The next day, the army continued to set off for Quang Ninh, when the snow had just melted in Liaodong, the roads were muddy, and the march of the army was difficult, and when the advance of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard arrived at the Zhongzuo Tunwei in Quang Ninh, it was almost completely dark.

Zhu Cijiong was about to ask people to inform the Tianxiong army behind to camp on the spot, and come back early tomorrow morning to meet and rush to Dalinghe Fort together, when a sharp sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from behind, and a Ming army scout with a small flag on his back galloped towards him.

Zhu Cijiong chuckled in his heart and said secretly: "This can't be a big deal, right?" It stands to reason that Huang Taiji's movements should not be so fast! ”

The scout naturally couldn't get close to Long Yuan, the thousands of brocade guards around him were not to be watched, he was stopped as soon as he approached the periphery of Long Yuan, a brocade guard Qianhu stepped forward to inquire, then took a letter, beat his horse and ran to the side of Long Yuan, and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it is the eight hundred miles sent by Mao Wenlong, the commander of the Dongjiang Army." ”

Mao Wenlong, Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he may have come to report, he has already sent troops to attack the Dingliao Right Guard as required, after all, it has only been less than two days since the snow melted, and it will take at least one day for him to send a message from Phi Dao, calculating the time, he should have just arrived at the Dingliao Right Guard and sent the letter. But this guy is really, if you send troops, you will send troops, even if you arrive at the right guard of Dingliao, you don't need to send eight hundred miles to expedite.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head helplessly, took the envelope in the hand of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, checked the sealing situation slightly, then tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper in it, and then opened the letter paper in front of him.

Mao Wenlong wrote in his letter:

Weichen Dongjiang Army Chief General Admiral Mao Wenlong Qi Emperor:

Chen led 100,000 soldiers of the Dongjiang Army to launch a fierce attack on the right guard of Dingliao on the morning of March 16, and finally took the right guard of Dingliao in one fell swoop after nearly two hours of fierce battle. In this battle, the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army were killed more than 12,000 people, wounded more than 30,000 people, and killed more than 10,000 enemies. The minister was afraid that the road would encounter reinforcements from Jiannu and increase casualties, so he did not send troops to chase after him, and asked the emperor for forgiveness.

The more Zhu Cijiong watched, the more excited he became, and after reading it, he couldn't help but pat the handle of the seat and praised: "Mao Wenlong, it's good." ”

When Sun Chengzong, who was driving on the side, heard this, he was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that the right guard of Dingliao has already been taken?" ”

Zhu Cijiong replied excitedly: "Yes, the Dongjiang Army took down the right guard of Dingliao near noon yesterday, okay, it will be easy to recover the southeast of Liao, Taifu really has a clever plan." ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly said modestly: "This is all the credit of Mao Wenlong, Weichen does not dare to grab the credit, this kid, when he encounters something that can be promoted and made a fortune, he is more active than anyone else, and it is not surprising that he can win the right guard of Dingliao in such a short time." It's just that the casualties are too great, and if Jiannu fights back wildly, I don't know if he can stand it. ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he became anxious, he looked at the Guangning Zhongzuo Tunwei who was close at hand, and couldn't help urging: "Hurry, hurry up and enter the city." ”

The speed of the dragon chariot instantly accelerated, the brocade guards in front shouted, and the Praetorian guards who were entering the city hurriedly stepped aside, and soon the dragon chariot came to the mansion of the commander of the guard, at this time, the commander had naturally moved elsewhere, a bunch of brocade guards and eunuchs, and palace maids were carrying the daily necessities brought by the palace, Zhu Cijiong said to Cao Huachun on the side while getting off the dragon chariot: "Quick, find someone to take me to the study." ”

Cao Huachun, who had just turned over and dismounted, put his feet on the ground a little, and swooped out, and after a while, he led a eunuch to gallop over.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong, a clever ghost, was already panting and running over, Zhu Cijiong didn't say anything, beckoned to him and Sun Chengzong, and then followed Cao Huachun and the eunuch and walked inside.

As soon as he entered the study, Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to ask: "Taifu, since the right guard of Dingliao has been taken, there should be no threat from Shandong, why don't you transfer 15,000 Shandong defenders to make up for the battle losses of the Dongjiang Army?" ”

Sun Chengzong nodded and said, "Well, what the emperor said is that it would be safer if he could equip them with some flintlock pistols and grenades." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he thought about it for a while, and then shouted to the door: "Gonggong Cao, draft the will." ”

Cao Huachun walked in when he heard this, stood in front of the desk, poured water with one hand, sharpened the ink with the other, brushed the ink twice, and then took out a blank holy decree from the box next to him, and stood there with a pen waiting for Zhu Cijiong to speak.

Zhu Cijiong watched him busy while sorting out his thoughts, as soon as he was ready, Zhu Cijiong immediately spoke: "Order Song Yingxing of the Ministry of Industry to prepare 20,000 flintlock pistols and 100,000 grenades immediately, and if they are not enough, go to the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard to find Shi Kefa to make up for it, and send it to Tianjin Weihai Port immediately after they are completed." ”

Cao Huachun stood there and brushed a few times to write, then handed it to Zhu Cijiong to check it, and then took out the big seal and stamped it.

Zhu Cijiong saw that he was done, and continued to give an order: "Order the Shandong Command Envoy to immediately dispatch 15,000 defenders, rush to Tianjin Weihai Port by sea, and after receiving the weapons, rush directly to the right guard of Dingliao by sea to replenish the battle losses of the Dongjiang Army." ”

When Cao Huachun was done, Zhu Cijiong asked him to immediately arrange for someone to rush to the capital and Shandong overnight to deliver the message.

Sun Chengzong watched Cao Huachun hurriedly walk out before he spoke: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we have to hurry up." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he humbly asked, "Please ask the master for advice." ”

Sun Chengzong walked to the bookshelf and turned out the map of Liaodong, spread it on the desk, pointed to the direction of the Liaohe River and analyzed: "According to the information collected earlier, the armies of the Mongolian tribes should not have entered Liaodong yet, and Huang Taiji has not been able to draw enough men and horses to attack the right guard of Dingliao. However, by tomorrow night at the latest, the Mongol army will reach Haizhou and Dingliao Zhongzuowei, that is, the day after tomorrow, Huang Taiji will be able to draw out men and horses. We must launch an attack on Haizhou Wei the day after tomorrow, so as to delay the time for them to attack Dingliao's right guard. ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he frowned and said, "This road is too difficult to walk, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with Sanchahe Fort tomorrow." ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head and said: "The main thing is that the Tianxiong Army can't escort the grain, grass and baggage quickly, we can take the first legion of the Praetorian Guard Army to Sanchahe Fort first, and let the Tianxiong Army distribute the grain, grass and prisoners to Dalinghe Fort and Santaizi Fort tomorrow." ”

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "Shall we take the Liaodong Army and the Qin Army to attack the city?" But half of the artillery brought this time is in the Tianxiong Army, and it is too wasteful to let the Tianxiong Army guard the grain and grass. ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head again and said: "No, after we arrived at Sanchahe Fort, we asked Man Gui and He Kegang to lead the troops to change the guard, and the Tianxiong army only arrived at Sanchahe Fort a day or two late." ”

Zhu Cijiong said a little worriedly: "Just the First Army of the Praetorian Guard and the Qin Army to attack the city, it's a bit insufficient, when the Mongolian army arrives, I'm afraid there will be more than 200,000 horses in Haizhou City." ”

Sun Chengzong still shook his head and said: "Haizhou City can't accommodate so many people and horses, at most 150,000, and if there are more, there will be no place to camp, and Huang Taiji will not gather so many people and horses in Haizhou." Besides, we don't want to capture Haizhou City in a day or two, but we just make a feint first to disrupt their deployment. ”

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "It's just that 200,000 horses are enough for a feint, so what about Jinzhou Wei and Fuzhou Wei, you can't just leave it alone, right?" ”

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and replied: "Cao Wenzhao's Guanning army is gathering and practicing in Gaizhou, it is better for him to send the general soldiers Zhao Shujiao and Cao Bianjiao to attack Jinzhou Wei and Fuzhou Wei tomorrow with 20,000 men and horses, the total number of Jiannu in these two cities is less than 5,000 men, and they should be able to take it soon." ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Then so be it, I don't know how Huang Taiji will react after learning that Dingliao's right guard is lost, I hope he won't make any moths." ”

Huang Taiji already knew that Dingliao's right guard was lost at this time, and he wanted to come up with something to do, but there was no one.

Although the Mongolian tribes agreed to send troops, but the speed of the troops was simply ridiculously slow, Sun Chengzong guessed that they would be able to rush to Haizhou and Dingliao Zhongzuowei tomorrow night, that is to look at them, they can arrive the day after tomorrow is good.

If the Mongolian tribes don't have enough people, the 100,000 troops in Haizhou can't be transferred, and the rest of the people, even if Huang Taiji gives up the Dingliao Zhongzuowei and Shengjing, and there are no more than 50,000 people left, to attack the Dingliao Youwei, that's just a joke, Mao Wenlong doesn't run out of the city to beat them, it's not bad.

Zhu Cijiong naturally didn't expect that the Mongolian tribes would be so procrastinated, he rushed to Sanchahe Fort with the first legion of the Praetorian Guard the next day, rested for one night, and early on the morning of the third day, he gathered a total of 200,000 horses from the first legion of the Praetorian Guard and the Qin army, and drove to Haizhouwei.

At this time, Dai Shan in Haizhou City had received an order from Huang Taiji to gather 90,000 elite cavalry, and as soon as the men and horses of the Mongolian tribes arrived, he led 90,000 elite cavalry to join Huang Taiji, and it was his 12 younger brothers who replaced him to guard Haizhou, and the Yellow Banner was the commander of Azig.

At the end of the day, the 100,000 Mongolian troops and horses finally arrived in Haizhou, Daishan and Azig handed over the defense, and were about to lead 90,000 elite horsemen to Shengjing to join Huang Taiji, when the scouts suddenly sent an urgent report: "More than 200,000 Ming troops are rapidly approaching Haizhou Wei, and it is estimated that they can arrive before noon." ”

This time Dai Shan and Azig were dumbfounded, whether to go or not to go, this is a question, Dai Shan didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

Azig looked at the lazy and lazy Mongolian soldiers, and his heart was even more bottomless, so he should give him some time to tidy up, this lazy look, he estimated that the Ming army would be frightened as soon as they attacked these people. He couldn't help but beg Dai Shan and said: "Big brother, you help me suppress the formation in the back, you see them like this, I'm really afraid that as soon as the Ming army's cannon sounds, they will all run away." ”

Dai Shan didn't know what Huang Taiji was thinking, his eldest brother who was upgraded to the second brother still took good care of the younger brothers below, and now the twelve brothers begged him, he was naturally embarrassed to leave, so he sent a fast horse to ask Huang Taiji for instructions, and at the same time ordered 90,000 fine horsemen to be stationed outside the north gate. If these Mongol soldiers dare to escape, he will definitely come and cut them down one by one! At the same time, he can also help the twelfth brother to defend the north, at least not let the Ming army surround Haizhou City on all sides.

Zhu Cijiong didn't know that they still had this one, and he didn't plan to surround Haizhou City, now he was just feintting, just scare and scare them in the south.

As a result, the two sides were at a stalemate, and Zhu Cijiong's side set up camp less than five miles away from the southern city wall and began to build siege equipment; Azig began to reorganize the Mongolian troops with 10,000 yellow flag soldiers, and every 10 banner soldiers brought 100 Mongolian soldiers to step up drills; Dai Shan was stationed outside the north gate, anxiously waiting for further instructions from Huang Taiji.