Chapter Forty-Seven: The Remnants
For Zhang Waijia, Chen Wang was not too impressed.
There are few records of this person in the history books, only a few records in the biography of You Shiwei.
Zhang Waijia is the deputy general of Ningyuan in Liaodong, and in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the imperial court ordered You Shiwei to serve as an official, and Zhang Waijia unified the Guanwai Iron Cavalry for 5,000 to suppress.
Later, the 2,500 cavalry led by You Shiwei were dispatched by Hong Chengchou and the general Xu Laichao to garrison Yongning and Lushi respectively, and guarded the two passes of Lancaochuan and Zhuyang Pass in southern China, in case the Liukou escaped from Shaanxi and re-entered Henan.
Zhang Waijia led the remaining Liao soldiers and followed Hong Chengchou from Tongguan into Shaanxi to suppress.
Zhang Waijia is not famous in Liaodong, and Chen Wang does not have much memory of him, after all, there are many generals, deputy generals, and staff generals in Liaodong.
As long as you have money in Liaodong, as long as you can drill camps, there is a certain relationship, and the deputy general may be a little difficult, but it is very simple to be a general and a guerrilla.
However, Chen Wang did not have the slightest idea of returning to Liaodong.
Some generals and guerrillas said that they were leading a battalion, and the number of soldiers in one battalion was 1,000 and 2,000, but in fact there were only 1 or 200 family members under their command, and the rest were indiscriminate soldiers.
Speaking of which, in fact, there are not as many soldiers under his command as Chen Wang, as there are now.
Besides, if you really go to Liaodong, you don't know how you died when you die.
Liaodong has long been a mess, full of holes, and no one who presides over Liaodong can save the situation in Liaodong.
The biggest problem in Liaodong is not actually the Houjin outside the Guan, but from within the Liaodong Group.
Chen Wang stood outside the tent and waited for only a while, when a message came from the tent and let him into the tent.
Generally speaking, as a general, you can't skip the level and ask to see the chief officer, but as a battalion officer from a family, you can actually ignore this rule many times.
There is a difference between relatives and relatives, and the family, especially the family guard, is almost the same status as people of the same clan.
Chen Wang bowed his head slightly, walked through the open curtain and entered the big tent.
The furnishings in the tent are still at the mercy of the past, only a few tables and chairs, simple and clean, and there is not much decoration, everything is for convenience.
The lights in the big tent were bright, and Cao Wenzhao was sitting on a chair at this time, still holding a letter in his hand, which should have been checked before.
"Humble Chen Wang, meet the general."
Chen Wang entered the tent and did not continue to walk forward, but first saluted respectfully, and waited until Cao Wenzhao raised his hand to signal, and then walked forward again.
"Sit."
Cao Wen's edict was concise and pointed to the chair nearby.
Chen Wang bowed slightly, folded his hands and saluted again, and then sat down on the chair in front of him.
Chen Wang sat on the chair, his back straight, his body leaned forward, his hands on his knees, and did not fill the entire chair.
"The news from Chunhua, you sit down for a while, I haven't finished reading it yet."
Cao Wenzhao raised the letter in his hand slightly, then lowered his head and continued to look at the letter in his hand.
Chen Wang answered, and continued to sit quietly on the chair, without much fluctuation in his heart.
There are some things that cannot be rushed, and you have to be patient.
Chen Wang's gaze shifted to the right a little, and he glanced at the letter in Cao Wenzhao's hand and the outer cover opened on the table.
There was also a little speculation in his heart, and Cao Wenzhao said that it was news from Chunhua, and it seemed that the outer cover was a transmission of military information.
Since this is the case, there is only one possibility, this letter is related to the Liukou who went south in Qingyang Mansion, and calculating the time, Li Zicheng and Hui Dengxiang are probably already forced into the city.
And the defeated Liao soldiers under Zhang Waijia should have almost been gathered.
Chen Wang didn't wait long, and just when he was still thinking, Cao Wenzhao had already put down the letter in his hand.
Cao Wenzhao's expression was solemn and he said.
"Zhang Waijia attacked several times, but was repelled by the firearms on the opposite side."
Noticing Cao Wenzhao's gaze, Chen Wang's body leaned forward a little more.
"Back to Chunhua, the rout said that the thieves took the three-eyed gun and the bird gun as the front row, and the back was hidden with the Franco machine, and the tiger squat cannon and the rocket were fired at the same time, and the front of the battle was filled with gunsmoke, and after they broke through the front formation, they were injured by the Fran machine, the tiger squat gun and the rocket, and finally had to retreat."
Chen Wang's eyes were slightly condensed, and his heart was slightly cold, this was obviously imitating his previous tactics.
"This is the military information from Chunhua, take a look."
Cao Wenzhao moved the letter in his hand forward a little, and his voice was a little low.
"Compared to when I was three years old, the rogues are getting stronger and stronger now, and they are learning faster and faster."
Chen Wang glanced at the letter handed over by Cao Wenzhao, he was not hypocritical, he stood up directly, bowed, took the letter, sat back in the chair, and looked at it carefully.
In the letter is a report on the destruction of Sanshui City, and the reasons and processes of the fall of Sanshui City are clearly written, which should be understood from the mouth of the surrendered soldiers.
The Liukou relied on the strength of the crowd and surrounded Sanshui City on all sides.
Besieged the city for many days, Zhang Waijia led the troops to fight several times were repulsed, killed and wounded hundreds of horsemen, so he retreated to the city to garrison, only when the enemy attacked the city, he would lead the troops out of the city at the critical moment to intercept and rush to help.
There are cannons in the city, and they also help to defend the strong men, and Zhang Waijia has no problem sitting in the guard for many days.
The reason why Sanshui City fell was because Zhang Waijia did not pay attention to the situation in the city, and the magistrate of Chunhua had previously released a lot of displaced people from Zhenning into the city, and Zhang Waijia did not know about it.
After several days of repulsing the rogue attack, the defenders gradually began to slacken.
And that night, a fire suddenly broke out in the city, and Nei Ying took advantage of the chaos to open the city gate, and the rogue spirit rode into the city.
At this time, most of the defenders in the city were sleeping, and the rogues set fires everywhere, causing a riot.
Zhang Waijia's first reaction was to drive him out of the city, after all, the more than 2,000 horsemen under his command were all elites of Liaodong.
But the result was that the location of their military camp was clearly heard, and the enemy army came directly to surround them.
By the time Zhang Waijia wanted to retreat again, it was already too late.
Later, most of the Liao soldiers who broke through were intercepted and killed by the horse army and elite cavalry who were familiar with the terrain outside the city, and many people did not even wear armor when they fled for their lives, and they did not even take their weapons, and most of them were killed and injured on the way to escape.
After the inventory of the routs who fled back to Chunhua, there should have been more than 2,100 soldiers, but only 900 cavalry remained, and most of the ordnance was lost.
There were only one or two hundred people with armor and weapons, all of them only had one war horse, and they were basically one man and two horses, but their spare horses and ordnance were all lost in Sanshui City.
Nine hundred horsemen, only one general remained, Zhang Waijia and most of the generals in the army were trapped in Sanshui City.
Chen Wang's breathing became a little heavier, and his eyes gradually became hot.
Originally, he just wanted to seek the identity of a thousand presidents, but now it seems that maybe he can seek more than just a thousand presidents......