Chapter 91: There is no vanguard, the whole army is on top
Update time:2012-11-06
After the army left the city, Zhang Chun immediately ordered Liaodong General Wu Xiang to lead his cavalry on the left, Shanhaiguan General Song Wei to lead his cavalry on the right, and he led the Jizhen and Guanmen troops to form a central army with 2,300 carts.
They formed a camp and moved forward slowly like a giant hedgehog.
In this battle, the soldiers and horses under his command were the last strength of the Ming Dynasty to rescue Dalinghe. If defeated again, the siege of Dalinghe would no longer be solvable. Therefore, Zhang Chun was very careful, not daring to advance rashly, let alone fight in vain, and strictly ordered the three armies to follow the flag order.
The army must stop every mile along the way to prevent the battalions from not being able to reach their respective positions one after another, which would allow the Jin army to take advantage of the gap.
After marching slowly for a whole morning, the army arrived at a place less than three miles away from Jimingyi. This place is eleven miles away from Jinzhou, eight miles away from Xiaoling River, and seventeen miles away from Daling River.
After seeing the camp and flag of the Jin army from a distance, the deputy general of the Chinese army Zhang Jifu was eager to fight. He had fought against Jiannu Xianghongqi more than ten days ago and had a draw. He secretly said that Jiannu was just like that and not as good as the legend.
Terrible. Today the army is well prepared. This vanguard officer cannot be robbed by others. If he can fight a bloody path for the army this time, it will be a certainty that the deputy general will be promoted to full post after the war. With this in mind, I feel passionate.
Not only that, he immediately sent a horse to ask Zhang Chun: "Sir, there is a red flag of Jiannu in front of you. The last general is willing to lead his troops as the vanguard of the army and defeat Jiannu in one fell swoop!" [
Zhang Chun stood on the chariot holding Qianli Rui and looked motionless at the Jin army's defense line. Zhang Jifu asked several questions, but he did not answer. It was not until deputy generals Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu and others came one after another to ask for instructions on what to do next.
, he just put down his telescope, glanced at Zhang Jifu, and said in a deep voice: "There is no vanguard in this battle."
"No striker?"
Zhang Jifu was startled: How could the army continue to advance without a forward to open the way?
Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng and others were also puzzled. If they didn't send an army to clear the way for the army, how would they fight this battle?
Zhang Chun ignored the doubts of his generals and directly ordered: "My army is the vanguard, and the vanguard is my army. Pass the order, the three armies will form a formation, and press forward like this!"
"Just press it up like this?"
The generals were shocked again. Tens of thousands of people rushed forward like this? If something went wrong, the entire army would be wiped out!
Mr. Zhang is a scholar after all. Although he knows soldiers, he has only been leading an army for a short time. It was the first time he led an army as a commander. He lost all care for a while and became a bookish person. How can such a large army be overwhelmed as soon as it comes into contact?
? You have to test the enemy's true strength and identify the weak points. If you don't do this, then the whole army will attack. It's like gambling with the lives of 40,000 soldiers!
Zhang Hongmo shook his head secretly, and out of duty, stepped forward to persuade: "Sir, could you please leave some troops to suppress the formation, so that if the offensive does not go smoothly, you can have some leeway?" He said it very tactfully, and did not dare to directly speak to Zhang Chun.
This is nonsense.
Among the generals, Zhang Hongmo had the closest relationship with Zhang Chun. He had taken orders under Zhang Chun's tent before when he was in the pass. Everyone thought that even he did not agree to the full force's attack, and presumably Lord Zhang would reconsider.
"No need!"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Chun refused to listen to the advice at all. Instead, he was determined to press the entire army. He looked around the generals and said decisively: "You don't need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind. This battle is to fight all the troops."
Press forward and leave no soldiers behind. I will break through his slave defense line with all my strength!"
Seeing Zhang Chun's resolute attitude, Zhang Hongmo and Zhang Jifu did not dare to persuade him. After all, Zhang Chun was the commander of the army, not them, but no one made a move.
Seeing this, Zhang Chun couldn't help but his face darkened, and he wanted to urge the generals to prepare quickly and not to delay in the middle army again.
At this time, Manku, the deputy general of the car camp who had just arrived, stepped forward to persuade him again: "Sir, please be careful in your military preparations. Fighting with a large army is unusual. If you are not careful, there will be no room for a comeback.
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"Yes, it would be too risky to press the entire army. Please think twice, sir!"
Manku took the lead, and Wang Zhiku, Xue Dahu and other newly arrived generals also stepped forward to persuade them. Like the previous generals, they were not willing to use the strategy of overwhelming the entire army at the first engagement, because it was really
It's too risky.
With more people comes greater courage. With so many people persuading, Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng and others followed suit and started persuading again.
Seeing that all the generals did not agree with the full force of the army, Zhang Chun sighed and did not blame them. Instead, he asked: "I know what you are worried about, but I want to ask you, compared with Jiannu, our army is better."
Who has the advantage in terms of military strength?"[
Zhang Jifu replied without thinking: "I have an army of 40,000, and the Eight Banners alone have 50,000 or 60,000, not to mention the Mongolian soldiers and horses. Together, they are probably more than 100,000. This force is naturally ours."
The army was at a disadvantage, and he established the slaves and gained the upper hand."
Zhang Chun nodded, said "hmm", and continued to ask: "Then I will ask you again, compared with the strength of our army and the Jiannu Yibanner, who is inferior and who is superior?"
"There are eight banners in Jiannu. The number of single banners is dozens of Niulu, and the number is less than ten Niulu. As the general knows, the soldiers and horses of Jiannu's banner should be thousands, but our army is 40,000. In comparison,
, naturally our army has the upper hand." This time it was Deputy General Wang Zhiku who answered. After finishing speaking, he looked at his colleagues around him.
After hearing Wang Zhiku's answer, Zhang Chun's face softened slightly, and he said happily: "That's it. Since the strength of my army is not as strong as his entire Jiannu Banner, but it is several times better than his Jiannu Banner, and Jiannu Banner
It is impossible for the slaves to mobilize all their troops to resist my army. They will always divide their forces to surround Dalinghe City. I have determined that the number of troops that the slaves can use to resist my army will not exceed 30,000. In this way, you
Tell me, how much pressure will my entire army put on the slaves in front of you?"
After saying that, he raised his hand and pointed towards the Jin army in front, and said confidently: "You see, Jiannu is still defending along the Xiaoling River and the Big Ling River as before. It is divided into several lines of defense. It is not as concentrated as our army. As long as
We were surprised. The whole army pressed forward and broke through his first line of defense. Jiannu behind was naturally frightened, but our army's morale was greatly boosted. With one go, we will be able to break through Jiannu's several lines of defense in one fell swoop and reach Daling.
We will meet the soldiers and civilians in the city at the foot of Hecheng. At that time, with the support of the ancestors in the city, the siege of Dalinghe City will be easily solved!"
After hearing this, all the generals felt that it made sense and agreed with Zhang Chun's strategy of overwhelming the entire army. At that moment, Zhang Hongmo and others returned to the formation one after another to prepare for the deployment of the entire army.
Zhang Chun also sent an order to Song Wei and Wu Xiang with his own soldiers, asking their cavalry to cooperate with the Chinese army in charging the formation.
After Song Wei and Wu Xiang received the order, they were both puzzled by Zhang Chun's order to press the entire army. However, seeing that the Chinese army's formation was already busy and was about to start attacking, they did not think much and led the army.
They used their few remaining cavalry to prepare for the battle.
After his subordinates went to prepare, Zhang Chun continued to pick up the telescope to observe the movement of the Jin army on the opposite side, and saw if other soldiers and horses of the Jin army were joining. After watching for a while, he found that no Jin army came to reinforce, and only a red flag was mounted as a pillow.
After a while, he became more confident and sent orders to prepare for the attack.
Another messenger came galloping behind the formation and reported: "Reporting to the supervisory army, a group of grain and grass soldiers came from the rear. They said they were sending grain to Daling River City on the order of Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong."
"Sending food to Daling River?"
Zhang Chun was startled, then nodded and said in praise: "Master Qiu has thought carefully. He knows that the soldiers and people in the city have been short of food for a long time. While they are looking forward to my army, they are also looking forward to this food." He raised his head and asked the messenger: "The escort.
Who is the general?"
The soldier said: "Commander Shi Dayong."
"Shi Dayong?"
Zhang Chun was startled and lost his voice: "Isn't he seriously injured and unconscious? Why, he's awake?" He looked at the soldier, trying to get some information from him, but the soldier didn't know who Shi Dayong was and was at a loss.
Shaked his head.
Seeing this, Zhang Zhuang sighed with emotion and stopped fighting for this soldier. He ordered him: "Go and tell General Shi that I want him to follow behind and keep a distance of three miles. Don't get too close."
Army."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the soldier gave a military salute, mounted his horse and galloped away.
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"Master Arms and Arms wants us to keep a distance of three miles from the army and not get too close to the army. Why?"
Cao Bianjiao didn't quite understand the order of Master Bingbei. Three miles is neither close nor long, but the battlefield is changing rapidly. If the food and grass cannot be transported into Daling River City just because of the distance of three miles,
That's just not worth it.
Jiang Wanli, who had been observing the movement of the army in front, looked back and said, "Looking at the posture in front, it seems that the army is about to take action?" [
"Maybe it's Mr. Zhang's good intentions. He's afraid that if the army starts fighting, we'll follow behind without knowing what's going on, and there will be chaos."
Ma Zhong carefully covered his face. His injury was not fully healed. Originally, Shi Dayong wanted him to stay in Jinzhou, but he insisted on following him. Shi Dayong tried to persuade him, but he said, "Is the injury on your face better than mine?"
You can go anywhere, why can't I go? There was no other way, Shi Dayong had to let him go.
Shi Dayong moved his eyes back from the front, looked at Huang An, and ordered him: "Go and tell Li Dashan that if the army starts fighting later, if the progress goes well, he will urge the civilians to go forward with us. If the situation is not right,
, drive the civilians back to Jinzhou immediately."
Huang An was puzzled and said: "General, let the people go back to Jinzhou. How can we transport this food into the city?"
Shi Dayong shook his head and said: "If the army is defeated, even if thousands of civilians come again, the food will still not be transported into the city. It is better to let the civilians go back, so as not to die in vain outside the city. Besides, the civilians have not experienced the war.
, as soon as the cannon was fired, they were in chaos first. Rather than letting them mess up our position, it is better to let them go back."
Thinking of the reaction of the supply camp and the young people at the foot of Dalinghe City, Huang An understood, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will tell Li Dashan right now."
After Huang An left, Shi Dayong suddenly turned to Cao Bianjiao, and Jiang Wanli and others said: "If there is a fight in front, let's get close to them immediately."