Dominate the Country

ps: The next chapter will be revealed. That bug will definitely hold its place.

Chen Ming was stared at by Li Xiaomei for a long time. This was the first time that he confided his beliefs to others. Compared with the current strength of Chen Jiajun and the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, this idea is a fantasy. Fortunately, although Li Xiaomei's eyes were straight, she didn't show the meaning of 'you're crazy, you're ****'.

Chen Ming, with a heart warmed by his wife and children, led the troops down the mountain. The team of thousands of people dragged like a thin snake on the mountain road. By the time he arrived at Tumenji, the leading troops of the Qing army had already set up three camps to the east of Tumenji.

Wu Shixiong hadn't arrived here in person yet. He took the lead with the right battalion of Nanyang Town Town Biao, and followed the militia groups from Xinyang and Xuzhou. About a thousand people arrived at Tumenji, but instead of attacking, he built three strongholds first. , the road heading east from Tumenji was tightly sealed. From this point, we can see Wu Shixiong's character and attitude. He doesn't seem to be in a hurry to wipe out the Chen family army so that he can secure his position as the commander-in-chief of the army through his achievements. At least that's the attitude he showed.

Chen Ming led his people to Tumenji, but he did not lead the soldiers to move in all at once. Instead, he built a small village outside the current Tumenji city and stationed two teams. A large force was stationed behind Tumenji. , set up camp by the Yinma River.

The Qing soldiers also set up wooden rafts in the Yinma River. In fact, Chen Ming felt that Wu Shixiong was really thinking too much. Now was not a good time for a decisive battle with Chen Jiajun. If he were not worried about the Qing soldiers gathering more and more, Chen Ming would have wanted to confront Wu Shixiong for three to five months, waiting until the rookies in the new barracks The weaklings are all out, and that's a good day for a big fight.

But obviously the Manchus would not give the Chen family three to five months. Chen Ming felt that the winner of the battle with Nanyang Town must be determined within two months, and then the Chen family would have to face the next Qing army. Woolen cloth.

This point, this rhythm, is very important. If you are not careful, Chen Jiajun may be trapped in the pot by the Qing army. Although after the control area was expanded to Tumenji, it was not that there were no other roads leading to the outside of the mountain, the Yinma River road was always the most convenient.

With the arrival of Chen Jiajun reinforcements, the Qing troops also arrived outside Tumenji in batches. In just one day, more than a thousand people arrived. The next day, Wu Shixiong and the Nanyang Town soldiers had already arrived at Tumenji. .

There were three to four thousand men and horses. Looking east from the Tumenji Fortress, the three camps were covered in darkness.

Chen Ming knew that Wu Shixiong had stationed troops in Wuhe City, which was a small town on the lower reaches of the Yinma River, just in front of Dangze. In a small piece of land, four rivers merged into the Yinma River, which was stronger than the Phoenix Terrace, so it was called Wuhe City. Over time, it became Wuhe City. Its commercial scale can be compared with the original Tumen Market. Each market has the same grade.

Nanyang Town has a lot of troops, but there are at least four pitiful artillery pieces. Although these four are all Weiyuan general cannons. In terms of artillery power, the Chen Jiajun who were rebels were much better than the Green Camp soldiers who were the official army.

Chen Ming was not polite either. On the day Wu Shixiong arrived with his troops, he and his men dragged the cannon and ran outside the range of the Qing army's Weiyuan General's cannon. It banged twice, and then he could not get out.

Wu Shixiong responded with a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. Two days later, all the troops were settled and all the chores were sorted out. The four Weiyuan general cannons were dragged by men and horses and ran to the outside of Tumen Jibao and fired twice. Of course there was counterattack at Tumenji Fort, but how could the artillery of this era and the current gunners be so accurate?

The Qing army advanced to a distance of about 450 meters under the artillery fire, then fired one shot from two cannons, then packed up and left. Within half an hour, the artillery on Tumenji Fort fired two rounds. , a very clear miss.

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"Left left, left left, left left, left left..."

"prick--"

"prick--"

Every day, there would be uniform shouts from behind Tumenji Fort. Wu Shixiong sent someone to visit, saying that the Chen family thieves were practicing. Wu Shixiong didn't believe it. No matter how new a soldier he was, he wouldn't practice in front of the battle, right? However, the results of several visits he sent had the same result, so Wu Shixiong had no choice but to believe it.

Chen Ming was not anxious at all in training the new recruits, but he put a lot of pressure on the leaders of the Qing army on the opposite side. The troops from both sides are facing each other, and no one dares to use troops easily. The city wall outside Tumenji Fort is two feet high. The Chen Jiajun has more than ten cannons, large and small, here. It is an extremely hard bone. As for Chen Ming's troops, whether it is the small camp parallel to Tumenji Fort or the large camp located behind it, they are all very close to Tumenji Fort, and their direction is completely opposite to Tumenji Fort. It is within the fire coverage of Tumen Jibao.

After defeating Ruzhou Camp, defeating Baoning, and then sweeping half of Ruzhou, Chen Ming's current reputation is one of the best in western Henan. In Wu Shixiong's eyes, Chen Ming is much more capable than his father. Although the Chen family's army now has weapons, armor, and guns and firearms, no matter how the credit is calculated, outsiders will attribute it to Chen Hui. No one believes that so many armor weapons will be used by the Chen family in just one year after Chen Ming's time travel. It took a lot of time to prepare. However, Chen Hui's name was still not as loud as Chen Ming's. Even the people in Lushan County gradually distinguished Chen Ming as an independent person, instead of being regarded by everyone as Chen Hui's eldest son.

If we really want to talk about the root cause, this is the fundamental difference between the literary and martial arts factions.

Chen Hui's image is more like a housekeeper and military counselor, while Chen Ming is a bandit bully who kills people with a knife.

Wu Shixiong and others subconsciously put Chen Ming in a relatively high position, otherwise Baoning and the two thousand Nanyang Town soldiers would not have died in a very low level?

Therefore, Wu Shixiong and others subconsciously believed that Chen Ming had other plans, and the training in the battlefield was just a pretense to cover up his real purpose. Although Wu Shixiong looked at the map and the intelligence sent from the rear, he couldn't think of how Chen Ming would do it.

It was mid-April, and Chen Ming received the news sent by Chen Guang. The pigeons were still not trained, and the news communication in the mountains and outside the mountains still depended on people.

Henan and Hubei were both mobilizing troops. Guide Town in Henan dispatched thousands of soldiers, and Hubei mainly dispatched Yunyang Town. Although the specific number of mobilized troops has not been found out, it will not be less than one thousand at least. At the same time, Zhang Dajing, deputy general of Wendeng Camp in Shandong, has been transferred to the general of Nanyang Town and will lead a part of Wendeng Camp soldiers to Henan. This news was seen by Chen Guang in the official newspaper. The court reports were heard by his informants from teahouses on the street. China's court reports have a history of more than a thousand years. By the Qing Dynasty, the bottom of the court reports had already been integrated with the people. Even if the times do not change, in less than ten years, the "Beijing News" developed from the court reports will be truly popularized.

Chen Ming knew that he should make an effort. If the two Qing troops from Guide Town and Yunyang Town also gathered in Lushan, the pressure on Chen's army would be too great. Fortunately, the reinforcements of these two Qing troops dragged cannons and moved slowly.

"Pull out all the nails and scouts scattered outside by the officers and soldiers. I will give you three days. Make the Qing soldiers on the opposite side deaf and blind!"