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Chapter 342: Bloody Battle of the Yellow River in Shaanxi (16)

After receiving the order from Shuai, Huang Zhi's flag-languager did not dare to neglect. He immediately found Huang Zhi, who was jumping to command with excitement, and told Zhang Dashuai Shuai. Huang Zhi immediately realized his mistake and ran to his command position.

Sun Chengzong, who was sitting on the front desk, saw Zhang Ping'an smugly and persuaded him kindly: "Pu Nu Bo should calm down. I heard that Ma Tengyao spread rumors that you want to kill all the world Huihui. Po Nu Bo's two armies fight and attack the heart first!"

"What the supervisor said is that the two armies are fighting and attacking the heart first! Ma Tengyao's move is extremely cruel. You see, everyone in the back army fights bravely and fears casualties, which is also for this sentence! But the attack is not yet time. After I defeat the slave army, I must destroy the spirit of the back army. This is the best time to attack the heart! Then I will release the prisoners of the Lingzhou return army back, and Ma Tengyao's rumors will be defeated without attacking!"

Zhang Ping'an reminded Sun Chengzong deeply that he was right. He walked back to his seat and looked at the battlefield. The attacking troops of the Po Nu Army had sent seven "decisive death" chariots to defeat the old camp of the Return Army. After blocking the Back Army's support troops, Huang Zhi's troops began to destroy the shield chariots that pose a great threat to the Po Nu Army. Taking advantage of this gap, Sun Chengzong asked the little fox: "Po Nu Bo, Hui people are also people of the Ming Dynasty. I hope you will treat them well in the future. You must not take your anger on them because of Ma Tengyao's rebellion."

"Hehehe! Please rest assured, Ping An has no prejudice against the Hui people. The prophets who believe in Hui people, including the Quran, are all teachings that teach people good. The difference between me and them is just different in belief. Ping An admired people include Zheng and Zheng under Emperor Chengzu. Unfortunately, the fleet led by Zheng was gone. The Ming Dynasty lacked Yang Wei's powerful weapons on the sea, which made the Red-haired Yi people show their power and the Ming Dynasty's inner sea."

The answer of the little fox Zhang Ping'an made Sun Chengzong feel at ease. In Sun Chengzong's opinion, the little fox was very broad and had a certain understanding of Islam. It seemed that the little fox envied Zheng He's feat of seven voyages to the West. For this reason, Sun Chengzong seemed unintentionally but was very targeted: "Oh! I can't tell the plan of Po Nu Bo and Yang Wei on the sea! But you don't even have a port to build a ship, you're thinking too much!"

Zhang Ping'an looked at the battlefield and subconsciously answered: "As long as I defeat Ma Tengyao, I will make arrangements for the future. I plan to establish Pinglucheng in Nuergandusi, and then set up the Hassan Wen Khanate for the Mongols on the northern foot of Mount Wen of the Khasan, including Tomuhewei, and Kuwu (author's note: Sakhalin Island) to build a shipyard."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ping'an suddenly woke up. He looked up and waved his hand to drive away Sun Qingwen, the butler who was serving Sun Chengzong. Then he leaned towards Sun Chengzong and lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "If you are a spy from the Jurchens, hehehe! My slave army will die without a place to die! I plan to spend twenty years immigrating there to let the people adapt to the climate there. I will minimize the scope of the Jurchens' life and strive not to let a Jurchens escape the net. The Jurchens are my biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Their ancestors once dominated the Central Plains. As long as I am there, I cannot let a Jurchens survive! However, the Ming Dynasty cannot make any trouble at the critical moment. If someone speaks wildly and says that he will wipe out the Liaodong Jurchens for several years, this person is the spy hidden in the Ming Dynasty. He wants to exhaust the limited military and financial resources of the Ming Dynasty in a very short time, and such people should be cut into pieces!"

As the former Liaodong governor, Sun Chengzong felt a map of Liaodong in his heart as Zhang Ping'an's story. If he really planned according to the big plan of the little fox, the Jurchens would be doomed. For this reason, Sun Chengzong was in agitation. It seemed that the little fox Zhang Ping'an's hatred for the Jurchens had penetrated into the bones. Later, Sun Chengzong was a little confused. Can this little fox have such kindness? As for what Zhang Ping'an said later, Sun Chengzong ignored it directly.

The reason why Zhang Ping'an explained to the old fox was to reduce resistance when transferring captured people. He found an excuse for forced migration people to go there, so that he could easily trade with the Ming Dynasty and trade strategic materials urgently needed by the slave army in the future. Zhang Ping'an, a later elves, knew that Yuan Chonghuan wrote a plan to pacify Liao, fooled Emperor Chongzhen to pacify Liao in the fifth year, and gained unprecedented power. With such a declining person in the Ming Dynasty, how could Zhang Ping'an deal with Lin Danhan with peace of mind?

Therefore, Zhang Ping'an tried every means to eliminate this hidden danger, but he made a counter-espionage plan and was seen through by the old fox again and again. Zhang Ping'an was quite dissatisfied with Sun Chengzong's death to protect Yuan Chonghuan. From the old fox's standpoint, Zhang Ping'an could still understand Sun Chengzong's intention. Therefore, today he digs a hole here first, and is preparing to bury Yuan Chonghuan at the right time.

After Zhang Ping'an fooled Sun Chengzong, he looked up and looked up at the sky. After seeing noon, he ordered someone to bring lunch. Today's lunch was a bowl of rice, carrots and beef, and served with a bowl of cabbage soup. Eating on the cold command platform, Zhang Ping'an did not dare to talk too much, for fear that the cold rice would hurt his stomach and get sick. Sun Chengzong also ate very quickly. He was speechless, so neither of them spoke, but just occasionally looked up to see the situation on the battlefield.

The Pou Nu Army, who was trapped in a stalemate, attacked the old camp of the Hui army, did not release the "decisive death" chariot under the command of Zhang Tong. The Pou Nu Army attacked the Ghost Sword Team and found that the construction of the old camp of the Hui army was extremely unsolid. The reason was that the materials for the construction of the camp were transported to the attacking Matouyan troops. The commander of the Hui army, Ma Tengyao, did not expect that the Pou Nu Army would attack his old camp. Although Ma Tengyao also knew that the construction site of the old camp was not solid, he held that many soldiers of the old camp were not taken seriously.

Zhang Tong is also a veteran in the battlefield. After discovering this weakness of the return army, he stopped the charge of the "decisive death" chariot. Instead, he used the chariot as artillery fire protection, musket soldiers carried out mid-range protection, and the Ghost Sword Team protected the Mongolian herd slaves and used oxen to drag the wall of the back army. Ma Tengyao, who was commanding on the high platform, immediately noticed the danger and ordered everyone in the old camp, including the elderly, weak, women and children, to build a new wall of the back army to block the gap.

The Hui army also understood that at this critical moment, they could not retreat at all. Their archers took advantage of the upper vents to shoot hatred arrows at the Posou Army. The elderly man in the old camp of the Hui army cried and pushed the wheelbarrow that had once transported food and grass to transport sand and soil to the open space full of the Hui army's corpses.

They wanted to form a new line of defense here to block the attack of the Posses' Army towards the deepest attack of the old camp of the Hui army. Tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers joined the death journey of building the new line of defense. Under the double destruction of the Posses' Army and the lead bullets of the muskets, they transported sand and soil to the new line of defense without fear of death. On the chariots that were flying with flesh and blood, these old and weak soldiers gradually built a short wall with their weak bodies. This was a short wall made of mixed blood and corpses, which was not high, but indestructible.

The officers and soldiers of the Pou Army, who were murderous, unconsciously too high the muzzle of the muzzle in their hands, and tears behind the silver armor blurred their vision. The shouts from the mouths of these people reminded the soldiers of the Pou Army of their parents at home, so that they could not bear to fire lead bullets at the people who were carrying soil bags back to the camp.

After dinner, Zhang Ping'an, who had been watching the formation, sat in front of a high-power telescope and watched all this quietly. Ma Tengyao sent the elderly, weak, women and children to fight to the death, successfully weakening the will of the Slave Army to attack. Seeing this, Zhang Ping'an's face was a little ashen. Zhang Tong was never ruthless when fighting foreigners, but he never could do anything ruthless when facing the Ming people. His first mistake was that he did not use the "decisive" chariot and failed to quickly open the battle gap. Second, after breaking through the wall of the return army, he did not consolidate the results of the war, and left time for the return army to react.

Zhang Tong's third mistake was that even though the Slave-Breaking Army crossbow cannons could advance to the wall of the Huijun village and bombard the high platform of the Huijun camp, the inner horse Tengyao command, but Zhang Tong failed to do so, but continued to destroy the Huijun fence wall. Although Zhang Ping'an saw Zhang Tong's various shortcomings in command, he did not order the removal of Zhang Tong's command. Years of experience in fighting wars told Zhang Ping'an that changing generals at the last minute is a taboo in military strategists, which will leave a strong shadow on Zhang Tong's future command.

In Zhang Ping'an's view, the growth of a general cannot be separated from bloody lessons. This time, the Slave-Breaking Army entered the pass, basically achieving the purpose of training troops and general training. Zhao Guangming, Gu Xin and Li Qingshui's command in the battle prove that they can all stand alone. Huang Zhi even innovated the musket tactics in the war, which is gratifying. Even Hu Ming, the hob meat, showed the overall situation under his tyranny. As for Zhang Tong's shortcomings, he could teach him alone after the war, which not only preserved Zhang Tong's face but also prevented Zhang Tong from leaving any problems of looking forward to the front and back.

Zhang Ping'an believes that the lesson learned here by the poor combat effectiveness of the Return Army will not be too great. If it is against the Mongolian Lin Dankhan or the Jurchen Huang Taiji, he will not dare to make any mistakes. In that case, the losses of the Pou Army will not be small. However, seeing that the Pou Army is cowardly in the face of the old and the weak, Zhang Ping'an made up his mind to mobilize Du Xiaoshan to lead the inspector team to the front line to supervise the battle.

When Zhang Ping'an turned his telescope to Huang Zhi's Matouyan position, he felt much happier. After Huang Zhi's army destroyed the shield chariot of the Hui army, he gradually retreated to the position. Huang Zhi's tactics were very in line with Zhang Ping'an's appetite. The live power of the Hui army at a distance was Zhang Ping'an's established policy. Huang Zhi's musket soldiers fired while retreating in sequence, and the revolving musket shooting ordered the Hui army to dare not pursue it easily. Under the attack of the musket soldiers of the Pound Army, the Hui army took one step and fell down.

After driving the Tian Pengshan troops of the Ponu Army out of the company camp, Ma Deyong, the deputy general of the Retro Army, was consolidating the defense of the camp, and he had no chance to attack the Matouyan position. When he wanted to cooperate with the frontal attack on Matouyan, it was dark, and Ma Deyong also knew the combat power of the Retro Army. Ye Zhan Hui did not have the ability to recover the wall of the Retro Army. In view of the Retro Army recovering the village wall, he had to send a message to his father Ma Tengyao and attack the Ponu Army position at Matouyan by dawn. (To be continued)
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