Chapter 338 Bloody Battle of Shaanxi's Yellow River Red (12)
Po Nubo took advantage of the issue and expressed his dissatisfaction with Po Nubo's mansion being driven out of the capital. In particular, Po Nubo threatened the court to drive the back army to Shanxi. Po Nubo's subtext was to force him to drive the rebels to the capital if he was anxious. This naked threat made Yu Hongtu unable to calm down. If Po Nubo really did millions of chaotic people like this, their backer, Eunuch Wei, would definitely pay the price for this.
Guo Ruanan, who reacted very quickly, took the lead in kicking the earless eunuch at his wound. The eunuch who did not dare to wailed loudly fainted on the spot. The slave-brother Zhang Ping'an ignored these boring things and went directly to the staff tent. As soon as he entered the staff tent, he saw Qu Guozheng waiting for him with shame on his face. Without Zhang Ping'an guessing, Qu Guozheng must have felt guilty for the Intelligence Department's failure to find out the content of this imperial edict. In response, Zhang Ping'an verbally repaired Qu Guozheng and then comforted him.
Qu Guozheng, who had been with Zhang Dashen all day, immediately felt something strange. Zhang Dashen's behavior this time was a bit strange, unlike his usual behavior. This means that the move of the Po Nu Bo Mansion and Xuan Wei envoy was something that Zhang Dashen hoped to accomplish. Zhang Dashen rebuked him, because as the commander of the first army, he had to strictly restrain his subordinates from making mistakes. As for comfort, it was just a means by Zhang Dashen's subordinates.
Gu Xin did not participate in these things. He was concerned about the current battlefield. The elite troops of the Hui army were destroyed in today's battle. The Hui army who had lost its mobile combat capabilities could only send infantry to fight step by step, which opened a convenient door for the General Staff to formulate a combat plan. Seeing the battle report from Zhang Ping'an holding a scout, Gu Xin did not disturb him, but instead improved the map with a group of small staff.
"I said Gu Xin, do you think the return army will cut off our military rations from the south?"
Mr. Zhang's sudden question made Gu Xin turn his eyes to the south of Lingzhou. After looking at him for a while, Gu Xin shook his head: "It shouldn't be. If I return to the commander, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing! If the main force of the cavalry of the return army is there, the general's concern makes sense. Our scouts have a range of activities beyond the front battlefield. We want to cut off our rations and the troops can be solved by the less than 100,000 soldiers. If the troops are large, the troops will not be found by the scouts before they reach the rear of our army. If there are less than 50,000 soldiers, we will not cut off our rations and the troops will be killed. Hahaha! Isn't it that the 50,000 soldiers will run behind our army and come to seek death!"
Zhang Ping'an also recognized Guxindi's analysis when he looked at the map. When his eyes were at the Pinglu District of Ningxia, he couldn't help but sigh: "Oh! Such a great opportunity was spared in vain, I'm not willing to give up!"
As he said that, he got up and walked to the map, picked up the map side whip and pointed it at Ningxia Pinglu for a few light touches. Gu Xin also fell into deep thought when he saw this. After a while, Gu Xin made a suggestion: "We send a team of thousands of scouts to the north to send a message. We will try to walk along the Great Wall with one man and three horses. If the return army lacks cavalry, it will not be a big threat to us."
Gu Xin's suggestion made Zhang Ping'an very moved. According to the reward of Hu Ming's scout, the Hui army did not deploy defenses along the Great Wall. Their defense focus was concentrated in the northern part of Lingzhou and Ningxia Pinglu Station. Thinking of this, Zhang Ping'an turned to Gu Xin beside him and said, "This is a solution. I guess Wu Tianxing and Xu Zhen should go west of Wuliangsuhai or further away. Maybe they walked to five hundred miles north of Chazishan."
Speaking of this, Zhang Ping'an pointed to the Chazishan north of Ningxia Town: "There are too few scouts, and I plan to send you to take my gold medal to command this army. Hehehe! Qi Heng, Pang Guang is easy to say, Wu Tianxing and Xu Zhen can not command the ground. Only you, the chief of staff of the Po Slave Army, will you listen to the words of you, the chief of staff of the Po Slave Army! You bring 5,000 cavalry of the Personal Barracks, well, Du Liang, the deputy commander of the Personal Barracks, will go with you; you will take 1,000 engineers from the Engineering Battalion; we will attack the troops from both sides, and if it is possible, you will lead the troops to defeat the Ningxia Guards. As long as Ma Tengyao's nest is taken out by our Po Slave Army, the morale of the army will be in chaos! Oh, by the way, you will send my order to the Mongolian tribes and ask them to help!"
Gu Xin also understood Zhang Ping'an's strategic deployment. As the chief of staff of the Slave Army, Gu Xin knew very well that the food reserves of the returning army were basically concentrated in Ningxia Gu Tai. Zhang Dashi wanted to cut off the food reserves of the returning army, and then eliminate the will to resist, kill less people and capture as much of the people as possible. In response, Gu Xin immediately wrote a command to Zhang Boss to sign. After Zhang Ping'an signed, Gu Xin took the command to make preparations.
He did not move back for two consecutive days, and Zhang Ping'an was happy to be idle. He sat on the podium as usual every day, drinking the northwest wind happily. The change of the little fox Zhang Ping'an fell into the eyes of Sun Chengzong, who was accompanying the watch. He also knew from the intelligence of the Jinyiwei that the Jurchens were very likely to launch a new round of attacks on Ponu City. The little fox's hometown was about to be taken out. Why are he happy? Out of the friendship between the two, Sun Chengzong still kindly reminded the little fox Zhang Ping'an: "Bound Ponu! The Jinyiwei sent intelligence, and the Jurchens stopped attacking the Jinyiwei's defense line and were gathering in Guangning. You don't worry..."
Although Sun Chengzong had not finished speaking, Zhang Ping'an still heard Sun Chengzong's sincere concern. In response, Zhang Ping'an put away his comfortable smile, and his eyes were filled with vicious expressions. When he turned his face to face Sun Chengzong, there was a little warmth in his sinister eyes.
"The supervisor is intent! Alas, it's fake to say that it's not worrying, but what's the use of being anxious? The commander of the Return Army, Ma Tengyao, was anxious and threw his main cavalry on the battlefield. No matter what major happens in Ponu City, I have to grit my teeth here. If the Ponu Army retreats, the Ming Dynasty's capital official army will not win this battle at all!"
Zhang Ping'an knew very well that this time the suppression of the return army was his only opportunity to accumulate population in recent years. The Ming Dynasty gave food and grass and *. The Pou Nu Army had less concerns about food and supplies. With these populations, the Pou Nu Army could compete with Lin Danhan, the former overlord of the grassland. With these populations, his war against the Jurchens had a basis for victory.
In Zhang Ping'an's mind, there was the nail "Zhenhu Fort" in front of him, there were Dingnu, Zhennu, Zhenjun, Zhenrong, Baishan, and iron locked the outer defense line. The artillery team, Sister Yang, also had the murderous weapon "*" in his hand. If the Jurchens didn't die, there were more than 100,000 people who couldn't even touch the edge of Ponu City. In addition, Lu Xiangsheng was in charge of Ponu City, and Zhang Li, a fierce general in the Ponu Army, assisted him, and it would be no problem to stick to Ponu City for half a year.
It was precisely because of these strategic considerations that Zhang Ping'an calmed down and compared himself to Ma Tengyao to be patient. However, the words he said were still very beautiful. If Sun Chengzong did not know the little fox's character, he would have thought that another loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty had appeared in the Ming Dynasty.
"Bo Nu's words are very impressive! But where did your little chief of staff go?"
"The supervisor has a far-reaching vision! Hehe! I asked him to lead his troops to directly take out Ma Tengyao's retreat. According to the torture of the scouts who were captured by my scout, Ma Tengyao concentrated 70% of the food and grass in Ningxia Acropolis. I have a whole line of reinforcements that are located in the territory of the Tumote tribe in Mongolia. I can't take down the Ningxia Guards in the 100,000 slave troops along the way? As long as I take down Ningxia Guards, Ma Tengyao's death will not be far away."
Speaking of this, Zhang Ping'an turned around and pointed his hand at Lingzhou City: "I will leave after this battle! Don't ask me for the aftermath. As long as the supervisor is in Shaanxi for one day, the Mongolians outside the pass will not cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty. However, if the supervisor cannot control the Ming Dynasty's official army, if they run outside the pass to find trouble, the Mongolians will come to the pass to the court to tell me that the price is not small!"
After hearing the little fox's words, Sun Chengzong was quite moved. The little fox was thorough in thinking about the problem and even made detailed arrangements for the Mongols to enter the pass under what circumstances. In this regard, Sun Chengzong could only silently accept the little fox's kindness.
When the old fox was having a happy chat, there was a new movement in the return camp. Zhang Ping'an looked up and saw that it was about three o'clock in the afternoon (about three o'clock in the afternoon). The return army left the camp at this time of neither early nor late, which made Zhang Ping'an very puzzled. Soon Zhang Ping'an understood Ma Tengyao's tactics on the command platform. Although Ma Tengyao lost the main force of the cavalry, his infantry was still strong. He adopted a gradual advancement method to camp for five miles, preparing to use this stupid but effective tactic to penetrate behind Huang Zhimen of the Po Slave Army.
Seeing the tactics of returning troops, Zhang Ping'an took out a notepad from his arms, took off his gloves and calculated when the return troops would be able to camp behind Huang Zhi. During the calculation process, Zhang Ping'an seemed to be a little unsure. He moved a horse slap and sat in front of a high-power telescope to observe the speed of returning troops building the camp. After more than half an hour of observation, Zhang Ping'an began to draw a charcoal pen on the notebook for a while, and looked up at Sun Chengzong and smiled strangely: "Supervisor! The wind is strong here, let's go back to the camp to rest!"
Sun Chengzong nodded, and they got off the command platform and rode back to the coach's tent. As soon as Zhang Ping'an entered the door, sat in front of the stove, took off his gloves and rubbed his frozen hands quickly. The personal guard Qian Zheng Hao Yidao immediately placed a tea table beside them and poured out hot milk tea for the two of them. After Zhang Ping'an poured two sips of milk tea, he personally marked the possible attack route of the return army on the sand table.
When Sun Chengzong saw that Zhang Ping'an was concentrating on using red cloth arrows to mark the camp where he returned to the army today, and then took out a cloth arrow to mark the location of the next camp for the return army. After doing all this, Zhang Ping'an said to Sun Chengzong with some expectations: "Old man! If you return to the army to build a camp here tomorrow, you can write good news to the emperor!"
"You bad boy, don't be underestimating the enemy again! If the return army is really stuck behind Huang Zhi's army in the Possess Army, you can't defeat the return army camp, and Huang Zhi's army is really in danger!"
Chapter completed!