Chapter 273: The Essence of Guerrilla Warfare

Although Zuo Liangyu lost part of the baggage of the convoy, but for the mess of soldiers under his command is not as good as a dime, although the battle lost more than 7,000 people, but there are still more than 20,000 people carrying a full load of gold, silver, jewelry and a new baggage convoy to rush south, and actually met the cavalry troops who followed the south.

After the two phases converged, Zuo Liangyu excitedly told about the great victory, and then followed You Shiwei to find Chen Degong's department to meet.

Most of the casualties under his command were caused by Yuan Shizhong's pursuit of the army, all the way through Zhujing Town, the pursuing Yuan Shizhong's troops were blocked by You Shiwei himself, because of the long run and being attacked, Yuan Shizhong had to give up continuing the pursuit, and could only stay in Zhujing to preserve his strength.

When Chen Cao led the army to rush back to Huating, what caught his eye was the fire in half of Huating, which was different from Wu County in Suzhou, the fire in Huating was still continuing, and Wu County at that time had been burned into ruins.

Hong Chengchou rarely knelt down on one knee in front of Chen Cao, but after Chen Cao got off the horse, he helped up the old and confused Hong Chengchou: "Yan Yan (Hong Chengchou's expression) has worked hard, Huating did not lose in the end, you have made a lot of contributions, what are the casualties of the Shence Army?" ”

"The 15th Division suffered heavy casualties, only Yuan Shizhong's headquarters still had more than 5,000 people, and the rest were either killed or seriously wounded.

The 17th Division of the Shence Army was stationed in Shanghai, the 16th Division was in Qingpu, the 16th Division was all infantry, and the 16th Division arrived about an hour after Chen Cao arrived in the afternoon, but for the safety of Qingpu, only two brigades of troops came, and the 17th Division ended after the Hongqing counterattack because of the war, so the 17th Division did not continue to reinforce Huating, but stayed in Shanghai.

"The Shence Army is all new troops, and the low-level officers are also recruits, you can fight like this, you did your best, the post-war pension will be uniformly deployed by the logistics department of the five armies, in addition, the meritorious ones will be recorded, regardless of life and death, and the rewards will be emphasized."

"Shame..."

Hong Chengchou was indeed embarrassed, but he had already made a great contribution to using more than 10,000 people of the Shence Army, which was not fully formed, to resist the enemy army three times his size.

"Grandpa, according to the report of the pursuing sentry, You Shiwei and Zuo Liangyu did not go north to Shanghai after joining forces, but went south through Zhujing and withdrew in the direction of Pinghu County, Zhejiang."

Chen Cao frowned, and then called Huang Chunyao, who was with the army, to discuss his next plan.

"Jiashan is stationed with Sun Chuanting and other Tianxiong troops, with more than 50,000 people, of which seventy percent are composed of veterans of the border army from Liaodong, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Dingwu army.

Chen Cao listened to Huang Chunyao's analysis, and then nodded: "Yan Yan said that You Shiwei and Zuo Liangyu's troops are no more than 40,000 people, but we know in Suzhou that You Shiwei has nearly 50,000 people, if you add Zuo Liangyu's troops, how can you get 80,000, and where are the remaining half of the men and horses...

Quickly send scouts to probe and report again. ”

In addition to sending people to continue the pursuit, Chen Cao had to order the rest of the Shence Army to rescue the fire in Huating City, and praised Huang Shijing and Liu Wenzheng, the two civilian officials who surrounded Huating this time.

"After the fire in Huating, let Li Maocai's workshop settle in Huating, renovate Huating, and copy the building in accordance with the new city of Shanghai County, in addition, all the damaged merchants have to stop loss, tell them that after the new house is repaired, they only need to take the original deed, they can re-obtain the house for free, if they want a shop, let them pay half the price to buy again, if there is not, you can get a 7% discount;

In addition, notify the trading company and let them transport grain and various materials to come, and prepare all the things that are in short supply on the Huating side, so as not to let the people panic, and your prefect and county officials must go to the streets to visit, to appease the people, tell them the post-war policies formulated by the father, and gradually restore the market in Huating. ”

After this arrangement, Chen Cao urgently convened a brief military meeting outside Huating City, which mainly discussed how to deal with You Shiwei, a fluctuating group of court officials and troops.

"The 16th Division of the Tune Shen Ce Army is stationed in Pingwang Town, Suzhou, as long as the canal waterway is contained, it is the people of the Zhejiang Capital Division who are coming, and they can only look at the canal and sigh," Chen Cao knocked on the map: "Taihu Lake is the natural barrier of Suzhou, if you want to enter the Wujiang River with the fishing boats on the lake and those boats of the Inspection Division, it is wishful thinking, and the Changzhou Mansion in the north is now in our hands, that is, the imperial army wants to go south, and you have to ask whether the firearms in the hands of this duke are sharp or not." ”

Huang Chunyao took over the conversation: "Controlling and suppressing Pingwang is only one of them, guarding Jiashan Pass, the people and horses of Zhejiang Dusi have no other way than to float up the sea, and now the imperial court sailors have been eroding for a long time, how can they be the opponents of our army?"

It's just Grandpa, we still have to guard against You Shiwei and the others coming back..."

Chen Cao felt that the best use of guerrilla warfare was still in his time, and now due to the influence of various factors, it is indeed difficult for the troops to carry out guerrilla warfare, but the thousands of cavalry under You Shiwei are a big trouble: "To deal with them, you can only use the method of driving dogs into poor alleys." ”

"Newspaper..."

A herald hurriedly opened the military tent: "Grandpa, Jiashan Guan is urgent..."

A man covered in blood hurriedly walked into the big tent and saluted Chen Cao: "Qian Kai, deputy chief of staff of the lowly Tianxiong Army, has seen Grandpa Guo..."

The person who came was the deputy chief of staff of the Tianxiong Army, who was an official at the level of a senior general, and he came in person, which made Chen Cao have to worry: "No courtesy, what happened to Lu Xiangsheng?" ”

Qian Kai clenched his fists again: "Grandpa Qiyu, four days ago, the soldiers and horses gathered in Jiaxing suddenly entered Jiashan County, and launched a surprise attack on the forward position of the Fifth Division of our army that night, because of the hasty battle, Huang Anmin, deputy commander of the Fifth Division, and all the generals below were killed, and the Fifth Division suffered more than 7,000 casualties;

Lu Junzuo led the Fourth Division to provide emergency support, but because of the lack of time, all the forward positions at Jiashan Pass fell into the hands of the enemy. ”

Chen Cao immediately stood up, if Jiashan was lost, then the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang Dusi and Huguang and other places would be able to enter Songjiang from Hangzhou.

The location of Jiashan Pass is unique, it is about 20 miles northeast of Jiashan County, Hangzhou Prefecture, its tributary river flows into the Huangpu River, the imperial court originally had a patrol inspection department in Jiashan Pass, specially set up tax checkpoints, after Chen Cao settled in Songjiang, in order to protect the safety of Songjiang, it was expanded at the original site of the original small Jiashan Pass Inspection Division, and a large military camp similar to a fortress was built.

Its location is unique, the north is the inlet of Dianshan Lake, the southeast has the rare Gaosaka woodland group in the south, and the Jiashan Guanbao is behind this bayonet, if the people of Zhejiang Dusi are close to the horse from the direction of Jinshanwei to enter Songjiang, in addition to the road is difficult, Jinshan Acropolis is also a big stone that blocks the way to pass.

Anyone with military experience knows that if you want to enter Songjiang from Hangzhou, Jiashanguan is the first choice.

"Is the fortress still there?"

Qian Kai nodded: "In order not to lose the fortress, Deputy Commander Sun and Lu Junzuo shrank the surrounding troops except for the Gaosaka forest to enter the fortress, and it was not until the next day that they learned that the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division had mobilized 150,000 people to enter Jiashan. ”

All the generals present at the meeting frowned greatly, 150,000 people, what is that number?

Zhejiang Dusi has a total of 190,000 soldiers in the guards, and 150,000 people have been mobilized at once, what is the concept? It's not an exaggeration to come out of the nest.

"Is this message accurate?"

Qian Kai took a deep breath and said: "Our army has secret agents in Hangzhou, according to the report of the Hangzhou secret agents, there are wolf soldiers mobilized from Guangxi Tusi and the army of Mufu in Yunnan, and there are 50,000 people in these two parts;

In addition, all the town soldiers and guard troops of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division in Hangzhou were mobilized, and 100,000 people were gathered, and the two together did have 150,000 people. ”

Chen Cao was about to speak, Qian Kai said again: "Originally, everything was in the control of Lu Junzuo, but I don't know why another group of officers and troops came from the north, with as many as 40,000 people, and after arriving at Jiashan Pass, they launched an attack from the inside.

As soon as the lowly people arrived in Pingwang, they encountered tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and were pursued by their cavalry. ”

Chen Cao took a deep breath, and deeply felt in his heart that those people in Beijing did not seem to be weak and bullying people, and they actually arranged so many things early in the morning, even the soldiers and horses in Guangxi and Yunnan were mobilized, and Chen Cao also felt that he was not an internal traitor, but after thinking about it carefully, he had been making a fortune in silence for more than a year, and it was natural that he did not care about the affairs of the outside world.

What's more, Zhao Xin, as the ear and eye, lost the line to obtain intelligence from Jinyiwei after Jinyiwei was dismissed, and could only develop his own intelligence network again, so it is common for him to fall behind in terms of intelligence.

"How long can Jiashan Pass be guarded?"

Qian Kai thought for a while and said: "According to the existing armament, it is no problem to hold it for a month, but the tens of thousands of enemy troops from the north and south are now and have arrived at Jiashan Pass. ”

There are 150,000 people in the direction of Jiaxing, and there are 50,000 elite border troops among them, and there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 people in the department of You Shiwei and Zuo Liangyu, which means that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are facing a 200,000 army attack, if their support is not timely, it is very likely that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting will be wiped out.

Thinking of this, Chen Cao asked Qian Kai to go down to rest, and he looked at Huang Chunyao, and then looked at Hong Chengchou, and said: "On the Qingpu line, only Songjiang Weiwang was left behind, and the 14th Division was assembled in Huating, and the 15th Division of Shanghai County was also mobilized;

Li Shaokuan of the Shenwu Army was transferred back to Huating, and Yuan Shizhong's department followed me to act, and this time the Duke was going to gather a large army to have a decisive battle with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court at Jiashan Pass. ”