After agreement, Yang Hao decided to concentrate in Liaoyang from all towns.

After the order was issued, the soldiers and horses who had been assembled from the customs to the front line of Shanhaiguan immediately went to Liaoyang.

The first to arrive in Liaoyang was the new Shanhaiguan chief soldier Du Song, as soon as he arrived in Liaoyang, Jun Song said to the left and right that this time he came to wash the shame of ten years.

It turned out that ten years ago, Juniper had replaced Li Chengliang to guard Liaodong, but during the war, the war was unfavorable, and Juniper was furious and ordered to burn all his grain and grass, and was imprisoned for disposal.

While in prison, Juniper came to his senses and was ashamed of his arbitrariness, and several times self-destructed his armor, claiming to cut his hair and become a monk.

At that time, the courtiers were sorry for Juniper's bravery, but because of Juniper's personality, no one spoke for him, so he was abandoned after he was released from prison.

In the forty-third year of Wanli, the Mongols entrenched in the Hetao invaded the interior on a large scale, and Juniper was reactivated as a deputy general, leading the light cavalry to smash the fire and fall into the red camp, killing more than 200 enemies.

But this person was really short-tempered, and he could not get along with his subordinates or get along with his superiors, so he was abandoned.

This time it is considered that Juniper was officially opened, and took over the post of chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, so Juniper has a shame.

There are more than 20,000 officers and soldiers such as Wang Xuanbu, the former chief soldier Zhao Menglin, the former chief soldier Liu Yujie, and the former staff general Gong Niansui along the way.

According to the rules of the imperial court, all soldiers and horses must have the post of supervising the army. When Yang Hao and Wang Ke, the governor of Jiliao, were discussing the selection of the military supervisor of Juniper Road, Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, recommended one to them.

This person is Zhou Tiexin, who guards Liaohai, Dongning Road.

Zhou Yongchun's opinion is that this Zhou Tiexin has been an official in Liao all the year round, is familiar with Liao affairs, and participated in the war of the emperor's pro-army against Jiannu in Yizhou last year, which is quite meritorious.

"Zhou did not get the express order of the imperial court that time, and the pro-army acted without authorization, and then the military department did not make meritorious contributions, and it was chilling to think about it, so this time he will be appointed as the supervisor of the Juniper Department to make new contributions."

Yang Hao agreed with Zhou Yongchun's opinion, not because he gave the new Liao Fu much face, but because Zhou Tiexin was also the person his student Wei Liangchen promised him.

Wei said in a secret letter to his teacher that there were several officials in Liaodong, one was this Zhou Tiexin, the second was Ma Xiangde, the third was He Shiyi, a general in Yizhou, and the fourth was Shang Xueli, a guerrilla in Jinzhou, and his son Shang Kejin.

In addition, it is Yang Hao's former subordinates Shang Bozhi, Wang Weidong and others. These people are now gathering in Liaoyang, ready to be sent by the old benefactor Hou.

In addition, Xu Xianchun, a hundred households in Jinyiwei, has arrived in Liaoyang and is obeying orders in Yang Hao's tent. Jiang Fangyin, the former staff member of Yang Ho and now the general affairs officer of Phi Dao, is also vigorously reorganizing the garrison of Phi Dao and allocating grain and grass for the old benefactor to be dispatched at any time.

Wei Liangchen's deployment in Liaodong Phidao and Yizhou has been entrusted to Yang Hao, and Chen Mo of the Beijing Division has provided Yang Hao with 130,000 taels of silver as military salary.

Wei Liangchen himself also led an army from Japan to return to China through Korea, and as a teacher for his students, he did his best to resurrect Pingliao this time.

Students are like this, and they should be teachers themselves, so Yang Hao obeys the people raised by Wei Liangchen one by one.

Yang Hao has been studying the specific strategy of attacking Jiannu for more than two years. As early as more than two years ago, Yang Hao had already set a strategy for sending troops from four routes from the topography, which was also recognized by the student Wei Liangchen.

On the topographic map drawn by Wei Liangchen's envoy to Jianzhou and the secret faction thereafter, there are high mountains and deep valleys around Heituala, and along the way, because of the unique rock texture of Liaodong, there is no possibility of rolling forward in one place, so it can only be divided into forces.

In the secret letter, Wei Liangchen repeatedly mentioned the place name Salhu to Yang Hao, hoping that Yang Hao could set the gathering place of the two routes of soldiers and horses in Salhu instead of Heituala when planning to divide the troops and attack together.

And it is hoped that Yang Ho can leave some free time for the various departments on the date of dispatch, either to leave early or to postpone the departure, and to establish a fast and effective communication channel between the various departments to maintain contact between the departments.

"In particular, the flood control channel is missing, and the Jurchens are meticulous and fraudulently use our army's mark."

Because he was afraid that Yang Hao would not be able to pay attention to the flood road issue, Wei Liangchen specially asked Xu Xianchun to help coordinate the establishment under his account.

In this regard, Yang Ho can listen carefully.

After all, this Liaodong Economic Strategy, who is making a comeback for the third time, doesn't want such a big war in Pingliao to go wrong in his own hands.

Although Wang Keshou is the governor of Jiliao, Yang Hao is in charge of the battle to aid Liao, and he, the governor, is responsible for the logistics and scheduling, so he has no opinion on the selection of the supervising army.

At that moment, it was decided that Zhou Tiexin would serve as the supervisor of the Juniper Division, and the Juniper Department would go from Liaoyang to Shenyang, and then go out of Fushun Pass, along the right bank (north bank) of the Hunhe River, into the Sukesuhu River Valley, and attack Heituala from the west.

Following the Juniper Division, the Ma Lin Division, which was the first to arrive at Shanhaiguan, also arrived in Liaoyang.

Its unit has more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, including the guerrilla Ma Yan, the deputy chief military officer in charge of Kaiyuan, Zheng Guoliang, the guerrilla Bi, and the former guerrilla Ge Shifeng.

Yang Hao took Pan Zongyan, the signing of the Kaiyuan Military Preparation Road, as the supervising army, and Xiuyantong sentenced Dong Erli to praise. Ordered the Malin Department to leave Qing'an Fort, approach Kaiyuan and Tieling, and attack Hetuala from the north.

Li Rubai's unit was the third to arrive, and his unit led more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, including He Shixian, deputy chief military staff officer of Liaoyang, Zhang Yingchang, and guerrilla You Shigong.

With Ningqian Beidao Ma Xiangde as the supervising army, they went out of the Yajuan Pass from the Jinghe River and attacked Heituala from the south.

The last way is Liu Lingbu.

Liu Bu led more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, including Zu Tianding, the director of the capital of Nanjing, Yao Guofu, the director of the sixth battalion of Nanjing, Zhou Wen, the secretary of the Shandong Guandu, and Zhou Yiming, the labor reserve of the Zhejiang soldiers.

In order to strengthen Liu's troops, Yang Hao ordered Jinzhou guerrilla Shang Xueli to bring more than 1,500 Jinzhou soldiers and more than 2,600 troops to Phidao Dongcun to be transferred to Liu Ling's command.

When Wang Keshou asked where the soldiers and horses came from Phi Island and why the leader was a Japanese from the East Village, Yang Hao smiled and said to him that this army of soldiers and horses was controlled by his student Wei Liangchen and was subordinate to the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the Inner Court, so it was not organized in Liaodong.

Wang Keshou seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and then the imperial court issued an edict to order the admiral maritime eunuch Wei Liangchen to be the eunuch of Liaodong Town.

At the same time, news came from the Korean side that Marshal Jiang Hongli and Deputy Marshal Kim Kyung-seo led 13,000 troops, and under the control of Wei Liangchen, the eunuch guarding Liaodong, they crossed the Yalu River from Uiju in North Korea to attack Jianju.

There was also news from the Yehe Department that thousands of troops would be sent to assist the Ming army in attacking the flank of Jianzhou.

The Fourth Route Army, plus Joseon, Yehe, and the assistance of the imperial army that had fought against Jiannu, Liaoyang was full of confidence in this war.

Even so, Yang Hao did not dare to take it lightly, Liaoyang and Guangning were the fundamental towns of Liaodong, and he sent the former general Shang Bozhi to lead troops to garrison Liaoyang; He also sent the old general Wang Weidong to defend Quang Ninh to prevent the Mongol soldiers.

After everything was ready, Yang Hao played the "Capture Slave Reward", which was replayed by Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the imperial permission of Emperor Wanli was awarded to the world.

The reward stipulation: The person who captures Nurhachi will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and the merit will be commanded;

Those who capture and behead the eight major Baylors of Jianzhou will be rewarded with two thousand taels of silver and promoted to commander;

For example, rebel generals such as Li Yongfang and Tong Yangxing, if they can capture Nurhachi, they can avoid death.

He also ordered Yehebel Buyan Guruo and others to capture and behead Nurhachi, and they would be given the Jianzhou edict and the dragon and tiger generals and the second rank of the scattered ranks.

If the rest of Nurhachi's 12 relatives, uncles, brothers and nephews are captured, as well as the big leaders of the Chinese army, the forwards, the leading troops, and the small leaders of the cronies who lead the troops, they will all be rewarded and conferred the title of hereditary.

At the same time, news came from the North Korean side that Wei Liangchen, the new eunuch of Liaodong Town, told the Ming Dynasty that regardless of the official rank, but those who captured and beheaded Nurhachi would be rewarded with an additional 50,000 taels for guarding the yamen. Whoever captures his son, nephew and brother shall be rewarded with 10,000 taels. Whoever captures and beheads the leader will be rewarded with five thousand taels.

And told the state departments, all those who are anyway before the battle will be greatly meritorious, pardon their past, reward 10,000 taels of silver, and give the "Ming Hero" number.

The same told the people of Liaodong that regardless of their origin or nationality, but those who assisted the Ming army in quelling the rebellion, and those who had the head of the slave were all given gold and silver.

He also told all the departments of the coalition army that in this conquest of the state, the stones should be passed through the knife, the thatch should be overfired, and the thieves should be replaced.

After the imperial court learned that the four-way army had gathered in Liaoyang, Yang Hao had set a specific battle plan, and awarded the reward in the army, the household department proposed that if the army was delayed for too long, it would be the old wealth plaque.

University scholar Fang Congzhe also considered that the national finances could not afford a long-term war, and revised the book to urge Yang Hao to leave the school as soon as possible.

"Shu Ji an, in one fell swoop."

The seriously ill Wanli Emperor also sent a message to Yang Hao.

During the war, Zhao Xingbang also repeatedly urged Yang Hao to leave the division immediately in the name of the military department.

As a result, Yang Hao had to change the previous battle plan and lead all the generals to sacrifice to the earth, but when slaughtering cattle and horses, the cattle slaughtering knife was not sharp, and it was cut three times in a row before the trachea was cut, which made the officers and soldiers very disappointed.

On the eve of leaving the army, another Korean secret letter arrived, and after receiving the letter, Yang Hao actually sent a Jurchen officer and soldier in the army to Jianzhou the next day.

According to the war book, the army of 470,000 men will advance by separate routes, and on March 15 they will join the army in Hetuala.

This move confused the army, and Yang Ho claimed that this was to make Jiannu lose their courage, so that they did not dare to go out and were trapped in Heituala to be killed.

When there was no one, Yang Hao said to his staff Jiang Fangyin: "The Qing Dynasty asked me to do this seemingly stupid thing, so can Nuer Hachi be fooled?" ”

Jiang Fangyin said: "The superintendent doesn't have to worry about Nurhachi not being fooled, he only has seventy or eighty thousand people, I clearly told him to march on four routes, and in order to relieve the siege of Hetuala, he is bound to pour his main force to attack me all the way, the so-called I go on four roads, he comes all the way." It's just that this Nurhachi doesn't know that there is still one way outside my four roads, if he leaves the nest, then my fifth road will go straight to the Yellow Dragon, and once Jianzhou is lost, Nurhachi will have no return. ”

"I hope that the Qing Dynasty can live up to expectations, otherwise, I, Yang Hao, will become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty!"

Yang Hao sighed lightly, but the noise of soldiers came from the outside world, and when he came out of the house, it was snowing heavily.

The sudden heavy snowfall caused the Ming army to postpone the original departure date by four days.