On March 25th of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Shanlu, after making full preparations, finally received a document from the Ministry of Defense: "... the war in the Central Plains is re-emerging, and the situation is getting worse. The guards of Feisheng town guarded Yangshan and Lu Xing rushed forward. In Tang County, it is only ten days before the arrival of the staff member arrives. If you fail to comply with the limit, you will be punished by the order!"
After receiving this official document, Yang Shanlu knew that the Central Plains war had finally arrived!
In this case, he was also unambiguous, and immediately after he was promoted in the garrison hall and summoned his important officers, he announced this order to them!
After the announcement, Hai Rigu, Cheng Wu and others all were very happy to hear it... It's good to fight! After training so many pawns, isn't it just for fighting
And because they know the combat power of the Xuanjia Army, they are also full of confidence in winning!
Among them, as the first person under Yangshan Luxia, Qi Zhenzong is very yearning for this battle...
The people of the Central Plains were so miserable! He had long hated the gang of rogues who were raging everywhere like locusts. He wanted to get rid of them and soon, but what about now? The chance is finally here!
So next, Yang Shanlu began to mobilize troops and prepare to go on an expedition.
And the army he mobilized this time is a 5,500-man Xuanjia Army, a 500-man artillery battalion, plus 2,000 cavalry and 2,000 cannon fodder troops.
This does not include the cavalry of the 1,000 Tai Chiwu tribe. This unit is led by our princess, and will accompany them on the expedition. In the words of our princess, this is called'fusang and women's! '
And these people add up to a total of 11 thousand people!
As for his Lao Lao Town Luwei, he left another 1,000 Xuanjia Army guards, and this is due to more than a year of training. Qi Zhenzong, the military training minister, did a very good job...
Using the original eight hundred Xuanjia Army veterans as the skeleton, a total of 9,000 Xuanjia Army has been trained! So now there are 1,000 people left to look after the house without any pressure.
In addition, Yang Shanlu also prepared a huge squadron, after all, what fights and fights is logistics!
Therefore, Yang Shanlu prepared thousands of small carts, mainly the auxiliary soldiers of the Xuanjia Army, and another 1,000 civilians were recruited to serve as logistical support... After all, the terror accumulated by the guards of the town. Materials, don't use it at this time, but when will you wait!
So in this way, the Xuan Jia army almost came out! In fact, according to general standards, Yang Shanlu has only 3,000 regular guards in the military department!
And this is already the result of his father Yang Sichang's relaxation of the organization! After all, the guerrilla generals with official positions above him are no more than 3,000 soldiers! The usual garrison should not exceed one thousand at most!
And why Yang Shanlu put all his efforts into it... This is also very obvious, because Yang Shanlu knows that this is a battle for national luck!
For example, in the original history, although the Central Plains War was successful tactically, it was a failure strategically because his father recommended the wrong candidate to make Xiong Dazui the prime minister of the five provinces.
Then Xiong Wencan was so overjoyed and didn't wipe out Zhang Xianzhong and others! (There is also a complete killing, and the Ming army is also very strenuous. This is related to various factors such as the tight military pay and insufficient strength at the time).
Thus raising tigers is a disaster, and planted the bane for the future! Then, in the 13th year of Chongzhen, after another catastrophic drought broke out in the whole area of Daming, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others took advantage of the trend and once again stirred the world out of control!
At this time, Daming was already unable to organize the same Central Plains war again, and could only watch the gangsters raging!
Then he attacked outside the Manchu Clearance, and was troubled both internally and externally. This is the only way for Daming to subdue the country and exterminate the humiliation! No more power to recover!
But now, with the addition of these 10,000 elites, this is a heavy weight!
This will surely swing the balance of victory and rewrite the history of China!
When the swearing on the big playground was over and the Xuan Jia army was about to leave Tiancheng City, dense crowds had already gathered on both sides of the street!
Some of these people are military households in the city, and some are civilians, but they all have a reluctant heart!
We must know that in the year when Yang Shanlu was in Tiancheng City, all the people have tasted the sweetness! Knowing what is a good day! They have already regarded Yang Shanlu as their guardian!
But now... the patron saint is leaving! But they all know that the parting at this time is for a better reunion! It's to sweep away those goddamn gangsters! Return my Central Plains Langlang Universe!
Therefore, countless soldiers, civilians and people, with tears in their eyes, silently bless the Xuanjia army on the expedition... Victory and return soon!
The Supervisor Zuo Maodi, who was also on the march with the army, had the same tears after seeing this scene! This is what everyone expects! This is what people want!
And Yang Shanlu riding on the yellow horse, seeing this scene of sending off the people, was also very excited! Even the famous song sounded in his ear... Ten send to the Red Army!
As soon as the Red Army was sent off, Jie Zhi went down the mountain,
The autumn breeze and the drizzle, lingering,
Ask your loved ones, when will you go back to the mountain...
And after leaving Tiancheng City, the outside of the city is even more crowded!
The people in the neighboring Tunpu all rushed to see each other off! Know that there are their relatives inside! Many soldiers of the Xuanjia Army also paid goodbye to their families. This scene was very moving.
At this time, on the official road, many respected squires and elders gathered, they are ready to practice wine.
Seeing Yang Shanlu coming out at this time, an old elder headed out came out with a glass of practice wine! And with eager anticipation in his mouth: "I wish Master Defense will make new contributions and return in triumph!"
"promise!"
Yang Shanlu also nodded heavily, for the sake of this great river and mountains, for the Li people who love him, he will do his best!
The so-called sending the emperor thousands of miles, there will eventually be a parting, and the team finally fades away, but under the leadership of Yang Shanlu, the majestic military song of the Xuanjia Army has sounded again...
The smoke rises, the country looks north!
The dragon rolls and the horse sighs like frost!
I am willing to defend the land and rebuild the frontier!
Dignified China wants to let the Quartet come to congratulate!
Singing such a loud song, the entire Xuanjia Army, with a total of 11 thousand people, is marching towards Tang County.
Tang County is located to the south of the capital, about four hundred miles away from the town captive guards. With the marching speed of the Xuanjia Army, it can still be reached within ten days.
But when they were halfway there, they suddenly received an urgent document from the Ministry of War, urging them to speed up! And the reason for this is because something happened again!
Just this month, the Central Plains gangsters are back!
The eight great kings Zhang Xianzhong and the living Cao Cao Luo Rucai went out of Huguang and joined the Zuojin King He Jin and Ge Liyan He Yilong (the first part of the Zuo Ge Five Battalion). There are 500,000 soldiers in total!
Then on the sixth day of this month, the soldiers were on the verge of Anqing! Even camp for a hundred miles along the way! Anqing Governor Zhang Guowei beacon warns!
Even more than that, the rogue one even hit the Nanjing area... The beacon reaches Huaiyang! The accompanying capital Nanjing is shocked!
In view of this, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the Ministry of War to speed up the marching speed of the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains War, and the period will arrive!
After understanding this situation, although Yang Shanlu knew that Anqing did not fall in history, it would be good to be able to arrive soon and have a peerless battle with these bandits.
So Yang Shanlu immediately ordered to speed up the march and speed up to Tang County.
After this order, the profound qualities of the Xuanjia Army were revealed. If it were the troops of other guards, it would be impossible to maintain such a speed, let alone accelerate! But now...
The entire Xuanjia army immediately became a rush march! The speed is at least 30% higher than just now! And even so,
The entire Xuan Jia army is still neatly formed, not messy at all!
You must know that such a rapid march is the best way to test the quality of the army. After a day of rapid marching, an ordinary army will be tired, and at least half of the people will be left behind!
Even if a more powerful army falls behind by 20 to 30%, that is commonplace! But now...
After a day of rapid march, not to mention that none of the regular soldiers in the Xuan Jia Army were left behind, even the auxiliary soldiers in the Xuan Jia Army and the cannon fodder troops did not fall behind! (I have grown strong during this period of time) This is a miracle!
Of course, this is also very obvious. First, these Xuanjia troops have running training every day. With this foundation, the second is to have adequate nutrition! Even those auxiliary soldiers in the Xuanjia Army can eat meat every day...
With strict discipline and plenty of nutrition, can we still train good soldiers
Even after seeing some of them, even Zuo Maodi, a member of the Donglin Party, was amazed.
Although he has still disagrees with Yang Shanlu in certain concepts so far, he does not hinder this late Ming Wen Tianxiang, sincerely hoping to clear the gangsters and return the world to peace!
And now... With this strong army, who else can stand in the way!
Three days later, Yang Shanlu finally led his army to Tang County ahead of schedule.
The county seat of Tang County is not large, so after Yang Shanlu arrived, it was discovered that there were already continuous military camps stationed outside the city.
I looked at the banner and found that it was the officers and soldiers of Xuanzhen who were much closer than him. In addition, there was also Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of military affairs of the five provinces, and his own Chinese Army Supervisory Standard Camp was stationed here.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was looking at the turret in the city. This turret is the highest point of the county wall. It is suitable for ascending to see from a distance, and also suitable for ascending to dispatch troops. Therefore, after Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Tang County, he set up his prime minister’s line in the turret. .
And when he climbed high and looked far away, and found that another support army had come, Lu Xiangsheng was very happy, and they all came out to greet him in person.
But when he came out of the city and discovered that the Xuan Jia army was actually coming, he was even more happy.
At this time, Yang Shanlu was about to kneel down to salute after seeing him. Lu Xiangsheng had already helped him up and said with a smile: "Zhen Guo can arrive so quickly, it shows that the training is rigorous!"
On the contrary, Yang Shanlu said very modestly: "The superintendent praised him. As a soldier, he should perform his duties and order and prohibit."
"Good, good!" Lu Xiangsheng was even more delighted when he heard it... As expected, the general who gave the emperor's letter to his name is really extraordinary!
And then, Lu Xiangsheng asked about what he was most concerned about: "Zhenguo, how many people did you bring with me this time? How many people are left behind? "
Yang Shanlu respectfully said: "Back to the governor, our army dispatched a total of 11 thousand people! Actually, there were 11 thousand people! No one left behind!"
"What? Haha, it really is the First Army of Datong!" Lu Xiangsheng laughed happily when he heard it, but he knew very well, it took seven days to rush from Zhenluwei to Tang County, what kind of marching speed is this!
Even with this marching speed, it is very normal to fall behind three or four Chengdu, but now... Haha!
But at this moment, a general officer who followed Lu Xiangsheng snorted in his nose.
Yang Shanlu looked at this person, and saw this general, about forty years old, wearing a red cloak, and a burly figure.
It's just that the face is very vicious, especially the triangular eyes, the tricky rays of light that make people look at it very uncomfortable.
And what Yang Shanlu cares more about is, what is the meaning of this grunt just now! Are you jealous when you see Lu Xiangsheng praise him
At this time, when he saw Yang Shanlu looking at this person, Lu Xiangsheng introduced him: "Zhen Guo, come and come, speaking of this, this is still your fellow, he is Liu Liangzuo Liu Zongbing! He is also from Datong, Shanxi. ."
Is it him? Pinto Liu? After knowing that it was him, Yang Shanlu was already very disgusted with this person in his heart!
There is no way, this is clearly recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty, that is, a full-fledged second minister! Liu Liangzuo not only led tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to surrender Tarzi after the Manchu Qing came to dominate the Central Plains in the future, but also killed the Resistance Army!
For example, after he surrendered, he took an active role as a pawn, leading soldiers to besiege Jiangyin County! And after repeated attacks, he still had the face to write a "Persuade Folk Song" to persuade Jiangyin's defenders to surrender! This kind of scum is really heinous!
And even at this time, the tail is too big to lose, relying on the strength of the hand to ruin the place, and even the harm to the place, it is almost the same as those gangsters!
So for such a person, what kind of face does Yang Shanlu have
That being the case, Yang Shanlu just nodded at him lightly and said, "I have seen General Liu."
Well, Liu Liangzuo was furious when he saw it. The generals in the late Ming Dynasty were also divided into ranks. For example, the highest was General Zhenshuo and General Zhenxi, and there were only two men in the entire Ming Dynasty. Next came the general with the name "Zheng, Ping".
And although Liu Liangzuo didn’t get a title, he was a general soldier with a miscellaneous name, but he was also far higher than the garrison officer Yang Shanlu. According to the rules, Yang Shanlu met him and bowed down. But now? Nodding like this is all there is to it
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng still had a general standing on his left. This man was about fifty years old and his face was full of wind and frost.
But at this moment, he saw the two people doing this painting. Although he looked down on Liu Liangzuo, he also had no good feelings about Yang Shanlu, so he just looked at it lightly and didn't say a word.
On the contrary, Lu Xiangsheng was obviously more important to this general, and he gave a grand introduction to Yang Shanlu: "Zhen Guo, this is General Daming Zhenshuo, general soldier of Xuanfu Town Yang Guozhu!"
is it? Yang Shanlu was in awe at once, not only because he was the first-ranked General Zhenshuo of Ming Dynasty! It's because this is the true martyr...
In history, Yang Guozhu died in the battle of Songshan in the 14th year of Chongzhen! Compared with the fleeing general Wang Pu who participated in the war together and took the lead in fleeing, he would rather die than retreat, and even died in a heroic battle!
Including his father and brother, and two sons who died in battle one after another, died for the country! It can be said that like Lu Xiangsheng are full of loyalty!
Even after Yang Guozhu's death, the few armors and more than fifty war horses left behind, his wife He gave them all to the court!
The Chongzhen Emperor was deeply sighed, and awarded the He family as a first-class imperial wife, with a month to give rice and food for life.
Therefore, Yang Shanlu truly admired Yang Guozhu. He immediately stepped forward to pay a respect and salute, and said loudly: "The final commander of Datong Town Captive Guardsman Yang Shanlu, I have seen Yang Junmen!"
"Oh, don't pay the courtesy." Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhu's eyes looked strange. There was some appreciation and some dissatisfaction. So when he saw him saluting, he just nodded faintly, and looked rather cold.
But Yang Shanlu felt a little strange, how could this be the case when we first met? But then he thought for a while, and he realized that it was probably the same time when he beheaded the Eight Great Masters in Shanxi and stretched out his hand too long.
You said that you killed the Eight Great Masters in Shanxi, but you also killed one of the defenses in Xuanfu Town on the spot, and you also took down a deputy commander. In this way, you will kill them on other people’s territory. It is probably nothing. Good face.
(Yang Guozhu is the chief military officer and the highest military officer in Xuanfu Town)
However, Yang Shanlu didn't take it seriously. He believed that these were small contradictions. For a veteran like Yang Guozhu, he would never wear small shoes in the face of real big troubles!
It's Liu Liangzuo, this kind of person will take refuge in Tartar in the future, willing to be a running dog! And conversely kills his own people, so you still need to be careful with this kind of people.
ps is a chapter today. Between quality and quantity, after painful thinking, I still chose the former, hehe. (End of this chapter)