Chapter 480 Rescue Gao Yang (2)
The day is about to send troops to rescue Gao Yang. Li Guodong was ordered to go to Chen Xinjia's tent.
In Chen Xinjia's tent of the Central Army, the Guanning Army generals who came to the capital to serve the king had already gathered together. Before Chen Xinjia arrived, a group of Guanning Army generals saw Li Guodong coming in and discussed it. Cao Bianjiao was also among them. When Li Guodong came in, Cao Bianjiao walked up to him and patted Li Guodong on the shoulder: "Brother, we are meeting again!"
"Is this General Li Guodong, the General of Jinyang?" A young general with a fair face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a hooked nose, a knife-cut face, and a tiger-backed and wolf-waisted waist walked to Li Guodong.
"That's right! General Li, a hero who killed slaves, is like a fake one." Before Li Guodong could speak, Cao Bianjiao answered first.
"I've seen General Li! I'm here to Wu Sangui!" The man bowed.
Li Guodong quickly bowed and returned the gift: "I have met General Wu, I am the second one of Li!"
Wu Sangui's face opened, and a faint gloom that was filled with it was dissipated, and he bowed: "Look for a long time!"
"Li is lucky to be able to fight side by side with General Wu and attack Jiannu together!" Li Guodong smiled and bowed his hand back and said.
Wu Sangui suddenly laughed: "General Li, we are actually old acquaintances. There are no outsiders here, they are all generals of Guanning Army. To be honest, the cigarettes used by our Guanning Army are all purchased from General Li. Wu has also been to Huai'an, but General Li doesn't know?"
Of course, Li Guodong knew that Wu Sangui had been to Huai'an to purchase goods, but he did not say it: "It turns out that General Wu is also Li's gold medal customer! Thank you General Wu for taking care of Li's business."
"If you can support a strong army with a caravan, I'm afraid that except Zheng Zhilong, there is only General Li Guodong in the world!" Wu Sangui said with a smile.
In fact, the Guanning Army also did some business from time to time, and even did business with the Qing Dynasty outside the pass. However, the main source of income of the Guanning Army was still relying on family members to farm and fish outside the pass. Liaodong was vast and sparsely populated, and every Guanning Army soldier had more than ten to dozens of acres of land. The land was not taxed from the court, and the land was not collected by the gentry, and the income was completely owned by the Guanning Army. Otherwise, relying on the little military pay paid by Emperor Chongzhen, how could he afford this group of powerful soldiers?
Not to mention anything else, just talking about a horse, it consumes more food than raising a person. The Guanning Army was one of the most elite cavalry in the Ming Dynasty at that time. If it weren't for Li Guodong, then there would be no one. It was completely the most elite cavalry in the Ming Dynasty. Li Guodong's elite cavalry had a single combat power above the Guanning Army, but the number of people was far less than that of the Guanning Army.
While talking, Chen Xinjia walked into the central army tent. Chen Xinjia was not as arrogant as Yang Sichang, nor as sarcastic as Gao Qiqian. He looked quite a gentleman. But when he walked into the tent this time, he looked worried. Li Guodong estimated that Chen Xinjia might have hesitated that he had too few cavalry. The Guanning Iron Cavalry had lost more than 5,000 elite cavalry under Gao Qiqian's blind command before, but now there are only 25,000 people left. In addition to Li Guodong's 7,000 troops, there are only more than 30,000 people. The Qing army had more than 70,000 people!
"Everyone is my Ming soldiers! Now Jiannu is attacking Gaoyang County, and tens of thousands of people in the city are in danger! Gaoyang's former chieftain Sun Ge Lao is leading the soldiers and people to resist hard. If our army does not rescue in time, Gaoyang may be in trouble!" Chen Xinjia stood on the stage, opened his voice and looked around, "Do you soldiers, can you have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"
There were many discussions in the tent. Some people said that they would take Lu Xiangsheng's infantry to Gaoyang with them; some people said that soldiers were very fast. They rushed to Gaoyang first with a small number of cavalry and more than one horse, and they harassed the Qing army and forced them to give up the attack on the city; some people said that if more than 30,000 cavalry were pressed over, the Qing army would be forced to give up the attack on Gaoyang.
Chen Xinjia did not adopt any of these suggestions: taking Lu Xiangsheng's infantry with him not only dragged down the speed of the cavalry, but also the infantry was likely to be eaten by the mobile Qing cavalry. A few cavalry attacked the Qing army, but they were afraid that the harassment would not happen, but instead fell into a siege and were surrounded and eliminated by the Qing army. After all, the Qing army itself is best at cavalry harassment tactics. If the Guanning Army does this, wouldn't it be a show of its avatar? If more than 30,000 cavalry all advanced, the Qing army would give up Gaoyang and fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. However, can more than 30,000 Ming cavalry defeat the 70,000 Qing army?
Li Guodong stood up and said, "Duchen Chen, I will have an idea that I may be able to defeat the enemy."
"Guodong, come and listen!" Chen Xinjia had heard Yang Sichang say that Li Guodong is resourceful and with him, he will definitely win a battle. Yang Sichang once told Chen Xinjia that Li Guodong is a handsome talent. As long as he makes good use of it, he can make achievements, and the future chief assistant will be Chen Xinjia.
Li Guodong said: "The last general is willing to lead the 3,000 cavalrymen in the headquarters to take the lead, arrive in Gaoyang, and harass Jiannu. Chen Duchen led the remaining cavalry and the last general's 3,500 camel firearm soldiers to follow him and ambush near Gaoyang. If Jiannu divided 10,000 to 20,000 troops to pursue the last general, the last general will be defeated and lured Jiannu into the ambush circle, Chen Duchen can defeat the enemy and make meritorious!"
"If Jiannu does things, there must be scouts and cavalry wandering around. If our army is ambushed, the Jiannu scouts and cavalry will definitely not come to chase after you. Wouldn't this ambush plan be wasted?"
"If the last general doesn't accept the night, he can destroy the Jiannu scout cavalry!" Li Guodong said confidently.
Chen Xinjia nodded in praise and asked again: "If Jiannu pursued General Li with an army of 70,000, what should I do?"
"The last generals are all elite cavalry, one man and three horses, and they can escape the pursuit of Jiannu. If Jiannu pursues the last general with a large army of 70,000, Gao Yang's siege will be resolved. If Jiannu has come too many times, the last will send a firework signal to the governor, and the governor will lead his army to evacuate."
Chen Xinjia touched his beard, shook his head slightly, and thought for a while, and said happily: "It's a clever plan! OK! The governor ordered General Li to be the vanguard and lead 3,000 cavalry first! The governor personally led the central army and then arrived! Li Guodong!"
"The last one is here!" Li Guodong knelt on one knee.
Chen Xinjia took out the token: "I will order you to be the vanguard and lead three thousand cavalry to march to the expedition today!"
Li Guodong said "promise", took the token, turned around and retreated.
"Wu Sangui! Cao transformed into Jiao! Ma Ke! All the generals obey orders!"
Wu Sangui and others stood up: "The last one is here!"
"You and others led their troops and horses to follow General Li Guodong. General Li was one man and three horses, and the march was very fast. It would be okay if you could not keep up. You arrived fifteen miles north of Gaoyang City to ambush!"
"No!" After the generals bowed, they took the token.
Chen Xinjia took out the token again: "Han Dashan!"
"The last one will be here!"
"General Han, you personally lead the camel firearm soldiers and follow my supervisor!" Chen Xinjia knew that Han Dashan was also a brave general, with his 3,000 camel firearm soldiers and 500 flying cavalry artillery by his side. Although his active attack speed was not as fast as that of the cavalry, he could rest assured whether it was defense or breaking the back.
After Li Guodong left the central army's tent, he immediately clicked on the 2,700 cavalry in his headquarters to take the lead. Originally, his three thousand elite cavalry were only 2,700 cavalry left, and 300 people had died heroically in the previous battle.
Among the 2,700 cavalrymen, one hundred elite soldiers were not taken away at night. Li Guodong ordered Tang Chong to lead Ye Busu, and ordered him to destroy the Qing army scouts and whistle cavalry he encountered along the way. Li Guodong himself led 2,600 cavalrymen to follow behind.
Tang Chong led Ye Busuo team to take the lead. Sure enough, he encountered many Qing army scouts and whistle cavalry along the way. Tang Chong's Ye Busuo sacrificed 16 people and wiped out fifty-three Qing army scouts and surviving them. However, the surviving Qing army scouts and whistle cavalry ran away, but Ye Busuo could not catch up. The Qing army scouts and whistle cavalry who fled back reported to Dorgon, saying that he found that the elite Ming army was not taken away.
"Let's explore again! See how many Minggod Nikan came to save Gao Yang!" Dorgon shouted.
"Zha!" Then we have to leave.
Chapter completed!