Chapter 129: Fleeing from the wind
On March 1 of the second year of the Ming Empire, it was twelve o'clock in the afternoon.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions of the First Army of the Ming Dynasty, together with 8,000 cavalry units including the three major knights, under the leadership of Wen Jiming, stepped into the border of Chen County from the territory of Hanyin Mansion.
The strategy of the four northern counties began.
The number of troops attacking this time was twice as large as in the first military operation last year, with more than 84,000 troops. Grabbing
Wen Jiming's escort team, in addition to his own five hundred guard warriors, also brought all his sisters, as well as seven hundred inner palace women's guards composed of witches and Jiang Yan's armed maids.
Originally, His Majesty King Wen himself rejected this kind of behavior.
He was afraid of causing misunderstandings among the soldiers.
Let everyone think that they are a promiscuous person until ~~~~.
As a legendary professional, Wen Jiming's hearing is naturally far different from ordinary people.
As a result, he could clearly hear the conversation of the soldiers on the march within a few hundred meters of his surroundings.
So the conversation of several marching sergeants reached his ears. Goafo 戅
"It's worthy of Your Majesty, your ability in this area is also so fierce, these little ladies who are accompanying you here don't know if it is enough for Your Majesty for a few days."
"Yes, why should I give the little lady a chance to rest in turn, otherwise how could Your Majesty bring so many little ladies with you!"
Wen Jiming: I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!
Master Wen is going crazy!
If you continue like this, you will soon become the king of business!
If it's really true, I'll admit it, this thing that didn't get into my mouth, but caused a commotion, must not be done!
King Wen, who was furious, was just about to order a strict investigation, but was stopped by Jiang Yan, who was covering his small mouth and laughing non-stop.
"Husband, let the soldiers say yes, and they won't lose a piece of meat. Maybe there's even a benefit! ”
I'm about to be rumored to be in human form, so what's going to be good?
The customs of this other world are curious!
In this way, from this day on, the rumor that the future founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Wen Superman Jiming, needed at least three hundred beauties a day, spread like this.
As a result, because of this reason, in the next five years, Boss Wen will bring seven million fanatical believers, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
The army was completely unimpeded all the way.
When tens of thousands of troops came to the outside of Chenjun City, everyone was stunned to find that all the city gates were actually open!
The commander of the defenders of Chen County, even with 50,000 troops sent by the Great Xia Imperial Court, all ran away from Chen County, completely unaware of their whereabouts!
When the Ming army occupied the entire city of Chenjun and checked all the stocks in the county, the commander of the legion, Wang Xing, brought very bad news to Wen Jiming.
"You mean that almost all the gold and silver treasures have been taken away? How much grain is left in the city? ”
Hearing Wen Jiming's inquiry, Wang Xing, the commander of the First Army, hurriedly bowed down and answered.
"The money and property are not all taken away, about 800,000 gold dollars worth of copper coins have not been taken away, the grain is fine, we found that there is at least more than a million stone of grain in the granary."
"But the nobles of the city have fled with their families, and they have taken all their savings with them, and it is almost certain that we have gained little from it except the people and the city."
"Judging by all indications, it doesn't look like a long-planned action, but a hasty decision they made after discovering that it was impossible to resist our army, otherwise they would not have left us more than a million stone of grain."
Wen Jiming calmed down, thought about it carefully, and then gave a new order to Wang Xing.
"Leave the 3rd Division to defend Chen County, and inform the 4th and 5th Divisions to set off immediately, and then you lead the 1st Division to attack Yanshan County, and I will lead the 2nd Division to attack Wu County, see if you can intercept the next batch of supplies, I estimate that the princes of these two counties are likely to escape as well."
Half an hour later, the two newly assembled divisions divided into two routes and launched a rapid march in the direction of the east and west targets. The 8,000 cavalry was also divided into two cavalry units at the same time, following the two divisions.
When Wen Jiming led the second division and rushed to the city of Wu County, he learned the latest information from the commander of the cavalry, Grand Commander of the Teutonic Knights, Andrei Ronald, who arrived in advance.
"As your Majesty expected, there is no sign of any army presence in Wu County. We intercepted the last convoy and seized about two million gold dollars worth of gold and silver. ”
After Wen Jiming heard this, he nodded, and then ordered to occupy the city of Wu County.
An hour later, Wen Jiming received a message from the First Division sent to Yanshan County, which was similar to the situation on the Wu County side, and Yanshan County was also occupied without firing a shot.
Wen Jiming was disappointed!
Although the soldiers captured the three counties without blood, they let the enemies of all the three counties escape.
In the end, the Ming Empire only seized less than four million gold dollars in coins and less than five million stones in grain.
But now in the opposite Heishui County, the number of people and horses in the Great Xia side is estimated to have exceeded 300,000, maybe even more.
It is clear that these princes have formed an alliance to deal with their sudden rise.
However, this phenomenon is completely understandable, a very powerful high-ranking priest, who has the territory of the eight counties and has established an independent state, is a prince with a brain who knows what to do.
Unless he completely gives up resistance and is ready to surrender to the Ming Empire.
In this case, the typical plan cannot keep up with the changes, so Wen Jiming must be fully prepared to deal with the sudden changes that may occur at any time.
A week later, the three divisions of the Second Army of the Ming Dynasty rushed to the newly occupied three counties to take over the defense of the First Army.
The First Army was once again regrouped and prepared to launch an attack on Heishui County from Kure County.
Up to now, through the infiltration of Jinyiwei intelligence officers, they have waited for news through other intelligence organizations. The military of the Ming Empire has basically mastered the military deployment of Heishui County.
Wen Jiming is now holding this information summary and watching it carefully.
Now in front of him, what he needs to face is an alliance of eight counties contacted and brokered by the Great Xia court, if you count the Chen county side represented by the Great Xia court, this alliance should actually be called the Nine Counties Alliance to live up to its name.
The nine counties are Chen, Wu, Yanshan, Heishui, Beiling, Lin'an, Wujiang, Anyangjun and Qingyang. All of them are counties located in the north.
At present, the army sent by these nine counties to Heishui County has reached 380,000 people, and each county has sent more than 30,000 troops on average.
Judging from the intelligence of Jinyiwei, these troops were all stationed outside Heishui City, and relied on the city wall to establish a defensive offensive, which couldn't help but make Wen Jiming feel a little funny. Grabbing
How afraid you are to fight me in the field! 巘戅 chases yo literature ZHuiyo.oM 戅
Wen Jiming laughed with emotion.
Since the enemy decided not to come, it was better to go to them.
The enemy's coalition forces showed no signs of attacking, and it was clear that they hoped to use the fortifications under Blackwater City to consume Wen Jiming's living force before making a further response.
This time, it is necessary to mobilize all five divisions of the entire First Army Corps to have a chance to completely annihilate the opponent's army of more than 300,000 troops.
Wen Jiming decided to dispatch the artillery units that had already been built, but had not yet participated in any battles.
Only in this way can we deal with the fortifications that the opponent has already built.
Thankfully, the six-pounder field cannon used by artillery is already a second-generation product, using a large number of modern artillery technologies, and has begun to use isolated electric fuse detonating devices.
The gunpowder used in the cannonballs has also been greatly improved, and the principle of this is simply a book of heaven for Wen Jiming, a novice in chemistry, when he asked Aristock, he was told that this is a branch of magical engineering, magical drug engineering.
Well, since people are experts, it's up to them to decide.
March 9th, 9 a.m. sharp.
Wen Jiming led the First Army Corps, all 8,000 cavalry, and the 1st Artillery Brigade with 75 six-pounder horse-drawn field guns, a total of nearly 130,000 troops, and marched from Wu County to Heishui City.
The Great War is about to begin, and the first battle in another world using modern artillery is about to begin!