Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter III: Plans for Internal and Foreign Difficulties

Section 15 Divergences and Expeditions

"No!" Liu Ting roared loudly and said, "There are still many matters that are unclear, how can we rush to the army!" ”

Yang Hao's face was gloomy, he looked at Liu Ling with some annoyance, and asked coldly: "According to what General Liu said, what else is unclear?" ”

Liu Ling said: "Up to now, the terrain of the mountains and rivers around Hetuara has not been explored clearly, and the mountain and forest systems along the way have not been mapped. In addition, our army seems to be outnumbered, but it is a combined army formed by the gathering of soldiers and horses from all over the country, and the battalions are not familiar with each other, and the tactics and establishments are different in various places. ”

Yang Hao was just about to speak, but he heard another person say again: "Liu Zongzhen is right, the air is getting colder and colder today, and it is about to snow, and it is not easy to enter the army on a snowy day, not to mention that the road is unknown?" In addition, the soldiers have not yet been equipped with cotton clothes, so does this weather make the sons and daughters fight in single clothes? When the time comes, there is no need to build slaves to kill, and the cold winter can freeze us to death! ”

Yang Hao saw that Juniper was talking again, and said, "What does Du Zongbing mean?" ”

"Of course, it's a postponement of the date of the troops."

Yang Hao was furious when he heard this, stood up suddenly, and said, "The national cultivator is today!" How can you hesitate because of these details! What does the dynasty want you to wait for? If the advent machine is blocked, there is military law to engage in the ear! ”

After speaking, Yang Hao ordered someone to take out the Shang Fang sword given by Emperor Wanli Qin, and said: "The Shang Fang sword given by the emperor to this governor can be cut up to the general soldiers, governors, down to thousands, soldiers, there are people who do not obey orders, this governor knows you, this sword does not recognize!" Come! Hang this sword on the military gate, and then discourage those who delay the dispatch of troops, and immediately behead! ”

Liu Ling was about to step forward and fight, but Liu Zhao next to him grabbed him and whispered: "Father, don't be impulsive, it's a big taboo to lose harmony in battle!" Let's see. Liu Yunwei also shook his head slightly, signaling Liu Ling to stop talking.

Liu Ling broke away from Liu Zhao, who was dragging him, and didn't speak again, just gasped and glared at Yang Hao fiercely.

Yang Hao looked at the silent generals in the room, and there was a trace of happiness in his heart: "This group of arrogant generals, no matter how arrogant and arrogant you are, you have to obey my men." ”

At this moment, the guards outside the door came to report that a messenger from the imperial court had arrived, and Yang Hao hurriedly invited the messenger in.

After receiving the documents of the imperial court, Yang Hao looked at it silently. The generals in the room also looked at Yang Hao anxiously, not knowing what urgent matters the imperial court had.

"General Liu, did you say that the imperial court ordered a postponement of the dispatch of troops?" Juniper asked in a whisper.

Liu Ling shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, it's mostly Cui Jinbing." ”

At this time, Yang Hao's face was very bad, and he sat down dejectedly, and the imperial court urged the army to go out as soon as possible in the letter, and Yang Hao was a little short of breath because of the severity of his tone and the urgency of the situation. Although Yang Hao has always advocated entering the army, he also knows that it is not suitable to enter the army at this time, but there is no way to do it in the general environment. Now that he has received the order of the imperial court and the strict decree of His Majesty, Yang Hao has some pain in his heart.

Yang Hao said: "The imperial court has issued a strict order, ordering that troops should be sent as soon as possible, and the enemy should be found for a decisive battle, and the war should be ended as soon as possible. Those who delay the delay will be punished as delaying the military aircraft. ”

There was a buzz in the room, and everyone began to talk. If you want to say that Yang Hao urged everyone to enter the army before, the generals thought that Yang Hao was commanding indiscriminately, and they could bargain, then now the army is a foregone conclusion, and the court directly settled the matter!

"Don't those people in the court know our situation? Those who lack food and clothing, what kind of battle is this! Juniper grumbled again.

Yang Hao didn't reprimand Juniper this time, but said faintly: "The imperial court has no choice, the household department has no money, and the current military expenses are still filled by His Majesty's internal funds." The money and grain collected from the additional salaries were simply not enough to support the hundreds of thousands of troops assembled in Liaodong for a long time. Your Majesty is in a hurry. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, there was no money before the war started? Where did the money go with hundreds of millions of subjects and thousands of miles of territory in the Ming Dynasty? There may be problems with the supply of food and salary, and the imperial court still insists on marching into the army, is this to let the soldiers go to death?

In an instant, the spirit of all the generals seemed to be discharged. Looking at the dejected generals and generals in front of him, Yang Hao almost cried, and lamented in his heart: "If the generals are like this, what will happen to the soldiers of the battalions?" This battle is at stake! How will I make meritorious deeds in the future! ”

February 21 in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (the fourth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), outside Shenyang.

In the early morning of this day, Yang Hao still gathered more than 100,000 troops in the north of Shenyang as scheduled, preparing to take the oath to go on the expedition.

The cold wind howled in the wilderness, as if the heavens and the earth were about to be frozen, as if even the sun was afraid of the cold and did not know where to go, and there was a haze between the heavens and the earth.

The armies of all walks of life gradually converged on the open ground in the north of Shenyang, the soldiers of each battalion shivered in the cold wind, many soldiers could not stop shouting and scolding, and the marching teams were also scattered, and the entire northern area of the city was like a huge vegetable market.

Although the morale is not high, but after the gathering of more than 100,000 people, it is still a sea of people, boundless, and the spectacular scene to see Yang Ho is in a surging mood and can't help himself, and he is making a draft in his heart, ready to worship the gods, and make an impassioned effort to motivate the soldiers.

At this time, the position of Liu Ling's formation was close to the city wall. Looking at Yang Hao, who was complacent on the city tower, Liu Ling's heart was full of disdain: "Hmph! Back then, he was beaten by the Japanese slaves in North Korea and fled in embarrassment, without any achievements, but now he is invincible in front of the old man, where did you get the capital of Yang Hao! ”

The soldiers of the Hanwei battalion lined up neatly, and more than 6,000 soldiers stood still in the cold wind, which formed a sharp contrast with the other battalions around.

Liu Yunwei rode his horse and stood in front of the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion, but his face was full of sadness at this moment. In the past few days, Liu Yunwei took Lu Ying and others around, and the faces of all kinds of reinforcements were completely presented in front of several people.

There are only a few elites, such as the Sichuan soldiers, the Zhejiang soldiers, and the Shaanxi and Gansu elite cavalry, which can be regarded as elite soldiers in a hundred battles, but they are too small in number, and they are only twenty or thirty thousand together, and they belong to different battalions and cannot form a joint force. Most of the other battalions gave the impression of being weak, demoralized, ill-equipped, falsely reporting their troops, and so on, with no combat effectiveness to speak of.

After watching it all the way, Liu Yunwei and others were terrified. With such a group of friendly troops to go on the expedition, the opponent is still like a wolf and a tiger Jiannu, the friendly army not only can not give themselves a little help, but most of them will drag their feet at the critical moment, how to fight this battle?

At this time, Yang Hao stood on the city tower, overlooking the entire expeditionary army, and was about to start the flag sacrifice ceremony, when he suddenly felt a cold cheek, Yang Hao touched it with his hand, and a crystal ice chip melted in his hand: It's snowing!

A moment later, a goose-feather snow filled the sky, accompanied by a howling wind, and dense snowflakes danced incessantly, as if there was no other color in the world but snow white. After a while, the soldiers all turned into snow sculptures and stood on the field.

The official road leading to the north was also covered with snow in a few moments, and after being trampled by nearby soldiers, it gradually melted, and in an instant it froze into ice, and the entire road was frozen and unwalkable.

Seeing the sudden arrival of heavy snow, Liu Ling, Juniper, Marin and other general soldiers were in a hurry, and their soldiers lacked cotton clothes, and they went out in such weather, and they all froze to death before they arrived in Hetuala! As a result, the general soldiers of all towns went up to the city tower to ask to see Yang Hao and asked to postpone the expedition.

Yang Hao stood on the city tower, staring blankly at the silver-covered earth, not knowing what he was thinking. After the generals saw Yang Hao, they complained of bitterness and asked to postpone the expedition.

After a while, a thousand general manager came to report and said: "Lord Qiqi, because the weather is too cold, there are already soldiers in the army who have fallen to the ground with frostbite, and now the army is unstable, and the soldiers are asking to go back to the city to avoid the snow, and the thousands of bullets in each department can't be suppressed, please make a decision quickly!" ”

When the generals heard this, they were all shocked and returned to their camps to appease the soldiers.

Yang Hao slowly closed his eyes and looked up to the sky and sighed, saying, "Heaven's will! God won't let you go on the expedition, is this battle unlucky? The order was given to return to the city to take refuge in the cold, and then set out again on a later day. ”

After returning to the city, Yang Hao immediately ordered the prefect of Shenyang to collect warm clothes in the city and distribute them to the officers and soldiers as soon as possible.

In the same month, on the 25th, outside Shenyang.

More than 100,000 soldiers of the Ming army lined up outside the city again, and Yang Hao stood on the city tower and spoke impassionedly about the expectations of the court, the trust of the people, and the heroism of expelling the Tartars. Speaking of the glory of building meritorious deeds. Under the city, the soldiers were wrapped in shabby cotton clothes collected by Yang Hao and the officials of Shenyang City, still shivering in the cold wind.

After a long while, Yang Hao finished his speech with satisfaction, and began to sacrifice the flag. Juniper served as the main general and was the main force of the Ming army's attack, so he was the main sword and sacrifice flag as the representative of the generals.

Juniper came to the city tower and saw a tied fat pig on a large square table, so he stepped forward with a knife, held down the shaking pig's head with one hand, and stabbed it with a knife in the other, but only heard the sound of "collapse", and the war knife did not pierce the neck of the fat pig, but broke it alive!

Juniper looked at the broken knife in his hand and was a little confused, Yang Hao was also dumbfounded, and the soldiers under the city were even more shocked when they saw this scene.

"How so!"

"The weapons issued by the Ministry of War can't even kill pigs, how can you kill Tartars?"

"Is this for Lao Tzu to die!"

Yang Hao hurriedly ordered the generals of each battalion to appease the army, and said vaguely: "General Du accidentally slashed on the bone with a knife and broke the knife. But after saying that, Yang Ho himself found this excuse very funny, let alone others.

Juniper embarrassedly changed to a brand-new war knife, killed the fat pig neatly, and hastily sacrificed the battle flag.

When Yang Ho saw the end of the ceremony, he ordered the army to go out. Since Marin's Northern Route Army would start from Kaiyuan and attack from the north; Liu Ling's troops would go north from Kuandian, join the Korean reinforcements and attack, and the two armies set off first, followed by Juniper and Li Rusong.

By this time, the heavy snow had stopped, and only scattered snowflakes were flying in the air. Looking at the soldiers of the Ming army marching north, Yang Hao's mood was like endless snow, gloomy and miserable. The future of this battle is uncertain and unpredictable, Yang Hao only feels like a five-finger mountain in his heart, and he can't breathe.

"I hope that the sky will open its eyes, bless the soldiers who go on the expedition, and bless China."