Wan Qian refers to whether the peak can bear the incentive of the fifty-first section

After assigning the task, Huangshi gathered all the senior officers together. He opened another wooden box with his own hands, which was next to the telescope. The box was full of straw, and Yellowstone pulled out a cloth bag, and then took out a small yellow disc from it, and as soon as he let go, it fell to the ground until it was grabbed by a shiny chain.

Huang Shi held it up and showed it to his subordinates, and said at the same time: "This thing is called a pocket watch, and it is also a high-level military weapon just produced by the Military Industry Department of Funing Town. Huang Shi explained the purpose of this thing and told his subordinates how to read, wind, and match their watches.

A full twenty pocket watches, except for one that Huang Shi kept for himself, he also issued a few to the senior officers of each battalion and the head of the gendarmerie, and the rest was handed over to Ouyang Xin's engineer team. Yellowstone taught them how to use pocket watches, and with this thing, the army's advance and attack would be easier to control and coordinate, and military plans could be made more carefully.

In addition to pocket watches and binoculars, the military industry department of Funing town also sent two other new sapper weapons: a compass with a glass mask and a blister level with a scale. After the production of such an important military material, Huang Shi took a painstaking look at these simple instruments, and he had no doubt that these things would bring great benefits to the army.

In addition to these small incidents, the Funing Army also sent 500 boxes of military supplies through the Yangtze River Shipping, including several hundred sapper shovels and shovels, a large number of iron hammers, dexterous and sharp short-handled hand axes, a whole box of subway nails, steel saw blades, and matching saw bows. These materials are all manufactured by the newly expanded Military Industry Department of Funing Town, in order to meet the needs of Huangshi. Now Bao Bowen has invested eighty percent of his manpower in the production of these tools.

Bao Bowen also attached a letter with this batch of materials, explaining that the production of armor has slowed down, and the production capacity of the military industry department of Funing Town will continue to transfer to tools. According to Huangshi's pre-departure order, once conditions permit, the town of Funing should try to make metal gears to replace the wooden gears now used in watermills. Bao Bowen reported that the project had already started, and that the Funing Town Military Industry Department had produced the first batch of metal pulley sets. He will send these goods to Huangshi to Guiyang in three days.

If he hadn't been delayed on the road, Yellowstone knew that he would have received the metal sapper loading and unloading pulley in a matter of days. Now Ouyang Xin's engineering team still uses rudimentary wooden pulleys. Both the safety factor and the work efficiency are far from being comparable with the metal pulley block. It seems that with the rapid increase in the production capacity of tools, soon the efficiency of the sappers will increase several times compared to before.

On August 4, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the fire battalion and the Panshi battalion of the Funing Army set out from Guiyang in a hurry, and traveled north along the official road to Banzhou, which was 200 miles away. Along the way, there were local military stations responsible for supplying supplies, and the baggage was also transported by post stations, government offices and troops along the way, so Huangshi ordered the whole army to march forcibly. After marching for 60 miles for three consecutive days, he arrived at the camp of the Ming army in Banzhou on the afternoon of the fourth day, that is, on August 8.

After entering Banzhou, Huangshi immediately took over the garrison of the Ming army here, and ordered to mobilize all the nearby manpower to expand the Banzhou camp, and at the same time make every effort to find and concentrate guides who are familiar with the terrain near the Chishui River. Banzhou itself is surrounded by the Xiangjiang River, and there are many rivers such as the Renjiang River, the Hongjiang River, and the Luomin River.

On August 9, the mobilized manpower left Banju and headed for the Chishui River. The two battalions of Yellowstone's men began to rest. Along the way, the garrisons of Yamen Pass, Luomeng Pass, Loushan Pass and other places were also sent out by Huangshi. The next base he chose to advance was Yongzhenyi, which was only forty miles from the Chishui River.

On 10 August, a group of baggage arrived at the camp of the Ming army in Banzhou, and two groups of soldiers and engineers from the Panshi battalion set out as an advance team in the morning and stepped into the mountainous area of Loushan.

On the afternoon of 10 July, two more groups of officers and men of the Panshi Battalion set out in full gear. Follow the footsteps of the advance team and march towards the Chishui River Valley.

On the night of the tenth, the Ming army Banzhou camp,

"Tomorrow He guerrillas will lead the main force of the Panshi Battalion to set off through the building mountain area to the Yongzhen camp. You will also set off with them, but your goal is not Yongzhen, but along the Tongzi River, all the way north out of Loushan Mountain to Erlangba. ”

Huang Shi gave the task to Zhang Chengye, the officer of the fire fighting camp, that today Zhang Chengye will lead his team and the fire battalion engineer team to set off at dawn, and their goal is to occupy the Erlang Dam on the Tongzi River in the north of the Loushan Mountains. And build strong defensive positions there.

"The Tongzi River is very important to our army's ability to successfully supply the Yongzhen battalion. Mr. Zhang, let's take a look at the map. "Huang Shi has always liked to explain the strategic situation to his subordinates, because he believes that his subordinates should fully understand the significance of their operations. It is very beneficial to improve their sense of honor and mission.

Huang Shi called Zhang Chengye to the edge of the map and showed him the terrain from Banzhou to Yongzhen: "The road from our Banzhou camp to Yongzhen camp is one hundred and sixty miles long, and it has to cross the entire Loushan mountain area, so it is mostly mountain roads, if we rely on this road to supply Yongzhen camp, it will require a lot of manpower, which will greatly affect the speed of our march." ”

Then Huang Shi pointed to Luominshui and said to Zhang Chengye: "Mr. Zhang Qian, there is only a land route of more than 30 miles between Luominshui and Tongzi River, and Ben Shuai plans to use Luominshui and Tongzi River to supply Yongzhen Daying. In the future, after the battle line is stabilized, we may even transport grain and grass materials directly from Guiyang through Luominshui, and directly reach the Yongzhen camp without passing through Banzhou, so if our army wants to gather troops and baggage at the Yongzhen camp, we must ensure that the Tongzi River is always firmly in the hands of our army. ”

Erlang Dam is located at the confluence of the Tongzi River and the Chishui River, and these two rivers form a protruding loop like a natural moat, enveloping Yongzhen Daying in it. Huang Shi pointed to Erlang Dam and emphasized to Zhang Chengye: "This place also covers the flank of Yongzhen, it separates the Yongning area from the Yongzhen area, as long as the Erlang Dam is in the hands of our army." The camp of Yongzhen did not have to worry about being attacked from the north or the west. Moreover, in addition to protecting the unimpeded transportation of the entire Tongzi River, this place is also the northern entrance of the Chishui River, and if you hold here, the Chishui River has already fallen into the hands of our army, and in the future, our army will be able to transport the baggage supplies from Yongzhen to Chishuiwei through the Chishui River, do you understand?"

"Understood. Handsome. Zhang Chengye replied sonorously, and he stared at the map for a while. Suddenly asked: "Dashuai, there are doubts about the humble position." ”

"Mr. Zhang Qian, you say. ”

"Marshal, do you think that since this Erlang Dam is so important, why don't you send more soldiers and horses, but just use a foot team of the lowly position?"

"That's a good question!" Huang Shi praised and asked with encouragement: "Mr. Zhang Qian thinks how many troops should be sent." ”

Zhang Chengye stared at the map for a while, and then said the thoughts in his heart fluently: "Dashuai." He thought that at least five troops should be dispatched to advance to Erlangba, so that not only could the entire Tongzi River and Chishui River be firmly protected, but also the movements of the Yongning thieves could be contained. After our army occupies Chishuiwei, our army can also send troops from Erlangba to attack Lin Zhou, so that if the thieves attack Chishui Wei from the south from the Yongning area, we can attack from Lin Zhou and hit them hard in the back. ”

Huang Shi said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang Qian said that the land is exactly what I want, and now Tongzihe wants to provide supplies to the Yongzhen camp." Therefore, it is not possible to maintain too many troops in Erlangba for the time being. But as soon as the matter in Yongzhen is over, Ben Shuai will personally lead the entire fire battalion to Erlangba, looking for an opportunity to cross Chishui to attack Lin Zhou, so that the Yongning thieves can only sit and watch Chishui belong to me, otherwise when they go south to rescue Chishuiwei, they will fall into the net of our army. ”

"Handsome and wise. ”

"Haha. Therefore, Mr. Zhang Qian, the burden on your shoulders is very heavy, whether you can successfully occupy Erlang Dam and consolidate it is not only related to whether the Yongzhen battalion can be resupplied, but also related to whether we can go from Yongzhen to attack Chishui in the future, and finally whether we can net the main force of Yongning thieves between the Platts Institute and the Mani Institute. It can be said that although the number of your team is small, it determines the victory or defeat of our army in this battle. ”

"Yes, Dashuai, the lowly duty understands, and the lowly duty must live up to the orders of the Dashuai. ”

......

On August 12, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, near Iron Mountain. Dongjiang Army harbor barracks

Bai Youcai and the three brothers of the Sun family are building a new fort wall. During the last Korean war, the Sun brothers and Bai Youcai followed Mao Wenlong to attack Zhenjiang, while Grandpa Bai stayed at home because of his age. When Bai Youcai left, his grandfather was digging a vole nest. So when Bai Youcai said goodbye for the last time, the old man who was concentrating on digging voles didn't even raise his head, but just responded casually.

As a result, this sound became a farewell, and now Bai Youcai is a lonely person in this world, and the Sun brothers, who also lost a relative, accepted him into their family. It just so happens that Bai Youcai's age is similar to the third brother of the Sun family, and now the fourth child of the Sun family is gradually calling him "third brother" instead of "third brother Bai".

From Tiesan to Changseong, the Dongjiang Army and the Houjin Army were still at war, and although North Korea promised not to allow the Dongjiang Army to go to the sea to farm, in fact North Korea was powerless to stop the Dongjiang Army's military operations. However, now the Houjin army has occupied Yizhou, deeply distorted the Ming army's battle line, and repeatedly tried to cut off the communication line from Tieshan to Shuozhou.

The Sun brothers were cutting down the branches of the trees, and Bai Youcai took a large comb and carefully smeared the reconciled mud on the wooden sticks, and when the sticks were dry, they would be used to build the city walls, and the Iron Mountain Fort and the nearby Dongjiang Army fortress were built with this material.

For lunch, it was wild vegetables and multigrain cakes, but Bai Youcai and the Sun brothers ate very well. After Bai Youcai sat down cross-legged, he took off his dirty shirt before eating, and then put it on his lap, and after Bai Youcai carefully ate the bread, he opened his eyes and searched for the cloth again, and picked up all the dregs that fell on his clothes.

"Look, it's a boat again. The voice of the old 2 of the Sun family sounded in his ears, Bai Youcai also completed the search for the residue on his clothes at this time, he looked back at the grain ship that slowly sailed into the harbor, and couldn't help but swallow a large mouthful of saliva in his mouth.

Bai Youcai and the Sun brothers returned to work, and according to their experience, after a while, the gate of the port camp would open. A group of heavily armed Dongjiang officers and soldiers would be the first to come out to clear the way, followed by carts full of grain. However, Bai Youcai and they all knew that these grains were by no means for them to eat, but to be sent to Shuozhou, and then to supply the Kuandian Dongjiang Military Land.

Since the Later Jin Army occupied Uiju, the Yalu River has been half of the Dongjiang Army and the Later Jin Army, so the territory of Korea cannot be completely assured. These Dongjiang troops, who were responsible for defending the grain wagons, would be given double rations. Because on the way from Tieshan to Shuozhou, the grain transportation team was often attacked by the Houjin army. These days, in order to keep the grain road to Shuozhou open. The Dongjiang Army has already paid hundreds of lives on this road.

However, although it was very difficult to supply Shuozhou, Mao Wenlong stubbornly refused to give up the Kuandian area, just as Yizhou was the bridgehead of Houjin in the south of the Yalu River, and Kuandian was also the sortie base of the Dongjiang Army in the north of the Jiangbei. If Kuandian is abandoned, then the Yalu River will become unilaterally owned by the Houjin Army, and the Dongjiang Army will fall into a completely passive situation in Liaodong. As long as Kuandian is still in the hands of the Dongjiang Army, the Houjin side must deploy a large number of troops around it to confront Chen Jisheng. This also played a very powerful role in the Dongjiang Army Headquarters.

But this time, Bai Youcai and they obviously guessed wrong.

Not long after the ship docked, thunderous cheers sounded in the harbor barracks, and when the gate was slowly opened, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army around the fortress stood up in amazement, watching the Dongjiang chief officer and his banner rise out from under the gate of the harbor fort.

"Mao Dashuai!"

"It's Mao Dashuai!"

Bai Youcai threw down the mud tube in his hand, jumped up with a shout in his mouth, and ran in the direction of Mao Wenlong, in the process of running. Bai Youcai overtook some people, and was also overtaken by some people who were running faster behind him. He ran to the side of the road out of breath, looked greedily at the flaming red flag, and let out a frenzied cry along with the thousands of people around him:

"Mao Dashuai, but do you want to counterattack Liaodong?"

"But do you want to counterattack Liaodong?"

......

On the way from the port to the camp of the Tieshan Dongjiang Army, Mao Wenlong kept explaining to his subordinate officers and soldiers. Fortunately, the dark and thin faces did not show much disappointment. This time, Mao Wenlong only came to inspect the war zone, and after the officers and men of Dongjiang found out about this, they went back to work hard one after another, and they all expressed to their top commander with their actions: Not only did they not lose confidence, but their morale became even higher because of this setback and new hatred.

When Mao Wenlong came to Longchuan in Korea with 200 men seven years ago, the Houjin regime was like the rising sun in the east, full of invincible deterrence, and the Ming army in Liaodong had no place to stand. But seven years down. The Dongjiang Army has expanded to hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Covering an area of thousands of miles, it has become a force that cannot be underestimated.

After the Korean campaign. Every time Mao Wenlong boosted the morale of his subordinates, he received a positive response from everyone, although Dongjiang Town has now encountered a trough, but everyone believes that this is just a trough. For example, General Pan, who asked Huangshi for a bunch of engineering equipment in Haizhou last time, escaped from Yizhou alone this time, which can be regarded as a catastrophe.

When Mao Wenlong asked General Pan about his views on the battle situation in Tieshan Fort, this fool Pan in everyone's mouth laughed again, and he said to Mao Wenlong with high fighting spirit: "No matter how hard it is, is there still a great commander who was hard back then? The great commander was only 200 people back then, and the Tartars couldn't destroy our Dongjiang army, can they do it now?"

Huangshi had already offered Mao Wenlong to buy a large piece of wood through a merchant. If the military town conducts private transactions, it is a taboo in the Ming officialdom, but now that there are businessmen in the middle changing hands, it may be better. Huangshi and Mao Wenlongdi had a very close relationship, but now they may not be caught by others with the help of businessmen. For Mao Wenlong, it is absolutely impossible to take Huangshi land money for nothing without wood, so Mao Wenlong's trip is to boost the morale of the Dongjiang army in North Korea on the one hand, and to see how to transfer the big wood from Changbai Mountain to Tieshan.

......

August 14, Sichuan, Banzhou Ming Army Camp,

The local Ming army in Guiyang, which had set off at the same time as the firefighting camp a few days ago, had just arrived, and the Xuanfeng battalion, which had only set off from Guiyang on the 10th, arrived at the Banzhou camp yesterday under the leadership of Jia Minghe.

Huang Shi was now clothed all over his body, and he was about to leave for the Yongzhen camp. On the way from Banju to Yongzhen, the Ming army had set up a temporary post station. And arranged a small number of stagecoaches, Huangshi and a few guards changed horses all the way, and it is estimated that they will be able to arrive at the Yongzhen camp within two days.

After the Election Battalion arrived in Banju, there was no need for the last few troops of the fire fighting camp to stay here, and they would immediately leave for Erlang Dam after handing over the defense to the Election Battalion.

Huang Shi also went to Erlangba after inspecting the Yongzhen camp, and with the current means of communication, the progress of the war in the future would not be something he could control in real time. So before leaving, Huang Shi could only roughly explain the strategic points to Jia Minghe, and he took a horsewhip and pointed to the map on the wall:

"Brother Jia. If there were no accidents, Guerrilla He would definitely attack in the direction of Chishuiwei within four days. I estimate that the thief army has not yet figured out the movements of our army, and it will not be until August 20 at the earliest when they react, so it is impossible for them to have time to reinforce Chishuiwei. By the end of this month, the Yongning Land Bandit Army may counterattack Chishuiwei. ”

Seeing that Jia Minghe seemed a little suspicious, Huang Shi stopped talking and signaled that he could ask questions, and Jia Minghe immediately pointed to the map and asked, "My lord." Although the Yongning thieves were closer to Chishuiwei, the last general thought that they might first contact the Shuixi thieves, and then attack our army from both sides. ”

"Yes, if the thieves knew about the combat strength of our army, then they should have done it, but the thieves didn't know, so they probably thought that a lone army of thousands of officers and soldiers was nothing remarkable. And. Once our army took control of the Chishui River, the two thieves of Hao Chongming and An Bangyan were divided into two, and there was no room for tossing and turning. These two thieves are cunning and will never fail to see this. The soldiers are very fast, and I guess that Yu Chongming will drop all his tens of thousands of main forces to the south at the first time and storm Chishuiwei. Strive to eat the lone army of our army in one fell swoop. ”

Jia Minghe thought about it again, nodded and said: "What the marshal said is very true, but even if Yu Chongming dares to come, we are not afraid, and if Chishuiwei is consolidated, these two thieves will die." ”

"Hehe, if they really can't do this, we have enough advantages. Huang Shi chuckled twice, Jia Minghe obviously didn't care about the combat effectiveness of the rebels, so he felt that the other party didn't dare to come and attack a battalion of Funing Army. However, Huang Shi wanted to worship Ming and An Bangyan since he dared to raise the flag of rebellion. Then they must still be very confident in their military strength.

"When He Guerrilla attacked Chishuiwei along the Chishui River. I will go to Erlangba to command the fire battalion to attack Lin Zhou, and wait for the main force of Yu Chongming to appear north of Chishuiwei. I used the rock camp as an anvil, and the fire camp as a hammer, and gathered and annihilated the elite of extravagant Chongming between Platts and Manichae. ”

If Luxury Chongming can't arrive in time, then He Dingyuan's city defense will have more time to reinforce, if Luxury Chongming rushes wildly, then Huangshi estimates that he won't have too much baggage, and once the fiasco will become out of control: "Luxury Chongming will probably come in ten days, Shuixi and Yongning are two thieves who are dependent on each other, and An Bangyan is far away, but he will come desperately within fifteen to twenty days, counting on the total annihilation of our army and the restoration of the internal combat situation." ”

"That's what the marshal said. ”

"So you have to take over the defense there after Guerrilla He leaves the Yongzhen camp, and ensure that the supply lines of the two battalions of Fire Fighting and Panshi are unimpeded. ”

"Obey the order, Dashuai rest assured. ”

Then the other Ming troops will also come one after another, and when they arrive, the two battalions of the Ming army in Guiyang should also arrive at the Yongzhen camp. If An Bangyan does not cross the Chishui River, if he does, you will cut off his retreat and block the Shuixi thieves on the north bank of the Chishui River. This time, the front battalion is an anvil, and the two battalions of firefighting and rock will be hammers, and An Bangyan will also be annihilated here in one fell swoop. ”

"Yes, Commander. ”

Although Huang Shi believes in Jia Minghe's loyalty, but it is not too much to motivate his subordinates to do their work, Huang Shi heard Jia Minghe's respectful and cautious answer, he threw the horsewhip aside, solemnly bowed to Jia Minghe, and frightened the latter and hurriedly jumped away: "Dashuai, the last general will definitely do his duty, this is not to be done." ”

Huang Shi straightened up and looked at Jia Minghe, with a solemn face: "Brother Jia, Chishui Wei is a thief who must be saved, and Ben Shuai is sure that An Bangyan will do his best to save him." From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to today, this family has been entrenched in Shuixi for 2,000 years, and it is really a deep-rooted thief, and there are probably tens of thousands of henchmen. If we want to go to Shuixi's lair to exterminate these bandits, I am afraid that we will have to pay the lives of thousands of brothers, so I very much hope to wipe out this group of bandits in Chishuiwei. ”

Jia Minghe also looked solemn when he heard it. He had rarely seen Huang Shi speak to himself in such a solemn tone before. I only heard Huang Shi continue to say: "The art of war is cloudy: don't stop returning to the teacher." If An Bangyan is really blocked in the north of Chishui River by Brother Jia this time, they will definitely fight to the death in order to fight back to the nest, so I know that Brother Jia has a very heavy burden this time, very heavy, but I still have to give it to Brother Jia. This time, you are solely responsible for the left wing of our Funing Army, but its significance is not only this, but the lives of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of brothers. ”

Jia Minghe was stunned for a moment. Then he lifted his cloak and fell to one knee. He bowed his head and clenched his fists and shouted: "The big marshal is serious, if An Bangyan really comes, the last general will swear to block him in Hebei, so that the big marshal will destroy him." ”

After a pause, Jia Minghe suddenly raised his voice by an octave, and said impassionedly: "Don't worry, as long as there is a selection camp." The left flank of the great commander is as safe as Mount Tai. ”

"Okay!" Huang Shi helped Jia Minghe up with both hands: "I am convinced of this. ”

......

On August 16, the Ming army Yongzhen camp,

A month ago, it was just an ordinary post station and reconnaissance sentry, and it has been quiet for two years, but now it is like a roaring beehive, in addition to the 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Panshi Battalion, there are thousands of auxiliary soldiers who are busy around the Yongzhen Battalion, constantly transporting the supplies that have just been transported from the Tongzi River.

The engineer team of the Panshi Battalion had already repaired an improvised wharf on the Tongzi River. Yesterday, the advance team of engineers on the Chishui River reported that the wharf on the Chishui River had been completed two days earlier, and that the engineering team was seizing the time to build a bamboo raft and start to install the ropes along the river.

"So far, so good. "Chief of Staff Jin Qiude came to the Yongzhen camp with He Dingyuan at the beginning, and a large number of staff officers have been calculating the transportation capacity of the Chishui River for the past two days. and the establishment of a post station network with Yongzhen Daying as the center and extending in all directions: "For the time being, stagecoaches are sufficient, but before the campaign is in full swing, we need to transfer another 300 stagecoaches from Guizhou in order to establish a larger command network." ”

Huang Shi took a closer look at Jin Qiude's plan and asked, "Do you suggest that the old camp be set up here in Yongzhen?"

"Yes, the Yongzhen area looks fairly safe at the moment, and it will become even safer when the two wings of the fire battalion and the Xuanfeng battalion are opened, so the last general thinks that there is no need to build the Banzhou camp anymore, and all the reinforcements and supplies from Guiyang. They should all be concentrated here in Yongzhen as much as possible. ”

"Then do as you say. ”

"Yes. Handsome. ”

Huang Shi left his seal to Jin Qiude so that he could unify the command of the upcoming reinforcements from Guizhou. Huangshi didn't give Jin Qiude any orders that were too rigid. The most important job of Kim Qiude was not to coordinate operations, but to be responsible for transporting supplies, and with the existing means of communication, coordinating the operations of troops within a radius of 100 miles was tantamount to a fantasy.

"It seems that we have come to the right place, the two thieves of Shuixi and Yongning did not expect our army to move so fast, although we are maneuvering on the outside, but we are still far ahead of them. "Huang Shi has already seen the analysis made by Jin Qiude and other staff officers, how can Shuixi and Yongning not be able to judge the scale and direction of the Ming army's offensive until four or five days later, and when they complete the assembly and launch a counterattack, it will be the end of this month at the earliest.

Jin Qiude is also very confident in the first offensive: "According to the perennial veterans of Yongzhenyi, there are only a few hundred rebels in the Chishuiwei area, most of them are estimated to be old and weak, and there are even women. We can transport the Rock Battalion's six-pounder guns along the river, and it doesn't seem like a big problem to take Chishuiwei, the only problem is that the road is not easy to walk, and this journey is more of a problem for us than the thieves. ”

"It's just a nuisance. Huang Shi was dismissive of this, and he said coldly: "Without a firm defender, the moat is also a path; Where there are staunch defenders, the road is also a moat. ”

"The big marshal said yes. ”

......

On the afternoon of the 16th, on the bank of the Chishui River, the Panshi Camp camped.

"Chishui Wei!"

When he finally explained the mission to He Dingyuan, Huang Shi slammed the horsewhip on the map. With a "stab" sound, the map was poked out of a hole by Yellowstone. Huang Shi turned his head, his arm still pointing straight at the map, looked at He Ding's distant eyes and said loudly:

"This attack will determine the outcome of the southwest counterinsurgency campaign in one fell swoop, and the thieves will either be completely wiped dry in the grinding plate of Chishuiwei, or they will sit in the lair and wait to die. Now, the entire four southwestern provinces are squeezing supplies and baggage out for this offensive. Grain, grass, troops, horses, and salaries from the entire four southwestern provinces are being transported here, and the civilian, military, and common people of the entire four southwestern provinces are ...... No. The emperor, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the scholars and the people of the world all held their breath and watched this decisive blow, and—"

Huang Shi's right arm remained unchanged with the whip, and his left arm raised and pointed at He Dingyuan heavily: "And this decisive blow, Ben Shuai handed it over to you." ”

"Great handsome ......" He Dingyuan's face was flushed with excitement, and he let out a deafening roar towards Huangshi angrily: "The last general must take down Chishuiwei and personally sacrifice it under the tent of the great handsome." ”

"I'm convinced of that. But that's just the beginning. Huang Shi looked at the large map hanging on the wall, and then poked a hole in the place of Yongning Xuanfu Division, and he said to He Dingyuan: "The thief soldiers will do their best to save Chishui, and the commander will personally marshal the fire battalion to kill from behind the thief soldiers, and the He brothers will fight back and forth, first gather the Yongning thieves under the Chishui Acropolis, and then turn around and go south, and fight the Shuixi thieves with the Jia brothers." ”

Huang Shi looked at He Dingyuan intently. Slowly said in a deep voice: "If the Chishui Guard is here, the enemy army is the turtle in the urn, our army can attack and retreat, and if the Chishui Guard is lost, the Funing Army, which we are divided into three roads, will be broken by the thieves." Brother He, you not only have the victory or defeat in the southwest in your hands. It also controls the lives of 15,000 officers and soldiers of the third battalion of our Funing Army. ”

"Don't worry, the last general is in the city ......"

"No, Chishuiwei can't be absent. This commander can't fly a sword to pass on the book, once the Chishui Guard is lost, my Funing Army will be wiped out, and the Chishui Guard can't be there!

He Dingyuan took a deep breath and raised his head high: "Great marshal, it is the last general who has lost his words, not to mention tens of thousands of thief soldiers, it is 100,000 or 200,000 thief soldiers." It was also impossible to take the castle from the hands of the 5,000 Funing army. Don't worry, Dashuai. The last general will definitely be able to guard the Chishui guard like an iron bucket of golden soup. ”

"Okay, then you can get ready. Let's go," Huang Shi took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, it was now the 16th day of August in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, at 2:43 p.m., he recorded this number on a piece of paper, and then looked up and said to He Dingyuan: "Now every minute and every second is precious, it determines whether this battle is won or not, and it determines the number of enemies destroyed and casualties. ”

In Huangshi's gaze, He Dingyuan strode up to the tent of the camp, and there were 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Panshi Camp standing densely below, and the audience was silent, everyone raised their necks and looked at He Dingyuan, who was high above.

He Dingyuan stood firmly on his legs, crossed his waist with one hand, and held his other hand high in the air, and shouted with blazing eyes: "The whole army set off, in the direction of Chishuiwei, to carry out a power reconnaissance." ”

"Mighty!"

The soldiers shouted in unison, and all kinds of military instruments sounded in an instant, and the Panshi battalion walked out of the camp gate with the sound of drums, along both sides of the Chishui River, towards the Chishui Wei water and land a hundred miles away......

Seven days later, on August 23, the Ming army Yongzhen camp,

Now the Yongzhen camp has become more lively than a few days ago, the warning area of the camp has been expanded to a radius of twenty miles, and simple lookouts and beacon towers have been built in several directions. At every moment, there were large groups of people entering and leaving the camp gate, and they carried a large number of materials to the camp in whole bags and whole bags.

Inside the camp, a staff officer reported to Jin Qiude: "Today another 1,000 auxiliaries, 50 pack horses, and 50 stagecoaches have arrived, and now there are 15,000 auxiliaries and 1,000 horses in the whole battalion, and according to the letter from Guiyang, this number may double again in 10 days." ”

After putting down the report, the staff officer reported to Jin Qiude: "My lord, the last time you wrote to ask Ambassador Wu to speed up the transportation of supplies, Ambassador Wu replied. ”

"What did Ambassador Wu say?"

"Back to my lord, Ambassador Wu said that he had sent every man, every horse, every grain, every grass and every nail in his hands to the Yongzhen camp; Ambassador Wu also said that he had seized the supplies of the Ming army in all other directions, and it was time to demolish the houses in Guiyang. ”

Hearing this exaggerated statement, Jin Qiude couldn't help laughing loudly: "Haha, Ambassador Wu still has that temper. Well, what about reinforcements?"

"No reinforcements arrived today. In addition to the Xuanfeng battalion, the Yongzhen battalion still only had 4,000 Ming troops. However, Mr. Zhang has ordered all the Ming troops in the vicinity to move to Banzhou, and now at least 40,000 Ming troops in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces have received orders, and it is estimated that about 20,000 Ming troops are already on their way here. ”

"Well, it is impossible for such a large-scale military transfer to hide the ears and eyes of Yongning and Shuixi thieves, and Master Zhang's order is so clear, they will never miscalculate, and the first batch of thieves to reinforce Chishuiwei may also be on the way. Jin Qiude frowned and looked at the map, scratched his head again, and said, "Is there any news from the Rock Camp today?"

Yesterday, the news that He Dingyuan came back was that he had arrived at the foot of Chishuiwei, and the sporadic resistance of the enemy soldiers along the way was very weak, and it did not pose the slightest threat to the 5,000 Ming army, but there was no news back today.

Two o'clock in the afternoon,

"General Kim, General Kim. A herald rushed in with a note, and his excitement was overflowing, and he ran in and hurriedly saluted, and then read out loud the good news of He Dingyuan......

An hour later, the Xuanfeng battalion had already assembled outside the camp, and Jia Minghe, wearing bright armor, slowly walked up to the high platform of the Yongzhen camp with heavy steps. He waved the note from He Dingyuan with his right hand, and shouted briefly to the officers and soldiers who were listening: "General He has captured Chishuiwei in the early morning of the day before yesterday!"

"Mighty!"

Jia Minghe first let the soldiers cheer to their heart's content, and then stretched out his arm and pressed down, and suddenly the whole audience returned to calm, Jia Minghe puffed out his cheeks and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, and the Xuanfeng battalion will set off immediately and launch a power reconnaissance in the direction of the Aluomi Station!"

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August 24, Erlangba,

The central breakthrough of the Ming army has been completed, and the next thing is to see the unfolding of the two wings. The water transportation of the Chishui River is enough to maintain the high-speed attack and combat of the Panshi Battalion, and after the Panshi Battalion is transferred to the defense, the Xuanfeng Battalion can also use part of the transportation capacity to maintain the mobility of the troops. However, the speed of the Xuanfeng Battalion cannot be fast for the time being, because the current main transportation capacity still has to be conceded to Chishuiwei to supply food, grass and ammunition, because no one knows when the water transportation of the Chishui River will be cut off, and no one knows how long the Panshi Battalion needs to fight in a state of encirclement.

The firefighting battalion can exclusively enjoy the water transportation capacity at the northern end of the Chishui River, from Erlangba to Linzhou, the firefighting battalion can also use 60 miles of water transportation, thus shortening the land transportation distance to only 60 miles. Now, in addition to the baggage team of the fire battalion headquarters, Erlangba has also concentrated thousands of auxiliary soldiers and 700 horses, and under the guidance of the fire battalion engineer team, the amount of supplies unloaded by Tongzihe in Erlangba every day is also increasing.

Huang Shi sat quietly on the chair, carefully read the military information sent by the stagecoach, exhaled softly, raised his head and handed a letter that had been written long ago to the herald: "Send this to Guiyang and hand it to Mr. Zhang." ”

"There is a departure, brethren. Zhang Chengye shouted outside the Erlangba camp: "Power reconnaissance, direction - Lin Zhou." ”

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