The military conference of the battle to recover Liaodong was held, and many military generals, including the Beijing camp, the three major battalions, the Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army, gathered together, and almost the entire hall of the governor's line was crowded.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the main seat, and there were two officials in red robes on the left and right in front of him, namely Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding. In front of the generals, the emperor's personal chamberlains Lan Tianbao and Chen Baoting were pushing a screen and hanging a huge map of Liaodong on it.

In the lobby, only Emperor Chongzhen's serious voice was heard. I only heard him say loudly: "In this battle, the people of the whole city of Beijing and the people along the way squeezed out their rations and provided the army with food and grass materials for the conquest and captivity. In the face of the hearts of many people, the generals must do their best to fight, without any slackness, against the military order, if there is a violator, no matter what the previous merits, I will not be tolerated, will not be spared! Do you understand? ”

Including Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, with all the generals and the prison army, they all saluted Emperor Chongzhen with their fists together, and replied solemnly and loudly: "Weichen (the last general) understands!" ”

Many of them, in fact, did not need Emperor Chongzhen to say this, after hearing the first time that the people of the Ming Dynasty responded to the grand occasion of the imperial court borrowing grain, they were dumbfounded, and then they understood that this battle must not live up to the expectations of the people.

Of course, among so many people, whether anyone thinks that this is likely to be the last battle against Jianyu, whether there will be slackness and want to raise self-respect like the previous king of Liaodong, then I don't know.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen still had a serious face, got up and strode to the front of the screen map, took a thin stick handed over by Chen Baoting, and then said to the civil and military officials present: "Now the main force of Jianyu's troops is in Liaoyang and Shenyang. Among them, Liaoyang is led by the slave chieftain Duoduo, with a total of about 23,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 people in the city. There are no old and weak, most of them are young and strong, and even there are few children. Therefore, the warable Jianqiang in Liaoyang can be regarded as having 33,000 people. ”

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, while continuing: "Sixty miles away from Liaoyang, there are about 1,000 Jianyu, and sixty miles to the north, that is, Shenyang, with a total of about 32,000 Jianyu troops, including the Zhengbai Banner of the Nu Chief Dolgon's Department, the Zhenglan Banner of the Yuetuo Department, and the Zhenghuang Banner of the Imperial City, which are relatively the strongest in combat power. In addition, there are more than 20,000 people in the city, all of whom are young and strong men and women, and can also be regarded as Jianyu troops, totaling about 70,000. ”

The generals were already surprised that Emperor Chongzhen had such detailed information about Jianyu. It was about the last battle of the captives, and everyone was listening attentively.

"At present, Jianlu is extremely short of food, but the Japanese state has formed an alliance with Jianguo and has transported grain to Jianlu." For the first time, Emperor Chongzhen announced the news about the Wa Kingdom in public, and at the same time pointed to the map with a thin stick and introduced, "Grain will be transported here, along the Tumen River to the interior." All of them were looking forward to this batch of grain. However, Lu Qing had already sent Li Dingguo's 3,000 Dongjiang cavalry to burn the grain. ”

Speaking of this, he put away his thin stick and swept the faces of everyone present solemnly before he said loudly: "I assume that Li Dingguo's troops have failed to complete the task, therefore, I demand that in this battle, we must complete the annihilation or encirclement of Jianyu in a short period of time, seize Shenyang, and recover Liaodong. ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked back to the main seat and sat down, glanced underneath, and added again: "Jianyu is extremely short of food, and now all the armies are lying corpses, but Liaoyang City is slightly more normal. It can be said that the combat strength of Jianyu will not be half of that of peacetime. Therefore, I asked that the action of this war must be swift, for Liaoyang, besiege but not attack, the army divided its forces, quickly crossed Liaoyang to attack Shengjing, the same siege but not attack, and when the food was exhausted, Liaoyang and Shenyang could be captured. ”

Once the army besieges the city, the defenders in the city, in order to have the physical strength to defend the city, must have a full stomach to defend. In this way, the consumption of food will increase dramatically, and the food of the captives will not be able to bear such consumption at all. Therefore, it will not be long before the food of the Jianyu will 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 eastern Liaodong, although there are Hongyi cannons, but if you want to collapse the city wall, it is not something that can be done in a while. Moreover, the siege of the city also had much less losses than the siege battle.

After explaining the overall tactics, everyone will understand that in this battle of Liaodong, the word "fast" is important, that is, before the Liaodong Jianyu reacts, it is necessary to surround the city where the main force of the Jianyu is located and prevent them from escaping. In this way, the main force of Jianguo is destroyed, then there is no need to worry about other Jianguo scattered all over the place, and Liaodong is equivalent to recovery.

The difficulty of this battle was much lower than the difficulty of the decisive battle against Jianyu imagined by many generals, so they all showed excitement one by one.

Make meritorious contributions, seal your wife and son, and it's the last battle!

However, before they finished their excitement, Emperor Chongzhen added solemnly: "There is another news, the Wa State has gathered 80,000 horses, and now it is preparing to go, according to the strategy set by the Wa State Tokugawa Iemitsu, the Wa State is to use the thunder momentum to quickly occupy Korea, in order to gain a firm foothold in Korea before my Ming Dynasty reacts." ”

This news was very unexpected for the vast majority of generals. At this time, when they heard that such a wolf would come to them, not only did they not mean solemnly, let alone be afraid of something, but they were even more excited. In their opinion, it would be great that after destroying Jianyu, there are still big battles to fight and military merits to be made!

Warriors, how can there be no battles to fight!

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them, and when he saw that they were all excited, he said loudly: "Therefore, I demand that before the Japanese invade Korea, we must try to eliminate the Jianju of Liaodong. The time left for Zhu Qing is probably only one and a half months. Remember? ”

"The Admiral remembers!" shouted in unison, responding to Emperor Chongzhen's words loudly, his voice was extremely loud, and he was full of excitement, just like a hungry wolf seeing a flock of sheep.

Emperor Chongzhen should have said that he had already said the same, and the details of the entire Jianyu, as well as the current international situation, that is, the news of the imminent attack of the Japanese invaders, were also clearly stated. I believe that these generals present have an understanding of the entire situation.

So, next, Emperor Chongzhen shouted solemnly: "The generals will listen to the order!" ”

Hearing this, everyone clenched their fists and waited for the order, they knew that this was the emperor's official mission.

So, when Emperor Chongzhen began to order generals, the generals were enthusiastic, and they were all full of expectations for the upcoming war. Only on the side of the artillery battalion, there are many regrets. Because the jackpot was taken away by the cavalry.

After the end of the military discussion, the entire army that had recovered Liaodong, including the Guanning Army and the Hussar Battalion and Dongjiang Army that had remained in Haizhou last year, totaling more than 100,000 troops, all mobilized.

More than 35,000 cavalry troops were the first to advance. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves made Haizhou shake for three points, just like spring thunder resounding in the land of Liaodong, to split all the demons and monsters on the land of Liaodong, and return a quiet world to Liaodong.

Subsequently, the infantry troops, including the Che battalion, also set off. They all set off running lightly, and all the baggage was delivered by the operator. At least in the distance from Haizhou to Anshan Post Fort, it is very safe.

Groups of soldiers of the Ming Army, as if they were racing, lined up in a neat line, running forward. Everyone's face was full of excitement. It's as if they are not going to fight, but to grab merit.

Well, in fact, in their opinion, under the command of the emperor himself, and there are so many officers and soldiers, this war is not guaranteed to be won, what else can it be?

That's right, it's to grab the credit!

Sixty miles away, not long after the army arrived in the afternoon, the vanguard actually rushed to Anshan Post Fort.

Emperor Chongzhen rushed to Anshan Post Fort with the cavalry first, and at this time, he watched the arrival of the infantry army at the head of the city. I have to say that the speed of this march still exceeded his estimates.

Looking around, the entire Anshan Post Fort, including inside and outside the city, was already crowded, and more than 35,000 cavalry troops who arrived first were already resting here.

Today is a little warm-up, starting tomorrow, after the army is drawn from here, there will be no time for a good rest, until the end of the war. In particular, the cavalry army had to run hundreds of miles, penetrate deep into the enemy's territory, and besiege the "puppet capital" of Jianjiao, and the task was even more arduous.

As for whether the army will leak the news of resting here, one is that Lu Xiangsheng has already sent an additional night not to collect it before, and drove the Jianyu's exploration horses back to Liaoyang, at most there are traces in the suburbs of Liaoyang, and other places are all the territory of the Ming army that does not collect at night.

In addition, there is another point, that is, Duoduo has a Grade A eavesdropping seed on his body, even if Jianyu finds out that there is a large army assembled in Anshan Post Fort, the time for Duoduo to react, a distance of sixty miles, the cavalry can rush over in time.

Regarding the situation that the Ming army suddenly increased and did not collect at night, because there had been a few times before, Jianyu was already a little numb. What's more critical is that because of the problem of grain and grass, Jianyu can't send more exploration horses to fight.

If Jianyu dares to send more horses, believe it or not, it will eventually turn into a decisive battle for the cavalry! At this point, the Ming army is not afraid at all, but Jianyu does not have the capital.

So, until Emperor Chongzhen woke up early the next morning, he didn't see any news from Duoduo.

"Report, the official road to Liaoyang has been filled!"

"Report, the whole army has finished eating, ready to go!"

“……”

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the army was already waiting for the will, so he shouted: "In this way, let's give Jianyu a big surprise today!" ”

Jianyu has been arrogant in Liaodong for twenty or thirty years, and now Da Ming has come to settle accounts with you!

This day is May 27, the eighteenth year of Chongzhen. In the original history, today last year was the day when Wu Sangui led the Manchu Qing Dynasty into the customs.

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