Chapter 30: The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings
The seven days passed in a flash, and during the seven days, these newly recruited soldiers did nothing every day except stand in a military posture and practice in a queue.
Each division has a sub-division, and usually does not interact with each other, so the training of the soldiers under Chen Wangrang's command did not cause any fluctuations.
It's just that Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, and Cao Dingjiao occasionally patrol the camp, and they saw Chen Wang coming over to ask a few words when he was training.
Cao Wenzhao and Cao Dingjiao watched it several times and asked some details and questions, and Chen Wang answered them one by one, and the answers were very detailed.
Naturally, there is no harm in leaving the impression that the troops are well-trained.
Cao Bianjiao didn't ask anything, but stayed on the sidelines for a long time every time, and then left with the talent.
Chen Wang couldn't figure out what Cao Bianjiao was thinking.
However, Chen Wang didn't ask, because the important thing now was another thing - the thieves were coming.
The clock was approaching July, and nothing had happened in their barracks for seven days, but there had been a lot of change in the outside world.
He saw the army retreating from the northwest on the official road.
He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu retreated and abandoned Yilu Town.
It seems that the pressure on Yilu Town is too great, and there is a risk of being surrounded by isolation, so Hong Chengchou let it retreat.
When Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong withdrew to Pizhou, Zhang Quanchang also led his troops to Pizhou.
The battle on the northern front to pursue Mantianxing and Li Zicheng did not go well, and the two sides fought several battles with mutual casualties.
The main force led by Gao Yingxiang entered Gongchang Mansion from Pingliang to the south, plundered Qin'an, Qingshui and other places, and Gongchang Mansion was in an emergency.
The main force of the thieves began to move, so Hong Chengchou ordered the Northern Route Army to retreat, let the soldiers of Yansui Town enter and suppress, transferred back Zhang Quanchang, and ordered Zhang Waijia to lead 2,500 soldiers and horses to garrison Zhenning.
Hong Chengchou mobilized troops not to defend Pizhou.
He Renlong was just passing through Pizhou, and Zhang Quanchang came to join him, and Hong Chengchou ordered them to go west through Fengxiang Mansion and go to Gongchang Mansion to intercept the main force of thieves who wanted to go west.
There were 3,000 soldiers under He Renlong, 1,500 soldiers under Zhang Quanchang, plus 2,300 soldiers under the command of Du Sitian Yinglong, who was hanging behind Fengxiang Mansion, for a total of 6,500 soldiers.
There are 70,000 or 80,000 thieves who have entered Gongchang Mansion, which is almost ten times more, but Gongchang Mansion has to be saved, and the Ming army is now overstretched, and Hong Chengchou has no way.
However, Hong Chengchou also knew that there were many bandits in Pingliang, so he kept the Changping soldiers under Zuo Liangyu.
Hong Chengchou handed over the command of the battle situation to Cao Wenzhao, and more than 2,700 soldiers under Zuo Liangyu's command were also under Cao Wenzhao's control.
When he had just withdrawn to Pi that day, Zuo Liangyu came to meet Cao Wenzhao.
Chen Wang followed Cao Wenzhao to meet Zuo Liangyu at that time.
The real Zuo Liangyu is completely different from Chen Wang's imagination.
Zuo Liangyu is quite burly, walking with a tiger's step, with a short beard, neatly groomed, and clear eyebrows, he is definitely handsome and mighty.
When he came to the camp to meet him, his attitude was also extremely deferential.
Zuo Liangyu is not the famous "escaped general" now, and the soldiers under his command dare to fight, and their combat exploits are also outstanding.
But in fact, now Zuo Liangyu has already shown some clues, and Chen Wang has also heard some rumors.
In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu disagreed with the local governor during the military discussion during Huaiqing, and clashed, even though he was impeached, he was punished for it.
After that, the governor requisitioned his army with documents, and Zuo Liangyu led the troops not to enlist on time, but was late, and he did not do his best when pursuing.
However, Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao once fought together, and at that time he was also controlled by Cao Wenzhao, and he watched with his own eyes how Cao Wenzhao exterminated the bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.
Cao Wenzhao's merits did not favor one over the other, so Zuo Liangyu has always respected Cao Wenzhao.
However, the combined strength of the two armies is only more than 5,500 people, and they are still somewhat weak.
Hong Chengchou also ordered the governor of Bizhou to recruit strong men as auxiliaries to cooperate with Cao Wenzhao.
When the governor of Na Bizhou heard that the thieves were coming again, he changed his previous arrogant posture, sent grain and rice, sent a lot of strong men as auxiliaries, and asked Cao Wenzhao to move the camp into the city.
When more than 200,000 thieves crossed the border from Pizhou, the vast scene was full of thieves crossing the border under the city for several days, which frightened the officials in the state who were ready to commit suicide by hanging the beam, and the governor of Pizhou had even written a suicide note.
After Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong withdrew, a large number of people followed the two armies to Pizhou shortly after.
However, the governor of Pizhou said that he didn't want to open the door at all, but just let him look east and continue to walk.
Hearing that there was another war, the displaced people who stayed in the south of the city were even more panicked, and under Cao Wenzhao's several requests, the governor of Pizhou released a wave of grain to those displaced people, and let them go south to Yongshou.
Cao Wenzhao took them to bid farewell to He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang on the official road.
He Renlong is known as "He Maniac", he is a martial artist, strong in martial arts, and good at riding and archery.
Brave in battle, not afraid of life and death, often charge ahead, hence the name.
He Renlong's face is full of beard, beard and tiger eyebrows, quite heroic, the dragon walks and walks tigers, riding a horse with a coat color like satin, black and shiny steed is extremely eye-catching.
Zhang Quanchang was wearing a bright gold mountain pattern armor, and he stole the limelight.
The army ate a meaty meal under the city, and then hurried south.
Chen Wangmu sent He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang away, and he was the only one who knew that He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang would be defeated when they went.
He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang lost their troops but survived, but Du Sitian Yinglong died on the battlefield.
The results of this battle are recorded in the History of the Ming Dynasty.
"In July, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong plundered Qin'an and Qingshui, and the people and dragons went to Zhangjiachuan with Quanchang. has been defeated, Du Sitian Yinglong and others died. ”
Chen Wang didn't remind him, and he couldn't remind him, he was just a general now, and he didn't know much about the situation of that war.
The exact reasons for the defeat are unknown.
Chen Wang retracted his mind and looked at the group of soldiers standing straight in front of him.
The mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of buildings, the horn of war is imminent, and he has no time......
Flaming red flags embroidered with tiger stripes hunted and moved on the low platform of the camp.
Chen Wang's robe was tied, his head was covered with a high-bowl iron helmet, and he was draped with nail iron armor, his right hand pressed the Yanling knife on his waist, and the other hand was on the leather belt.
Chen Wang raised his head and condescendingly glanced at the straight soldiers standing in front of the low platform.
Chen Gong, Hu Zhiyi, Hu Zhili, and Tang Shiping are all wearing robes and belts, and their helmets and armor stand behind Chen Wang.