of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the saint's worries, and for the relief of Jinzhou's difficulties. At the beginning, Wu Shigong put on a high hat for himself.

Therefore, as long as he can fight the Tartars, the general can be in any position, and there is no objection to being a pioneer. But the last general thought that the intention of the superintendent was to let our army fight steadily and steadily, and this intention of being a battalion step by step also needed to be observed. Therefore, the position of vanguard does not have to be held by one army, and it is entirely possible for each army to take turns. Wu Shigong finally said his plan.

"Oh? What does Mr. Wu mean? Hong Chengchou was also interested in Wu Shigong's opinion.

"Our army can divide the whole process into several sections, and let each army take turns to act as the vanguard. In this way, the armies can take turns to rest, and the armies will not become tired. And in the first part of the journey, the last general will also volunteer, if the overseer agrees, the last general will live up to the trust. ”

Since he can't escape the fate of becoming a pioneer, Wu Shigong has to drag everyone into the water, anyway, it is much safer to take turns in front than to become a pioneer all the way, and Wu Shigong's idea is also very fair.

And Hong Chengchou considered Wu Shigong's opinion, and immediately nodded and said, "This proposal is very good!" Do you still have any objections? ”

For Hong Chengchou, Wu Shigong's Runing Army is his cronies after all, and he doesn't want the Runing Army to lose too much, and he also hopes that Wu Shigong will work hard for Hong Chengchou in the future, so he can't hurt Wu Shigong's heart too much. And Wu Shigong's opinion of taking turns to be the vanguard was able to eliminate the contradictions between the various armies, so that they had nothing to say. So this idea is also the most suitable approach.

However, the reason why this method is suitable is also consistent with the actions that the Ming army will take. After all, the actions of the Ming army will rely on the military forts in front of them, and they will not rush forward, and they will also be camped step by step, not chasing time, so it is very convenient to move the order of each army after camping.

Otherwise, if the Ming army had taken a long march, the change of vanguard would have caused chaos in the whole army, so it would certainly not have been able to implement the method proposed by Wu Shigong.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou also agreed with Wu Shigong's opinion, there was no objection to the civil and military affairs of the discussion. But then, except for the Runing Army, which became the vanguard of the first stage, the commanders of each army argued over the division of each section of the road and the order of becoming the vanguard.

After some bargaining, coupled with Hong Chengchou's coordination in the center, the distance and the order of each army were finally determined. In addition to serving as the vanguard of the first leg of the journey, Wu Shigong also promised to be the vanguard when attacking the Qing army's defense line besieging Jinzhou City, and this high-spirited statement finally made the general army form a compromise.

However, Wu Shigong also played a cautious eye. In fact, in the first section of the journey, because it is closest to Ningyuan, it is the least likely to encounter a large Qing army, so this section of the journey is the safest section.

And attacking the defense line of the Qing army besieging Jinzhou City, not to mention that the army must defeat the main force of the Qing army that was intercepted halfway, and it is very likely that the Runing army will not encounter a situation where the defense line will be broken. In the end, when such a result was encountered, the Runing army could also take out the group formation that was trained when it came, open the way with artillery, and concentrate firepower to break through the defense line outside the city, after all, the artillery of the Qing army attacking the city is difficult to turn around, plus the Qing army's defense line is a circle, and the Runing army is a point in the concentrated attack circle, which can completely form an advantage in strength and firepower, in fact, the task of this attack is not too difficult.

On the contrary, it was a decisive battle with the interception of the main force of the Qing army halfway, which was a tough battle. But in that battle, the Runing Army was not the vanguard, and it was completely possible to hide behind it to preserve its strength, so that the danger that the Runing Army might encounter could be minimized.

In July of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou led an army of 92,000, with Wu Shigong's Runing Army as the vanguard, and began an official rescue operation to Jinzhou. The Qing army's scouts wandering near Ningyuan immediately detected the actions of the Ming army, they first concentrated 2,000 cavalry nearby to harass, and then Tan Tai, the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner to prevent the rescue of the Ming army, immediately led 5,000 soldiers and horses to prepare to intercept the Ming army approaching Jinzhou City.

"Steady! Steady! Leave the people in the middle alone, or march forward. Company Commander Cheng, you are ready to fire a salvo as soon as the Tartars get close! Zhao Dang ordered loudly.

"No!" Cheng Niu immediately beckoned to the musketeers of his company, hid behind the carts on both sides of the marching army, and prepared to shoot with the muskets.

Because the casualties in the Battle of Xueling were too large, there were a large number of officers vacant in the Runing army, so when they returned to Runing after the war, Zhao Kang, Cheng Niu and other meritorious personnel were immediately promoted to the position of officers.

Coincidentally, Zhao Kang and Cheng Niu were assigned a unit. Since Zhao Dang came out of the pro-soldier team, he became Cheng Niu's battalion commander instead, and the two reversed their positions in the army. In this regard, Zhao Dang was a little worried, but Cheng Niu patted his chest and assured Zhao Dang: He will definitely obey Zhao Dang's command.

More than a dozen cavalry Qing troops approached the ranks of the Runing army from a distance. But they did not dare to enter a hundred paces, let alone get close enough to dismount and shoot arrows. A few days ago, some Qing troops wanted to get close to disturb, but they were all "baptized" by the Runing Army, so the Qing Army also learned to be obedient, they just kept appearing around the Runing Army, wanting to show their existence, giving the Runing Army psychological pressure, and trying in vain to make the Runing Army chaotic without a fight.

But after several confrontations, the soldiers of the Runing Army have also ignored the harassment of these "flies", they have not slowed down at all, and still maintain the marching array, approaching the direction of Jinzhou.

However, it was the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, and other Ming troops who slowed down the march of the Runing army. Hong Chengchou was a little perverted with caution, and his daily march distance was no more than ten miles, and then every day was to let the armies continue to build large camps and dig trenches around the large camps, so as to prevent the Qing army from having a chance to fight in the field. (To be continued......)