Chapter 40: Compared with Zhang Cheng, it is a step behind!
In the lobby of Governor Ji Liao's residence, everyone was in deep thought. When they saw that Zhang Cheng was willing to leave some troops to guard Changling and control the Songxing arterial road, they felt relieved in their hearts.
Zhang Cheng brought more than 18,000 troops and horses to the Liao Dynasty this time, as well as hundreds of artillery vehicles. They all saw it. Now that he has asked to leave a force of troops and horses to guard the grain road, everyone feels at ease.
Moreover, there are at least 10,000 Xuanbei elites who want to march into Songshan together with the army. The strength of the main army has not weakened much, and their spirits are still high.
Zhang Cheng saw that everyone was speechless, so he continued: "About ten miles southwest of Xingshan are the Wudaoling mountains and hills. At the foot of the mountains are our two forts, Daxing and Dongqing. The Qili River flows through the two forts.
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Governor, you can choose one or two reinforcement generals to sit here. Relying on Wudaoling and Qili River, deep trench artillery can be deployed to echo the defenders of the second fort.
He glanced at the commanders present and continued: "If the slave bandits come to attack Xingshan, they will definitely come from the Nür River Valley Road, which is about ten miles north of the Nür River to Wudaoling.
If we attack Xingshan Fort again, our Daxing, Dongqing Second Fort, and the garrison in Changling Mountain will be able to echo the Wudaoling garrison. Although the slave thieves are strong, they will definitely have few soldiers. As long as the surprise attack cannot succeed, it will be difficult to
Take it by force.
As long as we can withstand the first wave of attacks by slave thieves, our division can send elite cavalry back to support us. If Xingshan is not lost, then the food route will be safe and the food stored on Bijia Mountain will be safe.
In this way, we can stay with the slave thieves on the front line of Songjin for a long time and look for opportunities for a decisive battle!"
Everyone in the hall listened to Zhang Cheng's eloquent talk, and they were all amazed by the mountain topography of pine and apricot mountains, which were as precious as countless treasures.
You should know that Zhang Cheng had only been in aid of Liaodong for more than a month, and his subordinates had only started to inspect various places within nearly a month, and they already knew the geographical advantages between pines and apricots.
Hong Chengchou and other officers and generals in Liaodong were all impressed in their hearts, thinking: Zhang Cheng became famous at a young age, and in just three years, he was promoted from the rank of chief officer to the rank of commander-in-chief. Now it seems that it was definitely not a fluke.
As for the terrain he just mentioned, some of them were not even known to the veterans of Ziliao Town, but Zhang Cheng knew it in such detail that it was amazing.
However, Yang Guozhu, Chen Jiugao, Wang Pu and other generals who came to the rescue were all confused. What is Wudaoling, Daxing Fort, and Dongqing Fort?
They have never even heard of it!
Seeing the doubts on their faces, Zhang Cheng asked the governor Hong Chengchou if he could hang out a map of western Liaoning for the generals to see. As soon as the map was displayed, Zhang Cheng felt a splitting headache.
In his opinion, what he saw in front of him was an "Impressionist" painting. Although there were many key castles, cottages, and rivers everywhere, they were not painted according to reality at all.
He felt dizzy while looking at it. It took him a while to get used to this "impressionistic" map of western Liaoning, and he found Changling Mountain, Wudaoling, Daxing Fort, Dongqing Fort and other places along the Nerhe River, and showed them to everyone.
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Yang Guozhu and other generals nodded frequently when they saw this, and Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, even shouted: "Wonderful, Changling Mountain and Wudaoling are sandwiched between Songxing Road, Daxing, and Dongqing Fort are guarding each other.
If the slave thieves don't capture these places, how can they get to Xingshan Fort?'
He was so excited that he clicked on the map with his hand and said: "These places can be used to form strongholds, with multiple artillery inside, to kill the slaves and thieves of Niangcao!"
Wu Sangui also nodded and said: "These places are extremely dangerous. Our military camps and fortresses are located at a high altitude, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack.'
Chen Jiugao, the commander of the front camp of Shenji Camp, also shouted: "Hey, in this way, Tashan, Gaoqiao and other places do not need many defensive troops. Changling Mountain, Wudaoling, plus Xingshan Fort, only need to defend
If you guard it properly, you can stop incoming slave thieves."
Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "This is just a defense. There are not enough troops everywhere. We are still waiting for help. We are still barely able to help each other, and we can't rescue each other. I thought that we need to prepare a team of elite cavalry as our division's mobile force to support us in this way.
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You can either march with the army to Songshan and fight the slave bandits head-on, or you can quickly return to Xingshan to support you when you are attacked from behind."
He turned to look at the governor Hong Chengchou, clasped his fists and said: "This is just a humble opinion of my duty, and I hope that Governor Hong will not blame me for my lack of consideration. As for how to deploy the various troops and horses, I leave it to the governor to decide!"
Facing Zhang Cheng's petition, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, remained silent.
After listening to the discussion between Zhang Cheng and the generals, he felt in his heart that what Zhang Cheng proposed was indeed reasonable. With such an arrangement, the food road to the rear would indeed be safer.
Although he was deeply displeased with Zhang Cheng's repeated mention of grain road safety in public, as the supreme commander of the Liaodong military in the Ming Dynasty, he had to think about the overall situation.
What's more, Zhang Cheng's proposal has already received support from Xuanda generals, Shenjiying Chen Jiugao and others.
Zhang Ruoqi, who oversees the army, and Ma Shaoyu, who joins the army, also have an eye-catching relationship with Zhang Cheng. If he firmly denies it, they will definitely report to the emperor that they specialize in Liao affairs and insist on going their own way. If there is a recurrence of the war in the end, they are not good people inside and outside.
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Then think about Chen Xinjia, a soldier in the imperial court, and even the current emperor thinks the same way, what can I do!
It seems that we have no choice but to compromise on the issue of food routes. Instead of fighting with Zhang Cheng, Zhang Ruoqi and others, what benefit will it have to the Liaodong military?
It's better to take a step back yourself.
Fortunately, Zhang Cheng still respected himself, knew how to obey his authority, knew how to advance and retreat, and gave the decision-making power back to himself at the right time. He did not cooperate with the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi, seizing power before the march, which made Hong Chengchou feel uneasy.
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He smiled and said: "General Zhang is indeed full of strategies. Today you have filled in the gaps, which really makes me feel at ease. Let's do it accordingly.'
"Hahaha
After he finished speaking, he laughed happily, and all the officials in the hall also laughed, and the atmosphere instantly became harmonious again.
Only Ningyuan Commander-in-Chief Wu Sangui bit his lower lip gently, his face a little gloomy. He sighed secretly in his heart: Compared with Zhang Cheng, he is still a step behind!
However, choosing who to stay in Xingshan and garrison at Wudaoling is also a difficult problem.
Bai Guang'en, Tang Tong, Ma Ke and others all looked at the mouth through the nose and the mind through the mouth, just like the old Buddha entering meditation. It was obvious that they were unwilling to divide their troops and stay behind.
Chen Jiugao and Wang Pu had already made up their mind to work side by side with Zhang Cheng, so they naturally did not want to stay and garrison Wudaoling. However, Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and other town commanders naturally wanted to follow Hong Duchen to the Songjin front line.
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From the rest, it seems that only one or two of the few people, including Zuo Guangxian and Li Fuming, can choose to stay at Wudaoling.
Fortunately, there were nearly 30,000 troops stationed around Xingshan. Now Zhang Cheng is willing to leave another battalion of 3,000 troops to garrison Changling Mountain. If there is another general with several thousand troops stationed on Wudaoling,
, not to mention repelling the slave thieves, it is more than enough to hold on.