The Ming army in Liaoyang City changed one after another.
The Ming army of Liaodong Dusi withdrew, leaving ruins all over the place. Sun Chuanting brought his Qin army and stationed in. Two high earthen platforms outside the city witnessed the changes in the owner of the city. The so-called king of changes at the top of the city.
The flag is nothing more than this.
However, after all, the city of the Ming Dynasty has returned to the hands of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Even if things and people have changed, when the flag of the Ming Dynasty is flying on this city, it is enough to prove a lot of things.
Before the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Dusi withdrew, a grand memorial ceremony was held to honor the former governor of Liaodong Lu Xiangsheng and his Tianxiong army, and to commemorate the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty who sacrificed their lives here to defend this city.
Sun Chuanting not only participated in this memorial ceremony, but in his capacity, he was also one of the hosts of this memorial ceremony. This was a blood sacrifice, using the heads of the enemy, although Sun Chuanting did not like to deal with the surrendered prisoners in this way.
, it was a little pity, but in the face of justice, he did not make any inappropriate actions after all.
Fortunately, when Jiang Wan withdrew, he was left with thousands of prisoners in the city. Sun Chuanting was not a hypocritical person. Except for some officers and the like who were sent back to Jinzhou, he kept all the other prisoners.
Worked as a coolie in Liaoyang.
He also had no extra food to feed these prisoners. If they wanted to survive, these prisoners had to work hard to prove their worth of living. The city of Liaoyang was in ruins. If they wanted to return to the state before the war, there were still many people alive.
Let them do it.
And with the Ming army's indifference and hatred towards these prisoners, the fate of these prisoners is almost destined. They will die in these endless labors, just like candles burning in the wind, but what they burn is
Their lives, fatigue, illness, cold, and even various punishments may accelerate this process.
The Ming army knew this result, and these prisoners also knew that they would have such a result, but for them, this was the best result. This result was better than those who had their hands stained with the blood of the Ming people.
As for having their heads cut off as a memorial to their companions of the Ming Dynasty, as for returning to their hometown to herd horses and sheep, that was probably their last thought in this life.
The soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Dusi slowly retreated. Yao Chunyong got Kaizhou as he wished. Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao will be stationed here. Kaizhou will become the stronghold of the West Route Army, while Jiang Wan slowly leads the main army.
returned to Zhenjiang Fort.
The Civil Affairs Office organized a grand triumphal ceremony for this purpose. When the army slowly returned, almost the entire people of Zhenjiang Fort poured out of their residences, lined the streets to welcome the army back in triumph, and ate pots of pulp.
Master Wang.
The ceremony lasted for a whole day, and the main army finally took this opportunity to show off its military appearance and force to the people. As Jiang Wan said, this was not so much a ceremony organized by the civil affairs yamen.
It is a triumph, rather it is an armed parade of the entire Liaodong Dusi army.
An armed game from Zhenjiang Fort to Liaoyang. Wherever Liaodong Dusi's army went, the people were excited and the enemy troops were frightened.
On the eastern front, the East Route Army camp is more than thirty miles away from Gushan Fort.
An order came rushing from Phoenix City and was delivered to Li Zicheng a moment later - the order to withdraw the troops was issued!
The Eastern Route Army has been coveting Gushan Fort at this distance, and between this Ming army and Gushan Fort, there has been a group of Tartar soldiers and horses watching.
The two sides were confronting each other here, and they were dealing with each other here, but they never found a chance to seriously injure the other side.
Now, the order to withdraw the troops has been issued. What Li Zicheng has to consider is not only the fact that the Eastern Route Army has not achieved any results this time, but also how to safely withdraw to Phoenix City under the surveillance of this Tartar army.
problem.
This is a very cunning Tatar army. They seem to know the tactics of the Ming army very well. They will never appear in large groups within the range of the Ming army's cannons and muskets, and they will never be good at digging holes.
The Eastern Route Army repeatedly jumped around the various tunnels.
On the way the East Route Army advances, they always send small groups of soldiers and horses to harass the East Route Army. Even though the East Route Army has the blessing of firearms, the threat of the opponent's cavalry is a threat to the East Route Army, which is mainly infantry.
It has been weakened a lot.
However, the general commanding the Tartar troops still maximized this weakened advantage.
The almost negligible results of the Eastern Route Army and the unacceptable battle losses all occurred during such harassment. It is foreseeable that once the Eastern Route Army shows signs of withdrawal, the Tartars will
The soldiers and horses must have been caught like maggots on the tarsus, and if they were really caught, in the wilderness, without the protection of the camp, the offensive and defensive momentum might really be reversed.
Gushan Fort is close at hand, and there are still a large number of Tartars inside that can serve as reinforcements. In Phoenix City, except for the old, weak and disabled, almost all the fighting strength of the Eastern Route Army is already here.
"Let's talk, the order from the military and political yamen is to withdraw the troops. The group of Tatars around us will not be so kind and just watch us go back. Once we break camp, the tunnels around our camp will be useless. The Tatars
The threat from the cavalry immediately became huge!"
Li Zicheng looked at his generals with a stern face: "The West Route Army and the main army fought a good battle. We, the East Route Army, must not be embarrassed!"
"What else is there to say? Kill these cowards!"
Li Guo muttered something, but found that his uncle gave him a fierce look. Ever since he suffered a defeat in Kuandian, Li Guo felt that the people around him looked at him differently, even if they were joking sometimes.
, he even suspected that he was mocking himself.
He desperately needed a victory to prove himself, but his uncle never gave him this chance.
"It's not that simple!" Xu Jian shook his head slightly. After several years of fighting, the then somewhat stingy Jinyiwei Baihu has now become a calm warrior: "The opponent knows our tactics and has always
They all avoid it and kill the enemy as happily as last time, I’m afraid the Tatars won’t be fooled!”
"The Tartars have become cunning!"
Today's guerrilla general of the East Route Army, former Nanhai Guard Qianhu Gaojin, also sighed sincerely: "If you want to blame it, it's our commander-in-chief who hurt the Tatars. The Tatars were not so cautious before, and I am a little bit
I miss the Tatars at that time, they were so easy to fight!"
Since it was a military meeting, the qualified generals naturally spoke freely. Li Zicheng liked this method learned from Jiang Wan very much, especially at this time, the two major factions of the Eastern Route Army, the Qin Army and the Beijing Army, were
As he slowly gets used to it, he can enjoy the experience of working together as a team from his subordinates' free speech, and he can also make decisions as the leader of an army at a critical moment.
"I think that if we want to withdraw our troops, the Tatars will definitely not give up. Just as Brother Guo said, kill them. If we don't get rid of this Tatar army, we won't be able to leave smoothly!
"
Li Gan thought for a while: "If they find out that we want to withdraw our troops and leave, they will definitely fight hard. What if we make a posture of continuing to march into Gushan Fort!"
Li Zicheng's eyes lit up: "You mean, pretending to be attacking Gushan Fort?"
"It's not just like this!" Li Gan pondered for a moment: "If they are anxious, they will definitely come out to stop us. This is different from stopping us from withdrawing our troops. We withdraw our troops and they stop us. We are the ones who are anxious. This time
If we are anxious, we will easily make mistakes and give the other party a chance. As long as we seize the opportunity, give them a hard blow, and then withdraw, I think they will probably stop!"
Everyone pondered, this was indeed a way. After all, from the very beginning, the army had taken the posture of taking Gushan Fort. It had only been a few days, so it was reasonable to move forward.
"If they ignore us!" Li Gan continued: "It doesn't matter if we just touch Gushan Fort. If our army goes out, we can't just go back without touching the wall of Gushan Fort.
Even if we can’t defeat them, if we scare them, won’t we be more familiar with the road next time?”
Li Zicheng's heart moved slightly. Sure enough, the person who understood his thoughts best was his nephew. He looked at the generals of the Nanhai Battalion: "What do you think?"
"You can give it a try!" Xu Jian nodded: "To advance is to retreat. In the past, I heard that Mr. Shu talked about the Three Kingdoms. They often used this trick. They ignored us and we attacked Gushan Fort. That is called making false come true.
…”
"Didn't you just listen to Marshal Jiang's stories?"
Everyone looked at him strangely and laughed one by one: "I beg you, General Xu, that all your fighting skills were learned from listening to books!"
"What's wrong with what I learned from listening to books? There's a lot of knowledge in the books!" Xu Jian chuckled: "Our commander-in-chief can tell stories and command tens of thousands of troops in the Liaodong capital now. I can learn the skills of fighting from his story books. Then,
It’s also my ability. If you have the ability, let the commander tell you a passage now!”
Gao Jin chuckled. As someone who had heard Jiang Wan's storytelling, no one here could compare to him, not even Xu Jian. You know, when Jiang Wan was storytelling at Fuyuan Teahouse, he
But being the leader of the front row.
It is a pity that Marshal Jiang is no longer a storyteller. Even if he had the opportunity to participate in the military meeting chaired by Marshal Jiang, with his current status and qualifications, he would not be able to sit in the front row.
He glanced at Li Zicheng with some envy. He was still a guerrilla general, but now he was a general and commander. When did he slow down in following Marshal Jiang!
"Okay!" Li Zicheng coughed: "Since everyone thinks it's okay, I also think we can give it a try. Fighting, no one is born with the ability to fight. If you think more and try more, you will naturally be able to fight.
Hit!"
"Next, you follow my orders, let's do this..."
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Less than ten miles away from the Ming Army camp of the Eastern Route Army, in a small and simple camp, dozens of cavalrymen came and went, constantly sending news from everywhere.
Abatai was sitting in a tent in the middle of the camp, with the aroma of wine overflowing. He was born with a huge capacity for alcohol, and during the war, without wine, he would have been completely powerless. At this moment, he was sipping the wine in front of him.
While listening to the reports from his subordinates in front of him.
"...killed four members of the Ming army and lost one of our troops!"
"Su Canzuo's leader encountered a Ming army scout and was seriously injured. Three Ming troops were killed and four of our troops were injured!"
Every once in a while, such reports will be sent to this small tent. Although these battle reports include wins and losses, in the past few days, although the Ming army suffered a lot of casualties, the losses of Abatai's soldiers and horses
, it also reached more than a hundred people.
This is a very distressing number, but Abata feels it is worth it.
Just relying on such harassment, he was able to hold back the Ming army. The Ming army was still more than thirty miles away from Gushan Fort. The Ming army even built a strong camp and dug several tunnels.
The trenches were built to resist the attacks of his cavalry. From this point of view, his tactics were very effective.
That idiot Daishan doesn’t use his brain when fighting!
Abatai despised Daishan in his heart. They were just a group of Ming soldiers who didn't even have much cavalry. Daishan could fight like that. He was an embarrassment to the place.
"Where's Azig?"
He shouted outside, and a moment later, Azig hurried in from outside.
"Where have you been? I told you that you must be within my sight. You must not lead the army to attack without my order!"
Seeing Azig's disapproving look, Abata suppressed the anger in his heart: "Have you forgotten what the Great Khan ordered before departure?"
"I went out for inspection!" Azig's face became a little more serious when he heard him carrying out Huang Taiji: "I asked the people who went out. In these days, no one found any soldiers and horses of the Ming army transporting grain and grass?"
"What do you have in mind?"
Abate's expression softened slightly. He still wanted to see Azig who was willing to use his brains. As long as he wasn't the headless and reckless Azig, he would feel much more at ease.
"I'm thinking, if there are no soldiers and horses to transport food and grass, how long can this Ming army stay here?" Azig looked at Abate: "They have been silent, I don't think it is a good thing!"
"What's the meaning?"
"They must be waiting for food, or even reinforcements!" Azig said: "Our appearance just gave them a reason to camp here and confront us. I have a hunch that this Ming army will not just
Keep it quiet like this!"
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, and someone hurried towards this side, dismounted, and ran to the tent.
"Reporting to the flag master, the Ming army has begun to move out of camp, and its vanguard of more than a thousand soldiers and horses is coming towards us!"
Azig looked at Abatai with a normal expression: "Let me tell you, they won't always be so honest. Are you going to adapt and fight, or continue to hide and seek with them here?"