The military meeting for the battle to regain Liaodong was held. Many generals, including those from the Beijing Camp, the Third Camp, the Dongjiang Army, and the Guanning Army, gathered together, almost filling the entire lobby of the governor's residence.
Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the main seat. In front of him were two officials in scarlet robes, namely Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding. In front of the generals, the emperor's personal servants Lan Tianbao and Chen Baoting pushed a screen and were hanging a huge map of Liaodong on it.
In the lobby, the only solemn voice was Emperor Chongzhen's. I just heard him say loudly: "In this battle, the people in the capital and the people along the way squeezed out their rations to provide the army with food and grass supplies to conquer the Jianlu. Faced with the wishes of many people, the generals must Fight with all your strength, without any slacking off or disobeying military orders. If anyone violates the order, regardless of his previous achievements, I will never tolerate it and will definitely kill him without mercy! Do you understand, sir?"
Including Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, along with all the generals and supervisors, they all saluted Emperor Chongzhen with clasped fists and solemnly shouted back: "Wei Chen (the last general) understands!"
Many of them actually didn't need Emperor Chongzhen to say this. After hearing for the first time that the people of the Ming Dynasty responded to the court's grand request to borrow food, they were all dumbfounded. Then they understood that this battle must not let down the expectations of the people. .
Of course, among so many people, I don’t know if anyone thinks that this is likely to be the last battle against Jianlu, and whether they are slacking off and want to support the bandits in self-respect like the former King of Liaodong.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen still had a serious look on his face. He stood up and strode to the screen map. He took a thin stick handed over by Chen Baoting and then said to the civil and military officials present: "Now the main force of Jianlu's troops is in Liaoyang and There are two places in Shenyang. Among them, Liaoyang is led by the slave chief Duduo, with a total of about 23,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 civilians in the city. There are no old or weak, mostly young and strong, and even few children. Therefore, The number of combatable Jianlu troops in Liaoyang can be regarded as thirty-three thousand."
After introducing the situation, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the location of Liaoyang with a thin stick, and then continued to point north along the official road. At the same time, he continued: "There are about a thousand captives in Hupiyi, sixty miles away from Liaoyang. Sixty miles to the north is Shenyang. There are about 32,000 rebel troops in total, including the Zhengbai Banner under the slave chief Dorgon, the Zhenglan Banner under Yue Tuo, and the Zhenghuang Banner guarding the imperial city. , these three divisions are relatively the strongest in combat power. In addition, there are more than 20,000 people in the city, all young and strong men and women of the Jianlu army, which can also be regarded as the Jianlu troops, totaling about 70,000 in total."
The generals are no longer surprised that Emperor Chongzhen has such detailed information about Jianlu. It was about the final battle against the prisoners, and everyone was listening attentively.
"The current situation is that Jianlu is extremely short of food, but Japan has formed an alliance with Jianlu and has transported grain to Jianlu." Emperor Chongzhen announced the news about Japan in public for the first time, and at the same time pointed at the map with a thin stick and introduced, "The grain will be transported here and transported inland along the Tumen River. Everyone from Jianlu to Jianlu is looking forward to this batch of grain. However, Lu Qing has sent Li Dingguo's 3,000 Dongjiang Cavalry to burn the grain."
At this point, he put away the thin stick, swept the faces of everyone present seriously, and then said loudly: "I assume that Li Dingguo's troops failed to complete the mission. Therefore, I require that this battle must be completed within a short time. Or surround Jianlu, capture Shenyang, and recover Liaodong."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked back to the main seat to sit down, glanced down, and added again: "Jianlu is extremely short of food. Now all the armies are lying dead, except in Liaoyang City, which is slightly normal. It can be said that Jianlu's The combat strength will not be half of the usual strength. Therefore, I require that this war must be carried out quickly. For Liaoyang, besiege but not attack. The army will divide its forces and quickly cross Liaoyang to attack Shengjing. The same is true for encircling but not attacking. etc. Once Jianlu's supplies are exhausted, he will be able to capture the important towns of Liaoyang and Shenyang."
Once the army besieges the city, the defenders must have a full stomach in order to have the physical strength to defend the city. As a result, food consumption will increase extremely, and Jianlu's food will simply not be able to withstand such consumption. Therefore, it won't take long for Jianlu's food to be exhausted.
Compared with forcibly attacking Liaoyang and Shenyang, it has to be said that the strategy mentioned by Emperor Chongzhen is the best countermeasure. After all, Liaoyang and Shenyang are the tallest and strongest cities in Liaodong. Although there are Hongyi cannons, it is not something that can be done in a short time if they want to blow down the city walls. Moreover, the losses in siege battles are much less than those in siege battles.
After explaining the overall tactics, everyone understood that the most important thing in this battle of Liaodong is "fast", which is to surround the city where the main force of Jianlu is located before Liaodong Jianlu reacts, and prevent them from escaping. . In this way, the main force of Jianlu was destroyed, and other Jianlu scattered around would not be a concern, and Liaodong would be recovered.
The difficulty of this battle was far lower than what many generals imagined as the decisive battle against Jianlu, so they all showed excitement.
Establishing a successful career and establishing a wife as a wife is the final battle!
But before they could finish their excitement, Emperor Chongzhen added seriously: "There is also news that the Japanese country has assembled 80,000 troops and is now getting ready to go. According to the strategy set by the Japanese country Tokugawa Iemitsu, the Japanese country is going to use thunder. We will quickly occupy North Korea in order to gain a foothold in North Korea before Ming Dynasty can react."
This news is very unexpected for most generals. At this time, when they heard that such Japanese pirates would attack, not only did they not feel solemn, let alone afraid of anything, they were even more excited. In their view, after wiping out the Jianlu, there is still a big battle to be fought and military exploits to be achieved. That is great!
As a warrior, how can there be no battles to fight?
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and saw that they were all very excited, so he said loudly: "Therefore, I request that before the Japanese pirates occupy North Korea, we must try to eliminate the Japanese pirates in Liaodong. The time left for the ministers is only about one and a half months." Do you remember it, sir?"
"The general will remember it!" they shouted in unison, loudly responding to Emperor Chongzhen's words. Their voices were particularly loud and full of excitement, just like a hungry wolf seeing a flock of sheep.
Emperor Chongzhen had already said almost everything he needed to say. The details of the entire establishment of the captives, as well as the current international situation, and the news of the Japanese pirates' imminent attack, were also clearly stated. I believe that these generals present are already aware of the entire current situation.
So, next, Emperor Chongzhen shouted solemnly: "Everyone will listen to the order!"
Hearing this, everyone clasped their fists in anticipation of the order. They knew that this was an official mission that the emperor was about to announce.
So, when Emperor Chongzhen began to order generals, the generals were all excited and full of expectations for the upcoming war. Only the artillery camp has a lot of regrets. Because the jackpot was all taken away by the cavalry.
After the military meeting, the entire army to regain Liaodong, including the Guan Ning Army and the Hussar Battalion and Dongjiang Army that stayed in Haizhou last year, totaling more than 100,000 people, all moved into action.
More than 35,000 cavalry troops were the first to set off. The rumbling sound of horse hoofs shook Haizhou three-thirds, just like spring thunder resounding across the land of Liaodong, destroying all the monsters and monsters on the land of Liaodong and returning a peaceful world to Liaodong.
Subsequently, the infantry, including the car camp, also set off. They all set out running lightly, and all their luggage was transported by car camp. At least the distance from Haizhou to Anshan Yibao is very safe.
Teams of Ming army officers and soldiers lined up neatly and ran forward as if they were in a race. Everyone's face was full of excitement. It's as if they are not going to fight, but to take credit.
Well, in fact, in their opinion, with the emperor personally commanding and there being so many officers and soldiers, if this war is not a sure win, what else can it be?
Yes, just to grab the credit!
After sixty miles, the army unexpectedly arrived. Not long after noon, the vanguard arrived at Anshan Posthouse.
Emperor Chongzhen had arrived at Anshan Posthouse first with the cavalry. At this time, he was watching the arrival of the infantry from the top of the city. It had to be said that the speed of this march exceeded his expectation.
Looking around, the entire Anshan Posthouse, including inside and outside the city, is already crowded with people. The more than 35,000 cavalry troops who arrived first are already resting here.
Today is a little warm-up. Starting tomorrow, after the army sets out from here, there will be no time for a good rest until the war is over. The cavalry army, in particular, had to march hundreds of miles, penetrate deep into enemy territory, and besiege Jianlu's "puppet capital". The task was even more arduous.
As for whether the news of the army resting here would be leaked, firstly, Lu Xiangsheng had already sent more troops at night to drive all Jianlu's scouting horses back to Liaoyang. At most, traces could still be seen in the suburbs of Liaoyang. In other places, It's all territory that the Ming army won't take over at night.
Another point is that Duduo has Class-A eavesdropping seeds on his body. Even if Jianlu finds out that a large army is gathering in Anshan Posthouse, Duduo will have time to react. The cavalry can still rush over in time for a distance of 60 miles.
Jianlu was already a little numb to the situation where the Ming army suddenly sent more troops and refused to accept them at night, because it had happened several times before. More importantly, Jianlu could not send more exploration horses to fight because of food and grass problems.
If Jianlu dares to send more horse scouts, believe it or not, it will eventually turn into a decisive battle between the cavalry and the cavalry! The Ming army was not afraid of this at all, but Jianlu did not have the capital.
Therefore, until Emperor Chongzhen woke up early the next morning, he did not see any news received by Duduo.
"Report, the official road leading to Liaoyang has been filled!"
"Report, the entire army has finished eating and is ready to go!"
"..."
Emperor Chongzhen saw that the troops were already waiting for the order, so he shouted: "So, let's give Jianlu a big surprise today!"
Jianlu has been arrogant in Liaodong for twenty or thirty years, and now the Ming Dynasty has come to settle the general accounts with you!
This day is May 27th, the 18th year of Chongzhen. In the original history, today last year was the day Wu Sangui introduced the Manchus into the customs.
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