Chapter 163 Yanggu County

Wu Sangui is only 26 or 27 years old, but he has been promoted to the position of general officer. This is very rare in the Ming court. The main reason why Wu Sangui has been promoted so quickly is that he is from the family of generals in Liaodong. His father, Wu Xiang, has long been a general. Since he was a child. With his father, he learned good martial arts skills and was admitted to martial arts at a young age. In addition, his uncle was Zu Dashou, and he was also a man who held heavy soldiers in Liaodong. In such a family situation, Wu Sangui could not be promoted slowly. What's more, he climbed high diving in his early years. Under the maintenance of high diving, he was promoted like a rocket. Get up, now, not only if he is young, he has already sat in the position of chief soldier. He is in charge of tens of thousands of Liaodong troops under his command of the Wu family. At present, he is an absolute red man in the court.

This time, Wu Sangui was ordered to go south. In fact, he did not want to come. First, because this time he went south, he had to deal with the fierce Xing Tianjun. You should know that Xing Tianjun was also a terrible soldier like Jiannu, and even Jiannu was not even their opponent. Last year, Xing Tianjun went north to fight against Jiannu. Everyone knows what was proclaimed by Xing Tianjun, and everyone outside the customs also knows that this time, Jiannu entered the bandit. In the Funan area, he encountered Xing Tianjun and fell down. If it hadn't been for the later fact that the court sent Zuo Liangyu to raid Nanyang Mansion controlled by Xing Tianjun, and slaughtered Nanyang and angered the Xing Tianjun to return to the south, Jiannu Army would not have been easy. He broke into Shandong again. After a big plunder, he conquered Jinan Prefecture and captured a large number of slaves, property and livestock and returned to the customs. Therefore, among the armies in Liaodong, they now also have a fear of the Xing Tianjun, so Wu Sangui thought that going south this time was a dangerous thing.

In addition, the foundation of the Wu family is outside the customs. After he led his troops south, it is likely that it belongs to their interests outside the customs and is likely to be divided up by others. Therefore, it is a thankless thing to go south to fight Xing Tianjun. Although he is reluctant, after all, he is still the general officer of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court. The emperor personally ordered him to enter the customs to suppress the bandits. If he does not enter the customs, he will not respect the order. This is the charge of extermination. What the Wu family now has now is given to them by Daming. If it annoys the emperor, the emperor still has the ability to take back everything they have. Some military generals are happy to share their Wu family's property.

Therefore, at present, Wu Sangui has to lead his troops south by order, but he is in a very bad mood, and this Sun Chuanting doesn't look very easy to mess with. Now they have to go to Jiningzhou to deal with the army of Xing Tianjun, which can't help but make Wu Sangui a little uneasy.

Wu Sangui is actually a two-faced personality. At some points, he shows wit and courage, which is why he has been promoted so quickly. Over the years, he has also made many battles with Jiannu, large and small, and has made some achievements. This is the wit and bravery in his character. The performance.

But on the other hand, Wu Sangui also has a greedy and fear of death and speculation. In the battles with Jiannu, he has also escaped from the battle, so the two sides of his personality determine that he is not destined to be a loyal minister.

After leaving Shunde Mansion, Wu Sangui had a sense of uneasiness. He did not know anything about Xing Tianjun and had never fought with Xing Tianjun. He was more about hearing rumors and more or less about Xing Tianjun. From all kinds of rumors, he can get a In conclusion, the tactics of Xing Tianjun are very unusual. There are a large number of fire guns, and there are basically not many bows and crossbows, which is very difficult to deal with. Therefore, when he went south this time, Wu Sangui pulled six Hongyi cannons as much as possible. He thought that if he did so, he would have an advantage in firepower and was more confident in dealing with Xing Tianjun. .

After leaving Shunde Mansion, Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui were very careful. They kept sending out nights along the way to explore the way. They walked carefully all the way for fear of being ambushed by Xing Tianjun.

Until they arrived in Xin County, they did not find a large number of people and horses of the Xing Tianjun, and they only sent back the news that they met a few Xing Tianjun's riders on the way. These Xing Tianjun's riders were exploring the movements of their army.

It was not until here that Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui put down a little bit. Yanggu County is ahead. After passing Yanggu, it is basically close to Jining Prefecture. If you don't meet the main force of the Xingtian Army here, it means that the Xing Tianjun is indeed north of the Yellow River, which makes it a suspect, and the thief army can I'm sure it's gathering troops to attack Jining Prefecture.

But their mood was only relaxed for a day. Just as Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's army entered Yanggu County at the beginning of March, they began to send back bad news, that is, there was still a right wing in front of them, and they began to find that the number of Xing Tianjun's sentry riders had increased, and And these sentry riders also began to fight head-on with the officers and soldiers, and tried to block the officers and soldiers to continue to explore farther away.

After Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui learned the news, they were immediately alert. After all, Sun Chuanting has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has also repeatedly fought with Xing Tianjun during this period. He has somewhat learned some of Xing Tianjun's military habits.

He has long found that Xing Tianjun attaches great importance to the use of scouts, is used to controlling the battlefield in their hands, and rarely fights unprepared battles. In addition, the people are also willing to help them and help them convey news, which makes the officers and soldiers repeatedly suffer losses in this regard. It can be said that he sent troops to attack the territory of Xing Tianjun several times. They were all defeated by the Xing Tianjun who were found out in advance. They were defeated several times, and they were all in a mess that he was ambushed and repaired by the Xing Tianjun in advance.

So today, as soon as I heard that the sentry of Xing Tianjun was suddenly increasing in front of me, I immediately realized that the situation might be wrong, so I immediately ordered to stop moving forward and urgently ordered all the troops to camp on the spot and build a barracks.

And Wu Sangui was also more careful when he went south this time. He did not despise Xing Tianjun like several other colleagues who went south, but followed his father Wu Xiang's warning and asked him to act carefully. He could not fall into the full set of Xing Tianjun. Therefore, after learning that the number of sentries of Xing Tianjun around him had increased, he also Shang became alert, quickly stopped according to Sun Chuanting's order, immediately contracted the troops, formed several large arrays, and began to camp on the spot.

Both Sun and Wu have an idea, that is, Xing Tianjun has many tricks. It's better to slow down than make big mistakes. Sun Chuanding suffered too much in front of Xing Tianjun during this period and absorbed lessons, while Wu Sangui cherished the soldiers at all and didn't want to be with Xing Tianjun. Lang Zhan, he originally complained about Sun Chuanting's order to follow him to Jining Prefecture this time. He originally wanted to get Bai Guangen's errand and stay in Shunde Mansion and Guangping Mansion, but Sun Chuanting saw that he was the strongest force led south this time, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, so he left him by his side and let Wu Sangui Quite dejected.

In the area of Yanggu County, the people here heard in advance that they wanted to pass the army, so they could run away early, and those who couldn't run also hid. Yanggu County announced martial law early and closed the city gate. No matter who it was against, Yanggu County was ready, and there was no intention to let the officers and soldiers enter the city at all. In the field, in addition to the wild flowers blooming everywhere, the sprouting wheat seedlings in the field show a green color. Basically, no one can be seen. What you can see is roughly only the nightless team of the officers and soldiers around the army. From time to time, there will be some scouts belonging to the Xingtian Army. They encountered each other, and the two sides immediately began to fight. After you chased me and killed me, and then left two bodies, you quickly left.

The scouts and night of both sides are trying to break through the other's warning curtain and search as far as possible. However, both sides have sent a large number of sent outposts. As a result, it is inevitable that they will meet in such a narrow area. What's more, the flat river in Yanggu County is basically a plain, unobstructed, old From afar, you can find each other's existence. Only some groves, ditches and villages scattered on the plain can provide some cover for them. Therefore, the sentry riders of the two sides were the first to catch fire and kicked off the war.

As a border army, these officers and soldiers are indeed much stronger than the officers and soldiers in the mainland, especially at night. They are also the essence of the border army. Basically, they are all old soldiers, and they are all skilled. Otherwise, they have been working with Jiannu outside the customs all year round. If they don't have the ability, they can't give birth at all. Cun, there are also some very fierce people, so after searching before being ordered, the performance of this group, which belongs to Wu Sangui, is quite good.

Unfortunately, the opponent they met this time is the Xing Tianjun, which is not weaker than the Jiannu Army outside the customs. The scouts of the Xing Tianjun are also composed of elites in the army. What's more, Xiao Tianjian has always attached great importance to the role of the scouts. In this era when he can only use his eyes to investigate, he wants to take the initiative on the battlefield. We can't ignore the role of the scouts. For this reason, Xing Tianjun has suffered losses. Therefore, in order to win every war, Xing Tianjun will send a large number of scouts to the battlefield to investigate, and the proportion of scouts of Xing Tianjun is probably the highest among the armies in this era. If it is gathered, the base of the scout brigade It can be regarded as a super cavalry battalion.

What's more, the scouts of the Xing Tianjun also have a great advantage. That is the monoculars created by Xiao Tianjian at the expense of a lot of money. The scouts of the Xing Tianjun often look farther than the enemy's sentry during the day, and they can find the enemy in advance, even without taking the risk of getting too close to the enemy. It is also an advantage that other armies can't compare with the situation of the enemy for the time being.

So although Wu Sangui's night is not receiving it very tough, but when he meets the Xing Tianjun's scouts, he can't get any advantage. Xing Tianjun's scouts often find them in advance, and immediately gathers two or three nearby scouts to fight against the officers and soldiers at night. The team was caught off guard. In addition, the scouts of the Xingtian Army, in the past two years, have also created a large number of short gears for them, cavalry and officers since they started manufacturing a large number of fire. This kind of hand gun also uses a flinch device, which makes it much simpler to use. The gun tube is often loaded in advance, and And plug the muzzle with a plug. When using it, pull out the plug of the muzzle, and the opening head can be fired. It is much better than the three-eyed bargear equipped with a large number of Guanning Army. When shooting at close range, it is also very powerful, and it is scattered. When dealing with the enemy's sentry that is also not wearing heavy armor, it is often surprising to win.

That's exactly what happened. Although the officers and soldiers did their best at night, they were suffocated in the area of Yanggu County. They were suppressed by the Xing Tianjun's scouts that they could not tear open the other party's warning screen, so that they could not detect the situation farther away, so that they became blind and could not know the area outside the surrounding line of sight. The situation.

(I haven't had a reward for days! Today, I would like to thank the following thirty-two brothers of Xinli and Hongchen for their rewards! Ha ha!)