Chapter 89 Juechen
"Shaoxing Prefecture, Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners, Zhejiang Admiral Biaoying, Zhejiang Governor Biaoying, Zhejiang Governor Biaoying, and then crossed the Qiantang River and headed south. The target should be Anhua Town..."
"The Taizhou Green Camp and Wenzhou Green Camp of the Tartars flow up the Oujiang River, intending to attack Chuzhou Fucheng..."
"The main Tartar soldiers gathered in Guangxin Prefecture, Jiangxi have entered the territory of Quzhou, but the speed of traveling is very slow, very strange..."
"On the first day of April, Fujian Admiral Biao Battalion, Fujian Left General Biao Battalion, Fujian Right General Biao Battalion, Fujian Right General Biao Battalion, out of Xianxia Pass, and traveled for only a few miles a day, and the rangers were everywhere and slowly approaching Jiangshan County..."
"Yanzhou Green Camp and Hangzhou Green Camp still strictly guard the direction of Tonglu without any abnormal movement..."
These five emergency military information came from Chen Guobao, general general of the Northern Line Regiment, general general of Chuzhou Town, general general of Quzhou Town, and garrison remaining in Jiangshan County and Yanzhou Prefecture City.
The movements in Chuzhou were within Chen Wen's expectations, and even the Qing army in Guangxin Prefecture and Xianxia Pass was no exception. It was just that Tian Xiong's brother San'er once again hit the wall at Anhua Town Basin, which was beyond Chen Wen's expectations. At least in his opinion, Tian Xiong was still the last general, and he hit the south wall twice in a row, but he still didn't look back. Didn't such a persistent general die in the battle between the Chongzhen Dynasty and the bandits? Could it be that Hong Chengchou had a hobby to see Tian Xiong hit the south wall?
This action is very strange. At least for Chen Wen, he would not touch the third time after touching the wall after two rounds. It was only when he turned around and imagined it again that he discovered the significance of Tian Xiong's trip. But after dispatching so many troops, is it a bit too wasteful to restrain a battalion?
Fortunately, Chen Wen did not waste time on this. If he wanted to break the deadlock, he had to destroy the whole road first. This is the advantage of insider combat. The plan he made before when he was in Dalan Mountain was like this, and this time was no exception. As for which road he wanted to fight, it was also obvious.
The Qing army in Chuzhou was too thin and too remote, and even if it was completely destroyed, it would have no effect. This was confirmed by Chen Wen earlier; on the other hand, the temptation of fighting the Eight Banners in Hangzhou was quite strong, but with the existence of Anhua Town Bastion, it was completely possible to destroy other targets first and then go back to deal with the Eight Banners of the Han army. There was no need to be so anxious. Chen Wen of Yanzhou did not plan to go, and there was no need to go, because the two green camp soldiers there were not capable of threatening him.
Since that's the case, the only thing left is to encircle the two routes from Guangxin Mansion and Xianxia Pass. Among these routes, Chen Wen chose the Fujian Green Camp. Before the decisive battle with an opponent of Hong Chengchou, he had to weaken his strength first to be more confident.
With Chen Wen's order issued, the three war barracks of Nantang, Shentang and Guards, which he had always held, were dispatched immediately. The three Qing troops in Fujian followed Hong Chengchou's instructions and could only explore the horses and scatter far away. As a result, Chen Wen used the water transportation to enter the reserve location before they approached Jiangshan County.
The ambush chosen by Chen Wen was in the forest that Yang Jie once used, but Yang Jie was closer to the north at that time, while Chen Wen was closer to the south.
According to Chen Wen's calculations, the three Fujian Qing troops were moving slowly, but they always had to face the Jiangshan County, which was stationed in the Ming army. As long as they were siege, or even launched a night attack after setting up camp, they could easily defeat them. After all, Chen Wen spent more money on maintaining soldiers than military salaries. The meat intake of soldiers under his command was much higher than that of ordinary Qing soldiers, such as carrots and animal livers, which were used to prevent night blindness. Although night attacks were gambling for both sides, he still took advantage of this.
The only difficulty is that the forest is high and dense in the north and low and sparse in the south. It is extremely difficult to hide the 6,000 troops and the equipment that must be equipped. For this reason, Chen Wen placed the Shentang Camp in Jiangshan County. After the army entered the city, he closed the doors to prevent the news from leaking. He lurked in the mountains and forests with two other battalions, waiting for the three fish from Fujian to take the bait.
Since its departure in early April, it has been almost ten days. The army composed of Fujian Extrap and left and right sign battalions slowly heading north along Jiangshan Port. Their first destination was Jiangshan County, which was captured by the Ming army.
Hong Chengchou had made arrangements for the people of the county town, and Ma Degong agreed with it very much. However, along the way, the three Qing troops advanced together, including the auxiliary soldiers, and the number of auxiliary soldiers exceeded 20,000. In this way, the horse-spy generals had to find out clearly early every day. They just walked a few miles at noon and set up camp in the afternoon, and at night, a large number of secret sentries were arranged to prevent the Ming army from attacking at night. It was indeed safe, but Hong Chengchou had no idea that soldiers were worthy of speed. This style of seeking stability still made them feel a little uncomfortable.
However, after attending the meeting at the end of last month, they could understand Hong Chengchou's intention to use troops. During this encirclement, Hong Chengchou never thought of directly fighting with the Ming army to defeat the enemy. This was a mistake Chen Jin had made before, and his purpose was to use the absolute advantage of the Qing army in terms of military strength to squeeze the Ming army to death between Jinhua and Quzhou.
Since this is the case, they were not afraid of venting their morale in the army because of this. The soldiers were satisfied with the fact that they could eat and sleep well just a few miles a day. As for the work of setting up camps, auxiliary soldiers had already done it. They just had to divide some of the troops to explore horses, secretly whistle and camp search in order.
At this moment, the Qing army approached Hecun Town, which was heading towards Jiangshan Port, turning towards Jiangshan County. It was not far from Jiangshan County where the Ming army was stationed, so Yang Minggao set up camp in advance and sent a brigade of provocation to cover the left and right, in order to make the word "stability" emphasized by Hong Chengchou.
Hidden in the mountains and forests just ten miles away in the north, Chen Wen knew the movements of the Qing army very well, but he was not in a hurry to take action, because compared to the night attack, if the Qing army could touch it from behind when launching a siege, then this army of 9,000 soldiers could say goodbye to Hong Chengchou. The situation on the battlefield in Fujian will be even worse for the Qing army in the future, so he no longer had to worry about the Qing army going north again.
Although Chen Wen was very worried about whether other roads would have abnormalities, he could only show that he was more intelligent on the surface. After all, he was the commander of this Ming army, and his every move would affect the psychology of the soldiers below.
The Qing army had already entered the edge of the ambush. Chen Wen could vaguely see the Qing army as big as an ant moving slowly from a high peak on the two or three hundred meters high hill near the hill.
"It's almost done."
Chen Wen's idea had just formed, and in the world in the telescope, teams of Qing army probing horses began to radiate around, far exceeding the previous marches. It seemed that Yang Minggao, Wang Zhigang and Ma Degong had sent out all the cavalry in the camp. What's more, most of the cavalry were coming towards the lurking mountains and forests of the Ming army.
It is still the turn of spring and summer, and the effect of setting fire is far less than that after the beginning of autumn. Chen Wen was not worried about this, but that the Qing army's probing horses discovered them and the initiative would fall into the hands of the Qing army. Whether to fight or leave, the Qing army was the leader, but instead lost the effect of ambushing here.
The disaster of the three armies originated from suspicion. Chen Wen knew this truth very well. Since the Qing army might find them at any time, instead of hesitating, it would be better to give it a try. Even if it was just defeated, it would be much better than being taken over by the Qing army.
Once the order was issued, the Ming army of the brigade began to rush out of the mountains and forests, and during the marching, they tried their best to maintain their respective formations as they were trained on weekdays.
Above the forest, a bird was aroused by this group of strange creatures, and flew away from the familiar forest. Among the Qing army's scouts, there were many experienced veterans. Seeing this, they immediately knew that the Ming army was lurking here. At the moment when they distributed some scouts to report to the commander, a fiery red color began to gush out of the forest, just as if the magma rolled along the slope of the forest after the volcano erupted in the distance.
He rushed out on his horse and watched from afar as the Qing army's cavalry kept a distance from the Ming army, while the scouts turned around and had no intention of continuing to observe.
These Qing army had only a lot more experience in probing horses than those in the Ming army. However, this place is in Zhejiang, and the field battles still require infantry, and Chen Wen was even more confident in his infantry.
However, the Ming army had not rushed out far away, and the scouts had already returned to the Qing army in the brigade. Then they saw the flag of the commander in the distance trembling. The Qing army in the brigade began to turn and move away quickly, with a speed much faster than when they came.
Chapter completed!