Dashun Yongchang

Someone doesn't know whether those people have succeeded, but there are more and more banned words on the Internet.Therefore, someone does not know why the "positive, optimistic, caring Chinese young people" educated by these experts are full of hostility on the Internet, so they create so many prohibited words.

Sometimes I think about it, that Duke Kaishen's lifelong enemy was really a teacher, lest the people would not know how to rebel, not only wrote books to educate the people, but also did not hesitate to turn against his comrades in arms and personally demonstrate to the people how to get up The rebellion against the bureaucratic group is just that the people are still lazy after all. They only want to push all the responsibilities to a certain savior, and are unwilling to take a little responsibility. The failure of the people is a matter of course.

The most incredible thing for someone is that some little pinks regard the so-called prosperous age as the goal of the teacher's revolution. What is the prosperous age?The nobles enjoy the offerings from the common people, and the common people are willing to endure, that is the prosperous age.If this is the goal of the teacher's revolution, then why did he resign from the position of the Kuomintang and the Party's propaganda minister? At that time, the Republic of China was only one step away from the prosperous age.

This is why someone worships Duke Kaishen, because the teacher is too ignorant of human nature, and the people are not worth saving at all. The real winner is Duke Kaishen, not the teacher, because Duke Kaishen has long seen the kindness around the teacher. A group of people are no different from themselves.They hate the four big families for working hard to get rich because they are not one of the four big families, not because the four big families are really that bad.

If someone's current enemies are not these Ming landlords and squires, then maybe he can still turn a blind eye. After all, fooling the people is beneficial to maintaining the rule of the feudal dynasty.It's a pity that he, the Dashun Emperor, is obviously not recognized by the landlord class, so fooling the people only strengthens the landlord class.Therefore, Li Zicheng finally insisted on his idea and added geography and history to primary education.

Seeing the arrival of Li Zicheng and others, Song Xiance, Yuan Yuzong and others who were squatting on the ground studying information got up one after another and saluted Li Zicheng.After Li Zicheng greeted them with several people, he asked, "Which one of you can tell me what's going on at Azig's side?"

Yuan Yuzong bowed his hands to Li Zicheng and said, "Return to Your Majesty, according to the latest news from Chenzhou..."

Li Zicheng and others stared at the sand table under their feet. After listening to Yuan Yuzong explaining the latest information, Liu Zongmin first said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Azig's main force has really moved, otherwise there will be no traffic around Chenzhou." The sight of such cavalry is obviously testing whether we have stationed heavy troops around Chenzhou to open the way for the next attack on Chenzhou."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and said: "Jiexuan and I have similar opinions. Does the General Staff have a more accurate judgment?"

Zuo Ye, who was standing behind Yuan Yuzong, said, "According to the information we have collected about Azig leading the battle, Azig likes to use cavalry to make raids the most. His siege tactics are relatively ordinary. , or use the siege method of infantry ants attaching to the city.

Now that he has sent a small group of rangers to scout around Chenzhou City, the next step should be to cut off Chenzhou's connection with the outside world, and then to attack the city or fight for reinforcements. "

After a short pause, Zuo Ye added: "From the current situation, I am afraid that our troops stationed in Chenzhou will not be able to withdraw. Even if we order them to evacuate Chenzhou now, they will be killed on the way." Jiannu cavalry defeated, this is Azig's best way of fighting."

Liu Zongmin asked subconsciously: "How many troops do we have stationed in Chenzhou? Who is in charge of the overall situation in the city now?"

Zuo Yao glanced at Li Zicheng's expression and found that there was no change on his face, so he replied to Liu Zongmin: "The old rebel army has about six hundred, and the other troops are nearly a thousand. It is guerrilla Zhu Guozhen, who was originally under Yuan Shuai's command."

Just when Liu Zongmin and others turned their attention to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng asked Zuo Yao, "What's the situation around Guide now? Have the enemy troops around Suizhou and Yifeng figured out their numbers and their generals?"

Zuo Xie turned his head sideways and thought about it for a moment, then he said to Li Zicheng: "The slave masters who will attack Yifeng will be Aixinjueluo Luo Luohong, Shang Kexi and Zu Kefa; Luo Luohong is Yuetuo's second son, but his age It's not big, it should be just a name, and Shang Kexi and Zu Kefa should be the ones who really preside over the road of building slaves. The strength of this road is about [-], less than [-].

The slave masters in Suizhou are He Jinzhong and Jin Yuhe, He Jinzhong is the general of Sangui, Jin Yuhe is the banner of the Han army, and there are between 4 and [-] people along the way.There are still troops stationed in Luoyang, Zhengzhou and the cities along the Jialu River, so the strength of Azig and Wu Sangui's troops going south should not exceed [-].

Adding up the total number, the strength of Azig and Wu Sangui crossing the Yellow River this time should be about [-]. They received about [-] surrenders from the official army and militia in Henan.Liu Zhong's troops in Luoyang are not included. "

Tian Hu on the side couldn't help but interjected: "Liu Hongqi and the others may not be reliable. We asked them to contact Azig and Wu Sangui. If our army is really in danger, I guess these local tyrants in Henan will do a fake show."

The generals on the side couldn't help but agree with Tian Hu's statement. Although they now have some immunity to the behavior of the former Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who continued to surrender and become slaves, their distrust of the former Daming officers and soldiers is still strong. on the rise.

Li Zicheng ignored the discussions of the generals around him, looked at the map under his feet for a long time, and finally said: "It is about 500 miles from Xuzhou to Kaocheng, and it will take at least 10 days for our artillery to be transported to Kaocheng.

In this way, pass the order to Zhu Guozhen to defend the city for 10 days and surrender, no merit, no fault, more than one day counts as a small merit, if you can drag the main force of Azig under the Chenzhou city for 13 days, it counts as a great merit..."

Chapter 333

For Li Zicheng's arrangement, everyone in the map room did not react for a while, because they had never seen the person who asked his subordinates to surrender before.

After being silent for a while, Liu Zongmin first suggested to Li Zicheng: "There is no need to say about the surrender in advance. As long as Zhu Guozhen is ordered to defend Chenzhou to the death, he will naturally choose to surrender when he can't defend it. Tell me now." After he has a retreat, he can still fight to the death? Such an order may not be effective."

Li Zicheng looked up at the people around him and saw that all of them nodded slightly, as if they were agreeing with Liu Zongmin's opinion. He couldn't help but asked with a dumbfounded smile: "Have you ever thought that after defeating Jiannu, we will What kind of country do you want to build?"

Everyone glanced at each other for a moment, wondering what Li Zicheng's intention was in raising such a question at this time.In the past, Li Zicheng was famous for his taciturnity. His actions outweighed his words. Everyone gradually understood after watching his actions. The soldiers of the rebel army followed closely behind him.

But after returning from Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng became more eloquent. Not only did he repeatedly emphasize what he was going to do, but also what the soldiers of Dashun were going to do, what officials were going to do, and even what the people were going to do. direction.Such a change is of course a good thing, at least everyone knows what Li Zicheng wants to do next after overthrowing the Ming Dynasty.

However, what annoys some people is that Li Zicheng is still very concerned about what they want to do in the future, just like asking such a question at this time, people are not prepared at all.Even former Ming officials like Yuan Yuzong and Zuo Yi who had read books were quite annoyed by Li Zicheng's frequent questions, because Li Zicheng claimed that he didn't read books, and he didn't like the Four Books and Five Classics, which meant that they couldn't use the knowledge of the saints. To prevaricate the other party.

Seeing everyone's embarrassing expressions, and then turned his eyes to his own face, Li Guo could only bite the bullet and said to Li Zicheng: "Didn't your majesty say in the past that you want to move towards a world of great harmony? In terms of a world of great harmony, I think you should It's a fair world."

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and then praised him: "Bu Zhi is right, the world of Datong is first of all a fair world. Since it is a fair world, will there be lies and deceit?"

Everyone remained silent again. Facing Li Zicheng's gaze, Liu Zongmin could only say: "Of course there should be no lies or deceit. I just think that you can follow the authority when you are in a hurry. It is not intentional to deceive the soldiers of Chenzhou."

Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "If you are in a hurry, you can follow the authority. It was originally a last resort for a gentleman to violate the law from the standpoint of righteousness. But what is righteousness today? It is to build a just world.

The soldiers of Zhu Guozhen and Chenzhou did not object to building a just world with us, so why do we need to deceive them?In order to build this just world, they will naturally follow their beliefs.If they can't stick to their beliefs, it's their choice, not us betraying them.

For us, war itself is just a means, and building a world of great harmony is the purpose of our war.If we have abandoned our ideals for the sake of war, then what reason do soldiers have to follow us to the battlefield?

I believe in Zhu Guozhen and the soldiers of Chenzhou, because this is our common cause, just like I believe that you will work with me to complete the ideal of building a just world, because this is a cause that benefits everyone.What's the point of continuing this war if we can't build a just world? "

Liu Zongmin opened his mouth, but finally changed his words and said: "What your majesty said is that the minister's consideration is still superficial."

As Liu Zongmin's attitude changed, all the generals present also praised Li Zicheng's wise decision-making. Li Zicheng listened for a while with a smile, then stretched out his hand to interrupt everyone's compliments, and said to Yuan Yuzong: "Before, I was thinking After the whole army is done, move in units of whole divisions, now it looks like we have to make some corrections.

I hope that the General Staff will set up military depots on the two routes from Xuzhou to Guide, and from Xuzhou to Cao County. We need to march separately from the combat troops and the supply troops, and then meet at Guide and Cao County to form divisions and then enter The battlefield is over.

Yifeng's defenders can retreat to Kaocheng. When our army arrives near Kaocheng, we will throw Kaocheng to Shang Kexi's army, surround them in the city, and then destroy the Jiannu who came to rescue from Suizhou The army, and then encircle and wipe out the Shang Kexi army.

The newly organized First Division of the Army, the First Guards Cavalry Division, the Second Guards Cavalry Division, and the First Heavy Artillery Brigade were organized into the First Route Army. The [-]st Cavalry Division and the [-]th Cavalry Division were the Second Route Army, led by Liu Zongmin, and marched along the Yellow River to Guide;

The newly formed Second Division and Fifth Cavalry Division of the Army were the Third Route Army, led by Li Guo, and headed to Bozhou, preparing to pursue the main force of Azig's troops.The General Staff will come up with a marching plan as soon as possible, and deploy some staff officers to follow the various armies to form a headquarters, take over the command of the troops in each theater, and ensure the smooth communication between the various armies..."

The order issued by Li Zicheng was very clear. After Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and other generals added a few words, the military discussion was over, and then everyone went back to make preparations for the expedition.It should be said that the current generals of the Shun Army have much less burden, because many trivial matters have been taken over by the General Staff, and they only need to consider combat issues.

As far as the General Staff is concerned, preparations for the expedition are actually not very troublesome, because it only needs to be implemented in accordance with the regulations that have been formulated. Different environments and combat plans should be adjusted accordingly, rather than just one order like a fixed regulation.

The General Staff even had to recruit many local officials to assist in their work, so a new problem arose, that is, the powers and responsibilities of the members of the General Staff were clear, but these seconded officials were It is temporary, and personal qualities vary, so mistakes can easily occur.

But no matter how many problems there were in the deployment of materials that the General Staff was responsible for, they at least solved the first problem, which was to provide supplies to the marching troops.In the past, when the army went out, it could almost only rely on the materials carried with the army and on-the-spot requisition to meet its own consumption, unless they stayed in one place long enough to be able to collect a second batch of materials to send up later, otherwise No army could count on logistics to supply itself at its expense.

At noon the next day, Yuan Yuzong took out a marching plan and a list of accompanying staff officers from various armies.On the morning of the third day, on December 12th, Ma Bao and Zuo Guangxian went to Feng County as the vanguard of the First Route Army. On December 24, Li Zicheng bid farewell to Xuzhou officials outside the north gate, and took the Chinese army of the First Route Army on the road. In the next two days, Liu Zongmin and Li Guo also set off with their troops.

On December 12, Azig and Wu Sangui also led the army to the northeast suburb of Chenzhou City. Looking at Chenzhou City located in the East Lake, Azige also felt a headache. It is really not easy to attack the city in this terrain.He immediately asked Wu Sangui beside him: "What kind of local bandit did you recruit, saying that he can persuade the soldiers and civilians in the city to donate the city?"

Wu Sangui, who was riding on the horse, was careful not to allow his mount to overtake Azig's mount, but replied honestly: "Yes, Liu Hongqi said, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, the thieves who fought in Zhongzhou for more than ten years, turned the original The densely populated and affluent Zhongzhou has turned into the thousands of miles of wilderness today, and the people of Zhongzhou can't wait to eat the meat and drink the blood of these thieves.

Hearing that the Daqing Rebel Army went south to help Daming wipe out these villains, he was naturally willing to help Daqing.The soldiers and civilians of Chenzhou were also unwilling to defend the city for thieves, and angered the soldiers. "

Azige looked at Chenzhou City in the distance, nodded his head in great relief and said: "This man has such insight, my Qing Dynasty will not treat him badly. You tell him, as long as he persuades our army to surrender this city , then a general soldier cannot escape. When will he arrive?"

Wu Sangui thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it will take two more days, because before Liu Hongqi said that he would persuade us to surrender and hide in the Dabie Mountains, Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, has gone into the mountains now."

Azige thought for a while and said: "Then you send people to appease the soldiers and civilians in the city first. If they can directly donate the city, we will save a lot of trouble. Besides, is Liu Hongqi willing to provide us with food?"

Wu Sangui didn't know how to answer Azig's question when he heard it.The reason why they moved their troops to attack Chenzhou was, to be honest, forced by the food problem.Because of this road going south, there is plenty of weeds for horses to eat, but not much food for people.

The Henan in front of me is almost the best representative image of troubled times. In fact, in May last year, the governor of Henan Qin Suoshi reported the general situation of Zhongzhou to Chongzhen, and described the tragedy of Henan in the book: Chuang and Cao ravaged five counties and more than [-] cities All in rubble.And Ge and Zuo thieves, from Wan, Ru to the Yellow River, there are local thieves within a thousand miles, the big ones are tens of thousands, and the small ones are thousands.

At that time, there were less than [-] officers and soldiers in the whole of Henan. Many prefectures and counties had government officials but no officials.The local order was completely out of control. Fortresses were erected in dangerous places everywhere, and pedestrians were cut off on the road.After the Qing army went south and broke through the Yellow River defense line, it was able to go deep into the hinterland of Henan. The biggest reason was that the Shun army could not control the social order in the hinterland of Henan. Will not obey sincerely.

Although they got some food along the way, it was only enough for the army for half a month.Before defeating Li Zicheng's army, Azig also showed great patience and did not force those local villages to hand over all their food, because he could not take the risk of making all the local tyrants in Henan his enemies.

Chapter 334 Battle of Cao County I

On the morning of December 12, Zhou Hu, the guard of Cao County, received an order from Xuzhou General Staff, asking him to prepare a camp in Cao County for the arrival of the army.After receiving the order, Zhou Hu immediately called his deputy Zhang Xiu and the county magistrate Duan Zhuxin to discuss the reception of the army.

Zhang Xiu and Duan Zhuxin were very excited when they heard the news that Xuzhou's army arrived in the near future. Zhang Xiu said: "General Niu's attack in Dingtao and Chengwu arrived in Jiannu for almost a month. Launch a counterattack and undo the siege of Dingtao and Chengwu."

Duan Zhuxin said: "Just to untie the siege of Dingtao and Chengwu, I'm afraid we don't need to be ready to receive the army. The army can go directly to Chengwu from Shan County. I think the Marshal's Mansion should want to take the opportunity Recover Caozhou. If we can recover Caozhou, then we can unite with Yuyuan Army and Mandong Army and drive Jiannu back to the east of the canal."

Zhou Hu clapped his hands, and after quieting the two of them, he said aloud: "Let's assign our respective jobs. The old man will vacate the house in the northwestern part of the city, arrange to live in other urban areas, and organize some folks to wait for us." The army calls.

Lao Zhang went to some big villages in the northern suburbs for a visit. There may not be any large troops arranged in the city. Maybe these big villages will need to vacate some houses to accommodate them. In addition, they are required to prepare some food, which is borrowed from the county government... "

When the three of them were discussing the reception matters, they were interrupted by a rush of drumming. Zhang Xiu jumped up suddenly, walked quickly to the window and listened carefully, then turned back to the two people in the room and said: " It came from the north gate."

Zhou Hu got up immediately and said: "Old Duan, you should send someone to appease the people in the city first, and let them go home quickly. Zhang Xiu, you and I go to the north gate to have a look, and we will talk about other things later..."

The city wall of Cao County is about nine miles long, which is no different from most county towns. However, Cao County has never been breached in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the local magistrates and people have been strengthening the city wall. , and also covered the original earthen wall with bricks.Moreover, about one mile away from the city wall, there is a long embankment slightly shorter than the city wall. This was built by the people of Cao County in the past to resist the flooding of the Yellow River. Another defense facility for the city.

Therefore, although he heard the warning from the north gate, Zhou Hu was not that worried, because he believed that the city would not be captured so easily, and that the army would soon march north. They can only retreat.

When Zhou Hu and Zhang Xiu climbed the north gate wall, their expressions were relatively relaxed.Walking to the city wall, seeing that there were only a dozen or so cavalry below, Zhou Hu was even more relieved. He shouted to the cavalry below: "Who are you guys? Why did you invade Cao County?"

Soon a man dressed as a scholar urged his mount forward and stopped when he reached the edge of the moat. Then he raised his head and shouted to the people on the wall: "Is it Zhou Shoubei? I am Lu Lou Lu Zixin, these Manchurian soldiers have a message for you, can you listen to it?"

Zhou Hu and Zhang Xiu looked at each other, and Zhang Xiu whispered to him: "It's good to listen to what they have to say, just right, we also need time to deploy people to defend the city wall."

Zhou Hu nodded, and gestured to the soldiers by the city wall, telling them to put away their bows and arrows, and then stood at the crenel and shouted down: "Lu Zixin, are you slaves of the Lu family?"

Lu Zixin below was silent. At this time, a tall cavalryman also urged his mount to come over, and then raised his head and said to Zhou Hu with a strange accent: "Is Zhou Shoubei right? My Beizi entrusted me with a message, our army Entering the customs is to help the Ming emperor to avenge. I heard that Zhou Shoubei was also a member of the army in the past. Don't you remember the kindness of the late emperor?

If Zhou Shoubei can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, my Beizi guarantees that you will not lose everything now, and if you can make contributions to the Qing Dynasty, you can also be rewarded for your merit.In the Qing Dynasty, military merit is the most important thing. If King Sanshun and King Pingxi were not the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty?Now I am working for the Qing Dynasty, and I have not been treated badly. "

Zhou Hu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and then reprimanded the slave cavalry below: "You can't even fool a three-year-old child with your lies. You slaves killed countless Han people in Liaodong, and broke through several times to enter Countless people were burned, killed, and looted in the mainland. Didn’t you bring down Daming? If you want to avenge Daming, you should first dig out the bones of Lao Nu and Huang Taiji and throw them into ashes..."

"Bold barbarian, damn it." Jiannu, who was slowly riding over, suddenly raised his hand and drew his bow at Zhou Hu. Before Zhou Hu, who had put down his vigilance, could react, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. In front of him, he only had time to turn his body sideways, and then a heavy arrow nearly three feet long passed through his neck, and Zhou Hu fell down immediately.

This scene happened so fast that the soldiers on the city wall did not react at all. Only when Zhou Hu fell heavily to the ground did the soldiers shout: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, Zhou Shoubei was shot by Jiannu's bow and arrow!" It's..."

Some soldiers rushed to Zhou Hu's side, wanting to save him, and some soldiers reluctantly stepped out of the crenel to avenge Zhou Hu, but Jian Nu who shot the arrow did not leave, but stood in the original On the ground, he continued to draw his bow and shoot at the soldiers sticking out of the city wall. One soldier was shot through the shoulder, and another soldier was shot off the helmet on his head.

Realizing that the one below was a sharp archer, the soldiers on the city wall immediately squatted down and hid behind the crenel.When Zhang Xiu heard the sound and saw Zhou Hu lying in a pool of blood, he snatched a bow from the soldier beside him with red eyes and roared angrily: "Everyone shoot together, I don't believe he can kill so many of us at once."

Although more than a dozen archers stood up after listening to Zhang Xiu's order, they stood up and shot at the city wall under Zhang Xiu's order, but Zhang Xiu's arrow fell on the Jiannu holding the bow and arrow. In front of the cavalry, the arrows shot by the others did not know where they fell.

Jiannu holding a bow and arrow glanced at the arrow sticks on the ground, showed a disdainful smile, and then shouted to the soldiers on the city wall: "I am Ayanjueluo Kele from the Zhenglan Banner of Manchuria. Kun, you barbarians should throw down your weapons and open the city to surrender, otherwise when the city is broken, that man just now will be your role model."

After all, the man turned his horse's head and ran to the rear. The second round of bows and arrows on the city wall finally covered the place where he was standing just now, but at this time Kerquin had already run out of the range of the bow and arrows.Zhang Xiu looked at Ker Kun's complacent back, and resentfully dropped the bow and arrow in his hand on the ground. The distance of nearly 25 steps was really not something they could easily shoot.

At this time, a low-pitched ox horn sounded from a distance, and it was obvious that Jiannu was planning to attack the city in one go.Zhang Xiu was at a loss for a while, without Zhou Hu's command, he really didn't know whether the city could be held.

"Zhang Baihu, Zhang Baihu, the guard seems to have something to say to you." Just when Zhang Xiu's mind was in chaos, a soldier squatting beside Zhou Hu shouted to him.

Zhang Xiu woke up immediately, ran to Zhou Hu and half knelt down, and shouted with some surprise: "Brother Zhou, you woke up, I will find you a doctor right away..."

Zhou Hu suddenly grabbed Zhang Xiu's arm, endured the severe pain and said, "Shou, Shou County Ya..."

Before Zhang Xiu could react, Zhou Hu finally swallowed his breath, and then he fell powerlessly while holding Zhang Xiu's hand. Zhang Xiu's mind suddenly buzzed, and the soldiers around him shouted The lifeless voice of the guard gradually faded away, as if something in his heart suddenly shattered.

Under the strong shaking of the soldiers around him, Zhang Xiu finally came back to his senses. He looked at the soldier who was shouting at him and asked blankly, "What are you shouting?"

The soldiers around him froze for a moment before someone boldly said: "Zhang Baihu, we are talking about what to do next? The east seems to be attacking the city."

Hearing the yelling from a distance, and seeing the soldiers around him looking around, Zhang Xiu suddenly calmed down.He seemed to understand the meaning of the last sentence Brother Zhou said before the interim. Without Brother Zhou sitting in charge, the city would lose a person who could command the entire city's soldiers and civilians in a unified manner.

Zhang Xiu looked down at Brother Zhou's body, stood up after a few breaths of silence, and said, "Pick up the lord guard, and we'll go to the county government office. With the current situation, even if we guard the north gate, we won't be able to guard the other places. Only the county government can resist for a while, the place there is small, we and the people from Duan County Magistrate should be able to guard it for a few days."

The surrounding soldiers were silent for a while, seeing that Zhang Xiu was about to go down the city wall, someone couldn't help asking him: "But how long are we going to guard? If there is no reinforcements, wouldn't the county government be dead?"

Zhang Xiu turned his head, glanced at the soldiers indifferently, and then said: "As long as you guard for three days, the army will arrive. At that time, we will be able to avenge the guard. If you don't want to, you will lose it." Hide your weapons. Although Cao County is not big, Jiannu will not be able to control the entire city for a while, and you can climb over the city wall and escape at night."

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he motioned to the soldier holding Zhou Hu's body to put the body on his back, and then he quickly went down the city with the body on his back.Behind him, twenty or thirty soldiers followed silently. These people were usually Zhou Hu and Zhang Xiu's confidantes, and now they didn't want to abandon them and run for their lives.

Seeing that Zhang Xiu's figure had disappeared into the climbing road of the city wall, a soldier finally grabbed his spear and bow and arrow and followed him. He said loudly, "Flee, where are you going? If you don't want to surrender Jiannu, shouldn't you be here?" Are we waiting for reinforcements in the city? We are surrounded by our own people, and the Jiannu army has not yet broken through Dingtao and Chengwu..."

Chapter 335 Battle of Cao County II

The action of this soldier inspired other soldiers who were hesitant on the city wall, so most of the soldiers on the wall at the north gate followed Zhang Xiu to the county government.The county government of Cao County is like a city within a city, surrounded by a small river, because the small river flowing through the city is crystal clear, and there are several stone bridges on it, so this small river is still a famous scenery in Cao County, known as the jade belt cross bridge.

Seeing Zhang Xiu who brought Zhou Hu's body back to the county government office, the magistrate Duan Zhuxin was also very sad, but he quickly reacted and called the county government servants to collect food and firewood nearby Enter the county government.

While arranging these trivial matters, Duan Zhuxin also said to Zhang Xiu: "You are back very well, guarding the county government will at least allow us to last a few more days, but we still have to send people out of the city to deliver letters to Feng County , Tell the Marshal's Mansion that Cao County has been attacked."

Zhang Xiu also came back to his senses at this time, nodded to him and said: "You are guarding the county government here, I will take people out to meet those soldiers who do not want to surrender, and just send the messengers out..."

作为大军前锋的马宝和左光先于12月26日上午抵达了丰县，在丰县的大营内让部队修整了半日后，第二日一早继续向着单县出发了。12月27日晚曹县的信使终于抵达了单县，12月28日向着单县行军的马宝和左光先终于接到了曹县受袭的消息。

Zuo Guangxian immediately found Ma Bao and other generals, unfolded a map on the side of the road and said to the generals: "We are about 20 miles away from Shan County, and about 120 miles away from Cao County. If we continue to follow the map before If you march at a faster speed, it will take at least two days to reach Cao County, and now it has been almost two days since Cao County was attacked. If you add two more days, Jiannu may have suppressed all the resisting soldiers in the city. We Gotta go faster."

Ma Bao immediately said: "Then let our first guard cavalry division go first, General Zuo, lead the rest of the troops to follow."

Zuo Guang first nodded in agreement and said, "You can take the first guard cavalry division and go first, but Cao County's defense facilities are relatively complete. Even if your cavalry arrives in Cao County, don't rush to attack the city. It's best to lure the people in the city. The slave soldiers came out to fight in the field. If we can eliminate some of the Jian slaves in the field, it will be easier for us to attack the city when we arrive."

Ma Bao accepted Zuo Guangxian's opinion, and after the two agreed on the meeting place in Cao County, Ma Bao dropped off the luggage of the cavalry, took only three days' worth of dry food, and then brought the messenger who ran out from Cao County hit the road.Watching Ma Bao's cavalry team go away, Zuo Guangxian sent someone to deliver a letter to Feng County, and at the same time began to adjust the troops. He decided to transfer a group of people from this brigade of infantry to go to Cao County with a small amount of supplies.

On the evening of the 28th, Li Zicheng, who had just laid down in Feng County camp, was woken up by an urgent official letter. Li Laiheng walked into his big tent with Zuo Xie, and learned that Jiannu had sent troops to attack Cao County. The drowsiness was gone, and he stood up with his cloak on.

He took the candlestick and walked to the big case, spread out the map and looked at it for a long time, then said: "If Cao County is occupied by Jiannu, then it will be impossible for us to take Shang Kexi all the way before the tenth of next month. If Azig reacts and the army goes north again, then we will not be able to defeat Azig's troops, and we will become enemies on both sides.

Cao County cannot be lost, at least not until our army has passed.Is the cavalry all asleep?Wake them all up, we're on our way now.Arrive in Shan County before noon tomorrow, and rush to Cao County at noon the day after tomorrow, I hope there is still time. "

Zuo Yao looked at Li Laiheng beside him, and finally made up his mind to ask Li Zicheng, "Your Majesty, please allow me to lead the cavalry to support Ma Bao and General Zuo."

Li Zicheng glanced at him, shook his head and said, "No, you, Ren Guangrong, and Peng Youmo should just lead the Chinese army to catch up. I will personally lead the cavalry to attack."

Zuo Yao still wanted to persuade Li Zicheng to wave his hand and said, "I may not go to war. There are Zuo Guangxian, Ma Bao, and Ta Tianbao, and it's not my turn to fight in person. But if I can get to Cao County, at least I can go to fight." Let the soldiers know that the reinforcements are not far behind, and you will not have this effect."

Zuo Ye immediately shut his mouth, because what Li Zicheng said was the truth, since Emperor Dashun was ahead of all the armies, who would dare to delay?Only Li Zicheng could do such a thing. After all, this is the emperor who has fought for more than ten years, not the emperor who grew up in the deep palace since he was a child. The latter does not have such a strong motivation for the soldiers.

When Li Zicheng got dressed and walked out of the big tent, he saw more than a thousand cavalrymen lined up on the playground. After hesitating for a while, he said to Li Laiheng: "It is enough to choose half of them, and the other half will give up their horses first, so One horse carries the armor, and the other two horses can be used for transfer."

The Second Guards Cavalry Division has two cavalry regiments under its jurisdiction, and the newly formed First Army Division also has a cavalry regiment under its jurisdiction, each cavalry regiment has about 500 soldiers.For the establishment of the new Army Division, someone directly referred to the establishment of the Japanese Army Division.

There is no way, he is not very familiar with the establishment of Beiyang, but he is quite impressed with the establishment of the Japanese army division. Who made the Japanese drama "Sakagami Yun" so good.In fact, the Beiyang organization and the organization of the Japanese army divisions before World War I were copied from the German army organization in the 19th century. It can be said that this is the most mature organization of the modern army.