"Pierce." All the generals agreed in unison.

"I also ask His Majesty the Khan to survey the strategy for the use of troops." Ask for advice on how to defend the war.

"I have unified half of the army, and together with Azig, Erke Chuhuer, and Shuotuo, we attacked the left battalion of the Ming army, and Daishan Belle unified the other half of the troops, and attacked the right battalion of the Ming army with Mang Gurtai and Dege. Later, our army will march in unison. "Huang Taiji Dao.

"Zha," Zhubeile, Taiji, and Brother replied in unison.

"In this battle, our army should fight bravely to the death, and it is necessary to defeat the Ming army. However, in case our army's battle is unfavorable and the Ming army in Dalinghe City breaks through the interception of the soldiers of the Four Banners, our army should quickly retreat to the camp of the two yellow flags, and then make calculations. Can you hear clearly? "Huang Taiji did not think about victory before defeat, and made arrangements in advance for unfavorable situations in the war.

Zhu Beile, Taiji, and Brother felt that Huang Taiji was a little frustrated when he said such things at this time, and he was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, but he still responded: "Zha." ”

"Very good, you quickly go and inform Yue Tuobeiler, if the battle is unfavorable, quickly send someone to inform Yu Zhen, the two red flags and the two blue flags will retreat to the two yellow flag barracks first." Huang Taiji said to one of his guards.

"Zha," the guard received the order, and rode away at a gallop.

"Everyone, Aiqing, if the Ming army breaks through the defense line of the Four Banners, our army is afraid that it will be attacked by the enemy, so it is better to return to the two yellow flag barracks as soon as possible, and wait for the soldiers of our Eight Banners to gather, and then it is not too late to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army." Huang Taiji reformulated the follow-up battle plan in the event of an unfavorable war.

"Your Majesty the King of Khan, our army will win this battle, and I am afraid that this strategy of yours will not be used." Dai Shan smiled.

"Soldiers, big things, everything is possible on the battle array, Zhushen has few people, and he can't bear huge casualties, so it's better to be careful." Huang Taiji replied.

"Zha, His Majesty the King of Khan is far-sighted and submitted." Dai Shan said.

"That's it, attack, attack the Ming army." Huang Taiji gave an order, the sound of conch sounded, and the Houjin soldiers quickly divided into two parts, each part of 10,000 people, respectively, towards the two camps of the Ming army.

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In addition, Zhang Chun, Song Wei, and Wu Xiang led 15,000 horse troops, 25,000 infantry troops, a total of 40,000 soldiers, arrived at Changshan Pass on the 26th, and they were continuously harassed by the Houjin army, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

Zhang Chun discussed with Song Wei and Wu Xiang, and decided to set up a camp here, waiting for Huang Taiji to send troops to attack, if the Houjin soldiers did not attack, and then slowly advance until they reached the city of Dalinghe.

On the question of how to set up camp, Song Wei and Wu Xiang had different opinions, because the two sides were in dispute, Song Wei had more horse troops on his side, so he proposed to set up camp in a place where water and grass were abundant, and Wu Xiang did not have many horse troops in the camp, and there were more infantry, so he did not care much about water and grass, so he asked to camp closer to the water source.

These two are both general soldiers, and the two sides are arguing, and no one can convince anyone, and finally Zhang Chun came out and made a handful of high-quality thin mud.

"Mr. Song brought his own soldiers and horses and camped at the abundant water and grass, and Mr. Wu brought his own soldiers and horses to camp at the water source, and the soldiers stood between the two towns, ready to respond at any time, I don't know what the two towns wanted?" Zhang Chun said.

"The soldier's words are reasonable." Wu Xiang and Song Wei agreed with Zhang Chun.

So Wu Xiang took his own 7,000 infantry army and 3,000 horse army to camp next to a stream, Song Wei brought his own 7,000 horse army and 5,000 infantry army to camp, and the rest of the 5,000 horse army and 13,000 infantry army were led by Zhang Chun and responded in the center.

After the armies set up camp, Zhang Chun invited the generals to his camp to discuss matters.

When the generals of the Ming army received the order, they went to Zhang Chun's tent to discuss the strategy of war and defense.

"Generals, a few days ago, the city sent a flying thing to hang in the sky, looking forward to our army to help, this soldier believes that Mr. Zu must have known that our army is coming to help, he has 10,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and he will definitely go out of the city to fight and join our army.

Therefore, our army should fight to the death, first stabilize its position, resist the offensive of Jiannu, and then advance slowly, so as to join the army under the command of Zu Zongzhen, so that the siege of the Great Ling River will be lifted, and we can return to the imperial court. Since the attack in Jinzhou City, our army has not encountered a firm resistance from Jiannu along the way, and only today has it been harassed by Jiannu's rangers.

This shows that Huang Taiji, the chief of Jiannunu, no longer wants our army to continue to advance, and I expect that there will be a fierce battle tomorrow, and I hope that you will work together to fight to the death, defeat Jiannu, and make meritorious contributions. Zhang Chun waited for the generals to sit down, and then spoke out to encourage.

"What Zhang Bingbei said is extremely true, Zu Zongzhen's subordinates are all elite soldiers, there are 10,000 people, plus our army, there are more than 50,000 people after the combined army, I don't know the strength of Jiannu, I don't know, it is expected that there are only 60,000 or 70,000 people, the military strength of the other army is not dominant, our army and Zu Zongzhen are advancing oppositely, forming a flank attack on Jiannu, maybe we can defeat Jiannu in person and join together." Song Wei was the first to speak.

"There are many Jiannu people, and I don't know if Zuzong Town can rush out?" Wu Xiang said with a worried look on his face.

"Why can't you get out? Do you think everyone is like you, greedy for life and afraid of death? Song Wei teased Wu Xiang with great disdain.

"You are amazing, last time we took 7,000 soldiers, and we were defeated by the slave chief Huang Taiji with 200 Bayala, aren't you not in the formation?" Wu Xiang sneered.

"Don't laugh at me, who is running ahead?" Song Wei said angrily.

"What if you laugh at 50 steps and laugh at 100 steps?" Wu Xiang squinted and smiled, and said coldly.

"You bastard..... Song Wei was furious.

"You're stupid as a pig." Wu Xiang was also furious.

"Mr. Song, Mr. Wu, and stop the anger, and the anger, the enemy is now, the military situation is important, don't hurt the peace." Zhang Chun hurriedly came out to persuade the fight.

To tell the truth, such a scene has appeared many times along the way, Zhang Chun has no foundation in the court because of his low official position, so he can't suppress these two chief military officers at all.

Song Wei disliked Wu Xiang for being timid and fearful, not brave in battle, and fled at every turn, and despised him very much. And Wu Xiang disliked Song Wei for being simple-minded, well-developed limbs, brainless in doing things, and didn't know how to be flexible, so he was also very disgusted with him.

is because these two people often stare at each other with big eyes, look at each other unpleasantly, and fight a lot along the way.

The two quarreled again today, and Zhang Chun easily persuaded him.

Song Wei and Wu Xiang looked at Zhang Chun's face, temporarily suppressed their anger, and stopped quarreling.

"Our army has no news with Zu Zongzhen, and I don't know how they will act, but this soldier knows that Zu Zongzhen is brave and not incompetent, and he will definitely send troops out of the city to join our army. Moreover, Mr. Zu must also know that our army is near the Changshan Pass, and he will definitely take Jinzhou Avenue. Let's just try our best to fight to the east, and if the ancestral town attacks, we will definitely be able to meet. But the premise is that our army must withstand the offensive of the Serbs, I wonder if you have confidence? ”

"Our army is not far from Dalinghe City, success or failure is here, and this town will take his subordinates to fight to the death." Song Wei responded loudly.

His generals also sang loudly and were full of confidence.

"The town should do its best." Wu Xiang replied weakly.

The generals under his command suddenly felt their faces darkened.

Zhang Chun saw that Wu Xiang didn't seem to be very positive, so he said encouragingly: "Mr. Wu, do you have to know that the town guard in Dalinghe City, General Zu Zongzhen, is your brother-in-law, can't you do your best to save your family?" ”

When Wu Xiang heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then he barely cheered up and replied: "I will do my best to save the ancestral town from trouble." ”

Zhang Chun was still not satisfied with Wu Xiang's attitude, but he did not have enough authority to suppress this local soldier in Liaodong, so he could only say helplessly: "This is very good." ”

"Everyone, go back and rest, recuperate, and fight tomorrow." Zhang Chun ordered loudly.

"Yes." When the generals were commanded, they returned to their tents.

"If this soldier has the authority of Yuan, he will definitely behead Wu Xiang." Zhang Chun waited until the generals were far away, then smashed his fist on several cases, spit out a breath of turbidity, his eyes flashed with cold killing intent, and he muttered to himself with hatred.

"Hey, that's it, if I kill him, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get out of Liaodong, and what will I talk about serving the country. It's just that tomorrow, if our army loses, it will be mistaken by Wu Xiang. Zhang Chun shook his head helplessly, with a strong uneasiness in his heart.