Zhu Ling was never stingy when it came to dealing with money. For example, when he received five hundred thousand taels of silver, he distributed it to the soldiers of Guan Ning's army that day, and also gave it to Cangzhou, which he had owed for a long time.
The city soldiers sent out their troops.
The moment everyone saw the money, they were naturally very happy. After all, in these troubled times, whoever has the money is naturally the boss. Everyone was very happy. Once upon a time, the imperial court often defaulted on military pay, but since they were with His Majesty, they
This is something that has never happened before. People also feel more and more that His Majesty has never defaulted on payment, and those military salaries have been embezzled by others.
The army set out smoothly. Except for the thousand soldiers who stayed in Cangzhou City, Zhu Ling ordered Huang Bodang and others to personally select a thousand soldiers to accompany him as the imperial camp. This was also the first time in a long time that he had recruited himself.
Imperial Camp Army. The Guan Ning Army was also organized into Royal Camp Cavalry, and the Imperial Camp Infantry temporarily numbered one thousand.
Wang Jiayan commanded these thousand people and served as the commander of the imperial camp; Huang Bodang served as the military supervisor of the imperial camp. Fan Xianchao was the commander of the imperial cavalry, and both Meng Zhangming and Sima Jingru were deputy commanders. However, in terms of the number of troops they led, Sima Jingru was the leader.
There are more, of course, this is also based on the fact that Sima Jingru is indeed better than the two of them in knowing soldiers.
However, Fan Xianchao and Meng Zhangming had higher qualifications than him, so their positions were above him. Meng and Fan each received one thousand and fifty, and were sent by Zhu Ling to lead the battle from both sides. Sima Jingru led the remaining two
The Qianyuying Cavalry Army followed Zhu Ling's army.
The army left Cangzhou City directly after distributing the money that day. Due to the sudden arrival of the intruders, the original plan was instantly shattered. But at least with some experience, they will not be so stretched when they arrive in other cities in the future, and they can operate directly
.This also gave Zhu Ling some comfort.
Therefore, the current situation is as follows: Zhu Ling led an army of 6,000 people from Cangzhou City, intending to preemptively go straight to Nanpi County. Nanpi County also sent an army of 20,000 people, but in fact, it can actually fight
There are only about 10,000 people, and the rest are basically civilians doing hard work.
On the Jinan side, there was a light cavalry force of 20,000 people heading here day and night. For the future of himself and the general, Dong Chuan also ordered the army to travel lightly, and if there was any dry food, he could grab it nearby.
Food is enough. Although I don’t say this, although this method is feasible, it will also anger the people around you.
"Your Majesty, our army has been marching for a day and is now at the southern end of the Wei River. If the 20,000 intruders want to surround us, they will definitely march in a straight line at the fastest speed in the shortest time. And their straight march is
This is their weakness, as long as we can discover them in advance, we have a 50% chance of winning this battle!"
It was already late at night, and the army was encamped next to the Wei River. The two cavalry armies of Meng Zhangming and Fan Xianchao were still advancing. In the camp, a map of the surrounding area was displayed in front of everyone. Wang Jiayan, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, naturally took the lead in speaking.
"Only the cavalry in our army has sufficient combat effectiveness, so the general suggested that the infantry of the royal camp beside your majesty can fight with the wind. If something doesn't go well, it's better not to join. Once they mess up the position
, it is very likely to cause the cavalry to lose military morale, which is a taboo." Sima Jingru also expressed his views.
During today's march, he saw the shortcomings of this thousand-man army. It only took one day to march, and the speed was not fast. However, this army kept screaming in pain, and even seemed unwilling to continue to follow. Some
The people also spread negative words among the troops, resulting in many soldiers being killed on the first day of march.
The most taboo thing about a large army is that there are many soldiers who are afraid of fighting, which is very likely to cause other armies with fighting spirit to lose their initiative. Even if once there is a battle, this army will run away at all costs, and the blow to the other armies will be devastating.
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Huang Bodang, who is from Cangzhou with this army, is naturally a little ashamed. After all, these thousand people are his fellow countrymen. Now that he has increased his status and has become His Majesty's Royal Camp Army, he still has no fighting spirit. Naturally, he can't help but feel ashamed.
Long face.
"Please don't worry, General Sima. I will keep this in mind and restrain them when we get down." This was the only thing he could do.
"Sima is right." Zhu Ling was also worried about the morale of the army brought from Cangzhou City. If it weren't for the fact that there were not many troops at this time, he would really not be willing to bring them with him. But Cangzhou was not the only one who arrived.
The soldiers in the city were like this, and the soldiers in other counties lost their fighting spirit when they saw the intruders.
Most of the soldiers in other prefectures and counties opened their doors and surrendered, and some even went several miles out of the city to welcome the intruders into the city. The intruders truly managed to capture the city without losing a single soldier.
However, this is also the reason why the elites of the Ming Dynasty were wiped out by the Chuang army. Since the last elite Qin army in the mainland led by Sun Chuanting was completely wiped out, there are almost no soldiers who dare to confront the Chuang army head-on. As long as the Chuang army has an advantage in numbers,
The Ming army here did not want to fight anymore and only wanted to surrender.
"This is also caused by the fact that our Ming elite have been repeatedly killed by bandits over the past few years, so that almost no local soldiers dare to fight with them. We have won several great victories, relying on strategies and the iron hoof of Guan Ning's army. But it will definitely not always be the case in the future.
Guan Ning's army fights with it, and sooner or later other soldiers will have to fight with it. But morale is the most difficult thing to improve."
"Listen to Sima, don't attack this thousand-man army. It's okay to fight with the wind. Once you encounter an unfavorable situation, you only need to cover Guan Ning's army. It seems that this army is not of great use now."
The last sentence is cruel, but it is also reality. Although Huang Bodang wanted to argue for it, he didn't know how to defend it, so he had no choice but to accept this fact.
"Where have the two of them gone?"
Speaking of Meng Zhangming and Fan Xianchao, everyone quickly turned their eyes and attention back to the map. Wang Jiayan pointed out the current location of the two men. Meng Zhangming and them were heading in the same direction, along the Wei River. But Fan Xianchao
One man led a thousand and fifty cavalry troops along the Fuhe River. The two armies were dozens of miles apart.
Seeing such a scene, Zhu Ling frowned slightly and said: "Ask Fan Xianchao not to stay so far away. If intruders appear from the east and west, he will be surrounded. How can we break through with a force of 1,500 men?"
"Your Majesty, I think you just need to be careful and don't pass by us." Zu Xiangyang stepped forward slightly, looked at the map and couldn't help but express his thoughts.
"Why?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look." Zu Xiangyang squeezed forward at the right time, pointed at the map and said: "Once the intruders' 20,000-strong army spreads out, they will be one or two miles away, and the intruders will definitely send out exploration horses to explore the surrounding situation.
Once we get too close, there will be a lot of horse hoof prints on the road of the thousand and fifty cavalry, which will be easily discovered. At that time, our plan will inevitably fail. If General Fan remains like this, he only needs to be careful to avoid being intruded.
If you discover it, your plan will come true."
After Zu Xiangyang finished speaking, he also reminded Zhu Ling that there will be heavy rain tomorrow. At that time, the traces of such a large number of cavalry will be very obvious. It will be very easy to be discovered, as long as a scout with some experience can see it. .A careless move will expose your whereabouts.
"Shi Ke, that's a good reminder." Putting away the map, Zhu Ling raised his head and said to everyone: "Everyone, please take a rest quickly. We will set off early on the day. If everything goes well, when we defeat the 20,000 people, what will happen to the intruders?" A hundred thousand troops will also arrive in Cangzhou. We cannot stay long and have to go all the way south."
"According to the decree."
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He also said that Zhong Xingcan, riding proudly on his tall horse, set off slowly towards Cangzhou. Not to mention that he was so leisurely, but in fact he had already sent 3,000 vanguards to quickly march towards Cangzhou. And the one he led was naturally the Chinese army. Along the way But he also adhered to King Shun's words, not to plunder the people, not to harm the people.
But after he got some money, he found a few prostitutes to accompany him and serve him. Thinking of the ecstasy last night, he couldn't help but linger a little, and his body was swaying a little.
A general in armor next to him said respectfully: "Report to the general, we are less than a hundred miles away from Cangzhou City!"