When he came to the Military Affairs Yuan, when the ministers saw Li Tianqi and asked, "What happened?" ”

Sun Chengzong said with an anxious face: "Your Majesty, Gaodi's Ningyuan is in a hurry for 600 miles, saying that Lu Zhijia, the deputy chief soldier of Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Li Chengxian, the general of staff, are missing, and there are 1,000 men and horses in the department. Gao Di repeatedly asked Ma Shilong about the whereabouts of Lu Zhijia and his subordinates, and Ma Shilong refused to say clearly. ”

Apocalypse asked, "When did Gao Di find out that people were missing?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The Tang newspaper said that Gao heard a report on the evening of the 20th day before, and he visited Ma Shilong early yesterday morning and saw that Ma Shilong's words were unknown before he knew what had happened. ”

Apocalypse asked, "That's all?" Has MI found any information related to them? ”

Sun Yunheyu, the right governor of Jinyi Wei, reported: "Ten days ago, a man named Liu Boqi ran back from Yaozhou, saying that Yaozhou on the other side of the Sancha River only had 300 soldiers led by the fourth prince of the Jurchen slave chieftain, and he could take the opportunity to capture it. ”

Apocalypse asked, "Where was Ma Shilong at that time?" ”

Sun Yunhe said: "Since Ningyuan Pass is still almost not repaired, General Ma's men and horses are still defending in Jinzhou and other places. ”

Wang Zaijin said: "It is estimated that he did not defect to the enemy, but learned the news of Liu Boqiao and took Yaozhou privately." ”

Apocalypse looked at the map and said, "How wide is the Sancha River?" Can you swim across? ”

Sun Yunhe said: "Although it is hot and you can go into the water, most of our soldiers wear iron armor and must have a boat. ”

Wang Zaijin said: "A thousand soldiers can't be transferred without passing through the general soldier Ma Shilong, but to transfer the troop transport ships from Juehua Island, Ning Qiandao Yuan Chonghuan is ignorant of the reason, they all conceal it and don't report it, these two bastards!" ”

Tianqi said: "Yaozhou is too far away from Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and there are two rivers in between, Daling River and Sancha River, and they can't hold it, if it's to kill the enemy, three hundred people are a little less, what other purpose do they have?" ”

At this time, Sun Yunhe ran over and said, "Your Majesty, there is also a piece of news from five days ago that there are soldiers in Liaodong who are making trouble because of the lack of horse material and silver. ”

Wang Zaijin said: "This is obvious, ten days ago Liu Boqi fled back and said that the information was known by Ma Zongbing, he issued an order to take Yaozhou, the Ming army was defeated repeatedly because of the fear of war, so it made trouble, as for why Ma Zongbing disobeyed the order of only guarding without fighting, the minister knew a little bit about it, and even the folds of impeaching him for several months to eat empty quotas and spend money were going to crush him, as the saying goes, a handsome man covers a hundred ugliness, and he needs a victory to resist the accusations of the ministers against him." ”

Sun Chengzong glanced at Wang Zaijin unhappily and said: "Lord Wang, let's talk about things on the matter, it is the matter of the official, a few months ago the official was still in Liaodong, once the charge of eating empty quotas and spending money is confirmed, the official will not be able to get rid of it." ”

Wang Zaijin said: "Xia Guan has no intention of impeaching Master Sun, nor does he say that these impeachments are real, but he may be disturbed by the fact that someone is impeaching him." ”

Tianqi said: "If you don't lead people to surrender to the enemy, there is only one possibility to take Yaozhou independently, and there are three results of taking Yaozhou: a complete victory, a loss of troops, and a return in vain, how is the Military Affairs Yuan going to deal with it?" ”

Wang Zaijin said: "In the case of disobeying military orders, the loss of soldiers will definitely be an unforgivable crime, and those who return without merit need to be severely punished, and a complete victory can be rewarded or not." ”

Apocalypse said softly: "Disobeying military orders is a crime that cannot be punished!" At the beginning of its establishment, the Military Affairs Yuan announced that the decision on whether to fight or not would be decided by military aircraft, how could they report while fighting at the front, and a while ago they repeatedly ordered that they should not go to war and that all actions should be under command, why did they dare to do this? It is because they are lucky that they think that if they have made meritorious service, they will not be guilty, and there will be a second or third time if they are appeased this time, and I will never allow this kind of thing to happen again. ”

Zhang Weiying said: "If you win this battle, it is not easy to punish. ”

Apocalypse said: "If this battle is lost, I may deal with it at my discretion, if a thousand people sneak attack three hundred people, if we fail, we may understand a lot of things, if we win this battle, I must execute two!" Let everyone understand that there is no need for people in my army who do not obey orders, and the greater the ability of such people, the greater the harm. ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong also had the meaning of justification, Tianqi said: "You don't need to say it, the command of this army is to use everyone's strength on a goal, if everyone fights separately and does not listen to the command, the combat effectiveness will be scattered, the person who commands is not effective, and the people who fight are scattered, such an army has no value of existence, rather than losing troops and humiliating the country in the future, it is better to prevent trouble now." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and asked Sun Yunhe: "Lord Wang began to analyze the general situation immediately based on the intelligence, you will only obtain information, will you not comprehensively analyze all the information?" ”

Sun Yunhe said: "There are many sources of this intelligence, and the personnel, places, and times involved are also very complicated, and it is not very easy to analyze, and there is also a lot of specious information, and most of the people in the military intelligence department collect intelligence." ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Three things, one is that no matter whether this battle is won or lost, let the parties and those who do not report it come to the Military Affairs Yuan to explain the situation and wait for processing; The second is the diversion of soldiers, and those who have lost their courage before fighting are not suitable to stay in the army, so let Gao Di instruct the general soldiers of Liaodong to select those who dare to fight in the army to form a death squad to practice every day, and those who are afraid of war and war-weary are pulled to repair the city; Third, the Military Affairs Yuan selects personnel to set up the Military Staff Office, whose role is to analyze intelligence, pre-construct the battle situation, and analyze various possibilities from the intelligence in a timely manner. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "It is really necessary to set up a separate department to analyze intelligence, assume various possibilities such as victory or defeat, and then prepare various precautionary measures, so that the military aircraft department can concentrate on making decisions according to the actual situation." But where did the emperor choose this person? ”

Tianqi said: "Last time, Zhu Yanxi, a scholar of the university, said that there were people in the Hanlin Academy and students in the Guozi Prison who were willing to serve the country, and I selected 200 people in it for Yang Lian to train, and I was originally going to let them specialize in cleaning up the grain depot, measuring the land, making coins, and examining officials, but now the military affairs are urgent, so let the Military Affairs Yuan select people among them." The ancients said that there must be faithfulness within ten steps, and the gentleman does not have to be limited to being selected among them, the head of the six ministries and the officials of the prefecture and county, as long as they are in Beijing now, can be selected, as long as they have the interest and ability in this area. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The ministers obey the order. After speaking, he slowly turned to look at the map and said: "This battle can also test the current combat effectiveness and command ability of my Ming army, the emperor is right, if a thousand people go to a sneak attack and lose to three hundred, maybe they will get a lot of things, and the minister feels that this thing obtained from the defeat may be more useful than the lives of this thousand people." ”

At this time, on the edge of the Sancha River, Lu Zhijia, the deputy commander-in-chief, looked at the river with anxious eyes, and found nothing in the river except for the rushing river, and there was no one on the other side except for mounds and stones, at this time, the general Li Chengxian came over and said: "General, neither the upstream nor the downstream saw the boat that took us across the river, what should we do?" ”

Lu Zhijia asked: "How many miles of land have your people searched for upstream and downstream?" ”

Li Chengxian said: "Five miles each." ”

Lu Zhijia thought for a while and said: "I can't wait, you find some people to find a few fishing boats, and the others will camp and rest on the spot, find the fishing boats and wait for it to cross the river overnight after dark." ”

At night, the Ming army only found three small boats that could hold more than a dozen people, and if they wanted to carry horses, they would be even less, Lu Zhijia gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, first carry some people and then some horses, and then search for a period of time and then stand by." ”

In the darkness of the night, the timid soldiers were forcibly pushed onto the boat, and the grumbling of squeezing their waists and stepping on their feet was incessant, accompanied by the shouts of the officers and the shouts of the soldiers, and the boats of men were slowly carried over, and occasionally one or two horses made a long neigh, and the cry was very loud in the night wind. The Sancha River is not very wide, but in summer and autumn the river is very fast, and it can barely be crossed on the fourth day, and although everyone is tired, the expected victory is very exciting.

On the night of the fourth day, a thousand Ming troops took advantage of the night to touch the city of Yaozhou, the soldiers were strictly ordered not to talk to each other, even the horses they rode were picked up bells and wrapped in hooves, except for the friction sound of the armor leaves on their bodies as they moved forward, and the spears in their hands occasionally touched each other, there was no sound, and the night at the end of the month was also very dark, making it difficult for them to expose their whereabouts. Seeing that the city wall of Yaozhou was not high, Lu Zhijia, the deputy chief soldier, was secretly happy, he dismounted and looked left and right, and saw that the soldiers were ready to wait for his order, he stretched out his hand and slowly pulled out his waist knife and shouted in a low voice: "Brothers, kill into Yaozhou, no chickens and dogs will be left!" After saying that, he took the lead in rushing forward, and some of the surrounding soldiers rushed towards the city wall with low shouts with swords and guns, and some with ladders.