Chapter 368 C-character volume Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong

  On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, everything is suitable, Yulin Army He Shixian's troops defeated Ningxia Zhongwei, and Chengchong was captured without a fight.

   On May 12th, Yu Shigong's Department of the Yulin Army smashed Cheng'en's Department at Pinglu Station. Cheng'en abandoned Zhenyuan Pass and led the remnant troops to flee from Zhenyuan Pass and Dadengkou in a panic.

  On May 15th, the Cao Wenzhao Department of the Datong Army and the He Renlong Department of the Yulin Army captured Jingtai and Gaolan respectively, marking that Ningxia's counter-insurgency war entered the second stage—the Gansu stage.

   Originally thought that the rebels would fight fiercely in the Gansu Zhuwei Post, perhaps even more fierce than in the battle of the Ningxia Zhucheng, but they never thought that the ensuing battle would be a big surprise, and the whole battle turned into an armed parade.

On May 23rd, He Renlong and Cao Wenzhao joined forces to conquer Songshan Fort, defeating Achitu and Bintu Niangzi, the second fled to the north, and was overtaken by He Renlong at Huangyangchuan and was defeated again , Ah Chi Tu and Bin Tu Niang could not escape under the Great Wall, so they had to kneel down and beg for surrender.

  On the fourth day of June, several armies invaded Gansu Town from Sishui Fort, Zhenqiang Fort, and Zhuanglangwei respectively. The rebels almost fled without a fight.

  On June 12th, He Renlong's tribe captured Liangzhouwei, while He Shixian's tribe entered Yongchangwei, and officially captured Yongchangwei on June 19th, while You Shigong took advantage of the situation to recover the entire Zhuanglangwei.

In fact, starting in May, the rebels began to evacuate the guards in the east of Gansu Town on a large scale. For example, Yongchang Guard and Shandan Guard were almost directly discarded to the officers and soldiers, but they had already scraped away all food, grass and goods. , and even burned some important passes and fortresses.

But generally speaking, the rebels did not burn, kill and loot as they were worried about before, but this also brought huge troubles to the officers and soldiers, that is, the supplies were seriously insufficient and needed to be transported from the rear. At the beginning of the month, the army entered Ganzhou, and it was barely resolved by relying on the grain stored in Dongdacang.

   "Brother Cao." Feng Ziying looked at the man in front of him who still had some impressions, and really couldn't connect with the young man who was still immature at the same time in college.

"Brother Keng." Cao Wenzhao also dared not recognize each other. After seven years, the child who had to be supported by himself in order to ride a horse has now passed the examination of Jinshi and Shujishi, and has become a The advance special envoy of Mr. Chai, the right servant of the Ministry of War and the governor of the three sides, entered Ganzhou first, and made great contributions to defending Ganzhou.

"I haven't seen you for a few years. Brother Cao is becoming more and more heroic." Feng Ziying tried her best to integrate her childhood memories and impressions with everything she knew in the book of her previous life. Well, this is Cao Wenzhao. As for him That nephew, who knows if he was born, will he be blown away by butterfly wings?

"Hehe, brother Keng, your performance is what makes us Datong and the old subordinates of the general army unbelievable." After meeting Feng Ziying, Cao Wenzhao took Feng Ziying's hand and couldn't help but look up and down. Apart from that, he was also full of sighs and emotions.

  Cao Wenzhao This is the truth.

When they learned that the son-in-law of the former chief military officer, Mr. Feng, had passed the Jinshi examination and was selected as a concubine, everyone couldn't believe it. The tired and lazy boy beaten up by the military officer has become a Jinshi after not seeing him for a few years?

Although the Feng family has left Datong, the Duan family is still in Datong, and the connections of the Feng family are still there. The Duan family even held a big banquet to celebrate their daughter's son's passing the Jinshi exam. Cao Wenzhao and many generals in the army came to congratulate him of.

"Hehe, Brother Cao, I'm still like that. If you didn't teach me how to ride a horse back then, I wouldn't be able to ride a horse for thousands of miles this time." Feng Ziying smiled and said, "After all the calculations, this is still Brother Cao's horse riding." Credit is it."

"Brother Cao can't bear it. Brother Keng, you have made great achievements this time, and the commander-in-chief will definitely be very happy. In a few days, the commander-in-chief, the governor, and the censor of Qiandu will all be here today." Let's go to the front first."

   "Oh, the army is coming?" Feng Ziying asked in surprise.

After Liu Dongyang retreated to Suzhou, Ganzhou was actually in a strange state. The Yongchangwei, Shandanwei and even Liangzhouwei and Zhuanglangwei in the east were controlled by the rebels, and Suzhou in the west Hegaotai is also controlled by the rebels, leaving Ganzhou alone in it.

  But the rebel army is in a state of retreat, especially Liu Dongyang's main force has already withdrawn to Suzhou, and he doesn't have much thought to attack Ganzhou.

Among the thousands of soldiers in Ganzhou City, apart from the more than 2,000 soldiers from Gansu who were dominated by He Zhisheng, there were also 3,000 soldiers from Ningxia who were not reliable in the eyes of everyone. I don't want to fight the old robes.

  So everyone simply huddled in the city of Ganzhou, allowing wave after wave of rebels to pass under the city of Ganzhou from the east and retreat to Gaotai and Suzhou.

   Fortunately, the supplies and food in Ganzhou City are relatively abundant, so there is no danger of chaos.

   It’s just that if Yulin Town, Datong, Shanxi, and follow-up soldiers from Henan and Sichuan all come over, the food in Dongdacang, Ganzhou, will not be able to supply it, so Feng Ziying was also surprised.

"No, soldiers from Henan and Sichuan have not come here. Even General You didn't go this way after he captured Zhuanglangwei. Lord Chai, Lord Yang and your father all know the grain in the warehouse in Ganzhou The situation, but Liu Dongyang still controls Gaotai, Suzhou and Jiayuguan, if he does not take it down, he will not be able to explain it to the court and the emperor."

  Cao Wenzhao subconsciously looked around and whispered.

The Hexi Corridor is like an irregular belt. Liangzhou and Zhuanglang in the east, Yongchang and Shandan in the middle have all been recovered, and Ganzhou in the west is also in the hands of the imperial court. Zhouzhou and Jiayuguan were occupied by rebels.

   If you want to fight, neither Gaotai nor Suzhou is easy to fight, and the rebels who are fighting to the death may have to put all their eggs in one basket and fight to the death. More importantly, the supply of food and grass is too difficult.

  The one tael of grain shipped from Shaanxi would have to be converted into three taels when it arrived in Ganzhou. The high cost can be imagined, and most of it had to be spent on the road, not counting other military expenses.

With the current financial resources of the imperial court, I am afraid that it is really unable to fight. This is why Liu Dongyang thought that as long as he controlled Ganzhou and Shandan, the imperial court would not want to take back the western guards of Gansu Town, because the imperial court may be Really can't afford such a war.

You can tell by looking at the terrain and terrain. As long as you hold Shandanwei, no matter how many troops the imperial court comes, he can easily cut off your supply line. , If you want to beat it down, you don't know how much you have to pay.

   "Master Chai and the others mean..." Feng Ziying hesitated.

In fact, he also had some ideas, but they were too bold and unconventional, so he never mentioned them to Zhang Jin and He Zhisheng, but now it seems that Chai Ke, Yang He and his father are also aware of this, So they should be thinking about the post-war matters.

"I'm not sure. My department and He Renlong's department of the Yulin Army will arrive first, and Master He's army will arrive soon. Let's see how Master Chai and the others make a decision. We warriors will follow orders." Cao Wenzhao said with a smile.

  The two were chatting and laughing when they saw a military general in his early twenties walking in quickly.

  Cao Wenzhao's face suddenly turned cold, but the man walked over without hesitation, and bowed first: "I have seen you, young master, yo, Mr. Cao is so free, and you are here?"

Feng Ziying knew at a glance that Cao Wenzhao and this guy were not on the right track, but this guy was also a celebrity in front of her father. In the first battle against the rebellion, he also won big victories in several consecutive battles by virtue of his fearlessness and daring to make strange moves. Complete victory won the trust of Chai Ke, so after this war is over, I am afraid that it may be promoted to guerrilla.

   "Brother He, are you here too?" Feng Ziying and He Renlong also saw Li, and said with a smile, "My father and the others haven't arrived yet?"

   "Master Chief Soldier, Lord Chai, and Lord Yang are estimated to have just passed Yongchangwei. Yongchangwei has suffered huge losses. Lord Chai and the others have to consider how to relieve the local affairs. It may take a few days to arrive."

  He Renlong didn't look good on Cao Wenzhao either.

In his opinion, this group of Datong soldiers came to grab merit, and the most difficult and dangerous work was done by the Yulin Army. Everyone danced happily.

  Of course he also admitted that Cao Wenzhao still has some credit, but the other generals in Datong Town and Shanxi Town are so **** disgusting, and he can't even get used to these generals in Datong and Shanxi.

Cao Wenzhao also looked down on He Renlong. This guy thought he was superior because of his background as a martial arts scholar. When he confronted the Tatars at the border, this guy was still breastfeeding in the arms of his teacher's wife. How many times have you fought? Do you think it will be a big deal to fight against the Ningxia rebels? I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth!

  Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but Cao Wenzhao joined the army at the age of sixteen, and he was five or six years older than He Renlong. When he joined the army, He Renlong was only in his early ten years old, and he was indeed an ignorant child.

The two men began to compete with each other when they entered the big and small Songshan Mountains. One took down and attacked Gaolan, the other attacked Jingtai at night, and then attacked Songshan Fort together. However, they almost fought in pursuit of Achitu and Bintu Niangzi. It was Cao Wenzhao who gave way. As a result, He Renlong caught up with Achitu and Bintu Niangzi in Huangyangchuan, forcing each other to beg for surrender, and made a great contribution. This also made Cao Wenzhao and his subordinates regret it, but also Hatred each other.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao made a surprise attack on Zhenqiang Fort and Anyuan Station Fort, but He Renlong succeeded in attacking Sishui Fort immediately, but was ridiculed by Cao Wenzhao's department as if they hadn't occupied Anyuan Station Fort, Sishui Fort The rebel army's morale was slackened, and He Renlong couldn't succeed at all, and the two almost fought again during the military meeting in front of the tent.

  So these two people were like black-eyed chickens in front of Feng Ziying, refusing to give in to each other.

  (end of this chapter)