The four hundred and fortieth chapters join forces
Zhu Youjian said calmly: "In order to defend western Liaoning, wouldn't it be absurd to lose Shandong?"
When Wang Chengen heard the emperor's words, he took a breath and was speechless.
After a long time, Wang Cheng'en said: "Your Majesty, Uncle Xing Guo does not seem to have any ambitions to covet the unification. What he did in Tianjin was also well-intentioned. Collecting business taxes and collecting taxes from the gentry are all practical tasks to revitalize the finances."
Zhu Youjian said coldly: "No matter what he thought, he attacked the three prefectures, killed the governors and prefects, and went on a killing spree in Tianjin. After doing this, the trend of splitting the land and dividing the borders came out. If it continues like this,
It’s really worrying.”
Wang Chengen bowed his hands and did not dare to say anything more.
Zhu Youjian said calmly: "Send the secret edict to Hong Chengchou again, asking him not to let Li Zhi go to the battlefield easily. Only when it is absolutely necessary, use Li Zhi's tiger warriors."
Wang Chengen sang: "Your Majesty is Holy Ming!"
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After removing the Qing army camp at Bijia Mountain, Hong Chengchou led an army of more than 50,000 people and headed north.
Hong Chengchou was known for his cautiousness in running the army. The army stopped and went, sending scouts in all directions to detect intelligence within a radius of dozens of miles. He acted very cautiously. Finally, they arrived at Tashan City on February 3rd.
In Tashan City, there was a 60,000-strong army sent by Hong Chengchou to support him. When they learned that Hong Chengchou had pulled out the Qing army's camp and thrown away the army, Tashan's generals marched ten miles out of the city to greet them outside the city.
There were many reinforcements in Tashan City, and there was no risk of being attacked by the Qing army. At this time, those who came out of the city to greet them were Bai Guangen, the general soldier of the Chinese Association in Ji Town, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of the East Association in Ji Town, Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Wang Tingchen, the general soldier of Liaodong.
There are so many other lieutenants and generals that I can't even count them.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang raised taxes and training fees from all over the world, and then used the collected tax money to train the general soldiers of each town. It was already the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and the soldiers and horses of each town had been trained. The strength of the general soldiers increased.
, a battalion often has ten thousand soldiers and horses, and there are often several Chinese army generals in the camp.
For example, Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the ASEAN Association, has more than 10,000 people under his command. Some time ago, Cao Bianjiao led 3,000 elite cavalry to travel thousands of miles to quickly support Tashan and defend Tashan City. Other infantry and cavalry under his command arrived one after another. After all arrived, the strength was
With 12,000 men, it is the largest force in Tashan City.
The commander-in-chief has more soldiers and horses in his camp, and his power expands accordingly. Like in the past, the commander-in-chief could not control the participating generals in a town, and guerrilla activities became less and less common.
Hong Chengchou rode up to the generals on horseback, bowed his hands and said, "You guys have worked hard to defend the city on Tashan Mountain!"
All the generals quickly bowed down and shouted:
"It's even more hard work for the governor to break through the bandits' camp!"
"What's the trouble for me and 60,000 people to defend this small town?"
However, although these general soldiers were respectful, none of them knelt on the ground to pray.
By the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, not only were the soldiers and horses stronger than before, but their status had also been greatly improved. The Ming Dynasty's tradition of using civility to control military affairs became increasingly weak.
For example, when Hong Chengchou was the governor of Jiliao, he stipulated the implementation of the law of continuous punishment: "All governors, supervisors of the army, and soldiers under the military preparations, city defense and combat operations are all under the unified dispatch and command of the garrison commander in order to centralize the power.
"Those who fail to assist each other and lose the battle will be punished by the generals of each battalion."
In other words, during battle, the governor, military supervisors and military personnel must obey the commander-in-chief.
Li Zhi was riding behind Hong Chengchou and was watching Hong Chengchou and the generals being polite when he saw Cao Bianjiao walking towards him excitedly. He bowed down and shouted, "Brother Xing Guo's army is coming. It's really reassuring!"
Li Zhi smiled, raised his hands and said to Cao Bianjiao: "General Cao fought hard on Tashan and defended the city. He has made great contributions!"
Cao Bianjiao laughed loudly and said: "Although it is fun to kill the Tatars, it is not as good as fighting with Uncle Xing Guo in the middle of Shu!"
Seeing Cao Bianjiao coming to greet Li Zhi, other general soldiers also moved over to pay homage to Li Zhi.
"A certain person is Wang Tingchen, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. I have met Uncle Xing Guo."
"This is Bai Guang'en, the general soldier of the Chinese Association of Ji Town! I heard that Uncle Xing Guo killed more than 2,000 Qing soldiers with cannons at Beacon Mountain!"
"Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, met Xing Guobo. Xing Guobo defeated the Tatar Beiledudu camp at Bijia Mountain and became even more famous!"
Li Zhi returned the gift with a cupped hand and said with a smile: "What's the big deal about a small battle in Bijia Mountain District?"
After hearing this, all the general soldiers looked at each other for a while, thinking in their hearts that Li Zhi was so crazy. He killed more than 2,000 Qing soldiers and said it was "not worth mentioning." What about the other general soldiers who had not made any achievements?
However, recalling Li Zhi's record of capturing and killing thousands of people at Fanjiazhuang and Qingshankou in the past few years, the generals felt that two thousand Qing soldiers seemed to be nothing to Li Zhi. This Li Zhi's military power was really too monster.
After everyone chatted for a while, they walked to Tashan City.
Tashan City is not big, it is a small city with a circumference of four miles. This city is located in the middle of the Ningjin defense line, which is a strategic location. The city is built tall: the city wall is one foot and seven feet high, with a total of 1,537 crenellations.
The city has seventeen watchtowers, and all four gates have urns. There is a moat outside the city that is more than three feet wide.
Everyone walked to the city gate. Jinzhou frontline supervisor Zhang Ruoqi, Liaodong governor Qiu Minyang and other civil officials stood at the city gate to greet Hong Chengchou and Li Zhi.
As soon as Zhang Ruoqi saw Hong Chengchou, he raised his hands and said, "The governor is finally here. Now that more than 100,000 troops have gathered in Tashan, we can go straight to Jinshan and fight Dongnu to the death!"
Upon hearing Zhang Ruoqi's words, Hong Chengchou's face darkened.
Jinshan wants reinforcements, but when and how they will be rescued has not yet been decided. When Zhang Ruoqi came up, he urged Hong Chengchou to go straight to Huanglong, as if he could not wait to end the crisis in Jinzhou. His words were considered to be beyond his authority.
Hong Chengchou thought to himself: Zhang Ruoqi was sent by the emperor to supervise the army. Could it be that the emperor, who was having difficulty raising soldiers' pay and food, also wanted to urge the army to fight quickly?
Hong Chengchou got off his horse and said to Zhang Ruoqi: "What the supervisor said is reasonable, but the Tatars are cunning. How we rescue Jinzhou must be considered in the long term, and we must not rush in lightly!"
Zhang Ruoqi had never been in the military and had no combat experience. Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, he chuckled, stopped arguing with Hong Chengchou, and walked to Li Zhi instead.
"Xing Guobo defeated the Tatar Beile Dudu in Beacon Mountain. It was really majestic!"
Li Zhigui was the uncle of Xingguo, and he had unparalleled powerful soldiers. His status was very different from that of other generals. Li Zhi followed Hong Chengchou on horseback, with a faint tendency to protest against Hong Chengchou. After Zhang Ruoqi greeted Hong Chengchou, he immediately
Come up and talk to Li Zhi.
Li Zhi jumped off his horse and said with a smile: "The supervisor has been praised too much and is not worth mentioning!"
Zhang Ruoqi chuckled and said: "Jinzhou has been besieged for several months and is in danger. We have to rely on Uncle Xing Guo to fight the enemy bravely and break the siege!"
When Li Zhi saw Zhang Ruoqi hinting that he would support Jinzhou at all speeds, he laughed and did not answer.
Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, and other civil servants came up to greet Hong Chengchou, Li Zhi, and others. The group chatted for a while before walking into the city.
