It was said to be a "surprise", but in fact everything was within Zhao Junchen's plan.
Ever since Zhao Junchen received the news and discovered that Wu Yingxiong led Guan Ning's cavalry into Liaodong territory, he actually brought an artillery rear army with him. Moreover, due to the slow march, the artillery rear army had distanced itself from Wu Yingxiong's large army.
I have been thinking about it all the time.
If he could not take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters, Zhao Junchen would be in vain to be called a famous traitor in the contemporary era.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen quickly leaked the relevant information to the generals in Liaodong Town, luring them to sneak attack the artillery rear army of Guan Ning Cavalry and forcibly seize control of this artillery army.
Under Zhao Junchen's instigation, the high-ranking military attachés in Liaodong Town were ready to take action and quickly launched action.
When Wu Yingxiong led various armies to the north for reinforcements, Liaodong Town deliberately left Huang Shenming in the West Road defense zone. On the surface, it was to stabilize the situation in the West Road defense zone, but in fact, it wanted Huang Shenming to use his home field advantage to wait for opportunities to sneak attacks and fight against the enemy.
By holding the Artillery Rear Army hostage, even if the valuable heavy artillery of the Artillery Rear Army cannot be divided up afterwards, Wu Yingxiong can be forced to compromise.
But Zhao Junchen also didn't want to hand over the artillery rear army to Liaodong Town. He just wanted to promote a situation where the crane and the clam were fighting, and then he would benefit as a fisherman.
Therefore, when Zhao Junchen went to the Jinzhou camp, he deliberately left Jiang Quan in Hujiazhuang and asked him to pay close attention to the movements of the artillery rear army. When Huang Shenming started to seize the artillery rear army, he would wait for an opportunity to disrupt the situation.
In order to avoid alerting all parties, Zhao Junchen only left a hundred Forbidden Army soldiers under Jiang Quan's command. It was better than nothing, but after all, they represented Zhao Junchen and the imperial court. Once the two sides encountered a stalemate, this
A single weight is enough to determine the direction of the situation.
And now, Jiang Quan brought the artillery rear army to Jinzhou Camp, apparently successfully completing the task assigned by Zhao Junchen.
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After receiving the report, Zhao Junchen took it very seriously and quickly rushed outside the Jinzhou camp to greet him in person.
But as soon as he left the Nanying Gate of Jinzhou Camp, Zhao Junchen keenly sensed the tension in the air.
Zhao Junchen raised his head and looked into the distance, only to see that the artillery rear army had already set up an artillery array at this time. Nearly a hundred light and heavy artillery were arranged neatly and majesticly. All the artillery troops were also ready to go and nervously on standby. They seemed to be waiting to accept Zhao Junchen.
Junchen's inspection tour seemed to be about to bombard the Jinzhou camp at the next moment.
At the same time, General Huang Shenming of the West Route also led his troops outside the Jinzhou camp. Two thousand soldiers of the frontier army under his command were guarding the flanks of the artillery rear army. They were also in a posture of waiting for the next moment.
Will launch an offensive against the artillery rear army.
Seeing such a tense situation, Zhao Junchen was not surprised at all. He just stopped his horse and stayed where he was, and sent someone to call Jiang Quan for questioning, hoping to ask Jiang Quan for more information.
Jiang Quan quickly rushed to Zhao Junchen, stayed beside Zhao Junchen and softly explained what happened.
"Zhao Gechen, everything is as you expected. After Wu Yingxiong led his army to the north for reinforcements, Huang Shenming quickly summoned the defenders of the West Road near Hujiazhuang, hoping to ambush and sneak attack the artillery rear troops in the follow-up route. According to Huang Shenming's arrangement, he
The whereabouts of the Artillery Rear Army were quickly found, and they sent out a warning first, allowing the Artillery Rear Army to discover Liaodong Town's plot in advance!
So when Huang Shenming led his army to sneak attack, the artillery rear army was not only ready, but also piled up all the gunpowder in the army's baggage. It turned out to be a threat to Huang Shenming, who was mainly anti-visitor, claiming that he would detonate the gunpowder and burn all the jade stones to Huang Shenming.
I was so frightened that the situation came to a stalemate... I, in accordance with your instructions, waited for an opportunity to act as peacemaker, and brought the artillery rear army and Huang Shenming to the Jinzhou camp, leaving it to you, the cabinet minister, to judge right and wrong!
"
After hearing this, Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned and praised: "No wonder Wu Yingxiong would safely arrange for the artillery rear army to delay and slow down. He was not worried that the artillery rear army would be attacked by Liaodong Town after losing support. Unexpectedly, the artillery rear army's leading military attache
He actually has such determination and courage... Who is the leading military attache of the Artillery Rear Army?"
Jiang Quan also had a look of admiration on his face, turned around, raised his hand and pointed far away, and replied: "This man's name is Gao Dejie, and he is a military attaché of Qianhu in the Shanhaiguan garrison."
Zhao Junchen looked up, and sure enough, he saw a tall and arrogant middle-aged military attaché in front of the artillery rear formation.
"Gao Dejie..."
Zhao Junchen murmured to himself, vaguely feeling that the name was somewhat familiar.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Junchen finally remembered the origin of Gao Dejie.
In another historical time and space, Gao Dejie was a famous brave general under Wu Sangui when he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. He was best at defeating more with less. He also made many achievements when fighting the Qing army. He once led only more than a hundred Guan soldiers.
Ning Tieqi defeated the main force of the Qing army in one fell swoop, causing all the Qing generals to change their colors after hearing this.
But Gao Dejie's shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, he is too arrogant and only accepts death. Just because his military attache used bribery to please Wu Sangui, he was promoted successively and was on the same level as him, so he was angry to death!
It was precisely because of the death of Gao Dejie that Wu Sangui was quickly overturned by the Qing army even though he had all the advantages in the early stages of his rebellion against the Qing.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen was thoughtful and rode forward again.
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Seeing Zhao Junchen gradually approaching, whether it was the rear artillery of Guan Ning's cavalry or the west defenders of Liaodong Town, the tense nerves of the soldiers of both armies relaxed a little. Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming
The leading military attaches also quickly arrived in front of Zhao Junchen, saluted and greeted Zhao Junchen.
Then, before Zhao Junchen could respond, the two men were already rushing to accuse each other.
"Zhao Gechen! Please uphold justice! Since I received the news of the Jurchen invasion of Jianzhou, I have traveled long distances and traveled under starry nights. I just want to rush to the North Road battlefield as soon as possible to help Liaodong Town kill the enemy and contribute to the border war.
, who would have thought that Huang Shenming, the West Route Counselor of Liaodong Town, was so unkind and ungrateful that he ambushed and attacked his subordinates and subordinates in order to seize the artillery of the rear army of Guan Ning's cavalry. This approach is really chilling..."
Before Gao Dejie could finish speaking, Huang Shenming interrupted and angrily said: "Zhao Gechen, you must not listen to Gao Dejie's confusion of right and wrong! After I discovered that Guan Ning's cavalry artillery rear troops were passing through the West Road Defense Area, I thought
The artillery rear army carried a large number of heavy artillery with the army. When marching, the speed was slow, so they wanted to organize manpower to help them transport the baggage and speed up the journey! Who would have thought that Gao Dejie would actually judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but instead
There is no reason to accuse the humble position of coveting their artillery, saying that the humble position wants to ambush and attack them. They are really ungrateful..."
After hearing this, Gao Dejie became even more angry and refuted loudly: "If you want to help us transport the baggage, just say so. Why are you so sneaky and hiding in the dense forests on both sides of the road? It's not a sneak attack or an ambush.
What?"
"Nonsense! I and my subordinates stayed in the dense forest just to take a rest in the shade. Do I and my subordinates have to endure the scorching sun and wait for you?"
"You are the one who talks nonsense..."
Listening to the quarrel between Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming, Zhao Junchen shook his head slightly. He felt that Gao Dejie was indeed a man with insufficient power and did not know how to be forbearing. On the contrary, after Huang Shenming experienced various changes, his face and face were different.
All quick wits will rise.
But in the end, Zhao Junchen ignored the quarrel between the two of them and rode forward again, entering the front artillery array and carefully observing the various types of artillery in front of him.
The various types of artillery equipped by Guan Ning's cavalry artillery rear army are all long-tube and spindle-shaped structures. They were modified by the Ming Dynasty based on cannons introduced from Europe, which are the famous Hongyi cannons. Later, the Qing Dynasty
The word "barbarian" was taboo, so it was renamed the Red Cannon. It was considered "one of the best artillery in the world in the seventeenth century."
The characteristics of the Hongyi cannon are very distinctive. The barrel is long, the wall is thick, and the caliber is large. It is made of copper and iron. The barrel is more than ten feet long, the caliber is more than three inches long, and the weight ranges from hundreds to thousands of kilograms.
Etc., it gradually becomes thicker from the muzzle to the breech, and there are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity to adjust the shooting angle, and it is also equipped with a front sight and a rear sight.
The Shaanxi-Gansu border also has a certain number of Hongyi cannons, but when Zhao Junchen commanded the Shaanxi-Gansu frontier army to fight against the Mongolian coalition forces, he rarely had the opportunity to use these weapons of war, because the Hongyi cannons on the Shaanxi-Gansu border not only
There is a general lack of maintenance, and most of them are fixed on the city walls, making it impossible to concentrate firepower to support field operations. The quality of the artillery is also difficult to describe.
But the artillery rear of the Guan Ning Cavalry is completely different. All artillery are mounted on two-wheeled vehicles. They can not only move flexibly, but also concentrate firepower to support field battles. The soldiers who operate the artillery are also veterans of long-term combat.
Can skillfully adjust the sight and range.
In Zhao Junchen's view, the artillery rear army of Guan Ning's cavalry was not the most powerful artillery unit among the Ming Dynasty's army. For example, the Shenji Battalion among the Beijing Forbidden Army was equipped with a larger number of new Hongyi cannons.
, theoretically possessing greater firepower.
But if the two important indicators of mobility and actual combat experience are combined, the Shenji Battalion cannot be compared with the artillery rear army at all.
It can be said that the artillery rear army of Guan Ning's cavalry was the artillery unit with the strongest actual combat capabilities among the Ming Dynasty army.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's eyes flickered and he secretly made up his mind.
On the other side, Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming saw that Zhao Junchen completely ignored the quarrel between them, and just watched the various artillery pieces with great interest. They both felt bored for a while, so they quickly stopped the quarrel and talked to each other.
After giving an angry look, everyone followed Zhao Junchen.
After Zhao Junchen observed carefully for a long time, he suddenly turned around and asked: "How many total cannons are there? How many heavy cannons are there? How many light cannons are there? But are all the artillery pieces of the Guan Ning cavalry artillery rear army?"
Gao Dejie raised his head and replied: "For your information, Minister Zhao, I have a total of ninety-three artillery pieces of various types under my command, including twenty-two heavy artillery pieces weighing more than one thousand kilograms, and seventy-one light cannons weighing less than one thousand kilograms! But these artillery pieces
Not all the artillery owned by the Guan Ning Cavalry Artillery Rear Army...
As for how many artillery pieces the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry is equipped with, I have no right to reveal the details. I can only say that the most powerful artillery piece owned by the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry weighs three thousand kilograms and can kill an enemy with one shell.
Hundreds of people! But the three-thousand-pound artillery piece was really difficult to move, so they all stayed at Shanhaiguan without accompanying the army."
Zhao Junchen did not blame Gao Dejie for hiding it, but asked again: "How fast can your artillery rear army move? How many miles can it march every day?"
This time, Gao Dejie looked troubled and shook his head: "There are too many relevant variables. I can't answer this question accurately. Depending on the road conditions, weather, and luck, the artillery rear army's moving speed is also different! If the road conditions are different,
, the weather and luck are both good, and the artillery rear army's marching speed is not too slow, and can march up to forty or fifty miles a day; but if the road conditions are bumpy, rainy, and muddy, the artillery rear army's marching speed will be greatly reduced;
But the most important variable is luck. If you are lucky and the mule carts carrying the artillery are not damaged, you can continue marching and the speed will naturally not be slow; but if you are less lucky and the mule carts are damaged multiple times in a row, each time
They all need to stop their troops to rest and recuperate, and even if they want to, the marching speed cannot be increased. In the worst case, they can only advance less than ten miles a day!"
Speaking of this, Gao Dejie couldn't help but frowned and complained: "This time, the humble and artillery troops entered Liaodong territory on sea ships. There were not many mules, horses and vehicles accompanying the army, and they could not be damaged in time when the vehicles were damaged."
Repairs and replacements were made, so the marching speed was slower... Under normal circumstances, Bei Zhi could have rushed to Hujiazhuang before the Governor led his army to rush north for reinforcements. However, because of the insufficient number of mule carts, Bei Zhi was delayed for nearly 10 years.
Three days... If the humble functionary had joined the Commander-in-Chief in time, some despicable villains would not have evil thoughts in their minds and take advantage of the situation!"
After saying that, Gao Dejie glanced at Huang Shenming contemptuously, which immediately made Huang Shenming furious again.
But before Huang Shenming could rebuke, Zhao Junchen asked again: "How fast can the rear artillery launch? What is the furthest range?"
Gao Dejie raised his head again and replied: "Under the command of this humble position, heavy artillery can be fired once within a hundred breaths, and light artillery can be fired once within seventy breaths. The firepower range ranges from three miles to six miles. It can also be fired
All the artillery fire is concentrated to cover thousands of enemy troops at the same time!... Among all the military attaches of Guan Ning Cavalry, only a lowly person can do this!"
Speaking of this, Gao Dejie's expression became more and more arrogant, and his nostrils almost turned upward.
But judging from Gao Dejie's description, he does have the capital to be proud.
After seeing Gao Dejie's fluent answers, Zhao Junchen also nodded with satisfaction, which was regarded as recognizing Gao Dejie's ability.
He is worthy of being a legendary general who has left his name in history. Although he is only an artillery attaché now and has not yet had the opportunity to command the entire army, he is still outstanding.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Junchen finally turned to look at Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming, and said: "As for the conflict between the two of you, I don't want to pay more attention to it. Who is right and who is wrong?
I have no right to judge! But now the fighting on the North Road is in full swing, and I want to lead troops to support. The frontline battlefield also urgently needs the assistance of Guan Ning's cavalry artillery rear army... Let's wait until 2:20 a.m. the day after tomorrow.
Qianhu and the artillery rear army rushed to the front line with me! After arriving at the front line, how to deal with this matter will be decided by Governor Wu and the senior generals of Liaodong Town!"
After hearing this, both Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming's expressions changed drastically.
Gao Dejie was not willing to accompany Zhao Junchen to the front line. After all, the artillery rear army's self-protection ability was weak, and it was difficult to guard against the betrayal of "friendly troops" while walking together. Once halfway, Zhao Junchen suddenly decided to turn against the artillery.
The rear army can easily take away control of the artillery rear army - in comparison, Gao Dejie still hopes to lead the artillery rear army to the front line by himself.
At the same time, Huang Shenming had been assigned a task by senior military attachés in Liaodong Town, telling him to seize the opportunity to seize the opportunity to seize the rear artillery rear of Guan Ning's cavalry. If he allowed the rear artillery rear to follow Zhao Junchen and leave his defense area,
, which means that his mission has completely failed, and he will be criticized and despised by the senior officials in Liaodong Town afterwards.
After seeing the changes in the expressions of Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming, Zhao Junchen frowned and asked: "What? You are not happy?"
The next moment, Zhao Junchen turned his eyes to Gao Dejie and snorted coldly: "Is Gao Qianhu worried that I also have evil intentions and want to take away the artillery under your command by force? Ha! I am the elder of the Chaoting Pavilion.
, what’s the use of taking away those artillery pieces?
I invite you to accompany me because I just want to help you reach the frontline battlefield as soon as possible! As you said just now, the slow movement of the artillery rear army is all due to the insufficient number of mule carts, and I have already recruited them in Jinzhou.
A large number of mules and horses can greatly increase the marching speed of the artillery rear army, allowing you to meet Governor Wu in advance! What's more, with the protection of this pavilion, you don't have to worry about another accident on the way!"
Then, Zhao Junchen turned his eyes to Huang Shenming and said: "As for General Huang Shenming, if you are worried that after Gao Qianhu arrives at the North Road battlefield, he will confuse right and wrong and say bad things about you in front of Governor Wu and others, you can also follow my advice.
Let’s rush to the front line together.”
After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming hesitated for a long time and agreed because they couldn't think of a better way to deal with it.
After seeing this, Zhao Junchen finally nodded with satisfaction, and then invited Gao Dejie and Huang Shenming to enter the Jinzhou camp to rest.
Regarding Zhao Junchen's invitation, Huang Shenming readily agreed, but Gao Dejie shook his head again and said: "Thank you very much Zhao Gechen for your kindness, but the humble post and the artillery rear army should stay outside the Jinzhou camp to rest."
Obviously, Gao Dejie is still wary of Liaodong Town's uneasy good intentions, and is worried that once he and the artillery rear army enter the Jinzhou camp, it will be equivalent to sheep among wolves, and everything will be done by others.
Zhao Junchen did not insist, but said seemingly casually: "In this case, you will arrange for a military attache to follow me and follow me back to Jinzhou Camp. He will be responsible for the communication between the two parties in case you
The false accusation caused another misunderstanding!"
After hearing this, Gao Dejie also thought it made sense. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and called a military attache from the Baihu family of Guan Ning's cavalry, and introduced to Zhao Junchen: "Zhao Gechen, this person's name is Han Daren. He has been with me for many years.
He is the deputy of the humble position. He has always been smart, intelligent and reliable. If you, Zhao Gechen, have something to report to the humble position in the past two days, just ask him to contact the humble position."
"Han Daren?"
Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be startled, his eyes moved to look at the people around Gao Dejie.
Under Zhao Junchen's observation, Han Daren knelt down on one knee and saluted neatly, with an extremely humble attitude, and said loudly: "Han Daren is a humble minister, and he is always at the disposal of Zhao Junchen!"
An inexplicable smile appeared on Zhao Junchen's face and he said: "Very good, you can just follow my orders these two days."
In another historical time and space, the reason why Gao Dejie was angered to death was because his deputy general Han Daren used bribery to get promoted quickly and became equal to him.
When Wu Sangui had an advantage in the early stage of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty, the reason why the Qing army quickly turned defeat into victory was because of Han Daren's defection!
Zhao Junchen never expected that in this historical time and space, Han Daren would actually be Gao Dejie's deputy.
All we can say is that it’s not that enemies don’t get together, Han Daren is simply the calamity and calamity destined for Gao Dejie.
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In this way, after everything was agreed upon, Huang Shenming and Han Daren followed Zhao Junchen back to Jinzhou Camp.
After Huang Shenming entered the Jinzhou camp, he soon heard about the rebellion of Peng Ji in the Jinzhou garrison. He was immediately shocked and eager to contact his acquaintances in the Jinzhou camp to inquire about the information in detail, so he left in a hurry
Zhao Junchen.
As for Han Daren, he had been following Zhao Junchen and paid no attention to the incident in Jinzhou Camp. After hearing that the military attachés at all levels in Jinzhou Camp and members of He Yu's family had suffered heavy casualties, he showed great
Obviously taking pleasure in others' misfortune.
After Zhao Junchen returned to the study room of the General Military Mansion, he also took advantage of his free time to chat with Han Daren for a few words.
After several chats, Zhao Junchen quickly came to the conclusion that Han Daren's ability to lead troops was far inferior to that of Gao Dejie, and his courage and courage were not the same. However, he had a smooth personality and was well versed in the world. For Zhao Junchen
There is also more awe.
At the same time, when Gao Dejie was mentioned, Han Daren also admired him highly and was convinced without any sign of betrayal.
Zhao Junchen was not surprised by this situation.
Human mentality and thoughts always change rapidly with different situations. Han Daren can still be loyal to Gao Dejie now, but it does not mean that he will always be loyal to Gao Dejie.
So, Zhao Junchen found a random reason and took Han Daren to the military warehouse of Jinzhou Camp, and once again inspected the 13,000 kilograms of gold stored in the military warehouse.
After seeing the golden mountain in front of him, Han Daren behaved extremely badly. Not only did he stare at it with wide eyes, he could not even move his feet. Zhao Junchen called him several times before finally letting him move a little.
Sober up a bit.
Finally, when Han Daren reluctantly followed Zhao Junchen out of the military depot, Zhao Junchen suddenly sighed: "There is really no inequality between people. Ordinary frontier soldiers who work hard all their lives are lucky enough not to fight."
Even if you die on the battlefield, you may not be able to save ten taels of gold, but He Yu, as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, can easily accumulate a mountain of gold! Therefore, people will work hard to climb up. If their status is slightly improved, their income can increase a thousand times.
A hundred times bigger..."
Han Daren still looked dazed, nodded in agreement subconsciously, and murmured: "Yes...yes..."
