Chapter 51: Northern Exploration, Assembly, Training
Update time:2012-10-13
July has entered, which is the hottest time of the summer. First there is a light fall, and then there is a big fall. The weather is really unbearably hot.
Although I heard from the elders that today’s day is not too hot, it is very cold compared to Wanli’s time. But it is still the hottest time of the year, and there has been no rain for a month.
It was really unbearably hot today.
The construction of Daling River City is nearing its end. Except for a gap in the north city that has not yet been completed, the rest of the projects have been completed.
I don’t know if Zu Dashou also sensed that something was wrong with the three banners of the Hou Jin Army appearing at the Daling River at the same time, or if he was eager to ask for credit from Sun Chengzong. After entering Xiaofu, he ignored the heat and urged the people to build the North City day and night, so much so that he died of exhaustion.
There are more than a dozen civilians.[
Several batches of fast horses were sent out to explore the north, some heading toward Yizhou and some heading toward Guangning, but no news came from them. The day before yesterday, there were reports of fast horses heading toward the old Liaohe River, saying that they were in the old city.
After the discovery of the Liaohe River, a large army of the Jin army gathered. Not only were there the Jiannu from the East, but also the cavalry from the Mongols from the North. Looking from a distance, with a company camp ten miles away, it seemed that all the Eight Banners were coming.
The Old Liao River is two hundred miles away from the Daling River, but it is very close to the Mongolian Harashen tribe. If they bypass the Harashen tribe, the Jin army will have to invade from western Liaoning. Instead, they can raid Da'ankou, a pass on the Great Wall west of Xifengkou.
Longjingguan, Malanyu, etc. entered the mainland again as they did two years ago.
The "Jisi Incident" two years ago was still fresh in Zu Dashou's memory. His boss Yuan Chonghuan was executed alive on the charge of "collaborating with the enemy and treason". He was almost frightened to death that day, so after hearing this, the Jin Army may enter the customs again.
, Zu Dashou's eyelids jumped. In panic, he quickly sent someone to report the appearance of the Jin army in the old Liaohe River to the manager Sun Chengzong.
Lieutenant General He Kegang reminded Zu Dashou that there were seven or eight groups of exploring horses sent out to the north, but only the exploring horses came back from the old Liaohe River two hundred miles away, while there was no news from Yizhou dozens of miles away, and there were no returning exploring horses from Guangning.
, things are a bit strange. From the appearance, it seems that Jiannu deliberately let the old Liaohe road go to explore the horse before returning.
Lieutenant General Zhang Cunren also said: "The weather is hot now, and the Jiannu cannot bear the heat. Usually large-scale troops are deployed in autumn and winter, so why are they suddenly gathering troops in Jiuliaohe at this time? Will the Jiannu really attack the pass? Now there is no
We can’t be sure, but Commander Zu wants to report the strategy, which seems a little inappropriate.”
But Zu Dashou waved his hand and said: "The so-called intolerance to heat is false, and it is easy to overcome. Moreover, the slave chief Hong Tai has always used military tactics in many ways, which cannot be judged by common sense. Two years ago, he led his troops thousands of miles to attack the capital, and plundered a huge amount. He suffered a lot.
Sweet thing, this time the old plan is not yet decided. It is always appropriate to report the strategy. If Hong Taizhen enters the customs again, the court can take precautions early. If not, if Jiannu enters the customs again, we will not report it.
, it’s hard to escape the blame.”
Hearing this, He Kegang, Zhang Cunren and other generals also felt that it was reasonable. Regardless of whether Jiannu really wanted to enter the customs, it was always good to report it to the court so that the court could be on guard. It was much better than being caught off guard by Jiannu again.
When the news about the main force of the Jin Army in the old Liaohe River reached Sun Chengzong, he was also shocked. He hurriedly ordered the Great Wall guards in Yanbei, Xuanzhou, and Datong to take strict precautions to prevent Jin soldiers from attacking again. At the same time, he reported to the imperial court and attracted the attention of the capital.
There was such a shock that some dignitaries were even prepared to go south to avoid disaster. When the slaves actually broke through the Great Wall, they fled south with their families.
For a time, people in the capital were panicked. The "Songshan Victory" that came out of Liaodong a few days ago had been suppressed by the cabinet, and not many people knew about it. This time, it was quickly forgotten by those who knew about it. After all, one or two hundred Tatar heads were killed.
Compared with the tens of thousands of slave-building troops, it is really not worth mentioning.
Even Emperor Chongzhen in the palace became very nervous. In addition to ordering Liaodong to find out the movement of slave-building, he also sent some soldiers and horses from various places to strengthen the Great Wall passes to prevent the Great Wall from being breached again. In addition, he also sent an order to
Sun Chengzong asked him to draw some elite border soldiers from the closed-door army as a reserve team. Once Jiannu broke through the pass, he would quickly intercept it and never let Jiannu drive straight into the Wei Jing division again.
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Jinzhou.
In order to form the wolf cavalry army as soon as possible, Shi Dayong racked his brains and tried every means. Qiu Hejia asked him to transport grain and grass to Daling River City, but he used various excuses to refuse it. If he couldn't do it, he delayed it. In short,
Shi Dayong refuses to go to Dalinghe City now. He does not dare to take the risk of meeting the main force of the Eight Banners or being trapped in Dalinghe City, because that would mean that Shi Dayong has another chance to make a comeback - a
How dead people can change history.
Shi Dayong was not so arrogant as to think that with his brain, he could lead hundreds of remnant soldiers to stage a miraculous battle against tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops.
People must be self-aware. Fear is sometimes not cowardice, but a strategy and a choice in order not to be afraid in the future.
Fortunately, the military rations in Dalinghe City can still be used for half a month. Shi Dayong said that he would organize troops and horses to escort the transportation in a few days. After hearing this, Qiu Hejia did not force him to go now. After all, Shi's army had experienced the battle at Dalinghe.
More than half of the troops were lost, and the troops were replenished. Although they were promoted to a general, the men and horses under their command were probably not even as good as a defender.
Rumors of the truth about the Battle of Daling River had spread, and Qiu Hejia had also vaguely heard some of it. He couldn't help but resent Zu Dashou's refusal to save him. He wanted to give him a copy, but after the incident, Zu Dashou sent 500 cavalry.
For Shi Dayong's sake, and because he and Zu Dashou had already jointly signed a victory report, so he couldn't slap himself in the face, so he acquiesced in the matter.
Qiu Hejia once asked Shi Dayong why he concealed the truth from him. Shi Dayong smiled bitterly and replied: "If you don't agree, does Mr. Futai think that General Mo will be able to come back alive?"
Hearing this, Qiu Hejia sighed and could not say anything.[
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Xia Desheng and Li Yizhong, General Qian, heard that Shi Dayong wanted to remove the chainmail armor of their subordinates to make some kind of heavy armor. They did not agree at first. However, after Shi Dayong said that he was good at life, the second general had no choice but to agree without saying anything.
Rejection made Shi Dayong have a great impression of the two of them.
Since Lao Qin's side now had detachable chain armor, the speed of armor production was indeed much faster. By July, one hundred armors had been made one after another.
Cao Bianjiao selected 300 cavalry from the cavalry battalion and Xia Li's two thousand Liaodong soldiers to serve as the wolf cavalry army. While waiting for the armor, he devoted himself to the training of the wolf cavalry army.
In fact, it is not difficult to train heavy armor to rush into battle. What is difficult is how to keep people and horses in unison. The Iron Buddha of the Jin Dynasty formed a team of three cavalry, but Cao Bianjiao changed it to a team of six cavalry, so coordination was naturally much more difficult.
Shi Dayong chose a flat terrain in the southwest of Jinzhou as the training ground for the Wolf Cavalry, but when he had time, he went out of the city to watch Xiao Cao's training.