The little Taoist boy kowtowed several times in front of the unknown Taoist's grave, and was led by Hu Ling to follow Chang Yu back to the team, where he began his military career.
Chang Yu's mood was extremely depressed. It had been several months since he traveled back in time. He had experienced the war and the iron horse, and had experienced a few romances, but he couldn't bear to see the miserable situation of being tortured by the sufferings of the world.
The little Taoist boy couldn't stand the bumps of the war horses, so he was sent to Luotang's logistics team to ride in a carriage. He held a wotou while gnawing and wiping his tears while looking at the dead tree by the river that was getting farther and farther away.
After a journey of a hundred miles, with a break of thirty miles, Chang Yu finally led four battalions to the outside of Dingxing City when it was dark. He saw torches beating on the city in the distance. He must be preparing to fight?
Dingxing County governs the three neighboring counties of Yixian, Laishui and Rongcheng. It is considered a large county in the north of Baoding Prefecture, but in fact it is only a small town four miles away. At this time, there are no soldiers to defend it. It usually maintains security for the township, but now hundreds of people suddenly poured out.
People come to the city, but who are they?
One of our own!
Yang Tianwu, the leader of the Guang'anmen of the Twelve Taibo, personally escorted the military rations to the southern front. There were nearly 600 people from the ration team helpers to the guards. The first batch entered Baoding City relatively quickly. When the second batch arrived in Dingzhou County, the thieves
The army had moved north, and several groups were fleeing in Baoding Prefecture. Yang Tianwu did not dare to move forward, so he had to retreat to Dingzhou County to wait and see.
He was an imperial merchant with an official background. As soon as he entered Dingzhou County, he was appointed by the county magistrate Song Mingchi to defend the city. Yang Tianwu could not refuse, both in public and private matters. He sent his men to patrol the city day and night. At dusk, he suddenly saw someone.
When an army came to the city, they were naturally frightened.
"The height of this city is only over two feet, and it's a small area. If we want to fight, we should easily take it, right?" Chen Suole muttered casually, but Chang Yu heard him: "You can take it down and show it to the governor. Although it's
The city walls are small and short. If there are no siege equipment, if you attack with force, you will have at least five to ten times more troops than the defenders. In other words, if there are 500 people defending in the city at this time, we will need 3000 to 5000 people."
Chen Suole stuck out his tongue, and Chang Yu added: "Of course, if there is a siege ladder or something, it would not be difficult to take it down with the strength of our fourth battalion."
Of course one of our own would not attack our own, so Chang Yu went to the city to reveal his identity. When Yang Tianwu saw him appearing, he was overjoyed and went down to the city to open the door to greet him.
When they heard that the governor of Dongchang was coming in person, the county magistrate Song Mingchi personally held a banquet at the Yamen to wash away the dust. Chang Yu led his generals to the banquet to wash themselves off, but he was strictly ordered not to drink alcohol, which made the generals somewhat regretful.
During the banquet, they asked about the surrounding situation. Yang Tianwu and Song Mingchi answered all questions. They said that no enemy traces had been found nearby. Chang Yu found that Song Mingchi had repeatedly winked at Yang Tianwu. He thought it was a secret, but he had already seen it, but he did not expose it at the moment.
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After the banquet, Chang Yu invited Yang Tianwu into the inner hall to ask about the situation, and then pointed out the doubts at the table. Yang Tianwu then said bitterly: "The governor should be more careful about Song Mingchi. I didn't know when the governor came outside the city."
He persuaded me three times that if the thieves came to attack, in order to protect the people in the city from military disaster, surrender, he just winked at me again and again during the dinner, I'm afraid I told the governor to listen."
Chang Yu sneered angrily: "You are greedy for life and afraid of death, but you still want to pull a shame leaf and say it is to protect the people in the city. How shameless!"
"How about killing him?" Yang Tianwu was a gangster, and of course he was not a kind person.
Chang Yu shook his head: "At this time, the thief army has not yet come to kill and disturb the people's hearts, but if it really comes to the eve of the thief army approaching the city, there is no harm in killing him."
Later, someone came to the county government office to see Chang Yu. After entering and revealing his identity, he found out that he was Dongchang's spy. Chang Yu inquired carefully and found out that it was Gao Wencai's manpower. Baoding Prefecture was a war zone at this time, and the information was extremely important.
Gao Wencai had spies in almost every city and established a huge intelligence network.
Unexpectedly, this loyal minister was still a very capable person. Chang Yu secretly praised him, and after further questioning, he learned that Xushui and Rongcheng, fifty miles away, had been occupied by the enemy and several troops were running around the territory, looting.
So at this point, Chang Yu has almost figured out the current situation. Almost all the counties under the jurisdiction of the east, west and south of Baoding Prefecture have been captured. Xushui and Rongcheng in the north have also fallen into the enemy's hands. As for the prefectural city of Baoding, it has become an isolated city, and the main force of the intruders is stationed there.
On the bank of Qingshui River ten miles south of the city.
It was a dark and windy night, and Chang Yu sneered at the corner of his mouth and directly called his generals to discuss matters and prepare to work. The county magistrate Song Mingchi wanted to watch but was invited out.
There was a teacup placed in the middle of a drawing on the table in the lobby. Chang Yu said: "This is Baoding City" and then a little to the northeast: "This is Xushui County" and a little northeast of Xushui: "This is Rongcheng, the two places
They are separated by dozens of miles, and by daybreak tomorrow morning, I will have these two cities in my pocket."
These two places are about fifty miles away from Dingxing County. They are both small towns with few officers and soldiers to defend them. At this time, they were occupied by the enemy. Chang Yu deduced that the main force of the rebel army was in the south of Baoding City. In addition to guarding the other states, the various ministries were separated.
Outside the county, we have to deal with reinforcements from officers and soldiers, so these small towns are most likely just occupied by a few gangsters under their command, and the number of troops cannot be too large, just like the scene during the Anti-Japanese War when a few Japanese were able to occupy a county.
Why not eat it.
The generals under his command were all excited, Chang Yu ordered his troops, Tu Yuan took Xushui, Wuzhong took Rongcheng, Jia Wai Xiong was still injured and sat down to calm down. Although he was aggrieved, he could not resist Chang Yu's military order.
The second general ordered to go out of the county government to raise troops and leave the city at night. Chang Yu ordered Jia Waixiong to take over the defense of Dingxing City and then led the Gongzi Battalion to set off. His goal was to go straight to Baoding City a hundred miles away. He wanted to go deep into the tiger's den!
Yang Tianzhi was on the city wall, watching the three troops leave the city. His heart was pounding, and he asked Jia Waixiong next to him: "The bandit army outside Baoding Mansion is like locusts. Isn't the governor's three hundred cavalry a little overconfident?"
"Are you trying to say that this move is tantamount to seeking death?" Jia Waixiong sneered: "When hundreds of thousands of thieves in Taiyuan were besieging the city, the young governor let the horses play outside the city. There were hundreds of thousands of Qing troops cavalry outside the pass. The young governor said
He comes and talks and leaves...there are too many people who want him dead, but he is still alive and kicking now."
Of course, Chang Yu was not seeking death. He was trying to scare off the enemy, to shock the tiger, and told Li Zicheng: I'm here, please calm down.
Since Dingxing went south, all the way to the wasteland, under the moonlight, the three battalions of cavalry and horses flew away like flying arrows, and they all fled in all directions when they met refugees on the road.
These refugees slept in roadside cottages at night and did not dare to light fires for fear of being attacked by bandits.
In fact, so late at night, large groups of bandits were staying in the city. They only went out to explore the streets. They were merciless to the refugees they encountered, and most of them were plundered. Among them, there were also various gangsters who used the banner of bandits to cause trouble.
Chang Yu had no time to take care of this, so he led the three battalions on the road, and rushed for twenty miles at a stretch to stop outside a large village. The village was empty, and the only old man with a stooped body kept bowing: "Master, Master, I have nothing to do with my family."
It’s been robbed. This hut is where you live, so don’t burn it down..."
Tu Yuan took broken silver and gave it to the old man, and also gave him some dry food. After asking, he learned that the village was called Gucheng Town.
"We all have parents at home, how can we bear to do this?" Chang Yu sighed towards Minister Tu Yuan. All the soldiers lowered their heads and looked sideways. They were originally rebels who had surrendered. They knew that Chang Yu's words were knocking them. Don't forget their current status!
After a moment of rest, the three battalions set out. Wu Zhong led the Black Wolf Battalion to head east to Rongcheng. Chang Yu was not worried at all about whether this man who once traveled around the world would be able to lead the troops now, because he led the strongest team under his command and was once the commander-in-chief of Datong.
Jiang Yu's private soldier.
Tu Yuan went to Xu Shuiyin and Chang Yu along the way, and the two walked side by side. Chang Yu often gave instructions on how to deal with the enemy, how to quickly capture the city, etc.
This time is not so much a sneak attack, or knocking on the mountain to shock the tiger, but it is better to say that it is Chang Yu's military training. The few warriors under him are all brave and invincible, and they are all good at rushing into battle and killing enemies, but they are slightly insufficient when performing tasks independently. In short
Since he can't stand alone yet, he just takes the opportunity to train.
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