At dawn, the wind and snow seemed to have not stopped, and it was so cold that the heaven and earth seemed to be frozen.
Chang Yu got up early, only to find that Wuzhong was already practicing boxing in the courtyard earlier. He watched for a while, then took off his undress and started boxing. At first, the two of them practiced their own way. Li Tiezhu and a few followers
The attendant was also watching and learning.
As they practiced, their eyes met, and then they started fucking again, punching and kicking, it was a real fight!
"You, you scoundrel, that wandering Taoist priest must be a scoundrel who taught you this scoundrel boxing technique." Wuzhong was locked on the ground unable to move, his face was suffocating and bruised. Whenever he gained the upper hand, and Chang Yu was about to die,
I just used ground tactics and locked him up with a few hits, but he was so angry that he suddenly forgot his dignity and cursed at the top of his lungs.
The little eunuch wasn't angry either. He let go of him and laughed loudly: "That Taoist priest taught me internal skills. This boxing technique is something I learned on my own without a teacher."
The hot water in the barrel was just right. Chang Yu lay in it and squinted, enjoying it very much. He found that taking a bath healed wounds faster, especially some bruises. He fought with Wuzhong and used the strength of Bajiquan.
The bruises were all gone after a blast of hot water and a stick of incense.
Xiao Ran is here again. As the commander of the Jinyiwei in Ningyuan, he has to report all the trivial things that happen in the city every day to the big boss Dongchang: the flag bearers trained by Wu Sangui have been sent to the mountains, and the Gongzi Camp has been camped and constructed in the cave.
Some simple fortifications were surveyed to survey the terrain. One of Wu Sangui's generals was not on duty last night and went to the camp to gamble. He was whipped thirty times early in the morning. The beating was so miserable.
"Keep an eye on this person. If there is any abnormal movement, just kill him!" Chang Yu, who squinted his eyes, said calmly. Extraordinary times, extraordinary means.
"Tang Tong's men will be the first to arrive at Ningyuan City in half an hour at the latest. I heard that they had a fight with the bandits last night. It is said that the bandits saw them in such a mess that they couldn't help but take action.
I don’t want to be brutally abused.”
"Are you very embarrassed?" the little eunuch couldn't help but asked with a smile.
"Like a lost dog," Xiao Ran said seriously, "It makes me miserable just looking at it."
The little eunuch hummed. It would be a bit humiliating for Tang Tong's acting skills not to sing, but after all, he did not have enough patience. It would be perfect if he had a real-life show with those bandits, but this small flaw could not be concealed.
At this time, there were gradually more and more black spots in the white snow southwest of Ningyuan City, which stretched for more than ten miles. When Chang Yu and Wu Sangui, who were looking up at the city, saw this, they immediately went down to the city, got on their horses and ran southward with their soldiers.
Tang Tong's men have arrived.
Indeed, as Xiao Ran said, he was as embarrassed as a bereaved dog. Even when the general Tang Tong came to him, Chang Yu was stunned and didn't recognize him. He ran for thousands of miles, braved the stars, and braved the wind and snow. There was no need to pretend to be attacked and defeated, it was just his true colors.
Starring!
"Lord Governor, you are fortunate to have fulfilled your mission. Commander Wu, you are well." Tang Tong's face was bruised and bruised, his lips were chapped and peeled. He dismounted from his horse and clasped his fists in front of the two men to salute.
Tang Tong and Wu Sangui are old acquaintances. Two years ago, they accompanied Hong Chengchou to participate in the Songjin War. After their defeat, they forgot about each other. Now that they see each other again, they are revisiting the old place again, and they have a confused state of mind that cannot be sorted out.
As for Chang Yu, he was naturally happy to see Tang Tong. Although he was not a strong general, he was better at being obedient. Chongzhen ordered King Qin to rush to Beijing on his own. Chang Yu just said a word, and he ran thousands of miles to arrive.
Outside the customs, there are no such obedient generals in the Ming Dynasty today.
Along with Tang Tong's troops came Gao Di's three thousand elite cavalry. They entered the city one after another and went straight to the military camp to rest and recuperate. Wu Sangui sent Shen Jianghu to be responsible for the resettlement, and then welcomed Tang Tong into the general military mansion. After washing up, he held a banquet. Let it catch the wind and wash away the dust.
It was bitterly cold in the north, and there was a shortage of food and vegetables. The banquet was simple and no wine was served, but for Tang Tong, who had been through hardships, it was already a delicacy. Swallow.
After dinner, Tang Tong took a short rest. Chang Yu and Wu Sangui went into the military camp to visit Tang Tong's troops. Such things were rare in this era, but Chang Yu was going, so Wu Sangui had no choice but to accompany him. But he didn't know what this seemingly simple act would do to Tang Tong's troops. How much influence does military morale have?
After a lot of trouble, it was already noon, and the two of them went back to the General Military Mansion to get some food. Tang Tong woke up at this time and continued to eat. During the dinner, he said that Gao Di was frowning all the time, and he had done everything for the drama of the melee at the pass. Wu Sangui and the little eunuch couldn't help but laugh.
After the meal, the door was closed, and in front of the three of them was a topographic map of Ningyuan's surroundings, made by a young eunuch.
Chongzhen was a great shopkeeper who had no control over the border. In one sentence, Chang Yu supervised the troops at the border. He provided food by himself and scraped together troops by himself. In addition to Tang Tong's 8,000 troops, he also begged for food from the 5,000 troops from the Shenji Camp. Then he sent a message: Li Yan rushed thousands of miles to help with more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers. He went to Shanhaiguan and captured Gao Di's cavalry. Together with Wu Sangui's Ningyuan Army, he now had nearly 60,000 soldiers on hand, as well as the watered-down Qing army. Presumably it's not too disparate.
However, Ningyuan City is small and cannot accommodate so many people!
Tomorrow at the latest, the troops from the Shenji Battalion will return, and most of Li Yan’s troops will arrive within seven days...
At present, Chang Yu had two problems to solve. First, where to place the troops, and second, the supply and storage of grain and grass.
Governor Yuan had only 20,000 troops at that time. Whenever a war started, he would command from the city to use artillery and bows and arrows to suppress the Qing army's rear formation from a distance. Then Zu Dashou and Mangui would go out of the city to fight in close combat, using this tactic to finally defeat the enemy.
But now the little eunuch has learned the tactics of the sages and improved them into a true internal and external cooperation. He wants to station troops outside the city, and more than one!
The defense can be coordinated internally and externally, and the attack can make it difficult for the Qing army to take care of the head and tail. A part of the garrison may be surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army, but if more troops are stationed outside to look after each other, the Qing army will have to worry about gnashing its teeth if it wants to eat. Grain and grass can also be stored in various departments to alleviate congestion in the city.
However, there were many garrisons, and the Qing army could defeat them one by one. Two years ago, the Qing army destroyed the three cities of Pine, Apricot, and Pagoda in this way, causing the Ming army's defense network to completely collapse.
"Songxingta and the three cities are dead, but the governor's troops are alive." Chang Yu chuckled: "And except for Gongziying, the rest of the troops will not reveal their whereabouts unless absolutely necessary."
It seemed that the little eunuch was starting to play tricks. Tang Tong and Wu Sangui looked at each other, but they were confused as to where they could hide in this icy and snowy place with tens of thousands of men and horses.
There is no one who doesn't endure hardships and hardships when setting up a march. There are countless examples of lying in wait for ten and a half months to fight an ambush. You can't stand this kind of hardship and still fight in such a terrible battle. Is the Red Army tired after traveling 25,000 miles? ,Is it hard for the little devil to eat ice slag in the mountains for half a month in order to ambush the national army?
What's more, Chang Yu now has a team of people, Li Yanbu, who are fond of climbing mountains and drilling in forests and are accustomed to it.
Tang Tong and Wu Sangui suddenly realized that no wonder why the young eunuch came all the way to call Li Yanbu. It turned out that he had already planned it, and he might even have begun to figure out how to deal with the enemy when he received the imperial edict.
As expected, Chang Yu pointed to the terrain map and began to outline his battle plan for the two of them.
"Once the Qing army is lured over, a surprise battle can be fought first. If the Qing army is caught off guard, it will inevitably suffer losses. This small victory can be used to boost the morale of the army. How to fight this surprise battle will be discussed later."
"The key point now is that after breaking up with Dorgon, the Qing army will definitely attack Ningyuan City. According to the Qing army's usual tactics, it must cut off its back-up support before attacking the city. Therefore," Chang Yu pointed to the southwest of Ningyuan.
: "If Dorgon wants to cut off the connection between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, he will inevitably deploy a force between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan."
"Zhonghou Post, the governor is saying that we should deploy a force in Zhonghou Post to prevent the Qing army from cutting off the rear?" Tang Tong understood in his mind, but Wu Sangui frowned.
Zhonghou Suo, also known as Zhonghou Suo City, is Suizhong County in later generations. In the Qing Dynasty, it was also called Shamao City, but at this time it was just a place for thousands of households to garrison troops. Because it was raided by the Qing army last year, the Wei Suo was destroyed.
More than 4,000 Ming troops were killed and thousands were captured. Now it is almost in ruins.
"The middle and rear places are almost in ruins. We have too few troops to use them, but too many troops to disperse our troops. Moreover, the two places are hundreds of miles apart and it is difficult to see the beginning and the end. What if the Qing army defeats them one by one? Song, Xing, Pagoda during the Songjin War."
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Wu Sangui's words made the three of them look solemn. (To be continued)