Lord of Ming Dynasty

Merlin Yu thought for a while, then turned to him and said, "Is there no candidate for your staff?" The chief of staff said, "There are candidates, one is called Wan Dou Ni, and the other is called Tian Ying."

Merlin Yu looked at him, he had no impression of these two people, he had only taken over the Corps for a short time, and he didn't know Xuanyuan Longfei's Corps Staff Department very well.

The chief of staff guessed what he was thinking, "Wan Dou Ni is the son of Wan Siyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who went to the military academy and was assigned to our staff department a few days ago. Xiucai is because of his anxious face. He is only in his twenties, but he looks like a middle-aged man. He is not powerful and domineering. He is a good soldier. He used to be in the militia. His father is a scholar, but look It seems that he is older than his father, so he is called an old scholar, his culture is good, and he has been trained at the bottom and has rich combat experience."

"Pea bird?" Merlin didn't hear clearly. As a southerner, he was a little uncomfortable listening to the words of the chief of staff from the north, so he heard "pea bird."

The chief of staff held his forehead, with an expression that I knew was the same. Although the Huaxia Kingdom has implemented simplified characters and vigorously promoted Mandarin, the regional Mandarin in various places still cannot be changed, so he is still a little uneasy about himself. The leaders from the south are more difficult, but because he is also from a good background, he is the third batch of soldiers trained by Zhang Qiang. He can serve as the chief of staff of the Corps.

"My lord, it's Wandou Ni, not Pea Bird," the chief of staff corrected.

Merlin Yu nodded embarrassingly, "Okay, it's Wan Shangshu's son, so let him lead the army, let Tianying assist him, the two will be the chief and deputy heads of the temporary combat regiment, but their original The official position remains the same, so be it.”

After that, Mei Linyu reported the situation to Xiao Fei in the staff department. After Zhang Qiang got Xiao Fei's report, he said to Xiao Fei: "Hit, hit hard. Since they dare to hit, let's hit them out and wipe them out hard. enemy."

What Zhang Qiang meant was that a lot of soldiers and horses had been mobilized anyway. If the enemy could take advantage of their weakness when they were young, then Shang Kexi's troops could be held back so that the Qing army of Shang Kexi's troops could not cross the river to support Yao Qisheng's army. The Qing army's attack on Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture will reduce the pressure on the Bagyalu Corps a lot.

Now that Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture has not yet stabilized, internally it is necessary to change the hearts of the people, build roads, and truly bring Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture into the rule of the Chinese Kingdom. Externally, it is necessary to defeat the Qing Dynasty's attack on Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, and on the other hand, it is necessary to guard against Yarkand Khan. The Yarkand Khanate is best at sneak attacks. They have attacked the Mongolian tribes of the Qing Dynasty several times, and beat the Mongolian tribes to pieces. The Mongols’ eyes are full of tears. Back then, they How did the famous Khans conquer the Western Regions and conquer the Persian Kingdom, and now they have been beaten by those mixed-race Persians and have no place to hide.

When Wan Douni and Tianying arrived at the newly formed temporary field division field regiment, the soldiers and horses dispatched by various ministries were already in place. It took a day to cross the Yellow River and arrived at the county seat of Ruicheng County.

At this time, Ruicheng County was in chaos. People from the elite militia brigade continued to send horses and scouts to investigate the opposite mountain. At the same time, they sent reinforcements to Dawang Town. The six-pound guns and three-pound guns, with a cavalry company, opened the way and quickly reinforced Dawang Town.

Unfortunately, they were attacked by a thousand Miao troops in the mountains, and they stood on a hillside waiting for reinforcements.

Fifty or sixty cavalry were lost.

The enemy is completely prepared to attack, and there are many troops, not only the 800 people.

Wan Dou Ni sat down and said to Tianying: "Go ahead, take a cavalry company, an infantry company, artillery and militia units, try to rescue those troops, don't let them suffer heavy losses."

"Yes, Lord General." Tianying solemnly saluted and went down to dispatch troops.

Wan Douni turned around and looked at the captain of the elite militia brigade, a garrison general, he could serve as a staff officer in the Corps' staff department, and he had been out of the military academy for several years. This official position must be very high, at least higher than this garrison general. He is still the general of the elite brigade of the militia. If the general of the ordinary brigade of the militia is at most a commander of a thousand households or a thousand households.

"Is there any information from the Ministry of Military Intelligence? Bring it to me. I want the military deployment and situation of the Shang Kexi Department in the last month. In addition, I want your militia brigade and all the Chinese and Qing troops on the north bank of the Yellow River to deploy and confront each other. .” He said to the guard.

"Yes, Sir General." The defense now has a backbone, and they are not so flustered. They used to cooperate with each other in battle, and usually defend the place. They are not afraid of the enemy's regular attack, but if the enemy has some conspiracy, they are not able to deal with it. It's over, they have to find the troops of the field division to solve it, otherwise they always feel like they are missing something.

The main reason is that they are used to fighting with the field army.

The garrison turned around and left. After a while, he didn't bring any information, but came in a hurry, "General, Mo Nan Town, Mo Nan Town was attacked by a thousand chieftain soldiers from the enemy. An ordinary militia company there sent someone to ask for help. , the enemy massacred the people in several nearby villages, and hung the heads of those people on their waists. When they came to the town, they were stopped by the militia company. They threw their heads in front of the town and were calling for battle. , sent a few mountain people back to report."

"Crack, damn it, the enemy is too rampant." Wan Dou Ni shouted.

The guard quickly said: "My lord, my lord, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, the enemy is deliberately trying to disperse our troops. They have been fighting Dawang Town for three days and haven't taken it down. What's the situation? Could it be that they can't take it down with 800 people? A small town with only two and a half platoons and 150 people? This is because they want to attract our people to rescue, and they want us to divide our troops around so that we can attack our county."

Wan Douni patted the table and said, "Then why don't you bring me the information quickly? I'll understand the enemy's strength after reading it."

"Yes, yes, yes," Defensively admitted, with sweat dripping from his brow, as he cursed inwardly, has this guy ever fought?Why does he look like a dandy young master, without any plans, but instead gets angry at himself here?

But he didn't dare to contradict Wan Dou Ni, and hurried to the information.

Wan Douni looked at the sand table on the table with her hands behind her back and said nothing.

What is the enemy thinking?What is their purpose?

It is obvious that the enemy will not pass through here. There is a mountain a few kilometers ahead. Although the mountain is not high, it is still several hundred meters long. The span is still large, more than ten kilometers wide. If you come from the mountains, you will definitely not be able to go fast, or you won’t be able to get through your luggage. This is not like a mistake that a person who has run a military force for decades should make. They... Wan Dou Ni’s eyes fell on the ferry in Fenghuang Town. The terrain is more suitable for crossing the army.

Where will they attack after crossing the army?

Tongguan, yes, they can enter Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture from Tongguan, and attack the troops of the Huaxia Army in Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture from behind. Go up to reinforce the Bagyaru Corps.

As a staff officer, he quickly analyzed the enemy's intentions.

Shang Kexi's soldiers and forces, he already knew a little bit from the Corps Staff Headquarters. If their soldiers wanted to fight the Merlin Fish Field Division of the Huaxia Kingdom, it would definitely not work, but if they wanted to harass and hold them back, then they would definitely do.

Most people must think that they will cross the river directly from Shanxi Prefecture to the opposite Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, so they would not have thought that they would directly attack the Yellow River Ferry in Henan Prefecture, and then attack them by surprise, disrupt the deployment of the Huaxia Army, and contain the troops of the Huaxia Army. It made the Huaxia Army dare not move around, and Shang Kexi's Qing army had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to drive the Huaxia Army across the Yellow River.

Squeezing the bridgehead troops of the Huaxia Army across the river and destroying the two militia units is definitely not difficult for Shang Kexi's Qing army. The army cannot reinforce Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture. The staff of the Corps has long analyzed the role of Shang Kexi's troops in the Qing Dynasty's march into Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture.

So this time, does Shang Kexi want to eat up this part of the soldiers, or do he feign a shot to take down the ferry, and then send troops to harass the Huaxia Army?

This cannot be determined, and it is necessary to prepare for the worst. The enemy may overwhelm the entire army and wipe out these troops on the north bank.

Then the troops they brought would not be enough.

There are 3000 elite militia brigades, including 3000 soldiers. They are all veterans who were transferred to Henan Province and merged with the garrison brigade to form a new garrison brigade. The remaining [-] soldiers and horses do not have high combat effectiveness. Well, the extra [-] people are actually newly joined civilian men who are responsible for supplying the elite militia brigade, and at the same time supplying other troops, and are responsible for some non-combat personnel who are in charge of livestock.

The ordinary brigade of the militia has only 5000 troops, and they are stationed in the villages to maintain law and order and establish a civilian militia self-defense force. They are stationed in remote villages and intersections, and the towns around the county town are garrisoned by the companies of the elite militia brigade.

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The garrison general ran over, holding a lot of intelligence materials, and placed them in front of him. Wan Dou Ni blinked at him, "Where is that army defending Phoenix Town?"

The garrison general said: "Where is the headquarters of the ordinary militia brigade? There are a total of [-] ordinary militiamen defending there. We also have a battalion there, and there is also a battalion of the Ninth Field Division. Now the Ninth Field Division Brigade has been transferred to Heyang Town was stationed to protect the flanks of the Corps, while monitoring the enemy on the other side, and also communicated with an elite militia brigade transferred from Henan Province to Yulin Township on the other side of the mountain. Further up was an ordinary militia brigade of the Bagyalu Corps. A few days ago, it was under the control of our corps and was transferred to the upstream ferry."

Wan Dou Ni nodded slightly and said: "If you do this, send troops and horses, don't send them together, send them one by one, let them go to various places in military uniforms, and find a hidden place halfway to change into the clothes of ordinary villagers. Hide the weapons and equipment, and then find a small road to transport them back quietly, and the people will follow, let everyone disperse, in twos and threes, don't let the enemy recognize it, and give the enemy the illusion that you are constantly sending troops and horses to reinforce various places, of course you can't Doing all this, a small number of people still have to be sent out for reinforcements."

The garrison general stared at him, wondering what he was going to play?

Wan Dou Ni did not explain to him, "You plan how to do it, and it will start to be implemented in half an hour. Send fewer people during the day, send real reinforcements, send more people at night, and send civilian husbands out. Real troops should be sent as little as possible. Find a way to bring the weapons back."

The garrison general frowned and said: "You mean we let the enemy think that all the soldiers and horses in the county have been sent out, and the county is empty of troops?"

Wan Douni nodded, "Yes, the enemy must have thought of a plan. They attacked all over the place just to let us disperse our forces. Let them think that they have succeeded, let them see their detailed operations, and then we will give them a surprise when the time comes. .By the way, how many soldiers and horses are there in the county?"

The garrison general thought for a while, "Two thousand soldiers and horses guarding the headquarters, another two hundred yamen servants and arresters, and fifteen hundred civilians, plus a regiment from you, 500 troops, almost four of us. Thousands of battle-worthy soldiers, [-] reserve teams, if possible, transfer back [-] civilians from the nearest town and a battalion of [-] people, almost [-] soldiers and horses."

Wan Dou Ni said to the garrison general: "Can you contact the battalion of the Ninth Field Division? Remind them that the enemy is likely to plan to attack them. You can send [-] troops from the rear to reinforce them. Soldiers and horses from nearby villages mobilized a thousand to reinforce them.

I guess the main purpose of the enemy is not to attack our county, but mainly to make them think that we are in danger by attacking us, so they send troops to reinforce us.

You let the soldiers and horses you draw out try to set off at night as much as possible, sneak to the edge of the ferry in Phoenix Town, wait for the enemy's attack to start, and let them quickly rush into Phoenix Town for reinforcements, or attack the enemy's stragglers on the periphery. "

He stared at the garrison general and asked, "Do you understand?"

The garrison general was thoughtful, and saluted for a while, "Understood, I will execute it now."

Wan Dou Ni rubbed his forehead, although he used to be the staff officer of the Corps, as was Tianying, but now he is the temporary regiment commander, so in name he can no longer give orders, even if it is to inform, he has to report Ninth Field Division Headquarters.

His order can only be accepted after the two parties contact each other, and his order has to be signed by the chief of staff, and then the admiral of the corps, Merlin Yu, can sign and agree. Go to inform, he is directly under the leadership, and he can command the ordinary brigade of the militia somewhere.

On the border of the Huaxia Kingdom, there are ordinary militia brigades and militia elite brigades that cooperate in combat.

On the contrary, the garrison brigade is armed with local security forces and does not belong to the ranks of combat troops.

Now the Corps can mobilize the garrison brigade in Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, which belongs to the theater, to participate in operations, but the garrison brigade in Henan Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War of the Cabinet, and can only cooperate in combat and cannot be dispatched.