Seeing Yuan Chonghuan being flanked, Huang Daozhou said: "It was very dangerous for Mao Wenlong to be attacked by Amin and Li Yongfang, and you need to go to the rescue and contain it, but because you, Lord Yuan, transferred the boat that transferred them privately, so you don't need to cross the river now." The order of the Military Affairs Yuan wants you to hold on to Xiping Fort for at least a month, Lord Yuan, how do you think it will be carried out? ”

Yuan Chonghuan meant to let Mao Wenlong fend for himself under the attack of more than 60,000 Jurchens, and he just took the opportunity to go to Shenyang to build miraculous achievements, but he couldn't say this openly. Seeing that Huang Daozhou directly pointed out this meaning, Yuan Chonghuan said: "I transferred the boat away because there are more than 50,000 people here to cross the river smoothly, and later the river was not contained because there are better and bigger fighters." When I left Ningyuan, I wrote to the Military Affairs Yuan, saying that I had to adapt to the situation, and now you say that you don't need us to cross the river again, is it that General Mao has successfully withdrawn? As soon as he withdraws the Jurchens from Jinzhou, I am afraid that he will pounce on me, and I am afraid that if he attacks Shenyang, he will be in great trouble. ”

Seeing that Yuan Chonghuan was still thinking about attacking Shenyang, Huang Daozhou was on fire, and said coldly: "Since the Military Affairs Yuan has issued an order, Lord Yuan should immediately cancel the plan to attack Shenyang, if Lord Yuan does not announce it, I will exercise the function of supervising the army and announce it myself, I am afraid that Lord Yuan will not look good at face at that time." ”

Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said: "It's not that I don't want to, but Wu Xiang and Zuo Liangyu have already gone up the Liao River yesterday, and Zu Dashou is also ready to go now, if you don't come, we will already set off." Now that Mao Wenlong has withdrawn, Amin and Li Yongfang will definitely pounce immediately, and I can't get the word out if I want to withdraw now that my troops are scattered. ”

Zodiac Zhou asked curiously, "How far can you go in a day?" The horse chased after them and ordered them to retreat, what could not be said? ”

Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to tell everything, and it turned out that as soon as he arrived in Xipingbao, he sent someone to contact the Taiji who originally came to the Khalkha Department and put forward two conditions. The first is to let him lead the way to earn the city gate, if he is willing Yuan Chonghuan guarantees that after success, arrange a good place for his tribe, and try to meet as much as possible with money and food. The second condition was to let the Liaohe River ferry withdraw his men north, so that the Ming army could attack the city of Shenyang in the shortest possible time, and if it succeeded, it could also give this Taiji some gold and silver as a reward.

The next day, the Taiji replied, saying that he would not choose either condition, saying that since he swore to join Huang Taiji, he would not lead the way or give way, and said that one daughter would not marry the second husband. Yuan Chonghuan knew that there was no drama when he saw this, and secretly scolded in his heart that you have been married for a few years, what kind of chastity are you pretending? Fortunately, this Taiji did not pretend to be chaste again, saying that if the Ming military paid the promised reward first, he could order his subordinates to retreat ♀ north after pretending to fight, and Taiji also said that he would go to Shenyang City to report the news first, so that Huang Taiji knew that he was a loving and righteous person.

Yuan Chonghuan felt very contemptuous of this kind of person who was greedy for money and wanted to please both sides, but after thinking about it, he understood the mood of these people. was originally loyal to Lin Dan Khan, but was attacked by Lin Dan Khan, and now he took refuge in the Jurchens because of money, and now he wants to quietly betray because of money, and he doesn't want to betray too openly in order to leave a way out for himself, and he has to make a loyal appearance, which is really difficult for him to think of.

In response to the change in the situation, Yuan Chonghuan also made corresponding adjustments, Yuan Chonghuan's best thing is to hold the city and let the enemy attack, so that he can kill and injure the enemy with the strong city wall, and he will not be willing to let him attack the city anyway. Now that he could not attack Shenyang, he was ready to transfer the enemy out to fight, and his plan was to cross the Liaohe River without attacking Shenyang, turn around and feint to attack Liaoyang, ambush men and horses on the side of the road, and wait for the Shenyang soldiers to come out so that they could kill people and take the city. If the defenders of Shenyang City were not fooled, he would have turned a feint attack into a real attack, and he had already found out that the defenders of Liaoyang, Anshan, and Haizhou would not exceed 1,000 people.

After saying this, Yuan Chonghuan said: "Huang Jian Jun, we didn't go to Jinzhou to rescue, General Mao will definitely suffer losses, even if the imperial court sends someone else to withdraw them, the loss will not be small." Their losses need to be made up for by our victory in Shenyang, if you can't take Shenyang, you can also take Liaoyang, Anshan and other places all the way, now the road is also open, and the people are in place, the opportunity is in front of you, is it a pity to give up at this time? Didn't General Mao, they lose in vain? ”

After Huang Daozhou listened to his call, he thought for a while and said: "In this case, let's go and attack Liaoyang, there is no need for Zu Dashou and Xu Chengming's people to go, and make every effort to repair Xiping Fort and Guangning City, it is best to repair some beacon towers to report that Liangyu's car battalion and Wu Xiang's cavalry are moving fast and there are many people, there is no problem in taking Liaoyang, but don't attack Shenyang." ”

Yuan Chonghuan folded his eyes and asked: "Why can you only attack Liaoyang and not Shenyang?" ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Let me tell you the truth, because you transferred the ship away, Mao's troops could not withdraw at one time, and the Military Affairs Yuan decided not to withdraw the troops but to increase the troops and hold on to fight against Amin in Nanguan." You said that the troops in Liaoyang, Anshan and other places do not exceed 1,000 people, and more than 10,000 people to attack can be regarded as a small loss, and at the same time, it can also give Amin and Li Yongfang in Jinzhou a signal. Amin and they saw that Nanguan could not be attacked for a long time, and our army fought all the way behind, whether it was the safety of Shenyang or his own attack, he would return to the division to rescue Haizhou and other places, didn't Mao Wenlong also breathe a sigh of relief? ”

After Huang Daozhou finished speaking, he saw that Yuan Chonghuan was still looking at him in a daze, sighed and said softly: "Actually, I have also been observing the layout of Huang Taiji, he sent one of the two most powerful forces to chase Lin Dan Khan, and the other confronted Mao Wenlong in Jinzhou, as if he deliberately exposed Shenyang for us to attack, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said, "Yes, Huang Taiji is a very smart person, he must be deceitful in doing this." ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Then you immediately send someone to catch up with Wu Xiang and them, tell them to withdraw and cross the Liaohe River and go straight to Liaoyang, cut off the road from Liaoyang to Shenyang, but allow the messenger to run in the direction of Anshan, and only allow Amin to receive the news of asking for help to relieve the pressure on Mao Wenlong." After capturing Liaoyang, don't attack Anshan again, go directly across the river and come back to prepare to defend the city, I have a bad premonition that Huang Taiji always feels that there is a conspiracy, and it will be at ease to defend Xiping Fort and Guangning. ”

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Wu Xiang's 7,000 men and horses and Zuo Liangyu's 10,000 horses passed through the pontoon bridge erected by the car camp, and successively crossed the Liao River and the Hunhe River to the Taizi River. There were iron thorn carts used to repel horses in the field, box carts that could raise and lower baffles to cover bows and arrows, and transport vehicles specially used to transport weapons and food, and this time the river crossing was a pontoon car.

Seeing that because of the car camp, the action can be so fast, Wu Xiang also nodded again and again, and said to Zuo Liangyu: "Brother Zuo, this car camp is really convenient, I heard someone say that 'people are not as strong as guys' I didn't think so at the time, but now it seems that this is really reasonable." ”

Zuo Liangyu used to be Wu Xiang's subordinate, and when he saw Wu Xiang praising himself, he hurriedly said respectfully: "General Wu is polite, these things are made by those people in the Bo Academy, I just have practiced it and have nothing to boast about, and I can show my skills when I attack Liaoyang City in a while." ”

Wu Xiang said: "Oh, it turns out that I was still worried about how to capture this Liaoyang City, it seems that I have really opened my eyes today." ”

Zuo Liangyu nodded, and immediately called for people to build a bridge to cross the Taizi River, and after crossing the river, he immediately asked people to push the city truck to rush to Liaoyang City. Although there are fewer defenders now, the strong and tall city walls are still there, and the Jurchen soldiers in the city shout when they see someone attacking, and they go up to the city to boldly fire arrows at each other. Seeing that although there were not many Jurchen soldiers, they had no intention of surrendering, Zuo Liangyu ordered the soldiers to push all the city trucks towards the city gate.

This city truck is also very simple, that is, a few wooden planks covered with raw cowhide are used on the top to prevent arrows and stones, and the soldiers hide inside and start to dig the city gate with the rods inside after reaching the city gate. In the past, it was only a matter of time before the people inside did not use stones to block the gate and knock it open, but this method first required enough large wood and faced the stone bow and arrow attack on the city. The city truck is rushed to the city gate while watering and digging with an iron rod like a drill, the water is corrosive, the water sprays on the city gate, the city gate will bubble and become soft, and the people will dig and pull for a while to make several big holes.

Because the attack was a little sudden, the Jurchens did not have time to block the city gate, as soon as the hole appeared in the city gate, there were immediately Ming soldiers coming over from the hole and shooting inside, the Jurchens resisted for a few times, and they could not abandon the city immediately when they saw something, it was better for some people to die and not give in, and constantly greeted the Ming army with stones and tiles. Seeing that the Jurchen soldiers gave up resistance and fled, the Ming army smashed open the city gate and swarmed in, and after chasing for a while, they retreated, allowing hundreds of Jurchen soldiers to flee to Anshan.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu had opened the city so quickly, Wu Xiang thought to himself that this car battalion was definitely a powerful army, if dozens of cannons were loaded and transported around, who would not be afraid to prevent and fight them? What Wu Xiang didn't expect was that the most fearful of the flooding of the car battalion was the first of all, which is why other people like the mountain infantry battalion and the marine battalion of the sailor division had 30,000 people, and the reason why the car battalion Tianqi only agreed to control it at 10,000 people.

Wu Xiang was sincerely admiring, at this time a soldier quietly reported that someone was burning and looting in the city, Wu Xiang was shocked and hurriedly looked for Zuo Liangyu to ask what was going on, Liangyu had already received a report from his subordinates because he was relatively far ahead, and saw Wu Xiang asking who was burning and looting Zuo Liangyu did not answer, but just said with a smile: "General Wu, I think these people will be killed if they are killed, and these houses will be burned if they are burned, and there is no pity." ”

Wu Xiang said unhappily: "Brother Zuo, the Jurchen soldiers have already run away, these are ordinary people, we will definitely occupy these places in the future, and when the people hold a grudge because of this, won't we be blamed by the emperor?" ”

Zuo Liangyu scratched his head and said, "General Wu has a point, but it is your son-in-law Wu Sangui who leads people to kill people in the city and set fire." ”