Haizhou Acropolis.

A few days after Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Chen Ziping led their troops to Haizhou Acropolis, they learned that there was a civil strife in the three guards of Jianzhou, and the governor of Jianzhou's right guard, Tongzhiai Xinjue Luo Dongshan, launched a surprise attack, killing Li Manzhu, the commander of Jianzhou Wei, and recruiting all his subordinates and subordinates.

At this time, the three guards of Jianzhou have all been gathered under the command of Aixin Jueluo Dongshan, and are actively preparing for the war.

The three of them were taken aback when they learned the news, they didn't expect that Aixinjue Luo Dongshan would have such courage, and when 100,000 elite Ming soldiers were pressing the border, they still had the courage to launch a surprise attack to seize control of the three guards of Jianzhou, which was quite heroic.

On the one hand, Zhang Xiaojun ordered the army to attack immediately, and two days later, the three armies were launched at the same time, and on the other hand, the civil strife in the three guards of Jianzhou was urgently reported to the imperial court.

After Liu Juntao received the news, his brows immediately tightened, this Aixinjue Luo Dongshan and the wild boar Pinurhachi of later generations are very imaginative, they both have a bold sense of breaking the kettle, and they are good at finding opportunities in adversity.

However, Liu Juntao is not a confused supervisor in the late Ming Dynasty in later generations, and the elite army under his command is not a rabble in the late Ming Dynasty in later generations, and it is even more impossible for Liu Juntao to give Jianzhou Sanwei any chance to turn the tables at this time!

Therefore, Liu Juntao immediately issued a strict order to Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Chen Ziping, ordering the attacking army to strictly implement the orders of the imperial court and His Majesty's will, annihilate the enemy, and never give Jianzhou Sanwei any chance to breathe and steal his life!

When Liu Juntao's order arrived at the front line of the army, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Chen Ziping had already divided their troops to attack.

On the day of the army's departure, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan also sent someone to send a petition form, and said in his own letter that the three guards of Jianzhou will double their tribute to the imperial court every year, and hand over a series of Li Manzhu's cronies as the culprit to look back and give the imperial court an explanation, and in the future, the three guards of Jianzhou will continue to guard Liaodong and Yongwei for the imperial court.

At the expedition ceremony, Zhang Xiaojun, in front of 100,000 soldiers of the Ming Army and tens of thousands of onlookers, tore up the letter of invitation and handwritten letter sent by Aixinjue Luo Dongshan on the spot, and beheaded the envoy to sacrifice the flag, and asked the deputy envoy to take his head back.

"Tell Dong Shan that when the soldiers arrive, it will be the day of the fall of the Manchus in Jianzhou, let him wash his neck and wait!"

The deputy envoy had already been frightened, and fled back with the head of the envoy in a panic.

At this time, Zhang Xiaojun had already led the trapping army, the Fourth Janissary Army, and the Fifth Praetorian Guard Army to set off from the middle road and arrived at Qinghe Fort to station.

At this time, Zhang Xiaojun received a series of bad news.

"It is reported that Zheng Hong, the general soldier of Liaodong, swept the village of Jiannu for the vanguard of the army, and his troops were arrogant and did not know it, and they were ambushed by the main force of Jiannu in the area of Lao Yeling, and after the fierce battle, the whole army was annihilated, and the 7,000 soldiers and horses under Zheng Hong, the general soldier of Liaodong, did not survive!"

"It is reported that the Jiannu army raided the three passes, and immediately broke them, and they all commanded Deng Zuo to lead their troops to rush to the aid of the three passes, and they were ambushed in Shuangling, and the whole army was annihilated, and they all commanded Deng Zuo to die!"

"It is reported that the Jiannu army divided its troops to attack, and the soldiers continued to attack and harass Lianshan Pass, Kaiyuan, Fushun, Tieling, Ningyuan, Guangning and other places, killing and plundering as many as 100,000 border people!"

These news made Zhang Xiaojun furious, 100,000 elite soldiers attacked in three ways, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong were either divided into troops to defend various places, or took the initiative to attack to clear the obstacles ahead for the main army, but such a good situation also allowed Jiannu to fight so many results, and even made the current situation quite frustrated, which can not help but make people annoyed.

At the same time, Zhang Xiaojun was indeed worried about the combat power of the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong at this time, and even let Jiannu set up ambushes again and again in such an advantageous situation, and even folded a town of chief military officers, such a war report was sent to the imperial court, and those ministers in the court did not know how to make noise!

At this time, Zhang Xiaojun urgently needs a big victory!

Zhang Xiaojun looked at the battle report at the moment, and after thinking for a while, he decided to temporarily modify the previous plan, Zhang Xiaojun ordered Chen Ziping to lead the right army to garrison the area of Lianshan Pass, and launch an attack on the Jianzhou soldiers and horses that attacked and harassed on the spot.

At the same time, Zhang Xiaojun ordered Yan Hu to lead the army on the left to garrison in the area of Tieling, and also launched an attack on the attacking Jianzhou soldiers and horses.

"If the enemy is a small force, annihilate it on the spot! If the enemy is the main force, hold it down for the time being, or inflict heavy damage, and the other two troops and horses will gallop to help! ”

This order was sent to the left and right armies respectively, and then Zhang Xiaojun led the middle army to continue to advance, and the troops approached Fushun Pass.

Hearing that the 100,000 Ming army did not stop advancing because of the defeat of the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong, and even directly sent the envoy to sacrifice the flag, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan was immediately frightened.

Aixinjue Luo Dongshan originally wanted to make the Ming army hesitate by relying on his constant attacks and the results of the battle at this time, but he never expected that the 100,000 elite Ming army did not hesitate at all, and even turned a blind eye to the victory of Jianzhou Wei at this time, as if he did not take Jianzhou Wei in his eyes at all.

The three Ming armies were like three sharp arrows, and they were stunned towards the three guards of Jianzhou, which made Aixinjue Luo Dongshan worried.

Only a few days later, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan learned that the Ming army's middle route army had arrived at Fushun Pass, and that all the hundreds of Jianzhou guards and horses that had attacked and harassed the Fushun Pass area were annihilated.

And the thousands of soldiers and horses in Tieling and Lianshan Pass were nowhere to be found, and Aixinjue Luo Dongshan understood that those two soldiers and horses must have been eaten by the Ming army.

Although these nearly 2,000 men and horses were all subordinates of Li Manzhu before, and Aixinjue Luo Dongshan's department did not suffer any losses, such news can be described as fatal to the morale of Jianzhou Sanwei!

"One hundred thousand Ming troops have continued to march towards the Jianzhou Acropolis, and the nearest Ming army in the middle is still three days away from the Jianzhou Acropolis, and the remaining two Ming troops will arrive in five days at most!"

This news is like a thunderbolt, so that the entire Jianzhou Sanwei people panic, the invincible impression of the Ming army is deeply engraved in the hearts of all the people of Jianzhou Sanwei, if it is not for the "benevolence" of the imperial court, it is estimated that Jianzhou Sanwei did not have the courage to commit such an unsubordinate act before.

But it's too late to say anything!

In the face of the current situation, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan can only fight to the death, according to the current situation, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan understands that there is no chance of winning by defending the three guards of Jianzhou, and he can only concentrate his forces, take advantage of the favorable terrain of Liaodong, and look for opportunities in the field to severely damage the Ming army, and can only cut off one of his fingers!

If Liu Juntao learns about this matter, he will be surprised by the idea of Aixinjue Luo Dongshan, and there will even be a feeling of time and space staggered, which is completely a copy of the later wild boar Pinurhachi's "I will only go all the way with him"! So, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan concentrated all his troops: 20,000 heavy armored infantry, 8,000 bird guns, 10,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, as well as 50 artillery pieces of various types, 40,000 slave troops, all pulled out, the army set off from the Jianzhou Acropolis, and went to the south.

Aixinjue Luo Dongshan is ready to find an opportunity to defeat the Ming army in the middle first, so that the Ming army on the left and right will lose contact, and Aixinjue Luo Dongshan can also continue to break through each other, so maybe he can create a miracle and break the myth of the invincibility of the Tiance army!

In just two days, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan led the army to advance eighty miles, and the speed of such a march was very fast, even more than the soldiers of the Tiance army.

At this time, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan led the army to arrive at the Tashan area, which was less than 100 miles south of the Jianzhou Acropolis.

There is the ruins of an ancient city on Tower Hill, which is Tower Hill Castle, which can be viewed from a high vantage point, and as long as you occupy this place, you can cut off the surrounding road to the north.

Tashan City is high on the top of the mountain, south of the Beisha River, the situation is quite dangerous. The city wall around the mountain city is built with soil along the ridge, the circumference is about 1,500 meters, the east is low and the west is high, it is in the shape of a dustpan, and the city gate is provided in the east and south of the city.

Volume 43 of the Book of the New Tang Dynasty: "From the northeast of the capital Hufu (Lingliaoyang) through Gugaimu and Xincheng...... to the Bohai royal capital. "Tashan Mountain City is located between Liaoyang and Fushun Gaoershan New Town. In that year, Tang Taizong conquered Liaodong, and in April, Li Shiji broke through Gaimu City. "June has passed, and Gaimu City is Gaizhou." After the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, Liaodong was listed as a prefecture and county, and then it was placed in Muzhou.

This is the origin of Tower Hill Castle.

At this time, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan was ready to garrison the main army here, and use the favorable terrain of Tashan City to attract the Ming army in the middle to attack, and fight a defensive counterattack here.

In fact, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan was originally going to use the wild terrain to fight a battle, but along the way, the Ming army's advance was too fast, and before Aixin Jueluo Dongshan led the army to a suitable battle site, the Ming army had already advanced over.

Therefore, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan could only lead his troops to garrison Tashan City, which was more suitable for defense, which was at least stronger than the Jianzhou Acropolis and the terrain was more favorable.

This time, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan deployed 20,000 heavy infantry and 8,000 bird gunners in Tashan City, and prepared a large number of defense equipment as the main force to defend the city.

Fifty artillery pieces of various types were also deployed in the city, which could bombard all parts of the surrounding area from a high position and launch fire coverage for the Ming army.

The 10,000 heavily armored iron cavalry were deployed on the left flank of Tashan City, where the terrain was higher and suitable for charging; As for the 40,000 slave army, they are camped at the foot of the mountain, and seize the time to build fortifications on the plain on the right flank of Tashan City.

With such a deployment, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan thinks that he is foolproof, and he has exerted the combat power of the soldiers and horses under his command to the maximum.

Moreover, after the previous battle with the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan also thought that even if the 100,000 elite Ming army was high, it would not exceed the local Ming army in Liaodong too much, after all, the Jianzhou guards and horses had not fought with the Tiance Army and the Ming New Army.