Nanming Engineer

Chapter 339
"I have said it before, your lord's ability and meritorious deeds are more than enough to make you a duke. Those big guys in the court are scheming and are jealous of their talents, which has delayed your lord." Zubian shouted, and he was the loudest among the group: "This When I saw your lord sealing the territory and breaking up the land, I was embarrassed to ignore him anymore, so I coyly made him a marquis. If you ask me, it is not an exaggeration for the emperor to call your lord a king!"

"That's true. The Marquis's contribution is more outstanding than any of the nobles in the court. Compared with you, who is Li Chengdong?" Li Tingyu echoed. He was dissatisfied with Ming Ting and had deep grudges: "Back when Shi Ge was guarding Yangzhou, many heroes died for their country, but Li Chengdong, a thief, shamelessly surrendered to the Tatars, followed Duduo, a butcher, to send troops to Jiading, and after breaking the city, he killed all the people in the city. This is an unforgivable crime. But now he has become the Duke of Hui, and he will be crowned king in a blink of an eye, the court is in such chaos, where is there any hope of rejuvenation?"

Everyone talked about the government, Li Dingguo knew that it was not good to talk about it in public, among the many people present, after all, there were many people loyal to the Ming court, and this matter should be taken slowly , Considering the long-term plan, so he hurriedly said: "Everyone, stop for a while, the enemy is now, let the Marquis arrange military affairs first!"

Everyone immediately fell silent and looked at Wang Huan.

The clouds in the sky are getting thicker, the autumn wind is blowing, and a hint of coolness has replaced the extremely hot days of the past few days. There is a pleasant refreshing feeling in the air. Looking at the sky, summer has passed, and autumn is coming soon. The autumn rain will nourish the yellow land.

Wang Huan raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyebrows a little solemn. Rainy days are not a good thing.

"The missions and positions of each battalion have already been arranged. Everyone knows it well, so there is no need to repeat it." Wang Huan looked away from the sky and glanced at the generals. These people are his close comrades-in-arms and can be relied on. Everyone can die for him: "The arrow is on the string, and we have to shoot it. Even if we want to avoid it, Wu Sangui will not agree, so we must fight this battle, and we must win the reputation of the Kuizhou army, so that the Tartars You know, Han people are not weaklings!"

He continued: "Shaanxi is already full of civil unrest. As long as Wu Sangui is destroyed and Xi'an is captured, the remnants of the Qing army in Shaanxi will be leaderless, and the rebels from all over the country will be able to deal with them. The whole province can be taken down easily. We can immediately leave Tongguan and enter Henan , the Central Plains is right in front of you, so you all work hard, and there is no room for loss in this battle!"

Everyone looked stern, and they clasped their fists together and shouted: "Follow Lord Hou's order, Kuizhou's army is invincible!"

Behind everyone, on the top of the hill, the Kuizhou army's "king" flag fluttered, and countless flags embroidered with the surnames of other battalion commanders were arranged behind them, forming a wall. can see.

The detectives of the Liaodong Army naturally saw it.

They also saw the black army array under the banner.

At the same time, Ding Guodong's cavalry also spotted them.

In addition to the three battalions of Feng Linhuo, Ding Guodong's [-] cavalry formed a separate army, which was not included in the Kuizhou army system, and the military pay was slightly lower than that of the Kuizhou army.

The reason why Ding Guodong was brought to the battle this time was because his subordinates had been in Gansu for a long time and had some brave soldiers. After being streamlined, their combat power should not be underestimated. Moreover, there were more cavalry in Gansu, which could make up for the lack of cavalry in the Kuizhou Army; Secondly, it is also a test. Those who have not shed blood for Wang Huan are not qualified to enter the Kuizhou system.

As for Mi Layin, stay at Jiayuguan, there is an exchange market, there must be someone to sit in the town, and the Mongols are not so reliable, so soldiers and horses must be guarded.

Ding Guodong was very excited. Being able to go on an expedition with Pingliang Hou was equivalent to climbing on this thigh. Mirayin told him that Wang Huan was appointed as a general at a young age. His future would be limitless and he would be able to do anything in troubled times. It's not certain, no one knows what the current power minister will become in the future, if he is lucky enough to make meritorious service from the dragon, he will ascend to heaven.

So Ding Guodong sat on the saddle and listened to the orders. He was very respectful and active in combat. Wang Huan ordered him to drive away the rangers of the Qing army, and he immediately sent out his own barracks.

Gansu Town is the most difficult military town among the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty. It has been stationed outside the Great Wall for many years. It has been going back and forth with the Mongolian tribes for a long time. The swords and swords are constantly flashing. The level of bloodshed in the fighting is not much lower than that in Liaodong. The soldiers are strong and bloodthirsty, which is far from comfortable. The incompetent mainland soldiers could not compare, so much so that Li Zicheng's veteran camp was basically composed of frontier troops from Gansu Town, and the reputation of the veteran camp was such that even Sun Chuanting's Qin army did not dare to despise it.

The elite of Gansu Town faced the elite of Liaodong, like the tip of a needle against the awn of wheat, with sparks flying everywhere.

The mounts on both sides are Mongolian horses with equal horsepower, and they all use weapons such as long knives, bows and arrows. One-on-one chasing and fighting, each has its own winners and losers. Surrounded by two or three Liaodong scouts, they chased and intercepted them, spotted them and surrounded them, and they were sure enough. Within an hour or two, no one from the Liaodong Army dared to approach them within a radius of ten miles.

In the battle between the reconnaissance and cavalry, the Kuizhou army took the lead, and brought back the enemy's situation: from the Liaodong army that besieged the Wang brothers outside Xi'an, a force of nearly 8000 people rushed over and led the way. In front were the 2000 Guanning cavalry led by Wang Pingfan.

It is only ten miles away from Tushan where Wang Huan is.

Wang Pingfan was very angry, because in the past few days, he led the Guanning cavalry back and forth on the road, but he didn't fight a serious battle.

First, they rushed to the outside of Xi'an from the Qinling Mountains to clear the siege, but they didn't even see Wang Yongqiang's figure, and the cavalry was inconvenient to attack the city, so they could only look at the wooden city on the hill and jump around. His task is to block the connection between the wooden cities. If people from the other two wooden cities dare to come out to reinforce them, they will encircle and suppress them.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, Wang Yongqiang watched Wang Yongzhen being beaten, but he didn't move. He guarded the wooden city and never moved.

This made Wang Pingfan bored. Watching Xia Guoxiang and others making great achievements and making great achievements, he led a group of cavalry to do nothing and wander around. This feeling was very unpleasant.

I stayed on the battlefield for a while, and finally waited for a new enemy situation. The Ming army took advantage of Wu Sangui to help Xi'an, broke through the Qinling Mountains and appeared on the Guanzhong Plain. King Pingxi ordered Wang Pingpan to be the vanguard, and Li Benshen was the main general to lead the army to suppress In short, the Ming army must not be allowed to move forward.

The power of Guan Ning's cavalry finally found a target where it could be used.

(End of this chapter)