With the turmoil in Liaoyang City, the chief military officer of Liaodong Town no longer dared to mention the matter of moving those "refugees" out of the city, and could only try to appease and suppress the grievances of his subordinates and the people in the city.

All of a sudden, the morale of the defenders in Liaoyang City dropped sharply.

The chief military officer of Liaodong Town naturally knew that there was no way to go on like this, so he eagerly hoped that the reinforcements from the imperial court would arrive as soon as possible, as long as he had the elite army to rely on, whether it was the "refugees" in Liaoyang City or the Tatar army that was about to invade, he would not be afraid.

When the time comes, whoever dares to disobey orders and act recklessly will let him know that he knows how powerful the elite of the court is!

After a long wait, the news of the imperial court reinforcements finally came.

However, there was a slight deviation from the expectation of the chief military officer of Liaodong Town, and the chief military officer of Liaodong Town couldn't help but be shocked when he learned that Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi and Liu Juntao, the governor of Ningbei, led 130,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army to go out to the fortress and directly take the tent of the Tatar Army.

If Liaoyang City was still an iron plate at this time, the imperial court's strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao was also a superior choice, which could make the Tatar tribes unable to take care of each other.

But at this time, the hearts of the people in Liaoyang City were fluctuating, very unstable, if the Tatar army came to attack, it was estimated that it would not last long, so the chief military officer of Liaodong Town was very anxious, and hurriedly sent a letter to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to send another army of soldiers and horses to support, first stabilize the situation in Liaodong.

However, the military department believed that the troops of Liaodong Town were sufficient at this time, and although Guangning City was lost, Liaoyang City was tall and strong, and could completely resist the attack of the Tatar Department, so it casually rejected the request of the chief military officer of Liaodong Town.

Just when the chief officer of Liaodong Town received the reply from the military department, he was irritable in his heart, and suddenly received an urgent report that was not received at night.

I saw that the chief military officer of Liaodong Town held his breath, hurriedly opened the envelope and took a look, only to see that the letter read: "100,000 urgent: a few days ago, the 100,000 troops of the Tatar Department have been assembled, and now the Great Khan of the Tatar Department has come to join the chiefs and generals of the tribes to set off from Guangning City to the south, and the troops are pointing directly at Liaoyang!" ”

After reading this, the chief military officer of Liaodong Town panicked, and immediately ordered Liaoyang City to block the city gate and impose martial law in an all-round way, and at the same time sent envoys to Haichengwei and other places to mobilize troops and horses, preparing to strengthen the troops of Liaoyang City with all their might.

At this time, the inside and outside of Liaoyang City suddenly became nervous, and the tension before the battle made the chief officer of Liaodong Town feel a trace of despair.

At the same time, before leading the army to the expedition, Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi and the governor of Ningbei, also gathered the remaining main forces of the Shanxi garrison in Datong, Yanmen Pass and other dangerous cities, and concentrated a lot of troops to defend in various places in the west of Shanxi to prevent the possible attack of the leader of the Qikeli tribe, Gan Jiasilan.

After that, Liu Juntao led the army to the north with peace of mind, at this time the deployment of various parts of Shanxi can be said to be comprehensive, even if the leader of the Keli Department, Yi Jiasilan, led the army to attack, even if the Shanxi soldiers and horses were passively beaten for a while, according to Liu Juntao's deployment, the soldiers and horses of Shanxi could also hold out for one to two months.

With this time, Liu Juntao had already led the soldiers of the Tiance Army to the south to help, at least the imperial court could also mobilize troops and horses to support.

However, when Liu Juntao led the 130,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army to attack and advance all the way north, and the army went north out of the Fort of the Rejection Wall, passed through Fengzhen, Jingzhou, and Shajing, and arrived at the bank of the Xiaohuang River, preparing to set up camp, the night sent by the military department sent an urgent military situation.

Liu Juntao heard that the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town was defeated by the Tatar army of 100,000 led by Xiaolai, and Liaoyang City was lost.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Inspection sent over some details of the battle: The thousands of "refugees" collected by the chief military officer of Liaodong Town into Liaoyang City were basically Tatar troops, and most of these people were Mongols in the vicinity of Liaodong, and they were all familiar with the situation in various parts of Liaodong.

Looking at these news, Liu Juntao was furious, at this time, the Ming army's troops in Liaodong were very sufficient, and the money and food were sufficient, and the armor was sharp, far from the decay of the late Ming Dynasty in later generations.

If the soldiers and horses of Liaodong Town can meet the battle with all their might, it is impossible for the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Tatar Department to occupy Liaoyang City, and there is no even need for Liu Juntao to lead the army to respond to support, just with the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Liaodong Town, as well as the tall and strong cities everywhere, the Tatar Department can lose troops and retreat!

But now, a good deck of cards has been played into "spring" by the enemy, how can Liu Juntao not be angry in such a situation?

When the generals of various departments in the army heard the news, they were also excited, and many people loudly and angrily denounced the soldiers and horses in Liaodong for being too unbearable.

Liu Juntao didn't say a word at this time, just looked at the map on the bookcase, and saw that the terrain of Liaodong and the desert on the map was drawn in great detail, which also benefited from the efforts of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Inspection Department in the past two years, with the assistance of various industries and merchants of the Ministry of Commerce, the terrain around the Ming Dynasty and the terrain of various key points in the interior were collected in great detail.

Next to him, Liu Zi'an commanded a few guards and pushed a large table out, only to see that there was a sand table model of Liaodong on the table, which was rare among the Ming armies.

After Liu Juntao finished reading the map, he came to the sand table and said to everyone: "Now that Liaoyang has been lost and the chief officer of Liaodong Town has been killed, Shenyang and other places will have no danger to defend, and the entire Liaodong garrison will definitely fall into chaos. If you don't get it right, it's really possible to swallow Liaodong! ”

Everyone's expressions were very solemn, never expected that their own army had just set off, and before they could find the soldiers and horses of the Tatar Department to fight, they received the bad news of the great changes in Liaodong, and they were secretly anxious in their hearts.

Liu Juntao continued: "This time I took away about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and now that the war in Liaodong is going well, I expect that I will definitely increase my troops in Liaodong and try to completely sweep all over Liaodong!" Therefore, at this time in the desert, the strength of the Tatars should be the weakest. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Liu Zi'an also said: "What the Governor said is very true, according to the intelligence, the Tatar departments are still frequently mobilizing troops and horses, and they are constantly gathering troops to the east, and the estimated number of troops is also around 100,000!" ”

"In this way, the Tatar Department has gathered 200,000 iron cavalry in the direction of Liaodong!"

Everyone was taken aback, and at the same time was taken aback by the determination of the Tatar Uketu Khan to annex Liaodong.

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "This is the best!" According to the strength of the Tatar department, at this time, the Tatar troops in various parts of the desert are at most about 200,000, and they have to divide the troops to garrison various places, and the troops around the Tatar sweat tent, that is, about 100,000, our army is just smashing the Yellow Dragon! ”

When everyone heard this, they were in high spirits and eager to try, and they all hugged their fists and asked for battle.

Therefore, in order to curb the Tatar Uketu Khan from wreaking havoc in eastern Liaodong, Liu Juntao decided to drive straight into the desert and lead 130,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army to rush straight to the Tatar Khan's tent, completely disrupting the rear of the Tatar Department, and letting the Tatar troops come back to help.

In this way, Liu Juntao took the lead in this battle, and could command the soldiers of the Tiance Army to intercept the Lai Department at will, or arbitrarily attack any of the Tatar strongholds.

As for the supply of the army, Liu Juntao did not take it to heart.

In this battle, the various units of the Tiance Army not only carried sufficient money and food, but also 130,000 soldiers could eat for as much as two months.

Moreover, Liu Juntao also decided to follow the tactics of the champion Hou Huo in this battle, and to fight on the grassland, and every time he went to a Tatar tribal stronghold, he would do his best to annihilate the troops, disperse the troops, and seize all the money, food, and livestock of the department!

In this way, Liu Juntao was sure to lead the 130,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army to run rampant in the desert and be invincible first.

The most critical condition for Liu Juntao to be able to implement such a tactic is that the Tiance Army has strong combat power and a powerful iron cavalry army, only in this way can it ensure that any Tatar troops and horses can be defeated at the first time, and the exact location of the Tatar troops can be obtained at the first time, and they can be intercepted!

The rest of the Ming army did not have such conditions, or the conditions were not sufficient, so for the rest of the soldiers and horses, it was a matter of life and death to go north to fight in Saisai.

However, for the officers and men of the Tiance Army, fighting out of the fortress is a great opportunity to win military merits and make meritorious contributions!

So, after Liu Juntao led the army from Datong Town, he divided his troops all the way north according to the plan on the military meeting.

The 130,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army attacked together, and the soldiers went north at the same time in two ways.

One route was led by Hu Dexing, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, and led the trapping army, the Huben army, and the Yingyang army, and the army was the left side of the army and horses, and the generals such as Sun Xu, the general Yan Hu, and the guerrilla general Liu Youfu of the right battalion of the trapping army were all in the lead, and they attacked the Tatar troops and horses they encountered, and they won successive battles.

The army on the right was led by Liu Juntao himself, and commanded the Longxiang Army, the Yue Cavalry Army, the Zhichong Army, and the Changshui Army.

Under the watchful eyes of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi and the governor of Ningbei, the generals Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng and other generals all broke out with a huge fighting spirit, leading a large army of soldiers to attack fiercely, so that the Tatar stragglers and tribes along the way were all defeated and fled.

In just ten days, the soldiers of all units of the Tiance Army won successive battles, and 130,000 soldiers successively captured Jingzhou, Shajing, Sanbulachuan, and Tayucheng, and finally the left and right armies successfully joined forces at the foot of Saihan Mountain, and all the Tatar departments were shaken, and the Tatar Khan Tent was even more frightened.

The soldiers and horses stationed in the tent of the Tatar Khan hurriedly sent men and horses to ask for help from the Uketu Khan who was fighting in Liaodong, and asked the soldiers and horses to come back as soon as possible, so as to gather all the soldiers and horses of the Tatar Department to start a decisive battle with the Ming army.

At this time, Liu Juntao led his army to garrison the foot of Saihan Mountain, prepared to rest for a few days, and then continued to attack Hara Manglai.

At this moment, Liu Juntao received the news that he had led the army back to help.