Chapter 193: Don't cut off the financial resources
"This official is not accurate. I only know that the Tatars withdrew from Huangtu Ridge and Shimen Mountain, and large numbers of captives and cavalry were mobilized frequently. Now I only know that on the east bank of the Xiaoling River, there are more than 10,000 captives and cavalry led by the Tartar thief Prince Su Hauge.
, I don’t know where the others are hidden.”
When Lin Qingye, the military commander of the North Korean National Ping An Road, stopped to take a breath, he continued: "Xiaguan just heard about the arrangement of the Tatar German army. Not to mention Xianguan, even Liu Zhishi was not allowed to participate.
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Therefore, most of the information we obtained are rumors among the Tatar army, but one thing that is certain is that the captives gathered on both sides of the Xiaoling River and the Nerv River, and what they were planning was indeed the food route and the place where the emperor's army stored food."
"Damn, the movements of this Tatar thief are exactly as Zhang Shuai guessed. He really predicted the enemy's opportunity. It seems that if we follow Zhang Shuai, we will not be wrong!"
Wang Pu gave Zhang Cheng a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly.
Zhang Cheng naturally responded with a smile, waved his hands repeatedly, and said to everyone: "The three pieces of information brought by Director Zhang, Bing Xian, and Lin Jiedu today are all urgent and important. We will inform Governor Hong as soon as possible."
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Zhang Ruoqi nodded in approval and said to Zhang Dou: "I would like to ask Zhang Bingxian to write a handwritten letter on all matters here and send someone to send it to the governor as soon as possible."
He turned around and said to Lin Qingye, his subordinate: "Envoy Lin Jiedu is also frightened and tired today. Please take a rest in my camp. I will discuss other matters later."
Lin Qingye had almost finished eating at this moment. He stood up and said: "I appreciate the good intentions of you sirs. Now that the news has been sent, I will go and see the soldiers under my command, and then escape across the river after dark."
"What?"
Fu Yingchong not only shouted loudly: "You don't want your life? You want to go back to the Tatar den. This is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth!"
Lin Qingye did not care about this. He smiled and said: "Vice General Fu will keep his concern in mind. However, I came here on the king's order. If I escape back to the country, I am afraid that the Tatar thieves will insult my king."
Therefore, the lower official could only escape across the river at night. If the Tatars asked about it, he would say that he had escaped before the guards were prepared.
If he doesn't believe it, just let him be dealt with, but he must not let him use the excuse to insult our king again. Personal life and death are small matters, but the dignity of the king is big!"
Everyone in the military tent couldn't help but respect Lin Qingye after hearing this. They didn't expect that he would risk his life in order to deliver a message to the Ming Dynasty's aid force to the Liao Dynasty.
Zhang Cheng couldn't bear it anymore. He said to Lin Qingye: "Lin Jiedushi, I wonder if it is possible to bear the pain?"
Lin Qingye was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what Zhang Cheng meant by this, and asked with a little doubt: "I don't know why General Zhang asked this question?"
"Hahaha!"
Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "Don't misunderstand Lin Jiedushi. I just wonder if Lin Jiedushi has more injuries all over his body when he returns. Can it prove that he was captured in a fierce battle and suffered torture, so he was able to serve under his command?"
Loyal soldiers rescued him and he was lucky enough to be saved.
In this way, wouldn't it be easier to muddle through, and even if the Tatars don't believe it, they won't be able to directly kill Ambassador Lin Jiedu!"
Everyone said it was so wonderful. Lin Qingye also knew that the Tatar thieves were not easy to fool. Even if he came back intact, his skin and flesh would still suffer. Instead of going back and being tortured by the Tatar thieves, it would be better to cover it up here.
Therefore, Zhang Cheng and others stayed to continue discussing military affairs, while Lin Qingye also left the tent to visit the hundreds of captured Korean soldiers.
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Seeing Lin Qingye leaving the military tent, Wang Pu immediately said to Zhang Cheng nervously: "Shuai Zhang, are our army giving up crossing the river and sending a strong army south to guard the fish market and those dried fish workshops?"
"Yes, it doesn't mean much if we can't cross the river. We have conquered the Loess Ridge. There is no Tatar obstruction here. We can organize people and horses to rush across the river at any time. But the fish market is different. It took a lot of effort for us to do it.
Get up and don’t fall into the hands of the Tatars!”
Fu Yingchong was also reminded by Wang Puzhiyan that he was also concerned about this. Seeing that Zhang Cheng was still thinking, Fu Yingchong turned to Zhang Ruoqi and said: "Jiang Jun, the fish market is the base of our army. If it is attacked by Tatar thieves,
This cut off the source of wealth..."
"Nonsence……"
He seemed to realize his gaffe, and spat hurriedly, patted his mouth lightly, and then said: "It's not a source of wealth, it's... it's..."
"It's meat... it's meat... it's meat!" Wang Pu couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly reminded him.
"Yes, it is meaty. This dried fish can replace meat and supplement nutrition for our army. Now, the war is coming. If the fish market is attacked by Tatar thieves, and the dried fish workshops along the river are destroyed by thieves, it will not be possible to rebuild them immediately.
"Then how can we make money?" Fu Yingchong said.
"How much money can you earn? It is the reassurance of the soldiers and the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of my army to assist the King of Liao. This has nothing to do with money!"
After all, Wang Pu was Wang Pu. He was worthy of being from a Shanxi merchant family. He really had a bright mind and quick reactions. He promptly corrected Fu Yingchong's overly explicit expression in his words.
In fact, the few remaining people in the military tent all participated in the dividends from the dried fish. Even Bing Bei Dao Zhang Dou, who had always been upright and upright, was not immune to the situation. He also ate the dividends from the dried fish like everyone else.
Yes, you are a bastard if you don’t make money!
How many people in the world really don’t love money?
Even if it is true, he must be a treacherous and evil person, and he must have a bigger conspiracy in his heart!
Under Wang Pu's prompt, Fu Yingchong also reacted quickly and quickly changed his words: "Yes, yes, it's a reassurance and a guarantee of combat power. Everyone is used to having dried fish every day. If this thing really doesn't exist, what's the point?"
The morale of the army is in chaos and morale is low."
He is a dandy in the capital, and social matters are not difficult for him. With Wang Pu's reminder, this is a perfect fit.
In fact, Zhang Ruoqi is like everyone else. At this moment, the most important thing is not how many days the Tatar grain can last, nor is it that the Tatars want to attack the grain road, nor do they care about who wants to defect to the Tatar side!
Of course, Zhang Dou may be more concerned about who wants to defect, but his idea has been ignored by everyone. Now they only care about whether they can make money in the future.
Even Zhang Ruoqi said: "The morale and morale of the army are very important and must not be ignored. I believe that our army should focus on the food road downstream of the Xiaoling River and immediately mobilize troops to help, lest the food road be lost and affect the morale and morale of the army."
Zhang Ruoqi's meaning has been very clear. Although he did not mention the fish market in his words, from Huangtuling to the south, the first place is the dried fish market, then the dried fish workshops along the Xiaoling River, and finally to the mouth of the river.
A place to store food.
If the army goes south, they can naturally protect the fish market and the safety of the dried fish workshops. As for the food stored in the river valley, they don't care. Even if it is lost, so what?
There are many reasons to report to the imperial court, just let the imperial court try to supplement them!
Zhang Cheng naturally heard what everyone was saying. In fact, he was a little unsure about whether to cross the river or not.
Their attack on Huangtu Ridge has always been smooth. This is due to their planning and the benefit of Shenji Battalion's artillery fire. The only difficulty they encountered was at the eastern foot of Huangtu Ridge.
Abatai gathered the remaining remnants of his army together and completely gave up defense elsewhere. Thousands of them were stationed in a stone city fortress at the east foot.
I thought that this place only faced the enemy once, and it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. How could I have thought that after the army occupied the high ground, although the artillery bombardment was unsuccessful, it still used a powerful weapon - ten thousand enemies!
Abatai thought that the place where he was stationed was already impregnable. So what if the Ming army occupied the high ground on the top of the mountain? Could they still jump down?
But he had forgotten that a hand cannon was commonly used by the Ming army when defending cities. This object was equivalent to a modern hand grenade, only thicker. Because it was too bulky and could not be thrown far, it was mostly used to defend cities.
As for Zhang Cheng's aid to the Liao Dynasty, he brought some of them with him. They had been kept in the carriage of the carriage before because they had no chance to use them. Now, this deadly weapon finally has a place to be used.
The officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu army were condescending, and they were like cheap cabbage to the ten thousand enemies. They dropped them with crackling crackles. The Tatars cried out for their fathers and mothers when they exploded. Many of the ten thousand enemies couldn't reach the ground, so they exploded in the air, causing rocks to fall down.
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In this way, although there were some casualties, they were indeed within the acceptable range. The most dangerous position on the Loess Ridge of the Tartars was finally broken through by the Xuanfu army.
The ensuing battle went even smoother. The Tatar rebels retreated all the way, and the Xuanfu army pursued them all the way, but ultimately failed to capture the pontoon bridge.
This cannot be blamed on the incompetence of the Xuanfu army, but on the foresight of the Tatar thieves. They had been planning today's situation long ago and had no intention of sticking to Huangtu Ridge. The reason for holding on was just to wear down the spirit of the Ming army.
The two pontoon bridges on the Xiaoling River had long been covered with sulfur and other flammable materials. After the Qing army withdrew, they set fire to the bridges. How could the Ming army stop them with such an arrangement?
As for the Xuanfu army, if they could catch the pontoon by surprise and seize the pontoon, it would be much easier to cross the Xiaoling River.
Previously, although the Ming army also collected some small boats, Huangtu Ridge was not under its control at that time and those boats were hidden. Now even though they have captured Huangtu Ridge and driven away the Tatar thieves.
However, it takes time to transport troops in small boats. Moreover, transporting troops across the river in small boats has limited transport capacity. It will not help if we go less. It is far less enjoyable than having a pontoon bridge in hand.
Therefore, if you fail to capture the pontoon bridge, you will lose the opportunity to cross the Xiaoling River!
Under this situation, Zhang Cheng naturally had no choice but to agree with everyone's opinions, regardless of whether the Tatars would cross the river downstream and attack the important grain storage area at the mouth of the river.
Zhang Cheng didn't dare to disagree, because the fish market was not only a treasure trove for everyone to make money, but now it had also become the key to tightly binding the Ming Dynasty's aid armies to the Liao Dynasty.
The key question now is which troop to send to the rescue!
Everyone discussed it over and over, and finally decided that Wang Pu's Datong Town soldiers and horses, plus Zhang Guodong's troops from the Chicheng Battalion under Zhang Cheng, would go south to the river mouth to store grain for reinforcements.
In fact, Zhang Cheng was not willing to send troops south now. If only Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong were eager, he could ignore it.
However, the commander-in-chief Zhang Ruoqi was stationed at the mouth of the Xiaoling River and was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain. If the Tatars really crossed the river from the lower reaches and attacked the grain storage area at the mouth of the river, how could he be immune to his duties?
Because of this, Zhang Cheng could not stop the army from going south. All he could do was to seek stability. Even if the army went south, the defense of Huangtu Ridge could not be empty.
Prevent the Tatars from taking back the position they just captured!
Even though Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong were shouting very happily, they still looked timid if they were asked to go south alone.
Wang Pu said that he was willing to lead the Datong army and horses south for reinforcements, but he must have a battalion of soldiers and horses from Xuanfu Town to accompany him, and he also had to have the Shenji camp and the car camp to go south with him.
However, Fu Yingchong refused to go south because the artillery in the camp was heavy and difficult to transport. Even if Wang Pu raised the issue of the carriage camp, he refused on the grounds that the carriage camp would be left behind to garrison the artillery camp.
To put it bluntly, Fu Yingchong is still afraid of the Tatars. Now that Xuan's army has just conquered Huangtu Ridge, they must garrison here no matter what, and everyone's opinion is very clear.
Only Zhang Cheng personally taking charge of Huangtuling can reassure people. In this case, how could Fu Yingchong be willing to lead the Shenji Battalion to venture south?
In fact, what he wants is just the safety of the Empress Palace Fish Market. As long as someone is willing to go south, there is no need for him to take risks himself!
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At the same time, on the banks of the Nvnu River in the south of Jinzhou, the fighting between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was coming to an end.
The sun has set, the sky is getting dark, and the soldiers on both sides are tired. Even if they continue to fight, they will only use up their physical strength, only increase casualties, but it will not contribute to the war.
In the end, both sides ordered their troops to retreat almost at the same time.
In this battle, the one who made the greatest contribution was undoubtedly the ASEAN General Soldier Cao Bianjiao. He led his troops straight to the Dorgon Camp and almost reached the high ground where the central Tatar army was located.
However, they encountered a severe blockade by the Qing army and were almost surrounded by the Tatars' cavalry. Fortunately, he reacted in time and led the elite cavalry in the camp to the right and rear to open a passage and rush straight into the Tatars' rear formation.
After that, they continued to burn and kill all the way, and escaped from the rear of the Tartar thieves.
However, Cao Bianjiao is Cao Bianjiao. He is absolutely unique in the Ming Dynasty, and there will never be another Cao Bianjiao!
After he escaped from the Tartar rear formation, he did not run far away as usual and then take a detour back to his own army formation. Instead, he led his elite cavalry to kill another carbine.
However, even so, they still failed to break into the Tartar army. However, the Tartar camp was repeatedly clashed by Cao Bianjiao, and the killing was chaotic and chaotic. There were fires everywhere, and pillars of smoke shot straight into the sky.
When the Qing army was caught off guard, Cao Bianjiao and his troops suddenly rushed out of the Tartar camp and met up with the pursuing former garrison commander Wang Tingchen and Ningyuan commander Wu Sangui.
It turned out that when Wu Sangui learned that reinforcements were about to arrive, he personally ordered five thousand elite cavalry, with his servants as the backbone, hoping to take the opportunity to hunt down the Tatar thieves.
Unexpectedly, although the Tatars retreated, their formation remained stable, and Wu Sangui did not have a chance to attack.
It was not until Wang Tingchen's former garrison troops arrived and met the Tatar thieves on the flanks that Wu Sangui ordered the infantry formation to use chariots as the vanguard to pursue and force the Tatar thieves.
This is where the scene of the Tatar corpse tied to the chariot came about!
Although the Tatars were furious, they were stopped by the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner Baya Lazhang Jingtulai who arrived in time. Wu Sangui and Wang Tingchen led their troops to pursue them all the way, but there was little fighting.