"Yifan, you are a bit arrogant, who said that you only control the Tianwei Army now? Don't forget, you are now the governor of the military affairs of the three provinces, in Shandong there is still Liu Zeqing's Shandong Town, there are at least 30,000 troops, Shaanxi still has Sun Zhixiu's 20,000 troops, and even in Jinnan, Shanxi, there is also Chen Yongfu's town troops, plus the Tianwei army, our troops will not be less than 130,000 or 40,000, and now that the emperor has decreed that you control the armies, what else do you have to worry about? ”

Yang Chengzu said with a smile.

Xu Yifan's brows still did not stretch out, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Yang, you must know that now Li Dingguo's Tianwei army is defending Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan and cannot be mobilized, Sun Zhixiu and Chen Yongfu's troops are now moving towards Shanxi, confronting Jierharang's Eight Banners, Jierharang has 60,000 elite horsemen under his command, and the imperial court has surrendered troops to help, although Sun Zhixiu and Chen Yongfu are both battle-hardened generals, but in the face of Jierharang and Zu Dashou and others, I am afraid that they are not able to catch it, and they are too busy to take care of themselves. How can I help? When it is unnecessary, we will divide our troops to help Shanxi......"

Xu Yifan's worries are right, the Tianwei Army can resist the Eight Banners, but whether it is Sun Zhixiu or Chen Yongfu, it can't stop the Eight Banners, if it was Sun Chuanting's Qin Army's family background back then, maybe there was still the power of a war, but at the beginning of the Henan War, Sun Chuanting's Qin Army was greatly injured and lost seven or eight, most of the soldiers under the command of the two people were newly recruited, and their combat power was very limited, and together they were only forty or fifty thousand troops. Defending the Daimyo's Mansion and preventing the Manchurian Tatars from going south to Henan, Xu Yifan was completely sure, but it was too difficult to hold the road from Shanxi to Shandong, nearly 2,000 miles south. “

"Ladies and gentlemen, now our first line of defense is in Dezhou, Dezhou is adjacent to Zhili, adjacent to the Daimyofu, it is the key point connecting Zhili and Shandong, if you want to hold Henan and Shandong, this Dezhou is absolutely not allowed to be lost, now Cha Xuan led the elite cavalry to garrison Dezhou, I am afraid that the troops are insufficient, we must strengthen the defense of Dezhou, pass the order, mobilize all the troops of the second town of the Tianwei Army, go to Dezhou, and hand over to Cha Zhu to be responsible for the defense of Texas, don't make a mistake!"

Xu Yifan shouted in a deep voice.

Yang Chengzu nodded and replied: "The combat power of the second town of the Tianwei Army is quite strong, especially the cavalry is the champion Tianwei Army, and the cha bolt is even more brave and good at fighting, with him in Texas, it is foolproof, not to mention, once the Tartar army is approaching Texas, we can also rush to the nearest aid." ”

Xu Yifan continued: "Then there is Liu Zeqing in Shandong, Dezhou is the only way to enter Shandong from Zhili, the throat is to rush, it is the gate of Shandong, it must not be neglected, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, led the elite to move in the direction of Dezhou, and assisted in defending Dezhou, as long as Dezhou is in our hands, Shandong will be as stable as Mount Tai, less than one month, more than two months, the three towns of Nanjing will inevitably go north, as long as the three towns of Nanjing arrive, we can guarantee that we are invincible!" ”

Three towns in Nanjing?

Everyone's hearts were slightly shocked, the emperor spent a year to rectify Tongzhou Town, and now it is more than half a year has passed, compared to the combat power of the three towns of Nanjing, it has also been formed, once the three towns of Nanjing go north to the Daimyo's mansion, then everything will really be fine, when the time comes, there will be more than 100,000 soldiers, and it is even possible that the emperor will drive the emperor to conquer in person, so what are you afraid of?

While everyone was talking, a soldier hurriedly ran in and said urgently: "Lord Qiyu, we have just received a report from the scouts that a cavalry of Tartars is rapidly approaching the Daimyo's Mansion, and it is less than fifty miles away from the Daimyo's Mansion!" ”

Cavalry of the Tartars?

Everyone was shocked, and Deng Jiuru said suspiciously: "Lord Xu, this, this Tartar will inevitably come up too fast, right?" Aren't they far behind? Why did he suddenly cross Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry and rush to the front? ”

Xu Yifan said slowly: "Now that the Guanning Iron Cavalry has suffered a heavy blow, it is natural to take a temporary rest, and the Tartars are unwilling to give us time to breathe, so they naturally want to go into battle in person, but I don't know how many people came to the Tartar Cavalry this time, and who is the leader of the army?" ”

The soldier hurriedly replied: "My lord, the strength of the Manchurian cavalry this time is no less than 5,000 people, look at the flag, it should be the men and horses with the white flag, as for the generals, we haven't seen it yet." ”

Xiao Ting said in a deep voice: "My lord, the second town has fought once, Tongzhou Town has fought in the capital, and the casualties are not small, the first town has already fought now, and my fifth town is left without fighting, how about handing it over to our fifth town this time?" ”

Xu Yifan frowned and replied: "Brother Xiao, this battle is the first head-to-head battle with the Tartars, we can't be careless, once we lose, we ......"

Xiao Ting said angrily: "Don't worry, my lord, our Tianwei army is not a vegetarian, besides, they only have 5,000 troops in Tartar, but our fifth town has nearly 20,000 troops, where are they afraid?" ”

Xu Yifan hesitated, after all, this was the first time he had fought with Tartars, so he had to be cautious.

"Brother Xiao, since this is the case, you act according to the plan, ten miles away from the Daimyo's Mansion, is Caojiagang, where is a mass grave, the official road passes directly through the middle, I will hand over the musketeers of the third town to you, plus the musketeers of your fifth town, there are five hundred people, all deployed on the mass graves on both sides of the official road, together with 10,000 infantry, distributed on the mass graves at the same time, holding the high point, condescending, and catching them off guard, once the Tartars are attacked, they will rely on the speed to assault with all their might, so, Our frontal defense is the most important thing, in the shortest possible time, the frontal road is blocked to the death, and they are not given the opportunity to break out of the encirclement; The cavalry made a detour to the back of the mass grave, and once the ambush began, they raided the back of the Tartars, where the terrain was narrow, although it was not a lofty mountain, but it was also bumpy, which was not conducive to the cavalry assault, and we had to let them have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground! ”

Xiao Ting nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "My lord, you have already made a bamboo in your chest, so what is there to be afraid of?" Five hundred musketeers, ambushing the Manchurian Tartars, can definitely beat them, and when the time comes, the thunder will attack and encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop! ”

Xu Yifan replied: "Brother Xiao, be careful in everything, after all, we have already fought two battles, and the Manchurian Tartars have a certain understanding of our musketeers, and it is impossible to be as surprised as before, time is pressing, act immediately!" ”

(End of chapter)