The third day when Liu Chengzong moved to Miyunbian.
The second battalion of Yulin and Huben were stationed at Kaipingwei and in the capital city of Yuan Dynasty.
In the felt tent, Liu Shizi was playing with the little bald boy, and the guard leader Liu Tichun was leading Zhang Yong and other Yulin Lang to sort out the map.
After raising such a gadget in the camp, Liu Chengzong realized that vultures had hair when they were young.
But for some reason, the heads of adult vultures are often bald.
The more he was amused, the more he felt that this time he sent troops, he was very similar to this thing.
The habit of vultures is to watch others hunt, and when others succeed in hunting, they will chase away the predators, stretch their big wings, and jump to eat them.
What he's going to do this time is the same.
The pictures sent back from the front line were all small pictures, some of which were drawn by various tribes in Monan, with different sizes.
Therefore, Yulin Lang had to use arrow clusters to pierce it on the wooden board and piece it together, and then the painter Xue Monk from Huben Camp painted it to complete the picture.
For the past three days, Liu Shizi has been busy arranging flood areas for each battalion under his command. He has just completed half of the work and is unable to do the remaining half.
The troops that followed him were relatively good. The three battalions of Yulin, Huben and Zongren were stationed inside and outside Shangdu.
Gao Yingdeng's first brigade was located at the northernmost point and was stationed in separate camps to the south.
In the far south is the First Tourist Barracks, guerrilla Zuo Guangxian, who led his troops to Hushiha, 250 miles away from the border. It was convenient to exchange information with the Ming army and at the same time capture Jin Army spies and messengers near the border wall.
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The name of the place was given by the Yuan Dynasty, which means black chestnuts, and it does produce chestnuts. Tang Bing reported that there are chestnut trees all over the mountains and plains there, but it is not yet in season, so there is no way to feast on them.
But the troops from the Monan Governor's Mansion are hard to find.
The nearly 30,000 troops are mainly distributed from Rehe, outside Zunhua, in the south, to Keshiketeng, 500 miles away in the north, occupying the west of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
Among these people, the only ones Liu Chengzong could contact were the more than 10,000 soldiers led by He Huchen who besieged the Xianglan Banner.
Others were either running around in the mountains or having fun on the grasslands.
From He Huchen to Liu Chengzong, they could only know the approximate location, but they could not contact or find it. They could only wait for them to pass the news to the rear.
For example, yesterday, Wanhu Tangjis from Sunit Wanhu Department in Monan sent someone to send a message back.
He led four hundred of his men to the south bank of the Kerulen River, close to the Khochit tribe that was attached to the Chechen Khan's base, and was preaching the virtues of the generalissimo to its leader Borot.
Earlier today, another disciple of Ordos Wanhu Elinchen, Qianhu Shakeza, ran back to the Chinese army.
This Shazak is a foolish and bold man.
He took two hundred horsemen and horses, crossed the Greater Khingan Mountains, and entered the Horqin tribe's pastureland to draw a map.
He almost asked others to send troops to capture him, but thanks to good luck, he ran back with a bunch of ghostly drawings that only he could understand.
They were running wild in the eastern part of Monan because He Huchen's offensive against the Xianglan Banner in Rehe was stalled.
Originally, you were running away from me and I was chasing him smoothly. He Huchen once thought that he would be driven directly into the hinterland of Houjin at the eastern foot of Xing'an Mountains.
As a result, Fei Yanggu, who was holding a blue flag, suddenly stopped running when he arrived at Rehe and turned around to fight. He Huchen mistakenly thought that Hou Jin's reinforcements had arrived, so he quickly reined in his troops and deployed a defensive line.
As a result, that night, Feiyanggu built a strong wall and cleared the fields, setting fire to the mountain.
The intensity of the fire frightened He Huchen, but the northwest wind blew up the next day, and nothing happened in the west. The wind helped the fire roll up the branches, even the Wulie River was crossed, and it burned dozens of miles eastward.
Until now, the fire has been burning for more than ten days, and the mountains and forests for more than a hundred miles from the Yisun River to the Lao Niu River are still a sea of fire, and depending on the situation, it will continue to burn for several more months.
Now that is no longer a hot river, it is a scalding boiling river.
The biggest trouble caused by wildfires is that the entire area cannot provide food and grass for the army. The cavalry in Monan can only run northward one after another, running out of the mountains, looking for a place to put their horses.
As for where the Xianglan Banner went east, it was not until the day before Liu Chengzong moved that He Huchen's troops took a detour from Zunhua and found out that his troops had withdrawn hundreds of miles eastward. They were now at the old place of Huizhou Guard at the Xing'an Mountain Pass.
They built trenches and set up fortifications, and it seemed they planned to hold on.
There is no need to analyze this. Just look at the posture and you will know that they are waiting for reinforcements.
As for Liu Chengzong... he was planning to make Fei Yanggu a marquis.
His act of setting fire to the mountain seemed more like Hou Jin's traitor than an enemy.
First of all, once the fire here burns out, even if Azig in the pass plunders the capital and breaks out from Miyun, Zunhua and other places in the east, what awaits him is a sea of flames and ruins.
Secondly, there were originally two roads heading west from Houjin in the direction of Shenyang. The north road was the pass where the Keshiketeng tribe was located, and the south road was the mountain road of Rehe.
The mountain road is now blocked.
Even if Huang Taiji wanted to send reinforcements, it would be difficult for him to bypass Liu Chengzong and support Azige.
This provided an excellent window period for the marshal's army led by Liu Chengzong to familiarize themselves with the topography of the Xing'an Mountains. At the same time, they could further clear the rear grain roads and military stations along the way, and allocate grain and armor for subsequent operations.
On the fourth day, Zuo Guangxian, who was stationed in Hushiha, sent someone to report that after the Ranger Battalion captured and killed the Jin army outside the border, three cavalrymen of the Jin Army intercepted a secret report.
The secret report was sent to the Chinese army. After translation, Azig mainly explained to Huang Taiji that he did not send the harvest back on time, and reported the results of the 21st Banner's battle in Xuanfu and Yanqing.
Each flag was not named by color, but was named after Gushan Ezhen's name. Since entering the border, the harvest has been quite rich, including more than 20,000 people, horses, cattle, donkeys, mules, and sheep.
As for gold and silver, Azig's secret report did not mention it, but Liu Chengzong guessed that there would be no shortage.
It's just obvious that the Later Jin Dynasty paid more attention to people and livestock, so they regarded this as the most important result.
There is a lot of important information in a secret report, such as the real name of Gu Shan'e of each banner, the results of his leadership, and the record. If analyzed, the strength and weakness of each banner can be roughly seen.
It's just that the Marshal's Mansion currently has insufficient information and can't link the various flags to Gushan Ezhen.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Chengzong read the letter and handed it to Zhang Xianzhong and others in the Chinese Army for circulation.
He even sent someone to call Zuo Liangyu.
This handsome Zuo is also quite interesting.
His current official position is Xima, Zhan Shifu, Marshal's Office.
The original meaning of Zhan in Zhan Shifu is trivial, and it is used in conjunction with things. When it comes to giving things, the meaning of deacon is actually a yamen that does chores for the royal family.
The earliest ones were in charge of the miscellaneous affairs of the queen, the prince and the eunuchs in the palace. As for horse washing, the earliest official was named Xianma, who was the attendant to the prince when he went out.
In the Jin Dynasty, it was changed to the storekeeper of books. In the Tang Dynasty, he was responsible for the storage of the four libraries of books in the East Palace Classics and History.
By the Ming Dynasty, other officials were responsible for giving lectures in the East Palace, and horse washing became the transfer ladder for Hanlin officials.
This is also the source of the rumor that General Huben Ying said Zuo Liangyu was about to join the cabinet.
But Zuo Liangyu said, this is pure fucking bullshit!
His official position was a place that Liu Chengzong made up at random because he didn't know where to throw him.
Firstly, the Marshal's Mansion does not have the Prince of the East Palace, secondly there is no Zhan Shifu, thirdly there is no Hanlin Academy, fourthly there is no collection of classics and history, and fifthly there is no cabinet.
Since he got this official position, he has been doing Bi Mawen's work every day, literally washing horses, and spending the whole day in the camp bathing green lions and white elephants and shaving sweat.
But this is actually a misunderstanding.
Zuo Liangyu was very important in Liu Chengzong's heart. At least until the marshal's army digested the two battalions of veterans Xu Yong and Wang Yuncheng, his important position was no less important than Zhang Xianzhong.
It is impossible for him to give him a powerful official position just because he has made great achievements. The key point is that their battle is too close to the capital at the moment. If Zuo Liangyu is really given a high-ranking official, what will happen if he surrenders to the enemy?
For example, for an official like Zhang Xianzhong, it would be embarrassing if word spread that the Minister of Li Yamen had surrendered to the enemy?
So you need to win over them, but you can’t feed them too much at once.
Liu Chengzong took out this official position because he felt that you were already serving in Zhan Shifu before you were the crown prince. Isn't this appropriate, veteran minister of the East Palace?
At the same time, he asked people not to restrain Zuo Liangyu. As long as he didn't run away, he could do whatever he wanted.
So when Zuo Liangyu heard that his official position was to wash horses and tried to get close to Liu Chengzong's horse, Zhang Yong, who was holding a knife at the side, did not stop but reported the matter to Liu Chengzong.
Liu Chengzong thought Zuo Liangyu liked his horse, so he didn't stop him.
He thought to himself that as a surrendered general, he would be stopped as soon as he approached his horse, which would hurt his self-esteem, as if he was preventing him from escaping.
Anyway, he has nowhere to run, so he can watch as much as he wants.
Liu Shizi was even proud of himself, thinking that his horse had been fascinated by Zuo Liangyu.
If you like horses, it's easy. When Chu Hu'er comes back at the end of the year to celebrate the New Year, he blackmails him into giving Zuo Liangyu two good horses.
Later, when he entered Ordos, he simply stopped riding those two horses and let Zuo Liangyu play with them.
Because he subconsciously felt that Zuo Liangyu had worked as a bartender at Hou Xun's banquet and knew many officials, so he would not think that Xi Ma was just a Bima Wen.
I didn't even think about that.
What's more, even if you don't understand, you can ask others. Zhang Xianzhong once asked Liu Chengzong what horse washing was for.
But he ignored that although Lao Zhang and Lao Zuo were not educated, Zhang Xianzhong was really ignorant. Since he joined Liu Chengzong and broadened his horizons, he felt that it was normal for him to be embarrassed.
Therefore, asking Liu Chengzong questions will not make him feel more embarrassed, but is a means to prevent himself from being embarrassed in the future.
Only those who have some knowledge and feel that they are no longer embarrassed will feel embarrassed when asking others questions.
Zuo Liangyu happened to be at that stage when he was under Hou Xun's sect.
At that time, he actually saw Xi Ma in Zhan Shifu, but he was too embarrassed to ask what this official position meant.
It was precisely because he had seen it that he really thought it was a horse washer for the Prince of the East Palace.
When he approached the green lion and white elephant, Liu Chengzong's Yu Linlang did not draw his sword to kill him, and even ignored him. Zuo Liangyu felt that this was his job.
So every day I took advantage of the opportunity of shaving the green lion and white elephant's sweat to eat their fried beans, and also whispered bad things about Liu Chengzong to them.
"He won't ride such a good horse like yours, and he won't use it if I'm such a good horse. We are three brothers in trouble together!"
The green lion groaned, bared its teeth and stretched its legs, enjoying the sweat. The white elephant on the side ignored him. Who would call him a brother or sister?
Then he was passed into the commander's tent by Habayashi Lang.
As soon as he entered, he was handed a secret report from the Jin Kingdom by Zhang Xianzhong, and then heard Liu Chengzong say: "The most interesting thing here is that Azige lied. He exaggerated the results of the war against Li Guoliang of Xuanfu."
They knew through Fu Renxi.
Li Guoliang's battle report is that he led an army of two thousand to pursue the Jin army, won the victory, beheaded several people, and recaptured one hundred and thirty livestock.
Fu Renxi's understanding of this battle was that Li Guoliang did not tell the whole story and actually turned defeat into victory.
Azig set up an ambush and used his cavalry to charge him in half. Even the leading general was seriously injured and died. More than 200 people died. It was only his servants who fought to the death to drive away the enemy, and only captured a few points.
livestock.
However, in Azige's secret report to Huang Taiji, he said that he encountered 5,000 men and horses from General Li of Xuanfu and defeated them, killing 426 people and seizing 100 horses.
Even the battle reports from both sides are untrustworthy.
In fact, Liu Chengzong's Huben officers studied this conclusion for a long time and found nothing in the battle report to confuse them, so they believed it was a battle report.
At first, they suspected that the messenger had been captured on purpose, and that it was a ploy by the enemy.
Liu Shizi smiled and said: "In that case, is the captured messenger cavalry still alive?"
Liu Tichun stepped forward and said: "Commander, when a person is caught, he cannot be saved. His three-eyed blunderbuss has blinded his face."
Liu Chengzong nodded: "Catch us again and keep him alive."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said: "Draft a document, keep their letter intact, and write another one, saying that Li Guoliang only had 2,000 soldiers in Xuanzhen, and 200 were killed. Thirteen horses, cattle and mules were also captured.
One hundred and thirty."
"When we are captured alive, we will send them to Huang Taiji to let him know that his brother is dishonest and tells lies."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Xianzhong's eyes lit up: "Yes, I will go back and write a letter now!"
I saw the Generalissimo playing tricks again.
What is this called, a divorce plan!
However, Liu Chengzong's expression was not so relaxed.
Because he didn't understand and didn't want to understand why Azig lied.
Li Guoliang wanted to conceal defeat as victory in the battle report because he was afraid of punishment.
Azig was different. His mission was not to enter the Xuan border and defeat the Ming army, but to plunder people, animals and property. As for the victory or defeat of the war, it was of no concern to him.
So why lie?
Liu Chengzong estimated that this was Hou Jin's tactic in promoting public opinion.
Azig should have thought that this letter would be intercepted by the Ming army or the Marshal's Mansion.
Therefore, he systematically falsified battle reports, intelligence and other work, and the benefits were obvious.
The Eight Banners of Houjin originally had a small number of people, so sending the news back to Shenyang would increase the confidence of our own soldiers; if they were intercepted on the way, it would not only undermine the will of the enemy, but also drive a wedge between General Li and the imperial court.
Let Ming's rigid political machine increase internal friction.
This is a very interesting point about the Ming Dynasty. It was rotten, it was rotten, it was true that people killed good people and took credit for their merits, and turned defeat into victory.
But everyone is really working hard.
Military generals have the habit of turning defeat into victory, and some even kill good people and take credit for their success, but when they really see the enemy, they pounce on them and fight them.
And after the fight is over, there will be civil servants who will work hard to find out the truth of the matter. Otherwise, how will others know that he committed a good crime and took credit for it?
There will be dedicated personnel to investigate everything thoroughly.
If you work hard, you can't win; if you work hard, it's meaningless.
Liu Chengzong wrote a letter to Huang Taiji to tell him that I already know all your tricks.
This is to put a little more psychological pressure on the other party.
The main reason is that this job is simple. Anyway, his newspaper has to catch spies outside the border, write a letter, catch the spies and let him take them back.
If it is not systematic fraud, it is a snitch to drive a wedge between Azig and Huang Taiji; if it is systematic fraud, it is Huang Taiji's mentality.
In short, he is not at a loss.
However, before the spy who sent him this letter was caught, He Huchen, who was changing defenses to the Keshiketeng Department, sent four urgent letters.
He Huchen intercepted the private messages sent by Fei Yanggu to Yang Qi, Elinchen and Omubu from the Houjin side, and they were scolding Yang Qi.
As for Erlinchen and Ermubu, the former mentioned the covenant in vague terms, while the latter thanked them for opening a wider net, assisting in arson, and letting the blue flag fly eastward.
The last letter was from He Huchen asking for instructions whether to withdraw the Monan Mongolian army and mobilize the troops from the rear to move forward.
Liu Chengzong walked out of the tent with an urgent letter in his hand. He meditated for a moment in the open space outside the tent. He looked at the majestic Greater Khingan Mountains in the east. He raised his hand and let the vulture fly, saying: "We won't retreat."
"Congratulations to Commander-in-Chief, the Fourth General Military Camp of Monan has withdrawn a hundred miles from the Keshiketeng Pass and set up camp to prepare for war. We will send 230,000 cavalry households deep into the pass to ascertain the enemy's situation, do not rush into battle, and send military reports as soon as possible."
When he turned around, Zhang Xianzhong, who was following him out of the tent, only saw him grinning. There was no smile in his slightly glaring eyes, but rather a bit of madness.
Then he saw Liu Chengzong taking He Huchen's urgent letter into his hand.
Zhang Xianzhong stared blankly at the letter that fell into his hands, and looked at each other with Liu Tichun, Zuo Liangyu and others.
I heard Liu Chengzong stuffing a handful of fried noodles into his mouth, chewing heavily, and slurring his words.