Chapter 164: Going North and Going North
Listening to Niu Juming's words, Cao Wenzhao was speechless for a long time, and Niu Juming didn't urge him to make up his mind quickly, just watched quietly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After a while, Cao Bianjiao saw that there was no sound in the tent, and after reporting loudly, he opened the curtain and entered with Ying Shisheng.
As soon as he entered, he saw that the imperial envoy and his uncle were still seated, but they were just silent and sat relatively silently, and they were very surprised.
Before he could ask, Cao Wenzhao waved his hand at him, signaling him to be calm and calm, and then said to Niu Juming: "Although Lord Niu's plan is dangerous, he is also six or seven points sure. My generation's fame should be taken immediately, even if there is only a five-point chance of winning, Cao has to pay twelve points of effort. It's a risky plan, but I did it! ”
Niu Juming waited for a long time, waiting for this sentence, and at this time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Since ancient times, wealth has been sought in danger!" If there is no extraordinary risk, how can there be immortal feats?! ”
After saying this, he looked at Cao Wenzhao and smiled. Obviously, Cao Wenzhao also deeply agrees with this.
When Niu Juming saw Cao Wenzhao for the first time, he dared to say such things to him, and dared to offer such a plan, which seemed abrupt, but in fact, it was not, because of course he had his own calculations in his heart.
Although he has not been in the Wuying Hall for a long time, he knows much more about the situation than ordinary people in a place like the center of the military aircraft department, and he has naturally known the story of Chen Renxi, Cao Wenzhao and others who sent envoys to the Karaqin Department, but took the opportunity to suddenly attack and kill the eldest son of the Ao Han Department Taiji and the Horqin Department Taiji who also came to the Karaqin Department to persuade them to surrender.
At that time, Niu Juming had already concluded that this Cao Wenzhao was by no means an ordinary military general who adhered to the rules and made things happen because of people, but on the contrary, he was a famous general embryo who was wise and brave and dared to act.
And this is also the reason why the Military Aircraft Department was about to send someone to Rehebao to deliver the decree, and he privately persuaded Li Xin, who also wanted to come, to win this opportunity.
In all dynasties, if Wenchen wanted to make great achievements, it was impossible without a tiger general as a right-hand man.
It can be said that before Niu Juming met Cao Wenzhao himself, he had already taken a fancy to Cao Wenzhao's generals.
And Cao Wenzhao in history is indeed such a person, whether it is against Jianyu or later against thieves, he is brave in every battle, and often leads the elite cavalry under his command, engages in some whimsical long-distance attacks, and often wins more with less, defeats the strong with the weak, and often leads hundreds of cavalry, and dares to impact the large array of thousands or even tens of thousands of thieves, driving the enemy to run everywhere.
Of course, when Cao Wenzhao finally died in Shanxi, it was also because of his characteristic that he liked to win by surprise and military adventures.
It's just that this time was unfortunate, tens of thousands of thieves surrounded him, and the role of cavalry impact was not fully played, and he finally died in battle.
With a small number of elite cavalry, the most important thing for a long-distance run or a short assault is speed.
Therefore, it is best to be able to maintain high speed and pass through the formation at one time, otherwise once surrounded by a large number of foot soldiers, the horse speed will drop down, and the advantage of the cavalry will be gone at this time, and the rest will be completely fought for the number of people.
And if you only bring a few hundred people, no matter how elite you are, it doesn't matter if one is ten, or one is a hundred, once you are surrounded by thousands of people, there is only one dead end.
Cao Wenzhao in history was killed because of this.
However, at this time, of course, he didn't know that he would die in the future because of repeated military adventures, so since Niu Juming put forward such an idea, he has already recognized it very much in his heart, although this long-distance attack is far away, but compared with the ambush in the middle of the way, it is much simpler and more exciting, and it is more in line with Cao Wenzhao's temperament.
Cao Bianjiao and Ying Shisheng, two young generals in the martial arts camp, although they don't know what the two people in the tent have agreed on, but they also secretly ponder in their hearts, this matter is probably not trivial, since the cowshed and the new Rehe town guard of the military aircraft department did not say anything, they naturally did not dare to ask more.
In the next few days, Cao Wenzhao asked Ying Shisheng to take the back camp of the Wulie Battalion and urged the craftsmen and people to speed up the progress of the construction of the barracks, and at the same time ordered the front battalion guerrilla Cao Bianjiao, the left battalion guerrilla Cui Zongyin, the right battalion guerrilla Li Guoqi, and the Chinese army capital Zhang Xiushen to clean up their own headquarters and prepare for the recent expedition to the north.
Needless to say, Cao Bianjiao and Ying Shisheng were all young generals who had previously followed Cao Wenzhao to make contributions in the Karaqin Department, and now they are in their early twenties, and they are all a battalion of guerrillas.
The promotion of the two of them by leapfrogging naturally led to the envy of the soldiers in the original battalion.
As for Zhang Xiushen, he is also an old subordinate who has been fighting with Cao Wenzhao for many years, and he was also promoted from the general to the capital after making contributions in Karaqin last time.
Now Cao Wenzhao has built his own martial arts camp, and the personnel are of course authorized and appointed by the imperial court, and Zhang Xiushen, who is the same age as Cao Wenzhao, has served as the general of the military in the martial arts camp with the official rank of the capital division.
Cui Zongyin and Li Guoqi are also Cao Wenzhao's former comrades-in-arms, they all served in Liaodong Town before, and they are all tough guys that Cao Wenzhao knows and appreciates very much.
Of course, the final fate of these people was not good, and after being transferred to Lintao and Shanxi with Cao Wenzhao, they all died on the battlefields of Shaanxi and Shanxi in a few years.
Now these people, after Cao Wenzhao was promoted to the deputy chief soldier of Jizhen and built the Wulie Battalion, after Chen Renxi's help, they were successively asked by Cao Wenzhao to come under their command.
The 500 soldiers who originally followed Cao Wenzhao to make contributions in Karaqin are naturally rising now, and the soldiers have become even long, and even the chief has become the team leader, and the team is the general commander, and the general has naturally become a thousand generals, garrisons, capital divisions, and even guerrillas.
As the saying goes, one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, with the recruitment and expansion of the martial arts battalion, everyone is promoted to become rich, and everyone's morale is bursting.
Cao Wenzhao ordered that all battalions were all strong soldiers and horses, stepping up preparations, swords, guns, bows, crossbows, helmets, hats, plates, armor, as well as all kinds of dried meat, dry food, etc., everyone carefully checked and replenished all kinds of equipment and materials, just waiting for the day when the horses went north.
Because Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to Cao Wenzhao, especially to the strategic place of Rehebao, whether it was the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Ministry of War, or the Armament Institute, since the establishment of the Wulie Battalion, they naturally never dared to neglect the equipment and materials of the Wulie Battalion.
The new plate armor and Qi knife forged by Zunhua Baiye City are naturally given priority and fully equipped, and bows, crossbows, arrows, and three-eyed firearms are also given as much as they want.
Now, with the increase in the production of Chongzhen's musket, a large number of old firearms and old artillery eliminated in the Jingshi Shenji Battalion, the military department and the military academy are thinking about disposing of them, except for transporting them to Dongjiang Town and Liaodong Town, the rest are given to Xuanfu and Jizhen nearby, the distance is not too far, and the Wulie Battalion, which is particularly valued by the emperor, will certainly not be left behind.
In addition, in the past six months, the horses that have been traded from the Karaqin tribes one after another, except for the rear battalion that is responsible for the money and grain baggage, the other four battalion leaders are all cavalry adapted to grassland operations.
It can be said that although the current Wulie Battalion has only been in force for a few months and is still slightly deficient in training, it is fully equipped and well-armed, and it can definitely be regarded as a strong army with full strength in front of the Mongolian tribes that have now declined and degenerated. This is also the confidence of Cao Wenzhao to dare to accept Niu Juming's strategy and dangerous tactics.
Just when Cao Wenzhao made up his mind and calculated the days and was ready to go north, Wang Zhenyuan, who is now serving as the commander of the capital envoy in Ulan Hada and the commander of the Tongzhi and the governor of the Guiyi Wang's Mansion, took the Guiyi King Burhatu's confidant Karaqin Left Wing Taiji Delig and unexpectedly rushed south to Rehebao.
Wang Zhenyuan and Delige, when they arrived at Rehe Fort, learned that Cao Wenzhao had been promoted again and became the guard of Rehe Town, although they couldn't figure out how many officials this was, but they must be a little higher and more powerful than in the past, at least the area near Rehe Fort is currently Cao Wenzhao's final say, and the two of them are also a little determined.
After entering Rehe Fort, he learned that the imperial envoy was also there, so he naturally hurried over to pay a visit, and Niu Juming knew that there must be something wrong with Burhatu sending these two people to Rehe Fort at this time, so he didn't say much, just waited and watched.
Wang Zhenyuan and Delige were very familiar with Cao Wenzhao, so they were not polite when they met, and immediately said to Cao Wenzhao: "The envoy of the Jurchens arrived in Horqin, and it is said that the Taiji Zhaisang of the left-wing Horqin, under the banner of the Jurchens and Oba Khan, summoned the Eastern Mongolian tribes such as Ao Han, Naiman, Bahrain, Uzhumuqin, and Wengniut, and went to Jiri Garangtu south of the Narit River and north of the Xila Murong River on the ninth day of the ninth month of September. The intention is obvious, that is, to target Karaqin and avenge the March revenge. ”