"Wolf's Den Fort" is naturally a fortress structure, which is different from the city of the Ming Dynasty, and somewhat similar to the military fortresses of Europe.

It covers an area of 90,000 square meters, with a construction area of 70,000 square meters, and can be stationed in 3,000 or 5,000 military and civilian areas.

On the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huang Han inspected the construction site of the "Wolf's Den Fort" in full swing, and after distributing benefits to all the soldiers and civilians involved in the work, he hurried to the Jinzhou camp.

At this time, it was already the willow tops on the moon, and the generals of Jingying and Dongjiang Town, led by Fang Zhenghua and Huanglong, were already eager to see through.

Xiang Chengliang rushed to the camp with the vanguard troops yesterday afternoon, and he took dozens of "Red Banner Army" engineers early this morning to guide hundreds of soldiers who were working with the army.

Hundreds of people worked together to build three yurts that could loosely accommodate more than 100 people, which were used to set up banquets and invite the generals of Dongjiang Town, Jinyiwei Xiaoqi and above-level officials, and Shenshu Camp General Banner and above-level generals and colonels to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together.

The rest of the Jinyi guard lieutenants and the soldiers of the Shenshu battalion ate roast mutton and drank wine on the bonfire near the yurt, and the soldiers of Dongjiang Town will also have meat to eat tonight and have a few sips of wine to satisfy their hunger.

Originally, the generals of Dongjiang Town were ashamed of themselves in front of Huang Han, but now Huang Han has the great merit of winning Fuzhou and killing thousands of Jiannu, and they see that Huang Han is more humble, and there is no roughness of arrogant soldiers at all.

When pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Huang Han also took his own arrangement and arrangement, and steady and steady is the mainstream, so now he is not in a hurry to attack Jinzhou City, but to increase his efforts to manage our army's position as solid as a rock, and he is invincible, and the enemy will be killed sooner or later.

The generals have already seen the great project of digging trenches to besiege Jinzhou in full swing, and everyone thinks so.

Huang Long said: "Lord Huang's steady and steady arrangement is the most appropriate, regardless of the rest, first trap the prey to ensure that it can't run away, and then slowly ponder how to kill is the last word."

As soon as the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town arrived here, they joined the team of digging trenches, and estimated that within a few days, a few trenches would be able to surround Jinzhou. ”

Li Ruolian was enthusiastic after a few glasses of wine, he cherished this rare combat opportunity for the Ming army to take the lead and gain the upper hand, and hugged his fists and asked for battle:

"Lord Huang, the Jinyi Guard Captains brought out by this official this time are all skilled in archery and horses, everyone has fine armor and equipment, and their protection and combat effectiveness are not inferior to those of Jiannu Zhengbing.

I'm afraid that the cavalry attacking the city won't be needed, and I'm afraid that the Shenshu Battalion and the Jinyi Guard will dig trenches and complain, so let's see if you can arrange some war work for the sons and daughters under the command of this official, so that they can also have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and not run in vain. ”

Since the well-known generals of Dongjiang Town all brought their families to Lushunkou to assemble, they all wanted to mix up the war exploits without exception.

Although there are not many cavalry in the Dongjiang soldiers, but the generals' families are all cavalry without exception, and now all the men and horses have come to Jinzhou and Lushunkou, and the total amount is also quite a lot, and there should be more than 2,000 cavalry according to statistics, half of which are family members, and most of the cavalry have ironclad equipment.

The Shenshu Battalion and Jinyi Guards who came to the Jinzhou camp were all skilled cavalrymen with bows and horses, and the number of cavalry was close to 500, and the cavalry of Dongjiang Town had more than 2,500 cavalry, so the "Red Banner Army" could also mobilize 1,300 cavalry in addition to the scouts who arranged observation posts.

With a small 4,000 cavalry, the strength is enough to defeat any nearby Jiannu people, how can Huang Han be violent and destroy the heavens, taking advantage of Li Ruolian's invitation to fight, he suggested:

"This official thinks that the concentrated use of cavalry, led by Gonggong Fang and Master Li, will attack Gaizhou, and make full preparations to attack Shenyang, and must be able to scare the slave chief out of a cold sweat."

"Huh?" Li Ruolian, who invited the battle, opened his mouth wide, and he was scared into a cold sweat first. He wondered: "Attacking Gaizhou and coercing Shenyang, this seems too risky, right?" In case we are surrounded by Jiannu, I am afraid that more than half of us will not be able to come back. ”

Huang Han smiled: "Master Li, you and I are brothers, since you are not at ease, forget it."

This official accompanied Fang's father-in-law to bring Shen Shikui, Li Weiluan, Shang Keyi, Xiang Zuolin, Fan Hualong, Zhang Dalu and other Dongjiang Town generals to tease Jiannu, and you took the Jinyi Wei brothers to supervise the soldiers and laborers to hurry up and build fortifications to besiege Jinzhou to death. ”

Fang Zhenghua immediately laughed sharply, and he said: "Haha, our family likes to fight side by side with Lord Huang, and finally waited for the opportunity again, happy, happy." ”

Li Ruolian exhaled angrily: "Lord Huang, are we good brothers?" Aren't you laughing at me for being cowardly and afraid of death? ”

"I don't mean that, you and I are confidants, and we should know that the officials and employees are consciously voluntary, and as long as there is a little unhappiness in my heart, I can ask to give up.

Shen Shikui, Li Weiluan, Tan Yinghua and other generals, you have to think about it, if you don't want to go and say it now, this official will not be strong. ”

The generals of Dongjiang Town, Du Huo Ran, stood up and saluted: "The last general and this official are willing to obey the dispatch, and are willing to follow Gonggong Fang and Lord Huang to attack Gaizhou and coerce Shenyang." ”

Li Ruolian said loudly: "Jinzhou has Lord Huang in charge of our attack to be able to rest assured, or this official will accompany Father-in-law Fang on a trip, in fact, this official suggested that Father-in-law Fang should stay here with Lord Huang, and it is enough for this official and the generals to go to Gaizhou." ”

Huang Long and Jin Sheng also advised Fang Zhenghua and Huang Han to stay in the camp, and they were willing to lead their men and horses to attack and harass Jiannu.

Then there was trouble, all the generals wanted to make meritorious contributions and expressed their willingness to follow, and who led the troops to become the main generals Li Ruolian, Huang Long, Shen Shikui, and Jin Sheng also fought.

In the end, Huang Han made a final decision, he personally led the troops, accompanied by Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian, brought Huang Long, Shen Shikui, Tan Yinghua and other generals of Dongjiang Town, and left Jin Sheng to cooperate with Song Pengfei, Zheng Xiaowen, and Gao Zhimou to step up the construction of fortifications.

Early the next morning, the order to assemble the cavalry was issued, and more than 3,800 cavalry were all in place by noon on the third day, and on the fourth day, that is, on August 19, the small 4,000 cavalry were dispatched, with more than 7,000 horses.

The cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" came across the sea without carrying spare horses, and the cavalry of Dongjiang Town had a war horse with worrying physical strength, which was already good, where could it have a double ride?

The extra 3,000 horses were partly captured from the Fuzhou, and partly the results of the looting during this period.

Huang Han only took seven days of supplies on the road, which meant that without seizing grain and horse feed, the cavalry had to return to the camp after four days of outing.

Medical soldiers are a characteristic branch of the "Red Banner Army", and there is not even a Shenshu battalion, let alone Dongjiang Town, so it can be seen that when there are wounded soldiers who need treatment, they can only rely on the "Red Banner Army".

Therefore, Huang Han brought three small banners with the best medical soldiers with the best riding skills, and the medical officer Liu Dashou took the initiative to ask for permission to go north.