The night is deep, and Qinghe City is prepared for the yamen of the Imperial Office.

Yang Hao sat at the table, looking at the map of the whole town of Liaodong spread on the table, but he was thinking about something else in his heart.

Today's first round of confrontation with Yue Xiang did not come to any conclusion, this originally unknown little person was very unexpected to him, difficult to deal with, with his own identity he couldn't suppress him, there was no concept of respect and inferiority at all, and he didn't take his life seriously, and he didn't even take the life of his own clan in his eyes, so disloyal and unfilial, it was a bit of an outlaw fanatic.

And what surprised him even more was that this person talked about his key points everywhere in his words, and even some situations may not even be clear to the local officials, he is a small person who is not enough to Liaodong can even say a ** not far from ten, to say that he is only inferred from various signs, it is too amazing. In this way, this man is a genius.

It is not without precedent in history that two different temperaments are concentrated in the same person. Moreover, this person's martial arts are outstanding and courageous, and he took the lead in the battle with the Jurchens, and he is an excellent general. Speaking of which, he is a bold all-rounder in civil and military affairs.

Yang Hao is a kind of person, full of poetry and books, full of economy, decades of ups and downs in the sea, and has already honed a pair of fiery eyes. He could see that Yue Xiang was not really afraid of death, a young man had only lived to be less than thirty years old, it was the time to show his strength, how could he be willing to die at this time, he was just very able to pretend to be very calm.

I didn't expect to meet such a character in Liaodong, this young man is definitely not a thing in the pool, so he can't be powerful; Once the carp jumps the dragon gate in the future, it may be a heroic person.

If he met such a person in the past, Yang Hao would definitely be strangled in the bud, even if he didn't strangle him, he would have to try to suppress it strongly, so as to remove a hidden danger for the imperial court. But now that the war in Liaodong is igniting, it is the time to employ people, Nurhachi is a hero, and ordinary people are not qualified to deal with such an opponent. With a person like Yue Xiang existing, if he can control him, it is just right to deal with the rebels in Jianzhou.

Although the expedition to Liao mobilized experienced generals such as Juniper and Liu Ting, these people moved slowly, and they did not know when the troops would be in place. Before that, he had to ensure that the existing city land in Liaodong would not be lost, at least the big cities above the city could not be lost, so that it could be regarded as a bit of hard work. And to do this, the only thing he can rely on now is the local forces in Liaodong.

Therefore, he will come to Qinghe, there are more than 100 forts along the Great Wall of Liaodong, and only Fushun and Qinghe are two places where the two tunbing cities are related to the pass road can lead directly to Jianzhou Laochao Chimney Mountain. Now that Fushun has been lost, only the Qinghe River can directly pose a fatal threat to Jianzhou, which is the bridgehead of the Ming army.

He came here not only for Yue Xiang, but also partly to inspect the defense measures of Qinghe. Let's see if the Ming army has the strength to organize a counterattack on the spot to delay Nurhachi's advance.

However, these efforts of his did not have much effect in the current situation, although he was a civilian official, but after all, he had fought with the Mongolian barbarians with the army before, and commanded a large army in Korea to fight the Japanese invaders, although his achievements were not very glorious, but he was not a layman in military affairs. Based on his observations, he found that the Ming army in Qinghe had the characteristics that are common to all the armies in eastern Liaodong today: low morale, poor equipment, and dissatisfied soldiers.

With such an army, it is impossible to launch a counterattack, and it is barely possible to even maintain a defensive position. On the one hand, this is a big part of the problem of the generals, he didn't see it when he patrolled Liaodong before, but now he has found that many of the usually mighty and majestic generals are actually useless among the tigers tied in paper, and they will be exposed at the critical moment.

He now needed a brave general who could fight to stop Nurhachi from advancing before he mustered enough strength. He found that Yue Xiang was a suitable candidate.

But this person's unruliness made him feel at ease, and he was involved in the problem of Gao Huai's gold collection, which further dragged down his strategic deployment. Originally, he had no way to fight Gao Huai's idea of hiding gold, knowing that this was the property of the royal family, Wanli issued several secret decrees to trace the whereabouts of this huge amount of money, and he dared to use this money was tantamount to pulling out his teeth. If he hadn't reached an agreement with the Hongyang Sect to divide the money, he wouldn't have used such obvious means.

Maybe this Yue Xiang just saw this, if he gave away the Tibetan gold, then he would have no use value, the speed of the army recruitment will be accelerated, and when the famous generals of Liaodong will gather, there may be no place for him, and I will definitely kill him.

Yang Hao thought about it, and felt more and more that if he was Yue Xiang, he would definitely choose not to cooperate. Only in this way may you have a way to live.

It seems that he has seen through death left and right, but what if he can guarantee him a way to live? Maybe he will change his attitude, it's a shame that such a talent can't be used by me. But if he gains power in the future, will it be a blessing or a curse for Liaodong and the imperial court? Yang Hao was a little inaccurate.

At most, one more Li Chengliang will be cultivated in Liaodong, this person is indeed similar to Li Chengliang's personality back then, if he wins after this battle, he is not afraid of the purple robe and gold belt to be a very human minister? It is not impossible to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, which one of the border ministers who did not bring troops stood outside to cheer and echo inside and outside......

Yang Hao thought about it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but overflow with a smile. But suddenly he felt that he was thinking a little far, shook his head, and pulled his thoughts back.

How to gain the trust of this Yue Xiang? Coercion has proven to be ineffective. Or is it gentleness, or grace and power? He believed that everyone had weaknesses, and as long as he grasped them, he could force him to comply, but he still couldn't find where Yue Xiang's weaknesses were.

He thought back to their conversation, and thought of Yue Xiang asking him about the counterinsurgency strategy.

It was the first time that Yang Hao heard someone ask him about the strategy of quelling the rebellion in Liaodong, and after the defeat of the Fushun army, he was ordered to be named and promoted by the Ministry of War as the strategy of Liaodong, and hurriedly went out of the customs to command the military deployment of the Jurchens, but to be honest, he still didn't know the specific strategy.

Just because the soldiers and horses from all walks of life have not yet been assembled, he himself has no idea how many soldiers, horses and artillery can be transferred, and the efficiency of the imperial court is so low, it is said that it is a mobilization of 100,000 troops, and it is not good to say how many people can really fight. Therefore, only after the army is assembled and understands the specific situation can we talk about it, and most of those court bigwigs do not know the soldiers, and only hope that he will get out of the customs to meet the enemy quickly, but no one has noticed this critical issue when he leaves.

It's funny that it came out of the mouth of a little boss who is below his rank and I don't know how many levels. Yang Ho felt that there was really an indescribable sense of irony. The dignified court officials are not as knowledgeable as a sesame official when they are in an emergency.

The government and the opposition all thought that the soldiers and horses of this dynasty were invincible in the world and were mighty in all directions. Wanli's three major expeditions were all victorious, which shows that Gu is a good general, a rebel in Jianzhou, and he will be wiped out in a blink of an eye. But Yang Ho is a person who has really been on the battlefield and knows the real situation under the official article.

Back then, the fight against the Japanese invaders, the fight against Yang Yinglong, and the fight against Bobai were all old foundations left over from the military training in the Zhang Juzheng era, and famous generals such as Li Chengliang and Li Rusong were still alive. Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty are claimed to be 1.8 million, and the actual number of soldiers is less than one-third, of which less than one-tenth of the elite soldiers can fight, and the rest are basically useless.

For example, in the Korean campaign in which he personally participated, the Korean garrison at that time was a capable unit carefully selected by the Ministry of War from all over the country, and 5,000 were transferred from this province and 3,000 from Nafu, and tens of thousands of miscellaneous regiments were pieced together. It's sad to think about it, the Ming Dynasty could only make up so many tens of thousands of people to go abroad to support the façade.

This was more than ten years ago, and there were still elite soldiers to adjust, but now that it's been so long, I don't know if this group of people is still there.

And the court officials still only cling to their previous impressions, thinking that the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Celestial Empire are all brave and invincible. Yang Hao was calm on the surface, but in fact, he really didn't know anything in his heart, so he didn't dare to say anything about this kind of thing. Earlier, Yue Xiang's question about this he just held the shelf and blocked it, but now that he thinks about it, this person is a small official, and an ordinary petty official can think of this aspect. It was obviously not a casual question to be able to ask this, could it be that he still had any opinion on this?

After thinking for a while, he called softly, and two guards with knives came in from outside the door, bowing and saluting.

"What do you command?"

"Invite Zou Junmen." Yang Ho put down the tea bowl and put the map away. Although this map is very old, and the location of many new cities is not indicated, it is also a map, and the important towns and roads are all on it. Future planning may have to be carried out on this plan.

After about twenty minutes, the sound of armor rattling outside the house sounded. Then outside the door reported that Zou Chuxian asked to see him.

Zou Chuxian eats, drinks and Lazar all these days in the city, and he doesn't know when this Yang Ho will leave. Anyway, if he doesn't leave for a day, he will have to stay in this city for one more day. The generals under his command saw that the main general's nerves were endless, and they inspected the city every day to train the men and horses, and also sent people to inspect various positions outside the city.

Could it be that the Jurchen soldiers are going to fight in the near future? Did Zou Junmen get any information? But Zou Chuxian didn't give them any explanation, just buried himself in strengthening military training, strictly enforced military discipline, and beheaded seven soldiers who violated military discipline in a row within a few days. His subordinates were confused and began to be suspicious, thinking that something was going to happen, and consciously began to tighten the discipline of the army.

This crooked blow is right, after such a toss, the Ming army in Qinghe has a little bit of appearance for the time being.

Zou Chuxian was still dozing in the watchtower at the head of Dongguan City just now, and when he heard Yang Hao pass him on so late, he thought something was wrong, and immediately ran down. This person is too dangerous and sensitive here, so it's better to send this hot potato out quickly.

When he entered the house, he saw Yang Hao sitting on a chair, as if nothing had happened. I wondered what I was doing if I didn't sleep at night? Could it be that I have to leave tomorrow and let me make arrangements early today? It would be nice if that were the case. With anticipation in his heart, he closed the door and fell to one knee.

"The last general will see Lord Jinglu."

"General Zou, please get up, full of clothes, are you still patrolling the city so late?" Yang Hao's hand was raised slightly, Zou Chuxian straightened up respectfully, and clenched his fist again when he heard this: "Exactly, now that Jianyu is in turmoil, Qinghe is on the front line, and the position is critical." I am afraid of a sneak attack by the rebels, so I have to be careful. ”

"General Zou has worked hard, the general is diligent and brave, no wonder his subordinates are brave. The commander looked at the armies in Liaodong, but the soldiers of Qinghe were the most strict and majestic, which was the general's merit. ”

What Yang Hao said was not light or heavy, and Zou Chuxian didn't understand what he meant. Is it really a compliment or an ulterior motive? Is his Qinghe soldier really as elite as Yang Hao said, he knows in his heart that the things that come out of grinding guns in battle can have as good as he said? Will he not be able to see it? Could it be that he really hid this little trick from him? What did he mean by putting this top hat on me?

He hurriedly bowed down again: "This is all within the scope of the end, and I don't dare to take credit." ”

"Hehe, the general is too modest. How has the strategy progressed in the past few days? Yang Ho was referring to the tactics of blocking the enemy army outside the city by relying on the mountainous terrain.

Zou Chuxian wanted to tell him that this tactic was very unpopular, and he didn't know how many times he had been scolded by the soldiers, and these scoldings were all suffered by Yang Hao. But when the words came to his lips, they turned into a clever plan of Lord Jinglu, and the morale of the whole army was high, and he only waited for the rebels from Jianzhou to come and kill them without leaving a piece of armor.

Yang Hao smiled slightly: "Although Ben Shuai was ordered by the Holy Father to pass through Liaodong, he is a civil official after all. The general is a seasoned general, and when it comes to fighting, the general is more experienced. According to the general, if you really want to start a fight with Jianyu, can the soldiers and horses outside the city withstand it? ”

"This ......" Zou Chuxian thought that this question was too big to ask, and fell into hesitation. Yang Hao asked him to say that it was okay, Zou Chuxian thought for a while and said: "A small group of enemy troops is naturally no problem, but it is difficult to say that the large group of people is not good." ”

"It turned out that there was a shortage of troops...... Even if it doesn't work, it can always consume some of Jianyu's troops. ”

When Zou Chuxian heard that his feelings were calculated as consumables for his team, he thought that you were too simple. It is true that it is certain to fight guerrilla warfare in accordance with the mountainous terrain layer by layer, but when there is a way out, who wants to fight to the death to the end? Judging from the morale of the officers and men at present, in that case, the majority will definitely flee and disperse.

Zou Chuxian didn't know how to answer, Yang Hao knew what he meant.

"Ben Shuai understands, in the opinion of General Zou, is it better for the infantry to block outside the city, or is it better to defend the garrison in the city?"

“…… The last general will obey the orders of the lord, and the lord will say how, the last general will "hold back for a long time Zou Chuxian came out with this sentence.

"Hehe, in this way, General Zou originally planned to fortify the wall and clear the wilderness and defend the city? When I first arrived in Qinghe, I found that the city was being repaired and the artillery forts were being repaired, and the defenses were arranged in a very orderly manner. It's just that there are no soldiers guarding the horse wall ditch outside the city, but I don't know if this kind of formation is from the general's handwriting? ”

Zou Chuxian didn't know if Yang Hao was dissatisfied or something else, and was a little overwhelmed......