In the camp of Wu Yuejun in Gaizhou, Xie Qian was convening the generals to discuss the matter.In the big tent, the generals were neatly dressed, Chen Youlong, Dang Shousu, He Dengyun, Zhang Guangcui, Li Qichen, generals of the Wu Yue Army, Li Yuanyin and Ruan Jin of the Jiangbei Army, Lin Qingzhi, Marshal of the Korean Capital, Sakamoto Yintai, the leader of the Japanese soldiers, Zhang Jiayu and Yu Yin, etc., a total of more than 20 people gathered in one tent.At this time, everyone gathered in front of the sand table, discussing how to seize the Liaohe Plain, but the tent curtain was suddenly opened."
Governor, there is an urgent military intelligence report!"
Liu Qian entered the tent, knelt on one knee, and reported urgently.Everyone's eyes immediately came, Xie Qian put down the wooden pole, and said in a deep voice: "What is the military situation?"
”Liu Qian glanced at the many generals in the account, Xie Qian understood his intentions, and waved his hand: "It's all your own people, but it's okay to say it!"
”After the expansion of Wu Yueguo's army, the number of people increased to more than 200,000, several times, and a large number of generals and newly attached generals joined Wu Yue's army, such as Chen Youlong is He Tengjiao's generals, and Dang Shousu, He Dengyun, and Zhang Guangcui are the Shun army that incorporated Li Guo.When Liu Qian heard the order, he immediately said: "Make a detailed report, the Manchu Qing Dynasty secretly mobilized 20,000 elite soldiers of the two blue, two yellow and four banners, and nearly 100,000 cavalry of Horqin and Chahar foreign domains, assembled in Liaoyang, and will go south in the near future to raid Gaizhou!"
”As soon as these words came out, the tent was full of shock, Xie Qian waved his hand to stop the noise in the tent, Zhang Guangcui couldn't help but exclaim: "More than 100,000 cavalry!"
How to get it!
”The Shun army also fought with the Qing army in Huguang and fought a tough battle, but under normal circumstances, it was a large number of Shun troops, and the Qing army besieging a small number of people almost never won more with less.Li Yuanyin, Ruan Mei and others also exchanged words and whispered.Seeing this, Xie Qian couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Is the news true?"
”"The news sent back by the Military Intelligence Department in detail, Zhao Qianhu has already spoken to him, and he is indeed our person."
Liu Qiandao.Xie Qian's whole person became serious, his eyes turned to the sand table, and Zhang Jiayu and Yu Yin, who joined the army in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, reflected, and immediately planted a small flag representing the strength of the Qing army in Liaoyang.Zhang Jiayu couldn't help but worry: "Dudu, Liaoyang is less than three hundred miles away from Gaizhou, and the cavalry can kill it in two days, and the Qing army in Haizhou can come to the city in one day." ”Zhang Jiayu was appointed by Zhao Ming to join the army and sent to Liaodong for training, not wanting such a major event to happen just after arriving in Liaodong.Xie Qian's face was gloomy and silent, and Zhang Jiayu continued: "Governor, the Qing army is secretly assembled, intending to raid, and it may be killed at any time.Now that the army is far away from Lushun and has lost its support, the governor must make a decision immediately. ”Yu Yin said: "If the information is true, plus Yue Le's army, the number of Qing soldiers outside the gate will increase to 150,000, three times that of me."
The governor now either enters Gaizhou to hold on, or quickly retreats to Lushun. ”The strength of the Wu Yue army outside the gate is actually close to 100,000, but half of them are Korean servant troops, and their combat effectiveness is low, and they are far away from Gaizhou, so Yu Yin did not count them.The city of Gaizhou is dilapidated, it is not easy to hold, Lushun was operated by Wu Yuejun into a fortress, Yue Le once besieged the city for thirteen months, but Lushun was not defeated.If the army withdraws to Lushun, relying on the city to hold on, relying on the reinforcement of supplies from the sea, it can have another defensive counterattack.In the big tent, among the many generals, many people agreed with Yu Yin's words.After all, many people are new to Wu Yue's army, and they are considered new troops, and they do not yet have the confidence to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, which is several times their size.Xie Qian paced back and forth in front of the sand table, then stopped, glanced at everyone, and asked in a deep voice, "You all see this way?"
”The generals looked at each other, Li Yuanyin came out of the ranks with his fists, and said loudly: "Governor, the last general does not agree with Yu's words to join the army." ”Xie Qian raised his hand and signaled, "General Li said!"
”Li Yuanyin pointed to the sand table, "Gaizhou is dilapidated and undefendable, if the army enters the city, it will be surrounded by the Qing army immediately, and at that time, like the Daling River and Jinzhou, dig trenches and besiege it, and the army will fall into death." ”Xie Qian's head, he would not choose to enter the Gaizhou hills, Wu Yue's army and the Qing army were tug-of-war in Liaodong, and both sides often dug trenches to fight.If Wu Yue's army was besieged in Gaizhou, the Qing army would inevitably dig deep trenches as they did in Daling River and Jinzhou, and the water in the siege of Gaizhou would be impassable.At that time, he could only wait for Jiangdong to send reinforcements, and if he wanted to break the encirclement of more than 100,000 Qing troops, Jiangdong would have to send at least 40,000 or 50,000 reinforcements.Although Wu Yueguo's naval army is strong, but to transport 40,000 or 50,000 troops to Liaodong in one go, it will take several months to prepare, and it is necessary to wait for a suitable monsoon, and he will definitely not be able to come to help in a short time.Xie Qian nodded, "You go on!"
”Li Yuanyin pointed to the sand table, "The Qing army gathered in Liaoyang and ran to Gaizhou in only two days, and the army was mainly an infantry army, and it would take at least seven or eight days to return to Lushun."
If you retreat to Lushun now, you will be caught up by the Qing army in the middle of the road, and then you can only rush to the battle, and you will inevitably be defeated. ”"What then?"
Yu Yin said with a calm face.Xie Qian raised his hand to make everyone quiet, and smashed his fist on the edge of the sand table, "Entering Gaizhou is death, the morale of the retreat will be discharged, and the Qing soldiers will chase after it, and there will be a big defeat."
That being the case, it should be fought to the death with the Qing soldiers in Gaizhou. ”When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be awe-struck.Xie Qian beckoned: "Come here!"
Let's see how this battle should be fought!
”Many generals surrounded the sand table, stared at Gaizhou, frowning and thinking.The Qing army has a huge advantage in strength, Gaizhou City is ruined, and it cannot be relied on, coupled with the fact that it is a field wave battle, and the Qing army has many cavalry, this battle can be said to be very difficult to fight.Zhang Jiayu pondered for a while, hugged his fists and said: "Dudu, if you want a decisive battle, you should start the battle quickly, and you can't let the Qing army be ready before the decisive battle!"
”Xie Qian shook his head when he heard this, and his eyes swept the sand table, "The Qing army is assembled in Liaoyang and wants to raid Gaizhou, and its scouts must be near Gaizhou to monitor the governor. ”Xie Qian pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered, "Pass on the order of the superintendent, the army immediately pulled out the camp, retreated across the Qingshui River, led the Qing cavalry to pursue, and then built fortifications in Yulin, and waited for the Qing army to cross the Qingshui River halfway, launched a counterattack, and fought a decisive battle with the Qing army on the south bank of the Qingshui River." ”Zhang Jiayu pondered for a while, clasped his fists and saluted, "Lushun Chengjian, the Qing army must be afraid that we will retreat to Lushun, once the army is detected retreating, it will definitely be in a panic and chase after it."
When the Qing army crossed the Qingshui River halfway, launched a counterattack, and fought a decisive battle, there was at least a fifty percent chance of victory.The Military Division agreed to the Governor's proposal. ”Yu Yin also said: "The lowly position also agrees with this proposal. ”Xie Qian saw the support of the two soldiers, and immediately said: "Since this is the case, all departments act according to the order."
In addition, Marshal Lin, you immediately go to Lianshan Pass, command your soldiers and horses, and storm Lianshan Pass.Zhang joins the army, you immediately send a boat to Jiangdong to inform His Highness. ”"No!"
Everyone clasped their fists together and answered loudly.Xie Qian looked around at everyone, shook his fist hard, and said in a solemn voice: "If you don't win this battle, you will die!"
”"Dare not to die!"
The generals lifted their spirits and shouted in response.As soon as the military order was given, the Wu Yue army inside and outside the city of Gaizhou immediately packed up, and the large group of soldiers and horses poured out of the camp, crossed the pontoon bridge in a panic, and retreated to the south.On the hill not far outside Gaizhou City, the Qing army scouts who infiltrated here saw Wu Yuejun's movements, and the face of the scout led by the scout changed, "It's not good, the barbarian wants to slip, report to the prince quickly!"
”The two scouts hurriedly slipped down the back of the hill, turned on their horses, and galloped away.In the camp of the Qing army in Haizhou, a large force of Qing cavalry came from Liaoyang in the north and entered the camp.At this time, Yue Le, Ao Bai, Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin, and others beat horses into the camp and entered a big tent.Yue Le took off his helmet, revealing his bare scalp, and said quite excitedly: "Hmph, Xie Qian is still thinking about attacking Shengjing, but he doesn't know that the Qing Dynasty has mobilized more than 100,000 cavalry.This time we will definitely be able to fight and wipe out the Liaodong barbarians. ”Many Qing generals couldn't help laughing, and said: "In order to prevent leakage of news, I suggest that the two blue flags and two yellow flags take a short rest, immediately go south, and insert themselves in the rear of Gaizhou in a roundabout way to cut off the way for the barbarians to retreat south." ”Yue Le said: "This is natural, the army has a full meal, and the two blue flags and two yellow flags immediately go south, and Horqin and Chahar will follow. ”As he was talking, a general came in a hurry and reported urgently, "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, the Gaizhou barbarians have withdrawn." ”When Ao Bai heard this, he was furious, and put the teacup on the ground, "The barbarian wants to escape!"
”Yue Le got up, picked up his helmet, and shouted urgently: "Quick, give an order to the whole army, go south immediately, don't let the barbarians escape." ”The passionate horn sounded throughout the camp of the Qing army in Haizhou, and the cavalry of the Qing army who had just entered the camp had not had time to eat a mouthful of hot food, so they turned over and galloped out of the camp.For a time, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed southward, like mercury overflowing the earth.Yue Le, Ao Bai and others hurriedly turned over their horses and led the cavalry to pursue, and the Qing army camp jumped for a while......
In the early morning of the next day, on the north bank of the Qingshui River, there was a sudden thunder in the distance, and the Qing army trampled on the earth and rolled up the dust.At this time, on the pontoon bridge of the Qingshui River, a team of Wu Yue soldiers hurriedly poured fire oil on the bridge, piled up firewood and grass, and then lit the pontoon bridge with fire, and the smoke suddenly rose to the sky.The cavalry of the Qing army ran wildly all the way, galloped to the bank of the river, and was blocked by the Qingshui River, and the Qing army on the north bank gathered more and more, gradually covering the land.Yue Le, Ao Bai and others reined in their horses by the river, looking at the figure of Wu Yuejun fleeing on the south bank, Ao Bai suddenly roared, "Quick, build a pontoon bridge, and the army will cross the river to pursue!"
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