Quang Ninh City

Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by Fang Yuan, arrived at the forward base of the battle with the Manchus, Guangning City, half a month later.

In addition to the 70,000 iron cavalry of the Ming Army assembled in Quang Ninh City, there were also the most elite 8,000 special operations troops, a tank battalion of 30 tanks, and 50,000 elite infantry soldiers of the Gyeonggi Military Region. Coupled with another front, Zhao Quanzhong's 20,000 iron cavalry on Phi Island, the Korean state promised to send 30,000 troops to help.

This time, the total strength of the eastern expedition to Liaodong reached 180,000, and the Northern Military Region and the Gyeonggi Military Region were already exhausted, and only the 5,000 Jinyi Guards, 5,000 garrison guards, and 5,000 guards stationed in other areas of Gyeonggi were left in the Gyeonggi area.

And the direction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also the best of the best.

The Zhenghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner on the Liaohe River, together with the cavalry of the Mengba Banner, totaled 100,000 troops.

On the first line of Korea and Phi Dao, the blue flag and the red flag, together with the sergeants of the Han Eight Banner, a total of 50,000 troops.

The total number of troops also reached a staggering 150,000. Shengjing and Hetuala, one new and one old, are also the only remaining defenders of the palaces and the Eight Banners Lord's Mansion composed of the guards and clothed minions, about 20,000.

This is already a decisive battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Ming army won, but there was no suspense in the result, recovering Liaodong and the Manchu Qing perished;

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty wins, it will be able to destroy the city of Guangning, which Fang Yuan spent two years of effort and a lot of manpower and material resources to build, recover Liaoxi again, and drive the Ming army back to Shanhaiguan. At least it can maintain the territory north of the Great Wall and continue to confront the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen stood at the head of Guangning City and inspected the 120,000 Ming army sergeants who went out this time.

It was the first time he had participated in a military parade on the front line, when had he ever seen such a mighty battle? Compared with the Ming army in Gyeonggi before, it was a group of stragglers!

Chongzhen's nose was slightly sour, wiped away his tears, and said to himself, "This, is this my army, or the army of the horses?" ”

Fang Yuan knew that this old man's temperament was suspicious and sensitive, so he could only explain slightly, "Your Majesty, the minister's Xuanjia Army has already canceled its name. At present, this army is neither the army of the minister, nor the army of His Majesty, but the army of the Ming Dynasty! They are fighting for the interests of the Ming Dynasty! ”

He lightly resolved the embarrassment between the two, and asked people to hand over two microphones and handed one to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, just say a few words!" ”

Chongzhen thought for a while and said to the soldiers, "Since the Battle of Sarhu, my Ming Dynasty has been humiliated by the Manchu Tartars for thirty years. Today, it's finally time for me to fight back. I hope that all the soldiers, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and be ashamed! ”

The 120,000 soldiers were a great morale booster, shouting in unison, and the momentum shook the sky.

"Shame on you!"

"Long live Daming, long live, long live!"

Chongzhen saw that the slogan of the soldiers was also long live the Ming Dynasty, and did not mention half of Fang Yuan, which was indeed the army of the Ming Dynasty, so he believed Fang Yuan's words for seven or eight percent.

Fang Yuan waited for everyone to shout a little lower, and also took the microphone and said, "Your Majesty's encouragement is inspiring, you are shouldering the expectations and missions of the people of the Ming Dynasty!" Show your swords, raise your firearms, and tear the Manchu Tartars to shreds! Use the blood of the Tartars to pay tribute to the souls of thousands of people who died in Liaodong! The white bones of the people full of tartars will be recast to recast the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Jie ordered the herald to unfurl the general's flag.

The 10,000 soldiers who had received the military order turned their guns to the sky and pulled the trigger together!

"Crackle!"

Ten thousand guns rang out in unison, soaring into the sky, and all the soldiers roared in unison.

Two quarters of an hour later, Fang Yuan's passion for everyone calmed down a little, gradually became silent, and asked loudly, "The Jurchens have been enemies of our Central Plains for five hundred years, this is a blood feud for generations, should they be killed?!" ”

The 120,000 soldiers shouted in unison, "Kill!" ”

Fang Yuan continued to ask, "When I was strong in the Central Plains, the Jurchens lay down and pretended to be dead. When I was weak, I came out to make waves again! Do we want to leave these Jurchens behind to harm our descendants again?! ”

The 120,000 soldiers rose up again and said in unison, "Don't! ”

Fang Yuan shouted, "Should we kill the Jurchens and leave no chickens and dogs?!" ”

120,000 people said in unison, "Kill them all, no chickens and dogs will be left!" Kill them all, and don't leave chickens and dogs! ”

Fang Yuan continued to boost the morale of the army, pushing the morale and morale of the generals to the peak, and finally issued the military order for this expedition, "All the soldiers obey the order!" ”

"Where the Ming soldiers go, no matter the Eight Banners, the raw and mature Jurchens, kill!"

"The banner owner of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the big and small amounts, the family members and clansmen of these traitors, kill!"

"Meng Baqi, those who are willing to surrender will be disarmed and sent back to the grassland. Whoever does not surrender, kill! ”

Fang Yuan made it clear in public that the purpose of this expedition was to solve once and for all the Jurchens who had plagued Middle-earth for five hundred years since the Song Dynasty.

The banner owner of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the big and small amounts, is a group of traitors who surrendered to the Manchu Qing and became prosperous and wealthy. Now it is a cycle of cause and effect, and the lives of the whole family and the whole clan must be used to cut off children and grandchildren to atone for their sins!

As for the Mongols of the Eight Banners, the area of their activities is not mainly in Liaodong, but in the steppe tribes of Kelaqin, Horqin, and Chahar, which are close to Liaodong. The target of this battle was not these Mongols, as long as they did not want to be martyred for the Manchus, they could be spared for the time being. When I have free up my hands to solve the problem of the Mongolian steppe in the future, I will come and deal with them again!

After Fang Yuan clarified the military order, among the 120,000 soldiers, the 70,000 cavalry who needed to go to the front line of the Liaohe River in advance were lined up and began to march in the direction of the Liaohe River. The remaining 40,000 elite infantry, 8,000 special operations troops, and 1,000 sergeants of the tank battalion temporarily returned to Quang Ninh City to rest and recuperate, waiting for the military order to set off.

Fang Yuan got down the city wall, and Jing Jie suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Boss, is this battle really going to kill all the Jurchens?" There are a million Jurchens in Liaodong, and I am worried that once this military order is issued, millions of Jurchens will resist desperately, and our soldiers will inevitably suffer heavy losses! ”

Fang Yuan was the regent, in charge of military and political affairs, and the perspective of considering the problem was naturally based on the interests of the Ming Dynasty. And Jing Jie, as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, was most worried, of course, the casualties of the sergeants, and when he came to Fang Yuan for advice, he was also testing Fang Yuan, killing all the Jurchens was just a slogan to boost morale, or did he really have to put it into action.

Fang Yuan stopped and looked at Jing Jie, and said with a smile, "Third child! Third! You're knowingly asking! If those Jurchens dared to gather and resist, of course, they would have to kill them all. If they roll out of Liaodong and flee to the snowfields and forests further north, do we still have to chase them? ”

"Killing is just a means, my real purpose is only one, to make the Jurchens completely lose the ability to make waves in Liaodong. Third, how much can you reduce the Jurchen population in Liaodong? ”

Jing Jie understood that Fang Yuan wanted to completely kill the most populous Jurchen tribe in eastern Liaodong into a small tribe that survived through the strategy of reducing the number of soldiers, and hurriedly replied, "As long as the total population is limited to less than 50,000, they will not be able to gather 5,000 soldiers and horses, and they will not be able to pose any threat!" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, the third child, you say 50,000, and we will kill the Jurchen population below 50,000!" ”